I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 239

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A while later.

The sound that Ri vein, who had been toying with Shin-hwa all along, made was one you’d never expect to hear from him.

It was a scream.

“Kuaaaaack……!”

An unbelievable thing happened.

Ri vein created seven spatial explosions here and there to torment Shin-hwa.

But Shin-hwa avoided the danger zones so easily, as if he had seen the explosion points in advance.

‘It was definitely an attack that kept working in the previous battle…….’

The regret was brief.

There was no time to dwell on the regret because the situation was already turning urgent.

That situation was the major incident of Shin-hwa sticking close behind Ri vein and shoving his teeth into the back of his neck.

Gurgle- Gurgle-.

Ri vein could feel it.

Like injecting poison into a wound bitten by a viper, Shin-hwa was also injecting something into his body.

He was too close to shake him off, and there was no way to shake him off.

Stab! Stab!

In desperation, he took out a dagger from his pocket and stabbed wildly at Shin-hwa’s forearms and the back of his hands, who was hugging him from behind!

But Shin-hwa continued to force thick saliva into his body as if he didn’t care about such pain.

‘Something’s wrong.’

There was no need to figure out what the saliva was.

It was because of the rapidly spreading numbness near his neck at the same time as the injection.

The numbness soon became stiffness, and the stiffness soon turned into a paralysis that gradually hardened.

He had resistance to poison, so he wouldn’t be completely paralyzed, but he could still feel the slowing of his body.

‘As expected, the weakness of the Wall of Lamentation was sticking close to the wall. There was a very slight gap between the invincible force field and the body!’

Shin-hwa’s prediction was correct.

In a one-sided loss that literally gave away his ‘blood and flesh,’ Shin-hwa constantly repeated many experiments.

The goal was only one thing.

To accurately determine the range in which the Wall of Lamentation is perfectly manifested.

And after enough sacrifices, he got the value. It was proof that attacks work when in complete contact.

It was the wound on the back of his hand.

Also, the Wall of Lamentation was an invincible force field, but it did not have the ability to burn or melt people who approached it.

Because it only served as a protective shield, there was no answer if you were determined to stick to it.

However, the fact that not a single Awakened had broken through this Wall of Lamentation until now.

It must have been because Ri vein was good at spatial distortion, transfer, and explosion, so approach was impossible.

“Keugeogeok!”

Ri vein shuddered.

His body began to convulse due to poisoning. It was an uncontrollable poisoning phenomenon.

The next moment.

“You won’t be able to stop this!”

Shin-hwa, who had accurately attached the back of his hand to Ri vein’s body, poured out a large amount of magic power and unfolded the Gwaedang Fist [a powerful martial arts technique].

A precisely aimed strike that causes a massive explosion vertically and horizontally!

It was a powerful attack that was difficult to withstand the shockwave even if you were wearing a suit.

“Shi…….”

Before Ri vein, who realized the seriousness of the situation, could finish his curse.

Boom!

The explosion occurred.

The explosion, which started between his back and waist, blew Ri vein’s body far away like a paper doll.

It was irresistible.

It was not just a few punches, but an explosion that would have killed an ordinary person with his body shattered.

“Keuheoeok! Cough! Cough!”

Ri vein, who rolled helplessly on the cold asphalt, spat out two handfuls of dark red blood.

He was in a state of severe internal injuries that could not be compared to the blood that Shin-hwa had shed earlier.

Flutter.

Ri vein’s hand, trying to stand up with difficulty, trembled.

It was after becoming an Awakened.

It was the first fear, dread, and surprise he had ever experienced. Of course, the object of that fear was Shin-hwa.

“Ri vein, whose turn is it to lament now?”

Shin-hwa’s words that followed scratched Ri vein’s insides coolly.

* * *

At the same time.

‘There are many techniques that use magic power in percentage units rather than saving it, so magic power is a problem.’

I was catching my breath.

It was because I needed to recover my magic power.

It wasn’t a lack of magic power.

In the first place, when dealing with Ri vein’s subordinates, the ‘small fries,’ rather than Ri vein himself, magic power was overflowing.

But as expected, in order to deal with an EX-rank Awakened [a being with extraordinary abilities], each attack was very important.

As a result, I had to use a lot of ultimate-type talents that consume all of my magic power, like the Gwaedang Fist.

As a result, I experienced the mystery of magic power disappearing as soon as it was charged.

Clicking! Clacking!

In the meantime, Ri vein, who was getting up, attempted two spatial explosions as a surprise attack.

‘I can see everything now.’

But unlike the beginning of the battle, now there was no need to panic or try to track his location at all.

It was thanks to the altered brain.

The tip of Ri vein’s finger.

A virtual line that is naturally drawn to the location where the fingertip is pointing.

In addition, the magic power that was maintaining an even distribution suddenly decreases rapidly.

All of these processes were kindly guided through the analytical power of the altered brain, and I could see everything clearly.

‘It’s definitely easier because it’s analyzed.’

I knew it from the beginning, but the convenience of brain alteration was so good that it was beyond imagination.

As expected.

“It seems like it’s the first time I’ve struggled so much in a one-on-one match……. Kang Shin-hwa, can you see my attack?”

Ri vein said, wiping the blood from his mouth. As expected, it was a statement that accurately pointed out the use of brain alteration.

“I can see it very well. It’s so obvious now that it won’t be easy to get hit, right?”

“I can’t understand why you’re helping Kasron. Kang Shin-hwa……. If you promise to help me even now.”

