The Regressed NoBody

I stepped forward and the dungeon sucked me in.

The gate rippled ever so slightly, as I crossed forward.

Soon my eyes landed on my surroundings.

I felt a slimy substance, stick to the sole of my boot, as I looked around me.

It was a cave dungeon. I saw the other students, who were a few metres ahead, with their weapons drawn in their hands.

I walked close to the wall on my left side and touched the wall out of curiosity.

The weird goo which stuck to my boot, was also stuck to the wall.

The wall was bouncy for some reason and felt hard to the touch at the same time--like a hard sheet of steel, but having the elasticity of a rubber ball.

I brought my index finger close to the wall and pushed my finger forward. The wall bounced back and then returned to the shape it previously had.

‘It’s kind fun?’ I thought as I pushed my finger a few more times and the wall bounced and returned to it’s previous shape.

“Alright everyone, get ready.” I heard a manly voice coming from up ahead.

I turned my gaze forward and saw the towering figure of a man standing in front of the students.

His body was jacked, and when I say jacked, I mean like a muscle freak jacked. His muscles were bulging and the shape of his muscles could be evidently seen even through his clothes.

His blonde hair were perfectly styled to his left, and his brown eyes displayed an indomitable aura and undying fire in them.

‘Holy shit.’ I almost said out loud.

This was the second time in my life that I had seen someone as jacked as the instructor ahead.

His height was about seven feet, he was taller than everyone present here in the dungeon.

‘I think he’s a tanker?’ I inwardly thought.

Well it was normal for tankers to develop a physique like his!

But not just anyone could build a physique like that. He was in a league of his own.

I stepped forward and withdrew Bleak Star from the inventory and held it firmly in my hand.

Right, in the dungeon walk event we are allowed to use our own weapons. But students still have the choice of using the weapons allocated to them by the academy.

But I was more comfortable with my Bleak Star, because we both have went through a lot together.

“Alright everyone, now the tournament’s second main event will begin shortly.” The instructor shouted. “Good luck to you all and be careful. We might have prepared a lot of precautions just in case, but no one knows when and what could go wrong inside a dungeon.”

Then he turned on his heel and stepped to the side.

And just like that the swarm of students started to rush forward.

“Oy, make way you good for nothings...”

I heard a loud noise from in front of the line. I saw someone dashing forward with two short swords held in his hands.

‘He must be really excited.’

But I kept my pace slow. Didn’t wanted to rush myself.

I looked around examining the dungeon with a keen eye.

The inside of the dungeon was pretty wide, it could fit two times the amount of students here.

So maneuvrability inside the dungeon was not a problem.

I turned my gaze to the left side, top edge of the wall, where there was a camera installed.

‘I just need to get a decent score,’ then coming to a conclusion I stepped forward.

With a quick foot I reached the other students, who had rushed ahead.

Ahaaaa—!

There it was, my precious poi—, I mean a goblin in front of me.

The green little devil held a knife in its hand. It dashed towards me and propelled the knife in it’s hand forward.

But I didn’t dodge.

Just as the goblin came close enough I took a step back and dodged.

Then bringing Bleak Star forward, I hacked at the goblin’s throat.

But my slash was amateurish. Had to act a little, remember!

Slash—!

Thud—!

The goblin’s head got cleanly severed from its body.

Buzz—!

The moment I killed the goblin, the watch over my wrist vibrated.

I tapped over the watch and it displayed five points over the screen.

Then I lifted my head and stepped forward.

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Slash—! Slash—! Slash—!

Thud—! Thud—! Thud—!

Jiyoung swiftly moved her sword, and with each slash, she perfectly killed all of the goblins around her.

On her watch were displayed her points which were, one hundred and ninety-five, <195>.

It had only been ten minutes since the dungeon walk started, and in those ten minutes Jiyoung had already killed so many goblins.

“Haaa...”

She took a deep breath, as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Ahaaa—!

Then suddenly from behind a goblin tried to attack Jiyoung. Jiyoung was caught off guard but she remained calm and tried to intercept the goblin’s incoming attack.

She turned over her heel and tried to make some distance, but the goblin had already reached Jiyoung.

Slash—! Thud—!

The goblin's body fall to the ground with it being perfectly cut into two.

There she saw the figure of Aogiri Ryuya, holding firmly on to his katana.

“Thanks.” She thanked him.

“Don’t worry about it."

Ahaaa—!

Then both of them were surrounded by a horde of goblins. There were about eighteen goblins in total.

Both of them took a stance and increased their grips over their weapons.

Because dealing with goblins individually was easy, but if they were in a group it would pose a difficulty.

Slash—! Thud—!

But that didn’t faze the both of them, as they continued their massacre. Ryuya and Jiyoung killed every goblin which came in the line of their sight.

Ryuya’s midnight-blue hair fluttered as he hacked through the goblins and his emerald eyes locked on to the next goblin which was near him.

