Not A Regressor - Chapter 294

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 294
Interlude – The Banquet (4)
A piercing killing intent that pricked the skin.
Sharp, slitted silver eyes turned toward Kwon O-jin.
“Did you… lay hands on my daughter?”
“That’s a misunderstanding.”
Kwon O-jin could only feel wronged—he’d never imagined such a bombshell accusation would come from Lilu’s lips.
But how could a father maintain his composure after watching the daughter he’d raised with such care utter words so vile they were beneath mention?
Especially when Leoru himself had drunk quite heavily.
Rational thought was beyond expectation.
“No matter how beautifully angelic our Lilu may be…!”
Crack!
Leoru’s body transformed into his wolf-human form.
A sinister aura radiated outward in all directions.
“How dare you! Liluuuu!”
“No, no, Father! That’s not what I meant!”
“P-please calm yourself, Chieftain!”
The Silver-maned Tribe members who’d been drinking with them rushed over, restraining Leoru as he shrieked with wild eyes.
After the drinking gathering had heated up and then burned away entirely in such chaos,
“…I apologize.”
Leoru bowed his head deeply after hearing the full story.
Beside him, Lilu glanced nervously, her expression uncertain.
“Lilu.”
“H-hiccup?!”
“…Never speak such words again.”
“I-I’m sorry.”
Lilu drooped her head, all spirit drained from her.
Leoru sighed deeply and glared sharply at the subordinate who’d put such ideas into Lilu’s head.
“I’ll be sure to tell your wife about this.”
“C-chieftain, anything but that!”
“Silence!”
He kicked the clinging subordinate away and rose to his feet.
“Let’s call it a night.”
“Yes, let’s do that.”
Besides, Leoru had wreaked such havoc that the tables and chairs were all destroyed anyway—there was nothing left to drink from.
“Kwon O-jin.”
“Yes?”
“Where do you plan to go next?”
“…I’m not entirely sure.”
Despite the complications, the business in the Beastkin Kingdom had concluded successfully.
Now only two kingdoms remained: the Dragon-race Kingdom and the Demon Kingdom.
I had to decide which to visit first.
‘Ideally, I’d head straight to the Demon Kingdom.’
But my fight with Kalike had changed my thinking.
‘Going directly to the Demon Kingdom would be too dangerous.’
Even if my group possessed combat strength comparable to an entire legion, the Demon Race was equally formidable.
I couldn’t request reinforcements from Earth either—they were too busy contending with Named Demonic Beasts that had begun mobilizing in earnest.
So the only option available to me now was.
“I intend to head to the Dragon-race Kingdom first.”
To borrow the combined strength of the Beast-human Tribe and Dragon-race to fight the Demon Race.
That was the only viable way to stand against them.
“You mean the Draconian Kingdom?”
“So that’s what it’s called.”
“…You didn’t know the name?”
“No.”
It hadn’t even been a month since I arrived in the Demon Realm, so my knowledge was still woefully incomplete.
“Hmm. Then you naturally don’t know the way there either.”
“Have you been there before, Leoru?”
“No. I’ve never been there myself.”
“I see.”
I’d hoped to extract useful information from Leoru.
I clicked my tongue in disappointment.
“Still, I do know the general route. However….”
“Is there some problem?”
“We’d have to go around the Sky Mountain Range, which would take an extraordinarily long time.”
“The Sky Mountain Range?”
What in the world was that?
“Ah. I suppose I should explain that first.”
Leoru opened his mouth with a troubled expression.
“There are three forbidden zones in the Demon Realm: the Forest of Mahae, which you crossed to get here, the Sky Mountain Range, and what’s called the Barren Valley.”
The Forest of Mahae, the Sky Mountain Range, the Barren Valley.
“Their locations are… roughly like this.”
Leoru picked up a fallen branch nearby and drew a map on the ground.
The Forest of Mahae was naturally familiar to me since I’d crossed it, but there was another terrain that looked equally recognizable.
“…That was the Barren Valley?”
“Ah, yes. You knew about it?”
“I’ve actually been there.”
The place where I first arrived in the Demon Realm after being sucked into the Dimensional Rift.
A place inhabited by Demonic Beasts so grotesquely hideous they made my stomach churn just to look at them—that was the Barren Valley.
‘So I’ve already visited two of the Demon Realm’s three forbidden zones.’
Kwon O-jin let out a hollow chuckle as he examined the map Leoru had drawn.
“So the Dragon-race Kingdom lies just beyond the Sky Mountain Range?”
“Yes. However, I cannot recommend crossing the Sky Mountain Range.”
Leoru shook his head with a stern expression.
“The Sky Mountain Range is the domain of Behemoth.”
“Behemoth?”
“A formidable demonic beast that dominates the Sky Mountain Range. It is one blessed by the Black Star.”
Blessed by the Black Star.
Kwon O-jin’s eyes gleamed with sharp intensity.
The image of the mother beast he had faced when first falling into the Demon Realm flashed through his mind.
‘A Constellation Spirit.’
A being that, like Riak, had inherited a fragment of a Constellation’s soul.
Considering the absurd power the mother beast had displayed, it would be wise to avoid it if possible.
“How long would it take to go around the mountain range?”
“Given how vast the Sky Mountain Range is… even traveling swiftly, it would take nearly two months.”
Wasting two months was far too costly when the Demon Race was preparing a massive invasion of Earth.
“…Could you tell me more about Behemoth?”
“Surely you’re not thinking of crossing the range?”
“Time is not a luxury I possess.”
I had already traversed the Forest of Mahae and the Barren Valley.
There was no reason to avoid only the Sky Mountain Range.
“Well, I have no intention of defeating Behemoth or anything of that nature.”
My purpose in crossing the Sky Mountain Range was simply to reach the Dragon-race Kingdom as quickly as possible.
There was no reason to confront a Constellation Spirit of the Black Star.
“…I see.”
Leoru swallowed hard and nodded.
“Behemoth is a demonic beast blessed by Felis, the Constellation of Felidae. It is also called the ‘Black Tempest’ due to its terrifying speed.”
“Is there a way to evade it?”
“That… I can only say that you would need to be fortunate.”
Leoru shook his head with an uncomfortable expression.
“Since that creature roams the Sky Mountain Range as if it were its own home, the only way to avoid it is to cross the range while praying you never encounter it.”
“…I see.”
Kwon O-jin clicked his tongue and frowned.
The fact that the only method amounted to prayer and hope was deeply frustrating.
‘If there’s no other way, then so be it.’
Even if it came to fighting Behemoth in the worst case, I had to reach the Draconian Kingdom swiftly.
“Thank you for the valuable information.”
“No. I apologize for being unable to help more.”
Leoru bowed his head with a rigid expression.
He wished to assign an escort to aid Kwon O-jin, but with the Pro-Demon Faction still operating within the kingdom, he could not spare such valuable forces.
“That’s fine.”
“…Once matters within the Kan Kingdom are settled, I will absolutely help you, Kwon O-jin.”
“Just hearing that puts my mind at ease.”
Kwon O-jin chuckled softly and rose from his seat.
“Then I’ll head to bed now.”
The banquet had ended.
Now it was time to conserve strength for crossing the Sky Mountain Range.

