The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

"Leveling up during the game."

Sung JiHan was quite surprised after reading the message.

Originally, the time when the most experience points were gained was after the game ended, so leveling up usually occurred after the battle was over.

"Of course, it's because I'm a low level."

It wasn't a difficult task since it was a hunt that even an average level 2 wouldn't be able to accomplish.

Sung JiHan opened his status window and looked at the stat window.

[Strength - 5]

[Magic - 5]

[Remaining stat points - 1]

Sung JiHan invested the remaining stat points into strength.

"When strength reaches 30, the path to acquiring the Nameless Divine Art will open."

The Nameless Divine Art was an SSS-grade martial art that had placed him at the pinnacle of the world.

Therefore, his top priority task at the moment was to increase his strength, which was the acquisition condition for the martial art.

However...

Even though he was getting closer to that goal, Sung JiHan's expression remained grim.

"Strength probably won't increase... but I still have to allocate the points."

Even if he allocated the points, the stats wouldn't increase.

Strength stat.

This unique stat encompassed strength, agility, and stamina, transcending the three basic stats.

"That's not all."

Strength 5 and power 5.

If he were to compete in strength with these two stats, they should be similar since the values were the same.

But in reality, the strength side was overwhelmingly powerful.

In terms of ratio, at least twice as much.

In other words, strength was a crazy stat that combined all three stats and exerted more than double the efficiency.

"But it does have a weakness."

It was incredibly difficult to increase.

In his previous life, he initially thought it was a bug.

Since he had clearly invested points into the stat, but his strength didn't increase.

And later on, he found out that investing points only increased the limit of strength growth.

After participating in the league, fighting numerous battles, and personally engaging in intense training, his stat points gradually increased.

In the end, strength was a stat that had to be grown through bone-grinding effort.

"But why..."

Sung JiHan furrowed his brows.

He blinked several times and looked at the stat window.

"Why?"

The numbers looked strange.

[Strength - 6]

Why does '5' look like '6'?

After blinking his eyes several times, Sung JiHan suddenly felt a surge of power in his body.

Only then did he realize the reality.

"My strength... just increased?"

This had never happened before.

He was momentarily taken aback by the unexpected stroke of luck.

"Well, that's great."

Since it immediately increased his stat points, he should be grateful.

He smiled broadly and looked around.

Strength 6.

He wanted to test this power right away.

"There are 60 survivors."

"The tutorial will end soon."

At that moment, the voice of the system resounded.

The tutorial had reached a point where only 60 survivors remained.

Perhaps because it was a battleground with no place to hide, the game progressed at a fast pace.

Sung JiHan opened the scoreboard to check the rankings.

1st place: Sung JiHan - 4 kills - No affiliation

2nd place: Im GaYoung - 3 kills - Lee Sung

...

Sung JiHan, who had killed 30 orcs, was in first place.

And behind him was a player named Im GaYoung, chasing closely.

"Im GaYoung?"

It sounded familiar.

Sung JiHan tried to recall for a moment, but couldn't remember who it was.

That was understandable, considering he had been living in exile in the United States for quite some time.

Other than the bold name, he couldn't remember much.

"But 3 kills, huh? If I make a mistake, he might take first place."

Sung JiHan postponed his thoughts about Im GaYoung for later.

The most important thing now was to secure first place in the tutorial.

He had to go all out, even if it meant getting one more kill.

Just as he made up his mind...

Swoosh!

An arrow flew from the left.

Dodging it effortlessly, Sung JiHan looked to the side.

"I dodged it!"

"Lucky me."

Two people approached, wearing armor with hexagonal patterns like a turtle shell.

"Are they from the same guild?"

It was a survival map.

The original intention of this map was for individual battles, but there were no rules against cooperation.

Although there was a system in place to prevent the simultaneous summoning of guild members.

"How did they join?"

In places like Gangnam 1, where there were few participating groups, there were often cases of joining like that.

"And they have a good combination."

A male warrior with a sword and shield, and a female archer.

Simple but effective combination.

The two approached with determined expressions.

"Let's kill them quickly and improve our rankings."

"Sure. Let's just take any kills."

"Sounds good."

Sung JiHan, covered in orc blood and holding multiple weapons, looked strange, but dressed in casual clothes, he looked like an easy prey.

"A wrongly summoned guy."

"He seems to be unable to log out due to a lack of panic... This is a chance to achieve 1 kill."

The two people were from Turtle Guild, one of the top 10 guilds in Korea.

When they were summoned for the tutorial, they noticed that they were close to each other and joined forces.

Melee damage dealer and ranged damage dealer.

With this combination, survival was guaranteed.

"We were planning to pass the tutorial without any trouble, but..."

"We can't let such a newbie go hungry."

"Hey, if you personally buy me a meal, I'm willing to make a concession."

"Hehe, deal?"

