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The Martial God Who Regressed to Level 2

[Translator – SCM]

[Proofreader –  ilafy]

Chapter 267

'Artmu is also participating?' Artmu, the dwarf-origin player who called himself the universe’s top blacksmith, had been brainwashed in the last inter-League game by the blueblood demons and suicide-bombed JiHan. Shortly after that, Artmu had sent him a message…

- I'm sorry about last time. Are you, by any chance, interested in buying any equipment? I'll sell things to you at a special price.

Artmu had asked him if he was interested in buying anything. At first, JiHan was curious because he’d be receiving a discount.

- The damage I suffered from that suicide mode was too severe.

- It happened inside a game. Haven’t you recovered?

- It was a suicide attack that happened while I was being mind-controlled, so there are many items I lost… I’ll need to get those items back to get up and running again.

- So what do you want?

- Could you invest some GP in my smithy?

Even though Artmu had carried out a suicide attack on him, he was asking for an investment. Of course, JiHan was willing to invest a bit to keep a friendly relationship with such a good blacksmith.

- Oh. You can invest? Then… how about 100 billion GP?

- I don't have that kind of money.

- How about 99 billion GP?

- Forget it.

Artmu just kept requesting huge amounts, so JiHan completely lost interest in investing and stopped answering his messages.

- Okay, then… how about 50 billion GP?

Still, Artmu sent messages every day while reducing the request.

- Okay! 30 billion. How about 30 billion GP? To use the voucher you received, you need the forge to be fully operational, don't you agree? If you invest, I will also give you a 10% discount voucher to use in the smithy that lasts for 100 years!

JiHan hadn't been answering so far, but he finally sent a message back for the sake of his epic quest. 'I should ask him how he got into the Hall of Fame.'

- Artmu, how did you get into the Hall of Fame?

- You've finally answered… The Hall of Fame? Me? Where?

- In the current ''Planet Pioneer'' competition.

- Ah~ That map? Did I get into the Hall of Fame? I only did colonization… Wait a moment.

After a brief silence, Artmu made a sales offer.

- Would you like to buy a [22nd-Generation Dwarf Bio-robot]? It should help with colonization. I can sell you them for a billion GP each.

- Is it useful?

- It's an older model, but it was quite useful for 'Planet Pioneer'. Your species, just like mine, is among the lowest-ranked. The older model should be more helpful.

Artmu continued to participate in Battle Net to help his species evolve, and it seemed that he was trying to take this chance to clear out old robots.

JiHan saw through his intentions, but… 'Clearing the epic quest is more important.' Rather than GP, he needed to upgrade his Martial Soul.

- Give me 10 for now.

- Okay. I'll package the robots and transfer them to you. It will take about an hour. I'll open a trade window once they’re ready!

The message window disappeared.

'I should proceed with the game in the meantime.' JiHan looked around. The mission to complete a colony was shared with all players.

"So… what should we do?" someone asked.

"I don't know. It says we should build a colony, but how do we do that?"

"Are we supposed to build it by ourselves…?"

Everyone was confused. Battle Net was originally a combat system, after all; they had never been asked to build something.

[Gather ‘Planet Points’ and build your base camp!]

[‘Planet Points’ are acquired by killing indigenous life forms on the planet or acquiring valuable items.]

[The ‘First Guild's’ 'Leader' has the authority to use ‘Planet Points’.]

[* Attention: If the leader of the ‘First Guild’ dies, the species will be immediately disqualified from ‘Planet Pioneer'.]

"Let's start by gathering ‘Planet Points’,” JiHan said. “The leaders of each guild, please return to your original guilds and scout the area."

"Understood."

"I'll be going north. There seems to be something huge over there, so I’ll get us some points."

The human players looked at each other. ‘'Planet Pioneer'’ would end if their leader died. Normally, it made sense that the leader should be in the safest place, but…

'Who could beat JiHan?'

'If an enemy capable of catching him appears, wouldn't the game be over anyway?'

They knew how transcendent JiHan's strength was, so they didn’t even think of trying to stop him.

"Good luck, Uncle~” Sae-ah said. “Earn a lot of points~"

"Okay. You stay here and scout."

"Yes. I'm going to enter the top 10!"

"Brother-in-law,” JiHan said to Sae-jin, “while I'm away, take care of the members of the Bloom Guild."

"Okay, take care."

Other than the leaders of the other guilds, six players belonged purely to the Bloom Guild: Sung JiHan, Yoon Sae-jin, Yoon Sae-ah, Akari, Diego Massid, and Sofia.

"JiHan~ Does this mean you've officially accepted me into the Bloom Guild?" Sofia asked.

"No. It's just that we need a Support." Originally, GaYeong should have participated, but her level was significantly lower compared to the others, and they specifically needed someone with the Support class.

Sofia smiled and looked to the side. "Just take me with you. America First gave up on me~ Right? Mr. Sung?"

Oliver made a kind smile and said, "Sofia's an excellent Support, but we’ll let you have her if you want, Mr. Sung. Feel free to take her with you.”

