The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 354

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 354
354. The Absolute God
Twelve hours before killing Chronos.
Having transcended into a Transcendent, Ryu Min naturally acquired the ability to use the system.
Clairvoyance, Time Stop, Rewind, Soul Possession, Soul Return, and more.
I mastered the usage of over a hundred different functions, and among them, Min Do-jun recommended I try one particular ability.
[You want me to use Phantom Prison?]
[Yeah. I read Chronos’s thoughts, and he’s targeting you. He’s preparing to stab you in the back.]
[Is that truly the case?]
[I don’t lie to those I’m favorable toward. So use Phantom Prison to test his true intentions. You can also verify whether my words are genuine.]
Certainly, if I ensnare Chronos with Phantom Prison, I can expose the traitor.
Conversely, I could kill him and seize the power of time.
Though all of this assumes Chronos is indeed a traitor.
[But does Phantom Prison work on gods from other dimensions?]
[It works. Elcis views all beings except Transcendents as inferior. There’s no opponent you can’t defeat.]
[Hmm….]
[You have nothing to lose. You want to know Chronos’s true intentions anyway, don’t you?]
[That’s true, but….]
Hesitating, I glanced back and forth between the two flickering windows.
[Function – Phantom Prison]
-Description: Creates a Phantom Prison trap within a designated area. Any soul that steps into the trap immediately experiences an illusion designed by the installer. The trapped soul cannot escape the Phantom Prison until the installer releases it.
-Consumes 10,000,000 Divine Force upon installation
-When applied to Transcendents, consumes 10 times the amount upon installation
-Name: Ryu Min
-Existence: Transcendent
-Authority Level: Administrator
-Divine Force Possessed: 0
‘I can’t use Phantom Prison even if I want to because I have no Divine Force.’
As if reading my thoughts, Min Do-jun laughed.
[Did you really think I’d recommend it without knowing you have no Divine Force?]
[Then….]
[I’ll provide the Divine Force, so don’t worry and use it. Oh! But I’m not giving it—I’m lending it to you.]
[You’re lending it to me?]
[Yeah. Were you planning to not pay me back?]
[No. I’ve never had such a thought. A person has their dignity….]
How could I turn my back on the benefactor who made me a Transcendent and helped me?
[Your character passes. Good, I’m in a generous mood. You don’t need to repay it. I’ll provide as much Divine Force as I need.]
[Really? Thank you.]
I received the Divine Force from Min Do-jun.
But the amount was greater than I expected.
[Wait? An extra 0 came in. Did you give me the wrong amount?]
[I met a human I liked, so I gave him a little extra. You’ve finally become a transcendent, and it would be a shame to only use the Welcome Prison. Think of it as a gift.]
[Ah….]
Ryu Min gazed at him with eyes full of gratitude for such unconditional kindness.
[Don’t look at me like that—it’s creepy.]
[I will repay you someday, no matter what.]
[Good. Let’s meet again once this is all over.]
[Yes.]

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[These lizard bastards don’t know how to do anything. Tsk!]
At Gaia’s grumbling, Chaos beside her glanced over.
[Something didn’t go well, it seems?]
[I told them to guard the Tara in case Black Scythe showed up, and they let it get stolen right under their noses!]
[You’re saying they lost 10 billion Tara right before your eyes?]
[Yes.]
[Where did Black Scythe go?]
[I don’t know. He killed all the Dragon Clan members there and vanished without a trace.]
The fact that Gaia, the Goddess of Earth, couldn’t find him meant he was certainly no longer on the surface.
[Sigh, Yong-je is dead, the Tara has been stolen by Black Scythe, and I don’t even know how it came to this….]
[There’s nothing to worry about. I’m here.]
With two authorities—creation and destruction—joining hands, there was nothing to fear.
Even if the opponent was Black Scythe, who possessed 10 billion Tara.
[Besides, that bastard only has Eternal Items, doesn’t he?]
