Regressor Instruction Manual (PART 4)

Chapter 710: Scenario (1)

A little bit of embarrassment had gotten into my head, but it didn't take long before shame disappeared.

It was a heavy truth and a sad story.

I thought the change in attitude was a bit extreme, but who would dare throw stones at me?

When I recalled how the masked savior would have spent the days in the first round, a great solemnity settled in my head.

'That's what it was.'

I thought that the question, 'Would it have been necessary to ruin the continent like this?' could also be explained by that story to some extent. It must've been painful, but wasn't it an unavoidable choice since it was the only way to start the second timeline?

Wasn't it possible that the deaths of some humans would come as heavy news to the gods above? I had to make them also judge that our continent was hopeless.

It wasn't only humans who were selfish and took advantage of the situation. The gods also found the most rational way to solve the problem.

That wasn't all. Sometimes the deities would go through a meeting about whether the event was worth their while and if the profits were significant enough for their time.

Irreparable damage had to be dealt on the continent so that ordinary methods wouldn't be enough to spontaneously revive it.

The first timeline's me might have judged that that was the condition for regression.

As one could see, the masked hero did a great job. He left an irreparable wound on the continent, and he must've been really heartbroken.

'I thought it was weird.'

In my common sense, that level of psychopathy didn't exist, which made me more surprised when I heard from Kim Hyunsung about his evil deeds. I kept wondering whether he really did that much, but I currently felt like the puzzle had been solved.

'What? He caused an infectious disease... Gosh... He used humans as plague bombs? Wow... There's no one crazy enough in the world to do such a crazy thing for pleasure.'

It wasn't for pleasure.

The masked hero, Lee Kiyoung of the first timeline, designed everything. Of course, he wouldn't have planned out the whole process, but I thought he helped me draw the big picture. For example...

"Kim Hyunsung's bag."

The heroic-grade item Kim Hyunsung discovered in the tutorial, Ramus Tucker's Introduction to Alchemy.

'This is also weird.'

There was a possibility that he really discovered it in the tutorial dungeon. Or perhaps that was an item that Kim Hyunsung had taken right before his return. Still, why did he dare bring an alchemist-exclusive object despite having lots of other possessions?

Considering that the last thing that remained on the sunset continent was Kim Hyunsung and me, perhaps I intended for him to take the bag.

What method was used was hidden under the veil, but considering the continent's state at the time, it was convincing.

The system was utterly broken.

No life was left, and the items shared the same fate. If Kim Hyunsung had a mythic-class item, he would've brought it instead of the bag to his return.

'The only equipment he could bring to the second timeline was that.'

Why?

It was the item left behind by the masked savior. The 1st Kiyoung, who committed too great a sin in the first round, wouldn't have liked it if I had chosen to become a black wizard.