Genius Regressor Makes Mythic Items

『Due to special circumstances, all outgoing broadcasts are muted.』

A series of messages appeared before him. However, Shimun had already set the mute function, so he paid it no mind. To be precise, he had no attention to spare for it.

‘This is strange.’

An aura darker and more vicious than demonic energy, known as Devil Energy. It was indeed classified among the mythical stats.

‘Belial said it’s almost impossible to obtain unless through the Seven Deadly Sins.’

Didn’t Belial, the second in command in the hierarchy of the Demonic Realm, explicitly mention that obtaining it is nearly impossible unless through the Seven Deadly Sins?

Yet,

Hisss.

What exactly was the Devil Energy breath Suldik had unleashed?

It wasn’t just an illusion.

『Exposed to Devil Energy.』

The system clearly identified the black aura as Devil Energy.

Of course, there were some notable differences.

『It is an imperfect form of Devil Energy compared to the one you possess.』

『It is significantly lower in grade compared to the Devil Energy stat you hold.』

The Devil Energy Suldik used was more unstable and inferior in grade compared to Shimun’s.

And as noted by the system,

『Perfectly resisting and dominating the exposed Devil Energy.』

『Temporarily acquiring 1 unit of Devil Energy.』

『Temporarily acquiring 3 units of Devil Energy.』

『Temporarily acquiri…』

This led to an unexpected outcome.

“This is no joke…”

The absorbed Devil Energy. Though the system referred to it as temporary, the Devil Energy enveloping his entire body was dissipating in real-time, much like rebounding mythical alchemy artifacts.

Whoosh.

Gradually becoming particles and disappearing. Amidst this,

-Absorbing Devil Energy…?

A bewildered voice echoed in Shimun’s mind. It was the Constellation who had summoned him here.

-You, you! What kind of monster are you?

Seemingly genuinely shocked,

-A guy using the Plantain Fan and Heavenly Demon Divine Art… and now even wielding Devil Energy?

He muttered continually in a tone devoid of highs and lows, unlike before.

-And to even reverse-dominate the aura… You are far more dangerous than I thought!

“Dangerous? What’s dangerous?”

-What’s dangerous?! That goddamn Devil Energy of yours was once at the level of the Seven Deadly Sins… Wait.

The Constellation’s voice abruptly cut off.

Seemingly regaining his senses now,

-You don’t even know what Devil Energy is, do you?!

The previously monotonous tone suddenly became sharply raised.

‘Isn’t it just like demonic energy but with better synergy?’

When in contact with demonic energy, it shows a significant amplification effect. Besides knowing that it synergized well with demonic energy, Shimun didn’t really understand the deeper intricacies of Devil Energy.

“Uh, I don’t know. I just got it unintentionally.”

He merely shrugged.

In fact, “Devil Energy’s never had a negative impact on me.”

Devil Energy had never caused him any harm.

Rather, ‘It helped during my encounter with Belial and even with this breath attack.’

It had only been beneficial. However, this seemed to be Shimun’s own perspective.

-This crazy bastard! Do you know how many Constellations have ruined their lives with Devil Energy?! It’s practically like the Void…

The voice of the Constellation, who had been about to explode in anger,

-Was cut off by a playful voice from Shimun’s left eye, where Odin’s Eye was activated.

-You’re just as loudmouthed and ignorant as ever.

It was Lucifer, the being residing in the original Ars Theurgia of Lemegeton.

-Lucifer?!

Apparently, the Constellation knew Lucifer.

-Why the hell are you there?!

The Constellation’s voice couldn’t hide its astonishment.

-Why? I got curious because of this low-grade Devil Energy exposure.

Lucifer replied slyly.

-Kim Shimun? I don’t know how you got involved with this ignorant troublemaker from the Heavenly Realm, but don’t get too close to him.

To this,

-You damn asshole! Who are you calling a troublemaker?!

The Constellation voiced his fury directly. But it seemed to have no effect,

-Who else? You, who defied the Primordial God and got sealed into a rock.

Lucifer taunted nonchalantly.

-That’s because the Jade King used underhanded tactics!! And Lucifer, do you even have the right to say that to me?

The Constellation quickly retaliated.

-I might have been tricked by political machinations, but you got beaten down for directly defying the Primordial God!

-Tsk. That’s why you’re ignorant. You can’t even differentiate between defiance and actions for a greater cause.

-Damn lunatic! Was defying all the gods and the Primordial God for a greater cause?! Huh?!

Surprisingly, the Constellation seemed to have landed a hit.

-What would a monkey like you understand? You’re annoying, so can you shut up now?

Unlike earlier, Lucifer’s voice began to show emotion.

-You bastard! Can’t argue, so you just want me to shut up?

