The Regressor is too Powerful in Martial Arts – Chapter 42

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: JayM
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The Lee Ha-eun I remembered, that is, Serenity, wasn’t a person with such good social skills.

Conversely, the Ryu Ah-yeong I remembered was also not such a timid person.

‘Rather, I think it was the opposite….’

Serenity had always been confident when she appeared in official settings or was deployed in actual combat, but in her daily life, she was a timid person who found it difficult to even talk to other people.

Because of her personality, it had even been speculated that her self-sacrificing side had been created by people who forced her to make those sacrifices.

‘Considering that she only hung out with me up until before she entered elementary school… I should see this as Lee Ha-eun’s personality having changed because of me.’

On the other hand, the Ryu Ah-yeong I had met at the academy had always been a lively and friendly person.

It meant that she wasn’t a timid loner like now, but a person who always had friends around her.

‘…Though if she hasn’t overcome the bullying yet, I can understand her being timid.’

It was probably the same for Ryu Ah-yeong’s twin, Ryu Ah-min.

On the outside, it might look like he had become close with others while playing soccer together, but I had heard that Ryu Ah-min also wasn’t very close with his friends when he was in elementary school.

I think he had said that he played soccer mostly because they were short on people.

It was when I was thinking that…

“Geon-woo! What’s Manifestation?”

“Hm?”

“Ah-yeong’s psionic power is Manifestation, but I don’t know what that is!”

“……”

It seemed that while I was lost in thought for a moment, Lee Ha-eun had even asked about Ryu Ah-yeong’s psionic power.

And it seemed that Ryu Ah-yeong had answered.

“An ability to project what you’ve imagined into reality… You probably won’t understand even if I say it like that. You can think of it as being similar to illusion magic.”

“Wow… Isn’t that amazing?”

Manifestation psionic power.

Just hearing the explanation I had just given, it might seem like a very versatile psionic power.

But reality was different.

Manifestation psionic power wasn’t as good a psionic power as Lee Ha-eun had imagined.

“However, it’s obvious that it’s an illusion. So it’s impossible to deceive someone with it.”

[Ah, that’s a fake.]

No matter how ignorant a person was of magic or illusions, they would instinctively feel that.

For that reason, it had even been said that Manifestation psionic power was close to a lesser copy of illusion magic.

It might have been sufficient if the purpose was simply to block the view, but there were many ways to do so besides Manifestation psionic power.

On the other hand, illusion magic could not only deceive sight, but also the other senses too.

If it had an advantage, it was that Manifestation psionic power was easy to use, but even with that, it wasn’t a very useful psionic power because its uses were limited.

At my words, Ryu Ah-yeong bowed her head low.

…At this rate, it feels like I’m becoming the bad guy.

“…Then can’t Ah-yeong become strong?”

Lee Ha-eun asked on behalf of Ryu Ah-yeong.

It couldn’t be helped.

Shall I reveal the method her future self had used to face hundreds of thousands of monsters with just her and her twin…?

“That’s the case if you only use Manifestation psionic power. If another mage or psionicist helps… a psionic power with as much potential as Manifestation is rare.”

“!”

“Really? What should I do?”

Ryu Ah-yeong, who had been bowing her head, looked up at me as if she couldn’t believe my words, and Lee Ha-eun also asked as if she were happy for Ryu Ah-yeong for having the chance to become strong.

…You two just met for the first time today, right?

While thinking that, I searched my memory and recalled the method the future Ryu Ah-yeong had used.

“For example… Ah-yeong could use a real magic with a magic circle made with Manifestation psionic power, or materialize a building made with Manifestation psionic power.”

“…What does that mean?”

At my words, Lee Ha-eun tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

It was the same for Ryu Ah-yeong, the owner of the ability.

She knew her ability well, so she knew that what I had said was impossible.

“It’s impossible… The magic circle won’t activate… and the building will just pass through people….”

Besides Ryu Ah-yeong, there were quite a few Manifestation psionicists in the world.

They too must have thought about how to utilize their ability, and the results hadn’t been good.

Ryu Ah-yeong also knew that fact.

However….

“That’s right. A magic circle made with Manifestation psionic power is made of psychic power, not mana, so it won’t activate, and a building made with Manifestation psionic power is made of psychic power, not a material with substance, so it’s just an illusion.”

That was only the case at first.

“But, if you can infuse mana into the magic circle, and if you put materials into the building, the story changes.”

I told Lee Ha-eun to draw the magic circle for the support magic, Shield.

Lee Ha-eun drew the Shield magic circle with mana at my instruction, and after confirming that it’s correct, I said to Ryu Ah-yeong.

“You see the Shield magic circle, right? Memorize that and manifest it.”

“U-uh… Okay….”

At my words, Ryu Ah-yeong manifested the magic circle with an attitude of giving it a try.

The time it took for her to manifest the magic circle was… just 0.5 seconds.

Since she was manifesting what she saw right in front of her, the manifestation speed was fast.

I interfered with Ryu Ah-yeong’s completed magic circle.

‘Just as I usually drink the mana in the air and convert it into internal energy….’

I converted the psychic power in Ryu Ah-yeong’s magic circle into internal energy.

And my internal energy, though not as good as mana, was an energy that could replace mana and activate a magic circle.

Therefore, Ryu Ah-yeong’s magic circle….

Woooong….

…activated naturally.

The thus-activated shield was maintained with a faint light near Ryu Ah-yeong, and she sat blankly while looking at the sight.

I then said for her to hear.

“Right now, I forcibly activated the magic circle with Ha-eun’s help, but if there’s a psionicist around you who can change psychic power into mana….”

Ryu Ah-yeong, who heard those words, stood up from her spot and ran off somewhere.

