I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 220

“Wow, wow… Puhahaha! That’s amazing. Hyung-nim [older brother/term of respect] Shin-hwa is even cheating with a magic bullet gun now?”

Han So-joon laughed.

He had just witnessed an unbelievable sight with his own eyes.

The magic bullet gun that Han So-joon knew was usually a weapon used in one-on-one battles or to snipe small monsters.

It was used to target the instant death of monsters with weak outer shells or to inflict damage on the enhanced suits of Awakened.

Therefore, unless one was an ability user who could really use the magic bullet gun freely, it was common not to be too nervous about it.

However, the blow that Shin-hwa unleashed with his magic power charged to the maximum showed tremendous power.

Thud. Thud, thud.

The ogre lord’s head was destroyed without a trace, scattering into blood and flesh.

It was a mid-boss level guy with the title of ‘Lord,’ but it was like a fly’s life in front of Shin-hwa.

“Amazing. Really amazing…”

Whenever he saw Shin-hwa, he wondered if there was anything more to be surprised about, but there was always something that made him unable to hold back his amazement.

Han So-joon’s cold assessment of Shin-hwa was that he was very strong in close combat but clearly had weaknesses in ranged attacks.

He was using Wilson to make up for the weakness of ranged attacks to some extent, but…

Since there was an absolute time required for the process of throwing and recovering Wilson, the attack could not be ‘continuous.’

So Han So-joon was always sorry for Shin-hwa’s lack of ranged attacks.

Still, he was glad that Jin Bo-mi had temporarily joined the team, making ranged magic support possible.

But Shin-hwa had just proved with his previous attack that he could handle ranged attacks himself.

No matter how powerful Jin Bo-mi’s magic was, she couldn’t blow the ogre lord’s head off in one blow like Shin-hwa.

“Front! Front, Madillo Legion!”

Just then.

Shin-hwa, who had been at the front, shouted after confirming a new group of monsters that had appeared.

The ogre groups had already been eliminated by the team members.

Looking at the rank level, they were ogres below A-rank.

These guys, who had been ranked up with Happy Colas [energy drink] and fully doped [enhanced], were no match for Team Mystic.

“They’re coming in a very dense group. Shin-hwa, I want to set up a sure thing for you. How about it?”

“I trust you unconditionally, Hyung [older brother/term of respect].”

Choi Ji-hyuk, who took his place next to Shin-hwa, smiled with satisfaction as he watched the Madillo at the front.

Shin-hwa lightly patted Choi Ji-hyuk on the shoulder, giving him strength.

“Hoo…”

Choi Ji-hyuk went into concentration.

Soon, the energy of blood contained in the Blood Ring began to permeate his body, and his eyes turned red.

‘It’s a change that contains the unspeakable worries and loneliness about the identity of the priest.’

Shin-hwa looked at Choi Ji-hyuk, who was concentrating silently, with pitiful eyes.

He had never expressed it outwardly.

This was because he knew that Choi Ji-hyuk returned to the presbytery after work and offered prayers of repentance and apology every day.

‘I believe that one day, he will give me a meaningful opportunity for sacrifice for atonement and repentance.’

Choi Ji-hyuk’s words to him in his previous life came to mind.

It was what he said while sharing deep stories a week before he died in place of Shin-hwa.

He also remembered scolding him at that time, telling him never to say such things, even as a joke.

The next moment.

Grumble. Grumble. Grrrrr.

Blood-colored clouds formed over the heads of the approaching Madillo group.

Perhaps thanks to the surge in rank and magic power, the range was much wider than before. It was more than three times the size, even by rough estimate.

‘Bloody Rain. Rain of blood.’

Woong! Woong!

Shin-hwa repeated the name of the debuff that Choi Ji-hyuk had cast and loosened his slightly stiff hands.

Because the time to run at full speed was imminent.

“Despair… Lead them to the afterlife with the irresistible temptation of the devil…”

Choi Ji-hyuk continued the debuff and induced stacking.

This time it was the Swamp of Despair.

It was a skill that could be applied redundantly as a debuff that greatly reduced the enemy’s defense power like Bloody Rain.

Kreuht! Kreuheut!

The movements of the Madillos caught in the two debuffs slowed down significantly.

This is because when caught in the Swamp of Despair, the movement speed slows down, and the ground turns into a sticky, viscous substance.

“Hyung [older brother/term of respect].”

“Yeah?”

“While you’re at it, let’s put Chaos Site and Curse of the Dead on top of each other. That’s how we end it in one shot.”

“Would that be possible?”

“Hyung [older brother/term of respect]. I’m Kang Shin-hwa.”

“That’s the most reliable answer! Okay! The range is good, so I’ll try to apply it all at once!”

“Let’s show the other three the status of the first member of ‘Team Mystic’.”

“That’s very stimulating, isn’t it? Let’s go!”

Choi Ji-hyuk began to deploy debuffs one after another at the spark that Shin-hwa had ignited.

Thanks to the total amount of magic power becoming incomparably richer than before, it became possible to overlap four debuffs.

The Madillos, who had fallen into the huge debuff trap implemented by Choi Ji-hyuk, staggered.

“Let’s go!”

Shin-hwa shouted loudly.

Flash. Flash. Flash.

Using the Blink Ring, he instantly entered the middle of the Madillo group.

Kuooh! Kaooh!

The Madillos, smelling the uninvited guest, revealed their hostility with sharp teeth.

Looking through the identification glasses, they were all ‘fruitful’ guys with dimensional stones dangling in their bodies.

‘Transcendental Acceleration!’

Shin-hwa began to spin his body at super high speed in the middle of the Madillo group without hesitation.

