The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 43

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Episode 43
Before long, the plane touched down on Jeju Island.
But waiting for Seong-un at the airport was a familiar face.
“You made it?”
It was none other than Seo Jae-pil.
“Yeah. You got here faster than I expected. I told you to take your time.”
Before departing for Jeju Island, when Seo Jae-pil had asked if he could visit for a few days, Seong-un had mentioned he was planning a trip there and had given him the schedule.
‘Is that so? Then can I come too?’
And that was how Seo Jae-pil had ended up joining this Jeju Island trip.
“Ah, I had something to take care of, so I came early.”
Seo Jae-pil smiled awkwardly and scratched his head.
Something seemed off about him, but Seong-un didn’t press the matter.
“I see. Thanks for making the trip anyway.”
“Yeah. Have you eaten? I know a really great place nearby. Want to head there first?”
Seo Jae-pil was just as curious.
He was practically dying to know what rewards Seong-un had received and what level he’d reached.
But he didn’t want to push.
If the guy wanted to share, he’d mention it on his own.
“What’ll you do?”
Seong-un turned to Han Gun-woo, who had been lingering uncertainly in the background.
Seo Jae-pil still seemed to make him uncomfortable.
It was probably because his record of being on the Blacklist had been revealed.
“Oh? We meet again. Nice to see you.”
Seo Jae-pil extended his hand toward Han Gun-woo.
“Ah, y-yes……”
Han Gun-woo smiled stiffly and returned the handshake.
“This guy’s been cleared from the Blacklist now.”
At Seong-un’s explanation, Han Gun-woo nodded quickly, as if he’d been waiting for someone to say this.
“That’s right! I have nothing wrong with me now!”
“He’s been cleared. But the record is still there.”
Being cleared from the Blacklist didn’t mean the history disappeared.
A pardon didn’t wipe away the original reputation one hundred percent.
“Ah, I’ll remember that……”
Han Gun-woo nodded with a tense expression.
“Come on, either way, now you’re just a regular climber, right? It’s fine. I wasn’t that concerned about it in the first place.”
Seo Jae-pil waved his hand dismissively, easing the tension.
The approach seemed to work—by the time they left the airport, Han Gun-woo’s nervousness had visibly lessened.
“Hey, isn’t that standing out a bit too much?”
As he found the leisure to look around, Han Gun-woo leaned in close to Seong-un and whispered quietly.
Behind them, Jang Byung-jun and the Security Team members were following along, their conversation awkward and stilted.
‘Are they being self-conscious? Why does it look so unnatural?’
Even as they talked, they kept glancing sidelong at Seong-un.
That kind of thing made the whole scene feel contrived.
Seong-un pulled out his smartphone, sent a text to Jang Byung-jun, then turned his head away.
“Just ignore it and keep your eyes ahead.”
“Yes.”
“Man, Irregulars really do stand out, don’t they?”
Seo Jae-pil chuckled beside him.
Seong-un sighed and changed the subject.
“Alright, let’s just go eat something.”
“Sure thing.”
Seo Jae-pil had led them to a barbecue restaurant.
Apparently it was a well-known spot for black pork.
“This is… black pork?”
Han Gun-woo picked up a piece of meat with tongs, his expression doubting.
They’d ordered black pork, but the meat that arrived looked no different from ordinary pork.
“Put it down—you’re embarrassing us.”
“Oh, sorry.”
At Seong-un’s remark, Han Gun-woo quickly set the meat down.
“Huh? Why’d you put it down?”
Seo Jae-pil, watching the scene unfold, felt a playful impulse stir and began making pointed gestures toward Han Gun-woo.
“Pardon? Shouldn’t I set it down?”
Han Gun-woo asked in bewilderment, and Seo Jae-pil heaved a heavy sigh.
“Then who’s supposed to grill the meat here? Should Seong-un do it?”
“Never mind. I’ll do it.”
Seong-un reached toward the tongs.
Realizing what was happening, Han Gun-woo quickly snatched them away.
“No! I should be the one grilling!”
“Okay. Now we’re getting somewhere.”
