The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 155

[Sung JiHan, please announce your allegiance upon reaching the divine throne.]

[If all five players survive or if a player reaches the divine throne, the game will end.]

Kururur!

As a yellow light descended from the sky, the spotlights that had been illuminating the players began to converge in the center.

And then.

The golden throne slowly revealed itself.

Creak-

It was a massive divine throne that completely overshadowed the majesty of the dragons and giants seen earlier.

Blue sparks were flickering all around the throne.

"I think I know why the avatar of the holy seat is running away."

From a distance, it only appeared as if blue sparks were swirling around the throne.

But if one were to approach and take a closer look, they would realize that those sparks were actually lightning bolts much thicker than those seen in ordinary adults.

The power contained within them was so strong that even brushing against those lightning bolts would likely result in the annihilation of most individuals.

"Head. This won't work. The divine power is too overwhelming."

[You are given one last chance to make a choice...]

[The divine power... it remains.]

[It won't work. I give up.]

As the divine throne was revealed, some of the remaining players gave up on the game one by one.

Among those who chose to give up, there were many giant entity players who believed they couldn't possibly avoid the powerful current.

"Oh? Only ten left?"

And so, only ten players remained.

The atmosphere changed strangely.

"Hehe. Should we just go for it? I mean, it seems like at least five of us will die before me."

Kalein looked around and spoke.

Without even considering the conditions for reaching the divine throne, he only aimed to be among the last five.

"Alright. Head, if you survive, I'll survive too!"

"Just go."

"No, no! I have to protect you!"

While saying that, Kalein covered his face, hidden in darkness.

"If you feel like you're going to die, come here anytime! Let's merge!"

Even if I'm going to die, it's better to be struck by lightning and die.

Ignoring the defiant Kalein, Sung JiHan looked around.

The first thing that caught his eye was an elf holding a sword.

She looked exactly like the elf he saw in the previous experimental zone, except her hair color was slightly different.

With one strand of green hair among her blonde hair.

She was staring intently at Sung JiHan.

[Green hair... a high elf from the World Tree Union.]

"A high elf?"

[Yes. A powerful warrior directly under the World Tree. The darker the green hair, the stronger the individual. An individual with completely green hair possesses power close to that of a divine throne.]

"But isn't the World Tree a divine throne?"

[No... the World Tree is a presence far greater than a divine throne.]

Sung JiHan recalled what happened in the experimental zone at those words.

The "green administrator" who seemed to be quite involved in the Battle.net.

Is the World Tree beyond being a divine throne and actually a manager-level existence in this game?

"They're troublesome."

Why did they become part of the same league as those guys...?

Sung JiHan inwardly clicked his tongue as he looked at the sword held by the high elf.

A sword made from a branch of the World Tree.

If he could snatch it here, it seemed like it would be useful against the Sword King, but...

"For now, survival comes first."

He decided not to push himself too hard for now.

At that moment, the lips of the high elf, who had been staring intently at Sung JiHan, parted.

-I have detected the presence of life. You have succeeded in the project. I will support you.

It was the language of the high elves, automatically translated as they were speaking among game players.

"...What?"

Sung JiHan initially wondered what that sound was when he heard it.

From the concept of the energy of life, something came to mind.

"Could it be related to the life seed that the Green Administrator gave me last time?"

The SSS-grade item, Life Seed.

That item, which gave +10 residual stats, tried to take control of Sung JiHan by infusing a strange energy into his body.

Of course, due to Sung JiHan's soul, the attempt failed and over 90 percent of it was expelled, with the remaining portion sealed within his body for research purposes.

However, the High Elf seemed to have misunderstood and thought that Sung JiHan had been completely taken over.

"It's good that you're helping."

If he comes out, I'll have to time it and take his sword.

When Sung JiHan nodded slightly towards the High Elf,

"At your service!"

She saluted Sung JiHan energetically.

"Why is he like that?"

"That's just how he is."

"Hey! Don't mess with the World Tree! You guys are worse than me! If you get caught by them, your whole body will be dissected and used as eternal experimental material!"

