The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 5

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 5
5. Angel’s Interest
“Damn, that’s incredible….”
“Who is that guy? He fights amazingly well.”
“Black Scythe? Even his nickname is cool.”
The people who had been gawking at Ryu Min quickly shifted their gaze with tense eyes.
There was no time for admiration—the situation was too urgent.
Goblins were already closing in on them as well.
‘I can do this. In games, goblins are just cannon fodder anyway, right?’
‘Besides, this isn’t reality. It’s just a well-made virtual reality game.’
‘That guy is already killing dozens of them solo. When I actually face them, they won’t be that bad.’
Had they gained confidence from witnessing Ryu Min’s slaughter?
Fear had already vanished from their eyes.
But it didn’t last long.
Thunk— thunk— thunk—!
“Aaaahhhhh!”
“Ah, it hurts!”
As the goblins swarmed forward and stabbed them with their daggers, sharp screams erupted from the people’s mouths.
“S-stop! It really hurts!”
“Hey, you damn monsters!”
“Gaaahhh! My arm! My arm!”
The people who had underestimated the goblins as mere children now wailed like infants.
“S-save me!”
“Help! Someone help!”
“This, this isn’t real. It’s not real… Ugh!”
A person struck by a club and losing consciousness.
A person stabbed by a dagger and collapsing in place.
A person fleeing and knocked down.
A person trampled and cowering.
Goblins deliberately targeting such defenseless people with their blades.
In this hellish chaos, no one harbored any illusions that this was a game.
Honestly, they had no mental capacity for such thoughts.
Only one thought dominated their minds.
Survival.
The primal instinct to live at any cost seized their consciousness.
Perhaps that’s why.
“Die! Die, you damn monsters!”
While many fled, some fought back fiercely.
These were people forced to fight when the goblins came within striking distance.
Smack— smack!
“Kyeeek!”
Swinging my fists with all the desperation of life and death, I managed to knock the goblin unconscious.
But that was all.
Killing was an entirely different matter.
Modern humans who had never even killed a small animal could never snap a goblin’s neck.
Thud—!
“Gahhh!”
Instead, I was stabbed by a blade and collapsed helplessly to the ground.
What came after?
Thud— thud— thud— thud—
Surrounded by goblins that rushed in like hyenas, I could only endure their onslaught helplessly.
[Kyohohoho, how entertaining. A battle between humans and goblins.]
Angel, watching from above, spun around with laughter.
For Angel, this fight was no different from watching dogs and cats brawl.
It was nothing more than simple entertainment.
[No matter how childlike the opponent, when dozens swarm in, there’s no way to endure. Especially when they’re wielding short blades.]
But why was it?
There was one person who endured even as dozens rushed at them.
The human who had slaughtered goblins from the very start.
‘What is that human? A black scythe?’
Briel gazed down at the human with curious eyes.
I didn’t know their name.
Even as an angel, I couldn’t see the players’ status windows.
The system regulations were set that way.
Naturally, I had no way of knowing what runes they had inscribed.
‘What a damn system. I can see the quest progress but can’t view player information.’
Briel’s brow furrowed once more.
They said I was ordered from above, but being a guide was truly a wretched task.
It didn’t suit my nature either.
But that was only temporary.
Seeing the scene of carnage, the corners of my lips rose ever so slightly.
‘It wounds my pride that a noble being like myself must serve as a guide to lowly humans, but….’
The fierce and brutal spectacle suited Briel’s tastes perfectly.
Truthfully, I hadn’t expected much.
Just moments ago, I had complained about how entertaining it could possibly be to pit humans against goblins.
‘Kyohohoho. But it’s more fun to watch than I thought?’
Humans writhing with desperate faces of despair.
Agonized screams and blood-soaked carnage.
Even as considerable time passed, the smile never left Briel’s lips as I watched.
‘Yes, kill them, kill them! Let these lowly insects fight amongst themselves! Kekekeke.’
Briel’s gaze, which had been leisurely observing the scene like watching a burning house, shifted to a single point.
Unlike moments before when everything was drenched in crimson blood, the area she now focused on was saturated with green.
In the midst of it stood a player with the nickname Black Scythe.
‘What on earth is that human? He’s still alive?’
When he first stepped forward and killed the goblins, I thought he was quite skilled.
I assumed he must have obtained some useful rune that aided combat.
But that was all.
I turned my gaze away as if uninterested.
Eventually, his stamina would run dry and he’d die like all the other humans.
But as if mocking my expectations, the human was still alive.
Not merely alive, either.
He was rampaging like a mad beast, slaughtering goblins.
‘Already his seventy-fifth kill. When other humans can’t even surpass twenty.’
Briel clicked her tongue as she reviewed the Quest status.
The fact that he’d killed that many solo was truly impressive.
Especially considering this was his first time.
‘This must be his first experience in such a situation, yet he shows no panic whatsoever. He moves as though he’s lived through this countless times.’
His movements, devoid of even a moment’s hesitation, and his cold, precise blade work caused even the goblins to falter.
‘Could his profession on Earth have been an assassin?’
I’m not entirely sure, but the situation is unfolding far more entertainingly than expected.
The corners of Briel’s mouth curled upward with satisfaction.
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Squelch—!
“Kieeeek!”
The goblin, now missing both eyes, shrieked and collapsed.
Ryu Min lunged forward without hesitation, driving his dagger into the fallen goblin’s throat.
Thud—!
[Goblin defeated!]
[Experience +4%]
[Gold +10]
[Level Up!]
[Quest Progress: Goblins 75/100]
[Remaining Goblins to Quest Completion: 25]
Despite leveling up, I ignored the message and immediately rolled away.
Clang—!
A dagger embedded itself where Ryu Min had been standing.
