Reina and Han Su-ji’s performance, alongside my own incompetence, brought about a moment of enlightenment.

“It seems it’s time for me to let you go. Descend now.”  
“Huh?”  
“No, I mean keep fighting hard.”

Why am I so weak?  
Every time I see those kids fighting, I feel it deeply.  
Forget about being a hero; at this rate, I’ll just become a female love doll that satisfies Reina, Han Su-ji, and Lee Yoo-jung’s desires.  
Come to think of it, the Sword of the Divine, Choi Si-woo, said he trained Reina and Han Su-ji.  
That means they’re stronger than in the original.  
Honestly, I still suspect this is a regression, but considering the ancient relics, various variables start to make sense.  
Isn’t it okay for me to be out of the picture?  
Can’t I be a weakling? If Choi Si-woo is strong, I shouldn’t have to worry about dying.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

There’s also a way to quietly fade away among the heroines.  
Besides, I’m not even a part of the main group right now.  
If I’m going to be possessed by this body, I should at least have some decent abilities. Isn’t a steam pack a bit over the top?

“Hiyaap!”

With a battle cry, Reina launched a spirit arrow that struck the golem’s eye.  
In that moment, the golem’s body froze, and its operations ceased. Seizing the opportunity, Han Su-ji’s Flame Spear pierced the golem’s eye and ignited it.

Kwah-zhizik!

Lee Yoo-jung had been using electronic warfare all this time, so she decided to drop out until the boss room.  
I never imagined that electronic warfare could easily crumble a C-rank dungeon.  
It had been such a challenging dungeon in the original. They passed through without any hindrances.  
Then a fork in the road appeared.

“It’s a fork. Which way do we go?”  
“The right leads to a giant golem. The left goes to the boss room.”

A giant golem. A trap monster in a mechanical dungeon.  
According to the dungeon settings, defeating it yields a good core, but it becomes difficult to face the boss afterward.  
Unless Choi Si-woo helps, of course.

“Yoo Eun-ha!”  
“Choi Si-woo?”

Choi Si-woo, who had been making noise from behind, appeared.

“Oh, nagging boy.”

Nagging boy. I wonder how it feels to hear such things from a heroine.

“Let’s go catch that giant golem. You’ll handle it easily, Yoo Eun-ha.”  
“Do you want to see me turn into a bloody mess?”  
“It’ll be over if you slice it with a magic-immune sword.”

Really? Why is he only telling me such good things now?

“How does the nagging boy know so much? The strategy guide hasn’t even come out yet.”  
“A user of the Divine Sword can know anything.”

I might have to treat that guy as a regression after all.  
I’m still in the stage of suspicion. Perhaps he’s become a sage to the point of having no romantic feelings for the heroines before his regression.  
Wait, is that really the case?  
Even so, if I were to casually ask him, “Have you regressed?” I wouldn’t know how he would react. For now, I’ll just hold back.  
Wait a minute. If that’s the case, where did he regress from?  
The world where the original Yoo Eun-ha exists? Or the world I’m in?  
That’s something to figure out later.

“Why do you insist on going to catch it?”  
“Isn’t it obvious? It’s a trap boss, and defeating it gives you a holy relic.”

Was there such information?  
Come to think of it, one of the villains became stronger with a holy relic obtained in Mecha Land.  
At that time, they were already munchkining as users of the Divine Sword, so anyone with a holy relic would be taken down regardless of their strength.

“Isn’t this path full of traps?”  
“There’s no need to blow them all up with electronic warfare. That red dot up there—destroying just that will end everything.”

Pakin!

Following Choi Si-woo’s instructions, Lee Yoo-jung blew up the red dot on the ceiling with electronic warfare.

“The user of the Divine Sword is truly amazing.”  
“What’s there to be embarrassed about?”

Is she trying to act like a girl? Why is she turning red? It’s annoying. Should I rip her apart?

[Intruder detected. Eliminating the intruder.]

“Oh, it’s a stupid-looking golem.”

In terms of size, it fills the entire wall.  
Mini-guns are attached to its arms, and there are missile launchers on its shoulders.  
There’s definitely a reason they call this a C-rank dungeon.

Pusshhhhhh!

Missiles poured out from the golem’s shoulders.  
As expected from a monster with traps, I wonder how much effort the villains used to strategize against this.  
Using acceleration and parallel circuits, I clearly saw the missiles’ locations.  
As I dodged the missiles and released the acceleration, Reina’s spirit arrow destroyed one missile while Han Su-ji’s Flame Spear incinerated another.

