I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 133

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‘Gwaedang Fist’.

I had already prepared my repertoire of counterattacks.

Mukcheol 폭권 [Exploding Fist] Chapter 7, Gwaedang Fist.

A fist technique that delivers everything in one strike, with vertical and horizontal shockwaves spreading in a cross shape.

It doesn’t just strike one point and end there; the shockwaves spread up, down, left, and right from the point of impact.

The physical damage felt by the person being hit is unimaginably great, which is its strength.

Moreover, it consumed less energy than the instant-kill strike that used up all my magic power and 97% of my stamina.

This strike consumes 100% of my current magic power without depleting stamina.

Even if I use it all, I can draw on the magic power stored in my heart, so I have some alternatives.

The problem was that if the Gwaedang Fist didn’t hit the opponent’s weak point accurately.

Because it’s such a sensitive fist technique, missing would yield worse results than a normal punch.

That’s why I threw out bait.

I stood still, pretending to be affected by his Lion’s Roar, not moving my body.

“Shin-hwa…!”

I heard my companions’ voices, worried about me, who was hesitating in front.

I wanted to tell them not to worry, but then there would be no fun in counterattacking.

“Ugh! Ugh!”

I pretended to be paralyzed, looking at Kashat with fear in my eyes.

‘The point where the cross shockwave will be most effective. The place where the most weight is placed when he attacks me.’

I waited calmly.

Kashat’s blade flew to within just 1 meter [approximately 3.3 feet], but I didn’t rush.

The longer I waited by 0.1 seconds, the higher the probability of a successful attack became.

“Kyaaaa!”

Judging from the octave of the scream, it was definitely Jin Bomi’s.

How could she not know after experiencing me so closely? She really worries a lot. She should trust me by now.

And at the very moment Kashat’s blade reached just 30cm [approximately 1 foot] below my chin!

Whoosh!

I stretched my body forward with all my might, using the back of my clenched fist to strike Kashat’s heart.

It was a strike that instantly vanished as if the magic power within my body was being sucked into something.

Boom……!

At that moment, the sound of a balloon bursting rang out.

The shockwave drawing a horizontal line centered on the heart I struck left a deep, straight scar on Kashat’s chest.

The shockwave of the vertical line caused explosions right next to his neck and in the groin, or even deeper in a more private direction.

It hit perfectly!

“Kkeuek!”

Kashat, caught off guard, vomited blood and collapsed.

In the meantime, I took out the magic power stored in my altered heart and replenished my body with magic power.

‘It would be good to aim for the weakened outer skin to finish him off.’

As I ran towards Kashat, I decided to aim for his heart without hesitation.

It was the only part where the outer skin had been peeled off by the Gwaedang Fist’s explosion.

He wasn’t given the title of mid-boss monster for nothing.

To attack other parts, I would have to start from the beginning again, doing the so-called ‘preliminary work’ of neutralizing the outer skin.

I didn’t want to give him that kind of leeway, and I didn’t want to waste a lot of time on a non-boss monster.

“Goodbye.”

“Kihieek!”

His desperate struggle to live was in vain.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Using the Transcendental Acceleration talent, I tore apart Kashat’s heart as much as I could.

It was a brutal strike, cutting, tearing, and pulling out as if there were no such things as internal organs.

Ting! Ting!

In the meantime, I was hit by two desperate blade attacks, but I blocked them easily with Steel Enhancement.

It’s true that I prefer attacking, but that doesn’t mean I’m careless about defense.

“Just die already.”

“Kkeuhik, Kkeuhihik.”

But Kashat’s breath wouldn’t stop, and I had no choice but to use the last resort.

Cheeeeeek!

I added the heat of fire to the sword blade tearing through his body.

“Kkeueeeee!”

It is said that even if you can endure being torn and cut, you can never endure being burned.

Kashat was no exception.

With a faint smoke, a burning smell, and explosively accumulated damage inside his body, he could no longer endure.

“Kkeuek!”

He died with his eyes rolled back.

“Nice!”

Before Kashat, who had stopped breathing, could even close his eyes, I immediately extracted both of his eyeballs.

Because the effect is best in this state.

The magic power contained in Kashat’s eyes would synergize well with the transformation properties of the magic power that Jin Bomi uses in her spells.

‘I have to feed them to my companions diligently so that I can reap the rewards after catching the Liquister.’

It’s never a losing deal.

After all, there was no effect I could get from eating these. They just didn’t suit me at all.

Besides, since they were the guys I met on the way to catch the Liquister, there was no wasted movement or stamina.

While I’m here, I’ll make sure to help my companions level up.

In return, I’ll ensure a perfect distribution of spoils from the boss monster hunt and guarantee my convenience.

‘Of course, I’ll get my money’s worth.’

If you’ve eaten something substantial enough to fill your stomach, you have to work hard!

Jin Bomi may not know it, but the three people who have become teammates will be working hard for me from now on.

“Bomi-ssi! Let’s eat just one good thing for our bodies here and go!”

I started running towards Jin Bomi, who was breathing a sigh of relief, with a bright smile.

I have to feed it to her in an instant so that she can’t even recognize what she’s eating.

To be honest, except for the fact that it greatly helps with talent, the texture is non-existent and even disgusting.

“Wh-what is it?”

“Quick, say ‘ah’! Hurry!”

“Eh…?”

“No time, hurry!”

Bewildered, she opened her mouth.

Thump!

