I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 186

186.

Leaving Lee Chang-woo’s ‘nonsense’ behind, I snatched the Shield Stone from Jung Man-chun, who was buried under the concrete debris.

The Shield Stone itself was a stone, but it had been made into a necklace. I tore the whole thing off.

“Heh heh.”

Clang. Clatter.

Then, I heard the sound of Lee Chang-woo diligently moving his wheelchair towards the elevator.

“…….”

Thud.

I easily cleared away the concrete debris and stood up.

This was thanks to undergoing muscle modification and strengthening my body to time the concrete debris falling.

It also helped that I quickly grabbed Jung Man-chun’s corpse before being buried and used him as a shield.

‘I can’t leave the corpse behind because of the bounty.’

I flicked my finger and put Jung Man-chun’s tattered corpse into the subspace [a personal storage dimension].

Living things cannot be put into the subspace, but corpses and inanimate objects can be stored as much as you want.

“Hoo.”

I immediately shook off the traces of debris on my clothes and moved using Transcendental Acceleration.

Whoosh!

Arriving in front of the elevator in an instant, I saw it had just started and was going up.

It was the 10-story main building, and it was just passing the 1st floor.

Judging from the fact that it didn’t stop on the 1st floor, it seemed he thought the upper floors were safer than the lobby.

“In an emergency, you should use the emergency exit. Elevators are really dangerous escape routes.”

I thought about Lee Chang-woo, entrusting himself to the elevator and going up without being able to hasten his escape.

“Heh.”

I grinned.

* * *

“I’m really sorry, Man-chun. But thanks to your sacrifice, I eliminated Kang Shin-hwa at once!”

Lee Chang-woo was complacent, saying that it was a valuable victory even though he had paid a sacrifice.

Since he had collapsed the inner walls and ceiling so much that he could no longer use the 2nd basement floor, there was no way he could have survived.

Even if he was wearing a reinforced suit, he would have been crushed to death by the pressure.

Extrasensory Overload.

It was Lee Chang-woo’s ultimate move to collapse the surrounding terrain by momentarily exerting high-intensity psychokinesis [the ability to move objects with the mind].

Perhaps if he had been outside, he would have collapsed the entire building.

“This building won’t last long.”

It wouldn’t collapse right away, but it seemed that it couldn’t be used for long because there was a problem inside.

Lee Chang-woo was planning to report the situation to Joo Cheon-ho from his office on the 10th floor and then leave the scene.

The fact that Kang Shin-hwa came here meant that KSA’s [Korean Special Agency] forces could also come.

But right then.

Crack! Crack!

“……?”

Lee Chang-woo heard a loud noise coming from below the elevator, which was going up at a constant speed.

It felt like someone was forcibly tearing off the iron door that made up the entrance to the elevator shaft.

Not only that.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

At the same time as the concrete in the internal space where the elevator was moving resonated, he felt a human presence.

And.

Wham!

“Aaaagh!”

Lee Chang-woo screamed at the loud noise coming from the top of the elevator he was riding.

It was definitely the sound of someone getting on the upper deck.

Creak! Creak! Crack!

“Wow, you crazy!”

Lee Chang-woo doubted his eyes.

That’s because he saw the thick steel plate on the elevator ceiling being torn off whole right in front of his eyes.

Shin-hwa’s appearance, covered in grayish-white dust due to the concrete debris, looked like he was seeing a devil.

“You thought you got rid of me? You killed the brother who shared your blood. I’m alive and well, you see?”

“Darn it!”

Hurriedly, Lee Chang-woo focused his mind and tried to use Extrasensory Overload once again.

Now that things had come to this, he was going to cut the cables inside the elevator to somehow inflict damage.

But Shin-hwa wasn’t going to be defeated even if he knew the obvious plan.

Thump!

Shin-hwa entered the elevator Lee Chang-woo was riding without any mercy.

And after that.

“Aaaagh!”

Lee Chang-woo’s tragic and desperate screams echoed sadly until he reached the 10th floor.

It was the moment when the 2nd and 3rd in command of the Black Cross Society lost their lives in vain in a short period of time to Shin-hwa.

* * *

Some time later.

“This is Lee Ha-seong.”

-I have cleared the Black Cross Society’s rear base in the Chungju Black Zone.

Lee Chang-woo and Jung Man-chun have been eliminated, and many members in the building have also been dealt with.

“Yes? I knew Shin-hwa might have a trick up his sleeve, but you’re telling me he really took out both executives?”

-Should I give you corpse authentication or something? Well, I didn’t think it was necessary…….

“Ah, no. That’s enough.”

-Where should I go? Just tell me where Joo Cheon-ho is.

“It’s the Sejong Black Zone. The damage here is great right now due to Joo Cheon-ho and the elite troops’ fierce counterattack.”

-Okay. I’ll go there right away.

Click.

The short call ended.

Even though Lee Ha-seong clearly heard the situation from Shin-hwa’s voice, he had a blank expression for a moment.

“Alone…… He infiltrated the Chungju Black Zone without an accurate internal map and destroyed the rear base.”

He couldn’t believe it.

The reason why the Black Zone is difficult is because it is very difficult to grasp the inside.

The reason why Lee Ha-seong declared war on crime this time was because he had obtained a useful map from an insider.

However, the Chungju Black Zone was not included in the delivery, and it was a completely unknown world.

But Shin-hwa not only infiltrated the inside without difficulty, but also eliminated Jung Man-chun and Lee Chang-woo.

One against a hundred.

No, the word one against ten thousand came to mind as he cleaned up the rear so easily.

“Chief, is it real?”

