The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 315

On the other hand.

= After entering the portal of the Great Spirit, Sung JiHan's figure continues to not be visible.

= Only a blank white screen keeps appearing. Could it be that the portal of the Great Spirit sent Sung JiHan to a strange place?

= Well, when transmitting Sung JiHan, this kind of thing often happens...

The commentators were now conversing with a somewhat familiar voice about the invisible game screen.

In the game where the focus was on Sung JiHan, there were occasional situations where the camera turned off.

- What's happening again lol

- Is there something secretive happening beyond the portal...?

- Could he have fallen into a trap?

- It doesn't seem like that, considering how the Great Spirit's people are kneeling.

As the viewers were now chatting with a familiar attitude.

= Oh, the screen is changing...

= The blank white screen is quickly turning dark!

= Could something have happened to Sung JiHan?

The commentators raised their voices upon seeing the suddenly changed screen.

The battle tube screen that was previously only white.

A huge mask appeared there.

In an instant, it turned gold and then purple, and inside, a violet aura began to emerge.

- Isn't that the mask the elf man was wearing?

- It seems like it. It's appearing here.

- No, the screen quickly changed to purple again;;

Just when it seemed like they could watch again.

The screen turned purple again, after turning gold.

Although something wriggling could be seen inside, it was still impossible to recognize what it was.

While people were giving up on being able to watch this game.

Sigh...

- Ah...

- S-Sung JiHan. He's revealing himself!

- He's holding something in his hand. Is it a welcome sight?

- It's absorbing the violet aura!

As the aura gradually faded, Sung JiHan revealed himself while holding the mask in his hand.

'This mask. It's quite useful.'

The mask, which absorbed the energy of emptiness, had a considerable absorption capacity compared to its small size.

Sung JiHan could store a much larger amount than his current maximum capacity for emptiness absorption.

'Until the limit of my emptiness absorption capacity increases, I can use this as a temporary storage.'

Sung JiHan's current maximum emptiness absorption capacity is 200.

If he were to absorb the emptiness floating in the air here, it would quickly reach 200.

'If I were to directly absorb the emptiness into my body, it might become uncontrollable.'

If he were to open the door once and not be able to withstand the rushing power of emptiness.

The value could quickly exceed 200.

In that case, he would likely be bound by the will of emptiness.

Instead, Sung JiHan decided to store the emptiness in the mask and safely extract and consume it.

'Aside from that, I'm not being targeted very much.'

In this world filled with emptiness, Sung JiHan was able to withstand it smoothly.

The effect of the welcome mask given by the point manager was significant, but the fact that the emptiness didn't prioritize him was even greater.

Even the walls that make up the underground space had all melted away, and the floor, which had become like a swamp, had already disappeared completely.

However, Sung JiHan's physical body was mostly just passing through the emptiness.

Occasionally, there was a trace of the approaching aura of emptiness, but for now, it was possible to absorb it from the mask.

'But time is not on my side.'

In any case, the emptiness continued to flow, and the storage space that the mask could absorb had its limits.

He couldn't stay here any longer.

Sung JiHan looked at the bound Shadow Queen.

As she burned in the purple flames, the situation seemed to have improved after the walls that confined emptiness broke.

Her body had regenerated to some extent.

However.

Twist. Twist.

As the chains that bound her moved, the flames of emptiness ignited once again.

"For now, I need to break free from these restraints."

Sung JiHan raised his phoenix spear and shot a lightning bolt towards the chains that bound her.

However.

Zzzt...

The chains were only momentarily affected, showing no signs of breaking.

"They're sturdy."

Perhaps it was because they were objects that supplied this immense emptiness.

The strength of the chains exceeded imagination.

At this level, it would take more than just writing a destruction code to break them.

But the problem was that there were too many chains to write on individually.

"It won't be easy."

[Master, will you retreat?]

"I'll give the Queen some time to listen to her last words. I have that much leeway. Until then, I'll try to find a solution."

[...Understood.]

When emptiness poured out, Ariel, who had been retrieved into Sung JiHan's arms, spoke with a gloomy voice.

"May I come out for a moment...?"

"The emptiness around me is under control. It should be possible for you to come out."

"Thank you."

Swoosh.

As Sung JiHan finished speaking, Ariel emerged from his arms.

As she approached, a faint light returned to the empty eyes of the Shadow Queen.

"...Ariel?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"It's strange. You came out... Why is the world still the same?"

The Shadow Queen glanced around with a lifeless face.

"This illusion is quite amateurish."

"An illusion... you say. This is not an illusion."

"Guardian! What are you doing? The dosage was insufficient. Give her more medicine! Quickly, administer more medicine!"

"Your Majesty! This is reality."

Although Ariel held onto her body with both hands.

Swoosh...

In an instant, emptiness surged from the Queen's body, pushing her away.

"Guardian! What are you doing? This illusion is poorly done! Are you telling me to forget the pain with such a shoddy illusion? If we continue like this, there will be problems with emptiness treatment! Quickly, give her the medicine... administer the medicine!"

Then, she looked around and shouted loudly, her voice echoing.

She seemed to be pretending that the current situation was just an illusion.

No.

It seemed like she wanted to believe that, no matter what.

"Your Majesty..."

"Hoo, hoo. There's no way outsiders can break through here. This is the heart of the World Tree Union, a sewage treatment plant. Are you telling me to believe in such a shoddy illusion? Ah, right... You were captured too, Ariel? Well, that makes sense."

"..."

