The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 343

Sung JiHan pressed the retry button.

And then.

[Victory in the relegation playoffs.]

[NO.4212 Humanity remains in the Bronze League.]

Since the victory against Urk, the game had returned.

"If only I had started from the beginning with the leftover 5 points from Behemoth, it would have been nice. Too bad."

The mission had already started with the avoidance of relegation.

"This, this guy... talking about hunting dogs... tsk tsk!"

Sung JiHan blocked Baran's mouth, who was trying to say something, and looked at the chat window.

-Hmm... it seems like the dungeon portal has been completely removed. Wasn't it like this?

-Well, if it wasn't, sorry haha.

-The distortion of the same world as before... it was definitely different from the erosion of the world due to emptiness.

-That's right. The destruction caused by the flood of dungeon portals is definitely not it.

The extraterrestrial viewers who were watching the destruction of the world together clearly drew a line, saying that it was not the erosion of emptiness.

Sung JiHan recalled the phenomenon from earlier while looking at them.

"The distortion of the world... it was definitely different from when I lost in the relegation playoffs and my body was being eroded by darkness."

In the previous life, when he could only helplessly watch the defeat in the relegation playoffs, all the players except Sung JiHan disappeared with their bodies being engulfed in darkness.

Sung JiHan could only barely withstand it with the nameless martial art, but he couldn't resist it.

But after winning the relegation playoffs, the distortion of the world that occurred 24 hours later was definitely completely different from back then.

"That power, in the end, even eternity collapsed."

The stat Eternity that supplied Sung JiHan with a tremendous amount of vitality.

With this, he didn't receive any damage from most attacks.

However, the cracks that appeared on his body after the countdown ended...

Even if Eternity poured in life force, it didn't recover, and instead broke the Eternity inside his body.

And the shattered body was sucked somewhere.

An overwhelming power that couldn't be resisted.

Sung JiHan, while directly experiencing it, recalled a familiar sensation.

"Ihan...!"

"I believed in you!"

"Ah, wait a moment."

"Ugh..."

Sung JiHan bound all the American First guild members who were approaching with a touched expression.

-Isn't that a touching moment for those people? You just tied them up with force.

-Is that important right now? We have to clear the mission lol

-But... they were happy to have survived, and then the world was destroyed a day later. It's a bit pitiful.

-But... why did the world end? Even if it's not because of the mission, don't we need to know the reason?

-Ugh... if it's not because of relegation or the dungeon, could it be that the same future will unfold for us in the present world?

-F*ck, is that really possible?

-Ugh, Sung JiHan couldn't last long, so wouldn't an ordinary person like me be one-shot?

-If I can last one second, I'm a dragon lol

After watching Sung JiHan's mission retry, the atmosphere of the viewers became serious compared to when they first watched the game.

It was understandable because the cause of humanity's destruction was not the league relegation or the dungeon portal.

If the reason was not clearly revealed here, the same future of destruction could unfold in the current world as well.

Meanwhile.

"...Ah, no way."

In the state of binding all the people around him, Sung JiHan, who had been locked in the audience, soon thought of something.

The sensation of the world distorting and his body being shattered.

The feeling of the fragmented body flying into the distorted world...

"The Taegeuk Sword?"

The Taeguk Sword, which first appeared when Dongbangsak took on the role of a player from Taiwan.

When he raised the Taeguk, the whole world was sucked into it.

When Sung JiHan resisted, the Taeguk reversed and unleashed darkness.

With overwhelming power that completely destroyed the game map.

Sung JiHan saw the distortion of the world that was shown in the first game.

He thought it was similar to when the Taeguk first drove forward in the right direction.

One.

"...No, I can't conclude that it's the Taeguk Sword. Is there only that power that distorts the world?"

Sung JiHan secretly hoped that this phenomenon was not the appearance of the Taeguk Sword.

No matter how strong Dongbangsak was as one of the gods, would he show enough power to cut off humanity?

And if he is this strong, how will he resist the gods later?

