Damned 13th Regression – 23



Episode 23 – The Fourth Death

The fourth Gonghyeok was a bit different from the current one.

In front of the village gate on the first floor Gonghyeok was boiling meat soup in front of him again today.

If there had been water in a pot brought from the village and some kimchi from herbs picked up from the surrounding area it would have been kimchi stew but there was no such thing in Babel. If you go to the 5th floor unique city there are similar pickled vegetables.

“Heungheung~ Minotaur meat is also fondant~ The canned carrots next to it are also fondant~”

Gonghyuk stirred the ladle while humming a song. It was just a soup that was thrown together at random and boiled but it was an ambitious project in its own way.

[It appears that action will begin 3 seconds after confirming the shadow waiting in front of the village gate]

“Okay okay~”

Still humming and slowly counting the beats. His left hand caressed the large pistol at his waist.

IMI Desert Eagle 50 caliber slightly larger than .44 Magnum which is said to catch even bears.

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“Run!”

Three shadows emerged from the village.

Gonghyuk did not look back. However only the Desert Eagle on the left was aiming at the shadow like a ghost.

Aim without looking at the correction of overall martial arts mastery (A++) and predictability (US). The roar of a large-diameter bullet echoed throughout the forest.

“Hahaha.”

“Ahhhh.”

Two men fell into despair as they looked into a body with a large hole in it. Escape from the village was not about courage but Manyong who could not escape that crazy devil.

“Ha ha ha sylph! Lighter and faster!”

Roxy who was the only one to avoid the shots increased her speed even further. You have to get out. Even the end of the dungeon is fine. You need to get away from the author and hide somewhere. I’d rather spend the remaining 17 days in front of him than with monsters…

[Activate Puppet’s Art (E)]

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Buck! fur

Buck!

“Ahhhh!”

Nine spear blades rose from the floor and pierced her entire body. These were the spears that Gonghyeok had scattered everywhere a few days ago.

The sight of nine poles being stuck into one human being was bizarre. Roxy struggled like a butterfly stuck in a needle but the window pole shook and the wound only widened.

“Hehehehehehehehehe~”

Gonghyuk hummed and approached her. There was a soup bowl in one hand and a saw in the other.

“Hmm it’s delicious. delicious. “You should try it too.”

Hot soup and ingredients were sprayed on Roxy’s face which was coughing up blood bubbles.

“An ambitious work by Chef Joo Gong-hyuk who has been dedicated to dungeon cooking for 50 years. This is Minotta soup. “How are you?”

“You’re crazy you fucking idiot.”

“All Right. “I’ll take your eyes out first.”

“Ahh…”

Roxy’s eyeball was placed in a bowl of soup along with a scream that emanated from somewhere. The green pupil which could never be closed again stared somewhere in vain.

Squeak squeak squeak.

“Heungheungheung~ It’s soft it’s soft~ The carotid artery is also yariyari~ The mokuldae also comes and goes~”

The saw moved excitedly to the rhythm of the labor song. After skillfully processing the bones Gonghyuk collected the remaining two heads in the same manner.

Gonghyeok returned to the village entrance holding three heads. And then we headed to the structure that we had worked hard to build for a week.

Right in front of the main gate 151 heads were piled together to form a tower. The empty pitch-black pupils sent a message to the village.

‘This bastard is crazy.’

Gonghyeok grinned as he raised the 154th head.

“good. good! “I just need to collect 36 more right?”

The 35 hunters at the village’s highest spire were in despair when they saw that sight.

Joo Gong-hyeok in his fourth life.

He was the craziest of all Joo Gong-hyuk so far.

= = =

The first day when 201 hunters were summoned to area 3349 on the first floor.

As usual Cluesti tried to explain by killing someone.

“That Thunder Light Cheonchu (雷光天趨) which boasts the highest speed among demons! I hate and hate useless words! Now let’s get to the point quickly!”

“What is that bastard….”

‘is it so. You have to come out like this.’

A shock wave of death was directed towards the man who was asking the question.

Phew!

“uh? Ugh. “What are you?”

“huh. “The person who killed you.”

The man whose head should have exploded from the shock wave was suddenly stabbed in the heart by Gonghyeok who was next to him.

Jangle jangle jangle.

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“Hahaha hahahaha.”

Coins flowed from the heart along with blood. Gonghyeok swept up the coins from the floor while letting out an empty smile.

“Hehe there is a promising person there. Hunters who died like that have achieved so far…”

“Ah human. Even if the village protection rules have not yet been applied….”

The devil’s laughter and the angel’s lament.

In the background one hunter was greedily swallowing coins.

20 minutes later while everyone was listening to Azazel’s story Gonghyeok was taking out a pot from a house in the village and collecting sap from around the road.

The hard-line hunters in the village gathered their opinions. That guy is dangerous. It is necessary to secure initial safety by killing them in advance. Not only them but other hunters in the village also implicitly agreed.

Seven hunters led by Moore Jackson and Kim Seong-chul came out of the village.

“Hey there you….”

Tong-

Before he could finish speaking Seongchul Kim’s vision was filled with a dark sky.

