I’M A Max-Level Regressor [EN]: Chapter 99

Chapter 99

To store items in a subspace, a process called ‘imprinting’ is essential.

Of course, it doesn’t require a complicated engraving procedure; it simply needs the storer’s contact.

In other words, items that haven’t been touched, with ‘absolutely’ no contact, cannot be stored.

However, while fighting Jeilgun, I managed to touch his magic bullet gun, completing the imprinting.

Then, I immediately issued a storage command to the subspace, causing the imprinted magic bullet gun to be sucked in.

“How the hell did this happen? You clearly took a headshot from my sniper, bled, and collapsed…”

“Ah, you mean this?”

In response to Jeilgun’s reaction, I snapped my fingers, and a monster covered in blood emerged from the subspace.

It was the creature I had taken out and put back in during that fleeting moment after collapsing.

A sacrifice prepared as a disguise for emergencies, with its wounds stitched up and filled with a large amount of blood.

I wondered when I would ever use it, but it turned out to be useful sooner than expected.

“It was a disguise…?”

“Were you that easily fooled? To not even distinguish between human blood and monster blood properly.”

“You exploited my narrow field of vision.”

“Yeah. It seemed like you couldn’t see this place well from there.”

“You bug-like bastard, pulling tricks like that.”

“Oh, yeah. Thanks for the compliment.”

I smiled and pushed Jeilgun’s magic bullet gun back into the subspace.

He is the second-in-command of Moonlight.

If my memory serves me right, his rank is S+.

Considering the blood he has sucked from countless victims to fill his belly, this weapon is nothing.

Just the value of the weapon itself is probably worth at least hundreds of millions of won [Korean currency, approximately hundreds of thousands of US dollars].

It was a handmade weapon that clearly had a master’s touch. There’s a high possibility that Jang Dong-shik made it.

‘A lucrative start from the beginning?’

If necessary, I can apply and use the magic bullet gun myself. I also have the talent to condense magic.

However, precisely aiming and concentrating doesn’t suit my personality, so I probably won’t use it often.

“How much is the bounty on you? Jeilgun, do you know that KSA [Korean Special Ability Association] gives over 50 billion won [approximately tens of millions of US dollars] for catching you?”

“Do you think a reward offered for someone you can’t catch has any meaning?”

“I came to catch you. Here.”

“You son of a bitch…!”

Before his words could finish, Jeilgun spat out curses and immediately pulled out two pistols from his chest.

Jeilgun is an Awakened [a person with supernatural abilities] who channels all attacks through gunfire.

Therefore, you should never let your guard down, even if it seems like nothing.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sounds were clearly like ordinary gunshots, but.

Boom! Pow! Crash!

Several structures that would have been sufficient obstacles if it were an ordinary pistol were blown away in succession.

‘As expected.’

As in my past life, he was an Awakened skilled in close combat using guns.

I tried to evade while maintaining acceleration, but his pursuit was faster than expected.

For that reason, after hearing a couple more gunshots, I had no choice but to actively use my Steel Enhancement ability.

Clang! Cling! Clang!

“That ability is quite interesting.”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Jeilgun continued to fire magic bullets, approaching me.

Even though I enhanced myself by pulling up a considerable amount of magic power, the firepower was significant enough to feel vibrations throughout my body.

I didn’t back down either, but rather steadily walked towards Jeilgun.

Movement in the enhanced state is slower than usual, but it was still possible to walk at a leisurely pace.

I asked him.

“Is it okay for you to waste that much magic power?”

“What?”

“I thought you were pouring too much firepower, assuming I wouldn’t be able to withstand your attacks for long.”

Jeilgun’s strength is that he can concentrate high firepower, but paradoxically, that was also a major weakness.

Because it is impossible to adjust the firepower appropriately.

The amount of magic power required was high because the firepower plummeted as much as the amount of magic power used was reduced.

‘The time to recharge must have come. He used more magic power than necessary when he sniped me at the beginning.’

The calculation was roughly done.

A novice only thinks about their remaining magic power, while a mid-level player considers the superiority of their magic power compared to the opponent.

Then what about a master?

They reverse-calculate how much magic power the opponent has consumed and infer the current remaining amount of magic power.

Unless there are variables such as artifacts that greatly increase magic power, the limit of S+ rank Jeilgun is around this point.

He must either drink a magic potion or take a break now.

Or use a special firearm with a separate dimensional stone attached.

Right then.

Bang! Cheeeee!

Jeilgun threw a small glass bottle that he pulled out from his chest.

The glass bottle that hit the ground instantly emitted black smoke and began to spread around.

‘It must be a poisonous gas that induces sleep or causes paralysis.’

The repertoire was obvious.

Special ingredient smoke doesn’t work on me, who has a modified lung in the first place.

Because toxicity is blocked from the source during the entry process.

However, Jeilgun, who doesn’t know that, seemed to have thrown the glass bottle as a trick.

“Hoo!”

I leaped towards him in an instant, covering myself in black smoke. I felt a unique unpleasant sensation along my neck, but that was it.

“No…?”

“Why, what’s wrong?”

Jeilgun, who had thrown the glass bottle as a surprise attack and was trying to retreat to a safe zone, was surprised when I immediately followed him.

And.

Whack!

Before he could react, I grabbed him by the collar.

