I’m not a Regressor

Chapter 181: Living Armor (6)

"Ha-eun?"

Ohjin's eyes widened when he saw Ha-eun arrive on a motorcycle.

To his knowledge, she should've been in the middle of her 'molting' process.

"It's already finished."

Ha-eun chortled and approached Ohjin.

"I asked where you were once I woke up and was told you came here to investigate. I did come here right away, but…"

With narrowed eyes, she stared at Ohjin, who was in Isabella’s arms.

"It looks like you were having a good time without me."

Ohjin pointed to his blood-drenched chest.

"Isn't being hugged by a lady from a rich family who is pretty, good at cooking, and has big breasts having a good time?"

"I mean, you're right, but…"

"I'm fucking right?"

"No, no, no. The time I spent here was truly tiresome and dreadful."

"Yes. Now that's more like it."

With Ohjin on the ground, Ha-eun cackled and ruffled his hair.

She glanced at Isabella and spoke in a small voice.

"Thank you."

"Eh?"

"Thank you for protecting Ohjin."

"…"

Isabella seemed like she hadn't expected to hear her say thanks, as she put on a shocked expression.

Ha-eun stopped looking at Isabella and turned her head to face the Living Armor.

"So you’re the one who made my Ohjin shit blood."

"Uh, I never did that…"

"I'll confirm it a little later, so sit tight."

"What?"

'You're going to confirm what now?'

"For god's sake…"

She ignored him and took out a cigarette from her pocket.

After putting it in her mouth, she created a small flame at the tip of her finger.

Sizzle—

"This is why I can't take my eyes off Ohjin."

Killing intent leaked from her cold, red eyes.

"Hissssss."

"Why does this fuck keep making the farting sound of a dude who hasn’t been able to shit for three days?"

The creepy sound it emitted that made numerous Awakeners tremble in fear was turned into a vulgar sound in a heartbeat.

There was no way it would understand what she said, but the Living Armor aimed its spear at Ha-eun and gave off killing intent.

"What? Are you mad?"

She giggled and took a big drag out of her cigarette.

"But how should I break this to you…?"

Click—

Ha-eun lifted the eyepatch that was covering her left eye.

The yellow eye of a reptile hidden underneath the black eyepatch revealed itself.

Fuu—

Light-gray smoke leaked out of her red lips.

After placing the burning cigarette between her fingers—

"I'm even more pissed, you dickhead."

Boom!!!—

—it shot off like a bullet as she snapped her finger.

The small embers on the edge of the cigarette spread their wings and flew.

Fwooooosh!!—

—Radiant flames covered the air.

The small embers turned into a dragon and wrapped around the Living Armor.

"Hissssss!!"

The Living Armor was engulfed in scorching flames hot enough to make opening your eyes difficult and it cried out.

Its armor was crumpled due to the consecutive battles and started to melt from the searing flames.

Thud!!—

The Living Armor launched forward and charged at them before its entire body could melt and disappear.

Its spear that was aimed at Ha-eun burned with dark-blue flames.

"Oh, flames—"

Ha-eun dodged in a slipping manner and avoided the spear.

She grasped the spear that grazed past the left side of her belly and clenched her fist as she pulled it in.

Fwoooosh!!—

The eye of a dragon rooted in her left eye shone fiercely, and flames gathered in her clenched fist.

"—fucking blaze."

Boooom!!—

She threw a straight punch at the shape of a snake engraved on the Living Armor's chest.

The massive flames condensed in her fist were unleashed like an erupting volcano.

Three scorching dragons ran up her arm and wrapped around its body.

"Fuu."

Taking in a short breath, she grasped the Living Armor's chestplate.

"Hyaaa!!!"

Crunch!—

She yelled and tore off the chestplate that was already half-melted by the heat.

"Hisssss!!"

The Living Armor struggled as it backed off while violently swinging its spear that Ha-eun held onto.

"Ugh!"

Ha-eun, who was gripping the shaft with her left hand, was sent flying back by its astonishing strength.

She frowned and stared at the Living Armor.

"Jesus, this bastard is fucking strong."

If the Living Armor was in its normal state, she wouldn't have been able to face it, even with having completed her 'molting'.

However…

"It looks like you're pretty tired."

The edges of her lips tilted up.

Ha-eun took another cigarette out of her pack and raised it up high.

"Oh, flames—"

With the cigarette at the center, six flaming dragons gathered.

"—blaze really fucking strongly."

She lowered the cigarette like she was slashing down a sword.

Fwoooosh!—

The flame dragons that spread in six different directions traversed through the air like living organisms.

They opened their massive mouths and devastated the Living Armor like a group of hyenas eating a corpse.

"Hissssss!!"

One of the flame dragons crawled through the gap that was created from its chestplate getting torn off.

Flames of different colors entangled together and fought.

The Living Armor spasmed in pain.

"Phew."

Cold sweat ran down Ha-eun's forehead.

It wasn't easy to control six flame dragons since she had only recently finished her 'molting'—

'I need to end things here.'

—but if an opening was created and the Living Armor escaped, there was no way for her to chase after it because she heavily lacked mobility compared to her firepower.

