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DAMNED 13TH REGRESSION

Chapter 14: Little Master, Ha Yeon-si

[The Temple Guardian has been defeated! 300 points have been….]

“Skip.”

[All named monsters up to the 9th floor defeated! The Temple of Thoth cleared…….]

“Skip.”

[Choose your clear reward….]

“The Platinum Axe Spear of the temple.”

After briskly dismissing the reward window, Gong-hyeok looked towards the giant, Soma Sanggai.

“Ms. Ha Yeon-si, are you okay? Any injuries?”

“I’m fine. But aren’t you a monk? Shouldn’t I be giving you an offering?”

“What I say might be translated differently in the dungeon, but I'm merely a fallen monk. It would be ridiculous to pretend to be a true monk.”

“Ah, but you speak exactly like a monk.”

Yeon-si joked with a smile, but she still couldn’t move, sitting collapsed.

Her wounds were healed with the 'Flower of Growing Flesh,’ and her face pretended to be fine, but her legs were still immobile.

“…….Ms. Ha Yeon-si, as expected.”

“Wait. Just wait a moment, monk ahjussi[1].”

After taking a deep breath, she took a staff out of her inventory and leaned on it.

Her legs trembled, but Ha Yeon-si gripped the staff with both hands and stood up.

“I don’t want to be a woman who's all talk and no action. People in the village, including the monk, might have thought, ‘She knows nothing and just talks nicely.’”

Biting her lip, Ha Yeon-si finally stood up, albeit in a wobbly and almost comical posture.

“I don’t want to remain a naive fool. I will save people, end Babel, and return to reality to find the kids from our orphanage again. I’ll give them the delicious things I couldn’t before, buy them new clothes, oh right! And build a school. The director said if Babel disappears….”

She spoke, covered in blood and dirt, barely able to hold herself up. Her words were a rambling mess, a pitiful and laughable sight.

Yet, Soma Sanggai felt something awakening in his heart and mind at the sight of Ha Yeon-si.

‘The lotus blooms clean even in mud.’

Soma felt some emotion welling up deep inside him.

“I don’t need the monk’s help. I didn’t help in the village expecting something like this in return. My 'Flower of Growing Flesh' was barely enough to cover critical wounds, wasn’t it? The energy you regained was all due to your own doing."

"Is that so."

"Yes, it's like that. Plus, my oppa really hates it when someone follows us or leaks information, you know?”

"I…"

Soma paused for a moment, then spoke with difficulty.

“I have foolishly offended the little master. Please forgive me….”

Soma turned to Gong-hyeok, bowed his head, and continued.

“I only wished to convey this one message to Ms. Ha Yeon-si, the little master.”

“Is that so?”

“Do you know what it is?”

“In reality, it’s something that should be said three times a day.”

“That’s right. You possess not only the strength of Vajra but also the wisdom.”

Soma smiled warmly and bowed to Ha Yeon-si.

“The food was delicious. Thank you, little master.”

“Eh? Oh, you’re welcome. But, surely…”

Ha Yeon-si looked at Soma doubtfully.

“Did you really come just to say that?”

“Yes. I wish I could repay the kindness and enlightenment you have bestowed upon me, but even three lifetimes would not suffice. I am ashamed that this is all I can offer.”

Soma bowed deeply to Ha Yeon-si again, and Gong-hyeok nodded in approval.

‘Things are going well.’

Soma Sanggai was a valuable piece to be utilized. A man who once pushed Gong-hyeok to the brink of death and possesses the charisma to represent hunters.

‘A man of noble ideals who is not ignorant of reality.’

Gong-hyeok knew Soma better than anyone.

‘I understand your thoughts well. Offer a vision. Be influenced by me and ascend to the last floor.’

A cheat skill buff, a debuff nullifier with four types of unique buffs, and a royal healer.

If Princess Bari Ha Yeon-si is the first piece of the Demon King raid.

