The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

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"I have 200,000 achievement points."

Sung JiHan, the "Wandering God," felt fortunate to have collected the gift at a time like this.

Currently, Sung JiHan's achievement points had accumulated to a staggering 201,200.

"For now, let's upgrade the store."

The achievement store was at level 5.

Since there were no items to buy immediately, Sung JiHan decided to start with an upgrade that cost 100,000 points.

However,

"To upgrade the achievement store, the status window expansion and inventory expansion items must be upgraded to level 2."

The two items that Sung JiHan hadn't upgraded because they didn't seem useful until now.

Upon seeing the message that the store upgrade was only possible after upgrading these two items, Sung JiHan furrowed his brow.

The status window was already full after receiving the Gyeomyeong stat, so it was fine to upgrade it, but inventory expansion seemed a bit wasteful...

"I guess there's no choice."

Thinking that these were items that would eventually need to be upgraded, Sung JiHan upgraded the two items first and then proceeded with the store upgrade.

In an instant, 120,000 points disappeared.

"The achievement store has reached level 6."

"The 'gift slot addition' item has been added."

"The 'random box of the month' item has been added."

"...Random box?"

Sung JiHan had expected the possibility of the 'gift slot addition' item to appear to some extent.

However, the 'random box of the month' item was unexpected.

Sung JiHan opened the upgraded achievement store.

[Achievement Store Level 6]

-Achievement Store Upgrade: 250,000P

-Status Window Expansion Level 2: 50,000P

-Class Slot Addition Level 2: 50,000P

-Inventory Expansion Level 2: 50,000P

-Title Slot Addition Level 2: 50,000P

-Emergency Recovery (Item): 10,000P

-Sung JiHan Slot Addition Level 1: 50,000P

-Gift Slot Addition Level 1: 50,000P

-Random Box of the Month (Increased chance of gift appearance): 30,000P

The list of items had become much longer compared to when the achievement store was first opened.

"Store upgrades will be difficult for a while."

Since the cost of store upgrades was now 250,000 points, Sung JiHan couldn't afford it for the time being.

"As for the Sung JiHan or gift slots... I don't really need them right now."

There was no need to increase something that wasn't even filled to begin with.

Looking at it this way, the achievement store didn't seem to have many items worth buying.

However, Sung JiHan paid attention to the class slot addition and random box.

"Now that I've reached Silver, I should gradually unlock my original class, Warrior."

Of course, it wasn't because he lacked strength that he wanted to unlock the Warrior class.

Since the basic class could evolve one step higher from the Silver League, he was considering the evolution of the Warrior class.

"I might not be able to obtain the previous job, Muyeong, but..."

Muyeong, the third evolution special class of the Warrior.

It was a special class that could be obtained thanks to the care of Sung JiHan, the "Wandering God," so it was difficult to obtain Muyeong after he left.

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"Well, if I can get something better, then it's fine."

Since things have changed from the past, there was no need to cling onto the Mute class.

"[Additional Class Slot LV.2 has been purchased.]"

"[Achievement points will be deducted by 50,000P.]"

Sung JiHan pressed the newly added third class slot.

"You can change to the basic class."

"The classes available for change are as follows:"

-Warrior

-Archer

"Would you like to select a class?"

Without hesitation, Sung JiHan chose Warrior, and now his class slots increased to three.

Warrior, Mage, Supporter. He now possessed all three professions.

"If I add Archer here, I will have obtained all the classes...."

If he were to obtain all the classes, would they just occupy the slots?

Or would something change?

"I want to experiment, but... it requires too many achievement points."

Class Slot Addition LV.3.

This required 250,000 achievement points, similar to upgrading the achievement store.

Since the numerical value was too high to use for experimentation, any lingering attachment disappeared cleanly.

Sung JiHan looked at the newly added "Random Box of the Month" item.

"A random box that increases the appearance rate of gifts...."

After being taken away by the God of Misfortune, the gift was in a state of emptiness.

Although he could obtain points by clearing special achievements, he couldn't leave it empty forever.

"A quote that can't be resisted."

Since he had 31,200 achievement points left, Sung JiHan decided to try drawing the random box once.

"The Random Box of the Month has been purchased."

"The special benefit for August is 'Increased appearance rate of gifts.'"

A golden gift box shone on Sung JiHan's hand.

"The random box will be opened...."

Rumble-

The lid of the box opened immediately, and a tremendous light burst out.

A spectacle of light filled the room.

One of the opening effects was truly magnificent.

I wonder what good thing will come out.

As he watched quietly,

"Hmm... what is this?"

The light coming out of the box started to turn black.

Just as he was about to furrow his brows, thinking it might be a failure,

A system message appeared.

"The power of the Holy See is imbued in the random box."

At the same time,

Swoosh-

Suddenly, Ariae popped out of Sung JiHan's left arm.

"...The main body?"

The only existence she would call the main body is the Holy See, the 'Shadow Queen.'

Indeed, the dark energy emanating from the random box had transformed similar to the power of shadows.

[Sung JiHan pays a hefty price to replace the contents of the random box.]

[Gift 'Agility A' is replaced with 'Shadow of the Moon.']

"Shadow of the Moon?"

"What? Is the main body... insane?"

Arielle responded with disbelief.

Why would there be such a reaction to a gift?

Sung JiHan pressed the gift.

[Gift - Shadow of the Moon (Grade SS)

- Ability of the 'Shadow Queen' Sung JiHan.

