The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 180

December.

The second half of the Battle.net Regional League has come to an end, and now the Champions League matches are in full swing.

Contrary to usual, the public's attention is focused on the Chaos Battlefield rather than the World Championships.

The rehearsal map that grants +7 stat points upon reaching 10,000 points.

People are curious to see if the Earth Expeditionary Force can obtain this tremendous reward.

- Is this the first time we're properly forming up and starting?

- If we succeed, Warriors and Supporters will benefit from the +7 stats.

- Sung JiHan, quickly choose Wang Lin!

- Are they still like that? LOL

- Will it be like this all throughout December?

While the controversy in China over the failure to select Wang Lin has not yet subsided,

Sung JiHan quickly dismissed it and held discussions with the World Battle.net Federation.

"In addition to the 479 players already selected, please select reserve members."

"Reserve members? Are you referring to substitutes?"

"Yes, there may be changes among the players due to various circumstances. It would be good to have around 300 reserve members."

"Understood."

In uncertain times like these, reserve members were essential to fill any vacancies that may arise.

And so, the Earth Expeditionary Force prepared for the rehearsal game.

"Don't worry about offense. Focus solely on defense."

"Warriors, coordinate large-scale formations and gather in groups of ten."

"Supporters, don't use your shield all at once. Use them sequentially, starting from group one."

With the help of Battle.net Federation experts, the 500 members trained to synchronize their efforts.

The only exception was Sung JiHan, who was solely responsible for offense.

And so, December 1st arrived.

Sung JiHan opened the rehearsal map and invited the designated players.

"Oh, finally...!"

People were summoned one by one.

They were clearly different from the players Sung JiHan had randomly matched with before.

After briefly marveling at being summoned, they quickly rushed to their positions and formed their formations.

"This team will definitely last a long time."

Elite Platinum players who had reached level 200.

With warriors and supporters fully focused on defense, it seemed they would be able to withstand the onslaught of Hae Chul-ing's breath.

"As expected, the Federation handles these matters well."

Although he had been annoyed by the Federation's involvement in the Sword King issue,

Sung JiHan still thought it was perfect to entrust these tasks to the World Battle.net Federation.

If he had pursued his own path and formed a waiting guild without involving the Federation, he wouldn't have been able to gather such well-trained players.

Sung JiHan looked at the trained players with satisfaction, planning to continue utilizing the Federation in the future.

As the force quickly gathered its strength,

"Oh, Sung JiHan! How have you been?"

Baron, who was summoned next, approached with a smiling face.

He had always felt inferior to Sung JiHan, but now he was chosen.

It seemed that his accumulated emotions had been greatly relieved.

"To choose me... What an excellent judgment! Are you finally acknowledging me as your rival?"

"Rival?"

"Yes, I'll be your rival if you say so!"

Dreams are truly wonderful.

"I hope you say that after winning first place in the promotion match."

"Ugh... It's because your nephew came out and ruined everything. I was the one with the highest kill score!"

"But in the end, isn't the result what matters?"

Yoon Se-ah approached from behind Baron and spoke.

"Defeat me first, then call me your rival, Uncle Baron."

"Wait and see. I'll completely crush you in the Diamond promotion match."

"You didn't even land a single hit."

"Argh..."

Baron reluctantly accepted Yoon Se-ah's challenge.

Somehow, his behavior resembled what he used to do when he saw Sung JiHan.

Sung JiHan is already on a high celestial level, so it's not accurate to call him a competitor.

Rather, it seemed like he had developed feelings for Yoon SeA, who had caught his attention.

"Have you improved your force control?"

"Hmph, I'm not the same as before. Now I can even write the alphabet with my force."

As he said that, he engraved letters on the ground.

The writing was crooked and looked like a baby's, but I could still recognize the ABCs.

"Wow."

Sung JiHan exclaimed as he saw it.

Bae Ran can write letters with his force?

"It's better that Bae Ran has such inferiority complex."

Even though he practiced in his previous life, his control skills didn't improve much.

But this time, he must have received a lot of stimulation from tasting the bitterness of defeat.

Bae Ran's skills improved remarkably.

