I Regressed but the World Didn’t Fall Apart

Hm.. That’s it? (2) – [Ultimate Fighter]

019.

Gooooo-

A volcanic area exuding a sharp atmosphere.

The glowing lava sporadically erupts, exuding its presence.

Somewhere, a girl with a sword stands.

Her face flushed, unable to contain the trembling emanating from deep within her chest.

“Ee-yik, ee-yik…!!”

Of course, the trembling was not born out of excitement.

It stemmed from various emotions like anger, irritation, absurdity, and more.

The dark-skinned girl’s body trembled all over.

“What the… Argh! Gyaah!”

She screamed, exerting all her strength on the sword handle she held in her hand.

Swiftly, she raised the sword with both hands, then struck it down towards the ground.

Crash! Thud!

Each strike caused the ground to crack, but true to the game’s nature, the ground promptly restored itself.

Unless she entered a battle, she couldn’t damage the terrain.

Ting-

And then, an alert sounded.

[“PoopChatMachine” has donated 1,000 won.]

-Hmm… What’s this?

It was a donation echoing the words the dark-skinned girl had heard a while ago.

The chat window quickly filled up.

-hahahahaha

-Hmm, what’s this? Hmm, what’s this? Hmm, what’s this?

-Hmm…

-Heh hahahahaha

-Huh? Who’s that? SwordHee?

-I’m a pro…? Hmm… what’s this…

“Ugh! Gyaah!!”

With the donation and chat window in view, the dark-skinned girl exploded.

In truth, there was a reason why she was so enraged.

A certain reason unknown to her as to why IdoHyeok had left after leaving that message.

If there was one thing IdoHyeok overlooked, it was that the reason he couldn’t hear the girl’s words was not due to her communication refusal setting but his own setting.

As a freshly minted new account, the default was ‘mute all.’

Meaning, it wasn’t that the dark-skinned girl’s words didn’t reach IdoHyeok, but rather, it was that IdoHyeok’s words didn’t reach the dark-skinned girl.

“Huuk… Huu… Ughh!”

The dark-skinned girl, out of breath from anger.

“What a… damn coward..!”

She recollected the situation just a while ago.

**

“Hoot. Get ready to be amazed by my gameplay.”

Facing the chat window, she spoke that way, the girl with her main character’s sword, the black-clad girl who pulled out Harang.

Swish-

This time, they both rushed towards each other.

In an attempt to make up for the embarrassment from earlier, unlike the previous round, the black-clad girl was determined to take her opponent seriously from the start.

Swish, swish

Their swords clashed immediately.

“Look at this guy? How dare he come at me with a sword?”

Such arrogance.

Unlike the last round, there was no room for complacency.

She considered this moment her pinnacle career high, the round of 16 in the World Championships…

“Ugh?!”

– she thought at that moment.

Swish!

The black-clad girl lowered her body, narrowly avoiding the opponent’s sword strike.

“What, what is this…?”

The smirk she had before the duel began had long vanished.

Followed by several exchanges of blows.

With her heightened senses, it didn’t take long for the black-clad girl to realize something was off.

Why… is he so good?

“Wait… what the… ugh!”

Top, middle, top again.

She aimed for a perfect victory from the start.

Ironically, it was the black-clad girl herself who was falling behind.

She could only hurriedly block the opponent’s attacks aiming for her vulnerabilities.

“Ha!”

Moreover, failing to block all attacks, her HP was dwindling, and the perfect victory was slipping away.

No, could she even win without achieving perfection?

She wasn’t sure.

Before she knew it, her HP was down to one-third.

In the end, after continued exchanges, the black-clad girl decided to use the accumulated ability points.

Whoosh-

Harang’s signature skill, the Dance of Death.

A skill of formidable magnitude that includes swordplay and the activation of the sword wind according to the dance, requiring both precision and power adjustments.

Among the ultimate skills within Eolpa, it was one of the most formidable skills, known for its overwhelming power.

However, due to the power, there was a slight delay in activation.

“They’ll probably try to stop the activation!”

That’s why even a mid-level user in Eolpa wouldn’t allow Harang to activate the Dance of Death.

Hitting the opponent before the skill was activated was a basic rule known to all Eolpa users.

The moment the Dark Girl aimed for was then.

Approaching closely, using that as an opportunity, canceling the skill and countering with a counterattack, planning to turn the situation around by feeding a combo.

However…

“Wow.”

Thud-!

“…?”

The opponent leaping backward.

Rather than trying to block the skill activation, they seem to be enjoying the show.

Wanting to give it a shot, huh?

Huh.

The Dark Girl felt a sense of inevitability.

Even players of the highest tier wouldn’t be so relaxed facing her, so who does this arrogant guy think he is?

Fine. If you want to see, I’ll show you.

Why her professional alias was Sword Maiden.

The Dark Girl’s gaze became quite serious.

The already sharp senses became even sharper.

Thud-!

As she kicked forward, the opponent coming at her.

The sharpened senses began to break down each of the sword strikes directed at her.

**

[Defeat]

“…Who are you?”

With a slightly annoyed expression, the Dark Girl asked.

The opponent who had taken the lead in the deadly dance took even the second round.

[Defeat]

Followed by the third round.

Another defeat.

Did they go easy on her in the first round?

Or is it because she retired from the pros and now only plays Alpa occasionally for content that she’s not performing well?

No, setting that aside, her guess was wrong.

“Oh. This guy is at least a former pro.”

Her assumption that they might be between the top and low ranks of the Gold-ranked players was completely off.

They are either a former pro, a prominent figure from the golden age of Alpa when it was in its prime, or an active player hiding their identity.

So, who on earth are they?

Even most active pros wouldn’t be able to show such overwhelming performance against her.

