Regression Sword Apocalypse Reconquest - Chapter 108



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Episode 108

Blue magic light flashes from the hands of the rice cake makers.

Looking closely, it was a sashimi knife emitting a bluish light.

The mobs snicker and run their fingers along the blade.

“How dare you touch our Sorae Fisheries.”

“If you just hand over your jeep, I will spare your lives.”

In the end, they are making threats that are not true because they are blinded by the jeep.

By threatening and nitpicking to demand payment of protection money.

‘It’s Sorae Susan.’

It’s a place I’m sure I’ve heard of.

Before Cha Ye-seong appeared.

Among the numerous forces running wild in Suwon, two were particularly strong.

One of them is Sorae Fisheries.

It was one of the forces that almost divided Suwon into two.

Those big thugs and punks had every reason to be proud.

‘Of course, since they don’t know about inns, they seem to be the lowest of the low.’

They were overlooking a few facts.

First of all, Sehyuk is not a weakling even if the target of their threats is beaten to death.

A regressor who manipulates situations as he pleases, and even after returning, he continues to defeat great forces on his own with overwhelming talent.

Above all, this was a space that Sehyuk knew very well.

‘Are these guys newbies? Don’t they know the rules of the inn when they live in Suwon?’

He smiles with a mixture of absurdity and laughter.

At that sight, the expressions of the rice cake heads distort.

“If you want to fight, why don’t you go outside? It’s the inn’s rules.”

“Are you ignoring us!”

The sticks kicked the table.

Kkudangtang!

A hotel table that falls over with a crash.

“Eww!”

People sitting at the table fall over, and food and dishes scatter across the floor.

The rice cake heads are rushing in.

Sashimi shining fiercely at the tips of their fingers.

But Sehyuk didn’t even think about moving.

Because Sehyuk had no need to take action himself.

“You must not make any noise inside the inn.”

It happened in an instant.

The moment when the rice cake heads rush in.

The bartender, who was wiping the glasses, suddenly ran over and snapped the neck of the man in front.

Sehyuk glanced around.

A glass door comes into view.

A ruined world.

Sometimes, the ability to continue using such fragile materials is a measure of the strength of a group.

The power of this inn is one of the strongest in the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas.

‘If you’re weak, you can’t run a hotel here.’

In the world of martial arts, it is a common sight for innkeepers to get caught up in martial arts fights, have their shops destroyed, and get injured.

In reality, if that chaos happens, the business will close in less than a month.

‘In the world of superhumans, commerce is also a profession that requires strength.’

Sehyuk came here because he was a famous person that he knew.

The owner of this inn is a legendary chef who, before returning, traveled the world collecting ingredients and creating his own dishes.

‘I also owe you a lot.’

The owner of this inn is the person who showed the recipe book to Sehyuk.

More than 70 percent of the information on ingredients that Sehyuk knows comes from the recipe book that this person gave him.

A person strong enough to roam the outside world filled with monsters.

The numerous disciples raised by such a person made the inn one of the best in Seoul and Gyeonggi.

“Ugh, ugh!”

The thug who had tried to pick a fight was left lying on the floor with his neck broken.

Just passed out.

The sight of that makes the rice cake colleagues flinch.

“What, what! You said you’d accept everything? Why are you suddenly attacking me!”

“You must not break the rules.”

The bartender points to a corner of the inn.

At his fingertips is a large piece of paper taped to the wall with the inn’s rules written on it.

The faces of the Sorae Susan rice cake vendors turn pale.

‘Maybe they have eyes too, so they must have seen the rules.’

However, they probably trusted the huge power called Sorae Fisheries and took this inn lightly.

The bartender looks around.

“You will not be allowed to enter the inn until you pay the full amount of damages for disturbing the inn.”

A broken table, scattered dishes and food.

Guests rubbing their scratched arms on the table.

The bartender looks at the thugs with calm eyes.

“If you don’t pay me back within two days, then I will come and get it myself.”

At those words, the faces of the thugs turn pale.

I saw the bartender’s skills.

I guessed what would happen if I didn’t pay the damages.

“Run away now!”

The guys next to the fallen pole run out in fear.

Abandoning your colleagues.

The first rule of the inn is that anyone who comes is accepted.

And the second one.

However, if you cause a commotion inside the inn, you will be mercilessly kicked out and made to pay a corresponding price.

Sehyuk knew everything.

Leave the cleaning to the cleaning company.

The inn is for the innkeeper.

It’s best to leave everything to the experts.

After all the customers who were causing trouble ran away.

The bartender glanced at Sehyuk.

“The guest is calm.”

“Because I knew.”

The bartender, who had been slowly watching Sehyuk, turns around and walks back towards the bar.

“Be careful. The rules of coexistence only apply inside the inn. There are no exceptions to the rules.”

After saying that, the bartender went back to the bar as if nothing had happened and started wiping the glasses.

