Regressor’s Life After Retirement - Chapter 16

[I will leave work first]

Grumble!

As we approached, flames opened left and right, creating a path for us to pass through.

-manager! It’s so reckless!

Baek Young-hee had been stopping me from a while ago.

-You saw other superhumans fighting! No matter how strong the team leader is, it is impossible to deal with that monster!

Weeeeeee!

The Whitehouse Guild’s filming drone hovered behind us.

The filming team arrived at the scene just as the other guild’s superhumans began fighting the monster snail.

They immediately launched a drone, and the video captured by the drone was transmitted to the operation control room in real time.

After seeing the video of a monster snail crushing superhumans, the operation control room made this suggestion to me.

-The support team will arrive in about 5 minutes. Join them and start fighting!

But I didn’t accept the offer.

“All other guild support teams will arrive in 5 minutes. Are you telling me to share what I can eat alone? “For the guild’s benefit, it is better to monopolize it.”

I thought she would easily agree if I said this, but Baek Young-hee got angry at me unexpectedly.

-That’s not the point! It’s dangerous! If I tell you I’m worried, listen!

“······.”

I stopped for a moment and looked at the drone floating behind me.

The drone could not get closer than a certain distance due to the flames.

“There’s nothing to worry about. “I will catch you and get you out safely.”

It seems that Baek Young-hee misunderstands me because of some of the things I showed before, but I am careful to avoid fights that I have no chance of winning.

-How are you going to catch it? Is there a way?

I said, putting my finger to my lips.

“That’s a trade secret.”

Then he turned around and walked back into the flames.

Lily followed next to me.

-Really… just come back hurt! At that time…

I turned off the ear microphone.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Flames erupted again at the spot we passed by.

Inside the wall of flames, a monster snail was suffering.

As I pulled out the short sword in both hands, I remembered what I had read about that guy in the “Latest Revised Edition of the Monster Encyclopedia.”

「Great snail snail.

Anything over 5 meters in height is defined as ‘monster level’. The shape of the shell varies depending on the growth environment.

Although it is a hermaphrodite, it reproduces by mating and laying eggs, but in the case of monster-level species, it is very difficult to find a suitable mate.

It is often observed that monster-like snails are destroying the ecosystem indiscriminately. Some scholars believe that this phenomenon is due to the stress caused by not being able to mate.”

···Let’s skip the unnecessary parts and move on to the part with strategies.

“The first thing about this guy is that he is weak to heat.”

“When moisture is lost from the epidermis due to heat, movement becomes sluggish.”

Indeed, the movement of the monster snail in the flames was much slower than at first. The amount of mucus flowing out of the epidermis was reduced by half.

But you can’t kill that monster snail just by exposing it to heat.

Sreuk. Slurp.

The guy increased his movement speed to escape the flames. I said to Lily as I rushed towards him.

“Take cover.”

Dozens of tentacles flew at me at the same time, but I was slow due to the heat and had already seen the attack pattern well before, so I was able to avoid it without difficulty.

Whirling! Whirling!

I caught a tentacle passing by my face.

Then, he filled the short sword with mana and cut it off.

As soon as the tentacle was cut off, it began to slowly regenerate.

“The epidermis exposed outside the shell has excellent regenerative power. In particular, the tentacle part has a regenerative power greater than that of a troll, and there is no way to prevent this regeneration…”

“It’s best to be burned.”

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Flames flew out and stuck to the tip of the severed tentacle.

It’s not just fire. A flame created by a fire witch.

There was no way a snail could endure it.

Chii Iik-.

The tentacles became shorter and stopped regenerating.

“nice!”

When I gave him a thumbs up, the little boy cocked his head and put his hand on his hip.

“Ahem!”

He’s a kid that’s easy to handle.

That way we cut off most of the tentacles and burned them to neutralize them.

After a while, I felt the monster snail, which had completely changed into a lumpy shape, hesitate.

Now that I think about it, it’s kind of cute, huh?

“If you disable most of its tentacles, it will hide in its shell and try to recover its body.”

As I read in the guide, the monster snail soon hid into its shell. Something like a barrier came down on the hole entering the shell, completely blocking itself from the outside.

“This shell is very hard, but if you know its structural weaknesses, you can easily break it, so there is no need to panic.”

I took out a thick iron nail from my pocket. It was driven into the end of the snail’s shell, about 30cm from the outermost part.

Cough!

A nail filled with mana was slightly embedded in the outer surface of the shell.

I held the nail firmly in place with one hand, and struck the head of the nail with the blade of my other hand.

Cough! Cough! Cough!

I had to hit the nail with all my might about 20 times to get it all the way in.

“Phew…”

After barely succeeding in driving one nail in, I took a new nail out of my pocket.

“Insert nails or stakes starting from the outside of the shell, which is the weakest, and gradually moving inward, following a swirl pattern.”

“It will be difficult at first, but as cracks form in the shell, it will become easier.”

Cough! Cough! Cough!

For a while, the only sound that could be heard was the sound of nails being struck.

Outside of the fire, you’re probably going crazy wondering what I’m doing here.

“It is appropriate to drive about 20 to 30 nails or stakes at appropriate intervals.”

As I drove all thirty nails into the shell, sweat streamed down my forehead.

