The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 273

Shuuuuu...!

On the eastern coast of the planet development map.

Above the surging seawater, there were dozens of identical-looking elves standing.

"Are these elf remnants...? I wondered where they were hiding, turns out they were in the sea."

"Did you inform Sung JiHan?"

"Yeah. Let's retreat for now!"

Not just the High Elves with green hair.

Even the regular elves who were relentlessly pushed back by the players did not have the intention to resist the elves coming with the tidal wave.

And unlike the human players who retreated to their base camp.

"They're not High Elves."

Sung JiHan, who arrived at the coast at full speed, briefly held his breath when he saw the elves.

I thought they had completed the Altar of Advent and summoned the High Elves, but it seems not yet.

"But I can't let my guard down. They must have prepared something, so they must have initiated the attack."

There must be a reason why the elves, who were hiding and hunting Sung JiHan, came rushing in like this.

He took out the Dark Sword Eclipse.

Honorifics of the Mixed Origin Divine Technique.

Extreme Martial Arts of the Three Realms.

Sweeping Across Thousands of Armies.

Chwaaaaah!

When the seawater that soared into the sky split in an instant.

The elves on top of it flew towards Sung JiHan in unison.

Charging at him, even for the High Elves, was no different from trying to die.

Suuuugh...!

"That is..."

When the faces of the charging elves were covered with white masks at the same time, their speed completely changed.

Faster than even the High Elves.

With their swords raised, they surrounded Sung JiHan in an instant.

"Leave only the neck."

Shing!

Without hesitation, the group of elves fiercely attacked Sung JiHan.

"The masks have a stronger effect than the High Elves. Did the Seat of the Holy One empower the elves instead of descending himself?"

When Sung JiHan tried to respond to the elves' onslaught.

[An existence that does not follow the order of things.]

[The title effect of 'Agent of the Void' is activated. The power of the Void is greatly amplified.]

"Hooh."

The title of the Agent of the Void, which had not been activated even when facing countless enemies, showed its effect when Sung JiHan tried to fight the masked elves.

"They must be powerful enough to be considered an existence that does not follow the order of things... Anyway, I can fight them. If I use the Divine Technique here..."

Suuuuu...

As the purple energy surged from Sung JiHan's body, the power of the Divine Technique became intense.

"....!"

The elves attacking him instinctively flinched for a moment.

Taking advantage of that momentary gap, Sung JiHan extended his sword and spear.

The power of the overflowing hostility within his body also seeped into his regular attacks.

Chiiiiing...!

In an instant, he incinerated half of the elves without leaving a single piece of flesh.

One.

Thud. Thud.

Only the masks that the elves were wearing fell to the ground unscathed.

Even the elves who showed infinite regeneration couldn't withstand the power of the crimson lightning that seemed to have not been hit at all.

The masks, which didn't seem to have been affected at all, floated up into the air on their own and gathered in one place.

And the moving mouth of the mask.

"As expected, you guys won't do. Become my sacrifice."

The voice of the High Elf flowed from there.

The remaining half of the surviving elves clutched their faces in unison.

"Ugh...!"

"Please give us a chance...!"

Boom!

The elves exploded, rendering their words meaningless.

Slowly...

And the fragments of their exploded bodies soon gathered in one place.

Forming new physical bodies.

Unlike the elves who originally had the same appearance and physique.

They now had slightly taller stature and muscular male bodies.

However, even though they had limbs and torsos, their heads were empty.

Instead...

"I can feel the power of emptiness over there."

Thud!

Before the mask covered his head, a momentary burst of emptiness energy spread out.

And...

[An existence that goes against destiny.]

[The title effect of 'Agent of Emptiness' is activated. The power of emptiness is greatly amplified.]

[An existence that goes against destiny and promotes it. If the opponent is annihilated, the title of 'Agent of Emptiness' will be upgraded by the 'Will of Emptiness.']

The Agent of Emptiness title strongly reacted to the opponent who emitted emptiness.

Upon seeing the message, Sung JiHan immediately shot a lightning bolt, but...

Creak...

