Not A Regressor - Chapter 50

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 50
Subjugation of Demon (6)
“Grrrrrraaaaahhh!!”
“Shrieeeeek!”
The demons surrounding me on all sides unleashed vicious, inhuman shrieks.
I surveyed my surroundings with a hardened expression.
‘Damn it.’
Unbelievable as it was.
As much as I didn’t want to believe it.
I could roughly piece together how this situation was unfolding.
‘So that bastard’s hidden trump card was…’
The demons encircling me.
The ability to control these vile monsters was the reason he’d worn that confident expression.
‘And he obtained that ability through the Black Star Society.’
I stared at the black orb clutched in Choi Jong-chul’s hand.
A sacred relic emanating the same ominous aura I’d felt at the Mokdong Gate.
A sacred relic infused with the power of the ‘Black Star’ was gripped in his palm.
‘He’s using that to control the demons.’
Since the Aquarius stigma possessed no ability to control demons, I could only conclude he was utilizing that sacred relic.
‘Damn it all.’
What kind of absurd coincidence was this?
The prey I’d targeted to obtain the Aquarius stigma was actually a member of the Black Star Society.
At this point, I was beginning to suspect someone was deliberately orchestrating this.
“Hehe. Why do you look so grim? Didn’t you already know?”
Choi Jong-chul’s mockery reached my ears.
My grip on the spear tightened involuntarily.
My expression twisted harshly.
‘Looking at the bigger picture, this isn’t entirely a bad situation.’
After all, this had increased Vega’s trust in me, and I no longer needed to fabricate false evidence later.
But the problem was.
“Roooaaarrr!!”
“Grrrraaahhh!!”
“….”
The sheer number of demons surrounding me was overwhelming.
I could have managed alone against ten or so, but this far exceeded that threshold.
“Sigh.”
I exhaled slowly.
This was the worst-case scenario, but.
This was precisely the insurance I’d prepared for a moment like this.
“Vega, I’m counting on you.”
[I understand.]
I knew that using my blessing was a burden on Vega.
But in this situation, there was no choice.
[Go forth, my child.]
Vega placed her hand above my head.
Uuuuoooong!!
Brilliant silver light erupted and poured into my body.
[Once more, rewrite the pages of fate with your power!]
Along with Vega’s cry.
Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle!!!
Azure lightning swept across the surroundings.
A dizzying power surged from deep within my body.
“Haa.”
Ragged breath escaped between my lips.
That distant sense of omnipotence, felt after so long.
The menacing demonic beasts now felt like diseased mongrels.
‘It’s different.’
The sensation was completely different from when I received the blessing at the Mokdong Gate before.
‘My level has grown since then.’
Through three months of training, I had achieved remarkable progress.
Even that prideful Riak acknowledged it.
As I grew stronger, the blessing’s effect became exponentially more potent.
“Then.”
Smirk.
I twisted my lips upward.
“I’ll finish this quickly and return.”
My breathing deep and measured.
Uncoiling my bent legs like a spring.
━I dash forward.
-Crackle-crackle-crackle-crackle!!!
“Roooaaarrr!!”
“Screech!! Kraaagh!”
First, two of them.
As I thrust my spear, a tempest of azure lightning erupted forward in a vortex.
The two demonic beasts were instantly incinerated, reduced to ash before they could even burn.
“Kraaagh!!”
The mantis-like creatures with their grotesque limbs spread their wings wide and took flight.
“So they fly—what of it?”
I extended my hand casually.
Rumble!
Lightning conjured from empty air struck down upon the ascending demon beast.
“Kieeeek!!”
The demon beasts that had spread their wings and taken flight were battered by the lightning like human rods, plummeting downward.
“Ha.”
A hollow laugh escaped.
Creating lightning in empty space.
The old me wouldn’t have dared even attempt such a technique.
“This is insane.”
But now I could pull it off as easily as breathing.
“━I think I’m getting addicted to this.”
Boom!!
I bared my teeth savagely and stomped my foot.
Gripping the spear, I pivoted my body toward where the demon beasts clustered together.
Drawing my right arm back as far as possible.
Rotating further from my twisted waist.
“Fire in the hole!”
I hurled it.
Whoooosh!
A silver arc streaking through the air.
The silver spear fell like a meteor cutting across the night sky, embedding itself in the earth.
And then.
-Crackle crackle crackle!!
“Kyaaaaaaa!!”
“Grrrrgh!”
The blue lightning condensed within the spear was released all at once.
Sharp electricity spiraled outward in a vortex.
The bodies of the demon beasts caught in the whirlwind charred black.
A pungent stench assaulted my nostrils.
“These bastards smell surprisingly savory, which somehow makes it even more repulsive.”
The moment I landed, I stepped and rolled my body away.
Crack!
A demon beast’s claw came crashing down exactly where I’d just touched ground.
“Kiiiiik!”
Crash! Boom!
When had it been lurking beneath the surface?
From directly below where I’d rolled to safety, the earth heaved and a monster erupted forth.
“Ugh!”
I quickly rolled my feet and jumped.
From the fractured ground rose a monster with a mouth split into eight ragged sections.
“Grrrrr!”
The demonic beasts that had escaped the brunt of the lightning storm’s fury charged forward with savage roars.
Whoooosh!
The mantis-like demonic beasts that had been tumbling across the ground took flight once more into the air.
“Tsk.”
Front, back, left, right.
Above and below as well.
I was completely surrounded by demonic beasts.
It was undoubtedly the worst situation.
“You bastards are really trying, aren’t you?”
Kwon O-jin laughed coldly and spread both arms wide.
Clang!
Six strands of wire became entangled like a net.
