Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

“Hoo?”

A small glimmer appeared in Shimun’s eyes as he pierced Mo’Gadam’s chest. The reason was simple.

“You twisted your body in that brief moment?”

It was a sneak attack from the deadliest angle for a mage, yet, Mo’Gadam twisted his body without looking back and avoided the vital spot, the heart.

However, even though he avoided the vital spot, being human, getting his chest pierced was still a fatal injury.

“Kurgh!”

Indeed, Mo’Gadam spewed a bucketful of blood, and his body trembled intermittently. He was in a situation where he couldn’t avoid Shimun’s second attack.

Madame knew this well. Despite the continuous bleeding from her entire body, she jumped up and shouted while reaching back.

“Don’t move!!”

“If you so much as twitch a finger! Olivia Denson is as good as dead!”

Did it work?

Shimun, who was about to move again, stopped in his tracks. Seeing this, Dayna’s eyes sparkled.

‘As expected, that bastard’s target is Olivia Denson!’

She had known early on that Kim Shimun was a globally promising talent. Winter Queen, the top scout, wouldn’t leave someone like Kim Shimun alone.

‘Both of them participated in the Ukrainian outbreak, there must be some relation.’

Didn’t they both engage amicably in Ukraine’s affairs?

It was obvious that a good relationship had formed between them. Madame Dayna, without taking her eyes off Shimun,

“Reyna! If that bastard moves, kill that woman right away!”

She shouted fiercely. But even after a few seconds, no response came from Reyna.

“Answer quickly!”

She shouted once more with a venomous voice. But the silence continued. Having no other option, with a buzzing sound, she lifted her concealed weapons with her telekinetic power while vigilantly glancing behind her.

“Damn it!”

Then,

“Ah…!”

Dayna’s eyes widened. It was no wonder. By now, Reyna should be holding a half-dead Olivia Denson.

“G-gurg…”

Instead, Reyna was gasping for breath, spitting blood continuously. She was trying to stop the bleeding by clutching her pierced throat with both hands.

Behind Reyna, A gray, angular neodymium magnet and a rainbow-colored shuriken attached to its surface were visible.

‘No, no way…’

Madame Dayna, upon confirming this, stood stunned as if hit by a club. Turning around slowly,

“You… from the beginning, it wasn’t me…”

She mumbled absentmindedly.

“One of the villains’ main tactics is hostage taking, right? I knew, so I wouldn’t fall for it.”

Shimun shrugged his shoulders indifferently, affirming her thoughts.

“Haha…”

A hollow laugh, no, a sigh escaped from her.

Near her ears, she heard Shimun’s voice.

“Uncle.”

‘Uncle?’

And once again, Madame Dayna, was shocked.

“Don’t order me around.”

Because thick tree roots suddenly sprouted, wrapping around the abandoned Olivia to protect her.

Creaking.

“Kim Muyeol! How did you…!”

At the moment Madame Dayna’s shocked gaze turned towards Kim Muyeol, her movement stopped abruptly.

“Wait.”

‘Kim Muyeol? Kim Muyeol, Kim Shimun….’

Even without being Korean, it was clear they shared the same surname. Moreover, that arrogant and authoritative man arriving unexpectedly at the American Dream branch and blocking the way.

A series of realizations flashed through Madame Dayna’s mind.

“Ironwood King, you! From the beginning!”

She finally deduced the current situation. Kim Muyeol said nothing in reply, but it was as good as having answered.

“You wretched scoundrel!”

Veins popped in Dayna’s neck.

“I never imagined you enjoyed toying with others!”

She spat out her words with venom.

“Toying…?”

Kim Muyeol mulled over her words for a moment before letting out a smirking laugh.

“You brought this all upon yourselves. I didn’t do anything particular.”

“You! Do you think you’ll get away with this?!”

Fire sparked in Dayna’s eyes.

“Dealing with a mere association president from a tiny country is nothing!”

She shouted, pointing with her blood-dripping finger. She wasn’t wrong.

“Just spreading evidence that you supported us would be your end! Don’t you understand that?!”

Desperado, the world’s largest crime organization. They had even terrorized the White House in the past, and their infamy had only grown after the recent Ukraine outbreak.

If it were revealed that he supported them, Even Ironwood King Kim Muyeol couldn’t withstand the fallout.

That’s right.

“I know well.”

‘If it were revealed,’ that is.

And Kim Muyeol, well aware of this, curled his lips into a sneer.

“But… There is something required for all that to be revealed, isn’t there?”

He continued, “You surviving and leaving this place, that is.”

Creak!

Thick tree roots surged from all directions.

“Blood Dance!”

Dayna, in desperation, flung her concealed weapons wrapped in aura. But the injuries from her previous fight with Shimun were no trifling matter.

