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30.65% Martial God Regressed to Level 2 / Chapter 172: Chapter 172

บท 172: Chapter 172

"Mom…"

Yoon Seah's eyes widened in surprise.

"But… mom has already passed away…didn't she?"

Seong Jihan nodded beside her as well.

The death of his sister.

Hadn't the whole nation witnessed it through live broadcast?

"Yeah, while trying to block the dungeon break in the north, she eventually used the self-sacrifice command…"

North Korea was the first country in the world to be destroyed by a dungeon.

They refrained from fostering players who might threaten their regime.

In the already turbulent Northeast Asia League, they ended up at the bottom with an overwhelming score.

There were a few other authoritarian regimes that also avoided nurturing players.

However, those countries didn't rank last in league points because their regional leagues were not as tight as North Korea's.

Thus, since 2011, when dungeons began to appear, North Korea, which had become a dungeon-infested area, was soon engulfed by the abyss.

'The Abyss emerged.'

Upper dungeons formed by several dungeon portals merging.

The 'Abyss' engulfed North Korea.

Unlike dungeon portals, from the crimson rifts that engulfed the land, extremely powerful monsters emerged.

Especially the ghost-type monsters from the North Abyss couldn't be harmed by modern weapons.

Even with the entire army mobilized, North Korea couldn't stop the enemy.

So, North Korea collapsed, and about five years later, near the 38th parallel, a group of survivors, thought to have died, began to move south.

Around the same time, the argument arose, mainly led by human rights organizations, that North Korean compatriots needed to be rescued.

'Unlike the early days of BattleNet, players have grown a lot, and the government showed a positive response to this, but…'

The result was a gruesome failure.

The monsters summoned to North Korea continued to pour out of the dungeon portals even if killed.

Especially as you went further north, most of them were ghost monsters, so the military couldn't exert much force.

When calls to retreat began to emerge,

A player accidentally stepped into the Abyss area, and a new message appeared in the system.

[The owner '??' of the Abyss is enraged by the invasion of its territory.]

[Dungeon Break is activated. Monsters belonging to dungeon portals will move beyond their territory.]

[Defend against the enemy's invasion!]

Along with that message, North Korean monsters came south on a large scale.

Initially, it started under the pretext of rescuing North Korean citizens, but the outcome was a terrible disaster.

The massive ghost legions moving south.

Gold-ranked and above players of South Korea were mobilized to block the 38th parallel.

The first invasion was somehow repelled with almost no casualties.

But as the second and third invasions began, casualties started to occur.

And with the fourth invasion, when a massive darkness came down from the north,

Korean society fell into panic.

No matter how many players were gathered, the scale was far too massive to block.

Just as it seemed the defense line would crumble,

-I'll… use my Gift.

Seong Jiah used her Gift, 'Sacrifice', to its limit.

Upon doing so, her body lost its vitality and turned into hard stone.

As the light burst out in all directions, the darkness that surged like a tidal wave hesitated and then stopped moving.

[If she's a saint… she's suitable as a sacrifice.]

With those final words, the darkness devoured Seong Jiah then retreated.

The sacrifice scene of Seong jiah, witnessed by the entire nation through live broadcast.

People praised her as a true saint, promising not to forget her sacrifice, but for the remaining family members, this incident was nothing short of a thunderbolt.

After that day, Sword King Yoon Sejin, who had been dispatched to prevent the invasion in other regions, began seeking solace in alcohol, saying that he should have been with Jiah that day.

Seong Jihan, confined to his home, became more immersed in gambling.

Trying to consider the gloomy home atmosphere, Yoon Seah made an effort to act as brightly as before, but the forced smiles were obvious.

Seong Jiah's death completely overturned the Yoon Sejin household like so.

However,

"How do you plan to find deceased noona with this ring?"

When Seong Jihan asked, looking at the Aegis ring, the Sword King slowly opened his mouth.

"I remember what she said before modifying the ring. She looked at the ring's options and said it had an owner."

