The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 421

"...Master's words are correct."

Pitia nodded slowly, filled with unwavering faith.

"Right now, he may not appear to be the figure who will incinerate all of humanity...."

But that doesn't mean Sung JiHan wasn't a saintly figure.

If the situation changes, he could potentially ignite humanity into flames.

And also...

"Since the Red Hand has been transferred to him, we will continue to persuade him to become the Administrator."

Sung JiHan's right arm added weight to Pitia's unwavering faith.

Right now, it didn't seem like his hand was slowly corroding his mind, but gradually it would start to influence him.

According to the words of the deity, it seemed appropriate to anticipate and deal with the fact that Sung JiHan would eventually become the Red Administrator.

"Well, then how should we handle this?"

[To prevent humanity from advancing to the intermediate stage, we should incinerate them first.]

In response to Pitia's question, the deity answered with his preconceived thoughts.

"You mean... incinerate them first?"

[Yes. That way, the fuel Sung JiHan obtains through the incineration will decrease. However, the problem lies in the fact that the deity's range of influence has narrowed due to the failure of this incident.]

Thinking that it would all end once they captured Sung JiHan, they had touched the candidate for the Holy See that they shouldn't have touched in the first place.

This was a significant problem, especially when the Black and White Administrator was conducting a thorough investigation.

Although the deity was worried about the penalties that would come from the Battle.net dimension...

Zzzz...

As a message window appeared in the air, his red eyes flickered.

[The entire composition of the guild... is barely... a month of probation?]

"A month... It's a bit disappointing, but it seems that the level of punishment is less severe than expected."

[That's right. This is much more lenient than anticipated.]

"Perhaps it's because I was pushed back so miserably by Sung JiHan earlier?"

Even after reaching the level of Ruler Level 8...

He had never been able to land a proper blow on Sung JiHan.

Instead, he barely escaped from annihilation and was cut by the summoned deity's arm, the Taegeuk Sword.

He only showed signs of being pushed back.

He was too powerful of a candidate for the Holy See to receive the protection of the system.

Taking this into consideration, the penalty might not be so severe.

Pitia had expected this, but...

[If the Black and White Administrator had intended to punish us thoroughly, they wouldn't have taken such circumstances into account. Since they had a reason to give a penalty, they definitely used this authority.]

"Then why did they..."

[It seems that the Black and White Administrator has another puppet.]

The deity's gaze sank deeply.

* * *

The Red Experiment Lab.

As the Administrator took control of this place, he asked Sung JiHan.

"Host. Do you have any plans to sow seeds like Gilgamesh?"

"...Why all of a sudden?"

"If you spend a little bit of stats, you can restore the facility from that time."

If it's the facility from that time, is he referring to the human livestock factory?

Sung JiHan furrowed his brows and waved his hand.

"I don't need that kind of thing. Even if it's free, I don't want to waste my stats on restoring it."

[So, should we just melt down the entire laboratory and absorb it?]

"Let's do that."

Hwarruruk...!

The laboratory began to burn from the outskirts in an instant.

The fire turned everything, including red eyes, into ashes, and then it was absorbed back into the right hand.

And in front of Sung JiHan.

[Stats have increased by 50.]

A message appeared stating that his abilities had greatly increased.

"50... that's good."

[It's a shame that I only wiped out half of them with Extermination.]

"If I hadn't wiped them out, would it have been 100?"

[And the tree that was swept away by Extermination... it was related to the World Tree.]

Sung JiHan thought of the red tree that Pithia had mentioned.

During its prime, the tree emitted quite a powerful life force.

Even if it wasn't the World Tree, it seemed to be at least a lower-level counterpart.

[If we had restored it and put a flame on the tree, could we have burned down the large island to the south?]

"If you're talking about a large island to the south... are you referring to the continent of Australia?"

[Yes, that's the name. In terms of collecting power from humanity, it wouldn't be a suitable first button, would it?]

Sung JiHan was at a loss for words.

It was absurd for that huge land of Australia to burn down just by putting a flame on the lower-level counterpart of the World Tree.

And this is the first button?

"I have no intention of doing that."

[? You're not going to collect that power? Ah... are you planning to do it after human evolution? As expected of the main body. You have deep thoughts.]

No, you're the one with deep thoughts.

[Yes. The main body's goal is to be a permanent administrator. Even if it means swallowing all of humanity in the present, it's still uncertain whether it will go that far. To make it more certain, it's the right order to swallow them after evolution... as expected, the main body sees through everything!]

So, in order for the present humanity to become a permanent administrator when it is burned by the flame, it must develop further.

Sung JiHan listened to the words of the hand, which he understood alone, and obtained information from it.

[I wondered if the main body had any ambitions about this.]

"What if it doesn't?"

[Then someone else will have to do the job instead of the main body.]

By 'job' here, does it mean burning humanity to ashes with the flame?

Then Nuna and Sae will also be burned, and they will become the Red Administrator.

"I can't burn them when I went through all that trouble to save my family. Becoming an administrator is out of the question."

No matter how powerful the administrator's authority is, it was not a priority for Sung JiHan.

Without any hesitation, he gave up on the idea of becoming the Red Administrator.

However.

"Until I have complete control over this hand, I'll have to pretend to have ambitions."

If the hand of the administrator realizes this mindset, who knows what impulsive actions it might take.

Sung JiHan spoke in a low tone.

"...Alright. It's not the right timing yet. In order to become a permanent administrator, humanity needs to evolve one more step, as you said."

