The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player - Chapter 73

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The Maxed-Out Player’s 100th Return – Episode 73
73. Round 5 Results Compilation
★ Round 5 Results Compilation ★
[All Districts]
└1st Place. Black Scythe (Lv40 Reaper) 01:00:06
└2nd Place. Dumb Bastards (Lv25 Shaman) 02:30:21
└3rd Place. Heavenly Demon (Lv24 Dark Knight) 02:47:12
[District C-ESKS007]
└1st Place. Black Scythe (Lv40 Reaper) 01:00:06
└2nd Place. Democracy (Lv21 Buffer) 02:55:38
└3rd Place. Obsolete Nogay (Lv23 Dark Mage) 03:19:12
Everyone who saw the results dropped their jaws in unison.
Black Scythe’s record was impressive, but what truly caught everyone’s attention was the level.
“Level 40… seriously?”
“The record is insane too…”
There was simply no word but “overwhelming” to describe these results.
Some stood speechless, while others nodded as if they’d expected nothing less.
After all, Black Scythe hadn’t relinquished first place since the previous round.
Perhaps that’s why.
Ryu Min felt no particular excitement upon seeing the messages that appeared.
[Congratulations! You have achieved the Quest as 1st place in this district!]
[Congratulations! You have achieved the Quest as 1st place in all districts!]
[Your current rank as ‘Black Scythe’ is 1st place in all districts and 1st place in this district.]
[As a reward for 1st place in district rankings, you receive ‘Intermediate Epic Necklace Selection’!]
[As a reward for 1st place in all district rankings, you receive ‘Special Reward Selection Box’!]
The rewards I received each time I claimed first place had grown tedious.
But the message that appeared next made my eyes gleam.
[It has been confirmed that you are the first player to achieve 1st place in all districts for five consecutive rounds.]
[You have achieved an incredible Achievement!]
[You have obtained the title ‘The Trailblazer’.]
[Title – The Trailblazer]
-Acquisition Condition: Obtain by being the first to achieve 1st place in all districts for five consecutive rounds.
-Effect: All experience gained increases by 1.5x.
The corner of my mouth lifted into a smile as I read the message.
‘I obtained the title exactly as planned.’
This was the reason I couldn’t afford to lose first place in all districts.
With the title, I could accelerate my leveling speed even further.
‘I can’t possibly miss an opportunity to grow 1.5 times faster.’
The experience buff would be incredibly helpful during future hunts.
‘Now that I’ve obtained the title I wanted, should I start selecting from the first-place rewards?’
[You may select one of the following Epic necklaces.]
[Please touch the reward you desire.]
└ 1. Skeleton Knight’s Necklace
└ 2. Jaba’s Necklace
└ 3. Necklace of Fortitude
Necklaces whose abilities couldn’t be inferred from their names alone.
‘An ordinary person would’ve picked one at random, like guessing on a test….’
I knew the information on all the necklaces.
I’d selected each one individually across multiple runs.
‘What I need is option 2. Jaba’s Necklace.’
Without hesitation, I made my choice, and the reward immediately entered my inventory.
[Jaba’s Necklace]
-Classification: Necklace
-Grade: Epic
-Effect: All Stats +3, Resistance +35%
-Durability: 1,000/1,000
-Usage Restriction: Regular Grade or higher
-Description: A necklace that the alien Jaba race always wore. The necklace itself contains magical power.
Though I possessed overwhelming strength and skill, I wasn’t without vulnerabilities.
‘What I need to reinforce right now isn’t strength or stats. It’s resistance to status ailments.’
No matter how strong I was, I couldn’t withstand status ailments.
Especially wide-area status ailments—there was no way to evade those.
‘Monsters capable of that haven’t appeared yet at this stage, but there’s no harm in preparing ahead.’
Moreover, items with resistance were rare, so I needed to secure them when the opportunity arose.
‘If I don’t need it later, I can always trade it for a high price.’
Any player who understood the danger of status ailments would pay tens of thousands of gold to acquire it.
Of course, that was still premature talk for now.
I used the final special reward selection box.
[You may select one of the following special rewards.]
[Please touch the reward you desire.]
