Chapter 1207 – 1207. Yggdrasil (8)
There was something I always dreamed of.
That is regression.
I, too, have thought countless times about how great it would be if we could return to midsummer.
But even though that dream is clumsy…
‘Wow… It’s real… ?’
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Return Ring (Remaining Time: 3 minutes)
A ring with accumulated regression resources.
How to use
You can return to the past as you wish for the remaining time.
It can be used separately. (Minimum unit: 1 second)
Precautions
If you attempt to return beyond the remaining time, you will only return for the remaining time and will immediately transform into a ring of void.
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It was unfolding before my eyes.
Of course, it was far from the concept of regression that I knew.
3 minute regression.
An item that can only be recovered in 3 minutes at most.
But still, instead of being disappointed, I was busy trying to stop the excitement that was about to explode.
‘It’s short, but… ‘I’m buying this?’
You can write it for 3 minutes as a whole, divide it into 1 minute and write it three times, divide it into 30 seconds and write it 6 times, or go further and write it for 1 to 2 seconds each.
Even if it is impossible to reverse a major event like the return of midsummer, it will show tremendous value in a battle where victory or defeat is decided by a single moment.
Moreover, there were no downsides to the midsummer return.
As soon as…
‘You can use it whenever you want without dying.’
Like the return of midsummer, there was no need to commit suicide.
The best advantage of this regression ring was that I could use it freely when I wanted to.
However, as the advantages arose, disadvantages that were not present in the midsummer regression arose.
‘I can’t prevent death.’
The downside was that it was not free from death like midsummer.
Considering that there was no explanation about what happened after death, it seemed like the return ring didn’t work at all after death.
Let me focus on the screen in front of me…
“… Excuse me, could you please shovel the snow for me? No matter how hard I try, it’s hard to bear the discomfort.”
“…”
Erdin on the other side of the screen woke me up with a voice with a hint of displeasure.
Even though the question mark was removed, Erdin’s reaction was extremely blunt.
The reason was simple.
‘That kid can’t see this, right?’
[Yes.]
This was because the screen I was seeing was not the Yggdrasil system, but a hologram shown by Armonia.
Enel’s appraisal was solely a ship system, and was a separate system from the Yggdrasil system.
As a result, all explanations appeared to me, while to others…
“If you are thinking about the question mark, I want you to go back and think about it. Please don’t pollute the air in my office…”
It still looked like a question mark.
It wasn’t just Erdin.
└Guardian of the gay dick: What is it? What kind of power is this? It’s all covered up.
“Kehehe… “I can’t even guess what that is.”
Gekkosu and Loki also did not recognize the question mark.
This made it clear.
‘There won’t be any regression.’
The fact that there is no need to worry about anyone finding out about the return of Midsummer…
However, I had no intention of just letting go.
“Are you having any hearing problems? Well, I thought my hearing would be terrible from the beginning…”
“It’s loud.”
I cut off Erdin’s accusation as he tried to start the car again, squeezed his hand, and put the ring in my pocket.
“I’m taking this with me.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? That item is a treasure from the royal palace of Arbos. An object that you can own as you wish…”
I answered while avoiding Erdin who suddenly tried to rush at me.
“Don’t worry. “I will go directly to Stella and get permission.”
“Such irresponsible remarks…”
I smiled as I avoided Erdin who kept trying to tangle with me.
“Why is that irresponsible? You said Stella lent this to you? Or are you saying that now that it’s in your hands, it’s just yours?”
“Ugh…”
When Erdin heard Stella’s name, she stopped running towards me and trembled.
However, despite my threatening remarks, Erdin did not give in and rebelled against me.
“This is something that Her Highness the Princess herself lent me. Please return it.”
“…”
Earlier, it raised thorns like a hedgehog, but when Stella’s name was mentioned, it immediately laid down the thorns.
Erdin seemed to truly respect Stella as much as her servants.
Originally, I would have found Erdin cute and returned it to him…
“I’m not specifically taking it away to harass you. “I’ll tell Stella well, so don’t worry about getting scolded.”
“Tsk…”
I couldn’t bring myself to return it because it was an item that was tied to midsummer and return at the same time.
‘It would be difficult if you activated it by mistake and found out its true identity.’
[Return ring] Whose identity has not yet been revealed.
If Erdin uses this ring, he will immediately realize the existence of return and the power of Midsummer.
If that happens…
‘No matter how fraudulent the control is, it cannot even erase memories.’
