The Regressor is too Powerful in Martial Arts – Chapter 48

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: JayM
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We went to a nearby mountain whenever I taught Yeon Mi-rae various techniques.

Mainly weapon arts other than swordsmanship, combat arts, and support techniques like the lightness technique.

Although I had taught Yeon Mi-rae various miscellaneous techniques, I had never taught her swordsmanship.

Because I trusted Yeon Mi-rae’s talent.

Because I had hoped that she would create a swordsmanship that suited her, rather than forcibly learning a swordsmanship that suited me.

And she, without betraying my expectations, was in the process of creating a swordsmanship that suited her.

However….

‘I never thought she would steal someone else’s swordsmanship like this….’

It was as if I were looking at the Doppelganger I had killed before.

The Doppelganger that had stolen my techniques as they were….

…Of course, I had known that Yeon Mi-rae’s talent was outstanding, but I didn’t think it was at a level where it was possible for her to copy an opponent’s swordsmanship in real time.

It might have been different for low-level swordsmanship, but what she was stealing was the swordsmanship of Sir Sergei, who was considered strong even among Aura Masters.

‘…I think I underestimated Yeon Mi-rae.’

Well, she was a person who was already creating a sword force, so there was no way her talent would be lacking.

Clang!

“…!”

The change wasn’t drastic.

But the cycle in which Yeon Mi-rae perfectly blocked Arthur’s attacks and counterattacked was gradually shortening.

As she adapted to Arthur’s attacks, her swordsmanship when it came to attacking was becoming more and more refined.

‘…But like this, it doesn’t make sense that Yeon Mi-rae lost in the last sparring match.’

Just as Yeon Mi-rae was growing at a tremendous speed now, in the last sparring match, Yeon Mi-rae should have also grown in real time while facing Arthur.

And yet she had lost?

It was when I was having that thought…

…That the Awakener System displayed such a message.

…Ah.

Come to think of it, that was the case.

Even though I had been using this boost to train Yeon Mi-rae all this time, I had completely forgotten about it.

‘It means that Yeon Mi-rae is growing in real time because I am nearby, but normally, she wouldn’t grow this quickly.’

Because I… to be precise, because my doll was watching Yeon Mi-rae in the same sparring ground, Yeon Mi-rae’s growth rate had increased.

No wonder….

“Ugh…!”

And so, with the power of the growth rate correction supported by the Awakener System in addition to her own talent, Yeon Mi-rae had evolved her swordsmanship one step further.

At the same time, her sword touched the neck of the doll named Arthur, with whom she had been sparring.

Of course, since it was just a sparring match, Yeon Mi-rae didn’t cut Arthur’s neck, but….

“Winner! Yeon Mi-rae!”

Victory and defeat had already been decided.

The doll named Arthur froze in place, and Yeon Mi-rae, retrieving her sword, said to Arthur.

“Good work. Mr. Puppeteer.”

“!”

Ah.

Did Yeon Mi-rae also notice that her opponent wasn’t a human, but a doll?

Well, she was Yeon Mi-rae, who had seen my doll all this time.

If you were to judge by intricacy alone, the doll in front of her now had a higher degree of completeness than my doll, but she must now be at a level where she could see through the fact that her opponent was a doll.

Having said that, Yeon Mi-rae went straight down from the sparring grounds.

I followed Yeon Mi-rae to the spectator seats while hiding my body.

“Hoo….”

Perhaps because she was also tired from facing the doll named Arthur, she let out a sigh and took out the drink bottle that was at her seat and drank it.

After seeing her finish drinking the beverage, I sent her a telepathic message.

‘Good work.’

‘Ah, Master.’

At my words, she also replied via telepathy.

And she smiled brightly.

‘How was I? I did well, right?’

She, who asked me that, was like a baby bird wanting to be fed praise.

To be honest, it wasn’t that there was nothing I wanted to point out, but….

‘You did great.’

I decided to postpone such things for later.

For now, I wanted to let her enjoy her victory and growth from a sparring match with a worthy rival.

“Next is….”