"Isn't it because my noona was the owner of the ring?"

"No, no. It's an item that chooses a new owner when the owner dies, which is interesting. She said your wife was alive, and she dared me to ask if she could still live with me."

"I see…"

Seong jihan's eyes sparkled.

There was no reason for Shizuru, who had already fascinated the Sword King, to lie.

Does that mean my noona is alive?

Even though she turned into stone and was swallowed by darkness…

"Do you have a method in mind? To find noona?"

"I was thinking of searching the dungeons in the north."

"…Is that all?"

"Well… if we trace Jiah's relics and the ring, won't we eventually find her?"

He had asked for the ring thinking there was some groundbreaking method, but

This was way too half-assed, wasn't it?

"Just blindly? What if you trigger another Dungeon Break situation by stepping into an Abyss again like last time?"

"I'd have to… somehow evade it well."

"…Seeing this thoughtless side, you really are dad."

Yoon Seah looked at Yoon Sejin, who was about to leave without any plan, and instead of being worried, she seemed rather pleased.

He maintained a dignified appearance outside as a top Warrior player, but

At home, he was scolded daily by mom for having no thoughts at all, still the same as before.

"Please wait a moment. Ariel."

However, sending him off like this might lead to a big catastrophe.

Seong Jihan summoned Ariel from his arm.

"Why?"

"How do you deal with the Abyss in your world?"

"If it's the Abyss… are you talking about the merging of dungeon portals?"

"Yeah."

"Geez, your world really knows nothing. No wonder you didn't even know how to remove dungeon portals…"

Ariel spread the shadow aura into the air and drew a circle.

A large circle with a center.

Around it, black dots were scattered here and there. Among them, Ariel pointed to one of the black dots.

"The Abyss absorbs the magic power of nearby dungeon portals and strengthens itself. To get rid of this, it's urgent to eliminate the nearby dungeon portals first."

"Hmm, the solution was simple."

"Right. In the first place, Abysses don't form on other planets except during the end times. Since dungeon portals are swiftly removed during exploration."

"So the Abyss only forms under the extreme situation of not even being able to remove dungeon portals."

"Right. That's why planets where Abyss appears are destined to see the end soon. Only Destruction."

So, that's why the darkness in the north was so powerful. In other worlds, Abyss appears when the game is almost over, but here it happened during the tutorial.

Having heard a brief strategy for dealing with Abyss from Ariel, Yoon Sejin opened his mouth with an interesting tone.

"I see, this being is… your summon? Then, if we eliminate all the dungeons around North Korea and move forward…"

"To get rid of dungeon portals, you need a player with the exploration gift."

"We can somehow obtain them if we just pay enough GP, right? GP is…"

As the Sword King spoke confidently, his voice gradually faded.

"…Oh right, I gave it all to Shizuru…"

"You have none left?"

"I only received a modest allowance for maintaining dignity when I urgently needed money. I think I left only a million GP…"

While ten billion may seem like a huge amount to ordinary people, from the perspective of the Sword King, who possessed wealth exceeding tens of trillions, it was a situation where almost everything he had was taken away.

"Sorry, brother-in-law, to ask this right after you helped me… Could you lend me some GP?"

Seeing the pitiful reality of the world's top Warrior, Seong Jihan sighed.

"I can lend you as much money as you want, but to remove the dungeon portals in the north, we need to prepare properly. It's not something we can do with just a player with exploration abilities."

"Umm…"

Investigating the dungeon portal in North Korea. If Seong jiah really is alive, it is a task that must be pursued.

However, relying solely on the Sword King seemed somewhat uneasy. Seong jihan thought about contacting the association to form an investigation team but then realized, 'Ah, right… I can use them.'

Seong jihan's eyes flashed as if he had come up with a good idea.

* * *

At the World BattleNet Alliance headquarters located in New York.

Debates regarding the Sword King's situation were currently taking place there.

"How should we handle the Sword King issue?"

