The Regressor Plays the Game Too Well - Chapter 117

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Episode 117
Episode 117
I had assumed that a skill ignoring defense simply meant true damage would apply.
Isn’t that how it works in every game?
When you deal damage that ignores defense, you call it true damage.
I thought this would be the same, but it wasn’t.
It ignores defense and attacks directly.
In other words, it meant I could sever the body outright.
I didn’t know this until I just saw the lava giant’s arm get severed, and now I was certain.
Normally, you need to deal massive damage beyond a certain threshold to sever a body part.
But that wasn’t the case here.
The lava giant’s HP hadn’t even dropped by 10% yet.
There was no way an arm could be severed with just 10% damage.
‘So this is another effect of Heavenly Slash.’
Regardless, the lava giant’s strength was more formidable than I’d anticipated.
Despite receiving attacks that utilized Heavenly Slash and various other skills, it had only taken 10% damage.
That was surprising.
I had thought I could deal at least 30% damage.
Could it be because Surtr’s soul dwells within it?
Though minimal, it seemed to have gained tremendous power.
It could have been quite troublesome to face.
But I had no such concerns.
“Let’s go!”
The one-armed lava giant watched me approach and roared in fury.
【Grraaah! I’ll incinerate you!】
Truly worthy of Surtr, I’d say.
With a fiery temperament, it charged at me just as I did at it.
I swung my sword once more.
Shing!
This time I couldn’t sever the body like before, but I gauged how much damage was being dealt.
Observing the HP consumption, I realized this could take quite a while, so I retreated backward.
And right on cue, the lava giant’s fist came crashing down.
Boom!
As it struck the ground, a sea of lava surged up again.
With the lava rising once more, the floor gradually became engulfed in molten rock.
The space to stand on was steadily diminishing.
It could have been quite problematic.
But I had no such concerns.
Why, you ask?
Because I had a way.
The best way to deal with lava?
There’s one.
Jin-woo recalled it, stepped back, and cast a skill.
“Howling Bitter Frost.”
The moment he cast it, a massive blizzard erupted before Jin-woo.
Whoooooooosh!
The freezing gale that froze everything solidified the lava entirely.
The lava giant was no exception.
A bone-chilling, merciless blizzard.
The lava giant, suffering from the type disadvantage, writhed in considerable agony.
【Grraaahhh!】
Even with the elemental advantage and enhanced by the Sage’s Extremity, the blizzard barely scratched it—less than 10% damage.
Still, combining everything, it dealt roughly 20% damage overall.
It wasn’t enough.
Even with one arm severed, the creature remained formidably strong.
Jin-woo smiled as he observed this.
“This won’t be easy.”
Normally, one would grimace when saying such things.
But here he was, smiling.
Why?
Because Jin-woo still had a trump card left.
None other than Fusion Combat.
Which skills to merge?
That was already decided.
“Fusion Combat.”
First, I activated Fusion Combat.
Then I unleashed my most powerful magical skill.
“Divine Retribution.”
Naturally, I channeled the Sage’s Extremity, consuming nearly half my MP for Divine Retribution.
The power would be beyond imagination.
But I didn’t stop there—I infused Divine Retribution with my other supreme skills.
What attack to layer next?
It was obvious.
“Heaven-Splitting Combat Art.”
That consumed most of my remaining MP.
But that was fine.
I had more than enough means to recover.
I used an Alchemist’s Elixir to restore my MP to 100% and layered in the final skill.
Another of my supreme techniques.
In some ways, it was the most powerful skill of all.
“Spatial Severance—Dimensional Confinement.”
I wove together three of my most powerful skills.
The lava giant sensed something amiss upon witnessing this.
It felt something terrifying approaching.
But there was nowhere to escape.
Nowhere at all.
I smiled as I watched the lava giant.
Something tremendous was about to unfold.
The instant I thought that.
Lightning descended from the ceiling.
Crack――――――――――――――!
Lightning fell alongside an intensity of light so brilliant it consumed everything in its path.
The lightning settled into my blade, and simultaneously, a devastating force capable of shattering the heavens began to accumulate.
How much power had been compressed?
The blade trembled violently.
The space around the sword began to distort.
Screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech!
The blade vibrated with intense force.
How could such power distort even the space surrounding it?
I smiled at the sight, while the lava giant’s eyes widened in shock.
And it cried out.
【I will not forget! Descendant of Thor! Mortal!】
At those words, I swung my blade.
The fierce energy imbued in the sword radiated toward the lava giant.
―――――――――――――――――――――!
A tremendous wave of light swept across everything and engulfed the lava giant.
A long sword strike.
Or rather, could this even be called a sword strike?
As the light flashed and vanished.
A cutting force that severed all things carved a deep chasm into the earth.
The lava giant caught within that range was split in half and perished.
A System Message appeared as if to announce its death.
[You have defeated the Ancient Soul, the Lava Giant imbued with Surtr’s essence.]
[Mythic Quest probability has increased.]
[Mythic Quest remains sealed due to insufficient level.]
[Mythic Quest will unlock upon reaching Level 150.]
[You have acquired vast experience points.]
[Level increased!]×15
[You have achieved Level 100.]
[You have acquired a skill.]
[You have reached Level 110.]
[You have acquired a skill.]
[You have acquired the Unique Skill, Sword Force.]
[You have acquired the Unique Skill, Sword Force Discharge.]
[You have defeated the Lava Giant!]
[You have acquired the material item, ‘Hammer Haft Imbued with Soul’.]
[You have acquired the Legendary+ Quest, ‘Traces of Mjolnir’.]
As countless messages flooded my vision, I couldn’t help but smile.
I’d obtained the Hammer Haft Imbued with Soul and acquired a new Quest.
On top of that, both Sword Force and Sword Force Discharge?
