Specter of the past

Some lives are summarized in short phrases.
That phrase may not give any impression to others, or it may give a short impression.
Very rarely, art such as novels, movies, and paintings, which are arranged for the convenience of others, may make them cry.
But the majority do not give any impression and pass by.
Even though it remains deeply engraved in the person concerned.
“…”
Yeon Taeseon looked at the system window in front of him.
The moment he contracted, he knew.
The usage of the newly acquired unique skill entered his head in detail, as if engraved in his instincts.
This was a summoning-type skill that could call forth a person ‘whom I have experienced but does not exist in the present’.
“Ha…”
A long sigh escaped.
It was like a lament, and also like a sigh of relief.

[Warning! Currently, the only world you can call forth is the world of ■■■.]
[In the case of the world inside the sacred artifact, a new registration is required.]
[This registration requires the intervention of a Constellation!]
The explanation of the strangely kind system window was only engraved in his head.
A Regressor is a being who walks the past.
Even if he has obtained the future by regressing, the people he knew have forgotten him and are living a new life.
He is bound to be lonely.
He can call such people as ‘the specter of the past’.
…Of course, the fate he met in the world inside this sacred artifact as well.

[The Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, wants the specter to join.]
[According to the Constellation’s wish, the corresponding person is being sought.]
[Joining specters: Lee Hyeono, Han Mina, Kim Seoah]
Although Yeon Taeseon had met many people while searching for the princess for half a year, there were only three valuable people.
His Constellation wanted to bring them into reality.
Yeon Taeseon stood up from his seat.
The adrenaline had worn off his sleep, so all that was left was to retrieve the king he had thrown outside and go to kill the princess.

[Selecting the specter of the past, ‘Hong Yuon’.]
Hong Yuon, the eternally beautiful contractor of Aphrodite, appeared next to Yeon Taeseon in the form of a translucent blue ghost.
The moment she raised her hand and activated her ability.
White clouds began to gather in the sky.

To list the life of a Regressor, it would take not the level of an autobiography, but about eight novels.
To summarize briefly, Hong Yuon was a person who had left a strong impression on Yeon Taeseon’s regressor life.
She was a powerful healer.
She, who had risen to the position of association president, had led the most ‘living zombies’ in the era of destruction.
A healer who could turn back time and maintain the best state of a body, as long as it was a physical wound.
She was compared to Emily of the United States, but since she was in the position of association president and did not need to show her military strength, she was an underrated person.
The name of her skill was simple.
‘Eternal Youth’.
It was to turn back time to maintain the body in its best state.
And this dealt a great blow to the parasites that had usually eaten one body.
“My heaaaaaaad…”
“It feels like it’s going to break! Aaaak! Aaaak!”
“Keeeeek, ugh…”
The parasites take control of a body by gnawing at it.
Although it’s a corpse, the body is practically alive because the parasite exists.
As the gnawed brain is restored, a conflict arises with the parasite.
Thanks to that, Yeon Taeseon, who had passed through the city full of chaos, found the princess, who was also suffering.
“W-wait! I’ll explain everything. You said you wanted to talk to someone, right? Who is it? I’ll do it, so just wait a minute. Crazy, that’s a knife! I’ll contact my sister and-“
The original owner, a man, and the princess are in conflict, so their voices are mixed.
Yeon Taeseon silently waited for his Constellation’s reaction.

[The Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, is negotiating with the sister princess.]
[The Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, has finished negotiating.]
[The Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, orders the execution.]
Behead.
Yeon Taeseon ruthlessly beheaded the princess.
There was not a single ounce of mercy.
From the white clouds in the sky, a drop of water fell.
Drip, drop, drip-drop…
The rain, which had been falling like a shower, soon became a downpour.
In the distance, the king in the form of a child was seen running unsteadily.
The moment the king, Mina, grabbed the Regressor’s clothes.
His vision was overturned.