Because of that, his plan to drink a magic potion by taking advantage of my confusion collapsed.

Before he could even open the potion’s lid.

I grabbed him by the collar and drew a 180-degree arc in the air, slamming him straight into the ground.

Clang!

Because of that, even the glass bottle of the magic potion he was holding shattered.

Judging by the color, it was a high-grade magic potion that was hard to obtain, so it was a 50% recovery.

The next moment.

I covered Jeilgun as if I was attacking him, and examined his entire body.

‘He’s wearing something expensive.’

I saw an integrated reinforcement suit that tightly wrapped him from his neck to his ankles.

Indeed, there is a problem in a battle between Awakened and Awakened in this kind of part.

It would be great if only I had expensive equipment, but if the opponent is in the same condition, there are many things to calculate.

Swish-.

Seeing Jeilgun turning his hand back, it seemed like there was a dagger for emergency use around there.

I wanted to strike the only exposed area, his face, but the angle wasn’t very good.

So.

Crunch!

“Kuaaaaa…!”

I used the fastest and most primitive method. I used my teeth to bite off Jeilgun’s nose.

These are no ordinary teeth.

As modified ‘teeth’ that can chew even steel, the entire nose was bitten and pulled out.

“Euheooo! Euheooo!”

“Ptooey!”

Perhaps because he was attacked in a completely unexpected form, Jeilgun screamed and trembled.

I also bit a person’s nose, not another part, for the first time since returning.

Perhaps he expected a fist attack from above or another repertoire.

Jeilgun dropped the weapon he was trying to take out from behind, and that became a very fatal mistake.

“You’re finished now.”

I delivered a confident death sentence to him.

And.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

The luxurious suit became useless, and a relentless attack targeting only the face began.

Hitting one guy.

And persistently pounding only one point of impact. That was my specialty and forte.

* * *

10 minutes later.

“Why isn’t Jeilgun moving this way?”

Moonlight’s master, Park Hyung-san, who was waiting for Jeilgun to join, tilted his head.

If there were no particular signs on the western route of the base, they were supposed to join the northeastern route.

The 7th Black Tower.

Park Hyung-san was in a place where he could see the surroundings clearly and was waiting for Jeilgun.

He asked his subordinate, who had just returned from reconnaissance, about the situation.

“What’s the situation?”

“We killed three KSA [Korean Special Ability Association] agents and captured five alive.”

“What about our losses?”

“We lost seven. They are E-rank or lower.”

“Keu keu, we exchanged them appropriately.”

Both Jeilgun and Park Hyung-san regarded the lives of their subordinates as insignificant, like pawns in a game of chess.

The value of a KSA agent is whatever you ask for.

It seems that Lee Ha-sung is taking a very strong stance right now, but the reality is different.

The families of the agents who were captured as prisoners had already been contacting them individually through other routes.

In a situation where their own blood could die, the KSA’s cry that there would be no negotiations with criminals felt too irresponsible.

“What’s going on in the west?”

“According to intelligence just confirmed, a group of agents entered but were counterattacked and ran away.”

“Terrible guys, they’re so pathetic it’s not even worth talking about.”

A smile appeared on Park Hyung-san’s face.

Even at this moment, KSA agents were pushing in from all over the place.

Nevertheless, Park Hyung-san was relaxed because they were all choosing to enter only dangerous areas.

The only thing that bothered him was the route that the Yanghwa Guild members had entered.

Whether information had leaked from the inside, they were precisely occupying key points and entering.

Because of this, they had suffered much more damage from the Yanghwa Guild than from the KSA agents.

“Screw it, we can just abandon the base.”

The world is wide, and there are many Black Zones.

There were more than a dozen Red Zones and Black Zones across the country that Moonlight was using as their main stage.

The North Daejeon Black Zone was just a means to be used temporarily to make a ‘one-time deal.’

And all progress was going very smoothly. Except for the fact that Jeilgun, who had to snipe the valuable people with high bounties, was absent.

“This bastard…”

Feeling frustrated, Park Hyung-san moved first.

The ‘Blink Artifact’ he possessed was a rare artifact that was not restricted by spatial constraints.

It was also a perfect ability for him, who had the talent to realize various magic from a distance.

Space movement, long-range control.

It was truly a perfect combination given by God. That’s what made him the number one in Moonlight.

“Keep the front line secure and continue to send out scouts.”

“Yes, I understand.”

It was a region where electronic devices did not work, so they had no choice but to use old-fashioned methods, but it didn’t matter.

Because the bad conditions were the same for both sides.

팟-. 파팟-.

As soon as he finished speaking, Park Hyung-san’s figure quickly jumped between buildings.

Every time he blinked, Park Hyung-san’s figure appeared on the rooftop of another building, poof.

In that way, he instantly moved a distance of nearly 1km.

Since he used the magic power stored in the Blink Artifact itself, there was not a single change in Park Hyung-san’s magic power.

But right then.

“How did this happen…?”

The bloodstains he found upon reaching the final destination.

What was lying on top of it was none other than Jeilgun’s figure.

Moreover, his face was completely crushed to the point where he couldn’t recognize his shape.

The more frightening fact was that the reinforced suit he was wearing was surprisingly clean.

“A more valuable person with a higher bounty has personally appeared?”

At that time, a coldly laid man’s voice coldly dug into Park Hyung-san’s ears. It was Myth.