Damned 13th Regression – 174



<Regression number 13 is damn right, episode 174>

Turning Point – Turning Point (1)

Trace the pulsating flow.

Kwazijic!

The passage to the second floor broke and Joo Gong-hyeok’s body fell.

The place where King Maker and Joo Gong-hyeok met.

Monitors and holograms welcomed Joo Gong-hyeok again.

“Reunion. What’s happening all of a sudden? Earthling Joo Gong-hyeok.”

“Get out of the way.”

I stand in front of the monitor erasing the blurry hologram that blocks my view.

Well-

He pulled out the huge monitor with his hand and threw it into the air.

Torn wires and circuits sparked.

Funnily enough there were other small monitors underneath the monitor.

Stick your fingers into the corners of the monitors and pull them out.

Gii-ing—

The sound of a motor running.

With a thud an aircraft blocked Joo Gong-hyeok’s path.

“warning. Any further access to the area is strictly prohibited.”

A body surrounded by sturdy armor.

Sharp triangular head and efficient inverted jointed legs.

An overwhelming mass transmitted through the skin.

It is a combat dreadnought weighing at least 200 tons.

Perhaps one of the Kingmaker’s few remaining combatants.

“after.”

Low kick.

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The ostrich-like inverted jointed legs explode.

The massive dreadnought lost its balance and collapsed.

Currently Joo Gong-hyeok’s ability level is just below the Four Heavenly Kings.

Unless you bring a Gishin-level or top-tier Titan you will be no match for Joo Gong-hyeok.

Joo Gong-hyeok suddenly asked the combatants surrounding him.

“You all want to die here. Or do you want to get out of the way?”

“danger. “No transaction terms.”

If Joo Gong-hyuk makes up his mind no one in the King Maker can stop him.

The Gishin tribe realizing that they could not stop it anyway got out of the way.

Joo Gong-hyeok took out the White Hammer Hontar from his inventory.

Hit it with all your might.

Kwaaaang—!

The remains of the machinery blocking the path were scattered around.

A 2nd floor space with little physical concepts where there is no dust.

Something foreign could be seen through the hole made by Hontar.

“Is it a well?”

A humble stone well.

However the well was clearly different from the distorted space around it.

In the world of abstract painting only the well had the distinction of being painted like a still life painting.

The heartbeat was felt inside that well.

Joo Gong-hyeok confirmed the sensation of the artificial body.

‘The reaction is slightly slower or faster than expected. ‘I need to do some maintenance.’

[Summon the avatar 『Creator Vulcan (SSS)』.]

The platinum-colored streamlined machine god rubbed his eyes sleepily.

= What. Why are the things on your arms so ugly and dirty?

“You made it.”

= I made it? lie. I made this mess…

Joo Gong-hyuk showed off his prosthetic arm ‘Vulcan’s right arm.’

= …is it true?

“Then is it fake?”

= Well why did I the old me create trash that people couldn’t even open their eyes to?

Vulcan’s hand was transformed and a plasma cutter and a drill driver came out.

[『Creator Vulcan (SSS)』 2nd ability “Reconstruction”.]

[『Creator God Vulcan (SSS)』’s 4th ability “Making a Miracle” is activated.]

– The item’s grade is converted to Divine Machine (SSS).

– The prosthesis connection rate increases to 96%.

– A prosthetic implant chip is created in the central nervous system.

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– Reflex synchronization is complete.

– All shells will be given the title ‘Vulcan’ and their performance and functions will be reorganized.

The right arm which was originally dark and the new left arm and both legs drew platinum-colored curves without waste.

I rotated the joints of the newly changed body.

“It’s going to take time to use more than a real arm.”

Still it’s much better than walking around like a limp with a knife stuck in your knee like before.

A hologram appeared as Joo Gong-hyuk was warming up.

“advice. Earthling Joo Gong-hyeok. “Before we enter the deepest part of Babel I have something to tell you.”

“What is it?”

“About 670m from the entrance. There is a very powerful guardian of the female semi-mental semi-organism.”

The hologram laid out information stiffly.

“There is not enough data because it is impossible to take video in the deepest part. However so far the Guardian has destroyed three Titan-class and 27 Dreadnought-class aircraft. “I don’t know the specific force but please be alert.”

