The Regressed Martial God Monopolizes Everything - Chapter 11

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Episode 11. Debut Stage (5)
Jeong Hyun-a was able to escape the barrier of flames through the open door.
[Congratulations. You have successfully overcome the Trial on Floor 1.]
[Clear Rank: S]
The moment Jeong Hyun-a opened the door and stepped through, Hunters began appearing from all directions.
They were familiar faces.
Direct members of the Top-10 Guilds. They appeared to have cleared at nearly the same time, as if their abilities were evenly matched.
“Everyone’s fast, huh?”
And there was a man who seemed to have arrived earlier and was waiting for them.
“…Mu-hyeon?”
“Welcome. You all worked hard.”
Chae Mu-hyeon of Songgwang.
The youngest brother of the guild master, separated by a considerable age gap, he had been regarded as lacking in skill—someone who hadn’t even been able to climb the Tower until his mid-twenties—yet here he was waving his hand in greeting.
“When did you…?”
“Oh, I just got here myself.”
Jo Seung-hyeok and Kim Min-gi exchanged cautious glances.
Despite his words, his tone and demeanor were brimming with composure and confidence.
In the meantime, more people who had cleared Floor 1 filed in.
Most were promising recruits from the Top-10 Guilds, and afterward, participants from individual guilds or smaller organizations began to appear as well.
“Hmm. Hyun-a, come to think of it, I don’t see Hyun-su anywhere?”
Jeong Hyun-a, who had been glancing around searching for Jeong Hyun-su, frowned at Chae Mu-hyeon’s remark.
‘Damn it. Why did that idiot show up completely unprepared like that?’
Since he hadn’t even taken the preliminary education on Conquest strategy, she thought he was bound to have a rough time in several ways.
And the way Chae Mu-hyeon was deliberately bringing it up with that gentle smile—it really irritated her.
“I figured it would be tough, of course, but even so, it’s too slow for a first-floor clear.”
“It’s because Seung-jin let his guard down. I had a suspicion, but sure enough.”
“That’s not what happened.”
Jeong Hyun-a finally snapped and spoke up.
“That guy was pathetic, sure, but Chae Seung-jin went all out with Yeolpagi and got destroyed in a single strike.”
The smile vanished from Chae Mu-hyeon’s face.
“Yeolpagi. Hyun-a, can you take responsibility for that claim?”
It was, in a sense, a serious statement. The fact that Chae Seung-jin—who had wielded Yeolpagi, which could be seen as the symbol of Songgwang—had lost to Jeong Hyun-su was a matter that touched upon the guild’s very pride.
“That’s right, I saw it too.”
At that moment, Ji Min-jeong stepped in as well.
“Min-jeong…?”
“It’s not outsiders from the guild who judge whether Yeolpagi was truly used.”
Chae Mu-hyeon was about to respond.
[The Trial on Floor 1 has ended.]
[There is a new announcement!]
[A new Tower record for the first floor clear has been achieved today.]
Simultaneously, Ranks appeared above the heads of all the Hunters who had passed.
Jeong Hyun-a, along with Ji Min-jeong, Jo Seung-hyeok, and Kim Min-gi, were all S Rank.
“S… SS?”
Surprisingly, above Chae Mu-hyeon’s head was a clear record marked SS Rank?
Jo Seung-hyeok and Kim Min-gi looked at each other.
‘Wasn’t SS Rank a record that only Alexander of America and Association Chairman Seon Woo-hyeon had ever achieved?’
Though compared to the age of pioneering it could certainly have become easier and been subject to lower evaluation, it was a grade that hadn’t appeared even after the Conquest methods became known.
Moreover, a world announcement about a clear record that hadn’t appeared in decades had just been posted….
‘Songgwang just set a world record?’
Korea was a nation that had once produced a World Association Chairman.
Though not considered a superpower in terms of overall Hunter capability, much of what defined Korea’s current Hunter industry lay with its top-tier guilds and Hunters.
