A story about a max level player’s 100th return, episode 39
39. One who resists heavenly punishment
[It was confirmed that he was the first player to kill the Agent of Heavenly Punishment.]
[Obtain the title ‘He who fights against heavenly punishment.’]
[‘Condensed Ether’ was obtained as a reward for killing the first Agent of Heavenly Punishment.]
[The ‘Rune of Radiance’ was given as a reward for killing the first Agent of Heavenly Punishment.]
[The acquired runes are automatically imprinted on the player’s body!]
It was as Ryumin expected.
When you kill the angel, an item appears.
Of course, it seemed like it was only given for the first time.
‘It was only given at the beginning when killing an ordinary angel.’
It made me smile, but the joy of the reward didn’t last long.
During the battle, up to 300 people were killed.
‘I was confident that I would not sacrifice people. So he called the agent of heavenly punishment. But in the end, you can’t stop it… … .’
Did they destroy the relic for no reason and summon an agent of heavenly punishment?
Guilt sinks deep into my heart.
‘The good news is that there is no effect on the number of survivors?’
Anyway, only 1,225 people were going to pass and the rest were going to disappear.
The person who died at the hands of the agent of heavenly punishment may have hastened the time.
Even so, I felt like I had done something that I should not have done morally.
‘sorry. I hope you go to a good place… … .’
Ryu Min prayed for the souls of those who were sacrificed and pledged to do their part to survive.
However, despite his promise, Ryu Min was eliminated early on.
The cause was a permanent stat decline.
* * *
In the 15th episode, Ryu Min summoned the agent of Heavenly Punishment again.
This time, he used Hwang Yong-min, not himself, as the district representative.
Because I know very well that I will receive a penalty if I become a district representative.
[The relic is broken.]
[The main quest failed.]
[After a while, the Agent of Heavenly Punishment will be summoned as a failure penalty for 30 minutes.]
This time, I avoided a 50% stat drop.
As soon as I could breathe a sigh of relief, the agent of heavenly punishment appeared.
Challang-
As soon as the guy came down to the ground holding a strange looking staff.
Taaat!
He raised his scythe and rushed in.
Unlike before, there was no warning to people to back off.
Even if I tell you, they won’t listen.
‘A sure win for the player. It would be better to rush in and kill him first.’
However, Ryumin soon realized.
It was such a carefree thought.
thud!
[The Agent of Nemesis has cast Restriction Field.]
[Cannot go out of range until the caster cancels it.]
[The stats of players in the field drop by 50%.]
He stamped his staff on the ground and a purple barrier was formed.
Before the surprise attack, Ryumin was also trapped inside.
‘what? ‘The timing is earlier than you think, right?’
I deliberately muffled the sound of my footsteps and rushed in from a blind spot.
However, as if somehow he noticed it, he immediately reacted by creating a barrier.
Flap-!
When he spread his wings, countless arrows of light were created around him.
If that arrow is fired, not only Ryumin will be in danger.
Because the 300 people around were also trapped in the wall.
‘If this continues, people will be sacrificed again.’
Ryumin used Deadly Night before attacking.
The intention was to increase the attack success rate by applying the effect of increasing attack speed.
But I found out some unexpected information.
Saaaaagh-
The arrow of light disappeared as if consumed by the night of death.
Darkness cannot overcome light.
Although it is basic common sense, it is not used in this world.
‘Rather, it’s the opposite. Darkness is overcoming light.’
Ryumin, who learned new information, made fun of Scythe.
Kaang!
I thought I cut it pretty quickly, but it was easily blocked by the cane.
Kang! Kang! Kang!
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After trying to sickle a few times, Ryumin realized.
‘This bastard. You’re surprisingly good at blocking, right?’
I thought he was a wizard class because he was holding a staff, but he blocks better than I thought.
‘What happened? You weren’t able to block it this well in the previous episode? ah… ! Could it be because they attacked the eyes before?’
In the previous episode, it started with a surprise stabbing in the eyes.
Maybe that’s why he easily allowed attacks from Ryumin, whose stats had dropped.
‘But now I’m blocking almost everything.’
Annoying.
Those eyeballs.
‘Still, I’m glad I can’t use the arrow of light… .’