“Yeah.”

“I promise you wealth and honor beyond imagination. Dungeon? Woman? Artifact? You can have anything you want.”

“So what’s left for me?”

“What?”

“What’s left after having wealth and honor?”

“Don’t you want that?”

“What nonsense. I just want you to disappear from my sight. I hate even breathing the same air as you because you’re disgusting.”

“What……?”

“If I retire with a bug like you alive, I’ll probably feel like I didn’t finish pooping. It’ll smell like poop.”

“Are you calling me poop…… right now?”

“If you look at something dirty, smelly, and disgusting the more you look at it, don’t you think there are many things in common with you?”

“I’ll give you one last chance. Don’t misjudge that the 모습 모습 [appearance] you’ve seen of me so far is everything.”

“Enough with the nonsense. Show me all of your talents without leaving anything behind. It’ll become poop if you save it.”

I provoked Ri vein.

In the first place, if he was a guy who would die this easily, he would never have become an EX-rank. I was underestimating him too much.

“……Is the negotiation over?”

“Hurry up and take out the hidden weapon. Don’t regret it right before you die.”

“I will kill you painfully, Kang Shin-hwa.”

“Yeah. I’m really looking forward to it, so come on now.”

I ended the simple provocation by lightly raising my middle finger.

And.

“…….”

Ri vein’s eyes turned red. At the same time, an indescribable amount of tremendous dark energy was felt.

“Arise, my loyal servants.”

Soon, as Ri vein began to gesture, the subordinates whose heads were crushed and bodies exploded and died to me began to rise.

“……Did he learn black magic this quickly?”

I heard Jang Dong-shik’s voice shouting in surprise from behind.

I could see it too.

Necromancy.

It was one of the special abilities that only black magicians from the Nas Continent, especially high-ranking black magicians, could perform.

The necromancy card that he took out right away when he was cornered was clearly a corner that Ri vein was trusting in.

“Jang Dong-shik, unlike you, this apostle is thoroughly prepared. Shouldn’t you reflect a little?”

“……I have nothing to say.”

I threw a joke to ease Jang Dong-shik’s tension, but I was also quite nervous inside.

The talent that Ri vein is showing now is strictly speaking a ‘lower compatible’ version of Reccerro’s talent.

What I mean is.

If I can’t surpass Ri vein, it means there’s no chance I can win against Reccerro.

Reccerro is a monster.

Considering the experience that even the ‘fake’ one overwhelmed our Nine Lords,.

The calculation is that I must be able to subdue Ri vein with my own hands in order to face Reccerro later.

‘In the end, the key is the mother body…….’

There is only one way to break through necromancy.

It is not to remove the dead or minions revived by necromancy.

It is to directly aim for the black magician who cast the necromancy and end his life.

Of course, the black magician also knows that aim well, so he will try to defend himself somehow.

Even if it’s difficult because they both know it well, you have to attack and harass the mother body to make it difficult to control the minions summoned by necromancy.

“…….”

I carefully fiddled with a small button on the back of the special suit I was wearing.

That was right.

It was an arrangement of the ‘device’ that I and Hwang Seok-cheol had made in case of an emergency when manufacturing the special suit.

‘There’s one thing I’d like to ask you.’

‘What is it?’

‘In case of emergency, I want to use this entire suit as a detonator to inflict forced damage on the opponent.’

‘Hmm……. So you want to make a kind of suicide suit?’

‘That’s right. That’s exactly right.’

‘It’ll be difficult, but…… it seems possible if we design the circuit well. However, there will be tremendous explosive power because there is an ultra-high-grade dimension stone, right?’

‘That’s exactly what I want.’

‘However, conditional clauses will be unavoidable. You won’t be able to fly away from afar and self-destruct.’

‘What conditions are needed?’

‘It must be in the rear in order for the suit to be naturally worn by the opponent and inherited. And.’

‘And?’

‘A large amount of magic power must be supplemented in the process of transferring the suit to induce forced adhesion.’

‘Ah, I see what you mean.’

Thanks to Hwang Seok-cheol’s meticulous settings, the special suit I’m wearing now has a self-destruct function.

Considering the production cost, it’s literally a tens of billions of won bomb. Also, the conditions are 까다로운 [demanding/strict].

‘If Ri vein survives here carelessly, it’ll be a really big problem. It’s really going to be X [screwed].’

I swallowed hard, looking at the corpses slowly rising from here and there.

If Ri vein isn’t an idiot, he’ll definitely go into hiding without going out if he survives here.

Because he was badly hurt by me.

Then my plan to deal with all the apostles except Jang Dong-shik before facing Reccerro will also be disrupted.

Gulp- Gulp-.

I quickly replenished the dropped medicine (?) through doping.

“Hoo.”

Another deep breath.

It was also a long breath that I would never be able to rest until one of us died once we entered the battle.

“Geuoooooo…….”

The corpses that had risen began to reconstruct the abilities they had used in their lifetime.

Ri vein shared dark energy, so they will use similar attacks based on this.

Flash. Pop. Pop.

‘I can see everything. I can feel it. I can predict it.’

Detecting the attack paths that are clearly predicted in my eyes, I clenched my fist with confidence.

Round 2 starts again.

Now Ri vein had no place to retreat any further. I, of course, was like that from the beginning.

And.

“Let’s go!”

Crack!

I started sprinting at full speed, creating a huge pit in the asphalt ground.

The goal is only one.

The mother body, Ri vein.