“More missiles keep coming?”  
“Since they’re magical projectiles created by mana, it’s meaningless. The golem’s circuits can continuously produce them.”

In that case, the golem must be running low on mana.  
Having removed all the traps, the supply of mana to the golem must also have its limits.  
So, we’ll need to either dodge or destroy the missiles while attacking the golem until its mana runs out.  
Honestly, it’s tedious.  
I decided to use the Yoo Jung chance.

“Yoo Jung-senpai.”  
“Yeah.”

At my words, Lee Yoo-jung severed the missile connections on the golem’s shoulders from its core.  
To be honest, people watching dungeon exploration videos would likely expect a more dramatic performance.  
I mean, fighting hard and all that? But Choi Si-woo seems like a regression user, and I don’t want to struggle like in the original.  
There’s a cheat character right here; why bother?  
Once the dungeon exploration ends and the video is uploaded, I’m looking forward to the comments’ reactions.  
If they say it’s boring? Then I hope they skip it.  
The more easily it can be cleared, the more evidence there is that the players are capable.

[Warning: Missile function has been disabled. Adopting alternative attack method: Kickboxing.]  
[Warning: Kickboxing function has been disabled. Joint damage is a concern.]

The giant golem creaked as it attempted to move, like a broken wind-up doll.  
Ah, so this is what ‘holding’ feels like.

“But at least it’s resisting with both arms.”  
“It won’t matter.”

Mechanical monsters. The golems have overwhelming defense and strength, but their bodies are slow.  
In short, as long as they have a means to restrain them, they’re not hard to tackle.  
From the walls, spherical golems appeared, which Reina and Han Su-ji took care of.  
Calmly, as if on a picnic, they walked up and drove their swords into the monsters’ necks.

Kwah-zhik!

The sword pierced all the way to the golem’s core.  
Once the circuits of the completely immobilized golem were destroyed, its body collapsed, leaving only items behind.

“But what is this?”

[Learning Device: Golem Manufacturing Technique]

The description said it grants the power to create golems made by ancient people.  
It’s definitely intriguing, but I don’t really have a reason to use it.  
If anyone should use it, it would be Lee Yoo-jung. She has no combat capabilities, so it would be great if she could produce golems with her support abilities.

“Oh, that’s interesting.”  
“Yoo-jung-senpai should use it.”  
“That seems better. Since you use electronic warfare, you might fit well with golems.”

For now, I handed over the [Learning Device: Golem Manufacturing Technique] to her.

[S-rank Golem Core: Can create life forms into golems or process them to create good items.]

“I think it would be better for Eun-ha to hold onto this.”  
“Really?”

Choi Si-woo handed it over, so I accepted it for now.

“Since we caught it, it should belong to Yoo Eun-ha. If we sell it later, it should fetch a good price.”  
“Is that so?”

I can’t stay under Yoo Jin-seok’s shadow forever. This core will definitely be helpful.

After passing through the trap room, the boss room appeared right away.  
This time, it was a reasonably well-shaped boss room.  
An open dome-shaped space. And what appeared was a robot resembling something kids would like, like a Gundam.  
Moreover, other golems came out as parts, creating an absolutely enormous Gundam.

Gee-ning—clang—clang!

[Intruder confirmed—mission objective confirmed—eliminating enemies.]

“It seems the trap leads directly to the boss.”

That’s the worst. I want to say that, but over here are the regression user Choi Si-woo

 and Lee Yoo-jung, who can still use electronic warfare.  
In the original, Choi Si-woo would get beaten to a bloody pulp in this boss fight.  
The boss of Mecha Land, the ‘Chaos Golem,’ is hard to find weaknesses in due to its absolute defense. In the original, Lee Yoo-jung couldn’t effectively use electronic warfare while supporting Choi Si-woo, exhausting her stamina and not being of help.  
Choi Si-woo himself was also out of sync with the Divine Sword, so he couldn’t use its ultimate technique.  
Moreover, that golem knows how to humiliate people. In this place, Choi Si-woo would normally get beaten to a pulp and experience humiliation at its hands.  
From Choi Si-woo’s reactions, which seem like he’s regressed, we’ll know for sure if that golem has regressed or not.  
However, contrary to that, I was extremely excited right now.

“Senpai, can you use electronic warfare?”  
“Yeah.”

