Regression Sword Apocalypse Reconquest - Chapter 48
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Episode 48
A forest full of suspicious secrets.
To enter, you must first kill all of these mysterious monsters.
‘I guess I’ll have to sweep it away in an instant.’
Infuse a weak magical power into the sword to turn it into a silver sword.
‘The possessed body follows the weaknesses of the body it possesses, so if you break the heart or head, you can kill it.’
Sehyuk’s footsteps slowly unfold the law.
‘Judging by their magical power, these guys are the type that possess humans after killing them.’
If you had taken the body of a living person, you could have saved him.
It’s a shame.
There is no need to feel guilty.
It would be better to let the dead who had their bodies stolen rest in peace.
Sehyuk slowly walks among the monsters.
A movement that seems to disappear into the crowd in an instant.
Sehyuk’s footsteps create a gait that makes it seem like he won’t even brush the collar of his clothes against anyone.
The monsters thrust their teeth at Sehyuk and swing their claws, but he doesn’t make any contact.
Sehyuk looked down at them and lightly kicked them.
Seogeong.
The silver sword advances and draws a curve.
The monsters are instantly cut in half.
As if lightly chopping a few pieces of wood.
Parts of the monsters’ heads and upper bodies fall to the floor.
I quickly killed all the monsters.
Only the torn corpse remained.
Seeing that, Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan made uncomfortable expressions.
“Shall we go in?”
“Just wait a minute.”
Sehyuk sat still and began to rummage through the corpses.
And Sehyuk could see.
Black smoke began to rise from the torn corpse.
Black smoke gathers together and billows.
Black smoke growing larger and larger.
Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan also look up at the scene.
Go Jeong-hwan pointed to the black smoke.
“Doesn’t it look like it’s looking at us?”
As the saying goes, it can be seen briefly in the black smoke.
The eyes that stare at them.
Ssssssss.
The smoke disperses in an instant.
The monsters’ corpses also disappeared in an instant, like melting snow.
“What on earth could it have been?”
“I don’t know. Maybe we’ll have to go inside to find out.”
Meanwhile, Sehyuk discovered an object left among the melted corpses of monsters.
“Is it a jewel?”
It was a transparent stone with a white sheen.
White flames ripple out from inside.
Cha Ye-seong pokes a stone with his finger.
“When I touch it, I feel a sense of comfort.”
Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan are amazed.
Sehyuk realized what this stone was.
‘It’s a stone filled with divine power.’
The power to drive away evil and darkness and restore mental and physical strength by borrowing the power of a transcendent being related to light.
Because of their special nature, items with divine powers can only be obtained through very limited means.
‘There are also special abilities that can only be obtained when divine power is added to materials.’
For example, certain levels of recovery and certain buffs can only be obtained by using divine power.
In other words, this stone imbued with divine power is a pretty good material.
Plus, considering the monsters that appear in this area, the stone itself seems like it could be useful somewhere.
‘It will be useful in many ways.’
With that thought, Se-hyeok handed the stone to Cha Ye-seong.
“Am I holding it?”
“Yeah. I think you and Yong should get one of those mental protection devices. Give it to Yong.”
At those words, Cha Ye-seong hands a stone to Baby Yong.
“Hold on tight.”
The baby dragon catches the stone with its small front paws.
There is nothing left but stones.
Sehyuk and his party cautiously approached the Forest of Grudge.
Cha Ye-seong turns on the flashlight function of his cell phone and illuminates the forest.
Cha Ye-seong looks into the forest and is startled.
“Can I really go in there? It seems like the light is just being consumed?”
The darkness of the forest did not disappear even when the light from the cell phone was shined on it.
It just remains pitch black.
“I can’t see inside. There are a few small paths, though. What should I do?”
Go Jeong-hwan looks at Se-hyeok.
“Let’s just follow the road for now.”
We slowly enter along the path between the trees.
The moment I entered the forest.
Sehyuk and his party discovered a large stone monument erected next to a narrow path.
“What are these letters? Is it an alien language?”
Go Jeong-hwan frowns.
A tombstone written in strange characters whose meaning is unknown.
Combined with the dark atmosphere of the forest, it creates an even more eerie atmosphere.
In an instant, the letters glow, reassemble, and change.
Before I knew it, the letters on the tombstone had been changed to Korean.
“Let me read it.”
Cha Ye-seong approaches and reads the letters.
“Only those with greater resentment will be able to escape from here. Is that so?
Cha Ye-seong examining the tombstone.
“Oh, wait a minute. There’s text on the back too.”
Cha Ye-seong turns around to read the words behind the stone monument again.
[Darkness is confusion, choice is encounter. Everything has stages.]
“What does it mean?”
“I guess we’ll have to go inside to find out what it means.”
“Then shall we set off?”
“okay.”
Continue along the path and enter the cave.
A gloomy wind blows.
The wind made the little dragon tremble.
A pitch-black forest.
It was strangely quiet.
Sabak. Sabak.
All that can be heard is the sound of Sehyuk and his party stepping on piles of dried leaves and grass.
It’s even more eerie because of the darkness and limited visibility.
I can barely see a distance of about 5 meters in all directions.
The back is covered in darkness and cannot be seen.
‘To be precise, only one is visible.’
Only one half-collapsed building glows with a faint purple light in the distance.
