N-M Chapter 158
Chapter 158
"Sponsorship from the Brain God...."
Zeus, who had just fought a battle a while ago, didn't leave a strong impression and was absorbed by Dongbangsak. However, Sung JiHan wondered if the Brain God, the owner of the Divine Throne, would be different.
"Ariel, do you know what kind of existence the Brain God is?"
"If it's the Brain God of the Divine Throne... it's a massive cluster of all the concepts of Brain Gods. The Brain Gods that existed in your world are just fragments of him."
"So, it's like all the Brain Gods from different worlds gathered together to become the Brain God of the Divine Throne. Like how the Throne of Dead Stars drags kings around as ghosts?"
"The composition is similar, but different. The Throne of Dead Stars clearly enslaves kings, but the Brain God of the Divine Throne is the most powerful among countless Brain Gods, serving as the representative. I heard that there is a constant ranking within them."
Ariel added, seemingly unsure.
"It's not certain, but... compared to other gods of the Divine Throne, the Brain God has never changed representatives. That means the representative god must be powerful. And he doesn't like the Battle Net, so he rarely participates in events related to it..."
"But a sponsorship proposal came."
"He must have seen something in you. But since you're in the tutorial state, sponsorship should be impossible, right?"
Sung JiHan listened to Ariel's words and asked the system.
"It's good to receive sponsorship, but is it possible in the tutorial state?"
"Due to the decrease in Earth's difficulty, if the Brain God pays a price, it is possible."
"It's possible? Then let's do it."
Since the Throne Slot was empty anyway.
There was nowhere to use it, so it was better to fill it with something.
As soon as Sung JiHan showed his willingness to accept, the sponsorship proceeded immediately.
"The 'Brain God' becomes the sponsor of player Sung JiHan."
"As the effect of the sponsorship Throne, the efficiency of lightning-type skills and Brain stats greatly increases."
Just by occupying the Throne Slot, the efficiency of lightning-type abilities increased, but Sung JiHan expected additional effects because the Brain God seemed more powerful than other Thrones.
And...
"The Brain God is amazed by your soul. He enters contemplation..."
With the message that he was amazed by the soul and entered contemplation, there was no response from the Throne.
"Logging out of the Battle Net."
In the end, Sung JiHan had no choice but to leave the game before receiving additional sponsorship from the Brain God.
"Special achievement, 'Space League Promotion Tournament Passed' cleared."
"Obtained 1,000,000 achievement points."
"Special achievement, 'First Sponsorship of a Throne' cleared."
"Obtained 300,000 achievement points."
"Special achievement, 'Removal of a Throne's Avatar' cleared."
"Obtained 500,000 achievement points."
"Amazing."
Including the destruction of Kaelin's avatar, an enormous amount of achievement points came in.
But the reward he was hoping for the most right now wasn't these points.
"Survived in the Top 25 Promotion Tournament."
"Level increased to 20."
"Special reward, 'Completed Star Fragment' obtained."
Completed Star Fragment.
This item, rated as EX, didn't have any particularly good effects for Sung JiHan himself.
Completed Star Fragment
-Grade: EX
-A fragment of a star that has passed "All Trials."
-The difficulty of the Battle.net game on the entire planet of Mo is lowered by one level.
-Players with gifts appear more frequently in Mo.
-When obtaining an item, it is immediately applied.
A completed fragment of a star that benefits only players on Earth.
So, Korean people were in an uproar, asking why Sung JiHan would go through the death penalty to obtain that.
Especially.
"Uncle!! Are you crazy?!"
Bang!
Yoon Sae-ah shouted loudly as she kicked the door towards Sung JiHan.
"Well, I was worried."
"Is that what you call talking? Uncle, do you really want to see me die?! How can you proceed with the death penalty when it's there?!"
With swollen eyes and a puffy face, Yoon Sae-ah screamed like crazy for the first time in her life.
Seeing her like that, Sung JiHan naturally lost his focus.
"Well... I thought you would survive, of course..."
"Where in the world is there 100% certainty! Put yourself in my shoes. How would you feel if I tried that?!"