"I’ll think about it,” JiHan said. “Okay, I'll be off!"

"Oh, a positive answer! JiHan~ Before you go, I'll give you a buff!" Sofia exclaimed.

Flash—!

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JiHan didn’t react at first as a light flashed around him from her buff, but just before fading, the light flared up again, and his eyes widened in surprise. 'The buff… works…?' Support buffs had been ineffective on him ever since he received Martial Soul.

Instead, he'd been fortifying his body with the void. Although it wasn't 100% effective, Sofia's buff certainly strengthened him. "Did you use ‘Holy Fire’ to cast this buff?" he asked.

"Yes, that's right!” Sofia replied. “It uses a lot of Divine Power… but I made an exception! Hehe."

"It’s great."

Sofia's eyes widened in surprise. Soon, her lips formed a smile. "I never thought you’d praise my buffs… receiving the technique from a constellation was well worth it!"

"Then, I'm off to test the effects of the buff," JiHan said.

Swoosh—!

JiHan headed north with the Holy Fire buff and soon encountered a giant centipede blocking his path. 'Let's earn some points.'

Swoosh—

Eclipse emerged from JiHan’s left hand, and he swung it in a vertical line.

Tsss—!

The giant centipede fell into two halves from that single stroke, and a large swarm of ants burst forth from beneath its collapsed body and began to devour the corpse.

'This is great.' JiHan took his Phoenix Flag out and threw it into the sky.

Combined Origin Divine Arts Heavenly Lightning Technique: Heavenly God's Judgment.

Portals appeared in the sky, from which giant spears of red lightning struck down and annihilated the swarming ants and other hidden creatures in the sand.

[You've earned 1,121 ‘Planet Points’.]

[You can build a ‘Base Camp’.]

He earned enough points to build the camp in just a single encounter.

- This looks closer to a massacre than it does a planet colonization, lol.

- Didn't only one spear appear from the portals before? When did it get upgraded to five?

- You're right… JiHan keeps getting stronger…

- It seems that, usually, the leader's supposed to be protected, but he's wiping everything out by himself, lol.

- Protect? Who's going to protect who? Lol. It’ll be a miracle if the other 499 don’t end up holding him back.

- It’s great to watch him while being on his side. So this is what 'comfort' feels like…

The viewers praised him, but JiHan gave the ground a dissatisfied look. 'Even with the buff, five is the limit. There's still a huge gap between me and the Wandering Martial God.'

The Wandering Martial God’s power he’d seen during the invasion of the Thunder God’s Divine Throne was a realm he simply couldn’t reach yet. Though the technique he’d seen back then hadn’t used red lightning, it still contained many more spears.

'I still have a long way to go.' He was ranked 1st among humanity, but the difference between him and the Wandering Martial God was as vast as the distance between the sky and the ground.

'I should try to push it up to six spears.' Even though he’d earned enough to build the base camp, he continued to practice against the enemies.

[You've earned 1,006 ‘Planet Points’.]

[You've earned 1,377 ‘Planet Points’.]

[You've entered the territory of a rival species, 'Birdmen'.]

At last, he ran into another of humanity’s rivals in the Space League—the birdmen.

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As their name implied, the birdmen were a species of humanoids with bird heads and wings; they were regularly at the bottom of the scoreboard with the urks and humans before JiHan’s regression because they were weaker than urks and dumber than humans.

The only reason the birdmen hadn’t been demoted was due to their useful ability to fly at incredibly high speeds. Using that, they always picked maps that suited their high-speed flight and stacked up victories against otherwise superior enemies.

Humanity had also lost several matches before JiHan regressed. He continued forward as he recalled the past, and a few flying birdmen spotted him.

"A human…"

"Are they the 4th-ranked species?"

"They don't seem that strong."

"You’re basing that off of appearance? Are you going to get fooled by appearances after what happened against the elves?" Apparently, the birdmen had encountered the elves before, so they kept their guard up as they observed JiHan.

'Having them around is annoying, so I should take care of them first,' JiHan thought. Just when he was about to eliminate them, a system message appeared.

[*Warning: Planet Pioneer’s protection period is in effect.]

[During the protection period, invading another species' territory will trigger a strong debuff. At the same time, a 'protection' buff will be granted to the invaded species.]

[The protection period lasts 3 days from the start of the competition.]

Of course, the system was in place to stop players from abusing game mechanics.

"Kiik! Kiik!"

"A protection period?" JiHan murmured. 

Realizing they had protection, the birdmen started to mock him. "You’re a wingless, unsightly, lowly species!"

"You guys can't do this, right? Let's start!"

The birdmen started peeing toward JiHan, completely confident that they were in a win-win situation—they would either humiliate the enemy or goad him into attacking and receiving a debuff that they could use to easily kill him.

"Hihi. Hihihi! Urine fire!"

"Refreshing~!"

"As vulgar as always," JiHan muttered. The moment he finished speaking, the flying birdmen burst into fire. "You guys should just stay at the bottom."

"Kiik…?"

Unfortunately for the birdmen, they had chosen the wrong opponent.

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