Regressor Takes Everything - Chapter 85: This Damned Thing Called Fame (7)

After returning to the party.

Kang Yoo-sik walked around the party hall making conversations with many people as if nothing had happened.

But there was one thing different from before. The energy of the people had oddly increased unlike how it was when he went outside with Ahn Seol-ha.

“That’s incredible. I hope to see you again!”

“Haha. I’d show you around as much as if want if you come!”

“I’ll be looking forward to it!”

They spoke excitedly while matching up to his age, unlike a while ago where they were calm to a point they couldn’t process the fact that he was a cadet.

The majority of them thought that Kang Yoo-sik’s looked more relaxed while few people among them who loved gossiping had noted him and Ahn Seol-ha leaving together.

“No way…….”

“No matter what, he’s still a minor, isn’t he………?”

“But, if you think about Team Leader Ahn Seol-ha’s character……..”

Though the majority of them thought “No matter what, no way it’s going to be like that”, the fact that they were going around together without uttering a single word even after they went outside and returned was raising suspicion again.

When the hunters in the party whispering about the change in vibe between the two. Park Yoo-chan entered in and quivered at the sight.

‘Looks like it worked.’

Immortal Dream itself is so covert that you can’t even recognize it as a curse. Its sweet scent disappears so quickly that it’s almost impossible to prepare for it unless you know about it.

Besides that, even if a small portion of it was absorbed, it will be persistent and will progress to the second round, so you can’t help but be flustered if you don’t know about it.

‘I was a bit worried as it was an incomplete work……….. but if it’s that level, looks like it’s a success.’

Though the S-class hunter Ahn Seol-ha looked like she was resisting it a bit, it certainly looked like the round one worked on Kang Yoo-sik.

Nothing is going to be difficult starting here. Kang Yoo-sik smirked and motioned at his henchman beside.

The henchman nodded and headed somewhere at that. Moments later, Deputy Team Leader Han Ye-ji came running from somewhere and took Ahn Seol-ha to some other place.

Kang Yoo-sik was left alone at the party hall. Park Yoo-chan smiled and approached Kang Yoo-sik who was fidgeting all over the place.

“Long time no see huh.”

Kang Yoo-sik turned his head at Park Yoo-chan’s greeting and furrowed his brows bluntly as soon as he saw his face.

“I really didn’t want to you though.”

An emotional response unlike the sly look from before. Park Yoo-chan replied with a relaxing expression at that.

“Do you have to respond so harshly like that? I don’t think that it will cause you any harm to make a connection with me?”

“I don’t know. I feel like I don’t need to make a connection with The Noblesse Guild.”

“How foolish. It’d be difficult to live in the hunter industry if you get swayed by your emotions like that.”

Crack!

As soon as he finished speaking, the glad in Kang Yoo-sik’s hand shattered and the liquid splashed all around. The sweet smell of the beverage spread around them.

All the hunters turned towards them in unison at the loud noise. Park Yoo-chan let out a silent scream and stiffened at the situation.

“What the hell was that?”

“I’m sorry. Since the stats are suddenly getting improved, I can’t get myself to control my strength.”

Park Yoo-chan who slightly furious at Kang Yoo-sik’s shameless look narrowed his eyes at him.

“Are you threatening me right now?”

“What do you mean threaten. It was truly just a mistake. I’m sorry that it got on your dre-……”

When Kang Yoo-sik was about to approach him with his handkerchief. Park Yoo-chan hurried and slapped his hand hard.

Slap!

Kang Yoo-sik who reached forward got pushed backward and Park Yoo-chan stared in a cold expression.

“I know that you’ve gotten quite famous. But that doesn’t mean you can act like this.”

“No…….. I mean I didn’t try to……….”

Park Yoo-chan looked satisfyingly flaring up looking at Kang Yoo-sik being flustered.

Even with evidence that he can’t beat him, it was unbelievable that he was backing out. Park Yoo-chan raised his voice at an abominable Kang Yoo-sik who didn’t even know what was his fault.

“What do you mean no! Not only you threatened me by shattering the glass right in front of me, but you thing also insulted The Noblesse Guild and now you’re denying it as well?!”

“I never did such a thing! Please stop with these weird accusations!”

