Five-Time Regressor Walks the King's Path - Chapter 20

Five-Time Regressor Walks the King’s Path

[Translator –  Grass]

[Proofreader – Valirius]

Chapter 20

Additionally, the number of floors increased to two. It was even divided into the natural world floor on the first floor, and the undead floor on the second floor.

I could say with confidence that I was well prepared for adventurers.

And the other big change so far was Cynthia.

For two months, Cynthia attacked my dungeon every day. It was now strong enough to feel malicious. After attacking the whole dungeon, when she reached the end, she repeatedly fought with me until she exhausted herself.

Perhaps because of that, Cynthia’s sword became sharper and stronger.

“Then do me a favor today.”

When Cynthia’s voice interrupted my thoughts, I stood up from my seat while shaking my head side to side.

Her armor was all messed up since she had finished her dungeon attack for today as well.

Only the eyes behind the helmet still hadn’t dimmed.

‘It might be time to summon Hofura.’

I didn’t know at the time, but apparently Hofura was a well-known Savage Dragon.

Naturally, it was at a level where most monsters were no match for it. As a result, it was the highest level monster I had collected for the dungeon.

I couldn’t summon it hastily because the cost of summoning it was 10,000 bellicosity.

“Let’s see how many bouts you can hold out for today.”

“I’ll go over one hundred this time.”

Watching Cynthia, with her burning will, I pulled out the Heavenly Star Sword.

Due to all this sparring, Cynthia continued to grow.

Cynthia, who couldn’t even endure ten bouts the first time, began to reach ninety bouts while sparring with me.

It was a very meaningful growth for her, and it seemed that Cynthia had fun with this sparring.

“Hah!”

With a shout, Cynthia swung her sword.

I also swung mine to meet hers. Cynthia reduced the recoil of force by turning the blade at an angle just before the swords struck each other.

Through me, Cynthia was learning to fight the strong.

Like how you have to swing your sword to endure even a little bit because your opponent is stronger than you.

I had forgotten because I was a strong player in the S-class adventurer class, but I was reawakening what I knew when I was an underdog a long time ago.

Cynthia Havelia Style—

Black Light Disaster.

As soon as she violently wielded the black sword, a series of black blades attacked me from behind.

A sword made from aura.

It was a new sword technique that Cynthia recently began to use.

But…

Second Form—

Lightning Death Blow.

My lightning sword smashed Havelia’s cheat in an instant.

It was my turn now.

A lightning-swallowing strike hit Cynthia.

She responded to my strike in her own way, but my aura became stronger and stronger.

Eventually, when Cynthia’s aura was cut off and the sword was broken…

My sword stopped right in front of Cynthia’s helmet, causing her to stumble and sink down.

Crack.

Cynthia’s helmet split in half, unable to bear my aura, and the silver hair held in it fell out.

Her face was gnarled by a bizarre mask, but rather than caring about it, she was expressing regret that she had not exceeded one-hundred bouts.

“…You ended it on ninety-nine bouts on purpose, didn’t you?”

“One hundred seems worth something. Well, I guess it’s fine to raise the level now.”

“I’ll beat you one day.”

There’s still a long way to go before that happens.

Cynthia brushed herself off and stood up on her own.

And as she touched her mask weakly, she questioned me.

“Are you ever going to help me up?”

“I won’t help you.”

Cynthia looked bitter when she heard my answer.

“The monsters seem to have become weaker recently.”

“You must have become stronger without knowing it. They’re not getting any stronger. From the moment they were eaten by the dungeon, they stagnated.”

“Really? That’s too bad. I’m sure if it was me, I wouldn’t be able to stand it.”

Cynthia’s emotions showed with the face she made.

It was shocking for Cynthia, who only desired to grow stronger.

With that, I opened the status window of Blackie and immediately began summoning.

“What else are you going to summon?”

“The one I told you about before.”

“Wait, now? Here?”

The depressed Cynthia backed down in surprise.

Whether or not she was ready, I was, so I began immediately.

“Summon Hofura of the Wind.”

[One ‘Hofura of the Wind’ will be summoned to the dungeon.]

At that moment, the wind blew.

When I raised my head, frowning for a moment in the wind, Hofura appeared on the high ceiling, and she was looking down at me from the sky.

[You? How dare you… Huh, where am I?]

The shouting Hofura looked around, seeming embarrassed.

Then she flew around and found the exit of the dungeon, flying fiercely toward it.

Boom!

The flying Hofura fell down as she hit a transparent wall.

After watching this play out, I approached Hofura. She looked at me with a tearful expression.

[What did you do to me?]

“You were already killed by me, man.”

[D-Dead? Me?]

When Hofura shouted in astonishment, I slashed her throat once again in a relaxed manner.

Then… Hofura screamed and died.

“I’ve always thought so, but you’re really ruthless.”

“Time makes it so.”

An hour later, Hofura was born again on the ceiling.

She looked surprised and shouted as if she was fed up with me.

[Eek, eek! You monster, devil! Are you a human being?!]

“Of course I’m human. Am I a dragon? Starting today, you’ll play the role of a mid-boss in my dungeon.”

