The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 386

"If it's an invitation... it's been 700 days already."

700 days is almost 2 years.

Sung JiHan let out a bitter smile.

"The trials of the Eastern Heaven's Fusion, when I first entered the training grounds, I thought I could solve it quickly...."

I spent more time than I expected.

But still, I gained quite a lot by solving this.

[The soul has reached level 3.]

The soul, which used to rise every time I overcame the trials of the Eastern Heaven's Fusion, had reached 450 without me realizing.

It was a soul that didn't rise as much through ordinary martial arts training.

Overcoming the trials of the Eastern Heaven's Fusion was a sufficient training task to grow the soul.

"The soul is welcome, but the emptiness has increased too much instead."

The upgraded training grounds of emptiness.

It was good that I could adjust the time scale to 100 times faster.

No matter what map I summoned to play, the energy of emptiness flowed out and was absorbed by Sung JiHan automatically.

"It's fortunate that it didn't rise above 200...."

When it reached 200, the emptiness of the training grounds no longer entered Sung JiHan's body.

So I was able to stay here for 700 days without any problems, but if the emptiness were to increase further later, it would be a problem.

"For now, I should leave."

I'll think about later when it comes.

Sung JiHan left the emptiness training grounds where he had stayed for 700 days.

And returned to Earth.

"It feels different here after a long time."

Sung JiHan took a breath in his room and went outside.

And there...

"Jihan! You're here!"

"Oh. Uncle...! You've returned?"

Yoon SaeA and Sophia, who were talking on the sofa, stood up and greeted him.

"Oh. I was having trouble with the training, so I stayed a bit longer."

"Oh, I watched a video at 100 times the playback speed. It was fixed at 100 times during streaming..."

"Yeah. I could only adjust the speed after the video was uploaded."

"Oh, that's right. The time difference between the training grounds of emptiness and here is 100 times."

Just then.

Sung JiHan casually spoke while eating the snack on the table.

But the two were surprised when they realized the meaning of his words.

"Oh, so you were here for a week... Wow. So you were here for 700 days?"

"7, 700 days? How did you stay there for such a long time?"

"I didn't know it had been 700 days. Since the training wasn't going well, time just passed."

"Wow... Uncle, you haven't aged at all. You look exactly the same."

"What can you age in 2 years?"

Sung JiHan smirked and looked at Sophia.

"Sophia, did you receive any news from the sponsoring seat?"

"Oh, you mean the sponsoring seat..."

Sophia continued speaking with a dark complexion.

"Lord Jan Dark suddenly canceled the sponsorship and took more than half of the holy flames."

"Holy flames?"

"Yes... He took back the abilities and apologized for the inconvenience by increasing the divine power instead. So the buff from the holy flames has been significantly reduced."

"Hmm..."

Among the followers of the gods, Pithia was the most cooperative with Sung JiHan.

But something seemed strange since she appeared as the ruling seat at the last succession ceremony.

Her actions after the game ended were also suspicious.

"But still, she was quite helpful during that time."

She informed Sung JiHan about the situation, just like a spy.

Wasn't it thanks to her that they were able to find the Eight Palaces of the West Sea?

Asoka used to be quite cooperative before she appeared, but her behavior has been strange since then.

After careful consideration, Sung JiHan spoke to Sophia.

"You said there's still a bit of the holy flame left, right? Can I see it again?"

"Oh, yes. I'll show you."

Whoosh!

A white flame ignited in Sophia's hand.

Compared to the one she used before, it was much weaker.

"Just a moment."

Sung JiHan put his finger into the flame and examined it.

"I wondered if the holy flame had any connection to the enemies, but it seems not."

The holy flame, a combination of divine power and the power of fire.

Although there was a slightly unfamiliar feeling within it, it didn't seem to have any connection to the enemy's stats.

That's why I still don't know why I retrieved this.

How long did I search for it?

"Oh, I can't maintain it anymore..."

Fssss...

The holy flame extinguished itself in Sophia's hand.

"Now that the holy flame has weakened, the buff effect has greatly diminished. In yesterday's match, the buff effect was much weaker than its original performance, and we ended up losing."

"The buff effect of the holy flame was so good... It will take some time to adapt."

"Yes, that's what I wanted to say."

Sophia looked up at Sung JiHan.

"The sponsorship seat is vacant. Can you become my sponsor, JiHan?"

"I can't supply holy flames."

"Oh, it doesn't matter! I was so disappointed when I couldn't receive JiHan's sponsorship during the mission for the evolution of humanity... And the people who received JiHan's sponsorship have become so much stronger lately. They're bragging about it!"

"They've become stronger? Ah."

Come to think of it, there was the ceremony for the succession to the throne.

Sung JiHan remembered the increase in his ruling level that he had forgotten due to his training.

"But even though my level increased by 2, since the special characteristics of the sponsorship are turned off, the players wouldn't feel a significant effect..."

So, I looked at the sponsorship menu to see if any new features had been added, but there wasn't anything like that.

"Although the sponsorship ability has increased, it's not an official sponsorship yet, so there won't be any significant benefits for regular players. But even so, do you still want to receive my sponsorship?"

"Yes! Of course! Even without any benefits, I really want to be under Sung JiHan's sponsorship!"

"Sophia would still want to receive sponsorship even if her stats were reduced..."

"Of course!"

When Sophia expressed her strong will to receive sponsorship, Sung JiHan nodded.

"Alright. Let's do it right here. Sponsorship."

And so, the sponsorship ceremony proceeded swiftly.

"Wow! It worked!"

When Sung JiHan's name appeared in the sponsorship seat of her status window, Sophia exclaimed in joy.

"You don't feel anything, right? Even if I become a sponsor?"

"No! For now, I'm just really happy! I feel like I can obtain the holy flame again!"

