I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 226

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Of course, I wasn’t just going to stand by and watch him run away.

After all, it’s a dungeon rule that the exit portal won’t open until you eliminate the boss monster.

But it was still a shame.

Myth, who quickly chased after Tanex and caught up, tapped him on the shoulder and provoked him once more.

“I’m really going to stand still, so can’t you come up with something innovative, like a super-powered attack or something, and hit me with it?”

-Really?

“Yeah. I’ll really stand still. I promise!”

“What is hyung [older brother or respected male figure] doing now?”

Han Sojun was surprised to see Myth suddenly making a promise with the boss monster, even doing a pinky swear.

Of course, Myth had never done anything like that without a reason.

-Reacquiring target.

Whether it was because it was a golem and therefore not too bright, or whether it had another ulterior motive.

Tanex stopped in place and began to target Myth again.

As promised, Myth stood still, not moving an inch, and spread his arms out.

“Come on! Bring it on!”

-Target detected. Setting lethal firepower. Opening turrets. Initiating core high-speed division!

“Ah……!”

The moment they heard Tanex’s words, everyone watching exclaimed.

This was because, unlike the usual magic bullet attacks Tanex had been using.

They realized that he was making a desperate move, intending to ‘explode’ together with Myth, sacrificing his own life.

It goes without saying that the core of such a mechanical monster has a strong explosive power because energy is condensed within it.

Therefore, even if he had easily avoided the previous magic bullets, the self-destruction of the core was dangerous due to the large aftershock.

“Myth, it’s dangerous!”

“Unnie [older sister or respected female figure]……! But still, no!”

Surprised by the fact that Myth was in danger, Yoonbyeol tried to run forward, but JinBomi grabbed her.

However, Myth, with his arms outstretched, was making a circle with his right hand.

He didn’t say it, but he was signaling that he was ‘okay’.

“Really okay…….”

Before Choi Jihyuk could even finish saying ‘…is he?’, Tanex, who had finished calculating the self-destruction, went berserk.

Not only were magic bullets pouring out as all the turrets opened.

The heated core began to bubble like magma and scattered in all directions.

It was like watching magma erupting in all directions at the scene of a volcanic eruption.

“I can’t watch.”

Yoonbyeol squeezed her eyes shut.

While believing that Myth would naturally have a way out, she was also filled with anxiety.

In the first place, any Awakened person at that level should have run away without looking back, regardless of the reason.

But Myth’s expression, the person in question, was just calm.

‘I expected it, of course, but brain alteration really makes you transcend the limits of humanity.’

He admired and admired again.

It felt like a shooting game where the paths of all projectiles fired by the enemy were kindly drawn with lines to show you.

Not only that, but the perceived movement speed also felt significantly slower.

It wasn’t actually slow, but the process of seeing and predicting with his eyes was faster, so he felt that way.

In addition, he could link it with one of Myth’s own talents, ‘Transcendental Acceleration’, making the difficulty feel even lower.

‘According to my prediction, most of the paths of the self-destructed core have no chance of harming my comrades at all. But there’s only one that will put Yoonbyeol in danger if I avoid it.’

The calculation was complete.

The magic bullets pouring down from the sky had been out of Myth’s interest from the start.

He was already certain of which position he could move to in order to avoid being hit safely.

It was all thanks to the brain’s ability to complete all the prediction, calculation, and judgment.

“Block just one with a Shield Stone!”

Myth unreservedly used the Shield Stone to create a thick forward barrier.

He used mana without holding back, as the shield thickened in proportion to the mana used.

Swish! Kwaaa!

The colorful magic bullets that beautifully decorated the sky relentlessly struck the ground.

But it had no effect on Myth other than getting a little dirt on him.

Koo-oong!

Myth cleanly and perfectly blocked only one fragment of the core’s self-destruction, which he had been watching from the beginning.

Thud! Thud!

The traces of the exploded core fell meaninglessly here and there with a slight time difference.

-Operation…… terminated…….

Tanex’s head, which had been separated from his body by the self-destruction, stared at Myth and mumbled his last words.

[Probability calculation failed]

[Prediction error occurred]

Tanex did not know why this attack, which had been developed by considering all possibilities and probabilities, had failed.

It was designed to be able to perform well enough even against enemies who had surpassed the limits of humans.

In fact, this dungeon was a place that even the Elijah Group’s Awakened ones had been reluctant to come to before Myth’s group arrived.

This was because it was a dungeon where one person was guaranteed to die no matter who came.

It was because of the final self-destruction pattern like now.

Tanex was even nicknamed ‘Grim Reaper’ because he would always take one with him before he died.

So, when the Elijah Group came to this dungeon, they secretly brought ‘sacrificial mercenaries’.

They brought Awakened ones from wanderers or small guilds who would not be missed even if they died.

In any case, Myth’s Team Mystic had cleared such a dungeon without any sacrifices.

When Elijah and Belic first requested the issuance of a temporary license for Myth to enter this dungeon.

It was this point that aroused their interest.