"I pulled you out of the game by the scruff of your neck."
"That's what I! Want! To say!"
"Sae-ah, I'm different, you know?"
"What's different! Ugh! Seriously, you're crazy!"
Crack!
Sung JiHan's visit was shattered by Yoon Sae-ah's emotionally mixed kick.
Her strength, which had increased dramatically compared to a month ago, was now powerful enough to tear apart a door like a piece of paper if she exerted her full power.
"The door broke."
Bang! Bang!
Yoon Sae-ah, who had been wreaking havoc for a while, suddenly sat down weakly and buried her face in her knees.
"Uncle. I really... thought I was going crazy earlier."
"...I'm sorry. I didn't know it would turn out like this."
"Uncle. You're the only family I have left..."
Hoo-
A sigh mixed with a sigh of relief came out of Sung JiHan's mouth.
He had accepted it, thinking that he wouldn't die, but he couldn't understand the feelings of the family left behind.
In his previous life, when he lived the life of a player, he didn't have a family, so he was definitely lacking in understanding in that aspect.
"I won't do it again."
"...Really?"
"Yes."
"Is it a promise?"
Yoon Sae-ah let out a deep sigh as Sung JiHan nodded.
"So, why did you risk your life and try to obtain a difficulty-lowering item? Uncle, honestly, you don't care about the difficulty, do you?"
"Yeah. I don't care."
Sung JiHan took out a completed fragment of a star from his inventory.
A rock fragment with a bluish light.
At first glance, it was just a stone with a slightly unusual color, and ordinary people wouldn't understand why this stone would be given an EX grade.
But Sung JiHan knew the value of this item better than anyone else.
"In the past, it was given as a reward in the Space League."
At the point when Earth was struggling at the bottom of the Space League.
There was a small tribe planet that competed with humanity for the lowest rank.
Unlike other races, this small tribe planet had no merit as a species and was a fictional planet that exploded and roamed the BattleNet.
After luckily obtaining a completed fragment of a star in an emergency mission in the Space League, the situation dramatically changed.
"Earth and the Urk planet fought a relegation match after barely escaping the relegation zone."
The Space League is a system where individuals cannot pull themselves up like national representative matches.
No matter how strong Sung JiHan was, if others couldn't grow well, they couldn't survive in this damn game.
That's why Sung JiHan fought desperately, even at the cost of death, to obtain the "completed fragment of a star."
[As a result of the completed fragment of a star, the BattleNet difficulty of humanity, No. 4212, is lowered.]
[As the owner of the completed fragment of a star, you are granted the authority to access the BattleNet administrator's report.]
[Would you like to read the report?]
"Administrator's report?"
And a few minutes later.
"I should share this."
As soon as Sung JiHan saw the report, he turned on his BattleTube.
* * *
-Jihan, please don't do that ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-Why are you trying to die! What a disgrace if you die while playing a game ㅡㅡ
This month, Sung JiHan emerged as the hope of Korea through the national representative match.
When he almost died in the promotion match, Korean subscribers flooded the channel with chat messages begging him not to do it again.
-Is this the channel of the player who played the game a while ago? Thanks to you, my supporting gift level has increased. Thank you.
-Thanks to Sung JiHan, I can get a gift wwww Should I be grateful to your country, hyung? wwww
-Sung JiHan! Why are you hiding the fact that you're from the Mu-dang faction? Why are you denying that the foundation of martial arts is Chinese?
-Foreign... bastards... get lost...!
-Stop talking nonsense!!!!!
People of various nationalities also jumped into the chat, creating a chaotic mess.
"I think you were very surprised today. However, personally, I think it is necessary to lower the difficulty level, so I made this choice."
As Sung JiHan's words ended, countless sponsorship messages began to arrive, as if mocking the 100,000 GP sponsorship limit.
['Downglass' has sponsored 100,000 GP.]
"I thought my heart would stop when Zeus's lightning struck!! If you do it again, I won't have that feeling anymore!"
Starting with Hayuri, many fans shouted without hesitation, not caring about the 1 billion limit.
