Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 1)

Chapter 19. When Five People Gather There's Always One Person That's Trash (4)

"How many?" I asked.

"About two," Park Deok-Gu answered.

"By yourself," I said.

"I'll try, hyung-nim," he said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't kill them. Just clear the road," I ordered him.

"Leave it to me," he said, confidently.

Crack! Rip!

It wasn't surprising that Park Deok-Gu looked reliable right now as I watched him continuously running in front of me. I couldn't help but compare him to a tank.

"Next!" Park Deok-Gu yelled.

"Right," I said.

"Gahhhhh!"

"How many?" I asked.

"There's too many to count..." Park Deok-Gu answered.

I immediately extended my arm out.

"Fire ball."

The fire ball that had been floating about in my hand stopped, then it flew in a straight line. The recoil was unexpectedly strong. Perhaps it was because of the wind pressure, but my hand was forced up in the air for a moment. Even after the fire ball left my hand, I didn't stop operating the spell in my head. It was because I worked hard in reciting the spell, so I didn't want it to start flying in the wrong direction.

Boom!

The fire ball struck one of the monsters and an explosion reverberated afterward, releasing heat and fire that spread everywhere. The shockwave from the explosion caused the wind to blow in this way too.

Of course, Park Deok-Gu stood in front of us and blocked it.

When the monsters were either forced to a corner amidst their escape or were enveloped by the flame, they collapsed as they screeched. When Park Deok-Gu saw that, he looked back at me with a surprised expression.

It was a small space and since it was crowded, they luckily got hit, but Park Deok-Gu was surprised by the aftermath of the magic that spread around us.

"Wow...hyung-nim..." Park Deok-Gu said.

"Whoo...whoo..."

The effects of the magic escaping from my body caused my legs to start shaking, but we had to clear the path no matter what.

"Again."

That was when I felt that something was off.

"Oh!"

Park Deok-Gu carelessly turned around and then looked at me in surprise.

'Jung Ha-Yan, Park Hye-Young.'

They got separated from us.

"Since when...did you not see them?" I asked Park Deok-Gu.

"I-I definitely saw them f-following us a moment ago..." he answered.

"Hey."

I was going to let out my frustration, but I decided to suppress my desire to swear at him since this was my fault.

Since I was reciting the spell in my head, I did not notice the fact that they got separated from us. The fact that Park Deok-Gu also didn't know about this was kind of unexpected, but I was certain that they weren't that far behind since they were just following us earlier.

The important question was whether they knew the path. If it was Jung Ha-Yan, she may have memorized it, but there was no way that troll Park Hye-Young would memorize the way because I was sure that following us alone was already hard enough for her.

"W-What...I-I'm sorr..."

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"It's not your fault, Deok-Gu. Damn it, I should've paid more attention," I told him.

"What should we do now?" he asked.

That was what I wanted to ask myself.

If Park Hye-Young was the only person that got left behind, then I would have abandoned her, but the problem was that Jung Ha-Yan was with her.

She was the lottery ticket that was guaranteed to win, so if I recklessly lost her at a place like this, I wouldn't even be able to laugh it off.

I didn't like to gamble, but if I had to do something drastic, then I would do it.

"I'm sure they're still alive," I said.

"Th, then."

"If they're smart, they would leave a mark that we would be able to recognize. Let's go back," I suggested.

"Good thinking, hyung-nim," Park Deok-Gu said.

There was a good chance that Kim Hyun-Sung was taking care of the monsters that were following us, but the problem was the monsters from different directions.

Reciting another spell would be difficult. I already used up the majority of my mana, but I should be able to cast another one if I squeezed out every ounce of mana left in my body.

"Do you remember when we lost them?" I asked.

"I-I think they were still with us when we were fighting the two monsters. I-I definitely saw them...I didn't even hear them scream..." he said.

I also couldn't remember, but even when I was reciting the spell, I remember them following us. I guess they disappeared while I was maintaining my magic.

"Let's go," I said.

"Got it."

I was a bit shocked at first, but the more I thought about it, the more strange it felt. Park Deok-Gu was slow-witted, but he wasn't so dumb that he wouldn't notice the abrupt disappearance of two people. I was the same.

Park Deok-Gu's agility stat wasn't that high to begin with and although Jung Ha-Yan might struggle she could still keep up. As for Park Hye-Young, she would also struggle, but it wasn't to the point that she couldn't keep up.

I didn't think that the monsters caught them either. I thought maybe they fell into a trap within this dungeon, but the possibility of that was low since we had already passed through this path once. If there were traps within this region, then Kim Hyun-Sung would have mentioned it.

I suddenly recalled the look that Jung Ha-Yan gave Park Hye-Young.

'I'm sure that's not the case.'

It was too early for me to judge, but if Jung Ha-Yan wanted to be away from us, then I could kind of understand.

I didn't know what kind of spell she recited, but while I was focusing on mine, there was a possibility that I wouldn't have noticed if she was reciting her own spell. I didn't have the luxury to maintain my spell and observe the situation around us after all.

Park Deok-Gu didn't have magic, to begin with, so no matter what Jung Ha-Yan did, I was sure that he wouldn't notice. In addition, since Kim Hyun-Sung was far from us, he didn't count.

I didn't want to have this thought, but I thought that maybe she wanted to create a situation where she was alone with Park Hye-Young.

'The question is why?'

I didn't want to have bad thoughts, but I couldn't help but feel anxious.

While I was running with Park Deok-Gu, I started to feel a faint amount of magic, just like the time when we discovered the entrance of the dungeon downstairs.

'Da...'

"Deok-Gu, hurry," I said.

"Did something happen?" he asked.

It was a simple assumption, but the magic that I was able to faintly feel seemed to prove that my assumption was true.