Regression Sword Apocalypse Reconquest - Chapter 57
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Episode 57
After the strange hallucination ended, Sehyuk began to look through the contents of the book spread out in front of him.
The first item to open the iron door.
A book covered in flesh.
But the book contained only one thing.
‘It’s filled with people’s names, and most of the space is empty.’
Paralock.
Even if you turn the pages, there is nothing else written on the first page.
Sehyuk was about to put the book down.
He realized that the first chapter was a little thicker than the others.
As if two sheets were stuck together.
Upon closer inspection, I found that the first chapter was actually two pieces of paper glued together.
Damn!
Sehyuk carefully removed the two stuck pieces of paper.
And between the stuck and hidden pieces of paper, there was a sentence written.
[Father’s enemies. I will definitely kill all of these bastards.]
A sentence full of revenge towards someone.
‘It was like a kill list.’
Lost in thought.
Who on earth decided to seek revenge and what happened?
I have a feeling that that part might have something to do with the monster deep inside the livestock market.
‘There are many possibilities. It could be the people in the livestock market who lost their land and are seeking revenge, or it could be an outsider who was attacked by a monster.’
If we get some more clues, it will become more certain.
‘I guess I need to deal with this mental contamination first.’
Sehyuk turned his gaze to Choi Sunghyun, who was still shivering.
He places his hand on Choi Sung-hyun’s head and slowly uses his magical power.
Application of the magic power training method.
It’s similar to what Go Jeong-hwan did when he was addicted to the magic of the Phantom Beast.
This is a task that uses magic power to drive out the evil forces that have infiltrated Choi Sung-hyun.
“Ugh, euaaaah!”
Choi Sung-hyun quickly came to his senses.
Panting for breath, as if waking up from a nightmare.
“What happened in your dreams that made you tremble so much?”
“Who, who dismembered my limbs and left me alive…?”
According to Choi Sung-hyun, he couldn’t see his surroundings and it felt like his flesh was being completely cut off.
I think I saw a different scene from Sehyuk.
What Sehyuk saw was a hallucination of someone being dragged into the market.
“It was a really horrible feeling. It hurt too.”
“I can understand why the market people don’t come this way.”
Terrible pain, terrible monsters.
Plus there’s a time limit.
It’s a perfect environment for eroding the human spirit.
“Let’s move quickly. If you don’t want to experience anything like that.”
Head to the second location.
The second was a fairly large butcher shop that served its own cuts of meat.
A structure where many grilling tables are lined up inside a plastic tent and meat is sold in a corner.
There were customers who arrived at the butcher shop before.
Krrrr!
Gurrrrrr!
Sehyuk and his party encountered two wild boar monsters wandering around the butcher shop.
Fortunately, the butcher shop is located in an open space.
Sehyuk and his party defeated the wild boar monsters without any problems.
At that moment, I was trying to investigate the inside of the butcher shop without any problems.
‘what?’
Sehyuk discovered something strange.
Sehyuk picked up a piece of rag from the monster’s torso.
A piece of green shirt.
It was as bad as a rag, but I could still recognize it.
‘This is the clothes the person who was taken into the livestock market in the hallucination earlier was wearing.’
Looking closely, this monster also appears to be wearing these clothes.
Seeing that sight, Sehyuk felt a sense of relief.
I recall the hallucination I had earlier of people going into a livestock market and screaming.
When you put the clues together, something strange appears.
‘The person who died after being eaten by a giant wild boar monster wore blue clothes.’
‘But none of the clothes worn by outsiders who were taken into the livestock market had that color.’
I think so.
How did things turn out?
And that guess turned out to be true.
The second tool is a meat-covered cutting board from a butcher shop counter.
In that tool, Sehyuk saw a scene where a person killed someone and became a monster.
Grab your cutting board and head to the third location.
“Wow, this is a pretty nice house, isn’t it?”
It is a Hanok-style house located in an open space outside the alley, rather than in a dark alley blocked by the ceiling of the third market.
Sehyuk and his group enter the house and begin to investigate.
Sehyuk, who had been searching the room for a while, finally stopped in front of an object.
A photo of people from the livestock market, holding awards and smiling brightly, hanging on the wall.
‘The livestock market representative I saw earlier is also here. And, the important thing is.’
One of the people in the photo was wearing blue clothes.
The clothes that the corpse that the monster was eating earlier was wearing.
‘The monster was eating the corpses of the residents of the livestock market.’
As he becomes aware of that fact, the clues start to fit together in Sehyuk’s head.
As if the pieces of a puzzle were falling into place.
The feeling of hatred that the monster had.
A mysterious person who seeks revenge on someone.
One thing that is crucial above all else.
‘The monsters were wearing the clothes of outsiders who had been dragged into the livestock market.’
‘But inside the livestock market, people didn’t wear their clothes, they just tore them up.’
What this means is that there is a very high chance that outsiders who visit the livestock market will turn into monsters.
As the village head of the livestock market said, it is not the people inside the livestock market who have changed.
‘If this hypothesis is true, why did the people who entered the livestock market turn into monsters?’
And as soon as I realized that fact, a scene appeared before my eyes.
It all started with a hallucination that occurred when I first opened a book covered in flesh.