His force control was even better than Bae Ran in his previous life.

[SeA, he has improved a lot, right? Keep teasing him in the future. He seems to be the type to improve through that.]

Yoon SeA nodded slightly in response to Sung JiHan's words.

She looked behind her into the empty space and spoke.

"Uncle, why didn't you choose Wang Lin?"

Actually, Yoon SeA already knew the story from Sung JiHan, but she needed a chance to talk about it on Battle Tube before the rehearsal game started.

It's just my decision since I have the authority to choose the players.

But the hate comments pouring out from a population of 1.4 billion were overwhelming.

Sung JiHan casually replied after reading Yoon SeA's intention.

"Oh, that? I originally planned to choose him, but the representative sent by the People's Council harassed our guild members. So I decided not to choose him."

"Harassed...?"

"Yeah, I won't choose him until he apologizes. If Wang Lin happened to leave the People's Council, I wouldn't know. Well, I've already chosen 20 people, so the opportunity is gone anyway."

Sung JiHan calmly explained that he left because of their People's Council representative.

Bae Ran, who was listening, responded enthusiastically.

"Hmph, he doesn't have any manners. You did well not to choose him!"

Bae Ran enjoyed not only his rudeness but also Wang Lin, his competitor.

"That Wang Lin guy is just a blabbermouth in front of you. He's a guy without manners. Never choose him!"

Bae Ran scolded while taking his share of rudeness, looking at Sung JiHan who was giving him a warning.

Sung JiHan pointed to the empty spot with his finger.

"Enough, go to your position. If you keep leaving your position, I'll replace you."

"Ugh... I'm not the only one, right? Your nephew also left his position."

"He's my nephew."

"...Fine, I'm going!"

"I'm going too, Uncle!"

After Yoon SeA made her position clear and left, Sung JiHan smirked.

"Don't worry."

It's not a big deal to receive insults from people from other countries.

Sung JiHan had tasted hell in a world where the tutorial was over, so he didn't feel anything at all.

What he needed to focus on was...

"All players have been recruited."

"The game will begin."

"The assigned map is 'Chaos Battlefield'."

With 500 people gathered, the rehearsal game began.

* * *

"The map is open!"

"Prepare for defense immediately!"

As soon as the game started, the leaders of the warrior organizations prepared for defense.

Among the facts that Sung JiHan confirmed through several random matches, the first was that attacks would pour in as soon as the game started.

"It's finally open."

Sssss...!

As the Chaos Battlefield was covered in a giant shadow, it became pitch black.

Above the sky, 20 giant hands blocking the sun fell towards humanity.

"Is it giants this time...?!"

"I thought it was a breath attack, so I wore a fire-resistant armor!"

The warriors groaned in pain as they raised their shields towards the sky.

Compared to the giant's massive hand, the shield was not even the size of a fingernail.

However.

"Shield Binding!"

Hundreds of warriors simultaneously used the Shield Binding skill.

A massive shield of light rose above the expedition, opposing the giant's hand.

The more people used it, the stronger the "Shield Bond" became.

Clang! Clang!

With the trained warriors using it, they were able to block the onslaught of attacks that poured down as soon as the game started.

Of course, the damage caused by the giant's hand was significant, and the golden light on the shield faded.

"Ugh...!"

"H-Heal us...!"

Some of the warriors supporting it from below had their bodies explode, and many were injured.

"Only 20 warriors... It's better than I thought."

There were few casualties compared to the damage caused by Hae Chul-ling's breath attack and the giant's fierce assault.

Sung JiHan thought it exceeded his expectations.

If it continues like this, we can clear this map earlier than expected.

"Just hold on. We'll soon cut off their heads."

Sung JiHan looked around.

Ten giants made of steel were surrounding them, stretching out their shields with their palms as if encircling them.

Compared to Hae Chul-ling's breath attack, it was a simple attack of just striking down.

But because it was done by a giant steel figure that soared to the end of the sky, it was extremely powerful.

"For now."

Swoosh!

Sung JiHan threw his Phoenix Spear into the sky.

Zhiik!

