The Regressed NoBody

Outside the dungeon, around the time Jiwoo received the updated quest.

“Haaa...”

A man could be seen sitting inside a small office.

Taking a pack of cigarettes out from his coat, he took one out and lit it.

Puff—! Puff—!

Puffing the cigarette, he leaned back on his chair.

“Ahaa, nothing beats a good smoke.”

He spoke as he looked at the many monitors which were attached to the wall in front of him.

The monitors displayed many open spaces on them, which had dungeon gates.

Each monitor displayed a different dungeon.

He turned his head slightly left to look at the monitor on the far edge.

“It’s been a week since he entered the dungeon.”

“Well it’s not my place to worry about others but...”

Puff—!

Taking another puff from his cigarette he continued.

“...but somehow he was different from the other people I have met.”

Puff—! Puff—!

“But still, he might just be one of those few diamonds mixed among countless pebbles.”

Leaning forward on his chair, a solemn look appeared over his face.

“But the way he carried himself was like a pro! Someone who is experienced.”

Puff—!

With another puff, he put the cigarette out and threw it in the bin close to his table.

“Why am I thinking about that kid?”

He thought.

But just then he saw a strange occurrence on the monitor he was looking at prior.

“What?”

A confused look flashed his face.

His gaze stayed fixated on the monitor.

Then the dungeon gate which was displayed on the monitor rippled.

The black colour of the dungeon gate took a shade of purple and red and afterwards the monitor blacked out.

Glenn’s eyes shot wide open as he saw the sudden change in the dungeon’s appearance. He then stood up from his seat.

The transmitter placed on the table started to beep.

He picked it up and heard a voice coming through the transmitter.

“The Dungeon C-45Z2, Code name ‘Devil’s Whisper. It's Mana conductivity has increased. I Repeat, the Dungeon C-45Z2, Code Name ‘Devil’s Whisper. It's Mana conductivity has increased.”

“It’s Magic Power has reached the borderline rank!”

“Roger, I will be there in a moment.”

Glenn responded as soon as the voice coming from the transmitter finished speaking.

Walking up to the door of the office he burst it open and exited the office.

Walking through the wide hall he took a sharp right turn.

“Why that Dungeon?”

***

“Welcome.”

I heard a melodical voice echo inside my ears.

Snapping my head left to right, I saw nothing.

“Jiwoo.”

I heard Jihoon.

Turing my head toward him, I saw the saddened look on his face.

“Can’t you see her? She’s right there!”

He pointed his finger towards the throne.

But just then I felt an ominous feeling emerge from deep within me.

“Heh...”

I heard a malevolent chuckle reverberate inside the throne roo..

But both Jiyoung and Jihoon both had there attention completely fixed on the throne.

Like they were trapped inside an illusion.

What I saw next left me dumbfounded.

A figure stood in front of the throne.

His features looked human. His black hair which fell to his shoulders. And he was wearing an exquisite black suit which perfectly outlined his body.

He looked incredibly handsome.

But the one thing which made me wary of him were his eyes.

His deep blue eyes.

They shined with a mysterious hue and looked magnificent.

Then sitting down on the throne he spoke again.

“Pathetic humans.”

I already knew who he was, or to be exact what it was!

Stabilising Jihoon, I stood up and glared him directly in his eyes.

“So you killed the dungeon master and took over the dungeon?”

He looked surprised.

Resting his cheek over his right hand which rested on the throne’s armrest, he spoke.

“Ho, you can see me?”

“More or less," I responded.

“But I don’t feel pleased meeting a demon," I scoffed.

“Ho Ho...”

He looked at me with a solemn expression.

‘Damn it... this quest has turned it something ridiculous. To face off a demon in my current strength will be asking me to kill myself.

I, despite being someone who regressed back in time, was not confident in facing a ranked demon in my current strength.

Oh yeah.

Demon have 7 ranks amongst themselves.

A demon is ranked based on the colour of their eyes.

The higher the colour of their eyes the stronger there bloodline is.

The highest ranking demon is obviously the Demon king.

The demon king who bestowed his blood on to other demons.

This way the other demons started to do the same as the Demon King did.

If a demon with a higher rank shares his blood to a demon with a lower rank, the latter will have his strength increased.

But only in rare cases that is!

Demon don’t just give their blood willingly.

Because they are the embodiment of desires, they are selfish to their bones and soul.

There are other ways for demons to raise there ranks. One of them is to form a contract with a individual.

The ranks of the demons are decided by the colour of there eyes.

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Crimson Eyes.

Grey Eyes.

Amber Eyes.

Hazel Eyes.

Torquise Eyes.

Green Eyes.

Blue Eyes.

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With crimson being the eyes of the highest ranked demons who are just under the demon king. As well as the demon king himself

And blue being the lowest.

