Chapter 14

<Chapter 14: The God of Combat Who Regressed to Level 2>

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- This doesn't seem like a question I can answer. I'll report to the director and get back to you. However... I think the higher-ups will give a positive response.

After Park Yun-sik left, Yoon Se-ah spoke weakly.

"Uncle, I... I'm going to rest a bit."

The conversation with the high-ranking official seemed difficult for Yoon Se-ah, a high school student.

Sung Ji-han nodded slightly.

"Sure, get some sleep. I'll start the league, so come watch the battle tube when you have time."

"......Play from Dad's connector?"

"No. Without any equipment."

"Uh...? Without any equipment?"

Sung Ji-han spoke casually, but to Yoon Se-ah, it was far from casual.

Yoon Se-ah quickly grabbed Sung Ji-han's arm.

"Uncle! That's too dangerous! BattleNet play should be done with a connector! It hurts a lot!"

"You only feel pain if you get hit. I haven't been hit yet."

"......Uncle, why are you so full of yourself all of a sudden?"

"It's disappointing to call me 'uncle' when I'm only 27."

Sung Ji-han chuckled and placed his hand on Yoon Se-ah's head.

"Watch me do well and get inspired, niece."

"Damn. Just because you got first place in Gangnam, you're acting all high and mighty... I'll keep a close eye on you, Uncle, to find your weakness."

"Sure, sure. Get some rest."

Waving goodbye to Yoon Se-ah as she returned to her room, Sung Ji-han immediately checked his achievement points.

'45,600 points. Quite a lot.'

He wondered how he had earned more points from streaming on the battle tube than from playing the game.

Sung Ji-han looked around the achievement shop.

[Achievement Shop LV.4]

Achievement Shop Upgrade - 50,000P

Status Window Expansion LV.1 - 10,000P

Class Slot Addition LV.1 - 10,000P

Inventory Expansion LV.1 - 10,000P

Title Slot Addition LV.1 - 10,000P

Emergency Recovery (Item) - 10,000P

He was a bit short of the points needed to upgrade the achievement shop.

However, upgrading the achievement shop could wait for Sung Ji-han.

'Let's add a class.'

He needed two classes to obtain a unique stat, and three to eventually return to the Warrior class.

It would be good to add one for now.

Sung Ji-han selected the Class Slot Addition LV.1 in the achievement shop.

[Class Slot Addition LV.1 has been purchased.]

[10,000 achievement points have been deducted.]

After the message appeared, a new class slot was added.

'So easy.'

Looking at the new slot below the Supporter class, Sung Ji-han chuckled.

It only cost 10,000 points to get a class slot.

This was too cheap.

Sung Ji-han checked the next class addition option.

[Class Slot Addition LV.2 - Achievement Shop LV.5 required.]

To add another class, he needed to upgrade the achievement shop to level 5.

'This is getting a bit more complicated.'

Upgrading the shop required 50,000 achievement points, and adding Class Slot Addition LV.2 would require several tens of thousands more.

Without the achievement points earned from streaming on the battle tube, it would have been impossible.

'I need to make more use of streaming.'

It had been a short time since Yoon Se-jin left, and the entire nation's attention was focused here.

Instead of shrinking from the public eye, he decided to actively use it.

Sung Ji-han touched the second class slot that had been added.

[You can change to a basic class.]

[The available classes are as follows.]

-Warrior

-Archer

-Mage

[Do you want to select a class?]

As expected, the only difference in the class change window was the absence of the Supporter option.

Sung Ji-han smiled.

'Barron. I'll take what you always boasted about.'

Barron Williams, the world's number one player in his previous life, was also the guild master of American First and possessed an SSS-grade gift.

'My two status windows... a cheat gift.'

Two status windows.

This gift created two of every status window item, including classes and titles, and even the experience and GP received were doubled, making it impossible for any player to match Barron's growth rate.

Despite being an American supremacist, Barron was not a bad person.

He would always grab Sung Ji-han, especially during guild parties or when drunk on whiskey.

"Ji-han! Come here. Let's have a drink!"

"Master, if you're going to repeat the same story, I'll pass."

"No, I just want to talk to you!"

But he always said the same thing.

"Ji-han... I feel sorry that you're not a true American."

"Guild Master, I told you to stop saying that."

"Damn! You should have immigrated to America earlier! If you had immigrated before 2010, I would have given you more opportunities!"

"Ah, well."

"Ji-han, listen to me!"

He would then tell the story of how he obtained his unique stat in detail.

"I'm Barron! To be honest, even when I was Bronze, I lacked confidence in myself. I got the SSS-grade gift of two status windows, but I didn't know it was good."

"That's a good gift, Master."

"I know now! Haha! Anyway!"

"Because I didn't know it was good, I decided to play a stress-free Supporter and build up my divine power, and then I suddenly got a unique stat... That's the story, right?"

"Uh... Ji-han, how did you know? Did you hack me?"

"That's the fifth time you've said that."

Sung Ji-han chuckled, reminiscing about the past.

Barron, the guild master of American First and the world's number one player, was not a bad person despite his American supremacy.

'If I had naturalized in the U.S. back then, I might have been given more opportunities.'

Barron's supremacy was limited to those who immigrated after the tutorial.

