I Regressed, But the World Isn’t Destroyed - Chapter 74

074.

Although he has been more engrossed in broadcasting these days and has neglected it compared to before, there is still a place that Lee Do-hyuk visits at least three times a week.

A remote warehouse that you can find if you leave your house, take a bus, and head towards the outskirts.

This place was a kind of training ground.

Inside the warehouse, there were several facilities for weight training and bodyweight exercises.

In one corner, there was a lot of training equipment, such as sandbags and wooden dolls.

Not only that, there were even mats on the floor for shock absorption.

Swish-

Lee Do-hyuk spread his arms wide and placed his hands on the mat, lifting his body using only his arms.

The body, which was straightened in a straight line, was parallel to the ground.

The swallow is considered one of the most difficult movements in gymnastics rings.

Kuk.

In that state, the body remains motionless and only the hands move.

Lee Do-hyuk lifts his palm and begins to support the movement with only his fingers.

Slowly reduce the number of fingers touching the ground.

When five fingers became four, three… and finally two.

Lee Do-hyeok stopped moving and maintained his posture.

How many seconds did I hold out like that?

“Hoo!”

Bam.

With a long breath, Lee Do-hyeok’s feet finally touched the ground.

A difficult movement that will tense up all the muscles in your body just by performing it for a short while.

Lee Do-hyuk stood in front of a dummy heavy bag modeled after a human body, leading his heated body.

Bang! Bang!

Within seconds, his limbs began to move rapidly.

A dummy that sways back and forth according to the movement.

It was a movement that would have naturally exclaimed admiration even if someone who knew nothing about it had seen it, and it was a movement that would have shocked someone who knew something about it.

Aiming at the opponent with an extremely efficient orbit, a series of attacks that flow like water.

Tsk tsk!

‘Even though I’ve been quiet lately···’

The performance is not bad.

It’s probably the effect of full dive.

Just as imagery training improves the motor command transmission pathway between the brain and muscles, thereby increasing muscle activation, full dives have a similar effect.

Facilitating smoother communication between the brain nerves and muscles.

Although it is impossible to increase muscle size or anything like that by doing a full dive, it can increase the efficiency of your nervous system.

Thanks to that, I haven’t been able to train as much as I used to because I’ve been focusing on broadcasting these days, but rather than my performance declining, I feel like it’s gotten a little better than before.

Bam!

Hoken’s combo technique has become something like Lee Do-hyeok’s trademark.

Lee Do-hyeok finished his movements with that and stopped moving and stood in place.

“Hoo, hoo···”

Sweat flowing like rain.

Lee Do-hyeok looked around while looking for a towel and wiping it off.

This is where he lived for about 7 months after his return.

I couldn’t get rid of it because there were still a few months left on the lease.

In other words, it also meant that the contract could be terminated and disposed of in a few months.

“hmm···”

First of all, I thought it would be better to extend it further.

Dealing with all this equipment would be a task, and there would continue to be a need for training places like this one.

No matter how much Lee Do-hyeok is Lee Do-hyeok, if you don’t use your body, it will eventually rust.

Improving athletic ability through full dives was by no means a panacea.

‘Well, I might use it on a broadcast later.’

In fact, games are games, but there are sometimes viewers who want non-game content from Lee Do-hyuk.

In particular, since Do-hyuk Lee’s appearance in real mode is so bizarre, there were many people who wanted to see Do-hyuk Lee’s actual exercise ability.

‘If I show off my training skills like I do now later, won’t the viewers like it?’

A thought that suddenly occurred to me.

Anyway, Lee Do-hyuk is on almost every day without any set broadcast days or days off.

There was another reason for his absence today besides issuing a passport.

Today is Twerk’s earnings settlement day.

Click-click.

Lee Do-hyeok turned on his smartphone while cleaning up the training ground.

Settlement amount not yet confirmed.

[Total revenue 26,131,539 won]

“······”

The effect was amazing.

Lee Do-hyuk was speechless.

Twenty six million won.

The sponsorship amount through double donation was 18 million won, and the live broadcast advertising cost was 8 million won.

“hmm···”

It’s true that broadcasting makes a lot of money.

Of course, there is a reason why Lee Do-hyeok’s broadcast was so popular, but even taking that into account, it is not common to find a job that can earn this much money.

