I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 100

‘What a day, what a perfect day.’

Looking at Park Hyung-san’s face, I recalled past memories.

Moonlight was much smaller than the Black Cross Society, but both had something in common: they were both terrorist groups of trash.

In my past life, I had never been directly involved with Park Hyung-san.

However, one thing I remember clearly is that Park Hyung-san was the first to defect to Leccero in Korea.

After the connection between the Nas Continent and Earth, he felt a sense of kinship unique to villains and swore allegiance to Leccero.

As a result, he was granted tremendous power, just like Lee Ja-woong of the Chinese Five Stars Association.

Of course, it was a cycle of blackening, nourished by corruption and curses, from which he could never escape.

Anyway, if history were to unfold as it did, the fate of Park Hyung-san and Moonlight was already determined.

To become Leccero’s henchmen.

To put it in perspective, would it be appropriate to call them the Korean branch of the Lechnat Order of the Nas Continent? That’s exactly what they would become.

‘The Blink Artifact is the problem.’

The Blink Artifact ring on Park Hyung-san’s left-hand finger was particularly noticeable.

That is Park Hyung-san’s strength.

Maintaining an extreme distance and relentless harassment from afar.

It’s the opposite of my characteristics, as I enjoy close combat except when using Wilson or releasing magic power.

Of course, if you think about it the other way around, Park Hyung-san’s weakness is close combat.

It’s a battle of how much you approach and how much you distance yourself. It’s simple, but paradoxically difficult.

‘I have to stick to him no matter what.’

I quickly devised a strategy.

The characteristic of the Blink Artifact is that if there is physical contact with the caster, the person in contact also moves with them.

If I stick with him, I can move with him even if he uses Blink. In other words, he can’t create distance.

“Kang Shin-hwa, I’ve heard your name quite a bit lately. But do you really think you can beat me?”

“Don’t you have any thoughts after seeing your subordinate already on his way to the afterlife?”

I nudged the cold corpse of Jeilgeon with my toe. Park Hyung-san frowned deeply.

“Are you treating me the same as that guy?”

“Whether it’s shit or diarrhea, it’s all equally dirty.”

“What did you say?”

I scratched his nerves coolly.

Now that things have come to this, I had no intention of letting Park Hyung-san live.

The future after he dies will be much brighter and more beautiful than the future after letting him live.

“Come on. Kill me and get favor from Joo Cheon-ho, or die by my hand.”

“Kang Shin-hwa, I’ll make you regret coming to meet me without fear.”

“Are you just going to keep talking?”

“You son of a……!”

Pshoo-shoot!

Park Hyung-san, who was furious, released five small waves of energy, each the size of a bean, towards me.

It was a miniature attack magic, one of the special talents that Park Hyung-san could utilize.

Its power was the same as a magic sphere the size of a volleyball, but its size was incomparably smaller.

Because it was small and transparent, it was difficult to track, and people often got hit even with their eyes open.

Crackle.

I reinforced my skin with the tough skin I had obtained from eating Madillo meat before. At the same time, I added physical enhancement.

I wanted to use Steel Reinforcement for convenience, but that would significantly reduce my mobility.

Thwack! Thwack!

“……!”

It hurt, but the pain was bearable.

As someone who has been beaten before knows.

I had used my body so many times in my past life that this kind of pain was nothing.

The outcome of the battle with Park Hyung-san depends on whether the distance between us is within 1 meter or not.

So, I decided to endure some damage to close the distance drastically.

“You crazy bastard!”

Usually, people would reflexively move their body backward or focus on defense when faced with this level of harassment.

However, Park Hyung-san seemed flustered when I silently endured and stubbornly pushed forward.

But being flustered is just being flustered.

He was a veteran warrior, no, a villain, boasting SS-rank skills.

Whirr! Whirr!

Space distorted here and there, creating a distortion field that confused the vision from various angles.

It was a repertoire like a specialty of ranged dealers, especially those with the ability to utilize space.

Attacks that induce errors in visual information had a high success rate, to the point where there was a saying, ‘Distortion is always a win.’

In particular, since the caster has a non-distorted view, they are always at an advantage.

“Uh……?”

I added timely bad acting.

I always think it’s bad acting, but the opponent always seems to think it’s real when I act like this.

My modified eyes had already pierced through the ‘truth’ that corrected the distortion.

But I pretended not to know and pretended to reach out to the wrong place.

The reason for only pretending was simple.

If it’s an Awakened like Park Hyung-san, they can already predict the next move just by pretending.

Because they have a lot of combat experience, they know how to strategically attack the opponent to their advantage!

It was a calculated move that looked ahead not just one move, but two or three moves.

“Die!”

Park Hyung-san showed the expected move.

Koo-oong!

He released a strong shock wave in the path where my right hand would reach.

If I had moved honestly, it would have been an attack that would have caused enormous damage to my elbow and shoulder.

Even if I was wearing an enhanced suit, the main joints were not perfectly protected.

But the next moment.

I gently pulled out my right hand, which didn’t consume even a small amount of magic power.

Whoosh!

Using all the muscles in my body at once, I rotated my entire body around its axis.

Adding the ‘Transcendental Acceleration’ talent to this, an enormous amount of kinetic energy was instantly applied.

Whoosh!

