I Found the Regressor With My Reflexes

11 – Clearing the Dungeon

Actually, it wasn’t a grand operation.

Because it was a strategy where all I had to do was slowly move forward while turning on my superpower cooldown.

The cooldown is about 30 minutes.

It wasn’t a time when I couldn’t wait if I chatted on the walkie-talkie.

Of course, the standard strategy is to defeat the curse by enchanting the weapon like Han Seo-yeon did.

I and Seol-i, who have been in the tower for less than a week, can’t possibly imitate something like that.

Of course, there is a weak point in this operation that the two of us must avoid the instant death curse.

First of all, what does Han Seo-yeon do?

‘Albanga?’

If you die, you will be made fun of for the rest of your life.

The regressor is just skipped, the problem is also a theory.

At first, I thought of a way to avoid the curse by using zombies as a shield.

Because the zombie that was hit by the curse reflected from me must have died.

However, the instant death curse is emitted as soon as it starts, so it is already too late the moment the zombie is summoned.

I thought I would be in trouble for this, but this problem was surprisingly easily solved.

Because when Seol-i solved the first room, the zombie he controlled with his superpower could be taken to the next room as it is.

If you become no enemy, they seem to just admit that you defeated them.

So I decided to just use the dominant zombie as a shield.

I break through while turning the cooldown on my abilities.

Sul-i hides behind the zombies he controls and avoids the curse.

Han Seo-yeon takes care of herself.

Everyone agreed on this strategy because it was very stable as long as they supplied only zombies to use as shields in the first room.

After making all preparations, I cleared the second room as easily as I did the first time.

And a brief hiatus until I can use my abilities again.

“Once you get it.”

I was listening to Han Seo-yeon’s lecture on how to use magic.

Obviously, I couldn’t teach it before, but this time it came into my ears strangely.

Is it because I can handle magic?

Or was it that I just gave a rough answer because it was annoying before?

I thought he had a surprisingly sincere personality compared to his personality… I was a little puzzled.

* * * *

On the other side of the walkie-talkie, you can still hear the conversation between the two of you.

Although it seems to be talking about magical power.

I try to listen to Mr. Han Seo-yeon’s explanation, but I don’t understand it at all.

I wonder what the hell you’re talking about-

I’m not curious about her secret at all.

─Not prohibited.

Yes. I’m not curious at all.

Even if I try hard to understand it, it seems to be a way to use mana with my body, so it must be useless for me who set the goal as a rear support.

Anyway, Seoyeon Han doesn’t seem to be very good at explaining things.

It was like that even in trials.

Anyway, magic….

I suddenly remembered the bracelet on my wrist.

If you borrow the shaman’s perk, ‘spells’, with this bracelet, you will have a means to help you in battle besides your superpowers.

… But it occurred to me that it shouldn’t be that way.

Magic power is clearly specified in the ability level.

Shouldn’t I be able to use my own willpower rather than completely relying on perks?

“Ummm…”

It would be nice to have a textbook on how to handle magic.

It feels like going back to my student days.

I wish someone would give me advice.

I couldn’t intervene between the two of them, who were having a conversation that didn’t seem to connect from earlier.

Still, we were together before, but being alone like this makes me feel a bit alienated.

… To be precise, it would be nice to say that I only noticed it now.

Suddenly, the battle with Gobrick comes to mind.

There, the older brother literally tearing apart the gobrick was quite the highlight.

It’s fun to see the usual erratic parts, but I thought it was pretty cool too.

What suppressed the inadvertent smile was Han Seo-yeon, who was fighting on top of it.

It was the scene of a mythical fight in which you stepped on the air and cut through the clouds.

My brother didn’t seem to see the battle between the black monster and Mr. Han Seo-yeon because he was fighting Gobrick….

No.

Maybe I knew in advance that Han Seo-yeon was that strong.

That’s because the two of you were sharing a secret.

Thinking of that, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of alienation.

How nice it would be if I could participate in a conversation like that.

If only I could stand shoulder to shoulder like that.

If only I could be recognized like that.

I’m also like that from the side-

Ah.

Me too.

[ Domination (F) -＞ Domination (E) ]

… Be envious

* * *

“The heart first?”

“It’s difficult…”

When I asked how to quickly extract mana from the heart, this answer came back.

I can definitely understand the feeling of spreading through the whole body since I imaged the blood vessels.

It was difficult to move the mana skillfully right away.

That’s because I didn’t know how the blood vessels in my body worked.

After groaning like that, the cooldown of the superpowers came back before I knew it.

“Let’s start. Seol-ah?”

… ?

Are you bored?

I was a little embarrassed because he answered so lively.

‘Maybe I’m just pretending to be lively.’

