The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player Novel - Chapter 346
Chapter 346 – The Full Story of the Incident (1)
The players, as if hypnotized, reached out their hands towards the Stone of Desire.
At that moment, Chaos shouted something, but that was all.
There was no way to stop the hands of the 97.
[Player ‘Black Scythe’ enters the Hall of Wishes.]
Once they grabbed the shining gems, the 97 players, including Black Scythe, entered their respective halls.
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A white space with nothing else.
But this was the second time visiting this space.
Here, Ryu Min was enjoying his ecstasy alone.
‘I did it. I rescued my companions from Chaos.’
Min Juri, Seo Arin, Christine, Sophia, Jeffrey, Russell, An Sang-cheol, Ma Gyeong-rok, Eom Jun-seok, Heo Taeseok, Jo Yong-ho, Yamti, John Delgado, Alex, Dorothy, and others.
He saw the 96 except himself touching the Stone of Desire.
Surely they would enter their halls of wishes and discuss their desires.
‘May each one achieve what they wish for.’
Ryu Min also fulfilled his desire.
Through the hundred and first reincarnation, his desire was to save his companions.
‘Everyone touched the Stone of Desire, despite Chaos’s interference.’
Ryu Min’s wish was fulfilled.
But it was only a partial wish.
The real desire was to eliminate Chaos, the cursed host of this game.
‘Without killing Chaos, it’s not over yet.’
Who knows if he will put human lives at stake again.
Overcoming the danger in front of him doesn’t mean everything is fine and relaxed.
If it’s the Chaos he knows, he can’t let it go just like that.
[Welcome to the Hall of Wishes.]
[If you have any questions, feel free to ask.]
Ryu Min immediately responded to the system voice.
“I want to know my contribution.”
[The contribution score of player ‘Black Scythe’ to the victory is 264,452,952.]
Last time it was 380 million, but this time it only reached 260 million.
While he fought Chaos, it seems that other players shared the contribution.
‘Regression number 102 has passed.’
There’s no reason to go back anymore, as he already achieved his goal.
‘No choice. I can only empty that wish as promised.’
Before making a wish, Ryu Min asked about things that intrigued him.
“What will happen to me when I leave the Hall of Wishes?”
[You will lose all your skills, levels, stats, and abilities, as well as your powers.]
“Does that mean I will become an ordinary human from a divine being?”
[No. Once you have become a divine being, you cannot go back. Only the items, levels, skills, abilities, runes, and stats you obtained as an avatar will be reset. The titles and eternal items associated with the soul will remain.]
“Were the titles linked to the soul?”
[Yes, they were.]
This was another piece of information he didn’t know.
‘So that means I only lose the levels, stats, runes, and items, right?’
Only the titles and eternal items will remain.
But even with that, Ryu Min could belong to the category of the ordinary.
“How much contribution do I need to keep my skills, stats, runes, and items?”
[To keep all of Black Scythe’s skills, you need a contribution of 2,139,201,921.]
“’21 billion? It means it’s almost impossible to maintain this state.”
Finally, he had to make the wish he promised Rubuahi?
Ryu Min made his wish.
The wish he had already considered as an alternative.
“Make me meet Gaia.”
[If you wish to meet Gaia, all your contribution will be consumed. Are you sure you want to continue?]
Ryu Min nodded in response.
“That’s right.”
It’s a pity, but there’s no other choice.
To kill Chaos, he needed Gaia’s help.
“Alright.”
Originally, Ryu Min’s plan with Rubuahi was to grow secretly without Chaos noticing.
To kill Chaos, he would have to complete the second divinization and gather 10 billion tera, but if he were interrupted along the way, there would be a high probability of failure.
‘Although I tried to complete the second divinization avoiding Chaos’s eyes…’
Even for a skilled slayer, killing seven archangels and four deities in secret is not easy.
In the end, being discovered by Chaos was only a matter of time.
‘That’s why I needed an alternative in case my existence was discovered.’
That alternative was meeting Gaia through the Stone of Desire.
Since Gaia had another method to eliminate Chaos.
‘Of course, I could have met Gaia before returning.’
However, after his conversation with Rubuahi, Ryu Min decided to go through the hundred and first reincarnation.
He couldn’t ignore the companions who had died because of Chaos.
‘You saved your companions and completed the second divinization to meet Gaia as you wished. It’s really admirable.’
“Stop the nonsense and get to the point. Where is Gaia?”
[She has been waiting.]
For a moment, it seemed Rubuahi’s eyebrow moved, but he paid no attention.
Buzz!
With a glow, a middle-aged woman revealed herself as she pushed away the darkness.
‘Is that Chaos’s wife and the creator goddess, Gaia?’
Unlike the gigantic Chaos, the woman’s body wasn’t that big.
At first glance, she looked quite ordinary, with a soft and human impression.
However, the creator’s authority she had inside was so immense that even Ryu Min couldn’t imagine it.
“Are you Gaia?”
[Yes. I am Gaia, whom they call Mother Earth.]
“Is this your real form?”
[No. I simply created a form that humans would find comfortable. I have no real physical form. The same goes for Chaos.]
“You just created a form to be more comfortable to see, is that it?”
“Yes, but the primordial Tao is an existence that truly exists, both for me and for Chaos.”
