Chapter 73

<Chapter 73: The God of Martial Arts Regresses to Level 2>

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- Masid's mana increased by 1, wow!

Diego Masid, who currently has the characteristic of being a laughingstock as the "God of Football," also saw his mana naturally increase by 1.

“Sir Masid is currently leading the rankings continuously.”

Masid, who deliberately kept losing to drop his level to 1, showed insane performance after his class was reset and he advanced to the league as a mage.

Using the magic through the artifact that resembled a soccer ball, no one could resist it, and everything was devastated.

It was as if a Silver Mage had come to the Bronze League.

He was showing the same overwhelming performance that Seong Ji-han had shown in the Bronze League.

- Wasn't Masid one of the top 3 trolls? Why did he suddenly become like this?

- He started using magic and it’s working really well lol

- Wow... How did he raise his stats so easily?

- Is the growth rate increase effect really useful?

- Only Im Gayoung didn’t rise lol

- He hasn’t been in the guild for even a week. This is normal.

- It’s abnormal that he’s not rising.

“By any chance, did Owner also get a stat increase? Even if you don’t want to reveal it.”

“My shadow ability has improved.”

“Oh! So everyone except Gayoung benefited from it.”

Lee Hae-yeon smiled at Im Gayoung, who had just entered the guild office.

Im Gayoung, who had just finished a BattleNet match, frowned at Lee Hae-yeon’s smile.

“Miss. Why are you smiling at me like that?”

“Yeah. Gayoung was the only one whose stats didn’t rise, and she was disappointed.”

“...It will rise soon.”

“Are you training in the game too?”

“What kind of training are you talking about?”

“Like this.”

Lee Hae-yeon turned the monitor to show a video from Yun Seo-a’s channel.

In the survival mode, she wore heavy armor and ran around all day.

In the defense map, she did hundreds of squats until the zombies appeared.

Im Gayoung shook her head at this.

“If you do that, you won’t be able to fight later.”

“But your stats will rise. Stats!”

“...I’ll try it.”

The viewers were shocked by the broadcast.

It’s not like she was working out in the BattleNet game.

This is too extreme.

- Isn’t it... You need to manage your stamina, right? Wearing that armor and doing such exercises?

- With reduced pain, it should be fine even if you do it intensely, right?

- The reduced pain in BattleNet and muscle fatigue might work differently, though?

- Crazy... You have to do this much to raise your stats.

“Seo-a also exercises every day after the game. Right?”

“Yes. I heal her every day.”

- Healing while exercising??

- She’s ruthless, really ruthless.

While the growth rate increase effect was the most significant,

There seemed to be a reason why Yun Seo-a’s stamina increased by 2 in a short period.

- This is really crazy.

- To raise one stat, you need to level up, but in Yun Seo-a’s case, she got 2 for free.

- If you create such a gap early on, you can roll a snowball later.

- Wow, I thought the growth guild was just talk.

- Of course, there’s an effect!

While the growth rate of the growth guild was enormous, the public was uncertain whether it really had an effect.

However, with the public disclosure of Lee Hae-yeon’s stat growth, it became clear that the growth rate had a noticeable effect.

“Actually, I planned to report to Owner every two weeks about the guild members’ stat increases... But since we’ve already achieved remarkable results fitting a growth guild, I wanted to report it quickly.”

While saying this, Lee Hae-yeon looked at the camera and showed her fingers.

“And to all the guild officials~ Two spots are already reserved, and three are left, so please send your promising players for rapid growth at any time! You can rent them for just 5 million GP per month!”

- 5 million GP wow

- 500 million GP per month is expensive;;

- But if you can get 1 or 2 stats in a month, it’s not a loss - getting 1 or 2 stats for sure is a huge gain lol It’s almost like a level difference. In Diamond, levels hardly rise.

500 million GP for a promising player.

To the general public, it was an exorbitantly high price.

But if you were confident that you could get a few stat points from it, this price was actually quite cheap.

“But two spots are already reserved?”

“Yes. American First and the People’s Assembly are each sending one promising player. And...”

“And?”

Lee Hae-yeon glanced at the camera.

‘There’s no need to mention here that the New Self-Defense Force’s offer is on hold.’

After the Sword King left the country, the feelings of Koreans towards the New Self-Defense Force were close to intense hatred.

‘After today’s broadcast, if the three spots fill up quickly, we don’t need to accept them.’

Lee Hae-yeon thought this and smiled gently.

“More than five guilds are showing great interest.”

Without mentioning the New Self-Defense Force, Lee Hae-yeon ended the broadcast with these words.

This broadcast caused a huge ripple in the BattleNet industry.

The growth rate increase option was proven to be effective.

- The growth rate increase option really worked...

- There must be a reason why Seong Ji-han made Lee Hae-yeon the guild master.

