I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 106

Episode 106

Swish. Swish, swish. Swish.

“This is quite a sight, right from the entrance.”

The abandoned underground warehouse on the lowest level of the 7th Black Tower had water pooled halfway up from the entrance.

It seemed like the leak had been there for quite some time, with no repairs done.

That made sense, considering Han Seung-taek was imprisoned on the 3rd basement level, and this was the 9th basement level.

Since it was a building in the Black Zone and not a regular residence, there was probably no need to manage the basement levels.

“This kind of structure might be why the Dummy Dungeon remained unknown.”

I nodded in agreement.

The Dummy Dungeon is like a lottery ticket with no blanks.

Once you find it and enter, you’re guaranteed to get a top-tier Dimension Stone.

And there was a bonus.

If you were lucky, you had a small chance of obtaining a flower dropped by the Dummy Dungeon’s boss monster.

Of course, no one knows who that boss monster will be. That’s because of the dungeon’s inherent randomness.

In my past life, the boss monster inside the Dummy Dungeon in the 7th Black Tower was known to be an SS-rank monster similar to Katabella.

The monster that greets me this time might be that kind of monster, or it might not be.

This part is something you have to leave to luck.

“I’m immune to filth and stench, but I still don’t want my body soaked in this.”

Squish, squish.

As soon as I stepped inside, I quickly transformed my body into steel at the sight of a pile of garbage greeting me.

It wasn’t just garbage floating on the water.

There were lumps that looked like feces – who came here to do their business? – and.

Garbage was the norm, along with the corpses of rats and stray cats that had died for unknown reasons.

“…….”

And there were quite a few corpses that were so decayed that their forms were unrecognizable.

However, judging by the fact that their clothes didn’t have epaulettes [shoulder decorations indicating rank] and they weren’t armed.

It seemed highly likely that they were innocent civilians who had fallen victim to Moonlight and the Black Cross Society.

I offered them a brief moment of silence and then continued forward, cutting through the filthy water.

The entire basement was filled with water up to my navel, which didn’t feel good.

‘Top-tier Dimension Stones are definitely important.’

While moving, I recalled the Dimension Stones, which were diligently stimulating my expectations.

One level above the highest-grade Dimension Stone, this one has endless uses.

First of all, it’s possible to commission Hwang Seok-cheol to create the special enhanced suit I have in mind.

For now, the enhanced suit I’m wearing costs about 2 billion won [approximately $1.5 million USD] and can withstand being hit by a 10-ton truck twice.

Of course, that’s not the concept of standing and enduring.

It means that even if I get crushed, the suit can absorb most of the impact up to two times.

Naturally, the body is also under pressure, so there is a possibility of fractures.

On the other hand, using a top-tier Dimension Stone, you can create a suit with a base price and value of at least 20 billion won [approximately $15 million USD].

And the top-tier Dimension Stone has 10 times the inherent energy of the highest-grade Dimension Stone.

If I can make it according to the structure and design I remember, I can shake it off without any damage even if I get crushed by a truck.

This is because it can be implemented in the form of a defensive barrier that can reliably protect the whole body by using a large amount of energy in an instant.

This is a change that the highest-grade Dimension Stone, which has a much lower absolute amount of energy, can never create.

‘If I modify the device a bit more, I can always defend my face, which is exposed to the outside, with a force field even when wearing a suit.’

This makes it easier to protect the vulnerable face.

It solves the chronic problem of enhanced suits.

Considering that Jaeil Construction and Park Hyung-san were also intensively attacked in the face by my attacks because their faces were not protected.

Meaningful preparation is possible!

“Wilson, I’ll get you some good materials and upgrade you.”

Beep! Beep!

And Wilson can also be upgraded.

This was something that the person who was Wilson’s owner in his past life later proved himself, so there was no room for doubt.

Wilson has the unique ability to resonate with and absorb Dimension Stones.

Of course, it is impossible up to the highest-grade Dimension Stone, and it is a conditional talent that is possible from the top-tier Dimension Stone.

Wilson is not a complete form but a growing form.

If you raise him carefully, you can use him as an excellent weapon using his discharge talent.

“I’m here.”

As I was thinking about this and that, I arrived in front of a small warehouse deep in the basement.

I knew there was a warehouse with an emergency exit sign hanging upside down due to installation issues, and there it was.

However, there were far more obstacles here, so I had no choice but to…….

“Hoo.”

I had to dive.

It was dirty and about to make me throw up, but there’s no match for exclusive rights!

Even if poop gets in my mouth, I have to go in here.

* * *

Finding the Dimension Gate wasn’t too difficult.

However, the location of the Dimension Gate was ambiguous.

First of all, there was only one dim fluorescent light nearby, making it quite difficult to secure a view.

The Dimension Gate existed in a way that it was submerged in a location that could not be noticed at all from the water surface.

This is why it hasn’t been discovered for years to come.

A Dimension Gate submerged in water.

There were more dungeon Dimension Gates in this form than I thought. In my past life, there were quite a few cases where Dimension Gates were discovered while exploring the deep sea.

Whoosh-.

I went straight inside.

It was a cool entrance that didn’t require any calculation or measurement.

“……?”

But as soon as I entered the dungeon, what greeted me was a phenomenon that made my whole body unable to move.

