How To Use Regressors

44 – 44th Chapter – Romantic Guy (3)

After reaching the room that looked like an altar, what we saw was the figure of a woman.

Her hair was disheveled so her face wasn’t visible properly, and her skin was pale like that of a dead person.

She was wearing tattered white robes, and in her hands, she held a staff that seemed to be made of skulls. She definitely did not appear in a normal state.

“What is it?”

“Hehehehe! They’ve come! They’ve come! The sacrifices have arrived!”

Listening to what he said, it seemed like the boss monster of this dungeon. I was momentarily taken aback because I hadn’t expected a boss monster with the appearance of a human like this.

Jae-Hyo and Da-Rim seemed to have no intention of stepping forward, judging by their silence.

“Lord Jepar! We shall offer sacrifices!”

‘Jepar?’

I didn’t know who Jepar was, but from the way he shouted about offering sacrifices upon seeing us, it didn’t seem like a virtuous act.

Seo Yoo-Ju must have noticed that the woman was up to something and shouted to everyone.

“Get ready for battle, everyone! Take your positions and prepare for an attack! Our goal is to approach that woman and kill her!”

It seemed like the Divine Clan was already preparing for the attack.

“Hehehehe! May Lord Jepar’s favor be with us!”

As the woman uttered something, fleshy masses rose from the ground and enveloped her, as if she were inside a fleshy cocoon.

Once again, fleshy masses rose from the ground, forming a large number of Evil Eyes.

‘… Is she the type who is protected by that cocoon while summoning monsters?’

Due to the large number of Evil Eyes, it seemed impossible to approach the cocoon directly. Perhaps the strategy was to eliminate these creatures first and then approach the cocoon to kill her.

The Evil Eye children began screaming and charging towards us, but we were already prepared.

Immediately, Mr. Howon blocked their attacks with his shield and the rest of us calmly began reducing their numbers.

Clearly, the Evil Eye children were familiar with fighting, having captured many of them before. It was a situation in which we could easily reduce their numbers.

However, the problem was not the Evil Eye children, but the boss monster. I wasn’t sure what it was doing in the flesh patch, but it definitely wasn’t having a positive impact on us.

The change in the battlefield occurred shortly after we had reduced the number of Evil Eye children by half.

“Hehe! There are still people alive! Alive!”

“Die! Die! Die!”

Suddenly, the races appeared in the air.

Due to the sudden appearance of the races, the people who were fighting in the front were startled, and one person from the Hwasin Clan got injured.

“Ah!”

“If you are injured, move to the back!”

When someone from the Hwasin Clan was injured, they were immediately replaced by a reserve member.

“Argh…!”

“Sir!”

Mr. Howon also seemed to have gotten injured on his arm due to the races that appeared from behind. I quickly cast a spell.

– Hehehehe! It’s hot! It’s hot!

After immediately attacking Mr. Howon, Lace, who was hit by a magic, burned and disappeared.

After Mr. Howon fell back, Yoo Hyun began to receive treatment.

“Heal!”

“Phew…”

While it may not be known for a normal grade dungeon, everyone seemed to struggle to some extent due to it being a rare grade dungeon.

Seo Yoo Joo, who hadn’t shown her skills until now, filled her spear with magic and swung it a few times, instantly causing three Laces to disappear.

Perhaps because it was a rare grade dungeon and our first expedition, Seo Yoo Joo decided that it would be difficult with just the strength of our party members and started to take a more active role.

“Damn, is that the rookie this time?”

“…. Insane.”

As Seo Yoo Joo rampaged in battle, the members of the Divine Clan couldn’t believe that this was the outstanding performance of a newcomer in their first year.

In the case of Kim Myung Joon, he had his mouth wide open and was staring blankly at Seo Yoo Joo.

As soon as Seo Yoo Joo came forward, the tide of battle quickly turned back in our favor. However, I wanted to use magic but my mana was depleted, so there was nothing I could do in this situation.

“Damn…”

I realized in the battle that I was completely useless.

“The magic power levels are too low. Jeegral…”

Yurim watched the precarious battle scene before her eyes. While Seo Yooju was a returnee, she wasn’t particularly worried, but Yurim was fighting in the front lines and was young.

With her magic exhausted and nothing she could do, she was busy wiping her lips when suddenly, Lace appeared behind her.

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It was too late to evade all the attacks.

“I can’t dodge…!”

In that moment, she prepared herself for some degree of injury.

“Yoon Sung-ssi!”

Seo Yooju quickly approached me and swung her spear to eliminate Lace.

“This is crazy…”

“Phew… Yoon Sung-ssi, are you okay?”

“Ah… Yes, yes. Thanks to you, I’m fine. Thank you, Yooju-ssi.”

The speed at which Seo Yooju approached me the moment I was in danger was beyond the usual. Honestly, I was even more surprised by her sudden appearance in front of me than by Lace.

“In case Lace appears by Yoon Sung-ssi again, it’s better to stay with Haeun-ssi and Yoo Hyun-ssi.”

“Understood.”

“Yes, then…”

She listened to my response and immediately sprang forward.

How long had it been since they gradually reduced the number of those guys? When the monsters’ numbers decreased to single digits, a change occurred on the flesh repair side.

Squelch. Squelch.

Small holes appeared in the flesh repair, and black liquid began to ooze out.

Everyone continued to engage in the battle, but they also paid close attention to the repair side. Something seemed off.

“… Is it more than just protection?”

We thought that the flesh repair was there to protect the woman from us, but it seemed to serve a different purpose.

Boom –

In no time, the flesh repair burst, revealing a different form of the woman in my eyes.

Someone looked at the woman and spoke.

“…. Lais?”

No, it’s something different from Lais.

