I’m Not a Regressor - Chapter 209

I am not a returner Episode 209:

Snake’s Head (2)

“What traces exactly did you find?”

Ojin narrowed his eyes and asked.

-It would be quicker to come and see it in person.

“…but.”

-Ah, if you are the Queen of Serpents, don’t worry. This old man had been hiding alone for about a week, looking around, but luckily it seemed he had already left.

“Hmm.”

Oh Jin swallowed a short sigh and nodded.

Seeing that Cheon Sang-gil is this confident, I can rest assured.

-Aren’t you the one who solved the problem when a demonic beast occurred in the past? I’d like to get some help this time too.

“That’s true.”

Ojin narrowed his eyes and was lost in thought.

We can’t just sit there idly by the fact that a crack leading to the devil’s eye has opened in the middle of the city, not anywhere else.

It is true that we need to act as soon as possible before an irreversible situation occurs like in San Frutuoso.

‘what?’

I felt an unpleasant sense of dissonance, as if the gears were not meshing together.

“How are you feeling?”

-Hmm? Was there anyone else around besides you?

“Oh yeah. “I was with my sister and Isabella.”

-That’s good. I was already planning on contacting Ha-eun and Isabella, too.

It was definitely not a problem that could be solved by Ojin alone.

“When can I go?”

-The sooner the better. It looks like the demonic beasts haven’t come out of the crack yet… but once there’s a crack, you never know when or what will happen, right?

“That’s right.”

Ohjin nodded and stood up.

“Once we’re ready, we’ll head over there right away.”

-Okay. Well then, this old man has to contact the guild, so I’ll just hang up.

Pop.

The call was disconnected.

“A crack leading to the demonic world… Why did it suddenly appear in Korea?”

Isabella asked with a stiff expression.

“There is a high possibility that snakes were involved.”

“…Then isn’t it too dangerous to go there now?”

“It’s not a problem that can be ignored just because it’s dangerous.”

Having a crack leading to the demonic area beneath the city center was like sitting on a bomb that could explode at any moment.

Well, even if the bomb exploded, there was little chance that Ojin would suffer direct damage.

‘I have to move to maintain my title as a hero.’

If the fact that he had not gone there to protect himself were to spread, his reputation could have been thrown into ruin.

‘That won’t work.’

How useful the name ‘Norang’ was was something I felt keenly when I kissed Isabella and covered up the Damian incident.

If Isabella and Ojin had not had the reputation they had steadily built up, they would not have been able to easily avoid the eyes of suspicion in the great incident in which Chilseong died.

“And I personally had a reason to chase snakes.”

“Is it because of Heavenly Demon…?”

“huh.”

The identity of the Heavenly Demon.

There is probably no one other than the ‘Serpent Queen’ who knows exactly about its identity.

“It sounds like the situation is really serious after hearing the voice of the person paying the installment plan.”

“why? “Is it a little different from usual?”

“ok. “No matter how busy he is, he doesn’t just say things like that.”

but.

If you think about it, Cheon Sang-gil had a flexible way of speaking, to put it in a good way, and a slightly sly manner of speaking, to put it in a bad way.

Ha-eun, who received intensive guidance under Cheon Sang-gil, would know better.

“First, let’s prepare what we need to prepare.”

“okay. “Then I’ll go home and wash first.”

“If you need anything, please let me know, Oh Jin. “I’ll tell Roberto to get it for me.”

“huh. “I guess I’ll have to eat my lunch later.”

“Hehe. “Don’t worry, we’ll make it again anytime.”

Oh Jin and Ha-eun Isabella each prepared the necessary supplies and checked the equipment before leaving for Sokcho.

After inspecting the wire shooter, I took out the spear that had turned into a folding knife and carefully wiped it with an oiled sword towel (perhaps because of my ego, the spear trembled every time I wiped it).

I carefully prepared the three-color bracelets and gauntlets, which I had not used often because I had not had a chance to use them recently, and then meditated for a while to recharge the magical energy that had been lost during training.