The giant's palm in the path of the Phoenix Spear tore apart, and blue blood flowed out.

The spear reached the sky, creating a massive space of light.

Mumyeong Shingong (Nameless Divine Skill).

Cheonnoe Shingyeol (Heavenly Thunder Divine Art).

Cheonju Simpan (Heavenly Judgment).

A massive spear falling from the crack of light to the ground.

"Oh, it's the Spear of Heaven...!"

"To see it directly!"

Now it was Sung JiHan's trademark, the Cheonju Simpan.

But.

"Uh..."

The martial arts Sung JiHan displayed were different from usual.

"W-What, what is this? Another one is coming out?"

"This one is red?!"

Two spears fell from one hole.

And they were more intense than the usual spears of light that fell.

They were red spears of intense power, called the Red Thunder Spear.

"I'll try to block it."

The steel giant hit directly by the first spear tried to resist.

The giant tried to pull out the spear that was gradually piercing through its forehead.

Creak...!

But even its hand was burning black and couldn't exert any strength.

"High-level attack. Irreparable damage. Escaping."

After uttering those words.

Shoooo...!

Like a deflated balloon, its body shrank in an instant and disappeared.

Although the giant's form vanished like that.

Perhaps because it escaped, the kill point for killing it was not added.

But.

The second spear, the Cheonju Simpan filled with explosive power, was different.

As soon as it was hit by the spear, its head was pierced in an instant.

Whirrr...!

As the giant's body was filled with red currents, flames quickly ignited on the steel armor.

Then, a voice completely different from before flowed out of the giant.

"Escape impossible. Control room function lost. NO.4212 Humanity. Data input required."

Sss...

Unlike the giant that had shrunk and escaped earlier,

the giant had completely melted and turned into molten iron.

As he disappeared like that,

50 kill points were added to humanity.

"Oh, 50...!"

"It's the same as a Haisling."

"Haisling died in one hit, but this one is tougher. Shouldn't we give more points?"

"They can fly instead. Hard to catch them, just like the Haislings."

"Yeah, Sung JiHan can easily catch them."

The steel giant, evaluated with the same value as Haislings.

When one of their comrades died, they all emitted mechanical sounds together.

"How did the lowest race come here?"

"They had hidden knives."

"Could be a candidate for the Holy See. Retreat."

Instead of seeking revenge for their comrade, they turned their backs together,

showing their determination to maintain their power.

"These guys... don't they even think about fighting?"

Sung JiHan quickly moved forward to finish off the remaining giants.

Whoosh...

The giants quickly shrank like deflating balloons.

And their traces completely disappeared.

"There are all kinds of races... the scoreboard."

Since they had encountered the enemy, they could find out what race they were.

Sung JiHan opened the scoreboard.

Then, the race names that came out of it were completely unexpected.

1st - NO.113 Pillar of the World Tree - Kill Points 8782

2nd - NO.456 ????? - Kill Points 3321

...

9th - NO.3491 ???? - Kill Points 930

10th - NO.4212 Humanity - Kill Points 50

"Pillar of the World Tree?"

I thought it was just one of the giant races.

But the Pillar of the World Tree?

Sung JiHan asked the World Tree expert, Ariel.

"Ariel, do you know about the Pillar of the World Tree?"

"Pillar? Why?"

"The giant mentioned it earlier."

"What?!"

Surprised by Sung JiHan's question, Ariel instead asked him.

"That, that can't be... Are you sure that giant is the Pillar?"

"It clearly showed up on the scoreboard."

"Then... it must be true..."

Startled by Sung JiHan's words, she hesitated for a moment before answering.

"I will contact the Holy See to inquire about this. A giant as the Pillar..."

"Alright. Do it quickly."

"First, the game must end for contact to be possible. We'll talk when we go back."

"Understood."

Sung JiHan nodded and flew up into the sky.

To the east, there was a rift in the land where chimeras were popping out.

In the far west, a huge circular barrier enclosed the space.

"There's no need to go straight to the rift of chaos."

After all, they could only gain up to 2,000 score points from the rift.

"Let's go west."

Sung JiHan led the expedition and moved towards the side with the barrier.