The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 224

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 224
224. Final Confrontation
[I have located the target Uriel.]
[The distance is currently 601 meters.]
Ryu Min, gliding through the sky with black wings fluttering, confirmed the remaining distance.
‘Getting closer now.’
With the Tracking skill, finding the Angel wasn’t difficult.
But I never expected her to still be in the Demon Beast Forest even after an hour had passed.
‘Did she spend time calling for reinforcements?’
I was curious.
How many reinforcements had she summoned while I was away?
‘Please let it be over 99.’
With an excited heart, I activated my detection skill.
Red dots were scattered across the entire Demon Beast Forest.
‘This… exceeds my expectations?’
Counting the numbers, it easily surpassed 100.
Roughly close to 200.
This was no mistake.
It became even clearer once I entered within 100 meters.
[There are 202 enemies within a 100-meter radius.]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the One-Against-Hundred Rune effect.]
‘Confirmed. She called 200 reinforcements, excluding the two Archangels.’
It seemed she had summoned the maximum reinforcements to deal with me, but this worked out perfectly.
‘At this rate, I could use Demon’s Blessing and still stack it one more time?’
Ryu Min suppressed the laughter threatening to escape and slowly descended to the ground.
In the devastated forest, Raguel and Uriel were quietly watching me.
‘As expected, they knew I was coming. That’s why they prepared this surprise event.’
They were hiding their bodies in trees, attempting some kind of ambush, but with my Presence Detection, there was no way I wouldn’t notice.
‘Too obvious, really. I don’t even need to read their minds for this.’
While the Archangels before me drew attention, they planned to ambush using their 200 troops.
Not realizing they’d already been exposed.
‘Don’t they know I have Presence Detection?’
It didn’t matter.
They’d gathered more sacrifices than I expected.
‘They want to surprise me—I suppose I should act shocked.’
Pretending not to notice the surrounding gazes, I approached the Archangels.
“You two. Still here?”
[Some damned insect plucked out my wings.]
“Can’t even walk without wings? How pathetic.”
Raguel’s expression crumpled instantly.
A faint smile escaped me watching how easily he was shaken by such a trivial provocation.
‘Tch. Holding back your anger? Is it because of the operation?’
Raguel sighed and spoke to draw his attention.
[So why did you run away? I saw you earlier—didn’t even look back as you fled. Were you perhaps afraid of us?]
“Afraid of just two of you?”
[You couldn’t use your blackening ability, so you turned tail, didn’t you?]
“This?”
Ryu Min immediately activated Reaper Form.
[…!]
Uriel and Raguel’s eyes widened—they hadn’t expected him to use it so quickly.
“What? Surprised? The cooldown already refreshed?”
[….]
“Why would I have come back if I’d fled? I returned because I’m confident.”
The moment I took a step forward as if ready to engage, Uriel shouted urgently.
[Attack!]
At that signal, two hundred soldiers hidden throughout the Forest emerged in unison.
[Uuuaaahhhhh!]
Fifth-rank combat Angels gripped their weapons and charged toward the black figure.
The Archangels didn’t remain idle either.
[We’ve been waiting for you to transform like this! Hehehehe, I’ll kill you!]
Raguel revealed her wicked true nature and rushed forward with her subordinates.
Uriel, befitting a mage, prepared suppression spells from behind to restrain Ryu Min.
Even as every Angel charged to kill me, I remained composed.
‘Perhaps I should show a bit of my true power.’
The instant I decided, my form vanished like a phantom.
[Huh?]
The Angels who’d lost their target froze in confusion.
The scroll of light Uriel had prepared dissipated uselessly through empty air.
[W-where did this human go?]
Both Raguel and Uriel panicked, looking around frantically.
Even the Archangels’ eyes couldn’t perceive Ryu Min’s form.
‘So even Archangels can’t see through invisibility. Or perhaps it’s the Stealth Rune that erases all presence.’
Having gained valuable intelligence, Ryu Min moved like the wind.
Crack—! Thud—!
The sounds of something breaking and bodies falling echoed in sequence.
Looking toward the source, Angels lay dead with their necks twisted.
[A-Archangel! Look over here, gah—!]