-… It’s not that I can’t argue! I just don’t want to talk to such an ignorant troublemaker.

-Hmph! Don’t make me laugh! I was just a problem in the Heavenly Realm! You were treated as a lunatic across all divine realms!

-This monkey bastard! Who are you calling a lunatic?! Do you want to die?

-Kill me! Not even Shakyamuni Buddha could kill me, what can you do?

-Do you know how many Constellations have perished by my hand?!

Eventually, Lucifer, like the Constellation, poured out his anger. Before Shimun’s eyes, it was like a childish squabble.

With the two voices ringing in his left eye and in his head, Shimun momentarily grew dizzy.

“Enough!”

He shouted immediately.

-……

-……

Both beings fell silent instantly. It wasn’t only Lucifer and the Constellation who were affected by this.

『Cough, cough!』

Suddenly, a rough groan came from the front. When Shimun raised his head,

『Cough!』

Suldik, who had grown enormous with Devil Energy, was coughing roughly and spitting blood. Judging by the presence of Devil Energy and dragon force in the blood, just like the previous breath attack,

‘Looks like he was preparing another breath attack in that moment.’

While Shimun’s attention was briefly diverted by Lucifer’s appearance, Suldik had tried to ready another breath attack, sensing something was wrong.

“Hah.”

Regardless, Shimun let out a deep sigh.

‘What are these so-called Constellations…?’

They weren’t behaving any better than children,

No.

‘Even young children wouldn’t fight this immaturely…’

Shaking his head at the absurdity of the two juvenile Constellations.

“If either of you says one more word until the battle ends, you’ll regret it.”

Shimun growled in an unusually subdued voice. Sensing the seriousness in his tone,

-……

-……

Both Constellations fell silent.

Meanwhile,

-Um…Shimun?

The playfulness was completely gone, Lucifer tried to sound friendly and even addressed him by his name.

“Who said you could call me Shimun? Are we friends?”

Sensing Shimun’s stern reaction,

-N-No. I mean… Shimun… hyung? I have something important to say…

Lucifer became even more cautious and asked hesitantly.

“Don’t call me hyung either… Whatever. What do you want to say?”

Trying to quell his inexplicable irritation, Shimun brushed his forehead and asked.

-You know that Cobran over there? Please! You must capture him.

“You called me just to say that? Doesn’t it look like I’ll handle him anyway?”

-N-No! Of course, it does! What I mean is… It seems he’s connected to Solomon…

Sounding extremely desperate, Lucifer’s voice now almost whispered.

Fortunately,

“Solomon?”

He managed to catch Shimun’s interest, one of Shimun’s eyebrows rose in curiosity.

-Yes! Remember I said I had a favor to ask you?

Lucifer quickly seized upon this and continued speaking.

-Remember when I asked for information about Solomon?

“…Right, you did.”

Recalling this, Shimun nodded calmly.

-The Devil Energy that Cobran is using is very similar to the one created by that bastard Solomon!

“Similar?”

-Yes! So if you’re going to deal with him, could you interrogate him a bit? Please?

Answering as cheerfully as possible, Lucifer’s request might have seemed odd to Shimun, but.

-As a bonus, you can obtain a small amount of Devil Energy!

His continued persuasion finally convinced Shimun.

‘If I can obtain mythical stat Devil Energy…’

That level of effort seemed worth it.

Moreover,

‘I was planning to find out the 3rd Dragon Lord’s objectives anyway.’

Hadn’t Shimun intended to interrogate Suldik, who seemed to be the leader, from the beginning?

Having made up his mind, “Got it. Keep your mouth shut until the Arena ends.”

-Yes! I mean, definitely!

Muffling Lucifer, Shimun immediately kicked off the ground. Perhaps due to the temporarily increased Devil Energy?

Whoosh!

With just a simple kick off the ground, he left a black trail as if he were wearing the winged sandals of Hermes, talaria.

“Ladies and gentlemen, I need to turn off the streaming for a moment.”

『The Arena broadcast is temporarily suspended.』

Halting the broadcast, Shimun,

“Kneel.”

Boom!

Forcibly slammed Suldik back to the ground.

*

Bang!

Intense explosions echoed continuously. The Monkey King glanced at the scene, Urgently prodded his subordinates.

“Hurry! Hurry up!”

It was no wonder.

Boom!

Another explosion.

And with it, the colossal Cobran’s arm was torn off while still alive.

Crack.

Watching Suldik filled him with dread.

Even more so, ‘Suldik grew stronger….’

Having grown to nearly 8 meters in height, Suldik’s power was beyond what the Monkey King could compare with.

‘But he can’t even muster a counterattack!’

Unable to even think of retaliating, he was being disassembled alive like a toy.