One thing is certain: she has abandoned her physical form and taken on a spiritual form. As evidence, the twisted body, presumably the woman from earlier, lay on the ground where the repair had burst.

“Is it dangerous?”

I glanced briefly at Lee Jae-hyo, and he seemed to have a glint in his eyes when he saw the boss monster’s appearance, but he didn’t seem inclined to charge.

“Did they decide that we can handle it ourselves?”

It seemed that Lee Jaehyo and Park Dalim had determined that we could handle it ourselves.

“If that’s the case, it must be a rare grade dungeon.”

For a moment, I worried if it was a dungeon of heroic grade when I saw the changed appearance of the boss monster, but if it was a dungeon of heroic grade, there was no way Lee Jaehyo and Park Dalim would just stay still.

[ The boss monster, the maid who turned into a demon, Marybess Kelly, has appeared. ]

– Hehehehehehe! Lord Jepar has given me power!

While everyone was frozen at the sight of the boss monster’s changed appearance, Seo Yujoo spoke to everyone.

“The boss monster seems to be a ghost type like the lace, and I think it will attack by swinging the giant sickle. If anyone is running out of magic power, please step back, and those who can fight, please come forward.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Seo Yujoo approached the boss monster and swung her spear, but the boss monster blocked the spear swung by Seo Yujoo with its sickle.

Clang!

As soon as the boss monster blocked Seo Yujoo’s attack, it suddenly disappeared. It happened in an instant.

“…What?”

As we felt puzzled by the boss monster’s disappearance, the figure of the creature emerged from Hyun Jin-ee’s shadow.

Whoosh –

Fortunately, as the boss monster swung its sickle, Hyun Jin-ee sensed the threat and rolled away from his position.

“Is it possible to move within a person’s shadow?”

Seeing the creature reappear from Hyunjin’s shadow, it seemed like it could hide within a person’s shadow.

I immediately shouted to everyone,

“The boss monster seems to be able to hide in a person’s shadow! Everyone, be careful of your shadows when the boss monster disappears!”

Hyunjin got up and swung his sword imbued with magic at the boss monster. The monster shrieked as it was struck and concealed itself again.

– Kkyaaaah! It hurts! It hurts!

The boss monster wasn’t particularly powerful, but its ability to hide in shadows made it incredibly challenging to deal with.

As the battle continued, it became evident that both our party members and the members of the Divine Clan were growing weary. The reason was that if the creature kept reappearing, we could all attack it together, but since it kept revealing itself only briefly, we had little time to deal damage.

Especially for Kanghee, being an archer, she couldn’t shoot the monster appearing from another person’s shadow as there was a risk of hitting our own allies.

“Damn it…! This sneaky bastard! Why are there monsters like this?!”

Magic users were in the same boat; they couldn’t cast spells out of fear of hitting their allies, and Songhaeun seemed helpless in the situation.

“There’s nothing long-range classes can do.”

Ultimately, only melee classes were slowly chipping away at the boss monster, in an attempt to conquer this challenging adversary.

“… The boss monster isn’t strong, but it’s tricky.”

If time continues to pass like this, there might be more casualties even if we manage to defeat the boss monster. The situation was already producing casualties little by little.

“Is there no way to stop them from moving in shadows?”

As I pondered over possible solutions, one method came to mind. The problem was that I needed Kim Myung-jun since I had run out of magic power.

Anyway, I couldn’t do anything as a magician in the current situation, so I approached Kim Myung-jun and spoke to him.

“Senior.”

“…Yes?”

Kim Myung-jun seemed taken aback, as if he hadn’t expected me to approach him in this situation.

“Do you have any magic power left?”

“Uh… yes. I have some left, but…”

Kim Myung-jun spoke in a tone that conveyed his lack of understanding as to why I was asking such a question.

“Damn, you idiot.”

“Are there any other magicians here who still have magic power?”

“Yes, there is. Besides me, there is another magician…”

“Please bring them here as well.”

Jae-hyo and Da-rim wore curious expressions, wondering why I was gathering magicians. It was only natural for them to question it, as they probably thought that there was nothing magicians could do in the current situation.

Kim Myung-jun asked me the same question.

“…. Can you tell me the reason?”

“Just say it once, damn it.”

From Kim Myung-jun’s perspective, he might see me as an inept freeloader taking the bus, so I understood, but I was really annoyed that he wouldn’t listen in this urgent situation.

“I thought of a way to prevent the boss monster from moving in the shadows. Bring it here quickly.”

“… Really?”

He seemed skeptical of my words. It seemed like he couldn’t believe there was a way for me to solve what he considered an insurmountable problem.

In the end, frustrated, I cursed and spoke up.

“This guy! Stop asking questions and bring it here quickly!”

“… What?”

He stood there stupidly, as if baffled by my words.

“Quickly!”

After I shouted once more, he finally began to rush off to bring another wizard.

“Whew…”

Before long, Kim Myung-jun brought a female wizard.

I briefly examined my status window and found that I may not be as good as Kim Myung-joon, but I am certainly better than myself, so it should be sufficient.

I opened my mouth to the two of them.

“I will say it one more time, listen carefully. Mr. Kim Myung-joon is out of the question, but you know how to use light magic, right?”

“Uh…yes, but why?”

It seemed that my instructions as someone with no experience didn’t please them. I suddenly felt anger rising, but I suppressed it and continued speaking.

“Please use light magic. Create multiple light sources to fill this place from the outskirts to the center. Shine light from different angles.”

“What…?”

In hospitals on Earth, there is a device called a shadowless lamp in the operating room. It is a lighting device used to prevent mistakes caused by the appearance of shadows during surgery.

I thought that using a similar principle, I could erase the shadows in this place. Because this place is not that big.

“I intend to prevent shadows from appearing.”