“Is everyone ready?”

Ojin, fully armed, came out to the living room.

In the living room, Ha-eun, wearing skinny jeans and a rider jacket, and Isabella, holding a large gold-colored cane, were waiting for him.

“yes. “All preparations are complete.”

“I’m a little tired because I got beat up earlier. “There’s nothing I can do about it.”

“oh. “Sister, that’s…”

“I know you didn’t know this would happen, so stop acting like that.”

Ha-eun chuckled and lightly pinched Isabella’s cheek.

“…ah.”

Isabella stroked her cheek with one hand and opened her eyes round, as if it was her first time having her cheek pinched by another person.

A calm smile spread across the lips of Isabella, who was looking at Ha-eun with a puzzled expression.

“Let’s leave quickly.”

“Is it okay if I don’t call Vega?”

“I’m going to go and call you.”

In the case of Vega, the time he could remain on Earth was limited, so it was efficient to summon him after he arrived.

“okay! Then, quickly go and grab the tail of that snake or snake! “Let’s grab it and come back!”

Ha-eun walked out the door with brisk steps.

* * *

“Hmm. “Is this Sokcho?”

Isabella got out of the car, looked around Sokcho and frowned slightly.

The city of Sokcho, which suffered a devastating blow during the Demonic Waters incident six months ago, was still undergoing construction here and there, as if it had not yet fully recovered from the damage.

“A city where people live… right?”

“This happened because of the demonic beast attack that Halbuji mentioned earlier.”

Ha-eun took out a piece of tobacco from her jacket and put it in her mouth with a bitter expression.

During the operation to suppress the demonic beast that took place in Sokcho, there were no casualties because people were evacuated in advance.

It was impossible to prevent the destruction of their living quarters.

A collapsed building cannot be rebuilt overnight, so it will take more time for the people who originally lived in Sokcho to rebuild their homes.

“Where was the black pillar rising before you?”

“Oh, it’s over there.”

Ha-eun, who was looking at the people walking helplessly along the street burning tobacco, extinguished it by rubbing it into a portable ashtray.

A large earthen pit measuring 300 meters in diameter was seen next to the Expo Tower, which was under construction.

An earthen pit created in the center of a downtown area, as if a sinkhole had occurred.

An old man wearing a hanbok was waiting for Ojin and his group around the pit where a no-access fence had been installed.

“Thank you for coming right away.”

Cheon Sang-gil smiled kindly and extended his hand toward Oh Jin.

“Are you still a Cheonhye guild?”

“I just got a call saying they’re almost there.”

Cheon Sang-gil turned around and entered the no-access fence.

An unpleasant, muddy energy was flowing out from underneath the dirt pit, which was so deep that the bottom could not be seen.

“…Do we have to go in there?”

“That’s right.”

Cheon Sang-gil nodded softly.

Oh Jin sighed and waited for the Cheonhye guild members to arrive.

“So, what do you plan to do with the guardian castle in the future?”

“Hmm? “How can you do it?”

“Didn’t three of the seven die?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Cheon Sang-gil nodded as if he remembered something he had forgotten.

“Well, it’s inevitable that casualties will occur during operations, right?”

“That’s… right.”

It was a simpler response than I expected.

“Once this is over, I will try to recruit more staff. “We can think about the new personnel to hire at that time.”

Cheon Sang-gil said while looking down at the black pit.

Ojin nodded and looked around.

“Now that I think about it, Woohyuk Lee didn’t come?”

“I tried to contact them, but they said they had entered training at the closed facility.”

“Closed training?”

“Isn’t the 9-star Woohyeok Island right in front of you?”

but.

The time has come for Lee Woo-hyuk to rise to the ranks of high-ranking awakened people.

Buuuuuung!

While we were looking around the pit and having a simple chat.

Several large vans arrived near the pit.

Cheonhye guild members dressed in improved hanbok came rushing out.

“Is everyone here?”