A vanguard tanker who can easily withstand the attacks of the Four Heavenly Kings and returns the damage received manyfold.

Dhṛtarāṣṭra (The Guardian Deity of the Nation) Soma Sanggai.

He is the second piece.

Gong-hyeok thought so as he looked at the altar guarded by the Temple Guardian.

Rumble

A vague deity, wrapped in chains, rised above the altar.

An Egyptian deity with the head of a green bird.

The deity of magic and astronomy, worshipped alongside the sun god 'Ra.'[2]

The original name of the god of records and time, Thoth.

It was 'Ra Djehuty.'

[Would you like to share your vision with others?]

“Share.”

Soma was astonished, and Yeon-si grinned.

“That is…?”

“I came here to obtain this, Oppa.”

The chains binding Ra Djehuty unravelled one by one within the gaze of the three.

[The avatar 'Ra Djehuty' bound in the Temple of Thoth has been freed for 20 minutes]

The green eyes of Ra Djehuty openned.

-Hark, ye trio who cast thine eyes upon me. What manner of beings be thee?

It wasn’t a mistake.

‘This damn archaic speech never gets easier to understand, no matter how many centuries pass.’

Gong-hyeok frowned and went straight to the point.

“Ra Djehuty. I intend to climb to the top of Babel and smash the Demon King's head.”

-Verily, 'tis a noble vision thou dost harbor. Fortune be upon thee.

“It's not about others. I mean to ascend Babel with you and beat the crap out of the Demon King.”

-Ha! Thy aspiration doth warrant praise, yet shall I ponder upon it. Methinks mine present station be not so dire.

“I’ll provide a better place. Open it, GM.”

At Gong-hyeok's gesture, the GM's red cloak unfolded. Inside lay endless darkness and abyss.

And deep within that abyss, deserts, pyramids, numerous temples, and palaces appeared.

“I have prepared a place for you here.”

[200,000 km² in area. Various temples and pleasure facilities fully equipped. Premium mixed-use space. Summoning distance of 0.02 seconds. Remaining avatar space 1/2. Very comfortable]

-Nay, I bid thee thanks, but none I shall take.

Despite the GM's kindly sales pitch, Ra Djehuty immediately refused.

-I proclaim myself a sovereign divinity, not to be beguiled by mere trifles, nor to be brought under yoke by any soul. Babel may have bested us, yet if such is the decree of the cosmos, so let it be. Should it be the destiny of a world in ruins, we must needs embrace it.

Ra Djehuty crossed his arms and held his bird head high, looking down on Gong-hyeok with indifference. This was the complete opposite of Sha=Monde, who seemed almost too eager to deal after just a few words.

Clap, clap, clap, clap.

Gong-hyeok watched this and slowly clapped.

“Wow, truly majestic, Ra Djehuty. You don’t bend your pride for small gains. Honestly, a deity worshipped as the sovereign of a realm should have at least this much pride.”

-Fie, diminutive mortal, let not hubris devour thee. With mine expansive lore and…

“How proud your followers would be if they could see you now.

Their supreme deity, a noble and fair god who accepts defeat gracefully. Of course, they’d be blissfully unaware that they, too, have been neatly devoured and are now just sleeping in the dungeon.”

-What, thee? What words hast thou just uttered…!

“Your followers are still alive. On the 48th floor, in the underworld of Anubis. Unlike some, they lead a very noble and meager existence.”

The scene within the GM's cloak shifted.

Footnotes:

[1] Ahjussi is how you address a man older than you which you are not acquainted with in Korea.

[2] Ra was the ancient Egyptian deity of the Sun. By the Fifth Dynasty, in the 25th and 24th centuries BC, he had become one of the most important gods in ancient Egyptian religion, identified primarily with the noon-day sun. Ra ruled in all parts of the created world: the sky, the Earth, and the underworld. He was believed to have ruled as the first pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He was the god of the sun, order, kings and the sky.

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