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The Martial God Who Regressed to Level 2
[Translator – SCM]
[Proofreader – ilafy]
Chapter 274
A few moments prior…
'As expected of someone who's at the level of a constellation. He’s certainly strong, and I’ll end up losing at this rate.' JiHan thought about how he could turn the situation in his favor as the ancient elf was overwhelming him. All sorts of techniques flashed through his mind.
'I'm going to use Celestial Tree's Descent.' He'd figured something out about the technique after fighting against the high elves. Red lightning didn't work on the ancient elf, and the other God-killing Techniques weren't suitable for the situation.
'Even if it costs all my Life Energy, I need to use it.' The Celestial Tree's Descent would drain the Life Energy inside him to make chains. He was planning to do all he could to counter the ancient elf, though, and just when he was about to activate the technique, he saw he could apply it to an unexpected place in his body.
'Hmm…?' Normally, Celestial Tree's Descent would activate by destroying the Life Energy inside him. For some reason, though, it began to sprout from his red lightning.
'The red lightning included in my stat is fine. It's just the portion I couldn't absorb…' That strength, which had annoyed him because it was moving in a strange way, began to flow more intensely since he was in a dangerous situation.
'As expected, did the Thunder God play a trick?' There was no way he would have just handed over such immense energy. JiHan recalled when he used Celestial Tree's Descent against the golems. Back then, he used it to replicate the elves' regenerative abilities, but as the energy plummeted, the golem's body became a chain.
'I should use it here.' The situation turned out for the better. The red lightning inside his body had been bothering him, so he decided to use it as fuel for Celestial Tree's Descent and get rid of it. After making up his mind, JiHan began preparing to use the God-killing Technique.
“It… it's disappearing. My… My power…!” the Thunder God screamed after JiHan managed to create chains from the red lion.
"Using you as a fuel is much better than using my Life Energy. I wonder why," JiHan mused.
“Ugh… What are you talking about…?! H-how could you destroy my power like this?”
"I'm not sure."
Swoosh—!
The red lion disappeared, and the chains of red lightning flew toward the ancient elf. When the lion vanished, the residual red lightning inside JiHan also emerged as chains and bound the ancient elf—Celestial Tree's Descent had completely transformed the Thunder God's energy.
“P-please, stop! Spare my life! I… I will become your servant!” the Thunder God begged.
"Use honorifics," JiHan said.
“What…?”
"If you're thinking of becoming my servant, you should use honorifics to refer to me. You said so earlier, don't you remember?"
BZZT—!
The red lightning remnants within JiHan surged, but only for a brief moment. “P-please… Spare my life. I will become your servant!” The red lion, who had escaped from being the combined Thunder God to save his life, couldn't let go of his desire to live.
JiHan smirked and activated Celestial Tree's Descent more intensely than before. "To think you'd really fall so low. How did someone like you even become a god? I don't need a servant like you."
“Y-you bastard…! I will kill you, I will definitely kill you…!”
"Go ahead."
Swoosh—!
The red lightning chains sprang out even faster than before. Soon enough, the ancient elf was completely bound by them. His half-mask tried to absorb the energy, but…
BZZT—!
Unlike before, the surface of the mask emitted a bright light filled with red lightning. "I can't believe it. How did you transform a god and turn him into Yggdrasil's Roots…?"
"Yggdrasil's Roots? What's that?" JiHan asked.
"You trapped me with them and dare to ask me what they are…?"
"I really don't know."
Crack—!
The red chains tightened around the ancient elf. Somehow, the being was enduring. His flesh kept burning and regenerating, but that only lasted for a moment.
'Oh. This is…' A huge amount of Life Energy was absorbed through the red lightning chains and began flowing into JiHan. Did Celestial Tree's Descent also have the function of absorbing power?
'Just what is this technique?' Not only did it have the elves' regenerative abilities, but it could also transform Life Energy into chains and bind an opponent. Was it because it was the last God-killing Technique? It was quite complex.
'Anyway, being able to absorb Life Energy is useful.' Celestial Tree's Descent hadn't been able to fully absorb the power of an opponent comparable to a constellation, but just being able to absorb part of it was already of great help.
Crack! Crack—!
As JiHan kept absorbing the Life Energy, the ancient elf was unable to endure any longer and started to explode.
"So this is the limit…?" In the end, all that remained of the ancient elf was his head.
"I admit defeat,” the ancient elf said, “so retract your power."
"What…?"
"Release the chains. We’ll overlook this incident." The ancient elf, only a head, calmly asked KiHan to release him.
- ??
- What is he talking about?
- Has he lost his mind?
