Chapter 2
TL: Uncle Choi
Editor: Ren
Most people would like to return to the past.
However, nobody ever prepares for that.
If they were told to make a plan for returning to the past, they would try to rember the winning numbers for the lottery. Nevertheless, normally, nobody would bother rembering lottery numbers that people already won just in case they returned to the past.
Kim Woo-jin was the sa.
Kim Woo-jin did not have a contingency plan ready for returning to the past.
‘I returned to the past.’
After the monster hunt, such thoughts constantly occupied Kim Woo-jin’s mind.
‘…Without achieving anything.’
He did everything possible to try to end the world, which had turned into a ga. However, he returned to the past without accomplishing that single dream.
‘Shit…’
Therefore, in his heart, Kim Woo-jin did not feel the joy of being given a new chance. Instead, he felt frustration at his failure. Rather than being excited, he felt bitter and rotten inside.
‘Lee Se-joon…’
First of all, there was no way to describe the feeling of being betrayed by the first person he trusted, soone he viewed as a hero.
‘He is the worst possible enemy.’
And after facing the fact that the world’s hero beca his enemy, Kim Woo-jin inevitably beca silent. That was what Lee Se-joon represented. He was always the world’s strongest.
‘When I awakened in 2023, Lee Se-joon’s level was over 150, and he should be clearing dungeons with five floors by now.’
On January 1st, 2020, Lee Se-joon was one of the first seven to beco a player, and one of the five players who were chosen by the sacred light. He was also a man who always held title of the highest level player.
‘ssiah Guild is probably firmly established as well.’
Lee Se-joon was not alone. The ssiah Guild was backed by nurous powerful and influential individuals. In particular, the Hansung Group, which was number one in Korea. The ssiah Guild was already one of the top five guilds in Korea.
When excluding the ssiah Guild, two of the top five guilds were supported by the U.S governnt. One of them was funded by the European Union and the last one was backed by the Chinese governnt. So, the fact that the ssiah Guild, which was only backed by a powerful conglorate, made it into the top five world rankings, was extrely exceptional.
But all those things were inconsequential compared to the title that Lee Se-joon was known for.
The ssiah.
The fact that Lee Se-joon was not just a figurehead could be seen by turning on a smartphone and looking at a news portal. No matter which major news site you visited, articles about Lee Se-joon and the ssiah Guild were always in the spotlight. Also, there was at least one story about Lee Se-joon and his ssiah Guild running on the news everyday.
It wasn’t just simple cheering and support.
If a story or article did not co out, his fanatic followers claid such an act was a conspiracy against the hero by the rich and powerful.
It was obvious at a glance when looking at the comnts concerning the news about the ssiah Guild.
- Why is this article not on the main page?
- They are trying to manipulate the news and destroy the ssiah Guild!
- Everyone, let’s bump this article to the main page!
The social networks had the sa problems as well, except it was even crazier.
That was why, even when the majority were unhappy with Lee Se-joon and the ssiah Guild, they could not be openly hostile.
If you bare your fangs at him, it was the sa as making the world your enemy. Now, Kim Woo-jin had to fight against such an idol.
‘If I were to hunt him alone, it will take a lot of work in the future.’
He had to do it alone though. Kim Woo-jin did not even consider working with others. After such a tragic betrayal, how could he trust soone with his back when he was facing a hero known as the ssiah?
It was unrealistically comical. He wasn’t sure of anything else, but Kim Woo-jin was certain of this, in this life, he would not join hands with others.
He was planning to end this ga by himself.
[The Undying Fighter Reaches Out to You]
[The Emissary of the Underworld Reaches Out to You]
[The Silent Hunter Reaches Out to You]
That was why the choices he had been given were of the utmost importance to Kim Woo-jin right now.
‘Which halo should I choose?’
Halo. To put it simply, they were the sa as jobs or classes one would select in a ga.
When a player awoke, one had to pledge to or follow a transcendent being with various attributes and powers to obtain a halo, which dictated the direction of the player’s growth.
The fact of the matter was, not everyone received several options to choose from. Actually, most of the players didn’t get to choose their halo at all.
Only one out of a thousand players would receive the right to choose from two halos, and those people who were granted three halos to choose from were a thousand tis more rare than those with two choices.
In other words, only about one person in a million players would be able to select from three halos.
‘Before I returned to the past, I was an Undying Fighter.’
The halo that Kim Woo-jin chose before returning to the past was the ‘Undying Fighter.’
Kim Woo-jin’s halo, which literally ant ‘Immortal Warrior’, was a threat even to Lee Se-joon, who stood at the very top.
