312 – The Regressor Fights (31)

He realized the regression and recognized the conditions for it. A modern person would be happy and say, ‘A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has come to me.’ However, Cheonma was unfortunately not a Korean accustomed to the Hwe-Bing-Hwan.

However, it could also be seen as fortunate for Cheonma that the place he lived in was an over-technological worldview of the space exploration era. The creatures of this world also did not stop fantasizing about time, and there were actually attempts to develop technology. Although they ultimately failed, the concept of ‘return’ was not so unfamiliar.

Cheonma was crazy about fighting, so he had no interest in popular culture when he was alive, but he acquired various knowledge while being sealed in the sword and traveling with Guntar. Thanks to this, Cheonma was also able to avoid being overly flustered. It was a bonus that he was aware of several clichés that could be used in this situation.

‘… ‘

When Cheonma’s consciousness was in the sword, there was something he always said to Guntar. ‘Think about what I would do.’ Guntar’s hands were not cruel, and he was extremely lacking in the experience of leading the battle. Whenever Guntar, who barely survived, grabbed his head and asked himself ‘How did I win?’, Cheonma always said this.

But now… Cheonma began to wonder, ‘What would Guntar have done?’ He had lived his whole life as a trap-setting hunter, but now he was a rabbit caught in a trap. The one who racked his brain to figure out the other person’s intentions was always Cheonma’s enemy, not Cheonma himself. Cheonma’s way of thinking, which was to press down, was not very helpful in resolving this situation. He had to follow Guntar’s way of thinking, which was rich in imagination.

And if he had been the original Guntar, he would have thought

, ‘… I need to know the conditions in more detail.’

He would have tried to use this ‘regression.’ He himself, more actively.

Of course, Cheonma had no intention of actively using the regression. The transcendent being who had granted him this ability must have had an intention, and Cheonma had no intention of going along with that intention. His number one goal was to escape the tower. Taking revenge on the angel or killing the climbers was only a secondary priority.

Even Cheonma had no choice but to agree that he needed to understand the conditions of this ‘regression’ in more detail. If the regression continues even after escaping the tower… In the end, you have to adapt to the regression. Guntar would have perfectly organized the situation, the conditions, and how the regression would be triggered, and then used it himself. Therefore, Cheonma also decided to do the same.

‘Move.’

“… I don’t like it.”

The problem was that the owner of the body was terribly disobedient. Therefore, Cheonma had very few opportunities to take the initiative. For Cheonma, who was used to suppressing with force, every moment was a series of frustrations, but he endured and endured. Cheonma had

no choice but to experiment whenever he regained the initiative for a moment, and as a result, he was able to produce his own results.

Regression does not occur through self-harm. Even if you cut your arm with your fingernails in the room, or if you cut yourself with a knife, or if you burst your magic power inside, regression did not occur.

However, amazingly, if you were hurt when you came into contact with outsiders, you would regress. The condition seemed to be that you would regress if you were hurt by someone else.

‘… How creepy.’

Cheonma felt a sense of uneasiness on an instinctual level. He had no way of knowing whether it was due to this unbelievably bizarre situation or whether it was due to Cheonma himself not being able to accept the situation he was trapped in. In any case, Cheonma sensed something was strange. He just couldn’t find the cause. In any case,

Cheonma continued the experiment and was able to discover several rules.

First, the point of return was fixed. Regardless of the point of injury, the time of return was the same every time. It was not a ‘return to three days ago’ or something like that, but a ‘return to this point’.

Second, the injury was limited to those inflicted by others. Since this was described earlier, let’s just skip over it briefly.

Third, there was no way to resist the return. No matter what you did.

To put it simply, in common parlance, it was a ‘completely fucked’ situation. Of course, Cheonma was more focused on the Transcendent’s intentions than the situation itself.

‘You must have noticed that I regained consciousness.’

The fact that Cheonma’s soul was resurrected so easily was suspicious in the first place. The angels are not stupid idiots, and there is no reason to foolishly revive the soul of the absolute being who commanded an entire universe in the tower. No, even if he had made such a mistake, an archangel could have appeared at any time and turned him back to nothing.