“Ah ah, wait a minute. Let’s stop the sparring here.”

As I was watching Yeon Mi-rae smile, a woman entered the sparring grounds and stopped the sparring class.

‘…That person is….’

The appearance of the young woman was completely the same as the face I had seen before my regression.

She was a being who held an enormous amount of mana in her body that didn’t match her age.

“Chairman? Why are you here in person…?”

The chairman of the Seoul Awakener Academy.

She, for some reason had a stiff expression while she said to the instructor, who had been conducting the sparring class.

“There’s an intruder inside the academy right now. And an intruder who may have abilities greater than mine.”

“What? Such a….”

“Move all the cadets to a safe place immediately.”

“Yes! I understand!”

An intruder in the academy….

I had heard that there had been people who had attempted to invade the academy before my regression.

They wanted to get rid of the growing sprouts in advance.

But such attempts had all ended in failure.

The reason was simple.

Because there was almost no one who could break through the barrier erected by the Archmage herself.

If one tried to break through the barrier by force, it was possible, but in such cases, the Archmage, the academy’s chairman, would step up herself, and….

‘If it gets to the point where even the academy’s chairman, who has stepped up, can’t stop it… If it gets that far, then it’s the kind of attack that can’t be stopped no matter what you do.’

But looking at what the chairman was saying now, it seemed like someone had infiltrated the academy while avoiding the chairman’s eyes, and the chairman, who had belatedly noticed that fact, was personally stepping up to search for them.

‘Who on earth…?’

As I was thinking that, Yeon Mi-rae stood up from her seat and said to the chairman.

“Is there anything I can do to help, Chairman?”

“Cadet Yeon Mi-rae… Normally, I shouldn’t ask for a cadet’s help in a matter like this, but since the situation is what it is, I’ll ask for your help. Follow me.”

At that, Yeon Mi-rae began to move with the chairman, and I also moved while following the two of them.

Because I also wanted to at least see the face of the person who had invaded the academy.

“Cadet Yeon Mi-rae, do you feel anything here?”

And so, we stopped at a certain place…

The place we had stopped at was a garden inside the academy.

“Here?”

“Yes. The reaction to the intruder came from here.”

The chairman said that and looked at the garden.

“It wasn’t that they had used teleport, but it was as if they had teleported, broke through the barrier, and appeared here. And they even broke through the jamming device that blocked spatial abilities.”

“…Who on earth…?”

The chairman and Yeon Mi-rae exchanged such words and the atmosphere became serious, while I…

“……”

…quietly kept my mouth shut.

I just realized that this garden we had stopped at was….

‘The place I came out of after cutting through space when I entered the academy earlier….’

In other words, the intruder the chairman was talking about was me.

“……”

Yeon Mi-rae, who must have reached a similar conclusion upon seeing me go silent, also kept her mouth shut.

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And so, the academy was on high alert for several hours due to the intruder, and I quietly put my doll into Yeon Mi-rae’s subspace.

Because in this situation, it was impossible for me to cut through space and leave the same way I had entered the academy.

But if I was inside Yeon Mi-rae’s subspace, I could leave together with her when she, an academy cadet, leaves the academy.

“Uwaaaaah…! How on earth did they get in and disappear without a single trace?!”

“……”

“……”

Yeon Mi-rae and I quietly left the academy while looking at the hysterical chairman.

And we headed straight for the hospital.

The reason for that was nothing special.

Rather, it was because my main body was at the hospital now.

“Could you please not say it as if it’s nothing special? It’s you, Master, and not just anyone, who is in the hospital… What on earth did you do…? Don’t tell me you used that Mind Sword thing again?!”

“No, I’m telling you, it’s really nothing special.”

I had glimpsed at something that the human brain couldn’t comprehend through the space that I had cut.

Because of that, my brain was strained, and, along with a cerebral hemorrhage, a few blood vessels in my head had burst.

“How is that nothing special?! A cerebral hemorrhage can kill you if something goes wrong…!”

“……”

…Ah, come to think of it, I think that was the case.

But I had stopped being an ordinary human a long time ago, so I wouldn’t die from something like that.

