I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 231

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‘Ah, it’s farther than I thought?’

I chuckled, reconfirming the distance between them and me.

The reason was, thanks to my enhanced eyes, I could see them clearly from afar, misjudging them as being closer than they were.

I still needed to move at least 1 km to reach them.

Humans are creatures of adaptation.

Initially, the enhanced abilities felt strange compared to my former self.

But once I adapted, I quickly grew accustomed to them, and that’s exactly how it was now.

I could see every single movement of the Dark Church group, really thoroughly.

But they couldn’t sense my presence, let alone see me. Not at all.

‘Not many people either. But that guy who seems to be the leader looks decent enough to use his face.’

The Dark Church group consisted of about 10 people. And there were two priests who seemed to be captured as prisoners.

However, judging by the fact that the priests were bound with black ropes, it seemed like there was some kind of power that further restrained them.

‘Shall I show off my old shooting skills?’

I took out the MZ-20 from the subspace.

It was a magic bullet gun with a significantly increased magic capacity, thanks to Hwang Seok-cheol’s additional modifications.

Of course, the firepower had increased accordingly. The penetration power had also improved.

Fssss!

Quickly traversing the forest with the wind as my companion, I began to move, hiding in the shade of the dense trees.

I didn’t think I had walked many steps, but I instantly narrowed the distance by hundreds of meters.

Indeed, my body, having reached the peak of alteration, was unmatched in whatever it did.

I was confident in achieving an overwhelming victory against most Awakened, let alone those petty black magicians… it was a piece of cake.

While moving.

I suddenly had a thought.

Strategic disguise can imitate the appearance of someone I’ve contacted before.

If so… I could use it later to instigate internal strife among the Apostles, or even direct combat.

For example, I could impersonate Ayla, find Elijah, and ambush him.

Or I could take on Elijah’s appearance and attack Livien to induce intentional discord.

Using my talent to commit fraud, so to speak, seemed like a pretty good move.

I was rather puzzled as to why this idea didn’t immediately come to mind when I received the buff from the VVIP.

‘If I can, it would be best to deal with Ayla first. I can kill her easily even now.’

I thought, casting a cold gaze towards the sky.

I’m still disappointed.

No, this must be regret.

Nine Lords, nine heroes.

I thought these nine ability users were heroes of the world sent by the heavens, and wonderful comrades.

After stopping the Great Disaster.

I said I was honored to be with you, and I sincerely expressed my respect to everyone.

I believed that we had protected Earth from a bleak future because of them, and that all evil had been defeated.

But wasn’t there a traitor as if to prove me wrong?

Ayla Blanchette’s words to me after stopping the Great Disaster are still vivid in my ears.

‘Kang Shin-hwa, you’ve worked so hard.

I hope you can put everything down now and rest comfortably. I hope you go far away as you wished.

I am especially grateful to you and Nicholas for leading me, who was lacking, until now. Thank you.’

‘Crazy bitch.’

A curse word came out involuntarily.

The way she said those words to me with tears in her eyes was all a lie.

Now, I was reminded of Ayla’s disgusting appearance, tempting me to join her line instead of Elijah’s.

Well, getting angry doesn’t solve anything. All I have to do is put my thoughts into action.

If the ‘Apostle Hunt’ begins, Ayla will be the first target, no matter the reason.

‘This is enough.’

I had already finished approaching.

I had approached within a distance of about 100m, but they still hadn’t noticed my presence.

From the beginning, I only used the required amount of magic power and controlled the residual magic power from scattering around me.

Perhaps those guys won’t feel any strange energy.

Although I always call for retirement and avoid doing hard work, I still do it professionally when I do it.

Sreuk. Sreureuk.

I fiddled with the muzzle of the MZ-20, slightly changing the settings.

I touched a device that would act as a silencer.

Then the firepower would be slightly reduced, but the gunshot would be greatly reduced.

Originally, the sound of the gun would be heard as “Bang!”, but it would stop at the level of “Poosh!” That’s about it.

‘Then, shall we begin?’

It was a meaningful first attack.

Although it would take some time to aim for the body, ‘Leccero’.

By attacking his henchmen, I was, in my own way, declaring a ‘declaration of war’ to Leccero.

The only reason I’m setting foot on the land of the Nas Continent is just one thing.

‘To kill Leccero.’

There was no other reason.

From 2025, when the Nas Continent is connected to Earth, until 2052, when I mistakenly thought he was dead and stopped the Great Disaster.

Leccero remained as a mastermind who continued to torment us and became a monster.

I wanted to cut off the bud of that bastard now.

Now, in 2020.

I am about to be given the opportunity to correct the present and future that have flowed in the wrong direction.

Soon, from the darkness.

“……”

I pointed the muzzle of the MZ-20 at one of the guys.

At this moment.

No one can survive here.

* * *

Five minutes later.

“Ugh! Save me! Please!”

The black magician Akeiron was running away, not looking back, shouting, “Save me!”.

Of course, in his desperate mind, he scattered black magic here and there, but it was useless against the enemy.

It was unbelievable.

