Chapter 91 – Irregular (3)

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ㄴ“No, what the fuck is this?!”

ㄴ“That bastard ran away!”

ㄴ“Where did he go?!”

ㄴ“Looks like he went down to the 151st floor lol”

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Reality flows unpredictably. Once a future starts to twist, no one can easily predict it.

The same goes for regressors. And the transmigrators are no different.

“H-He disappeared…”

“Track him down quickly. Where did he go?!”

Jung Chan-soo, catching his breath, urgently shouted at the dazed Lee Se-jin.

Clearly, a fierce battle had been raging just moments ago. But Jung Chan-soo, who was hammering away at the front line, was confident that the Doom Knight would soon fall.

In fact, his sword finally broke through the Doom Knight’s defenses and left scars on its body.

Thanks to his desperate fight, the attacks of his comrades, who began to unleash their reserved power, were equally effective.

Unlike the original story, where he fought desperately alone, Jung Chan-soo, though greatly exhausted, was not injured and, together with his comrades, had gained the upper hand against the terrifying disaster, the Doom Knight.

This was the future that Reina intended and designed.

And the Doom Knight was supposed to be defeated by Jung Chan-soo and his party and fall.

-“It’s the 151st floor. It went to the 151st floor!”

‘Reina…’

The urgent voice of the Constellation Esgalte echoed in his confused mind.

The future did not flow solely according to Reina’s intentions.

Due to Jung Chan-soo’s significantly enhanced strength compared to the original story, the Doom Knight changed its strategy from fighting to the death to urgently evacuating.

No matter how cornered the Doom Knight is, it still has power left.

Currently, only Reina’s Over Moon Guild is guarding the 151st floor.

Their strength is incomparably weaker than Jung Chan-soo’s faction. Considering that defense cannot be penetrated if the power difference is too great, Reina is virtually the only one capable of a meaningful fight with the Doom Knight.

“G-Guild Master!”

Jung Chan-soo moved to the 151st floor without a moment’s hesitation.

Ignoring the voices calling out to him, he dragged his tired and heavy body and ran.

And what he saw there was the Doom Knight, who had already devastated the area, mercilessly beating down on a woman who was barely holding on while wielding her sword like crazy.

‘Sacrifice is inevitable. But…’

Golden flashes flickered, and the Doom Knight’s body also began to tilt, but Jung Chan-soo didn’t notice any of that. As he started running, he gritted his teeth as he saw Reina’s armor, which had finally given way, shatter into pieces.

It was the moment he realized that he had thought he was ready, but he wasn’t.

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[Reina’s going to die like this!]

ㄴ“Hey, what’s the administrator doing? Tell her to run away quickly!”

ㄴ“Crazy, she barely dodged just now. Her face would have been half blown off if she got hitㄷㄷ”

ㄴ“I didn’t expect it to run away and come down…”

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Of course, Reina’s fan gallery was also turned upside down.

Thanks to the influx of many users, Reina’s gallery, which momentarily rose several ranks, was engulfed in chaos.

It was, without a doubt, a more dangerous and difficult trial than any ordeal Reina had faced.

Thanks to the users who were genuinely panicking, even those who usually talked about points and achievements couldn’t make a peep.

‘I want to stop her too. I wanted to tell her to run away quickly.’

Serpina couldn’t even sit down and stood watching the screen, biting her lip.

Of course, Serpina told Reina to run away as soon as she warned her.

But Reina couldn’t do that. She had to buy time for the other guild members to evacuate.

And in the meantime, a fight broke out with the Doom Knight, and now it was difficult to escape.

“Kugh?!”

The Doom Knight’s fierce slash narrowly grazed Reina’s cheek.

It was a strong blow that caused damage to the body with just the shockwave, but the fact that Reina was able to hold on alone was thanks to the power she had honed to the limit by training with a clear goal, unlike in the past.

Even if it was impossible to face it head-on, it was possible to avoid it using her quick speed.

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ㄴ“She won’t last long”

ㄴ“I only knew Jung Chan-soo in Tower 3445. This is the first time I’ve seen her, but she fights pretty well?”

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Even Fate Road users could see that Reina didn’t have many ways to overcome this crisis right now.

Just buying a little time like now is an extreme situation where her life will be taken away if she makes even one mistake.

The fandom was anxious that Reina might die, but ironically, all the community’s spotlight on Jung Chan-soo and his party was focused on Reina, resulting in countless new users learning about her existence or seeing her in a new light.

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ㄴ“Is this how it’s going to be resolved?”

ㄴ“It seems like the whole universe is helping us”

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And there were those who were very interested in this situation and enjoyed it.

