How To Use Regressors

19 – End of the Tutorial (Part 3)

Seo Yooju swiftly moved next to the monster and thrust her spear. The scoundrel desperately blocked the spear with his halberd, but her weapon disappeared in an instant.

– Whoosh

“Keeeaah! You vermin! Ack!”

The scent of western-style martial arts momentarily escaped as a spear pierced the man’s arm. In agony, he bellowed and swung his halberd violently, pushing the intruder back.

“…. Ah!”

Bang!

Seo Yoo-joo used her spear to block the attacker’s swing, but she was pushed back. If it were anyone other than Seo Yoo-joo facing the monster’s attack head-on, they would not have escaped unscathed.

Hyun-jin immediately swung his sword from behind the man, but the man leaped high, avoiding the sword’s path.

“How dare you, human scum! Keuk!”

As soon as he landed on the ground, he charged at Hyun-jin and thrust him. Hyun-jin, unable to evade in time, was thrown back by the impact.

“Cough!”

Perhaps from the shock of the impact, Hyun-jin coughed up blood as he lay on the ground.

“Ugh… Damn monster!”

Kang Yi-seo seemed intent on helping Hyun-jin as she moved in the direction where he had fallen, firing a few arrows at the man. However, only a couple of them hit their mark.

“Keuk…! You, human woman. I’ll devour you from head to toe. Keuk!”

With lightning speed, the man leaped toward Kang Yi-seo.

Seo Yoo-joo also appeared momentarily stunned, her expression showing concern.

‘No, this is…!’

The monster was moving too fast. There was no way to stop it. In my mind, I kept seeing the scene where Kang Yiseo was struck down by the halberd.

As the creature closed in on Kang Yiseo, she, as if sensing her imminent death, tightly shut her eyes.

“Die, you human wench! Kehruk!”

Everyone thought Kang Yiseo wouldn’t escape death.

“Shield of Protection!”

Bang!

A shield in the shape of a sphere materialized where Kang Yiseo stood, deflecting the creature’s strike.

Clang!

However, the shield shattered right after blocking the strike. It seemed the monster’s strength exceeded the shield’s absorption capacity.

The monster swung the halberd once more.

“Stop this nonsense…! Kehruk!”

Thanks to the shield repelling a single attack, Seo Yooju, who had suddenly closed in, managed to fend off the creature with her spear. Despite the injury to her Achilles tendon, I struggled to reach Kang Yiseo, shouting,

“You mad fool! Snap out of it! Do you want to die?!”

“Wh… What?”

Just now, she sat there, stunned, as if her mind had slipped away due to the realization that she had almost died.

I bit my lip, lifted her up, and hastily left the spot, grabbing her arm.

“Ha… ha… phew…”

My body started trembling at the thought that a comrade could have died.

“…. Thanks. I survived because of you…”

“If you knew… you should have run away when Yuhyeon used the barrier to block his attack! What do you expect to happen if you just sit there hesitating?! Do you want to die?!”

Without realizing it, I raised my voice at her.

“Sorry…”

She apologized, her face slightly reddening.

“……”

Well, she’s alive for now. I turned my gaze towards Seo Yujoo and the monster.

“You’re constantly getting in the way, human woman! Kek!”

As the creature and the revenant exchanged blows several times, Ahn Tae-woo succeeded in thrusting a spear into the creature’s back.

Thunk –

“Keeeaaak! This…!”

“Phew!”

“Thud….!”

With his back feet kicking, Antaeu, who had been pierced by the window, let go of the spear and flew far away.

Fortunately, I could see Hwon Ajusshi catching Antaeu in mid-air.

If he had hit the wall directly, the impact would have been much greater.

“Are you okay? Take a rest for a while.”

“Ugh… cough… cough…”

Despite being caught by Hwon Ajusshi, the shock seemed quite significant. It was probably because he had taken a monster’s kick with his bare body.

It was clear that he was exhausted, whether it was from Seo Yooju inflicting multiple injuries on him, the magic I encountered, or Song Haeun’s attack.

“Cough… cough… This… this insect-like human… thinks I’ll die?”

Perhaps because he realized that he was at a disadvantage, his pupils began to tremble. Seeing his scared expression, Seo Yooju spoke up to us.

“Heh… He doesn’t look too good. We almost caught him, but we mustn’t let our guard down. Do Yoo Hyun and Yoon Sung still have any magic power left?”

“I… I have no more magic power. The barrier I activated earlier was the last one.”

“…I think I can activate magic just one more time.”

Seo Yooju nodded her head in agreement.

“Okay. Then Yurim, and Howon, and Ha-eun will continue to hold the front line. Ha-eun, you can attack while covering for us as usual, and Yoon-seong, please prepare to activate your magic.”

“Yes.”

In reality, Antaeu and Hyun-jin are retreating.

These two were not in a state to continue fighting.

Gang Iseo is out of arrows and excluded.

Yu Hyun is out of magic as well.

In the end, the five of us have to continue the fight. But considering the sacrifices we have made, the monster is also heavily injured and extremely exhausted. It’s not such a bad situation.

As soon as she heard my answer, Seo Yu-ju rushed at the monster.

“This annoying creature! Hah!”

The monster, as if wanting to kill Seo Yu-ju, who was continuously inflicting small wounds like ticks, began swinging its halberd.

But a regressor is a regressor. Due to her numerous combat experiences from the first round, she managed to dodge the monster’s attacks without getting hit.

While the creature was avoiding Seo Yu-ju’s swinging spear, the wind of the spirit cut its arm.

