The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 328

"Sponsorship, huh? Are you saying you'll sponsor me as the Holy See?"

"It's not a sponsorship from the Holy See. Instead..."

Huff.

The owner of the arena pulled something out of thin air.

Sparkle!

As he opened his hand, a card with a rainbow shimmer appeared.

It was something that didn't look ordinary at first glance.

"That... is a VIP membership card?"

Sung JiHan, the Shadow Queen on his arm, exclaimed in surprise.

"A VIP membership card, huh?"

"Yeah... It's a higher-tier item than the Space League's Excellent Membership Card. I've only seen it on the BattleNet community, never in person."

A higher-tier item than the Excellent Membership Card.

Sung JiHan recalled the effects of his own Excellent Membership Card.

Basically, it had a 100% increase in experience and GP acquisition during the membership period.

It also included the "Hideout" function, which allowed him to hide his information, and the ability to be excluded from the opponent's ban list with a 30% chance.

"But I haven't really felt the 30% ban exclusion, so practically, I only used the two functions."

Among these functions, Hideout was used extensively for concealing his identity.

But even that became less useful after becoming the top-ranked player on Earth.

Upgrading a membership card that had become less useful, how effective could it be?

Sung JiHan said to the Shadow Queen in a nonchalant tone, "Isn't it surprising for you to be so amazed by just a membership card?"

"Hah. Just a membership card, you say! It's an item that even high-ranking Holy Sees find hard to obtain. Everyone wants it, but they don't even know how to get it. And yet, the owner of the arena just pulled it out..."

"Really? The Excellent Membership Card has become less useful these days."

"The VIP membership card is not comparable to the Excellent one."

When the Shadow Queen asserted that.

The owner of the arena tightly gripped the card in his hand.

Then.

Shoooo...

From the rainbow-colored card, a void energy emerged.

Purple smoke swirled around the card.

"I will give you the VIP membership card with the 'Void Certification'."

"Void Certification?"

"Take a look."

As Sung JiHan received the card, the item description came to mind.

"Space League VIP Membership Card (Void Certification)"

- Grade: EX

- A VIP membership card guaranteed by the "Owner of the Arena."

- When in possession of the membership card, experience and GP acquisition increase by 500%.

- The "Spotlight" and "Hideout" functions are enhanced and applied to the player, and one of them can be chosen.

- When in possession of the VIP membership card, there is a 50% chance of being excluded from the opponent team's ban list.

"Spotlight"

- The player's status as an Excellent Member is announced throughout the BattleNet. It can attract the attention of many Holy Sees and receive sponsorship from across the universe.

- The effects are enhanced due to VIP membership status.

- Advertisements about the player randomly appear on the extraterrestrial race's Channel 0. As the number of extraterrestrial race subscribers on BattleTube increases, the player gains cosmic fame, and the Holy See's reputation rises.

- When BattleTube is turned on, if the total viewership surpasses a certain threshold, a "Star" buff is activated. The effects of the Star buff increase as the total viewership increases.

"...Abilities are enhanced based on the total viewership?"

When it was an Excellent Membership Card, he had passed on the Spotlight function.

But the Spotlight function of the VIP membership card was not comparable to the Excellent one.

Although there was the disadvantage of having his face sold throughout the universe.

According to Sung JiHan, the acquisition of fame and reputation as a seat of power, as well as the "star" buff based on viewer ratings, were definitely effects that only VIP members possessed.

Although the specific numbers were not mentioned, Sung JiHan could understand why the Shadow Queen was so surprised when she saw the VIP membership.

"Then what about the next feature...?"

If the spotlight is like this, how about the hideout?

Sung JiHan looked at the function of the hideout mentioned in the next line.

[Hideout]

- As a distinguished member, you can hide your information. You will not receive the attention of the seat of power, and it will be difficult for the opposing team to obtain your information. It will take a long time to build a reputation on Battle.net.

- The effect is enhanced due to VIP membership.

- Excluded from the ranking within the race and can avoid bans with a 100% probability. While holding a VIP membership, any mention of the player in the Battle.net community will be automatically deleted. Only the administrator can observe you.

