The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 321

"I don't particularly believe in physiognomy...."

Yoon Se-jin, known as the betrayer.

One evaluation of her seemed somewhat unfair.

Being targeted by Shizuru, who possessed the ability of "editing."

And being dominated by the "King of the Beginning" of the Holy See, which could be considered an accident.

In the first place, didn't Sung Ji-han suggest to Yoon Se-jin that she should seek sponsorship from the Holy See if she wanted to have a sponsor?

"But still, accidents have happened several times, even if it wasn't intentional."

Yoon Se-jin may just have had bad luck, but Sung Ji-han couldn't simply ignore the evaluation of the Shadow Queen, who was a member of the Holy See.

"It would be better if I, as a Holy See, take control."

While Sung Ji-han was thinking that way.

"Uncle!"

Yoon Se-ah, who had gone out of the room to show the human players to the Shadow Queen, came back.

"She said she wants Dad's sponsorship."

"The betrayer's evaluation, you mean?"

"My situation isn't that desperate."

As she said that, the Shadow Queen glanced at Sung Ji-han.

"But you. Did something happen earlier?"

"Why?"

"Suddenly, my abilities were amplified, and several chains that were attached to my body were broken."

Sung Ji-han had a thought that came to mind from those words.

When activating the Holy See's characteristics, the overall abilities were amplified by 200 percent.

It seems that the Shadow Queen also noticed the effect.

"Oh, there was a temporary enhancement."

"Can't you do a little more? If only these chains are broken, I think I can resume my activities as a Holy See...."

"Activities as a Holy See? Wasn't that already over?"

The Shadow Queen, who had annihilated the Shadow Elves of the Mo Planet.

From her perspective as the ruler, it was as good as suffering irreparable damage.

While nodding her head at Sung Ji-han's words.

"That may be true... but our Shadow Elves can only be created by the World Tree Elves in the end. If the Elf type is not completed, they will all be discarded. We need to gather their souls and revive the Shadow Elves. And I will take revenge on the World Tree that made me like this."

She was burning with the will for revenge.

"What about the Mo Planet?"

"I have a planet prepared just in case. Of course, before settling there, I need to have a suitable number of Shadow Elves under my command. If we ambush a planet of the World Tree and liberate the Shadow Elves, it will become a suitable number for settlement."

"Can you do that alone?"

"For now, I'm in this state, but I'm also a Level 7 Holy See. If I regain my strength, even if I can't occupy a World Tree Elf planet, I can ambush and gather their souls."

Level 7.

If you consider that Level 10 is the Great Holy See, Level 7 is a high position even from the Holy See's perspective.

The power of the Shadow Queen was stronger than expected.

"But there is a hurdle that must be overcome in order to revive."

The Shadow Queen lightly touched the broken chains attached to her body.

"The roots of Yggdrasil that are still embedded in my body... If I don't get rid of them, my location can be traced at any time."

"Shall I eliminate it for you?"

"No, I will overcome this on my own. If I rely on your help, I won't know how to deal with it when it resurfaces."

The power that Sung JiHan possesses, the roots of Yggdrasil that can be managed.

However, the Shadow Queen did not want to rely on his help even for this.

"Try it and if it doesn't work, we'll talk."

"Understood. By the way, about the sponsorship earlier..."

"Oh, to my brother-in-law? I was going to do that."

Upon Sung JiHan's words, the Shadow Queen widened her eyes.

"Aren't you a Holy Seat as well? And your level is in the 300s."

"But I can sponsor up to 5 people."

"No, even if you're not a Holy Seat, how can you sponsor as a Holy Seat?"

"I can do it."

"...You're a really unique player."

The Shadow Queen shook her head several times as if she couldn't understand, and eventually gave up on the Sword King.

"Alright. Let's not have the sponsorship of betrayal... I mean, the sponsorship of the Sword King. I'll find another player."

"Good thinking."

"Um... Does Uncle really sponsor too? Even though he's not a Holy Seat?"

"That's how it turned out."

"Wow..."

Yoon Sae-ah blinked her eyes and picked up her phone.

"Then I'll call Dad again. I told the Queen to sponsor me earlier."

"Okay then."

"Yeah, Dad. I'm going to wash up..."

* * *

"Accept my brother-in-law as a Holy Seat? Alright."

Yoon Se-jin, who had returned home, accepted Sung JiHan's sponsorship proposal without much hesitation.

"You answered right away, Dad. Without even considering between the Shadow Queen and Uncle."

"How much trouble have you caused your brother-in-law? How can you hesitate in making a choice? I'm grateful just for the sponsorship."

Although it could be somewhat repulsive from the brother-in-law's perspective to accept him as a Holy Seat.

Perhaps it was because there had been a commotion with Sieglinde and now Gilgamesh's bell.

Yoon Se-jin accepted the sponsorship proposal as if it were natural.

"So, do I have to show respect to the Holy Seat from now on?"

"It's fine. What kind of respect is there among family? It's rather awkward."

"If you say so."

Sung JiHan opened the Holy Seat window and opened the "Player Sponsorship" section.

Perhaps because the Ruler Trait was turned off, only five slots were activated.

And at the top of the Player Sponsorship section was the [Investment Tendency] section.

"Investment Tendency? Queen, do you know what this is?"

"You really... Can a Holy Seat sponsor? That section determines how much the Holy Seat will invest in the player. It is divided into five levels, ranging from very proactive to very passive. Initially, the Investment Tendency will be the same for all sponsored players."

"Does it change later?"

"If you have a Ruler Level of 3 or higher, you can adjust the Investment Tendency to suit each individual player."