The memory of return that has settled in Erdin’s mind becomes impossible to erase.
Of course, it wasn’t that there was no way.
If you use hypnosis, you will be able to erase it.
However, I did not completely trust hypnosis in removing memories.
‘It feels like a temporary solution.’
The second is to eliminate physical life.
But it went beyond the concept of withdrawal and I felt guilty for even thinking about it.
‘Even though he’s a twisted guy, I can’t kill him for that reason.’
The third is to use the return of midsummer.
But that was a funny way to even discuss it in the first place.
‘If I return from here, I have to go back to the third floor… You can’t do that…’
Do I get back all the achievements and rewards I have accumulated from the 3rd to 5th floors?
It was like my belly button went beyond my stomach and reached the point where it swallowed my body.
I took the ring away from Erdin for his safety.
“Well, it’s something that Her Highness the Princess herself lent me…” .”
But Erdin didn’t know that, so he just cried over the fact that the ring was taken away.
‘If things continue like this, I’ll be treated like trash for stealing candy from a kid?’
Moreover, although it was not his intention, Erdin was a benefactor who taught me how to return.
I felt guilty for making Erdin cry, so I gave her a gift to ease her mind.
“Stella sent me to you in the first place to get this kind of help.”
“B-but…”
“Instead of being scolded, I will tell you that you did a good job and increase your territory or give you a victory, so don’t worry.”
I tried to reassure Erdin by hinting at the reward.
However, unexpected words came out of Erdin’s mouth.
“Increasing your territory or winning a victory… “I don’t have any territory to increase in the first place, and I don’t have a title to increase?”
“Huh… ?”
When I tilted her head, Erdin answered with a calm expression as if she were explaining.
“I come from a commoner background.”
Short explanation.
But thanks to that short explanation, I was able to understand her situation right away.
‘Oh right. It is said that the elves here have long lifespans, and because there is no chance for success, once they settle down, they usually stay there for the rest of their lives.’
If you are born as a commoner, you will end your life as a commoner.
If you are born a noble, you will end your life as a noble.
If you are born as a royal, you will end your life as a royal.
The Arbos Elves were beings who believed that it was natural, not absurd, that once they were born, they could not leave that place for the rest of their lives.
Erdin also seemed to regret her birth, but she didn’t seem to be particularly dissatisfied.
‘It’s been a long time since I received help, so I guess I should help too.’
I thought so and promised Erdin.
“If the job goes well, I will give you territory and a title.”
“… “You?”
Instead of Erdin hearing what I said, she stared at me with displeasure in her eyes.
At first, I thought he was offended by the fact that I, a human, was being given territory and a title…
“Not only the fiefdoms and noble titles that exist in Arbos, but they all belong to Her Highness the Princess. It’s not something you can give or take away as you please.”
They just didn’t believe me.
I shook my head as I looked at Erdin.
‘It would be useless to talk about it for a hundred days.’
Deciding that words were not making sense, I used my dominance and spoke to Erdin.
“I will talk about that separately with Stella, so let’s talk about it later.”
“Tsk… Okay.”
After barely persuading Erdin, I continued the conversation again.
While talking with Erdin, I was able to understand why Stella recommended him to me.
‘Researcher style.’
Her position in Erdin was as head of the artillery battalion, but her real job was in the field of development and invention.
The task is to find the practicality of items that are considered useless, and to find ways to combine well-used items to use them better.
That was Erdin’s main task.
Erdin was anxious the whole time she introduced her invention to me.
That’s right…
“This… You shouldn’t give it away carelessly…”
This was because Erdin’s duties were related to war.
Erdin introduced me to various things with a guilty expression, as if he was leaking national military technology.
Stella’s orders were stronger earlier, so my control didn’t work…
‘This is separate from the command, so it goes easily.’
The only thing Stella ordered was related to chastity magic, so the rest could proceed easily.
However, among the items introduced to me by Erdin, there was nothing that caught my eye.
‘I guess it’s all useless anyway… Should I just go back?’
It was a moment when I was so worried.
“This glass bead is an item that predicts the point of impact.”
“Point of impact?”
Erdin’s explanation tugged at my ears.
However, Erdin seemed to feel uneasy when I looked at him with interest, so he hid the beads behind his back and answered in a dismissive manner.
“It’s ‘nothing’. “It’s a ‘nothing special’ item that just tells you where to arrive when you use magic.”
“…”
Erdin making a gesture to hide something.
