I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 250

“Bro, if you’re going to upgrade, give me a heads-up. You really surprised me.”

“It happened a few days ago. I wasn’t sure how it would perform in a real fight, so I didn’t say anything, but it’s better than I thought.”

“’Better than you thought’ is an understatement. Look behind you. Do you see what’s going on?”

“Huh?”

At Han Soojoon’s words, I turned around to see the path we had taken was stained with blood.

Monster corpses, deemed useless and untouched, were scattered everywhere.

It looked quite grotesque.

Most monsters die maintaining their ‘original form,’ but there wasn’t a single one like that on this battlefield.

“So, this sword is made by embodying a mineral called Stellard?”

“That’s right. Because its destructive power is so great, it seems to require three times more mana to maintain than before.”

“So, is it a talent with a time limit?”

“Not really. My mana recovery rate sufficiently exceeds the consumption.”

“What, so you’re saying it’s a semi-permanent talent?”

“I guess so.”

I chuckled.

Thanks to modifying various parts of my body and internal organs since the early days of my regression, my mana recovery rate was explosively high.

Ordinary Awakened Ones had limits to how much they could increase their mana recovery.

This is because excessively high self-healing puts a considerable strain on the heart.

That’s why many top-tier Awakened Ones die of heart attacks after focusing too much on mana recovery training.

But I had no such burden because I had modified my heart as well.

Currently, my mana recovery speed is so fast that it would be fully restored in 3 minutes even if I consumed all of it.

Even if you calculate it as a simple ratio, it recovers at a rate of 33% per minute.

An Awakened One who has undergone extreme recovery training usually recovers about 7% per minute, so I’m about 5 times ahead of them.

This is my strength and the driving force that allows me to engage in combat like an Energizer bunny [a battery commercial mascot known for its tireless energy].

“Noona [term for older sister used by males], are we about a third of the way through the dungeon now?”

“Yeah. The sections where they appear in groups are over. Now it’s a section where stronger ones appear one or two at a time.”

Yoonbyeol answered, looking closely at the map.

Although the boss monster hasn’t been cleared, the detailed map of the section up to the boss room has been completed.

I briefed her in advance, hoping she would be able to act as a leader in my absence.

True to her character, she had memorized the entire briefing.

“Let’s move straight to point A for now. Unless there’s some crazy guy who’s strayed from the group, there won’t be any fighting.”

“But the way you say that, Shinwha, it sounds like you have something else to do? You usually don’t say that if we’re going together?”

“I’m going to check out the west point for a second. Originally, it’s an area where there are no monsters at all……”

“Should I assist? Do you have any idea what’s going on?”

“No. I think it’s better to go alone. It’s not mentioned in the briefing, so it’s complicated to explain.”

I shook my head.

I appreciated Yoonbyeol’s consideration, but it was a place where bringing a companion would be worse.

‘There’s someone there. Something that’s even absorbing the dimensional energy of the entire dungeon.’

It was like a hunch, but I felt the dimensional energy was decreasing evenly throughout the dungeon.

It wasn’t because of the monsters.

It meant someone had stuck a ‘straw’ into the core of the dungeon and was privately taking that power.

And the only being capable of this, even if I mobilized all the common sense I knew, was only one person.

The black magician, Akeros.

Lechelo’s henchman and a magician who was secretly building his power by wandering around inside the dungeon.

He was also a precious person who could never be met unless it was by chance. He’s also the owner of the artificial eye.

“Then I’ll move to point A and wait. If you need help, flare, you know?”

“I know. Don’t worry and move on first. Nothing will happen.”

“……”

Yoonbyeol tried to say something to me, but just grabbed my hand tightly.

She probably wanted to say a few more words mixed with worry, but she seemed to have given up, thinking it was nagging.

“I’ll go.”

Feeling the faintly touching fingertips of Yoonbyeol, I started sprinting west at high speed.

It would be fortunate if Akeros wasn’t there, but if he was, I would have to cut off his breath today.

If my memory is correct, Akeros from my past life was still alive even after the Great Cataclysm.

If he had killed someone of that caliber, it would have been mentioned, but it never was.

That means.

When the ‘real’ Lechelo appeared, the shackles that had been placed on Akeros, restricting him to the dungeon, were lifted.

In short, hell had opened.

“It’s like taking a shower while taking a dump in the bathroom, right?”

The person involved would be very upset if they heard this analogy, but I decided to think so.

Well, to put it another way, it’s like seeing a mosquito when you’re trying to close the window, so you catch it.

There was no need to leave behind a future problem that would become annoying later.

Eradication!

That was important.

* * *

2 minutes later.

“Hoo……”

Akeros was repeating deep breaths and incantations in the dark shade naturally created by the canyon area.

As always, he was absorbing the power from the core energy of the dungeon itself.

This was an ability that only Akeros possessed, and he thought it was a great blessing from heaven.

“Damn it.”

However, his one eye, which grew colder each time his concentration increased, continued to disrupt Akeros’s focus.

The eye that lost its artificial eye.

The sunken eye socket often felt chillingly cold when the cold wind blew.