The Gisin tribe would have entered the well in their own way to reach the Babel system.

Inside the well there was a being who blocked all attempts by the Gishin tribe to invade.

“I’ll keep it in mind.”

Joo Gong-hyeok answered briefly and entered the well.

The diameter of the well is about 9m.

It’s wide enough to fit a few adults.

Joo Gong-hyuk stuck to the wall and slowly went down.

There is also a way to spread angel wings and float but that kind of power is easily noticeable.

Nathaniel shuddered when he saw the darkness of the well.

= I’ve never really been to a place like this.

“Me too.”

Since it was a place he had not been to yet Joo Gong-hyeok went down cautiously.

“hmm.”

There was a little sticky black mark on the wall of the well.

It’s a blood stain.

“It’s only 400m away.”

Whose bloodstain is it?

I don’t know.

There was no trace of the remains of the Gishinjok or lubricant but it was just a random bloodstain.

Judging by the fact that the blood stains have not dried it means that only a few hours have passed since they appeared.

“GM. “Is there any reaction around me?”

There is too much [email protected]. Overwhelming information# is being lost down the well.]

“Nathaniel. “Are you scared?”

= … a little?

I could hear Nathaniel’s voice but there was noise in the GM’s message.

Joo Gong-hyeok also felt the heavy air tightening around his whole body.

This place was different from other places in Babel.

It’s different from any place I’ve been to so far.

‘If there is no GM I have no choice but to use my head to judge.’

Joo Gong-hyeok calmly came down the well.

The further down you go the darker the blood stains become.

And finally at the 600m mark.

I saw a huge hole in the wall of the well.

A leg sticks out from the remains of a broken wall.

‘Typically the guy who got punched and thrown against the wall.’

[?huh ? buy? line? ?place?]

GM’s message is now completely unintelligible.

I pulled out Cluesti’s weapon the Scythe of Swiftness and stuck to the broken wall.

Joo Gong-hyeok rubbed the blood stains that were sprinkled on the wall.

The blood sprinkled grandly from above was his.

I could see the frayed uniform and calloused bare feet of my legs sticking out.

“Oh.”

The skin of bare feet is light blue.

Joo Gong-hyuk knows a monster with light blue skin in Babel.

When the debris was removed with a foot a dense beautiful face and rough long hair were revealed.

The face collarbone and even breasts exposed through the loose uniform are light blue.

‘Why are you here?’

Nathaniel poked his head out from behind Joo Gong-hyeok’s shoulder.

= What is this person?

“She’s a very very famous woman who appeared on Babel while you were away.”

= How famous is he? Did the Demon King change into this woman while I was away?

“Not the devil but a level below that.”

= Lower level?

Nathaniel tilted his chin for a moment and then stiffened.

= Now this woman is the Four Heavenly Kings!?

Intense angelic waves.

Hildegard’s eyelids fluttered open.

Pakak-

It was a sword that cut off half of Joo Gong-hyeok’s palm.

Reflexive attack caused by external stimuli.

Hildegard’s lemon-colored eyes stared at Joo Gong-hyeok.

“you….”

“Hi~ Heald. “Is this still the first time you’ve met each other?”

The tip of the bridge of Joo Gong-hyeok’s nose dropped slightly.

A strong kick from a leg buried in a stone.

At the same time blood spattered on Joo Gong-hyuk’s face.

Hildegard’s whole body was already in tatters as she landed after spinning twice in the air after a roundhouse kick.

= I’m sorry. What is that woman doing?

“Four Heavenly Kings. Hildegard of foresight. “He is the best one-on-one expert in the Demon King Army.”

The Demon King’s best one-on-one expert.

Her power is short-term prediction. In battle it was possible to predict up to 100 moves ahead.

Naturally the fewer variables and enemies there are the better.

The compatibility between the Four Heavenly Kings was one-on-one but the speedy Cluesti was the only one-on-one powerhouse that could not win.

She calmly checked her body closed her eyes and let out a deep sigh.

“I lost. “Do whatever you want.”

“What kind of lewd words are you talking out of the blue?”

Joo Gong-hyeok calmly stepped forward but he still did not understand the situation.