Jiyoung on the other hand was doing the same. She hacked through every goblin near her, and their dead bodies cleanly dropped down on the cold ground.

“Huuu... Haaa...” Ryuya took a deep breath as he looked around him.

The ground was littered with goblin corpses.

“You’re pretty good.” Ryuya muttered, as he wiped his face off the goblin blood.

Jiyoung turned her gaze from the dead goblins towards Ryuya, “I could say the same to you.”

“Yea—!”

But just as Ryuya was about to speak, Jiyoung stepped towards him and she propelled her sword towards Ryuya.

“Oy wait—!”

Ryuya stumbled on to the ground.

Ahaaa—!

With a final cry, the goblin behind Ryuya died and it’s body fell lifelessly on to the ground.

Jiyoung pulled her sword back and turned around.

Ryuya turned his head sideways and saw the goblin behind him--which was now laying on the ground, dead.

“T-Thanks!”

Jiyoung nodded her head and then she stepped forward and went deeper into the dungeon.

But Ryuya was surprised and shocked at the same time.

He himself knew best that Park Jiyoung was strong, and despite being a rank higher than her, he knew that Jiyoung could give him a good run for his own money.

He was sure of his hypothesis after he fought Jiyoung and seeing the way she was able to counter most of his attack during their fight.

'She really is strong.'

He inwardly said as he got up on his feet and stepped forward.

***

“Fuucckk!” I grumbled, whilst kicking the dead corpse of a goblin.

‘Why can’t I level up?’ I inwardly thought as I looked at the corpse's of the goblins I had just killed.

I wouldn't have normally become so frustrated over some level up, but, I had my hopes up that I could at least level up a few times.

I lowered my shoulders and pulled my head downwards in a defeated manner.

‘I guess killing something as weak as a goblin won’t give me enough experience-points to level up.’

I deeply sighed as I stepped forward.

“Life really is unfair towards me.” I gloomily looked around. “And here I thought I could at least level up a few times.’

But that thought had now completely left my mind, as I killed goblin after goblin, without even raising a single level.

Currently my watch displayed my points which were, two hundred and seventy-five, <275>.

It had been twenty-five minutes since the dungeon walk started.

I had mostly killed the goblins in the blind spots where the cameras couldn't see, or where there were fewer to no students.

Didn't wanted to look suspicious, that’s all. Because for the first ten minutes I cautiously killed the goblins without displaying too much of my strength, but after that I got bored and went on a killing spree in the blind spots.

Even after killing goblin after goblin I wasn’t able to raise a single level.

Then another goblin came in to the line of my sight.

I stepped forward and killed that goblin effortlessly.

[You have Levelled Up!]

But my face took a sharp turn as I saw a window appear in front of me.

The gloom over my face disappeared and I joyfully tapped over the system window and the system interface appeared before me.

The blue system interface came to life in front of me and displayed my stats.

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NAME: SEO JIWOO (???)

HP: 4290

LEVEL: 32

STRENGTH: 77

STAMINA: 82

AGILITY: 75

VITALITY: 76

INTELLIGENCE: 69

MP: 999

POINTS: 511

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FATIGUE: 5

PERSEVERANCE lv.2

PROFESSION: Swordsmanship (Lv.1)

【Crescent Moon Style】

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{SKILLS}

[{E} Acausality] (Sealed)

This skill allows the user to tamper with the flow of time. Allowing the user to stop time for a brief moment.

Note: An equivalent amount of the host’s Mana will be drained as long as the skill is active.

Cool down: 2 weeks

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【Returnee’s Privilege】 [Time: ??? ]

–MIND’S EYE (Sealed) (Unlocked: 20%)

–LEAP (Sealed)

Cool Down: 3 hours

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A smile flashed over my face as I joyfully stepped forward.

“Life isn’t as shitty as it seem."

But still, a single level up is better than nothing.

Seriously, I need to go to a stronger dungeon if I want to level up fast.

“—Haaaa...”

“—amn it!”

“—Ahaaaa.”

I heard many loud noises come from up ahead.

After reaching the source of the noise, I saw many students engaged in a fight with goblins.

Some were immobilised due to their protection suit being damaged and were getting help from the sophomores, and some students still fighting against the goblins.

But with a nonchalant look I ignored them and walked passed them.

‘They need to be able at least do this much to survive,' I thought as I killed a goblin who was dashing towards me.

Afterwards, I found myself in front of three tunnels.

‘Which tunnel should I enter?’

I saw a stick closeby. I took the stick and held it from its top, straight with its end touching the ground.

I let go of the stick and it dropped on to the ground pointing at the left side tunnel.

"Left it is." I said as I stepped forward and entered the tunnel on my left.

***

Just as Jiwoo stepped into the tunnel, someone followed him from behind.

He stepped into the same tunnel as Jiwoo.

He held his spear tightly in his hand as he gritted his teeth and hatefully spat.

“Trash...”