The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 v2 - Chapter 9
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– In the past, the price of Relics was really expensive.
The Saintess reminisced about the old days.
– Even though Relics were high-level items, their actual stats weren’t that great.
– Oh really?
– Yes. Still, when the Earth Tutorial first started in 2010, people thought there had to be some kind of secret to them, so the prices were high…
The Saintess spread her hands open as she spoke.
– But even after 10 years passed and the secret of the Relics wasn’t revealed, the prices hit rock bottom.
– So? Get to the point.
– Why are you in such a hurry? I was just about to tell you the history of Relic collection.
She pouted and then got to the point that Sung Jin-Han wanted to hear.
– There’s a type of Relic called an Extraterrestrial Relic.
– I know.
– If you pray while holding onto it and concentrate your Divine Power, you’ll be able to obtain Divine Power from it, like ‘You have come to understand the Extraterrestrial God.’
– …Is that all?
– Yes. It has to be an Extraterrestrial Relic, though. And you have to hold onto it for quite a long time.
– The conditions seem easier than I thought. I wonder why it isn’t more widely known.
– Supporters don’t really need to use Extraterrestrial Relics. Relics passed down from Earth religions like Christianity and Buddhism give Supporters direct Divine Power bonuses. Extraterrestrial Relics don’t have anything like that.
As she said that, the Saintess tilted her head slightly.
– But now that I think about it, I don’t think I was the only one who knew about this method. There was someone who was steadily purchasing Extraterrestrial Relics.
– Really?
– Yes. They disappeared after 2019, though.
At the time, she hadn’t thought much of it.
However, when Sung Jin-Han was searching through his brother-in-law’s penthouse, he was able to figure out who the other buyer she was talking about was.
‘It was my sister.’
Sung Jin-Han’s older sister, Sung Ji-A.
She was also a top-tier Supporter class in Korea.
‘A Saintess.’
And she had sacrificed herself in 2019 to prevent a huge ‘accident’ that had occurred in Korea.
Just like the American Saintess had said, the time period when the purchases disappeared matched up with 2019.
‘And… a ton of Extraterrestrial Relics were discovered in my sister’s room.’
When he had investigated his brother-in-law’s penthouse.
Sung Jin-Han had discovered a pile of Extraterrestrial Relics in the storage area of the room his sister, Sung Ji-A, had used.
And most of the items were…
[Extraterrestrial Relic (F-Rank)]
– An Extraterrestrial Relic that has lost its Divine Power and is now useless.
The item descriptions were written like this.
However, unlike the others, some of the items weren’t F-Rank.
‘For example, this.’ Thwack! Thwack!
Sung Jin-Han recalled the description of this item as he smashed a zombie’s head with the steel pipe.
[Extraterrestrial Relic – Steel Pipe (E-Rank)]
– A weapon with the advantage of high durability.
– Extraterrestrial clerics strengthen their faith by striking the heads of heretics.
Perhaps it was because they had to strengthen their faith by striking the heads of heretics, as the item description said.
This item had remained in his sister’s storage area without its Divine Power being absorbed.
And every time Sung Jin-Han smashed a zombie’s head…
[Your understanding of the Extraterrestrial Faith has deepened.]
[Your Divine Power has increased slightly.]
Messages like this continued to appear.
Especially when he fought against the powerful Blood Zombies.
[The Relic is delighted to have met a terrible heretic.]
[The Divine Power rises on its own, as befits the Relic’s original purpose.]
It was teaching Sung Jin-Han, who had low Divine Power stats, how to use his Divine Power.
‘In some ways, it’s similar to raising your Ki.’
Of course, raising your Ki and using Divine Power had different starting points.
If you raised your Ki starting from your lower abdomen, Divine Power felt like it started from your head and spread out through your hands.
In any case, both of them were a type of energy.
After receiving guidance from the Divine Power once, Sung Jin-Han was able to naturally manifest Divine Power as a weapon.
Bang!
Another Blood Zombie’s head was smashed to pieces and burned with a white sacred fire.
His swordsmanship was圧倒的 for a Level 6 Bronze Player.
After killing over a hundred more zombies and bursting the heads of 10 Blood Zombies…
[You have come to fully understand the Extraterrestrial Faith.]
