The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 266

World Tree Elves.

Humanity has encountered this race for the third time in the Space League.

The number of this World Tree Elf is 99.

- Is this World Tree Elf number 99?

- 71, 200, 99. The numbers are quite diverse, lol.

- Wow, but both teams above us are World Tree Elves. Even the 71 that defeated us is in the top 7.

World Tree Elf 200 is in first place, and the newly appeared World Tree Elf - 99 takes second place.

Even among the top ranks, they were in the celestial realm.

- The first and second places have similar points. It wouldn't be strange if the rankings change.

- Huh, but even the third place has a similar score? Could they also be World Tree Elves?

- Ah, seriously, those damn elves are so annoying...

Although humanity won against the World Tree Elves in the first match,

most viewers knew that it wasn't because humanity was good.

The elves intentionally played poorly without using their cards in order to execute the players.

If the game had proceeded properly, humanity would have definitely lost.

"The World Tree Elves are a total of 5 teams... The fact that humanity is still in 4th place might be because they had matches against each other."

Sung JiHan looked at the open ranking table as ?? disappeared and recalled the rankings before the downfall of humanity.

While humanity was struggling in the lowest ranks with the Urk,

the World Tree Elves recorded 4 losses from 1st to 5th place.

When they had matches against each other, they each had 1 win and 1 loss.

The Dragonkin, who ranked 6th, had 10 losses only against the elves.

"Thinking back, the current rankings are like a miracle."

The overwhelming top ranks of the elves and the Dragonkin.

They both achieved victories against both races.

"But we shouldn't be satisfied with the current results. We need to continue to advance and promote to the Bronze League and be liberated in the Battle.net."

For that, not only in official league matches,

they also had to achieve good results in league competitions like this and in regular Battle.net games.

As the league progressed to the end,

even if they fell behind in win-loss ratio in official league matches, there were cases where they ranked higher due to the points they had accumulated in regular matches.

"Planet colonization... This game was a pattern of doing well in the early stages and always losing to the elves."

In the previous life, in the league competition held at this time, humanity was mostly in the lower ranks and was frustrated,

and it ended with the elves and Dragonkin slaughtering the lower races.

But this time, in the planet colonization, they maintained a high rank that was not inferior to other races,

but they were quickly defeated by the elves.

"We need good coordination between guilds, but I don't know if it's possible for 3 days."

In the previous life, the atmosphere was not very good at this time because humanity was in the lowest ranks with 3 consecutive losses.

Each country's guild fiercely fought with each other over the lineup to gain an advantage in the league competition.

However, this time, the situation was much better than before, so it should be better than before.

"Uncle, Ha-yeon wants to join the guild."

"Ha-yeon? Because of this league competition?"

"Yeah. Is there a problem with the lineup?"

In this league competition, there was a waiting guild that could field 25 members.

Since most of the members of the waiting guild were borrowed, it was necessary to sort out who should participate.

"Alright, I'll go."

* * *

Guild Master's Room of the Daegi Guild.

"Owner-nim. Long time no see!"

"Yes."

Lee Ha-yeon greeted Sung JiHan with a happy face.

"I wanted to thank you when I met you, Owner-nim. It was difficult to see your face because you were so busy, but still."

"Thank you? What did I do?"

"Owner-nim became the top rank in the race ranking!"

"Why?"

When Sung JiHan looked at Lee Ha-yeon with a puzzled look, she smirked.

"That was the condition for my gift 'Growth'. One of the guild members had to become the top rank in the race."

"Ah... right."

"Hehe. Didn't you feel the performance improvement? I enhanced the experience point buff."

"Now that you mention it, I did feel like it was increasing a bit."

Sung JiHan recalled the normal game he had been playing for the past few days.

Every time a game ended, his level would increase by 2-3, and he had been thinking that being in Space 4 would give him a lot.

"So the experience point buff was included."

No wonder his growth speed was so fast.

Currently, in mid-April, his level was 291.

At this rate, he felt like he could achieve level 300 by the end of the month and become the first human to challenge the Master League promotion match.

"What exactly is the effect of SSS-grade growth?"

"Well, first, you can enhance the growth buff 'Super Reinforcement' for one player. And also, it increases the probability of gift grade growth."

"Oh. It affects gifts too?"

"Yes. Not only that, but the effects of existing buffs are also enhanced."

As she said that, Lee Ha-yeon's eyes sparkled.

"If you raise the 'Owner of the Stars', the growth effect becomes even stronger... Are you talking about the Seat of the Stars?"

"If it's the Owner of the Stars, then it's probably that."

"Of course... Owner-nim, you will continue to give me the buff, right? We have to win-win until the end!"

"Of course. This kind of buff is always welcome."

The growth buff that showed potential even after reaching SSS-grade.

Sung JiHan thought that appointing Lee Ha-yeon as the guild master was a move of divine intervention and smiled with satisfaction.

And so, the meeting began in a warm atmosphere.

"First, Owner-nim, here is the guild operation report."

Before the meeting started, Lee Ha-yeon handed Sung JiHan a thick document, but...

"Ha-yeon-ssi must have done a good job."

He returned the document as it was to Lee Ha-yeon.

"...You really have no interest in guild management. Still, at least take a look around. What if I embezzle it?"

"Embezzle? You can take it all. As long as you're the guild master."

After receiving an invitation to the Pleasure Palace from the Succubus Queen, Sung JiHan was no longer bound by GP.

So, the growth buff from Lee Ha-yeon was more important than the income generated by the Daegi Guild.

