Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

“A mere human dares!”

“How dare you spout such nonsense before me!”

Two four-meter-tall figures following Defina roared furiously.

At that, “Mere? Nonsense?”

The middle-aged man with a cold demeanor, Zhang Liqiu’s sharp eyebrows twitched.

Then, like those eyebrows,

Swoosh!

Something sharp sliced through the air in a straight line.

Slice.

Two thick arms flew through the air.

“Aaah!”

“Screech!”

The two figures belatedly screamed. But seemingly indifferent to his subordinates’ agonized wails, “Indeed, you’re someone worthy of his notice.”

Defina’s bright red lips curled joyfully.

“Even before the regular arena, you managed to sever the arms the two Dracodiles in an instant.”

Her face was filled with admiration as she looked at Zhang Liqiu, the man who had severed the arms of the highest class dragonkin, Dracodile.

Zhang Liqiu, seemingly displeased with her nonchalant demeanor, “I’ve told you before, Defina.”

His eye twitching, Zhang Liqiu’s arm shot out just as before.

Buzz!

A sharp ringing emanated from the spear tip held in his hand.

Internal Energy.

The immense aura that could slice through steel like tofu carved through the air, but that was all.

He never intended to attack in the first place.

Hum.

The spear charged with a lethal aura, aimed squarely between Defina’s brows, abruptly stopped. Considering the ferocity of the attack, it was an astonishing display of controlled spear technique.

“Be mindful of your condescending tone.”

Zhang Liqiu glared icily at Defina. Despite the menacing aura that could split the highest class dragon scales right in front of her eyes, “Heh heh. That’s right.”

As if knowing beforehand that Zhang Liqiu’s attack would not reach her, “Apologies if I displeased you. It’s unfamiliar territory for me.”

Defina, unfazed, shrugged and offered an apology.

“Tsk, arrogant woman.”

Clicking his tongue briefly, Zhang Liqiu withdrew his spear.

“Ugh…”

“Grr…”

Were they in significant pain from their severed arms?

Or was it the humiliation of being defeated by a human?

The two Dracodiles groaned and whimpered, clutching their severed arms.

“You two go and get treated.”

Defina glanced at the Dracodiles and then approached Zhang Liqiu.

“I’ve told you before, haven’t I? With many eyes watching, refrain from coming in person.”

Zhang Liqiu’s voice, dripping with menace, growled.

However, “Heh heh. I haven’t seen anyone with the guts to spy on the room of the Spear King, Zhang Liqiu.”

Defina didn’t even blink, and instead, she took a step forward.

“I’ve heard about what happened this time. You suffered quite a loss, didn’t you?”

Mentioning the sensitive recent event, she perched herself on Zhang Liqiu’s desk.

“I heard that you tried to hinder the growth buff, but ended up losing the alliance’s representative and had to cough up compensations.”

“Hah! Absurd.”

Zhang Liqiu’s eyes turned fierce as he replied.

“Do you even have the right to talk about this incident to me?”

“Oh, come now, can’t we at least discuss it among ourselves?”

“Ridiculous.”

Zhang Liqiu glanced at Zhang Wanzhi, who was trying to read the room.

“A-ahaha! I have urgent matters to attend to. Please, continue your conversation.”

Forcing a laugh, Zhang Wanzhi quickly exited the room. Watching the retreating figure of Zhang Wanzhi with a somewhat displeased expression, Zhang Liqiu spoke as soon as he left.

“Take the recent incident with Dr. Choi Woosuk, for instance.”

Opening his mouth the moment Zhang Wanzhi exited the room, “You boasted that you could catch that Kim Shimun scoundrel. So, I entrusted the situation entirely to you. And what was the outcome?”

“Oh my, I didn’t expect you to bring that up?”

“That’s not all.”

Despite Defina’s light-hearted comment, the fierceness in Zhang Liqiu’s face didn’t subside.

“You and your esteemed dragon warriors claimed that you had accelerated the special arena and would deal with Kim Shimun there.”

“That’s right.”

Bang.

“But the result is this!”

Zhang Liqiu slammed the desk forcefully.

Clearly furious, “Not only did you yield nothing! The two dragonkin members who matched up were killed, weren’t they? And it was a real death thanks to the death penalty!”

His voice grew louder.

“We didn’t gain any information on the scoundrel! If you hastily advanced the special arena, you should have prepared to handle it!”

Finally, he grabbed her by the collar, exuding murderous intent.