"It's a futile resistance. Since I have arrived, it's already over."

The mask absorbed the lightning bolt as it was and moved its mouth.

"Sword."

Swish!

Then, as the mask split in half and fell to the ground...

It soon turned into a sword and landed in the hands of the High Elf.

"To be able to control the power of emptiness to the extreme... Indeed, I must capture you."

"This is your limit? You still have a long way to go."

"You're being arrogant. That's your downfall."

Shaaaak!

As the High Elf's sword moved...

Chiing...!

A long sword mark appeared on Sung JiHan's left arm, and blood spurted out.

One.

Seeing that, the High Elf twitched his eyebrows on the exposed half of his face.

"...It didn't get cut off?"

"That wasn't the plan, was it?"

"Huh."

Squeak!

As the sword moved once, dozens of sword marks were engraved on Sung JiHan's body.

An unstoppable strike.

"How long will you keep being arrogant?"

Seeing the blood gushing from Sung JiHan's body, the High Elf let out a strong aura.

* * *

=Sung JiHan... He's being overwhelmed unilaterally! If his body didn't regenerate, it would have been over a long time ago!

=I can't see the opponent's movements at all! He's just getting sliced up...!

=Still, I guess it's fortunate that his head hasn't been cut off yet? He's somehow managing to hold on...!

The battle was completely one-sided.

Despite manifesting his self-healing ability to the extreme with the amplified power of emptiness.

"It's futile."

Chiing!

Sung JiHan's arms and legs were repeatedly marked with sword cuts.

But no matter how many sword strikes he received, his body was not severed.

It was thanks to the power of self-healing that had blossomed throughout Sung JiHan's entire body.

"If my self-healing ability wasn't amplified as the Agent of Emptiness, only my head would have remained long ago..."

Honwonshingong Hyunwonshingong

Cheonroebongyeom Cheonraebongyeom

Jeokroepo Jeokroepo

While trying to withstand the enemy's attack, Sung JiHan extended his spear.

Zi-zi-zi-zi!

His attack was absorbed by the enemy's barrier and did not exert any power.

"Not bad."

Swoosh.

As Sung JiHan touched his burnt mask, it became clean again.

The High Elf, seemingly interested, continued to speak while looking at the red currents.

"You withstand my attack with the power of the Void and regenerate your wounds with the energy of life. A mere human who can wield both the power of the Void and the energy of life... How is that possible?"

"You're the same, aren't you? Your mind is of the Void, but your body is that of an Elf."

Hm.

Upon Sung JiHan's response, the High Elf looked at him with surprised eyes.

"So you figured it out."

"I felt it when you put on the mask earlier."

"...You have a special sense. You're not just an ordinary lower being. Your anatomy, worth experimenting on, is sufficient. I will take you with me."

Shoo!

The movement of the sword became even faster.

Chi-ee-eek...!

The number of sword shadows around Sung JiHan's body increased in an instant.

"I've managed to withstand it so far... but if this continues, only my head will be left."

The High Elf, a Seat of Power opponent.

He knew he was strong, but he didn't expect the difference in power to be so great that he couldn't even resist.

Has the gap between a Seat of Power and a High Seat of Power really become this big?

-He's insanely strong...

-What are the other players doing? We should do something to help Sung JiHan escape, even if we have to throw ourselves in...

-A few of us went to help, but we were wiped out from a distance.

-Yeah, even the Sword King Battle Tube was turned on, but the Sword King was just cut down when he tried to approach...

-Even magic was reflected as it was? The power of the High Elf... It's just on a different level.

The other human players weren't just standing around.

They were using their own methods to help Sung JiHan, but no one could enter the High Elf's territory.

There was no hope for the other humans.

"In the end, I have to win this."

Despite being overwhelmingly pushed back, Sung JiHan gathered his full strength without giving in.

All the energy in his body responded, but...

Zi-zi-zi-zi!

The remaining enemy barrier, which was not included in the Thunder Stat, was not under control.

On the contrary...

Zi-zi-zi-zi!

The remaining enemy barrier spread throughout Sung JiHan's body.

