Not A Regressor - Chapter 371

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 371
The Black Star Constellation (7)
Blazing azure lightning crackled through the air.
With flashing bursts of light, a devastating torrent of electricity spread across the entire Swamp.
The seahorse-like creatures crawling up from the mud rolled their eyes back and foamed at the mouth, while the churning mud that had been undulating like waves suddenly froze in place.
Gurrrgle.
The mud bubbled and roiled like a hot spring.
The mud swelled in a rounded mound as an enormous form slowly rose from beneath the surface.
It resembled the seahorse creatures scattered around with their eyes rolled back, yet the aura emanating from it was of an entirely different caliber.
Its mere emergence commanded such overwhelming presence that breath caught in one’s throat.
Eyes of blue as deep as an abyss fixed their gaze upon me.
[Indeed, just as he said.]
The seahorse muttered softly, shaking its head in agreement.
[…Anselladus.]
Vega watched the entity emerge from the mud, her lips pressed tightly together.
Anselladus slowly turned his head toward Vega.
[So this is the first time I’ve seen you outside the Divine Temple, Constellation of Polaris.]
[What purpose brings you to Earth?]
[Purpose, you say?]
Anselladus twisted his mouth into a smile, his shoulders trembling with a sinister chuckle.
[There is but one reason we have come to this place.]
His voice continued, thick and murky as mud.
[We shall erase every last trace of your vile stigmata from this world.]
[Erase? What do you mean by—]
[There was once a metaphor among the Constellations: the stigmata are seeds, and humans are the soil that nurtures them.]
Then.
[If all the soil were to wither and die, the seeds would never sprout, would they?]
In other words.
He intended to kill all humans and erase the very possibility of beings called ‘Awakeners’ ever being born.
[You fool!]
Vega’s expression twisted savagely as she spoke.
[No matter how much you’ve grasped at the power of Heukcheon, have you truly forgotten what your very essence is?]
Even if they had once been cast out from the Star Palace, their essence remained undeniably that of a ‘Constellation.’
[To protect the fate of this world, to guide the children living upon this star toward the righteous path! That is the duty of a Constellation—surely you have not forgotten this!]
[The duty of a Constellation, you say….]
Anselladus let out a hollow laugh at such hollow words.
[And was it not you who cast us out from the Star Palace?]
[That is….]
Vega’s words caught in her throat.
Before they had seized the power of Heukcheon and become the ‘Black Stars,’ it was the current Constellations who had banished them from the Star Palace, making them ‘Fallen Stars.’
Of course, Vega, who had been confined within the Divine Temple all this time, had no idea why Anselladus had been expelled from the Star Palace.
But one thing was certain—the Constellations of old had banished him beyond the Star Palace and turned him into a satellite.
[Nonsense!]
At that moment, a fierce rebuke erupted from Regulus, who had been listening quietly.
[Have you forgotten why you were expelled from the Star Palace?]
[It was a necessity.]
[Ha, necessity? What sophistry spills from the mouth of one who melted the bodies of children bearing your stigma to create a solution brimming with stigmatic power!]
The roar of an enraged lion reverberated through the air.
‘He melted humans into a solution, did he.’
I furrowed my brow, recalling Sosuke, who had once been an enforcer of the Compass Constellation.
Sosuke had certainly melted the bodies of Awakeners to create a solution that replenished his own power, but to think the originator of such a practice was a Constellation itself.
[Is it not inevitable to use fertilizer to create fertile soil when cultivating crops?]
[Crops? What in the world do you take these children to be!]
Blue sparks ignited around Vega’s body.
Yet even before the wrath of the Polaris Constellation, Anselladus’s expression remained utterly serene.
[You wretched fool!]
“Enough.”
I seized Vega as she lunged toward Anselladus, consumed by fury.
[My, my child…]
“Talking to that bastard won’t change anything anyway.”
Now that I understood his purpose, there was only one thing left to do.
I gripped the spear and leveled it toward Anselladus.
“Hey, horse-mouth.”
[…Insolent before a Constellation.]
“A fool who spouted nonsense and got himself expelled—what Constellation are you?”
A faint smirk crossed my lips as I drew forth the power of my stigma.
Blue lightning engulfed my body, burning with savage intensity.
“Don’t waste my time with your mouth.”
The blue lightning that had consumed my entire frame converged at the tip of the spear.
I drew my arm back, gripping the shaft.
“Let’s just do what we came here to do.”
I hurled it.
Whoooooosh!
The spear tore through the murky mud and shot forward.
[Hmph, as befits a child of Polaris—an arrogant whelp.]
Anselladus, his eyes narrowing with displeasure, stretched out his hand toward the spear hurtling toward him.
Rummmmmble!
The mud beneath surged upward, forming a wall before him.
The spear collided, scattering murky earth in all directions.
[Pitiful byproducts of a star still bound by the constraints of Divine Law!]
Rumble, rumble!
The viscous mud swirled and converged toward Anselladus.
Anselladus hovered in the air, glaring at the three Constellations suspended above as he roared out his words.
[Bound by your constraints, watch as your children perish in agony!]
Whoooosh!
Anselladus tore through the thick mud, charging forward at tremendous speed.
“O-jin!”
Ha-eun aimed the cigarette wedged between her fingers toward Anselladus.
