Not A Regressor - Chapter 32

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 32
Under World (5)
KUUUUUUUUNG!!
The entire Cavern Chamber composed of flesh trembled violently.
A horrific shriek—ancient and cursed—reverberated through the space.
‘What the hell.’
Kwon O-jin stared at the fleshy giant, his jaw hanging slack as it convulsed and writhed like a seizure victim.
‘Why is this bastard moving?’
Shudder, shudder, shudder.
My legs trembled uncontrollably.
A loud warning blared through my mind.
‘No, right? It’s just twitching for a moment, right? It’ll stop again soon, won’t it?’
I stared at the fleshy giant with desperate longing.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The damn thing moves beautifully.
The seal is bullshit.
It’s thrashing around like it just got hit with a truckload of performance-enhancing drugs.
‘Wait, you said it was sealed!’
If I’d known beforehand, I could’ve stopped it, you bastard!!
‘How the hell am I supposed to stop that thing?!?!’
A silent scream tore through my mind.
No matter how I thought about it, Lee Shin-hyuk stopping that monster made no sense whatsoever.
━Pure bluffing.
Right, my claim that I could’ve stopped it if I’d known beforehand was nothing but empty talk—as ridiculous as saying I could ace the college entrance exam if I went back to high school.
‘Damn it, you useless bastard!!’
No matter how I searched, there was nothing useful to be found.
“Karrrrr….”
The fleshy giant’s gaze—convulsing and writhing—turned toward me.
‘Should I run?’
Just bolt?
‘No.’
How could I possibly run in this situation.
[Regressor…?]
She’s looking at me with such a suspicious gaze.
[What in the world is happening?]
“It’s fine.”
It’s not fine.
“This much of a variable was something I anticipated.”
I never imagined this in a million years.
“Just wait a moment, Vega.”
Save me.
“It’ll be over soon━”
My life.
[Hehehehe! Just as I expected! I knew you could do it!]
Vega crossed her arms with a satisfied click, nodding repeatedly.
The radiant smile blooming across her face was utterly beautiful.
Damn it.
“Phew.”
I steadied my breathing and gripped the spear tightly.
If escape was impossible, then I would stand and fight.
I cooled my overheated mind and calmly observed the giant.
‘It’s smaller.’
From Lee Shin-hyuk’s memories, the mass of flesh giant had been roughly twenty meters tall.
An overwhelming size, as if an entire small building were moving on its own.
━But the giant before me now was at most ten meters tall.
It was far smaller than what I’d seen through Lee Shin-hyuk’s memories.
‘Still absurdly massive though.’
Saying it was smaller than before didn’t change the fact that a ten-meter body made tactical tanks feel like Mario Kart vehicles.
‘And it only has four arms, not eight.’
In other words.
It was weaker than when it had collapsed all of Seoul Station.
‘Wait, then…?’
I shifted my gaze toward the black star stone embedded in the giant’s forehead.
━It was definitely smaller.
The black star stone that had been basketball-sized was now only about the size of three fists.
‘It’s a bit disappointing, but.’
In the current situation, it was something to celebrate with both hands raised.
The smaller the star stone, the weaker the giant’s power compared to Lee Shin-hyuk’s memories.
‘Of course, it’s still a monster even now.’
But there was a chance.
“Tsssk.”
Deep and low.
I drew in a breath.
Lowering my waist, I raised the spear.
“KARAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!”
A shriek that tore at the eardrums.
The mass of flesh giant planted its four arms on the ground.
Like a sprinter, it raised its hips high and bent its knees.
‘Here it comes.’
BOOM!!!
The colossal giant charged forward, the ground trembling beneath its weight.
“Sh—it!”
It was impossibly fast!
Absurdly, incomprehensibly fast!
-CRASH!!!
“Cough, hack!!”
I hastily raised my spear to block the attack, but the terrifying impact sent my body ricocheting backward like a pebble.
“Ugh!”
Screech!
As I tumbled across the floor, I clawed at the crimson flesh that blanketed the Cavern Chamber.
Repulsive as it was.
This flesh cushioned the impact considerably.
“Hah!”
I quickly created distance and aimed the wire shooter mounted on my right arm.
‘I can’t bind its body directly.’
The strength disparity was far too great—the moment I ensnared the monster’s body, I’d be dragged along instead.
‘Then.’
Twang! Twang!
I fired two wire shots toward the wall.
After embedding the wire anchors into the stone, I jumped and channeled mana into the shooter.
Whirrrrr!
With a sharp metallic shriek, my body lifted skyward.
“Hnngh!!”
I soared behind the giant and drove my spear downward.
Flesh tore open as blood sprayed upward.
‘Spear Thunder!’
Crackling, sizzling burst!!!
A brilliant cascade of azure lightning.