“Because of your foolish actions, I’ve had to halt the arena until the non-death penalty period passes! We’ve even lost the slots for the death-prevention buff for Shimdrasil Guild! How do you plan to address this!”

Exuding intense killing intent as if he would devour her any second,

“You seem quite angry. Let me explain and then tell you why I’m here.”

Defina gently stroked his hand that was gripping her collar, still with a composed face.

“The matter of Dr. Choi Woosuk’s transport… Honestly, we have no excuses. We admit it was clearly our mistake.”

Considering the three top-ranked dragon warriors, plus the additional forces from Continental, “Who could have guessed that such a strong force would be annihilated by a single Platinum player.”

No one expected that a Platinum player would cleanly wipe them out. Perhaps it was her sincere admission of fault, “… I was quite surprised myself.”

Gradually nodding his head, Zhang Liqiu agreed.

“Unless it’s Kim Shihyuk or Lee Yujeong, I would have never imagined that a mere prospect could annihilate them…”

“I believe the Korean Association might have helped. There were reports that the association’s forces moved to Silmi Island, weren’t there?”

Zhang Liqiu’s eyebrow twitched at Defina’s words.

“Kim Muyeol, turning his back on me?”

“It wouldn’t be surprising. You failed to assassinate Kim Shimun twice, didn’t you? Especially the Desperado incident—you didn’t even get Kim Muyeol’s permission.”

“That’s… correct.”

The assassination attempt by Jayce Clark, apprentice of Bomberman Mo’Gadam, was conducted without consulting Kim Muyeol, the head of the Korean Association.

Understandably, this could’ve upset Kim Muyeol, who had some form of cooperative relationship with Zhang Liqiu. The top villain organization in the world had infringed upon his territory without permission.

“Kim Muyeol questioned me about that incident.”

“Moreover, the second failed assassination involving the experimental subject strained your relationship with Kim Muyeol even more, didn’t it?”

With Defina’s follow-up words,

“… Are you blaming me now?”

Zhang Liqiu’s face scrunched up.

“Heh heh. That’s not my intention.”

Defina smiled leisurely and gently stroked his twisted cheek.

“I’m just suggesting that the Ironwood King might have intervened in the Dr. Choi Woosuk affair because of such factors.”

“It’s a plausible argument, but that’s already in the past. It has nothing to do with the current special arena matter.”

“Precisely. That’s why I defied the esteemed Spear King’s words and came here myself.”

Defina shrugged and stepped down from the desk she was perched on.

“Firstly, I want to say that the deaths of the two dragonkin members in the Desert on the Scales was an accident on our part.”

“An accident?”

Defina nodded and waved her hand in the air. Then, a magic projection formed a specific shape in the air. Seeing it, Zhang Liqiu slightly furrowed his brow.

“Isn’t that Ammit?”

“Correct. A beast residing in Duat and one of the elements of the arena of death.”

“The element of death?”

“You may not know, but even with the death prevention privilege, there are elements that can lead to unavoidable death.”

With a movement of Defina’s finger, the projection of Ammit raised its fist and mimed a downward strike.

“Certain maps contain elements where the death prevention privilege, or the survival privilege, becomes meaningless.”

“So, you’re saying that in Duat dimension, Ammit is such an element?”

“Exactly. Ammit is the goddess responsible for the annihilation of the dead. If one dies by her hand, the survival privilege is worthless.”

Thus, from the perspective of the dragonkin, the previous incident in the Desert on the Scales was nothing short of an unexpected accident.

“I understand now. The plan was to have Kim Shimun accumulate ten stacks of sin and then have Ammit kill him, wasn’t it?”

“Most likely. Although we can’t ask them now.”

Despite the nature of their conversation, Defina didn’t show much regret and casually waved away the projection of Ammit.

Then, “In any case, that’s not the main reason I came here today.”

With an enchanting smile, Defina handed Zhang Liqiu a small fragment. It was a polygonal shard, somewhat resembling a reptilian scale.

“This is…!”

Zhang Liqiu’s eyes widened as he recognized it. Noticing his rare reaction, “This is the survival privilege that our dragonkin uses.”

Defina smiled contentedly.

“We’ll supply it periodically. This should compensate for the damages incurred in the Shimdrasil Guild incident to some extent.”

“The growth buffs are still painful to lose, but the death prevention privilege is definitely useful.”

Given that it prevents deaths in the special arena, it could immediately stop his subordinates from defecting.