Park Yoo-chan got even more furious at Kang Yoo-sik who yelled in an upset tone and secretly signaled one of his henchmen at the back.

Now his men will bring Kang Yoo-sik to round two and induce him to come at Park Yoo-chan.

Then he will be able to bring Kang Yoo-sik’s fame down appropriately and will get his marriage stable too.

Right when Park Yoo-chan was over the moon thinking about how Ahn Seol-ha will be in his hold soon.

“You’re doing all these to me now because I’m close to Ahn Seol-ha, isn’t it?!”

All of Kang Yoo-sik’s thoughts were cut off in a single word.

“……….. What?”

“Am I wrong?! Last time too at the New Sky Building, you used abusive language at me, and you’re doing the same now. No matter how cold she is to me, you have no right to treat me like this!”

The response to his words now was simple.

If Kang Yoo-sik says that he’s never done such a thing, and tells him not to make up such strange stories, it will only be an advantage to Park Yoo-chan.

But unlikely of how he imagined, Kang Yoo-sik didn’t utter a word. The colorless emotions he had been holding in were soaring up to his mouth and had been constrained.

“You………. You………”

At his unrecognizable impulse, Park Yoo-chan was agitated desperately but held it back.

Because he knew that the moment he loses his temper here, it will all be over.

Due to that, Park Yoo-chan desperately suppressed his emotions.

“Didn’t you and Ms. Ahn Seol-ha not have a relationship at all from the very beginning?!”

Shatter!

Everything collapsed at Kang Yoo-sik’s yell.

“Shut up……… shut up!!!”

Boom! Clash!

Park Yoo-chan who attacked Kang Yoo-sik, swung his fist insanely and punched him wildly in the blink of an eye.

The hunters who observed the situation hurried and grabbed hold of Park Yoo-chan, but they couldn’t get him away easily due to his superhuman strength that was out of their expectations.

“Ahn Seol-ha is my woman! She would’ve become mine if only you bastard didn’t interfere!!!”

Park Yoo-chan pushed away all the hunters who were holding onto him and ran to grab Kang Yoo-sik in a chokehold. He could see Kang Yoo-sik’s face that was a wreck with blood gushing out of his nose.

“…………?”

Right when he saw that. Park Yoo-chan who was seeing red up until a while ago felt like his mind knocked out cold.

A sense of accomplishment that he was getting what he wanted and an unknown sense of bewilderment about the thing he just did.

When Park Yoo-chan was getting back to his senses little by little.

Crack!

The arm he used to grab Kang Yoo-sik in a chokehold bent in a bizarre form.

“…………?!”

Park Yoo-chan turned pale looking at his arm that twisted horribly and when he was about to let out a scream in pain.

“Park Yoo-chan.”

A cold voice rang was heard even before he could scream.

Park Yoo-chan even forgot to scream and stared at Ahn Seol-ha who showed up at the hall at some point and was grabbing hold of his arm.

She just simply called out his name. But that one call made all his pain he felt moments before fly away and all his senses twisted bizarrely.

“Ahhhhhh…… Uaghhhh…….”

He felt nauseous and his pants were wet with all the saliva and tears flowing down. He couldn’t control himself, though he knew it was an unpleasant sight to see.

When all his senses were strangely intertwining and even his vision was darkening. He could see only Ahn Seol-ha’s eyes as always.

And the moment he could see the intangible blades aiming towards him in the darkness.

Slash!

He could see his body that was slashed into hundreds of pieces.

“Arghhhhhhhh!!! Urgkkkkkkk!!!”

Park Yoo-chan who let out a horrible shriek wriggled his body like crazy and struggled to get out of Ahn Seol-ha’s hold.

He was in a state where he even forgot that the twisted arm was in her hold. It wouldn’t even be strange if his arm fell out, but Ahn Seol-ha didn’t give up her will to kill him even after knowing that.

And right when Park Yoo-chan’s arm was about to break apart and fall off.

“That’s enough………”

Kang Yoo-sik grabbed Ahn Seol-ha’s shoulder.

“I think that’s……. enough. Please stop.”

“………. Okay.”

Ahn Seol-ha dropped her intention and let go of his arm at his word. Park Yoo-chan dropped to the floor rolling and collapsed.