I tried to persuade Yeon Mi-rae by explaining that to her, but she didn’t listen.

No, was this not just a problem with Yeon Mi-rae?

At the hospital where my main body was….

“The cause of the cerebral hemorrhage cannot be identified, but since this has occurred, there’s a high possibility that damage has been done to the brain, so a stable condition is necessary. We need to observe his condition while he is hospitalized for at least a month….”

“Doctor… My son… Is he really going to be okay? Huh?”

The doctor and my mother were acting out a drama in front of me.

The other doctors and nurses around us were also looking at me with pity.

No, I’m really okay, you know?

‘Everyone is making such a fuss….’

In the end, I was hospitalized due to a cerebral hemorrhage of unknown cause.

Of course, I also knew the reason why people were worried about me.

Yeon Mi-rae knew that I was a strong person of a high realm, but other people didn’t know that.

‘Even Yeon Mi-rae had pushed me into the bed while saying that I should take this opportunity to get a good rest.’

Thinking that, I lay down on the bed and decided to medita—

“Little Geon-woo? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No….”

I was about to meditate a little, but there were rounds.

Having no choice, I sat up straight and did as the nurse said.

And as the nurse put a machine to my head and did several tests, she contacted the doctor.

“Doctor. It’s about patient Geon-woo. Perhaps because he’s an Awakener, it seems like he’s completely recovered.”

[No matter how much of an Awakener he is, it was a cerebral hemorrhage. It doesn’t make sense for him to recover in one day without any particular measures taken. And the clear cause of the cerebral hemorrhage hasn’t been identified yet. We don’t know when another cerebral hemorrhage might occur, so prepare hemostatic and sedative drugs so that they can be administered at any time.]

“Yes.”

…I stared blankly at the nurse.

In the end, doesn’t this mean that my hospital stay has been extended because they don’t believe in my recovery ability?

The nurse, who didn’t know I had such thoughts, told me not to worry and then went to check the condition of another patient in the same hospital room as me.

For reference, the hospital room I was admitted to was a 4-person room.

Since our family wasn’t that well-off, a 1-person room was a great burden for my mother.

Although Yeon Mi-rae had tried to contribute some money, my mother hadn’t given way, saying that no matter how close we were, she couldn’t burden Yeon Mi-rae, who was still a stranger.

‘To be honest, being hospitalized itself is a waste of time, but….’

Other people were one thing, but since I was at a loss for how to explain that to my mother, let’s just stay hospitalized quietly.

As I was thinking that, a certain man entered our hospital room.

The doll with blonde hair and blue eyes… named Arthur.

‘…Uhm…?’

Wait a minute…

Why are you here?

“(Ah, you’re here. Arthur?)”

“(Hello, Rachel.)”

The doll named Arthur exchanged such greetings with the woman in the next bed, whose blood pressure the nurse was taking.

Of course, they were talking in English.

Well, even if this was Korea, when foreigners talked among themselves, they would naturally use a language they were familiar with.

‘…Huh? Wait… Come to think of it, was it originally possible for men and women to share a hospital room like this?’

This should be illegal.

I had that thought for a moment, but since this was the hospital’s business, I decided to let it go.

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T/N – Sorry for disappearing on you guys. A week prior, my aunt died.

I’ll be back to my usual schedule by tomorrow but I need some time for the chapters I owe you guys. I had to help with funeral arrangements, so I wasn’t able to translate any chapters. I’ll make it up to you guys next month. For now, I’ll release the mass release chapters I was holding on to.

Thank you for your understanding. (9/29/25)

Lol. The MC can be quite dense sometimes. That last line… Did he forget that he’s just about 10 years old right now? There’s also the intruder debacle… Common sense would point at himself as the primary suspect, if he had one that is. 😅

Also, wow, what a coincidence that the puppet Arthur visits the patient in the same room as the MC’s main body. Who wants to bet the girl is Arthur’s puppeteer? We can also bet if the girl will also be in the running as a heroine. 😂

If you find any mistakes, feel free to point them out in the comments.