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DAMNED 13TH REGRESSION

Chapter 13: Dhṛtarāṣṭra - The Guardian Deity of the Nation

[Hunter 'Soma Sanggai' requests to join.]

Upon the sudden appearance of the message, Gong-hyeok smirked. It seemed he had heard Yeon-si's screams from outside the boss room.

"Permission granted."

With Gong-hyeok's approval, the door to the boss room swung open, and a man entered.

Nearly 2 meters tall, this giant of a man, clad in an Egyptian priest's garb he'd picked up along the way, wielded a bronze staff.

The giant leaped.

A light 9 meters.

Effortlessly shattering world records, the giant landed and slammed down his bronze staff. The neck of the jackal biting Yeon-si's leg was crushed inward like the staff itself.

The jackal, its mouth locked on her leg, opened its jaws, frothing with blood. Then, with his brutish hand, the giant grasped the upper jaw of another jackal biting her arm and jerked it backwards.

The jackal's jaw was bent back to its neck, splitting its head in two as if the lid called a head was flung open.

Yip yip! Yip yip yip!

Five jackals, previously pinned by telekinesis, along with two that had circled to the rear, charged.

Their target was Yeon-si, but the giant shielded her, exposing himself to the seven jackals.

He offered his neck and vital points across his body to the sharp jaws of the jackals.

Growl! Grunt!

Despite the marks of the jackals' sharp teeth and the spurting blood, the man did not flinch.

[The ability 'Vajra Indestructibility' of Avatar Vajra Warrior (S+) has been activated!]

['Soma Sanggai' has become indestructible due to the effect of 'Vajra Indestructibility'. You will not receive any damage for 4 seconds]

"Ah, poor creatures."

He stood up lightly, as if he had been bitten by kittens.

"Though I'd like to invoke the words of Kṣitigarbha, saying 'If I don't go to hell, who will?'"

He locked eyes with each of the jackals gnawing on his body.

"I can't tell which side is hell. May you find peace beyond the shores of nirvana."

[The 3rd ability '!!!Revolution!!!' of Avatar Spartacus[1] (A++) is activated.]

[You return 5 times the damage dealt by a critical hit to the enemy!]

His hands, previously in prayer, pointed like a comb at the foreheads of the seven jackals. Their foreheads caved in like tofu, and the jackals fell away from his body, rendered meaningless.

"Pant, pant. You are…."

Despite the different attire, Yeon-si recognized the disheveled giant.

A man who had been dying immobile in a corner of the village from hunger and injury, he was the very giant before her.

'So he came this time too.'

Gong-hyeok also knew who he was.

The only 'real deal' among the 200.

The renegade Tibetan monk who owned the Avatars 'Vajra Warrior' and 'Spartacus'.

The protector of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the Dalai Lama[2].

In the past, he died 7 times on the first floor. Despite traits like Super Recovery (A) and Invincible Fortress (A+), he couldn't overcome his injuries without help.

However, in the 6 times he survived, he was a monster who could easily withstand the attacks of the Four Heavenly Kings.

Aggro, sustainability, counterattack ability – he was a top-tier tank in every aspect.

Despite creating countless enemies and enduring hardships due to his upright convictions, no one doubted his nobility.

The leader of 'Nirvana', one of the Four Major Attack Clans.

'Dhṛtarāṣṭra’ Soma Sanggai.

-Groan, groan....

12 minutes and 47 seconds into playing tag with Gong-hyeok. The Temple Guardian, plagued by poison and bleeding throughout its body, was out of its senses. The status window, seen through the GM, was colorful with abnormalities like exhaustion, confusion, poisoning, and excessive bleeding.

-Kweeeek!

Suddenly, the Temple Guardian vomited. Blood mixed with vomit. Realizing its body was in shambles, it looked at Gong-hyeok with wavering eyes.

-Human, you are wise and strong.

"What do you do if the dog gets tired before the walk is over? Your nose lacks luster; should we visit a vet together?"

Gong-hyeok's mockery elicited a weak, bitter smile from the Temple Guardian.

-From now on, I shall abandon my humanity.

The Temple Guardian, who had been walking on two legs like a beastman, now prostrated on all fours.

[The 'Temple Guardian' has switched to Beast Mode. Strength, endurance, and agility have increased by 20%, while mind, mana, and technique have decreased by 30%]

-Grrrrrrrrr

Drooling profusely, it appeared to have lost all its intellect.

"Is that so? Then, from now on, for me too…"

Gong-hyeok pulled out two weapons from his inventory.

A Troll's Battle Scythe and an Azan Orc's halberd.

"It's not a battle anymore; it's hunting time, you mongrel."

-Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

The Temple Guardian, now several times faster, charged at Gong-hyeok with its massive body.

Running on four legs doubled the speed, and the boost in stat grades doubled it again, a ludicrous equation. That speed was fast enough to kill Gong-hyeok before he could even notice, with his stats.

However.

- 'Beast Rush (E+)' will directly hit in 0.32 seconds! Expected damage: instant death. Right arm and both legs severed! Internal organs ejected! Total muscle rupture! Cerebrum and hypothalamus…]

'The timing to come in was calculated long ago.'

The battle scythe held in both hands swung like a bat.

Swish!

Leather and flesh parted pleasantly, the blade sinking in.

The battle scythe lodged in the wide-open maw of the guardian.

Crunch

'Ah, that's my sound.'

[Master! The 4th and 5th vertebrae are damaged due to the recoil of the attack...]

The end of the battle scythe protruded from the back of the guardian's neck. The medulla oblongata was half severed, yet the Temple Guardian's charge did not stop.

Thump!

[Clavicle double fracture! 30% of abdominal muscles ruptured! Hairline fracture in the right femur!]

The GM quickly relayed the damage status.

'Right. In total….'

Still combat-capable.

Mass X Velocity = Destructive Force. Had he not lodged the battle scythe in the medulla oblongata to slow down the Temple Guardian, he would have been instantly killed as expected.

-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Despite its body almost not responding, the Temple Guardian pushed Gong-hyeok to the wall with superhuman strength.

But Gong-hyeok skillfully braced the halberd against the wall.

Whoosh

Forcing it to the wall, the Temple Guardian essentially impaled itself on the halberd.

The blade that had once touched the heart now completely skewered it. The heart was exposed through the back of the guardian.

-Grooooan…

The Guardian dropped its face, impaled by the battle scythe, onto Gong-hyeok's chest.

Though its legs had already buckled, and its body leaned against its adversary.

The eyes of the Temple Guardian still burned with a venomous rage.

Gong-hyeok felt a resemblance in that gaze to his own.

"Temple Guardian. You've done well enough."

For the last time, Gong-hyeok grasped a battle hammer from his inventory.

"Just die already."

Ox God Technique, Skull Crushing Strike

A hefty chunk of metal fell upon the Temple Guardian's head.

The head was crushed, and two eyeballs popped out like candies. Where the eyeballs had been, instead of malice and venom, only bloody flesh oozed out.

Footnotes:

[1] Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator (Thraex) who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about him beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory. All sources agree that he was a former gladiator and an accomplished military leader.

[2] Dalai Lama is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.

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