Chapter 1053 – 1053. Divine Might
[You have regressed 30 days into the past.]
I opened my eyes on a familiar bed.
Uncharacteristically, I jolted upright. It was my room. Sunlight filtered through the curtains, illuminating the space. I habitually reached beside the bed for my smartphone and checked the date.
It was Sunday, May 30, 2021, 1:22 PM.
Judging by the date alone, I had successfully regressed 30 days into the past.
‘Sunday, May 30th… What was I doing then?’
I couldn’t quite remember, so it must not have been anything special.
‘Around this time, I was deep into the [Baekhwan] world.’
If I included the memories from the game worlds, I actually had memories spanning much longer than 30 days.
I tried to concentrate and recall what had happened today. It was possible that something significant, which would affect the future, had occurred today.
‘No matter how hard I think, I can’t remember. 30 days. It’s a Sunday, but holidays don’t mean much to hunters. Especially not to me, living like a freelancer.’
My fingers moved steadily, checking the game life app.
[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 79
Strength: 100 Stamina: 100 Agility: 100 Intelligence: 92 Vitality: 100 Mana: 100]
[Available Points: 110]
My stats were the same as before the regression.
‘I returned from the [Baekhwan] game world and raised my stats on June 10th before the regression.’
I checked the other game worlds, including [Baekhwan]. The paused worlds were no different from before the regression.
‘The regression didn’t affect the game life app as described. That’s a relief.’
Even after using the regression ticket, a bad situation could have occurred. Especially since doing it again would be a huge task, and too much of a hassle.
‘The data on my phone… it’s all intact.’
The photos and videos I had taken to gather evidence against the Association were still on my smartphone.
‘I thought the data on my smartphone, except for the game life app, would also revert to 30 days ago, so I backed it up in my inventory. That was pointless.’
Come to think of it, the game life app affects the entire smartphone. This smartphone is incredibly durable, far more so than other ordinary smartphones, and its capacity is unlimited, and the battery is always at 100% without needing to be charged.
‘The nuclear bomb I used before the regression is gone… but the Hwaryeon Blade and Stormbreaker are in my inventory.’
I keep important items in boxes in my inventory. It’s easy to take them out, and there’s no risk of them being stolen.
‘If I had left them at home instead of in my inventory, maybe I could have copied them.’
I clicked my tongue, shaking off the disappointment. Let’s be satisfied with just regressing 30 days.
I manipulated my smartphone to check my call and message history. The records from before the regression were still there, so I could roughly figure out what I did today.
Sunday, May 30th, 2:15 PM.
Me: Hey, Harin. Are you awake?
Han Harin: Yeah, I’m up.
Me: You drank a lot yesterday, are you okay?
Han Harin: My head hurts. What about you?
Me: Same here. Want to grab some hangover soup?
About an hour later, there was a record of messages exchanged with Han Harin.
‘Han Harin…’
My heart pounded. The pale face of the dead Han Harin flashed in my mind and then disappeared. Han Harin was alive now. The events of before the regression were something only I remembered.
‘I remember what I did today. On Saturday the 29th, I went to Hongdae with Han Harin. We went to a plant cafe in the afternoon for a drink, sang at a karaoke, had dinner at a restaurant, and then went to a famous street stall for drinks, took a walk, went to a motel, drank more, had sex, and came back in the early morning.’
Once I started remembering, it all came back in a rush.
I got out of bed. I don’t get drunk. The stat I raised, ‘Vitality,’ affects not only my testicles but also other parts of my body. Just as my testicles are transcendent, so are my other organs. My liver, for example, is a transcendent liver.
‘There’s no way I’d ever lose my mind from being drunk.’
For me, alcohol was like a soft drink.
I left the house. I took the stairs from the 6th floor of the officetel to the 4th floor. Han Harin’s front door greeted me. I entered the password as usual. *Beep beep beep*. The front door opened. Before going inside, I stared at the shoes in front of the door.
All the other shoes were neatly arranged, but only one, Han Harin’s favorite white high heels, were scattered as if they had just been taken off.
It was nothing much, but it put my mind at ease. Han Harin was here.
I took off my shoes at the entrance and went inside. She wasn’t in the living room. I naturally headed to the bedroom. I saw Han Harin sprawled on the bed.
Her disheveled black hair, her long, white arms and legs peeking out from under the thin blanket. Clothes were scattered haphazardly around the bed. It had been almost two years since we started living together. Han Harin had also gotten used to sleeping naked, just like me.
“Hoo…”
I sighed in relief, looking at Han Harin, who was asleep with a frown. Han Harin was not dead. She was alive in front of me. As the tension eased, drowsiness washed over me.
‘There’s plenty of time anyway. So for now…’
I took off my clothes and got into Han Harin’s bed. When I pulled back the thin blanket, her naked body was revealed. Her voluptuous breasts. The thick pubic hair below. It was definitely Han Harin. Her pubic hair was quite messy. There was dried semen, and some unsolidified semen was still seeping out of her vagina.
‘That’s my semen. We must have had sex at the motel and came straight here to sleep.’
There were kiss marks I had left on her neck and chest.
I hugged Han Harin. I buried my head in her ample chest and closed my eyes. The familiar scent of her skin… well, it was more like the smell of alcohol.
“Ugh.”
Han Harin groaned. Her arms and legs flailed. But when I continued to hold her, she seemed to give up and hugged me back.
