Regression Sword Apocalypse Reconquest - Chapter 49
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Episode 49
Black fairies suddenly appeared in the Forest of Grudge.
Sehyuk put the fairy merchant in his mouth and watched his opponent’s reaction.
‘You’re the only link between me and those fairies, so I’m sure you’ll react to something.’
There was also very little information about the existence of the Black Fairy before the regression.
‘They say that the black fairies and the regular fairies are both allies and enemies at the same time.’
A relationship that seems to have some ill feelings.
But for some reason, it seems like they are joining forces.
That much information.
‘Anyway, this is pretty helpful information for the current situation.’
A fairy merchant who engages in external activities.
Therefore, it was assumed that the black fairies would also know about her.
There was a reaction.
“Oh!”
At those words, the fairy who had been at the forefront smiled and lowered her bow.
“A rescue team? We were waiting. What’s the situation outside?”
Follow the black fairies and sit in the tent.
Sehyuk slowly looked around.
It was a base camp with no campfire, just a tent and the rags of the fairies’ belongings.
There are five black fairies.
Everyone looks tired.
“I’m sorry I have nothing to offer you.”
The fairy who seemed to be the leader of these castaways, who had been at the forefront, spoke to Sehyuk.
“That’s fine. I’m more curious about what happened inside.”
Ask about the situation.
To find out what’s going on in the forest and to find out if there’s anything suspicious about these fairies.
The fairies told stories of what had happened in the forest.
There was no significant income.
All it says is that he was lost after being chased by monsters and losing contact with his leader because he couldn’t use magic, arrows, or spirit magic.
I don’t even know what kind of monsters they are.
“I came to see because Elder Nature’s disciple told me that there might be something hidden in this forest. I shouldn’t have.”
The fairy sighs.
Sehyuk looked at other people.
The other fairies didn’t say anything special.
Just sit still and do your own thing.
Cha Ye-seong was wondering what was hidden in this forest.
Suddenly, Sehyuk thought the sight was strange.
‘The other fairies are too silent.’
In the end, Sehyuk made a decision.
I think I should try some leading questions.
“What a pity.”
After listening to the fairy’s petty lament for a bit, Sehyuk got to the main point.
“Is there a monster that can defeat powerful fairies like you? This is a big problem.”
“There were restrictions and I let my guard down. As I said, the monsters here don’t align well with us who use long-range techniques and spirits.”
The fairy looks at Sehyuk and her eyes light up.
“Still, you seem to be quite good with a sword. I think you’d be better suited for close combat.”
Sehyuk didn’t bother to answer.
“How long has it been since you were lost?”
“I couldn’t tell the time because it was in the forest. It felt like it had been a few days.”
“I see.”
At first glance, these answers sound like no problem at all.
Logically, there is certainly no problem.
But somehow I felt strange.
‘Especially the way you looked at me. Somehow, I felt bad.’
Sehyuk has the ability to quickly and accurately understand the psychology of his opponents.
The feeling is also quite accurate.
That feeling keeps sending me warning signals.
Sehyuk got up from his seat.
“Cha Ye-seong. Go Jeong-hwan. We’ve rested enough, so let’s go again. Let’s finish quickly and go home.”
“Are you leaving already? Why don’t you rest a bit and go. We’ll help you too.”
The fairy who had been talking to Sehyuk grabs him with a surprised expression.
Sehyuk shook his head and answered.
“You guys are resting here. You guys are injured. You need to rest. You could be in more danger if you don’t coordinate.”
I am half worried, but half anxious.
And that premonition came true.
That moment when you say you’ll leave first and come back later.
Sehyuk felt a subtle sense of resentment in the fairies’ expressions.
On the outside, he has an ordinary, expressionless face.
But those gazes are not kind.
‘As expected, it’s suspicious.’
There may be a reason why you shouldn’t go first, or they may be plotting something really sinister.
‘Then I’ll have to look into it more. It’s not a good picture to see these guys hitting you in the back of the head.’
Sehyuk smiled at the fairies.
“Is there any reason why we shouldn’t go first? Then let’s rest for now.”
Sit on the floor.
And then the leading questioning begins again.
As natural as possible.
So that your true intentions are not revealed.
“By the way, I have something I’d like to ask you personally. What kind of person is the Fairy Merchant? I’d like to get some help from you.”
The fairies just kept saying they didn’t know anything.
If these guys are really fairies, they could give you some information about the Fairy Merchant.
If you can’t answer, it means you’re not a fairy.
“He is like our leader now that the Queen is gone.”
The black fairy answers with a gentle smile.
“It was because of his teachings that I was able to become a proper Elven warrior. He was the one who was truly worthy of being our Spirit Elder, but he stubbornly refused.”
At first glance, it seems like a normal answer.
But Sehyuk noticed and ignored it.
‘These kids. They’re weird.’
“You guys, you’re the black elves. Don’t you think he’ll be your elder?
For a moment, all the black fairies’ gazes are fixed on Sehyuk and his group.
With a blank expression.
Cha Ye-seong gasps at the sight.
Sehyuk drew his sword.
“Why do you say they’re from the same tribe? The Black Fairies and the White Fairies are supposed to be separate tribes?”
The tip of the Dimension Adjuster’s sword, aimed squarely at the leading fairy.
The fairy looking at the tip of the sword smiles brightly.
“Oh. Got it?”
From those words on, the fairies’ mouths are torn apart.
A field of vision that narrows in an instant.
Thick darkness fell again, with only a distance of 5 meters visible.
Monsters emerge from the darkness.