- What is her gift?

Investigations into the waiting guild began in various places.

- We need to send our player to the remaining spots.

- 5 million GP per month, isn’t that too expensive?

- His stats rose in less than a week. In the future, 5 million GP will be considered a bargain.

Other guilds, which had been watching, were now seriously considering sending their promising players.

And.

Barron, once the world’s top promising player, changed his mind after watching the broadcast.

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For the past few days, Barron had been thinking.

‘This can’t go on.’

After the TOP 100 match, Seong Ji-han became his most wary rival.

He easily flew around and killed jungle monsters in the Rift map.

Barron, after several attempts, could barely take down one jungle monster.

And it was the weakest one; he couldn’t even think about the stronger ones.

‘I need to grow.’

The world’s top promising player.

To become the world’s top player, he needed to grow.

‘This isn’t the time to be proud!’

After sobering up.

Barron, with a clear head, kept thinking.

The growth rate buff of the waiting guild was proven to be effective.

Now, he needed to go.

“Robert. I’ll be the one to go to the waiting guild as a promising player.”

“Hmm. One of our guild members showed great interest.”

“Who?”

“Supporter Sophia.”

Barron frowned at this.

Supporter Sophia.

Now 19 years old, she was one of the next generation of promising players in American First, following Barron.

“Do we need to invest so much in a supporter? I’ll go.”

“Hmm. She said she really wants to go...”

“Are you sending her? Hmm... I’ll go even if I have to pay out of my own pocket.”

Robert’s eyes sparkled.

Barron, being so proactive...

‘The announcement of the waiting guild must have had an effect.’

They showed a stat increase in less than a week.

Any player would want to experience that growth rate increase effect.

“We can’t do that for someone who will be a pillar of our guild. I’ll reserve another spot.”

“Then, are two of us going from our guild?”

“Yes, but...”

“Then, let’s just ask the guild master of the other side to come. When will they come to Korea? The other master isn’t even an active player. We, as players, can’t afford to waste a day or two.”

From New York to Korea, it’s a 14-hour direct flight.

Including the round trip and the stay, it would be at least two days without playing BattleNet.

Especially Barron, who was so picky that he wouldn’t play unless he was connected to the BattleNet connector at home, would not be able to play at all during this time.

“Understood. I’ll bring it up.”

“Thanks. I’ll leave it to you.”

Meanwhile.

In the office of the Japanese Trade Corporation’s Korean branch, located in a building next to Sword Palace.

Takeda Kazuo, the recruitment director of the New Self-Defense Force, was using the space as if it were his own home. A woman was sitting at his computer, picking her nose.

“Sigh... I’m tired of BattleTube.”

She was wearing sweatpants and had no makeup.

Her tied-up hair, which hadn’t been washed for days, was greasy.

Her skin was full of acne, and the glasses she wore made her eyes look like dots.

“She said she’d bring food. When is she coming?”

Rumble-

She pouted when her stomach growled.

Then, not long after.

“S-Sorry!”

The door burst open, and Takeda rushed into the office.

“What did you bring today?”

“I brought sushi as you said you wanted it last time.”

“Sushi? In Korea? You should eat it in the homeland. Tsk tsk.”

“S-Sorry. My lady...”

Takeda, who called the woman “my lady.”

But she didn’t look like a lady at all.

She looked like a typical hikikomori.

“Mmm... Still, it’s quite tasty here? It has a different flavor from the homeland...”

“Oh! What a kind heart! I’m honored!”

“Hmm. The more I eat, the better it tastes... Takeda, did you bring this for yourself? Can I eat it?”

“Of course!”

At the woman’s words, Takeda, who valued food more than anything, handed over the sushi without hesitation.

This wasn’t the first time; Takeda’s face was thinner than before.

But his eyes shone with enthusiasm, encouraged by the woman’s praise.

“Ah, that was good. Then, let’s talk about the target.”

“Yes. The New Self-Defense Force made a rental offer, but it seems they won’t accept it.”

The rental offer from the New Self-Defense Force, which Lee Hae-yeon was deliberately putting on hold.

Takeda had already predicted that it would be rejected.

“Hmm... As expected, they have feelings towards us?”

“It seems so.”

“Should I have brought my daughter? Then, the target might have thought it was terrible to bring her niece and followed us. No, if that happened, securing the Sword King might have failed...”

The woman, muttering to herself, suddenly started typing quickly on the computer.

She was on a Korean job site.

[The waiting guild is recruiting a video content editor.]

“Given this, I need to infiltrate as a guild staff member.”

Takeda, looking at the job posting, wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“M-My lady, are you capable of editing? It seems to be BattleTube editing.”

“Hmm. Of course.”

She stroked her face.

The acne on her skin disappeared, and it became clean.

“Editing... isn’t that my specialty?”