Chapter 100

<Chapter 100: The God of War Regressed to Level 2>

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[A blessing of the Void descends upon the entire Demon camp.]

The blessing of the Void, the main reason Platinum users hunt the Viscount in the Rift, was bestowed upon everyone.

'This isn't important.'

After all, the enemy base was almost half-destroyed.

Since it would only take destroying the main base to end the game, the blessing of the Void was meaningless.

[The blessing of the Viscount, who swallowed the abomination, is enhanced.]

[The blessing of the Void surpasses the player's level, expanding the limits of their abilities.]

[All stats increase by 1.]

"What?!"

All stats +1?

Seong Jihan's eyes widened.

To receive a stat point as a reward?

Such a massive reward was extremely rare, something you could count on one hand.

The Battle.net system was notoriously stingy with stat points.

[If you receive the blessing of the Void again in the future, the stat increase effect will not occur.]

Although a message appeared at the end stating that there would be no stat increase if the Viscount was captured again.

Still, what a gain.

"Wow...!"

"S, Uncle. It's giving us a stat boost...!"

It seemed that Seong Jihan wasn't the only one to receive the reward; Sophia, Yun Seo-a, and Mashid were also startled.

[You have completed the 'Linked Quest - Trace of the Apostle (2)'.]

[As a reward, you have obtained the 'Veil of the Void'.]

[You have obtained 50,000 achievement points as a reward.]

[The next linked quest, 'Gaze of Destruction', will be available in the Gold League.]

Seong Jihan examined the additional rewards.

While the achievement points were expected, he was curious about the Veil of the Void and how it could be used.

'It's already in my inventory.'

It wouldn't be appropriate to check the item during the broadcast.

He decided to examine the Veil of the Void after the game ended.

'The next linked quest is the Gaze of Destruction.'

Even if it was a linked quest, it wouldn't immediately appear just by reaching the Gold League.

This time, the Viscount quest appeared by chance while passing near the river.

'I'll have to search the map well after reaching Gold.'

Seong Jihan was about to wrap up the reward summary.

But.

There was still another reward.

[Your Sword Shadow stat increases by 3.]

Seong Jihan tilted his head.

He had already extracted everything he could from the Viscount, so why was this stat increasing now?

'How many times did the Sword Shadow increase today?'

It was a good decision not to invest stat points in the Sword Shadow.

Investing in rare items is better than in unique ones.

Seong Jihan, firmly resolved not to invest any more stat points in the Sword Shadow, looked at the now significantly stronger Shadow Sword.

The black sword, which had been wavy, had become more solid.

Ariel, inside the sword, was more agitated than usual.

[This power...!]

"…Why?"

[What was that technique you just used? What's its name?!]

Ariel, usually calm, asked with an excited voice.

"Black Shadow Ascension."

[Black Shadow Ascension... Is this the pinnacle of martial arts you can perform?]

Seong Jihan smiled and shook his head.

"No. There's something stronger."

[Something stronger...? Stronger than this?]

"Yes."

[That's impossible...]

"What?"

[It's not appropriate to discuss this here. Let's finish the game first...]

Was it because of the broadcast?

Seong Jihan shrugged.

"Sure."

The game was almost over anyway.

With the blessing of the Void, it would be easy to finish even without Baron.

"Everyone, let's go."

"Yes!!"

"Got it!!"

"Sure. Sure. Uncle. Let's finish quickly!"

Was it because of the +1 to all stats?

The party members were in a frenzy of excitement.

Of course, there was someone who wasn't part of this celebration.

[This is impossible! +1 to all stats?? I didn't receive the blessing!]

Baron, who had missed the blessing of the Void due to being a Warrior, was fuming in the party chat.

-All stats increased?

-What? There's such a reward?

-Does Silver get a stat boost when they kill the Viscount?

When it was revealed that Seong Jihan's party had all received the +1 to all stats effect, the viewers were shocked.

Giving stat boosts for killing monsters?

This was something they had never seen in Battle.net.

-So... Does the Viscount raid need to be a mandatory part of the Silver course?

-But who can kill the Viscount besides Seong Jihan?

-I saw Baron fail. He's still the second-best Silver, you know.

-He was a total cheat before Seong Jihan appeared... Now he's just a joke.

Although Seong Jihan kindly explained how to get the stat boost on the broadcast,

there was no one else at the Silver level who could achieve it.

[Heavenly Horse Wang Lin has donated 10,000GP.]

[Jihan!! Please, can I join your party just once more? I don't need to duel or anything. Just once...!]

[Mikhail has donated 10,000GP.]

[Me too!! Please!! Ah, I should have been lucky today!!]

The two who had left the party were pleading, and Seong Jihan felt a bit guilty.

He had included Baron, the strongest of the four Silvers, thinking the Viscount would be difficult to hunt.

But Baron only caused trouble.

If he had known, he would have included one of the others.

"Sure. If there's a chance, we can party again."

[Heavenly Horse Wang Lin has donated 10,000GP.]

[Jihan!! Thank you! Thank you!]

