Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

Chapter 239 - All in Reverse (1)



Could she have been around ten years old?

A child with chubby cheeks but sharp, upturned eyes fell to the ground. Fortunately, “Malsuk!”

The woman who was holding her hand quickly pulled her up, preventing the fall.

“Are you okay? Are you hurt?!”

The woman asked urgently, her voice filled with concern. Unlike her daughter, the woman had gentle features and cradled her daughter tightly.

Even though the girl was at the age to be in elementary school, hence quite heavy,

“Hold on tight to mommy, okay? Got it?”

“Y-yes!”

The woman held her daughter close and hastened her steps. And then,

“No…”

Watching a scene unfold that she had seen countless times from not far away, “You can’t go that way!”

Go Malsuk stopped backpedaling and dashed forward desperately. At that moment,

Boom!

A powerful explosion erupted in front of her.

“Ahhh!”

The woman holding the ten-year-old child was thrown into the air by the impact. Yet even as she fell, she hugged her daughter tightly to her chest.

“Damn it!”

Grinding her teeth, Go Malsuk leaped forward. No matter how high-ranked a combat class she was at Platinum rank, catching someone flying through an unstable trajectory wasn’t easy.

Pow!

She kicked off the air effortlessly, utilizing the high-rank combat skill, air-walking,

“Toward me…”

She grabbed the falling woman, but that was it.

Swish

Whether the woman was an illusion or Go Malsuk herself was, the woman slipped through her hands.

Thud

“Ouch!”

She crashed into the hard ground. Perhaps it was due to the concrete fragments scattered everywhere,

“Mom! Blood! There’s blood!”

Blood seeped from various parts of the woman’s body,

“B-but I’m fine. My daughter. Are you hurt?”

The woman checked on her daughter instead of worrying about herself.

“We need to move.”

She urgently tried to lift herself.

Or rather,

“We’re almost at the bunker…”

She tried to lift her daughter, more precious than her own life, until a dark shadow loomed over her.

Next,

Gruuuu…

Like a tiger’s growl, a sound that chilled not just the spine but even the muscles. Raising her head, a giant with an indeterminate canine head was staring down at the two of them.

“No, no…”

Go Malsuk’s body shook violently after failing to save the woman.

“Malsuk! Run!”

The woman’s frantic voice woke Go Malsuk from her daze. Although her hand had slipped through…

This situation was no different from the nightmares that haunted her ever since.

“Stop…”

Her rational mind couldn’t awaken to the fact. Her instinct, the only thing governing her thoughts was the instinct to save the woman.

More precisely, “Stop!!”

All she could think about was stopping the scene she had witnessed countless times since she was ten. But,

Swish

Ping!

Her punches, kicks, and even the finishing move, Annihilation Cannon, none of her attacks could touch the giant with the canine head.

Her strikes passed right through. They could never cause any damage.

“Grrr!”

Thud

The giant with the canine head took one step. It was only one step, but the giant, now very close, raised its pole-like arm.

“Damn it!”

Go Malsuk gritted her teeth. Above her temples, veins bulged visibly. Energy emanated from her danjeon. A fierce and aggressive dark aura surged through her body like an engine revving beyond its limits.

Woom!

A more intense ringing emanated from her fist than ever before.

“Get your damn hand away, you bastard!!”

Thus,

Heavenly Demon Divine Art (天魔神功)

1st Technique (擊),

Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike (覇皇碎).

It was as if she had punched a mirror with all her might.

Crack

For the first time, an attack struck true.

Shatter!

And so, for the first time, Go Malsuk broke free from the nightmare she had never been able to stop.

Rumble

Thunder rumbled, striking deep into the chest beyond the eardrums.

Shuaaa

A torrential downpour followed, yet around a woman perched on a half-destroyed rock, not a single drop fell. Above the woman’s head, puffs of white smoke rose.

Puff

“Damn. I should’ve just gone and taken him by force if it was gonna be like this.”

Her vulgar curses suited her well, accentuating her sharp eyes even more.

“Facing death without achieving anything, staying a virgin feels so unfair.”

