The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 305

"Why do you think that way?"

Gilgamesh, who had descended upon Yoon Sejin's body, stopped laughing and asked him with a serious expression.

"The fruit and leaves from earlier belonged to the World Tree. The performance is much lower, though."

"Lower performance... How lacking did you feel?"

"About 1/5?"

"...Is that all?"

Gilgamesh furrowed his brow upon hearing Sung JiHan's words.

"What about the answer to my question?"

"Yeah. Your guess is correct."

He affirmed that the Tower of Babel was related to the World Tree.

"Then the power of the Decree of Annihilation, the Heavenly Waterfall Divine Art, must also be related to the World Tree."

"Heh... You'll find out once you reach the rooftop. However..."

Thump. Thump.

Gilgamesh turned around and ascended the stairs.

"Unlike other species, the martial arts of the gods couldn't contain all of my powers. Your martial arts are only half as good compared to mine."

"Is that so? Thanks for the kind explanation."

"You'll find out more when you reach the top."

Gilgamesh continued to encourage him to climb to the very top.

Sung JiHan smirked.

"So, you've hidden something on the rooftop."

"Hehe, are you scared? If you're afraid, you can log out. I don't mind whether you come up or not."

"Oh, I have to win."

"I thought you would answer like that. Then, see you from above..."

Ssshhhh.

A golden light emanated from Yoon Sejin's body and rose upward.

His movements momentarily stopped.

"...Has he come and gone?"

"Yes, go up. I'll be waiting up there."

The King of the Primordial Era who turned all of humanity's rankers into his fanatics.

Whatever he had prepared on the rooftop, it was undoubtedly something extraordinary.

"I have to be fully prepared."

Sung JiHan looked at the remaining time of the buff that Sophia had given him.

About 15 minutes of duration left for the buff.

He had to go to the rooftop before it ended.

"I'll go first."

"R-Really?"

"Yes, the rest of you can come slowly."

"Ji-Jihan-nim... What about the King's spoils...?"

One of the national team players asked with eyes full of greed.

Instead of worrying about him going alone, they were only interested in the spoils.

Even though they would disappear once they ate too much, there was no sign of their greed diminishing.

"Help yourselves. I won't eat, so I'll go."

Sung JiHan glanced at the national team players and climbed the Tower of Babel first.

The next floor.

"[Pay homage to the King and consume the branch. Then, you can proceed to the next floor.]"

"No time for that."

Swoosh!

Sung JiHan found a gap between the steel giants blocking his path and broke through.

Clang. Clang.

To stop him, chains emerged from the bodies of the steel giants.

[Let him pass.]

As the steel giant's gaze shimmered with gold, the chains that were extending retracted again.

There was no one blocking the way, so Sung JiHan quickly climbed the tower.

He wondered how many floors he had climbed.

"It looks different from before."

Unlike the floors of the Babel Tower that were once filled with golden light.

A floor stained with blood appeared before Sung JiHan.

Standing there was the steel giant Enkidu, unlike any other Enkidu.

Wearing crimson armor, he was tightly bound by golden chains that extended from the walls, floor, and ceiling.

"Who are you?"

As Sung JiHan entered, a red light emanated from the eyes inside the helmet.

"He is definitely a different and powerful being compared to the previous Enkidus. But that power, it feels familiar..."

While Sung JiHan thought this, he searched for the stairs to the rooftop before the buff ended.

"There are no stairs here."

He wondered if he had to defeat the presence in front of him in order to climb up.

Sung JiHan furrowed his brow.

If he were to engage in a battle with this formidable presence, the buff would likely end. Should he just break through the ceiling?

As Sung JiHan thought this while looking at the ceiling...

"Sung JiHan... I don't know how you got here."

Sssrrrr...

Blood gathered behind the familiar Enkidu, forming a giant cross-shaped blood sword.

It was the same cross-shaped blood sword Sung JiHan had seen in the previous Russian war.

"If you want to fight, I'll oblige."

"You... are you Longinus?"

"Yes."

In response to Sung JiHan's question, the crimson giant affirmed it.

Meanwhile...

"Oh, so Sung JiHan asked Yoon SeJin about Gilgamesh, right?"

"Yes. I never expected the identity of the 'King of the Beginning' to be the ancient king Gilgamesh."

"If he is the Seat, there might be more Seats among the ancient figures!"

The conversation between Sung JiHan and Yoon SeJin was broadcasted on the screen during the finals.

Whether it was the United States or the Korean national team, in the five games that had become a pseudo-religious gathering worshiping the King of the Beginning...

There was no one else worth broadcasting except for the ordinary Sung JiHan.

Cameras had been focusing only on him for a while now.

And through this, people all over the world came to know the true identity of the King of the Beginning.

"The King of the Beginning is Gilgamesh..."

"But even though Gilgamesh was a king from a long time ago, he can't be the beginning, right?"

"Everyone, Egypt was the first with kingship."

"But what's the story about the Babel Tower being the World Tree?"

"I don't know. Maybe the World Tree Union is related to humanity."

"It turns out there was a hidden secret to the lowest race..."

In the face of the sudden revelation, viewers speculated in various ways.

"Wait, that giant is Longinus again?"

"The Longinus who stabbed Jesus?"

"But that cross sword was summoned by Vladimir in the previous Russian war. He said his Seat had descended..."

"Then is Longinus also a Seat? Why are there so many Seats from humanity?"

"That's true."

Confusion arose when the identity of the crimson giant was revealed to be Longinus.

"Why are you inside that giant?"

"I am recovering my strength with the help of Gilgamesh. I need to descend to Earth as soon as possible to kill you myself."

Sung JiHan looked at the golden chains that bound Longinus.