“But I’m getting stronger. I lost a lot of power once before…… but even so.”

Akeros patted himself on the back and strengthened his resolve.

He regained his previous level and gained nearly twice as much magic power as before.

In terms of simple magic power, it seemed to be somewhere in the middle, higher than 8th class but lower than 9th class.

In particular, the destructive power of magic has improved.

In terms of magical ‘realm,’ he couldn’t be compared to Lechelo.

At least in terms of magical firepower, he seemed to have as much power as Lechelo.

“I hope the day will come soon when I can see Lechelo-nim again……. I want to see you, Lechelo-nim.”

Contrary to his ferocious appearance, Akeros blushed and even teared up.

It was the tears of a confidant who had only been loyal to one person and lived as his tool.

Right then.

Woo-oong!

“Huh?”

Suddenly, a whirlwind and roar occurred simultaneously in one corner of the dungeon, which had been quiet until just now.

At that moment, his eyes grew cold again as if triggered by a conditioned reflex.

Akeros’s body reacted first, having experienced the same situation before.

“Damn it, could it be?”

One coincidence is a coincidence.

But two times is fate.

Akeros bit his lip tightly at the dark murderous intent felt from the opposite side of the winding canyon.

He could feel it without seeing it.

The guy who stole his artificial eye had appeared here again.

“Ricanella bastard! He’s desperately trying to find me!”

Akeros’s delusion spread out with its wings wide open.

It was thanks to Shinwha falsely portraying himself as a follower of the apostle Ricanella, that is, Elijah.

Hwa-reu-reuk!

Without even thinking, Akeros cast a spell in the direction where he felt the presence.

Fire Spear.

It was a high-powered magic that created a total of eight fire arrows according to the class and fired them at high speed all at once.

“Akeros! You rat bastard!”

“You son of a bitch!”

Soon, Shinwha and Akeros, who had met each other’s eyes, exchanged cool curses at each other.

Akeros, who was good at long-range attacks, had the first attack, and he immediately deployed magic.

Kwaaa!

The fire spear, flying with a roar, quickly heated the surrounding air in an instant.

It was an attack that would not be strange for ordinary people to be overwhelmed by this heat and burn to death while standing.

But.

“I have a useful shield!”

Koo-oong!

Shinwha used the Shield Stone to block one of the fire spear spheres flying in front.

A total of seven fire spears with homing capabilities flew in, but Shinwha blocked only one.

“……?”

Then what about the other six?

Kwakwakwakwang!

The fire spears exploded around Shinwha before they even touched him.

This was because of the ‘shockwave’ of magic power that Shinwha created by artificially releasing the magic power embedded in Wilson.

The fire spears, whose cores exploded upon colliding with the shockwave, exploded on the spot regardless of their homing function.

“ShiX…….”

I admired Shinwha’s clean response, but at the same time, an unbearable anger surged up because he was an enemy.

“You seem to have some leeway!”

“Damn it!”

Shinwha’s movements were faster than Akeros had expected.

Clearly, there was an explosion as he collided with magic on the other side of the canyon.

Before he knew it, Shinwha’s figure had come within less than ten steps in an instant.

It was Akeros’s mistake that he didn’t realize that he had quickly used the Blink Ring due to the black smoke.

He had the first attack, but the turn was passed too easily, and now he was on the defensive.

Defense magic was the faster option than attack magic against Shinwha, who was right in front of him.

Wee-ing!

Perfect Shield.

It was the highest level of defense magic, combining white and black magic, and a means of response with thick barriers.

The next moment.

“Shall we test the durability?”

Kkaang! Kkaang!

Shinwha began to fiercely strike down the shield’s barrier using his right arm, which he had transformed into the form of a sword.

It was a foolish attack.

Usually, when a magician deploys a shield, they bypass it and aim for the weak seams on the side.

Or, they step back slightly and make the magician consume a lot of mana to maintain the shield.

But Shinwha, instead of stepping back, stood in front of the shield and started striking it as if to show off.

The bigger problem here is.

“Keuk! Eok!”

The feeling of directly receiving the aura blade of a Sword Master was felt along the barrier.

If the enemy decides to break the barrier without stepping back, the magician cannot easily step back either.

This is because the shield is not a mobile defense barrier.

The moment it moves, the shield breaks, and that moment becomes the most vulnerable moment for the magician.

“Can you hold on?”

“Y, you crazy X……!”

Like the first time they met, Akeros was speechless at Shinwha’s fierce attacks, which never considered the aftermath.

Moreover, his destructive power now felt stronger than when they fought once before.

If he praised himself for growing twice as strong, Shinwha felt like he had grown four times, or even more.

Koo-oong! Kwang!

“Aagh! Keuk!”

Akeros screamed.

Jjeo-eok. Jjeo-eo-eok!

The shield was collapsing.

The shield, which usually did its job, was cracking entirely.

“It seems to be breaking more and more? If this breaks, you’ll have to take it with your body, can you do it?”

Shinwha’s wicked smile, clearly visible through the transparent shield, was a bonus.

There was a crazy bastard right in front of him.