- He was saying he would take JiHan away and is now asking him to release him? Lol.
The viewers couldn’t believe it. After all, just a few minutes prior, he was talking about conducting experiments on JiHan.
The ancient elf remained confident. "I don't care about dying. I have been humiliated by someone from a lowly species. Once I return, I plan to pass on the mask to my successor and die."
"Ah, is that so?" JiHan asked.
"However, if this mask breaks… Even you will find it difficult to deal with the aftermath."
"It’s already almost shattered, isn’t it?" Submerged in red lightning, the half-mask had almost completely cracked. 'A huge amount of the void’s power is coming out of the cracks.' JiHan felt that the ancient elf’s warning wasn’t an empty threat. If the mask broke, it would probably cause an even bigger catastrophe.
'I can't let him go.'
Swoosh—!
Celestial Tree's Descent's chains slowly surrounded the ancient elf’s head. "You're inviting death upon yourself," the elf said.
"I can't help but be curious about what will happen if it breaks. Also, I need to kill a constellation at least once."
"Kill a constellation…? Ha. Haha. To think you would cling to such trivial things. You truly are someone from a lowly species… Then, go on ahead." The ancient elf sneered at him.
JiHan nodded and tightened the chains.
Ziiinnnggg—-!
The mask turned dark and then exploded.
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Paf—!
The chains were pushed away, and a purple vortex appeared in their place as the void spread over the area.
= Th-the screen went dark!
= Is it because the opponent's mask was destroyed?
= Sung JiHan… I wonder if he's safe…!
The viewscreen was dyed purple for both the commentators and the viewers on JiHan’s personal channel, making it impossible for them to see what was happening.
'There was this much void hidden inside such a small half-mask?' JiHan felt excited when he saw the void spreading out. The world’s sky, ground, and sea were all instantly taken over by the purple void and melted down.
The world seemed to vanish in the blink of an eye. The void sealed inside the half mask was condensed enough for the ancient elf to make such a warning to him.
'Why am I fine?' JiHan was also engulfed by the void but stood perfectly fine. 'I can't control these guys anymore…'
Swoosh—!
Celestial Tree's Descent’s chains that had annihilated the target spread out in all directions. Even as they began turning purple with the energy of void, they didn't lose their strength.
[Your 'Void' stat has increased by 1.]
Instead, the chains absorbed the void surrounding him and increased his stats. At first, he was happy with the free stats.
[Your 'Void' stat has increased by 3.]
As the Void stat continued to increase, he frowned. 'My stats increasing is good a good thing, but it should only be to an extent I can manage.' If his void increased too much, it could end up ruining him.
[You have eliminated a being that goes against the natural order.]
[You have eliminated a sealing device made by the 'Green Administrator'.]
[‘Agent of the Void' has been upgraded to 'Enforcer of the Void'.]
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Meanwhile, on the Wandering Martial God's Fight Star…
“This won't do…” The Wandering Martial God, who hadn't been able to see JiHan's achievements so far because he was busy absorbing the Divine Throne's strength, witnessed JiHan killing the ancient elf and made a decision. “I'm going to absorb him immediately.”
Initially, he didn't consider JiHan a variable he needed to be wary of until he heard of a possible future where he lost to JiHan. The strength JiHan showed in destroying the half-elf’s mask was enough to convince him.
'If I let him be, he will become an even more significant variable… I must devour him before he becomes capable of messing with my grand plan.'
Swoosh—
The Wandering Martial God extended his finger and drew a rectangle. As he did so, a screen similar to the one he'd been looking at appeared. The moment he put his finger to the screen…
BZZT—!
[This is a League game.]
[External access is forbidden.]
A Battle Net warning message appeared before him. The Wandering Martial God calmly wrote over the warning message as if he'd been expecting it.
[Access permitted.]
The message quickly changed.
“This time, it will be even more worth absorbing…!” The Wandering Martial God extended his hand.
BZZT—!
The Fight Star suddenly shook with an intense earthquake that even shook the Wandering Martial God’s Divine Throne.
Flash—!
[Access is forbidden.]
The system message changed again.
Swoosh—
The Wandering Martial God retracted his finger and stood up. “Did you wake up just because of that, Gilgamesh…?” His gaze turned north. 'Now that he's awakened, I won't be able to intervene directly…'
He never imagined Gilgamesh would awake so soon. It was the worst timing possible. As he looked to the north, the Wandering Martial God slowly said, “Longinus, your master commands you… Arise.”
Longinus had been used as a spear against the Thunder God and gone into recovery. “Kill Sung JiHan with the God-killing Spear.”
And after a brief silence, Longinus replied…
“Understood… Master.”
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