This boss fight is heart-pounding.  
I had been waiting for this moment.  
It’s a Gundam. A Gundam I loved to play with as a kid.  
A living, gigantic Gundam!  
Who wouldn’t be excited to fight it?

“No need to use electronic warfare.”

“Huh?”

Kwah-zhik!

In an instant, the synced Divine Sword cleaved the boss in half.

“No! My Gundam!”  

The dreams and hopes of little boys! My fantasy!

[Choi Si-woo!]

“Don’t stop me, Divine Sword! Thinking of what I endured at this guy’s hands!”

Choi Si-woo ignored the Divine Sword’s words, huffing and puffing as he smashed the golem.

That bastard really did regress. Let’s just pretend I don’t know.

The humiliation he faced in Mecha Land was so severe that it turned his entire body into a rag.

From the destroyed Gundam emerged a brilliantly shining sphere.  
Is this the ancient relic?

[Ancient Relic (SSS): A holy artifact containing the knowledge of the ancients. When bound, the owner can gain the knowledge of the ancients.]

This is what allowed the Black Dragon Society, which troubled the Cheonsan Group until the end of the original, to grow significantly.  
Thinking back, there’s really no need to rely on Cheonsan’s help.  
Right now, Lee Yoo-jung is a genius, and Yoo Jin of the Cheonsan Group is a person who was nearly swayed by the villain.  
He’s a rather ambiguous character to consider an ally, and in the early stages of the original, he was the information broker that Choi Si-woo relied on when he needed information.  
Since that guy has regressed now, it has no meaning.

“Wow, what an amazing find! Why is there still a dungeon like this? Setting aside the items dropped, who would go after a C-rank dungeon?”  
“True. I know it hasn’t been long since it appeared, though.”  

Han Su-ji and Reina’s reactions were normal.  
In just a C-rank dungeon, there’s an SSS-grade item and a learning device.  

“Basically, these mechanical dungeons are not cost-effective. They have tons of traps, the monsters are tough, and the dungeons are maze-like. The rewards are terrible.”  
“But in Mecha Land, you got so much!”  
“That’s because it’s Mecha Land. Other dungeons are different. The mechanical dungeons discovered so far are almost never visited unless an S-rank hunter is broadcasting.”  

That’s how the settings for mechanical dungeons were in the original.  
Not only cost-ineffective, but it’s also a dungeon where one’s life is at risk.  
Perhaps only someone like Lee Yoo-jung could easily destroy such dungeons.

“Speaking of which, if the leftover dungeons are mechanical dungeons, we’ll need Yoo Jung-senpai’s help in the future.”  

Even if they’re not cost-effective, if they can be cleared easily like Lee Yoo-jung can, the earnings from the initial exploration or rewards would be immense.  
Wait, isn’t that a good idea?

“First of all, what about the ancient relic? Isn’t it a waste to sell it?”  
“I think Yoo Eun-ha should have it.”

Choi Si-woo suddenly handed me the ancient relic.

“Eat it? This?”  
“Yeah. It’ll be helpful to have it.”  

Help? What does he plan to do by making me eat this?  
Oh, I get it. He’s trying to increase my favorability.  
While other heroines may have tasted it before the regression, I likely haven’t. So he wants to know what my flavor is like.  
What a sneaky guy. With that innocent face, he’s surprisingly clever.  
But I’m someone who accepts free things without hesitation.  
If I have the ancient relic, my chances of survival could increase.

“What about you, senpai, and Su-ji and Reina?”

For now, it’s SSS-grade. It’s a bit too much for me to decide alone.

“Um, isn’t selling it better?”  
“Yeah. It’s an unspoken rule that the boss drops should be shared fairly.”  
“Eun-ha is feeling burdened, so don’t think suspiciously.”  

The heroines each had different reactions. Why is it that they’re all glaring at Choi Si-woo?  
Choi Si-woo, feeling unjust, glanced back and forth between me and the heroines before quietly gathering the heroines to discuss.

“No, that’s not what I meant.”

They whispered something before shoving Choi Si-woo away and talking to me.

“Ah, if it’s for Eun-ha, there’s no helping it.”  
“Right. Yoo Eun-ha, since I’m specially yielding, please take it humbly.”  
“I didn’t mind if Eun-ha took it from the start.”  

Is he really the protagonist? His ability to persuade the heroines seems impressive.  
And that damn protagonist is trying to gift me something with the intent of eating me now that he’s regressed.  
Isn’t this going to end up with me being overrun? Shouldn’t I wear some sort of chastity belt?