Slash!

While her concealed weapons cut the tree roots, the number of incoming tree roots was far greater.

Creak.

Dayna gritted her teeth.

‘Damn it! To use the escape artifact Haruto gave me, I need at least a single second!’

She had an escape artifact prepared for emergencies, An artifact given to her by Kamisato Haruto, a spatial ability user.

But Kim Muyeol, meticulous as he was, wouldn’t miss even a tiny gap. Moreover,

‘If Kim Shimun jumps in here, I’m…’

Kim Shimun, who had already dealt with Mo’Gadam, was still around. Dayna’s gaze naturally turned towards Kim Shimun.

‘That!’

She saw it. With a hum, Mo’Gadam, impaled by Kim Shimun’s platinum arm, was glaring fiercely.

‘Mo’Gadam…’

Though she was a founding member and Mo’Gadam was a second-generation recruit, she knew well the strength of a core member like him.

‘Right. This is my only option.’

Reading Mo’Gadam’s intent, she gathered all her strength including her aura,

“Blade Storm!”

She spun her body with all her might. Even in extreme situations, Madame Dayna spun elegantly, Piercing the air with her blood droplets.

Whoosh.

Rainbow-colored concealed weapons, infused with aura, slashed through.

Sing!

Soon, Like a high-powered blender, the concealed weapons shredded everything in their path, rapidly expanding their range.

Continuing.

“Mk 0… Blood Burst…”

The dying Mo’Gadam’s body swelled like a balloon.

Boom!

A massive explosion engulfed the entire barrier.

—

The thick dust settled. The building that once housed the Korean branch of American Dream had completely collapsed. Except for one thing.

A large cocoon of dark brown wood.

Then.

Creak.

The tree roots forming the cocoon unraveled.

“Tsk. Self-destruct, huh? I never imagined he’d resort to something like that.”

Kim Muyeol clicked his tongue briefly and dusted off his suit. He heard a voice.

“That’s unexpected.”

Shimun’s voice rang out. Kim Muyeol frowned and glanced back. There, Shimun was walking forward, leaving his comrades behind, having activated his Dragonoid form.

Shimun smirked at the frowning Kim Muyeol.

“I didn’t expect you would save me too.”

“What do you mean?”

“Just that. I thought you would leave me to die.”

“If you were someone who would die from that, you would’ve died already. Didn’t you have some other defense mechanism?”

Which was why he hadn’t budged from his spot even when Mo’Gadam self-destructed. Muttering irritably, Kim Muyeol.

“Well, that’s true.”

Shimun shrugged and nodded.

In reality, ‘I was going to alchemize some defensive armor.’

Wasn’t he planning to alchemize a mythic-grade defensive armor?

“And don’t be mistaken. I was maintaining the barrier and had to include her, so you ended up inside the range.”

Kim Muyeol glanced at Reyna, who was nearly dead behind them.

“Really?”

Shimun looked at his uncle with a peculiar gaze.

‘Hmm?’

Shimun turned his head at a familiar presence. There it was.

“A portal?”

Like a chunk cut out of space. A portal was shimmering. Moreover, A portal composed of dark purple void.

‘It’s a portal made of void?’

Kim Muyeol’s face twisted upon seeing it.

“Ha! Seems like she used a spatial artifact. Cockroach-like.”

Then, Kim Muyeol walked towards it without hesitation.

Step, step.

“Wait a moment.”

Shimun quickly blocked his uncle’s path. Kim Muyeol glared at Shimun with his frown intact.

“Move aside.”

“Listen to me first, Uncle. This is a portal made of void.”

“So? Are you telling me to just watch her escape?”

Kim Muyeol’s already cold voice turned even colder. No wonder.

“If I let this go, the fact that I supported them will be revealed to the world. Is that what you’re after?”

Before the explosion, Madame Dayna had mentioned something, hadn’t she? Shimun shook his head calmly.

“That’s not it. I’m just saying leave it to me.”

“To you?”

“Yes, it’s void. It can become dangerous.”

“It sounds like you’re saying you’re not in danger.”

“Well, less than others, I suppose?”

Silently staring at Shimun, Kim Muyeol understood his concerns well.

“I’ve said it many times, but I want you to remain the president of the association. Trust me.”

Shimun quietly added.

Then, the whole area trembled as if distorted. Reyna, the owner of the barrier, was at the end of her life.

“The barrier seems to be breaking down. I’ll go now, so please clean up.”

Shimun quickly moved toward the dark purple portal.

“…”

Kim Muyeol watched the portal in silence.

—

Swish.

Dark purple, viscous energy. The void exuded an instinctual aversion and disgust from all directions. It felt like swimming through a river of ink.

