Damned 13th Regression – 302



<Regression number 13 is damn right, episode 302>

As the angel sits down the content on the screen changes.

The 88th floor of the Demon King’s Hall.

Returning to his own world “14th Joo Gong-hyuk” was seen sitting on the throne.

An avatar next to the man spoke passionately.

<Why do you have to take responsibility for them?>

Avatar 『Loki』 asked questioningly.

<What does it matter if they lose their abilities and avatars and become unhappy or not? What does that have to do with you living as a human waste misfit who crawls like a bug on the dirt and misses the days of Babel?>

『Loki』 stuck out his tongue and shrugged his shoulders.

<It’s someone else’s business anyway. You don’t have to take responsibility for it on your own. Just throw it on the Earth and you’ve done your job. Now your troubles are over! You just have to live happily. What are you arguing about right or wrong?>

<God of lies.>

Avatar 『The Greatest Hero Uno』 spoke solemnly.

<Respect the warrior’s choice. His creed has led him this far and even if it is not understood this is the conclusion he believes is right.>

<No~! You can never respect me! This is a terribly selfish act! Yes I’d rather tell the Gishin tribe. Put them all in a “coffin.” I like that. It’s the greatest happiness!>

The silent man spoke for the first time.

<…that’s a deception.>

The man came to a conclusion about the Gishin tribe’s “gut” that secretes a lot of happy substances into the brain in the virtual world.

<You only live once. You can’t live in a lie. It’s not right to cover up the truth and take away even the freedom to hate myself.>

<You really… are such a picky guy.>

『Loki』 shook his head gave up and 『La Jehuti』 who had crossed his arms opened his mouth.

<Joo Gong-hyeok. No one will understand your ending.>

<….>

<People will resent you and think you betrayed humanity for power and the position of the devil.>

<…I don’t want to make excuses.>

Joo Gong-hyeok bowed his head and buried himself on the throne.

<I was wrong. This is the right choice.>

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<What a contradiction. But this contradiction is you.>

‘But…’ Nodding his head 『La Jehuti』 looked back at the owner of the viewpoint.

<Is that the same for Hayeonsi here?>

『La Jehuti』 asked Hayeonsi the owner of the point of view.

<Everything Hayeon has done so far will not be repaid unilaterally. I think you should be an exception.>

<…It’s New Year’s Day.>

The man stared at her.

<If you want an ‘exception’. I’ll think again.>

<….>

<Because you are still young. Because it is natural for a child to want to have a happy future. Because I had nothing to enjoy while still in school and had to continue the terrible fight even after death.>

The man twisted the corner of his mouth with difficulty.

The smile I lost decades ago when I came back from Earth and faced the terrible reality.

It was a smile made just for her.

<If you want I can think of an ‘exception’.>

Joo Gong-hyuk and the avatars waited for her answer.

<I am…>

The film ended with Ha Yeon-si the owner of the viewpoint hesitating to answer.

The future after the return of “14th Joo Gong-hyuk”.

‘Angel Ha Yeon-si’ who came from that world looked at Joo Gong-hyeok flapping her wings on the seat.

“You’re lucky brother. “Because you can meet me again.”

“You… how are you here?”

“I have this too.”

Angel Hayeonsi smiled and pointed to her chest.

The half-fragmented ‘Metatron’s monument’ was clearly visible.

“I tried to be strong so my brother wouldn’t break but it didn’t work.”

She said forlornly.

“…It’s not your fault.”

No matter who sees it it is their own fault.

He misjudged that he could control “Ascension” with abilities exceeding that of Archangel Metatron and furthermore made the fatal mistake of attempting “Ascension” in an incomplete state.

Joo Gong-hyuk’s mind did not understand ‘omniscience’ and his body could not embody ‘omnipotence’.

I was used to going through trial and error while making regressions but I absolutely could not afford to fail this time.

It had to be a success because there was no next chance.

Ha Yeon-si reading Joo Gong-hyeok’s expression sighed.

“Ugh~.”

Kong-

Hayeonsi placed honey chestnuts on the top of Joo Gonghyeok’s head.

Gonghyeok looked at Yeonsi blankly at the unexpected action.

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“…?”

“What are you looking at?”

“you….”

“Brother. Don’t try to take responsibility for anything on your own. “That’s a really bad habit.”

She pulled Joo Gong-hyuk’s cheek with both hands.

“Oh my gosh how can Joo Gong-hyuk do the same thing?”

“….”

“My brother worked hard enough instead of everyone else. So I said I would help you now.”

She hugged Gonghyuk’s head.

“You don’t have to take responsibility for everything. “It’s my turn to work harder.”

The warmth of my chest and arms was felt.

warm.

“Oppa is cool.”

She spoke slowly.

“My brother who was ugly but kind gradually became cooler.”

“The brother I saw never gave up no matter what and did his best.”

“Even though he was clumsy he always came up with an answer.”

“Come with me and everyone let’s go to the future.”

“I’m going to get the ending my brother wants.”

The warmth surrounding my head disappeared in an instant.

A familiar string of characters appeared on the screen in front of me.

[Attribute extinction “So that you are not broken (U.SSS)”]

[Passive deletion. One-time active skill conversion.]

[Grade upgraded ‘U.SSS -> EX’]

[「So that you are not broken (EX)」 limited to one-time activation.]

“ah….”

The feeling of the body returns.

The body torn apart by the overflowing universe is healing.

The runaway Ascension and the rebirth of Hayeon City achieved an exquisite balance.

I regained my sense of the body and centered myself in the present from the subjective prison where only consciousness remained.

The passage of time which felt infinite has progressed only slightly.