Although Erdin was talented in magic and research, it was immediately apparent that she had no talent in acting.
I snapped my fingers and silently requested an item.
“Ha…”
Erdin, who saw me, sighed heavily and handed me the glass bead.
As soon as I received the glass beads, I immediately posted an item description.
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Attack Precognition Orb (one-time consumable)
When you use the item, the orb disappears, and you can predict one attack through the red line.
When attacking at close range, the hitting point can be predicted once.
When attacking from a distance, the point of impact can be predicted once.
Prediction is effective not only when attacking, but also when being hit.
When used during battle, you can predict the opponent’s attack once.
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It was an item that, when used, predicted not only one’s own attacks but also the enemy’s attacks.
It was a pretty good item.
However, if there is something disappointing…
“It’s disposable.”
It was a consumable item.
After reading the explanation, I realized why Erdin only explained the impact point prediction, putting aside other explanations.
Can you afford to use this item while fighting enemies right in front of you?
Even if it could be used, the problem did not go away.
First of all, knowing my hitting point was meaningless.
It was too risky to use this item to predict an enemy attack just once.
‘If it’s a dangerous enemy, you have to focus on fighting, and if it’s a weak enemy, there’s no need to use it…’
Even if you use it there, it only predicts once.
In other words, it was said to be an item for long-distance bombardment.
I was able to realize this through Erdin’s restless appearance and item description.
‘I guess they used this when they fired at me.’
Somehow they fired artillery fire accurately at me from a distance of dozens of kilometers…
Thanks to this item, it seemed like I was able to fire artillery fire accurately at me.
‘Well, it was Chun-sik who ordered the bombardment anyway.’
I put aside my past grudges and asked Erdin.
“Is this absolutely disposable? “Isn’t there a reusable one?”
“No. In our hands.”
That means…
“You don’t have it, but… Does that mean it exists?”
It meant that the item existed even if it could not be owned.
Erdin sighed heavily and nodded.
“According to the royal palace’s ancient book records, it is written that there is a foresight bead that can be used without restrictions.”
“… But it’s not in Arbos?”
The fact that it was not in Arbos’ palace was the same as saying that there was no way to obtain it in Midgard.
There is no way such an item would drop on the 3rd or 4th floor.
However, Erdin’s words were slightly different from what I expected.
“Yes, not currently. It says it used to exist, but was destroyed during Ragnarok.”
“It existed in the past?”
“Yes. In the first place, the 5th floor is the only place where wisdom beads appear.”
“… But why isn’t it there?”
The words didn’t make sense.
‘Could it be that the drop rate is ridiculously low?’
Even so, the question was not resolved.
No matter how low the drop rate is, the Ragnarok War ended a thousand years ago.
Over that long period of time, it wouldn’t have been strange to have saved not just one or two, but dozens of them.
However, after hearing my question, Erdin shrugged his shoulders and said, “I’m asking something obvious.”
“It says you can get it inside the dungeon.”
“Ah…”
Only then did I realize why I couldn’t own that item.
The reason was not that the drop rate was rare.
‘Because I couldn’t enter at all, I couldn’t get it.’
Before Ragnarok, elves were also able to enter dungeons.
However, currently only summoners who have been summoned to Yggdrasil can enter the dungeon.
Furthermore, the item could not be obtained because the 5th floor Arbos had prevented summoners from coming up for nearly a thousand years.
For reference, it was explained that disposable wisdom beads are often dropped in the field.
After listening to Erdin’s explanation, I…
‘Good. Let’s all get together and go for a walk.’
We created a plausible excuse to take the members to the dungeon.
For your information, it wasn’t just the members who entered the dungeon together.
Crash.
“Ugh…”
Just then, a droopy midsummer appeared.
My legs were shaking as if I had taken a good step with the camera I gave me.
As soon as I saw that midsummer figure, I immediately approached him and smiled.
“Hey, I came at the right time. “I was trying to find you.”
“Why am I… ?”
Midsummer took a step back with the camera and stared at me with a mixture of anticipation and anger, wondering if I would give her the camera again.
I look at that midsummer face with a smile…
Crash.
“Uh… ?”
I wore the spike choker that I had purchased while playing SM around Midsummer’s neck.
I shook the chain on her necklace and smiled at Han Yeoreum.
It wasn’t just members who were helpful in battle that were taken to the dungeon.
“Come on, let’s go for a walk after a long time.”
I was thinking of taking a lucky totem with an option to increase the drop rate.