It was an old building with a half-dead sign that read ‘Aram Flower Farm’ dangling from it.
And, Cha Ye-seong is shocked when he sees the state of the farm.
“Excuse me, what is that giant tree?”
Yes, that’s right.
The beautiful flower farm was half-collapsed because a huge tree was crushing it.
A huge tree, only the base of which can be seen in the dim purple light.
It is a landscape where it seems as if the building is becoming one with the tree.
A suspicious sight to anyone who looks at it.
‘That’s probably the final destination.’
Sehyuk decided to think positively.
The original reason I decided to come here was to get plants from the farm.
Since the farm remains, that goal may be achieved.
“Let’s go towards the farm.”
However, Sehyuk and his party were unable to reach the farm.
“No matter how far I go, I don’t get any closer.”
“It seems like we’re getting further and further apart.”
‘That’s strange.’
The direction is set correctly.
If so, there must be another reason.
Suddenly, something crossed his mind.
‘Darkness is confusion.’
Sehyuk decided to try an experiment.
“What are you doing?”
After making a large X mark on the ground with a sword.
“Follow me, I’ll show you.”
Take everyone together, not on a path but among the trees.
Go into the darkness.
And then they came back to where they had marked an X earlier.
“It looks like I have to just follow the path.”
“I guess this is what they mean when they say darkness is confusion.”
“For now, just keep moving forward.”
Continue along the path towards the farm.
As he walked along the road, Sehyuk looked into the darkness and kept throwing stones.
To uncover the principles of how darkness works.
And then they came to a crossroads.
Two paths going in opposite directions in the pitch-black darkness, with only a few trees visible in front of you.
Naturally, there is no indication of what lies at the end of the fork in the road.
“If you keep walking, you won’t reach the farm. It’s a fork in the road.”
“It seems like the structure of this Forest of Resentment is a labyrinth.”
Short visibility, darkness that blocks your view of the path you came from, and loss of direction.
It’s an environment that constantly makes you not know where you are.
Perfect for confusing those who enter.
“If darkness is speaking of that darkness, does the phrase “choice is an encounter” mean a fork in the road? Does it mean that even if you make the wrong choice, you will encounter something?”
Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan keep looking around anxiously.
But Sehyuk was calm.
Because if it’s a labyrinth, there’s a clear solution.
“I think I need to find an answer. How can I get there?”
Ask Cha Ye-seong to give you a prophecy.
Cha Ye-seong is worried.
She quickly came up with an answer.
“I need to find two barrier stones somewhere around here.”
The structure is such that you have to stop by two different points to obtain the boundary stone to open the path to the farm.
“I think you need to find an area where there are densely packed tents made of grass, and an area where wooden furniture is arranged like a room on the bare floor.”
As expected, it’s Cha Ye-seong.
“Can you also foresee the direction to get there through prophecy?”
“To some extent, which way is the right way.”
“That’s enough. So, where should we go?”
Cha Ye-seong closes his eyes again.
“It’s on the left.”
Turn left at the fork in the road.
At that moment.
A pitiful howl was heard from behind.
Cha Ye-seong looks back in surprise.
It’s a sickening, spine-piercing cry.
Cha Ye-seong is trembling.
Se-hyeok patted Cha Ye-seong on the shoulder.
“We won’t meet anyway.”
“That’s true.”
Cha Ye-seong regains her composure.
Since then, with Cha Ye-seong’s help, Se-hyeok and his group have been able to overcome the crossroads.
I feel like I’ve gotten used to it because I often hear the eerie sound of crying.
Cha Ye-seong slowly counts the numbers.
“I think we’re almost there now.”
As we push through the trees, our field of vision suddenly widens.
At that moment.
Peeing!
Something is flying towards them.
Squeak!
Sehyuk swung his sword and cut down the flying objects.
Looking closely, the flying object was an arrow.
“What is it?”
Cha Ye-seong is terrified when he sees an arrow broken in two on the ground.
There was no need to answer.
“Who’s there?”
Because through the expanded field of vision, I could see the beings shooting arrows.
“Fairy? The atmosphere is a bit different.”
Several black fairies with jet-black hair and skin were glaring at them.
Behind them are several tents with roofs covered with large leaves.
‘This is the location of the barrier stone needed to enter the farm.’
All sorts of thoughts spread through Sehyuk’s mind when he saw that sight.
‘Is this why the Fairy Merchant asked you to explore the forest? But if he did, he would have given me a heads up in advance.’
The sudden appearance of black fairies.
Sehyuk couldn’t figure out what to think of them.
It’s foolish to completely trust a stranger.
There may be a connection with the Fairy Merchant, who may be hostile.
Sehyuk, who was worried, decided to have a conversation first.
‘Something feels strange.’
Is it because I’m tired?
These fairies did not have the usual fairy-like intimidating presence.
The same goes for horsepower.
In that situation, the calculation was that I would be able to escape even if things went wrong.
Sehyuk put his sword into his waistband, raised both hands, and took a step forward.
“We came here to investigate at the request of the Fairy Merchant.”
As he said that, Sehyuk carefully observed the fairies’ reactions.
As to what kind of reaction there will be.
‘I can’t see the barrier stone. So, do these people have it?’
One thing seems certain.
You must obtain the barrier stone from these fairies.