Lee Ha-seong nodded at Na Mi-na’s question as she entered the temporary camp to report on the war situation.

Na Mi-na was also surprised.

Shin-hwa always did more than she imagined, but this time it was particularly severe.

The news of victory came from a place where even sending a large number of KSA elite agents would be difficult.

It was a morale boost for the ‘Justice Army’ fighting on the front lines.

It was news that would bring despair to the members of the Black Cross Society and Namhae Group who were fighting against them.

At the same time.

The same news that Lee Ha-seong heard was delivered to Joo Cheon-ho, who was on the front lines of the Sejong Black Zone.

The content was the same, containing the deaths of two executives, only the deliverer was different from his subordinates.

“So that’s what happened.”

Joo Cheon-ho accepted the news indifferently without expressing any emotion.

What should I say?

Because the opponent was Kang Shin-hwa, he didn’t feel anything special.

He felt that if it was Kang Shin-hwa, he could fully acknowledge that he had killed Jung Man-chun or Lee Chang-woo.

“The bad relationship is really deep.”

He made a bitter expression.

The landscape of the Republic of Korea’s guilds has changed due to one person named Kang Shin-hwa.

Who would have predicted it?

That the Hongyeon and Cheongyeon guilds would be caught in his scheme and collapse along with the failed coup overnight.

Everything was a butterfly effect created by Shin-hwa.

The large guilds that people called corrupt were all destroyed, and the result was now.

War on Crime!

The KSA completely cut off the retreat and drove the Black Cross Society into a corner.

“I have no choice but to acknowledge Kang Shin-hwa’s insight. The KSA should be grateful to Kang Shin-hwa. It’s all because of him that they were able to create this kind of situation.”

Joo Cheon-ho burst into a hollow laugh.

Then, he took out a small glass bottle surrounded by a black exterior from his pocket.

It was a secret medicine he had received directly from the Black Society leader, ‘Black Demon’, some time ago.

The Black Death Elixir.

It raises the user’s physical combat power to the limit in exchange for their lifespan until they stop rampaging.

It was a forbidden elixir and a deadly poison that should never be drunk unless you were prepared to give up your life without regret.

“Since I’m going to die anyway, I’ll increase the number of companions on the way to the afterlife. Kang Shin-hwa, come! I’ll take the lives of countless KSA agents before you come! Hahaha!”

With a mad laugh.

Joo Cheon-ho, who had plenty of arrows, headed back to the battlefield.

And some time later.

On the battlefield, KSA agents began to die one after another due to Joo Cheon-ho’s godlike archery.

Joo Cheon-ho’s attack, who was prepared to die and even used the forbidden elixir, was truly destructive.

* * *

“It’s really tricky.”

What greeted me when I arrived at the Sejong Black Zone was a scene where all visual information was distorted.

The characteristic of the Sejong Black Zone was the distortion of perspective.

What seemed close was actually far away, and what seemed far away was closer than expected.

Because the disturbance of visual information was so severe, unless you had adapted here for a long time.

It was never easy to perfectly grasp the internal structure.

Even the KSA, who knew the map and approached from the north, was still struggling.

“That’s why modification is important.”

The scene, which was full of distortions, looked like an ordinary scene to me.

Of course, it is corrected by constantly injecting a small amount of magic power into the eyes, but that amount of magic power was more than enough.

‘At times like this, I’m grateful to Nicholas.’

I nodded my head without realizing it.

In my previous life, Nicholas had me visit countless Black Zones that could be seen all over the world without leaving any behind.

The reason was simple.

It was in the sense of preparing in advance for the various adverse conditions that would appear with the Great Disaster.

At that time, I complained and reluctantly followed him.

After the Great Disaster.

I realized that if I hadn’t experienced the Black Zone in advance, I would have been in big trouble.

It was the right decision.

The Great Disaster of 2052 was the manifestation of the Black Zone, which turned the whole world into a terrible and miserable environment.

So, our Nine Lords, who had previously learned similar repertoires, were able to avoid wandering around at all.

Sejong Black Zone.

This place was located in Korea, so it was naturally one of Nicholas’ early learning routes.

It was a place that had been developed as a special autonomous city in the past but became a Black Zone with the Cataclysm [a world-altering event].

In other words, it was the best playground for guys who enjoy guerrilla warfare based on the Black Zone, like the Black Cross Society.

“Joo Cheon-ho, you son of a b****. You’re crazy. Even if you have nothing to lose, you ate the infamous Black Society’s elixir?”

Meanwhile, I watched the battle video of Joo Cheon-ho that I had received from Lee Ha-seong, and clicked my tongue in regret.

Looking at the intense eyes, movements, and destructive power of the attack, which were incomparably stronger than before, it was 100% drug effect.

It wasn’t just a potion classified as a drug, but the Black Society’s elixir that had to be taken with one’s life as collateral.

The effect was needless to say.

As time went by, the intensity of the rampage became stronger and stronger, so there was no separate half-life or anything like that.

In short, it meant that until Joo Cheon-ho was killed, he would have to face an increasingly stronger guy.

“I’ll have to be on my toes. The scariest guy in the world is the one who takes drugs with the determination to die.”

I took out a strengthening potion from the subspace and drank it, and I also quickly started doping.

As Joo Cheon-ho has equipped himself with power that has surpassed his limits. I must also use any means and methods to increase my combat power.

“Indomitable Fighting Spirit, and Retribution.”

There were more than enough reasons to fight Joo Cheon-ho.

The bad relationship should be cut off as soon as possible.

It was now time to completely eliminate the troublemakers in the country.