The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 292

"I understand. Director Bon."

The elf who approached Sung JiHan slightly surprised, then bowed his head to the masked elf.

"Is he the director?"

The high elf who wore the mask last time was a high-ranking enforcer, but if he's the director of the loan counter, he must be of a certain rank.

"It's hard to say for sure, but he doesn't seem weaker than the high elf from last time."

The director had a pleasant smile on his face.

But seeing him wearing a mask that contained immense void power.

It seemed that he was not an easy opponent.

Well, this is a place where powerful players who dominate the BattleNet carry out loan transactions.

The person in charge here must not be weak.

"Please come this way, sir."

Ziiing.

When the director gestured, a green portal appeared.

"That portal... is it the VIP room?"

"That's where you have to be a high-ranking member to enter."

"Why would a race like that...?"

"It's the first time I've seen the director personally involved in a consultation."

The surrounding players looked closely at Sung JiHan, following the director's guidance, but...

"I still don't get it."

"He looks weaker than me...?"

"He's not a high-ranking member?"

"But he still holds a premium membership. He's not an ordinary player."

They couldn't grasp Sung JiHan's power, hidden and with a premium membership.

"A VIP room... I've gathered some energy, but what did he perceive from me?"

Should I go in for now?

Sung JiHan nodded and entered the portal.

Then what appeared was a huge space blocked by brown walls in all directions.

"The space wasn't prepared because the customer who just had a consultation was a tree giant. Please wait a moment."

Clap. Clap.

The director clapped twice.

[The environment of the VIP room will be changed according to the race.]

Such a message appeared in front of Sung JiHan.

Then...

Ziiing...

The interior space transformed into a modern and luxurious reception room.

"Well then... before we proceed with the loan consultation, please submit the basic personal information required for the loan review."

The director, who was sitting, smiled and extended his hand.

In front of Sung JiHan, a message window appeared.

[The 'World Tree Union - Loan Counter' operated by the green administrator requests the basic personal information of the player required for the loan review.]

[Will you submit the basic personal information?]

Submit personal information to the World Tree Union?

This is like entrusting fish to a cat.

Sung JiHan immediately pressed 'No' and answered.

"I don't want to give it."

"Oh, don't worry. Although you are one of the targets of the World Tree Union, the loan counter will never leak any information."

"...I'm a target?"

"Yes, you're quite famous."

Tap. Tap.

The department head smiled warmly, adjusting his mask.

"Thanks to my senior's death, I became the head of this void processing department."

"Senior..."

"You always acted so superior, but you were overwhelmed in the planet development map. That inadequate senior, right?"

Is he referring to the high elf who died along with his body?

I already know everything, that's why he invited me.

Sung JiHan thought there must be a reason for the department head to personally intervene, so he quietly looked at his welcoming face.

The mask referred to as the void processing mask by the department head.

Even when the high elf died, he emitted a tremendous void.

"You call that mask the void processing mask? But it's broken."

"This is a trash can. If I make one more, that's it."

"Hmm..."

"Anyway, I am the neutral loan officer in the Battle.net. Your personal information will never be leaked, so don't worry."

It won't be leaked.

How can I trust the World Tree Elf?

Sung JiHan smirked and shook his hand.

"I didn't come here to get a loan anyway, I came because I was attracted to your advertisement. Just give me the free gift."

"Oh... is that so? Normally, we give out the free gift after you fill out your personal information."

Clap. Clap.

When the department head clapped twice, a beautifully wrapped fruit basket appeared on the desk.

"To celebrate meeting the target of our alliance, I will personally give this to you as the department head."

"You're treating the target well. You don't even think about catching it."

"Hehe. What would you do even if you caught the avatar? Besides, from my personal perspective, you are the benefactor who succeeded the void processing department."

"You called it a trash can?"

"Yes. But this trash can officer holds quite a high position in our alliance."

The department head continued to smile without changing his expression.

However, Sung JiHan didn't believe his words for a moment.

Even in the fruit basket he gave, there might be some device like the fruit the administrator gave him before.

"Here."

Sung JiHan opened the packaging of the fruit basket.

Then, the vitality emanated from it.

"Would you like to have it here? Since we've met like this, why don't we have a tea time together?"

"Have tea with you? I have nothing to talk about."

"Hehe. Don't say that and listen to me once. I have learned a few things about your world... "

"If you mean your world, are you talking about Earth?"

Swoosh.

Two tea cups appeared on the desk, and steam rose from them in no time.

"Yes. You probably won't believe most of what I say. But you can take what you find appropriate and reject what you don't. As for the fruit, it might be a bit strange for you to consume it on your original planet."

"Why is that?"

"After all, fruits are meant to spread their seeds widely. If you consume them on your planet, our seeds can spread there."

The phenomenon the department head was talking about.

Sung JiHan had experienced it when he consumed the seed of life that the green administrator gave him as a reward.

"To bring up that topic from over there... How peculiar."

Anyway, Sung JiHan knew that it wouldn't spread once it entered his mouth.

Is he telling the story first to gain his trust?

Well, I should listen to the story.

Sung JiHan nodded as he took a bite of fruit.

"Alright. I won't ask any further."

"Thank you. Since you must be busy, let's get straight to the point."

Thud.

As the department head snapped his fingers, the image of the Earth appeared in the air.