[Your Divine Power has increased by 1.]
[‘Extraterrestrial Artifact – Iron Bar’s rank has fallen to F-grade.]
As the Artifact’s Divine Power was absorbed, its rank decreased.
Since he had used it appropriately to smash the heads of heretics, it was seen as him understanding the beliefs of extraterrestrials.
‘Even if it’s F-grade, it’s still usable.’
Only the Divine Power contained in the Artifact had disappeared.
The Iron Bar’s sturdiness remained the same.
‘I’ll conserve as much Divine Power as possible when fighting now.’
Zombies charged forward without flinching, even though the heads of countless of their comrades had exploded.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
He didn’t use Divine Power against the normal zombies, instead, he smashed their heads in.
Screech-!
As smoke rose up from among the zombies, he activated the Divine Power in the Iron Bar in preparation for the Blood Zombie.
Seong Jihan perfectly distributed his power, not taking a single step back as he struck down the zombies.
“Wow. He’s crazy……”
The Archer watched his back, astounded.
Was it his Plate Armor’s effect?
The Spear’s movements.
He struck the zombies’ heads with terrifying accuracy, one after another.
It was as if he could see through all the zombies’ movements.
Meanwhile, Yim Ga-yeong was even more astonished by Seong Jihan’s strength from a Warrior’s perspective.
‘……His control over his strength is perfect.’
He didn’t activate Divine Power against the normal zombies.
He conserved his strength by only using Divine Power right before smashing the Blood Zombies’ heads in.
Yim Ga-yeong was also a Bronze ranker, but she could use Sword Qi because of her outstanding Gift.
So she knew how difficult it was.
‘……Just like the Lady said. I’m lucky I didn’t meet him in the Colosseum.’
Seong Jihan.
His martial prowess was peerless.
The Iron Bar that destroyed the zombies’ heads like they were watermelons.
‘Could I have dodged that?’
Yim Ga-yeong wasn’t sure.
Dozens of minutes passed as Seong Jihan fought alone.
Then, a change occurred in the game.
“Oh. Th, the other Tower has already been eliminated! We’re not last! We’re not last!”
The Archer was delighted as he checked the scoreboard.
The 10th ranked Tower had been eliminated with 430 kills, the lowest score.
They were in 5th place with 478 kills.
“Let’s help him too! We need to increase our kill count even a little!”
The Archer chattered excitedly, nocking an arrow on his bowstring.
His attitude was a complete 180 compared to when he had been talking to Seong Jihan earlier.
Once 5 Towers had been eliminated, the next rank would be determined by kill count, so they had to kill as many zombies as possible, quickly.
“May I join?”
When Yim Ga-yeong asked Seong Jihan for permission, he looked at the scoreboard.
‘478…… It’s impossible to eliminate 1,000 after all.’
The linked quest was to eliminate 1,000 zombies.
Despite relentlessly striking down the zombies, it was impossible to clear it in time.
‘When my level goes up, I’ll be matched with stronger opponents from other Towers, so I’ll have more room to breathe.’
However, in the new game, it would be different from now, when he had been fighting the zombies alone because of the trolls.
‘Should I go down and clear this Achievement later……?’
Seong Jihan glanced down below the Tower as he struck down the zombies.
The number of zombies swarming the ground was incomparable to the number climbing the Tower.
Even with the support of his Strength stat, it was impossible for now.
‘I’ll have to challenge it again after I’ve grown stronger.’
Seong Jihan postponed clearing the linked quest for now and replied to Yim Ga-yeong.
“Go ahead.”
“Yes!”
Swish-
As soon as Seong Jihan gave his permission, Yim Ga-yeong drew her sword with a flourish.
It looked more like a Chinese jian than a Western sword.
As she drew her sword, the scent of plum blossoms wafted from it.
And as Seong Jihan smelled that scent, he remembered who she was.
‘Yim Ga-yeong. Now that I think about it…… She was the Plum Blossom Sword.’
Plum Blossom Sword Yim Ga-yeong.
After Sword King Yoon Se-jin had left Korea, she had been in the spotlight as the next representative of Korea’s Warrior class.