When the Desert Eagle’s large-diameter bullet penetrated Kim Seong-chul’s neck and severed his cervical vertebrae his strong neck also lost strength and was bent backwards.

“Uh gun?”

“no! Die quickly…”

Spattering blood. A tearing scream. That’s it.

Three minutes later the heads of the seven hunters formed a grave in front of the village.

“Hunter friends. “You have to hunt and find food right?”

Gonghyeok smiled brightly holding a bloody ax in his right hand and a desert eagle in his left.

“If you want to get out kill me.”

“Ha that crazy bastard….”

Everyone in the village gritted their teeth and clicked their tongues. It’s clear that he’s a hunter with incredible skills but if he decides to target just one of the 200 people here there’s no way he can beat him.

And 63 people died that day.

It’s been four days since Gonghyuk camped in front of the village.

More than 150 heads piled up in front of the gate.

Even if Gonghyeok escaped while he was away he could not escape the Observer’s guidance. Even if they attack while they are sleeping the observer’s alarms and predictions are useless against them.

Day by day the number of cut off heads increased.

Gonghyeok fell into a pleasant imagination while threading the rope.

[The title “Cruel than the Devil” has been obtained.]

[When you wear it and commit an atrocity all stats increase by 5% for 1 hour. You can use the growth skill ‘Cruel Madness (D)’]

This is my first time killing 200 people without missing a single one. Because usually one person is taken away by Cluesti. In addition there are still ten days left until the murder restrictions in the village are lifted. It was obvious that if I killed them all before then I would achieve a phenomenal overachievement of over 300%.

Even if he commits suicide within the village it doesn’t matter. Even if you don’t kill them directly if you trap them and indirectly kill them the demons include them in the number.

“I want to get it and use it quickly. If you kill more people on the second floor with that they’ll give you better rewards right? Then if I kill them faster with that get a really good weapon and use that to go up to the third floor… I guess I can kill them all anyway right?”

Gonghyuk muttered non-stop. Anyone could see that he was not in his right mind. Gonghyuk’s eyes twinkled. The crazy eyes were aimed at the giant who appeared beyond the decorations.

It was Soma Sangai wearing rags and standing like a jangjang.

“Soma Sangai?”

I definitely remembered it. He always died miserably on the first floor but in his last life where he survived for the first time he was famous as the strongest tank.

Before he knew it Gonghyuk approached waving the Desert Eagle he had picked out.

“nice to meet you. “Then let’s take the first two steps to say hello.”

Tung-! Tung-!

The bullets lodged in both of Soma’s thighs creating large holes.

“It won’t break through. “You’ve been a monster since you were on the first floor.”

“For you…”

It was a voice that cracked like a dry riverbed.

“Why do you kill people?”

“huh? Umm…”

Gonghyuk thought for a moment. I know. Why did I kill people? Of course it’s for compensation! You idiot! But why should I get compensation? You should kill more people faster to get rewards.

So why? Should we kill more people faster?

Gonghyuk suddenly felt dirty. It feels like my heart is being twisted. Everyone cried out to Gonghyuk. They asked me why they were killing me but Soma’s question especially twisted my heart.

Gonghyeok stabbed Soma in the chin with the pistol.

“What do you know? “Don’t act strong when you can barely stand.”

The sword in his right hand had already cut into Soma’s wounds. Desert Eagle spouted flames from under Soma’s chin.

[Soma Sangai becomes ‘invincible’. You will not receive any damage for 4 seconds.]

The three lead bullets fired by the Desert Eagle stuck flat under the chin.

Gonghyeok quickly fell back. The indestructible state is meaningful only when the 4-second counterattack skill Revolutionary Attack hits the target. It’s surprising that the avatar was implemented in such a messed up state but it’s just a little more fun.

[Activate Puppet’s Art (E)]

122 weapons connected to threads of magic rise from all directions. All of the blades pointed towards Soma.

Soma looked around calmly looked at Gonghyuk and spoke softly.

“Someone like you cannot save this world.”

Those words really healed Gonghyeok’s wounds for not being able to save the world. Thanks to this Gonghyuk remembered something.

‘okay. I broke the barbell once.’

“shut up. “I cleared this even without someone like you.”

Four seconds later 122 weapons tore through the air.

Blood spurts dozens of times. Soma has already become a hedgehog whose original form is unknown.

A sigh spread from the entrance to the village. 30 hunters just watched it crying.

My stomach twists even more. What are you just staring at? If you’re going to attack me then attack me you bastards.

He walked forward with great strides. A spear was pulled from Soma’s body that had become a hedgehog. I’ll have to hang at least a headless corpse on the village steeple. While thinking that I twisted the window.

patter

A few weapons fell. And a strong hand grasped Gonghyeok’s wrist tightly.

[Avatar Spartacus (A++)’s final ability ‘!!!Freedom!!!’ is confirmed to be awakened. All wounds are healed at once….]

[danger! Soma Sangai activates the counterattack ‘!!!Revolution!!!’…]

“Khaaaak!”

