Chapter 1: Regression

"Sigh, man..." A man with long and black hair sighed, while he quickly ran together with a couple of other guys throughout the Heavenly Demonic Divine Cult's streets, all of them following the lead of a red-haired guy. "Why did our squad have to be sent as well to stop the 7th young master? It's not like weaklings like us will even do anything against him if his strength is as rumored..."

"Shut up, Myung-Dae!" Another one of the group, a head-shaved man, immediately shut him up. "If Squad Leader, Lee Hyun, hears yo-"

"What happens if I hear him, Chul-Moo?" The red-haired guy suddenly stopped in his track, making even the rest of the group stop as well.

"Squad Leader, Lee Hyun, I was just trying to stop Myung-Dae from saying unecessary things... that's all!" The head-shaved man immediately explained himself under the angered gaze of his squad leader, which immediately shifted to the one he had pointed his finger at. "What do you have to say instead, Myung-Dae?"

"Squad L-Leader, I-I wa-" Myung Dae began, but the squad leader immediately interrupted him. "You were just saying the truth, right? Sigh... even if it's true, and with our little strength we can do nothing to Cheon Yeo Woon, we can't absolutely defy the Lord's orders! Our God's orders!"

"You guys always complain! If I were stronger here, If I were stronger there! You have to stop! It's because of your fucking laziness that you are so weak! Even I, with a completely messed up body, became stronger than you guys! And I am even younger! So stop complaining about our God's orders and just follow them without uttering word! It's all thanks to the Lord that you guys are alive in the first place! So show your gratitude to him!" The red-haired squad leader continued, his gaze becoming more and more frightening by the second.

"Squad Leader, I-I..." Myung-Dae didn't know what to say at the waiting for a response squad leader and so he just shut up. His words were true! If it weren't for the Lord permitting them to enter the Demonic Academy, they have might remained normal, poor and weak civilians, or even end up as slaves for the major clans of the cult!

"Yeah, just like I thought..." The squad leader said before returning to run, the rest of the group immediately following him.

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An hour later...

"You guys are truly pathetic..." A guy with purple hair and eyes of matching color muttered, his face covered in blood, just like his hands. Near him, there were corpses one on top of the other. Every guy that had been sent to stop him had been killed! Every single one of them! Not even one remain-

"Hey, you bastard! I am still alive!" All of a sudden, someone the purple-haired guy thought already dead, got up, struggling. "Cheon Yeo Woon, I won't go down without a fight! You know it! I'll make you regret killing Cheon Wonryou!"

"So you are still alive after all, Lee Hyun, huh?" The purple-haired guy walked up to him, his bloody hand slowly getting covered with Qi, a Blade Aura forming with it. "You know... I've always liked that tenacity of yours... even when I completely beat your group in the second test of the Demonic Academy and cut off your leader's arm, Cheon Wonryou's, only you didn't give up and fought till the end..."

Cheon Yeo Woon continued to walk towards him, the Blade Aura covering his hand getting brighter and brighter. "Too bad that you were too blinded by your one-sided love for her or I would have kept you by my side!"

"Cheon Yeo Woon!" With all of his last energies remaining, Lee Hyun rushed at Cheon Yeo Woon and swung his sword at him. "Soundless Sword Art: Silent Thrust!"

Cheon Yeo Woon, seeing Lee Hyun trying a final disperate attack, stood still because of pity. He was using all of his last energies into that attack, so, as a gift of departure, he should atleast make his attack not go to waste, right?

And so, Lee Hyun's sword came closer and closer to Cheon Yeo Woon. "This is for having killed my squad and for having killed Cheon Wonryou!"

"Yeah... sure," Cheon Yeo Woon said, the next second, Lee Hyun's sword coming into contact with his chest, only for it to completely shatter into pieces an instant later. After all, what could a lousy weapon like that do to Trascendent realm master like Cheon Yeo Woon?

"Pant... pant..." Lee Hyun knew pretty well that this would have happened. He knew that he wasn't Cheon Yeo Woon's match. That had never ever passed through his head, but he didn't care about it... he just wanted to land a hit on him before dying...

"Sigh... Lee Hyun... I hope that in your next life you won't be fooled by other bitches like Cheon Wonryou again..." Cheon Yeo Woon said, and with a slash of Blade Aura, he slashed Lee Hyun's head off.

Lee Hyun's head then rolled off to the ground, joining the corpses and blood of his former squad members. 'Why did I have to born with such a weak body? Why did I have to born in such an important family like the Guardian Family? Why did I have to born without talent? Why? Why? I just wanted to live a good life, marry Cheon Wonryou, my love, and have a lot of children with her...'

'Why?'

His eyes then closed forever.

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[Lee Hyun died]

[Welcome to Murim Online 2]

[A world in which you level up by working hard and finishing missions.]

[Creating a new character.]

[Checking acess area control connection...]

[Connection error!]

[Reconfigurating based on the player's memory.]

[Loading...]

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"Lee Hyun!"

"Lee Hyun! Wake up or you'll be late for ypur first day of the Demonic Academy!"

[Loading complete]

[Character creation is now complete.]

"Ugh? Where am I?"

"You fucking scoundrel! You're in your house that's where you are!"

'My house? Demonic Academy? First day? Wait, have I actually regressed of four years back in time?!'

...to be continued.

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Guys, this was the first chapter of 'Nano Machine: The Player', please tell me if it was of your liking.

Remember to check my other works "Uniqueness Emperor" and "Martial Peak: The Star Emperor"