“Ke-ee-ee-ek!”

It’s clear that the creature is getting tired. I could see that it was unable to easily avoid the attacks it was avoiding until just now.

The guy swung his halberd when the annoying Mr. Howon approached him, but Mr. Howon immediately blocked it with his shield.

Kwang!

Thud –

“….!”

The shield, which had been subjected to a lot of shocks until now, started to break with a golden glow.

Kwang!

The monster immediately swung its halberd, but luckily Mr. Howon rolled to the side and avoided it. It was impressive how Mr. Howon reacted immediately, even though he was taken aback by the sudden breaking of his shield.

Every time I see Mr. Howon, I can’t help but think that despite his ordinary profession and characteristics, his sense of combat is no joke. He might be the most outstanding, excluding Seoyuju.

Taking advantage of the moment when the monster attacked Mr. Howon, Yurim stabbed a dagger into its thigh.

“Keeeek!”

Seoyuju didn’t miss the chance to make the guy suffer and immediately thrust her spear into the opposite leg, shouting,

“Yunseong! Cast the spell now…!”

I immediately unleashed the magic I had prepared by using up all of my remaining power.

“Rise, flames.”

Realizing that his two legs were immobilized by the dagger and the spear, and sensing his own death, the guy started screaming.

“Kyaek! No! This is just…!”

Right before the magic hit the guy, Seo Yooju and Yurim jumped out of their seats, and the magic hit the guy directly.

Fwawawawawa~

“Kkieeeeeek~”

The guy screamed as he burned. Unlike when he was hit by the magic earlier, he was now injured and continued to burn.

Not long after, the burning guy stopped moving and fell to the ground.

Seeing the fallen monster, everyone seemed to relax and sat or lay down on the ground. I did the same.

Thump.

“Phew… Shit. This is really fucking tough. How is this a tutorial?”

It really was just as he said. The difficulty level was unbelievably difficult for it to be a tutorial. If it wasn’t for Seo Yooju, several people would have cleared it at the cost of their lives.

“In the first place… the difficulty level might have been designed with the assumption that about half of the participants would die.”

“…But still, no one died, did they? Nuna, I really thought someone would die.”

“Yeah, well. We cleared it, that’s what matters. Phew… Hey, how are you feeling? Are you okay?”

“Well… I rested for a bit and I’m feeling better. I’m still in pain, but not to the point of dying.”

“Well, that’s a relief. Oh! Yuhyeon, thank you. We survived because of you. You brave guy!”

Gang Iseo approached Yu Hyun and thanked her while patting her head. From her perspective, it was only natural for Yu Hyun to be perceived as admirable, considering he had practically saved her life.

“No, noona! I’m relieved that you’re safe. Hehe.”

An Tae-woo, who had been sitting down to rest, spoke up.

“But… why isn’t the alarm ringing saying that we’ve cleared it?”

The returning player answered with a feeble voice, possibly due to exhaustion from the battle.

“….. Maybe… if we search this room, something might come up?”

“Ah… dammit, let’s just take a break, whether we’ve cleared it or not. This is fucking exhausting!”

I laughed and teased Gang Iseo while she smiled back.

“Sure, let’s do that. It’s understandable. Just a while ago, it wouldn’t have been strange even if you peed yourself. Hehehe…”

“…. Ha, then why don’t you confirm whether you really did pee or not?”

“…….”

“Why are you getting quiet again? Huh? Didn’t you say you’d confirm it?”

‘Shit…’

“I didn’t go through all this trouble to deal with someone who was on the verge of peeing themselves, only to have them look like they’re about to cry. Huh?”

“Well, I didn’t make that expression.”

“Because it was urgent, I was swearing up a storm! What did I say? Wake up, crazy bitch! Did I say I want to die?!”

“…Ahem, please forget what I said back then. I must have cursed because the situation was urgent.”

“Oh, what does it matter if you cursed? I actually like it when I get cursed at.”

“What…”

“From now on, curse at me more. Got it, Mr. Yoon Sung?”

“Yo, you crazy-“

“Oh, you can even call me a crazy bitch. It’s fine!”

Every time I have a conversation with Kangi Seo, it always ends up like this. It seems like the best option to not engage with this insane woman.

Listening to my conversation with Kangi Seo, Seyuju Seru lightly clapped her hands and spoke.

Clap!

“…Stop your conversation, and now let’s search this room. Everyone, please search the room.”

“…Did she purposely interrupt our conversation? Is it because of her mood?”

Anyway, everyone started searching the room as Seyuju Seru had suggested. She didn’t seem to have any intention of finding anything this time either. She seemed to be pretending not to find it.

After some time had passed since we started searching the room, Yoo Hyun started calling us because he had found something.

“Here! I think it’s here!”

Everyone gathered around Yuhyeon, who started pushing the throne reluctantly.

Squeeeak –

After the throne was pushed aside, what appeared underneath was a treasure chest.

“…. I will open the chest.”

As the regressor opened the chest, inside were a necklace and two rings.

Yurim asked everyone, “What is this…?”

People seemed confused as well. They expected a weapon like a sword or a spear to come out, so they were all taken aback by the sudden appearance of a necklace and rings.

“For now… I don’t know what they are, but I will take them. They might be helpful.”

As Seoyuju took the necklace and rings, an alarm went off for everyone.

[Congratulations. You have cleared the tutorial. Those who have cleared the dungeon will be transported to Eras. Those who are surviving outside the dungeon will be transported after about 30 minutes.]