It’s almost finished now.

“Once the nailing work is finished, a strong impact must be applied to the point where the swirl pattern on the shell begins.”

“caution. “If you process it right away, you can get the shell of the most ideal shape.”

I climbed onto the shell and drew up a lot of mana.

“Hmm!”

Sssssssut.

Following the conclusion of the Great Great Deliverance Act, the mana of the dantian gathered into my fist.

The most powerful attack I can use right now.

A 1-second attack exploded into the center of the monster snail’s shell.

―Kwaaaaang!

A shock wave spread to the floor along with a thunder-like sound.

Blah blah blah blah!

The snail shell began to split along a swirling pattern, and soon split into a spiral shape.

“Aaaah!”

I was lying on the floor, convulsing for a while due to muscle pain all over my body.

This was a natural result since I used the physical force, which was hard on my body, twice a day.

My body was still too weak to use martial arts properly.

shit. I need to do something about this miserable body quickly.

“mister···. are you okay?”

Lily came over with a worried look on her face and nudged my butt as I lay there.

Damn kid. It’s a shame I can’t help you…

After a while, I lifted up the struggling little boy using a cane.

“Whew. Still, I caught it.”

In front of us, a monster snail had collapsed, its white flesh exposed.

I held the short sword and walked towards him.

“The epidermis protected inside the shell is very weak. “It is highly regarded as edible and has high nutritional value, so if you have the chance, I recommend trying it.”

There is no reason to refuse a recommended menu.

Sigh-

I cut off a large piece of the softest meat from the back and took it out of the bag and put it in plastic.

“This much meat will be enough…”

At that time, an unfamiliar voice was heard from outside the fire.

“Landlord team leader! Is it in there! “This is White House Team 2 leader Bang Woo-hyuk!”

It seems that the support that was sent from headquarters earlier has now arrived.

Bang Woo-hyuk continued to shout.

“I heard about the situation on the way! “We will go inside too!”

Oh no, the most important disassembly work isn’t done yet.

I hurriedly shouted outside.

“wait for a sec! “I’ll put out the fire, so come in then!”

Having gained some time, I dug through the body of the monster snail.

Sigh, wow!

As I cut through the back and went inside, I saw a heart that was beating slowly.

When I cut open the heart and put my hand inside, I felt something the size of my fist inside.

At that moment, a smile spread across my face.

“found.”

I put it in my arms.

He then motioned to Lily to extinguish the flames.

As the flames died down, the superhumans who were standing closest came in stride.

“Landlord team leader! “Are you okay?”

A middle-aged man with a slim build and a ponytail.

It was White House Team 2 leader Bang Woo-hyuk and his team members.

I waved at them.

“I am here.”

“you! “Why do you fight so recklessly…!”

Bang Woo-hyuk, who was about to get angry, saw the monster snail lying behind me and shut his mouth.

A huge limp body.

And next to it, the shell is split beautifully along the grain.

“···oh my god.”

After that, one after another, superhumans from other guilds came into the reduced flames.

They too saw the same thing as Bang Woo-hyuk and opened their mouths.

“Nonsense!”

“Um, you two caught that together?”

The people who were more surprised than anyone else were Fat Guy, Slim Guy, and Jang Seok-hyeon, who had personally dealt with the monster snail.

They looked at me as if they had seen a monster.

I looked at them with a playful grin.

“I think someone told me to apologize earlier… “Who was that?”

All three quietly avoided my gaze.

At that time, Bang Woo-hyuk approached me and said.

“I can’t believe it. On the way there, I saw a video of a fight between a monster and a superhuman… “Did you two really catch it together?”

I nodded, looking very haggard.

“It was a fight for my life.”

Until recently, the muscle pain was so severe that I thought I was going to die.

Of course, Bang Woohyuk, who didn’t know that fact, nodded his head with a serious expression.

“I think so. “It must have been a huge struggle.”

“Thank goodness I was lucky.”

What is luck?

This is thanks to my constant subscription to the Monster Encyclopedia, which is published every month for over 10 years.

Bang Woo-hyuk showed an admiring expression.

“To be humble. “That girl deserves your crush.”

“yes?”

“Oh, just pretend you didn’t hear what I’m talking about.”

I’m not sure what he meant, but I nodded roughly.

Actually, I was so tired. Not really, really.

It was because I moved my body too much today.

“That’s Team Leader Bang. “I’m sorry, but can I ask you to clean up after me?”

“Okay, okay. “Don’t worry, get off work first.”

Fortunately, Team Leader Bang was a man who could communicate well.

He patted me on the shoulder and said I had a hard time.

“Then I will leave work first.”

“Oh, wait a minute. “Younghee says she has something to tell you?”

He said, tapping his ear microphone.

He meant for me to turn on my ear microphone.

“Please tell me I will contact you later.”

I guess they’ll nag me again.

There was something more important than that now.

“Now let’s go eat some chicken! hurry!”

The kid next to me was pulling my sleeve and singing the Chicken Chicken song.

okay. Since you performed well today, I will give you a reward.

I said, ruffling the little boy’s hair.

“Today, I will let you eat as much as you want.”

When I thought about chicken and beer on the way home from work, my mouth started watering too.

[I will leave work first] End