The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

"Uncle. Were you playing a different game with me?"

After returning home, Yoon Sae-ah was the first to bring up the topic.

"Power... Force... What is this?"

"It's a unique stat."

"There's a unique stat?! I know about rare stats... Dad, I mean Ito's stats are dual swords."

Rare stats were widely known.

When players reached the Diamond League, new stats were added to the stat window.

These stats were tailored to each player, providing more powerful effects than the existing stats.

These were the rare stats.

"But it's not even Diamond, how can the stats be like this?"

However, despite being in Bronze, Sung JiHan didn't have any unusual stats, but had two.

"There are ways."

"Can I have this too?"

Yoon Sae-ah asked with a glimmer of hope.

Even though Gift was considered a low-grade, if there were special stats like this, she could fulfill her role in the league like her uncle.

No, if she became like her uncle, she could even defeat the league herself.

"Well, these two won't work."

Sung JiHan shook his head.

The unique stat, Power, required the Eastern Brush.

And it also required Gift, "Wanderer's Eye," as a priority.

And Force required two classes, Mage and Supporter.

Neither of these abilities applied to Yoon Sae-ah.

"...That's a shame."

"Instead, I know how to obtain other rare stats."

"Really?!"

"Yes. If you obtain that, you'll become an amazing player too."

Sung JiHan said nonchalantly.

"But you'll have to work hard."

"A little? I can handle that much."

"Well, let me correct myself. It was 'a little' from my perspective. It'll be quite difficult."

"Of course... Right? If it's based on your standards, it must be really tight."

Sung JiHan chuckled at Yoon Sae-ah's worried expression.

Even though he said that, he already knew that his niece had an incredible tenacity.

"But if it's you, it's possible, so don't worry. But... what about your Gift?"

Sung JiHan suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen Yoon Sae-ah's Gift yet.

He had pretended not to know until now, but now there was a need to know.

"...This is it."

In response to Sung JiHan's question, Yoon Sae-ah showed him her Gift.

[Gift - Patience (Grade F)]

"Aren't you going to explain more?"

"That's it. I thought it was a proverb dictionary."

"Hmm..."

Sung JiHan pretended to think deeply.

But he already knew the content of the Gift description.

It would be difficult to understand the true value of Patience with such a meaningless explanation.

"If you keep carrying such a Gift, you won't feel motivated."

That's why he had prepared something in advance.

"Here."

"What is this?"

"Your real birthday present."

Without any fancy packaging, Sung JiHan took out an item from his inventory and handed it to Yoon Sae-ah.

What Sung JiHan gave was a golden-tinted pair of sunglasses.

[Hermes' Sunglasses]

- Grade: A

- These are Hermes' sunglasses, the god of Olympus.

- They grasp the essence of gifts.

- It is a disposable item.

Hermes' sunglasses that grasp the essence of gifts.

This was an item obtained by repairing the C-grade item 'Messenger's Broken Sunglasses' sold in the Battle Market for 100 GP.

The sunglasses repaired using the Emergency Recovery in the Achievement Store.

Actually, after the tutorial ended, you could obtain the fully repaired kit from the Diaryg's Dungeon without using the emergency recovery.

"But I can't wait until then."

It was my nephew's birthday present, so I could invest as much as 10,000 achievement points.

"What is this...?"

"It's your birthday present."

Yoon Sae-ah looked at the sunglasses with a puzzled expression.

The golden lenses shining brightly didn't look like ordinary items.

"Now that you have received the status window and awakened as a player, you can also use the inventory, right?"

"Yes."

"Put it in the inventory and take a look at the item description."

"Inventory."

Following Sung JiHan's words, Yoon Sae-ah put Hermes' sunglasses in the inventory and widened her eyes as she read the item description.

"Wow. There was such an item?"

"Yes. It's disposable, though."

"Wow... It's grade A?! Isn't it expensive?"

Yoon Sae-ah felt it was a waste to use this item on her useless gift, but...

"Don't worry about that and just use it."

When Sung JiHan said that with a casual expression, Yoon Sae-ah nodded her head.

She knew that A-grade items were not ordinary, but honestly, she was curious about the essence of this gift.

Soon, she used Hermes' sunglasses.

"Huh...?"

The description of the gift, 'Perpetual Waiting,' completely changed.

[Gift - Perpetual Waiting (Grade F - Participate in the game 50 times for an upgrade)]

- Upgrades the basic BattleNet system by one level.

- To upgrade, you must participate in BattleNet games.

- Grade F effect: Increases the number of daily game participations by 1.

- Increases the natural growth rate of stats by 100%.

"This is...?"

Yoon Sae-ah blinked her eyes.

What is this?

The gift... can be upgraded?

Until now, all the gifts that came out had fixed grades and never went up or down.

The fact that it can be upgraded is unimaginable.

"Why? How did it come out?"

"Look at this...!"

She quickly opened the status window and showed her gift section.

"Oh... It says gift upgrades are possible? And the F-grade performance is good too?"

Sung JiHan recalled Jin Yu-hwa, the ranker from China who had Perpetual Waiting.

No wonder she participated in the game twice a day.

There must have been such an effect.

'And the natural growth rate of stats increases by 100%...'

Strength, stamina, agility, etc.

Even without allocating remaining points, it meant that the ability to increase stats through training would increase even faster.

Perhaps this could be considered a fitting effect for the name Perpetual Waiting.

"Is it effective?"

"Well... yeah?"

