The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 294

[Space - To 3? Sung JiHan, who became a master, rises again.]

[Sung JiHan's guild mission? It is revealed that the waiting guild will replace guild members.]

[Even though the guild mission's rewards are not revealed, all rankers are lining up and waiting.]

[The qualification for support in the waiting guild is a minimum of 2 billion GP? Competition surrounding guild rewards, a fierce battle.]

Sung JiHan's guild mission.

Although the rewards were not clearly revealed, there was a lot of public interest in it.

Since it was a guild mission for Space 3 area, everyone speculated that something amazing would come out as a reward.

"I stopped at rank 500... There was no need for that. All of the top 100 applied."

The guild office of the waiting guild.

Yi Ha-yeon calmly selected the applicants with an expected expression.

"But some of the lower-ranked people are willing to pay two or three times more GP to get in... What should we do? Some people are even offering ten times more."

"Let's have a moderate GP competition and then cut it off based on ranking. After all, even the top 100 can afford to pay that much GP, right?"

Even if the lower-ranked players offer a certain amount.

The rankers who made it into the top 100 had enough assets to pay the price.

"Yes. Then, how long will the negotiation period be...?"

"Let's finish it today. There's no need to negotiate the price for too long."

"Understood. Then, we will continue the negotiation until tonight."

Yi Ha-yeon led the negotiation team, burning with determination.

In the end, the superpowerful waiting guild was on the side of the negotiations for player selection.

"But our guild staff has increased a lot."

"Yeah. We have a lot of work, you know? To prevent accidents like last time, they brought in people with reliable backgrounds from the National Intelligence Service. The level of treatment is almost the best among the guilds, so if we post a recruitment notice, people will flock in."

"Is that so?"

"...Uncle, aren't you too indifferent about this?"

"Ha-yeon will handle it well on her own."

The waiting guild was originally created to get the growth bonus.

The core of the waiting guild was the growth gift possessed by Yi Ha-yeon.

But now she was even taking care of the guild's tasks.

As Sung JiHan, he had no intention of touching it at all.

"It was a good decision to appoint Ha-yeon as the guild master."

Looking at the guild running smoothly even without his involvement, Sung JiHan had a satisfied expression and returned home.

And waiting for him as soon as he returned was...

"You're here?"

"Sophia?"

It was Sophia, sitting in the living room drinking coffee.

"Oh, Sophia is here? Did you use the training room today too?"

"Yeah. Thanks, Se-ah."

As if it was already familiar for Sophia to be there, Yoon Se-ah waved her hand behind Sung JiHan.

"Sophia is also using our house's training room like Ha-yeon unnie."

"Is that so? I haven't run into you doing that."

"JiHan hardly ever comes home."

Sophia pouted slightly.

But she quickly changed her expression.

"JiHan~ Can I really go on the guild mission? I haven't made it into the top 100 yet."

"Of course."

"Hehe, American First used to cut it off at rank 100, but you allowed it... Does that mean I can become a 'real' waiting guild member?"

Being from American First and being in a rental state, Sophia had been making efforts in various ways to become a real guild member of the waiting guild.

Recently, she had left Sung JiHan, who was rarely present, behind.

And she had left her mark on the people of the waiting guild, including Yoon Se-ah and Yi Ha-yeon.

But the most important thing was the will of the owner, Sung JiHan.

Looking at the sparkling Sophia with both eyes, he let out a bitter smile.

"Do you really want to come in like that?"

"Yes! I even told American First about it!"

"What did they say?"

"They said I can leave anytime, so they won't pay me a salary."

"Understood. Then please come in."

"Oh, Uncle, what's up?"

"Well, I don't think there's a need to accept it now that you've come."

At Sung JiHan's words, Sofia jumped up from her seat.

"Really!?"

"Yes."

"Wow! Finally!"

With his permission, Sofia jumped around for a while.

"Is it really that good?"

"Of course~ Hehe."

