The Regressor Plays the Game Too Well - Chapter 127

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Episode 127
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A demigod.
Jin-woo had never encountered such a being called a demigod within the Pantheon from the start.
To be precise, it would be more accurate to say he had never heard of one.
The only thing he had ever heard related to gods was one thing.
It was only related to the God Series.
Otherwise, it was divine weapons, holy swords, or cursed blades.
There was nothing beyond these divine artifacts that appeared in mythology and legend.
Yet suddenly, a demigod?
I couldn’t help but stammer in surprise.
But could this possibly be bad?
No, absolutely not.
“Huh.”
As I marveled at this revelation.
Yu Ji-a spoke to me from behind.
“Congratulations, oppa.”
“Uh, what? Oh, thanks.”
I answered while looking at Yu Ji-a with an awkward expression.
It seems she’s figured everything out, hasn’t she?
Honestly, it’s a bit funny that she didn’t know even at this point.
But what could I do about it?
I showed her far too much.
She couldn’t help but understand.
Well, I didn’t particularly mind anyway.
Yu Ji-a wasn’t a bad person, and most importantly, she was trustworthy.
As expected.
“I’ll definitely keep it a secret!”
“Uh, what?”
“That you’re Jinu TV, oppa, and this child too.”
I didn’t expect her to say it so openly.
But looking at her eyes, she didn’t seem to be lying.
Seeing Yu Ji-a like that, I chuckled and nodded.
It was actually better that she said it like this.
Far better than pretending not to know when you do.
Besides, if it weren’t for Yu Ji-a, I would have asked her separately anyway.
Things worked out well instead.
I answered her immediately.
“Thank you.”
“Oh, no! Of course I should!”
While Yu Ji-a and I were conversing, my newly born pet tilted its head curiously.
As if asking why I wasn’t paying attention to it.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the sight.
Its behavior was quite endearing.
Now that I thought about it, I really needed to give it a name soon.
But I found myself hesitant.
My naming sense was notoriously terrible, after all.
‘Hmm, should I just keep it as Ruin?’
Then I shook my head.
Keeping the original name didn’t seem right.
Even if it held symbolic meaning.
This was a new life, after all.
It deserved a proper name.
As I pondered this, Yu Ji-a watched me with a curious expression.
Could it be?
Was I struggling to come up with a name?
“Oppa, are you thinking about a name?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah. I can’t seem to think of anything good.”
“With such pale skin and platinum blonde hair, how about Luna? The image matches the moon perfectly.”
“Luna?”
Hearing that, I glanced at the creature.
Indeed, its color was more platinum than pure white.
And Luna… it was a name famous for the moon goddess.
Once, Ruin had been an apostle of Ru, the god of light.
But now, the image aligned more with the moon.
From Ruin to Luna.
It was a better name than I expected.
“Luna sounds good.”
【Kyaa—!】
At my words, the creature suddenly became excited, soaring through the air and spinning rapidly.
It clearly looked delighted.
The name seemed to please it greatly.
As expected, a message appeared.
[The demigod of all pets, Luna, has been born.]
[Congratulations!]
[You have obtained a Mythic-grade pet for the first time.]
The message came to mind.
The half-deity of all pets, Luna, has been born.
Congratulations!
You have obtained a Mythic-grade pet for the first time.
[You have been granted the First Title, “Mythic Rebirth.”]
『Mythic Rebirth』
→First Title
→A title bestowed upon the first user to hatch a demigod pet
→Gain 200% of the experience your pet acquires
→Increases the effects of divine jobs, mythic-grade pets, and mythic-related weapons by 10%
The title appeared the moment the message displayed.
Upon seeing it, Jin-woo couldn’t help but cry out internally in disbelief.
‘This is insane.’
A 10% boost to everything related to mythology?
In other words, it meant a 10% increase to skill damage, weapon attack power, options—everything.
The same applied to pets.
A 10% increase to pet skills, stats, and everything else?
I’ve never seen a First Title with effects like this before.
The sheer absurdity of it left me swallowing hard.
Watching Jin-woo stare blankly into the void, Yu Ji-a could only understand his reaction.
After all, she too had been speechless upon seeing the Yellow Dragon’s stats and abilities.
‘It’s stronger than me.’
She was astounded that the Yellow Dragon, despite being newly born, already surpassed her in power.
She had no idea what Jin-woo was marveling at.
But that was certainly her own experience.
It had shifted her perspective somewhat.
Did she really need to take the field herself?
She had always loved the sword and wielded it often.
But now there was no need.
Her greatest weapon was none other than her pet, the Yellow Dragon.
Above all, the Yellow Dragon was bound to her.
Nurturing such a creature was the wiser path.
In other words.
‘I should change my job to provide support.’
A buffer or healer, perhaps.
The synergy would be considerable.
Or maybe a support mage would work well too.
Having reached this conclusion, Yu Ji-a
spoke to Jin-woo, who still hadn’t regained his composure.
“Oppa.”
“Huh? Yeah?”
“Let’s go hunting.”
“Oh, right.”
That’s Jin-woo for you.
I immediately understood what Yu Ji-a meant the moment she mentioned hunting.
The newly acquired pets.
They were truly formidable creatures.
Wouldn’t it be necessary to gauge just how powerful they were?
Of course, I hadn’t yet seen Ruin’s stats or skills.
But that was something I could check on the way there.
Now the real question was how well these creatures would perform in this area with level 50 monsters.
Once I understood that, everything would fall into place.
“Shall we head out then?”
“Yes!”
* * *
As Jin-woo and Yu Ji-a set out for the Hunting Grounds.
There were those watching the monitor intently.
Need I say who?
Of course it could only be them.
Lee Yeon and her Secretary.
