Regression Is Too Much Chapter 3: Regressor is too weak (3)

“Haah!”

swoop!

I swung the sword with all my might, but a sowhat weak sound ca out.

It was an experint to see if the grass surrounding the vacant lot could be cut, but the results were disheartening.

Whether it was because of my lack of strength or lack of skill, the grass lay as it was without being cut.

The fact that the sword I used was not an extrely sharp one also contributed to such disappointing results.

“It sucks.”

I tried it once thinking that it would produce a cool scene from a martial arts comic and many reeds would be cut off when I swung the sword. But it seed that my expectations were too much for a beginner who had only been holding the sword for less than a day.

"It's not easy, it's not easy at all."

Apparently, the tower had given the ability to regress, but not the ability to wield a sword.

Should I just give up and practice with a spear like the one I picked up earlier?

No, at the highest point, the sword is the ultimate king.

The only thing I have in abundance is ti anyway. I can’t give up here.

“…”

As if the sun was about to set, the sky was turning red.

The first night in the tower had arrived.

The night in the tower was cozier than expected.

It was indeed much colder than during the day, but it didn't seem like a big problem to fall asleep in the slightly chilly atmosphere.

The only problem was that there was no pillow or blanket.

I guess I will have to get used to it eventually.

"...sigh."

As I tossed and turned, a deep philosophical mood ca over .

Why did I have to acquire such an as*hole ability?

If it was just a simple death regression, I would have left this vacant lot and wandered around long ago.

Isn’t it too much to regress just by a slight cut?

I also thought about wrapping clothes all over my body and heading out of the clearing, but if I went around like that, encountering enemies would beco a problem.

After all, it's impossible to fight properly with your clothes wrapped tightly around you.

But… wouldn’t it already be a big help if I could wander around and gather information like that?

Thinking about it, it seed like a good idea.

There's nothing to lose anyway. When I regress this ti, I'll give it a try.

It's warm during the day, so if I ask for clothes, others might be willing to give it to .

"Excuse ..."

As I was making plans and chuckling to myself, soone tapped on the shoulder.

“… What are you doing?”

Due to the moonlight being bright, there was no problem confirming her face

It was the short-haired girl who had been sitting in the corner and sobbing during the day.

I rembered her because her face was cute.

Normally, beautiful won tend to stick in my mory. So, it was no surprise I rembered her. But…

Why was this girl suddenly talking to ?

The girl hesitantly presented her hands in front of .

"if… Do you have anything to eat?”

“Ah.”

After hearing her words, I realized that I was also very hungry.

Co to think of it, I had been sweating and swinging my sword since I was summoned to the tower, but I hadn't eaten anything.

“…Sorry. too... ”

"Ah… yes…”

The short-haired girl left with a gloomy face. Judging from the fact that she imdiately went to talk to soone else, it didn't seem like she was feeling just a normal level of hunger.

"Damn it."

These days, I must have read too many generic academy-possession novels. The survival intuitions were all dead;

When summoned to a tower like this, the first thing to worry about was food, clothing, and shelter.

Among them, the most important thing was water.

A person can withstand quite a long ti without food, but cannot even last three days without water.

Co to think of it, I sweated a lot during the day.

As I tried to moisten my dry mouth with my tongue, it was completely parched.

“…”

I was so excited to be a regressor that I didn't even realize the condition of my own body.

But thinking that I might have to regress sooner or later, I slowly fell asleep.

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The morning ca.

"Shit."

When I woke up, it felt like my throat was being ripped apart.

It looks like I slept with my mouth open.

If I knew I was going to be stuck in the Tower, I would have fixed my habits even if it ant going to the hospital.

I regret it so much.

Clap, clap!

An abrupt sound of clapping interrupted my musing.

"Please pay attention, everyone."

A man with sparse gray hair spoke as he clapped his hands.

"Nice to et you. My na is Park Cheol-jin, an incumbent firefighter. Guys, I don't know if this is soone's prank or if the world has been really turned upside down, but it seems like this is a real situation... I've been waiting all day, but there's no sign of any rescue team.”

Park Cheol-jin gave the impression of a tiger. Perhaps because he was a firefighter, his whole body was covered with tight muscles.

“If we stay here like this, everyone will starve to death. I am thinking of leaving this vacant lot in search of a water source. Anyone want to join ?”

With his strong charisma, Park Cheol-jin exuded an air of authority. He didn't seem to know much about the status window or the tower, but he appeared like he was a strong, experienced human being.

“… If you're a firefighter, you're soone worth trusting.”

"...Is it really true? You're a real firefighter, right?"

