Chapter 177
Chapter 177
Special dungeon map, 'Divine Throne - Brain God'.
The player participating here is Yoon Sae-ah and Sophia.
And.
"Can I join too?"
"Of course."
This was the promotion match that Masid fought this time.
"It seems like I'm just accumulating more debt to the owner... I'll bury myself in the waiting guild. If I don't drive him away, that is."
"Who would drive away an SSS-level magician?"
Masid, who possesses the gift 'God of Soccer'.
He had a completely different appearance from before, clean and neat.
Unlike the Bronze and Silver days, he is now recognized as one of the world's top prospects.
He was also gaining popularity in Battle Tube with his unique concept of handling soccer balls.
In his home country of Argentina, they were making efforts to bring him back somehow.
"He doesn't want to go back himself."
Sung JiHan felt sorry for Argentina for no reason.
If things had gone as usual, Masid, who had been wandering for a few more years, would have had a sudden realization in his hometown.
This time, Sung JiHan seemed to have told Arachne's Orb.
Even if the people from the management office in Argentina came and tried to persuade him to come back.
- I can't go back. I have to repay Sung JiHan.
Masid's attitude was firm.
"Don't you miss your family? You said you would reunite if you succeed."
"So you're trying to bring me to Korea."
"Ah... Is that so?"
Masid's wife and children, who are residing in Argentina.
He seemed to be thinking of calling his family to Korea instead of returning home to see them.
"If they tell me to naturalize, I'll do it right away."
If Masid also naturalizes in Korea, everyone except the supporters will become the strongest lineup.
Then it would be a complete dream team.
"No. Even so, I can't bring people and cause harm to Argentina. Anyway, we're already number one even without Masid."
Sung JiHan and Geomwang.
If they add Yoon Sae-ah, who is growing rapidly, to the lineup next season, Korea will be the first place anyway.
There is no need to forcibly bring in foreign talents in this situation.
It was a waste to have innocent victims suffer because of him.
"Mr. Masid, I'm sorry for the promotion match."
"No, what's there to be sorry about?"
"Hiding and attacking. It was a bit sneaky, wasn't it?"
During the promotion match.
While Baeran, Wang Lin, and Masid were engaged in a fierce battle.
Yoon Sae-ah, who appeared from the void and shot arrows annoyingly.
Masid eventually fell for that tactic and finished second in the promotion match.
Yoon Sae-ah's Battle Tube received terror from three countries: the United States, China, and Argentina.
However, Masid, the person involved, had an expression that didn't care at all.
"Where is there a problem with being efficient in battle? It's an efficient combat method."
"Hehehe, right?"
The Sung JiHan party, including Masid, got stuck in an obstacle as soon as they entered the map.
"There's nothing here."
The three of them, excluding Sung JiHan, came here to level up.
But there were no monsters to kill.
All that was there.
"Oh, that's the one I saw on Uncle's broadcast."
The path of the brain god that illuminates the dark floor.
When conducting a promotion match in the Divine Throne map.
No matter how much they walked, the path of the brain god seemed endless.
In the end, they failed to reach the Divine Throne, and the remaining 7 survivors fell into the temple.
After the Seat of the Dead Star caused a riot, the game ended.
"Is that the Divine Throne? It's magnificent."
The giant golden throne visible beyond the path of the brain god.
At first glance, it seemed like they could reach it quickly if they used flight magic.
But in the end, they failed to narrow the distance with it until the game ended.
"Should I walk that path then?"
"It won't be easy."
When the party members, excluding Sung JiHan, were contemplating how to break through the path of the brainwaves.
Zzzz...
The electric current on the ground flickered intensely.
"They're coming fast."
From the electric current, a solemn voice flowed.
Since reaching the Divine Throne, the brain deity transmitted messages directly through cultivation instead of using the system.
"What are you fools doing?"
"Oh, just trying to level up."
"Huh, how absurd. Leveling up in the Divine Throne..."
"It's a special dungeon, they said. Can't I do it?"
