The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 225

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 225
225. One More Reward
I had killed the 4th and 5th ranked Archangels.
Ryu Min only truly grasped this fact after checking the messages.
[You have defeated the Seven Archangel ‘Raguel’!]
[Stat Points +14,536]
[Gold +145,366,800]
[As a reward for slaying Archangel Raguel, ‘Condensed Ether’ has been obtained.]
[As a reward for slaying Archangel Raguel, ‘Rune of Judgment’ has been obtained.]
[The acquired rune is automatically inscribed into the player’s body!]
[Your reputation with the Demon Faction has increased significantly.]
[You have defeated the Seven Archangel ‘Uriel’!]
[Stat Points +18,170]
[Gold +181,708,500]
[As a reward for slaying Archangel Uriel, ‘Condensed Ether’ has been obtained.]
[As a reward for slaying Archangel Uriel, ‘Rune of Light Arrows’ has been obtained.]
[The acquired rune is automatically inscribed into the player’s body!]
[Your reputation with the Demon Faction has increased significantly.]
[The Demon Faction’s reputation toward Black Scythe has risen from ‘Very Favorable’ to ‘Eternal Ally’.]
As expected, two ethers had arrived.
‘Now I can forge a Divine-grade weapon.’
My stat points had also skyrocketed.
‘One hundred 5th-rank angels gave 7,200, and two Archangels gave 32,706, so….’
In total, nearly 40,000 stat points had come in.
An astronomical figure.
My gold had also swelled by 400 million.
Moreover, my reputation with the Demon Faction had reached its maximum.
From the demons’ perspective, I was nothing less than a hero who had severed the enemy commander’s head, so it was only natural.
But more than anything else, my gaze settled on the rune information window.
[Rune of Judgment]
-Effect: Each time you kill an enemy, you gain 1 Judgment Stack (max 100).
By consuming 100 Judgment Stacks, you can use ‘Celestial Judgment’.
└ Celestial Judgment ▶ Deals magical damage equal to 2,400% of Intelligence in an X-shaped area ahead.
[Rune of Light Arrows]
-Effect: Movement using light becomes possible.
└ Speed of Light ▶ Move in a straight line at light speed (max 1,000m). You stop if blocked by an object.
└ Teleport ▶ Shoot light (max 100m) and move your body to where the light touches.
└ Summon ▶ Shoot light (max 100m) and move the target it touches in front of you.
‘One is an offensive skill Raguel used, and the other is a mobility skill Uriel used.’
Looking at the descriptions, both had excellent efficiency.
Especially since they were Holy-attribute skills, making them all the more satisfying.
After all, I possessed the Rune of Radiance, which amplified the effects of Holy-attribute skills proportionally to my level.
‘Both look promising, but the Rune of Light Arrow will prove quite useful. It can summon distant enemies after all.’
It would serve well when I needed to bring allies—or fleeing enemies—right before my eyes.
‘If the effect amplifies by my level, and it increases by 92%, can I pull enemies from 192 meters away?’
The effect of light speed also looked appealing.
Without obstacles, I could traverse up to 1,920 meters in a single breath.
‘I should verify what the cooldown is.’
I would investigate those details gradually. For now, there was something else to check.
“You can come out now. It’s safe.”
Rustle… rustle…
At my call, I heard movement from behind.
Turning my head, it was none other than John Delgado.
He was the last one I had sought before encountering the Angels.
“D-did you do all of this, Master?”
John stared speechless at the devastated landscape, as if a bomber had swept through it.
“Well, yes. Though it wasn’t as intense a battle as it looks.”
If anything, it had been rather dull.
If the 4th and 5th ranked were this strong, I was confident I could face the 1st ranked right now.
‘Or perhaps not the 1st?’
I didn’t know which rank the Archangel I’d met in my 68th return held, but I suspected it was the 1st.
The strength I’d felt then was in an entirely different dimension from the Archangel I’d just faced.
“What would you have me do?”
At John’s question, I came to my senses and pointed to a soldier lying on the ground nearby.
“First, turn one of the Angels into a corporeal Undead Servant. I want to test something. There shouldn’t be any problem turning one of this quality into an Undead, right?”
John looked at the Angel’s corpse and nodded.
“Of course. You killed them quite cleanly. With this condition, it’s absolutely possible.”
A Necromancer’s undead transformation came in two types.
Spectral undead transformation, which enslaved the soul, and corporeal undead transformation, which raised the corpse.
Only one could be used per corpse, and unlike spectral transformation, corporeal transformation required the corpse to be in relatively intact condition.
