The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 331

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 331
331. I’ll Tell You Everything.
[A-about Chaos?]
“What are his weaknesses, and are there forces opposing him?”
[W-well, Chaos has no weaknesses.]
“You’re lying.”
[I’m serious. Do you think the Primordial God would have weaknesses?]
“What about factions that hold grudges against Chaos? If you can divine anyone’s desires for revenge with your ability, you’d know that much, wouldn’t you?”
[T-that is….]
Nemesis hesitated to speak.
It wasn’t loyalty to Chaos that kept her silent.
From the beginning, Nemesis had followed him out of fear that she might be annihilated, rather than out of loyalty.
That’s why she chose to cooperate with Black Scythe rather than die immediately.
Yet she still hesitated to answer because she didn’t know how to phrase it.
[T-there are plenty of people who hate Chaos. So many that I can’t even figure out where to start….]
“To that extent?”
Ryu Min, exasperated, changed his question.
“Then who are the beings loyal to Chaos? Who exists among them?”
[I can tell you that. Nyx, Moros, Erebus, Aether….]
Nemesis rattled off names like a string of sausages.
Except for one.
“Why did you leave out one person?”
[Huh? Who are you talking about?]
“You.”
Nemesis’s body flinched.
Then she forced an awkward laugh.
[That’s absurd. If my loyalty were that strong, I wouldn’t be spilling everything like this… Huh?]
At the sound of something dropping, she looked down to see her own arm rolling across the floor.
Bleeding crimson.
[A-aaaagh!]
She screamed from the delayed pain, but seeing the scythe at her throat, she could only clamp her mouth shut like a clam.
“Don’t move. Next time it’s your neck.”
[W-why are you doing this to me? Haven’t I been cooperating as much as I can?]
“That doesn’t change the fact that you’re Chaos’s lackey.”
[Ah, I see now. The reason you’re taking revenge on me.]
Nemesis instantly grasped Ryu Min’s feelings with her ability.
[It’s because I helped kill you with the Demon Resurrection Scripture, isn’t it?]
“Is that all?”
Nemesis had once attempted to make Ryu Min a sacrifice by manipulating the player Simple Mukbang.
Moreover, as Michael’s superior, she had issued various orders to hand him over to Phlunikthos.
Knowing that Ryu Min was angry, Nemesis had to keep his wits sharp despite the agony coursing through him.
One wrong move and his head would literally roll off his shoulders.
[Y-yes, I understand your feelings. It’s only natural that you harbor vengeance against me. But this isn’t the time for that. Don’t you need information from me?]
“What information could you possibly have when you don’t even know Chaos’s weakness?”
Ryu Min’s scorn made Nemesis realize something immediately.
The reason he intended to kill him.
‘This bastard. He’s going to kill me because it seems there’s no useful information to extract from me.’
Desperation seized Nemesis as he hastily opened his mouth.
[Y-yes, you’re right. I don’t know Chaos’s weakness.]
“Still calling him ‘sir’ even now.”
As Ryu Min’s scythe began to move, urgency flooded Nemesis’s face.
[W-wait! I’ll correct myself! Chaos! That damned bastard! I don’t know his weakness either. But I do know where you can find information about him!]
“Where?”
[Have you heard of the Akashic Record?]
Ryu Min nodded.
“Vaguely.”
I’d learned through Michael’s thoughts that it was a transdimensional information collective where all events in the universe are recorded.
[The information you seek might be there.]
At those words, Ryu Min slowly lowered his scythe.
There was no way he could find it on his own.
“Guide me.”

