I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 201

201.

‘This is… the Nas Continent.’

Shinwa realized where he was as he took in his surroundings with Agaut.

He could physically sense where he was.

The overwhelmingly abundant amount of magic power, incomparable to Earth.

And the unique scent and clarity in the air.

It was definitely the ‘Nas Continent’ that Shinwa remembered from his past life.

-Why are we here……?

The problem was that Agaut, who seemed to have brought him here, was tilting his head in confusion.

It was understandable for Shinwa to be puzzled as the one being brought here, but Agaut’s reaction was unexpected.

“You’re the one who dragged me here, Agaut.”

-You can speak the Nas Continent language?

To make matters worse, Agaut’s expression changed when Shinwa spoke in the Nas Continent language instead of Earth’s language.

“What’s going on here?”

-I only placed the Brand of Fury on you to kill you. But why here…….

“What are you talking about?”

-Is it an illusion or hallucination? That’s possible. Humans are cunning and use all sorts of tricks.

“You’re talking to yourself and making your own judgments.”

-Was it Reccerro! Yes, it must be Reccerro. To confuse me this much!

“You know Reccerro?”

Shinwa asked.

He didn’t know how this situation had occurred.

The important thing was that he might be able to get a meaningful clue from Agaut.

Even Apostle Michel was watching from the sidelines, and now the King of the Black Orcs, connected to Reccerro, had appeared!

The situation suddenly seemed very complicated, yet a new path was opening in another direction.

-So you were Reccerro’s Apostle. Then I warn you. Return me and our Black Orc tribe to where we were originally.

“Hey, Agaut! I know Reccerro, but……. Sigh, when am I going to explain all this?”

Shinwa sighed and shook his head, trying to clear up the ‘misunderstanding’ related to Reccerro.

He was definitely not an Apostle of Reccerro, and rather, he had a deep antipathy towards Reccerro!

There was too much to explain to Agaut to make him understand this fact.

He would have to list the history from his regression until now, but it didn’t seem like he would listen quietly.

-I don’t know how you moved our Black Orcs, but……. Because of this, I am living a life like hell!

“Must be tough.”

-I will kill you.

“Yeah, come at me. I’ll investigate after that.”

Shinwa nodded.

It seemed there was no way to resolve this with words. He had to subdue Agaut to some extent to have a conversation.

-Kuaaaa!

Agaut roared and charged at Shinwa.

The sight of his massive body shaking the ground as he ran was very intimidating.

‘The lower part of his defense is solid, and the upper part is weak. I have to give up attacking the lower part.’

Shinwa calmly analyzed his advantages and disadvantages based on the previous battle with Agaut.

It was the result of analyzing Agaut’s attack motions in the previous battle.

“…….”

After waiting for Agaut to approach close enough.

The moment he confirmed Agaut’s angry fist flying wildly towards Shinwa’s face!

Whoosh!

He lightly jumped up and climbed onto Agaut’s shoulder.

It was a clean evasion and a calculated move to exploit Agaut’s weakness.

Crunch!

-Kuaaaa!

Without hesitation, Shinwa bit into the back of Agaut’s neck, injecting venomous saliva.

Agaut had a tough outer shell, but he couldn’t withstand Shinwa’s amplified biting force.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As if trying to shake off an annoying bug, Agaut waved his arms upwards, trying to get Shinwa off.

Pat!

But Shinwa had already anticipated the reaction, so he used Agaut’s shoulder as a stepping stone and leaped into the air.

And immediately following.

Whirr!

Using all the magic power in his body at once, he launched Wilson towards the top of Agaut’s head.

Kwaaa!

The speed of Wilson flying through the air was unimaginably fast.

From the start, Wilson was launched from a point only a few meters away from the top of Agaut’s head.

Thwack!

-Keuk!

Before he could react, Agaut’s head collided with the solid iron ball called Wilson, making a dull sound.

Instantly, red blood poured out of Agaut’s nostrils.

He must have been injured in the head from the previous strike.

-Keheok!

Thud!

Agaut lost his balance and knelt on the spot.

As the King of the Black Orcs, Agaut had always strived to maintain a strong body and combat skills.

Having a tough outer shell and a strong mental fortitude was all part of that training.

However, he had never considered the possibility of being struck in the crown of his head with such formidable destructive power.

In the first place, the top of the head was not a part that could be strengthened through training. Unless he wore a helmet.

From Shinwa’s perspective, he had chosen one of the many ‘possible scenarios’ to use in the attack.

But it was a very fatal blow to Agaut. Even an SSS+ rank monster had weaknesses.

“Is it over already? You have to get up?”

Shinwa approached Agaut, who was staggering and unable to focus his eyes.

At first, he thought it was a feint, but it looked similar to the symptoms of a concussion.