Yes.

Ryu Ah-yeong’s twin, Ryu Ah-min, had Conversion as his ability.

He was a psionicist who changed energies like psychic power, mana, and aura into different energies.

“Um… I don’t know what that was, but….”

Lee Ha-eun asked me while looking at Ryu Ah-yeong who suddenly ran off.

“It went well, right?”

“That’s right.”

…However, what I had just taught them was just a way for Ryu Ah-yeong and Ryu Ah-min to become strong.

It meant that this method couldn’t solve the bullying issue.

Ryu Ah-yeong had just met a fortuitous encounter by attending a training camp.

That was all.

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The program prepared at the training camp was quite solid.

Since I had experienced the same program not only in elementary school but also in middle and high school training camps before my regression, it felt like they were rehashing it. But still, it must have been an unfamiliar experience for the elementary school students who were experiencing this training camp for the first time or had only experienced it once last year.

‘Especially since games using drones are hard to come by unless it’s a place like this or a place that provides drone-related education.’

Later, when you went up to high school or entered an academy, you would also receive reconnaissance training using drones while learning to be an Operator.

In any case, as we proceeded with such programs, the afternoon also passed quickly, and after eating dinner, it was time for the recreational activities.

They were held in the auditorium where we had first entered when we came to the training center, and the talent show, which was a part of the events, was also held then.

Meanwhile, our class, where I sang and the other children danced behind me, took first place in the talent show and received chicken, and thanks to that, we got to eat the chicken as a late-night snack after the activities ended.

“To our pride, Geon-woo!”

“To Geon-woo!”

“To Geon-woo!”

“…Where on earth did you guys learn that?”

No matter how I thought about it, it seemed like an inappropriate action for elementary school students to do.

Of course, what was in our class’ cups wasn’t alcohol, but Coke and Sprite.

I thought that and opened the window before the smell of chicken filled the room.

Then, a cool night breeze came in, and the smell went out.

Normally, insects might have come in the moment I opened the window, but….

Tadak!

Tak!

Since I was putting up a barrier made of internal energy on the window that burned all of the insects that tried to come in, such a thing didn’t happen.

As I was feeling the cool breeze while putting a piece of chicken in my mouth and looking out the window….

‘Oh?’

I saw a white-haired boy and girl doing something in the playground outside the training center building.

So… it was the Ryu Ah-yeong and Ryu Ah-min twins.

Paat…!

The next moment, numerous magic circles appeared on the floor of the playground.

Ryu Ah-yeong had used her Manifestation psionic power.

‘She’s already thought that far?’

An ordinary mage wouldn’t be able to create so many magic circles at the same time, but that wasn’t the case for Ryu Ah-yeong.

Because she just had to use her manifestation ability and imagine the magic circles into existence.

Of course, the magic circles Ryu Ah-yeong had made weren’t made of mana, so the magic wouldn’t activate, but….

Zzziiing….

The numerous magic circles on the floor of the playground began to glow all at once.

Light.

One of the basic magic spells that was mainly useful when entering a dark dungeon with no light source.

‘What a spectacle.’

If it were just one, it would just emit a faint light and brighten the surroundings, but it was a different matter if there were dozens… no, hundreds of those magic circles.

A light so bright that it lit up the area, which had been dark, shined.

Yes, this was the reason why Ryu Ah-yeong and Ryu Ah-min became strong when they were together.

No matter how low-level the magic was, if there were dozens… hundreds of them, it would boast a power comparable to high-level magic.

‘When they faced hundreds of thousands of monsters, they activated hundreds of high-level magic circles at the same time and devastated the area.’

Before my regression, I had heard that they had only realized their potential after entering high school.

But now that the two had realized the path they had to take much earlier, how far could they go?

I thought that while I watched the flustered teachers and the staff of the training center go out to the playground and scold the twins.

Well, no matter how safe a magic like Light was, if you used it to the point of brightly illuminating the vicinity in the middle of the night, it would be a nuisance to the surroundings.

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One day, about two months after returning from the training camp.

I was watching TV at home with my mother and Yeon Mi-rae.

[Next news. Children who have made a new mark in the psionic industry at the young age of 11 have received a certificate of commendation….]

‘…Hm?’

I was watching the news without much thought, but I was flustered upon seeing the pictures of the children on the news.

And for good reason. Those children were none other than the twins… that is, Ryu Ah-yeong and Ryu Ah-min.

[The children, Ryu Ah-yeong and Ryu Ah-min, are a Manifestation and a Conversion psionicist respectively, and up until now, Conversion psionicists have been engaged in the energy industry instead of participating in combat. However, in a situation where Manifestation psionicists were unable to find a separate job, the two children’s idea has led to a way for Manifestation and Conversion psionicists to replace powerful mages.]

“……”

[With the children’s idea, numerous Manifestation and Conversion psionicists in the world have found jobs, and it has become possible to divert the always-lacking mage manpower to other places….]

“……”

[According to experts’ statistics, it is projected that humanity’s combat power will increase by about 3% due to the children’s idea….]

“……”

Hmm….

The butterfly effect is a bit too big, isn’t it…?

Someone might find it strange that Ryu Ah-yeong had received a certificate of commendation.

After all, although Ryu Ah-yeong had put it into practice, in the end, the idea came from me.

‘Ryu Ah-yeong is also claiming that she was able to come up with her idea thanks to the words of another child she had met at the training camp.’

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T/N – Well, color me surprised. Nothing disastrous happened in the training camp. But the MC gave the twins one hell of a power up. I am curious about the building thing though. Does that mean they just put cement into a manifested building and a cement building gets created? The chapter never clarified that.

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