The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

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-What's this? Is it over here?

-How can the game end so quickly? I wanted to see more Sung JiHan ㅠㅠ

While some viewers complained about the abrupt ending of "One Leg."

-It's impressive that Gold managed to hold on until here.

-Yeah, getting wiped out by the Ghost Brigade and breaking the bridge is the basic strategy.

-How can Gold stop the first wave? Haha, it's a survival game to see who can survive until the end against the Ghost Brigade.

Due to the nature of the map, which includes playing from Gold to Diamond, this map was considered quite difficult for Gold.

Instead of blocking the enemies, the main goal for Gold is to survive within 50 percent, so some suggested that this map should be included in the survival game.

-But what Sung JiHan did was quite clever. Blocking the first wave like that?

-Yeah, but that's only possible for Sung JiHan. Other players would have been cut off in a minute.

-Yeah, who can single-handedly stop the Death Knight Legion instead of the Ghost Brigade? There's not even one person among Gold who can do it.

-But...that...Silver...did it...haha

Sung JiHan completely changed the game by instructing the Ghost Brigade to intercept the airborne enemies.

If Gold in the rear hadn't died so easily, we could have seen a different game dynamic in "One Leg."

-The players are really useless haha. Is it true that they're all overwhelmed by the pressure?

-From now on, Sung JiHan has to become one with Platinum...

-But seriously, isn't he at the level of a Platinum player? He's too strong.

-It's difficult for even a Platinum player to fight alone against the Death Knight Legion like that... Shouldn't they be at least level 150?

-Look at the status window, please!! Press the "Like" button quickly!!

-Yeah, I pressed them all~~ Now I have to start my business~~

Sung JiHan's number of subscribers had already surpassed 700,000.

It was an astonishing growth rate, but for viewers who were curious about the status window, it felt too slow.

Meanwhile, Sung JiHan was disappointed in Gold.

"Is this the extent of Gold's level?"

He didn't have high expectations, but it was too much to not be able to stop the approaching hurricane from afar.

At this rate, even if he did well in the first wave, he would be completely wiped out in the event before the second wave started.

"But if I stay near the cliff, it will be difficult to earn recognition from the Ghost Brigade."

Even if he summoned Ariel to protect the players, he wouldn't be able to cover such a wide area.

"As expected, Epic Quest doesn't make it easy to clear."

Sung JiHan thought this way as he looked at the system message.

[You have achieved first place in the defense game.]

"As a participation reward in the lower league, the amount of experience points and GP gained will increase by 50 percent."

[As a first place reward, the amount of experience points and GP gained will increase by 50 percent.]

[You have leveled up to level 3.]

[You have gained 50,000 GP.]

"I've leveled up to level 3...?"

Level 3 up.

Even at the Silver level, it's not easy to level up to level 1 even if you win a game.

But even though he was Silver, winning first place in a game like Gold did, the reward was tremendous.

At this point, it felt like the system was urging him to quickly reach Gold.

And then.

The following message window seemed to confirm his thoughts.

[You have achieved the hidden quest, 'League Transcendence.']

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[You have obtained achievement points 30,000 as a reward.]

[You have cleared the hidden quest, 'Achieve 1st place in the top league.']

[You have obtained achievement points 50,000 as a reward.]

The rewards for achievement points are so amazing that it's like reaping more points than breaking an epic quest.

'If I do this, the achievement points I just obtained...'

Sung JiHan invested all 3 additional points he obtained into strength and checked his status window.

Name: Sung JiHan

Level: 43

Affiliation: Silver League - Gangnam 1 Area

Strength: 58

Force: 58

Sword Shadow: 23

Class - Supporter

Class - Mage

Class - Warrior

Gift - Shadow of the Moon (Grade SS)

Title - King of Kings - Bronze

The ruler of the Bronze League

Achievement Points - 185,300

The status window has clearly grown compared to before.

Sung JiHan looked around his stats.

'The growth rate increase buff is definitely worth it.'

Although it hasn't been long since he founded the guild.

In his spare time, he focused on training, resulting in a 1 point increase in strength and force, and a 2 point increase in sword shadow.

With this level of ability, he was at a level that couldn't be matched even in the Gold League, let alone the Silver League.

'With this level, I can even compete with Platinum.'

Considering the synergy effect of strength and force, it seemed possible to easily dominate Platinum starting from at least level 100.

Fighting against Diamond starting from level 200 would still be difficult, but it didn't seem like an easy defeat either.

'If I continue to grow like this, I might become a national representative before becoming Diamond.'

Sung JiHan thought about where to use his achievement points.

'Adding a class was 250,000.'

Except for Archer, all the classes were already in place.

If he purchased one more class addition here and obtained the Archer job, he would have all the classes...

'Surely there must be something.'

There was no evidence, but Sung JiHan had a strange conviction.

If he obtained all the classes, it didn't seem like it would just end with 4 classes lined up in the status window.

Although he didn't even consider class addition because he thought it was impossible to spend 250,000 due to baseless intuition when he used up all his achievement points before...

'Achievement points are earning well than I thought.'

It's already 180,000.

With this amount, it was worth saving up another 70,000 to challenge the class addition.

'Alright. The next goal is class addition.'

To do that, he had to break a big epic quest.