└ 1. 3x Experience Buff (Limited to Round 6)
└ 2. 6,000 Gold
└ 3. Information on Round 6
The stat increase buff from the first option had disappeared, replaced by an experience buff.
‘This one’s obvious—the experience buff.’
I already knew the information about Round 6, and I wasn’t in a situation where gold was scarce.
Six thousand gold hardly seemed like a reward.
That was because I currently possessed over 220,000 gold.
‘2,400 orcs, 4 bosses, and time attack rewards. I’ve accumulated gold from all over.’
Thanks to my Luck stat, I’d earned additional gold bonuses, accumulating even more.
‘I bought the Emergency Treatment skill early on, and I still have this much left. Unexpected.’
The one-second Time Attack record itself was surprising.
I never thought the High Orc would die in a single hit.
‘He was focused on another player, so I could pour all my strength into that attack.’
Was the one drawing aggro back then named Um Jun-seok?
I can’t quite remember from that brief glance.
[Everyone’s confirmed their rankings through messages, right? By the way, 1,585 players have cleared the Main Quest. Anyone ranked 1,211 and below will be mercilessly eliminated.]
“No, wait! Please…!”
“Angel! Have mercy…!”
An angel wearing a demon’s mask would never show mercy.
The players vanished with screams.
[How pathetic, begging for your lives like that. Humans are truly no better than insects.]
Watching Priscilla’s scornful expression, Ryu Min clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘As if you’re any different.’
Having witnessed the Angels groveling beneath his feet, Ryu Min could only smirk.
[Inferior humans. I thought you wouldn’t even clear the Round 5 Sub Quest…but you did?]
Priscilla’s gaze turned toward Ryu Min for a moment.
Her eyes carried an unmistakable displeasure.
[Well then, humans. Rest well and I’ll see you in the next round.]
◀ ROUND 5 COMPLETE ▶
[All Districts]
└Survivors: 19,327,557
[District C-ESKS007]
└Survivors: 1,211
[Your soul will transfer to your original dimension’s body shortly.]
[Round 6 begins at midnight on June 1st, 2022. I’ll see you in the next round then. Congratulations on your survival.]
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The moment Ryu Min woke, he furrowed his brow.
Morning sunlight streamed through the window.
It was 10 a.m.
Ten hours had already passed.
Feeling stiff, I stretched.
Glancing down, my younger brother was sleeping beneath the bed as if unconscious.
‘This guy must have been really worried.’
A smile naturally formed on my lips.
He probably stayed up all night with open eyes because I wouldn’t wake up.
It was obvious without even looking.
It was the same in the previous cycle.
“Won, wake up.”
“Huh? Hyung?”
Ryu Won, who had been rubbing his drowsy eyes, jolted awake as though drenched in cold water.
“Brother! You’re awake!”
“Of course I’m awake.”
“I was so worried you wouldn’t wake up!”
“You checked that I was breathing, didn’t you? What’s there to worry about?”
“Still!”
“I already told you before I left. It would take about ten hours, so don’t worry and just wait.”
“B-but I can’t help but worry….”
To my younger brother, I was his only family—his only sibling.
Even with a heads-up, it was natural for him to be anxious.
I wasn’t unaware of that, so I grinned and ruffled his hair.
“You little brat. Look at you worrying about your older brother like that.”
“Ugh, why are you doing this! You’re messing up my hair!”
My younger brother grumbled, but inwardly he was relieved by my safe return.
“If you haven’t eaten yet, let’s grab some food. I’m starving.”
After having an early lunch of jjajangmyeon—my younger brother’s favorite—I returned to my room.
I had work to do.
‘The Combination Window.’
As the Combination Window came to mind, I transferred the boss materials I’d obtained from Round 5 into the slots.
It was for crafting a Unique item, after all.
[Primary Material]
-Reaper’s Scythe
[Secondary Materials]
-Orc’s Heart
-Mystical Wooden Totem
-Rusted Arrowhead
-High Orc’s Molar
-(Empty)
I placed the Reaper’s Scythe—the weapon I wanted to enhance—into the primary material slot.
Of course, I removed the low-grade orange magic stone that had been embedded in the scythe.
‘If I press the combination button now, the weapon will be enhanced to an Epic item matching my grade.’
