The Legendary Regressor Devours the Tower - Chapter 46

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Episode 46
“I’m fine.”
Seong Un raised his left hand to show he was unharmed, trying to reassure Han Geon-u, but how could the other man see anything?
His voice echoed as if trapped inside something.
Strangely, his Hypersensitivity triggered no alarm.
That was because the Wraith wielded Spiritual Power.
Crack—
Sparks suddenly erupted, and his life force drained rapidly.
Seong Un felt all strength drain from his body.
[Zecroth’s Blessing activates.]
Registered as a hit, Zecroth’s Blessing triggered instantly.
The lost strength surged back, and his depleted life force recovered swiftly.
Seong Un slowly began to control the blessing that now suffused his entire body.
The blessing responded obediently to his will.
‘So it can transfer to the sword, just as they said.’
Remarkable.
The fact that a passive skill triggered by an accessory could shift to different equipment.
A yellow aura wrapped around the blade, rotating rapidly.
Seong Un raised the sword and slashed diagonally.
Shiiing—
The dark space tore and warped, light bleeding through the cracks, and soon a brilliant glow swallowed him whole.
“Brother! Let me save you—wait, what?”
Han Geon-u stood before him, his axe raised high overhead.
“Were you about to bring that down on me?”
“Oh… there was something like black paint swallowing you, and I couldn’t think of what else to do.”
“Right. Jae-pil, did you call for me?”
Seong Un waved his hand at Seo Jae-pil, who stood dazed with his mouth hanging open.
“You… how did you get out of there?”
A Level 80 Wraith.
Seo Jae-pil knew better than anyone how treacherous fighting such a boss could be.
At the midpoint of the 11th Floor.
He’d encountered a similar monster—only Level 45—and it had proven formidably difficult.
Fortunately, he’d managed to push through with an artifact infused with Holy Power, but now he had no such artifact, and this creature was Level 80.
He should have called for support immediately, but the beast deployed its abilities so quickly—befitting its Level—that Seong Un was caught before anyone could react.
Honestly, his mind had gone blank, and he’d made a judgment call: rescue was impossible.
Since the creature wielded Spiritual Power, magic was useless; Han Geon-u couldn’t save him without going back to request reinforcements first.
“You were going to abandon me and run?”
At Seong Un’s words, Seo Jae-pil’s shoulders flinched.
“No, that’s not—”
“You’re terrible at lying. Well, that would’ve been the smart call, anyway.”
Throwing your life away for honor was irrational when the better choice was to sacrifice one so that everyone else lived.
“…So how exactly did you escape?”
“We’ll get to that. First, deal with this.”
Seong Un’s gaze fixed on the boss floating before them.
Unable to cast its ability in succession, the creature merely tracked him with its gaze.
‘I’ve encountered something similar before. If it had hit you, I bet it was planning to split you apart and swallow both of you in one go.’
Leonice swiftly analyzed the creature’s ability.
‘Let’s cut first, think later.’
Seong Un kicked off the ground and launched forward.
The distance between him and the boss collapsed in an instant.
Just before the blade reached the creature’s throat, his vision went black again.
‘A trap.’
Leonice spoke with utter calm.
‘Quite so.’
Seong Un swung his sword through the darkness, tearing it open.
The darkness split and warped, the boss already distant, watching him from afar.
Crackle-pop—
“I’ll cover you—come at it again!”
Seo Jae-pil deployed Lightning Field.
Sparks erupted violently from the ground, cascading over the Wraith in a torrent of electricity.
The spark dealt no damage to the Wraith whatsoever.
Poof—
But as the sparks scattered and dust billowed up, it swallowed both the boss and Seong Un in an instant.
“I appreciate the cover, but that creature’s vision isn’t restricted by things like this.”
If anything, it was Seong Un whose vision was being hampered.
His Hypersensitivity couldn’t read spiritual entities, so it wouldn’t react to them—he had to track the boss with his eyes instead. And Seo Jae-pil had just cut off that line of sight.
“Damn it! I forgot!”
Realizing his unintentional sabotage, Seo Jae-pil urgently dispelled the Lightning Field.
“I’ll provide backup!”
