The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 412

The Star of the Godless, Filled to the Brim.

[It has begun.]

Having somewhat dealt with the Administrator's restraint, the Godless returned, filled to the brim.

"Dong Bangsak, you did well."

Looking at Dong Bangsak, who was kneeling in front of him, the Godless spoke with satisfaction.

"I merely carried out my duty."

"The timing of the activation of the Taegeuk was very appropriate... Let this incident be a lesson to those who oppose us."

Dong Bangsak's Taegeuk.

The power he planted in the owner of the Abyss was not simply meant to control the giant's body with the spirit of the Taegeuk.

Rather, it was more like a trap that was set to activate the giant's body as fuel at a crucial moment.

"This time, we can make significant progress..."

Looking at Sung JiHan, who had the Taegeuk in front of him, the Godless felt satisfied, thinking that Sung JiHan was already finished.

"Did you call for me?"

As Asoka walked politely towards where the Godless was.

"Dong Bangsak, you may step back and rest."

"Understood."

When Asoka arrived, the Godless gave Dong Bangsak a dismissal order.

Sss...

As Dong Bangsak's figure disappeared completely into the darkness, the Godless slowly opened his mouth.

"Now, when Sung JiHan disappears into the Taegeuk, the sacred fire will ignite on that land."

"Do you plan to send Pithia?"

"Yes. She will become the sacred fire and gather power. After that task is completed."

Flash!

In the darkness, two red lights flickered intensely.

"Turn the Geumnyunjeokbo immediately. We must return before the Administrator's surveillance intensifies."

"Understood."

After Sung JiHan is eliminated, is he planning to immediately return?

As expected of the Godless.

Safety first.

"From the next round, we should start by eliminating Sung JiHan."

"..."

And beyond that.

His words about eliminating Sung JiHan as a variable from now on.

As Asoka thought about it, she felt frustrated.

"Sung JiHan is the only one who created a variable in this endless regression... If he disappears, will the next turn even come?"

In this endlessly repeating world, the current Sung JiHan was the only one who brought the situation this far.

If that existence disappears from now on, will humanity continue to be sacrificed until the Godless becomes the "permanent Administrator"?

As Asoka silently sighed.

"And..."

The Godless, who was looking at the screen, spoke slowly.

"If by any chance he survives in the Taegeuk... Immediately turn the Geumnyunjeokbo."

"Do you not plan to retrieve his power?"

"Yes. Even if he loses his power, I will avoid this round."

"But if Sung JiHan wins, the value of the power he possesses will be tremendous..."

"Eliminating the possibility of my defeat is the priority."

Defeat.

In the sky filled with countless weapons.

Even with the power contained within them, seeing Sung JiHan, who is not even a Saint, and uttering the word "defeat".

To the point where the Godless, who is so cautious that his name is almost wasted, appears cowardly.

"But... that's why it's even more difficult."

In this case, even if Sung JiHan wins, it's still a regression. Even if he loses, it's still a regression.

Asoka bowed her head to the Sung JiHan.

"...I will follow your orders."

This.

Perhaps she would have to draw out the hidden dagger earlier than expected.

"If there are no special variables, that is."

With that, his eyes soon captured the screen that the Sung JiHan was looking at.

* * *

"...Wasn't it part of the plan to listen?"

Sung JiHan furrowed his brow as he watched the Taegeuk spinning in the thousands of eyes of the giant.

In a state of confrontation where they couldn't break through each other's regenerative powers.

Instead of fighting with the Taegeuk Sword, why did he suggest having a conversation first?

But.

[Crack... I can't control this power...!]

The opponent was even more confused than Sung JiHan.

"I can't control it?"

[Yes...! No wonder Dongbangsak gave me the Taegeuk. But I thought I had perfect control over this power...]

Crack...

Whether it was the desperate attempt to suppress the Taegeuk or the emptiness that was forcefully emitted.

The attempt partially succeeded, causing the Taegeuk to disappear in some of the thousands of pupils, revealing red eyes.

One.

Wiiiiing...!

The Taegeuk that he couldn't control completely grew larger as they gathered together.

It began to swallow him from the body where the eyes were stuck.

"...I will self-destruct like this."

The giant was being swallowed by his own Taegeuk.

If this situation had unfolded in a battle net game, he would have kept his distance and waited for the opponent to die on their own.

"But it doesn't seem like he's going to die alone."

Sung JiHan examined the Abyss.

Even after the battle between Sung JiHan and Manghon, this space that had remained intact.

Since the appearance of the Taegeuk, it had been rapidly crumbling.

The purple aura disappeared like that, and what could be seen above was the blue sky of the real world.

The land where Sung JiHan and Manghon stood was rapidly sinking, filling in the cracks.

"Uh... the cracks are being filled..."

"The Abyss space itself is collapsing... This is..."

And when they came out, they heard the voices of Yoon Sae-ah and Sung Ji-ah.

Sung JiHan quickly headed towards the direction where the sound was coming from.

From a place quite far from the Abyss crack, Yoon Sae-ah and Sung Ji-ah were looking at this side with surprised eyes.

"Nuna, let's go home as soon as possible with Sae-ah."

"...Alright, JiHan."

"What about Uncle?"

"I have to deal with that guy first."

"...It looks dangerous, shouldn't Uncle avoid it for now?"

"If I leave that alone, it will swallow the entire Korean Peninsula."

"Huh, the Korean Peninsula?"

"Well, I mean, let's run away for now."

When Sung JiHan gestured for them to leave quickly, Sung Ji-ah clasped Yoon Sae-ah around her waist and flew away at an incredible speed.

Indeed, the Holy See.

They're fast.

Meanwhile.

-Yes??

-The Korean Peninsula?

-Well... Isn't that a bit too big in scale?