“It’s been a long time.”
In front of his eyes was Lee Hyeono with a haggard complexion.
“To put it quickly, the camp has collapsed.”
Yeon Taeseon realized that the Constellation had used her power to transport him from Busan to Seoul in one go.
And that it was an intervention made through a negotiation with the sister princess.
‘Is she telling me to finish quickly and come out.’
“We don’t have the capacity to set up a camp anymore. Monsters are pouring out of the eye in the sky without a break.”
“What about Kim Seoah?”
“She has passed away.”
Yeon Taeseon nodded.
It couldn’t be helped.
It was a miracle that she had endured for half a year with her young body.
Even though she had become a powerful Awakener.
“Are there any keepsakes?”
“…Mina asked me to give this to her when she returned.”
What Lee Hyeono held out was a handmade teddy bear keychain.
A simple brown teddy bear keychain with no effect.
Mina received it and jumped up and down with joy.
Like a child who doesn’t know what death is.
Or like a monster that doesn’t even care about such things.
Lee Hyeono and Yeon Taeseon were lost in thought, but it was brief.
Lee Hyeono quickly organized his thoughts.
Yeon Taeseon was the same.

[The target has passed away.]
[The specter, ‘Kim Seoah’, officially joins.]
The information of Kim Seoah, who had existed in the sacred artifact, flowed into Yeon Taeseon’s head.
Unfortunately, it seemed that he couldn’t summon the specter like he had with Hong Yuon before.
But it seemed he could use it usefully outside the sacred artifact.
“So what do you have to say?”
“I will help. Let’s split that one-eye in the sky.”
Lee Hyeono lamented that it was a very late decision.
Yeon Taeseon nodded.
And Mina also joined the two’s decision.
Lee Hyeono now knew that Mina was not human.
The one-eye was floating above Yeouido, Seoul.
They arrived at Yeouido, and Mina, for the reason that it was troublesome, entrusted the command of all the parasite soldiers to Lee Hyeono.
While Yeon Taeseon cut down the golden angels descending from the sky and used them as a foothold to fight in the air, Lee Hyeono blocked all the monsters flocking from the ground.
They fought for 3 days.
Lee Hyeono died.

[The target has passed away.]
[The specter, ‘Lee Hyeono’, officially joins.]
They fought for another 2 weeks.
Mina died.
All the monsters had dethroned the king and sentenced him to death.

[The target has passed away.]
[The specter, ‘Han Mina (Her Majesty)’, officially joins.]
They fought for another week.
A familiar sense of helplessness dominated Yeon Taeseon’s body.
A feeling that he absolutely could not fight anymore.
A feeling that it could not be solved with a human body.
Yeon Taeseon blinked.
A salty sea smell came from the sky.
“Pikku.”
A familiar jellyfish existed before his eyes.
“Pikkukukuk. Piik. Pyak. Pikku.”
“…I don’t know what you’re saying.”
Lying on the golden wings of The Crow’s Ruins, Yeon Taeseon greeted his Constellation.
He had bled too much.
He could only fight for another 2 hours.
Could he make this giant one-eye fall in this time?
While he was contemplating, the Constellation crossed its tentacles and looked at him with a look of pity, then forcibly opened Yeon Taeseon’s unique skill.

[Selecting the specter of the past, ‘Han Siyoon’.]
The worst specter was called out.
The guy, who was in the form of a blue ghost like Hong Yuon, turned into a black darkness and began to cover the giant one-eye.
At the same time, Yeon Taeseon and the Constellation fell together under that darkness.
In the darkness where not an inch ahead was visible, only a jellyfish and one person shone clearly.
And in that darkness, Yeon Taeseon saw the melted gold turning into the form of an angel.
This was the inside of the winged one-eye, The Crow’s Ruins.
“…What here.”
“Piik.”

[The Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, says that Han Siyoon’s time is short.]
Her tentacles said so and pointed at a very faintly shining red, diamond-shaped fragment in the distance.
I knew as soon as I saw it.
That is the core of this giant eyeball, and if I break that, I can get out of the sacred artifact.
At the same time, the incompletely melted angels from the gold on the floor crawled in.
Yeon Taeseon smiled.
Very widely.

Blink.
When I opened my eyes, I was inside the auction house.
“…”
It was a moment where the past 7 months felt like a dream.
Or it felt like he had regressed one more time, Yeon Taeseon thought.