Around the time Seong Jihan had belatedly awakened his Gift and was rapidly growing while obtaining the No-name Divine Technique.
She had already been one of the top players in Korea.
‘……But she didn’t have a good ending.’
She had participated in the final match of the Northeast Asia League, which had caused Korea’s destruction, as a representative of Korea, and had died in battle.
By the hands of the Sword King Yoon Sejin, who became Japan’s top player.
‘This time, there’s no way you’ll die, so you should thank me.’
Of course, Sung Jihan thinks he will be Korea’s representative.
He was showing off the power that befits that thought.
“Ooh…! Two more towers have fallen. We’re in 3rd place! The difference with 1st place is 10 zombies!”
The archer exclaimed excitedly, showing off the scoreboard.
He was shooting arrows, but now he was more of a commentator than a player.
Hearing that, Sung Jihan decided it was time to make his move.
“It’ll be over soon if it’s 10, so let’s push it a bit.”
“……?”
“Please hold your position.”
How can you push it any further?
Lim Ga-young was puzzled, but she nodded for now.
Then.
“Then, I’m going.”
Flash-!
At the end of the horizontal bar, a pure white light shone dazzlingly.
Sung Jihan dropped down to the bottom of the tower in that state.
“Huh, huh… 12 kills. The gap is widening. Just a little more effort… Ack…! Where are you going!”
The archer, who had been engrossed in the commentary, was shocked when Sung Jihan fell to the bottom of the tower, but.
“What…? The, the number of kills…! He’s catching up to the kill difference in an instant! Now he’s in 2nd place! Just 3 more kills!”
He soon couldn’t hide the smile on his face as the number of kills increased rapidly.
Because the iron bar wrapped in divine power was burning the mountain of zombies that unfolded at the bottom of the tower.
‘It’s almost over anyway. It’s time to use all my divine power.’
Hwarr-!
The divine power, which blossomed like a comet, easily tore through the horde of zombies and burned their entire bodies with holy fire.
And in no time at all, the fire spread to the surrounding zombies.
Cheeeeee-!
It didn’t take long for the mountain of zombies that had piled up to the top of the tower to be engulfed in white flames.
“T, 1st place!!! We’re in 1st place! We’re in first place! Wow, damn! Is this real…? A supporter?”
The archer danced clumsily, as if he couldn’t believe it.
Of course he thought he would be the last, but he was in 1st place with 561 kills!
And of those, 550 were done by Sung Jihan.
‘Is he really the same person I did the tutorial with?’
And Lim Ga-young felt a sense of emptiness as she looked at the sight below the tower.
An alien game, Battle Net.
No matter how famous this is for its shitty balance, there’s a limit.
A player in their second game is showing what might be possible even for a Silver-ranked player?
‘……I think I’ll quit the game.’
Lim Ga-young was now feeling a wall for the first time that she had never felt before.
[5 towers have fallen.]
[Defense game – 10 towers end.]
Flash.
As the game ended, Sung Jihan, who had fallen to the bottom of the tower, was summoned back up.
His clothes were covered in zombie blood, but his body was intact.
“Wow… You really worked hard! Thanks to you, we got 1st place! I’m finally level 10!”
The archer exclaimed excitedly and logged out like a machine.
He seemed very excited to have won 1st place in a game he thought he had lost.
“Excuse me. Sung Jihan-nim.”
Lim Ga-young approached Sung Jihan as soon as the archer disappeared.
Forgetting her discouragement from before, she opened her mouth with a determined face.
Sung Jihan, who was about to log out, looked at Lim Ga-young.
“Do you know me?”
“I……”
Her lips trembled.
I am Lim Ga-young from the Yiseong Guild.
I would like to contact you to discuss your recruitment. Could you please tell me a phone number where I can reach you?
She had these words prepared in her head, but.
“C, Can I have your number?”
Was it because she was in a hurry?
The main point came out first, without any introduction.
“……”
“Ah. That’s. I’m from the Yiseong Guild… Because of recruitment…”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t remember my number.”
“……Yes?”
“I’ll let you know later when I see you again.”
You don’t know your own cell phone number?
‘That’s ridiculous…!’
Lim Ga-young blankly watched Sung Jihan’s back as he logged out.
‘Did I get played?’