The shock of the ‘revolution’ is transmitted through the wrist. The strongest counterattack skill that returns several times the damage received. The reward for killing 100 people shone in Gonghyeok’s arms.

[‘Numezar’s Curse Doll’ takes all damage instead. The doll is destroyed due to damage exceeding the allowable amount]

‘That’s ridiculous. Ultra-recovery freedom? If there was such a thing you wouldn’t have died on the first floor right?’

The reason why the forecast (US) and Gonghyeok’s predictions were wrong was simple.

Soma has just been attacked and his final ability has been awakened.

“Everyone attack!”

Soma’s strong arms entangled Gonghyeok. With strength close to C the spine makes an unusual sound. Gonghyeok gritted his teeth and plunged the remaining magazine into Soma’s abdomen. Dozens of loud noises sound at once.

However even though his intestines were turned into rags and his eyes were cut into pieces with a knife Soma did not flinch. In this way attacks from 30 avatars flooded Gonghyeok.

– After 0.4 seconds 28 attacks penetrate the entire body! Expected damage: instant death!!

A chill ran down Joo Gong-hyeok’s spine.

= = =

crackle crackle

The front of the village quickly became a ruin. Dozens of trees were on fire and not a single body was unharmed.

“Keoheok keuheook.”

Joo Gong-hyeok was leaning against a tree and vomiting blood.

[For the first time in human history we have achieved the achievement of ‘killing 200 people in 1F’.]

[Achievement achievement rate of 444% is amazing….]

[As an overachievement bonus….]

[Obtained the title ‘Lord of Massacre’….]

[1 blue coin and….]

[As a reward you will receive ‘Slaughter King Odair’s Great Sword’…]

[As a reward you will receive ‘Myrnian’s Necklace’…]

‘Recovery item recovery item….’

Right now recovery items were more urgent than any other rewards or weapons. However among the numerous rewards that fell in front of him there were no recovery items.

“Lilianneuuuu!”

“Did you call me sir?”

At Gonghyuk’s call a succubus appeared.

“There’s no need for it. “Quickly change it to a recovery item.”

“I’m sorry Joo Gong-hyuk but regarding the recovery item part….”

Liliane glanced sideways at Azazel who was looking down from the sky.

“We demons do not deal in recovery items. This is a reason for violating the rules with the angels. These rewards are managed only by angels. We the devils also wish the recovery of our excellent customer Joo Gong-hyuk. “Okay then.”

Liliane bowed her head and disappeared. Gonghyuk Joo’s eyes met Azazel floating in the air. It was an icy gaze that was hard to find even the slightest trace of emotion. Azazel who was looking down at Joo Gong-hyeok spread his wings and flew away somewhere.

“Ugh.”

[Comprehensive damage situation]

– Burns 60% of body

– Skull fracture. 3 4 5 lumbar incontinence 8 rib fractures right shin…

– Burns to the lungs blindness in the left eye damage to all internal organs.

“Damn it!”

No matter how good the hunter’s recovery is or how many items he uses there is no way he can heal in Babel which is extremely brutal with wounds that require several months of treatment.

This return took place after Hayeonsi was killed by the Bronze Giant. There is no one who can restore Gonghyeok. No matter how I received recovery using rewards or coins on the second floor there was no hunter with the skills to heal properly.

“Soma somaa sangaiyi!!”

Anger erupted from the first floor toward Soma who knocked him down. That’s right. Because of Soma Sangai his fourth life was completely messed up.

Gonghyuk had a moment of doubt.

What’s wrong? Because I didn’t receive compensation?

No in this condition…

‘You can’t save the world.’

Funnily enough Gonghyeok’s spirit returned a little after that.

My messed up body can no longer fight. So how do we attack Babel in this world?

Gonghyeok revealed information about the future to the hunters in order to attack Babel. Future missions hidden enemies and hidden dungeons. A battle of strife between the Beastmen and Gishin Celestial Knights and the 12 Demon Archdukes Four Heavenly Kings.

He then announced that he was a returnee from the future and aimed at uniting humanity.

The day when Gonghyeok’s return was acknowledged and he went to meet the 7th king of Goyu City.

The seven great angels including Metatron and Azazel appeared before him.

‘I will punish you with extinction for leaking level 1 secrets. And this is a message from the Dimension God.’

‘Save the world once again.’

Before he could understand the meaning his body disintegrated into atoms and disappeared ending his recollection of his fourth life.

‘It was a life where I learned a lot in many ways.’

1. Don’t go too crazy.

2. Let’s be greedy in moderation. Life gets messy.

3. If I reveal the secret of return the angel and his superiors will kill me.

Soma spoke softly in front of Gonghyuk who had a faint expression on his face for a moment.

“Why do you kill people?”

It was the same tone as the question asked 200 years ago.

“Soma sangai.”

“yes. Gonghyuk.”

“If you hear that you will have to fight under me.”

And this time it was different in that I had an answer ready.

“Still are you prepared to listen?”

Soma closed his eyes for a moment.

“If it is the right path we must walk even if these two legs are torn away by the wind and waves.”

Negotiation begins with deciding whether to win or lose.

The game was already halfway to Gonghyuk.

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