I sprang to my feet without a moment to process the danger.
Thud—!
“Kyaaaah!”
I pierced the goblin’s chest and pivoted to target another.
An endless barrage of movement.
Not a single moment to let my guard down.
My eyes swept across the battlefield in rapid assessment.
“Kiiiiiii….”
The goblins were retreating with terror etched across their faces.
Every goblin that had come close was dead.
Still, I didn’t allow myself to grow careless.
‘I can finally catch my breath for a moment.’
With composure restored, I opened my status window.
My level had already climbed to 4.
My fingers moved swiftly across the stat allocation.
‘For now, I’ll dump everything into Agility.’
Each level grants two stat points.
I had invested all of them into Agility as I climbed to level 4.
As a result, my Agility had surged from 3 to 9.
‘There’s nothing more vital than Agility.’
Among Strength, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck, Agility was what I needed most right now.
Investing in Agility increased not only my evasion rate, but also my attack speed and movement speed in equal measure.
I turned my gaze toward my allies.
About thirty meters away, goblins and people were tangled in a chaotic mess.
It was pure pandemonium.
“P-please, save me, ahhhhh!”
“Die! Just die already, you monster bastards!”
Red blood and green blood mingled together, creating a scene of utter devastation.
The contrast was stark between the mountain of corpses I had single-handedly piled up and their desperate struggle.
‘It can’t be helped. These people are facing goblins for the first time.’
No matter how grown an adult might be, killing a goblin is no easy feat.
It’s terrifying. It’s paralyzing.
When it comes time to actually fight, their bodies would freeze and refuse to move.
I understand.
On my first run, I was too busy fleeing myself.
‘But running won’t solve anything.’
I learned that truth after dying twice.
Running might buy time, but it doesn’t change the situation.
‘Angel releases the goblins and forces everyone to fight no matter what.’
And this Grassland.
It appears vast, but invisible barriers surround it on all sides.
‘Even if I could somehow evade Angel’s sight, I’d still be a rat trapped in a cage.’
The only way to escape this hellish situation is to complete the Quest.
But even if the Quest succeeds, only half of us can return home.
‘It’s a first-come, first-served system where only those who achieve the quota get sent back. Staying idle would actually be a disadvantage.’
Running away would be foolish—it’s better to kill even one goblin quickly.
Hunting down a hundred goblins alone wouldn’t be easy, though.
‘But it’s not impossibly difficult either. More people means more scattered attention—easier to exploit.’
Put kindly, it’s about dividing their focus. Put bluntly, it means there are plenty of bodies to use as shields.
‘People are starting to realize it too. That cooperation makes this actually manageable.’
Of course, cooperation doesn’t mean kill counts rise together.
Only those who contribute significantly to killing a goblin get credit for the kill.
‘Still, many hands make light work.’
Humans had advantages beyond just that.
Goblins were barely half the height of an adult.
Smaller even than the middle schoolers dragged into this place.
In terms of reach, humans had an undeniable advantage.
‘Though unlike goblins wielding clubs and short swords, humans were given no weapons at all….’
Ryu Min’s gaze swept across the ground.
‘But if weapons were available, that changes everything.’
Right now, weapons were scattered everywhere—so plentiful they were practically underfoot.
They were what the goblins had been holding before they fell.
‘Though fighting like I do would be beyond most of them.’
Ryu Min and the others shared one crucial thing in common.
Their base stats were all equal at 3.
Muscular or lean—it didn’t matter.
Regardless of physique, every human started with identical stats and identical conditions.
In other words, others could theoretically move like Ryu Min….
‘But it wouldn’t be easy. Not without dozens of repetitions to master it.’
Unless they were a movie assassin, most couldn’t slaughter with Ryu Min’s efficiency.
Especially now that I’ve invested in agility—I’m even faster than before.
‘This should be enough to catch Angel’s attention. Time to finish this.’
As Ryu Min moved, the nearby goblins sensed danger and began backing away.
He immediately snatched a short sword from the ground.
Without bothering to aim, the blade flew true—striking the goblin’s forehead with perfect precision.
“Kiek!”
The goblins flinched at the sight of their trembling comrade collapsing.
“Not coming?”
As Ryu Min advanced, the goblins hesitated and retreated further.
He grabbed another short sword and hurled it. Another goblin dropped.
“Then I’ll come to you.”
Ryu Min closed the distance in a burst and began his blade dance.
Green blood painted the air in all directions.
[Goblin defeated!]
[Experience +4%]
[Gold +10]
[Level Up!]
[Quest Progress: Goblins 100/100]
[Round 1 Quest Complete!]
The moment I defeated the hundredth goblin and completed the quest.
A translucent pillar of light materialized around Ryu Min.
It was a protective barrier that immediately isolated him from monsters upon quest completion.
‘Round 1 was a breeze.’
The appearance of the barrier meant I’d crossed the halfway mark.
Those who failed to advance by the deadline would vanish instantly.
‘I hunted goblins like a madman partly to catch Angel’s attention, but….’
Ryu Min’s gaze shifted to the message that materialized before him.
[Congratulations! You’ve completed the Quest as 1st Place in this sector!]
[Congratulations! You’ve completed the Quest as 1st Place across all sectors!]
[Your nickname has been registered on the ranking board.]
‘I also rushed to secure first place.’
In round-based quests, the faster you complete them, the greater your advantage.
Rewards are distributed differently based on ranking.
‘Rewards are given up to 3rd place per sector and across all sectors.’
Among them, 1st place across all sectors grants distinctly superior rewards.
I’d completed the quest as 1st place among 1.8 billion players.
Moments later, a message materialized before Ryu Min’s eyes.
It was a message regarding the rewards.

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