Anxiety seized Han Geon-u at the thought that his blunder might have put Seong Un in danger. He charged forward with his shield raised.
Whoosh—
As if waiting for this moment, a trap activated and a black sphere swallowed Han Geon-u whole.
The same ability Seong Un had fallen victim to repeatedly.
‘How foolish…….’
Leonice clicked her tongue in disapproval.
‘Exactly. So how do we get past that thing?’
‘Just charge straight at its head and smash it.’
Brute force—mindless ramming until it broke.
‘That’s actually not bad.’
Normally it would be a strategy worthy of mockery, but right now Seong Un had Zecroth’s Blessing active.
Whatever ability the creature used, he could just cut through it all.
Seong Un stepped forward, and the same darkness descended upon him.
Without hesitation, he swung his blade and tore through the shadows. But the darkness immediately enveloped him again, as if it had been waiting.
“Insane bastard…….”
Seo Jae-pil muttered, dazed.
The dust made it hard to see, but he could tell Seong Un wasn’t slowing down—he was closing in on the boss with each passing second.
Every time he swung his blade, the black sphere fractured and split.
By the time Seong Un reached the boss, he didn’t hesitate. He raised his sword high.
Whether he’d used a skill or not, the blade burned crimson red.
‘What is that?’
As Leonice wondered, Seong Un brought the sword down.
-^$#!@#@
The boss let out an otherworldly shriek and split clean in half, then vanished without a trace.
[Your Level has increased.]
As the boss vanished, Seong Un’s level rose.
His level jumped from 77 to 78 in a single bound.
Though his skill levels remained stagnant, the level that had been stuck at 73 rose by five in just this one small tower run.
That alone was no small harvest.
“Uh, hyung…….”
Han Geon-u, freed from the black sphere’s prison, caught his breath.
His level was low and his experience lacking, so his response had been inadequate—but encounters like these would become tremendous assets, accelerating his growth.
Of course, that only worked if Han Geon-u could fully digest what he’d experienced.
Seong Un had provided the opportunity to grow. How Han Geon-u turned it to his advantage—that was his own responsibility.
“How much did your level go up?”
“Seven levels, sir!”
Han Geon-u’s level had reached 36 after the boss was defeated.
“Wait, hold on! How did you just do that?!”
Seo Jae-pil rushed over, bewildered.
A boss like that shouldn’t be defeatable with ordinary attacks—how in the world had he managed it?
“Ji-yeon. I have it to thank.”
“Ji-yeon?”
“Yeah. I found it on the 6th Floor. It has a purifying ability.”
Seong Un pointed to the necklace hanging around his neck.
“Wow…… you’re telling me Ji-yeon was on the 6th Floor? You really are something else.”
Seo Jae-pil had seen nothing when he climbed it.
How had this guy managed to find something like that?
“Your level—how much did it go up?”
“Mine? One.”
“Ah, that’s solid.”
Going up six levels in a single run was a significant gain.
“Right? So how much have you leveled up?”
Seo Jae-pil steered the conversation toward Seong Un’s level—the grass always looks greener on the other side.
“Forty-seven.”
Seong Un had gained five levels, reaching Level 47.
“What? Damn…… you jumped five levels at once?”
Han Geon-u’s level was still low enough that it made sense for him, but Seong Un had already broken past 40 long ago.
He’d expected the gain to be three levels or less, but five had come instead.
“It was an 80-level boss, wasn’t it? You went up by one in one shot, so I should go up by five for the balance to make sense.”
“That’s true, but…… anyway, I’m sorry.”
He’d carelessly deployed the Lightning Field and ended up damaging Seong Un.
Despite having a far higher level, he’d essentially been trolling.
Setting aside the envy, Seo Jae-pil felt genuinely apologetic—he averted his gaze and scratched his head.
“It’s fine. Everything worked out, so don’t worry about it.”
“…… Thanks.”
“Then we’d better start collecting the important stuff, yeah?”
Seong Un gazed toward where the boss had vanished.
There sat a single golden-glowing box, solitary in the empty space.
“That’s Ji-yeon, isn’t it?”
The box looked anything but ordinary at first glance—Seo Jae-pil’s pupils began to dilate.
“Keep your eyes in check.”
“What am I doing?”