Saying that, Sophia opened her palm again.

Fssss...

Only white smoke rose from her hand.

"You don't have to force it."

"No, just a moment!"

She concentrated her full power, trembling her palm.

How much time had passed since she poured her strength into it?

Crackle. Crackle.

Sparks flew from Sophia's palm.

Rrrrrr......

Once again, the flames began to rise.

"Oh. It's, it's done! The color is a bit reddish...."

Compared to the pure white it was just a moment ago.

Sophia's flame, with a strong red glow.

Sung JiHan carefully examined it.

"...I can feel a bit of the enemy's energy this time."

Perhaps because the seat has changed to Sung JiHan, Sophia's flame contains a faint trace of the enemy's energy.

In addition to the enemy's energy, there were various forces mixed within the flame.

When Sung JiHan was about to examine it closely.

[A special arena will begin soon.]

[Please open the invitation to the arena and respond to the summon.]

A message appeared in front of him, indicating that the arena would start soon.

"I'll have to continue examining the flame later."

Whether it's because the enemy's energy can be felt due to the change in seat, or because something that was originally hidden has been revealed.

He decided to investigate this after the arena ended, and Sung JiHan opened his inventory to take out the arena invitation.

"What's this golden ticket?"

"It's an arena invitation."

"Arena?"

"Yeah, I'll be back."

Before Sung JiHan finished speaking.

Flash!

The light sparkled from the invitation, and his body disappeared.

"No, I was there for 700 days, I just took a break...!"

To come back to the arena as soon as he arrived home.

Yoon Se-ah looked at the spot where Sung JiHan disappeared with a worried expression.

Sometimes, Uncle, it seems like you're living as if you're being chased.

"Ugh...."

She sighed and turned on the TV.

"Uncle, will the arena match be broadcasted on BattleTube? Sophia, do you want to watch it together?"

"Sure."

And as they expected.

On Sung JiHan's channel, the video started playing right away.

* * *

[Welcome to the Space Arena.]

Summoned to the arena, Sung JiHan first looked around.

"There are only audience seats in the back here."

The front and sides were open wastelands.

A map with a unique shape, with only the audience seats in the back.

And in front of the audience seats, three large crystals were floating in the air.

[A special arena, 'Boss Rush', will begin.]

[Prevent the enemy from touching the crystals and block their approach.]

[The side that defeats more bosses than their competitors will win.]

Flash! Flash!

As soon as the system message ended, a large screen appeared in the air.

It was divided into 20 squares, reflecting the same landscape as the arena Sung JiHan was guarding.

The only difference was that there were players standing in front of the audience seats.

"Competing against 20 players, huh."

The game map type would be similar to defense.

He looked at the appearance of the competing players on the divided screen and thought so.

He just had to protect the crystals while stopping the bosses.

"The method itself seems simple."

Based on his experience playing Battle.net for a long time, Sung JiHan roughly understood how this game worked.

However, there might be some variables since it's a special arena map.

"Where?"

Sung JiHan opened the chat window from another dimension.

-Boss Rush... Is this the special arena this time? It's been a while.

-Isn't this a game where the Cardinals participate? How do the Cardinal candidates come out here?

-Since Sung JiHan also held the coronation ceremony for the ruling Cardinal, he should have the qualification to participate.

-So, should we bet on GP?

-Even if we don't bet on the Cardinal and bet on the Cardinal candidate...

-Even if we bought the attention of the administrators, it's too risky.

-If you think like that, there are a lot of people who lost money here.

To participate in the Boss Rush, one must become a Cardinal.

Perhaps because it's an arena map where betting is possible, the viewers were only interested in betting on GP.

Should Sung JiHan bet on himself, who bought the attention of the administrators?

Or should he bet on the stable Cardinal?

In the beginning, there was a heated debate about that.

-Did you forget that Sung JiHan is from a lower race?

-How useful would the player he summons be?

-Even if Sung JiHan bet and lost, this game is not like that...

-So, this map is where the Cardinal summons his subordinates.

-Then, this time, Sung JiHan's bet is correct.

Some viewers explained the game mechanics of Boss Rush.

The consensus became that this time, they shouldn't bet on Sung JiHan.

"If the Cardinal summons subordinates in this game..."

If that's the game mechanics, then this side is definitely at a disadvantage.

Among the players Sung JiHan currently sponsors, the strongest one, Yoon SeJin, has now entered the Master League.

[In the case of the Cardinal, you can summon sponsored players here.]

And when the system message saying that summoning is possible appeared, Sung JiHan thought about the candidates among the sponsored players.

"Hmm... Even if I summon them, except for my brother-in-law, they won't be much help."

Although the players Sung JiHan sponsors are all ordinary people on Earth.

They were not skilled enough to participate in a map where the Cardinal is involved.

"It might be better not to summon them and avoid unnecessary trouble."

While Sung JiHan was calmly evaluating the players he sponsors like that.

Ding!

A system message appeared in front of him.

[Normal Quest]

-Summon 5 or fewer sponsored players and reach Boss Rush Stage 3.

Reward - Level up by 2.

A normal quest to summon only 5 or fewer players and reach Stage 3 of Boss Rush.

And these kinds of normal quests kept appearing, changing only the stages.

[Normal Quest]

-Summon 5 or fewer sponsored players and reach Boss Rush Stage 10.

The quest assignment stopped at Stage 10.

A quest that everyone could receive repeatedly.

"There are 8 of them, so if I reach Stage 10, I'll level up to 16."

So, this is why it's called a map that levels you up?

It's a good thing that there weren't many players worth summoning anyway.

When Sung JiHan was thinking that he should only summon 5 or fewer players like that.

[Epic Quest]

-Clear Boss Rush alone.

At the bottom of the normal quests, an epic quest appeared.