And one more thing…

'You dare hurt my Ohjin?'

Rage surged up once she recalled Ohjin on the ground and drenched in blood.

Fwoosh—

Mana poured out like a tsunami from the Dragon’s Heart that took root in the left side of her chest.

A spherical marble was created on top of her opened palm.

The red marble didn't blaze fiercely or rumble.

Bang!—

She surged forward with the Dragon Bead in her hand.

Wind grazed past her cheek.

Every time she took a step, holes were left on the ground as if she was running on wet cement.

"Hisss!"

The Living Armor that was violently struggling raised its spear.

"Too late, fucker."

Jumping lightly, Ha-eun landed on top of the spear.

She extended her left arm and forcefully opened its helmet.

"Open wide."

Ha-eun roughly shoved her hand that was grasping the Dragon Bead into its helmet.

"This is going to be a little hot."

"Hissssss!!"

"Hey, no biting back."

Before the Living Armor munched her arm off, Ha-eun quickly withdrew it and kicked its chestplate.

Once she created distance with a clean backwards somersault, she leisurely took out a cigarette pack from her pocket.

"Ah, fuck."

She put the last cigarette in her mouth and put her finger at the tip of it.

Sizzle—

When she relaxed and took in a puff—

Fwooooooosh!!—

—ferocious flames raged out from the gaps of its black armor.

They weren’t creepy, dark-blue flames that were like fen fires—they were flames that were bright red like a dragon's breath.

Thud!—

The half-melted armor collapsed onto the ground with a heavy sound.

The light in its dark-blue eyes gradually faded.

Translator - Maccas

Proofreader - ilafy

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"That was tough."

Ha-eun smirked and turned around.

She acted like it was nothing on the outside, but there was cold sweat formed on her forehead.

"Did you bring any potions?" Ha-eun asked after approaching Ohjin.

"I brought one."

Isabella took out a potion from the small bag attached to her belt.

It wasn't an elixir that was said to regenerate decapitated limbs, but it was a top-quality potion that easily exceeded several hundred thousand dollars.

"I'll feed it to him."

With Ohjin’s head on her lap, Isabella opened the potion bottle and was going to pour the blue liquid into her mouth…

"Stop right there. What do you think you’re doing, bitch?"

Ha-eun pulled Isabella's hair as she was about to put it in her mouth.

Isabella glared at Ha-eun.

"…What are you doing?"

"If someone's feeding it to him, it's going to be me."

"Oh my, where's the potion that you brought?"

When an intense mood was settling down between Isabella and Ha-eun—

"What am I, on my deathbed?"

—Ohjin furrowed his brows and got up.

Numerous places on his body throbbed from the internal injuries he received from fighting Deneb's apostles and the wounds he got from the Living Armor, but he wasn't so hurt that he couldn't drink a potion by himself.

"Thank you."

He quickly took the potion out of Isabella's hand and poured it into his mouth.

Was it because it was a top-quality potion priced at several hundred thousand dollars? A refreshing feeling spread throughout his whole body as the pain gradually receded.

"Ah…"

"Aw."

Ohjin avoided the gazes of the two women that looked to be bummed out and got up.

He slowly walked over and looked down at the Living Armor's half-melted corpse on the ground.

'It'll probably be best for me to devour it before the Heaven's Grace guild arrives.'

"Could you confirm Mr. Woohyuk's condition for me?" Ohjin said as he glanced at Isabella.

"Ah. G-Give me a second."

It seemed that she only just remembered Lee Woohyuk, who was sent flying by the Living Armor's attack. She nodded her head and hurried away.

Ha-eun glanced at Isabella growing distant and approached him.

"Are you going to absorb it with the… Black Heaven or whatever it's called?"

"Yeah."

It was a demon beast created by the 'Snakes'.

He couldn’t let himself miss out on such nutritious prey.

"Won't… it be a bit dangerous?" Ha-eun asked with a worried expression.

It appeared that she was worried that the power of the 'Snakes' within the demon beast would be harmful to him.

Ohjin smirked and shook his head.

"If my power couldn't handle this, I wouldn't be a threat to this world in the first place."

Regardless of how incredible the power of the Snakes was, it couldn’t hold a candle to the Black Heaven. Not when it was the very thing that devoured the countless constellations in the night sky.

Rumble—

The black clouds flowing out of his hands covered the black armor.

-Ring!

[You have absorbed a portion of the 'Stigma of Serpens'. You must absorb more stigmas in order to use the power of the 'Stigma of Serpens'.]

[All conditions required for the Black Heaven's awakening have been met]

[The Black Heaven's seventh awakening will start!]

"What?"

Ohjin’s eyes widened after confirming the message that appeared in front of his eyes.

He couldn’t have imagined that the Black Heaven would awaken.

[You have achieved the Black Heaven’s seventh awakening.]

[A portion of Awakener Lee Shinhyuk’s memories will be transmitted according to the Black Heaven’s awakening stage!]

Pzzzt!—

His field of view twisted, accompanied by the familiar sound of static noise.