“But you know, right? Our dragonkin items still…”

“…shouldn’t be released on Earth. I’ll handle the confidentiality, so don’t worry about it.”

“Heh heh. So prickly.”

Defina maintained a satisfied smile.

“Then I’ll regularly provide information about the special arena, so please, ease your anger?”

She whispered as she approached him.

“And it would be good if you could also supply more experimental subjects.”

“Hmph. If you do your job properly, there’s no reason for any confrontations. I’ll inform the government to provide the experimental subjects.”

Zhang Liqiu, though cold, had a subtly satisfied look as he held the dragonkin’s survival privilege.

*

Thud.

Into a round, makeshift storage unit,

Clatter.

Items poured in. Beside it were two more makeshift storage units.

“Whew! This is the last one.”

Shimun, who rarely sweated, wiped his forehead with a satisfied smile. Next to Shimun,

Clink!

Even the silver golems mimicked wiping their foreheads.

“Hehe! All done!”

Shiyeon, standing confidently in front like their leader, also wiped her forehead with a bright smile. Next to them, among the metals, including the three major minerals, s-class materials, and artifact crafting items!

The Philosopher’s Stone in the flask, who had approached unseen, stared at the arranged makeshift storage units with bloodshot eyes.

-Heuuuung!! Splitting these rare material items into three parts!

It trembled violently and then fell down.

At that,

“Caught you!”

Shiyeon, waiting below, extended her arms like a ghost and caught her dazed sister.

“Shiyeon, you mustn’t waste energy. Let her go.”

“Okay, Appa!”

Shimun, with a serious face, shook his head quickly. Without a hint of hesitation, Shiyeon dropped her convulsing sister to the ground.

Thud.

The flask rolled away. Even so, the large eyes inside were still rolled back.

“Tsk.”

Shimun shook his head at the dazed Philosopher’s Stone and turned his attention back to the piled-up items.

‘I expected they would bring good things as an apology gift, but I didn’t imagine they would all be S-rank or higher.’

Even among the materials like mithril, Orihalcon, and adamantium, they were filled with not just high-grade junk but truly precious rare items.

Shimun gazed at the third storage unit. The place where crafting-related artifacts were collected.

‘Although crafting-related artifacts aren’t particularly beneficial to me personally…’

He glanced at the orderly rows of mithril golems standing behind him.

‘They’d be quite effective if the golems were equipped with them.’

Even though they were regular alchemy golems and not crafting golems, golems, being summon creatures, would naturally see enhancements in their performance when equipped with dedicated items.

‘Moreover, with my alchemy stat increased by 20 through the stat enhancement potion…’

After a massive level-up of 25 levels in the previous arena, “Desert on the Scale.”

His alchemy stat, which had been at 249, had risen by another 20 to reach a total of 269.

Including the +5 from the Kings’ Pick, his total alchemy energy now stood at an impressive 274.

Thanks to this, ‘I might even be able to use alchemy with golems now.’

It wasn’t just simple arena disease cure production anymore. He felt he could now use the golems for the alchemical processes involved in preliminary cures.

In other words, ‘I should be able to utilize them in combat as well.’

This meant that golems could employ alchemy during battles.

‘I need to test this right away.’

Besides, he had the linked quest given by the High Elf Ernen.

“Kya ha ha! It’s shiny! So shiny!”

Shimun smiled with satisfaction, watching Shiyeon happily playing and rolling among the gathered minerals. He then immediately connected to the arena.

『Welcome to Galaxy Arena.』

『Entering special arena ‘Cradle of the Elemental King’.』

『Entrance item ‘Spirit World Key Fragment’ will be consumed.』

Notifications scrolled up rapidly.

Simultaneously,

-Oh! He’s here!

-Waited for you, 5252!

-Hyung! There’s chaos in Shimdrasil Guild, what happened exactly?

-I saw the news too. All the top guilds and the federation showed up.

-Shimun-ssi! Please tell us if you know anything~.

-What would this guy know? He’s just a regular guild member lol.

-Ask the Sword Saint on his broadcast.

The chat from the waiting viewers poured in.

At the same time,

Swoosh.

The empty waiting room quickly transformed into the arena map.

“Hello everyone. It’s nice to see you…”

Shimun’s face instantly stiffened as he tried to greet the viewers. The reason was none other than, in the colorful spirit realm, there was,

Groan.

‘Why is that… here?!’

Something that shouldn’t be there existed.