The distinction was simple and visible.

Those who immigrated before the tutorial had their nationality changed on BattleNet, but those who immigrated after did not.

'Later, it was like a brand.'

Shaking his head, Sung Ji-han recalled the method Barron told him to obtain a unique stat.

"I chose the Supporter and Mage classes. I didn't think fighting at the front was cool."

'First, I'll get the Supporter and Mage classes.'

Following Barron's advice, Sung Ji-han chose his classes.

Since he had already chosen the Supporter, the next choice was Mage.

[You have changed to the Mage class.]

[F-grade skill 'Fire' has been added.]

[F-grade skill 'Ice' has been added.]

Choosing two classes unrelated to combat, Sung Ji-han checked his divine power.

'8. Without the title effect, it's 7.'

The achievement points he earned from the broadcast were not the only thing he gained.

Although the GP earned was less than expected due to the lack of ads, a considerable amount still came in.

Using the GP, Sung Ji-han bought relics from the BattleNet market and saw the effect.

'Hugging the relics and sleeping. It worked.'

As a result of buying relics with the GP earned from the broadcast and sleeping on them, his divine power increased by 1.

'First, I need to get my divine power to 10 to meet Barron's requirement.'

Divine power 10.

This was the minimum requirement to obtain a unique stat.

'Getting physical power was so easy.'

Compared to the physical power he gained in a moment, Barron's unique stat had more stringent acquisition conditions.

'But it's worth it.'

Sung Ji-han gathered the relics he bought for his room.

'Then, I need to get divine power in the next game quickly.'

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[This mission is a survival game.]

Dong! Dong! Dong!

As the drum sounds echoed from all sides, Sung Ji-han immediately grasped the map.

'This is the Colosseum again.'

The Colosseum survival map.

It was the same map he saw during the first tutorial.

The map itself was the same as before, but there was a clear difference.

Unlike the tutorial, the Colosseum in the main game had an audience.

'...This time, the audience is elves.'

Sung Ji-han looked at the arrogant elves sitting in the Colosseum stands and clicked his tongue.

Elves, a humanoid race with large ears, were so beautiful that even humans would marvel at their appearance.

However, they were a race with a dark and sinister nature.

'Humans have been deceived by the elves many times.'

If we were to assign blame for the human race's downfall, the elves would be responsible for more than half.

They were a naturally infuriating bunch.

'But this time, it won't be the same as last time.'

Sung Ji-han made this resolve and looked around.

Unlike the tutorial, the people looking at him were much better equipped and stronger.

"Ji-han Sung!"

Sung Ji-han, who became a celebrity in just one day.

The players looked at him with wary eyes.

'The guy who did the tutorial two days ago. How did he get matched with me already? My level is 16.'

'He used a divine power-infused weapon in the broadcast. He's not an easy opponent.'

Sung Ji-han's appearance was very unimpressive.

He held a metal bat in one hand and a large kitchen knife in the other, completely unbalanced, and wore tracksuit, offering no defense.

Compared to the other players with guild-supported equipment, he looked like an easy target.

However, the players were cautious.

'He looks like he'll die with one hit.'

'Something about him seems off...'

'Let's watch him fight someone else first?'

While the players were sizing each other up and assessing the newly summoned players,

Flash!

A player was summoned near Sung Ji-han.

A man in golden, flashy equipment.

As soon as he appeared in the Colosseum, he started talking animatedly.

"Hey! Hello everyone! It's BJ Gold! Let's start another deep-sea exploration adventure today! Oh, Chairman! Thank you for the GP support as soon as I logged in today!"

The other players frowned at the sight.

'Damn, that guy is here too.'

'You're still doing the deep-sea exploration project?'

BJ Gold.

With a handsome face like a celebrity, he was a well-known BJ on the battle tube and was once a promising Gold Leaguer.

However,

"Will Gold dropping to Bronze really change anything? Let's find out with the Deep-Sea Exploration Project! Let's start!"

He started a project that no other battle tuber had attempted to grow his channel.

The Deep-Sea Exploration Project.

Since then, BJ Gold began intentionally losing.

"Sorry, team! I have to be last... Hehe! I'll commit suicide!"

"Wait, what... Are you crazy?!"

From Gold to Silver, and from Silver to Bronze, BJ Gold dropped his level.

He stopped losing only after reaching level 5.

"From now on, I'll keep getting first place and climb up! What about the skills? Haha! The skills I used will be restored by the 'love' of the viewers!"

And so, BJ Gold's deep-sea exploration broadcasts began.

Although his level was 5, he had rich game experience and all the equipment from his Gold days.

There was no one in Bronze who could beat Gold.

"Ha... Is this the level of Gangnam?"

"Tsk. Tsk. You don't wield a sword like that."

His content of mocking struggling opponents.

Even if Gangnam 1 Area was full of promising players,

BJ Gold, a fully developed player who had reached the Gold League, was unbeatable.

'The first place is gone.'

'Let's avoid that guy.'

All the players decided not to fight BJ Gold and turned their heads to avoid his gaze.

But as BJ Gold looked around, his eyes sparkled.

"Oh... Ah! Everyone, look what I found!"

The person who caught his eye was none other than Sung Ji-han in his tracksuit.