Sung JiHan temporarily stopped thinking about the distortion of the world and thought about what to do next.

"...It's frustrating."

It would be better if there was a clear goal like in the first game.

Now that it has been revealed that the dungeon portal is not the cause of destruction, he doesn't know what to do next.

At that moment.

"Would you like to receive a mission hint?"

"You need 100,000,000 GP."

A message appeared in front of Sung JiHan that was not present in the previous game.

Did he receive a hint by retrying for the second time?

-They're leaving a hint so frustratingly, 100 million GP lol.

-Battle.net is such a jerk.

-No, the price is way too high;; There's no choice but to give up on the mission.

Despite the viewers' jeers at Battle.net's tyranny, Sung JiHan did not hesitate to use 100 million GP.

Then.

[HINT - The destruction started from the place where the first Abyss existed.]

A one-line hint suddenly appeared in the message window.

* * *

-Wow, a 100 million GP hint in one sentence? That's too much lol.

-The first Abyss? Isn't that in North Korea?

-How did he get from the US to Korea in just 24 hours;;

-Can't Sung JiHan use teleportation?

-Oh, is that so? lol

Based on the one-line hint, the viewers easily deduced the location from the first Abyss.

The first Abyss that caused the destruction in North Korea.

The hint was guiding Sung JiHan to that destination.

"If I use teleportation to the maximum, I might be able to cross the Pacific... but..."

But there's no need to cross the Pacific when there's a warp.

Sung JiHan released Barren's restraints.

"You, you... even tying up guild members. Are you trying to kill me? Oh, no. Did that Behemoth from earlier take control of your body?"

"Hey, can you warp me to Korea?"

"...What? How can I do such a long-distance warp?"

"Is there no way?"

"There isn't!"

Barren said it couldn't be done with strong conviction.

Sung JiHan smirked at his words.

He had lived through this era as well.

There definitely was a way.

"I guess I'll have to use that method."

Sung JiHan freed the American First guild members who were standing around him.

Then, he looked at them and made a bombastic statement.

"I accept Jin Yuhwa's proposal. Now, let's see the Chinese spy."

Note: The translation assumes that "Jin Yuhwa" is the name of a character or a person mentioned in the context.

"...Huh. What are you saying?! Do you think there's a player in American First who has joined hands with China?!"

Upon hearing those words, Balran became furious.

"Well, if it's not now, then I won't go."

Sung JiHan looked around at his guild members, especially focusing his gaze on one person.

Jack, a white man with blue eyes who was a ranker in American First.

He narrowed his eyes.

"Although we've avoided demotion this time, I don't know what other crises await us. Instead of living with the humiliation of being called a hunting dog by the guild leader of American First, I'd rather seek asylum in China."

"Ji... JiHan... What are you talking about! China? Please reconsider!"

"Yeah, JiHan! How could there be a Chinese spy among us! We're American First!"

"Ugh... Calling me a hunting dog..."

"Shut up, Balran!"

When Sofia shouted, Balran flinched.

The surrounding guild members also glared at the guild leader with hostile expressions, trying to approach Sung JiHan and persuade him somehow.

But...

"I want to go right now. Please ask the Chinese officials who are watching the broadcast to hand over the scroll to the spy. If it's not this time, then I'll just stay in America."

Sung JiHan appealed while shaking his hand, as if he were appealing to himself in this world's Battle Tube.

- Haha, asking for a Chinese spy to come out, are you trying to cross over to North Korea?

- But why would there be a spy in American First? They're the number one guild in America.

- Did he just say that for the sake of saying it?

Although the viewers of Sung JiHan's channel were still discussing what kind of Chinese spy could be in American First...

"Ha, you said you wouldn't go last time?"

When a blue-eyed white man with a guilty conscience approached and sighed, the chat went wild.

- ...Jack?

- Is that Jack?

- WTF?! Jack was a spy for China?

- What, what, what, what! No way! I'm not a spy! I'm American!