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The next day.
“Ugh… my head hurts…”
Ha-eun shuffled out like a zombie, clutching her head as the hangover refused to fade.
Despite her disheveled hair and rumpled clothes, her beauty remained utterly undiminished.
“You okay, sis?”
“Ugh. I’m dying.”
Spotting Kwon O-jin packing supplies, Ha-eun scurried over to him.
Clinging to him like a cicada, she tilted her head up slightly and closed her eyes.
“Kiss.”
Why is this sister acting so ridiculous first thing in the morning?
“I don’t want to.”
“Why not?”
“Your breath smells.”
“What do you mean my breath smells?”
“Don’t you remember throwing up yesterday?”
“What? I threw up?”
“You did.”
All over me, no less.
“Seriously? Does it really smell that bad?”
Though Ha-eun had rinsed her mouth yesterday, the smell hadn’t completely disappeared, and she frowned.
“I’m going to wash up first!”
“Mm.”
“Kiss when I get back!”
Watching Ha-eun hurry outside, Kwon O-jin let out an amused chuckle.
If others saw this, they’d probably cover their faces in embarrassment.
But what could he do?
If his sister asked, he had to oblige.
“Hmm… then today I’ll go first.”
Isabella, who had approached without notice, closed her eyes and offered her lips.
When Kwon O-jin kissed her lightly, Isabella smiled brightly.
“Are you departing right away today?”
“Mm.”
“I wish I could have stayed a bit longer… it’s a shame.”
“Well, we’ve done what we came to do.”
There was no real reason to linger here any longer.
“I should say goodbye to the villagers before we leave.”
“Leoru will probably gather the tribe members soon.”
Though our time together hadn’t been long, I couldn’t simply slip away without a proper farewell.
Kwon O-jin and Isabella gathered their belongings and stepped outside.
The village was bustling with activity from morning, as the villagers cleaned up after yesterday’s banquet.
Watching the Beast-human Tribe members hurrying about, Kwon O-jin smiled faintly.
“If it weren’t for you and your sister, I never would have witnessed this peaceful scene.”
Just because I’m a con artist doesn’t mean my humanity has withered away entirely.
Having lived in Seoul surrounded only by buildings and apartments, this quiet rural village landscape stirred something within me in an oddly nostalgic way.
“We didn’t really go through much trouble.”
“By the way, who were those Demon Race members that attacked the village?”
Things had been so chaotic that I hadn’t managed to verify that detail.
“It was the Demon Race member living in that mansion we visited first.”
“Ah, so it was the one with the weakest forces.”
That made sense.
With all the warriors gone and only the elderly and children remaining in the village, there would be no need to send a strong force for the attack.
“What about the other one?”
“Pardon?”
“There should have been two Demon Race members attacking the village. One was the one we found in that mansion at first, but who was the other?”
The Silver-maned Tribe had killed two Demon Race members at the Royal Palace.
Kwon O-jin had killed one Demon Race member.
If there were five Demon Race members in the Kingdom total, then the other two should have headed to the village.
“…What are you talking about?”
Isabella furrowed her brow and tilted her head in confusion.
“There was only one Demon Race member in the village.”
“….”
Kwon O-jin’s expression hardened like stone.
If there had been only one Demon Race member in the village.
‘What?’
Of the five Demon Race members in Kan Kingdom, four were dead.
Then.
Where in the world was the remaining one?

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