The moment I thought this.
Cracking!
‘Lightning?’
Maybe because he can’t use arrows of light, he uses lightning magic.
It’s a pattern I haven’t seen before.
Pajak! Let’s go!
Ryu Min dodged the lightning strike with agile movements.
‘Are you saying that only light properties can be blocked through the night of death?’
It’s difficult to access anything like this.
Even though there is no penalty, it is not easy to face them.
Squeak! Squeak!
[Heheuhuhuh!]
When the attack succeeds in avoiding the magic, it screams.
Looking at the health bar, I didn’t lose much.
‘I don’t have time… … .’
Is it because of the delay?
[Conditions met, Agent of Heavenly Punishment’s passive ‘Splendid Last Radiance’ is activated.]
[The Agent of Heavenly Punishment becomes invincible.]
The agent of heavenly punishment has now used an invincible weapon that was only seen right before his death.
‘what? ‘I still have more than half of my stamina left, but you’re using that?’
In the previous episode, this was a technique used when 10% of stamina remained.
However, there may have been other conditions, so it was activated even though I had a lot of stamina.
‘You’ve become a punching bag without making a move, right?’
You can’t run away because of the restriction field, but you even used invincibility?
There was nothing else to do but avoid it until the invincibility ended.
But it looks like they won’t allow that either.
[The Agent of Nemesis casts Restriction Bomb.]
Kwaaaaang!
The guy detonated a wide area attack.
* * *
‘omg!’
When I looked up, it was the scene of the New Year’s Eve bell.
‘… ‘Is he dead?’
This time, he was killed by an agent of heavenly punishment.
‘I never thought I’d suddenly explode a restriction field and use an AOE… .’
It was a new pattern that I hadn’t seen even when I defeated him.
I’m still embarrassed.
‘To be killed by a guy I once beat. ‘What did I do wrong?’
I won the first battle, but lost the second battle.
After analyzing the differences between the two, I came to one conclusion.
‘The difference between a successful surprise attack and not a successful one is quite big, isn’t it?’
In the first battle, the surprise attack was successful.
As soon as the field was released, I ran over and stabbed him in the eye.
But the second battle wasn’t like that.
‘Somehow, as soon as I got close, I cast the field.’
I think the field automatically expands when you enter the range.
‘Long-distance attacks are impossible. So that means you have no choice but to use the field?’
Moreover, if you wait as long as before, you will have no choice but to die from a wide-range attack.
You need to kill it quickly with as much damage as possible.
‘Then why was the surprise attack successful during the first battle?’
After analyzing the success factors, one conclusion was drawn.
‘Right. There is some cooldown after field casting. That’s why I couldn’t react to the surprise attack that took place as soon as the field ended.’
The surprise attack drained the guy’s blood immediately and allowed him to easily carry out the subsequent battle.
‘The key is surprise. ‘You have to drain the blood right away with the first surprise attack.’
Now I know the strategy, but Ryu Min couldn’t use it easily.
In order for a surprise attack to be successful, the first field must be left to be cast.
In other words, the sacrifice of 300 people cannot be avoided.
‘It’s no use warning you to run away. ‘I’m just treated like a weirdo.’
After all, who would evacuate 100 meters away when told to run away?
In the end, sacrifice is inevitable in order to catch the agent of heavenly punishment and gain reward.
Once I reached that conclusion, I was reluctant to call him out.
Even though I know that these people will disappear anyway.
‘This episode… Let’s proceed without destroying the artifact.’
Although the reward of being an agent of heavenly punishment was desirable, it was questionable whether it was worth sacrificing people to obtain.
Therefore, we decided to proceed with the round without breaking the artifact.
* * *
Things went smoothly for a while.
However, Ryumin realized that he needed the Rune of Radiance reward.
Because it got more difficult as the rounds went by.
‘In any case, the majority of people who fall victim to the agents of heavenly punishment are destroyed by the one-quarter rule. That would be better… … .’
It would be better to call the agent of heavenly punishment and get compensation.
With that in mind, I destroyed the relic again, succeeded in a surprise attack, and was able to neatly collect the reward for being the agent of heavenly punishment.
Although the sacrifice of 300 people was inevitable.