Rather than being cautious of the person in front of them, the two approached with a playful attitude.

Ironically, it was Sung JiHan who was smiling.

"You're being careless. I actually like it."

It's a good thing that there's no time.

Sung JiHan threw the hand axe like a beam of light.

Whirly-whirly!

The hand axe was even faster than when it slaughtered Orcs.

"Oh..."

The archer momentarily lost focus and tried to dodge.

Clang!

His right arm, holding the arrow, was severed and fell to the ground.

"Ah!"

The archer grimaced in pain, furrowing his brow.

Sung JiHan chuckled at the sight.

"He must have connected through the BattleNet Connector and is being dramatic."

The BattleNet Connector that greatly reduces latency.

It won't reduce it as much as Yoon Se-jin's, but it will at least reduce it by over 70 percent.

But to be hindered in battle because of that pain...

"He's still far from it."

Sung JiHan made his judgment based on that.

"Sto...stop!"

Ignoring the warrior who held up his shield to block his path, Sung JiHan aimed for the archer who stood dumbfounded.

As the spear approached, the archer quickly tried to evade.

Thud!

Her head was impaled by the spear and turned white before disappearing.

"H-how could a woman..."

When the warrior, who witnessed the archer's death, trembled in his voice, Sung JiHan looked at him as if he were crazy.

"What, a woman? Did you come to play?"

Arguing about gender in the arena.

Is this the class of the Bronze League?

"You should roll around a bit more here."

He couldn't let someone with such a state of mind pass the tutorial.

Sung JiHan immediately rushed towards the warrior.

"Pr-profit...!"

"There are 52 survivors."

"The tutorial will end soon."

Only two more deaths and it will be over.

The warrior hid behind his shield.

"Don't think about fighting, just survive for now. We're almost at the finish line!"

When Sung JiHan passed by him, the warrior could grasp Sung JiHan's ability.

He will lose 100 percent if he fights.

But he could hold on.

Because the weapon the monster was holding was so crude.

If he wore full plate mail and a solidly forged helmet, and hid behind his shield...

No matter how strong he is, what can he do?

Meanwhile.

"Hmm. No fighting spirit, huh?"

Seeing the warrior crouched down, Sung JiHan could also understand his thoughts.

"Well then, let's see where you can hold on."

Clang!

Sung JiHan's spear turned behind the warrior and precisely stabbed the back of his neck.

"Ugh..."

As his armor crumpled, the warrior staggered.

Thud.

The shoddy window couldn't withstand the impact and shattered.

"As expected, I was able to block it!"

B-grade armor!

And it's a full plate armor for warrior use exclusively by the Turtle Guild, it's reliable indeed!

"There are 51 survivors."

"The tutorial will soon end."

If only one more person dies, we can survive...!

That's what the warrior thought as he tried to endure, trusting in his armor.

Clang! Clang!

Consecutive impacts struck the back of his neck.

"Ugh! This guy has so many weapons...!"

He was carrying a club, a hand axe, and various crude weapons. Is he using all of them now?

"But... he keeps hitting the same spot. Over and over!"

The warrior wasn't just standing there idly.

He turned his body towards the direction where the attack was likely to come from and tried to block as much as possible.

But Sung JiHan persistently turned around to his back and struck the back of the warrior's neck.

An enemy who skillfully handles various types of weapons as if they were his own hands.

Cold sweat ran down the warrior's back.

The more the impact increased, the more severely the armor was crushed.

And eventually...

"Crack...!"

Crunch!

Four weapons broke, creating an opening.

Through that gap, the broken half of a sword blade pierced through.

Thud!

His throat was pierced through, and the warrior's consciousness faded.

And in his ear, the system voice resounded.

"There are 50 survivors."

"The tutorial will end."

So, the 50th warrior was me after all.

Until the very last moment before his death, the warrior regretted.

"I shouldn't have touched this guy...!"

I should have realized something was off from the moment he didn't log out and held onto his weapon.

The warrior's body turned pale and disappeared.

In front of Sung JiHan, a scoreboard appeared.

1st place: Sung JiHan - 6 kills - No affiliation

2nd place: Im GaYoung - 4 kills - Lee Sung

...

With a solid lead of 2 kills over 2nd place, he was the undisputed 1st place.

"You have achieved 1st place in the tutorial."

"You have obtained the title 'Conqueror of the Tutorial'."

"You have cleared the limited quest 'Achieve 1st place in the tutorial'."

"You have obtained 1,000 achievement points as a reward."

"Great."

An involuntary satisfied smile formed.

"I gained 1,600 achievement points and even a title from just one game."

And when he returns to the real world, he might even receive experience rewards based on his ranking.

He was excited to see how much his level would increase.

* * *

"1st place, Sung JiHan... No affiliation?"

And with the results of that day...

A strange atmosphere spread within the guilds that participated in the tutorial.