The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 403

The empty training ground was engulfed in flames.

Sssss...

The owner of the arena looked around.

The flames, once white, had turned red and were devouring the emptiness.

"Now that you have the power of the administrator, you're using it right away. The training ground is collapsing."

"...I didn't know it would spread like this."

"That's the excuse arsonists often use."

"There's nothing to catch fire, yet it's burning like that."

Since the flames spread, the vitality had not been supplied for a long time.

Yet, Sung JiHan wondered why it was burning so fiercely.

The inside of the empty training ground was pitch black because no map settings had been made.

There was nothing to catch fire.

But the owner of the arena retorted as if asking what he was talking about.

"You say there's nothing to catch fire. Isn't there emptiness?"

"Emptiness?"

"Yes. The flames of the administrator burn even the emptiness."

Sss...

While saying that, the owner of the arena's face grew rapidly.

The shape of the universe quickly filled this space.

A more intense emptiness began to cover this place.

"But if we inject a much larger amount of emptiness, this fire can evolve."

Shhh...

As he said, the flames gradually began to wither under the pouring emptiness.

Sung JiHan looked at the power displayed by the owner of the arena with an interested gaze.

"He's a high-ranking figure in the emptiness. That makes sense."

Usually, when he came for maintenance of the training ground, he didn't really feel his power.

But seeing the intense pouring emptiness, he could clearly feel that he was of a higher rank.

The fire was extinguished thanks to the owner of the arena.

"Now I can't use this place anymore..."

Capturing the emptiness again, he returned to his cosmic face.

Looking around, he said bitterly, "It's such a shame that I personally put in the effort to upgrade the training room, only for it to burn like this... It would be better to make a new one than to fix it."

Is that so?

Sung JiHan looked around the training ground.

This place, where the fire was extinguished, was just a dark empty space like before.

It seemed that the flames had destroyed something that even he couldn't see.

Then.

"The emptiness has increased by 50."

"50..."

The emptiness value suddenly skyrocketed.

"You have exceeded the limit of emptiness. Your physical body can now be eroded by emptiness."

"The body is being eroded by emptiness."

Shhh...

Sung JiHan's body began to be dyed purple from his fingertips.

"Why suddenly... Do you want to surrender to emptiness?"

"No, I don't really want to."

Sung JiHan furrowed his brow.

What's going on?

Why did your abilities suddenly increase so dramatically?

Back then.

[Could it be that Sung Hwa absorbed the emptiness through the holy fire?]

A message quickly flowed into my mind.

[No way, how could he... even if he burned it with the holy fire, how could he consume the emptiness?]

"I don't know either. It just suddenly increased."

"There's no way you don't know! Consuming the emptiness with the holy fire. Theoretically possible, but practically impossible! Even the main body of the prime can't consume it that quickly... How did he do it?"

"Ah, it's noisy. I don't know."

Sung JiHan crumpled the message with his hand and furrowed his brow.

He knew that energy could be plundered through the holy fire, but he didn't know it could consume the emptiness as well.

The aura of emptiness eroding from his fingertips.

It wasn't just that the emptiness had surpassed 200 and rapidly increased to 245, it was only a matter of time before he would be bound to the emptiness.

That's why.

"Hmm. If you become my successor, it won't be bad. However, I'll have to thoroughly educate you so that accidents like this don't happen again. At that time, you will see a completely different existence from the usual me."

The owner of the arena was already convinced that Sung JiHan would become a being of emptiness and had announced strict training.

He had been courteous until now because he wasn't part of the emptiness.

But if he becomes part of the emptiness, he will have to play along.

"Owner of the arena. Then, this place will be abandoned?"

"Well, I suppose so."

"Then, can I destroy it even more?"

"...What, what are you planning to do again?"

"I have to somehow get rid of the emptiness."

Sss...

Behind Sung JiHan, the Taegeuk rose.

"I'm going to delete the emptiness."

He poured out the aura of emptiness he possessed into it.

Sung JiHan attempted to delete the emptiness through the creation of the Taegeuk sword.

The owner of the arena raised both hands when he saw that.

"...I've changed my mind. I will be the one to train you."

"Why?"

"I don't want you to cause trouble after I retire."

As he said that, the owner of the arena gradually disappeared.

"Well, when you're done, log out. That function is still alive."

"Got it."

Shooo!

Inside the Taegeuk, the emptiness began to explode.

[Emptiness decreases by 10.]

Even though the emptiness decreased by 10, the sword had already taken on a certain form.

"The sword's form is complete. But what's important is not that. It's getting rid of the emptiness."

Sung JiHan didn't hesitate and poured the emptiness into the slightly larger sword than the dagger.

The goal was to delete the emptiness.

He poured and poured the emptiness.

Sss...

"Huh?"

Contrary to expectations, the form of the sword was maintained and it continued to grow from within.

[Emptiness decreases by 10.]

When the emptiness decreased by 10 twice and reached 225.

[The body is not being eroded by the emptiness.]

An announcement came up saying that the erosion has stopped.

"... Somehow, it worked."

Even though I've come this far, I can't just end up being bound by emptiness.

Sung JiHan let out a sigh of relief and took out the Dark Sword from the Taegeuk.

The Dark Sword, created by disregarding the form of the sword and pouring emptiness into it.

