Worthless Regression Chapter 55

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“It’s been a while.”

Kim Jong-hyun was still in the basement of the wizard guild, in his workshop. Kim Jong-hyun smiled faintly at Lee Sung-min, who opened the door and came in.

The room wasn’t much different from when I came a few months ago. It’s just that the types of corpses floating in the air have changed. Is research on the Ogre Chimera over? The floating corpses were of various monsters. The smell was bad, but it wasn’t a very nice sight.

“He was absent for a few months. “What brings you here?”

Kim Jonghyun pulled a chair and sat down. After their first meeting, Lee Sung-min did not visit Kim Jong-hyun. It was partly because I wasn’t very fond of Kim Jong-hyun as a person, and partly because I was concerned that Kim Jong-hyun was hiding something crucial from Lee Sung-min. Even if that something is a forced maxim that is different from Kim Jong-hyun’s intention.

“I want to ask you something.”

He knew that such an attitude was rude for a sudden visit, but Lee Seong-min was anxious.

“What is? Oh, I told you in advance. I can’t answer what I tried to answer last time but couldn’t. As I said, it has nothing to do with my wishes. “I don’t want to die either.”

“I didn’t come here to ask that.”

“Then what is it? ah. Have you come to question why your causality was distorted and whether you revealed to others that you were a being who died once and returned?”

“Not even that. “Didn’t you take an oath to Mana back then?”

“Yes. It is an absolute oath. A wizard can never break that oath.”

Kim Jonghyun chuckled and laughed as he answered that way. Seongmin Lee glanced at the face of Jonghyun Kim, who was sitting not far away.

The reason why Lee Sung-min did not like Kim Jong-hyun was simple. He had been seeing Scarlett for a long time since they met three months ago, and he heard quite a bit about what kind of person Kim Jong-hyun was from Scarlett.

Jonghyun Kim is a warlock. I don’t know when he was summoned to Eria as an alien, but Kim Jong-hyun was treated as a very heretical and special person even in the magician’s guild of Behenger. Kim Jong-hyun had already been living in Behenger for nearly 10 years, but in those 10 years, Kim Jong-hyun did not age at all. Scarlett didn’t even know Kim Jong-hyun’s age.

Kim Jong-hyun’s eccentricities are famous there. As a warlock, he is quite ostracized even within the wizard’s guild, but he doesn’t pay attention to this and devotes himself to unknown research by arranging the corpses of monsters he has retrieved from somewhere in his room.

Lee Seong-min had no desire to get close to Kim Jong-hyun because he was a suspicious person no matter where he looked.

“I want to know about warlocks.”

Nevertheless, I came to visit Kim Jong-hyun. This is because Kim Jong-hyun is the only person who can answer what Lee Sung-min is curious about. Verne and Scarlett are not warlocks. If you ask them about warlocks, you won’t get a proper answer.

“Did you apply to conquer the warlock’s dungeon?”

Kim Jonghyun asked with a smile. When Lee Sung-min looked surprised at those words, Kim Jong-hyun continued.

“what. There is no need to guess, right? It is natural that the Behenger Mercenary Guild was tracking the warlock through the existence of the Ogre Chimera… “If you, a mercenary, ask me about the warlock, it would mean that the warlock’s dungeon has been discovered.”

“… you’re right. A warlock’s dungeon was discovered, and I volunteered to conquer it.”

“I wouldn’t recommend it.”

Kim Jonghyun muttered. When Kim Jonghyun waved his hand, the teacup in the corner floated. When Kim Jong-hyun glanced at Lee Sung-min, Lee Sung-min shook his head. In the end, only one teacup came before Kim Jong-hyun.

“We have already finished examining the Ogre Chimera’s body. It was a very well-made chimera. There was no rejection of different organs and cells. In the first place, great magic skills are required to capture a monster called an ogre and control it that way. As I said last time… The warlock who created the Ogre Chimera is a very talented person. “He is probably high enough to be called an archmage.”

If Bern were here, he would have yelled at me to stop saying such nonsense. However, Lee Seong-min listened to Kim Jong-hyun’s words without objecting.

“… So you’re saying you don’t recommend it?”

“no. I didn’t say that because of the warlock’s skills. “I said this because the other person was a ‘warlock’.”

“What does that mean?”

“A warlock who is close to or higher than an archmage will see right through your existence.”

Just like I did. Kim Jonghyun muttered.

“Black magic is… It’s different from regular magic. It can be said that the fundamentals themselves are different. General magic uses mana in the atmosphere as fuel to create phenomena through magic. To put it simply, this is it. automobile. Mana is fuel and magic is the engine. Then, using ‘will’, you step on the accelerator and make the car run. “It’s not like there were no cars in Korea where you lived, right?”

“There was. “I understand what you mean.”

“But black magic is different. Of course, black magic also uses mana… Mana, magic, will. Normal magic requires those three, but black magic requires one more. “It is the soul.”

“soul?”

“This is similar to elemental magic. An elementalist makes a contract with a spirit and uses the spirit. During the contract process, you promise something. A warlock makes a contract with a demon god in exchange for his or her soul.”

