The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2

Chapter 652:

"Write my name in Yggdrasil's registry..."

Yggdrasil's registry.

Wasn't this the book created by the upper echelons of the new humans to ensure only their own survival?

It clearly showed their intention to prioritize their own survival when the transcendent being reshapes and rebuilds the world.

'But now that the transcendent being's will is clearly revealed, I'm not sure if they'll really do that.'

Unless the transcendent being was an entity that blindly followed the orders of the new human upper class without his own will.

Judging by what he did to Ashoka, he seemed to have his own thoughts.

'And seeing the use of nullification, he seems to be related to the President...'

Although it was said that the President devoted his life to creating the light body system.

Of course, it was still at the stage of speculation, but.

He couldn't think of anyone else who would do such a thing.

'And he strongly desires the power of protection.'

Flash...!

The pure white light constantly trying to burst out of Ashoka's body.

That light started to burst out more intensely from the moment Id tried to become a 'normal person'.

That reaction must be telling him not to give up the power of protection and to keep the white light well-preserved in his scalp.

But.

"Yes. Write it right now. Then I'll immediately become a normal person and join the transcendent being!"

Id, seemingly blind to this, was asking to have his name written in the book quickly.

No, to be precise.

[He's deliberately ignoring the light at the thought of becoming a normal person.]

'...That's right.'

As the Red Administrator said.

Id clearly saw the light bursting from Ashoka's body.

But for him, who had been treated as trash as an isolate until now.

Given the opportunity to return to normal and join the transcendent being he had longed for, to reject this now?

It wasn't an easy thing to do.

Moreover,

'It's already been confirmed that our positions are clearly different... even if he resists, he won't last long.'

[That's true.]

Even if Id tried to resist according to the transcendent being's will, his means of resistance were limited here with Seong Jihan, Jiang Shang, and Ashoka present.

Rather than enduring like that, he chose the path of becoming a normal person by having his name written in Yggdrasil's registry.

Seong Jihan read Id's thoughts and nodded.

"Alright. I'll write your name."

"Right now. Let me see it with my own eyes."

"Okay. Okay."

Swoosh.

Seong Jihan approached Yggdrasil and pressed on the registry.

Then numerous names appeared.

He looked at the empty single slot given to isolates, then turned to Id.

"But if you become a normal person, will writing your name in the isolate slot have any effect?"

"T-that's..."

"I'll write your name twice. We can just erase one from the top, right?"

Tap. Tap.

As Seong Jihan pointed to the upper part of the book where the names of high-ranking government officials were written,

Id's eyes widened.

"Oh... What's this? You're being so considerate."

"You're willing to step down so easily. I'm just showing some generosity."

"T-then... that very top. Erase the name at the very top."

"The very top?"

To be at the very top of the names in the book.

It must be the person in the highest position among the high-ranking government officials, right?

As Seong Jihan pointed to that name with his finger,

Id smiled ominously.

"Yes. The Vice President... That position should be the safest, right?"

"The Vice President..."

Since the new humans decided to keep the position of President permanently vacant, the Vice President must be the de facto highest leader.

'I wonder if he predicted his name would be erased first.'

Scribble scribble.

Seong Jihan erased the Vice President's name and wrote Id's name in both the Vice President's position and the isolate slot.

"I've written it... Ah. Should I have written the original name...?"

"Noah was written as Noah too. Just go with Id."

"Ah. That's right... G-good. Then make me a normal person."

Id turned around to face Ashoka.

"You've made a good decision. Then I'll remove the shackles placed on you."

Step. Step.

Ashoka slowly approached him.

And as he placed his hand on Id's head,

Zap. Zap zap...!

Pure white electricity flashed, trying to resist Ashoka's power.

However.

"In this place, resistance is meaningless."

As he clenched his fist,

Fwoosh...

The electricity flashing from Id's head was all cut off at once.

Then.

Fwoosh...!

Light from Id's head spread throughout his entire body, now his head was the least shining part.

"...Is it done? So easily?"

"Yes."

"T-then... am I a normal person now? How do I join the transcendent being?"

"You just need to leave the defiled mixed world."

Swoosh.

As Ashoka pointed his finger outside,

Id, looking at his body with trembling eyes, kept nodding.

"I-I see... Once I leave, it's over. Will I, Id, disappear as I join the transcendent being?"

"Are you hesitating now?"

"N-no. I'm just happy."

Step. Step.

Id began to walk out of the realm of the defiled mixed world with trembling steps.

And as he reached the boundary of the realm,

Tap...

He stopped his steps and looked towards Seong Jihan.

"You, being of the server. Don't erase my name. I cooperated with you, didn't I?"

"Right. Why would I bother erasing it? We're busy people with our own path to follow."

"...That's true. Phew."

Id took a moment to catch his breath, then spoke to Seong Jihan.

"And... why don't you just write your name and join the transcendent being too?"

"I didn't expect such a suggestion from you."

"You've experienced the light of the transcendent being too. Do you really think a single individual can overcome that? Let's just join hands with us. The server data, you can restore it later, can't you?"

Why was this guy suddenly making suggestions instead of just leaving?

Seong Jihan frowned.

"Why don't you just go quietly instead of saying useless things?"