‘Yeonsi you….’

she died

It lost its lasting power and oxidized. Consciousness and existence disappeared.

To become a disposable tool.

‘Why on earth do you do something so meaningless….’

Even her sacrifice did not solve the problem.

There is only so much time you can maintain balance.

If Hayeonsi’s abilities disappear destruction is a predetermined fate.

Even if you protect your body from being destroyed by “omnipotence” you cannot protect your mind covered by “omnipotence.”

‘Why a guy like me….’

He cannot integrate the past future and present with his “omnipotence” and become a dimensional god.

Although I have regained my physical senses and perceived the present my mind is still wandering in time.

At the halfway point of ascension where time does not pass I am tied up in this damn movie theater unable to do anything only waiting for defeat.

Helplessness.

Joo Gong-hyuk looked at himself on the screen unable to move.

He was smiling in most of the video.

<Assholes.>

They laughed at the hunters who broke their formation and ran away upon hearing the news that the Cheon Knight was coming.

If I run away my other colleagues will be in danger. He was angry and laughed at them as they ran away without hesitation.

<You are all trash assholes.>

Joo Gong-hyeok remained alone in a place where everyone else had run away and had to do the work of those who had run away.

‘Cynicism’ was Joo Gong-hyeok’s anesthetic.

Four Heavenly Kings Dragon God Demon King….

When faced with an enemy that cannot be defeated.

The only thing Joo Gong-hyeok could rely on was ‘cynicism.’

Even though they knew that if they ran everyone would die and humanity would be destroyed they did not hesitate to run away and laughed at the hunters who tried to save their lives.

Such ridicule isolated him from those around him and wore away his human emotions one by one.

It gave me the courage to fight against an enemy that I could not defeat.

He even laughed at his own death and anesthetized himself from the fear of death that would come soon.

‘Let it happen as it should.’ Although it was a desperation it gave me the madness to endure abnormal situations.

Even if everyone leaves it allows one to fight destruction alone and rise again using anger and hatred as a driving force.

But in the end it becomes poison…

<Even if I’m alive it’s only painful so why am I alive?>

I laughed at myself on the screen.

<What is the meaning of returning and saving the world?>

<It’s all just trash.>

<It will end when I die. It doesn’t end even if you die.>

Regression is a curse that never ends.

<Those bastards called Hunter are blaming me for all their mistakes and setting the world on fire.>

<Do you think I will lose to trash like you?>

<Do you think I will let people like you destroy the world I saved?>

Anyone who destroys the world must die.

<This guy destroyed the world.>

So let’s kill it.

<This bastard killed me.>

So let’s kill it.

<This bastard bothered me.>

So let’s kill it.

<This bastard is useless now.>

So let’s kill it.

<This bastard…>

I don’t know. Let’s kill it first.

Let’s kill it. Let’s kill it. Let’s kill….

Bad thoughts were messing with my head.

Deeply-

A knife pierced my chest.

Endorphins and adrenaline are released and thoughts disappear.

Crack someone’s skull with your elbow.

I burst someone’s heart with my fist.

<Hahahaha-.>

And then he smiles happily.

It’s something only a monster would do to enjoy killing.

The person who hated the pleasure of violence was killing people with a smile.

The person who hated violence had become a monster of violence.

‘I am….’

Joo Gong-hyeok was not a hero driven by a noble purpose.

If he could fight for hundreds of years with just feelings of guilt and responsibility he would be a noble saint.

Unfortunately Joo Gong-hyeok did not become such an adult.

Sometimes I was in despair sometimes I was scared sometimes I was angry and sometimes I was hateful.

They said they had no choice but to kill him but in fact…

“I wanted to kill them all.”

Joo Gong-hyeok muttered at the movie theater.

“I couldn’t stand it because I wanted to kill with my own hands all those stupid idiots who didn’t help who kept saying the same things all the time who did stupid things couldn’t tell what was right and only committed betrayal and stupid things.”

And myself who cannot escape from it.

He was such a poor person that he could only find motivation in life by taking revenge on others and brutally killing others.

Joo Gong-hyeok was angry.

To the world that is trying to defeat the Hunter and the devil himself to his own disappointment.

<I failed again.>

<Why has the world become like this?>

<Why do these guys do such stupid things when they say the world is going to end?>

<Why am I repeating this damn regression?>

<I am I…>

<If it wasn’t me but someone else….>

I was disappointed in myself for not being able to be just.

I was disappointed in myself for not being able to achieve my ideals.

Anger and hatred lost their way and Joo Gong-hyeok became a self-destructive being who hated himself.

Joo Gong-hyeok was crushed and gritted his teeth.

“I am….”

I thought it was okay for a piece of trash to die.

I never wanted someone I loved to die in front of my eyes.

I hated myself so much for not being able to do anything in a world that was being destroyed.

Hating everything that causes destruction he hopes that one day everyone will be happy and people will live in peace.

There were contradictory definitions.

“I wanted to save you.”

I wanted to have a future that would not perish.

I wanted to save people dying before my eyes.

I did not want to lose to the evil that was destroying the world.

I did not want to be defeated by fate that unreasonably blocked me.

I wanted to create a world that would continue without destruction.

But that too is over.

I came this far by adding anger and hatred to my own justice.

Joo Gong-hyuk cannot escape from this.

‘I didn’t want it to end like this.’

I don’t want to make Hayeon-si’s sacrifice meaningless.

‘But still nothing…’

Cradangtang-!

The movie theater door opened and someone tumbled down the stairs.

“It took some time to come here.”

『GM』 who fell down the stairs said as he put his hat back on.