[That may be true, but he stole the Tara. It’s a means that could even touch your true body….]
[It doesn’t matter. Even if he does damage me, you’ll just heal me. What’s there to worry about?]
[I can’t just sit back and relax like that. He might be receiving help from the God of Slaughter and Chronos.]
[Ah, those guys. Right.]
[The fact that they’re in a location the Akashic Record can’t detect means Chronos is definitely with the God of Slaughter. And Black Scythe’s disappearance after killing Yong-je was probably orchestrated by the God of Slaughter.]
[Tsk, we should never have gotten involved with that God of Slaughter in the first place.]
[There was no other way at that time!]
Gaia, who had shouted, turned her head away with a huff.
It wasn’t so much anger as embarrassment.
A situation where she had been betrayed by the very advisor she had sought help from.
If only she hadn’t reached out to Min Do-jun asking to save Chronos, none of this would have happened.
And now, to capture Chronos, she was cooperating with Chaos, whom she had despised so much.
It was only a temporary alliance.
Chaos, understanding her feelings, let out a bitter laugh.
[How does it feel to be joining forces with a being you despised so much?]
[Don’t talk to me! And don’t get the wrong idea! Being with you doesn’t mean we’ve made peace.]
[I know, I know. You asked for my help purely because you needed my power. It’s unavoidable if we’re going to capture Chronos, right?]
[…We simply met on a business basis.]
[I said I know, didn’t I? I don’t want to be entangled with you any longer either. Once I take my share of Chronos’s power, I’ll disappear quietly. That’s our contract condition, isn’t it?]
[….]
[You’re not harboring any other ideas, are you?]
[What kind of ideas?]
[Some foolish fantasy about monopolizing Chronos’s power….]
[That’s impossible, isn’t it? We even made a soul contract.]
[Heh heh, that’s right. Since we have a contract, there shouldn’t be any problems.]
Chaos smiled with a sneer, but it was far from a reassuring one.
It was mockery directed at someone whose true intentions were transparent.
‘That cunning bitch. As if anyone wouldn’t know she plans to monopolize Chronos’s power, rewind time, and break the contract? Of course, I’ll do exactly the same.’
They had contracted to split Chronos’s power equally, but both understood the contract was merely a façade.
Once time’s power could undo everything, even the contract itself would cease to exist.
‘I need to kill Chronos and absorb his power before she does. Then I’ll be reborn as a true god.’
Chaos chuckled, but Gaia was no different.
‘The moment Chaos kills Chronos, I’ll seize the power. Then I’ll rewind time, break the contract, and erase Chaos too. Then I’ll become the one and only absolute god, free from anyone’s interference!’
Two gods, each plotting to stab the other in the back.
[Who was it that introduced you to the God of Slaughter?]
[Rubahi.]
[When you get back, deal with that bastard first.]
[That’s what I was planning to do anyway. Once I find Black Scythe.]
[Are you searching through the Akashic Record?]
[Yes. The moment his name appears in the Akashic Record, Rubahi will contact me. I’m using all my senses to search, so there’s nothing to worry about….]
Gaia stopped mid-sentence.
The very target she had been seeking appeared on her own.
Chaos also stared forward with an expression of disbelief.
There stood a human wielding a scythe.
[Who is this? One of Gaia’s playthings?]
Ryu Min ignored the sneering Chaos and fixed his gaze on Gaia.
[Gaia. Why are you with Chaos? Did you two reconcile or something?]
Gaia offered no excuses.
Now that she had revealed herself alongside Chaos, there was no need to maintain the mask.
[Why ask when you already know?]
[I wanted to hear it from you directly.]
[Can’t you see it with your own eyes? Foolish human.]
Gaia abandoned her polite speech entirely.
She had simply revealed her true nature.
[You dared kill Yong-je and stab me in the back? On top of that, you stole the Tara I had hidden?]
