The Regressor Plays the Game Too Well - Chapter 181

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Episode 181
181
“Yaaaaaawn.”
Jin-woo rose from bed with a languid stretch, rubbing his eyes as consciousness gradually returned to his drowsy face.
The first things to greet him were the expansive bed and the master bedroom’s vastness—larger than most living rooms.
No matter how hard I tried to adjust to this place, I simply couldn’t.
Jin-woo rose from bed with that thought in mind.
He would have preferred to sleep longer, but he had uploaded something early this morning.
So he had no choice but to get up.
Specifically, the video he’d uploaded yesterday of raiding Count Whinter’s estate.
Since the video was quite substantial, he’d decided to check the reactions later and gone to sleep, but now he was curious about what kind of response it had received.
Jin-woo rose from his seat with palpable curiosity and headed straight for his computer.
“Young-jin worked hard yesterday, so I should give him a bonus.”
I was generous with his account anyway.
He really did work hard yesterday.
He’d sent the video immediately after it was finished and had the edited version sent while it was still fresh.
He must have put in considerable effort.
Well, he had the skills to match, so I trusted him.
Jin-woo sat down at his computer and accessed his channel.
Then he played the video that had been uploaded yesterday.
He’d uploaded it in a rush without even checking it.
This was a good opportunity to verify it.
The scene where arrows were fired and combat began was executed flawlessly.
Rather than capturing things exactly as they happened, there were elements of exaggeration, and most importantly, the scene fighting Demoros was executed brilliantly.
The video quality was so excellent that even Jin-woo felt as though he were watching someone else.
It was a video that showed no signs of being hastily produced.
Jin-woo chuckled softly as he watched, nodding his head in approval.
Young-jin’s skills really were exceptional.
His ability was truly trustworthy.
Jin-woo then shifted his gaze to the comment section.
Numerous words of praise had been posted.
-Insane!
-Now he’s trying to save the Empire too…
-But how does he move between regions…
-If it were just Jin-woo, I wouldn’t question it, but seeing Yuna and other Users there too seems odd…
-Regardless, his skills are insane. He doesn’t seem to use many skills
└He’s fighting while holding back now;;;
└But even if they’re NPCs, they’re still in a realm Users can’t reach yet;;; That’s supposedly the Count’s strongest knight, and he just cuts through him?
└Even so, if it’s an NPC, it’s still an area users can’t reach yet;;; But isn’t it supposed to be like the strongest knight of the Count’s house? Why is he just getting sliced up like that?
-Is Jin-woo for real?
-The knight doesn’t seem weak either, but Jin-woo is just too strong;;;
-Hahahahahaha I can’t help but laugh now.
-Wow wow wow This is Hwang Kyung-ma-jeol!
-Jin-woo’s broadcast is a legend, seriously.
-What, is he a regressor or something?
└Haha what kind of nonsense is this haha
-Wow, that would be impossible unless you’re someone who’s actually trained swordsmanship in real life.
Jin-woo’s skill level remained naturally famous among users.
A level of ability that could only inspire awe.
Watching it, everyone couldn’t help but shower him with praise.
However, it seemed there was a topic drawing even more interest than Jin-woo.
It was naturally related to the Empire.
-Wait, is the Empire’s tyranny actually going to disappear? Isn’t Count Zapin the same type of person?
-There were rumors about Count Zapin circulating in the Empire before the video dropped. From what I heard, he’s considered one of the most well-regarded nobles. Even the residents of our territory were talking about him that way.
-Yes yes yes! For real, if it’s Count Zapin, he’s trustworthy. Our lord is a vassal of Count Zapin and was singing his praises.
-But what does Jin-woo even do… that he’s trying to overturn the Empire together with Count Zapin like that?
-Right;;;
Everyone knew Jin-woo was exceptional, but they seemed even more amazed by the fact that he was so closely connected with an Imperial figure.
That made sense—the first time Jin-woo uploaded a video, wasn’t it titled “The Emperor Alarmed and the Demon Realm Despairing”?
And now he was actually trying to make that title a reality.
The video of going to the Demon Realm had already been uploaded long ago.
What remained was the Emperor.
If the war continued like this?
-The Baroque Emperor is seriously going to change;;;
└The possibility is high. I heard Count Zapin gathered and is leading multiple regional nobles.
└That’s not all
└What else is there?
└I heard Count Zapin is from the Imperial Family of the Empire before the Baroque Empire?????
└Wow wow wow how do you guys know this?
└I don’t know, I just heard it somewhere?
└Wow are you possessed?
– So, does that mean taxes will be reduced? Please ㅠㅠㅠ
└I suffer from taxes in real life too, but I don’t want to suffer in games as well ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
└I really don’t want to pay taxes
└I don’t want to pay taxes seriously
└Same here
-Please let the Empire change.
The tyranny of the Baroque Emperor was so notorious after all.
It was something all users desperately wished for.
And it didn’t even stop there.
-Wait, if people from the Baroque Empire can participate, can I join too? I’m already out in the city so wouldn’t it be possible?
-Wait, I’m seeing some of Kaiser’s guild members in there too? Were they executives?
-Yeah, that seems possible?
-How could anyone miss out on a war like this!
└So I’m already putting in inquiries to Barmon Guild.
└I’m going with Han-sung Guild.
-I’m going too!
Beyond amazement and worry, the clamor of people declaring their participation was tremendous.
Seeing this, there were many comments about putting in inquiries to Barmon Guild and Han-sung Guild.