"You know you're worse than me."

"Hehe. But still, I'll be with you forever! Let's go around cutting off kings' heads together!"

Sung JiHan frowned as he looked at the grinning Kallein.

How long is this guy going to stay here?

At that moment,

Flash! Flash!

Intense light burst forth from the Divine Throne.

On the pitch-black floor, a bright white current rose.

"Ah. It's starting. Remember, if you feel like you're going to die, call my name! I'll come anytime!"

Seeing that, Kallein waved his hand at Sung JiHan and disappeared.

And at the same time,

Rumble-!

In front of the remaining 10 players, a massive path of lightning appeared.

[Follow the path and reach the Divine Throne.]

TOP 25 Promotion Battle Map: Divine Throne.

The goal of the game was simple.

Just follow the path and reach the Divine Throne.

However,

[In the players' world, the concept of 'Brain God' will be eradicated.]

[Grade evaluation... High.]

[NO. 4212, 'Humanity': Lightning was an intense natural phenomenon that humans could not resist. They regarded it as the wrath of the gods and feared and worshipped it. Naturally, Brain God established itself in many mythologies as the king of gods.]

[Summoning the representative concept of Brain God... Zeus, Thor, and Indra are selected as the primary candidates.]

"What?"

Zeus, Thor, Indra.

They were all gods who controlled lightning and were known for their power in their respective mythologies.

Why are these guys being selected here now?

Sung JiHan watched the message with a sense of unease.

[Zeus, the Divine King of Olympus, is selected as the gatekeeper.]

[Zeus blocks the path.]

As a presence that blocks the path.

Something absurd came up.

* * *

Space League TOP 25 Promotion Battle broadcast.

This was a matter that caught the attention of all humanity.

Finally, the day had come when the Space League, which had been hidden behind the scenes, revealed itself for the first time.

"Christoph, I heard you rushed here from Hawaii again!"

"Yes. It happened last month too. Thanks to Sung, I have to give up my vacation every time!"

"Wow, the viewer count is incredible. It's even higher than the Battle.net Champions League finals! Will we ever see these numbers again?"

"Logically, it seems impossible. But who knows? Sung might break his own record!"

"Hahaha. It's truly an honor to be a caster for this game!"

"I'll also greet you as a caster today! I don't know anything, so..."

The commentator couldn't fulfill his role due to lack of information.

Christoph smiled warmly and assured that he would be faithful to his role as a caster.

At first, the atmosphere was lively and cheerful.

"What... Brain penalty... means death?"

"No. Are you saying that people actually die in a game?"

"Sung! We don't need to play this kind of game! We need to get out quickly!"

When the brain penalty was shared on the screen, the broadcasters were shocked.

No, are you saying that people actually die in a BattleNet game?

- Wow, this is crazy, right?

- What kind of penalty is actual death?

- Can something like this really happen in the Space League after the tutorial?

The viewers' reactions were intense as they watched this.

What kind of game penalty can result in "death"?

Most of them chatted, urging the player to leave the game.

But Kalein explained the promotion match reward.

- Wow, there's such a reward?

- Do you believe that crazy guy? Hahaha

- It's called the Avatar of the Holy See?

- But what is the Holy See?

- I don't know, they're talking about something only they know.

The viewers watched with skepticism and waited for the situation to unfold.

And when the game started, the official system reward appeared on the broadcast screen.

[Completed Star Fragment]

- Grade: EX

- A star fragment that has passed "all tests."

- The BattleNet game difficulty of the entire planet will be lowered by one level.

- Players with gifts will appear more frequently in the entire planet.

- The effect is applied immediately upon acquiring an item.

- D, grade EX...!

- Lowering the BattleNet difficulty! It's an unbelievable item that applies to the entire world!

The EX-grade item.

The "Completed Star Fragment" had an effect that applied to the entire world.

Lowering the difficulty and increasing the appearance rate of players with gifts.

For Earthlings, it was an item that they couldn't help but desire.

"But, Sung JiHan doesn't benefit from this! Lowering the difficulty is honestly unnecessary for him, isn't it?"

