The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 336

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 336
336. The Final Round Ends
‘Tch!’
Chaos hastily shifted dimensions, twisting his path.
Since Moonlight Island pursued him like a homing missile, he had to constantly alter his trajectory to shake it off.
Though Chaos managed to evade all five Moonlight Islands, Ryu Min laughed.
At least he’d succeeded in catching him off guard.
‘Creating the Eternal Weapon was worth it. It’s proving effective in its own way.’
After reading the description that it dealt guaranteed damage to darkness attributes, Ryu Min had hoped it might actually harm Chaos.
But contrary to expectations, Chaos seemed to be escaping by folding dimensions somehow.
‘Still, it seems to be working? Judging by that panicked look in his eyes.’
Though Chaos suffered no actual damage, discovering a way to harm him held significance.
It was meaningful that he’d managed to halt the creature’s assault, even if only momentarily.
[What was that attack just now? How did a mere human track my location…]
Chaos questioned, but Ryu Min didn’t respond.
He was solely focused on slaying the Demon Tribe.
‘Time is running out. I need to end this game as quickly as possible.’
While restraining Chaos with a five-combo Moonlight Island assault, he killed ten thousand Demon Tribe members along the path.
Yet over a hundred thousand Demon Tribe members still remained.
[Remaining Personnel Status]
└Celestial Tribe: 73,289 (72.62% survival rate)
└Demon Tribe: 124,458 (43.96% survival rate)
└Player: 1
The progress window he glanced at showed the Demon Tribe’s numbers decreasing in real time.
‘The Demon Tribe numbers have dropped significantly. At this pace, I could reduce them below 10% in no time, but…’
If Chaos joined in, there was no telling what would happen.
‘Should I increase my restraint efforts?’
It seemed the scythe that cuts through darkness definitely affected Chaos.
It wasn’t guaranteed damage, but the attack appeared to track his location like a homing missile.
Though Chaos could still evade by warping dimensions.
‘Restraint is meaningless in this situation. I’ve experienced it before—summoning the Spear of Instant Death while using phase shifts.’
Right now, ending the game took priority over attacking Chaos.
Chaos knew there would be no opportunity if not now, which is why he was desperately trying to stop me.
‘I need to kill the Demon Tribe faster.’
Ryu Min gathered the Demon Tribe members into one place using the Demon King’s Authority.
Then he eliminated them all using area-of-effect skills.
“Heavenly Judgment.”
“Scatter.”
“Area Discharge.”
He utilized lightning runes and fired black daggers in rapid succession.
I deployed every area-of-effect skill I knew, desperately striking them down.
But Chaos, having discovered my location, had no intention of merely watching.
[You reckless fool! Your rampage ends now!]
The summoned spear of instant death shot straight toward me.
Whiiiiine—
The spear screamed through the air, its trajectory shifting to pierce directly into my heart as I moved.
Or rather, it would be more accurate to say it was absorbed into me.
[You have received a fatal attack.]
[The Rune of Miraculous Reversal activates.]
[The opponent’s attack is reflected.]
The reflection ability that had once confused Chaos activated.
It returned across the dimensional gap to its master, but Chaos merely scoffed.
[Will I fall for the same trick twice?]
Chaos, having already experienced the reflection ability, folded the dimension once and evaded it fluidly.
Then he summoned the spear of instant death once more.
[This time, you won’t escape.]
Chaos smiled like a crescent moon and immediately hurled the spear.
[Die, human.]
The spear descended with the force of a thunderbolt.
Knowing escape was impossible?
I continued swinging my scythe without any resistance, cutting down the demons until the very end.
Even as the spear pierced my heart.
Thud—!
“Ugh!”
Crimson blood spilled from my lips, and my body ceased all movement.
Thump—
Where the spear had vanished, only a corpse with a gaping hole remained.
Black Scythe was dead.
[Kuh, kuhuhuhuh! Kuhahahaha!]
Chaos’s delighted laughter rang out, shaking the heavens.
[Finally dead, Gaia’s plaything! Kuhuhuhuh! Killed by a single spear—what kind of weapon is that! Foolish woman!]