It doesn’t end here.

The prize money for the winner of Network Rivals, excluding taxes and fees, is approximately 1 million won.

If you add to that the profits you received from the previous merger with Gian…

‘It’s over 30 million won.’

The amount of money earned in less than three weeks, including the merger with Gian.

It was quite surprising, considering the early buffs.

‘furthermore···’

What’s even more surprising is that the iTube settlement fee is not included here.

iTube’s settlement date is still a few weeks away.

I checked yesterday because I can check my earnings in real time, and my earnings from iTube were no less than those from Twitch.

Boom- Boom-

Lee Do-hyeok manipulated the smartphone.

[Loan balance: 22,328,045 won]

First of all, I was thinking of taking care of the loans I had already taken out.

Even though the illegal interest rate was somehow resolved through the tudak tudak, it was still the debt with the highest legal interest rate of 20% per annum, so it was right to resolve this first.

Boom- Boom-

[Loan repayment completed!]

[Loan balance: 0 won]

As soon as Lee Do-hyeok manipulates his smartphone, a notification arrives.

I couldn’t tell when I would be able to pay it all off with just hard work, but I was able to pay off all my loan balance in less than a month.

Of course, there is still some debt left.

I owe you, Gian.

The amount of the full dive capsule that she paid off in 12 installments was almost the same as the amount of the existing loan.

Lee Do-hyeok was also planning to pay this back by today.

And they even added a generous gift to it.

‘What do twenty-year-old girls like these days?’

Originally, Lee Do-hyeok felt the generation gap between him and his younger sister because there was a 7-year age gap between them.

Adding to that was the 20-year regression, and Lee Do-hyuk was now completely clueless about his current emotions.

There was no one around to ask.

If I had known this would happen, I would have asked the viewers on the broadcast.

‘..Hmm. Then I guess it would have gone into Ji-an’s.’

Well, anyway, I guess I can try selling this at a department store later.

First of all, the important thing is how to pay off Ji-an’s credit card bill when most of the broadcasting profits have already been used to pay off existing loans.

Of course, I’ve already thought of a way to do it.

That’s why we took a break today.

Bb-

Lee Do-hyuk checks his email once again.

[Hello. I am streamer Lee Do-hyeok. This is game developer Fair Games.]

A symbol of a successful streamer.

Game advertising.

Lee Do-hyeok received his first advertising inquiry yesterday.

**

Similar times.

Iron Fist officials around the world heard some shocking news.

“Wait a minute! Did you just say you’re retired?”

“Is there any special reason why you decided to retire?”

Kwabna and his agent in the press room.

Reporters from all over the world were watching them.

He called in reporters and announced his retirement, saying he had a big announcement to make.

“Yes. Player Kwabna is looking for a new challenge in a different sport···”

Kwabna’s agent continued to answer calmly.

At that time.

fault!

“···Huh?”

Kwabna snatches the microphone my agent was holding.

The agent waved his hands in confusion, but Kwabna had no reaction.

“Reason for retirement? Well···”

Kwabna looked around briefly and then answered with a sly grin.

“It’s because of you guys. My so-called competitors who are watching this right now. Ha! Competition? That’s ridiculous. The reason I’m retiring is because you guys are too weak.”

Kwabna continued speaking with his characteristically glaring eyes.

The reporters were busy moving their hands as they listened to his answer.

Kwabna’s comments openly disrespecting other professional players.

Of course, his skills are by far the best among Iron Fist pros in the world, but isn’t this crossing the line?

‘Hehehe. As expected from Kwabna.’

Kwabna’s answer was like an impulsive action.

But the agent who saw that only pretended to be embarrassed on the outside, but was smiling on the inside.

It’s already been several years since he was with Kwabna.

I fully expected that Kwabna would react this way if I announced my retirement in such a boring way.

However, the reason he did not stop Kwabna was because he judged that it would be beneficial to do so.

‘In the end, what matters is business.’

These days, e-sports players create much more value than established sports stars.

Especially, the value of a player like Kwabna, who showed crazy talent and dominated a game right after his debut, is truly enormous.

In fact, Kwabna was practically the biggest star on the African continent, and offers from other sports to sign him up for big contracts came in almost every day.

