I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 64

Myth wanted to ask Exceller what he had found, but of course, there was no time for that.

The battle began immediately.

In the blink of an eye, Exceller closed the distance of several dozen meters and began to fiercely attack Myth.

Clang! Bang! Clash!

‘Not bad.’

Each time Exceller’s fists, empowered by his steel enhancement ability, struck Myth’s body, he was pushed further back.

‘His main attack isn’t his fists.’

Myth realized it.

A monster with a particularly long tail, armed with thorns and the like, was almost certainly going to use it as an effective weapon.

Sure enough.

Exceller, thinking he had disrupted Myth’s balance with his initial onslaught, twisted his waist with all his might, aiming his long tail at Myth’s lower body.

Whoosh!

Myth leaped into the air half a beat faster.

Exceller’s attack was certainly fast, but Myth’s prediction was slightly faster.

‘I need to put all my linked attacks into a single breath.’

Myth’s aim from the start was singular.

The advantage of monsters with excellent mobility like Exceller was their ability to expend energy explosively.

The disadvantage of that was that their stability was reduced, and accumulated damage over a short period would be much more profound.

In other words, attacks that a monster with evenly distributed stats in a hexagonal shape could withstand, could be fatal to Exceller, who was extremely focused on mobility and instantaneous firepower.

“Haaap!”

Myth unleashed the magic power condensed in his left hand all at once, using about 20% of his total magic power, which was not enough to kill Exceller.

“Hmph, like a rat.”

Clang!

As expected, it missed.

Exceller easily dodged Myth’s magic release by moving to the side.

But.

‘His body’s reaction is fast, but the tail’s reaction to regain balance is slow.’

In that instant, Myth was able to accurately pinpoint Exceller’s weakness.

He realized why Exceller’s specialized advantage, his tail, was paradoxically his weakness.

His tail served to maintain balance, but when his body’s center was severely shaken, it actually increased instability.

‘Rather than a simple brawl, a form of isolation that reliably blocks movement.’

The strategy became clear.

However, considering the gap between SS-rank Exceller and his own C-rank, a prolonged battle was out of the question.

He would definitely lose in a long battle.

That was the unbridgeable gap in rank, and the legitimate difference in power that he had to acknowledge.

Of course, being an SS-rank wasn’t like being a ‘punching bag,’ and being a C-rank wasn’t like being ‘unrivaled.’

But!

There was a possibility in a very short battle.

Especially if he actively utilized the power of enhancement potions, he could maximize his power even more.

Considering the magic consumption and the increase in combat ability, it was firepower for an extremely short time of about 5 minutes, but anyway, he was given an opportunity to temporarily challenge the hurdle of SS-rank, even if only for a moment.

Gulp.

Myth poured the enhancement potion into his mouth without hesitation.

“……?”

Exceller, seeing Myth drinking an unidentified liquid, tilted his head.

“Haaat!”

Myth immediately raised his magic power again and threw Wilson [Myth’s magically imbued iron ball] at Exceller with all his might.

And lowering his body, which had clearly reached its peak in the air, he began to fall towards Exceller at high speed.

Right then.

“This kind of ball is… Ah?”

Exceller, who was predicting Wilson’s path and trying to easily dodge to the side, was caught off guard.

When Myth flicked his finger, Wilson’s path, which had been falling in a straight line, suddenly twisted to the right.

It was a trick that Myth, who knew his own ‘how to use Wilson,’ had devised.

He divided the magic power infused into Wilson into two bundles.

So, the first bundle was used as power for simple descent, and the second bundle was used as propulsion for explosive launch.

This allowed the power of the second bundle to be activated slightly later with a slight time difference.

In other words, from Wilson’s point of view, power was applied to make him turn vertically at the point of reaching the ground.

Thwack!

“Kuh-heok!”

Exceller, whose face was struck head-on through an unexpected path, staggered, waving his hands in the air.

A fist-sized iron ball flying like a bullet had collided with his face.

No matter how hard his outer skin was, there was no way he could fully withstand the impact.

It was fortunate that his outer skin was thick; otherwise, it would not have been strange if his skull had been split in half by the blow.

Already at that point, Myth had fallen to a point close to Exceller.

‘That cunning bastard.’

But Myth once again discerned Exceller’s scheme.

In Exceller’s eyes, which he encountered in a fleeting moment, he read not panic and fear, but a murderous scheme.

It was clear that Exceller, who was staggering ‘pretending,’ was intentionally showing him a gap.

As the saying goes, there’s always someone flying above the running one [meaning there’s always someone better]. Myth rushed towards Exceller without hesitation, even though he knew it.

Whoosh!

As expected, Exceller, who had been staggering, pressed his hands on the floor and twisted his waist with all his might.

Then, Exceller’s tail, loaded with tremendous weight, flew exactly into Myth’s falling path.

“Ah……!”

The exclamation came not from Myth, but from Yoonbyeol, who was watching from behind.

A situation where he was perfectly caught in the scheme.

It was a powerful blow that anyone could see would leave Myth seriously injured.

This was proven by Exceller’s expression, which was full of a satisfied smile on his lips.

But the next moment.

Boom!

A situation unfolded that made Yoonbyeol and Exceller, who were watching, doubt their eyes.

Myth released magic power from his left arm to the ground, creating instantaneous reverse propulsion.

As a result, Myth’s body, which had been in the falling path, floated about 1m in the opposite direction.

Whoooosh!

Exceller’s tail, which had been swung with all its might as a scheme, cut through the air in vain without hitting anything.

And one beat later than predicted.

Flash!

Myth, who had landed on the ground, rushed towards Exceller with all his might, using his two legs, which had maximized propulsion.

At that point, Myth’s right arm had already transformed into the form of a sharp longsword.