- Expands the area of shadow domination, plundering and absorbing enemy shadows.

- The absorbed shadows are used to complete the Shadow Eclipse.

- When the Shadow Queen is placed behind the Sung JiHan, the grade of the gift increases by 1 level.

"Expanding the shadow area, absorbing shadows... Is that a good thing?"

When Sung JiHan asked with a deep voice, Arielle, who had not shown much emotion until now, opened her eyes wide.

"Of course! The Shadow of the Moon is the ability that laid the foundation for the Shadow Queen to become the Sung JiHan!"

"Oh. So the Shadow Queen didn't become the Sung JiHan from birth, but rather ascended to the Sung JiHan? How did that happen?"

"That's obvious... ---------."

Although Arielle was excitedly saying something,

Sung JiHan could only hear a buzzing sound.

It seemed that Arielle, who was speaking, was the same, as her expression quickly regained composure.

"Ah. This was a tutorial."

"You can't hear it in the tutorial state?"

"Yeah. Probably... You won't be able to hear it even after the tutorial ends."

Arielle remained silent on this topic.

Instead, she explained the advantages of the gift to Sung JiHan.

"If you accept the Shadow of the Moon, you can subdue enemies and gain the Dark Energy stat."

"Is that the ability to absorb shadows?"

"Yes. And if the shadow area expands, my range of activity will increase."

Sung JiHan fell into deep thought for a moment.

If he didn't accept this gift now, he could still achieve special achievements without the gift.

However, the growth of the new stat, Dark Energy, would slow down.

"But I can't invest stat points in Dark Energy, which is not enough to raise the stat."

Although the achievement points were valuable, if he wanted to grow the Shadow Eclipse, it was right to accept it.

"Why are you giving me something so amazing like the Shadow of the Moon?"

"By any means necessary, it seems you want to become my Sung JiHan. Why would the main body go to such lengths for a lowly race like this..."

If he accepted the Shadow of the Moon, he would have no choice but to choose the Shadow Queen as the Sung JiHan in order to upgrade it.

The enormous price the Shadow Queen had paid to the system was unknown, but she was willing to endure it in order to claim Sung JiHan as a player.

"If there was no achievement store, I would have hesitated."

If there was only one slot, he would have thought more about receiving the gift from the Shadow Queen.

But since he could increase both the Sung JiHan and Gift slots, it didn't matter.

[Will you accept the gift?]

"Yes."

Sung JiHan decided to accept the favor of the Shadow Queen.

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"...You want me to go to that guild?"

123rd floor of the American First Guild Building in New York, Robert Gates' office.

A middle-aged man with white hair adjusted his glasses and showed Barun a video.

It was a promotional video for the recently released Guild of the Air.

"Yes. We plan to pay 5 million GP per month."

Robert, who failed to buy the secret of the Guild with 100 million GP, instead planned to lease Barun, the guild's most promising rookie.

The price they called for was 5 million GP.

It wasn't a small price, but Robert willingly paid the GP.

"What? 5 million GP? Are you crazy? Do you have money to spare?"

"Yes. I have enough."

"Ha. I don't want to go."

Even with Robert Gates' persuasion as the owner, Barun expressed his dissatisfaction without hesitation.

This was something that wouldn't normally happen.

Robert Gates was someone who didn't pay much attention to his rudeness.

In the end, what mattered in the BattleNet industry was ability.

Even though Barun had lost his position as the world's top promising rookie, he still deserved respect from the owner.

"I don't have any intention of moving the league to Korea."

"There's no need to move. The Guild of the Air is not tied to any country, so you can participate in the league anywhere after joining."

"...Even if I don't know for sure if my stats will increase, you want me to give up the All-Stat buff and join that guild?"

"The All-Stat buff corresponds to +5 in Silver. Isn't that enough even without it?"

"Well, that's true... But why do I have to go all the way to that country? Can't American First create a nurturing guild like that?"

"I've already created several for experimental purposes."

It cost 10 million GP to establish a guild, but for the Gates family, that amount of expenditure was trivial.

"I've even created second, third, and fourth teams to test it. But no matter how I combine those numbers, I couldn't achieve those results."

"Ugh... Whatever you say, I won't go. I can't trust that guild until I see their growth results with my own eyes."

Barun firmly refused to join the Guild of the Air.

Robert saw in him an irrational stubbornness.

"Maybe it's because of his miserable defeat against Sung JiHan."

He had boasted of being the world's top promising rookie, but now he was showing such inferiority.

Robert skillfully hid his contempt for Barun and instead smiled faintly.

"...I understand. I went too far. Then I'll look for another promising rookie."

"Fine. I hope you don't bother me with such useless things in the future."

Bang!

As Barun closed the office door forcefully and left, Robert raised an eyebrow.

Even when given an opportunity, he rejected it.

It was frustrating to think that he had to make such a person the face of the guild.

"Then who should I send?"

Who would be the most beneficial for the guild?

While Robert was contemplating for a moment.

A message for BattleTube channel subscribers appeared on the monitor he had left on.

[Sung JiHan is starting a broadcast.]

It was September 1st, and Sung JiHan, who had been transferred to the Silver League, started playing the game.

Robert put aside his thoughts about promising rookies and focused on Sung JiHan's broadcast.

[Silver League - Welcome to Gangnam Area.]

[This mission is Invade.]

An Invade mission that was playable from the Silver League onwards.

It was Sung JiHan's first mission that started right on September 1st.