He rambled on, but Chaos didn’t know.
That I had one more life.
[The Final Chronological Reversal title activates.]
[You remain in a spirit state for 1 minute.]
[You may resurrect at your desired timing with full health restored.]
[Will you resurrect now? Y/N]
[Time remaining: 00:00:59]
[Upon time limit expiration, the resurrection opportunity disappears.]
The resurrection title I had obtained at the very beginning.
That moment proved to be decisive, shining with brilliance.
‘Without the title, I would have died without a chance. Or was it because Sophia saved me in the Boss Room?’
Had it not been for Sophia’s sacrifice, I would not be here now.
In any case, I had bought myself some time.
Though the feeling of looking down at my own corpse was far from pleasant.
‘So becoming a god was real. I can see the crimson blood flowing from my body.’
I tore my gaze from my body and looked toward Chaos.
Whatever brought him such joy, he continued to burst into wild laughter.
He truly believed he had killed me.
‘Laugh all you want. Soon enough, you won’t be able to laugh at all.’
He would be shocked like seeing a ghost, but I had no intention of resurrecting just yet.
‘I’ll drag out the time as long as possible before reviving. That way, I can reduce the Demon Tribe’s numbers even further.’
Even as I lay dead, the war between the Celestial Tribe and the Demon Tribe raged on.
Or rather, it was less a war than a massacre.
It was almost pitiful to watch the Demon Tribe fall, but it was necessary to clear the game.
‘I’ll wait until the very last second before resurrecting.’
Until the end, it isn’t truly over.
Hoping the Demon Tribe would die in the greatest numbers possible, I watched the remaining time.
[Time Remaining: 00:00:01]
The moment the time arrived, I immediately touched the resurrection message.
Shaaaa—
My dead body came back to life, and my perspective shifted.
From third-person, looking down at my own body, to first-person.
[Huh?]
Chaos, who never expected me to resurrect, widened his eyes in shock.
[W-what?! How did you survive?]
Without time to answer, I immediately rushed toward the Demon Tribe.
Slash—slash!
As I wielded my scythe in sweeping arcs, conducting a mass slaughter, I shifted my gaze to the progress window.
[Remaining Personnel Status]
└Celestial Tribe: 73,289 (72.62% Survival Rate)
└Demon Tribe: 98,302 (34.72% Survival Rate)
└Players: 1
‘Just seventy thousand more to kill.’
Not much remained until we reached below ten percent.
As I pushed forward with a final sprint, Chaos had no time to be shocked either.
[Resurrecting is meaningless! I’ll simply kill you again!]
The Spear of Instant Death appeared once more and pierced through my body.
But I still had a hidden card I had been saving.
‘Invincibility.’
My body blazed with golden light as the temporary skill Invincibility activated.
[Temporary skill ‘Invincibility’ has been activated.]
[You are immune to all damage for 60 seconds.]
[You have used a one-time skill.]
[The skill will disappear from your skill window.]
The spear of instant death that could kill anyone bounced off my Invincibility without piercing through.
[I-Invincibility blocked it?]
Leaving Chaos’s voice—clearly flustered—behind me, I slaughtered the Demon Tribe forces.
Empowered by Invincibility, I rampage without interference from anyone.
With 10 seconds remaining, the moment to end The Game arrived.
‘Just grab this. Just this one thing!’
[No, this can’t be!]
Chaos hurled the spear of instant death to stop me, but it was useless.
No matter how many spears flew at me, Invincibility repelled every attack.
‘The performance is solid.’
I smiled as I eliminated the Demon Tribe forces as intended.
[Demon Tribe forces have been reduced to 10% or below.]
[The 7th Heavenly Demon War concludes in victory for the Celestial Tribe.]
The moment victory was confirmed, a brilliant light flashed before my eyes.
A stone radiating with five-colored brilliance lay within arm’s reach.
‘This is it.’
I knew instinctively without anyone telling me.
This was the clear reward for the Final Round.
The Wish Stone that grants desires.