"He notified us of his absence from the Space League. It's truly outrageous… but he is essential for the Space League."

"Yes, you're right. Without him and Seong Jihan, it would be hugely disadvantageous. And there are no replacements for them."

The representatives of many nations, while denouncing the Sword King's demands, agreed that he had to participate in the Space League somehow.

"But if the association yields to the player's threats, it won't look good at all."

"That's right. Rather than accepting their demands, wouldn't it be better to go without them this time?"

Representatives of nations in the Northeast Asia League maintained a hardline stance to keep the Sword King in check.

'Even if we can't permanently revoke his player qualification… we need to impose some level of penalty. Otherwise, Korea will always be in first place.'

Other country representatives didn't have to face Korea except during the Champions League, but for countries in the same regional league, playing against the fictitious day match became inevitable.

The psychological pressure against the Seong Jihan and Sword King duo was intense.

"Go without those two? Is the Space League a joke for you?"

"What if more dungeons appear? We don't know what penalties there might be!"

As debates over the Sword King grew intense.

"The Sword King has proposed a new plan."

The Korean representative brought the Sword King's proposal.

"Although he did not kill Ito Shizuru, the live broadcast of the murder on BattleTube was an inappropriate act… He proposes to support dungeon exploration for six months as a penalty."

"What, dungeon exploration…"

"The Sword King is going to do that?"

Dungeon portal exploration.

After Seong Jihan revealed Exploration Gifts could remove dungeon portals,

The World BattleNet Alliance formed an exploration corps to test this out.

And through them, it was proven players with Exploration abilities could completely remove dungeons, but

A serious issue occurred during the removal process.

"When destroying the dungeon core, random boss monsters would appear, right?"

"Yes, that's right. And so, many died in Somalia's dungeon portal investigation team. After that, the player volunteers completely dried up."

Due to the boss monsters appearing randomly when removing the dungeon core, the criteria for players demanded by the investigation team were significantly raised to level 150 or higher.

Finding players of this caliber from the association was extremely difficult.

From the perspective of the players, being called when they reached that level was a great honor. There was no need to willingly face death and join the investigation team.

"Hmm… it's an acceptable proposal."

"With the Sword King participating in the investigation team, there would be no worries about combat."

"No matter what boss monster comes out, accidents like last time won't happen."

As a positive atmosphere flowed through the audience.

The Korean representative said, "Instead, he has stated that he will only explore North Korea's dungeons."

"North Korea… wasn't that where the first dungeon break occurred?"

"With the Abyss present, isn't it dangerous?"

"He plans to sequentially remove the outermost dungeons and assess the situation."

"If Korea agrees, then it's fine for us. It's more convenient for the investigation team to go there than to set up a base camp in a country with dungeons occurring in only 10% of the area."

Dungeons that only appear in the bottom 10% of countries.

Countries belonging to this category originally had poor public order, and the emergence of dungeons accelerated social collapse, making the situation very unfavorable.

Rather than setting up an investigation base camp in such dangerous places, having them investigate North Korea from the stable nation of Korea was far better for the alliance.

"Six months seems too short…!"

"Hoho, please refrain from making any more unreasonable demands on the Japanese side."

"That's right. Isn't dungeon portal investigation the most important for humanity?"

"That's true. And is it true that Shizuru really died? The evidence from the Japanese side is weak as well."

"Umm…"

Representatives from Northeast Asian countries, who were aligning against the Sword King, looked at each other.

'This is as far as we can go.'

'We might face a backlash from public opinion.'

It was a tough situation to demand further punishment for someone like the Sword King joining the investigation team, essentially volunteering for the punishment.

They were now powerless to demand any further punishment.

"…Understood."

And so, with even the Japanese representative accepting the Sword King's proposal,

The World BattleNet Alliance swiftly processed matters.

The alliance's dungeon portal investigation corps departed for Korea.

And they mobilized multiple satellites to identify areas tinged purple by the Abyss.