The higher the colour the stronger the demon.

But distinguishing a demon is simple. They unlike humans can’t use Mana. But the power they use is called Demonic Energy.

Currently I was in front of the lowest ranked demon. But if we compare the strength of a Blue eyed demon to a hunter, then they will be ranked about rank.

Currently my strength was not close to his, and I held a clear disadvantage.

I had Jihoon and Jiyoung who were now trapped inside his illusion or some kind of spell.

‘Fuck’

I inwardly cured as I gazed at the figure of the demon, who elegantly sat on the throne.

“Well there are two ways for someone to escape my illusions. First, to have a skill which negates the effects off my illusions and Second, to have a strong mentality!”

“So which is it, the former or the latter human?”

He looked at me with an amused expression. As if I was his play thing.

I kept quiet. Right now the gears in my head were running on full throttle.

I need to think of a way to escape this place. Is escape even an option?

If I don’t face the demon then the quest wouldn’t be complete and as penalty I would die.

But if I face the demon with my current strength there’s just as much a high chance that I would die.

‘Damn it.’

I racked my brain thinking of ways to survive together with Jiyoung and Jihoon.

“Heh...”

I chuckled unknowingly.

‘When the hell did I become such a coward?’

Slap—!

Giving myself a hard slap on my right cheek, which in conclusion had calmed me down and brought be back to my senses.

Losing my composure won't do me any good.

‘I can do this! I’m sure the system gave me this quest based on the ruling that I could clear it.’

I fixated my gaze on to the demon.

‘And even if I could I wasn’t one to run away in the face of an enemy, that’s the type of guy I was, and still am!"

Taking bleak Star out of its scabbard, I held it tightly in my hand. Then placing the scabbard inside the inventory, I gazed as the demon.

Then an enormous pressure bore down on us.

Just as it did, both Jihoon and Jiyoung lost their consciousness and slumped down on the cold floor of the throne room.

Channelling the Mana inside my body, I strength my body with it and prepared to attack.

The demon stood up from the throne and started walking in my direction.

“Let us begin!”

Without even an ounce of hesitation, the demon and I started our clash.

***

Clank—!

Opening the door Glenn entered it to the Monitor room.

“How is the progress?”

“For now there are no changes, but...”

A male youth sat in the front operating the monitors.

“But what?”

Glenn said.

“...but there is a high chance of a dungeon break, Sir!”

“A few fractures have formed around the dungeon gate and the gate has locked itself, so no one can enter nor exit the dungeon!”

The male youth hurriedly explained.

Turing his attention from the youth to the monitor, Glenn solemnly looked at the monitor which displayed the Devil’s Whisper dungeon gate.

“Have you informed the higher ups?”

“Yes, we have set Code-red protocol!”

“Good!”

Turing around Glenn reached for the door again.

Clank—!

Exiting the monitor room he walked through the wide corridors.

“Thing have gotten quite bad.”

***

Five minutes have passed since my clash with the demon started.

Even in those five minutes I couldn’t find a single opening to attack.

Closing the distance between us, the demon approached me.

His speed was incredibly fast. I was barely able to dodge and counter his attack.

‘Good thing I increased my Agility stat.’

I inwrdly thought as I dodge his incoming attack.

He was fighting with his bare hands, his long nails were just as sharp as any fine made sword.

His speed increased and he appeared beside me.

Kicking me in my ribs, I went crashing on the right wall of the throne room.

“Huff...huff...”

Standing up from the floor, I clenched the pommel of my sword and lunged in his direction.

As I reached the demon he was also ready to attack me.

But activating Mind’s Eye in the last second, the world around me slowed down and became colourless.

I was reaching to attack him close to his waist, and seeing this he also reacted the way I predicted him too.

In this slowed time I looked for an possibility to land a solid blow.

There I saw it.

Then the colours of the world returned and the slowed time from my perspective started to flow normally.

Twisting my torso at the last second I dodged his hand by a hair’s length and brought my sword close to his ribs.

But he was fast to react, but it was something I has already predicted.

I turned the trajectory of Bleak Star and vertically slashed upwards.

I had coated my sword with the Mana I could gather around it, but that was enough.

Every since the start of the battle, I had been fighting with my full strength.

Because the gap between us was big and I could only counter it with the experience I have formulated over the years in my previous life.

Soon my sword connected to his hand and it slashed through it.

Slash—! Thud—!

With a subtle slashing sound his hand cut off from his body and fell down on the floor.

All of this happened in a mere of a few seconds.

Making some distance between us, the demon glared at me with his murderous eyes.

The hand which had fallen on the floor had turned into dust.

But the demon’s hand had already started to regenerate.

Bringing my sword forward, I gazed at the demon before me.

‘I can do this.”