The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2

[Translator - Asura]

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Side Story 48

"You want to come to our world for good?"

"Yes."

Seong Jihan tilted his head at Yoon Seah's words.

"I understand for a short while... but won't it be uncomfortable? With the same person existing in one world."

"I'm fine with it. But if it really bothers you... we can change our appearance."

"Change your appearance?"

"Yes."

As Yoon Seah said this, she touched her ears.

Swish...

A green light flickered there and her ears protruded slightly.

Seong Jihan's expression hardened at the size of the ears, which looked like something between an elf and a human.

"...What's this?"

"This child had a lot of life energy, so I taught her some training methods... and physical changes occurred. So I was considering whether to continue the training."

Ah.

So while he was training in the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, Dongbang Sak was teaching Yoon Seah outside.

"Ah. The life energy Seah possesses is the eternity that the World Tree Elves have."

"I thought it seemed familiar... So that's why her ears came out like an elf's."

"By World Tree Elves... do you mean the terrifying race that's dominating the upper ranks in the Space League?"

World Tree Elves, called a terrifying race by Yoon Seah.

Well, in this world, unlike reality, it would be the time when they dominated the upper ranks and executed human players.

It made sense that the image of World Tree Elves would be imprinted like that.

"The World Tree Elves are finished in our world."

"Finished...?"

"Yeah. They're as good as extinct."

Since Urd had absorbed all the World Tree Elves.

There might be elf-like races, but no World Tree Elves.

Hearing this, Yoon Seah showed curiosity.

"Then... it would be okay to become like a World Tree Elf, right?"

"Not a World Tree Elf. Even if they're gone, they're still enemies to humanity. If you really want to be in reality... I'll change you into something other than an elf."

"Ah. I see..."

"Is there a reason you want to live here so badly?"

At Seong Jihan's question, Yoon Seah stared at him.

"Uncle... you won't be in this world, right?"

"Me?"

"Yes. If uncle returns to uncle's reality, you won't be here anymore, right?"

Seong Jihan fell into thought at those words.

'The other Taiji's Lost Souls will live on their own once their worlds are built, but...'

This world was the first round, before Seong Jihan regressed.

Because it was a stage and world for him,

Once Seong Jihan left, there would be no one to replace him.

"Because I won't be here... you want to come to reality because of me?"

"Yes."

Yoon Seah nodded immediately to that question.

She seemed to have made up her mind firmly.

To abandon her own world and follow him because of her uncle.

'...Well, it's not like it's a world with good memories.'

It wasn't long ago that she was being lynched by the Sword King's family, and her father died like that too.

It wouldn't be strange if she lost affection for this world.

As Seong Jihan pondered how to handle this situation,

"...Jihan. It seems she's depending on you a lot because she's in shock right now. So let's finish all your business first and think about it slowly."

Seong Jiah helped organize the situation, suggesting they deal with urgent matters first.

"Are you okay with this, sis?"

"I'm fine. I was thinking of taking my daughter to the Void Faction, but Earth is... much better."

"Okay. Then let's go back for now."

They should go to reality for now.

Having reached that conclusion, Seong Jihan looked at Dongbang Sak.

"Master, please come with us too."

"Me too? Good. I hope things go well so I can have a duel with Jiang Shang later."

Dongbang Sak, true to his martial artist nature, looked forward to a duel with another self.

Thinking this was just like him, Seong Jihan,

Swoosh!

Slashed the air with his sword.

Then,

Fwoosh...!

Light traced a trajectory and soon a crack appeared, tearing space.

"Let's go in."

"Yes!"

Yoon Seah jumped into the crack without hesitation.

"Aiyoo. Why is she in such a hurry... Let's go together!"

Seong Jiah quickly followed, and Dongbang Sak also followed, stroking his beard.

As the three of them,

Became 'materialized' through the crack of light and advanced to reality,

Seong Jihan looked at the mission world where only the bottom of the Abyss remained.

'I'll leave it like this for now.'

Even though Yoon Seah said this now,

Her thoughts could be changed when she actually meets herself.