The cigarette filter was already burned down to ashes. She flicked away the butt with her finger.

Without even turning, “Don’t you think so, you reckless rat?”

She spoke.

“Even if you were a man, you’d probably not hate it. What do you think?”

But,

“……”

No reply came.

“Trying to ambush me and now you won’t even answer?”

She let out a light laugh and stomped on the remaining ember with her boot.

“Even if you are ready to die,”

She turned around. Of course, the dark aura had already condensed in her hand.

“Being too reckless…”

Woom

She couldn’t release the condensed energy. Because, “Who are you?”

An entirely unexpected figure stood before her. Apparently, the feeling was mutual.

“And who might you be?”

The other figure asked the same question. Curiously, their tone, demeanor, and even the atmosphere carried no substantial difference.

No real difference in their voices either. Except for one thing.

“Doppelganger, huh? I didn’t think there were any left.”

The woman’s voice, who had been smoking, was slightly huskier.

“That cursed ability makes them excellent survivors.”

With a cynical smile, she rummaged through the air.

“Still, I’m doing something for someone for once, and I don’t want to get upset.”

She pulled out a small mirror from thin air,

“You should consider it an honor to have survived targeting this Heavenly Demon. But erase my face, damn it.”

Reflecting the younger version of herself, the mirror emitted a beam of light with a slight buzz. However, even after being hit directly, the doppelganger’s appearance didn’t change.

“Is this defective?”

The woman glanced at the mirror in her hand.

“Ha! Even Kim Shimun makes defective items now?”

She chuckled, her tone warmer than before.

“Damn, I should rib him about this next time…”

Then,

“Kim Shimun? Did you just say Kim Shimun?”

The younger woman repeated the name, Kim Shimun.

“Say that name one more time, and you’re dead.”

The woman’s eyes turned harsh in an instant.

But, “Shut up. Just answer. How do you know Kim Shimun? And why the hell do you have my face?”

The doppelganger, undeterred, pressed back.

“Hah! About to die, and here come all sorts of annoying pests.”

The woman clucked her tongue in frustration and put away the mirror she was holding.

Then, “Annoying.”

A sudden attack. In her fist, black aura roared with strength.

Woom!!

Yet the younger woman wasn’t just going to stand still.

Boom

The younger woman launched herself forward. Amazingly, when she stepped off the ground, her figure split into five or six copies.

Swish, swish!

“This is!”

The older woman’s eyes widened in shock.

‘Heavenly Demon Supreme Step?’

The technique used by the younger woman to dodge was none other than the Heavenly Demon Supreme Step.

Moreover, ‘That’s an illusion step, only usable at 5th level or higher!’

Unlike the suppressing power available from Three Stars, such splitting into illusions required at least 5th level.

Thus, a doppelganger could never mimic such a thing.

“What is this…?”

The woman’s eyes were immediately filled with questions, but only up to that point.

“Damn it!”

Voom.

Although it was weak compared to herself.

‘Even using the Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike?!’

She was once again shocked by the young woman unleashing a form of energy she knew too well.

And then.

BOOOM!

The Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike, striking from six directions, exploded. Thick smoke billowed up but quickly dissipated. Her eyes, raised sharply, contrasted with.

“…Hey. Just who are you? How did the Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike pass through me?”

The woman stared at the young woman with wide eyes. However, the young woman didn’t seem to take any notice of her.

“Damn it! It shattered just fine before. Why isn’t it working now?”

The young woman was staring at her fist, emanating an unidentified frustration. At that moment.

A shiver ran through her body.

“What, what’s going on?”

Trembling uncontrollably like a leaf. She twisted her quivering body around with great difficulty and.

She could see it.

Grrrr!

It was a colossal eyeball floating towards her, exuding an overwhelming presence impossible to describe.

Then.

“Pull yourself together, bitch.”

A cynical voice snapped her to her senses. Standing next to her was the woman.

“Don’t make such a face with my face. It’s utterly disgusting.”

She glanced at the huge eyeball approaching from afar and asked.

“We don’t have time. Who the hell are you?”