Only the sound of air escaping was heard a few times in the darkness.

The black magicians who were moving together had holes in the middle of their foreheads and died instantly.

The existence of a ‘gun’ itself was not unfamiliar thanks to the dark elves who led the scientific development of the Nas Continent.

The problem was the firepower.

No matter how well-made the gun was, it could not penetrate the shield that the black magicians had deliberately deployed.

But the bullet fired by the ‘uninvited guest’ just now was different.

It shattered the shield in an instant, like glass, and accurately hit the targeted point.

Nine out of ten died, and only Akeiron was left.

The priests who were being taken as prisoners had long been abandoned on the side of the road.

“Got you.”

Hwaeack!

“Kuaaaack!”

The meaningless escape ended quickly.

Shin-hwa, who leisurely caught up using Transcendental Acceleration, grabbed Akeiron by the hair.

“……!”

Akeiron tried to break through this crisis by attempting mental restraint even in the midst of his urgency.

“I’m sorry, but my head is immune to mind control, you know?”

Shin-hwa, who was familiar with such repertoires, didn’t even bat an eye and accepted the mental restraint.

From the beginning, there was a way to respond, and the altered brain had high activity and immunity, so this ability itself didn’t work.

The next moment.

Bbaack!

Shin-hwa spared no effort and unleashed a 폭권 [pog-gwon, a powerful strike] with a lot of magic power in his right fist.

And.

Waddeudeuk!

Akeiron could feel it.

His spine was broken like a string of candy with Shin-hwa’s one blow.

It was a blow that didn’t even allow him to scream.

“Klizard Combat Unit.”

“Keuheok……. You, you are……”

Shin-hwa nodded, seeing the Klizard Combat Unit’s insignia engraved on Akeiron’s hand.

The Klizard Combat Unit is also the best-treated combat unit among those under Leccero.

In other words, they have a fairly high position within the Reknat Order.

If it’s a face belonging to such an order, it would be perfect to use in case of emergency.

“Stranger……?”

Akeiron, who was spitting out blood, made a surprised expression when he met Shin-hwa’s eyes.

The man in front of him clearly had a face that was far from that of a Nas Continent person.

To be exact, he resembled the people of the ‘Eastern Continent’ who were said to have appeared on the Nas Continent once a thousand years ago.

An outsider, meaning he was not a being living on the Nas Continent.

“Okay. From now on, you will have to make a crucial choice. Keep that in mind and listen carefully.”

“What……”

“With the blow just now, you have become a body that cannot even move your limbs as you wish. But you’re not going to die.”

“Keuheok……. So what do you want me to do?”

“If you tell me all the information about the Klizard Combat Unit and the Order that you know, I will spare your life.”

“What if I don’t……?”

“You will be in a lot of pain until the last moment of your death.”

Bbaack!

“Kuaaa……!”

As soon as the words were finished, all five of Akeiron’s right fingers were broken by Shin-hwa’s attack that struck his fingers.

It was a terribly terrible pain that seemed to make him faint, but it was also an injury that was never connected to death.

In his previous life, he learned a lot about torture that painfully injures the body without ever leading to death.

From Iosif Karach, a colleague of the Nine Lords and an Awakened from Russia.

Of course, it would be painful to list how many black magicians were harmed by that guy’s torture skills.

Shin-hwa was about to show his evil deeds (?) a little earlier in this world.

“So, what do you do in the Klizard Combat Unit?”

“Heueueue……!”

With Shin-hwa’s coldly laid voice, the torture began.

* * *

Some time later.

“The wind is rough today.”

On a hill where the moonlight of the full moon was shining brightly.

Oblan, an old general who is over seventy years old this year, was standing with a sword in one hand and a staff in the other.

There was no other reason.

As always, it was a time to take a walk, enjoy the night breeze, and immerse himself in contemplation.

“As more and more 투사 [tu-sa, warriors] are dying, the future of the Nas Continent will not be bright.”

Oblan’s expression was dark.

The reason being, many colleagues who were investigating Leccero’s Dark Church were discovered and killed.

Oblan found out that Leccero was building an underground altar at the southernmost tip of the Nas Continent and was promoting something.

Although he couldn’t investigate accurately, there was only one reason why a huge underground altar was usually built.

In the case of committing a huge ‘evil deed’ that greatly violates the natural order.

In fact, the famine has been prevalent in the northern part of the Nas Continent for five years now for that very reason.

Leccero cursed the land of the north.

This was also the result of a curse made up of ‘human sacrifice’ along with an underground altar built somewhere in the north.

Due to the curse cast on the north, the number of starvation deaths reached as many as 500,000, creating a living hell.

Moreover, the underground altar being built in the southernmost part is said to be 10 times larger than the northern altar.

At this point, it could only be assumed that they were preparing something huge that would shake the fate of the continent.

However, since no one had looked inside, they could only guess that there was something there.

But right then.

“I feel a powerful energy.”

Oblan felt a strong energy from the horizon beyond the hill.

Shiiing!

He immediately created an aura blade.

An uninvited guest was coming.