Countless white and pale hands.
All those hands stretched out their arms towards Cha Ye-seong.
Cha Ye-seong, who was moving forward while avoiding hands.
“Eww!”
She screamed when she saw the monster appearing in front of her.
A huge white mouth opening towards you.
Cha Ye-seong reflexively cast a magic explosion.
Is that because it was blown up in a hurry?
The sphere of magical power just passed by the monster.
And Sehyuk had a gut feeling.
“Get out of here!”
A sphere of unstable magical power protruding from the back.
‘If that thing explodes, we’re all doomed.’
Sehyuk quickly moved behind the two.
Charge the sword with magic power.
Some are split open by the sword and some are absorbed by projectile absorption.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay.”
Block Chaeseong’s attack and check the situation.
Go Jeong-hwan cut off the left arm dummy and took Cha Ye-seong out of the range of the giant mouth.
A giant mouth and part of a hand slowly disappear into the darkness.
‘Probably preparing for the next attack.’
At the same time, the remaining hands slowly come out.
They are fairies with strangely long, twisted, and torn mouths.
Kyaaaaah!
Some of them attack Go Jeong-hwan.
The rest disappear into the darkness and shoot arrows.
The monsters’ teeth and arrows simultaneously aim for Gohyeonghwan.
Extremely fast speed.
Go Jeong-hwan’s response was to block the monster rushing towards him with a heavy sword.
Even if he gets hit by a few arrows, he still wants to avoid the monsters’ approach.
Se-hyeok also knew that fact, so he stepped on Go Jeong-hwan’s shoulder, jumped into the air, and shot the arrow.
“Ugh. Ugh.”
Go Jeong-hwan, who pushed and cut down the monsters, held his breath in tension.
A forest where you never know where an attack might come from.
Bloodless, distorted, and horribly shaped monsters.
Add to this the extremely narrow field of vision and confined space due to darkness and trees, and the psychological pressure is no joke.
In reality, Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan are unable to move properly due to the explosion of magic power from earlier and the unstable environment.
‘It’ll be hard for Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan to fight.’
An unstable situation.
It was okay though.
Sehyuk has finished figuring out how this forest works.
“Everyone, just respond to dangerous attacks.”
After leaving those words, Sehyuk flew away.
Not monsters, but right in front of the darkness.
“I’ll take care of it.”
And then, Sehyuk stabbed his sword into the darkness.
Phew!
“Huh!”
Dimensional adjusters emerge from the darkness.
The blade was stuck directly into the head of one of the monsters that was rushing towards Cha Ye-seong from the left.
Sehyuk has innate judgment in battle.
To him, the confusion created by the darkness of the forest was ‘readable’.
How the darkness of the forest moves and confuses those who enter.
Where do you enter and where do you exit?
‘I calculated it all.’
For the Inquisitor, being able to read means being able to destroy.
Grrrrr!
The confused monsters look around looking for Sehyuk.
But Sehyuk had already stepped into the darkness of the forest.
From then on, it was a one-sided massacre.
The tip of a sword sticking out from the darkness all around.
Sehyuk pops out from all over the place as if he’s teleporting.
“Wow, I can’t keep up with those eyes.”
It was so fast that it looked to Go Jeong-hwan and Cha Ye-seong as if several Se-hyuks were trampling on the monster from all sides.
“Okay.”
Sehyuk flew in from the air and stabbed the last monster in the head with his sword, then landed on the ground.
The darkness slowly fades again.
And the sight that was revealed was quite shocking.
“this.”
Go Jeong-hwan frowns.
Unlike before, there was a dark red liquid all over the floor.
The tent, with its roof covered with green leaves, has a red stain at the bottom.
And on top of that, white-skinned fairies were falling.
Five spheres.
Sehyuk looked at the fallen fairies.
“It seems that the monsters here possess corpses.”
The scar from the knife Se-hyuk put in earlier still remains.
We also confirmed that the distorted monsters had torn scars on their bodies.
As if his stomach was churning, Cha Ye-seong pressed hard on the area around his temples.
“It’s comforting that Sehyuk is always so calm.”
“Isn’t that sarcasm?”
“I mean this sincerely.”
Cha Ye-seong takes a deep breath and looks into the empty space.
“If Sehyuk had shown that he was having a hard time, I think he would have gone crazy a long time ago. In fact, not only in this forest, but also up until now.”
Se-hyeok turned his head to look at Cha Ye-seong and Go Jeong-hwan.
“If you’re tired, take a rest.”
After leaving those words, Sehyuk took a step forward.
To check out the tents.
I defeated the monsters but still couldn’t find the barrier stone.
I think it might be somewhere inside the tent.
‘It would be better if there was something useful, not just a barrier stone.’
And Sehyuk found something that looked quite useful inside the tent.
I found a journal in a leather case in one of the tents.
It was an expedition journal.
Sehyuk immediately opened the book.
And, the book had an unusual story from the beginning.
[Day 1 of Exploration.]
[Today, one forest was polluted again. Since it was a forest that the Nature Elder used for research, the disciple decided to step forward himself.]
‘today?’
The meaning of this phrase can be interpreted as follows:
one.
There were polluted forests before too.
two.
At least not at this point in time.
‘If this story were happening now, there would have been reports of the polluted forest before the return.’
As Sehyuk thought about it, a strange thought occurred to him.
‘Have these fairies also experienced destruction?’
Nothing is certain, but it seems like a story worth asking the fairy merchant about later.
Of course, survival is the top priority right now.
First, read this exploration journal and find out information about this forest.