Ryu Min stared at her as if trying to read Gaia’s mind.
However, neither Chaos nor Gaia could be read in their thoughts.
‘Right, I no longer have the rune of internal thoughts, do I?’
He had lost all his stats, runes, and god-rank items he had accumulated until now.
Fortunately, only the title and the eternal items remained, so it was a blessing amidst the misfortune.
‘However, not being able to see the information remains the same.’
Even the Eye of Insight did not provide any information about Gaia.
“By looking at your eyes, it seems you are wary of me.”
“…”
“Didn’t we write a contract to speak only the truth? Why are you on guard?”
“You know why, right?”
“It seems you didn’t like it much.”
Ryu Min intentionally did not respond.
Gaia smiled condescendingly as if it were understandable.
“I understand. Many humans have died because of the system I created.”
“Not just on our planet. Humans from other dimensions also died in this damned war. Just to participate as mercenaries in the gods’ bets.”
“That part is regrettable, but I can safely say it was not my intention. It was all Chaos’s plan.”
“The idea of using humans as mercenaries came from Chaos? You just created the system?”
“That’s right.”
Ryu Min stared at Gaia, who, according to the contract, wouldn’t lie, meaning she was telling the truth.
“However, it’s still true that you collaborated with Chaos.”
“I regret that. I didn’t want to hurt humans either. Where are the parents who want to kill their children? All living beings are like my children.”
“…”
“Besides, I only have the authority of creation; I don’t have the power to kill living beings. The destructive power belongs to Chaos.”
Gaia had the power of creation, while Chaos had the destructive power.
And are they a couple?
‘A supreme couple.’
Gaia smiled again.
“Did you just think we were the supreme couple?”
“…”
“From your expression, it seems you guessed it. I’m sorry, but our relationship isn’t that good. Can you imagine being married to someone whose job is to destroy creatures? Where is the happiness in that?”
Based on Gaia’s words, they seemed to be opposites.
‘Isn’t Gaia just stressed out because of that? Chaos only focuses on destruction.’
Ryu Min began to vaguely understand why Chaos didn’t like Gaia.
“So, you tried to use Chaos, your husband, through me? Because you can’t stand seeing him?”
“It’s not that there aren’t reasons for that. But there is a real reason.”
“A real reason?”
“If you want to talk about that, you’ll need quite a bit of time; are you okay with that?”
Ryu Min nodded.
Time is the only thing he has left.
And he needs to know the truth to decide if he can trust Gaia or not.
“Let’s hear it then.”
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Between Chaos and Gaia, there was a child.
Chronos, the god of time.
With overwhelming power to manipulate time at will, he had grown so much that even his parents feared him.
Was it out of fear that he would endanger their position?
Realizing how dangerous the power to manipulate time was, Chaos finally attempted to kill Chronos.
However, Gaia, who realized this, did not stay quiet.
To save her child, she sent him to a distant dimension.
“Where is that damn Chronos?”
“I have no idea.”
“Are you going to stick with the same story? That boy is dangerous by himself. We should kill him immediately!”
“Where in the world are there parents who want to kill their own child?”
“Aren’t you going to stop talking about that? Fine. Wait and see. I’ll find him and kill him without fail!”
Gaia desperately tried to protect Chronos, while Chaos, with eyes blazing in anger, tried to find and kill his son.
It was from this moment that the relationship between the couple started to deteriorate.
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Chronos, now alone, escaped avoiding the dimensional cracks.
Sometimes he would go back in time to overcome dangers.
“Whew, that was close.”
Chaos’s subordinates, including Nyx, were obsessed with capturing him.
Chronos, who lived a fugitive life, skillfully hiding among the cracks of time and space, couldn’t help but feel anger.
“I can’t keep hiding like this. To gain my freedom, I must kill Chaos, that creator who is not my father.”
But he only had the power to manipulate or go back in time; he couldn’t face Chaos’s destructive power.
“Someday I’ll kill him. Someday…”
Sharpening the blades of revenge he would use someday, Chronos continued his fugitive life.
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A long time passed.
Time changed everything.
The flowers, the trees, the living creatures, everything disappeared.
Every time it happened, Gaia conceived new creatures with her power of creation.
However, Chaos, on the other hand, focused on destruction.
It seemed to be a difference of inclinations, but it also meant that Gaia was the only one suffering stress.
But that doesn’t mean Chaos wasn’t stressed either.
“Chronos. That damn bastard. I should have found and killed him long ago…”
Although he released his subordinates to search for him, until now they had not succeeded.
There was no trace of him anywhere.
“It’s a damn waste of time. My power is diminishing more and more.”
As time passed, Chaos’s power diminished.
On the other hand, as more creatures were born, Gaia’s power strengthened.
The reason Chaos was so intent on destroying life was here.
As a primordial god, he couldn’t afford to lag behind Chronos and Gaia.
“I can’t continue like this. I need to regain my power.”
Chaos was the god of destruction, but his true nature was that of a god of chaos.
The more chaos there was, the stronger he would become.
“How can I do it? How can I sow chaos among the creatures?”
While searching for ways to regain his power, Chaos finally had a brilliant idea.
“Good, that should work.”
The idea he came up with was simple.
Threaten the celestial and demonic races to fight periodically against each other.
“Then chaos will arise between the two races.”
Thus, the War was born.