Chapter 3 of 100
Chapter 3
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<Chapter 3: The God of Martial Arts Regressed to Level 2>
‘Achievement Points... Why do I have these? And 100,000 of them?’
Achievement Points.
In Battle.net games, these are points given for various activities, a kind of honor score that increases as you complete challenges in each mission.
‘And they’re useless points.’
Literally, ‘honor points.’
Achievement Points were a measure of how deeply entrenched one was in the Battle.net community, nothing more, nothing less.
‘This is strange. They shouldn’t exist at this stage.’
Seong Jihan closed the status window.
While the achievement points were one thing, he was more concerned about the changes from the past.
‘Are there other changes as well?’
“Inventory.”
The inventory window appeared above the broken face of Yun Sejin.
Naturally, the storage space was completely empty.
However.
“...What’s this?”
At the very bottom of the inventory, there was a small piece of paper.
[Achievement Point Exchange Coupon]
[Grade: EX]
[Non-Exchangable]
-A special privilege given to the 'Last Survivor' who chose to retry.
-Grants the ability to exchange achievement points.
‘Achievement Point Exchange Coupon?’ Useless achievement points.
The fact that there was a coupon to exchange them was surprising.
Seong Jihan's eyes lit up.
‘And it’s graded... EX.’
An out-of-standard grade.
A grade that only one person possessed in his previous life.
But now, an EX-grade item had appeared.
‘I should try using it.’
Although he didn’t know what he could exchange for with these useless achievement points.
Given that the exchange coupon was EX-grade, it wouldn’t be something ordinary.
This had to be used.
[‘Achievement Point Exchange Coupon’ is used.]
[An ‘Achievement Shop’ is added to the system window.]
To the extent that it was added to the system?
Changing the interface... Truly an EX-grade item.
Seong Jihan, inwardly surprised, immediately opened the achievement shop.
[Achievement Shop LV.1]
-Upgrade Achievement Shop - 20,000P
-Expand Status Window LV.1 - 10,000P
-Add Class Slot LV.1 - 10,000P
‘They sell such things...?’
Seong Jihan’s eyes widened.
The items sold in the achievement shop were things that could fundamentally change a player’s foundation.
‘Though they’re not useful right now.’
Expanding the status window or adding a class slot.
These were not necessary at the moment, but they would be crucial variables to change the rankings when reaching higher levels.
‘Still, there’s nothing to buy right now. I should level up the shop.’
Seong Jihan clicked to level up the shop.
[The Achievement Shop has reached LV.2.]
[‘Inventory Expansion’ item is added.]
‘This isn’t necessary right now either.’
[The Achievement Shop has reached LV.3.]
[‘Title Slot Addition’ item is added.]
‘Titles aren’t necessary yet either.’
Seong Jihan calmed his excitement.
‘These are only useful when reaching at least the Gold League.’
Gold League.
A level that required surpassing Bronze and Silver Leagues...
For Seong Jihan, who was at Bronze Level 2, it was a distant and high world.
The achievement shop would give him wings, but he needed to know how to walk first.
‘I can’t expect much from the achievement shop in the early stages.’
Seong Jihan thought this as he looked at the remaining achievement points.
‘50,000.’
With the remaining 50,000 points, he could either buy all the items added so far or spend 40,000 points to upgrade the shop.
One of the two.
‘I’ll upgrade the shop.’
Seong Jihan chose the latter without much hesitation.
Since buying all the items added so far wouldn’t help him immediately, he wanted to see what LV.4 of the shop offered.
[The Achievement Shop has reached LV.4.]
[‘Emergency Repair’ item is added.]
‘Emergency Repair...?’
Seong Jihan opened the achievement shop and read the description of the Emergency Repair item.
[Emergency Repair (Item)]
-Repairs incomplete items to a perfect state.
A short one-line description.
But Seong Jihan’s eyes lit up more than ever when he saw it.
‘A useful item has appeared.’ If it could repair items, it would significantly reduce early mistakes.
Thud. Thud.
Seong Jihan walked through Yun Sejin’s house with familiar steps.
‘It must be here.’
After passing three rooms, he entered the innermost space of the spacious penthouse.
Next to a black door, there was a fingerprint scanner.
Seong Jihan placed his finger on the device.
[Fingerprint recognized. Family member.]
The door opened with a short mechanical sound.
‘Family member.’
Seong Jihan’s lips twisted into a bitter smile.
His relationship with Yun Sejin, the former owner of the house, was now worse than with strangers, yet the machine still recognized him as family.
Seong Jihan entered the room.
There, the Battle.net Connector, the device Yun Sejin used to play Battle.net, was located.
It looked like a racing car’s cockpit but took up an entire large room.
‘The temporary storage should be here.’
Seong Jihan sat in the Battle.net Connector and pressed a button in the corner.
A window appeared before his eyes, showing the inventory of the Battle.net Connector used by the Black King, Yun Sejin.
[Temporary Storage]
‘As expected. He sold all the items.’ Players’ inventories were limited to 10 slots, so most players stored items in the temporary storage of the Battle.net Connector.
For someone like the Black King, the temporary storage should have had many items left.
But it seemed he had cleared it all before going to Japan.
He probably sold them on the Battle.net Market.
‘But... this is still here.’
Even after selling items to get GP (Game Points) and fleeing to Japan,
There were items he couldn’t bear to sell.
Seong Jihan took out an item from the corner of the inventory.
[Dongfang Shuo’s Broken Brush]
Grade: A
A broken brush that cannot be used.