A hallucination plays out of a man wearing a black T-shirt with white drawings entering a livestock market and screaming.
And the hallucinations didn’t end there.
The gaze shifts into the livestock market, following the man in black.
And the ones who caught the man inside were the people from the livestock market.
‘That’s what it was like.’
The people at the livestock market grab the man in the black T-shirt and drag him somewhere.
After that, only screams remained.
The scene changes.
A scene where people in the market are arguing with each other.
To be exact, it was someone gathering people together and making a claim, and the other villagers, including the village chief, vehemently rejecting it.
And the argument was simple.
“Let’s stop bringing in outsiders! We are strong enough now!”
And the village chief, this time, caught that person and dragged him somewhere.
To where the man in the black t-shirt was taken.
The last scene is what I saw.
It’s a scene where a person kills someone and becomes a monster.
Sehyuk knew those people.
Because both of them were residents of the livestock market.
And the person who became a monster looked exactly like the person who had stopped killing outsiders earlier.
And then, Sehyuk was standing in front of the picture frame where the people at the livestock market were smiling brightly.
‘If this hallucination is true. These bastards from the livestock market…’
The root of all evil.
They are the ones who kidnapped and killed outsiders and turned them into monsters, and they are the ones who someone in the livestock market is swearing revenge on.
‘Perhaps the person who became a monster wanted to take revenge on the person who argued with the villagers and was dragged away to death.’
With my daughter.
As Sehyuk was thinking like that, a piece of iron fell in front of him.
‘key?’
And then, with good timing, Choi Sung-hyun and Choi Sung-hyun came back after finding out what the key was used for.
“Mr. Sehyuk! There is a room with a lock that won’t open.”
“The other doors didn’t even have locks, but there was only one that looked like it was a storage room door?”
Perhaps this key was the key to the locked door.
Sehyuk opened the room that was probably the last one.
The room opened gently.
As if someone was constantly coming and going.
Inside was a pile of neatly sliced human bones.
Not the dirty pieces of corpse that a monster would eat.
And at the very front of the pile of bones, there was a human skull glowing faintly blue.
A skull that was carefully placed facing forward, not treated messily like the others.
A skull in a correct posture, as if it were placed there.
I think I know somehow.
‘This is probably the villager who was murdered by the townspeople.’
He picked up the skull carefully.
‘Let’s check it one last time.’
The place where outsiders and residents of the livestock market who insisted on stopping the bad deeds were taken.
Let’s go there slowly.
And there it was.
A place where the luggage of outsiders was carelessly thrown, and drenched in crimson blood.
A room where humans are captured and used as sacrifices.
“Ugh! Ugh!”
When Choi Sung-hyun heard about the situation and saw this sight, he ended up throwing up everything inside him.
“Bogs!”
It’s a bonus that Go Jeong-hwan is causing a stir.
Sehyuk made a decision right away.
“I can’t leave the livestock market residents alone.”
It is aimed at the residents of the livestock market.
No matter how twisted his personality is, Se-hyuk is a hero and a person who values humanity.
Survivors who had abandoned their humanity to such a degree were people who could not be left alone.
“I’m sorry for making you fight so pointless. If you want, you can stay here.”
At those words, Go Jeong-hwan shakes his head.
“No. I don’t think I can leave them alone either.”
And Go Jeong-hwan smiles faintly.
“I would have been disappointed if you had said you weren’t going.”
“you’re right!”
Choi Sung-hyun also purses his lips and makes a determined expression.
Leaving Go Jeong-hwan and Choi Seong-hyeon waiting far away, Se-hyeok headed to the container where the livestock market residents were staying.
The smell of old, dusty things.
Somehow, it seems like a pungent scent of blood is wafting through the air.
“Hey, did you get it done?”
The village chief runs out and welcomes Sehyuk.
Sehyuk couldn’t answer with a smile on his face.
“Chief. I saw something strange while exploring.”
This was Sehyuk’s last mercy.
If you admit your mistake and regret it even now, I will spare your life.
“What are you talking about?”
The village chief still had a smiling face, but Sehyuk could read a small chill hidden within it.
“In the alley next to the village chief, there was a room soaked in blood. Next to it was filled with the belongings of outsiders, corpses, and skeletons.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the village chief opened his mouth so wide that the corners of his mouth were split.
“You saw it?”
The village chief was smiling with a kind face just a moment ago.
He pulled a slaughter knife from his waistband.
“Then you should die!”
A long meat knife flying towards Sehyuk’s neck.
The old people who had been sitting around leisurely also pulled out Chinese food knives and hooks and rushed towards Sehyuk.
“Young people these days. Hey.”
“Don’t blame us. How can old people live in a place where monsters appear? We all just try to make a living.”
Speaking out all sorts of words.
Sehyuk thought as he looked at the sight.
If the world hadn’t ended, wouldn’t these people have done such extreme things?
But Sehyuk didn’t really feel any sympathy for them.
Somewhere, there may be market residents who are able to live well by working together without harming others.
These men turned away from the noble choice and chose the easy, cruel, and unjust path.
And the victims are in hell, suffering even more than these guys.
Sehyuk pulled out his sword.
If you kill someone to live, you must be willing to die for someone yourself.
Sehyuk decided to represent the victim.
That’s it.