“yes!”

The members of the Cheonhye Guild lined up neatly and bowed toward the Heavenly Road, as if they had been trained in military uniforms.

“Then let’s go right in.”

Cheon Sang-gil, who had been looking around at the Cheonhye guild members, slowly walked away.

On the surface of a huge earthen pit dug so deep that the end was indecipherable, a staircase about 1 meter wide was created.

Ojin and his group followed Cheon Sang-gil down the narrow stairs.

About a hundred meters down.

“Can you feel it?”

Cheon Sang-gil looked back at Oh Jin and asked.

Although there was no specific subject, Ojin could easily figure out what he was asking.

Below the pit where the black pillar once rose.

Below it, ominous magical powers were rising like a haze.

“yes.”

Even without using the stigmata of the constellation Canis, I could tell that there was something extremely ominous down here.

“That’s the crack this old man found.”

After going down about 30 meters further, I saw a small crack about 1 meter long.

Unlike a typical gate, a crack flickers with dull black light.

“What were the snake tracks?”

“Come here.”

Cheon Sang-gil pointed to the area around the black crack.

There was a magic circle with a strange pattern drawn on it, and in the center of it was a palm-sized card with a snake symbol on it.

‘This.’

Ojin narrowed his eyes as he looked down at the snake-shaped card placed in the center of the magic circle.

surely.

It was the same tile that Cheon Do-yoon and Sosuke had.

‘I should call Vega soon.’

Because Vega’s feel is better in this regard.

Ohjin touched the silver pendant around his neck.

Vega appeared with a brilliant silver light.

[Hmm? Where are you?]

Vega asked, frowning as if sensing unpleasant magical energy around her.

Ohjin briefly explained what happened today.

[It’s a crack that leads to the magic world…]

Vega frowned as he looked at the black crack where ominous magic power was blooming.

[How did you find this place?]

“I found it while chasing the snake’s tail. “It has probably been down here for quite some time.”

[No.]

Vega shook her head firmly.

[This is… a crack that was recently created.]

“It was created not long ago?”

[That’s right.]

“How long has it been?”

[I don’t know exactly, but… 10 days? It seems like it was only that much.]

So, does that mean that Elder Cheon Sang-gil discovered this 3 days after the crack was created?

“….”

Ojin narrowed his eyes and looked at the black crack.

“How is your condition?”

[Uhm. It seems to be in a very stable condition.]

“There is no possibility of a demonic beast or anything else coming out?”

[I can’t say absolutely, but the possibility is low. Don’t monsters usually jump out of cracks in an unstable state?]

“That’s true.”

It was the same in San Frutuoso.

Basically, when a monster comes out of a crack, it is when the state of the crack is unstable or running wild.

‘Then it’s safe for now.’

Ojin approached the black crack and slowly stretched out his hand.

and.

The moment my fingertips touched the black crack.

Grrrrrrrrrrr!!

The inside of the dirt pit shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

“What is it?”

“Mr. Ojin!”

[It’s my child!]

Ha-eun looks around with a shocked expression, and Vega and Isabella urgently call for an odiagnosis.

Ojin quickly removed his hand from the crack and urgently turned around.

but.

Gagagagagagagak!!!!

Like a cracked window breaking, a black crack that was only a meter in size suddenly began to expand.

5 meters 10 meters 30 meters.

The rapidly expanding black crack instantly engulfed the people who entered the dirt pit.

“Damn it!”

Taang!

While the black crack was engulfing their bodies, Oh Jin quickly fired a wire shooter and wrapped Ha-eun and Isabella’s bodies with wire.

My consciousness flickered with the feeling of my body being sucked somewhere.

In a blurred consciousness.

-You’re here.

someone.

In a voice full of joy.

In a voice full of trepidation.

I heard whispering.

-I was waiting.

Without even having time to figure out who the owner of that voice was.

Ojin lost consciousness.

“Uh…”

And the place I opened my eyes.

It was within the magic world.