I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 208

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It was, in a word, a free-for-all.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

As time passed, Kasnan V swung his long spear even faster, as if in a desperate struggle.

The good news was that all the attacks were close-range, so it was just a matter of me doing well.

Toshio was safe, continuously using his ice ability from afar to bind Kasnan V’s feet.

And Marina also maximized her silver threads, using dummies to stay as far away from the battlefield as possible.

I relentlessly aimed for the green gemstone embedded in the center of Kasnan V’s chest.

It was the Core.

The Core was like an exposed heart; you had to smash it to cut off his breath.

The characteristic of the Core was that even if you took out the heart, he wouldn’t die unless the Core was destroyed.

‘Thank goodness. He’s an upgraded version of the guy I met on the Nas Continent, but his durability and movement speed are the only things that are faster.’

I had expected a tough fight, but as the battle with him continued, I breathed a sigh of relief as the tide turned in my favor.

Of course, I’m saying it’s easy because I’m ‘me’ with a lot of experience; it would be difficult for a normal Awakened [a person with supernatural abilities].

In my estimation.

Any Awakened below SS+ rank would not only struggle against him but would likely die from a single blow of the long spear.

That was because of the one-hit-kill pattern that Kasnan V often used as a special attack.

‘Storm Spear.’

He gathers magic power and thrusts the spear straight ahead at a speed at least five times faster than usual.

It wasn’t just a simple spear thrust; it was even more dangerous because it simultaneously released a shockwave forward.

The Storm Spear was so powerful and tormented the opponent with offbeat timing.

I had to carefully recall my memories from my past life to evade it.

However, if I dodged recklessly just to save myself, the shockwave could hit my comrades behind me.

So, the difficulty was much higher because I had to ‘draw out’ the pattern while watching the direction.

If an Awakened with no experience came here, they wouldn’t be able to withstand it properly and would surely die.

In any case, the battle was gradually flowing in my favor.

The Core was visibly cracked in many places, to the point where the damage was considerable.

In fact, Kasnan’s movements were also becoming duller as the Core’s damage increased.

However.

-Why must I be the sacrifice of this futile war…….

I kept in mind all the words Kasnan had uttered during the battle.

He said something similar this time as well.

In other words, he was saying that he had enough opportunities to rest but was chased away to a strange place.

However, he seemed to be devoid of normal ‘reason,’ repeating the same words as if he were recording.

I even used Nas Continent language several times to ask who sent him here.

Kasnan remained silent.

He only repeated his lines like a parrot, acting like an NPC [Non-Player Character] in a game.

‘I must have gotten a lot stronger.’

A month ago, I wouldn’t have dared to face a boss monster like Kasnan.

Thanks to repeated growth, it wasn’t difficult to face even SSS+ rank boss monsters now.

Of course, it was possible because I knew his patterns 100% based on my past life knowledge.

But since there are many cases where you know and still get hit, I wanted to give myself a generous passing grade for this battle.

‘How nice would it be if everything that happens in the future, all the battles, would flow according to my memories and thoughts.’

I suddenly had that thought.

On the one hand, I also thought that this position as a Regressor was truly terrifying.

Because if I recall 1 and 1 is achieved, and if I expect 2, then 2 becomes reality as it is.

I’ve sucked quite a bit of ‘honey’ [enjoyed the benefits] in that way so far.

But what if the things I know gradually disappear and variables fill their place?

The possibility of struggling increases that much. For an Awakened, struggling can sometimes be a matter directly related to death.

-I will make you my slave!

Kasnan, on the verge of death, roared as if in a desperate struggle.

‘That pattern again.’

It’s a mental restraint pattern.

By instantaneously releasing all the dark energy in the body in all directions, it enslaves all intelligent beings around it.

Because of this, Iosif Karach, who wasn’t prepared in his past life, suffered from the restraint.

Even though Nicholas was by his side and immediately removed the restraint, he suffered from aftereffects for several days.

This is a special case, and if you get caught, you will live as Kasnan’s slave forever until the moment you die.

Flash!

I quickly used the Blink Ring to stick close to Toshio and Marina.

The next moment.

Crackle!

A powerful mental restraint, to the point where all the vision in front of me was distorted, covered the three of us simultaneously.

Even if I didn’t explain it, it was a visual effect that allowed us to feel that this was a type of restraint.

[Group Immunity]

[Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds]

“Ah……. What is this?”

“It seems like Shin Hwa blocked the mental restraint that just came at us? Is this a buff [a temporary enhancement]? Wow!”

Toshio and Marina exclaimed, noticing the change that had occurred in an instant.

It was a natural reaction because buffs were known to be more difficult to obtain than flowers.

“The buff will disappear if I leave this area. But I know the mental restraint pattern, so don’t worry.”

After reassuring the two.

I kicked off the ground again and charged towards Kasnan.

‘Knowing in advance’ is this scary.

For someone, the opponent’s sure-kill strike, which would put them on the express train to the afterlife in a checkmate situation.