Whether it’s a weapon or not, if you place an item you want to enhance in the primary material slot and combine it with the remaining materials, it becomes an Epic item.
However, I possessed a crucial material that I’d extorted from Hwang Yong-min.
It was none other than Black Adamantite.
‘If I combine it with Black Adamantite, I can enhance it to Unique instead of Epic.’
I placed the Black Adamantite into the final secondary material slot.
As I pressed the combination button, a brilliant white light blazed forth.
[Combination Successful!]
[You have created ‘Death Side’.]
[Death Side]
-Classification: Weapon
-Grade: Unique
-Attack Power: 300
-Effect: All Stats +10, Skill Damage +10%
-Durability: 3,000/3,000
-Usage Restriction: Expert Grade or Higher
-Description: A great scythe favored by the Grim Reaper. It is said that the shadow of death eternally follows this scythe.
I had finally crafted the Unique weapon I’d been waiting for.
‘At last, I’m escaping from the Grim Reaper’s scythe.’
I’d shed the low-tier weapon I received as a class change commemoration.
It felt strange to think how long I’d wielded it.
‘Now that I have excess gold, should I learn some common skills?’
There were four common skills remaining in the shop.
Surrounding Search—allowing me to perceive my surroundings like a minimap.
Dynamic Vision Enhancement—pushing my eye-tracking ability beyond ordinary human limits.
Basic Resistance—raising my resistance to status ailments by 15%.
And Dexterity—increasing skill accuracy by 20%.
I’d learned every common skill available for purchase with enough gold.
With 220,000 gold on hand, it was more than sufficient.
‘Even after buying all the skills, I still have 140,000 gold left.’
I rummaged through the shop, but nothing else seemed worth purchasing.
‘Besides the Epic item dropping in a few days, there’s really nothing else worth buying.’
Gold remained, but it wasn’t as though I had no use for it.
The trading function existed for a reason, after all.
‘First, let me organize some mana stones.’
I combined the mana stones in my inventory into lower grades, then embedded them into the equipment I needed.
To check my stats, I equipped the full set and opened my status window.
-Name: Ryu Min
-Nickname: Black Scythe
-Grade: Expert
-Titles: Last Hour Regressor (Hidden), First Angel Slayer (Hidden), Defiant Against Divine Punishment (Hidden), Forerunner (Hidden)
-Level: 40
-Class: Grim Reaper
-Strength: 106, Intelligence: 150
-Agility: 136, Luck: 106
-Common Skills: Tracking, Presence Detection, Trace Erasure, First Aid, Surrounding Search, Dynamic Vision Enhancement, Basic Resistance, Dexterity
-Exclusive Skills: Death’s Seal, Death’s Night, Moonlight Slash
-Runes: Rune of Slaughter, Grim Reaper’s Rune, Rune of Radiance, Rune of True Intent, Rune of Doppelgänger, Rune of Balance
-Gold Held: 142,380
-Remaining Stat Points: 0
【Additional Functions】
[Shop: You can purchase items.]
[Combination: You can combine items.]
[Trade: You can trade items or gold.]
[???: Unlocked upon reaching Lv60]
[???: Unlocked upon reaching Lv99]
All my stats had become three-digit numbers.
This was my base stat when I only received the Rune of Balance buff.
‘If the Rune of Slaughter is applied on top of this, my stats would double, wouldn’t they?’
Adding Min Ju-ri’s buff on top of that would be like giving a tiger wings.
‘Good. I’ve grown as strong as I can get. Now I need to proceed with the business deal with Ma Gyeong-rok.’
And after I proceed with the business?
I would have to use Hwang Yong-min.
‘What happened to him? Did he survive as planned?’
Since he was the type to survive until Round 5, I thought he’d still be alive, but I decided to search for him using Track just to be sure.
‘Track, Hwang Yong-min.’
[Face and name match. Tracking the target’s location.]
The fact that tracking worked confirmed he was still alive.
‘Good. I can still use him.’
I had planned to squeeze Hwang Yong-min dry, but anything beyond this was impossible.
‘After I use him in reality this time, I’ll discard him.’
Hwang Yong-min would never know.
That his fate rested in the hands of the very shuttle he had tormented so relentlessly.

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