‘Moreover, unlike spectral Undead Servants that can be continuously summoned, corporeal ones are one-time use.’
In exchange, they were stronger than spectral Undead Servants and possessed immunity to magical damage.
‘And if I kill them afterward, I even receive rewards.’
Normally, killing summons yielded no rewards whatsoever, but corporeal Undead Servants were different.
Perhaps because they were one-time summons, killing them granted approximately 50% of the normal rewards.
This was precisely what I wanted to test.
‘Whether killing an Angel transformed into a corporeal Undead Servant will yield the full rewards.’
To test this, I had killed the first hundred soldiers by breaking only their necks, leaving them relatively intact.
The next hundred I’d had to annihilate in my haste.
“Raise them now.”
“Yes, Master.”
John pointed his staff at the corpse and activated the Corpse Resurrection skill.
Crack, crack, crack—
The angel’s broken neck snapped back into place, and its eyes opened to reveal an intact face.
Though as an Undead Servant, only the whites of its eyes were visible.
“I have resurrected it as commanded, Master.”
“Is that creature your subordinate?”
“It is, but it will be recognized as an enemy by other players.”
“Good. Now let’s kill it.”
Without hesitation, I swung my scythe and severed the angel’s neck.
Thud—
Then something remarkable happened.
[You have defeated 5th-Grade Angel Oliver!]
[Stat Points +36]
[Gold +363,417]
[Angels Defeated: 103/100]
[Judgment Rune Stack: 2/100]
Upon defeating the materialized Undead angel, the count rose from 102 to 103.
Moreover, all the rewards I had anticipated came through.
‘I expected this, but to actually receive the rewards…’
However, the rewards came at only half value, not the full amount.
It seemed the materialized Undead’s power was only half of what it had been in life.
‘Though I can only resurrect each corpse once, this alone is invaluable.’
John Delgado’s value had skyrocketed.
I had made the right choice not to simply kill him.
“John. Resurrect all the angels as materialized Undead Servants.”
“Understood.”
“Wait, hold on a moment.”
I paused the command, struck by a sudden thought.
‘Wouldn’t it be better to invoke Demon’s Blessing once more before killing them, rather than killing them now?’
I had used Demon’s Blessing after killing the first hundred soldiers.
Now I had filled the stack completely by defeating the remaining hundred and the Archangel.
In other words, I could invoke Demon’s Blessing once more.
‘Since my stats have increased after defeating the Archangel, invoking the blessing anew would grant me even greater rewards.’
Moreover, if I killed all the corpses here, I could fill the stack to 100 again.
‘First, I need to distribute my stats.’
I opened my status window and distributed 39,906 stat points.
After allocating them evenly across all four stats, I issued an order to John.
“Resurrect all the angels here.”
“Understood.”
John turned the physical bodies into Undead Servants one by one.
Unlike spiritual entities, physical Undead Servants were one-time summons, so their numbers were unlimited.
They couldn’t be carried around like ordinary summons.
‘So I need to dispose of all of them here before leaving.’
Shortly after, excluding one I killed for testing, a total of 101 physical Undead Servants were created.
[101 enemies detected within a 100-meter radius.]
[All stats increase by 100% due to the One Against Hundred rune effect.]
The summons were recognized as enemies, so my stats increased through the One Against Hundred rune.
This was why I hadn’t used Blessing yet.
To maximize my stats.
Perhaps because I’d just killed an Angel, the Reaper transformation was still active.
Now was the perfect time to use it.
‘Demon’s Blessing.’
[Demon’s Blessing has been applied.]
[Based on your current total stats (2,019,892), the following effects apply.]
[Upon defeating an Angel, you gain Gold equal to 1x the baseline (2,019,892). This increases up to 1,000x (2,019,892,000) depending on the Angel’s rank.]
[Upon defeating an Angel, you gain Stat Points equal to 0.01% of the baseline (201). This increases up to 10% (201,989) depending on the Angel’s rank.]
[Upon defeating an Angel, your reputation with the Demon Faction increases slightly.]
[The buff persists until the end of this round.]
With Demon’s Blessing active, the rewards were far greater than before.
‘It’s increased more than fivefold.’
I killed the resurrected Angels again right there.
It was like killing the dead twice, but it didn’t matter.
As long as I got the rewards, that was all that mattered.
Crunch—! Crunch—!
As I slaughtered all the standing Undead Servants, my stats accumulated rapidly.
[Angels Defeated: 99/100]
[Judgment Rune Stack: 100/100]
[You can use ‘Heavenly Judgment’ by consuming 100 stacks.]
