The 100th Regression of the Max-Level Player

└ Accumulate points in the fantasy world for 24 hours

└???? Multiple

[Unified Zone CA-EA001]

└ Participating Zones: 190

└ Achieving Zones: 0/95

“Huh? What’s this?”

“Participating zones? Achieving zones?”

“Not participants or achievers?”

As the players murmured at the different quest screen, the angel explained.

[You completed the sub-quest count in the fantasy world last round, right? This time, it’s a similar mission. The difference is that the zone that accumulates the most points wins.]

“A zone competition……?”

[Correct. Unlike the previous rounds based on individual performance, this time, you proceed as a team by zone.]

“By zone……?”

“The zones were just merged.”

[Of course, it’s the zones before the merge. Each zone forms a team of roughly 700 people. You won’t be sharing experience points, it’s just a team sharing victory and defeat. You could call it a joint fate.]

“Oh…….”

The players nodded, understanding.

[The quest is simple. Travel around the fantasy world and complete sub-quests to earn points. The points you earn individually are added to your team’s total, and the team with the most points wins.]

“Oh…….”

“It’s really a team competition…….”

“Even if you don’t earn many points, you might survive if your team ranks high?”

[That’s right. Even if someone slacks off, as long as the team ranks high, that person also passes. The top 95 teams pass, from first place to ninety-fifth.]

“Oh, so that’s why it’s participants and achieving zones, not participants and achievers.”

Korean players looked at each other.

They were no longer competitors to eliminate, but teammates sharing the same boat.

[Just because you’re a team doesn’t mean you share the rewards. The rank rewards are still based on individual performance.]

“So there are individual rankings, huh.”

“If you don’t get in the top three, you don’t get the rewards, right?”

“Yeah.”

[Since the zones are merged, the rewards from this round on are slightly enhanced. You’ll have to work hard to get into the rankings.]

Despite the angel’s words, people remained indifferent.

They didn’t expect to receive the ranking rewards, limited to just three individuals.

Surviving by earning as many points as possible was their primary goal.

[Since the zones are merged, we also need to reduce the number of zone representatives to one. We’ll select the player with the highest individual points as the unified zone player with the highest individual points?”

‘Guess we can’t aim to be the zone representative.’

No one said it, but they all thought the same thing.

Black Scythe will take first place again.

[You should strive for survival, but there’s another reason to earn points. If you survive this round, a special shop will open where you can use the points you’ve earned.]

“A special shop?”

[There, you can use your points to acquire special buffs and items. Think of points as the currency for the special shop.]

Hearing that points could be used as currency, a spark of enthusiasm appeared on the players’ faces.

“Whatever it is, earning lots of points is crucial.”

“In that case, let’s all do our best. Complete those sub-quests like crazy to rack up points!”

The Korean players steeled their resolve and looked at the other players.

They saw many foreign players they hadn’t seen before.

Since most people didn’t change their appearance drastically during customization, it was easy to distinguish players from other countries.

‘This round is like a national competition of sorts.’

Thus, everyone seemed motivated, but there was a fact the angel hadn’t mentioned.

Another way to earn points.

[There are various ways to earn points. During the 24-hour limit, completing sub-quests scattered across the area grants points based on difficulty. Killing monsters in the field also gives points along with experience.]

“Simple enough.”

“Just like before, we should focus on completing sub-quests.”

People were confidently laughing and talking, but they fell silent as the angel continued.

[Oh, and killing other players also grants points.]

“…….”

[I’m not telling you how many points. Find out for yourself. It’ll be more than you expect. Hohoho.]

The angel laughed brightly, but no one could follow suit.

-You get points for killing people?

-So, if you kill someone from your own team……?

-No. Killing someone from your team is a loss. You lose someone who could be earning points.

-If you’re going to kill, target players from other countries.

As people’s thoughts became clear, Ryu Min sighed and shook his head.

‘Just as the angel intended. They’ll see each other as enemies and fight.’

The rule about earning points for killing others was there to incite people to kill and distrust each other.

‘After dividing them by country, they’ll probably give a cooperative quest in the 12th round.’

Whoever designed this had a twisted sense of humor.

While inwardly clicking his tongue, Ryu Min observed the players.

They quickly broke the silence and started cheering again.

“Since it’s like this, let’s work hard on the sub-quests!”

“If we stick together, there’s nothing to fear!”

“Right. We have the top-ranked player, Black Scythe, on our side!”

“Earning points is no big deal! Let’s all survive together!”

Their cheers, however, were short-lived.

[Now that the explanation is over, we will immediately transport you to the fantasy world. Oh, by the way, the starting location is random.]

“R-random?”

[Starting all in the same place would be boring, isn’t right?]

Realizing they would be scattered, everyone fell silent again.