[PERFECT]

[Defeat]

Suddenly, in the last round, she suffered a perfect defeat just like in the first round, but the significance was different this time.

In the first round, if there was a reason for her carelessness and the fact that she was called a donkey like Yamazaki, this time it was simply overwhelming.

What in the world is the opponent’s true identity?

– Wait, seriously, who is that guy?

– The boss seemed really serious. Isn’t the opponent a former pro as well?

– Is it Anatole?

‘Anatole…?’

The first thought that came to mind.

Anatole, the legendary Ultimate Fighter, a player who hears the sound of the GOAT.

‘No. That’s not it.’

But such thoughts quickly vanished.

Anatole’s play, the epitome of Alpaca itself, is truly the Alpaca textbook that all players should refer to.

The Dark Girl had watched and analyzed Anatole’s play hundreds of times.

In her eyes, the opponent’s play was not the same as Anatole’s.

Rather, it belonged to a completely opposite type.

‘Instead of being as textbook as Anatole, can’t read the pattern itself… There are no standardized patterns… It’s as if…’

As if there were no patterns at all…?

‘No, that can’t be.’

The Dark Girl forcibly erased the absurd thought that came to mind.

It’s a ridiculous imagination if there’s nothing like that.

If not, could it be that she watches her movements and reacts in real-time?

That’s absurd.

Wouldn’t that be beyond the realm of the game?

It’s hard to believe that such a monster exists in the world.

“You’re quite good. What tier are you in?”

Just then.

A question came from the opponent.

“Huh, are you kidding me? If you fought, wouldn’t you know?!”

The Dark Girl’s face twisted in disbelief.

Although the opponent’s victory was clear, she must have known that she was a skilled player of an extraordinary level.

Is this some kind of mockery?

-hahahaha lol

-Geez… So, about the tier…? It seems like you’re not in the extraordinary tier at least…

-Your tier here lol

-hahahahaha

“Okay, who are you really? Are you a former pro? Or still active?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Ugh! Fine. I won’t ask further. Just accept the revenge request quickly.”

“…? I’m leaving now.”

[Revenge request has been declined]

[Revenge request has been declined]

[Revenge Request Denied]

They even reject a revenge request.

Am I going to win and run away?

Desperately, the dark girl opened her mouth towards the opponent who was making a leaving motion.

“Oh, really! You know who I am, right?!”

‘You already came here knowing who I am!’

A rational guess as a dark girl.

Even though Elfah is a game where only old-timers remain, skilled players like her are not common.

Even during Elfah’s heyday, there might have been about 10 players in the Korean server.

What are the odds that a skilled player who suddenly wanted to explore a dungeon randomly entered any dungeon, only to find her, who happened to be doing consecutive dungeon content?

And even pretending to be a newbie at first?

Such a coincidence does not exist in this world.

Perhaps they came to target her after seeing her broadcasting.

Or maybe they have connections with her from other pre-pro or current programs.

Or, if none of that, they must have recognized who she is.

“Who else in the Korean server uses that hairstyle like mine?!”

And then, the opponent spoke.

“Hmm, that’s suspicious.”

“···?”

What, what?

The dark girl’s expression changed suddenly.

[Hmm, that’s suspicious]

Followed by a rush of chat.

[Hmm, that’s suspicious]

[Hmm, that’s suspicious]

A speech bubble consisting of those five letters floated above the opponent’s head three times.

How could she endure seeing that?

Just as the dark girl was about to say something.

─Poof!

The opponent left the room just like that.

-Ugh

-Hmm, that’s suspiciousㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Runㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Is it Run? You just can’t handle her spells, right?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Wow, such a sore loser.

“No way, did they just… leave? Did they really leave like that?!!”

Ding-

[‘Vegan Eating Meat’ has donated 1,000 won.]

-Seeing this, with all seriousness, the dark girl who took out her main character and began playing, truly becomes impressive…

The reason the Dark Girl became so angry.

**

A few hours later.

“Hmm.”

Lee Do-hyuk exhaled a breath, looking at his record.

His current rank game record was 14 wins and 0 losses out of 14 games.

However, there was a reason for his unsatisfied expression.

“It’s lower than I thought…”

It was about the rank games of Ultimate Fighter.

He had high expectations since the opponent he first met in the arena was quite skilled.

But the opponents he faced in rank games all seemed to leave fatal openings even after just one or two simple fakes.

Or maybe it was because the game had been out for a long time, and the skill level of arena players might be higher than in rank games.

“Still, things might change as my rank goes up.”

Thanks to the continuous winning streaks, his rank was rising rapidly, but he had just reached the Gold promotion.

According to the explanation, there were two more higher ranks above that.

Maybe when he reaches the highest rank, there will be more interesting opponents than before.

“Still, just in case.”

Tap-

Lee Do-hyuk manipulated the screen to access his [record] page.

He scrolled down to find the first Alpa match he had fought.

The opponent who handled the sword character quite skillfully.

Compared to the 14 rank game opponents he had encountered later, this opponent had provided a more satisfying fight.

Encountering such a player in the top tier might not be common.

Lee Do-hyuk went into the opponent’s user page and sent a friend request.

“[Friend request sent]”

“…Will he accept it?”

As the scheduled broadcast start time was approaching, he had to turn off Alpa for now.

He decided to send the request first and check back later.

[“Ji-An-Chu” has invited you to a private room in Tworke]

[Accept / Decline]

Just as Ji-an’s invitation came in, Lee Do-hyuk accepted it.

– After

– Ha

– Inhale!

– Can’t breathe!

– Chuha~

– Open the door!!

8:00 pm.

The time when people become the most cruel.

Snatched away-

“Chu-ha!”

“Hello, everyone. Nice to see you again.”

As Jian manipulated something, the [OFF] sign at the top right switched to [ON].

Idohyuk’s second broadcast of his life had begun.