The mud that had risen to her waist hindered her movements, but.
“Ignite.”
After all, her greatest power lay in the overwhelming firepower she unleashed from a distance.
Even if the mud rising to her waist was inconvenient, it did nothing to diminish her strength.
Whoooosh, whoooosh, whoooosh!
What materialized in the empty air was a colossal fire dragon spanning dozens of meters.
The dragon’s eyes gazed out from within the discarded blindfold, watching the fire dragon.
The flames, infused with the Dragon God’s soul, writhed savagely as if struggling to break free from her control.
When she first awakened this power, she couldn’t properly control the rampaging fire dragon’s strength.
“Tch. Stay still, you brat.”
As Ha-eun clenched her fist threateningly, the fire dragon flinched and trembled.
She grinned with satisfaction and pointed the cigarette end toward Anselladus, who was charging toward me.
“See that horse-headed bastard?”
Whoooosh!
“Burn him to a crisp, all of him.”
With that quiet command, the fire dragon spanning dozens of meters flew forward with its massive jaws wide open.
The surrounding mud dried and cracked under the tremendous heat.
[Tch.]
The flames Ha-eun created possessed such overwhelming firepower that even a “Constellation”—a being beyond normal specifications—was forced to halt and hastily assume a defensive stance.
[Shrieeeeek!]
With a grotesque shriek, a black aura exploded from Anselladus’s body.
Seawater surged and rose, wrapping around Anselladus’s form.
Sizzzzzzle!
The thick mist created by the collision of seawater and fire dragon instantly engulfed hundreds of meters of land.
[Go forth, child of the lion!]
“Yes!”
The swirling mist began to converge at the tip of a single blade.
A fierce gale composed of sword energy as sharp as a lion’s claws bore down upon Anselladus.
[Shrieeek!]
Anselladus staggered backward, step by step, under the savage onslaught of the gale.
“Koshiro! I need cover!”
“Yes, boss!”
Sakaki’s skin flushed crimson as his muscles swelled across his entire frame.
“Huff, huff, huff!”
Breathing like an enraged bull, Sakaki charged forward, cleaving through the viscous mud that reached his waist.
Boom, boom, boom, boom!
The earth trembled as though an earthquake had struck.
“Shatter!”
Sakaki hurled his clenched fist toward Anselladus with brutal force.
Whoooosh!
With a heavy impact, Anselladus’s body was driven backward.
[These bastards…!]
Anselladus’s expression twisted savagely as he swung his arm, but a translucent barrier materialized, blocking his strike.
And then.
“Charge.”
I rushed toward Anselladus as he recoiled, extending my arm forward.
Dantalian, which had been buried in the mud, rose into the air and returned to my grasp.
“Charge, charge, charge.”
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
I condensed the azure lightning again and again.
In the past, merely five charges would have made my mana circuits scream as though they were burning.
‘Ten times, eleven times, twelve times.’
Now that the Lyra Constellation’s stigma had ascended to ten stars.
Even after condensing lightning across twelve successive charges, my mana circuits remained perfectly intact.
At this rate, I felt I could manage twenty or more charges.
‘But if I push further, Dantalian won’t be able to endure it.’
The spear in my hand trembled as though crying out in pain.
As if screaming, ‘Please, have mercy!’
“Tsk.”
I clicked my tongue regretfully and drove my foot toward Anselladus.
Using the Lightning Stigma to dash through the air, I thrust the spear toward his chest.
Anselladus reflexively crossed his arms.
Seawater surged from all directions, intertwining to shield Anselladus’s chest.
‘The Hourglass Constellation’s stigma.’
In an instant, the world flowed as though in slow motion.
The wall of water protecting Anselladus’s body.
Because it had been hastily constructed, the wall’s thickness varied—some sections thick, others thin.
“Hss.”
Simultaneously with the Hourglass Constellation’s stigma, I activated the Compass Constellation’s stigma.
The spear’s tip glided smoothly as though drawn by a magnet, targeting the thinnest section of the wall.
“Found it—the thread of the gap.”
Crackle, crackle, crackle!
The spear pierced through the water wall and drove straight into Anselladus’s heart.
The condensed lightning that had been building released all at once, detonating in a massive explosion.
Anselladus was sent flying dozens of meters backward, tumbling across the ground.
“Nice work, our O-jin!”
Ha-eun cheered, giving me a thumbs up.
“….”
But unlike Ha-eun’s jubilant cry, my expression was far from pleased.
‘I didn’t feel the sensation of piercing a heart.’
I had succeeded in breaking through the water wall and striking at the heart, but the sensation remaining in my hand was nothing more than the dull, blunt feeling of stabbing solid stone with a spear.
[Indeed… you possess enough skill to be arrogant.]
Anselladus, who had been sent flying backward and knocked down, slowly rose to his feet.
Despite releasing lightning that had undergone twelve successive condensations all at once.
Only a few of the scales protecting Anselladus’s chest had cracked slightly—no other wounds were visible.
[However, it is nothing more than the futile struggles of a mere mortal.]
Anselladus twisted his lips into a savage snarl and extended his arm.
[Let this Anselladus show you.]
Krrrrrgh!
The seawater swirled violently, and from within it, a long trident surged upward.
[Why Constellations are called transcendents.]

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