Then, until then, we should support all players with a consistent tendency.

As a senior seat, the Shadow Queen gave tips to Sung JiHan.

"Basically, the resources required for player support are GP and Seat Reputation. Among these, the Seat Reputation, which is important to the seat, is consumed rapidly from the 'active' investment stage. It would be better if the investment tendency does not exceed 'normal'. After all, the reason for supporting players is to secure the reputation."

"So, by consuming reputation points, you gain reputation."

"Yes. Well-supported players continuously increase their reputation points. That's why many seats are searching for promising players."

While saying that, the Shadow Queen also commented on humanity.

"It seems that seats are not receiving much attention from humanity. The evaluation in the BattleNet race report played a big role in that."

"The race report?"

Sung JiHan seemed to know what it was.

The report from the BattleNet administrator who evaluated the investment value as zero with a 3% chance of remaining in the league.

The information Sung JiHan revealed was quite a hot topic in the past.

"But, in my opinion, it was because of that report that the investment value of humanity increased. Seats with strong influence are not paying attention to this place because of the report."

"Is the report's influence that significant?"

"Of course. The BattleNet report boasts 99.9% accuracy. Your planet was lucky to have someone like you, an irregular, so it corresponds to 0.1%."

"I see. The report is accurate indeed. Without my uncle, humanity would have lost even to the 20th place."

"As long as the race humanity remains in BattleNet, the seats that invested here will benefit quite a lot."

"Do you plan to invest too?"

"Yes. I will invest all my resources here."

The Shadow Queen's eyes sparkled as she said that.

She planned to focus on humanity, where Sung JiHan was, in order to make a comeback.

"So, as the ruler of this star, you should choose the first sponsor. I will choose from the rest."

"Okay. I won't decline and choose first. But before that..."

Sung JiHan pressed the empty sponsorship slot and put in Yoon SeJin.

[I am sponsoring the player for the first time.]

[Seat Reputation points increase by 100.]

Since the first sponsor appeared, the system gave 100 reputation points.

"Oh... The brother-in-law's name doesn't appear, and he appears as an unknown seat."

"Usually, seat names are not given at level 1. Are you at level 1 as a ruler? You?"

"Uh."

Sung JiHan nodded and changed his investment tendency to 'very active'.

[Investment tendency has changed to very active.]

[Seat sponsorship effect increases significantly, and GP and Seat Reputation points are consumed more.]

Then, the system message appeared, saying that the sponsorship effect and resource consumption increased at the same time.

The exact amount of consumption was not clearly stated.

Sung JiHan asked Yoon SeJin.

"Brother-in-law, how is the effect? I changed the investment tendency to very active."

"Well... I'm not sure. No message appeared."

"Is that so? Even if it's level 1 as a ruler, if the investment tendency is very active, something should appear. It's strange."

The Shadow Queen also talked about it, even though Yoon SeJin said nothing appeared.

'If the special ability is off, the sponsorship effect is also 1%.'

Sung JiHan could roughly grasp why the effect did not appear.

If the return value is also 1 percent for the sponsoring player, there is no need to force players into the slots.

"It seems that the sponsorship effect is weak because it is not an official seat yet. Maehyeong, if you want to fully enjoy the sponsorship effect, you can go to the queen."

"No, it's okay. The sponsorship effect... after being severely damaged by the King of the Beginning, I lost my greed. My investment tendency has become very passive."

Even with Sung JiHan's suggestion, Yoon Sejin replied that he would not change the sponsoring seat.

Rather than receiving more sponsorship effects for no reason, it meant that he would show his intention to join Sung JiHan's side.

"I understand. Then, Queen. You choose the players to sponsor first. I need to think about whether I should sponsor more or not."

"Oh? Are you giving me priority? I like it."

"Then, shall we go to the living room? I had the player information displayed on the TV earlier."

"Let's do that."

Sung JiHan and his party moved back to the living room.

"This is really a dilemma... There are so many players with high-grade gifts. Even though there are racial adjustments, this is too unfair."

"Is that so?"

Shadow Queen, who was looking at the analysis data of the top players, admired the grade of the gifts they received.

"Yes. Among them, the most tempting one is you, Yoon Se-ah."

"Me?"

"Does Mommy treat you well by any chance? Sometimes, family can be stingy. If I become a sponsoring seat, I will invest in you 'very actively'."

"Oh, it's okay. Making Mommy a sponsoring seat is not the purpose of sponsorship."

"Is that so? That's a shame..."

Whether she was overestimating Yoon Se-ah's patience or not, Shadow Queen sent a disappointed look and then turned her gaze back to the data.

When she tried to select the players like that.

Ziiiiing...

Sung JiHan, who was looking at the data together, furrowed his eyebrows.

And not long after.

"...I can feel a strong power. From above."

Shadow Queen also took her gaze off the screen and looked out the window with calm eyes.

"Huh? Why all of a sudden?"

"...Wait a moment. I'll do some reconnaissance in the sky. Queen, come back in."

"Understood."

Suuuung.

At Sung JiHan's words, he immediately transformed into a shadow and entered the left arm.

After retrieving the queen, he immediately went outside and looked up at the sky.

On the upper side of the high penthouse, the blue sky without a single cloud was revealed, but only for a moment.

Paaaah...!

From the empty air, a red energy emerged and formed a giant cross of blood.

And.

"Sung JiHan."

Under the cross.

There was a person wearing a full-body armor looking at Sung JiHan.

"I am Longinus. According to the will of the God of War, I will kill you here."