The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player Novel - Chapter 324
Chapter 324 – Persuasion
The god who conspired with Artaros was not just Nyx.
“That guy is the real culprit. It’s not Nyx.”
Ryu Min, who discovered who the god behind the scenes was, felt satisfied.
All the orders to kill Artaros and set him up as the boss of level 20 were all actions of that primordial god.
“Although he tried to get rid of me using Artaros with the promise of lifting the curse if I did as told.”
He was angry, but there was nothing he could do.
The opponent was a primordial god that even Artaros couldn’t handle.
He wanted revenge, but he had to overcome this crisis first.
“First, I’ll erase all of Artaros’ combat skills.”
Passing through the memories as if flipping the pages of a book, Ryu Min erased all the skills Artaros had learned.
At the same time, he discovered how to release the formless space, and it turned out to be simpler than he thought.
“The formless space is a skill that Artaros maintains in real-time. So, if we erase the memories of the skills he learned, the space will naturally disappear.”
Having obtained the information he wanted, there was still one thing he needed to know.
How to pass the 20th round?
“Removing Artaros’ curse and killing him would be the best, but that’s impossible.”
According to the memories, aside from the person who received the curse, no one else can lift it.
So, the possible method is to change the level 20 boss setting.
“If I remove Artaros from his boss position, we can pass the 20th round smoothly.”
But how do you do that?
That was a secret even Ryu Min couldn’t discover.
Although he reviewed all of Artaros’ memories, he couldn’t find a convincing method.
“There’s no other way. I can only try to persuade Artaros.”
“You have reviewed all the memories.”
“Do you want to stop the memory erasure? Y/N.”
“Stop.”
Ryu Min’s time, trapped in Artaros’ past, returned to normal.
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Time is relative.
To feel it, you only need to look at the remaining time until the end of the round.
“Time remaining until the end of the round: 01:47:08.”
“Only three seconds have passed.”
Although he felt like he had been reviewing memories all night, only three seconds had passed.
He looked around and saw his comrades hiding behind the monsters, as they had seen three seconds earlier.
“What did Black Scythe give him?”
“Didn’t he put something in his open mouth?”
People were curious at that moment.
After the white space disappeared, the familiar darkness of the boss room returned.
“Huh? We’re back to the original place!”
“The enhancement blocking function has also been deactivated!”
“Was it because of the potion Black Scythe gave him?”
Technically, it was because they erased the memories, but there was no time to explain it to his comrades.
Because he had something to ask Artaros right away.
“Artaros, wake up a bit.”
“Hmm… Where am I?”
“Wake up. I only erased your combat skills. I didn’t erase the memories of fighting me.”
“Are you… Black Scythe?”
Artaros, who was blinking, soon understood the situation and showed a clear look.
“That’s right. You and I were fighting. Then, after drinking a strange potion, your memories…”
“What you drank was a potion to erase your memories.”
“What?”
“I could have turned you into an idiot who couldn’t speak according to my will. But…”
Ryu Min spoke with implicit compassion.
“I left you the opportunity to have this conversation without erasing your memories.”
“Should I be grateful for that? Hmph, it’s not even funny.”
Although Artaros snorted, he secretly couldn’t help but feel curious.
If he could turn him into an idiot, why leave his memories to be able to talk to him?
“That’s right. Do you have something you want from me?”
“All you have to do is answer a simple question.”
“It’s not funny at all. Thinking that I was willing to cooperate with you after trying to eliminate you a moment ago.”
“It seems you are willing to cooperate.”
“With what justification are you saying that?”
“Actually, you want to die.”
“……”
The muscles in Artaros’ forehead tensed.
“Living has become unbearable. You want to undo the curse of immortality, don’t you?”
“How do you know?”
“I’ve read your past. When you erase the memory, you can see the whole past of that person.”
“It’s annoying.”
Artaros showed his first emotion of anger.
“It’s embarrassing for a mere human to see my past so clearly. There can be nothing more humiliating.”
“You shouldn’t feel embarrassed, you should be grateful. If I hadn’t read your past, would I have had the opportunity to help you?”
“How do you think you can help me?”
“It’s simple. Take me to the human who cursed you.”
“What?”
“I’ve seen your past. You went to that human and begged on your knees. But even so, he didn’t lift the curse.”
“……”
“So I’m going to go and ask him to lift it. Maybe I can persuade him because we’re the same type of people.”
“You want to go and ask that guy personally to lift my curse?”
“That’s right.”