"Yeah. If there's an increase in the natural growth rate of stats... it'll be easier to obtain rare stats."

"Really? Is that true?!"

"It is. Oh~ Our nephew received a good gift."

Upon hearing those words, Yoon Sae-ah slumped down.

Even though she received a grade F gift, she didn't cry.

"Ah... Ahh."

Instead, now that the results were good, tears flowed from her eyes.

Swoosh-

Several tissues were automatically pulled out, floating in front of Yoon Sae-ah.

"Thank you... Uncle."

"It's only natural. Anyway... our nephew will become a player, right?"

"I received this gift, so of course! Definitely!"

Since she received a growing gift, there was no need to study for the college entrance exam anymore.

Sung JiHan nodded lightly at her words and said,

"Great. Let's go eat."

"Eat..."

"Yeah. You've been in the gift room all this time. Haven't you been hungry all day?"

"I'm fine..."

But just as those words ended, a loud rumble came from her stomach.

Yoon Sae-ah's face turned red.

"You're honest with your body."

Sung JiHan brought bread and soup.

"You said you wanted to eat course cuisine last time, right?"

"Ah..."

"I'll also grill steak, so let's fill our stomachs with this for now."

"When did you start cooking?!"

Utensils, including cutlery, flew and set themselves on the empty table in an instant.

A magical sight.

Yoon Sae-ah had a stunned expression.

Even when she received the gift at the academy, she thought it was the worst birthday.

The situation had completely changed.

'Did Uncle... know this would happen?'

Before receiving the gift, he kept telling her not to expect too much from the gift.

But after receiving a grade F, instead of being surprised, she felt like he had been waiting for it and gave her Hermes' compound eyes to blow away her despair.

No matter how much she thought about it, it seemed like her uncle knew everything.

'Does he really see the future?'

Yoon Sae-ah had that question for a moment, but soon stopped thinking deeply about it.

If her uncle wanted to talk about it, he would.

For now... she just had to hold onto her gratitude.

"Uncle. This is really... delicious?"

She smiled brightly as she tasted the soup.

It wasn't the forced smile Yoon Sae-ah had been making lately, but a smile that seemed to release some of her worries.

It was a bright laughter that came from her heart.

'It's been a while since I've seen that expression.'

Sung JiHan saw that and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

He hadn't seen that smile since the time Se-ah built it before the Demon King left Korea.

'Let's see it more often.'

***

Morning of the 22nd.

Sung JiHan logged into Battle.net as soon as he woke up in the morning.

-1st place again.

-Why are you stating the obvious?

-You have to quickly reach Silver, right?

-Where are the promotion matches?!

For Sung JiHan, casually achieving first place on a defense map had become a part of his daily routine.

After the game ended, an alert message appeared for Sung JiHan as he leisurely observed the chat.

[You have reached level 25.]

[You have reached the level cap for Bronze League. Your level will no longer increase.]

[You can now participate in league promotion matches.]

"Oh, everyone? I reached level 25."

-Oh, really?

-Congratulations!

-Wow... finally getting promoted!

-Already? Didn't it take less than a month to participate in promotion matches?

-Congratulations!

-(Surprised emoticon)

News of Sung JiHan reaching the promotion match level spread, and numerous congratulatory messages started pouring in.

Along with that, a system message appeared as an addition.

[Finished Bronze League with the highest win rate.]

[Obtained the title 'Bronze Dominator.']

[Qualify for the TOP 100 promotion matches.]

"I can participate in the TOP 100 promotion matches."

-TOP 100? Wow.

-So Sung JiHan will be among the top 100 in the world's Bronze League?

-Of course. What's 100 people? With that level, he's first place.

-Did he really finish every game in first place to close the league?

TOP 100 promotion matches.

This was a "very special" match among the promotion matches.

While the original promotion matches were played among players from the same country, the TOP 100 matches were selected by the system from among 100 players worldwide.

Once a month.

The TOP 100 promotion matches held on the 25th boasted an incredible viewership as the attention of the world was focused on the game.

Was Bronze League the first to be broadcasted?

-Yes, I always skipped and watched the TOP 100 Silver promotion matches, but I have to watch this one.

-Wow... how rare is it for someone from our country to participate in the TOP 100 promotion matches?

-It's been four years. LOL.

-Four years? LOL. Is this a true story about K-Battle.net's level?

-By the way, isn't participating in the TOP 100 promotion matches a guarantee for promotion?

-Yes, just participating in the TOP 100 guarantees promotion.

Unlike other regular promotion matches, participating in the TOP 100 promotion matches guaranteed promotion.

However, the matches were played on a survival map where the game didn't end until only one person remained, unlike the usual Battle.net matches where the game ended when half of the players survived.

To clearly determine the rankings from 1st to 100th.

[Would you like to participate in the TOP 100 promotion matches?]

"I will participate."

As Sung JiHan made the decision to participate, he thought to himself.

"The time has finally come to complete the epic quest."

Since the promotion match map was also a survival map, it would be designated as the Colosseum.

Sung JiHan had made up his mind to clear the epic quest of receiving recognition from the Shadow Queen in the promotion match that garnered worldwide attention.

"To do that, I'll have to learn the Nameless Martial Arts."

Now that he had reached level 25, once he raised his stats and reached a strength of 30, he would meet the conditions to learn the Nameless Martial Arts.

"Finally..."

With a smile on his lips, Sung JiHan logged out to make his final preparations.

Now, it was time to register the Nameless Martial Arts in his skill window.