"It seems to fall behind compared to the spotlight."

Perhaps because the hideout has the effect of hiding oneself.

Although it was enhanced by the VIP effect, there were many shortcomings in the hideout function.

Of course, the function of being excluded from bans showed overwhelming effectiveness.

There was no specific effect that strengthened Sung JiHan's power.

"If I choose the hideout, it's certain that I will be ranked first in humanity... but..."

Currently, Sung JiHan had overwhelmed the participating players of the World Elf.

If he could be free from bans, it would be possible to win all the remaining games.

However, Sung JiHan's enemies were not only the races of the Space League.

"Now that Longinus is dead, I don't know which seat of power will come after me in Tuston. And to free Nuna from the owner of the Abyss, I have to definitely increase my power."

If he had to choose between the two, this time it would be the spotlight.

After making up his mind like that, Sung JiHan looked at the purple letters added at the bottom of the item description window.

[Void Certification]

- Received void certification from the owner of the arena.

- The void capacity increases significantly, and you can refuse to be bound by the will of the void once.

- You can use the Space Arena for free.

- The certification effect lasts for 6 months, and to renew the VIP membership effect, re-certification from the Great Seat of Power is required.

So the owner of the arena was the Great Seat of Power.

Sung JiHan thought so when he saw the last line, and asked him.

"Does the 6-month certification effect apply to the entire VIP membership effect?"

"Yes. If you don't receive re-certification, the VIP membership will disappear."

"I see..."

"I'll just sponsor you with this VIP card. But during re-certification, I will charge you a certain fee."

With that, the owner of the arena extended his finger and tapped the side of his face.

Sung JiHan understood immediately what he wanted.

"You want the Void Processing Facility?"

"Yes. It's more than enough to exchange the extension of the VIP membership and the Void Processing Facility. Then, during the next extension, you will receive the code medium."

He plans to take the items that were not collected this time through the VIP membership.

Sung JiHan smiled and put the VIP membership in his inventory.

"Let's think about that when the time comes."

"I look forward to your wise choice. Well then."

Bang!

The owner of the arena flicked his finger and closed the portal that was connected to the Abyss.

And slowly, his body became transparent.

"You have caused trouble for a long time. I'll be going now."

"Such trouble is always welcome."

"Oh, before I go, let me give you one piece of advice. Prepare thoroughly to challenge the owner of the Abyss. The owner of the Abyss who has bound the Witch of the Void possesses the power of a superior seat of power."

"A superior seat of power..."

"Make full use of the VIP membership."

With those words, the owner of the arena left the training ground.

"This time, what I obtained is quite substantial."

The bloodline's spear obtained by defeating Longinus, and the third Muyeonggyeol Hwagwangbanjo that regained my memories.

And on top of that, the VIP membership card given by the owner of the arena.

The reward for defeating the Holy See was very sweet.

However.

"Why is the owner of the Abyss so obsessed with Nuna? It's also unclear why he singled me out as his opponent."

Refusing the promotion proposed by the owner of the arena, and the existence of Nuna Sung JiHan who was unnecessarily detained by the Abyss.

I couldn't understand his intentions at all.

"How strong would a higher-ranking Holy See be?"

"At level 7, I was just barely hanging on to the higher rank."

"Higher-ranking Holy Sees start from level 7."

"I see. However, I'm not someone who can rebel even after being torn apart 999 times in front of the owner of the arena. He must be stronger than me or have some special means."

If that's the case, he would be much stronger than Longinus, whom I faced this time.

Sung JiHan frowned.

"Is the owner of the Abyss always like that?"

"While there are cases where Holy Sees take charge of the Abyss, there are no cases where a higher-ranking Holy See comes. This opponent is just unusual."

"Hmm..."

"As the owner of the arena said, it won't be easy even with thorough preparation."

Sung JiHan nodded at the Shadow Queen's words.

Longinus was actually subdued by Enkidu's decisive action.

It would be even more difficult to face a higher-ranking Holy See with his current strength.

He needed to become stronger and challenge him.

In order to do that.

"Now I need to receive the spotlight."

Sung JiHan chose the spotlight function of the VIP membership card.

