The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 167

A little while ago.

Sizuru, who used teleportation to escape, watched the hostage drama of the Sword King and received a call from the Prime Minister.

[Sizuru, what will you do now? If you give your opinion, I will follow it.]

The Prime Minister, who was neither fascinated nor obedient, spoke politely.

Sizuru sighed and replied.

"Ah, please wait a moment. I will prepare and go."

[It's dangerous for you to go yourself...!]

"There are other ways. So please just buy me some time."

[Understood!]

Beep.

After hanging up the phone, Sizuru thought.

'Now fascination is impossible.'

Sizuru heavily relies on sight for her fascination.

If the Sword King hadn't pierced her eyes, she would have tried to use any means possible.

But now that her eyes are gone, it is impossible to use fascination.

'I have to give up on the Sword King.'

Sizuru quickly let go of her attachment to the Sword King.

Of course, he is an outstanding player, but the world is vast and there are players with SSS-level gifts.

Even if she puts aside the Sword King or Sung JiHan, there are still many top-level players.

She will be cautious for a while and then fascinate those players again.

But...

'The problem is right now.'

The fact that the Sword King is holding the Japanese national representatives hostage is a problem.

Judging from his demeanor, it seemed like he would kill the players if the real Sizuru didn't show up.

Although it wasn't a particularly important issue for her who would die or not, since the national representatives dying would mean that their country would not maintain its BattleNet ranking....

Sizuru furrowed her brow.

They are all useless.

Becoming hostages just because they can't defeat the Sword King.

'I should have built my power in the United States.'

Even though she built her power in Japan because it was her own country.

If she had known in advance that the players' skills were so lacking, she would have gone to the United States earlier and fascinated them to settle down.

Sizuru bit her lip.

"...For now, let's go and die."

Sizuru went down to the basement of the mansion.

A basement space with multiple layers of security devices.

Beep. Beep.

[Fingerprint recognition successful.]

[Facial recognition failed.]

"Ah."

Her face was ruined by the Sword King.

Sizuru took out a mirror from her bag and looked at herself.

Not pretty, but not ugly either.

A very ordinary and plain woman's features were reflected in the mirror.

"Ah. I'm really ugly."

Sizuru evaluated her own face like that in the past.

"Edit."

She changed her face again.

[Facial recognition successful.]

With that, the secret room in the basement she entered...

Had dozens of monitors and a giant supercomputer running.

It looked like a control room for a massive server.

And in the center of the underground space...

There was a person who looked exactly like Sizuru lying in a glass tube.

"Every time I create a clone... it dies."

Sizuru lamented like that and opened the top of the glass tube.

"Hey, hurry up and die."

Then.

Ugh.

The clone of Shizuru, who was inside the barrier, stood up.

"If she dies, the obsession will be released immediately."

Then the King of Swords will think he's dead.

No, he might even come looking for Shizuru and cause trouble.

But he won't be able to come to this underground space.

"Let's hide here for a while."

Shizuru decided to lay low while monitoring the King of Swords' broadcast.

And then.

In the King of Swords' battle tube, when the clone she sent was stabbed by the White Sword.

"It's over."

She smiled.

"Now let go of the obsession."

When Shizuru dies, the lingering "obsession" that was barely caught will be released.

The King of Swords will think he's dead.

It's a perfect plan.

She thought that while reaching out her hand to release the King of Swords' condition from this side, but...

"Uh..."

She unexpectedly saw a message.

[The special ability possessed by Ganjang and Makyah, 'The Unfortunate One,' is activated.]

[The target does not accept the release of the 'obsession' condition.]

['Obsession' is maintained.]

"...This can't be true."

Shizuru's face hardened.

Thud! Thud!

As if not allowing any approach, the White Sword pierced through Shizuru's body.

The woman who was once the world's most beautiful died, buried under the sword in a gruesome state.

"Not enough."

The White Sword didn't stop at just stabbing her.

It moved wildly, cruelly cutting through Shizuru's body.

-Ugh... This is disgusting;

-I thought I was used to seeing things like this while watching BattleNet. This is a bit...;

-The King of Swords killed someone! The BattleNet administration should immediately revoke the King of Swords' player qualification!

-What's there to revoke! This is justifiable revenge!

-Oh. But now we can't see Shizuru... That's a shame.

-Too bad, but it feels refreshing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-But it's kind of anticlimactic. I thought it would be fascinating ㅋㅋ

-Is that really true?

Various chats about Shizuru's death were posted on the King of Swords' battle tube, but...

Since the blind King of Swords couldn't see these messages anyway.

He only...

"It's so easy... I can't believe it."

"King of Swords! Release the hostage now! Hasn't your revenge ended?"

"Wait."

Even after manipulating Shizuru, he continued to watch the situation without easily believing her death.

At that moment.

[The condition 'obsession' is released.]

As his vision was blinded and he heard the system message through his hearing.

"Is it really... that she's dead?"

Only then did the King of Swords wonder if Shizuru's death was real.

He took the Japanese players hostage and said he would sacrifice himself in their place?

But she wasn't that kind of woman.

"Did I kill her before Shizuru could do something...."

But because the system message appeared like that.

The King of Swords could only think that she was dead.

However.

[With the characteristic of 'The Unfortunate One,' you can resist the release of the 'obsession' condition.]

"Will you resist?"

When the characteristic of Ganjang and Makyah, 'The Unfortunate One,' was activated.

The King of Swords smiled a sinister smile.

Yeah. There's no way you'll die so easily.

"I refuse."

[The state of 'obsession' persists.]

[The object of obsession is 'Ito Shizuru'.]

Upon hearing that message, the Sword King opened his mouth with conviction.