[The duration of temporary skill ‘Invincibility’ has ended.]
In an instant, Invincibility wore off, and almost simultaneously, a anguished cry pierced the air.
[I won’t let that bastard touch that object!]
The space in Heaven tore open, and countless spears emerged.
As I reached for the Wish Stone, I instinctively issued a command.
“Block them!”
Thousands of Combat Angels nearby rushed forward like goalkeepers.
However, the guided spears nimbly evaded the obstacles and surged toward their target.
Yet the angels’ blocking was not without meaning.
Clang—
Thanks to them buying me time, my hand reached the Wish Stone without delay.
[Player ‘Black Scythe’ enters the Wish Room.]

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‘Where am I?’
A pristine White Space where nothing was visible.
Ryu Min glanced around, then looked down at his own body.
‘A spirit?’
My body was transparent like a ghost.
Moreover, this wasn’t the customized form of Black Scythe.
I couldn’t see my face, but it seemed to be my real-world appearance.
‘Has the Other World avatar been abandoned now?’
As Black Scythe—which had come to feel like my true body—vanished, I felt an odd mixture of relief and loss.
‘In any case, I’ve really made it. Into the Wish Room.’
I’d never harbored any real expectation of being able to kill Chaos.
My goal all along had been to touch the Wishing Stone and enter the Wish Room.
Everything had gone according to plan so far.
‘If Rubahi was right, a System Message should appear now.’
Right on cue.
[Welcome to the Wish Room.]
[Feel free to ask me anything you’d like.]
[Whether you ask through thought or voice doesn’t matter. I will answer with utmost sincerity.]
A message materialized before my eyes, accompanied by a clear, melodious voice.
Reassured by the situation unfolding as expected, I posed a simple test question.
“Where is this place?”
[This is the Wish Room, accessible only to those who have touched the Wishing Stone. State your desired wish, and I will assess its value and inform you of its feasibility.]
“Assess the value and inform me of feasibility? I thought you granted any wish?”
[I have never said such a thing.]
The Angels had definitely claimed that any wish could be granted.
Now they were playing dumb—it was utterly absurd.
‘Either the Angels lied, or they themselves didn’t know the Wishing Stone’s true function. One or the other.’
Had I been anyone else, I would’ve felt blindsided. But Rubahi had already told me everything.
The value would be assessed, and the magnitude of the wish would be determined accordingly.
So I asked while already knowing the answer, simply to confirm.
“What do you mean by value?”
[It refers to the value of your contribution to victory in the Final Round war. Your wish’s magnitude will be determined based on this value.]
“So in other words, my wish changes depending on my contribution in the Final Round.”
[Correct.]
‘There was a contribution metric in Round 18 as well.’
I asked directly.
“So what’s my contribution score?”
[Converted to points, it is 382,291,481.]
“Roughly 400 million points then. What level of wish can I achieve with that score?”
[The conversion value is quite substantial. Creation, destruction, and most other things are possible.]
“Then can you kill a god? Chaos, for instance?”
[That is not possible. That target cannot be removed.]
Ryu Min let out a short laugh at the immediate response.
‘Of course not. He’s one of the beings who created the system alongside Gaia. He can’t die.’
Even I had to admit the question was absurd.
“What about other gods? Nyx or Moros, for example?”
[It is possible, but only one of them.]
“Only one? Hmph, I’d be better off handling this myself.”
Ryu Min scoffed and posed another question, thinking of his companions.
“What about reviving all the people who have died so far?”
[That is possible. However, with your current value, you can only revive approximately 382,291 people.]
1.8 billion had died, yet I could only save 380,000.
“What about gaining the power to kill Chaos?”
“What about weakening Chaos?”
I threw out several wishes, but the system only repeated that they were impossible.
It seemed Chaos had thoroughly blocked any wish related to himself.
Ryu Min exhaled with resignation.
‘I have no choice but to execute the plan as promised with Rubahi.’
Whether the wish will be granted or not remains to be seen.
With a solemn expression now, Ryu Min asked:
“Is this possible too? Turning back time while retaining memories?”

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