Because of this, the clear achieved by these rookies from five of the Top-10 Guilds was drawing considerable attention.
Those who had never expected Chae Mu-hyeon to achieve such a result were now regarding him with fresh eyes.
The rookies of Songgwang standing behind him were equally full of pride.
“The Trial has ended, but it’s unfortunate that Hyun-su doesn’t seem to be here….”
[The holder of the new record for Trial Tower Floor 1 is Hunter Jeong Hyun-su, affiliated with Garam Guild of the Republic of Korea.]
[Hunter Jeong Hyun-su has recorded SSS Rank, achieving a new world record.]
Jeong Hyun-a tilted her head in confusion for a moment.
She’d heard a familiar name?
“…Congratulations, Mu-hyeon. You’ve finally achieved the world record.”
“Wait, the record’s different? The announcement said SSS.”
All eyes turned toward Chae Mu-hyeon.
It was an impressive SS-Rank result, but that wasn’t what people wanted to see.
“Who is it? SSS-Rank?”
“Someone from Garam?”
“Jeong Hyun-su from Garam! Where is he!”
[Announcement: Hunter Jeong Hyun-su, affiliated with Garam Guild of South Korea, has achieved an SSS-Rank record. A new world record is hereby established.]
[The Floor 1 all-time rankings have been updated and registered on HunterNet.]
Jeong Hyun-a logged into HunterNet as if in a trance.
HunterNet was the Tower’s own platform — a community dedicated to Hunters and Tower-related information.
Despite what must have been a surge in traffic, the servers remained stable and smooth.
[Trial Tower Floor 1 Official Records]
1st Place. NEW! Jeong Hyun-su (Nationality: South Korea, Affiliation: Garam)
2nd Place. Alexander (Nationality: USA, Affiliation: Galaxy)
3rd Place. Seon Woo-hyeon (Nationality: South Korea, Affiliation: World Hunter Association)
4th Place. NEW! Identity Disclosure Declined
5th Place. NEW! Chae Mu-hyeon (Nationality: South Korea, Affiliation: Songgwang)
After seeing the rankings, Jeong Hyun-a could only blink.
“Miss…”
“What is this?”
She’d certainly witnessed the power that crushed Chae Seung-jin, but a world record. An SSS-Rank that no one had ever achieved before — it felt utterly unreal.
The whole thing seemed impossibly removed from reality.
“Hyun-a, congratulations.”
At Ji Min-jeong’s greeting, Jeong Hyun-a could only stammer.
“Oh? I… I… well, it’s only the first floor anyway, so… in any case, thank you.”
She hardly knew what she was saying.
[The entrance to Floor 2 is now open.]
[Hunters wishing to attempt the conquest may begin.]
It was certainly remarkable that Garam’s name now stood at the very top, but Jeong Hyun-a knew she had to focus on her own conquest.
‘Is this a dream?’
Even so, she felt a certain pride in her blood relation’s achievement.
Though his first impression remained that of an insufferable brat.
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[Transferring to Floor 2 of the Tower.]
The new Hunters who had cleared Floor 1—revealing their true names to the Tower and confronting their shadow selves born from their own trauma—now stared at the vast expanse before them.
“This is the Corridor of Memory Erosion…”
They’d heard descriptions from senior Hunters who’d conquered it countless times, but the direct experience was entirely different.
The crimson fog that seemed to herald the true beginning of the Tower’s ascent filled their hearts with an ominous dread.
But.
They had to move forward all the same.
Each had come with their own purpose, yet in the end, they all faced the same imperative—to climb higher.
The Hunters stepped into the crimson fog. And what awaited them within was…
“A name…”
[Nameless One]
The monsters known to inhabit Floor 2.
Those who had been stripped of their names by the Tower.
Researchers of the Trial Tower debated endlessly: were these Hunters who’d lost their names during their ascent, or beings from other dimensions and worlds? The truth had never been definitively established.