"Shizuru. Did you think it would end if you sent a clone and hid? Your obsession with me... it's still going strong."

"What...!"

"A clone? That's nonsense! Release the hostage immediately!"

On the other side of the BattleNet Center,

The Japanese side protested, not believing the Sword King's words.

"Hehe..."

Sigh.

Swords gathered under the Sword King's feet, lifting his body into the air.

The Sword King's patented skill, Sword Flight.

Along with it, the 20 hostages in the Sword Prison also floated in the air.

"Where are you going!"

"Why the hostages...!"

When the special forces commander shouted, the Sword King spoke from above.

"Release everyone except the 20. I will take them with me."

"What... what?"

"Isn't this according to our agreement?"

"If Shizuru dies, they will be freed."

"You...! I can't just let that happen! Open fire!"

Although the special forces commander threatened,

"If you're fine with them dying, go ahead."

Around the Sword King, as if protecting him, 20 Sword Prisons flew around.

If they were to open fire, it was obvious that they would die before the Sword King.

"Ugh..."

The special forces commander gritted his teeth, unable to stop the Sword King's flight.

"Then."

Whoosh!

As the swords flew, the Sword King and the 20 hostages disappeared into the sky in an instant.

At such a terrifying speed, the special forces commander made a disgusted expression.

"I guess that might have been better..."

Even if they were equipped with special guns and ammunition for players,

If they were to face such a monster and special forces head-on, there would have been a tremendous number of casualties.

It was fortunate that it didn't escalate to such an extreme situation.

"We're entering the BattleNet Center."

The special forces commander turned his gaze away from the sky.

To rescue the remaining hostages, he entered the center with his team.

Haneda Airport, Japan.

"We've landed."

"...It's my first time riding in the cargo hold."

Sung JiHan, who had boarded the cargo hold with Akari to secretly infiltrate Japan.

"Then let me explain the route at Haneda Airport. Here, I will become intangible, and Sung JiHan-nim will transform into a shadow and sneak out..."

She tried to explain the route to Sung JiHan based on the information she had gathered before boarding the plane, but...

"No. Let's just go openly. It's fine."

"O-Openly?"

"Yeah. Anyway, once we meet up with my father, people will find out."

"But still..."

"Let's go."

As soon as the cargo hold door opened, Sung JiHan and Akari boldly escaped.

"W-What...!"

"S-Sung JiHan!"

The airport staff were surprised to see them coming out of the cargo hold, but...

Ignoring them, Sung JiHan used his skill.

"Summon Clouds."

A bright yellow cloud appeared above Sung JiHan.

Crackle. Crackling.

Intense electricity flowed on the surface of the cloud.

"Let's go."

Sung JiHan climbed on top of it and gestured to Akari.

"...Won't I get electrocuted?"

"The ones I allow will be fine."

"Understood."

Akari quickly jumped onto the cloud and widened her eyes as she looked down.

Just as Sung JiHan had said, the electricity on the cloud did not affect her body.

"Where is the demon lord right now?"

"He is currently heading towards Shizuru's mansion."

"We can join him there. Give me directions."

"Just go in that direction."

Whoosh!

Following the direction Akari pointed, they flew through the clouds in an instant.

"It's... this way!"

"Oh. We're here..."

The airport staff urgently called the airport police.

But all they could see was Sung JiHan's departure.

And the fact that he had arrived in Japan quickly spread to both Korea and Japan.

- Sung JiHan went to Japan?

- Wow, he skipped the MVP interview and went when?

- He jumped out of the cargo hold.

- He's crazy, seriously. What kind of propulsion power does he have?

- But isn't it too dangerous?

- No, if Sung JiHan and the Demon Lord join forces, Japan will be in danger.

- For real.

Korean people watched the news of Sung JiHan going to Japan and stopped worrying about the Demon Lord.

- Wait, Sung JiHan... Why did he come so soon after the game ended?

- Let's kill them all this time! What is the Special Forces doing?

- I think the Special Forces will be overwhelmed...

- We should protest to the BattleNet Administration and suspend both of them from their player qualifications!

- Is protesting to the administration Japan's only hope? wwww

- That's good. Send Sung JiHan to prison for illegal entry. Execute the Demon Lord for murder.

- But who will catch him?

The Japanese people were running around, realizing that the current situation was hopeless.

If the Demon Lord joined forces with Sung JiHan, who would stop them?

Even if the Special Forces were dispatched, they couldn't estimate the outcome.

- Just yesterday, we were the first in the league and secured our spot in the championship...

- Is this... a dream? Please tell me it's a dream.

- Shizuru's mansion is collapsing wwww

As the situation unfolded like this,

Some Japanese viewers felt a sense of resignation and laughed as they watched Shizuru's mansion being bombed on the Demon Lord's channel.

- He must have cast a spell of fascination or something wwww

- Sung JiHan should have come with him!

- Thanks to this, we're guaranteed to be the bottom of the league next season wwww

While chaos ensued,

Shoooooong...!

The cloud carrying Sung JiHan and his party suddenly arrived at Shizuru's mansion.

"Ha... Haa... We're here."

"Oh. I can see the Demon Lord throwing swords over there."

Bang! Bang!

As if to completely destroy Shizuru's mansion, the Demon Lord bombarded it with his white sword.

Sung JiHan led the cloud and approached the Demon Lord.

"I have arrived, Demon Lord."

Sung JiHan respectfully addressed the now composed Demon Lord.

The Demon Lord was taken aback when he heard his voice.

"...JiHan? How did you come so fast?"

"I just came a little early."

Sung JiHan casually took out a leaf of the World Tree from his inventory.

"For now, have this."

(Note: The translation provided is a direct translation and may not capture the full meaning or context of the original text.)