The more chilling part was,

“Endure it? Thinking you’re a Draconic, huh?”

Unlike Shimun’s voice, which carried clearly even from a distance,

Crack.

“……”

Suldik couldn’t utter a single scream,Even though his limbs were being torn apart. Judging by his enormously contorted eyes, it was evident he was feeling immeasurable pain.

‘This guy isn’t just normally crazy! He’s crazier than the Great Sage who Pacifies Heavens!’

Based on his extensive experience, the Monkey King, who was well-versed in recognizing dangerous lunatics, intuitively understood how perilous this human named Shimun truly was.

Therefore,

‘This is the only way… the only way to survive!’

The method he and his subordinates were preparing was the only way to overcome this dire situation.

Just then, his subordinates notified him that they had finished their preparations.

“Squeak! Your majesty! It’s done!”

“Move aside!”

The Monkey King hurried over to the location. A massive circle that seemed to span several meters, covered in various unknown symbols drawn carefully. He inspected it closely.

“You fools! The symbols here are wrong!”

Crunch.

“Oof!”

He punched a few subordinates who had made mistakes in forming the circle.

“No wonder you can’t even cast simple spells!”

Quickly, he corrected the formation. Then, the explosions from the distance started to die down.

Bang.

“You, you! Move those to the center of the circle!”

Feeling increasingly urgent, he moved the unconscious subordinates, who had been knocked out by his punches, to the center of the formation.

He pulled out a red fragment, similar to the previous flames, from his chest.

“With this…”

He looked down at the fragment for a moment.

‘They said the control time was exactly 10 minutes.’

Recalling the words of the one who had given him this gem,

“What’s that?”

His body froze at the decadent baritone voice. When he turned his head, “I gave you some time thinking you were planning something. Still not ready?”

Shimun, partially covered in bloodstains that looked like black liquid on his platinum-colored body,

“This makes it pointless to have pretended to fall for it.”

Thump.

Shimun casually tossed aside a large chunk of meat that seemed to be Suldik’s head.

At that, Grinding his teeth, the Monkey King clenched the red fragment even tighter.

“Grrr!”

Crack.

The red fragment in his grip shattered. Only then did he seem relieved?

“You’re truly an arrogant bastard! Fine, I admit that you’re strong!”

The Monkey King’s lips curled into a sneer as he scattered the crushed red fragment.

Then, the scattering red powder swirled around the Monkey King like an aurora.

Sshhh.

“But that’s only within the context of this Arena.”

As his lips sneered, Enormous flames engulfed both the smirking Monkey King and the formation.

Whooosh!!

The heat was incomparable to the flames previously demonstrated by the dragonkin.

“Shriek!”

“So hot…”

Due to it, the monkey yokai outside the formation melted away without a trace.

Shimun, too, ‘It’s quite hot.’

Even with his Dragonoid resistance activated to the highest level, he felt a burning sensation as if he was facing the flames directly.

But why, ‘These flames… they seem familiar?’

There was something about these formidable flames that felt oddly familiar.

It didn’t take long, when a massive figure emerged, parting the pillar of fire,

Whoosh.

“Ah…”

Shimun realized the source of this familiarity.

‘So that’s it. These flames are…’

At that moment, the crazed laughter of the Monkey King echoed from above.

“Ahahahaha!”

Due to the nearly 20-meter-tall giant, the Monkey King perched on its shoulder looked like a tiny doll, but that was all.

Like an excited monkey,

“This is beyond imagination! No, this is beyond expectation!!”

He screamed maniacally, jumping up and down.

Then,

“Go! Son of Muspel, feared even by Constellations!”

Was it that the immense heat of the enormous fiery figure had no effect on it?

Pointing at Shimun, wrapped in a red aura,

“Erase that hybrid completely! Burn this cursed dimension to ashes!!”

He shouted with spittle flying, filled with excitement.

Rumble.

At that, the massive figure made of fire and molten lava, a 20-meter-tall behemoth, began to move.

Click.

Simultaneously, with a clear and light sound, a crimson-black sword appeared in Shimun’s hand.

Slash.

As the enormous fist of the fiery giant slammed into the ground,

Boom!

The entire terrain of the area collapsed.

Whoosh!

A murderous heatwave and flames spread in every direction. Yet surprisingly,

The 2-meter tall figure holding the crimson-black sword, Shimun, stood completely unscathed in the overwhelming explosion.

The giant fiery fist had missed Shimun and slammed into the ground in front of him.

“This…”

Before the Monkey King could even be astonished by this absurd scene,

『King…』

Accompanied by an incomprehensible words, the fiery giant’s knee also crashed to the ground.

Thud!

TL’s Corner:

As I said before, Shimun’s just cheating. And even though I know that, I still can’t stop reading.