...
Upon Sung JiHan's words, the electric current crackled.
Something slowly emerged on the path of the brainwaves.
"Get rid of these fools. You come quickly. Turn off the battle tube before you arrive."
The brain deity summoned a giant humanoid form made of brainwaves.
In appearance, it was nothing but electricity and dullness.
"What is this?"
"It's the remains of the vanished brain deity."
"The vanished brain deity?"
"You must have seen it right in front of you."
"Oh, Zeus."
After hearing that, Sung JiHan realized that its size resembled Zeus.
Of course, the resemblance was only in terms of body size.
The power of lightning, even just by looking at it, seemed much weaker compared to the original deity.
Still, it would be difficult for the three newly promoted deities to defeat it.
"Is there anything weaker?"
"That's the weakest."
"Hmm..."
Should we fight together?
While Sung JiHan was contemplating for a moment, Yoon Sae-ah spoke.
"Uncle, you go first. We'll try to take it on ourselves."
"That's right. We can't be taken care of forever. We'll give it a try."
"Yes, JiHan. Just give us the Phoenix Buff."
Sung JiHan nodded as he saw the three of them ready to fight.
Yes, I can't keep feeding them forever.
"Understood."
After planting the Phoenix Buff on the ground and giving them the buff, Sung JiHan used the aerial movement along the path of the brainwaves.
"Since he invited us this time, if we follow the path, we should be able to reach the Divine Throne."
It's a completely different situation from the promotion battle.
It was natural for Sung JiHan to think that way.
However.
After running like that for 30 minutes.
"...What is this?"
The path of the brainwaves didn't seem to have an end, unlike last time.
"The path is the same."
Sung JiHan thought that the brain deity would hear and answer, but...
...
No response came from him.
No, just a moment ago, he was urging us to come quickly. What does he want now?
"Is he telling me to break through on my own?"
Sung JiHan stopped using aerial movement and fell into deep thought.
Continuing to run like this was a meaningless situation.
He had to find a way to reach the Divine Throne somehow.
"Should I go towards that darkness?"
The dark space next to the path of the brainwaves.
As Sung JiHan approached, it bounced off him like a hard wall.
An impassable darkness.
But Sung JiHan, who knew there was no answer by following the path of the brainwave, took out a window.
Mumyeongshingong.
Cheonroebongyeom.
Jeokroepo.
Zijijijik...!
As he pierced through the red brainwave, the dark wall crumbled little by little.
Once a hole was made, the dark wall quickly returned to its original form.
And from the regenerating dark wall...
-Guhhh...
Occasionally, a chilling sound that made one's spine tingle could be heard.
"Hmm..."
If following the path of the brainwave was not the answer, he had to find a way through this wall.
Thinking that, Sung JiHan placed his hand on the wall and walked along it.
After about fifteen minutes of walking...
"This place is a bit different."
Unlike before, he was able to find a slightly thinner wall.
And this place...
"In the path of the brainwave, this is where the current is particularly strong."
It was also a place where the energy of the brainwave was bursting.
Sung JiHan shot the red thunder cannon towards this place again.
-Guhhh...!
A huge groaning sound spread out.
Kururur...!
The sky and the ground shook.
And when the vibration stopped...
"Oh, the distance to the Divine Throne..."
The distance to the Divine Throne had narrowed a bit.
"Hitting the wall from the side where the current is strong seems to be a way to narrow the distance."
Having found a method, Sung JiHan continued to search for thinner walls.
Kururur...!
The ground vibrated more than ten times, gradually narrowing the distance to the Divine Throne.
One.
"It's still not over."
The narrowing distance was too short.
At this rate, it would take a hundred, no, a thousand times to completely narrow it.
"I can't waste any more time here."
Instead of using the strategy of the orthodox method, Sung JiHan sought a new way.
"The things that make up the wall, they seem to be something like souls..."
Every time the wall was struck, the groaning sound that spread out was like the wailing of lost souls.
And if that was the case...