All the middle-aged and elderly people remaining in the vacant lot gathered around firefighter Park Cheol-jin. So did so young people.

“… let's go. Judging by the moist ground, there must be a river nearby.”

With Park Cheol-jin in the lead, the group consisting of about 20 people left the vacant lot.

Only a few scared won and so weirdos remained, along with .

Combined, there were no more than 10 people left.

“…”

Co to think of it, the ponytail girl who was wielding the sword earlier was nowhere to be seen either. Did she also follow the firefighter Park Cheol-jin?

"Sigh. Let's do what I can."

The situation wasn't good. Soon, hunger might cause to regress and return to yesterday.

Without being able to leave the vacant lot, there was nothing I could do about that.

So, I just decided to get used to the sword until I regressed.

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I didn't know how much ti had passed - Perhaps lunchti…?

"... Should I go back?"

Hunger got pretty bad. The sa went for thirst.

Around the ti when I was seriously thinking about regressing-

Rustle Rustle.

-I heard the sound coming from a place in the clearing where the grass was being disturbed. Perhaps… soone was approaching.

But because the height of wild grass was too high, it was impossible to tell if it was a friend or a foe.

“…”

The scaredy-cat girls fled to the opposite side of the sound like frightened cockroaches, and I tensed my muscles, strengthening my grip on the sword.

Has a monster finally co this far? Or is it a wild animal?

By the ti the hand holding the sword was wet with sweat-

"Huh?"

-What appeared after pushing through the grass was the ponytail girl who had been missing since morning.

Surprisingly, both of her hands were full of boxes of calorie bars and bundles of 500ml water bottles.

"Uh… Whoa! Unnie! This… Can we eat this?”

The short-haired girl approached the ponytail girl with a trembling voice.

Seeing the desperate look in the short-haired girl's eyes, the ponytail girl nodded her head slightly.

Soon, the ponytail girl distributed the food and water after opening the packaging.

Thanks to that, those who remained in the clearing were able to fill their stomachs and quench their thirst after a long ti.

"Unnie! Unnie! Where did you get this from?"

Perhaps trying to get closer through this opportunity, the short-haired girl clung to the ponytail girl.

"...I defeated a monster, and the corpse disappeared, but food appeared in its place. It was too much for to eat, so I brought it with ."

One of the common clichés in tower climbing stories is that defeating a monster provides food.

But that amount of food... It was too much for one monster to drop. In the tower climbing stories I knew, only enough food for one person was provided on defeating one monster.

If that were to be true here too… I was not sure, but the monster she defeated must have been a fairly strong one then.

But the ponytail girl spoke with a light tone as if she had just picked all these supplies up along the way.

She was pretending not to show, but it was clear that she had brought food out of concern for the people in the clearing.

I thought she was a crazy person who was swinging her sword just to find a hidden piece, but it turned out that she was a good person with a warm heart.

“ too, I want to help too!”

Now was my chance.

I quickly got up from my seat and strode towards the ponytail girl with confidence.

"Please teach how to use a sword! I want to take you as my master!”

"...Get lost."

However, the ponytail girl rejected fiercely with a sudden turn of her head.

But I wasn't going to give up here.

Her true nature was that of a warm-hearted person after all.

If I sincerely asked her, there was a high possibility that she would accept as her disciple.

"Please, I beg of you! I also need the strength to protect everyone!"

I started acting, shedding hot tears like a soldier enlisting in the army to protect their country.

“Right now, I'm so weak that I can't even get out of this vacant lot! That is so embarrassing! I want to be strong too! I want to beco stronger and protect everyone!”

My voice was desperate enough to make anyone's heart ache.

Although it was a powerful voice that made tears well up in the eyes of the short-haired girl listening next to …

"I told you to leave, didn't I?"

…the ponytail girl was not affected at all.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, sothing barely visible passed by in front of my eyes at lightning speed.

"Ah!"

I was so surprised that I fell on my butt.

What was that?

Screech.

The ponytail girl slowly sheathed her sword back into its scabbard with a scraping sound.

Then, she spoke in a cold voice.

"Student? I have no intention of taking any student. And bringing food was not an attempt to help you. Don't get any ideas. Next, it'll be your throat."

“…”

I stayed silent.

When I touched my nose, it stung. My fingertip had a drop of blood on it.

Did she just swing her sword? At an invisible speed?

Judging from her words, ‘Next, it'll be your throat,’ it seed like she had only cut the skin of my nose as a warning.

However, there was a problem-

Status: InjuredRegressing back to the ti when you first entered the 0th floor.

***

"F*ck! Where the hell am I?"

"...F*ck."

-for , there was no such thing as a warning.

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