Iron Blooded Regressor - Chapter 123
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But a chilly voice blocked their path.
Hyunsu, now a new administrator of Harmageddon, regains his power at a party hosted by a powerful alien. He overpowers the host, causing chaos among universal elites. Hyunsu traps the elites at the party, declaring their participation in Harmageddon. Meanwhile, players previously taken by the game return to Earth, and the deceased players are resurrected. A year later, it’s announced that Hyunsu has died, leaving behind a legacy as a hero. The conference shifts to discussing the returned players and the ownership of the white tower. Hyunsu, secretly alive, enjoys a peaceful life on an island, contemplating a long, leisurely rest.
“Hahahahahaha!”
The party hall was filled with the laughter of the host.
It was more than a hit. The unbelievable viewership and the ecstatic response from across the universe.
The Harmageddon game unfolded on Earth had set a record that would go down in the history of the universe.
And in front of him stood the player who had contributed significantly to setting that record,
No, now a new administrator, respectfully bowing his head.
“Hahahaha! My lucky charm! You’ve had a hard journey to get here. Here! Take a drink first!”
The host extended a tentacle to hand Hyunsu a glass of drink. Hyunsu took it and drank it in one gulp.
“Uahaha! Manly, indeed! So, how does it feel to have become the savior of humankind?”
“…I don’t feel anything yet.”
Hyunsu’s expression was incredibly pale due to the writhing bugs inside his body.
Moreover, the drink he had just consumed seemed to stimulate the activity of the bugs even more.
Hyunsu looked around. The party hall was filled with dozens of universal tycoons and their escorts, several times the number of tycoons.
All the guards exuded a magical power far surpassing that of their masters.
Seeing this, the host smugly smiled and tapped Hyunsu’s shoulder with a tentacle.
“Hehe. You want to kill me inside, don’t you? But you must be going crazy because all your powers are sealed. That’s how the universe works. There are things you just can’t do no matter how hard you try. Like the relationship between master and slave, for instance.”
“……..”
The host’s sharpest tentacle lightly touched Hyunsu’s forehead. A drop of blood formed on the scratched forehead.
“Remember, you are a slave. At any time, I can kill you with just one finger. Not just you, I can turn your living planet into dust as well.”
“Yes. Understood.”
Hyunsu, with a pale face, dripping sweat all over, answered. He seemed to have difficulty even standing.
The universal tycoons watching around clicked their tongues in disappointment.
“It’s boring. I thought he would cause a commotion as soon as he arrived.”
“What can we do? All his powers are sealed…”
“Tch. I was a fan, but this is disappointing.”
“……..”
Hyunsu hung his head low and trembled.
Thud.
Hyunsu, who had been dripping cold sweat, suddenly knelt and collapsed.
“Tch. Looks like the shock was too much.”
Seeing this, the host turned away without a care and said to his colleagues.
“Let’s enjoy the finale of the party! I’ve prepared a special planetary explosion show for today…”
“Ugh!”
“!!”
A sound interrupting the excited host. The host turned back, frowning, to see Hyunsu vomiting.
“Uwaaagh!”
“What on earth is this…”
Though the party was a gathering of various species from across the universe, Hyunsu’s behavior was in no way appropriate for the setting.
Hyunsu, having vomited a great deal, got up.
“Phew. Now I feel a bit better.”
“You filthy, lowly race! In the middle of the party… Huh!”
The host was speaking when he suddenly stepped back in surprise.
Ssssh.
Darkness ominously began to rise from Hyunsu’s body, which was supposed to be completely sealed of all power.
The other universal tycoons also stepped back. Their guard soldiers stepped forward to protect their masters.
“Ho? Look at this?”
“Things are getting interesting?”
However, they were only slightly surprised so far.
They all watched Hyunsu with keen interest.
Step by step.
Hyunsu walked straight towards the host. The host, in a panic, looked at the vomit Hyunsu had spewed.
Tiny bugs, smaller than grains of rice, were wriggling in it.