“… I drank… ”

“Of course, even if it is a demon, it is not a single entity. Strictly speaking, it is not a demon god, but a contract with a demon lord subordinate to a demon god… Well, you are not new to black magic, so there is no need to explain this from the beginning. So, the conclusion is this. A warlock uses black magic by making a contract with the devil, who has consumed his soul. Because of that type of magic, all warlocks have ‘eyes’ that allow them to see non-existent and invisible things. “Just like me.”

Kim Jonghyun raised his hand and pointed to his eyes.

“Souls are a very attractive subject for warlocks. Upon signing the contract, the warlock gains the ability to see souls, and can collect valuable souls and offer them to the demon lord who made the contract… what. “We use it in many different ways.”

Lee Seong-min pursed his lips. Through Kim Jong-hyun’s story, Lee Seong-min learned what Kim Jong-hyun was trying to warn.

“Of course, not all warlocks can see through your existence… There’s a warlock left in the dungeon, and if he sees you… Hehehe! I don’t know him, but a warlock of his caliber would recognize your worth. And something very interesting will happen. Yes, it will definitely happen. The warlock will do whatever it takes to get your soul. “You won’t be very happy with the warlock’s actions.”

“… How about you?”

“me? “You mean me?”

In response to Lee Sung-min’s question, Kim Jong-hyun burst out laughing as to what was so funny.

“I have no desire for you. Ah, this is because I’m a little different from the average warlock. The black magic I learned in the first place was… Even compared to all the warlocks that exist in Aria, they are very heterogeneous. “This is the strength I gained through the ridiculous monster incident in the country I was in.”

“What do you mean it’s different?”

“I did not make a contract with a demon lord or demon god. To be precise, the demon lord who made a contract with me has died. This is a very rare case… The demon lord I signed a contract with was a demon lord named Kaladra of Lagress. It suddenly disappeared. “As the contract was forcibly broken, some of Kaladra’s dark magic was transferred to me.”

Kim Jong-hyun spoke with a face that said it was no big deal, but what he was saying was not something that could be said with that look on his face. in other words. Kim Jong-hyun became a free being from the contract with the demon god and demon king that all warlocks were bound to, and he became the owner of the powerful black magic possessed by the demon king with whom he had made the contract.

“Part of my body changed in the process. I no longer get old. My eyes were able to see not only the soul, but also something deeper and more secret. It is thanks to him that I can read your existence, and that is why I am not greedy for your soul. But other warlocks are different. they… “You will be greedy.”

Seongmin Lee was silent. I think it was worth coming to see Kim Jong-hyun just to hear those words. Black magicians with eyes to see souls can see that Lee Seong-min is a being with a twisted causality. That’s why they are greedy for Lee Seong-min’s soul.

There, Seongmin Lee realized something contradictory. The middlemen of Mshi and Erebrisa also knew that Lee Seong-min was a being with a twisted causality. However, they also showed a little greed for Lee Seong-min’s soul. However, Kim Jong-hyun said he was not greedy.

“Those eyes of yours. “Are they better than the eyes of the rookie Mr. Sis?”

“Performance! That’s a funny thing to say. what… Wouldn’t it be difficult to compare? As a human, I have no way of knowing what Mshi sees and knows. But this is definitely true. I have no desire for your soul. “I’m interested, though.”

As Kim Jonghyun said that, he brought the teacup to his mouth.

“As a returner, there is a good reason why you go to the warlock’s dungeon. But you’d better not go. “It would be dangerous.”

“… “What if the warlock isn’t in that dungeon?”

“Isn’t the probability for that about 50%? what. A normally thinking warlock would choose to avoid the scene rather than confront the mercenary guild that came to subdue it.”

“Can you help me?”

Kim Jong-hyun laughed at Lee Sung-min’s question.

“That sounds difficult. I am not the type of person to go out and make enemies. And again… “I don’t want to help hunt comrades who are walking the same path.”

Although I have no intention of stopping it. Kim Jong-hyun added that.

After finishing the conversation with Kim Jong-hyun, Lee Seong-min left the wizard guild. Should I ask Scarlett for help? That thought occurred to me for a moment, but Seongmin Lee shook his head. Although he had met Scarlett a few times and had become acquainted with her, he never felt that he was close enough to ask for this. Besides, he didn’t want to ask Scarlett, who had nothing to do with it, to help him with this.

‘What should I do?’

It’s just as Kim Jong-hyun said. The odds are half and half. It may be three months early, but are there really any warlocks left in that dungeon? If the dungeon had been discovered three months later as planned, Lee Seong-min would not have had to worry about this. Even if you go there, it is undoubtedly true that there are no warlocks.

But it’s different now. 3 months. How does this variable work? Danger… Should I endure it?

It didn’t take long to end my worries. wall. The wall that Seongmin Lee is facing. It’s too high and hard. I needed the help of barding. He wasn’t sure that barding would really help, but he had to grasp at straws.

The good news is that Lee Seong-min is not alone in conquering this dungeon. Guild leader Bern also said he would participate, and other S-class mercenaries, led by Zeon, also participated. Mercenaries from mercenary groups other than the Corona mercenary group will also participate.

In the end, Lee Seong-min made up his mind.

I decided to participate in the dungeon raid.

fantasy,