The outstretched left arm and left fist were like runaway locomotives with tremendous destructive power.

And that was.

Thwack……!

“Cough!”

It directly struck Park Hyung-san’s face.

It was an attack that would have turned his neck several times if the enhanced suit didn’t cover the sides of his face and ears, as it was a full-body suit.

Park Hyung-san staggered.

The balance of the battle, which could have flowed evenly from the beginning, collapsed.

‘He’s an SS-rank. Don’t put him on the same level as other scrubs.’

I didn’t let my guard down.

The world of Awakened at Park Hyung-san’s level is a world where mind games are rampant to the point where you have to think by splitting seconds.

There was no time to just stare blankly or enjoy the leisure with arms crossed.

Right then.

I saw Park Hyung-san naturally bringing his right hand to the Blink Artifact, his ring.

Even if he injects a little magic power in that state, he can immediately move to a location within 100m.

Thud!

I immediately put my hand on Park Hyung-san’s body.

At that moment, with a whoosh, the location of me and Park Hyung-san changed to a new battlefield.

“Damn it!”

Park Hyung-san’s expression distorted as he confirmed that I had followed him.

‘Of course, I have to follow. I’ll be at a disadvantage if it’s a long distance, why would I ever want to increase the distance?’

Whoong!

I stretched out a fist towards Park Hyung-san.

Koo-oong!

However, the movement of my fist was completely blocked by the thick barrier that Park Hyung-san had deployed with all his might.

‘This is what makes it worth fighting!’

It was the first time in a long time that I had met an opponent who properly blocked my attack, but paradoxically, I felt good.

Compared to my steadily growing level, the guys who appeared as enemies were all below par.

“…….”

Park Hyung-san, who had been talking enthusiastically until just now, didn’t say anything anymore.

He just moved his body slightly backward, creating a slight distance between me and him.

It was about 7m.

He wiped the blood flowing from his mouth and quickly waved his hand, creating a new pattern.

‘Illusion magic.’

I saw through his choice.

He probably thought that his distortion field not working earlier was a coincidence.

That’s probably right.

There is no case where anyone can correct the distortion state and see through the essence, no matter which Awakened you look at.

The only time distortion is penetrated is when the opponent is a veteran Awakened and is attacked by predictive attacks.

‘I played along with the bad acting the first time, but the second time is a completely different story.’

Immediately, I kicked off the ground.

Then, after making my body solid using Steel Reinforcement, I entered Transcendental Acceleration without hesitation.

That means.

‘I’m going to cause a traffic accident!’

It meant that I would definitely do my specialty, body fighting. And that too, in its original form.

The next moment.

“Hmph!”

Park Hyung-san smirked and deployed a defensive barrier in front of me again.

There’s an old saying that good fortune comes with a smile, but well? I can say with certainty that good fortune is unlikely to come to him.

* * *

‘Is he crazy?’

Park Hyung-san was surprised to see Shin-hwa rushing in despite deploying a thick barrier.

It’s not an ordinary barrier.

It was a shield made of a triple-layered defensive barrier created with magic power, which even Jeilgeon’s close-range shooting couldn’t penetrate.

But then.

Goo-oong!

Park Hyung-san saw Shin-hwa’s entire body turning red along with a roar as if space was exploding.

“……?”

It was like watching a meteorite falling from the sky, a human figure surrounded by hot heat.

Acceleration, it was definitely acceleration.

The problem was that the degree of acceleration was incredibly fast, beyond imagination.

Before he could even calculate the destructive power or force, Shin-hwa’s entire body collided with the barrier as it was.

Koo-oong!

Crack!

The result was immediate.

The moment Shin-hwa collided, the barrier shattered into pieces.

Nevertheless, Shin-hwa’s body, which failed to block, mercilessly rammed into Park Hyung-san.

“Keuh…….”

While his body, which had been floating in the air due to the collision, was flying in a parabola, Park Hyung-san had many thoughts.

Who is this guy, Kang Shin-hwa? It was the first time he had ever seen a guy running in so recklessly.

Even that rush worked!

‘If the instantaneous collision firepower is like that, does that mean it’s SS+ rank?’

Unfortunately, Park Hyung-san’s thoughts, which became more and more complicated as he thought about it, could not continue.

“Having a good time?”

Shin-hwa, who had pushed Park Hyung-san away with the collision, followed him again with rapid acceleration.

“……!”

Park Hyung-san felt a shiver run down his spine for a moment.

He also knew Shin-hwa to some extent.

Due to the Shinchon Station video that was unintentionally released to the world, he had grasped things like Steel Reinforcement and Discharge talent.

But it wasn’t acceleration.

It was also an overwhelmingly faster speed than an Awakened who specializes only in acceleration.

To be precise, it seemed that there was no limit to acceleration itself.

Even the fact that his body could withstand the tremendous acceleration without limits meant that his durability was certain.

Grab!

“Ah!”

Shin-hwa grabbed Park Hyung-san’s body, which had been flying away endlessly.

His right hand grabbed Park Hyung-san’s neck roughly, and his left hand grabbed the left groin tightly.

Thoughts about an unpleasant future relentlessly scratched through Park Hyung-san’s head.

“Sorry, I can’t just pass by when trillions of won are shimmering in front of my eyes!”

The next moment.

Park Hyung-san could feel it.