Inside them, a considerable amount of life force was flowing into the crimson giant.

"Oh, really? If I disrupt your recovery here, I'll buy myself some more time."

[Disturbance....]

Whoosh!

Behind the giant, a blood sword flew alone.

The sword descended neatly between Sung JiHan and Longinus.

[Wherever you want to go, give it a try.]

Bang!

As blood scattered in all directions, the blood sword split into hundreds of swords in an instant.

Each sword had a considerable force.

However,

Hunwon Divine Art混元神功

Cheonryong Yongyeom天雷龍炎

Yongryong龍雷

Whoosh!

When the lightning-infused Yongryong swept the sword, the blood sword began to evaporate instantly.

As one blood sword evaporated, it multiplied again.

In the end, Yongryong was blocked.

Although the first attack did not go through.

"If I attack a few more times, I can definitely inflict damage."

Through the first clash, Sung JiHan understood the opponent's strength.

As he shot Yongryong several more times.

Bang!

The blood sword was completely pierced, and Yongryong touched the blood giant's body.

"This guy... has grown stronger."

Whoosh!

The blood giant engulfed in flames.

As the golden chains that bound his body wriggled.

The giant's body quickly recovered.

Although there was damage from Yongryong, Longinus immediately recovered with the power of the chains.

"But no matter how strong you become, you can't interfere with my recovery."

He looked at his restored body and confidently spoke to Sung JiHan.

"What confidence do you have when you're just taking a beating?"

"Huh, it's just because I can't move my body because of the chains. Once these chains are released, I can easily kill you."

"Is that so?"

"That's right. However, I'm only bound for the sake of recovering my strength... Killing you in this space has no meaning."

Rather than killing Sung JiHan in the virtual space.

After recovering his strength, Longinus planned to descend to Earth and definitely assassinate Sung JiHan.

Sung JiHan thought.

"If I use the Annihilation Code, I can definitely deal a decisive blow."

The most powerful technique Sung JiHan can use right now is the Annihilation Code.

If he uses it against Longinus, he can definitely cause catastrophic damage.

However.

"But then, I will lose the luxury of using my strength in the upper levels."

Even for the grown Sung JiHan, the Annihilation Code is difficult to write even a single character.

Although he currently has Sophia's buff, it won't put him in a state of exhaustion just by writing a single character like before.

However, he won't have enough stamina to write it here and then write it again in the upper levels.

The opportunity to use the Annihilation Code is only once.

"Using the Annihilation Code here to inflict damage on Longinus and log out is one way...."

The biggest problem Sung JiHan faces right now is Longinus descending to Earth.

This candidate for the Holy See, who wields the spear of divine assassination, is a threatening presence no matter how powerful Sung JiHan is.

That's why Sung JiHan originally aimed to win the 5th match and become a candidate for the Holy See to prepare for him.

But now, blocking Longinus' recovery with the Annihilation Code and logging out was also one way.

This way, even if he couldn't become a candidate for the Holy See right away.

Delaying the arrival of Longinus on Earth, Sung JiHan had the leisure time to become a candidate for the Holy See.

"Surely, even if it doesn't work this time, I will soon become a candidate for the Holy See."

The deadline for the candidate for the Holy See was approaching.

It would be best to win this match and be appointed as a candidate for the Holy See right away.

Harming Longinus was also a means to that end.

And this method was...

"I don't have to go to the top floor."

The top floor of the Tower of Babel, where Gilgamesh might be hiding something sinister.

Rather than setting foot there...

Harming Longinus here and going to Earth could be a safer option.

While Sung JiHan was contemplating what to do.

"What are you doing? Attacking... Aren't you going to attack anymore?"

Longinus, who had been bound by a golden chain, threw a question at Sung JiHan.

"Why? Do you want to get hit?"

"If you insist on getting hit, then go ahead," Longinus provoked Sung JiHan.

Sung JiHan passed on the second method for now, seeing the opponent who came out like that.

Come to think of it, it was only the other side's word that damaging Longinus bound by chains would slow down his recovery.

Whether the Holy See itself would actually be harmed was still unknown.

"It's too trivial, so I won't hit you."

"Ha. Is that so?"

"Um, the way up. Where is it?"

"I don't know either."

While saying that, the blood-red eyes of Yoon Se-jin, who was wearing crimson armor, looked at Sung JiHan's back.

"He will know."

Thump. Thump.

As his words ended, Yoon Se-jin, who was climbing the stairs, appeared.

His eyes, which had no intention of hiding anymore, were filled with a golden light.

"Sung JiHan. You're being cautious. But that Longinus is a gift for you... Harm him here and delay his recovery."

"Why? If you favor me, you don't have to let him recover."

"Hehe, we can't harm each other... This is a stage you have prepared for yourself. If you strike him here, the advent will be delayed considerably."

Gilgamesh openly told Sung JiHan to quickly defeat Longinus.

He added while saying that.

"When he has suffered enough damage. I will create a staircase that leads to the top floor."

"When will that damn top floor come out?"

"It's here. It's the floor right above."

Yoon Se-jin's finger pointed upwards.

Just one more floor, and it would be the top floor.

"If I don't deal with him, I can't go?"

"That's right. You should receive the gift, shouldn't you?"

"Alright..."

To Gilgamesh, who said that he would only clear the way if Longinus was harmed.

Sung JiHan smiled.

"Then I'll go up on my own."

Whoosh!

Sung JiHan ran towards the ceiling.

"Futile. The path inside will not open without my permission."

Seeing that, Gilgamesh sneered, but...

As energy worthy of being processed emanated from Sung JiHan's body, characters were drawn on the blood-red ceiling.

"What the hell are you doing...?"

He hardened his expression for the first time.