[That's right. Then there will be something to eat.]

"So, don't think about sporadically burning the flame before that."

[Understood.]

Sung JiHan, persuading him according to the logic he had spoken, the hand of the administrator obediently agreed.

If things continue like this, there won't be any accidents for a while.

When Sung JiHan let out a sigh of relief.

[Star Buff will be upgraded.]

[When the channel's viewer count exceeds the threshold, the effect of the Sacred Nova will be activated.]

Suddenly, a message appeared saying that the Star Buff had been upgraded.

***

"Huh? The broadcast is turned off."

When they were in the midst of a fight earlier, the buff effect remained the same, so what's with this sudden change?

While Sung JiHan was thinking that, they decided to check the upgraded efficiency of the Star Buff.

[The level of the Sacred is currently 1.]

[All stats are amplified by 120%.]

[The amplification efficiency of a designated stat can be increased by an additional 30%.]

The Star Buff that used to raise the stats by 100% during broadcasts.

Whether it was because of the activation of the Sacred or not, it had been significantly upgraded.

"So 120% is the base. And one stat can reach 150%."

The effect is good.

And considering that the Sacred level is 1, there seemed to be more factors for the buff to grow.

"But why did the buff effect increase after the broadcast ended?"

After finishing the ability check, Sung JiHan entered their own channel.

And then.

-Wow... It's really an annihilation? The one the Red Administrator used.

-Just by getting their hands on it, they can use it? It's an unbelievable treasure in the hands of a lower race.

-The candidate for the Seat of the Holy wiped out Level 8 in one go... Is that insane?

-Humans, please report the location of your planet. If you provide the location, we will give you 10 billion GP. The email address is...

-They entered Bronze this year, so they can't use BattleNet mail.

-Isn't there a Seat of the Holy supporting humanity? There must be someone who knows the location information.

A little while ago, the use of Annihilation was already rising as the most-watched video in real-time on BattleTube.

While human viewers were curious about why Sung JiHan called it Pitiabo and Eve, from the perspective of aliens, it was just a story about another world, so they weren't interested.

Aliens were solely focused on Annihilation.

And that level of interest pushed this video to the top spot in real-time, and even upgraded Sung JiHan's Star Buff.

"...Was the popularity of Annihilation this high? It's crazy."

[It has been proven that if I obtain it, I can use the Administrator's authority. This reaction is to be expected.]

The Administrator's hand that enjoys the public's reaction.

Meanwhile, Sung JiHan, the owner of the channel, furrowed their brows.

It was good that the buff effect increased because of Annihilation, but they were annoyed by the constant questions about the location of Earth.

And also.

-How much do you think you can get if you sell the information to the Seat of the Holy?

-First, the Sun King would probably tell you to use as much GP as you want.

-The Dragon Lord seems to be interested too. There are rumors that the dragonkin have started moving.

-It's only been 10 minutes since the Annihilation broadcast, why are they already moving... Say something that makes sense.

-You're probably the one who doesn't know. From the moment Sung JiHan got the Red Hand, investigations have been underway behind the scenes.

Somehow, the Seat of the Holy kept getting involved.

"I do hope to fight against the Seat of the Holy... but if those bastards come to Earth, there's no hope."

The battle with Daesungjwa was something that had to be done eventually, even for the sake of "remarkable achievements."

But that battle had to be fought outside.

If the Sun King or the Dragon Lord were to come to Earth, it was obvious that disaster would strike like a fire.

"To prevent them from finding out the location of Earth, we need a stage to fight outside."

If I'm going to prepare a fighting stage, I should ask the owner of the arena.

With that in mind, Sung JiHan returned to Seoul for now.

And as soon as he returned, he entered the Training Hall of Emptiness.

"Hey, I'm here."

He called out to the owner of the arena.

However, there was no response from the silent void, even to his call.

The owner of the arena did not show any signs of revealing himself.

"Hmm. Is he not here?"

[...Ranked 4th in the Void Rankings. Not a being that idle.]

"But he was always here whenever I came recently."

[Isn't that because his main body was having an accident?]

"Ah, I see."

Well then.

If the owner of the arena came, it meant that he would repair it or upgrade the training ground.

Sung JiHan nodded his head.

"Then I just have to cause an accident this time too."

[Why did you come to that conclusion?]

"If I destroy the training ground, he'll come to repair it."

[....]

He looked around.

The Training Hall of Emptiness boasted a durability strong enough to withstand the Taegeuk Sword, perhaps because it had been upgraded beyond level 500.

To destroy it, he would have to exert his full power.

He turned on the broadcast.

-Oh, the broadcast started right after the battle.

-Who's attacking again...?

-Please, not Earth again.

As Sung JiHan's Battle Tube turned on, people started to come in, worrying.

"If we gather a few more people, we will proceed with the content of destroying the training ground."

When he opened his mouth, everyone felt relieved.

-Oh, it's not Earth, right? It's in the darkness, lol.

-Isn't this the place where they speak at 100 times speed?

-Yeah, it seems like the training ground.

-But what did he say?

-I couldn't hear because it was at 100 times speed, lol. I can only hear it at normal speed after the video ends.

Even though they didn't know what Sung JiHan was saying.

For now, it was important that it wasn't Earth.

As people came in, feeling relieved.

Sssss....

"Haah... Seriously. Why do you want to destroy something that's perfectly fine?"

Before the content even started, the target revealed itself.