Because the underground environment itself is not a good place mentally.

I should at least talk to you next time.

The number in the next room is 30, as expected.

After hearing that Seol-i said that he had more time after having a few zombies, it was decided to split the number into 5 for Seol, 12 for me, and 13 for Han Seo-yeon.

“But is this correct?”

“You catch one with your superpowers and start.”

“No matter how…”

Even if I tried to grumble, the dungeon had no mercy.

This time, twelve zombies came pouring out, and at the same time, the superpowers were activated.

Zombie ‘Two’ fell down.

No, what. No way?

… First of all, I’ll clean up the zombies, and then we’ll talk a little bit.

It wasn’t easy to kill all 10 zombies because of my weak magic, but in the end I won because they couldn’t pierce my skin covered with superpowers.

“Oh, I’m dead—.”

“Huh? Uh uh.”

Surprisingly, Seol finished before me this time.

This is a bit embarrassing.

‘Are there that many zombies?’

Maybe I underestimated Seol-i too much.

With that in mind, I opened my mouth about the abnormal phenomenon.

“Because it seems that the number of curses increases when the number exceeds 10?”

“Huh.”

This dungeon is a real mess.

If we didn’t have the right abilities, the attack would have been virtually impossible.

“How many zombies do you have left?”

… Ten?

Wasn’t it five before?

Even if the curse didn’t fly, it was an amazing story that he controlled all five.

In the case of zombies, the grudge is so strong that it takes a long time to dominate.

‘Did you use the shaman’s mark?’

I’m going to ask about this later.

This time, after a short chat, we headed to the fourth room.

There were a few more zombies, but nothing happened.

And the fifth room.

[You have reached the final room! Don’t let go of the tension!]

It took a while to gain strength from the kind guidance.

The number that appeared in front was 50.

‘Now I don’t even have any magic left.’

Zombies can’t plunder their magical powers either.

I was worried for a while about the number, but this time I asked for a returner bus.

Perhaps this time was really difficult, Han Seo-yeon readily accepted it.

The numbers determined in this way are Seol 8, Na 15, and Han Seo-yeon 27.

—It should have been.

Until all of a sudden my number changed to 8.

I hurriedly picked up the walkie-talkie in an unexpected situation.

“The number has changed!”

＜….＞

“Seolah?”

No answer.

Damn it.

If Seol got the number 27….

After blocking up to three instant-death curses, I had to block 27 zombies with only seven or eight subordinate zombies remaining.

Is that really possible?

Fortunately, the instant-death curse seems to have been prevented, seeing as it didn’t end right away.

I foretold failure in my heart.

Still, we’ve reached the last room and there’s still plenty of time left, so we can clear it on the next try.

… My thoughts completely disappeared after defeating the eighth zombie.

[Special Dungeon ─ Crossroads Cleared!]

Because the dungeon has been cleared.

“…Seolah?”

I didn’t hear an answer, probably because the dungeon was over.

[Go to the reward room.]

When I looked back at the slowly disappearing walkie-talkie, I was in a white room.

Is this the reward room?

As the name suggests, in the center of the room was a worn-out cloak and a key floating in the air.

Let’s put aside the question of Seol-i for now.

You’ll find out anyway. Because rewards are important now.

As I walked out with my head roughly organized, another notification popped up.

[In the reward room, you can acquire what you want most and what you will need in the future.]

It’s the first time I’ve given it like this.

A cloak is what I want most, and will a key be what I need most?

But.

“What is the effect of this?”

Let’s talk to ourselves like that.

[Tip] If you get new equipment, go to the Appraisal Center in the waiting room!]

Top answered kindly.

Emotional confinement.

Okay for now.

‘I should ask Han Seo-yeon.’

Of course I had no intention of going there.

There’s a better regressor, so what?

As I smiled inside and put on the cape, I felt something lighter.

… Is this the equipment I want?

Something doesn’t seem right.

Top wouldn’t have lied, so I was more curious about the effect.

“Hmm.”

Then you’re saying you’ll need this key for me.

You talk as if you’ve seen the future… Would you like to use it later?

I turned my eyes away from the key with many questions, and this time I was at the hotel front desk for the first time.

… Every time you move a little, at least one door will open.

I’m out of my mind.

“Ha ha.”

Han Seo-yeon appeared in the waiting room first, as if Seol-i was looking for compensation in her own way.

… With colorful chains and padlocks all over her body.

I looked at that weird fashion as if I was puzzled.

“What’s wrong?”

“No.”

It seemed that he himself did not know.

As strange situations kept unfolding, her head itched for no reason, so she put her key in her pocket and raised her hand.

Then the locks and chains disappeared.

… What is it really?