I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 143

143.

“I don’t need your apologies. I’m going to chew you all up and swallow you whole.”

Those were the last words Asher heard from Shinwa’s mouth.

After that, Shinwa firmly shut his mouth and pulverized the pirates with lightning-fast strikes.

The despair stemming from the fact that weapons capable of inflicting critical damage were being neutralized one after another was truly immense.

It would have been fortunate if they could have at least targeted Shinwa’s body.

Shinwa actively utilized the Blink Ring, constantly changing his position to prevent them from locking onto him.

They were bursting one after another.

Asher was dumbfounded, watching his subordinates scream and fall into the sea with every blink [a short-range teleportation, making Shinwa appear unpredictably].

He had been a pirate for over six years, but this was the first time he had been so utterly defeated.

There was even a manual for dealing with high-ranking Awakeners [individuals with supernatural abilities].

The reason they concentrated all their firepower as soon as they saw Shinwa approaching was because of that manual.

They had the answer key, so to speak.

They had faced A and S-rank Awakeners belonging to the Awakened Navy quite a few times.

However, every single expectation was completely wrong. No manual worked at all for Shinwa.

The crossfire of firearms that should have perfectly blocked his approach was rendered useless.

As a result, Asher lost all twenty of his subordinates who had come with him on the speedboat.

Splash!

At least two or three of them threw themselves into the sea, trying to escape by diving underwater.

콰아앙! [Sound of a large explosion]

However, they were caught in the shockwave created by Wilson, whom Shinwa had thrown with all his might, and fainted in the water.

Like dead fish.

The moment Asher saw his subordinate floating with his pale belly exposed, his legs buckled.

“…….”

The speedboat, which had been noisy just a moment ago, was now filled with silence where even breathing could not be heard.

The fact that not even groans could be heard was a clear indication of the state of the subordinates who had been defeated by Shinwa.

Shinwa kicked one of the fallen subordinates with all his might, asking Asher with anger mixed in his voice.

“What the hell did you do to my island? Did I ever do anything wrong to you guys?”

“……I didn’t know it was your island.”

A pathetic excuse came out.

In fact, he should have raised his head and shouted, “What does it matter to me whose island it is!”, but now, Asher was just afraid of Shinwa, whose true strength he couldn’t even fathom.

Even though he was a B-rank Awakener with considerable skill.

“If you had known it was my island, you wouldn’t have done it?”

“Th-that’s right.”

“That’s a really pathetic thing for a pirate captain to say. Don’t you feel sorry for your subordinates who struggled until they fell?”

“I’m just really sorry to my subordinates for having such a lousy leader……!”

An unexpected confession.

Shinwa could read Asher’s emotions from his trembling legs, which were trembling against his will.

Being afraid was not a pardon that could absolve him of his wrongdoings. This guy was the culprit.

“Come on. I have no intention of letting you live, so fight to the end without regrets.”

“……Screw you.”

“Should I close your eyes for you?”

“Shut up, you bastard!”

Asher, whose emotions were hurt by Shinwa’s arrogant composure, cursed and rushed at him.

Asher had upper body muscles and destructive grip that were incomparable to others.

Even though he was intimidated by Shinwa’s power, his skills were still there.

Asher was confident in his talent, enough to crush an ordinary steel bar with his grip.

Thump!

Asher grabbed Shinwa’s right arm with great momentum.

And as soon as he applied force, tremendous pressure was applied from the outside of the suit.

‘Still, the boss is the boss.’

Shinwa admired inwardly.

Those who have focused on one thing with a single talent do have the power to match.

In other words, they definitely have the destructive power to land a big hit if they get a chance.

‘Of course, that’s why the repertoire of attacks is limited.’

But there is a weakness.

Specialization in one area inevitably creates room for weaknesses to be exploited.

The same goes for Asher.

The major premise of his attack is that contact with the target must occur.

He has to grab something to crush it with his grip, tear it, or twist it like laundry, right?

That’s why a fatal flaw occurs. That is when the body part of the target changes.

Sizzle!

Shinwa’s right arm, which had been an ordinary arm, instantly transformed into a sharp sword filled with sharpness.

Swish!

“Kuaaaa!”

Before Asher could even use his hands, the palm he was holding was cut in half.

It was impossible to be unscathed when he was holding a sharp sword with all his might.

Here, Shinwa pulled slightly, and his hand was cut in half.

“Welcome. Is this your first time seeing this kind of talent?”

“Eueuheueu!”

Asher trembled.

There were many Awakeners who could transform their bodies besides Shinwa.

But this was the first time he had seen such a destructive and powerful transformation.

Above all, the transformation was fast.

Usually, it changes noticeably over a period of time, but Shinwa’s change was literally ‘sudden’.

The problem wasn’t just that.

Crunch!

“Keueo!”

The attack that Shinwa continued, narrowing the distance in an instant, was none other than biting Asher’s nose.

Swaaaa!

Shinwa bit down as if chewing on a delicious piece of meat, tearing off Asher’s nose in one bite.

“Aaaaa!”

Asher saw hell like that.

* * *

5 minutes later.

“The situation is…….”

“It seems like it’s over.”