For me, it becomes one of the obvious ploys that can be easily avoided.

-I can’t believe it.

Kasnan’s reaction to the neutralized mental restraint sounded more realistic this time.

And.

Thwack!

Using the Exploding Fist 7th Form, Quake Palm, which contained the full amount of magic power, I struck Kasnan’s Core as it was.

Crack!

It must have been despairing from his point of view, but I heard a sound that made me feel good.

I didn’t stop there and took out the magic power stored in my heart and put it into Wilson.

I haven’t had many opportunities to take out Wilson lately, so he hasn’t appeared as often as I thought.

Wilson, who had been upgraded one level with an ultra-high-grade dimension stone, was still a powerful throwing weapon.

Whoosh!

Soon, Wilson, who flew with a sonic boom, collided with the place where the broken Core was once again.

Crackle!

-……!

That was the end.

As the Core, his lifeline, was shattered into numerous green pieces, the light in Kasnan’s eyes faded.

It was the pathetic end of a guy who had been almost unilaterally beaten from beginning to end.

Right then.

Almost simultaneously, Agauht’s Will that I had was activated.

[Agauht’s Will is activated after eliminating the boss monster, Kasnan V, of the corresponding dungeon (refer to map)!]

[Temporarily stops time, limited to the target.]

“…….”

In an instant, everything stopped.

The flow of the wind also stopped completely, and the movements of Marina and Toshio, who were watching me, also stopped.

It felt as if a pause state had been implemented for my convenience.

The next moment.

Shaaa.

White light was activated around the gemstone containing Agauht’s Will, and then something appeared in front of me.

“……Nicholas?”

It was the appearance of Nicholas Hagen.

But it was very different from the Nicholas I remembered.

-Kang Shin-hwa, listen carefully.

-First of all, don’t stupidly ask me anything that you see in front of you. This is a recorded video anyway.

“Damn it.”

From the first word, he was like himself, and I was both happy and annoyed by the words he spat out, so profanity flowed from my mouth.

First of all, the Nicholas in the video was not young.

It seemed like a long time had passed since the Great Cataclysm of 2052.

Even if I estimated it conservatively, he was well over sixty, with white hair and a wrinkled face.

-The only reason I can specify that the person who saw this video is you is because I regressed you.

“Ha!”

In fact, I was sure.

But I felt strange to receive confirmation about my regression directly from the person involved.

Well, I don’t particularly resent Nicholas right now.

I did right after the regression, but now I’m accepting and adapting to many things.

-The problem beyond what I knew appeared after overcoming the Great Cataclysm. A very serious problem.

“…….”

I held my breath and listened to Nicholas’s words. Now, each of his words is very precious.

-Unfortunately, the future of the world where we stopped the Great Cataclysm together has become bleak.

“It would have been.”

I nodded.

The Great Cataclysm led to the death of many Awakened.

Nine Lords prepared diligently and thoroughly, but the enemy was still very strong.

What if WSA, Elijah Group, and Revengers were united in a battered state?

They would have been annihilated without a doubt. The balance of power was quite precarious even before that.

-I researched so many cases. A thread that can twist the entire Time Line and meaningfully change all futures!

“You’ve been researching and working hard all your life…… You must have found it. Right?”

-That’s right! I found a singularity among hundreds of thousands of branching timelines. It took five years!

My heart was touched.

It wasn’t that he heard my words and said, “That’s right!”

It was a word that he put in, anticipating my appearance of always adding positive interjections when talking to him.

Seeing the appearance of the old Nicholas in the future, not the current Nicholas, made me feel strange.

-The timeline is a very sensitive and picky thread of time, like a teenage girl. So I can’t tell you everything directly.

“I know what you mean. Haha.”

I laughed.

It wasn’t a laugh of joy, but a hollow laugh that I burst out with the conviction that I would have more to do in the future.

-I’ve left clues that I can convey to you without touching the timeline. So…….

“Nicholas, please, just not those words.”

Even though I knew I would hear it, I put my hands together and said to him as if praying.

Damn it.

If my wish was going to come true in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened. I immediately gave up.

-Please, kill the guys who must be killed to correct the twisted timeline.

-Kang Shin-hwa, who would have thought about retiring as soon as he regressed, I think I’m pouring cold water on your retirement plan……. Sniff! Sniff! Hehe! Hehehe! Please, please! Huh?

“Ah, my neck.”

Beep. Beep.

That’s how Nicholas’s message ended.

I almost got touched because he seemed to be crying at the end, but the message ended with a twist, laughing.

Of course, I knew.

It wasn’t that he laughed with the intention of making me suffer.

He left this message because I was the only person he could trust and entrust it to.

I fully understood the inner meaning.

I also seemed to know the inner thoughts of creating a ridiculous ending to avoid giving me a big burden.

Now that it’s come to this, I think it’s necessary to make a clear change of perspective.

“It’s better this way.”