Seong Jihan decided to leave this world without ending it,

And he too entered the crack of light.

Then,

Fwoosh...!

As light exploded, they immediately entered the real world.

"This is..."

And the space they soon arrived at was,

"An officetel in the Sword Palace building."

It was the house inside the Sword Palace building where Seong Jihan had briefly stayed when he was living as 'Kim Jihoon'.

* * *

"Is this reality... the world where uncle lives?"

Yoon Seah looked around the officetel curiously.

The interior of the house was desolate, hardly looking like someone lived there.

Only a bed, TV, and computer were visible.

The rest was almost completely empty.

"It's a house I stayed in briefly. There were a lot of incidents in this world too."

The time when it was a colony of World Tree Elves.

The house where Seong Jihan lived briefly, disguised as 'Kim Jihun'.

After everything ended, he lived in the penthouse again, so,

This house was in a neglected state.

"But it should be fine to live here for a while. I'll wrap things up with Jiang Shang quickly and come back. Rest for now."

"Okay... But how long will it take?"

"Well... I don't think it'll be over in a day."

Although he knew where Jiang Shang was, so getting there wouldn't take long,

It was hard to give a definite answer on how long it would take to deal with his Infinite.

Then,

"Can we go shopping here? I've been feeling hungry since returning to a human body..."

Seong Jiah, who had just returned to being human from a statue, said while scratching her cheek.

Yoon Seah didn't feel hunger due to possessing eternity, even after a long wait.

Rather, did Seong Jiah start feeling hunger after becoming human from a statue?

"Sure. Then I'll change it so people recognize you as a normal person, not as my sister."

Snap.

As Seong Jihan snapped his fingers,

A pure white light flashed briefly on Yoon Seah and Seong Jiah's faces.

"I used it on you too, Seah, so you can go around anywhere."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"But Jihan... we don't have any money here..."

"Ah. Wait."

Money.

Seong Jihan, who had only been sitting on the sofa recently and hadn't 'consumed' anything at all,

Faced with this practical problem, he pondered for a moment on how to solve it.

'Ah. That'll work.'

He quickly found a solution.

"Sis. Wait a moment. I'll borrow a card from you."

"...From me?"

"Yeah."

As he said this, Seong Jihan became light and jumped to the ceiling,

Then stood in front of Seong Jiah who was watching TV in the living room.

"Oh my, Jihan. Where have you been? Your BattleTube wasn't working either."

"A lot happened... I'll explain later. More importantly, sis. Your card, please."

"Huh? Card?"

"Yeah. I have an urgent need for it."

Her brother, who had disappeared for a while and just returned,

Was suddenly asking to borrow her card, Seong Jiah was dumbfounded.

"Oh. Oh... Okay. I got it."

She quickly went to the dining table and took out a card from her wallet.

"But aren't you a free pass? People don't charge you money."

"It's not for me to use."

"Huh? Then who..."

"You'll use it, sis."

She would use it?

What was he talking about?

As Seong Jiah looked at Seong Jihan as if this was absurd,

"Ah... I'll explain everything after I finish this urgent business."

"Oh. Okay..."

Flash!

Seong Jihan returned to the officetel.

'This feels like... managing two households.'

Borrowing a card from his sister in reality to give to another sister.

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It was kind of messed up.

Seong Jihan handed the card to Seong Jiah in the officetel with a bitter smile.

"I got it from sis. Use it freely."

"...Ah. From me upstairs?"

"Yeah. I agreed to explain the details later, so rest with Seah. Just don't go to the penthouse. It would be troublesome if you two met."

"Okay. I will."

As Seong Jiah nodded while looking at the card with a strange expression,

Seong Jihan looked at Dongbang Sak.

"And master..."

"Can I go with you when you meet Jiang Shang? I'd like to see how it goes with the real Infinite, not my fake 'Infinite'."

The Infinite he had broken in the mission world was a fake that couldn't perfectly copy the real one.

How would Seong Jihan's sword clash with the real Infinite?

