I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 211

As the fight with Jang Dong-shik intensified, I began to see the extent of his abilities.

At first, he attacked with his artifact knuckle, and it was incredibly destructive.

Jang Dong-shik was already a large man, and his strength was considerable even without it.

The real problem was the ability he revealed next.

‘Wow, what’s this now?’

Swish- Swish- Swish-.

In an instant, Jang Dong-shik’s image multiplied into several forms and rushed toward me.

It was a cloning technique, something I had always envied since my past life.

Clone techniques are inherently rare.

Moreover, even with my enhanced vision, I couldn’t track the precise movements of each clone.

I could easily distinguish between real and fake illusions, hallucinations, or poorly replicated shapes.

However, if someone used a clone technique as their ‘main talent’ and meticulously crafted their clones, it became difficult to discern the real one.

This is because the main body and the clones moved as one, without any discernible differences. They were perfectly identical.

“I swore to kill the followers of Valcadia, no matter the reason!”

Even the voice and mouth movements were the same for Jang Dong-shik and his clones.

Thanks to that, the voices echoed like surround sound. It sounded unnecessarily tragic.

“No, Valca… damn it.”

I wanted to stop the rampaging Jang Dong-shik, but he was chasing me with bloodshot eyes.

“…”

I stared calmly.

One main body, three clones.

It was too risky to rely on chance, and I didn’t have enough firepower to take them all out.

Just then.

I noticed Jang Dong-shik’s knuckles trembling with a very subtle difference.

It was such a small difference that it was hard to explain, but it was definitely a tremor that conveyed emotion.

‘It won’t kill me even if I get hit.’

Currently, I was wearing the special suit that I had test-worn at Hwang Seok-cheol’s workshop.

I wore casual clothes over it, so it wasn’t visible on the outside.

I had a lot to rely on.

I had the suit, and if necessary, I could use the Immortal Bravery buff I got from Joo Cheon-ho.

“Haaap!”

I let out a shout and launched a powerful strike towards Jang Dong-shik with all my might.

No power control? None.

To subdue a beast rushing at me with its eyes rolled back, the only answer was a solid beating.

Pow! Pow!

Almost simultaneously, my fist and Jang Dong-shik’s fist struck each other’s right face.

However.

“Cough…”

Jang Dong-shik, without any safety measures, groaned and flew away from the force of the Explosive Fist loaded into my punch.

“Keuk.”

Thud!

The facial protection barrier of the special suit, which activated on its own, successfully blocked the attack.

The reason I groaned was because of the vibration transmitted to my entire face as the protective barrier shook.

It hurt, but it was 100 times less painful than taking the attack directly to the face.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Jang Dong-shik’s body, thrown far away, rolled on the asphalt filled with rainwater.

Perhaps because my strength was so great, he flew for a long time like a stone skipping across the water.

Could it be that the large physique he seemed to have been born with wasn’t a lie?

Contrary to my expectation that he would have fainted a long time ago.

“Kaaaak… Ptooey!”

Jang Dong-shik quickly got up, spitting out phlegm mixed with blood.

‘It seems like there’s some twisted story even among the Apostles [powerful figures in this world]?’

I thought, seeing Jang Dong-shik’s sharp reaction.

He showed tremendous animosity towards the Clizard Combat Unit.

The Clizard Combat Unit is also a combat unit connected to each Apostle.

When I mentioned the Clizard Combat Unit earlier, Elijah and Ayla’s reactions were favorable.

However, Jang Dong-shik defined me as an enemy the moment he confirmed the combat unit’s reaction from the ring.

‘Internal strife?’

I thought it was possible.

There would be conflicts among the Apostles themselves.

It made sense.

Even looking at the VVIP who was eliminated by me, he didn’t seem to have information about other Apostles.

In other words, the five Apostles who came to Earth under Lecher’s special orders were not all of one mind!

There seemed to be quite a few cases where they had different thoughts and beliefs and hid their identities.

As long as they didn’t have to see each other up close, it was possible to hide their identities as long as they didn’t wear the ‘ring’.

“Not bad, Kang Shin-hwa. Did you figure out my clone by chance?”

“By chance? I feel a bit bitter that you underestimate me too much.”

“Oh, you aimed accurately?”

“Don’t get me wrong. It’s arrogant to be so sure that you’re perfect, as if you’re a big deal.”

“I will kill you and avenge my wife, holding your combat unit accountable for their sins.”

“Jang Dong-shik, let me say one thing.”

“…?”

“I’m not a member of the Clizard Combat Unit. I have the ring, but I’m not a member of the Clizard Combat Unit.”

“Bullshit, you son of a bitch!”

Before I could continue the conversation, Jang Dong-shik started rushing at me again.

In this case.

It seemed like the ‘dogfight’ wouldn’t end unless one side was torn to shreds and collapsed.

Then there was only one way.

If I didn’t want to fall, I just had to beat him like crazy until he fell. It was a simple solution.

* * *

After that, as the battle continued, Jang Dong-shik was increasingly impressed by Shin-hwa’s increasingly sophisticated attacks.

Usually, stamina decreases, and especially on rainy days like today, the accuracy of attacks tends to decrease.

This was the same for Jang Dong-shik, who had spent a long life on the battlefield, including his life on the Nas Continent.

However, the longer the battle went on, the more elaborate Shin-hwa’s attacks became.