She sat back down with a smile on her face and brought the coffee cup to her lips.

"Just this morning, the Holy See said that the transfer of the sacred flame would be delayed. I was disappointed, but now there's something happy in the afternoon. I'm so happy!"

"The transfer of the sacred flame? Why is it delayed?"

"Oh, the Holy See said that he will be making a major prophecy for a while. And he said..."

She stopped talking and glanced at Yoon Se-ah.

"Oh, Se-ah. The Holy See said to only tell JiHan..."

"Yeah, I got it."

As Yoon Se-ah went to her room,

Sofia closed her eyes and opened her palm.

Whoosh!

And there, a white flame appeared.

The flame, which had become much more intense than when she summoned it before, floated gently and flew towards Sung JiHan.

"The Holy See said. The third ability seems to be closely related to this flame."

"Really?"

"Yes. And he also mentioned that it might be related to the realization of the end..."

The realization of the end.

Until Sung JiHan summoned the Bingcheon Sword, Pithia had mistakenly believed it to be her own ability.

But since it wasn't her own ability, could it be considered as the third ability of fire?

"Hmm... It's definitely not the realization of the end."

Sung JiHan frowned.

He remembered the forgotten name, the third extinction.

He remembered that it wasn't something grand like the realization of the end.

Instead, he felt a strong sense of "how is this an extinction?"

"I used to know for sure... I should have written it down."

Sung JiHan thought so and looked at the flame in front of him.

After gaining the ability of the enemy, it was a flame he had never seen before.

"Can I absorb this?"

"Of course~"

Sung JiHan reached out to the flame.

Then, the flame quickly shrunk and entered Sung JiHan's body.

It was sucked in directly as the enemy's pattern and was neatly absorbed.

"Oh."

Maybe because he gained the enemy's stats.

Sung JiHan could understand to some extent the essence of the absorbed flame.

"It's a combination of fire and water."

Two attributes that cannot be mixed together.

The flame had secretly hidden the attribute of water inside.

This was a phenomenon that even Sung JiHan, who possessed the ability of the enemy, couldn't figure out how to implement.

Fwoosh...

When Sung JiHan was about to observe it more closely, the flame went out.

"Can I do it one more time?"

"The flame? Of course!"

He asked Sofia to summon the flame again.

He absorbed it several times and tried to analyze it, but...

"I still don't know."

In the end, Sung JiHan couldn't figure out how the sacred flame was able to generate such power.

As he pondered over it deeply,

"Again, I'll do it again... Hya!"

Sophia, with a much paler face than before, broke out in a cold sweat as she struggled to light the sacred flame.

At this rate, she might collapse.

"No, let's do it next time. I can't grasp it because my level is low."

"Hoo, alright."

Sophia let out a relieved sigh at Sung JiHan's words and slumped down in her seat.

She took a rough breath and suddenly spoke to Sung JiHan.

"Oh, right. The Pontiff said there might be interference, so for the time being, he will communicate through me."

"Interference? Who is interfering with the Pontiff?"

"He didn't tell me in detail either... When delivering his message, he told me to make sure there is no one around."

"So that's why Sera told me to step back."

"Yes, especially be cautious of players with the Pontiff..."

Players with the Pontiff.

"Could it be Gilgamesh causing the interference?"

Sung JiHan thought about Gilgamesh, who had recently become a sponsor Pontiff among numerous players.

"But Gilgamesh and Pithiana are both followers of the same god. Is it possible for one to interfere with the other?"

No matter how special Gilgamesh's position was among the followers, could such a thing be possible?

He also considered the involvement of another entity, but there was too little information to make any guesses.

"I'll have to ask directly later."

He thought that he would have to rely on Sophia as an intermediary until he could exchange messages with Pithiana again.

"Well then, JiHan. Should we go all the way and naturalize this time?"

"Let me think about it a bit more."