Even though the current Jack was vigorously typing in the chat, denying that he was the spy...

"...Since the order came from above, there's nothing we can do. Friend, before you go, should I tie up these people again?"

Jack raised one corner of his mouth and gestured towards the surrounding players.

"Sure."

"JiHan... Ugh!"

Thud!

Sophia, who was trying to plead with Sung JiHan, was tied up.

Sizzle!

Jack took out a scroll from his pocket and tore it apart.

Then, a blue portal opened in the air.

"Well... then go ahead. I'll follow you."

"Alright, thanks."

Sung JiHan stepped into the portal and thought to himself.

"Jack's persuasion from before, it's helping me now."

During the time of American First, Jack had tried to secretly persuade Sung JiHan with a proposal from the Chinese government.

Even though he was a pure-blooded American who met Balran's standards, for some reason he was working as a spy for China.

At that time, Sung JiHan had rejected the proposal, but he remembered this fact because it was so unexpected, and it was helpful now.

- Who is Jack? Why are American kids going crazy?

- He must have been a promising player in American First, right? Haha.

- Wow, this is giving me chills. Sung JiHan knew and still played along?

- Well, he probably just said it for fun; he looked around at the guild members.

- That's right, huh? But I thought it would be another Asian in American First who would do it; the one who seems least suspicious should be the spy, haha.

-Wow, Jack is now the number one real-time search term, lololololol.

When the aftermath of Spy Jack was about to hit.

Flash!

Sung JiHan had set foot on Chinese soil beyond the portal.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"Sung JiHan! Welcome to China!"

With a grand applause, a fluent English-speaking Asian man greeted him.

"I never expected you to come so quickly after hearing Jin Yuhwa's proposal... I should have mentioned it earlier! Now that Sung JiHan has joined us, China will rise to the top of the rankings!"

He genuinely welcomed Sung JiHan.

"Where is this...?"

"This is the Battle.net Center in Shanghai. I will do my best to help you settle in."

"Shanghai, huh? If I go east across the sea, will I reach Pyongyang?"

"Well, Pyongyang... It seems like you'll have to go northeast..."

"I see."

Northeast, huh.

Bang!

As soon as Sung JiHan heard those words, he flew out like a missile towards the building.

"W-Where are you going...! S-Stop!"

"He already escaped..."

Ignoring the screams of the Chinese Battle.net Center staff, Sung JiHan flew away.

"So it's northeast... Once I cross the sea, I should be fine, right?"

-That's true...

-But if you just go straight east from Shanghai, you'll end up in Japan.

"I live in Shanghai. If you show me road signs or something, I can tell you which way is north."

"Oh, thank you."

With the help of Chinese viewers, Sung JiHan found the north.

"If I go this way..."

Jumping over the sea, he used his maximum speed in the air.

Sung JiHan's body flew at an incredible speed.

-Wow, he's so fast, seriously lololololol. He's even crossing the sea easily.

-Sung JiHan used to wander around Japanese islands when he was trying to catch Shizuru, lololol. He's much stronger now, so this should be a piece of cake.

-Wait, I think I can already see land.

-Is he a real-life Superman with this level of speed?

How far did he run?

Crossing the West Sea, the land he reached was covered in purple mist.

The land had been overrun by dungeon portals, proliferating to the point of being consumed.

"Finding where the Abyss is in this place is also a task."

The problem is the movement.

Sung JiHan furrowed his brows as he observed the purple mist.

A faint but empty smoke.

"Let's follow the thickest part."

Sung JiHan sensed the power of emptiness and determined his direction.

Continuing to advance on the land.

"Is this it...?"

He was able to reach a place where the purple mist became noticeably thicker.

And there, he saw it.

[.......]

There, he saw a gigantic entity.

A giant figure dyed in purple.

In one body, there were arms, legs, and a torso, all filled with red eyes.

And.

[You are about to face the owner of the Abyss, '??'.]

A message appeared before Sung JiHan's eyes.