“Hrkkkkkk……. Cough……”

Park Yoo-chan was drooling and breathing hard. Kang Yoo-sik looked at that sight and stared while wiping the blood with his handkerchief.

And he said in a loud voice for everyone to hear.

“As expected……. We were cursed by someone.”

“Curse?”

“Who on earth here?”

Everyone in the hall was troubled by the sudden statement. Kang Yoo-sik waited till the confusion spread out and started speaking again.

“A while ago when Mr. Park Yoo-chan was agitated. A highly secretive curse that cannot be felt if you don’t have the Curse Resistance Skill was put on both of us.”

“Is that true?”

“Yes. Thankfully I succeeded with the resistance, but it somewhat seems like Mr. Park Yoo-chan was a victim of it.”

At Kang Yoo-sik’s words, everyone gathered at the hall gave a stiffened expression.

It was a curse so secretive that they couldn’t feel it?

While everyone looked astonished, Kang Yoo-sik spoke with utmost weight on his words.

“And I clearly saw who that curse was linked to. That person……. is right there.”

Everyone followed the direction Kang Yoo-sik was looking at. He stood there.

Kim Won-hyung, the Chief Secretary of The Noblesse Guild looked shocked.

“Wh-, What kind of nonsense is……….. It’s not me! Why would I do that to Cadet Kang Yoo-sik and Young Master Park Yoo-chan!”

Kim Won-hyung shook his hands while looking paled out. Kang Yoo-sik spoke with a determined look on his face.

“I clearly saw the curse being linked to you. I can swear upon my name on that!”

The hunters looked coldly at Kim Won-hyung after Kang Yoo-sik mentioned that he could swear upon his name.

It could’ve been ambiguous if any other person would’ve said it, but it was a different case if it was Kang Yoo-sik who’s showcased his God-given talent in Magic and Spell.

Well-known fame. The people felt the sincerity in Kang Yoo-sik’s argument at that.

“N-, No. It’s not-……..”

Kim Won-hyung, the one who triggered the Immortal Dream from a distance. The moment he was about to step back in embarrassment.

Thud!

A man who wore a white robe with lotus patterns on the shoulder blocked his way and said in a serious tone.

“Pay for your sins!”

Whooong!

Along with his words, Kim Won-hyung’s body rose in the air. He collapsed to the ground with his limbs intertwined together.

“………..!”

His mouth didn’t open even a bit, though he was feeling a gruesome pain in his limbs. Park Yoo-chan gave an embarrassed look at Kim Woo-hyung who was going through pain in the distance.

‘What……. And how did this happen?’

He had no idea why or how his henchman Kim Won-hyuk was being overpowered there like that, but he had no choice but to get over this situation now.

The moment Park Yoo-chan was trying to desperately clear his head among the confusion. Kang Yoo-sik approached and grabbed his shoulder.

“It must be a shock to you, isn’t it? Since your injuries are serious too, please don’t strain yourself.”

“Wh-, what on earth happened……”

Kang Yoo-sik replied with a stiff expression as Park Yoo-chan asked while pretending not to know anything.

“He put a curse upon both of us and tried to cause a stir. There was a strange incident earlier at the garden too……… perhaps he had planned it all since then.”

“…………!”

Park Yoo-chan widened his eyes at Kang Yoo-sik’s words.

He was orthodoxly exposed to the Immortal Dream, but resisted it with his Curse Resistance Skill?

At those unbelievable words, Park Yoo-chan was flustered while his mind sank calmly.

‘I need to go along with that……… in here.’

If he doesn’t, he will not be losing just Ahn Seol-ha, but everyone in the future as well.

Kang Yoo-sik nodded while groaning at the pain that started to rise slowly in his arm.

“Th-, That’s right. There was an incident where I was emotionally agitated at the New Sky Building last time too. No way that guy-……”

“………..!”

Kim Won-hyung widened his eyes and tried to yell out something, but Park Yoo-chan used that sight to pretend as if he was shocked and trembled his body.

At that sight, Kang Yoo-sik said while wiping the blood off his mouth with the handkerchief.

“Don’t worry. Since I’ll be clearing up all your false accusations.”

“Th-, thank you.”

Park Yoo-chan who clenched his teeth at the mention of Kang Yoo-sik up until a while ago, couldn’t help but express his gratitude as much as this time.