With the alliance fully supporting him like this,

Yoon Sejin clicked his tongue.

"Brother-in-law, impressive… I didn't expect you to manipulate the alliance like this!"

"Well, it's a simple matter. They also needed a dungeon portal investigation."

Seong Jihan casually replied and cautioned Yoon Sejin.

"If you discover any traces of noona, contact me immediately. I will join you right away."

"Sure, I'll definitely find her."

"Dad, don't overdo it. Come home often when you have time. You can just ride your sword and come quickly, right?"

"…Yes, Seah. I'm always grateful and sorry."

After hugging Yoon Seah once, the Sword King joined up with the investigation team.

Seong Jihan looked at the calendar.

Starting from the Shizuru incident, with the whole series of events ending, 20 days had already passed.

With this much time passed, there was no need to postpone leveling up any further.

'I guess I can start playing the game again.'

With that thought, Seong Jihan decided to turn on BattleNet for the first time in a while.


บท 173: Chapter 173

[Sword King joins expedition team for dungeon portal investigation! Effectively begins serving in the army.]

[Due to 6 months of suspended player qualifications, the combination of Seong Jihan and Sword King will be seen later than expected in the next season.]

-Ah… He's really unfairly treated… The World BattleNet Association didn't do much when Shizuru was brainwashing people, but now they're really harsh.

-But this should be enough to enter the Champions League next year.

-Just entering the Champions League? We're finally going to rank 1st in the league ahead of China! Hahaha!

Koreans welcomed the news that the Sword King would still be able to participate, relieved that his qualifications weren't permanently revoked.

-Oh… He's joining the expedition team? I hope we don't get another Dungeon Break happening if they investigate North Korea again…

-The association's satellite is supposed to identify the Abyss areas to avoid.

-Satellites can see that?

-Yup, the land turns purple apparently.

-Eek, back then I thought the country was done for… I'll never forget raiding the convenience store when that happened, haha!

With expectations and worries intermingled, when the expedition team arrived in Korea and the Sword King departed with them,

Yoon Seah smiled at Seong Jihan.

"Uncle~ You haven't been playing much lately. At this rate, I'll surpass your level!"

"What level are you?"

"I'm 92."

"…How are you leveling up so fast?"

"I think there's a huge merit in being able to play two games a day."

It had only been 20 days since the promotion match, but Yoon Seah was growing rapidly.

She was thoroughly enjoying the effects of her Late Bloomer gift.

"Your gift is C-rank now, right?"

"Yeah, the C rank effect is a bit disappointing, though…."

Yoon Seah showed her gift to Jihan.

From F to D, the gift effects were so excellent that there was no room for complaints.

But the C rank was a bit ambiguous.

-C Rank Effect: Once a week, attempt to upgrade the skill grade.

Unlike the previous ones, the C-rank effect has a very high level of randomness. Yoon Seah pointed at it with her finger, her lips protruding.

"I tried it three times now, and it all failed! I don't know if it's actually upgrading."

"You're talking nonsense. In my opinion, that's the most fraudulent thing."

No matter how random it is, the effect of upgrading the skill grade.

Saying such an unreasonable effect existed, China's Xin Youhwa once ranked 2nd in the world.

Seong Jihan scoffed at Yoon Seah's complaining and looked at the Late Bloomer upgrade condition at the bottom of the gift explanation.

B-rank upgrade conditions.

-Available after tutorial completion.

"Can't upgrade during the tutorial huh."

"Yeah, it's a bit disappointing because it feels like my growth has stopped."

"You're growing at an incredibly fast pace… Don't say that in front of others. You'll get cursed."

"I know. I'm only saying this in front of Uncle, who is growing even faster than me. Of course, I'll surpass you!"

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah, you have to set high goals."

"Even if your level might actually be surpassed?"

As time passed, the snowball rolled even bigger.

With Void Archer, she was effortlessly securing first place.

If it continued like this, she might actually catch up in levels.

"Well, the actual skill level is still like heaven and earth. Hehe."