The problem was that the degree seemed very severe.

The blow that Shinwa casually threw as a counterattack had been quite a hit for Agaut.

-Keheok!

Agaut vomited dark red blood in succession.

Whether the previous strike had damaged his optic nerve, his left eye could not see properly.

The enemy is strong.

That was the thought that came to Agaut’s mind.

The anxiety he had felt from the beginning when he skillfully responded to the Absorption skill had become a reality.

He had broken through his main attack method, Absorption, too easily.

Not only that, but with an accurate strike that targeted his weakness like a pair of tweezers, he inflicted an irreparable wound on himself.

-Kill me…….

Agaut shook his head and said. In fact, it was a time he had lived through, unable to die.

Without knowing anything, he had spent time trapped in a completely enclosed world.

He was trapped not in the vast plains of the Nas Continent, but in a barren world with a lack of food.

There was not enough food produced on its own, so every day they drew lots to determine which orc to sacrifice and eat their own kind.

It was a hellish time that he had endured with difficulty. What was even more frustrating was that he didn’t even know how it had happened.

He didn’t have the courage to take his own life, but he thought it wouldn’t be bad to die by someone else’s hand.

Agaut was that exhausted.

“Agaut, I despise Reccerro and want to kill him. I feel the same way as you.”

-Even if you say that, I don’t know anything…….

“Doesn’t anything come to mind? You’re the one who brought me to this space. This is the Nas Continent.”

-I don’t know. If I knew, I would have brought my tribe here first.

“Then who did this?”

-Why are you asking me that?

“So we both don’t know the answer.”

Shinwa bit his lip.

It didn’t make sense to see it as a scheme made by Reccerro.

Above all, the fact that he had created a ‘connection point’ between Earth and the Nas Continent did not make sense.

There was no reason for Reccerro to stir up trouble.

-If you really despise Reccerro, I hope you will kill him in the future. That bastard has manifested hell on the Nas Continent.

“I know. I also know that there are more than a few beings wandering through dimensions without knowing why, just like you.”

-It would not be a shameful thing to die at the hands of a strong person. Do as you please…….”

Agaut lowered his head.

Shinwa once again felt the importance and symbolism of ‘weakness’.

At first, he thought Agaut was a solid being like a giant shield all over his body.

But there was a weakness, and all situations were neatly resolved with a strike that targeted that spot.

‘I definitely have a weakness too.’

Shinwa’s own weakness was rear attacks.

So whenever he faced an enemy, he never created a situation where he could be ‘caught from behind’.

It was his Achilles’ heel [a critical vulnerability] that he had worked hard to overcome in his past life but had not completely resolved.

“I’ll find the answer you couldn’t find. And why the Black Orcs were exiled to a completely different world.”

-Anything…….

Shinwa raised his right arm, which he had transformed into a sword shape, with all his might.

Swish!

He slashed Agaut’s neck in one fell swoop. It was not difficult to cut off Agaut, who had completely given up his will to fight.

Right then.

Thud.

From the head of Agaut, who had stopped breathing, something the size of a thumb, like a raw stone, fell.

[Agaut’s Will]

[Judgment Grade: A]

[This is a will that can only be activated in the boss monster area of the corresponding dungeon (see map).

Using Agaut’s will, one user of the raw stone can move to the Nas Continent.

However, the duration of stay is directly proportional to the amount of magic power injected into the will, and there is a maximum time limit.]

“What is this? A device that allows you to move to the Nas Continent? Agaut’s will?”

The reality is still 2020.

The official connection to the Nas Continent will be in 2025, so there are still 5 years left.

Currently, the only passage between the two dimensions is the one-way path that Reccerro sends in an unknown way.

It was the same in his past life.

Even the regressor Nicholas could not create or discover a device to go from Earth to the Nas Continent.

Then what is this?

“…….”

A sudden thought occurred to him.

He wondered if there might be more hidden clues besides this with Agaut.

From Agaut’s existence to the connection of the spoils he obtained from his death.

It was as if someone wanted to send him a clear message.

Of course, there was no way to know who the sender of the message was or why they were doing it…….

He couldn’t ignore the intuition that flashed through his mind.

So, as if possessed, he began to search Agaut’s fallen body.

It wasn’t a pleasant feeling to search the coldly cooling corpse, but he carefully examined it anyway.

He took off the armor that Agaut was wearing, and took off everything, including his shoes and underwear.

In case a special artifact or token might come out from inside.

“Was it a useless hunch?”

But there was nothing.

There were no other artifacts to obtain.

But right then.

On the chest area of the stripped armor.

On the inside, there was a phrase written that was unfamiliar to Shinwa.

“……This is?”

It was even in the Mugang Continent language.