“I’ve never heard a bartender say something like that.”

Customers watching from the side are muttering.

“That’s right. Aren’t you usually famous for not interfering with your guests? You know how to say something like that.”

Still, the bartender seemed to have a favorable view of Sehyuk.

There was a minor problem though.

* * *

We had a quick meal at the inn and headed back to the car.

I decided to stay here for some time to meet the innkeeper.

“Certainly, I feel a strong aura about that bartender. He certainly seems like someone who would be of great help.”

These were the words of Go Jeong-hwan, who was cleaning his sword after returning from a simple training session.

Sehyuk, who was washing up lightly and shaking off the water, nodded at those words.

“Yeah. I think it might be beneficial, so I’ll give it a try.”

“But, can I meet the owner just by continuing to stay at the inn? Aren’t I just going to waste money and get taken advantage of?”

Han Si-hyeon, who was sitting on a chair, crossed her arms as if she was dissatisfied.

“I wouldn’t do that since I know him from time to time.”

In addition, there is something I believe in to some extent.

The owner of the inn at the end of Suwon is a good person.

It means that there is a certain degree of animosity towards the gangs that are eating away at Suwon.

However, he does not like to get involved in troublesome matters such as directly conquering Suwon.

He is a person who has compromised with reality to some extent.

It was the gate that allowed everyone to enter the inn equally.

If you ban a group of thugs from entering the inn, all those thugs will join forces and raid the inn.

A person who protects his or her own freedom while keeping a close watch over anyone who enters the inn.

That’s the personality of the innkeeper that Sehyuk knows.

‘If I pick off a bunch of thugs, he’ll be interested.’

I’m making a rough guess.

There’s going to be a fight.

‘It’s Sorae Susan.’

Sehyuk thought about the group that divided Suwon.

This is a case where a large seafood company in Suwon became powerful.

Some of the small fish shop owners joined Sorae Fisheries, while others who had no interest in beating others went to the inn at the end of Suwon.

‘The leader was a rather strong person.’

The core of Sorae Fisheries is its large numbers and exceptionally strong captain.

The strength of the middle layer is absolutely essential to sustaining a group for a very long time.

However, for immediate survival, the presence of one person with absolute power has the greatest influence.

Because of that person’s mere existence, enemies must always live with the anxiety that if they fall for this person, they will die.

There’s no need to explain the importance of morale in war.

‘As long as the leader is strong, the middle class is not bad either. There is a lot that a strong leader can teach.’

Of course, that being said, compared to other forces, the quality is generally poor compared to the number of people.

If you look at it the other way around, it means that if you just remove the leader, Sorae Fisheries will collapse in an instant like a castle built on sand.

It seems that Sorae Fisheries before its return also failed in the same way.

Because the rising star Cha Ye-seong personally finished off the leader of Sorae Fisheries.

‘I took Cha Ye-seong away, so we have to finish it ourselves this time too.’

Since Suwon is currently a lawless area, there will definitely be trouble.

The bartender said that the rules only apply inside the inn, meaning that he wouldn’t be able to help if a fight broke out.

A line has been drawn.

Because that’s the inn’s rule.

I also think about the leader of Sorae Fisheries.

It’s true that he’s a bit of a difficult opponent, but it’s not like he’s something I can’t fight.

Suddenly, a thought crosses my mind.

‘Should I make Cha Ye-seong the king of Suwon in this life too?’

Suwon, where Cha Ye-seong was in power before his return, was one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country.

Eating in a neighborhood like that is bound to be good.

Also, there is one thing that is on my mind.

In this life, Cha Ye-seong was taken away by Se-hyeok.

The future before the regression has already been distorted for a long time.

As such, it is impossible to know what kind of future Suwon will advance into.

The worst case scenario, and the most likely future scenario, is that either Sorae Fisheries or one of the two forces that divided Suwon, will eventually win and swallow up Suwon.

If either group took Suwon, there would be chaos in Suwon.

‘If I leave it like that, my conscience will be pricked.’

The people of Suwon, whose future has changed and who will not be liberated from the trash.

The future changed entirely because of Sehyuk, so he is responsible.

While I was thinking about that.

“Hey! They’re really here!”

Han Si-hyeon taps Se-hyeok’s shoulder with an angry expression.

I look out the window and see a line of men coming towards me, carrying bloody knives as if they’re about to stab someone.

There are a few familiar faces among the crowd.

These are the people who were just kicked out of the inn.

Sehyuk looked at the man standing at the very front of the group.

A small, ordinary middle-aged man with a gray beard and a moderately thin body.

A man who appears smaller when surrounded by a crowd of mostly tall people.

But if you look closely, those eyes are sparkling with a strange madness.

Sehyuk felt an ominous energy from the man.

‘It’s clear. That guy is the boss of Sorae Fisheries.’

The people who were kicked out of the inn came with their boss and attacked Sehyuk and his group.

To kill and steal the vehicle.