The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2 Novel

Chapter 168

"This... is it a leaf?"

"Yes. It's an item that releases abnormalities."

The Sword King, who was touching the leaves of the World Tree, turned his head sideways upon hearing Sung JiHan's story.

"Then I can't eat it now. I have to maintain the abnormality."

"If it's an abnormality..."

"An abnormality called 'obsession.' This is what made me confident in Seizuru's survival. And..."

The Sword King reached out his hand.

He pointed to Seizuru's mansion, which was in a state of decay.

"I think I came here because of this 'obsession'."

"What do you mean?"

"How could a blind person like me find Seizuru's mansion so easily?"

"Does it have something to do with obsession?"

The Sword King nodded.

"The other side is fine. But when I look in this direction, anger surges up like a wildfire. After I came, I realized it was Seizuru's house."

Seizuru was left with only obsession, which turned out to be the worst outcome for her.

Sung JiHan put the leaf back in her inventory.

"Then let's get rid of Seizuru."

"Yes. Thank you for caring. Well then..."

Hm.

The tip of the sword carrying the Sword King pointed towards the decaying mansion.

"Let's go down."

The Sword King landed first towards Seizuru's destroyed mansion.

"Uh, uh..."

"What is this..."

The servants who were working inside Seizuru's house were crouching and trembling.

Strangely, despite the mansion being almost collapsed, they looked unharmed.

"Are you all okay?"

"We're fine."

"Good. We can't let even ordinary people get hurt..."

Thanks to the sword that destroyed the mansion, it was possible to protect the ordinary people.

"Seizuru is not among you... Leave."

The Sword King sensed the people's movements and ordered them to leave the house.

"Th-thank you!"

"Let's go quickly...!"

"Uh, uh... I thought I was going to die!"

As soon as the Sword King spoke, the people hurriedly got up and left the house.

Sung JiHan, who had been watching this for a while, asked Akari.

"Akari, is there a hiding place in this mansion? Even though the house is completely destroyed, I can't feel any trace of Seizuru."

"...I remember there was an underground space in the annex. They tried to make a clone of me there."

"Good, guide us."

"Understood."

Akari, who had once been edited as Seizuru's clone, guided them.

Sung JiHan and his group quickly arrived at the basement where Seizuru had been.

"There are multiple security devices, but..."

Looking at the thick door, Akari said with a bored expression.

"We can just break it."

"Yes, that's the simplest way."

To stop the world-class warriors, one door was not enough.

Crash!

After the door was broken, what appeared was Seizuru, activating her Aegis Shield once again and assuming a strong defensive stance.

"Wasn't that your sister?"

"I'm sorry. I was crazy."

"Hmm... Let's get her back."

"Yes. Let's bring her neck along."

Casually taking the neck, the two of them began to have a conversation.

Seizuru, who was listening to them from the other side, urgently shouted.

"Wait! Wait a minute, let's talk!"

"You're noisy."

Shoo!

The Sword King's white sword flew towards Seizuru, but...

Bang! Bang!

"Hehe, it won't be so easy this time. I edited the Aegis, you see."

"Really... how annoying."

The Sword King growled with a voice full of life.

Supporting Gift 'Editing'.

Just how far can this ability, this utility be utilized?

"Mr. Sung JiHan, my ability is SSS-level editing. What do you think?"

"Ridiculous."

"Hehe, such a highly praised ability... from now on, I will use it for your sake."

"...What?"

Shizuru smiled mischievously as she looked at Sung JiHan.

"But, please forgive me just this once."

"You think I'll forgive you?"

"Although we started off on bad terms, in reality... no one really suffered, did they?"

"...Huh, no one suffered?"

"That's right. You're fine. Your nephew is doing well too. Oh, right. The Sword King suffered a bit because his eyes got damaged. But with the use of the editing ability, even damaged eyes can be healed."

As she said that, Shizuru continued to tease with her words.

"If we combine your powerful strength with my supporting gift, there will be no force in the world that can threaten us. We've been in opposition until now, but if we change our thinking a bit, we can become invaluable allies again."

As she said that, Shizuru sent a seductive gaze towards Sung JiHan.