“Well, if you’re going to come at me like this, it makes things easier for me.”
Crackle, crackle, crackle, crackle, crack!
Blue lightning coursed through the wire net.
The demonic beasts attacking from all six directions were reduced to ash and collapsed as the surging lightning struck them down.
“Haa, haa.”
Even in a blessed state, expending this much mana in such a short time was exhausting.
My breathing had grown slightly ragged.
I steadied my breath for a moment and turned my head toward Choi Jong-chul.
“Wh-what is this?”
Choi Jong-chul stood trembling with his mouth agape, his eyes wide with disbelief.
He even rubbed his eyes as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
“Th-this is insane!!! How can a 3-star awakener do something like this…?!”
I’m a 4-star now, you bastard.
‘Well, even as a 4-star, it’s still unreasonable.’
Honestly, I was far stronger than other 4-star awakeners, that much was true.
But even accounting for that, this overwhelming display of power was entirely thanks to Vega’s blessing.
“Damn it! Damn it! Goddamn it!!!”
Choi Jong-chul scratched at his face hysterically like a spinster who had failed her fortieth blind date.
His skin peeled away and blood dripped down as he thrust a black orb forward, wailing.
“Kill him!! Tear that bastard to shreds right now, you incompetent fools!!!”
“J-Jong-chul! Please calm down!”
Perhaps he had heard the commotion.
The Bald Man who had been with Choi Jong-chul rushed over and desperately tried to restrain him.
“If this continues, the plan—!”
“Screw the plan!! Can’t you see what that bastard is doing right now? Huh? Can’t you see?!”
Choi Jong-chul gnashed his teeth and reached out toward the Bald Man.
His arm, wrapped in black energy, seized the Bald Man by the throat.
“Gack! Cough! W-wait…!”
Crack, crack-crack!
With the sickening sound of bone splintering, the Bald Man’s head twisted grotesquely.
As if caught between industrial press plates, his entire body was crushed horribly.
“Faster, faster, faster, faster, faster, faster!!!”
Choi Jong-chul glared at Kwon O-jin with bloodshot eyes.
“Kill that bastard, kill him, kill him, kill him!!!”
A shriek filled with madness echoed through the Ruined City.
“…Why is that bastard acting like that?”
Kwon O-jin furrowed his brow and turned to look at the shrieking Choi Jong-chul.
No matter how I looked at it, he wasn’t in a normal state.
‘Is it because of that Sacred Relic?’
The sinister energy pouring from the black orb clutched in Choi Jong-chul’s hand was gradually consuming his body.
“First, I need to deal with that━”
Before I could even finish speaking.
“Grrrrrrgh!”
“Kyaaahhh!!”
Boom!
More demons emerged from the collapsed Building Ruins.
Their numbers had actually increased from before.
“Damn it.”
With the demons targeting only me in their frenzy, it was difficult to get close to Choi Jong-chul.
[A… are… you… okay?]
Vega asked with a pained expression, as if enduring the constraints of the Law.
She seemed to be suffering more than me, who was directly fighting the demons.
“Sorry. It looks like this will take a bit longer.”
I gathered the wire back in and reached out my hand.
The silver spear I had thrown toward the horde of demons soared back through the air.
“Grrrrgh!”
A blue lightning bolt surged through the charging demons.
With each swing of the spear, two or three demons crumbled into black ash.
But.
‘There are too many of them.’
The momentum of the charging demons showed no signs of diminishing.
‘Are all the demons in the entire city converging here?’
I bit my lip firmly and struck a demon charging from behind with the shaft of my spear.
“Haa, haa.”
As the battle dragged on, my breathing grew increasingly ragged.
No matter how much stronger I had become through blessings, there were limits to my stamina and mana.
‘Damn it.’
After firing off over thirty consecutive spear strikes, I created distance between myself and the demons and retreated backward.
“Ugh.”
Perhaps I had burned through too much mana in a single burst.
A terrible headache crashed down upon me, as if an axe were cleaving through my skull.
‘I can endure pain. Pain is nothing.’
The problem was that my seemingly boundless mana was gradually revealing its bottom.
Kwon O-jin thrust his spear forward with an anxious expression.
‘If only my mana had continued to surge like it did back then.’
But unfortunately, I couldn’t intentionally recreate that state.
“Haa! Haa! Haa!”
My breath came in ragged gasps, reaching the limit of my endurance.
I couldn’t even estimate how many demons I had slain.
Dozens? Or more than a hundred?
In any case, the corpses of demons continued to accumulate rapidly even at this very moment.
-Crack!
“Grrgh!”
A demon that had barely penetrated the storm of lightning tore into my shoulder.
A fist-sized chunk of flesh was ripped away, and blood poured forth.
“Damn it!”
“Grrrrgh!!”
“Kiiiieeee!”
In that brief moment of vulnerability from the wound.
Three demons forced their way through the lightning storm and opened their maws savagely.
[No, my child, watch out!]
Vega’s cry of alarm reached my ears.
“Tch…!”
Kwon O-jin swallowed hard and raised his spear.
Slip.
“…!”
My palm, gripping the shaft of the spear, suddenly slipped due to the torrent of blood.
‘Dangerous…!’
I tried to retreat hastily.
-Whoooosh!!!
Crimson flames engulfed the three demons.
“Kiiiieeeeee!!”
The demons wrapped in flames shrieked and writhed in agony.
‘Flames…?’
I turned my head.
There stood.
“You, O-jin.”
Ha-eun glared at the bleeding wound on my shoulder, her expression twisting into something fierce.
“Didn’t I promise you earlier that I wouldn’t get hurt?”

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