Regression Sword Apocalypse Reconquest - Chapter 35
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Episode 35
After successfully avoiding the first attack.
The situation has been similar since then.
“One on the left, three behind, based on our standards.”
“This time, you can just hide behind the hill.”
Sehyuk read all the patterns of the dragon’s forelegs, tail, mouth, and lightning, and responded with movements without any unnecessary fuss.
The innate intuition he possessed.
That intuition, almost prophetic, allows you to avoid everything with just the bare minimum of movement.
Before the regression, if the guys who drove Sehyuk to the root came to meet him and talk to him in person.
Sehyuk would not have had to face death.
And then, the battle finally came to an end.
Krrrrrrrr… .
A sharp, throat-scraping roar that echoes from the dragon’s belly.
Breath pattern.
It was the critical moment that Sehyuk had been waiting for.
‘The boss will not move for a short while while firing the breath.’
In other words, the strategy is to destroy the dungeon’s core while it is still.
‘And, in this pattern, destroying the dungeon’s core requires two prerequisite processes.’
One is to make the Bone Dragon fire its breath in a direction other than the hill.
This means that we need to maximize the boundary value and divert attention elsewhere.
Another condition is to destroy the nucleus quickly while it is still.
That is the most effective way to destroy this ‘colony disaster’.
It may seem simple, but it’s not a method that anyone can implement.
‘Because it’s such a strong monster, the very condition of turning one’s gaze becomes too difficult.’
If this giant monster runs out of alertness, it will immediately stop breathing and return to the hill.
And there were very few people with the talent to withstand the boss of this dungeon and raise the alert level.
As expected of a monster at the core of a disaster, the difficulty of simple destruction methods jumps.
This is where you can see just how monstrous Sehyuk’s abilities are.
I’ve always thought about it.
If there were five Inspector Lee Se-hyeoks, wouldn’t it have been possible to attack the source?
Firecrackers flash inside the dark, damp, slimy cave.
While I was slowly irritating him.
Sehyuk discovered it.
Sehyuk’s transcendent intuition told him that the time had come.
The small horn on the back of the dragon’s head wiggles as if it were about to burst.
This meant that we were close to reaching the required threshold.
‘Okay. Now if I just blow this up, I’ll be able to meet the required threshold.’
The moment its little horns rise, it will fire its breath.
It takes up residence in a small mound of slime surrounding a bone graveyard,
And then, Sehyuk pressed the final detonator.
Kwakwakwang-kwang! Kwarreung!
A flash of lightning erupted from the other side of Sehyuk.
Countless traps had been laid in one spot.
To stimulate the monster’s alertness to the max.
And then the monster got caught.
thud!
The bone dragon stomps its feet on the ground and lies down.
He opened his mouth, aiming straight at the pile of traps that were still bursting out in flashes.
A flame begins to boil in the bastard’s throat.
It was now.
“You guys wait here!”
Sehyuk ran up the huge bone tomb.
At the same time, flames shoot out from the dragon’s mouth.
The flashing yellow light from the explosive trap is consumed by the crimson flames spewed by the dragon.
Flames sweep across the floor, burning the surrounding area.
Nevertheless, the area where Sehyuk was, the huge bone tomb, was extremely peaceful.
And then, Sehyuk found the dungeon’s core, stuck in the mucus at the top of a huge tomb.
A round stone covered with a shiny shell.
Sehyuk stabbed his sword into the stone without hesitation.
Parsak!
The dungeon’s core was shattered and scattered.
Like glittering pieces scattering.
At the same time, the polluted land and monsters that made up the dungeon began to melt into the floor as if they were collapsing.
The two men at the bottom of the hill watched in a trance as the monsters disappeared.
Then I came to my senses and ran up to where Sehyuk was.
“Are you okay?!”
“okay.”
The two brown-haired men looked at Sehyuk.
And the two sturdy men knelt down on the floor, looking at Sehyuk’s expression.
