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Chapter 161
"Already awake?"
Sung JiHan was secretly surprised when he saw that Sung JiHan's mental and physical strength seemed weak.
It was the support of the Holy See, and in fact, most players were disappointed because they wanted to receive more.
Sung JiHan intentionally went out strong because he thought it was a matter of giving or not giving.
"The Thunder God is that tempting."
A combination of Phoenix Flame and Heavenly Thunder.
Its power clearly surpassed the usual Heavenly Thunder.
But if it was a mental god, it seemed like he could create Thunder God since he could control lightning...
"Why does the God of Lightning desire Thunder God? Can't you make it yourself?"
When Sung JiHan asked straightforwardly, the system message didn't show any more text for a while.
[The mental god says that Thunder God is originally an unmixable power.]
[Only you, who possess the abilities of the stars, can mix it, and the mental god is sorry.]
[He asks the player again. Whatever you want, he will give it to you within the possible limits, so please complete Thunder God.]
"What do you want..."
Sung JiHan thought carefully about the mental god's proposal.
"Nothing in particular comes to mind."
If it was during the days of power and force, he would have asked for stat points or something.
But now, he had to modify his martial arts to suit himself because his soul had risen, so he just kept accumulating the remaining points.
GP was enough for now because he could operate a waiting guild.
"The only thing that might be useful is an item. But it's a shame to just hang myself on Thunder God and receive just one item..."
Sung JiHan decided to think about what he wanted to receive from the Holy See and asked him.
"I'll talk about what I want later. But why do you need Thunder God?"
[The mental god says that it is a question that cannot be answered through the system.]
At that moment, a new message appeared on the system window.
[A special dungeon map, 'Divine Throne - Mental God,' will be opened to player Sung JiHan.]
[The special dungeon is a map that only allowed players, including Sung JiHan and his party members, to enter.]
[The special dungeon can only be entered once a week.]
[The special dungeon does not count towards the daily game play limit.]
"Oh."
A suddenly opened special dungeon.
Sung JiHan realized that the mental god of the Holy See was not an ordinary existence when he saw that a map that was not subject to the existing Battle.net restrictions had been created.
Among the Holy See he had seen in his previous life, he had never seen anyone who could do this.
[The mental god says that if he reaches the Divine Throne, he will answer directly. He asks you to think about what you want until then.]
"Okay."
With that, the mental god disappeared after giving Sung JiHan rare stats, enlightenment, and a special dungeon.
Sung JiHan organized the rewards he obtained through the promotion battle.
Surviving the promotion battle, he received 1.8 million achievement points.
His level increased by 20.
"At this rate, I might reach Diamond by December. I should control the speed a bit."
Until December, he had to be a Platinum player to participate in the Space League opening match.
Sung JiHan chuckled as he recalled the opening match that had amazed the world in his previous life.
The devastating result that the Earth had accepted.
He had to return it to the World Union, who was his opponent in the opening match.
"Achievement points are somewhat ambiguous."
The achievement shop where upgrades were impossible if he didn't donate five times.
The most useful item, All For One, had already been expanded to the maximum level.
The remaining items, such as expanding the status window, were actually useless for now.
"But I'll have to upgrade them later anyway. Let's raise it to level 4."
Using 1.05 million achievement points, he raised all the items in the shop to level 4 and thought about where to use the remaining 700,000 points.
"Should I try opening a random box?"
The monthly changing random box.
The items for October were accessories.
Until now, I haven't paid much attention to it.
Since there is nowhere to use the points right now, Sung JiHan decided to open a box.
And...
"Ah..."
[Donation Reset Voucher]
- Grade: F
- You can donate again at the achievement store.
- You are an angel of donation!
Sung JiHan laughed with a sense of disappointment.
It's truly a trash item befitting of the F grade.
But right now, it had its use.
"It will speed up the upgrade of the achievement store by another month."
Using the donation reset voucher, Sung JiHan donated another 10,000 points.
[You have donated 10,000 points to the system!]
[Vitality envelops your body. Fatigue will accumulate less for a month.]
"Now I just need to do it three more times."
Then it will take three months, once a month.
Sung JiHan didn't want to drag this on until next year.
"Should I draw one more donation reset voucher?"
Sung JiHan reached out to the random box again.
***
"...What is all this, Uncle?"
Yoon SaeA asked with a bewildered voice as she looked at the scattered items in the living room.
A long banner with engraved flames, and various other odds and ends that didn't match the house at all.
"SaeA, don't do any more draws."
"Why suddenly?"
"It's not just gambling that is addictive..."
The random box that demands 30,000 points each time.
The achievement points worth 700,000 disappeared in no time.
"It's fortunate that I managed to get one more donation reset voucher..."
If I didn't have that, I would have had no income at all.
But that's because most of the items that came out of the box were useless.
[Flame Sculpture]
- Grade: C
- A sculpture carved with flames.
- The energy of fire flows gently, making the house warm.
"What is this? This was an item? But... heating effect? Why is it only C grade?"
"I don't know, let's just break it."
"Well, this is pretty. I'll try to use it as an interior decoration. As for the banner... I'll just throw it away."
Some of the items could still be used.
But there was no place in the house for the long banner.
"No, let me throw it away. I'll just get rid of it now."
When Sung JiHan tried to tidy up the banner, he reached out his finger.
Then the banner started tearing apart.
The torn cloth quickly turned into dust and disappeared.
It seemed like the emotions were mixed in a rather unusual way, causing them to disappear faster than usual.
"What else should I get rid of?"
