Chapter 162

Translator: Rainbow Turtle

Four days passed since Kim Dokja left . The fortress still remained and no signs of destruction were visible .

The sky of Paradise was more peaceful than ever and it was even languid . Lee Gilyoung looked at the sky and spoke in a dark voice . “We have been abandoned . ”

“The little boy is starting again . ”

“Dokja hyung threw us away . ” Lee Gilyoung was in a depressed state and had been repeating these words for two days .

Lee Jihye frowned from where she was sharpening her blade nearby . “Why are you making such a fuss?”

Lee Gilyoung replied, “Do you know when a protagonist will leave his colleagues behind?”

“…When?”

“When a colleague will interfere . ”

“…”

“We are now judged as useless!”

“…How is Ahjussi a protagonist? Honestly, Master is more suitable to be the protagonist . In addition, this isn’t a novel . ” Lee JIhye grunted but her expression wasn’t bright either .

In the past four days, the group was calm . It was a drug-like peace . It was so peaceful that they felt calm . Nobody threatened them and there was nothing in the world to worry about .

They trained their skills from time to time and recalled the advice Kim Dokja had left for them .

「Gilyoung is lacking skills persistence . If you have coins left, try to place them in ‘patience’ or ‘indomitable persistence’ . You can use the exchange or ask your sponsor to help you . 」

「 Jihye, you are too biased towards agility . If you have surplus coins, invest in strength and magic power . Your battle style will change depending on where you invest . 」

「 Yoosung, focus on raising ‘Taming’ and Advanced Diverse Communication’ to the maximum level . If you need other skills related to taming, tell me at any time . 」

Was it due to Lee Gilyoung’s words? The uneasy Lee Jihye poked Shin Yoosung sitting next to her . “Hey, little beast . ”

Shin Yoosung, who had been training Advanced Diverse Communication due to Kim Dokja’s advice, suddenly woke up .

“…What is it?”

They might be in the same party but Shin Yoosung didn’t like Lee Jihye, who was rude to Kim Dokja . Lee Jihye was embarrassed by the look in Shin Yoosung’s eyes and said, “Hey, don’t look at me that way . I have to ask you something . ”

“What is it?”

“Do you know what Dokja ahjussi is going?”

Shin Yoosung’s eyes widened at the unexpected question .

Lee Jihye continued, “You are his incarnation so I was wondering if you knew something . Originally, incarnations get information on the sponsor whenever the sponsor and incarnation’s synchronization increases . ”

In fact, Lee Jihye also shared Yi Sunsin’s memories whenever she used the Duke of Loyalty and Warfare’s stigma . In the end, the core of the story was the stigma . It was inevitable to know the story of the constellation every time the power was used .

Shin Yoosung desperately tried to choose her words before barely opening her mouth . “Ahjussi… he is a lonely person . ”

“Hey, anyone could say that . ”

“He also likes reading books…”

“Books?”

“Yes . Countless pages appear whenever I think of Ahjussi . I’m not sure what it is… I can’t see the page contents . ” Shin Yoosung hesitated and lowered her head . “I still don’t know that much . I haven’t received a stigma yet . ”

“…I didn’t ask to discourage you . ”

Lee Jihye patted Shin Yoosung’s shoulder and once again realized reality . Only one person left but the whole atmosphere of the party changed . As a member, they had to survive well .

‘If it wasn’t for Ahjussi, everything would already be over…’

She looked around and noticed that everyone was uneasy . The two children who depended on KIm Dokja, the soldier who only knew the manual, the female swordsman who was unable to properly cope with her power…

[The constellation ‘Maritime War God’ criticizes the patriotism of the incarnation ‘Lee Jihye . ’]

Lee Jihye scoffed and blocked her ears, shouting ‘abababa’ to tune it out .

‘By the way, the soldier is going it again . ’

Lee Hyunsung was staring blankly at something . Lee Jihye knew what he was looking at and laughed . It might not be a bad thing to temporarily relax .

“Hey Kid . ” Lee Jihye watched Lee Hyunsung approaching something and suddenly opened her mouth . “Do you want me to show you something fun?”

