The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

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[The Blessing of Void descends upon the entire demon faction.]

The main reason why Platinum users conquer the Abyss map and defeat Viscount Naseed is because they are granted the Blessing of Void.

"This isn't important anyway."

The enemy base is currently almost completely destroyed.

Since they only need to destroy their main base, the Blessing of Void was meaningless.

[The Blessing of Viscount Naseed, who swallowed the divine water, is strengthened.]

[The Blessing of Void surpasses the player's level and expands the limits of their abilities.]

[All stats increase by 1.]

"What?!"

All stats +1?

Sung JiHan opened his eyes wide.

To increase the stat points as a reward?

Such a significant reward was extremely rare, to the point where you could count them on one hand.

In the Battle.net system, they were stingy with stat points.

[Even if you receive the Blessing of Void again in the future, the stat increase effect will not appear.]

Although in the end, even if they caught Viscount Naseed again, the message that there would be no stat increase appeared.

But still, what did they gain?

"Wow...!"

"U-Uncle. They increased our stats...!"

And it seemed that Sung JiHan was not the only one who received the reward; Sophia, Yoon Sae-ah, and Masid, who were far away, also showed surprised expressions.

["Chain Quest - Traces of the Apostle (2) has been cleared.]

[Obtained 'Veil of Void' as a reward.]

[Obtained 50,000 achievement points as a reward.]

[The next chain quest, 'Gaze of Destruction,' will be unlocked in the Gold League.]

Sung JiHan examined the additional rewards.

Achievement points aside, he was curious about what the Veil of Void was used for.

"It's in the inventory."

It wouldn't be appropriate to check the item during the broadcast.

He decided to examine the Veil of Void after the game ended.

"And the next chain quest is Gaze of Destruction."

Even if it's a chain quest, it didn't happen immediately after reaching the Gold League.

The incident with Viscount Naseed this time happened by chance as he happened to pass by the riverside.

"I'll have to explore the map well once I get promoted to Gold."

Sung JiHan tried to wrap up the reward summary like that.

However.

There was still a reward left.

[Shadow stat increases by 3.]

Sung JiHan raised his head in surprise.

He had devoured as much as he could from Viscount Naseed, so why did it suddenly increase?

"How did my Shadow increase so much in just one day?"

It was a good decision not to invest stat points in Shadow.

Investing in Unique rather than Rare was the right choice.

Sung JiHan, who firmly resolved not to invest in Shadow in the future, looked at the Shadow Sword that had become stronger.

The blurry form of the sword had transformed into a solid Black Sword.

Inside it, Ariel was more shaken than usual.

"What is this power...?!"

"...Why?"

[The technique you just displayed! What's its name?!]

Arienne, hidden within the sword, asked with an excited voice.

It was a completely different attitude from her usual calm demeanor.

"They call it the Black Ascension."

[Black Ascension... Is this the pinnacle of martial arts that you can unfold?]

Sung JiHan smirked and shook his head.

"No, there's more."

[More...? Something more than this?]

"Yes."

[That's unbelievable...]

"What?"

[It's not appropriate to talk about it here. Let's finish this game first...]

Is it because they're in the middle of a broadcast?

Sung JiHan shrugged his shoulders.

"That's right."

Since they had already almost finished the game.

With the addition of the Blessing of Emptiness, it was easy to finish even without Balran.

"Everyone, let's go."

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

"Alright. Alright. Uncle, let's finish quickly!"

Was it because of the additional +1 to all stats?

The party members were caught up in excitement.

Of course, there were those who couldn't participate in this festival.

[This is ridiculous! +1 to all stats? I didn't receive any blessings!]

Balran vented his anger in the party chat.

Because he was a warrior, he didn't receive the Blessing of Emptiness or the additional stat effects.

-+1 to all stats?

-What? There's such a reward?

-Do you get stats if you defeat the Seed Viscount in Silver?

When it was revealed that Sung JiHan's party had all received the +1 to all stats effect, the viewers were astonished.

Giving stats by defeating monsters?

This was something they had never seen even once while watching BattleNet.

-Wow... So this means... We have to go through the Seed Viscount Raid as a mandatory course for Silver?

-Hahaha, but who can defeat the Seed Viscount other than Sung JiHan?

-Did you see Balran's defeat? He's also second place in Silver, haha.

-He was an overwhelmingly skilled player until Sung JiHan appeared... He became a joke in an instant.

Sung JiHan kindly explained how to obtain the +1 to all stats through the broadcast.

But in reality, other than him, there were no Silvers who could accomplish it.

"The Heavenly Demon King Lin has sponsored 10,000 GP."

"Jihan-nim!! Please, can you let me join the next party as well? I don't have to do any combat. I don't have to...!"

"Mikhail has sponsored 10,000 GP."

"Me too!! Please!! Ahh, I should have done better in today's lottery!!"

When the two people who left the party pleaded, Sung JiHan felt a slight sense of guilt.

He thought that hunting the Seed Viscount would be difficult, so he included Balran, the strongest among the four Silvers.

But that guy didn't help at all, he only trolled.

If he had known, he would have included one of the two.

"Yes. If there's a chance, let's party once."

"The Heavenly Demon King Lin has sponsored 10,000 GP."

"Thank you, Jihan-gege! Thank you!"

[Mikhail sponsored 10,000GP.]