Jin-woo watched this and unconsciously swallowed hard, scratching his head.
He hadn’t expected things to blow up this much.
It seems like things have gotten way too big?
“Hmm.”
He could see one particular comment.
-I’m putting in an inquiry to Pantheon?
└Pantheon? Not a guild?
└Why?
└Well, it’s true that Jin-woo’s broadcast and the two major guilds pulled off this huge event, but shouldn’t they let regular users enjoy it indirectly too;;;?
└But didn’t they take everything? It feels like we’re just getting scraps;;;;;
└Putting in inquiries to guilds is different though?
└Oh.
Ugh, this is so annoying lol
-But whether it’s a guild or Pantheon, putting in inquiries is fine, right? Wouldn’t it be good for them to have more troops anyway?
└Maybe that’s true?
└It would be more certain, wouldn’t it?
└Alright, I’m putting in an inquiry to Pantheon too!
This didn’t seem like things were growing in any ordinary way.
Still, Jin-woo just shrugged his shoulders.
That’s something the administrators would handle.
Why should he worry about it?
With that thought, Jin-woo exited the channel.
The response had been excellent anyway.
There was no need to think further.
‘Let me go out and take it easy today.’
With such carefree thoughts, he headed outside.
* * *
Meanwhile, while Jin-woo was out enjoying himself so carelessly.
Lee Yeon was smiling brightly.
She no longer worried about Jin-woo at all.
Because of that, she could even reduce the antacids she’d been taking, and above all, with her overwork decreasing, she was spending happy days.
But suddenly, work piled up like Tae-san.
Even now, the Secretary moved about busily, fielding calls.
And as she did, she called out to Lee Yeon.
“Chairwoman? We’re receiving inquiries continuously. I think we need to take action quickly?”
“Ahahaha! Of course we do!”
Lee Yeon answered thus while her hands remained idle.
She simply interlaced her fingers, smiled, and nodded her head.
The Secretary found herself staring at Lee Yeon strangely.
Was this truly the Lee Yeon she knew?
It seemed like she should be exploding by now.
In fact, she should have exploded long ago.
Yet there she sat, laughing like that.
Could she have unknowingly created an android that looked like her and placed it there?
The thought was chilling—a genius who created artificial intelligence might actually be capable of such a thing.
And indeed.
“AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!”
“You startled me!”
Lee Yeon finally burst forth.
She rose from her desk with a forceful strike, her eyes blazing with fury.
“No, no—taking over the Empire? Fine! That’s great! It’s my scenario after all! But didn’t it come out way too fast? Well, it could come out fast, I mean I created it so it could come out fast, sure! But why are you trying to pull in every single User?! AHHHHHHH!”
Losing one scenario?
That’s nothing.
Honestly, I could just hand it over.
At this point, Jin-woo has already ruined so much.
Would I really complain about just one more thing?
But.
“This is NOT it!”
Making every User participate—that’s a different story.
Honestly, if I just ignore it, that’s the end of it.
If I ignore it.
Why?
Because this is unquestionably a scenario and content that Jin-woo discovered.
So naturally, ownership belongs to Jin-woo.
But now the Han-sung Guild and Barmon Guild have already joined in.
On top of that, they’ve absorbed the remnants of the former Kaiser’s Guild as well.
And that’s how the talk started.
They want to join too.
Eventually, if guilds start receiving one or two more like this, it becomes endless, and refusing would be ideal.
But the problem now is that those guilds don’t know what to do.
Well, actually they do know.
“…Jin-woo would accept them all, wouldn’t he?”
“That does seem to be the case, doesn’t it?”
Based on Jin-woo’s track record so far, he wouldn’t prevent others from participating.
If he said it was fine and suggested everyone try it together, then users from other kingdoms would start protesting too.
Why does only the Baroque Empire have such a hidden piece? It’s discrimination.
That’s what they’d say.
Well, we could ignore that, but if we do, user dissatisfaction will gradually accumulate.
This is what people mean by striking while the iron is hot.
If we act now, all users participating would be praised as making it an even greater game.
But then the workload becomes enormous.
That’s the problem.
“Um, shouldn’t we first ask Jin-woo’s permission and then proceed?”
“Right. We should. Send him a message or email first, get his permission, and assuming he agrees, we need to prepare the program in advance. So users can participate in the war for a while. Then we’ll need to divide up all the battlefields so everyone can choose.”
If we just have them fight NPCs, a single skill would wipe out dozens or hundreds of them.
We need to divide the battlefields.
Of course, that means more work, and we’ll need to adjust the NPCs as well.
If we want to bring in people from other kingdoms, we’ll need to scale this up even more.
But can all this be done before Jin-woo and Count Zapin attack the Imperial Palace? That’s the question.
Lee Yeon closed her eyes for a moment.
And even if we start right now, it’ll be cutting it close.
According to the scenario, it takes roughly a month to reach the Imperial Palace battle.
But we have to account for Jin-woo’s pace and various other variables.
He came faster than expected, so the users’ level was higher, but the NPCs’ level was lower too.
We need to pay attention to balance adjustments.
I’m already getting a headache.
But somehow, we have to make it work.
“We should assume Jin-woo will give permission. Once we get his response, prepare to post the announcement immediately, and call all the developers—cancel their vacations and overtime.”
The Secretary nodded at Lee Yeon’s words, spoken as though this were a genuine emergency.
Even with this approach, it won’t be enough. We’ll likely need to enter emergency maintenance for at least several hours.
“Sigh…”
Why did work keep piling on even when she tried to quit?

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