I poured Kashat’s eyes into her mouth, sharing them nicely.

The next moment.

“……!”

Jin Bomi’s expression distorted.

I was standing right in front of her, worried that she might spit it out or vomit.

Oomph oomph.

Nom nom.

“……?”

“It’s more savory than I thought? What is this? I don’t even know what it is, but I ate it because you told me to…”

She had a much better stomach than I did. It seems I’m not the only one who’s been trained in wild meals.

* * *

Stellard Ore.

And even the Spring of Divinity.

While heading to the final destination where the Liquister was, we were able to visit all the planned locations.

The Stellard Ore was a very small amount, but it was enough to coat the outside of the dagger that Yoonbyul was currently using.

The method was to compress and attach the ore instantaneously using high-pressure magic power emission, which was easy because it was my specialty.

In addition, at the Spring of Divinity, by drinking the holy water that had been stagnant for 10 years, we triggered the unique amplification of divine power that only Han Sojun had.

This was also tailored to him, so if I had drunk it, it would have been about the level of bottled water for quenching thirst.

The priest’s rank immediately rose one level from D to D+.

Jin Bomi’s spell talent was enhanced.

Yoonbyul’s artifact was enhanced.

Han Sojun’s divine power was enhanced.

Everything was perfect.

The team members thanked me, one after another. Especially the priest was on the verge of tears.

It was a small change that didn’t seem like much to me, but it seemed huge for them to experience.

Even though I refused several times, they gave me all the spoils they had obtained in the process.

Saying that they couldn’t just keep receiving like this. So, I ended up monopolizing all the dimensional stones obtained here.

Because I didn’t refuse their hearts.

Because it’s a good picture to receive it happily when the other person gives it to you happily.

Anyway, it was a win-win dungeon raid where I carefully took care of my companions one by one and monopolized the spoils in the dungeon.

In total, it took us a day and a half to reach the place where the final boss monster, Liquister, was.

During that time, we earned 50 billion won [approximately $37.5 million USD] in dimensional stone revenue.

If my companions hadn’t given it to me, it would have been an enormous amount of about 10 billion won [approximately $7.5 million USD] distributed to each of them.

Of course, the qualitative and quantitative improvements that my companions experienced far exceeded this 10 billion won.

“Hoo!”

I roughly spread out a mat on a flat rock for the last rest and sat down.

From the edge of the horizon, I could see a silhouette emitting murderous intent, with something constantly moving back and forth.

It was the figure of the Liquister.

Just then, the priest, who suddenly sat down next to me, continued to speak, bowing his head repeatedly.

“Thank you, Shin-hwa. Thank you so much!”

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], at this rate, I’m going to have a seizure just hearing the word ‘thank you.'”

“Honestly, if it weren’t for you, I would have lived as an E-rank for several years, but I’m already a D+ rank.”

“That’s all thanks to the synergy with Hyung’s talent. It’s all thanks to Hyung.”

“Hey, don’t say that. Who in the world would give such tremendous perks, even if they were a companion? Don’t you all think so?”

“Honestly, I didn’t expect you to be so considerate to me, who isn’t even a member of Team Mystic. Thank you so much.”

“Don’t worry. I’m going to work you hard later and get it all back.”

“Hehe, then I welcome it! The only thing that’s certain is that the firepower of my spells has increased by more than 10% compared to before.”

“That’s because the core contained in Kashat’s eyes helps with magic power activation and amplification. It only helps with amplification when magic power is uniquely transformed and deployed like spells.”

“How did you know that?”

“There’s a way. Shall I keep it a pleasant secret?”

I looked at Jin Bomi, the priest, Yoonbyul, and Han Sojun’s faces in turn with a satisfied expression.

Everyone’s eyes were sparkling, as if they couldn’t believe the changes that had happened to them.

“Thank you, Shin-hwa.”

“Thank you, Hyung-nim [term of respect for older brother/male friend].”

“No more thank you comments. I’m going to get calluses in my ears at this rate.”

“Thank you, Shin-hwa.”

“Thank you, Hyung-nim.”

“Keuh-heuh.”

I burst out laughing at Yoonbyul and Han Sojun’s jokes, who had found a gap like ghosts.

Everyone was sincerely happy, so I felt really good as the one who took care of them.

Of course, this is just the beginning.

Everything I’ve been diligently feeding them (?) so far has been an upgrade to the firepower to deal with the ‘Liquister.’

Liquister.

A humanoid fighting monster.

He is 190cm [approximately 6 feet 3 inches] tall, 1cm [approximately 0.4 inches] taller than me, and his unique feature is acquiring resistance through ‘skin change.’

‘Judgment Rank SSS-Rank. It’s perfect for getting killed if you’re careless.’

The level judged by the system is also the most powerful of all the monsters I’ve faced so far.

It’s also a reasonable reason to have a very rare flower called the Flower of Liquefaction.

‘Experience, dimensional stones, flowers. It’s a treasure trove that lacks nothing.’

The Liquister’s appearance visible in the identification glasses was full of bright red aura.

A huge amount of experience.

Dimensional stone cores that are so densely packed in his body that it’s meaningless to even count them.

On top of that, the flower that will be created automatically when he is killed.

‘I must eat it!’

I burned with determination.

Because the liquefaction ability is a versatile talent that can neutralize Joo Cheon-ho’s archery and Elijah’s fire talent.

I absolutely couldn’t miss it!