- That's right... It seems wiser to just come out without risking death, Sung JiHan!

- Ah, hyung, please come out from there! If you die, it's over!!!!

- Seriously, what does Sung JiHan have to do with the difficulty? He can just smash everything alone!

- That's right! Whether the gifts come out more or not, what does it matter? Sung JiHan is the important one.

- We applaud Sung JiHan's heroic decision. It's a determination for the world.

- JiHan, please survive the game for us. I also want to awaken.

- Ugh, these foreigners are so annoying. Aren't they people from their own country?

- As long as Sung doesn't die, it's fine, right? Why can't Koreans trust Sung?

From the perspective of Koreans who trusted only Sung JiHan, his safety was the most important.

Foreigners, on the other hand, seemed to secretly hope that Sung JiHan would play the game, perhaps because the rewards were so good.

And...

"Ah, the game is proceeding as it is!"

"Ugh... Now that it's come to this, we must stay as a team of five! But the concept of brain extraction... it's unsettling to receive a grade evaluation award!"

"Ah, Zeus. Thor. Indra... Why are they appearing?"

"Among the three, which one is the weakest?"

"Well, I don't know. Oh, ah, Zeus is calling!"

Zzzzzz... On the path of the brain battle that extended towards Sung JiHan.

As the current surged, it formed a single figure.

A giant about 4 or 5 meters tall.

With a white beard and a lion's head, he...

His body beneath his face was entirely made of electricity.

Zeus, the king of Olympus.

Due to the concept of extraction, he was appointed as the water gatekeeper and looked down at Sung JiHan with a weary gaze.

"Hmm..."

Swoosh.

He slowly brought his hand to his beard and opened his mouth.

"It's not a woman."

"What?"

Was that the sound he made as soon as he came out?

Swoosh-

Zeus slightly lowered his head and examined Sung JiHan's face.

Then he frowned.

"Not even a young man."

"...So?"

"A person who is neither a woman nor a young man calling me out. It's unpleasant. I'll kill you in one shot."

Zeus was faithful to his instincts.

He expressed his displeasure without hesitation and raised both hands towards the sky.

Flash! Flash!

A bright light flashed from the clouds in the sky.

"There's no need to wait for that."

Before Sung JiHan could take the initiative, he took out the Phoenix Feather Spear and attacked first.

Mumyung Shingong.

Cheonnoe Bongyeom.

Jeoknoe Po.

A red current of electricity seemed to surge at the tip of the spear, and a single strand of red lightning shot out towards Zeus at the speed of light.

Compared to when it was suppressed in the Hundred-Eight Armament, the Red Lightning became much more intense.

"Huh. You're going to strike me with lightning?"

Zeus saw the lightning and snorted, not even considering blocking it.

But when the massive lightning passed through his body.

Fire erupted from within.

"What...!? This, this...!"

Zeus looked at the lightning that pierced his body with a visibly shocked expression.

The Thunder God himself, being struck by uncontrollable lightning!

The crack that appeared on his body quickly spread to the surroundings, igniting flames.

The fire derived from the lightning could not be extinguished no matter how hard he tried, and it quickly spread up to his chest.

"Eeek!"

Chiiing!

Zeus urgently used his hand to cut his chest horizontally.

And only his upper body fell off. The Thunder God rising into the sky.

"I won't leave a single piece of your bones!"

Was it more humiliating to be struck by lightning than anything else?

He reached out his hand towards the sky with an angry face.

"Astrape!"

When Zeus shouted Astrape.

A circular hole appeared in the black sky.

And inside, a space filled with white light was revealed.

At the same time, Sung JiHan's eyes opened wide.

This series of events.

To him, it was a sight that was all too familiar.

"This is... Divine Judgment?"

Divine Judgment, one of the Rising Martial Arts of the Thunder God's Decision.

It was too similar to what he was currently witnessing.

"Then... what comes next...!"

Kururur!

From the crack in the sky, a giant spear of light appeared and struck Sung JiHan directly.