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The Martial God Who Regressed to Level 2

[Translator – SCM]

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Chapter 521

JiHan had called upon the Red Administrator to destroy Heaven Net.

“Blue Administrator, think again.” He'd tried his best to persuade him. “You're already the owner and permanent administrator of this world. Whatever you want, you can do it here.”

“Heaven Net is a system that can completely replace Battle Net and upgrade it. All you have to do is accept Red.”

“Why are you doing this? Why are you trying to destroy this world?”

Of course, JiHan's answer remained consistent. “Enough. Just help me delete it.”

Thus, the Red Administrator forcibly cooperated in destroying Heaven Net with his own hands. Even then, he continuously tried to sway JiHan, and one method he used was the Red stat.

'The Red Administrator was truly a genius when it came to the system.'

JiHan’s left eye turned red, and a crimson light shone from the sword tattoo on his neck.

"Uncle… what are you doing?" Sae-ah asked.

"I was thinking about hiding my power."

"Hiding your power?" Sae-ah tilted her head in confusion. 

JiHan smiled. The Red Administrator could partially distort and modify Battle Net’s system. JiHan, through his teachings, could mimic that control to some extent.

"Yes… I can't let Yggdrasil escape, right?"

Red Authority: Phantom Flame.

Fwoosh—!

JiHan's body seemed to burn for a moment; then, the color of his eye returned to normal.

"Ah… Uncle. What did you do? I haven't seen any changes."

"Because there's no need to hide from you. Others might see it differently."

"Right…"

"Yes. I disguised myself."

Sae-ah blinked in confusion.

They heard the front door open, and Ji-ah entered. "Haa… Huh? S-Sae-ah!" Rather than in stone form, she entered as a human.

'So she finally used the key.' She never used the key in the past, no matter how many times he told her. It seemed that there had been a heart change in her over the past five years.

JiHan looked at his sister, now human, with satisfaction.

"Mom! L-look. I found Uncle!" Sae-ah excitedly pointed at JiHan.

"Sae-ah… What are you talking about? Isn't that the Messenger…?" Ji-ah's reaction was different than they expected.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Haa… I think you'll need some rest. To think you'd call the starfish JiHan… It seems you had a hard time in Washington."

"Mom! What are you talking about…? Ah. Is this perhaps…?"

"Yes. It's the effect of the Phantom Flame." JiHan's eyes flashed red once more.

Ji-ah's mouth fell open. "Huh…?"

"Long time no see, sis."

"A-are you really JiHan?"

"Yes, I'm back."

"You really…!" As soon as she saw JiHan, Ji-ah rushed toward him and asked in a trembling voice, "H-how's your body?"

"I doubt anyone on Earth is healthier than me."

"Seeing how you're still the same, it's a relief…" She gave him a teary look, hugged him, and patted his back. "Welcome back… JiHan…"

"Yes." JiHan patted her back and smiled. After meeting with Sae-ah and Ji-ah, it finally felt like he was back. "It's good that you aren't a stone statue anymore. Did you finally use the key?"

"Ah, yes. I used the key and…" Ji-ah looked at Sae-ah. "I transferred all my Void to Sae-ah."

"To Sae-ah?"

"Yes. She said she would search Washington."

So she'd gathered all the power she could to find her uncle? No wonder she had so much Void.

"Then, being a Witch of the Void…"

"That's over too. Now, I'm just a human affiliated to the void."

JiHan smiled. Being affiliated with the void was still a problem, but it was good she’d returned to human form.

"That's great."

The Sung siblings reunited after five years.

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"Mom? Why did you come back so late? It's 2 AM."

"The national team's dinner just ended."

"Mom… You're a representative?"

"Didn't you tell me to become famous so JiHan could find us anytime?"

"I did say that, but…"

‘The national team? Will she appear as a Support like before?’ JiHan wondered.

Brr—

Ji-ah's phone vibrated, and a message appeared on the screen.

- Ji-ah, did you get home safely? Sorry about today.

The sender was 'Yoon Sae-jin.'

Sae-ah made a strange expression.

"Dad…?"

"Yes."

"What happened with your ex-husband?"

"Nothing much."

"Come on, tell me. What happened?" Sae-ah asked with an excited look. 

Ji-ah sighed. "There's a new half-elf on the national team who tried to seduce your Dad, then she got drunk and yelled at me."

"Yelled?"

"Yes, she asked me why I keep clinging to the man if we've divorced and why I have not allowed him to meet new people."

"Mom, did you cling to him…?"

"Are you crazy? It was the opposite. Your Dad got so mad that he slapped the half-elf, and the dinner turned into a mess."

Ji-ah opened a news site. "Luckily, it hasn't made it to the news yet… It might come out tomorrow."

"Wow, that's crazy… How does something like that happen on the day we come back?"

"Right? I was in a bad mood today, but luckily, my younger brother came back, so it ended on a happy note." Ji-ah smiled.

JiHan frowned. "Sae-jin is still clinging to you after the divorce?"