They were curious to see who Myth, who cherished his team members, would kill.

Of course, their predictions were completely wrong.

None of Team Mystic’s members died, and only Tanex was endlessly trampled on and died miserably.

“Hyungnim [term of respect for an older brother or male figure], Myth, it’s amazing every time I see it, really. I can’t show that kind of guts even if I know all the paths.”

“He’s not human, he’s like a machine. Doesn’t everyone think so? I’m even scared.”

Han Sojun and Choi Jihyuk clicked their tongues. What Myth had shown earlier was not arrogance or recklessness.

It was a response with confidence based on perfect calculation.

Even though they were the same Awakened.

The difference was felt so greatly, at a distance that seemed impossible to reach even if they chased after him for the rest of their lives.

Myth was showing his true worth while standing tall.

“Haa…….”

Thump!

Yoonbyeol’s reaction, who collapsed in her seat as her legs gave way, was the same as all the team members’ inner thoughts.

An Awakened one who is impossible to predict.

An Awakened one who leisurely makes the impossible possible.

That was Kang Sinhwa.

* * *

That evening.

-Sinhwa-ssi, the Secret Dungeon has been reset. You can enter.

“That’s good. I’m in the United States for work, but I’ll grab a flight to Osaka right away.”

-Okay. I’ll keep that in mind and prepare.

I ended a short call with Marina.

The Secret Dungeon seemed to have finished resetting at the right time, coinciding with the end of my last schedule here.

As promised to Elijah, whom I had met earlier, I sold all the products to him.

He gave me a little extra money on top of the market price as a favor.

He kept trying to win me over by showing goodwill, so I worked hard to flatter him.

Anyway, my direct business with him was over.

I went back over my memories to see if I had missed anything.

There were no special flowers or buffs that I could get additionally from the Elijah Group’s dungeon.

In other words, his value to me was gone.

Anyway, Elijah promised to meet again when he goes to Korea soon, and looked forward to the next time.

He also promised to give me attractive offers and benefits at that time.

Well, I didn’t think my mind would change unless he promised to give me his life.

The plane back home was tomorrow morning.

I’m heading straight to Kansai Airport from here, and the rest of the team is returning to Korea.

I had to leave a little earlier than my colleagues, so the evening greeting was actually the last.

‘I’ve really grown rapidly. So have I, and my colleagues’ specs have also increased significantly. Everyone is definitely earning their keep?’

I was proud and satisfied.

Just because a rank goes up doesn’t mean that all Awakened people adapt to that level.

Usually, about seven out of ten fail to reach their potential and get stuck in the past.

In other words, their rank and mana have grown, but they don’t know how to use them properly.

It’s like having a state-of-the-art computer and only playing old games on it. It’s a waste of good specs.

But three out of ten quickly adapt to their changed level and maximize their abilities.

Those people were Han Sojun, Father, Yoonbyeol, and JinBomi. Everyone did really well.

There were many more Awakened people who had a connection with me in my previous life than just these four.

But the only three people I decided to make my colleagues after the regression were these three, except for JinBomi.

That’s because I saw their limitations in my previous life. A wall that they can’t overcome no matter how hard they try.

On the other hand, these four people have been adapting better than I expected and always showing more than 100% of their combat power.

At this rate, I thought it would be okay to give them the modifier New Nine Road – although there aren’t nine of them.

If I grow them steadily and diligently for about 5 years, I thought they would be at that level.

“Did you wait long?”

Then, someone tapped me on the shoulder as I was waiting in the lobby of the hotel where I was staying.

It was Yoonbyeol.

Before returning home, she said she wanted to buy me a drink to express her gratitude, so I came out without refusing.

It wasn’t a place to be formal, so I came out really comfortably in a white t-shirt and jeans.

She was wearing a black see-through dress and high heels that looked at least 10cm high.

It was an attractive outfit that made you wonder if she was going to a club.

It felt awkward because it was completely different from her usual outfit, but her figure looked good thanks to her body built up through exercise.

“You look pretty, Nuna [term of endearment for an older sister or female friend].”

“……Are you okay? I just wanted to feel good. I’m always wearing training clothes in the office…….”

“It seems like these clothes have been ripening in your closet.”

“Hehe, that’s right. If I don’t wear them at times like this, I feel like they’ll naturally rot away later.”

“You’ve worked hard, Nuna. Especially when attacking Xenos this time, the rear attack was really impressive.”

“I just went along for the ride. You keep praising me, so I feel embarrassed and ashamed for no reason?”

“Compared to Sojun and Jihyuk hyung praising me like parrots every day, this is nothing.”

“Let’s go to a place I’ve been looking at first. I also have to report on the team’s operating expenses and sales status of the products this time.”

“Nuna’s flaw is that she’s too diligent. You said let’s have a drink comfortably, but you brought work to that place too?”

“I have to do what I have to do and then drink. Hehe.”

Seeing Yoonbyeol’s face, which seemed to be in a better mood than usual, made me feel good too.

After all, the smile of someone who doesn’t usually smile seems to be more precious than gold.