"The spotlight is activated."

"The hideout is deactivated."

And then.

"..."

Despite changing the settings, there was no significant change for Sung JiHan.

* * *

A few days after obtaining the membership card.

Sung JiHan opened the BattleTube channel.

Now, the number of subscribers for the alien race is displayed separately on the BattleTube channel.

Sung JiHan's alien subscriber count was around 100.

"Is it true that advertisements are shown on channel 0? The number of subscribers doesn't seem to be much."

"Your fellow race has an incredible number of subscribers."

"Fellow race doesn't receive much recognition in the 'total viewership' category."

"That's a shame. If the Shadow Elves were still alive, I would have forced them to subscribe to your channel."

"You should do it too."

"Hmm..."

Then, not long after, one more alien subscriber was added to Sung JiHan's channel.

"This guy, he hasn't done it until now."

He has no sense when it comes to timing.

As Sung JiHan silently looked at his arm.

The Shadow Queen spoke as if defending herself.

"There's not much content on your BattleTube. So I thought you didn't plan on running it."

"Content... There are a lot of videos, though."

"What's so appealing about videos where the lowest-ranking races show off their strength among themselves? From your perspective... I see. It's like videos of ants fighting, where one ant slaughters several others."

"That looks interesting."

"Sorry, but that kind of thing is established in the universe."

Sung JiHan furrowed his brow.

That's why activating the spotlight is meaningless like this.

And there.

"'Cosmic Yggdrasil' wants to sponsor player Sung JiHan."

As soon as Sung JiHan unlocked his hideout, how did they obtain his information?

The Cosmic Yggdrasil of the World Tree Union had been sending him messages continuously.

"'Cosmic Yggdrasil' proposes to give a great reward if player Sung JiHan unlocks his candidacy for the Holy See."

"'Cosmic Yggdrasil' asks player Sung JiHan if he has any intention of joining the Yggdrasil clan."

"'Cosmic Yggdrasil'..."

The messages were flooding in, similar to spam emails.

"Ah, this guy is really annoying."

"Player Sung JiHan blocks Cosmic Yggdrasil."

Using the blocking function that can only be used against the opponent who flooded the messages, Sung JiHan blocked Cosmic Yggdrasil.

"Why. Who are you?"

"Yggdrasil."

"...You're quite something. To think of blocking Yggdrasil."

"Why are you only interested in this guy, I wonder."

"Subscribe to your channel from the World Tree Elves."

"If you accept sponsorship, I'll do it for you."

"..."

Yggdrasil had a considerable obsession with Sung JiHan.

It seemed that they were desperate to get his sponsorship, but it was something he should never accept.

At that moment.

"Oh, Owner~ I brought the information about players without the Holy See. Um... Are you watching your channel, Owner?"

Guild Master Lee Ha-yeon blinked as she approached him with documents.

"Yes. The subscribers aren't increasing."

"...What? The subscribers aren't increasing. Hasn't it been over a billion?"

"Excluding humans. They are alien subscribers."

"I see."

Lee Ha-yeon nodded as if she understood.

"There are currently 104... Even with this number, you're still the top among humans."

"But that's not enough to make it to the Spirit Realm. We need to gather more, but there doesn't seem to be a way."

"Well... Recruiting subscribers from aliens. How do other aliens gather aliens? It would be good to refer to them."

While saying that, Lee Ha-yeon turned on her BattleTube.

"I don't get any alien videos on my BattleTube."

"Really? I get them on mine."

"Ah... Do they appear on yours, Owner? Then let's take a look."

Sung JiHan nodded at Lee Ha-yeon's suggestion and went to the main screen of his BattleTube.

There, numerous videos of the trending topics created by alien races were displayed.

"I see..."

Swipe. Swipe.

"Ah, I can't touch it. Owner. Can you pass to the next one?"

"Sure."

As Lee Ha-yeon quickly swiped through the videos, she examined the topics of the popular videos with a critical eye.

And then.

"I see... Aliens are similar to us."

Lee Ha-yeon chuckled and proposed an alternative.

"Owner, I've come up with a good idea."