Those who bet a large amount of points on Reina’s death among countless bets.

To earn a huge amount of points, they were thinking of interfering as much as possible to hinder her if necessary, but the situation changed due to the Doom Knight’s sudden action, which became the variable itself.

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ㄴ“An irregular from the Legion of Destruction… It’ll be much more certain than interfering with a plan that was made with measly points”

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No matter how much points the Constellations pour in, they cannot move external beings like the Doom Knight.

Because they are the ones who invaded from outside the Tower’s system.

In the first place, what the Tower’s system, which allows almost everything, would never allow was cooperation with the Legion of Destruction, which can be said to be its main enemy.

So, from their point of view, this situation where the Doom Knight attacked Reina was literally a heaven-sent opportunity.

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‘It feels like I can feel them.’

Reina, who broke through several walls and was embedded in a building that was already half-destroyed, stared blankly at the sky in a messy state amidst the thick dust and broken debris.

Countless stars were twinkling in the dim sky.

She had also learned while exploring Fate Road that those countless stars twinkling in the Tower’s sky actually meant the Constellations who had already conquered the Tower.

And it felt like she could feel the countless gazes of those stars.

Among them were those who wanted her to get up and kill the enemy in a splendid manner, and those who wanted her to be killed by the enemy as she was.

“Damn it, did I think too much?”

Reina, who had been looking for a chance to evacuate, stood up with her trembling arms, holding her sword, at the sight of the Doom Knight appearing after destroying the building she was embedded in, along with a rumbling vibration.

‘At this rate, I feel like I’ve become the original Jung Chan-soo.’

A scene where she is fighting a desperate battle alone with the enemy.

Reina, who had put the image of the original Jung Chan-soo on herself, let out a hollow laugh.

Of course, if it wasn’t for the Doom Knight who was driven to the brink of defeat by Jung Chan-soo and his party, Reina wouldn’t have been able to even face it.

‘One time. I can only try it once.’

Reina confirmed that the cooldown of her equipment, Retavis Anima, would soon return.

If she used that, she would be able to unleash the best strike she could muster against the enemy.

It was the last variable that could make the impossible possible, like the original Jung Chan-soo.

However, that alone was not enough now.

Something beyond equipment and stats was needed.

And Reina knew that it was the ability of the protagonist, Jung Chan-soo, to awaken in moments of crisis.

The power that you must eventually have if you want to surpass Jung Chan-soo.

“—!”

“If it’s something I had to do someday anyway, let’s try it now, you bastard!”

Toward the Doom Knight raising its sword, Reina, her eyes shining red, also began to emit brilliant Radiance from her whole body.

The enemy’s power has also been greatly damaged. If I land just one blow properly, I can aim for at least mutual destruction. This is a huge achievement compared to the beginning. I need to neutralize the Doom Knight’s sword and destroy the Orb of Corruption inside its breastplate.

‘Just do the same thing.’

In a moment that seemed like time had stopped.

Amidst the fierce slashes and gales, Reina, who had become a streak of light moving at super speed, found a single gap while making the stretched-out Telendar bend like a whip.

The way Jung Chan-soo dealt with the enemy in the original story was clearly floating in her head.

Although it was a written description, Reina was actually doing it now.

Reina, who avoided and endured the enemy’s offensive through super-speed movement that she had been training like crazy, attempted her last attack.

“—!”

“Ugh…”

Blood tears burst from her eyes as she gritted her teeth at the shock that covered her whole body.

However, Reina’s sword also flew in an instant and succeeded in piercing the enemy’s chest and landing a fatal blow. The power of the noble Radiance contained in the sword was extremely incompatible with the power of Corruption, the source of the Doom Knight. The power, which acted like a very small amount of poison, led to the collapse of its body.

‘It’s going to explode. Damn it, this is the same as the original.’

The huge heart, which could be said to be the source of the Doom Knight and was being protected inside the strongest armor, exploded, and a strong shockwave began to erupt.

Reina, who tightly closed her eyes, braced herself as she felt the Hermetica, which had finally given way, shatter into pieces.

It was a blow that even the original protagonist Jung Chan-soo suffered and was knocked out for nearly three days.

If it was Reina now, she might suffer fatal injuries beyond just being knocked out.

“No…!”

It was then that Reina saw someone running toward her at a fast speed, as if flying, in such a situation.

Just before his outstretched arm reached her body, his expression full of urgency unlike usual, the strong energy that erupted as the Doom Knight’s body collapsed swept through the area.

Author Note

A/N (Author’s note):
Thank you for reading.

Translator Note

T/N (Translator’s note):
Casual bullying vs competitive bullying.

She is too noob, smh!