[Wow!! Sung JiHan is the best!! I love you, take me with you, waaah ♡♥♡♥]

"I haven't seen Mikhail like that before... He's acting strange."

Sung JiHan narrowed his eyes and spoke.

"But in order to summon the Viscount Naseed, we need the Archangel's Sword and the Reaper's Scythe fragments. If we can't obtain them, there's nothing we can do."

[The Heavenly Demon King sponsored 10,000GP.]

"Of course! Thank you for giving us this opportunity alone!!"

[Mikhail sponsored 10,000GP.]

"I will find them! We just need to destroy what's in that base, right?!"

"Yes. Give it a try."

Unless it's Sung JiHan, it would be almost impossible to obtain them at the Silver level.

But still, he urged the two sponsors to have hope.

[Um... Sung. I made a mistake earlier...]

He knew how significant the effect of All Stats +1 was.

Suddenly, Barren apologized in the party chat.

[Is there... no chance for the next opportunity? I won't even pay G, GP!]

"Sigh. Why did you do that?"

Sophia sighed as she read Barren's chat.

If people just stayed still, half of the problem would be solved. It's such a loss to provoke for no reason.

"Just ignore him. Base or micro, it doesn't matter."

"Of course. JiHan!"

Sophia replied with a bright smile.

"As expected, JiHan is the best warrior."

Now, Ito Ryuhei of Japan is the strongest warrior.

She was certain.

Sung JiHan, the one who would bring down the Sword King who had taken the throne of the warrior.

"I really like him."

Sophia's gaze didn't leave Sung JiHan.

At first, she became a fan of Sung JiHan simply because she liked the Warrior class.

But as she got closer, she became more ambitious.

"How can I get closer to him?"

Even until the main base of the Angel faction is destroyed.

Sophia's eyes were fixed on Sung JiHan alone.

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After the game ended.

Ariel, with a serious face unlike usual, slipped out of Sung JiHan's arm.

"Let's finish the story from earlier."

"About the Black Ascension?"

"Yes."

Ariel placed her palm on Sung JiHan's arm.

Shooooo-

As a shadowy aura dissipated, Eclipse appeared.

"The dark power you use is very similar to that of the Shadow Queen."

"Yes. I heard that before."

Unlike other Thrones bound to stars, the wandering god created his own constellation, filled with fighting stars.

The wandering god preserved the Throne in the constellation, known as the Tomb of Thrones, and made him unable to die or live by taking away his power.

"So I speculated that the Dark Shadow Covenant was actually the power of the Shadow Queen."

Sung JiHan originally obtained the Nameless Martial Art, which happened several years from now.

During those few years, he assumed that the Shadow Queen was subdued by the wandering god and her power was taken away, creating the Dark Shadow Covenant.

"The martial art you used earlier... it's very similar to the Shadow Queen's ultimate ability. Of course, the total amount of dark magic is incomparable to the Holy See... but the way you use your power is chillingly similar."

"Didn't we talk about something similar during the Am Hon War?"

"Yes. It must be a predetermined fact that a wandering warrior absorbs the power of the Shadow Queen. I'm curious how you know about that power when you haven't absorbed it yet."

"Well, I don't know either."

"Of course, I didn't expect you to tell me. I'm just curious..."

Ariel's eyes sparkled.

"The martial art you said was stronger than the Black Ascension."

"I can't display that right now. The Black Ascension was only used because of the buff."

"I see... I guess that's true. Then, can't you at least tell me the name?"

"The name? Are you curious about the name of the martial art?"

"Yes."

Ariel looked at Sung JiHan with an unusual, earnest expression.

To be so curious about the name of the martial art.

Are they trying to find a clue to enhance the power of the Shadow Queen from that name?

But...

"If that's your intention... you're completely mistaken."

The most powerful martial art in the Shadow Monarch.

The name of the strongest predator was too simple.

There wouldn't be any hints to gain from it.

"Do you want me to tell you with my own mouth?"

"Of course not. I want you to tell me about the elves."

"The elves?"

"Yes. I heard before that humans think very lightly of elves. They think elves are good."

Did Yoon Se-ah remember what she said about elves being good?

Ariel spoke as if she was revealing a great secret, with a meaningful smile.

"I already know that too."

Of course, as a returnee, Sung JiHan already knew that information.

"But it's still good to have more information about the elves."

Once the tutorial ends and they enter the Space League, elves will become humanity's greatest enemy.

Ariel wondered if she could hear information that Sung JiHan didn't know.

"Alright. Then tell me first."

"I thought you would say that."

Ariel smiled slightly and began to speak.

"First, let me show you an elf."

When Ariel opened her right palm, a figure appeared in the air.

With fair white skin and long blonde hair. With long ears, the face of a beautiful woman that could be compared to the goddess Ito Shizuru.

"It looks just like the elf image we know."

"Really? Then how about this?"

Ssshh-

When Ariel opened her left palm as well.

The figure of the elf from earlier began to multiply one by one.

All with the same appearance and physique.

They all looked at Sung JiHan with expressionless faces.

"All elves look like this."

"...All elves?"

Sung JiHan furrowed his brows.

This is different from what I knew.

"Yes. Elves that don't look like this are discarded."

Ariel pointed at herself with her finger.

"Like us, Shadow Elves."