I’d gained far more than I’d anticipated.
But most of all.
I was curious about the Mythic Quest I’d obtained from defeating Surtr.
What on earth could this be?
‘There was no information about it.’
Either Barmon had deliberately hidden it.
Or he’d failed to obtain it.
I was far too curious.
I knew of other Quests similar to Mythic ones.
Where would a regressor’s experience go to waste?
That famous Quest, no less.
The Arthurian Quest.
Wasn’t it the Quest where one could obtain the Holy Sword, Excalibur?
Moreover, it was a Quest where one could obtain the weapons of the Knights of the Round Table as well.
Could this Quest be similar to that one?
Since it involved Surtr, I suspected it might be related to Norse mythology.
In any case, this Quest couldn’t be opened yet.
So I’d ignore it for now and focus on slaughtering more Lava Giants.
The moment I thought that.
An unexpected message appeared.
[You have accumulated experience beyond a certain threshold.]
[You have absorbed a fragment of mythology.]
[The Legendary+ Egg, ‘Mysterious Egg’, is on the verge of hatching.]
[It will successfully hatch soon.]
“Huh?”
That egg I’d nearly forgotten about.
It was going to hatch?
What was this supposed to mean?
I stared blankly at the message, and it all came back to me.
Now that I thought about it, this was one of the three culprits consuming my experience points.
There were three treasures: the Demonic Sword Gram, the Divine Spear Brewnack, and finally this mysterious egg.
And now it was about to hatch.
‘This is insane.’
As I’d mentioned before, a pet’s grade was something that could change a user’s entire life.
Wasn’t there someone who reached the highest ranks with just a single Epic+ Black Dragon?
Of course, their base skills were impressive too.
But the pet’s influence was substantial.
Yet a Legendary+ pet.
That was almost two entire tiers higher than that.
More than anything else.
This pet was created from Ruin, who had been Ru’s apostle.
If I wasn’t excited about this, I wouldn’t be human.
But it was going to hatch soon?
Wanting to be sure, I immediately opened my inventory.
There it was—the mysterious egg.
『Mysterious Egg』
*Grade: Legendary+
→An egg that shares experience with its owner.
→The grade of the pet that hatches varies depending on what experiences the owner undergoes.
*Will hatch soon.
*Upon hatching, it will be bound to you as your pet.
It was real.
It was written in the item description window, and I could even see fine cracks forming on the egg’s surface.
Some people actually got excited seeing cracks on their items.
I smiled at that thought.
‘This is too good to be true.’
I’d obtained Mjolnir, and my pet was on the verge of hatching.
My luck was incredibly good.
All I needed to do now was succeed with the Mjolnir Quest.
In truth, that wouldn’t be difficult at all.
The tedious part was the problem.
The quest itself was nothing more than gathering materials and combining them.
But who was I?
‘I can just buy the materials with money.’
The quest itself would be finished in no time.
Materials that couldn’t be bought with money?
Obviously, I’d have to go obtain those myself.
But there weren’t many of those.
More importantly, I knew where they were, and I had the Demonic Sword with me.
I could move anywhere I needed to.
I had no worries whatsoever.
I could clear this faster than I’d initially thought.
Well, except for the final Quest.
‘The final Quest for Mjolnir was to hunt down seven different types of giants with the hammer, wasn’t it?’
I wish I’d killed that lava giant the same way back then.
It’s a shame, really.
But hunting seven different giants is nothing.
It won’t be difficult.
As long as I can travel between locations.
Since I can reset my skills once a day.
Once I gather materials and hunt the giants, it should take roughly a week.
It’ll be quite tedious, but it shouldn’t be hard.
‘Well then, shall I get going?’
And so Jin-woo’s journey began.
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Jin-woo was lucky?
That meant Lee Yeon’s luck was terrible.
Today was no exception.
She stared at the screen with an expression of resignation, letting out a bitter smile.
To the Secretary watching from beside her, it was almost frightening.
Concerned by the sight, the Secretary asked.
“Are you alright?”
“Hm? Oh, I’m fine.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Well, he obtained a fragment of Mjolnir and got a Quest from it, then suddenly went to the Volcanic Region and hunted down a giant imbued with Surtr’s spirit, and after that he got the Mjolnir Quest. But I suppose that’s possible.”
“Yes?”
The words and their meaning didn’t connect.
Unable to understand at all, the Secretary looked at Lee Yeon.
Lee Yeon sighed and spoke.
“How would he know such things in the first place? Nível must have told him. He was an NPC related to Mjolnir, after all. If the Jin-woo user had violated any rules, Ether would have informed him immediately.”
“That’s true.”
“So the rational conclusion is that Nível told him.”
“Yes, I do think that’s the case.”
“But how irritating that he got all of that. And a Legendary+ pet too? It’s insane.”
Lee Yeon was right.
Seeing Lee Yeon like this, the Secretary asked with concern.
“Isn’t there a chance he could ascend to Mythic by consuming the spirit fragment of Surtr?”
“…That’s true, but even so, how difficult is that! He’d need to consume more than three besides Surtr to reach Mythic!”
“But since Ruin, who is already a Divine Apostle, is the foundation, wouldn’t the possibility be higher?”
“…Ah.”
Lee Yeon felt a flutter of anxiety at those words.
But she couldn’t imagine it would actually come to that.
She had expected a growth-type skill to eventually reach Mythic tier.
But starting at Mythic from the beginning?
That was something else entirely.
“Oh, please.”
What did I do wrong to deserve this torment?
Please.
Hearing Lee Yeon’s prayer, the Secretary shook her head.
She had to admit, it was admirable that even after reaching this point, Lee Yeon still had no intention of manipulating the results.
Though she did feel a bit sorry for her suffering.

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