Five-Time Regressor Walks the King's Path - Chapter 19

Five-Time Regressor Walks the King’s Path

[Translator –  Grass]

[Proofreader – Valirius]

 

Chapter 19

Vishuela, standing next to me, answered my question with another question.

When I looked at Vishuela for an explanation, his mouth moved busily.

“There’s a very bad guy called Ivlgeria, who’s the owner of a dungeon like you, Big Bro. One day, when he got rejected by Cynthia, the Havelia family’s next head, he was so angry he cursed her with that mask. She was then abandoned by the family and lost her title of heir. Therefore, it’s the national rule to not bring up the story of the demon king in the presence of the Black Knight.”

Hearing her rough past, I rubbed my chin.

The reason why she’s overreacting to me is because she suffered from the demon king.

‘The Constellation couldn’t have just made this story for no reason.’

It was obvious that something would follow.

“Ha Chun-Sung.”

From behind, a voice reached my ears.

A voice that sounded strangely as if scratching iron. When I turned my head, there stood a man with a mosaicked face.

And as soon as I saw him, I had a hunch.

‘It’s him.’

The one Yashin said would be waiting for me.

My eyes flashed and my sword swung.

But the man skillfully stepped away from me, a little more than a meter.

He knew I couldn’t go further than a meter outside the dungeon.

‘What is this guy?’

Rustle.

An uncomfortable feeling crept up my neck.

A reaction rate comparable to mine.

I felt something unusual.

It was a person that Yashin appeared in person to boast about.

There must be some secret.

‘Skill, what kind of skill is it?’

That mosaicked face was definitely a skill.

Presumably, that skill was what prevented the Constellation from announcing the Floor was cleared.

My brows furrowed slightly, and he grinned while distancing himself from me.

“You’re fast. I didn’t expect you to meet Cynthia already.”

After seeing the still-dazed Cynthia, that man spoke again.

That gave me a hunch.

He was after Cynthia.

“I’ll come back next time, then.”

“Stop!”

As the man tried to leave, I stomped the ground with my foot.

However, just before I left the one meter range, my body stopped midair and I had no choice but to land.

There was nothing I could do, so I let the obvious enemy in front of me get away.

I’d follow him if it weren’t for the one meter constraint, but the bloody Constellation…

Grind.

I clenched my teeth.

“Hey.”

“Yes, Big Bro.”

Vishuela replied while bowing.

Based on the story about Ivlgeria, he was clearly able to roam freely outside of his dungeon.

Despite the existence of the rules made by the Constellation.

Thus, there must be another expedient.

“Explain about the demon king in detail.”

“Yes!”

Soon after, Vishuela began to explain with great effort, until his mouth was dry.

When dungeons completely hold bellicosity, dungeons fully bloom.

The whole area is swallowed up by the dungeon, and all living things in the dungeon appear on the surface. Even if they die, they revive after an hour and become immortal.

And then the owner of the dungeon becomes free. Ivlgeria is said to have used that to lead the dungeon monsters and destroy dozens of countries.

As a result, Ivlgeria became known as the demon king, and the country named by him, Alexandra, became the demon world.

That was the demon king, Ivlgeria.

He was a monster that massacred hundreds of thousands of people.

“The demon king himself is very strong. It’s said he’s reached the level of a Grand Sword Master, and his magic has reached the level of eleven circles, which no one else has achieved.”

If it’s like that, would that be around the 300 level range?

Considering the past regressions, the figure is overwhelming enough to be at the forefront.

‘Although it’s probably nothing to me now.’

At the very least, I should be the strongest in this world.

‘I see. As the owner of a dungeon, he set an example. Is that it?’

As I rubbed my chin while thinking, a half-cut black sword was pushed against my neck.

Behind me was the Black Knight, having barely regained consciousness. I bounced the sword off and laid the Black Knight on the floor before she could speak.

“Kyaak!”

The Black Knight, whose face was against the floor, had her arms held back by me. Suppressed, she puffed in resentment.

I continued talking while looking down at the Black Knight.

“You want revenge on the demon king, don’t you? And you’re doing this because you see the demon king in me.”

Flinch.

The Black Knight’s shoulder trembled.

“I’ll help you.”

And as soon as my words reached her, the Black Knight became furious.

“Don’t touch him! I’ll kill the demon king!”

I laughed at her words, having mistook them to mean that I would kill the demon king in her stead.

“Don’t worry. I’m not going to kill him. You’ll have to be the one.”

After releasing the questioning Black Knight, I took a couple steps back and spoke to her.

“I’ll tell you in advance, but I don’t intend to be like the demon king.”

“……How can I believe that?”

“Do you think anything will change just because you don’t believe it?”

Surely I’m not a man who you can do anything about.

Perhaps because the Black Knight knew this fact, her expression faded behind the mask.

“I’ll make you strong instead.”

“Why?”

“I don’t like there being the same kind as me.”

I smiled lightly.

Even when she saw my smile, the Black Knight seemed suspicious.

Did she still lack faith?

“Okay. It’s because I need bellicosity. An adventurer as strong as you has a lot of bellicosity.”