[Wasn’t it you who stabbed me in the back first?]
[Shut your mouth, you shameless human! Where is Chronos?]
[Chronos?]
As Ryu Min questioned her, Gaia’s eyebrows twitched.
[I know everything—that you’ve been conspiring with the God of Slaughter and hiding him in Paradise! There’s no point pretending ignorance!]
She thought I was playing dumb.
But I had no intention of hiding anything.
[I wasn’t pretending. I was about to tell you anyway.]
[What?]
[He’s right here.]
I tapped my chest, and both Gaia and Chaos’s expressions shifted subtly.
[Y-You don’t mean…?]
[The power…?]
In that instant, the world transformed.
Reality inverted as the Primordial Gods were pulled into the spacetime realm, their eyes widening as they looked around frantically.
[This is… only Chronos could open this….]
[…The Spacetime Rift?]
I smiled at the two bewildered deities before me.
[As you can see, I’ve absorbed Chronos’s power.]
[Not only did you steal my Tara, but Chronos’s power as well…?]
A murderous gleam flashed in the eyes of the trembling couple.
Chaos’s eyes flickered as if he would tear me apart on the spot, and Gaia no longer maintained her human form.
She reverted to her original colossal eye and glared at me with lethal intent.
[That is my power! Power that should have been mine!]
[I will kill you, human!]
A spear of instant death created by Chaos flew toward me, but I responded with composure.
Now that I possessed Chronos’s power, I knew with absolute certainty that I could not lose.
Hadn’t I already run countless simulations in the Phantom Prison?
Whoosh—
I rewound time to effortlessly neutralize the spear of instant death, then drew my scythe back and took my stance.
[Reaper Transformation. Crimson Moon. Moonlight Island.]
As I activated the skills in sequence, light flashed brilliantly and Moonlight Island surged toward Chaos.
Crrrrrunch—!
Destructive power that shook the very fabric of the spacetime realm.
Chaos naturally attempted to fold space and evade, but he lacked the strength to withstand Tara’s tracking ability combined with the power of time.
[Gaaaaaahhhhh!]
Moonlight Island, infused with Tara, struck his eye dead center.
Chaos’s eye shattered under unimaginable agony.
No matter how he folded space to escape, it was impossible to evade an opponent who wielded time itself at will.
‘Seven strikes, six strikes. And five strikes.’
Chaos, having taken five direct hits from Moonlight Island, was already in the process of annihilation.
So I sent the remaining five shots toward Gaia.
[Aaaaaaahhhhh!]
Only after ten total barrages from Moonlight Island had shaken the world did the annihilation finally end.
Everything proceeded as planned—no anomalies.
[Experience +10,000,000,000,000]
[Experience converted to 100,000,000 Stat Points.]
[Experience +10,000,000,000,000]
[Experience converted to 100,000,000 Stat Points.]
[Level increased!]
[Level increased!]
[Level increased!]
…
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[Level 3,930 achieved!]
[Stat gain per level up has increased to 386!]
…
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[Level 7,120 achieved!]
[Stat gain per level up has increased to 705!]
…
…
[Level 10,000 achieved!]
[The set limit has been reached.]
[No further level increases are possible.]
[The Soul Gauntlet absorbs the souls of the slain Divine Beings.]
[Soul ‘Chaos’ has been stored in the gauntlet.]
[New temporary skill ‘Authority of Destruction’ learned!]
[Soul ‘Gaia’ has been stored in the gauntlet.]
[New temporary skill ‘Authority of Creation’ learned!]
[Tara absorbed from the spiritual bodies of the slain gods.]
[Absorbed 25,213,320,950 Tara from soul ‘Chaos’.]
[Absorbed 29,291,830,934 Tara from soul ‘Gaia’.]
It was all over.
Ryu Min, who had defeated the Primordial God, had obtained all divine authorities and become a god himself.
The one and only absolute deity born from humanity.

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