The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2

Chapter 674:

Side Story (3)

'Survive for a week?'

Seong Jihan's eyes sank as he saw the message on the screen.

Even if it was a musty semi-basement house,

Was there a need to worry about survival in this situation after returning here?

He recalled what happened in his previous life.

'...After Seah died, there were only a few articles saying "Sword King's daughter commits suicide".'

After the Sword King went to Japan,

Yoon Seah became a target of frustration as Korea's BattleNet ranking kept falling.

No one paid attention to Seong Jihan, who was left alone.

'After holding a modest funeral, I struggled as living expenses ran out...'

Because of the funeral costs, he had used up what little money he had and ate only one ramen a day for a while.

Seong Jihan recalled the miserable situation of the past, then remembered the differences from that time.

'The difference from then is that Seah is alive.'

Yoon Seah, who was originally reported to have died by 'suicide'.

However, Seong Jihan had clearly understood the truth about this after his regression.

Her death wasn't because of suicide, but...

'It was instigated by Jin Yuhua, the Chinese ranker.'

Jin Yuhua, who had the same gift as Yoon Seah, 'Late Bloomer'.

To fulfill the condition of 'being the only one with the Late Bloomer gift on the planet',

Hadn't she hired someone to make Yoon Seah fall to her death?

But this time, Yoon Seah survived because of Seong Jihan.

Jin Yuhua, confirming that the upgrade condition for 'Late Bloomer' wasn't met, might well take the next step.

'Instead of pushing her out the window like last time, she might come to kill her openly.'

Was that why it said to survive for a week?

Probably within that period, those hired by Jin Yuhua will attack.

The mission's intent must be to prepare before that happens.

'Prepare with this body...'

Swish.

Seong Jihan stood in front of the mirror and lifted his shirt.

There, a skinny, bony upper body was revealed.

His body condition had deteriorated to the worst after being kicked out of the penthouse and becoming more addicted to betting.

-Oh, why suddenly showing your body... haha

-But where did the muscular body go, why is there only bone?;;

-This isn't Seong Jihan's original body, right???

-Come on, an administrator wouldn't have such a body... It must have changed in-game. lol

-But other players play with their own bodies, is it only Seong Jihan who changed?

Even the viewers watching were puzzled as to why his body had changed like that.

'It's impossible to clear this normally.'

With a rotten body of level 1 and all stats at 5, no matter how hard he tried, surviving for 7 days should be considered impossible.

It was also difficult to run away with Yoon Seah in that state, and there was no money to do so in the first place.

And setting traps to block assassins in this cramped semi-basement two-room apartment wasn't an easy task either.

So in the end,

'Is it telling me to use abnormal methods?'

Seong Jihan twisted the corner of his mouth.

If that was the case, it was possible by all means.

'I'll have to manifest Blue.'

Swish.

He lowered his clothes again and closed his eyes.

When he first regressed in the past, he could barely gain power through Dongbang Sak's brush,

But now, having survived as the only administrator in the BattleNet world,

Even if he fell to his incompetent past self, he could manifest the stat 'Blue' at any time.

As Seong Jihan was concentrating like this,

-What's he doing with his eyes closed?

-Isn't he thinking about how to solve this going forward?

-But even if the environment here is a bit poor, can't you easily live for 7 days? lol

-What's 7 days, I've been living in a semi-basement like this for 7 years now --

-In our country, this is considered top 10%...

-Which country's flag is that? Is this really top 10%?

-Something must happen within a week lol Would such a mission appear if nothing was going to happen?

The viewers watching began to speculate about this mission.

Even though it was a house with a worse environment compared to the penthouse, it was still a semi-basement where one can easily live for a week.

Setting a 7-day limit here led to reasonable suspicion that there would be some event in the middle.

And,

-GP donations are blocked... I thought I might be able to use them here

-It's a shame. If the Blue Administrator just removes this map, I was going to donate even 100 million GP.

-But why does it seem only the Blue Administrator's body has changed? It was like that in the prologue too.

-Could this map actually be tailored for him...

-I tried entering the Tower of Martial Gods earlier just in case, but it didn't work... It seems we need to use this stat, Eternity? But I have no idea how.

The alien beings whose Tower of Martial Gods climbing was blocked were lamenting that even donations were blocked,

And speculating that this map might actually be tailored for Seong Jihan.

As viewers were chatting about their own theories about the mission,

Swoosh...

Blue haze began to rise from Seong Jihan's body.

[Stat 'Blue' manifests.]

[All stats are integrated into 'Blue'.]

As all stats from Strength to Mana disappeared and merged into Blue,

Only the stat 'Blue' remained alone at 1 in the status window.

Although 20 ability points had disappeared and changed into a single stat,

'This is much better.'

Float...

Seong Jihan floated a soju bottle in the air and smiled slightly.

This should be enough for a free pass even to the Gold League.

Unless the assassins were Gold-level players, he should be able to subdue them easily.

'Then, shall we raise it more?'

Seong Jihan wasn't satisfied with 1 and tried to raise the stat further.

'Compared to creating 1 from 0, going from 1 to 2 is easier.'

He tried to continue promoting the manifestation of Blue like that, but,

Crack...!

As he heard the sound of something cracking,

He had to open his eyes that had been closed.

And,

-Huh? What's this

-Eh, am I the only one seeing this strangely?