“Just who the hell are you!”

“Damn it! Really!”

The woman’s face twisted in anger.

Soon.

“Sigh… Is this some kind of mirror therapy? I really was one messed up person.”

She sighed deeply, shaking her head.

Vroom!!

She threw a punch with an overwhelming amount of energy. It was the Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike that the young woman had unleashed moments ago. Of course, it wasn’t exactly the same.

Because with her strike.

Rumble!!

The heavens and the earth shook, almost flipped upside down.

That wasn’t all.

『Grrrr!』

The colossal eyeball that was approaching was also pushed back quite a distance. It was indeed an incredible power, but.

“Zhang Liqiu, you bastard. What on earth did you summon that even the Supreme Emperor’s Demolition Strike…”

The woman who had achieved this feat scratched her bangs in frustration and said.

“Hey, bitch. This is the last time. Who the hell are you?”

“…I’m Go Malsuk. And you?”

An answer she somewhat expected.

“My answer is the same as yours, got it? Anyway, what about your Heavenly Demon Divine Art… no, this isn’t right.”

She scratched her head vigorously, then shook her head hard and continued.

“How did you appear here?”

“I don’t really know. Maybe that Haruto or Jizento guy did something…”

“Haruto?”

The woman’s eyes twitched.

“You mean Kamisato Haruto, that insane guy?”

“If you mean that sneaky insane guy, yes.”

“No way… I clearly smashed his head with my own hands…”

The woman, looking at her own hands in disbelief. She stopped mumbling and snapped her head up, asking.

“Hey Go Malsuk. How old are you?”

“After all the casual language, why suddenly ask about age…”

“Ah! Shut up and tell me how old you are, you bitch!”

“…I’m 24, you bitch! Why!”

Shouting back without yielding, the young Go Malsuk.

“Sigh!”

The woman sighed briefly and closed her eyes. And then.

“Seeing your crazy temper, I’m starting to believe in this insane hypothesis. The original Edge Beast transcends time and space…”

“What the hell are you suddenly talking about?”

The woman, who was muttering to herself, looked at Go Malsuk.

“Before you die, I don’t know what this sudden disaster is, but listen carefully, 24-year-old Go Malsuk…”

Zzzzt!

Suddenly, the woman’s voice distorted. It wasn’t just the woman.

Crrack.

Crrack!

Like a world on the brink of destruction. The once dark and gloomy world began to crack like shattered glass.

And then.

“…Sato Haru… that guy… in Busan… mother’s…”

“What, what are you saying!”

With her voice only heard in fragments.

Crash!

Time and space shattered.

Slash.

Accompanied by familiar energy materializing through the rift.

“Go Malsuk! Are you okay?”

Sword Saint Kim Shihyuk grabbed her.

***

Eastern Dnipro River

In this area, far from the outbreak.

Flap.

A handsome man with two pairs of golden wings on his ankles, Shimun, was cruising through the sky.

‘It should be somewhere around here.’

Although he was moving at a high speed, fast enough to make his surroundings blur.

Whir!

Activating Odin’s Eye, Shimun quickly surveyed the area.

Soon.

Whir!

Odin’s Eye detected a strong wave of malevolent energy.

‘Found it.’

Turning his head towards it, Shimun.

“What?”

His eyes widened in surprise. For a simple reason.

Whoosh!

A snowstorm was fiercely raging there. And at the center of it.

‘That person is…’

Shimun, confirming a blonde woman who didn’t even flinch in the fierce blizzard.

“O-Olivia?”

He exclaimed in surprise.

‘Why is Olivia here?’

Even in his past life, she had no connection to the Chernozem incident, as she belonged to the American Dream. Shimun, blinking with a momentarily confused expression.

‘Well, I’ll find out if I go there.’

Flap.

Flapping the golden wings of his Petasos, he soared towards the location.

TL’s Corner:
It seems Haruto’s ability showed the past and future her. I got confused on what’s happening with this chapter.

Also, Malsuk died a virgin in the previous life. What was Shimun doing?
Kidding aside, I ship Shimun X Malsuk


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