It emitted even stronger currents.

The electricity was so intense that Sung JiHan's body was barely visible.

The High Elf paused his sword for a moment.

"...What is this power? Did you hide your power?"

"No. It's the hidden one that came out."

Ever since he received it from the Brain God, the strange movements of the enemy barrier were shown.

Although the amount of the enemy barrier that was not added to the stat 200 seemed sufficient when he received it...

In this crisis situation, an enormous amount was being emitted, as if revealing its true nature.

[I was trying to stay quiet. I didn't expect to face such a crisis so soon...]

"Is it the Brain God? It's suspicious that the enemy barrier is not under control. Were you hiding here?"

[To be precise, it's his clone.]

Zi-zi-zi-zi!

From the emitted enemy barrier, a lion's head suddenly appeared.

[I originally just wanted to give you power, but you took away 1 trillion GP, so I planted a clone as punishment.]

"Honestly, tell me. It's not related to that, right? You probably planted it anyway."

"Hehehe. You're not fooled, huh? That's right. This power that not even the Sung JiHan could absorb... How could I give up on the Red Thunder? I will completely understand the principles of the Red Thunder and become a being that surpasses the Sung JiHan. In order to do that, I had to see how you use the Red Thunder from your body for a while..."

Creak!

The red lion opened its mouth wide.

"You're trying to die this quickly? Defying the Holy See. You're quite fearless."

"So, you couldn't hide and had to come out?"

"That's right. If you live, won't I also acquire the Red Thunder? If you get dragged to the Cosmic Yggdrasil, I'll be trapped in hell too."

Kwarr!

Intense lightning shot out from the red lion's mouth.

"Kuk. The Brain God... wasn't it dead?"

The high elf, who had absorbed all attacks with his mask until now, frowned and dodged.

Although the lightning emitted by the Brain God itself was similar to Sung JiHan's.

The difference in the power released was dozens of times greater, so the high elf couldn't relax like before.

"Ha. Will you help me?"

"If you share control of your body with me, I will let you live."

"Control...?"

"That's right. Become my apostle. Human."

Sung JiHan smirked at those words.

As expected, there was no intention to simply help, not even a bit.

In front of him was the Holy See.

Inside his body, the Brain God was parasitizing him.

It was chaos inside and out.

"Do you think I'll become your puppet?"

"Puppet, you say. You and I are only sharing senses. This is much better than being dragged to the Cosmic Yggdrasil, isn't it?"

"Become your apostle?"

"I am a generous god. I won't ask you to do many things. Just serve me wholeheartedly."

"You want me to play the role of a priest. Do you think I'll accept?"

"Hehe. If you resist, I can negotiate directly with the high elf. Isn't that right?"

"Brain God. If you cooperate... I'll give you half of that body. In return, we'll take the neck."

"No. That won't do. Let's experiment together instead."

The high elf and the Brain God argued over Sung JiHan's body.

Sung JiHan listened to their conversation quietly and spoke to the Brain God.

"Hey, Brain God."

"Have you made up your mind? Calling me 'hey'. If you thought of becoming a puppet, use the highest honorific from now on."

"Did I really not know that you had infiltrated me?"

"Hehe. You must have had doubts. But what could you do even if you found out?"

"No. Actually, there is one way."

Zzzz...!

The Red Thunder, which completed the lion's head, suddenly wriggled in all directions.

"...What?"

The Brain God was surprised and flinched.

Honyeonsingong, Myeolsingyeol, Cheonsugangsin...

Sssrrrr!

The red lightning started to twist and transform into the shape of chains.

"This... This is...! No, how can you...!"

Clank. Clank!

The red lion gradually lost its form.

"No. Transforming the Brain God into the roots of the Yggdrasil... How on earth!"

The chains reached towards the high elf.

Losing his previous composure, the high elf swung his sword quickly.

But...

Clank! Clank!

The chains that were endlessly extending began to wrap around the high elf's body one by one.

"That's right. Play like that."

Seeing the perfectly connected chains, Sung JiHan smiled.

As he did, he recalled what had happened earlier.