What was known: contact with them resulted in memory loss.
If the loss reached a certain threshold, the victim would vanish entirely. They were never seen again in reality.
“My name…”
The Nameless Ones wandered through the crimson fog searching for their names, and their appearance struck an eerie chord in all who witnessed it.
Pallid skin. Their very existence seemed drained of color, reduced to grey, and their vacant eyes searched desperately for something.
One of them, emaciated to the point that collapse would have surprised no one, suddenly stopped in its tracks.
Then its head began to turn, slowly, deliberately.
Its mouth opened wide.
It worked its jaw as if savoring something. The Nameless Ones were said to hunger ravenously for those who still possessed their names.
That hunger sprang from absence.
These beings, stripped of their names and emptied of existence itself, lacked one thing above all: memory.
When the Nameless One discovered a Hunter still carrying memories whole and intact, its body trembled.
“Mine… now.”
“What…?”
“Let me… go…….”
And then it approached the Hunter.
One step, two steps.
At first it seemed to hobble forward slowly and unsteadily.
Screeeech!
But in the next breath, it had closed the distance and materialized before the Hunter in a blur.
Whoosh!
The Nameless One’s claws raked through the space where the fledgling Hunter had been standing. It was the Eagle Claw Strike—talons that cut like a predator’s strike.
“Aaaaahhhhh!”
As the Hunter collapsed under a wave of searing pain, the red mist writhed violently.
“Memory!”
“Give it! It’s mine!”
And the Nameless Ones, drawn by the scent from beyond the fog, surrounded the Hunter and began their assault.
“What… what is this…….”
The Hunter vanished in an instant.
Not torn apart, but erased—ceased to exist—and several of those who witnessed it felt their pupils dilate with violent tremors.
Everyone who climbed the tower entered with confidence.
Especially in the lowest reaches—fail to clear them and you’d be laughed out of the profession.
Yet it was only natural that several of them felt a chill run down their spines when they saw a Hunter vanish at the very start of the second floor.
But there were still those who pressed forward.
“Everyone stay calm. If you spot enemies beyond the mist, signal first before engaging!”
The promising young talents from the Top-10 Guilds especially showed no hesitation.
“Name…!”
“Give it! Gaaahhh!”
The gifted prodigies recruited into the Top-10 Guilds wielded the formation techniques and combat skills honed within those halls, advancing steadily toward the heart of the tower.
In the midst of this, Jeong Hyun-a spotted a Hunter surrounded by the Nameless Ones and on the verge of being erased—and threw herself into the fray without hesitation.
At the same moment, an aura of darkness fell from her body—empty, yet absolute.
Boom!
Hyeon Cheon Gwi Won Gong—one of the Five Kings Techniques.
That emptiness, which aimed for return through the power of the source, swallowed the Nameless Ones’ attacks, harmonized them back to their origin, and radiated them outward anew.
“T-thank you!”
“This isn’t your day.”
“Excuse me?”
“Whatever you’re running from, you know that death is the end here.”
Jeong Hyun-a left her words hanging—that if your strength was lacking, perhaps surrendering was the better choice—and pressed forward without waiting for a reply.
“Where the hell are they?”
Her eyes searched through the red mist, hunting for the blood relative she knew was moving somewhere beyond.
Finding a missing member of her own guild was only natural for the commander of the Conquest Team, or so she told herself.
Not far from where Jeong Hyun-a searched.
Ji Min-jeong, leading Hanul’s Conquest Team in turn, was advancing toward the heart of the second floor with movements befitting an heir.
“These girls are quite the sight.”
A figure cloaked in darkness watched them pass, licking his lips.
“I was in such a foul mood anyway. Might as well have some fun. Don’t you think? Hehehehe.”
Behind the man—his eyes gleaming with avarice—dozens of shadows materialized from the dark.
Continued in the next episode ▶
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