-No, me too; Why is the screen breaking?

-It doesn't seem to be a video transmission problem, but an issue within the game...?

Even before he could raise Blue further, cracks appeared in the surrounding world,

And it started breaking apart from the areas closest to Seong Jihan.

More precisely, the world was crumbling from where the energy that had risen due to the Blue stat touched.

'Is this... the distorted world disappearing when touched by Blue?'

Was the problem being solved this easily?

Seong Jihan was inwardly perplexed as he watched the vanishing world.

He had simply tried to raise the Blue stat from 1 to 2,

But the mission that had been tormenting players in the Tower of Martial Gods was about to disappear.

-Looking closely, it seems the map is disappearing.

-Oh, as expected of the Divine Martial Artist... He quickly solves problems in his own tower.

-Ah, but I was curious about what would happen next, it's a bit disappointing haha.

-With Yoon Seah like that and Seong Jihan becoming a wastrel... Isn't it too unrealistic?

-I'm curious about what happened to other players with those two like that.

-What are you talking about -- We need to level up, bugs should be removed.

While viewers were curious about the story after this world,

On the other hand, the top players whose Tower of Martial Gods climbing was blocked cheered as they saw signs of the problem being solved.

The so-called 'Save Yoon Seah' map, which had no solution in sight, was disappearing like this.

And,

Swish...

As the light of the Blue stat touched Yoon Seah lying on the bed,

The green light enveloping her body quickly disappeared,

And the body beyond the light instantly turned to dust and vanished.

'...Hmm.'

As Seong Jihan watched this with sunken eyes,

Ripple...

Something purple briefly rippled where Yoon Seah had disappeared,

Then was submerged by the blue light.

'That... was it Void?'

Void bursting out from Yoon Seah's body?

Seong Jihan frowned and tried to examine this closely, but

This world had already been consumed by Blue and shattered to pieces.

[...]

[.....]

[........]

And the message window that appeared showed no content, then,

[Follow your true heart.]

With that phrase as the last, the world completely vanished.

"True heart, huh..."

Swoosh...

Seong Jihan, who had returned to the living room of the Sword Palace,

Muttered softly, recalling the last message.

'Does it want to make me recognize that this map was actually what I wanted?'

There were two worlds created with the authority of manifestation:

The Murim Empire, Dongbang Sak's world, and the world before regression.

Of these, he had left the former and eliminated the latter, but

Was it actually weighing on his mind and being generated in the Tower of Martial Gods?

As he felt an inexplicable uneasiness,

"Uncle! Is it solved like this? As expected, it's quick when you take action directly."

Yoon Seah approached Seong Jihan with sparkling eyes.

Compared to the Yoon Seah in the game who had a haggard impression with scars on her face, the current her was incomparably radiant.

Right.

How much effort had he put in to not create the same result as the unfortunate previous life?

The current Yoon Seah was the 'best result' Seong Jihan had created.

But,

'...There's no way I would have created that world out of lingering attachment.'

Seong Jihan shook his head and got up from the sofa.

The stimulation that still couldn't be felt, unlike when he was in the game.

'Enough. Let's erase even the traces.'

Seong Jihan decided not to think about that map anymore,

And thoroughly searched for traces of the bug-like game after re-entering the Tower of Martial Gods.

However, whether it was certainly annihilated by the Blue stat, no more anomalies could be found.

And,

"It really seems to be gone. They say it's not encountered in the Tower of Martial Gods anymore?"

Even after a week, the 'Save Yoon Seah' map no longer showed itself.

* * *

Penthouse living room.

"Jihan~ I came to visit!"

"Welcome."

"Really~ You don't look happy at all."

Sophia shook her head, looking at Seong Jihan who had become one with the sofa.

"You're still in this spot. Do you still feel no stimulation?"

"That's right."

"Hmm... When you rejected my confession, I thought you were just making excuses. But it looks really serious."

At Sophia's words, Seong Jihan recalled a recent event.

While Kang Seol-young was coming to Earth and settling in,

-Jihan. You've solved all the big issues now, right?

-Well, yes.

-Then date me!

Sophia, who had returned from America, suddenly confessed.

Saying that now that all the major issues were resolved, wasn't it okay to date?

Boldly telling him that he knew she liked him,

-I'm sorry.

Seong Jihan rejected her confession, explaining his condition.

He thought it would be inconsiderate to the other person to date in his current situation where all stimulation was worn away.

Then she didn't come for a while, but,

-I've been thinking about it, and I still can't give up!

And now she was coming to the house almost every 3-4 days.

"Jihan. Don't be like that, let's go out together. If you just stay there, you won't feel any stimulation that could be felt."

"Outside... Actually, I've gone out alone a few times, but my condition remained the same."

"That's because you went alone. It'll be different if you go with a good person."

As she said this, Sophia pointed at herself.

Her strong will to pull Seong Jihan off the sofa was clearly felt.

'It seems she won't back down easily today.'

As Seong Jihan was thinking this, looking at Sophia with her eyes sparkling,

Bang!

"Uncle! It's terrible!"

Yoon Seah's door opened and she rushed out with a surprised face.

"Why, what happened?"

"That map, it appeared again!"

As she said this, Yoon Seah brought up a screen.

There, the scenery of the semi-basement room that Seong Jihan had annihilated was appearing exactly as it was.