Ryu Min patted his chest as if delivering it, but Artaros looked at him with a skeptical look.
“For now, I’ll untie your chains and then we’ll talk.”
“Fine. Don’t worry.”
Ryu Min released the runes of the chains and freed Artaros.
The people who were watching turned around curiously.
“Black Scythe freed him.”
“What is he trying to do?”
“They seem to have been talking all the time.”
“I can’t hear what they’re saying.”
“It will be dangerous if left like this…”
Although Artaros was freed from the chains, he posed no danger despite people’s concerns.
After all, he erased all the skills he knew. Of course, his physical skill was not something to ignore, but as long as he kept him at bay, he wouldn’t do anything to endanger the other players.
“There is no danger. He has no choice but to accept my suggestion.”
When Ryu Min looked at him confidently, Artaros asked.
“What do you know about the person who cursed me?”
“I don’t know. I only know that it’s a human from another dimension.”
“Then how do you plan to persuade him?”
“Well, I don’t have a concrete plan. I’ll have to meet him first to see if I can convince him.”
“Hmph, that sounds like you don’t have any plan at all.”
“Even so, I’m sure I can persuade him. Who knows? It might be effective if it’s the same type of person?”
“You’re talking without knowing anything. That guy is not in his right mind.”
“That’s something I’ll decide when I meet him in person.”
“Do you think I’ll allow you to meet that human?”
“Yes. Why wouldn’t you?”
“On what basis?”
“Don’t you have the desire to catch anyone you can right now? If there’s even a small chance that you can undo the curse, shouldn’t you try?”
“……”
Artaros remained silent for a while, lost in his thoughts.
“……So it’s true that you’re good at persuading.”
“So that means you’ll help me?”
“In return, do you have something you want from me? A way to get out of this situation?”
“You’re not very subtle.”
Ryu Min smiled, but only for a moment.
“I regret to say there’s no way.”
Ryu Min’s smile faded at the desperate tone.
“What are you saying? If you were appointed as the level 20 boss, surely you know how to undo it, right?”
“I wasn’t the one who appointed myself as boss. It was the god. Not even I can change the system rules.”
Ryu Min knew that too.
He had seen it in Artaros’ memories.
“I suppose I asked just in case, but I figured it would be like this.”
But that didn’t mean he was going to give up.
“Then why don’t you ask the primordial god to change it back? To reset the original setting.”
“With what excuse am I going to ask that? I couldn’t fulfill the order to kill the humans.”
“The excuse is your business. Don’t you want to undo the curse?”
“……”
Artaros hesitated before answering.
That showed how much he wanted to undo the curse.
“Actually, the reason Artaros is acting is because of the primordial god. He promised to undo the curse if I obey his orders and kill you.”
But those memories were completely erased by Ryu Min.
He couldn’t cooperate while he had those memories.
“Ask the god right now. To change the level 20 boss setting.”
“……And then what?”
“Then, after we pass the 20th level, we could try to persuade the human who cursed you. I don’t know how to travel to other dimensions, so I’ll need your help.”
“Even after saying that, aren’t you going to help? Isn’t that a lie to avoid the situation?”
“Do you see me as someone who would lie?”
“……Honestly, yes you do.”
Ryu Min sighed as if he was baffled.
“You have no choice anyway. You have to trust me if you want to undo the curse.”
“……Will you really keep your promise?”
“Of course I will. In fact, I’d be delighted if the curse is lifted and you die. You’re the only opponent worth it. Do you know how annoying it is to deal with an enemy who keeps resurrecting? If there’s a way to undo the curse? I’m willing to help. Why wouldn’t I?”
“……You’re right.”
Artaros was completely convinced by Ryu Min’s words.
“I’ll accept your proposal. I’ll speak to the god so that none of you nor the humans here are eliminated.”
“Good decision.”
“However, you must also fulfill your part of the deal.”
“Understood. If we get out of this situation, I promise to actively cooperate in undoing the curse.”
Artaros nodded.
It was a moment of union after being enemies a moment ago.
“Time is limited, so act quickly.”
“Understood……”
“Tsk tsk, I knew you’d be like this.”
At the moment they heard a third voice, Artaros and Ryu Min froze.
“That voice is…”
Ryu Min looked up, recognizing the familiar voice he had heard somewhere before.
Through the crack in the space, a giant eye could be seen.
It was the eye Ryu Min had seen in Artaros’ memories.
“The god of chaos, Chaos.”
The being that was the primordial god and the root of all evil had arrived.