"There's no other choice. We can't win against the World Tree. Isn't that right? We're nothing more than toilets for processing the World Tree's sewage. Ha, hahaha. That's the truth behind the creation of the Shadow Elves."

Toilet.

Treating herself like that, the Shadow Queen looked around with a faintly distorted face.

"This... illusion is not enjoyable. At this rate, I won't be able to process the emptiness and I'll be consumed. What should I do? Guardian? Quickly, give me the medicine. Give me the injection. Otherwise, I won't be able to endure...!"

The Shadow Queen, screaming without sound and glowing.

Ariel, seeing the queen's crazed appearance, knelt before her with a stern expression.

"Your Majesty... would you exchange souls with me?"

"Yes... exchange bodies..."

"Yes, I am your clone. Exchanging souls with the original, it should be possible. Wasn't I created for that purpose?"

Even though she knew that she would be trapped in those chains if she exchanged souls, Ariel had no hesitation.

But.

"No."

The Shadow Queen immediately expressed her refusal.

"Instead, if you still claim that this is reality, just kill me. I'll go see a new illusion. I'm not enjoying it here."

"..."

"Oh, by the way... you guys. Is this what you want? To exchange bodies with Ariel and train the Shadow Elf to the level of a Sung JiHan? One toilet is enough with this body, I don't want to make another one. Stop talking about exchanging bodies and change the medicine!"

"Is that so."

In response to the queen's refusal, Ariel bit her lip and spoke to Sung JiHan.

"Master. Is it possible to give the queen some rest?"

"Kill her?"

"...Yes."

"Yes! Kill her! Kill her and create a new illusion!"

At the mention of killing, the queen responded with enthusiasm, shouting loudly.

"It's lost its taste."

"The World Tree Elves must have used a strong hallucinogen on the queen for the Void treatment... Your Majesty, you weren't like this..."

"Hmm. I thought about trying to find a way to release the chains. But it seems useless to release them in that state."

"...Is there a way to release them?"

Ariel widened her eyes.

When she had said she would try to find a way earlier, she had honestly given up.

In that short time, had she found a way to break the chains?

"It's not certain. It's just something worth trying."

"...Still. Is it possible to try?"

"It might be too much for you."

"Me? I'll be fine no matter what."

"Then, come back with the sword."

Suee...

As Sung JiHan finished speaking, Ariel transformed into the Eclipse, a dark sword, in his left hand.

"Ariel is gone. Finally changed, huh? This illusion."

In front of the queen, who smiled as Ariel disappeared.

"Don't worry, your fantasy will definitely end. If it doesn't end here, I'll kill you right away."

Sung JiHan raised the mask he was holding in his right hand and put it on his face.

* * *

"As expected, the Void inside the mask... It's an enormous amount."

Paaat!

As soon as he put on the half-mask, he felt the enormous amount of Void contained within.

He was trapped inside the mask and couldn't transfer to Sung JiHan's body.

If it were to break, it would quickly fill up the Void capacity of 200.

And.

Twenty. Twenty.

As soon as he put on the mask, he felt the Void energy flowing through his face.

[The 'Void' stat has increased by 1.]

The system message window showed that the Void had increased just by putting on the mask.

If he continued like this, he would soon exceed the capacity limit.

"I need to hurry."

Suee...

The color of the Eclipse, the dark sword, quickly changed to purple.

Originally, the power of emptiness that Sung JiHan had within his body, mixed with the power of the mask, amplified the power of the sword in an instant.

That power seemed like it would explode at any moment.

"With the Jaha Sin Gong, I can hold it back for a moment."

The martial art Jaha Sin Gong, founded by Dong Bang Sak, had no shortage of titles when it came to dealing with emptiness.

The immense amount of emptiness that came through the mask.

Enough to control for a moment.

And...

Shooooo...

Ultimately, even the emptiness that spread through the air gathered in the Eclipse.

Sung JiHan ignited the Jaha Sin Gong.

Hunwon Sin Gong.

Am Yeong Sin Gyeol.

Am Yeong Sin Geom.

Paaaat!

A massive sword energy shot up from the Eclipse.

It was composed of the shape of the power of emptiness, formed by the Jaha Sin Gong.

"Uh..."

When the Queen's eyes briefly focused on the exploding emptiness in the Eclipse.

Chiiiiing...

Jaha Sin Gong swiftly cut the chains that bound her.

The chains that initially resisted the sword energy soon swelled up.

Poom!

As a tremendous amount of emptiness was expelled, the chains snapped one by one.

Tuk. Tuk.

As the chains broke, the Shadow Queen's body recovered in an instant.

Sung JiHan looked at her figure and saw a system message appear.

[Stat 'Emptiness' has increased by 3.]

"I can't use this much."

While using emptiness in a masked state greatly amplified the available power, the stat increase was also rapid.

Having stats increase for free was always welcome, but it was different when it came to emptiness.

Because it shouldn't exceed the limit of 200 yet.

When the Queen's chains were severed, Sung JiHan immediately took off his mask.

"Uh..."

He asked the Queen, who was looking at her own state with a blank expression.

"So, do you want to die as a toilet? Or do you want to leave?"

"That sword..."

"Why?"

"How... did you do it?"

The Am Yeong Sin Gyeol, the Am Yeong Sin Geom, originally belonged to the Shadow Queen.

Sung JiHan chuckled as he recalled this.

"If you want to know, then live."

"...I want to leave."

"Let's go then."

Swoosh.

Sung JiHan wrapped his arm around the Shadow Queen's waist.

"Just a moment... I can do it alone...!"

"We don't have time."

Whoosh!

They immediately left the underground space.