"Tsk... I don't understand why you're trying to make an impossible resistance. For later, you should write your name too."

Realizing his persuasion wasn't working on Seong Jihan at all, Id pointed at Yggdrasil with his finger as he stepped out of the realm of the defiled mixed world.

Then.

"Ah. Aah...! So this is...!"

Fwoosh...!

As his entire body was engulfed in light, he completely disappeared before Seong Jihan's eyes.

* * *

"...Did he merge with the transcendent being?"

"It seems so."

"Well, he died cleanly without much resistance."

As Jiang Shang stroked his beard, looking at the place where Id had disappeared,

"He was convinced that the transcendent being would win."

Ashoka spoke calmly from within the realm of the defiled mixed world.

"The transcendent being's victory is certain even without the power of protection. So, I won't fight with you and will safely have my name written in Yggdrasil's registry... That must have been his thinking."

"Well. Even if that guy had resisted, how long could he have lasted? He made his calculations."

"Still, thanks to his cooperation, we were able to obtain this."

Saying this, Ashoka opened his palm.

There,

A sphere of light flashing with pure white electricity was present.

"What is that?"

"It's the light that contains the power of protection. Seong Jihan, you should absorb it."

"Me? Instead of that, wouldn't it be better for you, Ashoka, to take it..."

Since it was entirely Ashoka's achievement to organize the power of protection, Seong Jihan said this, but.

"Me, you say?"

At those words, Ashoka looked down at his own body with a bitter smile.

His entire body was already split in various places.

The shadow hands of the Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes had been blocking the cracks until now, but.

Now his condition was not good, to the point where his entire body was dyed in shadows.

"...Are you alright?"

"No. I won't be able to hold on much longer."

"When did it get this bad..."

"From the beginning, my revival was the transcendent being's attempt to use me. There's no need to keep someone with no more use alive."

Ashoka coldly diagnosed his own condition and,

Swoosh.

He gestured to Seong Jihan.

"Come in."

Seong Jihan looked at the floor at those words.

Sss sss...

The realm of the defiled mixed world was rapidly weakening as Ashoka's body disappeared.

What had seemed so solid until just now.

Was it to make Id give up willingly?

'...'

As Seong Jihan stepped into the weakened realm of the defiled mixed world,

Whoosh...

The blue and black energy that had spread widely across the ground began to be absorbed into him.

'This is...'

The defiled mixed world that excluded the influence of the absolute being by unfolding the turbid present world.

How to implement this.

Ashoka's understanding began to be transmitted to Seong Jihan.

It was a teaching that worked far more efficiently than a hundred words, clearly imprinting itself in his mind, but.

'...Ah. This is really not easy.'

The enlightenment of Ashoka far surpassed Seong Jihan's level.

Ashoka had practically copied directly into his brain how to unfold the defiled mixed world, but.

Even after receiving such an understanding, he couldn't dare to implement it.

'Even though you've passed this on to me so thoroughly...'

As Seong Jihan felt self-loathing at his own inadequacy,

Sss sss sss sss...

The realm of the defiled mixed world had already disappeared.

Ashoka, who had been blocking the light of the transcendent being with the hands of the Thousand Hands Thousand Eyes, was now faintly disappearing throughout his entire body.

"Can you do it?"

"...I'm sorry. Even though you've passed it on so directly, I'm too lacking. I can imitate it, but to unfold it perfectly... is still impossible for me."

As Seong Jihan bowed his head in apology,

"Don't blame yourself."

Ashoka closed his eyes and sat down.

"Practitioners try to find the pure land in the defiled world. They don't try to go in reverse. Implementing the defiled mixed world is going against the process of enlightenment... This is due to my stubbornness."

"Stubbornness, you say..."

"The stubbornness that someone like me shouldn't be in the Pure Land."

"That's...!"

At those words, Seong Jihan was about to say that wasn't true, that who else could go there if not him, but.

Whoosh...

Ashoka's physical body was already disappearing.

And he,

"I leave behind my distorted mental image. It will help in unfolding the defiled world."

With those words as his last, he disappeared as if he had never been there in the first place.

"Distorted mental image..."

As Seong Jihan was confused looking at the disappeared Ashoka,

Step. Step.

Jiang Shang, who had been silently stroking his beard behind him, approached.

"He must mean that, I suppose."

Swoosh.

What Jiang Shang pointed to was, an object that had somehow appeared where Ashoka had been sitting.

"That's... a flower, isn't it?"

"Yes. A blue lotus... a blue lotus, is it?"

A small lotus flower with a blue hue.

Although its size was small enough to fit in one hand, the energy contained within it was incredibly precise.

If the defiled mixed world could be implemented through that, could it be created as perfectly as Ashoka had done?

"..."

As Seong Jihan knelt down and reached out his hand,

Swoosh.

Jiang Shang stroked his beard as he watched.

"By the way. A distorted mental image, he said... But that blue lotus seems purer than any flower I've ever seen."

"It's just like him."

"...Yes. It's just like that friend."

Agreeing with Seong Jihan's words with a nod, Jiang Shang, after Seong Jihan carefully retrieved the blue lotus, opened his mouth again.

"Then now... let's go to end this."