“Hey, brother. You’re really amazing. I truly respect you.”
The two look up at Sehyuk with admiring eyes.
The two of them then bowed their heads in front of him.
“We are so ashamed of ourselves for ignoring you just because of your appearance.”
“You may not be able to accept it, but can trash like us learn from you and become new people?”
Looking at that sight, I could tell intuitively.
It seems like I have more colleagues.
Sehyuk smiled brightly.
“I’m going to treat you like a slave now, is that okay? Well, if you follow the hellish training without complaint, I might recycle you and accept you as a comrade. Even though you’re trash now.”
After saying that, the two men looked at Se-hyeok and expressed their emotion with tears in their eyes.
Sehyuk extended his hand to the two kneeling people.
“Keep this in mind. You can make mistakes, but if you make the same mistake once, you won’t make it again. Then I’ll forgive you.”
“thank you!”
The two men stood up, firmly grabbing the hand Sehyuk extended.
“Let the country be thankful for having met a merciful person.”
The first reward for the colony’s disaster.
There are now two more workers at my disposal.
This alone is a satisfactory result.
However, an even greater reward awaits Sehyuk.
The plague of the colony, the ultimate reward.
Energy crystals.
A starting point that will allow you to do anything later and gain a companion who will never betray you.
“Then, wait a moment.”
Leaving those words, Sehyuk looked at the spot where the dungeon’s core had disappeared.
‘The reward from the colony’s disaster is a treasure appropriate for its difficulty.’
A natural treasure that raised Oh Ji-hoon, who had no talent or ability, to the level just before becoming the ‘final survivor’.
It was time to get my hands on that precious thing.
‘Besides, Oh Ji-hoon failed to defeat this place.’
The more difficult the disaster, the more generous the reward, and the more perfectly it is handled, the greater the reward.
The current Se-hyeok has cleared the colony’s disaster so perfectly that it would be rude to compare him to Oh Ji-hoon before his return.
‘Then, the reward must have changed.’
However, even Sehyuk cannot guess what will come out.
Because it is an environment where the rewards are twisted here and there and flow in unexpected directions.
‘I was a bit angry because I didn’t get any compensation right after the problem was solved, but later on, there was compensation that came back as a butterfly effect. It was so messed up.’
It just comes naturally when the time comes.
Still, there is hope.
Because what I received simply for surviving was a transcendent elixir.
Wouldn’t the reward for a perfect solution be something better?
Sehyuk bent down to the center of the bone tomb where the dungeon’s core was.
The place where the dungeon’s core was, with the polluted mucus gone.
Sehyuk carefully dug through the sunken hole.
And Sehyuk smiled as he looked inside.
‘Found it.’
Between the carved tombs, a single bead of splendid, five-colored light was shining.
This is the heart of the dungeon that the boss monster was guarding, and the elixir that made Oh Ji-hoon strong.
It is the dragon’s spirit core, Yeouiju.
‘Yeouiju is the pinnacle of all elixirs.’
Although it is classified as a legend in academic circles, it is no exaggeration to say that it has powers that go beyond that.
The reason this item was downgraded is because it has clear flaws.
‘I considered eating it, but there are problems. I guess I’ll have to wait for the compensation that comes later.’
Such an object fell into Sehyuk’s hands.
‘If you have this, you can magically create various materials from the Apocalypse.’
There are limitations, but with this, rebuilding civilization is no longer a dream.
For example, gunpowder.
The ingredients of black powder, the most basic of gunpowders, are potassium nitrate, charcoal, sulfur, or rusty scrap iron.
Using magic to convert nitrogen in the air can replace saltpeter, a limited resource that must be mined from the ground.
Once the foundation is prepared, charcoal and sulfur can be produced sufficiently with Choi Seong-Hyeon’s ability.
And, as you steadily develop your abilities, you will be able to create items related to black powder.
Musket rifle and ammunition.
Pistol bullets.