He stopped her, who was quickly regaining her energy and pushing for naturalization.

* * *

[Special Defense Map, 'Northern Wall,' assigned to 'Waiting Guild.']

[Defend against the invasion of unknown beings beyond the giant wall.]

[Racial adjustments will be made until Round 10.]

Flash!

As the game started, the players of the Waiting Guild were summoned to the map.

Most of them were among the top 100 players in the world rankings, making them the elite of the Earth.

However, even though they were the elite, they were quite nervous at first because it was the guild mission Sung JiHan received.

"This... is the Northern Wall?"

"It's too unimpressive to be called a giant wall."

"It's like the South Gate map's wall arrangement. This should be enough."

Once they saw the size of the summoned Northern Wall, they felt puzzled.

A white wall stretched out in front of them as they faced north.

To the south, the sun shone on the fertile land.

To the north, it was a dark and gloomy land.

A stark contrast of light and shadow.

At that moment,

"Uh, there... something is there!"

In the dark land, something wriggled.

Revealing themselves one by one were a group of giant worms emitting a blue light.

"Uh, bugs from the beginning..."

"They're really fast. They're already reaching the bottom of the wall."

"But they don't seem that strong."

"Sung JiHan, what should we do?"

In response to the players' questions, Sung JiHan took out his Shadow Eclipse.

Honyeonsingong (混元神功)

Samjaemuguk (三才武極)

Hwangsocheongun (橫掃千軍)

Chwaaah!

A group of worms split under the castle wall.

"Weak."

There was no taste of being caught by the sword, so it seemed like an easy opponent.

"I don't think it's that strong. Would you like to try facing it, everyone? I'll provide backup."

"Understood!"

With the assurance that Sung JiHan would watch their backs, the morale of the rankers soared and they actively began to respond to the intruders.

And thus, the result of the battle began.

"What is this?"

"Why are they so weak?"

"It's lighter than I thought..."

The victory went to the waiting guild.

[Round 1 cleared.]

This one-sided battle continued not only in round 1.

[Round 10 cleared.]

It continued all the way up to round 10, where the racial adjustment was made.

[Round of adjustment cleared.]

[The leader of the waiting guild will receive the 'Guild Symbol'.]

Flash!

On Sung JiHan's palm, a silver shining cube appeared.

That was soon...

[The round of adjustment was cleared without sacrificing guild members.]

[The 'Guild Symbol' will be upgraded to 'Guild Symbol+2'.]

With additional messages, it grew and changed to a golden color.

[Through the Guild Symbol, the defense of the northern wall can be solved more efficiently.]

[When capturing and absorbing symbols from other guilds, the effect of the Guild Symbol becomes stronger.]

"Other guilds?"

Other guilds that were not even visible until the round of adjustment.

Now, starting from round 11, will different species also appear?

And then.

Kururur...!

"What, what is it?"

"Why is the castle wall...!"

The northern wall where humanity stood suddenly began to expand.

In the game map, the plains and mountains that seemed to stretch endlessly...

Both of them shot up endlessly and soon formed a giant wall.

And...

"A new guild has arrived."

On the completely different scale of the changed northern wall...

"These guys look weak."

"They're prey."

Giant squids wriggled their tentacles and surrounded the human players without any chance of escape.

"Hand over the symbol."

"Then we'll let you avoid elimination."

Swoosh!

Before the words finished, the tentacles reached towards Sung JiHan's hand.

Seeing their welcoming attitude towards the newly arrived guild, it was clear that they were Battle.net players.

Sung JiHan smirked as he looked at the giant tentacles.

"Thank you for coming forward like that. I'll gladly take it from you."

In this case, taking it away from here is self-defense, isn't it?

The tip of the Eclipse of the Dark Sword trembled.

Chiik!

The tentacles fell from all directions.

Not stopping there, Sung JiHan flew towards the boss octopus.

"Hey, give it to me."

With a refreshing voice, he extended his palm.