Wouldn’t he be spared alive using that guy’s misunderstanding after he almost made everything into a wreck?

“Your welcome.”

At that greeting containing sincerity, Kang Yoo-sik smirked under the handkerchief while pretending to wipe his blood off.

[Debt relationship condition satisfied.]

[Debtor Park Yoo-chan‘s registration confirmed. Debt rating judged as A.]

The notification popped up.

Kang Yoo-sik who saw it replied sincerely.

“We just live by helping each other, don’t we?”

[Debtor Park Yoo-chan going into enforcement. Adding 50 to stat ‘Muscle Power’. Applied to the body, increased by 63 in total.]

[Debtor Park Yoo-chan going into enforcement. Adding 50 to stat ‘Durability’. Applied to the body, increased by 57 in total.]

[Debtor Park Yoo-chan going into enforcement. Current state ‘Mana Explosive’.]

[Debtor Park Yoo-chan going into enforcement. Current state ‘Loss of Mind’.]

[All debts of Debtor Park Yoo-chan have been settled.]

“Urgh…. Arrrrrrrrrgghhhhhh!”

Park Yoo-chan who gave out a horrible cry ran towards Kang Yoo-sik while coughing up blood and everyone’s eyes widened at the sudden event that took place.

Chop!

And Ahn Seol-ha’s hands moved faster than anyone.

“Hrgkaaaargh!”

Park Yoo-chan who got all his strength on his limbs cut off, fell to the ground while letting out a loud cry.

Ahn Seol-ha who was watching that coldly spoke to Han Ye-ji who stood beside her at some point.

“It’s a phenomenon that occurs with mana explosive and loss of mind. Take it down.”

“Sure!”

Han Ye-ji reached her hands out at Ahn Seol-ha’s words. At that, vines sprouted up from the ground and captured Park Yoo-chan.

Vines with a green light coiling around gently. It was to heal the opponent’s body and though it couldn’t prevent the mana explosive from affecting him, it will make sure to not kill him.

Kang Yoo-sik who watched it unfold while on the floor let out a sigh of relief.

‘Is it practically over with this?’

He ended Park Yoo-chan with this, and also got rid of Kim Won-hyung too, who was his henchman and lead of the Reinforcement Plan at the same time.

And he also didn’t destroy the entity of The Noblesse Guild, so he’d no longer have any trouble.

When Kang Yoo-sik was looking satisfied at the situated that wrapped up, not minding the sudden turns in the plan. Ahn Seol-ha who handled the situation approached Kang Yoo-sik.

“Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

Kang Yoo-sik nodded at Ahn Seol-ha who was worried sick.

“There’s nothing wrong.”

“What do you mean nothing’s wrong? You’re completely a wreck”

Ahn Seol-ha who looked sad pulled out her handkerchief and wiped the blood on his face.

“You could’ve stayed back if you felt something strange.”

“That’s……”

Kang Yoo-sik who was about to reply that he was totally okay, recalled Ahn Seol-ha’s debt rating back at the garden.

‘It was too little considering the effort.’

It was quite a cheap method, but it wouldn’t be bad to gain a little more. Kang Yoo-sik concluded and muttered while looking slightly embarrassed.

“But still, how can I tolerate him say such things about you.”

“………”

Ahn Seol-ha’s hard froze at Kang Yoo-sik’s words and her eyes shook as if there was an earthquake in them.

And that moment a light popped up in front of him.

[Debtor Ahn Seol-ha’s debt increases.]

[Debtor Ahn Seol-ha’s debt rating rises to B. A collection list is added.]

‘………. Huh?’

He just nothing but simple words meaning that he interfered because of her and the debt rating just doubled?

Kang Yoo-sik was embarrassed at the realization that he had touched a wrong nerve, an incredibly wrong nerve.

“It’s prohibited.”

Ahn Seol-ha who was wiping off his blood said while putting her finger on his lips.

“Those words. It’s prohibited to say unless we both are alone.”

A smile like an active volcano that could erupt any moment. And the fishy taste of blood he could feel along with that. Kang Yoo-sik realized one thing at that.

‘I hope I don’t mess with this one if possible.’

This thing that’s very dangerous to be called a credit.