The Martial God who Regressed Back to Level 2

Chapter 655:

'Where on earth did such a being come from?'

Although Urd appeared calm on the outside, inwardly, she was looking at Seong Jihan with complex thoughts.

'He definitely wasn't among the isolates. But for someone from the server to have such absurd power...'

For her, who had not received any reports from her avatar, it was impossible to know where Seong Jihan originated from.

To begin with, his sudden intrusion here was barely detected just before the center of the Ark was breached.

'To think even the Infinite sword would break its seal and betray... This moment is truly the most dangerous for me.'

If it weren't for the special defensive measure she had prepared just in case, this man and the Infinite sword would have already taken her head.

Urd continued to observe Seong Jihan without letting her guard down, trying to understand him.

An opponent whose light body, covered in blue energy, wasn't very visible.

'More than the power of his eyes, that blue energy is the real deal. I can feel father's nullification effect in it.'

Mitra's power, nullification.

Although not well known to people, this was actually the strongest among the light powers.

No matter the opponent's ability, it could be returned to 'nothingness'.

'...Originally, this ability didn't work on me.'

Nullification that returned all powers to nothingness.

However, there was a reason why this ability didn't work on Urd alone.

As she recalled that 'reason',

"You're not talking about the method... Was it just stalling for time after all?"

When Urd's answer was a bit delayed, the opponent once again ignited blue flames.

This man, who was extremely wary of her, didn't seem like he would allow much time.

'For now... I need more time to investigate him.'

First, she needed to know where he originated from.

Through that, she could either threaten or persuade him.

Thinking this, Urd opened her mouth.

"You're quite impatient. Alright, alright. I'll tell you how to divide the transcendent being's power."

"Speak."

"First, we need to saturate the server's data."

"Data...? What do you mean by that?"

"How much do you know about the server?"

"...Wasn't it a virtual reality to awaken the isolates?"

Urd smiled slightly at Seong Jihan's answer.

This guy.

He didn't know the details.

Maybe this could be used?

"That's just the surface reason. Weren't you familiar with the coordinates within the server?"

"Familiar...?"

"Don't you remember?"

As she said this, Urd's eyes darkened.

"Earth, and Ernbain. Kelipa. Jeinan, etc. The main planetary systems ruled by humanity... Didn't they all overlap with the server's domain?"

"That's..."

The opponent couldn't easily answer as he listened to the planetary systems Urd listed.

Seeing this, her eyes lit up.

'This guy. He's not human.'

The planetary systems Urd listed, including Earth.

These were names she had just made up on the spot.

If he were human, he would have immediately noticed that she was lying.

But the opponent wasn't catching on to this at all.

Which meant.

'Is he a being newly created by the transcendent being... But he couldn't have been naturally generated inside the Ark. Did he really originate from the server?'

A server entity came up here?

It sounded absurd, but there had been actual cases.

The Infinite sword was like that, and even Hephaestus, which was being used as an auxiliary energy source, once detected the Ark.

It wouldn't be strange if an unusual being emerged from this server too.

Of course.

'Considering he has abilities so antagonistic to me, some artificial power must have intervened. That must be the transcendent being.'

While Urd quickly made these assumptions on her own,

'Now that I've confirmed he's a server entity, I should try to shake him.'

She, having found some composure, opened her palm.

She wondered if threatening this opponent with the server's existence would work or not?

'If it works, good, and even if it doesn't, I can understand him better, so there's no loss for me.'

Just as Urd, having made this judgment, was about to take action,

"This won't do."

Whoosh!

The opponent, who had been quietly observing her actions,

"Huh...?"

In the blink of an eye, approached and stabbed her neck with his sword.

* * *

'Of course, she wouldn't willingly spill information.'

He listened to see if she had any way to reduce the transcendent being's power, but Urd, who was trying to figure out my identity without revealing any important information.

'I knew from when she started listing planetary names.'

Earth, Ernbain, and such.

What could be the intention behind asking such things?

It must be to find out whether he was a new human or a server entity.

Seeing Urd trying to figure him out like this, Seong Jihan gave up his greed.

'She's too dangerous.'

Urd's main body.

The information she had was certainly attractive.

For him, who had entered without fully establishing countermeasures against the transcendent being, he really wanted to hear the method to drain its power.

But the information gap was too big from the start.

When he couldn't even tell if the names of planetary systems were true or false, he would just have to be fooled if she continued to deceive him afterwards.

'Rather than seeing that, let's clean this up neatly.'

Of course, as Urd had compared with rock-paper-scissors, there was indeed an antagonistic relationship between the transcendent being, Urd, and Seong Jihan.

But he still judged that it was right to deal with Urd now.

This woman was too dangerous to leave alone.

Meanwhile.

"Uh... How did you get here..."

Urd, with her neck pierced, was looking at the stabbed area with trembling eyes.

For her, who normally controls the surrounding time, this was a distance she shouldn't have allowed.

Especially this place full of light clocks was like Urd's fortress.

Although it was burning due to the blue flames, it wasn't a space that should have allowed the opponent to get this close.

However.

"You said your power was antagonistic to mine, but weren't you too unprepared?"

Seong Jihan, lightly ignoring the time distortion, accurately stabbed Urd's neck, the source of her power.

'An opponent who is completely unaffected by time reversal...'