The broken brush of Dongfang Shuo, who lived for 3,000 years.
Although it was an A-grade item, it was useless and couldn’t be sold.
But.
‘I know the use of this.’ After all, Dongfang Shuo’s brush was the item that made him a Wu Sheng (Martial Saint).
“Emergency Repair.”
He immediately used the Emergency Repair item he obtained from the achievement shop.
[‘Dongfang Shuo’s Broken Brush’ is being repaired...]
[‘Dongfang Shuo’s Broken Brush’ has been repaired and transformed into ‘Dongfang Shuo’s Brush’.]
A light momentarily enveloped Dongfang Shuo’s brush, and a red and blue gem appeared in the small groove at the center of the brush handle.
[Dongfang Shuo’s Brush]
Grade: SS
The brush of Dongfang Shuo, who lived for 3,000 years.
Connects the link to the Wu Sheng.
“Really... it worked.”
Dongfang Shuo’s brush, which created a connection to the Wu Sheng.
Seong Jihan confirmed that the item was perfectly restored and brought up his status window while holding the brush.
Strength, Agility, Vitality, Mana.
His ability window, filled with the lowest stats of 5, was where he placed the tip of the brush.
Sizzle!
Flames burst from the brush’s bristles.
The text for the Strength stat began to be engraved above the status window.
The flames quickly spread over the entire brush.
Seong Jihan’s fingers turned red from the heat, but he didn’t flinch and continued to draw characters with the brush.
After 10 strokes, Seong Jihan lifted the brush from the status window.
Puff!
The brush, having completed its task, turned to dust and disappeared.
Two characters covered the three stats in the status window.
Wu Li (Martial Power).
Strength, Agility, and Vitality were replaced by this new stat.
[‘Unique Stat Obtained’ achievement unlocked.]
[10,000 Achievement Points obtained.]
Wu Li: 5
Mana: 5
Seong Jihan smiled confidently, seeing that Wu Li had replaced the abilities in the status window.
‘It’s done.’
Although he hadn’t obtained the Wu Sheng technique yet,
With Wu Li alone, he could easily dominate the Bronze League.
[The Battle.net League tutorial will soon begin.]
[When you are ready, accept the summon.]
[You will be forcibly summoned in 5 minutes.]
At that moment, a message for the Battle.net League tutorial summon appeared.
Seong Jihan briefly looked at Yun Sejin’s Battle.net Connector.
At this time, most players connected to Battle.net through the Connector.
‘Wasn’t the pain reduction for this model 99%?’
The Battle.net Connector reduced pain to almost nothing.
During this period, connecting through this device was considered essential.
But Seong Jihan stepped out of the Connector without hesitation.
‘I won’t use the things Yun Sejin used.’
He immediately accepted the tutorial participation.
His body flashed white and disappeared from the spot.
* * *
Bronze League - Gangnam 1 Area.
This was one of the most special areas among the many league areas in Korea.
‘It’s said that the average stats are implicitly 9, and the Gift grade must be A or higher to participate.’
A hell for ants, where top-tier companies and guilds invested their best talents.
A league where promising players fought fiercely to become the best.
That was Gangnam 1.
Therefore, Seong Jihan, who had average stats of 5 and a Gift grade of F in the past, couldn’t survive here.
‘Back then, I was foolish. I only reached Level 2 by drinking an experience potion while raiding Yun Sejin’s alcohol storage.’
After seeing Yun Sejin’s statement about naturalizing in Japan.
Unable to believe the reality, he raided Yun Sejin’s alcohol storage and accidentally drank an experience potion.
That’s how he became Level 2, right in Yun Sejin’s house in Gangnam.
Ultimately, Seong Jihan was assigned to the Gangnam 1 area.
Participating in the league without any thought.
The end was simple.
‘I was stabbed and eliminated in 10 seconds... What a meaningless life.’
Seong Jihan thought this as he looked at the message window.
[Welcome to the tutorial.]
[The tutorial mission is a survival game.]
Boom! Boom!
Drum sounds echoed from all directions.
Light returned to the darkened field of view.
‘A Colosseum, huh.’
The Bronze-exclusive survival map, the Colosseum.
100 players and numerous monsters appear together.
A gladiatorial arena where players fight continuously until half of them remain.
Seong Jihan looked around.
He saw players with splendid equipment among the monster groups.
‘They’re probably B-grade. They look quite good.’
Although they were the same Level 2 as Seong Jihan,
These were promising talents from various top companies and guilds, equipped with B-grade gear.
Their specs were incomparable to Seong Jihan, who was wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt.
But Seong Jihan wasn’t at all nervous.
‘I need to warm up a bit.’
He had no intention of losing to them.
If he didn’t have the Wu Li stat, it might be different, but now that he had it,
‘Still, I shouldn’t go too far and traumatize the young talents...’
They were all the future pillars of the country.
There was no need to traumatize them by slaughtering them all.
He should play with them at a similar level.
As he thought this, a message appeared before Seong Jihan’s eyes.
[The achievement window is activated.]
[A limited quest has been added.]
A new quest, which didn’t exist before, was added.
[Limited Quest]
*Achieve 1st place in the tutorial.
[Reward: 1,000 Achievement Points]
1,000 Achievement Points.
Seong Jihan’s expression changed when he saw this.
‘Indeed, the best education for the young talents is Spartan training.’ Seong Jihan, who once ranked 7th in the global player rankings.
For him, 1,000 Achievement Points.
‘It’s a massacre.’
He was genuinely serious.