I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 94

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“As I mentioned, my role was entirely focused on support during the dungeon raid.”

-For the great Marina Hara to be led instead of leading… how intriguing.

“He knew more about the dungeon than I did. According to the records, it was his first time raiding this place.”

-Indeed. I confirmed that as well. But seeing him eliminate the Gray Hargid colony and the Icarites, it doesn’t seem like a novice’s reckless challenge.

“Frankly, I was quite surprised. Even considering the rapid growth of a B-rank Awakened [a person with supernatural abilities], there are many aspects that don’t make sense…”

-Honestly, clearing Catabella with just three people is even more surprising. So, what’s your overall assessment?

“VVIP [Very Very Important Person], I believe someone like Kang Shin-hwa is essential for our WSA [World Superhuman Association]. If VVIP has no intention of recruiting him, I would strongly recommend him to Team Osaka, a domestic team.”

-Huhu. So, you’re saying he’s talent you want to acquire at any cost.

“Yes, that’s right.”

-Actually, I also find him very appealing. The response to the enhancement potion within the WSA is very positive, and I’ve also tried it. It’s a perfect product.

“Right?”

-For now, actively encourage him to participate in the next guest appearance. People like that tend to back out easily if you rush them.

“Are you seriously considering recruiting him?”

-I’ll decide after seeing the next raid. But I’m leaning towards it more than before.

“Understood, VVIP.”

-Good work. List the talents you’ve confirmed in Kang Shin-hwa and send them to me for recruitment purposes.

“Yes! I understand.”

Marina’s call with VVIP ended quickly.

Marina was certain.

Once recruited, he would become a celebrity who would receive all the attention in the world.

Moreover, he had the skills to hold a key position within the WSA.

“Haa.”

Marina recalled the raid she had done with Shin-hwa, and she unknowingly let out a hot breath.

It was a dynamic and vivid battle.

As she had reported to VVIP, it was also an easy battle where she only had to focus on support.

“It was exhilarating.”

She clenched her fists.

It was a perfect battle that made her heart race just by reminiscing about it.

“How on earth did someone like that suddenly appear like a comet? Overnight?”

That was her question.

In fact, it was a question that everyone who was interested in Shin-hwa had in common.

How could a person change so much overnight?

At the same time, Han So-joon, who was reviewing today’s battle in his accommodation, felt the same way.

“F, D, C, D, F… Look at the evaluations of the guys I’ve been with. It’s the same as my grades before dropping out of university.”

Han So-joon chuckled.

“Tsk, you moron. How many mistakes did I make?”

He smacked himself on the head and reflected on the battle in the dungeon today.

There were quite a few times when his healing was out of sync with Shin-hwa, or when the heal didn’t arrive properly.

But Shin-hwa never complained once.

Moreover, he subtly adjusted to his rhythm, to the point where Han So-joon was ’embarrassed’ and pointed it out.

It was the composure and unique sense that only a skilled and experienced Awakened could show.

Han So-joon was grateful to Shin-hwa for invisibly accommodating everything for him.

And even as an Awakened, Shin-hwa was a top-notch player.

He was someone who definitely knew the flow of battle. His brilliant wit and strategy full of schemes were also impressive.

“In that case…”

Han So-joon put his pen next to Shin-hwa’s name, which was recorded at the very end of his notebook.

It was a blank space for grading a highly personal overall assessment of the person.

Scribble.

Soon, an alphabet was drawn.

A one-line review remained.

The highest grade, A+, which he had never given to any Awakened he had worked with before.

Han So-joon gave his overall assessment of Shin-hwa without any regrets.

Definitely.

He hoped that he would be called again next time. So desperately.

* * *

[Instant Death Strike is an ability that consumes all of the mana and 97% of the health in your body that you can use.

It is also called mutual destruction.

Using this ability allows you to inflict a blow on your opponent that is 5 to 8 times the maximum firepower you can unleash.]

“Finally got it.”

I checked the ‘Instant Death Strike’ newly added to my unique ability and wore a satisfied expression.

It was an ability that I acquired because I needed it, but I wondered if I would ever use it.

After using this ability, I become defenseless, let alone the opponent.

Temporarily, all the mana is exhausted, and only 3% of health remains.

To put it in an accurate state, it was like immediately entering a state of shock-induced exhaustion with no mana left.

At this time, even if a goblin next to me just swung a club, I would lose my life.

‘Of course, I have gained a means to take at least one guy I definitely want to kill.’

In my current state, I can take down even an SSS-rank Awakened with mutual destruction.

Confirmed destruction.

The Instant Death Strike ignores the opponent’s defense ability and defensive barrier. It’s an amazing ability.

Looking back, it was a big influence that Catabella was suppressed early before using this power.

If the battle had been delayed a little longer, she might have tried to take me with her like a drowning ghost.

Ding.

At that time, I received a message from Marina.