The acrid stench of charring flesh assaulted my nostrils.
-Whoosh!
A massive arm swung toward me.
I yanked the wire, pivoting mid-air to change direction.
The giant’s arm cleaved through empty space.
“GuRUKaaaAAAA!!”
A bone-shattering shriek.
Beyond the arm that had cut through the void, more limbs lashed out savagely.
The compressed air from its strikes rippled across my clothing.
‘Danger—’
Twang!!!
I fired the wire toward the floor and poured all my mana into it at full force.
Whoosh!
My body plummeted to the ground in an instant.
The giant’s arm whistled past my hair, missing by inches.
—Crash!
“Ugh!”
The impact against the floor knocked the wind from my lungs.
[My, my child!!!]
Vega’s urgent voice pierced through.
“I’m fine!”
I wasn’t fine.
But.
‘Even if I’m not fine, I’ll make it work!’
A thrilling current surged down my spine.
Thump, thump.
The sensation of dancing atop a razor-sharp blade.
My heart hammered as though it might burst.
“KaRaaaaaaa!!”
“Huff, huff!”
Crash! Crash!!
The giant brought down all four arms like hammers.
I evaded the onslaught using the wire shooter for three-dimensional mobility.
And then.
—Tap!
“That’s it!!”
I landed squarely on the giant’s arm.
‘Run!’
Tap-tap-tap-tap!!
I sprinted across the giant’s arm.
My target: the forehead.
━Where the black holy stone was embedded.
—Crackle!! Crackle-crackle-crackle!!!
Blue lightning ignited.
My hand gripping the spear trembled faintly.
“Hraaaaaaaaa!!!!!”
Tap!
I roared and pushed off with all my might.
My body soared in a graceful arc.
I raised the spear high above my head,
“Die, you bastard!!”
And drove it down with every ounce of power!
[《Lightning Strike (落雷) Lv1》skill has advanced to 《Lightning Strike (落雷) Lv2》.]
Crackle crackle crackle!
A blindingly intense bolt of lightning crashed down upon the giant’s brow.
Sparks erupted as flesh charred black.
But.
“KARaCccccc!!!”
“Ugh!”
The giant shrieked and violently shook its head.
Kwon O-jin’s body, perched atop its head, tumbled to the ground.
I desperately extended my arm to fire a wire.
-Thud!
“Damn!”
Before I could even launch the wire, the giant’s grip seized me.
“Krururururu!!”
Its savage eyes fixed upon me.
-Crunch crunch crunch!!
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!!!”
The giant’s grip tightened, and a terrible pressure crushed my body.
The suffocating compression of a hydraulic press.
I felt as though my organs would burst from my mouth.
A moment of absolute desperation.
[My child!!!]
Vega’s urgent cry reached me.
I considered swallowing my pride and asking for her help.
‘Not yet.’
A crisis of this magnitude—
I could escape it alone.
‘Spear Lightning!!!’
Crackle crackle!!
I detonated lightning across my entire body.
A flinch.
The giant’s grip, which had been clenched so tightly, loosened ever so slightly.
Not enough to break free, but—
“Swallow this, you bastard!”
I pulled two flares from my waist and hurled them toward the giant’s eyes.
Flash!
A brilliant explosion of light detonated directly before the giant’s eyes.
“KuRaaaa!!!”
The giant writhed, clutching at its eyes.
Boom!
My body, which had been gripped in the giant’s fist, was hurled violently to the ground.
“Cough!”
With the brutal impact, crimson blood spilled from my lips.
‘Damn it!!’
The pain left me reeling.
‘I need time.’
I needed time to steady my breathing and gather my thoughts.
-Whoooosh!!
While the giant writhed, clutching at its eyes, I pulled out a smoke grenade and hurled it to the ground.
White smoke erupted explosively, engulfing the entire Cavern Chamber.
‘Black Veil.’
Using the properties of the Black Veil, I concealed my presence and hid my body within the smoke.
“GuruaaAAAAaa!!”
The giant’s furious roar echoed through the chamber, but fortunately, my location remained hidden.
‘In this moment.’
I retrieved a potion and drank it, then steadied my breathing.
My mind, heated from the intensity of combat, cooled rapidly.
‘My firepower is insufficient.’
I had managed to land effective strikes.
But my absolute firepower was far too lacking.
Even with a spear driven through its brow and Spear Thunder unleashed, the giant still thrashed about—meaning no matter what I did, my current firepower held no way to bring down this creature.
‘I need a single strike more powerful than Spear Thunder.’
Kwon O-jin gripped the spear with eyes that had grown cold and distant.
The greatest firepower I could currently muster was driving the spear into a vital point and unleashing Spear Thunder.
If that wasn’t enough.
I had no choice but to unleash a skill even stronger than Spear Thunder.