“He vomited all the bugs? How
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However, a cold voice stopped them.
“No one can leave here.”
Whoosh!
Darkness burst from Hyunsu’s body, instantly enveloping the party hall.
Thud, thud, thud, thud!
All the doors leading outside slammed shut, and the darkness sealed even the smallest gaps.
Step, step.
The space tycoons turned around with frightened faces.
Hyunsu was walking towards them, blood dripping from his hands.
Behind him, the mangled body of the host, unrecognizable in its disfigurement, was visible.
The faces of the space tycoons turned pale as they blurted out in panic.
“Hey! We did nothing wrong…”
“We were just watching!
“I get you’re angry, but think about it! This is business. If you knew how much profit there is, you might change your mind! We can help you too…”
“You think you can get away with this!? With one command, I can turn Earth into a wasteland right now!”
Begging, persuading, threatening – all were poured out. But there was no change in Hyunsu’s expression.
“As the new administrator of Harmageddon…”
The corner of Hyunsu’s mouth curled up slightly.
“I’ll let you participate in this game.”
Soon after, the party hall was filled with screams.
***
Suddenly, portals started opening all over the Earth. Thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of portals, all at once.
Ziiing! Ziiing!
Ziiing! Ziiing!
Ziiing! Ziiing!
Shocked people were wary of the portals. They pointed guns and knives, fearing what might come out.
But what emerged were people just like them.
“Ah…”
The faces of those who came out of the portals were in disbelief. They were the ones who had been taken to Harmageddon.
The players who had desperately fought for survival in each zone were all back on Earth.
Right at the very places from where they had been taken.
“Mom! Mommy!!”
“Jiyeon―!”
The players immediately ran home. They embraced their friends, family, loved ones, and shed tears.
The return of the missing. The same miracle happened all over the world.
But the miracle didn’t end there.
Whoooom!
Seven black towers began to tremble simultaneously and then changed to a brilliant white.
At the same time, the process of restoring all player databases stored on the Harmageddon server to their original state began.
Meaning, everyone taken away over the past ten years,
was going to come back to life.
Whoosh!
In an instant, a dazzling light burst out, as if heralding the dawn of a new world,
and all the players who had died in Harmageddon over the past ten years began to come back to life.
Ssshhh. Ssshhh. Ssshhh.
The light formed shapes first, and those shapes became people. From afar, Earth twinkled continuously with the light of resurrection.
“…”
Sujin opened her eyes and found her parents, who looked at her in disbelief.
“Sujin…”
“Are you awake?”
“Mom?! Dad!”
The three hugged and touched each other for a long time, then burst into tears.
The whole world was soaked in tears of joy and elation.
Looking up, Sujin saw the black tower, now the white tower of Harmageddon, in the distance.
“Hyunsu oppa! Thank you so much!”
It’s unknown if her voice reached it, but for a moment, the white tower seemed to twinkle.
***
One year later, South Korea.
The press conference room was filled with hundreds of journalists from all over the world, already flashing their cameras.
It was a day of major announcements. The whole world was holding its breath, watching the event.
It was the moment when players who had gone to space to search for Hyunsu, who disappeared a year ago, were to announce their findings.
Click! Click! Click! Click! Click!
As Cheon Jehoo stepped onto the podium, hundreds of flashes burst simultaneously.
Jehoo opened his mouth with a grave expression, not blinking an eye.
“We have officially confirmed the death of Mr. Kim Hyunsu.”
Aahh!
Sighs erupted from all directions. From among the journalists, and from the mouths of everyone watching the broadcast.
At that moment, only one person smiled.
Jehoo continued with the announcement, but the first statement was so shocking that the rest barely registered.
“…And so, our hero never returned. His belongings were recovered and delivered to his family.”
Hero.
There had never been anyone more fitting for those two words in history.
And by never returning, his name became immortal.
Kim Hyunsu.
As the investigation team confirmed Hyunsu’s death, the rest of the press conference shifted to various topics like the ownership of the white tower floating above Earth,
social issues concerning the