[I’m going to Incheon by private plane tomorrow morning. Get as much sleep as possible and see you in the lobby in the morning.]

As Marina does with everything, she quickly arranged a schedule to return home.

My business in Guam is over.

There are quite a few dungeons here, but this was the only dungeon here that could satisfy my greed.

‘I have a mountain of things to make.’

In a large room separated from the living room of the accommodation, I took out the materials I had put in the subspace and lined them up.

The preparation was perfect.

I had a total of 200 Katra roots that I had worked hard to mine from the dungeon. Enough to make 200 packs of enhancement potions.

Considering that the maximum amount you can mine from one dungeon is usually 50 roots, I really mined a lot.

I also took the blood of Catabella, which is the material for the new product, and I also took 100 Madonas roots, which can add a 30% awakening effect.

Even if you only consider the potential value that can be expected in the future, it was worth 150 billion won [approximately $115 million USD].

‘I need to meet Jang Dong-shik.’

I thought of one person.

Jang Dong-shik.

An Awakened of the production line who can make anything if you give him money.

He is also a rare specialist who is one of the best in the world of Awakened. Production is his talent.

The mana potions and enhancement potions that I am making now are all close to cottage industry.

If I tell him to make them, he will somehow make them, but the process is too annoying.

There is a lot of time to be spent stirring the container in the middle, and there is a lot of time to be spent on natural cooling and so on.

If I can automate this process through Jang Dong-shik, I just have to put in the materials.

‘Making money is good, of course, but if possible, let’s live a well-being life… let’s make money comfortably.’

I desperately wanted the laziness that I could fully enjoy in my daily life.

I can’t help but raid dungeons because it can’t be done without me, but I wanted to get out of production.

‘I’m going to the Black Zone for the first time since I returned.’

I bit my lip as I recalled the location of Jang Dong-shik’s hideout and base.

Black Zone.

An area on the outskirts of law and order that even the Awakened Association and the police have given up on.

City of death.

Living hell.

A tomb for people who have no choice but to live because they cannot die.

It seemed like it was time to go to the region of despair, which is filled with all kinds of negative words.

Right then.

Rumble! Thwack!

Shami, startled by the thunder, ran to me.

It seemed like she had been having nightmares all night long, and her dreams were definitely ominous.

“Did you wake up?”

-Scary….

Shami hugged me.

I could see the tears in her eyes.

There were so many tears that it would be rude to ask why without noticing.

I carefully stroked between Shami’s eyebrows and carefully took something out of the subspace.

It was the ore that I had killed and stolen from the black magicians in the dungeon.

“Shami, have you ever seen this before?”

-I had this too….

Shami recognized the ore right away.

“Did you also cross the dimensional gate through the dungeon?”

-This stone-studded necklace was on my neck from the beginning. And I wandered around looking for an exit and crossed the dimensional gate.

“What happened next?”

-It disappeared. It was like a key. The moment I crossed the dimensional gate, the stone broke and protected my body.

“I knew it.”

-How did you get that stone…?”

“I met black magicians from the Nas Continent in the dungeon. They were wearing these epaulettes.”

I then took out an epaulette embroidered with a golden silk trapdoor spider from the subspace and showed it to Shami.

-Aaaaaah!

Shami screamed in horror. She was so surprised that she almost fell out of my arms.

“Shami, I’m sorry. But I couldn’t confirm it accurately unless it was you. Right? It’s the epaulette of the black magicians of the Lechnat Order.”

-That’s right. That’s right… The black magicians sent me here too. Those who are like the limbs of Lechnat….

“Hmm.”

Now that I have completed the double verification through Shami, their identities have been confirmed. They are the black magicians of Leccero.

Then the major premise is established.

Leccero had already cast its shadow on Earth much earlier than Nicholas knew in his previous life.

‘The problem is how many of these guys were by our side until the day of the Great Disaster in 2052.’

I was concerned about that.

After the Nas Continent and Earth were connected, many Awakened followed Leccero, the incarnation of evil.

But they were only Awakened from Earth, and they were never the advance team sent by Leccero.

Even when the Awakened Allied Forces, led by Nine Lords, wiped out Leccero and his gang.

The advance teams that Leccero sent, which must have ‘been’ on Earth, did not show up at all.

If they were the guys Leccero sent.

Wouldn’t they have to reveal their true identities in order to protect their master?

But surprisingly, nothing happened on Earth.

All that sympathized with Leccero’s evil deeds were criminal organizations that were corrupt from birth.

Time passed in that state.

The Great Disaster struck, and we joined forces to stop it.

‘But there’s no next time? After that, I immediately returned, and Nicholas said that he doesn’t have any memories of after the Great Disaster in his head.’

I suddenly felt a chill down my spine.

Tremble!

It was a feeling of discovering a gap in my previous life that not only I but also Nicholas seemed to have missed.

“F

Something’s wrong.