Dongbang Sak seemed to have activated his martial artist's curiosity.

"Alright. Let's go together."

"Thank you."

Having decided to accompany Dongbang Sak, Seong Jihan opened a portal.

"Uncle."

"Yes?"

"Let's all see each other when you're done with your business~"

A tone that believed without doubt that Seong Jihan would win.

He chuckled and nodded.

"Sure. Rest well."

"Okay~"

With Yoon Seah's send-off behind him,

Seong Jihan entered the portal with Dongbang Sak.

And as he stepped into the portal,

'But all together...'

Suddenly, Yoon Seah's words bothered him, but,

'...She must mean together with sis, right?'

Seong Jihan tried to think that way,

And entered the space beyond the portal. @@novelbin@@

* * *

The space where Jiang Shang was staying.

The moment Seong Jihan and Dongbang Sak entered there,

"This doesn't look good at all."

They clearly felt the vast space converging into a single point.

"Is this the power of the real Infinite..."

Infinite, which returned everything to nothingness.

Although Jiang Shang said he would try to stop Infinite's rampage,

The situation didn't look good at all.

If a solution hadn't been created in the Martial God's Tower this time,

The world might have all been sucked into a single point due to Infinite's rampage.

"Let's go over there."

"Let's do that."

As they went to the place where such strong centripetal force was felt that it distorted space,

There, Jiang Shang was tightly gripping Infinite with a tired face.

"Ah. Son-in-law... you've come?"

Raising his head as if he sensed Seong Jihan's energy,

"You are..."

Seeing Dongbang Sak beside him, his eyes widened.

"Dongbang Sak."

"Hooh... I see. Another me."

Seeing Dongbang Sak, Jiang Shang showed deep curiosity,

And slowly opened his mouth.

"Did my son-in-law revive him? If it's me, he's trustworthy... Good. Dongbang Sak. Shall we devise a solution for this together?"

If it was another him, he must be a genius in nothingness like himself.

Jiang Shang proposed to put their heads together to solve Infinite's rampage.

But Dongbang Sak shook his head.

"He has already prepared a solution."

"My son-in-law?"

"That's right."

At this, Jiang Shang looked at Seong Jihan as if he couldn't believe it.

However,

Swish...

As Infinite formed in Seong Jihan's hand,

And light covered its edges, his eyes changed.

"That sword is... Infinite. And it contains the Transcendent."

As soon as he saw Seong Jihan's sword, Jiang Shang grasped it at a glance,

His eyes filled with a strange light.

"How did my son-in-law create such a sword..."

"I prepared the solution. So."

Swish.

Seong Jihan extended the tip of his sword towards Jiang Shang.

"I will break Infinite and become the Martial God."

"...Aren't you already the Martial God?"

"Only nominally. Both the Emperor and I... Don't we think that the true Martial God of this world is... you, Jiang Shang?"

Swish.

At those words, Jiang Shang remained silent for a moment,

Then slowly stroked his beard.

"I hold you in high regard. That's why I tried to match you with my most beloved daughter somehow."

"That's right."

"And I also highly value your talent. The ability to handle light, the ability to use Blue. And on top of that, your outstanding martial talent that mastered Unity in a short time... You are a being superior to me."

"..."

"However."

Swish.

"When it comes to nothingness... you are below me."

Jiang Shang drew a clear line when it came to nothingness,

And slowly raised Infinite.

"If Martial God simply refers to the pinnacle of martial arts... Yes. I would be the Martial God."

Nominally, Seong Jihan was the Martial God, but,

The hierarchy of nothingness was already divided in their hearts.

When Jiang Shang declared that if the real nothingness determined the Martial God, it would be himself,

Seong Jihan smiled.

"Yes. Until now, that was true."

"Until now... Until now!"

Laughing heartily at Seong Jihan's words, Jiang Shang,

"Good. Then break Infinite. Seong Jihan."

With a face more joyful than ever before,

"Then I will... acknowledge you as the true Martial God."

He welcomed the challenger.

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