Satisfied at last, Seo Jae-pil poured water into his cup.
“All right, I’ll tell you the schedule after we eat.”
The moment meat hit the grill, Seong-un cut to the point.
“So where are we heading? What do you say we head straight down to Seogwipo?”
“Actually, I came to Jeju Island because I have something to do here.”
“Something to do?”
“Yeah. You saw the notification, right?”
“Oh, about the Small Tower getting strengthened? ……Wait, don’t tell me—”
Unease flickered across Seo Jae-pil’s eyes.
As if confirming his suspicion, Seong-un broke into a grin.
“That’s exactly it.”
“What the hell……. You said this was a trip?”
“It is a trip, isn’t it?”
“What are you talking about? When people say ‘trip,’ they mean going out to have fun.”
Seo Jae-pil’s face twisted in disbelief.
He’d come along because of that word.
If it had been anything else, he’d have headed straight back to Seoul.
“But how did you know about it, sir?”
Han Gun-woo, tending the meat, voiced his doubt.
“Smarter than I gave you credit for. All right, how did I know?”
Seo Jae-pil nodded at the reasonable question.
“The meat’s burning.”
Seong-un gestured at the grill with his chin.
Sizzle—
Stunned that this wasn’t just a leisure trip, Han Gun-woo had been so absorbed listening to their exchange that he’d forgotten to flip the meat.
He startled and quickly turned the meat over.
“Don’t try to gloss over it.”
Seo Jae-pil furrowed his brow.
“You know I got EX++ on Floor 6, right?”
“Yeah.”
“As a reward, it showed me a glimpse of the future. Said the Small Tower would be getting strengthened.”
“……Really?”
Seo Jae-pil’s mind raced.
Information obtained as the price of reaching EX++ rank.
But why would the Tower bother giving out such a reward?
The answer was simple.
Clear the Strengthened Small Tower, and you’d receive enormous rewards.
His quick acceptance of the invitation to come to Jeju Island was rooted in a deeper intent—to claim a share of those rewards.
As that realization crystallized, Seo Jae-pil’s smile spread wide.
“You’ve figured it all out?”
“You really are my best friend.”
“Bastard.”
Seong-un and Seo Jae-pil exchanged knowing smirks.
Han Gun-woo, watching while grilling, felt a creeping sense of frustration.
‘Are they trading codes? No……. I came too, so why won’t they fill me in? What’s the harm?’
* * *
At that same moment.
Jang Byung-jun sat on a bench outside the restaurant, a canned coffee in his hand, reporting to Choi Hyuk.
“Seong-un is currently having a meal with Han Gun-woo and Seo Jae-pil.”
[Good? You’re being discreet about it, right?]
“…….”
Doesn’t seem like it…….
A sigh came through the smartphone.
‘This is incredibly irritating, I must say.’
He’d promised to be careful at the airport, but a message had arrived from Seong-un.
Given that incident, he had nothing to say in his defense.
“I’ll be even more careful…….”
[Good.]
“Ah, it seems he’s finished eating. I’ll continue with the escort.”
[Make sure you don’t slip up.]
“Yes!”
Jang Byung-jun rose from the bench and drained his coffee in one gulp.
“Captain, all personnel are positioned except for two.”
“Good. Now three of us are escorting Seong-un. You understand, right? You absolutely cannot irritate him.”
“……Rather than me, Captain, you should be careful. Even at the airport, they keep saying you can’t take your eyes off Seong-un, and that’s what irritates him.”
“Ahem. Anyway, be vigilant.”
It wasn’t wrong, so he couldn’t argue back despite being the superior.
* * *
After finishing his meal, Seong-un hurried to ascend the Small Tower.
[You have defeated the Tower Owner, the Strengthened Frickter.]
[2,500 Experience Points have been awarded.]
[No additional resources can be obtained.]
[Clear Rating is being calculated.]
[Clear Score: S+]
[As an additional reward for the Clear Rating, 1 Gold has been awarded.]
2,500 Experience Points.
Despite the Clear Rating being S+, there were no additional resources—just a measly 1 Gold as a reward.
The other Small Towers were the same.