And.

‘I feel this every time, but this place is truly nauseating.’

A middle-aged woman was struggling through the world of void. Madame Dayna, with a disgusted expression as if swimming in a cesspool, was gritting her teeth and moving quickly.

Clutched in her hand.

Grrrr…

A bone emitting an eerie sound, like something from a ghost story.

‘Damn you, Haruto! I told you to make this rotten thing stop making noise!’

She wanted to throw it away immediately, but, she knew well what would happen if she let go of this artifact.

“Tsk.”

Dayna clicked her tongue briefly and kept moving resolutely forward. At that moment, the artifact Haruto had given her, the bone in her hand, wailed even louder.

Woo woo!

She knew this signal meant someone had entered the portal.

‘What? Did someone really enter this space? To chase me?’

With an incredulous look, she turned back. But all she saw was the dark purple void. She couldn’t see even an inch ahead.

“Perfect.”

She scoffed and resumed walking.

“Whoever it is, it works for me if they die out here.”

After all, wasn’t it supposed to be unbearably painful inside the void?

Then, she heard a voice she shouldn’t have heard.

“Too bad. That’s not going to happen.”

Her steps halted abruptly, and she slowly turned her gaze toward the direction the voice came from. It wasn’t even far.

To her left, “You’ve come a long way in such a short time. I had to run a bit, thanks to you.”

There stood an impeccably handsome man, completely out of place in the void.

“H-How…!”

Dayna’s face was filled with shock. No wonder.

‘This is inside the void!’

The void. Not only did it pose danger to living beings, but even the dead couldn’t predict what risk it might bring. Without a special artifact from Kamisato Haruto, the spatial trickster,

It would be hard for anyone to survive in this place!

Had he seen through her anxiety?

“Ah, you’re wondering why I’m fine in the void? Let’s say… I have a bit of affinity with it.”

Shimun smiled and kindly answered.

“What nonsense!”

Dayna’s mind grew even more chaotic. Then,

“Get lost!”

In desperation, she unleashed the rest of her concealed weapons.

Thunk.

But given her injuries, And having spent all her power matching Mo’Gadam’s self-destruction, her concealed weapons, barely covered in aura, couldn’t even scratch Shimun’s Dragonoid form.

“Is that all you’ve got?”

Step by step, Even in the void, Shimun’s footsteps rang out as approached her.

‘Am I going to die like this…? As a founding member of Desperado?’

Of all the close brushes with death she’d faced as a villain, this brought the deepest despair.

—

Swish.

The dark purple, viscous void. It filled every direction, but did nothing more.

“Hmph.”

Along with a cool scoff from a middle-aged man, white branches grew from his clothes.

Crack.

Hiss!

The void around him retreated with a sound akin to a scream. Like a starless universe, the area around Kim Muyeol turned into an ink-black void.

Despite pushing back the worst kind of energy, Kim Muyeol’s face was filled with dissatisfaction.

“Tsk.”

No wonder.

‘Even the Divine Tree can only manage this much?’

The branches peeking through his clothes were from the Divine Tree. Considering the seed’s value and rarity were comparable to the top three minerals, seeing only this much effect was indeed frustrating.

Pushing back the surrounding void, Kim Muyeol walked through the dark void.

Step by step.

‘Arrogant bastard. Does he think he can order me around like a subordinate?’

He thought of his annoying nephew who asked him to clean up. In other words, wasn’t he ordering him to handle the aftermath?

‘I handle my own problems.’

Since that day, he dealt personally with any potential threats or loose ends. Not even relying on his lieutenant, Choi Changwook.

Especially not if it concerned his nephew, who he couldn’t afford to underestimate.

‘I am not foolish enough to easily trust others, Kim Shimun.’

Kim Muyeol’s eyes grew sharper. As he continued walking, the space shook violently.

Rumble.

It wasn’t just vibrating. Like a storm had struck, All the void around began swirling violently.

Swish!

Even Kim Muyeol, wrapped in the Divine Tree’s protection,

“Ugh!”

Got caught in the massive vortex.

Then, After several seconds. Or perhaps hours?

As the time-distorting vortex vanished, there was a sound like thunder.

Boom.

At that, Kim Muyeol’s eyes snapped open.

‘W-where is this?!’

The sky, as if it might pour rain any minute.

And below, A structure that was all too familiar, but shouldn’t exist. A traditional Korean house. One he had personally burned down with his own hands.

‘Why is the Kim family estate here…!’

Indeed, the Kim family estate. But his shock didn’t end there. A black sedan stopped at the gate.

Creak.

And stepping out,

“Thank you, driver Choi.”

A woman he thought he’d never see again.

‘Ah…’

Kim Muyeol’s world momentarily stopped.