Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World (Final Revision)

Hunter (1)

The Oldest Dream couldn't believe his eyes, the regressor was running low on stamina.

Yoo Jonghyuk invested all his remaining coins in his stats, but it didn't make any difference.

For the first time since long ago, Yoo Jonghyuk's arms wearily trembled.

When he endured the clashes one after another, he had accumulated damage. However, even though it was hard, he continued to swing his weapon and never let go of it.

A red light was coming out of the hunter's long sword.

Clang! Thud!

The force of the blow was enough to throw Yoo Jonghyuk into the wall at the other end of the station. In less than a second, without letting him regain his senses, the hunter appeared in front of the regressor and hit him again.

"Ugh...!"

He coughed up blood.

However, Yoo Jonghyuk still tried to get up again, only to get miserably hit and fall to the floor.

...Should he give up?

Should he regress now?

There were two many variables and Kim Dokja wasn't there. Why should he continue living in this world line anyway?

Bang!

Yoo Jonghyuk considered giving up.

Bang! Bang!

"Cough!"

Lying on the floor, Yoo Jonghyuk clenched his hand.

'Kim Dokja...'

Would he see him if he regressed this time?

Tsutsutsuchut!

Sparks swirled around him in the air.

'Don't die, you sunfish bastard!"

Yoo Jonghyuk felt as if he was hit in the back of the head and touched his nape. He didn't know whether the words just now were imagined or not.

The regressor remembered the man who had killed grasshoppers in the first scenario; the cheeky man he had thrown off a bridge with a smile; the man who tried to save his friends; the man who died at his hands after becoming a demon king...

Tsutsutsuchut!

Strangely, the sound of probability resounded in his ears.

...Right, Kim Dokja wouldn't have wanted him to give up.

But why did that matter now?

["Yoo Jonghyuk. I will tell you two things first. One, I'm not your subordinate. So I hope you will treat me fairly from now on. Two, I will cooperate with you but you also have to promise to cooperate with me."]

Yoo Jonghyuk gritted his teeth.

["Get your hand off me and get lost, you damn jerk."]

Memories of the past flooded his mind.

["Alone? What did I come here for if you are alone? Why are you alone?"]

["Don't worry about it. Thank you for everything."]

'Kim Dokja.'

["It was a really great story. Isn't that right?"]

Yoo Jonghyuk gathered his strength and got up again. Through his gradually blurring vision, he looked at the hunter.

["Let's meet again, Yoo Jonghyuk."]

The regressor raised his sword once again and swung toward the man.