Ryu Min twisted another Angel’s head in one fluid motion.
Crunch! Thump—
[Angels Eliminated: 21/100]
Ryu Min had already killed over twenty soldiers, rapidly closing in on his quota.
[H-he’s here! The human is here!]
A soldier cried out, but I didn’t need the warning.
Both Uriel and Raguel were staring at their falling comrades with expressions of sheer horror.
‘Insane… what kind of speed is that?’
‘I can’t even follow him with my eyes!’
Ryu Min’s movements were as swift as beams of light.
By the time they spotted him, he’d already snapped a neck and vanished.
Only afterimages remained visible.
The observers’ eyes had no respite.
[K-kill him! Kill that monster!]
Even at Raguel’s command, the combat Angels couldn’t bring themselves to move.
How could they kill an enemy they couldn’t even track with their eyes?
Their best sword strikes only cut through phantoms.
They simply couldn’t keep pace with Ryu Min’s movements.
Thud— thud— thud—!
[Damn it all…!]
As casualties mounted relentlessly, both Raguel and Uriel grew frantic.
The Forest was now littered with the broken bodies of soldiers.
[Stop him! I said stop him! All of you, attack together!]
Was it frustration at their helplessness?
The usually composed Uriel shrieked in irritation, but received no answer.
‘Curse it. At this rate, even my spells….’
No matter how many tricks were in his arsenal, there was no spell that could ensnare such speed.
He would evade any ordinary incantation.
‘There’s no choice. I’ll have to incinerate this entire area.’
I had to stop him before the damage grew worse.
With that resolve, Uriel raised his dagger high toward the sky and began chanting.
Brilliant light converged at the dagger’s tip.
[U-Uriel?]
Recognizing the nature of the spell, Raguel’s expression became even more alarmed than before.
[Are you truly going to use that spell? If something goes wrong, our soldiers too….]
[What choice do I have?! Can you stop that mad monster? Can you?!]
Raguel fell silent, her lips pressed firmly shut.
Even to her eyes, Black Scythe was a monster.
His dark form was almost impossible to track visually.
He displayed transcendent speed so far beyond what he’d shown an hour ago that calling him human seemed absurd.
And she was supposed to stop him?
Raguel shook her head quietly.
‘Impossible.’
Even his superior, Uriel, was shaking his head in disapproval—there was no way he could stop this.
[Soldiers are dying even as we speak. This is the only way.]
[But….]
[Don’t make me repeat myself. You’re delaying the incantation. Tsk.]
[My apologies.]
Uriel clicked his tongue and resumed chanting the spell.
‘The situation is already dire. If we waste any more time, he’ll catch on.’
But Uriel didn’t know.
Even amid the chaos of movement, Ryu Min’s gaze never left the Archangels.
Which meant he had already discerned what spell they were casting.
‘They’re planning to obliterate a 100-meter radius completely, along with their own subordinates.’
Ryu Min glanced at the message as he recognized the preparation of a massive area-of-effect technique.
[Angels Eliminated: 100/100]
[Conditions for Demon’s Blessing have been met.]
[You may activate Demon’s Blessing by speaking its trigger phrase whenever you wish.]
He had just filled the quota of 100 and met the condition.
[102 hostile entities detected within a 100-meter radius.]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the One Against Hundred Rune effect.]
And the One Against Hundred Rune as well.
‘It’s time.’
The moment Ryu Min confirmed he was in peak condition with every possible stat boosted, he cast the buff on himself.
[Demon’s Blessing has been applied.]
[Based on your current total stats (363,417), the following effects apply:]
[Upon eliminating an Angel, you gain gold equal to 1x your base value (363,417). This increases up to 1,000x (363,417,000) depending on the Angel’s rank.]
[Upon eliminating an Angel, you gain stat points equal to 0.01% of your base value (36). This increases up to 10% (36,341) depending on the Angel’s rank.]
[Upon eliminating an Angel, your reputation with the Demon Faction increases slightly.]
[The buff persists until the end of this round.]
His total stats were approximately 360,000.
That meant an average of 90,000 per stat.
Insane stats, but there was no time to marvel.
If he didn’t stop Uriel immediately, those precious Angels would be annihilated.