I could hear the sound of her heart beating rhythmically in my ear.
‘This time, I will protect you no matter what.’
I closed my eyes, feeling at ease.
***
I opened my eyes when I felt a force pushing my shoulder. Han Harin’s face was above me, resting on my warm, soft chest. She opened her eyes, frowned at the hangover, and said to me.
“Why are you here? Can’t you get off?”
“Harin, just a little longer. Let me stay like this a little longer.”
“Haa.”
Han Harin sighed. It was a sigh of resignation. I held her for about 30 minutes. I wanted to stay like that longer, but I stopped when Han Harin looked like she was about to get really angry.
Han Harin got out of bed and went straight to the bathroom to shower without even putting on clothes.
“You should shower too. You smelled like alcohol earlier.”
“Okay. But, Harin, do you have plenty of time today?”
“I have training tomorrow. I can’t play like yesterday.”
“No, not that. I have something important to tell you.”
“You’re not going to say that and then tell me something trivial again, are you?”
“It’s really important.”
I said seriously, but Han Harin looked at me with suspicious eyes.
“There’s plenty of time to talk. Go shower first.”
I went into the bathroom.
As I stood under the shower, I was lost in thought.
‘Should I tell Han Harin about the game life app?’
I could trust Han Harin. But whether Han Harin trusted me was another matter. I didn’t know what Han Harin was thinking.
‘…Let’s talk about it later.’
I trusted Han Harin, but I couldn’t trust other things. There was a possibility that my abilities could be revealed to others by accident. There were people in this world who had awakened mind-reading abilities.
‘…There could be another incident like what happened with Park Su-ho before the regression. He could be brainwashed and reveal my information. I should keep the game life app a secret, as I initially decided. At least until I can handle it.’
I was planning to tell her about the 30-day regression.
That would be easier to reveal the truth about the Suwol Guild. Even if I just told her that the Suwol Guild was a bad place and that she should leave, she wouldn’t listen.
‘The Suwol Guild is already rotten. It’s the second-best in Korea. It looks good on the outside, but it’s rotten on the inside. I can’t leave Han Ah-young and Han Harin in that kind of guild.’
From the start, it was strange that the Suwol Guild was taking requests from the Japanese Association. There must be some kind of collusion.
‘There’s no guarantee that what happened before the regression won’t happen again.’
After a rather long shower, I came out and sat facing Han Harin in the living room. Han Harin was wearing comfortable clothes: a short tank top and hot pants.
“Drink this.”
She handed me a cup. It was honey water. I took a sip of the sweet honey water and opened my mouth.
“Harin, don’t be surprised. I actually regressed 30 days into the past.”
Han Harin stared at me. As expected, her eyes were full of disbelief.
“Are you drunk? Or are you playing another prank?”
“I’m serious. I really did regress 30 days into the past!”
“Haa. Okay. Mr. Regressor Sung Yu-jin. Would you like to share some rising stock information?”
“You don’t believe me. I really did regress, okay? I have proof. And… Harin, you die in the future.”
“……”
Han Harin’s atmosphere changed.
No, it was my atmosphere that changed. My face, reflected in Han Harin’s eyes, was distorted.
“…Show me the proof that you regressed first.”
I plugged a USB into the TV. The materials I had prepared to bring down the Light Source Church. These would be enough proof.
‘I was too out of it back then, so I don’t have any photos or videos of Han Harin’s corpse… but a video from the future should be enough proof.’
I showed her the evidence one by one and explained. Among the photos were also clippings of future articles. Before regressing, during the free time before the Light God descended on Earth, I had captured articles and collected data.
“On June 8th, an invasion dungeon appears in Hokkaido, Japan, and the Suwol Guild sends a team to attack it at the request of the Japanese Association. You’re included in that.”
I explained the events related to Han Harin’s death as calmly as possible. The Light Source Church. And even the Light God, Brahmasen.
Han Harin’s expression varied. At first, she was full of suspicion, then she was doubtful, and when she saw the video of the Light God, her face turned pale.
“Ugh…”
“Harin? What’s wrong?!”
“Looking at the monster in that video… my head feels like it’s going to break.”
I quickly turned off the video.
I had a guess as to the cause. It was because she had seen the appearance of Brahmasen, the evil god and god of madness. Even Japanese hunters had gone mad just from seeing Brahmasen. Even A-rank hunters couldn’t withstand Brahmasen’s gaze and went mad.
‘It’s a good thing that it was just a video, or Han Harin might have completely lost it.’
It was a relief that she hadn’t completely lost it. If she had, I might have had to use an elixir.
“Haa. Haa.”
“Hey. Are you really okay?!”
“…Be a little quiet. My head feels like a mess because of the hangover.”
“It’s not because of the hangover, it’s because of Brahmasen’s madness. Your head started hurting as soon as you saw Brahmasen.”
“…A monster that can drive you crazy just by looking at it actually exists…?”
“It’s not a monster, it’s a god. I don’t know why, but he’s constantly targeting Earth. He’s been preparing since before I was born. He probably prepared other things besides the Light Source Church.”
I had the feeling that Brahmasen was meticulous. He was an evil god, after all, so there was no way he would have relied solely on the Light Source Church. He must have other means.
‘I won’t let my guard down this time. I will protect my woman no matter what.’
After some time, Han Harin, who had calmed down to some extent, asked me.
“How did you regress?”