"It seems to have grown even more."

Compared to the time when it was a dagger, it had become bigger.

Subconsciously, Sung JiHan realized that because it was the Taegeuk Dark Sword, it had to create the form of a sword.

Was it the reason why the Dark Sword was blocking further development?

"In that case, it's a blessing in disguise."

Sung JiHan thought so and swung the Dark Sword once.

Then, the dark space tore apart all at once.

Not only that, but the remaining spot where the sword had swung distorted, and the world began to be sucked into it.

"... Let's log out."

If I stay here any longer, it will be difficult to escape.

Thinking that, Sung JiHan quickly put the red eyes into the black storage box.

This time, the administrator, who didn't ask to leave anymore, seemed to have realized the seriousness of the situation.

Instead.

[To prevent the Black Sword from being tainted by emptiness... I've changed my mind. You're not a bait of emptiness.]

"You just realized that now?"

[...Be honest.]

"What? Are you going to log out now? Say what you have to say quickly."

[Aren't you the main body?]

"If I were the main body... then the Red Administrator... Are you kidding?"

The Red Administrator, who ran away because he didn't want to put it down.

No matter how you look at it, the one who is most closely related to the administrator right now is Mushi.

But why did he suddenly come to himself?

[I caught the scent. Main body. Let's merge quickly.]

"Just because of that, I won't give you my arm."

[Ah... You're not ready yet? I understand, I understand. Postpone it. I'll wait. Merge later and become a permanent administrator.]

He doesn't even think about listening to what I say.

Sung JiHan became curious as to why his hand was coming out like this.

"Why do you think I'm the main body?"

[The Sacred Code is not something anyone can use. Especially in your weak state, it's impossible to show that level of completion. Except for one thing. Except for the main body who created the code...]

The Sacred Code that burned down the training ground.

Certainly, the owner of the Abyss had to personally come out and evolve.

The Sacred Code, which evolved into a sword, showed a considerable amount of power.

In addition, it had the ability to absorb abilities from the burned remains.

Certainly, the Sacred Code showed outstanding effects compared to other codes.

But.

"How did Pithia use this kind of Sacred Code?"

He remembered the Sacred Code that Pithia gave to Sophia when she was a sponsor seat, and then took it back.

Of course, the firepower of the Sacred Code he had written now couldn't be compared to it.

But the basic concept contained within it was similar, now that he thought about it.

While thinking about the Sacred Code that Sophia had powered up...

"... No. How did I use it so easily in the first place?"

Doubt reached him.

Now that he thought about it, even reading the code without any obstacles was strange.

And interpreting the special characters that stood out, as if it were his native language, was clearly abnormal.

"I don't really have any secrets about my birth."

But Sung JiAh, who is my older sister, did become a witch with the power of emptiness.

I wonder if there's anything extraordinary about our parents or ancestors.

Sung JiHan briefly pondered, but...

Shwoooosh!

The sword marks engraved by the Dark Sword were distorting the world even more.

Staying here wouldn't lead to finding any answers.

"...For now, I'll go."

[I'll wait. My main body!]

Sung JiHan sealed away the eyeballs that kept insisting on the main body until the end.

With a heavy heart, he logged out.

***

Back in his room, Sung JiHan was lost in thought about what had just happened.

"I really want to take out the Red Hand and examine it closely..."

But he couldn't just casually take out that dangerous item in the real world, not in the training grounds.

Even though it had just come out in a friendly manner, talking about the main body.

But once he actually appeared in this world, he might act differently.

"Come to think of it, my sister did mention something about bloodline before."

When the Succubus Queen was sealed in the Maternity Shrine and tried to disappear.

Sung JiAh appeared in her physical form and talked about the "bloodline" related to Sung JiHan's actions.

-What is the chosen bloodline?

-...It's complicated to explain right now. To put it simply, it's an existence that easily contains emptiness. Like me.

When asked about the chosen bloodline mentioned by the Succubus Queen, Sung JiAh only gave this brief answer and didn't provide any further information.

At that time, Sung JiHan thought that she would eventually tell him, so he let it go.

"But now, I can't afford to be so relaxed. I should ask SeA."

Thinking that, Sung JiHan left his room.

As he headed towards the living room, he could smell the savory aroma of cooking.

It was a delicious smell that would usually whet his appetite, but...

"Maybe it's because I ate the fruit of the World Tree, but I don't have much of an appetite."

Because he had consumed all the fruits of the World Tree in his inventory to increase his stats.

His appetite hadn't returned.

If this continues, I'll have to live on only the fruits of the World Tree.

While thinking that, Sung JiHan approached the kitchen.

"Oh, Uncle! You said you were going to look around the rooftop garden and you're already back?"

"...What are you talking about?"

Yoon SeA looked at Sung JiHan and said something he couldn't understand.

"Huh? You said that earlier. You wanted to eat my cooking after a long time. So you said it would take some time and went to the rooftop."

"When did I say that?"

Just then.

"That's right."

Thud. Thud.

Someone walked from inside the house.

And the voice that echoed from there...

"I asked him to."

It matched Sung JiHan's voice.

"Huh? What's going on?"

Upon hearing this, Yoon SeA's eyes widened in surprise.

"U-Uncle... There are two of you?"