The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 106

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 106
106. The True Identity of Lost Yak
The Fascination Rune is a broken ability.
No matter how high a player’s level, no matter how renowned a human is, it will always work without fail.
Everyone must bow their head equally before Yamtti.
But.
‘It’s not working. No matter how many times I try, it’s not working!’
No matter how intently I stared while casting the enchantment, only a message appeared: mental barrier blocking the effect.
The more I attempted it, the more I confirmed that the fascination simply would not take hold.
‘Why isn’t it working? Why?’
That wasn’t the only thing that left Yamtti bewildered.
The opponent’s nickname displayed in the message.
Black Scythe.
‘The person standing before me right now isn’t Lost Yak—it’s Black Scythe?’
So the Lost Yak I’d known all this time was actually Black Scythe!
Could I have ever imagined that Black Scythe, my top priority for recruiting executives, was right beside me all along?
“You… you are…”
“Ah, you saw it? My nickname.”
“…”
“The Fascination Rune really is broken, isn’t it? It even reveals my real name.”
“H-how do you know about my rune?”
“I’ve told you multiple times already.”
In that instant, Ryu Min’s eyes turned glacial.
“I don’t have to answer every question you ask.”
“…”
Gulp.
Yamtti stared at Ryu Min in silence, tension coiling through her body.
‘A man immune to fascination. And he’s Black Scythe…”
In recent memory, no man had ever made Yamtti this nervous.
In fact, everyone who heard her speak would bow and obey like slaves.
‘What do I do now? From the atmosphere, this clearly isn’t coming from good intentions…”
From the circumstances, it was Black Scythe standing before her who had sabotaged the operation and moved against the Chairman.
Since the Chairman’s name still remained on her fascination list, it seemed he hadn’t killed him yet.
‘The fact that he hasn’t killed me immediately means he wants something.’
I cannot win through force.
My opponent was the legendary Black Scythe, after all.
I have to resolve this through words, no matter what.
With the thought that conversation might actually work, Yamtti asked.
“B-Black Scythe. If you tell me what you want, I’ll do my best to accommodate…”
“Yamtti. Is something the matter?”
The executives sensed something was amiss and drew closer.
One positioned himself to block the exit, another prepared an ambush from behind, and a third stood beside Yamtti with a wary gaze.
They had instinctively arranged themselves strategically, mindful of contingencies to make a good impression on Yamtti.
‘Look at these fools.’
Ryu Min suddenly smiled, but Yamtti felt an inexplicable chill run through her at the sight.
“Yamtti. Is something troubling you? If you tell us what’s wrong, we can….”
“Shut up. You’re only getting in the way, so stay still….”
“Yamtti.”
“Yes?”
“These friends have better instincts than you. They can read the atmosphere.”
Ryu Min drew his scythe in an instant.
“But they can’t grasp the situation they’re in.”
Screeeech—!
Something tore through in succession.
Thud, thud, thud—
The three executives who had been standing moments before collapsed like marionettes with cut strings.
“Ah.”
Blood pooled on the floor, but Yamtti’s mind couldn’t process it.
‘I didn’t even see it.’
Realizing the speed was beyond any response, Yamtti abandoned her hope.
Truthfully, she had harbored a thread of hope when the executives stepped forward.
But it had proven to be nothing but a vain wish.
‘There’s no way out. Black Scythe—this man, no scheme will work against him.’
She had only just come to understand this reality.
“So, what do you want?”
“First, release National Assembly Member Lee Sung-hyun from the Fascination Rune.”
“….”
If she lifted the Fascination Rune, she could never use him again.
That fact held her back.
“What if I refuse?”
She mustered her courage.
The price was her arm.
Thunk—
“Ah, aaaahhh!”
Yamtti clutched her shoulder and collapsed, consumed by searing agony.
Naturally, she hadn’t even seen when it was severed.
“Your courage is admirable, but you’ve misjudged your opponent.”
“Ahhhhh….”
“I’m not here to listen to refusals.”
Ryu Min picked up her severed arm from the floor.
I pressed my arm against the cleanly severed edge.
“Aaahhh!”
The pain was brief—as soon as I activated Emergency Treatment, the wound healed and my arm returned to its original state.
“It won’t be perfect like before, but you should be able to move it.”
‘Wait… really?’
Yamtti was genuinely shocked.
Reattaching a severed arm like that.
She had the Emergency Treatment skill herself, but she knew her recovery power wasn’t strong enough to reattach a severed limb.
‘How is this even possible?’
It was the same skill—so why was there such a difference in recovery potency?
As if warning her not to dwell on such questions, I picked up the scythe again.
“Now that your arm is reattached, I’ll say it once more. Release the fascination on National Assembly Member Lee Sung-hyun.”
Yamtti didn’t hesitate and acted immediately.
“I-I released it.”
At those words, I studied Yamtti carefully.
Reading her true thoughts, it wasn’t a lie.
“Fast.”
As proof, Lee Sung-hyun, who had been motionless like a doll until moments ago, began drooling.
“Ugh, my head… huh?”
When he opened his eyes, a black cloth covered his vision.
His body was bound to a chair—he couldn’t move an inch.
Though he couldn’t see, Lee Sung-hyun quickly grasped the situation.
“Hey, you bastards! Untie this right now! I know you’re nearby! You dare kidnap a National Assembly Member? You’ve made a huge mistake. Do you understand me!?”
Just then, the darkness suddenly flooded with light.
I had removed the black cloth.
“Huh?”
“Greetings, National Assembly Member Lee Sung-hyun. I am someone here to save you.”
A bronze-skinned man he’d never seen before was staring at him intently.