He had the ultimate skill, Manguibongsin, which was extremely effective against souls.
"Inventory."
From his inventory, he took out two swords.
S-grade swords that he had prepared to use when using Manguibongsin.
He crossed the two swords and Eclipse, and stabbed them into the wall of darkness.
Mumyeongshingong.
Myeolsingyeol.
Manguibongsin.
Sueuk.
A small pattern appeared on the wall of darkness.
The pattern of Manguibongsin, which had grown slightly larger than when it had trapped Sizuru's soul.
But compared to the giant wall of darkness, it was only the size of a fingernail.
To anyone who saw it, it looked like it would be swallowed up by the darkness.
Crack!
Even the S-grade swords that were stabbed for Manguibongsin shattered.
It seemed that this martial art had failed.
However, as the pattern of Manguibongsin slowly rotated...
"It's more complete than last time."
A smile appeared on Sung JiHan's lips.
-Uhhhh...!
-Is this... liberation...?
Devouring the opponent is not darkness, but the pattern of the Ten Thousand Spirits.
The massive wall of darkness was instantly sucked into the Ten Thousand Spirits.
Unlike the previous times when it quickly recovered even after using the Thunder Cannon, this time the crumbling wall remained in ruins.
And...
Krrrr...!
The distance between Sung JiHan and the Divine Throne had significantly narrowed, to the point where it couldn't be compared to before.
-As expected...
And...
The Brain God, who had been silent since walking the path of Brain Battle, spoke up.
-Indeed, a fearsome Sealing God. With that level of power, you could have possibly sucked in all the souls if your power was stronger.
"Do you have any information about this?"
-I've heard rumors. There is an Absolute Sealing God who can even suppress the souls of the Seat of Hunting, the 'Wandering God'. Wasn't that what you used?
There is no Seat who doesn't know about the Wandering God.
Sung JiHan nodded slowly.
-As expected, I guess I'll need the Thunder Cannon...
A golden portal opened in front of the path of Brain Battle.
"Come. There's no meaning in any more tests."
* * *
Entering the portal opened by the Brain God himself, Sung JiHan was finally able to approach the Divine Throne that he had seen from afar.
"That's the Brain God..."
A Brain God of a size befitting the massive throne.
Compared to that, Sung JiHan was as small as a toe.
But what captivated his gaze was not the Brain God's massive size.
It was the composition of his body.
"Everything is gathered here..."
The body of the Brain God, made of electricity, had faces of all sorts of things gathered together.
From human forms to the faces of various animals.
Countless faces were all watching Sung JiHan at once.
Compared to the Chimera he had seen before, this was pure chaos.
The body of the Brain God was chaos itself.
"Why are there so many?"
"We are a collective of Brain Gods. Among the 77,000 Brain Gods, some of your believers are included."
"Like Zeus?"
"Yes... Even Zeus, who was absorbed by the Cosmic Heavenly Horse this time, was a part of me."
It turns out that all the gods with the concept of 'Brain God' have gathered here.
"That's why they're so powerful."
More intense than any existence he had seen so far, the Brain God possessed a much stronger presence.
As soon as Sung JiHan saw why he was treated as a special Seat, he understood.
Even Zeus was quite strong.
And now there are 77,000 of them. What a mess.
Sung JiHan looked at the Brain God and got to the point.
"So, why do you need the Thunder Cannon?"
"That is..."
Crackle...!
Electricity surged around Sung JiHan.
A current that blocked the gaze of the 77,000 Brain Gods.
And then, a lion's face suddenly popped out of the generated electric wall.
Sung JiHan instinctively knew that this was the one he had been conversing with all along.
"Is this the leader among the 77,000 Brain Gods?"
Among the countless Brain Gods, the blue lightning lion looked the most powerful.
He could have just said it, so Sung JiHan found it strange why he was hitting the wall like this.
Sung JiHan waited for his answer.
And...
"To escape from there, in order to survive."
From the majestic lion, he heard an unexpected answer.
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