***

For the past four days, Jung Heewon had nightmares . The monsters were overwhelming and the dream of Paradise was destroyed .

Once she woke up, Kim Dokja’s Sword of Judgment was crying .

Several times, Reinheit had come to her and asked her to be the chief of the fortress’ security .

However, Jung Heewon refused the request . The reason was because the Sword of Judgment only cried out when there was ‘evil’ nearby .

Jung Heewon sat on a low slate roof and looked at the scenery of Paradise . There was nothing that could be seen as ‘evil’ in the city .

“Heewon-ssi, do you have any worries?” When did he come? The bright-faced Lee Hyunsung was standing beside her .

“Ah, just… It is so peaceful that I have a lot of thoughts . ”

“Me too . ”

The two people were silent for a moment . An awkward atmosphere flowed . A strange current had flowed between them ever since Lee Hyunsung saved Jung Heewon, who had gone berserk thanks to Nirvana . However, neither of them knew exactly what this current was .

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ dislikes the actions of the incarnation ‘Lee Hyunsung . ’]

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is warning ‘Master of Steel’ . ]

[The constellation ‘Master of Steel’ says this isn’t a matter to get involved in . ]

She suddenly looked down and saw Lee Jihye and the children hiding .

‘…What are those guys doing over there?’

Jung Heewon was about to call out to them when Lee Hyunsung opened his mouth first . “I think there is a reason for this peace . ”

“You seem to believe that Dokja-ssi didn’t just leave us here . ”

“Dokja-ssi is such a person . It is our job to find out the reason . ”

She thought using common sense but couldn’t figure it out . It was related to why Dokja-ssi left them here in Paradise but she couldn’t see what the problem was .

At this moment, noise from a group of people below the roof disturbed her .

“Return the scenario!”

“We want to go to the next floor!”

Jung Heewon frowned . They were people who felt discontent towards the peaceful Paradise . They were the protesters of Paradise . They didn’t have a representative catchphrase but they intermittently appeared in Paradise .

Jung Heewon couldn’t understand it . Why did they want to go back to the scenario? She opened her mouth . “I think I should go down . A fight might start . ”

“I understand . ”

By the time Jung Heewon descended, bloodshed was already happening . However, it wasn’t from a ‘fight . ’ It was a one-sided assault . The guards were beating up the protesters .

Jung Heewon was upset by the excessive force and stopped a guard . “Wait a minute! Calm down and back off! This is too much!”

“I am performing official business . Don’t interrupt . ”

The chief guard removed Jung Heewon’s hand and gathered the fallen protesters . The protesters were placed into small wagons and seemed to be transported somewhere .

“Catch all those who ran away . I will take all these people . ”

“What about that woman?”

The guard captain looked at Jung Heewon and shook his head . “Leave it alone . This is an order from the lord . ”

Not long afterwards, some protesters who ran away were caught . There was an unexpected figure among them .

“I-I’m not a protester! I was just passing by accidentally! Dayoung! Dayoung!”

They were the family from Geumho Station . Jung Heewon shouted, “Wait a minute! That person isn’t a protester!”

Then the guard said, “You are a protester . You panicked and ran away when we chased you . If there is no sin, why did you run away?”

“That’s right . ”

The guard captain nodded and started to give instructions again .

Jung Heewon shouted, “No, it is natural to be scared and run when you are suddenly changed!”

“It will be revealed later . There is no time so transport them!”

“I said to wait!”

“…Despite the lord’s command, I will arrest you if you interfere one more time . ”

Funnily enough, Jung Heewon stopped at the word ‘arrest . ’ She didn’t know why . Was it because she had been thrown into the wild for so long and suddenly returned to society?

The woman judged she couldn’t stop the situation and shouted, “T-The child didn’t do anything wrong! Please release the child!”

The guard captain briefly paused at the woman’s scream . He thought for a moment before ordering, “…Leave the child alone . ”

The guards nodded and only took away the woman . The child watched her mother going further away and started to cry .

“Uh, Mother…”

“Dayoung, listen up . Mother will be back soon . Understood? Just wait there! I will…”

Her mother’s voice go further away . As Jung Heewon belatedly tried to chase them, some of the watching merchants stepped in .