[Ring of Frenzy]

[Classification Grade: A]

[By inducing an awakening effect proportional to the loss of equipped stamina, it dramatically increases the concentration effect on combat.]

It was thanks to the ‘Ring of Frenzy’ that Shin-hwa was wearing.

It was an artifact that he had obtained along with the Red Moon Sword from Lee Yeon, who had tried to assassinate him before.

Of course, Jang Dong-shik didn’t even know about the existence of the ring itself.

Therefore, he had no choice but to be helplessly defeated by Shin-hwa’s increasingly complete attacks.

It felt like facing a wall that became stronger the more he hit it.

Moreover, he consistently aimed for the face, which was a common weakness, but the suit continued to block his aim.

‘Is this suit the reason why Hyung-nim [term of respect] has been so engrossed in production these days, even suspending business?’

Facial protection suits had never been released or known to have been developed until now.

But since Shin-hwa had special equipment, it was most likely Hwang Seok-cheol’s work.

“Why are you spacing out like that? The fight isn’t over!”

Pow!

“Cough!”

Each of Shin-hwa’s attacks, pouring down roughly without giving him a chance to catch his breath, was like a real ‘nuclear punch’.

Jang Dong-shik had taken into account Shin-hwa’s ability to transform his body into various weapons.

But Shin-hwa had only used his fists from the beginning of the battle until now.

He was confident in close-range brawls using fists, as he was skilled in that area.

This was because he had awakened as a close-range dealer on Earth and had grown and trained steadily.

But Shin-hwa was literally on another level, far beyond Jang Dong-shik’s imagination.

It was unbelievable.

To overwhelm him, an SSS-rank, so overwhelmingly with just fists.

From the moment he launched a preemptive strike against Shin-hwa, the word ‘defeat’ had never crossed his mind.

But not now.

At this rate, he was going to be helplessly defeated.

Thwack! Bang!

“Keuh.”

Jang Dong-shik, who had been sent flying for a long time, breaking the asphalt, shook his head painfully.

A battle of strength against strength.

He had been completely pushed back by Shin-hwa here. The damage accumulated from the rain-soaked brawl was slowly rising.

In particular, Shin-hwa’s punches, which had landed on his face three times as effective hits, were the most fatal.

Even Jang Dong-shik, who wouldn’t be second to anyone in terms of toughness and mental strength, didn’t have the strength to withstand this.

Shin-hwa’s strike had tremendous destructive power that shattered not only his body but also his mental defenses.

“Ha, shit.”

Jang Dong-shik, lying sprawled in a puddle full of rainwater, spat out a curse.

He thought he could at least avenge his wife a little bit like this… but instead of revenge, he was going to end up next to his wife.

“Sohee…”

His daughter’s face came to mind.

If this damn bastard’s father had just suppressed his anger, this kind of misfortune wouldn’t have happened.

Not abandoning his old fiery temper and rushing in had led to this worst-case scenario.

Shin-hwa was stronger than Jang Dong-shik had expected and thought.

He had stupidly headbutted a wall that he couldn’t break from the start. Like a bull in a red cape-crazed bullring.

Splash!

Jang Dong-shik, who didn’t have the strength to resist even though Shin-hwa grabbed his collar, was just limp.

After becoming an Awakened [person with special abilities].

This was the first time he had been beaten so badly in a battle and felt so helpless as a result.

Usually, he would have endured with evil and grit, and there would have been some element to show off his bravado.

Shin-hwa had completely exhausted his stamina.

It was as if he was intentionally trying to elicit a strong reaction, making him go all out.

“No, I can’t understand why you keep rushing at me until the end without even listening to what I have to say.”

“I was foolish. I rushed in without acknowledging the objective difference in skill, swayed by emotions…”

It was Jang Dong-shik’s belated regret.

In fact, he also had the confidence that he, an SSS-rank, could never lose to Shin-hwa.

“Is that what you call confession?”

“Kang Shin-hwa, I acknowledge your skills. As an Apostle, I can’t hold my head up because I was defeated so embarrassingly by a follower.”

“…”

“I know it’s a foolish thing to say, but you can kill me, but don’t touch my daughter Sohee. Please.”

“Are you just going to keep saying what you want to say?”

Shin-hwa frowned.

Jang Dong-shik was spreading his wings of delusion, writing a novel, writing a script, drawing conclusions, and doing everything by himself.

“What do you have to say?”

“First of all, I think there’s a misunderstanding, but before clearing up the misunderstanding, I need to hear the reason why you attacked me.”

“Are you asking because you don’t know?”

“Then of course I’m asking because I don’t know. Would I ask if I knew? If I knew, you would have been dead a long time ago.”

“…Haa.”

Jang Dong-shik barely raised his limp body.

It was because the spring rain was pouring down so much that he couldn’t speak while lying down.

Shin-hwa knew that Jang Dong-shik was close to exhaustion, so he gently supported him.

Then Jang Dong-shik, who had barely sat up, continued to speak.

“The Apostle Valcadia killed my wife. Because I was not faithful to the Apostle’s duty and defected.”

“Valcadia?”

“Do you really not know?”

“Tell me because I really don’t know. If you’re going to die by my hand anyway, at least vent your frustrations! You stupid bastard!”

Jang Dong-shik’s mind flashed at Shin-hwa’s refreshing curse.