Moreover, the degree of magic condensation was higher than ever, and the sharpness of the blade was unimaginably high.

A tactic that stabs the weakness of weakness.

No matter how quick Exceller’s movements were, he could not resist the inertia of the tail returning after hitting the target point.

“Tonight’s dinner is oxtail soup, Exceller!”

Problem was Myth and his sharp sword, who were exactly guarding the path where the tail was returning.

“XX.”

Exceller’s curse, uttered in the Nas Continent language, was vividly heard in Myth’s ears.

“Nice catch!”

As Exceller had done, Myth, with a satisfied smile, swung his right arm’s longsword with all his might.

The next moment.

Slice!

Lightly and clearly.

As if tender flesh was being cut by a meat knife, Exceller’s tail was cleanly cut off.

It was an event that happened so ‘cleanly’ that Myth, who was cutting, Exceller, who was being cut, and Yoonbyeol, who was watching, were all astonished.

“Kkeueo-eo!”

Exceller groaned.

Exceller’s tail was not like a lizard’s tail from the beginning, which could be cut off at will or even regenerated.

He had lost a body part that could not be regenerated in an instant. Even the part that was a major weapon.

Swoosh!

Red blood poured down from the wound on the severed tail.

“Exceller, I will definitely have the flower taken from your heart!” [A figurative way of saying ‘I will kill you’]

Myth exuded a fighting spirit in his eyes and rushed in again.

A ridiculous scene that no one could believe was unfolding, where a C-rank was pushing an SS-rank!

* * *

At the same time.

“No, no matter how I look at it, there are only two people’s footprints…….”

Song Seong-rim, who was searching an area about 4km away from Myth and Yoonbyeol, clicked his tongue repeatedly.

It was clear.

There were only two people’s footprints on the ground.

There were no traces of being erased by something, and only the footprints of two people’s movements were confirmed.

Especially, the footprints were very familiar because they were standardized shoes worn to fit the combat-enhanced suit.

One was Yoonbyeol’s, with a shoe size of 230mm, and the other was someone’s with a shoe size of 280mm.

“Branch manager, even if Team Leader Yoonbyeol assists, to suppress these guys one after another and advance like this…….”

“That person must be at least S+ rank. At least! Basically, it has to be SS-rank to make this kind of unilateral rampage possible, right?”

It was Song Seong-rim’s realistic judgment.

Of course, what if that ‘person’ was someone who accurately knew the weaknesses and vitals of the monsters?

You could think of lowering the rank a little.

However, this dungeon was not publicly disclosed, and it was a new dungeon that was now grasping internal information.

Whoever came, they would know everything about the monsters in the dungeon they came to for the first time? It didn’t make sense.

At first, he thought that more than thirty groups had come, but now it was clear.

The person who swept through this place ahead of them was Yoonbyeol and a mysterious person.

Considering Yoonbyeol’s combat abilities, which Song Seong-rim knew well as a colleague, this situation was likely to be a one-man show.

‘At best, Team Leader Yoon might have been in charge of the finish. Pure firepower warfare is not Team Leader Yoon’s specialty.’

It was amazing.

Who on earth was it that made himself and the agents of the Jeju branch mere bystanders, just diligently chasing after their tails?

Song Seong-rim rather hoped that Lee Ha-seong would be there by chance.

Only if that level of Awakener was roaming the dungeon would the current situation make sense.

Right then.

Koo-oong……!

A considerable roar was heard from somewhere in the north.

Although the location could not be specified, it seemed certain that a battle was taking place.

A being that was killing all the monsters they encountered.

Even meticulously collecting the corpses of the monsters and advancing.

“Hurry! The fact that there is a combat response is proof that Team Leader Yoon and another being are alive!”

“Yes!”

Song Seong-rim started running at the front. The mysterious person! He became very curious about his existence.

* * *

“Damn it! That’s why you always need the best and the second best, but also the worst and the second worst in the number of cases!” [Referencing the need to prepare for all possibilities]

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

I was relentlessly pouring out explosive punches towards Exceller, who was completely lying on the ground.

Especially a little while ago.

Although it felt a bit reckless, the explosive punches that I used, trusting in my changed body, were effective.

Mukcheol Explosive Punch Chapter 6, Lightning Punch [A martial arts technique].

It was a punch that explosively poured out punches that hit one point instantaneously.

If Chapter 3, Frenzy Punch, was a wide-ranging attack specialized in brawls, Chapter 6, Lightning Punch, was a continuous attack that tenaciously targeted only one area.

Already, the seasoning was sufficient [meaning the situation was ripe].

After laying Exceller on the floor.

I poured out all the magic power I had without saving it. I didn’t even think about the next repertoire.

It is a luxury for me, who is inferior to the top-ranked monster, to think about a ‘second plan’.

It’s like thinking about dating and when to get married before even confessing to the opposite sex. In other words, it means it’s a futile act.

Anyway, my choice to frantically link the explosive punches from Chapter 1 to Chapter 6 was effective.

Exceller, whose head was intensively damaged in a short period of time, couldn’t even open his eyes properly.

Even if he wore an enhanced helmet for protection, Mukcheol’s explosive punch had the firepower to crush it.

‘The tuition from my past life was not in vain.’

At that time, I trembled with high expenses and bought the martial arts from Mukcheol.

Looking back, it was a teaching that I wouldn’t have regretted even if I had given him not hundreds of millions, but trillions of won.

“Keureuk, keureuk, keureureureuk.”

Exceller, who lost his main weapon, his tail, in the counterattack.

And then, Exceller, whose head, the base of all judgment, was kneaded like rice cake, was constantly foaming at the mouth.

The next moment.

I saw Exceller’s big mouth, which had lost control and opened weakly, and flashed a murderous look in my eyes.

‘Finish.’

A definite finishing chance was visible.