After disposing of 99 Undead Soldiers, I gained nearly 20,000 stats and 200 million Gold.
Now only the Archangels remained.
I stood before the resurrected Raguel and Uriel.
These soulless creatures showed no hostility toward me.
They didn’t even recognize me.
Crunch—!
[You have defeated the Seven Archangel ‘Raguel’!]
[Stat Points +40,397]
[Gold +403,978,400]
[Angels Defeated: 100/100]
[Demon’s Blessing usage condition fulfilled.]
[You may use it whenever you wish by speaking the activation word ‘Demon’s Blessing’.]
Even at 50%, the compensation was staggering.
The baseline had increased, so I received more than before.
‘But items and runes weren’t granted again.’
Since I’d obtained them once, there was no duplicate distribution.
The Soul Bond Quest was the same.
【Soul Bond Quest】
└Eliminate the Seven Archangels
└Current Archangels Eliminated (4/7)
└Upon Success ▶ ?????
I wondered if the count would increase, but it didn’t budge at all.
‘So killing the same one again won’t register.’
In the end, I had to eliminate all seven distinct Archangels.
‘Fine. Let’s see this through to the end. I owe the Angels a debt anyway. And I’m curious about the Soul Bond Quest reward.’
I didn’t know how strong the first-ranked one was, but to kill even that entity, I needed to become stronger in every way possible.
[You have eliminated the Seven Archangel ‘Uriel’!]
[Stat Points +50,497]
[Gold +504,973,000]
[Angels Eliminated: 101/100]
After slaughtering all the Angels, I checked my status window.
-Name: Ryu Min
-Nickname: Black Scythe
-Rank: Master
-Titles: Reverser of the Final Hour (Hidden), First Angel Slayer (Hidden), Defiant Against Divine Punishment (Hidden), The Forerunner (Hidden), The Supreme Being (Hidden), Massacrer (Hidden)
-Level: 92
-Class: Grim Reaper
-Strength: 501,935, Intelligence: 505,751
-Agility: 501,935, Luck: 510,271
-Common Skills: Tracking, Presence Detection, Trace Erasure, First Aid, Surrounding Survey, Dynamic Vision Enhancement, Basic Resistance, Dexterity
-Exclusive Skills: Death’s Seal, Death’s Night, Moonlight Island, Red Moon
-Runes: Massacre Rune, Reaper’s Rune, Radiance Rune, True Heart Rune, Doppelgänger Rune, Balance Rune, Mental Barrier Rune, Durability Rune, Future Sight Rune, Stealth Rune, Demon Rune, Lightning Rune, Sensory Rune, Expansion Rune, Reputation Rune, Darkness Rune, Gale Rune, Hero Rune, One Against Hundred Rune, Resistance Rune, Immunity Rune, Judgment Rune, Light Arrow Rune
-Held Gold: 1,568,887,025
-Remaining Stat Points: 110,793
‘1.5 billion in gold and 110,000 stat points to distribute.’
It was truly astronomical.
The rewards had nearly tripled compared to the beginning.
‘Using the Necromancer made me this powerful.’
Thinking I should keep him around for the rewards alone, I asked John, who stood motionless.
“How far did you get with the Sub Quests?”
“I completed them up through the Errand Quest.”
“I’ve wasted enough time because of me. I’ll take you to the Holy Empire, so finish this as quickly as possible.”
“Understood.”
‘You need to survive until the final round with me.’
Ryu Min concealed his true thoughts as he and John erased all traces, disposing of the Angels’ corpses.
“Let’s go. Get on my back.”
With John clinging to his back, Ryu Min utilized the Rune of Light Arrows to escape at the speed of light.
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[Time remaining until round end: 00:00:00]
As the allotted ten hours elapsed, players scattered throughout the Fantasy World converged in one place.
It was the Monochrome Space, the initial starting point.
“Has it already been ten hours?”
“Damn it! I was in the middle of a Quest!”
“Insane! I just needed to catch one more!”
“What do I do now? I’m finished.”
Players who had failed to raise their reputation even to friendly status wailed and fell to their knees.
Meanwhile, those who had managed to raise theirs, however late, desperately prayed they would fall within the passing threshold.
Though their prayers wouldn’t change results already determined.
[Hoho, you’ve all worked hard for ten hours, humans. It’s quite difficult to raise reputation when you actually try it, isn’t it?]
“….”
[Since there’s no answer, it must have been easy? I’m so curious to see how many passed. Let’s hope we don’t see failures like last time, shall we? Kekeke.]
The Angel who mocked them openly sent a signal, and the tally results materialized.

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