Experience varied from 2,500 to 45,000, but the rewards remained identical.
“Damn……. What is this?”
Finally losing patience, Seo Jae-pil vented his frustration aloud.
“All I know is Jeju Island.”
“So……you’re saying you want to enter every Small Tower here?”
“Yeah.”
“Christ, I’m going to lose my mind. How are we supposed to find everything this way……?”
Three Small Towers were visible to the naked eye alone.
If they drove even a little further from here, more Small Towers would come into view.
Among all those towers, just one.
A Strengthened Tower.
With luck, they might find it quickly, but if fortune turned against them, they could search for days without success.
“It’s fine. It should be around here somewhere.”
“How can you be so sure?”
“Intuition.”
“Intuition will get you killed…….”
Seong-un’s lips curved upward at the sight of grumbling Seo Jae-pil.
‘He’s got real skill—the kind someone who’s broken through the 13th floor early would have.’
Seo Jae-pil’s level was 73.
He’d boosted his stats further with Gold, pushing them all past 100.
Because of that, he cleared these Small Towers without difficulty.
Han Gun-woo, on the other hand, had only climbed the 2nd floor, so he wasn’t much help yet.
Since it was expected, Seong-un asked with an unconcerned expression.
“What’s your level now?”
“Ah, it’s 9!”
When he’d visited Jeju Island, it had been 6, but he’d gained 3 levels to reach 9.
“Good, then let’s keep going.”
“You mean I’m going in front again?”
“You’re level 73. Of course you should lead.”
“But I’m a ranged damage dealer?”
Seo Jae-pil was a magic-type Awakener.
But simply because his level was high, Seong-un placed him at the front.
“You’ve got a Close-range Defense Skill. That’s plenty.”
“What the hell—is this what you called me here for?”
“No. If I’d only meant to use you, I wouldn’t have called you in the first place. I’d just use the Security Team.”
“Don’t talk nonsense. By that logic, we hand the search off to them and just come back later to collect our share?”
Seo Jae-pil had a point.
The Security Team stationed across Jeju Island were simply watching, doing nothing but waiting on Seong-un’s orders.
If he deployed them, they could find the tower in less than half a day. Yet Seong-un chose not to.
“I need to make the first entry.”
“First entry?”
“Yeah.”
In his previous life, he hadn’t managed to stop Jeju Island from being laid waste.
And that destruction had spread from Jeju Island across the entire world.
The second was Fukuoka, Japan—and because Jeju Island nearby had been devastated, Japan aggressively pursued clearing the Small Tower.
Fortune smiled on them: they found its location in two days, and more than ten climbers entered and succeeded in clearing it almost instantly.
But the problem didn’t end there.
‘A Blessed Opportunity!’
‘A Blessed Opportunity appeared!’
A Blessed Opportunity had been discovered upon clearing the Small Tower.
The problem: there was only one.
More than ten people had found it, yet only one could claim it.
Naturally, their eyes went wild with greed, and just before a bloody brawl erupted, the Blessed Opportunity chose its owner.
That owner was the climber who had entered the Small Tower first.
Afterward, it became headline news across the nation—a major event in its own right.
‘Every single time, the Blessed Opportunity went to the party that entered first.’
That was why he needed to put in the legwork to find the tower himself.
“…Okay, let’s keep going then.”
Once he’d finished thinking it through, Seo Jae-pil quickly climbed into the car.
“You could rest a bit longer.”
“Are you insane? What if someone finds it while we’re sitting around?”
He was urging them on, anxious at the thought of someone else snatching it away.
When Seong-un’s lips curled upward and he rose to his feet, Han Gun-woo, who’d been resting beside him, quickly jumped up and bolted for the vehicle.
‘Hopefully history doesn’t change.’
In his previous life, the Small Tower was never found, and all of Jeju Island was laid to waste.
So it should remain undiscovered in this life as well—yet an creeping anxiety was taking hold as Seong-un and the Security Team visited Jeju Island. What if history shifted?
‘Hurry.’
He had to move faster and find that Small Tower before anything else changed.
The Ultimate Regressor Devours Towers (Ongoing Serialization)
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