“Young lady, don’t bother . It is useless . This is the law of Paradise . ”

“Where are they going?”

“They are going to Paradise’s dungeon . ”

“Dungeon?”

“Access is prohibited for everyone except the guards . No one has ever returned from there . Tsk tsk… she is pitiful but she should’ve lived well . ”

The merchants showed a lukewarm reaction and scattered .

Jung Heewon stood blankly for a moment before approaching the crying child . She wondered what to do and hesitantly grasped the crying child’s hand . Something popped in her head the moment she felt the warm texture .

…This was Paradise?

“I think I know what to do . ”

She looked back and saw Lee Jihye and the others . All of them had expressions like they had found their own ‘scenario . ’

Lee Hyunsung said, “I think it will be a big deal but I don’t know if we will be okay . ”

“Dokja-ssi believed in us . Maybe he is doing something bigger . He is always like that . ”

“That’s right . I’m sure Hyung is fighting monsters alone with a serious face . ”

Kim Dokja wouldn’t leave without a reason .

It might be to protect people from the threat or to break the scenario… No matter the reason, Kim Dokja would be desperately risking his life at the moment .

Finally, Jung Heewon opened her mouth . “Let’s try it together this time . ”

They couldn’t rely on Kim Dokja every time .

Kim Dokja would obviously be performing a hellish scenario in a place that wasn’t visible .

***

“Hey! Kim Dokja, this is honey . You really didn’t live like this before?”

On the vast plains, a sports car with a loud engine was moving .

“…Yes . ”

In the past three days, we had captured three hidden scenarios on the Abyss Plains . The strategy itself wasn’t difficult . It was because unlike what I had done so far, all the future information I knew was completely accurate .

“This guy’s weakness came out in the 34th regression . If we press the three small dots on his back…”

“His attack range is dangerous but he will reveal a gap after using a ranged attack…”

“The weakness of the boss is the anus…”

It was more comfortable because I was with Han Sooyoung .

“Okay, it is the anus . ”

I didn’t have to explain why I knew the information and Han Sooyoung didn’t doubt what I told her .

As a result, we got two star relics . One was a SSS-grade star relic that was only useful as a star relic on these plains .

[SSS-class Ferrarigini] .

This car was a SSS-class item created by the Mass Production Maker .

The SSS-class Magic Turret installed on the front and rear were useful for destroying a large number of enemies, as well as moving as fast as Way of the Wind without using magic power .

Thanks to it, we can enjoy the feeling of driving through the plains . What should I say? It was a top-grade regressor course?

I once again felt resentful towards Yoo Jonghyuk . He had been enjoying this type of thing while I broke the scenario .

Han Sooyoung was even more excited than me . She stood up on the passenger seat and raised her arms, shouting, “I will never be a pushover! I will only live selfishly for myself!”

I wanted to tackle that faithful regressor mindset of ‘You live only for yourself . ’

[Many constellations are pleased with incarnation ‘Han Sooyoung’s exciting remarks . ]

[Many constellations agree with her behaviour . ]

[20,000 coins have been acquired . ]

The monsters that came running exploded from Ferrarigini’s magic bullet . Han Sooyoung was pleased at collecting coins and shouted towards the sky . “Kim Dokja! Say something as well! When will you feel like this again?”

I hesitated for a moment . I was somewhat embarrassed but I agreed with Han Sooyoung’s words .

If I thought about it, my life had never gone well . I had always suffered from overtime . Forget a Ferrari . I used public transport because I had no money to buy a used car .

Thus… I felt it as well . I hesitated before shouting in a timid voice . “I-I am the protagonist!”

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ covers her eyes with embarrassment . ]

[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ considers moving channels . ]

[The constellation ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’ is taken with your chuuni words . ]

Shit… why couldn’t I feel it?

By the way… things must’ve happened in Paradise by now . This was the flow in the original novel and the party members would probably do well . Things had been working out recently . If this continued, the scenario would be cleared in a flash…

[A huge fate is hoping for your death . ]

…What?