"Sigh. What am I going to do with you?"

"You can really take it."

"The Daegi Guild shines when Owner-nim is here. Just like today's agenda."

Swoosh.

Iha Yeon opened a new window on her monitor.

With the title "[Request for Guild Lineup Composition]".

The names of players who are considered the best in the world began to come to mind.

Starting from Oliver, who dropped to 2nd place in the world rankings, all the way to the 100th place, their names were all listed.

"What is this?"

"This is a list of people who want to join the Waiting Guild and participate in the league competition. Right now, from 2nd place to 100th place in the world rankings. Everyone has requested to join the Waiting Guild and participate."

"These people... didn't they do this in their own guilds?"

Sung JiHan asked with a bewildered expression.

When there was a lineup problem, he thought that the rented players would return to their own guilds and participate.

But when he came down and listened to the story, not only the rented players, but also other players, were trying to join the Waiting Guild by any means necessary.

"I talked to the officials of other guilds last time... Everyone has given us the 'First Guild'."

First Guild.

In this planet development, all participating races had to designate a First Guild.

The members of the First Guild received a significant enhancement called the 'First Pioneer' buff compared to other guild members, but...

If all members of the First Guild were to die, there was an immediate penalty of losing in the league competition.

"First Guild? Aren't the American First or the People's Council being greedy?"

"Everyone agreed to give it to us willingly."

"More accurately, Miss Ah Ga Young received the concession. If you don't want your guild position to be adjusted, you should support it quietly."

"Oh my. Ga Young. If someone hears this, they might think I'm threatening them. The Waiting Guild, which is ranked 1st in the world and has a candidate for the Holy See, should naturally rise to the First position, right? I just persuaded them logically."

Ha Yeon had already set the stage in advance.

Sung JiHan nodded with a smile on his lips.

"First Guild. I was already trying to get it, but you took care of it in advance. Well done."

"Hehe. It was nothing~ So, what should we do with the list?"

"From the 19 guilds participating in the competition, they asked us to pick one person each."

"Instead of cutting them off by ranking, just one person each?"

"Yes. It seems better for players with the 'First Pioneer' buff to lead their own guilds."

The information about the 'First Pioneer' buff that was previously announced on BattleNet...

There was only talk that the members of the First Guild were simply enhanced compared to regular guild members, but there was no detailed information.

When Sung JiHan talked about it with a strange conviction, Ha Yeon's eyes sparkled with interest.

"Owner... Did you have another premonition dream by any chance?"

"It's just a guess."

"Hmm~ Have you never had a premonition dream about them before? Now that I think about it, you were convinced and recruited the Gift 'Cultivation' that I had given up on."

"I'm curious too."

Not only Ha Yeon, but also Im Ga Young, who was standing behind, asked Sung JiHan with a curious expression.

After the hidden bonus was opened at the right timing this time, it was widely known that Sung JiHan had the ability to see the future.

"As for those two, I only know bad endings."

Sung JiHan let out a bitter smile.

Im Ga Young died by the hands of the Sword King.

Ha Yeon lived with a flushed face, living as a gambling addict.

But one thing was already a future that would not be realized.

The Sword King came back to Korea.

Ha Yeon also quit gambling and made her abilities widely known to the world.

He spoke in a light tone.

"Well... I don't know about Ha Yeon, but please don't gamble."

"I, I already knew!"

"Gayoung, you have a lot of GP, don't you?"

"GP... What do you mean?"

"Yes. So that you can resurrect whenever you die on Battle.net. Plenty of it."

"I, did I die in the future?"

Knowing how accurate Sung JiHan's precognitive abilities were.

Unlike usual, Im Gayoung responded with a trembling voice.

"No. Just be careful."

As Sung JiHan left the guild master's room.

Im Gayoung looked at Lee Hayeon with a serious face.

"...Miss, can you advance my salary?"

"Y-yes. I'll give you 10 years' worth."

With that, in a hurry, Lee Hayeon immediately transferred the GP right there.

Sung JiHan said it lightly, but the two who accepted it were extremely serious.

* * *

3 days later.

[League competition, 'Planet Exploration' begins.]

[Humanity's First Guild is the 'Waiting Guild'.]

Flash!

A member of the First Guild, the Waiting Guild, was summoned first.

Followed by the members of the remaining 19 guilds.

"Is this the planet to explore...?"

"A desert? It's desolate. What are we supposed to do here?"

As the players chatted with each other and looked around.

A message appeared to them.

[Explore the planet, complete the colony by restraining the competing races!]

[Races that complete the colony will continuously receive rewards based on the completion rate of the colony.]

"Colony..."

"They don't clearly tell us what rewards they give."

"But maybe they'll give good things by the time of the competition?"

While the message appeared only in two lines for regular players.

[Epic Quest]

[Settle the colony completely and rise to the Hall of Fame.]

-Reward - Absorption and enhancement of star abilities.

"If it's the ability of the stars... Is it the soul?"

Along with the epic quest, a surprising reward appeared to Sung JiHan.

If this is something that enhances the soul, it's a quest that must be completed without fail.

"Would you like to check the Hall of Fame?"

"Yes."

Then, as the Hall of Fame window appeared, the list of the top 100 appeared one after another.

'Just need to be within the top 100.'

Anyway, the names that come out here, I wouldn't know even if I looked.

As Sung JiHan was only checking the scores behind the list, he widened his eyes when he saw the name in the 100th place.

[100th place - Artmu]

It was a name he knew well, that appeared.