"Hmm… No. He just asks about Sae-ah."

"Sae-ah?"

"Yes. Even though Sae-ah has also been forgotten by others… She's still in his memory."

"Sae-ah? Why Sae-ah?"

What was she talking about? Wasn't he the only one subjected to record erasure?

He looked at Sae-ah.

She pouted. "Ah… I got so annoyed with people willing to allow his records to be erased for survival, so I asked the World Tree Alliance to erase mine too."

"Is that even possible…?"

"They were happy to have me disappear, so they agreed. They even said I could search Washington as much as I wanted."

Well, Sae-ah, the future arena master, was one of the highest-ranking figures among the void, so the World Tree Alliance probably didn't want to clash with her.

"That's why I received the Void from Mom and kept searching Washington."

"Yes. You didn't even contact me for two years."

"Hehe… I was too focused on the search," Sae-ah scratched her head and answered.

JiHan sorted out the situation. "Sister, people remember you?"

"Yes. Although a lot of my information has been distorted."

"How?"

"Your existence disappeared, and my daughter, Sae-ah, is said to have gone to the World Tree Alliance to study."

"Do people go there to study?"

"Yes. It happens from time to time. Although no one knows if that’s really the case…"

The world had changed a lot in five years. JiHan asked something he'd been curious about. "But what's up with the male half-elves? Why do they look like me?"

"Ah, you've seen that…? I was surprised too. Male specimens started appearing a year ago…"

"Really? The male half-elves look like Uncle?"

"Yes, check it out." Ji-ah searched for male half-elves, and pictures of long-eared men who strangely resembled JiHan popped up.

"These are the male half-elves? Uncle is more handsome."

"But they resemble him, right?"

"Ugh… you're right. But what's up with this hair color? The blue is weird."

"The half-elves' abilities are determined depending on the level of the dyeing. The highest so far is 25%, from what I've heard."

‘That's why the one who had 10% was considered talented?’

JiHan kept asking Ji-ah questions. "But how are those male half-elves made?"

"Do you remember the Battle Net introduction map?"

"Yes. During my time, it was a fight for survival." He recalled the game he’d after awakening Martial Power through Dongfang's brush and how he annihilated the players from the start.

"That's been replaced with an 'aptitude test.'"

"An aptitude test?"

"Yes. It measures how suitable a new player is for being a half-elf. The aptitude test started two years ago and originally only produced the female half-elves that we commonly know."

"So only women could become half-elves?"

"Yes. That's why the value of female players went up. Until last year."

"What's so good about becoming a half-elf?"

"Huh… I heard that everything is better compared to regular players by about five times—from experience point gains to additional stats."

A 400% bonus? No wonder people looked up to the half-elves when they appeared. Even latecomers could quickly catch up to the pioneers.

"But do male half-elves have things even easier?"

"Yes… I heard that male half-elves enjoy 10 times the benefit, and they get special management from the World Tree Alliance."

"Really?" The reward was great, but the special management from the World Tree Alliance was more important.

'I need to look into this.'

JiHan assessed the situation. Earth, now a colony, seemed peaceful on the surface, but the existence of the half-elves, especially the male ones that resembled him, was very suspicious.

'With the Blue and Red, I have enough power to deal with them.'

The Blue and Red had sealed Heaven Net, so the strength contained within was absolute. If he could wield the sword properly, he could probably make the World Tree's illusion spreading from the moon disappear.

'I need to conserve my power until I know who the enemy is.'

The Black, White, and Green Administrators… Among the three, he wasn't sure who was an ally and who was an enemy; that's why he couldn't waste the Blue and Red's power.

'Well, seeing how things are now, the Green Administrator definitely seems to be an enemy.' If he used all of his power on her and got backstabbed by the permanent administrators, things would be bad.

JiHan looked at Sae-ah. "Sae-ah, are you still the owner of the Sword Palace?"

"Ah, this building? It's Mom's. I transferred it to her before erasing my records."

"Really? Then, Sister… get me a room. I won’t live in the penthouse.

"A room? Why? You can just keep living here." Sae-ah tried to dissuade him.

"Living here would complicate things with my new identity." He already had a plan.

"A new identity…?

"Yes. To become a male half-elf, I must go through the tutorial, right?"

"Yes, you must take the aptitude test."

"I'll take it."

"Uncle… you're going to become a half-elf?"

"Yes." JiHan nodded. “The best way to understand an enemy is to hide among them.

A system window appeared.

[Access is prohibited to this player.]

The Battle Net system didn't allow JiHan to access.

Red Authority: Phantom Flame.

Fwoosh—!

Flames rose from JiHan's fingertips, the entire system window burned, and red letters began appearing.

[System bypass successful.]

[Would you like to create a new profile?]

[This is a world that the administrators are paying attention to. To avoid detection, more authority is required.]

[300 Red will be consumed.]

'300?' It was quite a lot of stat to create a new disguise. 'That's even more of a reason to use it.'

Without hesitation, JiHan invested his stats.

With that, a new status window appeared.

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