‘How?’
I had no luxury to consult Vega.
Intuition and instinct.
I had to rely on primal impulse, not reason.
‘Can I do it?’
My deliberation was brief.
I gripped the spear while keeping my body hidden in the smoke.
‘If it’s me, I can do it.’
Honestly, I don’t feel it.
According to Vega’s words, I possess an incredible, almost bizarre talent.
Then I should be able to do it.
━No.
Even without Vega’s words.
From somewhere deep within my heart, from the unconscious realm beyond the thick dark clouds.
I could do it. I could definitely do it.
A voice whispered that this was nothing at all.
I drew a sharp breath.
I inhaled deeply.
“HRAAAAAAAAA!!!!”
I unleashed a fierce battle cry to draw the giant’s attention.
-Boom!
I kicked off the ground and charged forward.
I watched as the hulking giant clenched his fist with savage intent.
‘Now!’
Twang!
I fired the wire shooter toward the giant’s arm.
It was a reckless gamble—one misstep and my body would be dragged along instead.
‘But if I can use that force to my advantage!’
“KaRuaaaAA!”
Whoooosh!!
As the giant lifted his arm high, my body was dragged along with terrifying momentum.
“Hngh!!”
I extended the wire to its maximum length.
Then, riding the momentum of being pulled, I slid between the giant’s legs.
-Swoosh!
My body passed dizzily between those massive legs.
The wire snapped taut, and my body rocketed upward toward the giant’s back.
“Ha.”
A perfect opening.
I aimed my silver spear at the giant’s exposed nape.
-Crack!
I drove the spear in with brutal force.
Flesh tore and blood poured forth.
Blue lightning ignited, searing the flesh.
‘This isn’t enough.’
I needed something stronger. Something more certain.
A single blow powerful enough to sever the giant’s life in one instant.
‘Focus.’
My mana was abundant.
It overflowed.
‘I’ll end this with one final strike.’
Efficiency meant nothing.
Conservation was meaningless.
Only one thing mattered—a single, overwhelming blow.
I pour everything into it.
‘Simply pushing mana through won’t be enough.’
What I envision is an arrow.
Starting from the arm gripping the spear, I stretch the mana taut up to my shoulder.
‘More powerful!’
I pull the mana tighter and tighter until it approaches its limit.
And then.
‘All at once!!!’
FWOOOOOSH!!!!
Like releasing the bowstring of a bow drawn to its limit, I unleash the mana stretched to its breaking point.
-KWAAAA
CRACK
CRACK
CRACK
CRACK
CRACK
!
!
!
!
!
!
The mana pulled to its limit erupts all at once, detonating at the spear’s tip!
-Ding!
[《Lightning Lv3》skill has advanced to 《Lightning Lv4》!]
[You have acquired the 《Explosive Lightning Lv1》skill!]
Explosive Lightning.
True to its name, the condensed azure lightning erupted in a violent explosion.
Chunks of the giant’s flesh flew skyward as blood cascaded down like a waterfall.
‘It worked…!’
I was about to let a smile of elation cross my lips.
“KuRaCcccccaaaAAA!!!!!”
The mass of flesh that was the giant convulsed wildly, its body writhing.
“Damn it!”
It’s still not dead?
“KAGAGAGAGAGAGAGA!!!”
“No, no, no!!!”
What the hell is this bastard doing now?!
The flesh giant erupted into a frenzied fit, thrashing about in all directions.
Kwon O-jin pulled out a knife and drove it into the giant’s shoulder, desperately clinging on to keep from being thrown off.
‘If I fall, I’m done for!’
With the wire binding me in place, the moment I dropped, I’d become a human pinwheel—Kwon O-jin spinning in all directions before splattering into a bloody mess.
“Ahhhhhhhhh!!!! Stop!! Stop, you bastard!!!”
Clinging to the thrashing giant, I couldn’t think straight.
-Boom!! Boom! Thud! Thud! Thud!!
With a deafening roar, the fleshy monstrosity bolted forward.
Not forward, backward, or to either side.
Upward.
‘No way.’
My eyes widened in shock.
Squelch!
The crimson flesh covering the tunnel ceiling tore open with a sickening sound,
-Crash!!!!!!
And blue sky spread above my head.
“Kyaaaaaaah!!”
“Wh-what is that!!!”
“Ahhhhhhh!! A m-monster!!! A monster has appeared!!!”
People screamed and fled in panic.
“Damn….”
I looked around in stunned disbelief.
Lee Shin-hyuk’s memories naturally surfaced in my mind.
“Uh? Th-there…!”
“Is that… a person?”
In the heart of Seoul Station.
In the midst of hundreds, thousands of people passing through the urban center.
The fleshy giant revealed itself.
‘What do I do now.’
With me clinging to its back.

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