[Mikhail has donated 10,000GP.]

[Aaaaah!! Seong Jihan is the best!! I love you, take me, please!! Sob sob ♡♥♡♥]

'Mikhail... I didn't think he was like that... He's strange.' Seong Jihan frowned and continued.

"But to summon the Viscount, you need the Archangel's Sword and the Reaper's Sickle fragment. If you can't get these, there's nothing you can do."

[Heavenly Horse Wang Lin has donated 10,000GP.]

[Of course! I'm grateful just for the opportunity!!]

[Mikhail has donated 10,000GP.]

[I'll get them! I just need to destroy the structures in the base, right?!]

"Sure. Give it a try."

Although it would be almost impossible for Silvers to obtain them,

he encouraged the two sponsors to have hope.

[Se... I made a mistake earlier...]

The effect of the +1 to all stats was significant.

Suddenly, Baron apologized in the party chat.

[Is there any chance... next time? I'll pay GP!]

"Ah. Why did you do that?"

Sophia sighed when she saw Baron's chat.

If he had just stayed quiet, he would have been fine, but his actions only caused trouble.

"Let's ignore him. Let's focus on the base."

"Of course. Jihan!"

Sophia replied with a bright smile.

'Jihan is truly the best warrior.'

While Ito Ryuhai from Japan is now considered the strongest warrior,

she was certain.

Seong Jihan was the one who could dethrone the Sword King.

'I really like him.'

Sophia's gaze couldn't leave Seong Jihan.

At first, she became his fan because she liked the Warrior class.

But after getting closer, she wanted him even more.

'How can I get closer to him?'

Even as the angel camp's base was being destroyed,

Sophia's eyes followed only Seong Jihan.

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After the game ended.

Ariel, with a serious expression unlike her usual self, emerged from Seong Jihan's arm.

"Let's finish the conversation from earlier."

"About the Black Shadow Ascension?"

"Yes."

Ariel placed her palm on Seong Jihan's arm.

Whoosh-

Shadow energy seeped out slightly, and Eclipse appeared.

"The dark power you use is very similar to the Shadow Queen's."

"Right. I heard that before."

Unlike other constellations bound to stars, the Wandering God of War created his own star, the Fighting Star.

The Wandering God of War imprisoned the constellations in the Fighting Star, the tomb of constellations, and drained their power, leaving them in a state where they could neither live nor die.

'So I speculated that the Dark Shadow Divine Technique was actually the Shadow Queen's power.'

Seong Jihan originally obtained the nameless divine technique a few years later.

During those few years, he believed the Shadow Queen had been suppressed by the Wandering God of War, her power drained to create the Dark Shadow Divine Technique.

"The martial art you used just now... is very similar to the Shadow Queen's ultimate power. Although the total amount of dark energy is incomparable to a constellation... the way you use the power is eerily similar."

"Didn't you say something similar when I used the Dark Soul Whirl?"

"Yes. The Wandering God of War absorbing the Shadow Queen's power was probably a foregone conclusion. I'm curious how you know this power without him having absorbed it yet."

"I don't know. I really don't."

"Of course, I didn't expect you to tell me. But I'm curious... about the martial art you said was stronger than Black Shadow Ascension."

"I can't use it now. I could only use Black Shadow Ascension with the help of the buff."

"Right... I see. Then, can you at least tell me the name?"

"The name? You're curious about the name of the martial art?"

"Yes."

Ariel looked at Seong Jihan with a desperate expression, something she rarely showed.

Being so curious about the name of a martial art...

Is she trying to find a clue to develop the Shadow Queen's power from the name?

But.

'If that's her intention... she's completely wrong.'

The strongest technique from the Dark Shadow Divine Technique.

The name of the ultimate move is very simple.

There's no way to get any hints from it.

"Tell me the name?"

"Of course not. I'll tell you about elves."

"Elves?"

"Yes. From what I heard, Earthlings have a very relaxed view of elves. They think elves are nice, right?"

Is she remembering what Yun Seo-a said about elves being nice?

Ariel smiled meaningfully, as if revealing a great secret.

'I already know that.'

Of course, as a regressed player, Seong Jihan already knew this information.

'Still, more information about elves is always good.'

After the tutorial ends and the Space League begins, elves will become the greatest enemies of humanity.

Ariel might know information that Seong Jihan doesn't.

"Sure. You go first."

"Of course, I expected that."

Ariel smiled and began.

"Let's start with the elves."

Ariel extended her right palm, and a figure appeared in the air.

A woman with snow-white skin, long blonde hair, and pointed ears, as beautiful as Ito Shizuru.

"The elves we know, right?"

"Right? Then, do you know this?"

Swoosh-

Ariel extended her left palm.

The elf's figure began to multiply.

All with the same appearance and build.

They were looking at Seong Jihan with expressionless faces.

"All elves look like this."

"...All elves?"

Seong Jihan frowned.

This is different from what I knew.

"Yes. Elves that don't look like this are discarded."

Ariel pointed to herself.

"Like us, the Shadow Elves."