[Dungeon? Is this a dungeon?]

Hofura shouted in astonishment while looking at me with fearful eyes.

But I didn’t care. This time I pressed Geographic Change.

“If you want to live, gather bellicosity. The moment you run out of bellicosity, you’ll go with Blackie.”

[I can’t believe this Hofura has become a mid-boss. I beg you, Mother, to kill this heinous fellow.]

She’s saying whatever she wants.

When I tried to take out the Heavenly Star Sword, Hofura was startled and suddenly made herself smaller.

A woman with light green hair appeared in her place.

She was sitting on the ground with tears in her eyes, and I could immediately tell it was a polymorphed Hofura.

“What? I didn’t know you could turn into a human.”

“I’ve also never seen a dragon polymorph before.”

When Hofura became a human, Cynthia responded as if she was interested, despite having kept her distance.

“Can you fight with that body?”

“I can’t fight. Polymorph literally means to become human. It’s so small here that it’s hard to stay with my body, so I changed.”

Well, certainly, like Hofura said, the second floor was difficult for her to move around in.

‘Should I increase it by one floor?’

I turned on the operation window and started to make a new floor.

Thanks to this, a considerable amount of bellicosity was consumed, but it was worth it so I didn’t think it was a waste.

“What’s the point of growing a dungeon like this?”

Hofura’s words reached me while I was working on making the new floor and caused me to pause.

‘Come to think of it, the conditions for clearing this Floor are not yet clear.’

An obvious question.

I felt confused about what it meant to try my best as a boss monster.

“Don’t bore this body. Take responsibility for what happened. I’m not a dragon that easily falls for people, but if it’s you, I think it’s okay.”

“Shut your mouth.”

“Cold bastard!”

I couldn’t stand watching Hofura act like a shy bride, yet she went so far as to point at me.

“There is no human who would feel love for a dragon.”

“My body is human right now, though?”

I grabbed her mouth with my finger.

As if warning that I would rip off her mouth if she spoke one more time.

Hofura nodded vigorously.

Anyway, I decided to finish making the floor. I grabbed Hofura’s wrist, and she sneakily grabbed my hand, clasping it with hers.

Why on earth would you want to hold hands with the guy who killed you?

At that moment, someone caught my other wrist.

When I looked, Cynthia was there, looking embarrassed to hold my wrist.

“I-It’s nothing.”

I slightly frowned at Cynthia’s reaction.

“Don’t fall in love. You’ll regret it.”

“No, no. It’s because I’ve been alone for too long. Absolutely not!”

I shrugged toward Cynthia, who was in denial, and dragged the twitching Hofura down to the next floor.

What I saw there was an open cliff.

The cliff, which could be lowered, was wide and deep enough to fly freely even for the large Hofura.

“Did you make it for me?”

“Had to make it match.”

The upper floor was the undead floor, and this floor was the dragon floor.

I was planning on putting wyverns or other dragons here in addition to Hofura.

“Then play here in moderation. I’ll fill it up with friends soon.”

“It seems like you’re treating me like a puppy, but fine. The location is pretty good.”

The aforementioned Hofura turned into a dragon and flew down the cliff.

“I don’t.”

“Stop denying it. Don’t you know that severe denial is also affirmation?”

“I don’t have a crush on you!”

“Okay, fine!”

Did this chick swallow a train engine?

And another two months passed.

Before I knew it, Vishuela returned as I sat at the entrance of the dungeon, which was located in the Ottoman bandit village of the Parasta Empire.

He was coming with today’s treasure with a big smile. Then he looked at me and waved happily.

“Big Bro, we’re here.”

“Yeah, how was today?”

“Oh, come to think of it, there were guys from the Adventurer’s Guild Alliance.”

Adventurer’s Guild Alliance?

‘Was it time for them to be interested in my dungeon, too?’

Indeed, after settling down, the influx of adventurers had recently increased thanks to Cynthia’s promotion.

Adventurers’ visits increased to the extent that an adventurer-only inn was hurriedly built nearby. Additionally, far away, there were merchants selling food.

‘It’s scary how adaptable people are.’

Well, most of the adventurers couldn’t even dare to advance to the second floor. Due to the overall difficulty of the dungeon, the first floor was deliberately adjusted to a low level. But now that it’s reached this point, places like the Adventurer’s Guild Alliance were starting to show interest.

“Hey, Vishuela. You don’t have to come to the dungeon starting today. I think it will be enough with the adventurers who are slowly coming and going.”

“What? All of a sudden?”

“Yeah, today, my relationship with you is over. Live a decent life whether you farm or do business with the money you earned from the dungeon.”

“Big Bro?!”

Suddenly, Vishuela exclaimed in bewilderment when I notified him of our separation.

Maybe it was because he spent time with me for a couple months, but he seemed to have grown attached to me.

But Vishuela, contrary to my thoughts, left the village with his men while expressing his joy to the fullest.

“Woohoo, he’s finally letting us go! Guys, we’re free!”

After hearing that, I moved Blackie to beat them up again.