To be exact, it felt like the time applied to me had stopped with a click.

‘What is it?’

An inexplicable paralysis.

It wasn’t paralysis caused by the Awakener’s talent.

From the beginning, it was a feeling of space pressing down on me. It was an absolute pressure that didn’t allow me to move a single finger.

Right then.

A background that resembled Reccerro and the Order’s ‘Magic Tower,’ not the dungeon’s background, unfolded before my eyes.

It was like watching a movie.

In that scene, Reccerro was speaking, wearing a black robe embroidered with golden spiders.

-Pentanas, I will tell you one mission that you must carry out in the future.

In front of Reccerro, who was silently continuing his words, were five people with their heads bowed.

They bowed their heads so that I couldn’t tell whether they were male, female, young, or old.

Even though I was seeing a situation for the first time, I was very uncomfortable with the fact that I couldn’t move a single finger.

Perhaps it was showing a scene from the past rather than what was happening now.

I don’t know who or why is showing me this.

-This rich dark energy will illuminate your path.

Soon, Reccerro distributed dark energy to the five beings.

For quite a long time, the dark energy from his body flowed into the five without rest.

-When an incomparably brilliant light descends on the world, dye that light with the colors of death and despair.

As soon as he finished speaking, the five rose from their seats and began to leave the Magic Tower.

Because the robes they were wearing completely covered their faces, I couldn’t find a single clue.

After that.

The scene passed in an instant, as if it were fast-forwarded.

The background had changed from the Magic Tower to a downtown area on Earth where many people were walking around.

And on the street, the five were mixed in with the crowd, each wearing ordinary clothes.

If there was any gain, it was that I found out that one of the five beings was a woman. That was all.

Soon, everything I saw turned into a handful of ashes and scattered, and the restraints that had bound my body were also released.

What brightened my vision again was the original dungeon scenery.

“What is it? Who, why to me?”

A question without an answer came out.

It was an inexplicable suggestion.

But one thing was certain: according to what I just saw, Reccerro was a huge mastermind.

Moreover, it also meant that before the Nas Continent was connected in 2025, he had sent beings corresponding to advance teams or ‘spies’ to Earth in advance.

“I don’t know who you are, but if you’re going to tell me, wouldn’t it be better to tell Nicholas through a dream or revelation or something?”

I shouted, looking at the innocent sky for no reason.

I feel like I keep getting more things to think about, including the three black magicians I met in Guam last time.

The problem is that all of this is new knowledge that I didn’t know in my past life.

Besides, I felt like I was forcibly watching (?) while being grabbed by the collar, so I couldn’t pretend not to see it.

“Headache, tsk.”

I’ve recognized it for now.

I feel like I’m jumping to conclusions, but I thought there might be some clues in the montage of Elijah Rowe that the three black magicians were holding.

There’s no way they came to ‘kill’ Elijah Rowe with their skills.

There was a very high probability that Elijah was one of the five people I just saw.

Right then.

Roar! Roar!

From the peaceful and beautiful hill 500m ahead.

A group of monsters spewing heterogeneous and disgusting saliva and showing off their majesty was seen.

“It’s a good thing since I was feeling gloomy. You guys are especially one-shot, one-kill.”

Without hesitation, I started sprinting towards them with all my might.

The number is roughly fifty.

But the guys who don’t come out with a D-rank or higher at a glance could never be my opponent.

Sure enough.

The battle that would be a warm-up for me became an express train to hell for the guys who stood in my way.

‘I’m lucky with the draw.’

The Dummy Dungeon, where the difficulty changes arbitrarily from F-rank to EX-rank the moment you cross the Dimension Gate.

My draw was luckily E-rank.

The average rank of the monsters that appeared was E-rank!

* * *

After a while.

“……?”

I was hiding in the bushes, watching the Dummy Dungeon’s boss monster, who had revealed his true colors.

To be exact, I was watching with a lot of question marks because I was wondering what that was.

No matter where you go, the Dummy Dungeon has a simple internal structure and a short distance, so it doesn’t take long to attack.

Because the level of the monsters was so low, it didn’t take 15 minutes to get to the boss room.

If you calculate the straight-line distance from the entrance to here, it’s only about 5km.

If you’re determined and run with Transcendental Acceleration, it’s a distance you can cover in a few minutes.

“What is that?”

It looked perfectly humanoid, but only its face had a square screen like a TV.

And inside, alphabets from F to EX were constantly circulating as if turning a roulette wheel.

The guy was taking an attacking stance as if trying to box me, and he was waiting for something.

Right then.

[F]

The alphabet in the screen stopped at ‘F’. What is it? Is it casting a debuff that makes me F-rank?

The moment the alphabet was confirmed, I flinched slightly at the sight of the guy rushing at me so fiercely.

But you have to see the length to know what’s long and short [idiom meaning you have to experience something to understand it].

Without exploration, you can’t check the guy’s skills or my condition, of course.

So, after putting mana into my left hand appropriately, I hit the guy with the feeling of throwing a jab.

My right arm was only raised in position so that it could be linked to defense at any time.

But.

Just, very lightly, tap.

I just stretched out my fist.

Bang!

“Kkeureuk.”

Thud!

“What……?”

The boss monster fell.

The situation ended in one blow.

The guy lost his life.

It seems like today is a day when I can do anything.