The two of them stared at the footage with expressions that suggested they’d long since stopped finding humor in it.
“….”
Lee Yeon remained silent.
Her aura suggested that if she opened her mouth, she might explode on the spot.
But the Secretary beside her was different.
In fact.
“It was already suspicious when he was slaughtering giants. And then the Demigod advancement he obtained after Brewnack seems to have had an effect, and afterward both Mjolnir and the Isis recipe appear to have contributed as well.”
“Siiiiigh.”
Lee Yeon exhaled a long breath and glared sharply at the Secretary.
But the Secretary, undeterred, came back even stronger as if to say she hadn’t misspoken.
Seeing that look in her eyes, Lee Yeon sighed as if to concede the point.
“Ugh.”
To be honest, I knew this would happen.
Allowing movement within the Kingdom did grant Jin-woo some benefits, but the gains for others were far greater.
That’s why I implemented the patch.
Now with just this one pet, Jin-woo has become even stronger.
Well, fine.
Jin-woo can be like that.
He always has been.
A Demigod?
I actually prefer it.
What’s wrong with not being a god?
But here’s the thing.
Isn’t there something that bothers me?
“Who on earth is that woman?”
“Hmm, she’s a user we’ve been keeping a close eye on from other sources as well.”
“What?! How did she have a Unique pet egg from the very beginning?”
“Yes. It was Unique+ grade, but the planned pet was supposed to be an Epic+ Black Dragon.”
“But that’s…”
“Yuna.”
“So thanks to that Yuna, it evolved into a Golden Dragon and became Legendary?”
The Secretary applauded, impressed by such precise analysis befitting a genius.
Yet Lee Yeon’s mood didn’t improve.
Lee Yeon stared at the two in the video.
A Legendary grade pet, no less.
This was entirely unforeseen.
Jin-woo obtaining a Legendary pet?
Well, it could happen.
But.
“If those two are bonded, doesn’t that mean Yuna can summon him as well?”
“Pardon? Ah, yes. That’s correct. The owner can be summoned together as well.”
“Sigh.”
He’d gained a formidable reinforcement capable of summoning a Golden Dragon anytime, anywhere.
And that was before considering Jin-woo’s own power, which was already absurd.
When you factored in their current stats and their pets’ strength together.
Even a rough calculation showed.
“They could level an entire village.”
“I’d say even a small city is possible.”
“Sigh.”
And on top of that, another incredible user had emerged.
That Golden Dragon alone would likely propel him to the highest rankings.
Highest rankings?
That was laughable.
He’d become one of the handful of top-tier users at minimum.
The user himself wasn’t lacking in skill either.
The Golden Dragon’s presence was simply overwhelming.
For now, Kaiser, Han Yu-na, and Barmon would likely prevail.
But if that Golden Dragon grows further in the future?
There’s no way to guarantee the outcome.
That’s the magnitude of power a Legendary pet commands.
If a Legendary pet alone is this formidable.
What of the Mythic grade pets that exist beyond?
I had nothing left to say.
My appetite seemed to have vanished as well.
“But Kaiser, Han Yu-na, and Barmon—all three users are in the middle of a Divine Series class quest, correct?”
The Secretary’s question prompted Lee Yeon to nod and respond.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“So Han Yu-na obtained the Archer God class, and Barmon obtained the Demon God class, is that correct?”
“Mm-hmm. Both are incredibly powerful classes.”
The Archer God and the Demon God.
The Archer God, who masters all forms of archery.
Once a class bears the name “God,” it simply cannot be weak.
The Demon God is no exception.
It’s a class that can wield all forms of magic, after all.
The notion that either could be inferior is absurd.
But then, at that moment.
The Secretary gazed at Lee Yeon as though her memory was hazy.
“Oh, but what class did Kaiser obtain? I remember he was originally eligible for the Sword God quest, but something went wrong partway through—that’s all I can recall.”
“Ah, right. I didn’t see that either. I’d completely forgotten about it. I remember he obtained something, but I can’t recall what it was. Because of Jin-woo.”
“That’s understandable.”
How much had Jin-woo accomplished in the meantime?
He was a user who had even prompted patches and events.
Kaiser could easily be forgotten in the face of that.
Just as Lee Yeon was reviewing Kaiser’s information.
Suddenly, her eyes widened in shock.
“Huh?”
“What’s the matter?”
“This is rather troublesome.”
“Pardon?”
“Kaiser obtained a class that suits him perfectly.”
What class could that possibly be?
A class even more fitting than the Sword God.
Lee Yeon spoke thus, then looked toward the Secretary.
And then she continued.
“He obtained the War God.”
The God of Combat and the God of War.
I had a feeling this was going to become interesting.
The God of Combat is a solitary, supremely powerful class.
But the God of War was the complete opposite.
In other words, war itself.
A god specialized in war—one who strengthens all of his allies, making them formidable.
If one considered his guild and those who followed him.
There could be no class more suited to Kaiser than this.
If the two of them were to clash?
The outcome might differ from what I expected.
‘What will happen?’
If things go this way, even Jin-woo won’t be able to predict it.
No matter how strong Jin-woo is, he’s still not alone, is he?
Can he truly achieve victory in this war?
Lee Yeon pondered these thoughts while watching Jin-woo’s video.
The Hunting Grounds where he went to test the Yellow Dragon and Ruin.
And there, she could see it.
Ruin and the Yellow Dragon wreaking havoc as they hunted.
But what was this?
The Yellow Dragon had its mouth wide open, indiscriminately slaughtering monsters.
And above the Yellow Dragon, Ruin was gleefully riding it like a toy.
An overwhelming display of power.
Watching that, she reconsidered.
‘Can Kaiser really win against this?’
Lee Yeon found herself losing confidence.

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