I’m not a Regressor

d ‘Dragon Veins’.]

‘Is the star relic Lee Shinhyuk talked about really here?’

It felt like an amazing star relic would be hidden inside, as there was a dragon vein flowing through a dungeon that was already known to grant good rewards.

“That is the guardian spirit contracted with you, right? It’s marvelous that it knows about dragon veins.”

[This lady is one who has previously served a celestial.
I possess marginal knowledge of stars.]

“Oh, my.
I’ve seen guardian spirits several times in the past, but it’s my first time seeing one with such coherent intelligence.”

“My guardian spirit is a bit special.”

Ohjin put Vega on top of his shoulder and went into the dungeon.

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Reaper Scans

Translator – Maccas

Proofreader – ilafy

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-Ring!

 

[You have entered the ‘Dragon’s Resting Ground’.]

[The dungeon can be cleared upon satisfying a specific condition.]

 

A blue message appeared as soon as he entered the dungeon.

‘Dragon’s Resting Ground…’

Ohjin engraved the dungeon’s name into his head while looking around.
He could hear the exclamations of Ha-eun and Isabella behind him.

“Wow, where are we? Everything’s so damn shiny.”

“What a beautiful place.”

—A massive cave that seemed to far surpass 200 meters high.

Like the stars shining in the night sky, the blue crystals on the roof emitted soft light that brightened the cave.

“We don’t know what will appear, so stay on guard.”

“Okay!”

“Heh, I just have to burn whatever appears.”

Ha-eun smirked and strode deeper inside.
They were steps full of confidence, but she wasn’t neglecting her guard—she made several candle-sized flames and spread them out.

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‘She has a lot of experience.’

Even if she was full of confidence, she wasn’t stupid enough for her to let her guard down inside of a dungeon.

Thud, thud—

The sound of soft footsteps echoed inside of the massive cave.
Ohjin’s party didn’t say a single word and slowly went deeper into the dungeon.

“…Wait.”

At that moment, Ha-eun, who was walking at the forefront, stopped.
She extinguished the flames she spread around and stared in front of her.

“There’s something in front of us.”

“Is it a monster?”

“Probably.”

As she said, a group of monsters could be seen once they went a bit farther.

‘Reptilians…?’

They were the monsters he met before in the sewers of Seoul Station.
The bipedal lizards were gathered up inside of the dungeon.
There were quite a lot of them, but they were merely 3-star monsters.

Normally, they were monsters that could be swept away with the slight movement of a hand, however…

Munch, munch—

“What… are they eating?”

The noisy sound of eating echoed out.

The group of Reptilians with blue scales were gnawing the blue crystals like ants.

Scrape, scrape, scrape, scrape, scrape—

They used their awl-like bone to scrape the blue crystals and sucked on the fragments with their long tongues.

“…Ohjin.”

“They don’t look like ordinary Reptilians.”

Ohjin narrowed his eyes.

The energy felt from them was on a different level compared to the ones he encountered in the sewers.

‘6-star… at minimum?’

Ojjin couldn’t be certain.

He wasn’t some kind of master in a Murim nor had he a skill that could reveal the opponent’s skill with just a glance.

“Heh, Reptilians are still Reptilians at the end of the day!”

Fwoooosh!!!—

Ha-eun stepped forward and spread her arms out wide.

Crimson flames spread out like a net.

“It’s Isabella, right? You’re an Awakener of Ares?”

“Yes.”

“Then give me some buffs.
I’ll sweep them away in one blow.”

“Hmm… but I wanted to give buffs to Ohjin.”

Isabella put on a dissatisfied expression as she raised the staff grasped in her hand.
The golden gem stuck to the end of the staff emitted bright light.

“《Lamb’s Respite》.”

A golden light poured out of the gem and covered the ground.
They could feel vitality soaring up inside their bodies once they stepped on the floor made of light.

‘Is she pretending to be an Awakener of Ares by using that staff?’

Ohjin stepped back and examined Isabella.

Golden rays of light flowed out of her left chest, mixing with the staff.

‘She really does look like an Awakener of Ares on the surface.’

Starting from the mana to the stigma’s effect… Nothing made it seem that she was an Awakener with the stigma of Hirudo.

“Kyahaha! The effect is great!”

Ha-eun loudly stomped her feet on the golden floor.

Boom!—

“Krrirk?”

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“Krrrrrrrrrrk!”

The group of Reptilians that were frantically gnawing the blue crystals turned their heads to face Ha-eun.

“Take this!!”

Ha-eun shaped her hand into a gun and extended it forward; an enormous flame formed at the end of the index and middle finger.

Fwooooosh!!!—

The flames started to condense, and an intense heat that made it seem their skin was going to burn started to heat up the entire cave.

“Receive the baptism of flames!!!”

Booooooom!!!—

The massive tsunami of flames swept the group of Reptilians.

“Krrrirrieeeik!!!”

“Kiruk! Kirriruik!!”

“Kishaaaaa!”

They were Reptilians that had become abnormally strong by stuffing down blue crystals, but it held no meaning in front of Ha-eun’s flames.

Sizzle!!—

The pungent smell of burning flesh and a savory smell spread out in the cave.

“I heard that lizard meat tastes similar to chicken.
Doesn’t it also smell like chicken?”

Ha-eun grinned while looking back to face Ohjin.

“Wow! You said you were an Awakener of Draco, right? It’s my first time seeing one in person.
You have amazing firepower!”

“…Woah.”

Exclamations left Isabella’s and Ohjin’s mouths on their own.

‘Do people get this much stronger just by increasing their mana?’

Even though he knew that she always had amazing skill in handling her stigma, he didn’t expect it to be to that extent.

She hadn’t even used her ‘Dragon Eye’ for that attack.

Though Isabella’s buff needed to be accounted for, Ha-eun was able to sweep away dozens of mutant Reptilians in a single blow.

“Hehe, how was it, Ohjin? I’m super amazing, right?”

Ha-eun smiled sheepishly and poked Ohjin with her elbow.

“That was pretty sick.”

“Kyahaha!! Right? Right? I’ll carry you through this dungeon, so sit tight!”

“You’re the only one I can depend on.”

Certainly, Ha-eun was much better than him when it came down to using powerful attacks to sweep away enemies in a wide area.

“Hehe.
What should I receive as the boosting fee~?”

“I-I also gave you a buff!”

“Ah, your buff is pretty amazing.
To be honest, I also didn’t think they’d all die in one blow.”

Ha-eun’s eyes glittered as if she saw Isabella in a new light.

While the two women were momentarily sharing a conversation, Ohjin headed to the burnt corpses of the Reptilians.

He took out a knife to cut the corpses and harvest the starstones.

‘The starstones are blue…’

It meant that they weren’t mutants.

‘Are they abnormally strong due to the dragon vein?’

Ohjin narrowed his eyes and examined the Reptilians.
He wanted to confirm how much stronger he had gotten, but wasn’t able to, as Ha-eun had blown them away all at once.

“…Hm?”

He discovered a spot on the wall where the blue crystals had fallen from Ha-eun’s flame storm.

“…!”

Ohjin’s eyes widened while looking at the spot that had no crystals.

“What’s this?”

His stiffened voice echoed out slowly.

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