Sung JiHan was dumbfounded.

"Is she really trying to seduce me right now?"

The editing ability.

It certainly was a tempting talent.

When he thought about the fate that awaited the Earth after the tutorial ended.

Maybe it would be better for humanity if he kept her alive and used her.

But...

"I just have to work harder."

Rather than keeping that dangerous woman alive because of her gift.

Sung JiHan made up his mind to work harder in his BattleNet activities.

"Brother-in-law, let's eliminate her quickly."

"Alright. I've been waiting for that answer."

Before Sung JiHan's answer could finish.

The White Sword poured down towards the Aegis.

Thud. Thud.

Although the Aegis had been strengthened, when the Sword King's White Sword struck fiercely, cracks quickly started to form on the shield and barrier.

"Too bad... hehe."

Shizuru watched it with a relaxed expression.

"Well then, let's not see each other again."

Just like when she escaped from the Sword King, she took out a teleport necklace.

"Where to!"

The Sword King hurriedly struck the Aegis, but...

Flash!

Shizuru escaped before the reinforced Aegis could break.

And at the same time.

Boom...!

Light emitted from the giant supercomputer nearby, and it started to explode all at once.

Bang! Bang!

The power of the gift was embedded, causing a powerful explosion.

But the target of this explosion was not the two warriors.

"Ge... the Sword Pavilion... it'll melt like this!"

The Sword King had trapped the top players of Japan as hostages.

Even if they were to explode the computer using the gift, they knew that Sung JiHan and the Sword King couldn't eliminate them.

"This fire... it's not evolving easily!"

"I'll help too."

As if it specialized in the Sword King's sword, the persistent flames that wouldn't go out...

Even Sung JiHan stepped forward to help, and finally, one by one, they evolved.

"I didn't expect Shizuru to try to kill the hostages..."

"She must have been aiming for the Japanese special forces to intervene once the hostages are gone. That seems to be her plan."

If the hostages were gone, and the Sword King's side clashed with the Japanese special forces.

It was obvious that there would be tremendous casualties.

Even so, they chose this method so that they could escape more easily.

"She really only thinks about herself..."

"If a million people were to die as long as she could survive, Sung JiHan would choose that path without hesitation. That woman."

As Akari spoke from behind, the Sword King nodded.

"Yes. That's the kind of woman Shizuru is. So this time, we must eliminate her. It seems like I'll be returning to Korea a little late. Brother-in-law, I'm sorry but please go back first."

Until Shizuru is eliminated, the Sword King has no intention of going to Korea.

He said to Sung JiHan with a remorseful expression, but...

"No, I will help too. We need to uproot the evil."

"But we need to level up... Isn't this a crucial time?"

"You can take a break."

Since Sung JiHan had planned to stay in Platinum until December anyway,

He decided to postpone leveling up this time and focus on eliminating Shizuru.

"What about the Korean national team?"

"They won't make it to the Champions League this season anyway. It's because of someone."

"Ugh, I see... But what about Sae-ah?"

"Ha Yeonju is taking care of her. Don't worry."

"Yeonju... Then I can trust her."

As the Sword King, who knows Ha Yeonju well as a former member of the Korean national team, nodded.

"Good. Then please. Let's make sure to eliminate Shizuru this time."

"Yes."

"Then..."

The Sword King emerged from underground and turned his body in all directions.

Then, he stared into the distance to the west.

"There."

"How do you know that?"

"When I look in that direction, my anger surges."

A state abnormality called 'obsession' that continuously informs the direction where Shizuru is, even though she used teleportation.

"Let's go."

With a face full of determination, the Sword King set off first.

* * *

A week has passed since Shizuru's mansion was destroyed.

-Where are Sung JiHan and the Sword King? I can't tell because they turned off the Battle Tube.

-I don't know. Last time, they were spotted in Nagoya, but now there's no news.

-They only have three hostages now...

-Yeah, the rest were released. It's too messy to have a chase.

Perhaps because they moved secretly,

The whereabouts of Sung JiHan's group were only rumors on the internet.

There was no accurate information.

However, occasionally, there were mentions when the White Sword was spotted.

-Oh, the White Sword appeared in Osaka!