And it is the agent’s job to maximize the value of such players and make them bigger stars.

This could also be seen as part of that work.

“What I want is to fight the real strong. But you are not strong.”

That’s why I prepared this stage now.

Given Kwabna’s personality, he would not have been able to get through this stage without saying a word.

The agent secretly exchanged glances with a few reporters.

As soon as this press conference is over, they will churn out tons of articles about Kwabna.

That will lead to more interest in the tournament, and ultimately, an even bigger spotlight on Kwabna, who won the tournament with such a huge amount of attention.

“Ah, yes. Because of you guys, I···”

With those words, Kwabna smiled, revealing his teeth.

“It was so petty I wanted to die.”

It was truly a retirement announcement worthy of Kwabna.

**

[Kwabna, will you retire after winning this tournament?]

[Why did Kwabna retire?

“The level of competitors is too low···”

]

Oh my god!

A man’s outstretched foot sent a scarecrow flying away in front of him.

The man’s name is Gulov.

He was a Russian professional player who was called [Monster, Gulov] before Kwabna appeared.

In fact, it has been a long time since Korea was a gaming powerhouse.

This was something that was only true back in the days of PC gaming… and the early days when full dive had just come out.

After the huge success of Full Dive, capital that had been pouring into existing sports began to move rapidly, and Korea had no choice but to take a few steps back from its position as a gaming powerhouse.

This was because, with the investment of a huge amount of capital, many athletes who had been specializing in existing sports began to jump into full-dive.

Of course, the motor skills and game mechanics within Full Dive weren’t exactly the same, but they were still somewhat comparable.

In particular, fighting games like Iron Fist are extremely advantageous to practitioners of traditional martial arts.

Gulov is also one of those people.

He is a person who has trained professionally in Sambo, one of the Russian martial arts, and is famous for handling Ivanov, a character who handles Sambo in Iron Fist, the best in the world.

In fact, Gullov was one of the top pros who once fought for the yet-to-be-determined throne of Iron Fist along with Anatol and others.

“That son of a bitch···!”

But he is also one of the many losers who were defeated by Kwabna.

Gullov gritted his teeth and stared at the screen.

[-I felt like I wanted to die because it was so petty.]

What is playing on the screen is Kwabna’s press conference that took place an hour ago.

No, that’s not a press conference.

That was more than a provocation; it was a declaration of war.

In the past, there were many strong men who fought for the top spot in the Iron Fist, once threatened Kwabna, but were ultimately defeated by Kwabna.

“Hehehe.”

A declaration of war against them that is arrogant to say the least, but that is why it cannot be ignored.

“This is how it comes out.”

then.

Shouldn’t you do as you wish?

Gulov’s eyes were burning with fighting spirit and determination.

“I was trying to save it for the next world championships.”

Ugh-

That became impossible.

That bastard Kwabna, that insolent bastard, I had to flatten his nose.

Gullov ground his teeth at that thought.

and···

Gullov wasn’t the only one who showed this behavior.

“···Heh heh.”

Tianlong, known as the Emperor of Power in China.

“Haha. I never like that guy no matter how much I see him.”

Nick Jackson, the strongest man in the American Iron Fist world.

In addition, there are Jensen from Finland, Ghatak from India, Wayne from the UK, etc.

The top-tier players of Iron Fist, known as Naero, had similar thoughts to Gullof when it came to Kwabna.

‘I’ll take that guy down.’

And for that, I will spare nothing.

Like most full-dive fighting games, Iron Fist has what could be called a secret technique.

A secret technique that all top-level pro gamers who handle a specific character to the limit have hidden away.

But once it is shown, it is not shown very often except at important moments because even if it is during that competition, it will already be analyzed by other professionals in the next competition!

That thing I had desperately honed to use when I met Kwabna at the next World Championships!

They intended to give it their all in this competition without holding back a single bit.

Just to defeat Kwabna!

Of course, Anatol, Tsuki, and others among those strong people were exceptions.

“No, that’s a bit···!”

What are you taking out when you take out your wallet?

“Do, Dohyoku-san!”

─Kkaang!!

I’m so busy getting beaten up I could die.

It was winter that came to the Asian server.