* * *
‘Damn it, here I am, called a goddess, being threatened by a mere human.’
Nemesis guided Black Scythe while enduring the pain, her mind plagued by temptation.
What if she deceived him and simply led him to where Chaos was?
Couldn’t she escape this crisis by stabbing him in the back?
Yet no matter how many times she considered it, she could only envision failure.
‘The moment Black Scythe sees Chaos, he’ll slit my throat.’
He was not the type to remain idle once he realized he’d been deceived.
If he determined she’d betrayed him, he would kill without hesitation.
‘Even if Lord Chaos saves me, there’s still a problem.’
If Chaos saved her, it would be to exact punishment for her transgression.
Leading Black Scythe here was commendable, but revealing Chaos’s location was a serious liability.
In that case, she couldn’t escape judgment.
‘He’d kill me outright, judgment or not. A merciless being like Lord Chaos would never let a traitor live.’
Besides, even Nemesis didn’t know where Chaos was.
She could contact other Divine Beings and search for him, but bringing Black Scythe along made it nearly impossible.
‘In the end, there’s only one way. Open the Akashic Record’s door and slip inside alone.’
Even if she opened the Akashic Record’s door, those without credentials couldn’t enter.
If an unregistered being tried to enter, they’d be repelled at the threshold.
‘Heh, then I can shake off Black Scythe and escape safely inside.’
Nemesis smiled wickedly, unaware of one thing.
That Ryu Min behind her was reading her every thought.
[Here it is, human.]
An impossibly towering door loomed before them.
[This is the Akashic Record, called the library of information. I’ll open the door for you, so hurry and enter….]
“Wait.”
Ryu Min blocked Nemesis with his scythe as she moved forward.
“You were planning to leave me behind and enter alone?”
[W-what are you talking about?]
“You knew I lack the credentials to enter, so you planned to slip inside by yourself. Isn’t that right?”
Nemesis’s pupils trembled as her true intentions were exposed.
Her heart sank.
‘Damn, how did he know?’
Her scheme had been discovered right before the door.
‘Shit! It’s right within reach….’
Nemesis, who had been cautiously observing, suddenly made her decision and swatted the scythe away, reaching for the door.
Or rather, she tried to.
Shhwiiing—
The scythe cut diagonally across, cleaving through Nemesis’s body.
Ryu Min gazed coldly at the chunks of flesh falling to the ground, then lifted his head.
I couldn’t help but be astonished.
[Experience +1,500,000,000]
[Acquired experience has exceeded 100,000.]
[Experience converts to 15,000 Stat Points.]
‘1.5 billion experience points…?’
Before I could even settle my shock, countless messages flooded my vision.
[Level increased!]
[Level increased!]
[Level increased!]
…
…
[Level 120 achieved!]
[From now on, Stat gain per level up increases to 5!]
…
…
[Level 130 achieved!]
[From now on, Stat gain per level up increases to 6!]
…
…
Every 10 levels, the acquired Stat amount increased.
‘How many levels did I gain?’
When the notifications ended and I opened my status window, I couldn’t help but be stunned.
I had gained a whopping 126 levels.
‘My level went from 111 to 237 in an instant.’
The Stat Points I received totaled 16,248.
‘I never thought killing a god would grant this much experience.’
Normally, experience doesn’t increase from fighting gods, but thanks to the Transcendence Rune, I could extract experience from any enemy.
The good news didn’t end there.
[Soul Gauntlet absorbs the soul of the slain Divine Being.]
[Soul ‘Nemesis’ has been stored in the gauntlet.]
[Extracting the abilities of soul ‘Nemesis’…]
[…Extraction successful!]
[Learned new temporary skill ‘Vengeance’!]
[Temporary Skill – Vengeance]
-Effect: Damage against targets of vengeance increases by 2x.
Additionally, you can locate the position of other targets harboring vengeance.
Just as I obtained the qualifications of the Demon Tribe from Phlunikthos, I was able to extract the skill of Vengeance from Nemesis.
【Soul Bond Quest】
└Slay Gods
└Divine Beings Defeated (2/4)
└Success: ▶ ?????
‘So I just need to kill two more?’
I erased Nemesis’s corpse without leaving a trace—who knew who might discover it otherwise.
I tested whether it worked on the Divine Beings, and of course it did.
‘Now shall I go inside?’
Standing before the door, I pushed with all my strength and opened the entrance to the Akashic Record.
Creak—
As the massive door slid open, the pitch-black interior revealed itself like the cosmos itself.
I stepped into that void where nothing was visible.
Then, contrary to Nemesis’s expectation that I would be repelled—
[Verifying entry qualifications for the Akashic Record.]
[User possesses an Akashic Record entry pass.]
[Entry has been approved.]
My body was pulled into the cosmic expanse.

* * *
The repository of transdimensional information—the Akashic Record.
Inside, it resembled a library more than a universe.
An infinite space where endless volumes towered skyward without end in sight.
There, a phantom-like entity existed.
[Welcome, Black Scythe.]
“You know who I am?”
[Allow me to introduce myself first. I am Rubahi, the librarian of the Akashic Record.]
I observed him carefully.
Then my Eyes of Insight revealed the information.
[Rubahi]
└ Race: Divine Being
└ Alignment: Good
└ Position: Librarian
└ Special Notes: A thought-form entity guarding the Akashic Record. He is absolute within this space.
└ Weakness: Cannot leave the Akashic Record.
‘Good alignment?’
I judged that the alignment my Eyes of Insight revealed was relative.
After all, those who had consistently opposed me showed evil alignment.
‘Does that mean this phantom-like being is favorably disposed toward me?’
My hostility toward Rubahi eased somewhat.
Though I didn’t lower my guard.
His thoughts remained unreadable to me.
“How did you know my name?”
[Would a librarian of a library that knows all information in the universe not know that much? I’d have to quit.]
“How much do you know about me?”
[Quite a lot. More than you might think.]
“….”
As I stared in disbelief, Rubahi raised a finger.
A thick book descended from the heavens and came to rest in my hands.
[Read it once. It is a book that distills your entire life.]
I read through the book in silence.
Outwardly, I showed no reaction, but inwardly, I was horrified.
‘Everything about me is written here?’
From my birth to the process of progressing through the rounds and arriving here.
Every action I had taken so far was recorded in a single volume.
Though it didn’t contain conversations with others.
Only what I had done and what I had obtained were written.
‘But what’s written here is only from the 100th round.’
The contents from the 1st to 99th rounds were nowhere to be found.
‘That’s natural since I regressed, isn’t it?’
In that moment, Rubahi said something I hadn’t anticipated.
[Ah, there is no record of your regression in that book. No one could ever discover it by reading it, so rest assured.]
“….”
I suppressed my shock and stared at Rubahi intently.
My eyes gleamed with the knowledge that he knew everything, and I smiled faintly.
“You.”
I let my killing intent show, as if I had no choice.
“Just how much do you know?”
If he knew about my regression, I couldn’t let him live.
As I stepped forward, Rubahi raised both hands and retreated.
[Whoa, let’s calm down first. I have no desire to fight. Besides, we couldn’t fight in this place anyway.]
“What?”
[The Akashic Record is a noble space that protects all information in the universe. All abilities possessed by body and soul are restricted here. Even Chaos cannot annihilate me in this place.]
At the mention of Chaos, I regained my composure.
“Do you also know information about Chaos?”
[Of course. You came here to discover his weakness, didn’t you?]
Rubahi smiled knowingly, as if he understood everything.
[I will tell you. I am on your side, no matter what anyone says.]

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