Regression Is Too Much-Chapter 152

My top priority right now is “clearing the 12th floor, even just once.”

The reason is simple. I’ve started feeling like my mental state is slipping.

Spending eleven days doing absolutely nothing turned out to be far more excruciating than I had expected.

I needed to see Choi Ji-won again—not just to ease her worries, but to ground myself, too.

And naturally, a single question arises: “How am I going to clear the 12th floor?”

At present, there are two major problems.

First: a guy who doesn’t understand the limits of his own abilities and keeps charging into challenges way beyond his level.

Second: a short-haired girl who, upon seeing a teammate die, screams—and then proceeds to burn the rest of the group to a crisp.

Who knows how things will change moving forward, but for now, these are the biggest issues.

So what now?

Should I go in like before, swing my sword around to scare them, activate my [Awe] trait, and force them to obey?

I don’t think that’s the answer.

Their sense of self is just too strong.

“The [Awe] trait likely won’t trigger unless the situation is extreme.”

Against those who are arrogant or overly confident in their own strength, [Awe] rarely activates.

The trait works best when someone is mentally overwhelmed or when there’s a clear, undeniable power gap between us.

Sure, I may be much stronger than they are…

But they probably won’t be able to fully accept that in their hearts.

You think I could just beat them into submission and make [Awe] trigger that way?

That would likely backfire hard.

When it comes time to choose rewards, no one can interfere.

So if someone decides, “Fine, let’s all die together,” and picks the hardest possible reward just to spite me in the final test…

I’m the one who’ll be screwed.

Of course, one brutal possibility remains:

If this test continues even after someone dies—and just skips the reward selection phase for the dead—

Then I could guarantee success by simply killing the other four.

But obviously, that’s a no-go.

Advancing by killing people just isn’t my style.

Besides, in web novels and comics, the regressors who go down that route always meet a terrible end.

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You kill this guy for this reason, that girl for that reason… and before you know it, there’s no one left beside you.

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