"Well... except for two statues, everything else seems pretty useless... Oh, wait, isn't this a dagger?"
"Oh, right."
While rummaging through the odds and ends, Yoon Saea's eyes sparkled.
A crimson dagger with blood-red patterns.
[Vampire's Fang]
- Grade: S
- A dagger made by carving a vampire's fang.
- When using this dagger to attack an opponent, the bleeding effect is greatly amplified.
- It has the ability to absorb the opponent's blood and restore one's own vitality.
"This looks good, doesn't it?"
"Well, it's somewhat useful."
Although it wasn't an item worth spending over 700,000 achievement points on.
For Sung JiHan, who had the Eclipse and the Phoenix Wings, it was unnecessary equipment.
After examining the dagger from all angles, Yoon Saea looked at Akari standing behind her.
"I don't use daggers either... Akari, do you want it?"
Yoon Saea was now comfortable talking to Akari.
Of course, Akari maintained formal speech in awkward Korean.
"Are you talking to me?"
"Yes, you need a dagger."
As Yoon Saea handed her the Vampire's Fang.
Akari's eyes widened as she read the item description.
"To... receive such a good item...! I cannot accept this!"
"Oh, come on. You're a Diana too, and S-grade equipment is basic."
"Even so..."
"Just use it."
Sung JiHan also urged her.
Akari accepted the dagger with both hands and bowed her head to Yoon Saea.
"Thank you so much. I will repay this favor... with my life!"
She had lost even ownership of her body to Shizuru, whom she used to serve, but here she was, constantly receiving from Yoon Saea.
To the point where she would risk her life for a single dagger, she blindly followed Yoon Saea.
"She made a good decision to sacrifice 3 stamina points."
It was a profitable exchange to share the World Tree leaves and have a loyal assassin as a bodyguard.
While Sung JiHan thought this, he asked Akari.
"By the way, what level are you?"
"I'm level 212."
"Once you become a Diana, your level doesn't really increase. My sister has only gone up by 1 while playing the game."
"Hmm... I need to reach level 225 to become a national representative. I should ask Ha Yeon to focus on my growth."
"I'm a national representative..."
Akari asked with a trembling voice.
"I heard that the archers in Korea's national team are powerful. Do they need an assassin like me...?"
What use would an assassin have against Korea's powerful archers, who cut off players with concentrated sniping?
Akari's question was valid.
However...
"The archers are powerful, so it's okay to have one less. But if the assassin class can properly settle in the national team, there will be many tactical uses."
Currently, the national team matches were mainly focused on head-on power battles.
But if the game map changed, the game dynamics could change at any time.
"So for now, just focus on reaching level 225. I'll take care of getting you into the national team."
"I understand...!"
Listening to Sung JiHan's story, Akari's eyes sparkled.
* * *
After the TOP 25 match, the media, who had been praising Sung JiHan, shifted their focus to the first match in November.
"Will the first match in November be a redemption for the humiliation of August 15th?"
"Back then and now are different! Sung JiHan has emerged as the core of the national team."
"Sung JiHan vs. Geomwang. Whose hand will the goddess of victory raise?"
"The betting sites favor Geomwang."
- Ah, it's a shame. If Sung JiHan had a bigger match against Hanil, the betting results would have been the opposite.
- I can't imagine Sung JiHan losing now...
- Seriously, even if the team is struggling, I've never seen an individual lose even when their ankle is grabbed, lol.
- Geomwang is still the world's best warrior. I saw the previous Japan vs. Russia match and he's still strong.
- If Sung JiHan was Diamond, I wouldn't know, but I still think Geomwang will win.
└ It seems like the global Battle.net forum has similar opinions, yeah.
While all Koreans were cheering for Sung JiHan,
Many thought that even though he was strong, it might still be difficult for him to surpass the Sword King, who is ranked 1st in the Warriors.
Especially the Battle.net fans from around the world.
"No matter how strong he is, he can't beat the Sword King."
"If this big match happened next year, I would bet on Sung."
"Thanks to JiHan-sang, I got the gift... but now it's time for him to lose to Japan's Sword, wwww."
"Sung JiHan vs. Geomwang. Why is the East Asia League like this? Why doesn't China have such warriors?"
"Both of them are Korean, if you look closely. Is that place the land of warriors? Is it because of conscription?"
"Then we should have warriors in Israel too."
"Anyway, this time Geomwang will win. I don't know about the next one."
Most people bet on Geomwang.
However, unlike the public, the experts were more cautious in their judgment.
Especially the Japanese analysts.
"Hmm... he's really strong."
The Japanese coach frowned as he looked at Sung JiHan's Gold era data.
What's wrong with Gold?
Comparing the data from when Geomwang trained and the performance Sung JiHan showed, although Geomwang had a slight advantage,
"It seems like what he showed now is not the end of his abilities..."
If Sung JiHan is hiding something more, the battle between the two warriors could become unpredictable.
"If Shizuru had manipulated him as well, that would have been great. What a shame."
The Japanese coach let out a bitter smile.
Sung JiHan and Ito Ryuhei.
If both of them were on the Japanese national team, it would have been a sure win for the Champions League.
Looking at Sung JiHan's data, he once again felt regret for Shizuru's failure.
"Coach, Geomwang has arrived."
"Oh? Let's go down and see."
"Yes. But, Ito Shizuru is also here. He says he has something important to tell you..."
"To me?"
"Yes, he says he has a surefire plan to completely suppress Sung JiHan."
At those words, the Japanese coach's eyes lit up.
Ito Shizuru's plan.
This was something he had to hear.
"I'll go down right away."