For context the female gatekeeper mentioned by the Gishin tribe is Hildegard.

Who put Hildegard in a dying state?

Why are you suddenly declaring surrender?

There was nothing left to guess.

“Let’s talk.”

Joo Gong-hyeok deliberately materialized the avatar GM.

The avatar “Game Master” appeared wearing a cape and a bowler hat with a graffiti-like face.

She reacted by flinching.

“If you are an avatar are you a human from Earth?”

“That’s right. The goddess of ‘Traitors’.”

Joo Gong-hyeok greeted politely placing one hand on his belly button.

There were four devils who were with the devil at the beginning of Babel.

The Demon King gave them the title ‘Four Heavenly Kings’.

From then until now the only Four Heavenly Kings who have been by the Demon King’s side are Cluesti and Heydrich.

The remaining two Four Heavenly Kings were killed by their enemies.

The empty Four Heavenly Kings were replaced by two.

One was the young demon Vinecliff and the other was ‘Goddess of Fate Hilde’ who had worked her way up from the bottom as a demon contractor.

In other words she is an outsider from a destroyed dimension like Count Gardsand.

Hildegard relaxed at the word ‘traitors’.

“Isn’t it the enemy?”

With a popping sound Jecheon Daeseong and King Asura appeared behind Joo Gong-hyeok.

King Mifu looked the other way and waggled his tail and King Asura put his six arms together.

Daeseong Jecheon and King Asura were from the resistance gods 『Traitors』 who were not absorbed into Babel and were barely able to escape thanks to Hildegard’s help.

Hildegard is the co-head of 『Traitors』.

He was a true traitor planted in the heart of the Demon King.

“Old Father’s comic book store on every floor is doing well.”

“There is nothing to say hello to. Because Old Father worked harder than me.”

She flopped down and took the lotus position for recovery.

Joo Gong-hyeok looked down at the well outside the wall.

“I was wondering where you are. “You were here.”

“Yes.”

Three Four Heavenly Kings in charge of three races.

Hildegard who was not in charge of the race could only be seen in the final battle.

Hildegard whose whereabouts were shrouded in mystery was always here.

“Is this the devil’s order?”

“These are the words of someone who cannot be trusted. “Anyone who is suspicious is driven out to a secluded place.”

“The one here. Isn’t it important?”

She sat cross-legged and gently opened one eye.

“It’s important. This is the heart of the Babel system. However since it is the center of Babel it seems to be meaningless unless its owner the Demon King dies. “The fact that you placed me here means that in the worst case scenario there will be no problem even if I betray you.”

“hmm.”

It’s the same as the story the Gishin tribe told before.

In order to take away Babel’s authority the death of the devil is essential.

“Then finally…”

Joo Gong-hyeok shook his head and finally asked the biggest question.

“The blood in the well sprayed from the bottom upwards. In other words it was not an outside intruder who came down and fought with Hild but something that came from down the well and fought with Hild.”

“Exactly.”

After correcting her twisted insides and stopping the bleeding all over her body she relaxed from her lotus position and stood up.

“Then who knocked you down? “Who is the monster who will drive Hildegard the Four Heavenly Kings a one-on-one expert to the brink of death?”

Dragon God Gi God Demon King Four Heavenly Kings.

It may be a Gishin but it is unclear whether the Dragon God can crush Hildegard so cruelly at this point.

The Demon King cannot appear in the lower world according to the contract with the angels and in a fight between the Four Heavenly Kings Hildegard is not left behind.

And above all there is absolutely no reason for any of the above candidates to appear here.

‘What has been going on in this place I’ve never been to?’

I have never experienced this perspective before.

Joo Gong-hyuk was captivated by pure curiosity.

Hildegard adjusted her loose gi.

“Rather I would like to ask.”

The black pupils in her lemon-colored eyes narrowed like a cat’s with suspicion and hostility.

“Someone just like you jumped out of the well and made me look like this.”

“….”

Joo Gong-hyeok thought for a moment and then asked again.

“If they are the same person do you mean they are from the same Earth as me?”

“It’s not like a lower earthling.”

She snorted as if she were dumbfounded.

“Someone who looks just like you came out of the well and hacked me to pieces.”