'For now, I can't even break one epic quest alone.'

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do anything.

The team members were being blown away like fallen leaves with a single blow.

Due to that, there was something separate that needed to be done now.

"The Invade Map's Linked Quest."

The quest to defeat Viscount Naseed.

When I first received that quest, I couldn't even muster the courage, but now the situation was different.

"I should look up strategies."

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Office of the Korean branch of a Japanese trading company.

Joo Eunji, dressed in workout clothes, was drinking beer in front of her computer, watching videos on the Sung JiHan channel.

"Wow... He's really crazy."

As she chewed on her squid legs, her mouth dropped open as she watched Sung JiHan facing off against the Death Knight Legion.

The squid she was chewing fell onto the keyboard.

"Forget it, Take. Throw this away."

"Net! Goddess!"

She threw it behind her chair and continued to enjoy Sung JiHan's display of powerlessness.

"He's definitely stronger than when he was Silver."

"Yes, Goddess. It's the first time Silver is playing against Gold in BattleNet history."

"Yeah..."

"Should I have come in person?"

Joo Eunji briefly thought that, but shook her head.

"No. First, I have to firmly defeat the King of Swords."

Japan is currently in first place because of the King of Swords.

No matter how important the promising future players are, players who can immediately produce results in the present were more important.

"I have to find a way to make contact with him somehow..."

She was confident that if she had contact with Sung JiHan even once, she could manipulate him.

But since the message she had never seen before appeared, the situation had become unfavorable.

For now, she had to find a way to increase her contact with him.

"Since he won't come down from the penthouse... I'm so annoyed."

Except for when Sung JiHan came down to receive guild-related reports, he lived exclusively in the penthouse.

According to rumors, he trained like crazy there...

So, contrary to her original plan, Joo Eunji had been doing nothing but editing since she got a job at the guild.

"It's not easy to get into the penthouse..."

Joo Eunji said as she took a sip of beer.

Takeda, who was kneeling behind her, cautiously raised his head.

"What if you take control of Yoon Sae-ah? And if you become close sisters, you could get invited to the penthouse..."

"Because Sung JiHan's power doesn't work on Yoon Sae-ah, I can't waste my strength on other players. The power of the clone doesn't last forever."

"Hmm..."

Takeda furrowed his brow at Joo Eunji's words and pondered.

"Oh! I have a good idea!"

"What is it?"

Joo Eunji asked with a puzzled expression, and Takeda spat out his saliva as he spoke.

"If you just have to go to the penthouse, isn't that enough? In that case...!"

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Waiting Guild office.

"...You want to film scenes of the owner or Sae-ah training?"

"Yes! Not only the two of you, but it would be great if we could also film and upload it together if there are other people training."

Guild Master Lee Ha-yeon pondered upon hearing Joo Eun-ji's suggestion.

"Is it a good idea?"

Indeed, the guild channel has been lacking special content since Sung JiHan filmed the advertisement.

"Just editing the videos alone is already difficult. To voluntarily come up with work on top of that...."

Lee Ha-yeon looked at Joo Eun-ji with warm eyes.

Unlike other editors who prefer remote work, she comes to work on time and leaves on time.

She edits videos much more than other employees and the quality is also the best.

But to go further and come up with ideas that would burden her with more work for the guild....

"We must definitely keep an employee like this."

How great would it be to have an employee who treats company work as their own?

Joo Eun-ji looked so beautiful to Lee Ha-yeon.

"Thank you for the great idea. Let me ask about it."

"Yes, I understand."

After bowing 90 degrees in greeting, Joo Eun-ji left the guild master's office.

Lee Ha-yeon, who watched her back with pride, immediately contacted Sung JiHan.

"Shall we film the training process?"

"Yes, I thought it would be good to show it as guild content. If there are any sensitive parts, we can exclude them."

"There's nothing particularly sensitive."

Sung JiHan answered the call while looking at the side.

The training room of the penthouse.

Yoon Se-ah was loaded with plates on the barbell.

"Hoo. Hoo...."

She was catching her breath and doing squats.

Yoon Se-ah, with a flushed face, was sweating profusely.

"Phew... Phew!"

As the sets repeated, Se-ah's face twisted.

"But during training, Se-ah's face gets so distorted... It's a bit concerning."

"Oh, Uncle! What's wrong with my face getting distorted! I want to do it!"

Yoon Se-ah, who put the barbell on the squat rack, quickly approached and protested.

"You closed your eyes, so you didn't know. It was embarrassing in the end."

"Wow, Uncle, you're really mean! I'm going to do it, definitely!"

Why is she so enthusiastic?

When Sung JiHan looked at her with a puzzled expression, Yoon Se-ah smiled.

"People keep asking how my stats are increasing so quickly... They say I'm gifted and leave hate comments. I wanted to show them my training."

"...They leave hate comments for that?"

They must be people with nothing better to do.

Soon, Sung JiHan nodded.

"Alright. Let's film it."

Once they see how hard she works out, those hate comments won't come anymore.

"Ms. Ha-yeon, did you hear? I'll do it."

"Yes, I understand. When would be a good time?"

"I'm available anytime. You can come up right away."

"Alright. I'll get ready soon!"

And so, Sung JiHan accepted Lee Ha-yeon's suggestion.