“You’ve completely lost it right now.”
“Nah, that’s not it.”
“It’s exactly that.”
Seong Un chuckled and approached the box.
[Unknown Box]
-Contents unknown.
But who’s really to say?
It had to be Ji-yeon.
Seong Un opened the box without hesitation.
‘Hey! You should at least investigate first……!’
Leonice’s urgent voice came through, but Seong Un paid no mind and withdrew the items inside.
They were emerald gems.
Three of them, matching the number of first-entry participants.
‘It’s Ji-yeon.’
‘Ji-yeon? What kind of item is this?’
‘I’m not sure, either.’
In his previous life, this Ji-yeon had never been discovered.
“Hey! We should open these together!”
Seo Jae-pil rushed over with a startled expression.
“Take one.”
Seong Un tossed a gem to him casually.
“What is this, anyway?”
“Ji-yeon.”
“Yeah, but I already knew that!”
Taken aback by the obvious answer, Seo Jae-pil examined the gem carefully.
His eyes sparkled with anticipation.
[Janus’s Emerald Stone]
-Type: Consumable
-Grade: SS
-1. Raises the Limit Grade of a designated skill by one stage.
-2. Raises the current grade of a designated skill by two stages.
-You may choose one of the above options.
The surge of anticipation was completely satisfied.
“It raises skill grades?!”
And not just one stage—a full two stages.
If his Lightning Field was currently Grade B, using this would instantly boost it to Grade S.
“Raising the Limit Grade would be better,” Seong Un advised with a serious expression.
“That’s good too, but can I actually grow to that point?”

A higher Limit Grade means you can raise your Rank that much further.
However, the higher the Rank, the more conditions it demands—even reaching B Rank requires considerable time to advance to A Rank.
And when we speak of a single-stage increase, it’s not that S becomes SS; rather, it becomes S+.
It’s far better to jump two stages at once and go straight to S.
“Right. Growth is difficult, but there is a path to climb it. The problem is, there’s no way to raise the Limit Grade immediately.”
Seong Un was looking not at the present, but toward the future.
“I see…….”
“Then I shall raise the Limit Grade of my Indomitable, as you suggest!”
The moment Ji-yeon appeared, Han Geon-u’s eyes lit up properly as well.
“Right. You take one too.”
This was Ji-yeon, distributed to the first entrant.
Since the structure was such that Seong Un couldn’t monopolize it alone, he handed over the gem without hesitation.
‘I didn’t expect the Administrator to intervene like that.’
Originally, a Big Event should have been fixed at 40.
At first he was taken aback, but as he opened the box, he could catch the fact that the Administrator had intervened.
‘The reason I see it as intervention is precisely this.’
The box didn’t contain only Janus’s Emerald Stone.
[S~S+ Rank Equipment Gacha Ticket]
-Type: Consumable
-Rank: S+
-Can draw S~S+ Rank Equipment.
It was the same kind of item as the Golden Tower Entry Ticket.
A gacha ticket that could draw S~S+ Rank Equipment.
For something called Ji-yeon, it was a somewhat generous reward.
This was how Seong Un could tell the Administrator had intervened.
Only the Administrator possessed the authority to manipulate such things, and whenever difficulty was raised, an alpha bonus had to follow accordingly—and this was precisely that alpha bonus.
At the same time, doubt crept in.
‘Why would such manipulation be done now, when it never happened in the previous life?’
In the previous life, the Administrator never intervened in a Big Event.
Could it be that the Administrator knew I would enter this tower?
No, that’s too much of a stretch.
Though the reason remains unclear, it seems most reasonable to conclude that the tower’s Administrator had planned to meddle with the first Big Event.
‘Why am I thinking so hard about this?’
Seong Un remained lost in thought for a long while, until Leonice, unable to contain her curiosity, asked.
‘I was just wondering what would be best to draw.’
‘Is it random? If something strange comes out……. How dreadful.’
‘Indeed.’
There was no immediate need for equipment.
Seong Un placed the ticket in his inventory, then withdrew from it the paper shining with golden light.
[You can now use the Golden Tower Entry Ticket.]
Now it was time to move into the real matter at hand.
An Unprecedented Returner Devours the Tower (Serialized)
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