‘Without the support of the ssiah Guild, it would be nigh impossible to beco that powerful again.’
It was all possible due to the support of the ssiah Guild. No, it was only possible because of the ssiah Guild. Excluding their support, the ssiah Guild was the only group that attempted unfathomably difficult challenges without any hesitation, while everybody else was busy trying to keep their lives intact.
‘This isn’t enough to kill him.’
This was why he was not going to select the ‘Undying Fighter’ as his halo this ti.
It already failed in his past life and going with the sa thod again was not going to work on him.
Now he was left with two choices: ‘Silent Hunter’ and ‘Emissary of the Underworld.’
‘Should I pick the ‘Silent Hunter’?’
‘Silent Hunter’ was a ranged damage dealer and an assassin. Without classes with outstanding mobility, powerful ranged attacks, and mysterious secret techniques, it was hopeless to explore a difficult dungeon. Exploring a dungeon without them was the sa as a person with a bad eyesight trying to walk without their glasses.
‘Although Silent Hunter can be a ga maker, it can’t be a ga changer…’
Unfortunately, that was the limit of this class. The proof was Kim Woo-jin’s record itself.
‘Among those who had a halo of the Silent Hunter, no one was stronger than .’
Among the players who had a halo of the Silent Hunter, there wasn’t a single case where they were able to live after being turned into Kim Woo-jin’s prey.
‘Furthermore, stuff like assassination is not going to work on Lee Se-joon’
First of all, due to the fact that Lee Se-joon had the most enemies in the world, he had to face countless assassination attempts, and probably the most out of everyone on Earth.
Nevertheless, no assassination attempt had ever succeeded.
‘I can’t choose the Silent Hunter either. Then, the only option I have left is the Emissary of the Underworld. On the other hand, the Emissary of the Underworld is…’
The Emissary of the Underworld. It was the one of the varieties of black wizards that had abilities for many different roles, such as a damage dealer, a tanker, and a debuffer. It was one of the halos of the sacred lights. Moreover, he had more knowledge and information about halos than anyone else in the present.
‘The King of the Underworld also held the halo of Emissary of the Underworld.’
The last enemy of the ssiah guild, a player who made even Lee Se-joon uneasy. One who had signed the non-aggression treaties, the King of the Undead, King Johann Georg. He was an individual who had the Emissary of the Underworld as his halo.
That was why there wasn’t much information regarding this halo.
‘If Lee Se-joon was a hero, then that guy was a monstrosity.’
Kim Woo-jin knew how scary the player known as the King of the Undead, King Johann Georg could be, since the one who killed him was none other than Kim Woo-jin himself.
In order to kill him, Kim Woo-jin investigated and researched him more than anyone else, he was an expert on the details concerning the Emissary of the Underworld.
All things considered, there wasn’t a halo more suitable for him than the Emissary of the Underworld.
In a way, he didn’t even have to think about which halo to choose.
‘The problem, however, was the notoriety this halo held…’
If the Emissary of the Underworld did not hold such strong notoriety among its users, Kim Woo-jin would not have such a hard ti deciding. In other words, the enormous notoriety given to a player, for the class with the highest potential and strength, was too much to bear. From the start, this halo gave the user the rare powers held by the Emissary of the Underworld, which differed from all the other halos.
When the other halos granted their powers to a player, they conducted a test based on systematic examination and criteria. However, the Emissary of the Underworld conducted the test based on a battle evaluation. This ant that in order to reach the apex of what this halo had to offer, one had to first devour the likes of the King of the Undead. And that ant he had to defeat the monster-like players such as the King of the Undead, Johann Georg to unlock potential of his halo.
As a result, most of the players who chose the Emissary of the Underworld as their halos grew very slowly. That was mainly due to the presence of King Johann Georg.
This was why when Lee Se-joon and the other players with the sacred light made their nas, only two nas from the Underworld were known.
The King of Deadly Poison and the King of the Undead.
‘These two players were monsters.’
Recalling those two, Kim Woo-jin clicked his tongue briefly. Those two were monsters; such an expression was enough to describe them. Facing the facts, Kim Woo-jin no longer worried.
‘I just have to devour those monsters and beco a monster myself.’
[You have Chosen the Emissary of the Underworld]
[Player Abilities have Developed]
[You are able to Use the Inventory]
[You are able to Enter Dungeons]
[You are Given the Right to Use the Catalogue]
Kim Woo-jin chose a new path.
‘Next, I have to choose a guild…’
He now had to address a new concern.
‘At this point, the best guild for to use and leech from is the one and only number two guild in Korea, the Phoenix Guild.’
It was a very brief consideration.
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