"That… can't be helped. Even if you try, you can't catch up."

"You're saying that very firmly."

"Because it's the truth."

No matter how good the Late Bloomer gift is.

It couldn't compare to Seong Jihan, who possessed the Martial Soul.

"Grow diligently and become a national representative next year."

"Got it! Let's go level up, Akari unnie."

"Yes, Miss Seah."

As Yoon Seah and Akari left the room.

'No way I'll let that punk surpass me so soon.'

Seong Jihan checked his current status.

His level was 124 now.

It seemed destroying Shizuru's soul with Myriad Ghost Sealing Gods and erasing the Succubus Queen's remnant didn't count towards leveling up requirements.

After the promotion, he had leveled up 4 times during the Japan match, and had been stuck there since.

Martial Soul naturally rose whenever he completed a martial art,

And it had exploded from the stagnation, reaching 150 after using Myriad Ghost Sealing Gods.

'Still, I can't be satisfied with this level.'

Seong Jihan aimed to reach level 200 quickly. Thinking that he needed to resume his martial arts research, he logged into the BattleNet.

It was his first time logging in as a Platinum.

As soon as he entered, a new message appeared, different from usual.

[You have survived the Top 25 Promotion Match in the Space League.]

[The difficulty of NO.4212 'Humanity' has decreased.]

[The player has fulfilled the opening conditions for the hidden option of the tutorial, 'Rehearsal.']

[Rehearsal is a game where you can experience the maps used there before the opening of Space League.]

[Would you like to play Rehearsal?]

[While Rehearsal is unlocked, the player 'Seong Jihan' cannot play regular maps.]

'Rehearsal?'

It seemed like a rehearsal for a performance, just like its literal meaning. The BattleNet's Rehearsal game appeared to be just that.

There's no need to skip this.

"Yeah, I will."

As Seong Jihan chose to unlock Rehearsal,

[Player Seong Jihan is unlocking Rehearsal.]

[Only player 'Seong Jihan' can play Rehearsal maps.]

[Platinum-rank players may be randomly matched on Seong Jihan's team to experience Rehearsal games.]

A map only he could monopolize like the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor.

Yet another one had appeared in BattleNet.

[The assigned map for the Rehearsal game is 'Chaos Battlefield.']

Looking at the following message, he furrowed his brows slightly.

'Of course, it had to be this map.'

* * *

The Chaos Battlefield, a map used in the Space League, was a map that humanity had never managed to win even once in Seong Jihan's past life. And it made sense.

'The map itself is too disadvantageous for humans.'

True to its name, chaos reigned on this map. The terrain was constantly being destroyed. Enemies would pop out from all directions, and later on, the sky and ground would flip. Therefore, naturally, races capable of flight excelled here.

It was a battlefield where maintaining a formation was impossible. Seong Jihan recalled the human players scattering and getting annihilated each time. However, his perspective changed.

'Well, it's better this way.'

After all, it was just a rehearsal. Losing wouldn't affect Seong Jihan's ranking in the Space League. It might be a good experience for people to realize how harsh the Space League was while playing this map.

[Matchmaking for 500 Rehearsal participants on the Chaos Battlefield map has begun....]

And so, the matching process began. Seong Jihan stood on the black-stained ground, and in a flash, other human players were summoned near him.

"Oh… So it's here?"

"Rehearsal, how interesting."

"Seong Jihan! It's Seong Jihan again!"

"What did Seong do this time?"

"Seong! Can I get an autograph? SEONG? SUNG? How should I write it?"

Players rushed towards Seong Jihan, greeting him enthusiastically. The foreigners especially seemed more excited, asking for his autograph.

Unlike usual matches where leagues differed, preventing them from playing together,

It seemed players were matched globally for this Rehearsal map since it recruited 500.

"SEONG."

After reaching Platinum in the Space League, Seong Jihan was practically a global star akin to BattleNet Star. Used to such popularity even in his past life, he calmly signed autographs for the players flocking to him.