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"Planet Earth... From what I've found out, this place was where our alliance conducted experiments in the past."

"I know that. That's why the High Elf tried to manifest here but couldn't."

"Yes. Actually, cases like this are very rare. All the locations where experiments were conducted are recorded. Even if the senior was ignorant and reckless, our system would have detected it."

The department head seemed displeased with the High Elf "senior."

He lightly dissed the senior and continued the conversation.

"But the fact that it wasn't known until entering Earth means that the fact that the experiment was conducted on Earth wasn't registered in our system... So the embarrassed senior came back and issued a recall order."

"He tried to make a grand entrance into Earth but had to retreat."

"Yes. He even told me, his junior, to find out what happened. Can you believe it? Even though he's the department head, how long does he think I'll be his errand boy?"

The department head seemed like he wouldn't let go of the dead High Elf without finishing his disses.

"Forget about the dead guy. So what did you find out?"

"Oh, I'm sorry. I have a lot of accumulated information with the senior... Hehe. Anyway, I investigated at the senior's request. This place on Earth... It seems like an interesting experiment was conducted here."

"What kind of experiment?"

Thud.

Sung JiHan asked casually while eating fruit.

Since his trust in the Elves was at zero, he wondered if they were going to tell more lies.

No matter what they said, he didn't feel any excitement.

"The director of the experimental facility on Earth fused himself with the World Tree. And he mixed in the data of powerful races."

"I don't quite understand the meaning of that."

"Well, you wouldn't know the circumstances here. We conduct various projects all over the universe, but there are things that should never be touched. That's the World Tree assigned to us. But for some reason, the director of the experimental facility touched it. He fused himself with it."

"And then?"

"Contact with Earth was lost, and later, an investigation team from the alliance was dispatched there... But they only sent a message saying 'Critical error occurred' and went missing."

"A critical error..."

An experiment conducted by the World Tree alliance on Earth.

What kind of error occurred there?

"Is there no detailed information about the critical error?"

"Yes. The report I found had the contents deleted. It's rare for that to happen."

"Hmm..."

Sung JiHan looked at the department head who was smiling brightly.

It felt like they intentionally didn't reveal that much, rather than the information being deleted.

Ignoring Sung JiHan's gaze, the department head continued speaking.

"And at the end of the report, it said 'Resolved the error by cooperating with the Void. Failed to recover data.'"

"If it was resolved, why did the data recovery fail?"

"The Void probably deleted it."

"Hmm..."

So the Void was involved.

Listening to the story, Sung JiHan thought of Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh, who betrayed the Void.

Betrayal meant that he either cooperated or belonged to them before.

Could this incident be related to that?

"So, when was the error resolved?"

"The exact timing is not mentioned, but it happened a long time ago."

"I see."

"If the elves consider it to be a long time ago, it must be quite ancient."

Sung JiHan organized his information.

The 'special error' caused by the unique experiment of the World Tree Elves settled on Earth.

It was eventually resolved through the cooperation of the World Tree Union and the Void.

"If the World Tree Union and the Void are cooperating to this extent, it must have been a major error worthy of being called 'special'."

Sung JiHan glanced at the mask of the department head.

The mask referred to as the Void Processing Facility, the trash bin.

It was storing a tremendous amount of Void.

If they were temporarily joining hands with the Void, it meant that the special error was a significant problem.

"Anyway, it seems to be related to the special error. The higher-ups did not register any problems related to Earth in our system. That's why the senior confidently said he was descending to Earth and ended up embarrassed."

"I see."

Snap.

Sung JiHan nodded his head and finished eating the fruit in his place.

The life force that accumulated layer by layer.

He didn't stop there and drank the tea on the table.

Then, among the life force accumulating in his body, something peculiar wriggled.

Zzzt...

From the tip of his finger, Sung JiHan expelled a red lightning and discharged it.

Instead of revealing the enemy's energy, Sung JiHan intentionally used the old red lightning.

"It seems to react only when consumed with tea. Interesting."

"What...! Was there such a thing?!"

Seeing the green smoke rising from Sung JiHan's finger, the department head trembled in fear.

Seeing that, Sung JiHan smirked.

He was good at pretending not to know.

"So, why did you give me this information?"

"I just... because of the senior's death..."

"Right. There's no reason for you to tell me this when I'm the one who killed that senior, right?"

Tsk.

In response to Sung JiHan's question, the department head only laughed and didn't answer.

"Well then. Shall we proceed with the loan now, Target?"

"No, I'm leaving after eating well."

"Please come visit again next time. We'll prepare a better gift then."

"Are you planning to put bugs in my body again?"

Swish.

When Sung JiHan stood up from his seat, the department head's smile deepened.

"Bugs, you say? That's just a means for you and us to get closer."

"I'll pass."

Flash!

Sung JiHan immediately logged out from that place.

"Really. He erased it completely..."

The department head admired the green energy expelled from Sung JiHan's body.

Even the Holy See had been dominated by the 'World Tree's Dominion'.

It was completed through the combination of fruit and tea.

To think that a low-level race secretly harbored such energy and purified it.

Indeed, he was worthy of being a target.

"With this, we can expect more from him according to the intentions of the higher-ups."

Looking at Sung JiHan, who expelled the energy cleanly without succumbing to the World Tree's Dominion.

The smile of the department head behind the mask only deepened.