Things like smokeless gunpowder and dynamite.
‘You’ll be able to use some sort of alchemy. Well, it’s a bit of a futuristic story, though.’
Even if it’s a story about the future, the possibility is what’s important.
The possibility of living stably and without worrying about resources in an apocalyptic world.
Sehyuk smiled and picked up the Yeouiju.
And the fun doesn’t end there.
Aside from the reward, Sehyuk still had other pleasures to offer.
‘By now, Oh Ji-hoon must be climbing up, eagerly anticipating the rewards of this hidden dungeon.’
As the thought crossed his mind, Sehyuk chuckled.
‘I’m looking forward to seeing Oh Ji-hoon’s expression.’
Sehyuk briefly checked the condition of the two bodyguards and distributed the reward.
“Oh, of course you should have it.”
“No objection!”
They both agreed that Sehyuk would monopolize the dungeon rewards.
Sehyuk also accepted those words naturally.
‘You saved my life, but if you ask for compensation, you’re the scum of the earth.’
If he had asked for compensation, Sehyuk might have personally tied the two together in the mucus again.
And then, as soon as Sehyuk finished speaking, Park Sunhwan approached Sehyuk.
“I would like to formally apologize again. I apologize for being rude.”
Park Sun-hwan bowed his head.
“And thank you for saving my life.”
Hmm, hmm!
At those words, Jang Young-soo, who had been standing there blankly, coughed in vain and slowly approached.
“Thank you for saving my life. And you were really great. I’m ashamed of myself for treating you like that.”
Jang Young-soo scratched his head, coughing awkwardly.
He had an impressed look on his face.
It may be that he still hasn’t recovered from the aftereffects of the possessed stunt Se-hyuk showed off earlier.
Sehyuk looked at the sight and smiled gently.
“If I knew, I wouldn’t do that in the future, right?”
“Of course!”
Jang Young-soo is at a loss.
At that sight, Sehyuk smiled brightly again.
“But, come to think of it, how long has it been since we met that you’re speaking informally to me like that?”
At those words, Jang Young-soo froze.
“sorry.”
“Okay, I understand. For the time being, I’m your superior, so let’s use informal language. When we become colleagues, let’s reorganize our honorifics.”
Jang Young-soo had just seen Se-hyeok skillfully handling the monster.
Because of that dignity, Jang Yeong-su had no choice but to agree with Se-hyeok’s chilling words.
After finishing cleaning up, Sehyuk came out of the dungeon with his two subordinates.
“Hey, looks like those monsters had a blast.”
Through Sehyuk’s mercy, Jang Youngsoo and Park Soonhwan are able to wear suits again.
As soon as he came out, Jang Young-soo had an expression that was a mixture of admiration and excitement.
The scenery outside the dungeon was nothing short of chaotic.
The trees on the polluted mountain were lying sideways here and there, the soil was collapsing, and the ground was turned upside down.
It was probably destroyed when monsters poured out.
The scorched earth traces continued all the way to the gate exit.
The path through the bushes was full of potholes and human footprints, and the grass was withered or trampled and dug up, leaving a mess.
‘Still, that’s fortunate. It seems less dead than before.’
There are a few bloodstains, but not many human corpses.
It was a very fortunate thing for a colony that had been devastated.
But Sehyuk knows.
There is still another problem lurking here.
‘I guess I should be prepared. I wonder what kind of nonsense that bastard Oh Ji-hoon will do next.’
By now, that bastard Oh Ji-hoon would have realized that someone had ended the disaster for the colony.
‘That guy must be trying to steal the reward from here by now.’
And, Oh Ji-hoon will definitely try to persistently find out who took the reward.
‘Because he always thought everything was his.’
A smile appeared on Sehyuk’s lips.
He is also a master of bullshit who doesn’t get pushed around anywhere.
Finally, I was able to give Oh Ji-hoon a piece of candy.
To one of the scum that caused Sehyuk’s death.