At the same time, he used the alteration of his right arm to create a sharp sword shape.

It was a terrifying sword of his right arm, filled with an incomparably sharper edge than before.

The next moment.

Shin-hwa accelerated in an instant, and some of the Madillos, who did not know that his right arm had turned into a blade.

Kuweh! Kuweee!

They bravely rushed to devour Shin-hwa, revealing their teeth and claws.

It was a scene similar to a firefly rushing into a fire, but unfortunately, the Madillos did not know.

Swaeak! Swaeak! Swaeak!

All the Madillos who approached Shin-hwa were cut off like vegetables being ground in a mixer.

There was no time to scream.

This is because only the perfectly severed flesh of the Madillo remained in the place where the blade had passed.

If it touched the neck, the neck bones and bone marrow would be cut off as they were, turning it into meat like in a butcher shop.

If it touched the stomach, the peritoneum would be torn and the internal organs would burst out, making the surroundings a terrible scene full of stench.

Tuh-up! Tuh-up!

Because of that, the Madillos who were gathering around had to cover their faces with the flesh and blood of their own kind.

The Madillo’s body was almost at the level of paper.

Two debuffs that reduced defense power were stacked, and the Curse of the Dead, a slowing debuff, was also applied.

Here, the confusion of the Madillos was maximized by the distortion of vision caused by the Chaos Site.

“Die, you XXs!”

Shin-hwa began to spin, increasing his speed to the extreme maximum.

At this point.

He had now become a human mixer that relentlessly grinds Madillos.

“Wow…”

Choi Ji-hyuk, who was watching, exclaimed involuntarily.

It goes without saying that Jin Bo-mi, Han So-joon, and Yoon-byeol, who arrived at the scene afterwards, had their mouths wide open.

“Crazy.”

Yoon-byeol’s short words represented everyone’s thoughts here.

He was truly crazy.

One Awakened was cutting down dozens of Madillos, who would be second to none in terms of durability!

With the debuffs plastered all over them and Shin-hwa’s rotational power, which was so fast that even the eye could not follow, the Madillos began to die, being torn and burst more easily than wet tissue paper.

“Die, you bastards…!”

Kuweh! Weee! Kieeee!

All that remained in the place where Shin-hwa had scratched and passed was flesh and blood that had lost its owner.

In that way, the Madillo group, which numbered nearly 100, was instantly turned into slaughtered beasts.

It was a complete annihilation that did not require confirmation.

It goes without saying that all the Madillos dropped their dimensional stones and left the world in a friendly manner.

“Hyung [older brother/term of respect]!”

“Yeah?”

“The debuff is really good? If there’s no burden on magic power, let’s always push forward with this set of four!”

“Shall we? There’s no burden at all! I never imagined that my magic power would become so abundant when my rank went up!”

Choi Ji-hyuk smiled brightly at Shin-hwa, who gave him a thumbs up.

Now he realized for sure why the Awakened were so desperate to raise their ranks.

Unlike the past, when he had to worry about the remaining magic power in his body every time.

Now it felt so abundant that he had to worry about how to use more magic power.

This was the huge difference between B-rank and A-rank.

“Okay! I’ve definitely matched my breathing with Ji-hyuk hyung [older brother/term of respect] one-on-one, so who’s next to match my breathing with?”

“I’ll do it. As someone who is only in charge of dealing damage in the team, I want to prove that I’m definitely ‘earning my keep’.”

“Okay. Now Bo-mi and I will move forward first. The other three collect the dimensional stones and follow!”

That’s how the next hitter was decided.

Jin Bo-mi.

She had been constantly worrying about how not to become a free rider on Team Mystic’s firepower.

* * *

Since there were no dangerous sections in the U-1224 dungeon yet, I advanced while training.

Before facing the boss monster of this dungeon, it also had the meaning of matching our breathing for sure.

Boss monster Xenos.

The memories were vivid.

Of course, I didn’t get the Flower of Transcendence from this guy in my previous life.

Nicholas – that damn X – ate it. He said he needed it more than I did and ate it.

Anyway, the memories of the fierce battle I had with Xenos remained as clear in my head as if it were yesterday.

In order to face this guy, the breathing of all of us was more important than anything else.

This is because we had to be familiar with extremely ‘game-like’ flows such as concentrating on dealing damage, stopping dealing damage, and mastering patterns.

That was why I designated each person and made them use all their abilities to the maximum.

There was no time to think about words like leisure, distribution, reserve, or storage when facing the boss monster.

Just then.

“Ah, damn it. I thought a monster would come out, but a concentrated fire zone is coming out.”

I frowned after checking the new terrain in front of me.

This is because this dungeon, like the secret dungeon, has a section where high-concentration magic bullets pour down like heavy rain.

Because of this, the Awakened of the Elijah Group were unable to attack, and that section came out earlier than expected.

There was no problem because I had succeeded in solving it myself.

However, it was a pity that I could not observe Jin Bo-mi’s magic skills more closely.

The reason why the sound of magic bullets being released was not heard was because of an invisible transparent barrier.

The barrier, which was about ten steps ahead, had definitely soundproofed it, so I couldn’t hear it.

“Shin-hwa, I’ll help you.”

“Huh? Bo-mi, it’s dangerous. It will be difficult for the suit to withstand this concentrated fire of magic bullets even once.”

I stopped her from stepping forward because Jin Bo-mi was trying to step forward with unnecessary spirit.

It’s good to show off your skills, but arrogance and recklessness are forbidden. You can really die here.

But just then.

“Why endure it? …Can’t I just not get hit? I have a way that is possible enough for me?”

She came up with a completely unexpected answer.