-The sword attacks were happening, but now it stopped again.

-Then Shizuru escaped again?

-Ha, she's really good at running away lol

-Is her teleportation infinite?

In a hotel in Hiroshima.

Shizuru, who had returned to her original ordinary face, shouted without realizing it while reading internet comments.

"These crazy people... How far are they going to follow me?"

No, the Sword King and Sung JiHan.

Don't they have anything else to do?

Isn't it too much?

Shizuru bit her nails nervously.

"...If it continues like this, it's really dangerous."

The teleportation necklace that Shizuru possesses.

Originally, it could only move short distances.

The one she modified specifically to escape from the Sword King is the current item.

And the cost of this modification was quite high.

Shizuru spent several pages of Akashic Records and invested most of her editing abilities.

That's how she obtained one chance to escape.

But in the past week, she had already escaped 30 times.

"If I escape from here again... I'll lose too much charm..."

The charm she had placed on influential people in the Japanese government had already decreased by over 70%.

Now, only the most important positions, including the Prime Minister, remained.

At that time, a call came from the Prime Minister.

"Sir, Shizuru... Are you okay?"

"What is the special forces doing? Why do they keep hesitating and not taking action?"

"We did take action, but the enemy is moving too covertly... We're having difficulty pursuing them. And there are still three hostages in there... We can't attack recklessly."

"Three! We can just ignore and push them aside!"

Those three are the most important players...

"Ha, I am the highest-ranked gift in Japan. Not just SS-rank! They should be protecting me the most. Why are these landmines flying around freely?"

"I-I'm sorry."

"Do something right away!"

Unlike usual, Shizuru lost her composure.

Lately, she had been carrying out numerous escapes, causing her calmness to gradually disappear.

As time passed, the Akashic Pages were disappearing.

She felt her influence, which she had built up in Japan, crumbling.

She couldn't remain as relaxed as she was when she first escaped.

"...I might have to leave the country."

She tightly held onto her teleportation necklace.

Escaping within Japan using teleportation seemed meaningless no matter how much she thought about it.

The Sword King kept persistently searching for her.

"...Fine. Let's concentrate my power and go to the United States. I still have plenty of GP."

Crossing the sea and escaping from the Sword King's damn "obsession" was the way to go.

Once she crossed the Pacific, he probably wouldn't be able to follow.

With that in mind, Shizuru, who was being pushed as much as she could, tried to cross the Pacific with her teleportation necklace, but...

"Is it too much to modify it for this distance?... Is it impossible after all?"

The Pacific was vast, too vast.

Even if she invested everything she had, the necklace couldn't be modified to cover such a distance.

In the first place, the necklace had a short distance limit.

Compared to the resources invested, the effect wasn't very good.

However...

"At least I can make it to Guam... I think."

She felt like she could somehow make it to the U.S. territory of Guam.

Once she reached Guam, she could take a flight to the United States.

"Edit."

As Shizuru made up her mind and edited the necklace for a while...

Crash!

From the hotel window, a white sword flew in unexpectedly.

The Sword King and his group were now chasing her at an increasingly faster speed.

"Ah, damn it... Teleport!"

Shizuru urgently teleported with the edited necklace, but...

Splash!

The place she teleported to was not Guam, but underwater.

"Ugh, ugh... I can't die...!"

Because she edited it in a hurry, she couldn't set a proper landing point.

Shizuru tasted the salty water on her lips and gritted her teeth.

How did I end up in this situation?

I can't die so miserably underwater like this.

"However... I will survive...!"

Desperately struggling, even amidst the crashing waves.

In order to not die, she used the items she had prepared in her inventory without hesitation.

Once she managed to come out of the water, there would be a way to survive.

"Ugh... Ugh..."

With all her might, she miraculously landed on land.

Despite the teleportation point being off the mark and being tossed around by the waves, thanks to her desperate efforts.

She managed to set foot on the ground.

"Heh, hehe..."

It's done.

Now that she's out of the water, she can survive.

As soon as the power of editing is restored, she will use it again.

She will somehow make it to the United States.

She was filled with hope like that, but...

"You were here."

The most detested voice in the world reached her ears.