‘The distance is too great. Then….’
Boom—
As he cast Night of Death, the entire area turned pitch black.
The 100 fifth-rank Angels and the two Archangels were startled, but only for a moment.
[Hmph, you think artificial darkness will cancel the spell? Futile. There is no darkness in existence that can extinguish the light of the Heavenly Realm.]
Just as Raguel explained, the light gathered in the dagger continued to radiate.
Soon the incantation was complete, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of Uriel’s mouth.
[The preparation is complete, Raguel. Brace yourself for the tempest.]
At the very moment Uriel was about to lower the dagger he held to cast Heavenly Wrath—a storm of light and flame—
A flash of light pierced through the darkness.
Along with crimson eyes.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-crash!
Ryu Min’s Moonlight Island obliterated thirty 5th-rank Angels.
And one of Uriel’s arms as well.
[Ugh….]
The moment his arm flew off, the incantation he’d barely memorized was naturally canceled.
Uriel glared into the darkness from which the flash had come.
‘This wretched insect possessed such a powerful skill….’
It was a mistake to have assumed he was an easy opponent and failed to investigate the Reaper’s skills.
Was that why?
Uriel and Raguel were shocked to realize Ryu Min’s assault hadn’t ended.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-crash!
[Angels Eliminated: 67/100]
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-crash!
[Angels Eliminated: 100/100]
[Demon’s Blessing activation condition has been met.]
[You may now activate ‘Demon’s Blessing’ by speaking its incantation whenever you wish.]
In barely six seconds, one hundred Angels vanished without a trace.
It was inevitable—even grazing the formidable wave of moonlight would shatter and incinerate a body.
[I, this can’t be real.]
Was Raguel so shocked that all her subordinates had died in three strikes of Moonlight Island?
Raguel’s eyes widened in disbelief as she glanced around the devastated Forest.
[Where, where did you go? Don’t hide—come out, soldiers!]
But Raguel had no time to search for her soldiers.
Two more strikes of Moonlight Island remained.
The deliberately off-target Moonlight Island grazed past, severing one of Raguel’s legs.
[Kyaaaagh!]
She collapsed to the ground with a cry of agony, but it wasn’t over yet.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-crash!
The next Moonlight Island passed with exquisite precision, burning away one of Raguel’s cheeks.
[Kyahahahahgh! My, my face! My face!]
Ryu Min approached the glowing Raguel.
“How repulsive. Worse than any insect.”
Raguel, whose skull was now exposed, lunged at him with vicious intent.
[You wretched bug—gack!]
The scythe pierced through Raguel’s heart like an arrow and withdrew.
Thud.
Leaving the fallen Archangel behind, Ryu Min walked toward Uriel.
Uriel, panicking, began chanting an incantation with his remaining arm.
Boom—!
A prison of light descended from the heavens, binding me as I walked.
[Excellent! I’ve got you—…]
Crack—!
A single swing shattered the prison into fragments.
Uriel’s expression hardened as he calmly cast his next incantation.
Whoosh—!
A scroll of light materialized from thin air, constricting around me.
The moment Uriel’s face twisted into a satisfied smile.
Riiip—
I tore it apart with raw force.
Whether he unleashed storms of light or detonating needles, none of it left even a scratch on me.
No technique could slow the approaching Reaper’s advance.
Step—
My footsteps halted when I was within arm’s reach.
[You… you bastard… now I understand. You were concealing your true strength.]
“I needed soldiers.”
[What? So you’re saying you deliberately lured me into summoning them?]
“More or less. Though I didn’t expect you’d call so many.”
Thanks to that, I’d accumulated another hundred souls’ worth of blessings for future use.
“For that much, at least, I’m grateful.”
Did he sense my intention to kill him with those words?
Instead of begging for his life, Uriel gritted his teeth and spoke.
[…If you kill me, you’ll regret it. Those above me won’t let you off.]
“That applies whether I kill you or not, doesn’t it?”
[…]
“If you want to live, ask honestly.”
[You never intended to spare me anyway.]
“You know me well.”
Thud—!
I pierced his heart swiftly and withdrew. Uriel’s body crumpled.
A hollow death—he never even saw me move.

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