[R.E.Gates has sponsored 10,000,000 GP.]
"I respect your decision to prepare for death. According to the reports coming in from all over, there are suddenly people who have awakened their gifts. Interestingly, many of them have awakened the supporting gift. And among the players who already had the supporting gift, there have been frequent cases of their gift level increasing."
Robert Gates provided a report on the current situation along with a large amount of sponsorship.
"It worked out well."
Earth had a significantly low level of supporting gifts.
It was a welcome development that more people were awakening to it.
-Oh really... It would be nice if there were more awakened individuals, but it won't benefit you, hyung. Just think about yourself, hyung!
-Yeah, isn't it best to only do good things like India or China, where the population is large? If there are more awakened individuals, kekekeke
-Is that so? Even if the game difficulty is lowered, Sung JiHan will always be in first place. Is there really a need for it?
Sung JiHan shrugged off the concerns of his Korean fans.
"If Earth doesn't participate in the Space League, then yes, that would be the case. I can continue to be in first place alone and crush other countries. However..."
He showed the BattleNet administrator's report to the public through the system window.
-What is this?
-What is this supposed to be?
-A report about humanity?
For Sung JiHan, the report written in Korean was automatically translated into each person's native language through the battle tube.
[NO. 4212, Report on 'Humanity']
[...After reviewing the achievements they made in the tutorial, it is predicted that NO. 4212 will be in the relegation zone in the future Space League. Their biggest problem is the vulnerability of their species. Undoubtedly, humans are the weakest race among the participating life forms in the Space League. Despite having many SSS-grade gifts, they cannot even bring out the performance of an S-grade due to the limitations of their species.]
[Probability of remaining in the league - It was 0.3 percent, but due to the decrease in difficulty, it has increased to 3 percent. However, it is still the most likely to be in the bottom ranks.]
[Variables - None. Even the players who could potentially be variables have fatal weaknesses.]
[Investment value - None. Even if you invest in this planet and suffer losses, the administrators will not take any responsibility. This planet will not last long.]
-What is this?
-The probability of remaining in the league is only 3 percent?
-And it increased from 0.3 percent? Hahaha
The report released by Sung JiHan was shocking.
Those who thought that there would be no major problems in the tutorial world.
They were confused after seeing the message that the probability of remaining in the league was slim and that the planet would not last long.
-...Is Sung JiHan talking about the player who could be a variable?
-That's probably it, right? But what is the weakness?
-It's really surprising.
Sung JiHan had a rough idea of what the fatal weakness could be.
"Perhaps, it's because he is an enemy of the gods."
Due to the whims of the gods, he is currently living with a soul, but if his mood were to change later, he didn't know what would happen.
From the perspective of the system administrator, Sung JiHan, who represented Earth, was a player with an uncertain lifespan.
So in the report, they probably expressed that he had such a fatal weakness.
-But were we humans really that weak?
-We couldn't even make it to the top 25? Damn, it was a monster fest hahaha.
-Yeah, even the ones who were human-sized were all monsters hahaha.
-Are there only those kinds of monsters among the other planetary races? Can't humans stick together...ㅜㅜ
The vulnerability of the species mentioned in the report.
People quickly agreed, recalling the recent match.
The promotion match for the top 25 Space League was a feast of giant monsters.
There wasn't a single race like humans, and the closest ones were High Elves and Calains, but even they were monsters.
"Even though the difficulty has decreased, our chances of survival in the Space League are still low. So..."
Sung JiHan finished the broadcast with a smile.
"I hope you all become stronger and break the consecutive first place and 100% win rate. You've gone from Bronze to Platinum, but isn't it ridiculous that the record has never been broken? Please make an effort."
-Well, that's because hyung is too much of a monster...
-Even aliens have their heads smashed, but how did we win hahaha.
Among the officially recognized TOP 25 in the universe.
Among them, the players who survived within the top 5 received a reaction of disbelief to their plea for victory.
And...
"Boss, you're still the same."
Haeyeon, who was now watching the broadcast from the guild master's room, responded.
[Gift grade has increased.]
She widened her eyes at the sudden message.