Having never met such a natural enemy before, Urd, who had dominated the Ark and never met a proper match, had no choice but to allow his attack.

"Ugh... ugh..."

Drip drip...

Blood flowing helplessly from the pierced area.

Nevertheless, Urd looked up at Seong Jihan with eyes full of venom.

"You... think carefully. If I die, what will you do about the transcendent being?"

"..."

"Do you think your power will work? D-do you even know why I block the transcendent being?"

"Who knows?"

Seong Jihan twisted the sword piercing her neck with an indifferent face.

Then,

Whoosh...!

As Urd's entire body burned with blue flames, the world made of golden clocks began to shatter completely.

'She's really easily subdued by me.'

Although Urd had said a lot of nonsense about him being her little brother and such, the rock-paper-scissors theory seemed to be true.

As Seong Jihan was thinking this,

After the golden clocks were completely shattered, the world revealed was

Whoosh...!

Filled with pure white light.

'Have we returned to the center of the Ark?'

A world completely filled with light.

This was the same scene Seong Jihan and Jiang Shang had seen when they first entered.

However.

'The nature of the light is different from before.'

If earlier it just felt dazzlingly bright, now comfort could be felt within the light.

If properly enveloped by that, would one become unable to come to their senses, like with the transcendent being?

'Should I unfold Thousand Eyes and establish the defiled mixed world?'

As Seong Jihan was recalling the legacy Ashoka left behind to counter the transcendent being's light,

Swish...!

Jiang Shang, who had been separated earlier, appeared from within the light.

With the Infinite sword in hand and his entire body exploding with energy, he was,

"...Kuk. Do you think I will fall again?"

Even while directly facing the transcendent being's light, he was struggling to maintain his sanity.

Jiang Shang was somehow enduring by absorbing the light striking him with the Infinite sword.

However, seeing his body gradually being consumed by the light, it seemed he wouldn't last long.

And then,

"See that? As I'm dying... the transcendent being's light can't be controlled, can it?"

Unlike before, Urd, who had calmed her excitement upon seeing this scene, even with her neck pierced and her entire body burning, spoke politely to Seong Jihan again, appealing her usefulness.

"Are you saying you can control it if you're alive?"

"That's right. Look."

Swish.

As Urd pointed her finger towards Jiang Shang,

Zing...!

Several golden clocks appeared in front of him.

"Uh. Hmm...? What's this?"

The transcendent being's power shining on Jiang Shang weakened significantly.

The light remained the same, but the comfort that completely captivated people had disappeared.

'No... just by the appearance of light clocks, the transcendent being's power weakens?'

As Seong Jihan frowned while watching this scene, Jiang Shang quietly sighed and looked back.

"Son-in-law... did you help me? I'm ashamed. The transcendent being's light was too strong, I was struggling just to endure."

Then Urd, who was being held by Seong Jihan with a sword through her neck, pointed at herself.

"That's not it. The one who helped you was your master. That's me."

"...Why are you keeping that evil woman alive?"

"I was in the process of killing her, but suddenly she said she'd prove her power."

"Is that so? Then... do you plan to keep her alive?"

At Jiang Shang's question, Seong Jihan briefly looked down at Urd.

With her neck properly pierced by the sword and her entire body burning, her angry appearance from earlier was nowhere to be seen.

Smiling brightly, trying to look good to him.

Yet the wounded areas and burning body were trying to regenerate somehow by reversing time within her body.

'...It's even scarier that she's like this in this situation.'

It was at least human-like when she was angry.

Now, a strong will to survive this humiliation and survive at all costs could be felt.

And given the chance, she would surely try to stab them in the back at any time.

Such an opponent should indeed be...

"We should kill her."

"Is that so? Then may I join in? I have quite a lot of pent-up resentment, you see."

As Jiang Shang approached with a face full of killing intent, rather than shrinking back, Urd smirked.

"Tsk. Holding onto such old grudges, you really are narrow-minded."

"What...?"

"Well, fine. I can't survive here. Even after proving my ability, you both want to kill me so badly."

Saying this, Urd raised both her arms.

"Go ahead, kill me quickly if you're going to. Mr. Sword Slave."

"Huh...!"

As Jiang Shang's eyes rolled back at being called a sword slave and he was about to raise his sword,

"Wait a moment, please."

Seong Jihan stopped him.

"Don't tell me you're not going to kill her?"

"Of course not. It's just, doesn't it seem suspicious that she suddenly wants to die?"

"...That is true."

Indeed, the opponent who was burning with the will to live until just now, was now trying to provoke Jiang Shang to kill her, her actions did seem suspicious.

But.

"Is that so? Then keep me alive~ I'm fine with anything."

Urd spoke as if mocking them both, and anger once again flashed across Jiang Shang's face.

However.

"Huu..."

Swish...

He stroked his beard and calmed his excitement.

Unlike before, Urd was now acting as if she didn't care whether she lived or died.

There must be a reason why she was acting this way.

"...Then what do you plan to do? Keep her alive?"

"No. We need to eliminate her. She's too dangerous an opponent."

"Oh my, you're going to kill me after all?"

"However..."

Seong Jihan briefly watched Urd, who was smiling calmly even with a sword through her neck, then,

Swish.

"Let's set up the board and eliminate her."

He took out the Blue Lotus from his bosom.