-Well, when you think about it, it's the power that brought about the destruction of humanity, so...

The viewers who were watching Sung JiHan's Battle Tube were taken aback by the story that Taegeuk would swallow the entire Korean Peninsula.

Just because Sung JiHan was broadcasting, he turned on Battle Tube as usual.

Could this suddenly be his last broadcast?

-I thought it would be okay for Earth to fight in the dark space, but suddenly it became our problem? WTF??

-I'm from Seoul, can I survive if I go to Busan? Hehehe;

-It feels like we'll be sucked in before that -_-

While the human viewers were panicking like that.

[...I thought I had made the Taegeuk mine by injecting it, but it wasn't at all. Was it just a time bomb that could be activated at any moment...?]

The tired voice of Taegeuk's spirit flowed out.

[Sung JiHan. If it continues like this, my whole body will become the energy source of Taegeukma Sword...]

"That seems to be the case."

Sung JiHan looked at Taegeuk, which had already occupied over 70 percent of the giant's body, and replied like that.

The red eyes that had been turned back on also started spinning again.

If it continued like this, it seemed that even this guy would become the embodiment of Taegeukma Sword.

[...I must prevent things from turning out like this.]

"How do we prevent it?"

Should he summon Taegeukma Sword and block Taegeuk?

But while looking at the opponent's Taegeuk, Sung JiHan judged that it would be a simultaneous self-destruction.

'The two Taegeukma Swords will resonate with each other and sweep not only the Korean Peninsula, but also a larger area...'

If it were inside the Battle Net or the Abyss Space, he would try taking out the Taegeukma Sword once and give it a try.

However, in the real world, he had to think of it as a last resort, as there could be countless casualties if he made a mistake.

Unless he had one Taegeukma Sword.

"I can't think of a way to stop it right away... unless you willingly die for me."

[I will do that.]

"...What?"

[...I was wrong. I thought I had enough control over Taegeuk, but I didn't. If it continued like this, even if I escaped from here, I would have collapsed on the way.]

Shuuuu...!

The ground cracked and the sky distorted.

The sky and the ground slowly sucked towards Taegeuk inside the giant's body.

The giant's body collapsed even faster.

[Your intuition... was correct. Am I still telling you not to merge with me?]

During the simulation of escape.

Sung JiHan chose to fight instead of entering the giant's body because of the "intuition."

The spirit was asking him how that "intuition" felt now.

Sung JiHan looked at the collapsing giant's body with Taegeuk.

Unlike an hour ago, when he could have merged stably.

Although it was a dangerous situation where it seemed like he would be sucked into Taegeuk if he tried to devour it.

"...Now, it says to take it."

Sung JiHan's intuition was rather tempting him to devour it.

As if saying that he was relieved.

[It worked out well. Take it.]

The giant's body collapsed and the wooden head fell in front of Sung JiHan.

[Break the head and dominate the spirit there.]

The head, which was the weakness of the owner of the Abyss.

He gave it to Sung JiHan himself.

If he broke this, would the spirit disappear?

"...?"

[What should I do? Hurry up and break it. Don't you have to take the key to your sister...?]

Sung JiHan's gaze was directed at the giant.

Although he had been swallowed by Taegeuk.

Only a part of the chest was stubbornly refusing to turn its gaze.

Inside it was the key that Sung JiHan had made as a "spoils".

It was the key that could return to its original form from the state of the statue.

Even in the midst of being eroded by the Taegeuk.

Why was he enduring it, just to protect that?

"...Fine. Hold on a little longer. I'll finish it."

Sung JiHan approached the fallen giant's head on the ground.

The head, which seemed like it could be sucked into the Taegeuk at any moment, was even bigger than Sung JiHan.

"Write the destruction code here."

Chiiing!

The destruction code was drawn above the tree.

Then the giant's head split weakly.

Inside it, a red sphere surrounded by emptiness was revealed.

Sung JiHan reached out his hand.

Fwrrrr...!

The sphere burned his hand in an instant.

[The 'enemy' stat has increased by 1.]

[The 'enemy' stat has decreased by 1.]

Then the enemy stat went up and down, showing a fluctuating state.

"To fully control this, I need more enemies."

Looking at his burning hand, Sung JiHan instinctively realized.

The red sphere in front of him was the core of the Abyss's owner.

If he could completely control it, he could minimize the damage caused by the giant's Taegeuk.

"...But I lack the ability to do that."

Although he had grown a lot until now.

To fully control it, he needed more power.

"...But with my current stats, I can still control some of it."

In Sung JiHan's judgment, it was about 30 percent possible.

Even with this level of control, which was less than half, he could minimize the damage caused by the Taegeuk if he used it well.

It's fortunate that North Korea has been devastated.

However.

"Can you make another key, Nuna? It's not easy to stop the Taegeuk with my current abilities."

[...It probably won't be easy. It was a constraint made from the body of the Abyss's owner.]

"Is that so?"

If that guy says it's not easy, then it must be really difficult.

Sung JiHan frowned.

To stop the Taegeuk and retrieve the key.

There was no other way at the moment than to completely dominate the red sphere.

At that moment.

[The Seat of 'Witch of the Void' has sponsored 10.21 million GP.]

[I'm fine right now, so don't worry and break the lock with the key!]

Whether she heard the conversation between Sung JiHan and the ghost or not.

Sung JiAh sent a sponsorship on the BattleTube.

A message saying not to worry about her.

"The statue with the lock is in good condition?"

Sung JiHan smirked at what he saw.

"You know I don't listen to you, Nuna."

With his current abilities, he could only make a binary choice.

But if he pushed himself a little.

He could choose both options.

"Inventory."

Sung JiHan took out a black sealed box with the red hand of the administrator inside.