However, the angels did not do that. They are watching Cheonma. What is his intention? Cheonma thought and thought, but he could not come up with an answer.

“Junho. Did he come out?”

“No. I set up a CCTV link on the terminal, but he is still in the room.”

Of course, Cheonma is being deceived. The subject of the regression is not Cheonma. The black-haired Asian man watching him is secretly biting the flesh in his mouth.

However, you can’t blame Cheonma for being deceived. It is difficult to imagine that there are other regressors in the first place, and it is even more difficult to recognize that other regressors are injecting false information to deceive him.

If Cheonma had a rich imagination, it could have been predicted that as soon as a regressive Oriental woke up, he would rush to the arena management staff and perform a secret ritual to receive an elixir, gain their attention, and then call an angel to help him solve Cheonma (Guntar’s madness to the arena management staff) and gain their full support. It could have been predicted that he would make full use of the various favor-buying traits that started with the curiosity trait. Cheonma was somewhat lacking in imagination in this regard.

If Cheonma had secretly kidnapped someone else without Kim Jun-ho’s knowledge and had them hurt him, he would not have regressed and would have realized that he was being deceived. However, Cheonma did not realize that he was being ‘deceived’ in the first place, and the false personality that interfered with everything would not have allowed him to act easily. Cheonma needed to fight to regain his strength, but it was impossible for him to fight without getting hurt if he had not regained his strength.

However, all living things learn. They evolve. Change. Even if he is a somewhat old-fashioned Cheonma, it is not that he does not change.

Repeating the same actions and expecting different results is called madness. Cheonma is not crazy yet, so of course he tried to change.

If he stays like this, nothing will change. It will just repeat for three days forever. After three days, the water people will come again, and Cheonma will return.

‘… Should I release my power?’

When they came, there was a way to take some risk and release my magic power. It seems that hurting yourself does not trigger the return, so if you use your magic power to slaughter them all, they will definitely not return.

However, the reason why this method is reluctant is because this ‘return’ power seems to be related to angels in the first place. The only one who can grant this level of power is… an archangel, or higher.

‘God.’

He must be watching. No, he must be watching. A being that can do this kind of trickery is impossible unless it is a god, or a being of a similar level. The intention of the being is unknown, but it is clear that the Heavenly Demon’s use of magic to sweep them all away is not the right direction. On the surface, the god seemed to be aiming for good.

Then again, is there no way to subdue them all without getting hurt? If it is to the extent of subduing them without killing them, wouldn’t the god just sit back and watch?

However, this does not seem easy either, because the ones who rushed in first were the ones with the lowest level. When the Heavenly Demon saw it, the real ones were watching the Heavenly Demon from behind, and the weaker ones rushed in first.

Above all, the only Asian human. He seemed to be the strongest among the dogs, and it was virtually impossible to avoid getting hurt in a group fight with him. It may be possible to kill them, but it is impossible to subdue them without using magic.

In conclusion, subduing them is impossible. Then… In the first place, it means that the fighting situation itself should be avoided.

‘… ‘

Self-esteem. Self-respect. Pride. Self – Esteem.

The Heavenly Demon’s self-love is enormous. Those who do not love themselves cannot become stronger than a certain level. Hatred eventually burns the body. Cheonma was proud of his own efforts and believed in himself. The foundation of being able to ignore the weak who did not try hard and still be upright was his belief in himself. Cheonma believed that he was

the best in the world. The best in the universe. The best in all of time and space. Because he believed that, he was confident whenever and wherever. He never denied himself. That was Cheonma’s way, and the reason he respected the strong. It was also the reason he fell into confusion after experiencing the power of a god.

But now. Cheonma bent to create a variable. He tried to change.

‘Guntar.’

“… What?”

‘Tell me.’

‘So, what.’

‘You are the real Guntar. So tell those guys to back off.’

“…”

‘Tell me that you are not Cheonma.’

Cheonma… denied that he was Cheonma for the first time.