While doing so, he surveyed the summoned players.

'Not many are coming.'

As the player recruitment for this map took longer than expected, Seong Jihan turned on BattleTube.

"Hello, everyone. It's been a while."

-Oh, BattleTube is finally on!

-It's been days, seriously…I couldn't watch the broadcast because of Shizuru… it was so empty .

-Seong Jihan!! If you headbang, I'll sponsor you with the Sword King's GP!!

[SwordKingFan1 donated 100,000 GP.]

[Thanks to you, we can cheer for the Sword King again. Really grateful!]

[SwordKingFan2 donated 100,000 GP.]

[I was waiting to donate the moment you turned it on!!]

Like that, SwordKingFan1 to 11 each donated 100 million.

-Whoa, so many SwordKingFans lol

-They are no longer the SwordKingFans 🙂

-1.1 billion… Is this real?

Seong Jihan, looking at the massive donations, finally opened his mouth.

"Thanks for the donations. But SwordKingFans, I'm fine so please support my brother-in-law now. Shizuru took all his assets, he only has 1 million GP left."

-1 million GP is still a lot, no?

-Considering the Sword King's assets were in the trillions… Having that little left, the feeling of loss must be immense.

-Ask him to turn on his broadcast!

-We want to donate but can't…

"Hmm… Why isn't it turning on? I'll ask him about it later."

As the SwordKingFans' donations ended,

"Oh cool, Seong turned it on!"

The players gathered around him noticed his BattleTube was on and cheered, making V-signs.

"I'm appearing on Seong's broadcast!"

"My name's Michael, remember me everyone!"

On Seong Jihan's channel, now firmly established as BattleNet's hottest broadcast.

They were elated to appear on it.

-Uh, who're these guys?

-So many foreigners??

The viewers were annoyed as the foreigners blocked the screen, causing a ruckus.

-Um, we came to see oppa Seong Jihan -_- Move your ugly faces and piss off.

-Michael? Why's he acting so familiar lol

-What is this, a fan meeting? What's going on?

To the confused viewers, Seong Jihan explained the current situation.

"When I logged in today, a new special map opened up. So I immediately tried it out."

He then briefly explained the Rehearsal map, and said.

"Since there aren't 500 yet, Platinum players who haven't started the game, let's play the rehearsal map together."

Through his broadcast, he sent out a global recruitment to Platinum players.

-Whoa, a Rehearsal…

-Seong Jihan's channel really shows all kinds of things;;;

-Seriously, he plays a totally different game.

-Then, like last time, will extraterrestrial races appear in this game?

-If those guys come out, we might get wiped out… wouldn't the players actually needs to avoid it?

Some viewers expressed concerns.

Flash! Flash!

As soon as Seong Jihan finished his story, the rate of Platinum players joining increased significantly.

"A rehearsal… it's interesting."

"Experiencing Space League before Diamond!"

Some joined to experience the new map.

"I came prepared for a level downgrade. Please give me an autograph to me too!"

Some Platinum players joined one after another to see Seong Jihan.

Once 500 players were gathered,

[500 players have been matched.]

[The game will start.]

[The assigned map is 'Chaos Battlefield.']

The game began instantly.

[Removing BattleNet's shield.]

Shhh…

With that message, the wide-spread shield protecting the 500 humans on the black land was lifted.

"Oh, we start here? I thought it was a waiting area."

"Chaos Battlefield… the name sounds grand."

"But it doesn't look like much…."

Under the sun in the sky, the endless black land stretched out. As players looked around to grasp the map, Seong Jihan gazed at the sky and furrowed his brow.

This damn map, already…!

"Everyone, prepare defenses!

"Huh?"

"Supporters, set up barriers, and warriors, block the sky. They're coming soon."

What's in the sky?

As the players looked up confusedly at the clear sky,

Kaaaahhh!

Along with a scream that seemed to tear their eardrums, Enormous flames poured down towards the 500 humans.


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