In fact, compared to the general bandits, the Black Knight was overwhelmingly higher quality. She rose to the status of Sword Master, after all.

Perhaps because I said something reasonable, the Black Knight seemed to hesitate.

“This should be a good offer for you. Where do you think the chance to fight a strong man every day is common?”

And with my last words, her eyes shook.

“If you have me, it wouldn’t be such a big deal to beat Ivlgeria. At the very least, you’d be able to grow a few levels above your current state.”

A battle against the strong.

It was an experience that anyone would desire.

And it was such a strong temptation.

For an adventurer, experience was more valuable than a glass of water to quench your thirst.

Perhaps because the Black Knight was well aware of this fact, she showed signs of hesitation.

“Y-You really don’t intend to be like the demon king?”

Her tone changed slightly.

I grinned at her attitude that said if I just pushed a little more she’d go along with it.

“Yeah.”

I finally won the Black Knight over when she heard my answer.

“By the way, your name is?”

“Cynthia Havelia.”

“Yes, Cynthia. For the time being, let’s get along.”

It’s time to raise a warrior again.

 

* * *

 

After feeding the dungeon a lot of treasure, I faced Cynthia.

“First, a level test. I know a bit from our fight, but I don’t know how far you can get. Guide me to a monster that you can deal with.”

“It feels like you’re trying to take advantage of me somehow.”

“I didn’t say anything wrong.”

Cynthia looked suspicious, but she soon nodded.

She seemed to have decided to just believe me.

“There’s a place that became a paradise for the undead because it used to be a battlefield.”

“All right. It’s decided. Blackie, let’s go!”

Just like before, the dungeon popped up.

Blackie picked up the confused Cynthia and began to stride in the direction she indicated.

“Wh-What the… Dungeons can walk? Don’t tell me this is why dungeons would suddenly appear in new places…”

Despite Cynthia’s shocked expression, I went straight on without caring.

A long time passed before Cynthia said we’d arrived. The destination was a desolate land.

The undead weren’t particularly visible, so when I pointed out at the wasteland, Cynthia sighed.

“They’re asleep underground. When a living creature approaches, it immediately digs itself out and rises up again. The problem is that the war here was so large that some of the Sword Masters are asleep, so it’s a prohibited area where people don’t come.”

“You introduced me to this place because you rated me that highly.”

“Anyway, wasn’t the purpose of coming here to fill up the dungeon with monsters?”

“You got me.”

I was grateful for Cynthia’s cooperation. I invoked the Pied Piper.

As soon as the whistle rang out across the wasteland, the thick sound of soil breaking was heard.

It was the moment when the desolate area quickly became a field of undead.

Naturally, the undead rushed toward us, two living humans, like mad.

Cynthia exclaimed in shock seeing what I’d done.

“Wh-What! What have you done?!”

“Draw your sword. It’s time to hunt.”

Despite Cynthia’s cries, I pulled out the Heavenly Star Sword.

Eventually, Cynthia stopped whining and drew her sword. We began to deal with the undead army.

“Haaa… Ha!”

We sliced apart the undead for quite some time, and when a creaky skeleton lost its legs and rolled onto the ground, the land had turned desolate once more.

Cynthia initially fought alongside me, but gave up halfway through and sat down at Blackie’s entrance. On the other hand, when she saw my lively appearance, she looked like she was going to cry.

“How… are you still… moving?”

“Isn’t your stamina too low? You need to break through your limits to grow.”

“Do you think that makes sense?”

The seemingly-exhausted Cynthia staggered from her seat.

I looked at Cynthia as I put the undead bodies into the dungeon and soon pointed in another direction.

“Time for the next hunt.”

“Wait, what? Ha Chun-Sung, you’re crazy…”

“Monster farming, let’s gooo!”

“Where do you think you’re going?!”

Leaving Cynthia’s scream behind, I started my next monster hunt.

 

* * *

 

[Dungeon Growth (Blackie)]

 

Lv.25

Current Amount of Bellicosity Owned: 18,721

Growth Power: Stage 2

Difficulty: Hard (S)

 

Special Note

1. Monsters currently in possession. (Due to there being more than ten monsters, only the names will be listed.)

[Skeleton / Hofura of the Wind (Legendary Dragon) / Death Knight / Dullahan / Undead Warrior / Demon Wing / High Skeleton / Mug Dog / Mummy / Ghoul / Banshee / Bone Dragon / Skeleton Knight / Skeleton Warrior / Skeleton Wizard / Skeleton Archer /……]

Feed more monster bodies or bring monsters to the dungeon. (Monsters eaten by the dungeon continue to be created in the dungeon.)

2. Geographic Changes

The geography inside the dungeon can be changed by ten meters per 500 bellicosity.

3. Owned Treasures.

Gold Coin: Consumes 5 bellicosity when summoning a box.

Silver Coin: Consumes 3 bellicosity when summoning a box.

Magic Sword Terrius: Consumes 500 bellicosity when summoned.

Yuria’s Holy Necklace: Consumes 300 bellicosity when summoned.

 

And two months had already flown by.

About five days had passed outside, but it was still within the calculations.

Perhaps because I had crazily collected monsters for two months, the dungeon became crowded, with many monsters living together.