Before he could even wonder who this was, the acrid stench of blood and the sight of corpses suddenly assaulted his senses.
“Ugh…!”
“Please wait a moment. I need to settle things with that woman first.”
As the congressman gagged, I turned my gaze toward Yamtti.
“Should I let you live, or not?”
“P-please… let me live.”
“If I let you live, can you go on without using your abilities?”
“Yes! I swear to God, I will never use my abilities again…!”
“Don’t swear to God. Swear to me instead.”
“Ah, yes! I swear to Black Scythe! I swear!”
Watching Yamtti speak with desperate urgency, I nodded.
“Good. I’ll show you mercy.”
“Th-thank you! Thank you so much!”
“Now go on your way.”
Even as I granted the dismissal she so desperately wanted, Yamtti regarded me with suspicious eyes.
“Are you… really letting me go? You’re not going to slit my throat the moment I turn around, are you?”
“You’ve lived your whole life being deceived. Go.”
I turned my head away indifferently.
‘Completely defenseless…?’
For a fleeting moment, the temptation to strike crossed her mind—but it was nothing more than that.
‘No, no. I’m insane.’
Why would she risk her life when she was being spared?
Compared to Black Scythe, her stats were pathetically inadequate.
The gap between an elephant and a mouse.
She knew all too well that even a surprise attack would have virtually no chance of success.
“Y-yes, I’m going. Black Scythe. Then I’ll take my leave…”
“Wait, where do you think you’re going! You damn woman!”
As Yamtti tried to leave the cabin, Lee Sung-hyun thrashed about in his chair.
“Untie me! I need to catch her! She’s the one who kidnapped me!”
One might expect such desperate pleas to move me to action, yet I simply watched in silence, doing nothing.
“Leave. Now.”
“Y-yes, understood.”
Yamtti glanced at me uncertainly for a moment before fleeing the cabin like a hunted animal.
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Tap-tap-tap-tap—
Her breathing grew ragged as she descended the mountain road.
“Huff… huff…”
After descending what felt like a safe distance, Yamtti turned to look back.
The cabin had already vanished from sight.
“He’s not following? He’s really letting me live?”
Neither visible in her field of vision nor detected by the common skill Presence Detection.
Yamtti could be certain.
There was no pursuit.
“Ha, haha, hihihi… hip!”
She laughed aloud before catching herself, afraid Black Scythe might hear.
But the laughter that escaped was impossible to suppress.
“Pukihihihi. Haha, what the hell is this?”
Yamtti laughed until tears pricked her eyes, speaking in bewilderment.
“Does he like me or something? What is this? Why would he let me live?”
Could it be because of the promise not to use her abilities?
Or perhaps because she appeared to be a fragile woman?
“Did he fall for my beauty or something?”
I couldn’t fathom why he’d let me live.
“How naive can you be, really!”
He actually believed my promise not to use my abilities and let me go.
“In all my years, I’ve never seen such a fool. Hehehehe.”
I’d encountered countless men, but never one so utterly gullible.
“Hihihihi, you idiot. A vow? A promise? Give that garbage to goblins instead. Why should I keep it?”
Yamtti had never intended to honor any promise.
It was merely honeyed words spoken for survival.
Anyone foolish enough to fall for it deserved their fate.
I bore no responsibility.
Only after confirming no one was nearby did Yamtti exhale in relief.
“Phew, I cheated death. I never thought someone immune to fascination existed.”
That it turned out to be Black Scythe, of all people.
‘And Lost Yak was Black Scythe all along. So he’s been hiding his identity this whole time, waiting to betray us?’
The more I thought about it, the more terrifying that man became.
‘The kidnapping failed, but I can’t complain. At least I’m alive.’
If Black Scythe hadn’t turned out to be such a fool, I’d be crossing the River of Three Paths by now.
‘Is he surprisingly weak to women? I should have seriously seduced him when he was an executive.’
The bronze-skinned, muscular man wasn’t really my type, but what did it matter?
He was the legendary Black Scythe, after all.
‘I’m alive. Now that I am, I just need to plan my next move.’
The Chairman still hadn’t been removed from the fascination list.
I could easily manipulate the Chairman to move Player Cafe again.
With such thoughts, Yamtti was about to descend the mountain when—
‘Huh?’
A presence suddenly registered on my senses.
Yamtti reflexively spun around and gasped in horror.
“Y-you’re… Black Scythe…!”
Death itself stood before me.
“As expected. You’re not trustworthy at all.”
“W-wait, Black Scythe. W-what are you saying? There’s been some misunderstanding…”
“I heard everything. You were muttering away quite nicely.”
“…”
Yamtti momentarily hoped Black Scythe was testing her.
She desperately wished he’d heard nothing.
“I heard you mocking me as a fool. Your laughter was quite bizarre—almost as strange as Angel’s.”
“…”
“Still don’t believe me? Or won’t believe me? Either way, it doesn’t matter. I’ve confirmed you’re untrustworthy, and that’s all I needed.”
As Black Scythe drew closer, Yamtti grew desperate.
“W-wait, please. If you’re going to kill me, reconsider. I’m actually quite useful in many ways…”
“What makes you think I’d trust you?”
“….”
“You’re the type who’d throw away oaths like they’re nothing—a woman who’d hand them to goblins.”
Yamtti swallowed hard.
The mention of goblins confirmed she’d overheard everything.
“And who said anything about killing you?”
“Pardon?”
“With an ability as useful as the Fascination Rune, it would be wasteful to simply dispose of you.”
“Then… what are you saying?”
Yamtti couldn’t find the words to continue.
Ryu Min’s pupils had shifted to violet.
It was the transformation that occurred when he wielded his dominion.
“Yamtti. Become my slave.”

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