Afterwards, Ryumin progressed little by little.
I was able to surpass round 9 around the 21st time, and on the 25th round, I found the Hidden Portal, a 9th round sub-quest.
He then entered the portal and attempted the Tower of Trials, but failed to reach the 99th floor.
It was the same no matter how many times I tried.
‘It’s still difficult for my level, isn’t it?’
In the 44th episode, it rose to the 14th round for the first time.
However, he didn’t know what to do and was attacked by a predator and died.
I didn’t know there was a special rule that reflects 90% of the damage received.
By the 68th time, repeating life and death, it had reached the 16th round.
At this time, I met the Battle Angel for the first time.
When I killed them, the first kill reward was a devil’s rune.
It is a rune that allows you to receive a fraudulent buff called Devil’s Blessing if you catch 100 angels, but unfortunately, you have not been able to catch any angels since.
‘Is it because of the title he gained by catching the agent of heavenly punishment? It’s easier than you think, right?’
The angels were weaker than I thought, but that was until I met the seven archangels.
‘This guy… Michael, the strongest of the seven archangels?’
A shiver ran through my whole body.
A guy that strong looked at him, said a few words, and disappeared.
At this time, Ryumin didn’t know.
I had no idea this guy was Archangel Artaros, not Michael.
* * *
By the 83rd time, Ryumin was finally able to clear the 99th floor of the Tower of Trials.
At this time, he received the title of Supreme Being for the first time and realized that he could prevent the death of the universe.
Then, I went to the 18th round of war against demons and lost my colleagues in the process.
Min-ri Min, Yamti, Victor, Alex, Dorothy, etc.
Of course, at that time, Ryumin did not consider them very important.
Although he was a colleague who came up with me, I also thought he was a competitor who should be eliminated.
‘It’s round 19 now. Round 20 is not far away.’
I looked at the two people who made it to the 19th round, thinking that after dozens of regressions, we could finally see the end.
Heavenly Demon and Shit Idiots.
They are Ma Gyeong-rok and Joo Seong-tak.
They were by my side as they did not miss the 2nd and 3rd place finishes in the entire district.
‘It’s an incredible talent. I only got to this point after going through dozens of trials and errors, but how could anyone get this far without even dying… … .’
Is this the difference between a dull person and a genius?
I felt a sense of injustice, but no matter what, it was a situation where we had to point our swords at each other to survive.
The 19th round mission was to survive for 72 hours in a fantasy world, and there was only one way to achieve it.
* * *
‘I never thought you two would work together to target me.’
Ma Kyung-rok and Joo Seong-tak joined hands in the 19th round.
And he targeted Ryu Min.
They had colluded to kill each other and then fight each other one on one.
‘It would have been difficult if I didn’t have the Inner Heart rune.’
Since he had already surpassed Dunjae’s level, Ryu Min was not the type of person who would fall victim to the two’s combined efforts.
I was able to deal with the two and become the only survivor.
‘It came up after 99 episodes. We’ve finally reached the final round.’
What exactly is round 20?
What will you wish for when you conquer it?
With that in mind, Ryumin confirmed the mission of the round.
* * *
[Boss room entry restriction: 1/5]
[At least 5 players are required to open the boss room.]
[One player has been confirmed to have accessed the boss room.]
[If the conditions are not met, the player will disappear after 5 seconds.]
Quang!
Ryumin, surrounded by pillars of light, looked at the message window and shouted.
“What are you talking about? “This is too intentional, you motherf*ckers!!”
It was ridiculous.
A secret temple I found after wandering around to find out the secret 20-round quest.
I defeated all the guardians there and reached the boss room, but only 5 or more people can enter?
Ryumin, who was watching himself slowly disappearing with clairvoyance, closed his eyes tightly.
‘ha. ‘I was so mad at that time.’
The original Ryumin used his clairvoyance to watch the entire situation of his death while moving around the world line.
From rounds 0 to 99.
There were world lines that had already disappeared along the way, so it was not possible to absorb all of them, but most of the power was absorbed.
And now.
‘My strength has almost doubled.’
Ryumin’s Terra, which was 70 billion, had now increased to 130 billion.
fantasy,