Jin Bomi and the Awakened forces of the Lolaña Kingdom, who arrived at the scene, were simply speechless at the sight before them.

Many Awakeners were worried throughout the journey.

Although Shinwa was a well-known skilled person, the pirates were also veterans who had experienced 산전수전 [hardships and difficulties] and aerial warfare.

They thought that Shinwa would struggle because they were vicious guys who knew how to effectively attack Awakeners.

But the prediction was completely wrong.

What unfolded before their eyes were the 모습들 [scenes] of pirates scattered on the beach and in the sea, each in rags.

None of them were lying down with their bodies intact.

Their faces were crushed.

Their arms and legs were folded in directions they should never be folded.

Their bodies were facing forward, but their faces were facing backward.

Blood and strange liquids were flowing profusely between their crotches…….

It was truly a scene where the human body was shattered and ‘exploded’ in various ways.

“We’ll put out the fire first!”

Some of the Awakeners who could control water rushed to the scene where the fire was, not the battlefield.

And the rest 훑었다 [surveyed] the traces of the pirates who had become 인사불성 [unconscious].

Shinwa’s 모습 [figure] could be seen on the speedboat in the distance, but now no one was worried about him.

Even Jin Bomi, who came with him, was just standing with her arms crossed.

“That person seems to be the leader of the pirates……. It won’t end well.”

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Already on the ship.

Shinwa was grabbing Asher by the back of the head and repeatedly slamming his face into the railing on the outside of the deck.

Of course, each time, blood splattered in all directions, and Asher’s face became increasingly red.

“I can’t believe it. He single-handedly subdued at least twenty pirates…….”

“That’s Shinwa’s specialty. If you’re with him, you’ll end up repeating the words ‘I can’t believe it’.”

“They’re guys we also had a hard time dealing with.”

“Anyway, isn’t it a good thing? We’ve eliminated a nuisance at once.”

“That’s true. After all, the fame that has been passed down from Korea to here was not 허명 [unjustified reputation].”

“Hoho, it goes without saying.”

“I’ll have to clean up.”

The leader of the Awakened forces instructed his subordinates to clean up the scene.

They wondered if there were any pirates that Shinwa had missed, but there were no deserters at all.

Some of those who seemed to have jumped into the sea were being swept back to the coast by the waves.

“This island must mean a lot to Shinwa. It wasn’t just a concept of 휴양 [recreation].”

Jin Bomi nodded.

Because she could clearly feel Shinwa’s heart that cherished this island.

The pirates did not know Shinwa’s heart, and they paid the price with their lives.

“Accidents never stop happening around Shinwa. I guess that’s why Sister Byul is interested in him?”

Jin Bomi smiled without realizing it when she thought of Yoon Byul’s words.

A person who brings fresh shock every time just by being by his side.

Jin Bomi was sorry that the distance had grown as Shinwa became independent from the Yanghwa Guild.

Can’t we get close again?

Worrying for no reason deepened.

* * *

The cleanup was done quickly.

The Awakeners who arrived on the island quickly extinguished the fire, and the other Awakeners cleaned up the pirates.

Meanwhile, I was able to obtain a large number of dimension stones that were stored in Asher’s speedboat’s internal warehouse.

I don’t know where he made a big score, but the warehouse was filled with low-grade and lowest-grade dimension stones.

Roughly estimated, the total value would be at least 20 billion won or more.

Perhaps I won’t need to purchase these two types of dimension stones when I make them in the future.

Following this, the bounty settlement (?) was also made for the pirates who were arrested or whose bodies were recovered.

This was a bounty set by the South Pacific Allied Cooperation Organization, including the Lolaña Kingdom.

Because the pirates of the Revengers were rampant in the surrounding seas, they had placed bounties on people of interest.

That way, the Awakeners who visit the area or the Awakeners of the country would work hard to catch them.

The bounty scheduled to be settled in this way was about 25 billion won.

It was a bit disappointing, but I understood the small bounty because they were originally incompetent guys.

Anyway, I decided to be satisfied with the fact that I had definitely ‘realized justice’.

‘I’ve become involved with the Revengers in this way. Anyway, everyone is asking for trouble when they could have just gone quietly.’

I bit my lip at the unpleasant feeling.

As I expanded my scope of activities, I kept getting involved with places like China’s Three Major Evils, the Elijah Group, WSA, and the Revengers.

These were relationships that I had much later in my previous life, so I didn’t feel very pleasant.

‘Still, it’s my precious island! I can never forgive anyone who touches my things.’

My thoughts were clear.

I can never forgive anyone who touches my things, my retirement, or my people. There is no room for leniency.

It’s not for the sake of justice or protecting order.

It’s just because they touched ‘me’.

If they bother me when we could have just ignored each other, I won’t ‘nicely’ let it go.

까드드득 [Sound of grinding teeth].

I gritted my teeth as I looked at the palm trees that had been burned black, even though the fire had been put out.

My Cribia Island, which was injured like it had gone through its first 신고식 [initiation ceremony]!

Restoration can be done quickly if I put my mind to it, but I didn’t feel good because I seemed to be entangled with annoying guys.

Revengers.

It seems that the 악연 [bad karma] with this trash organization should now be included in the scope of consideration.