Chapter 2181 – [What Happens When a Constellation Is the Great Demon King]

As a quick aside, if I were to tell you what Kang Yun-ho felt while clearing the tutorial floor, what should I say… I have an uneasy feeling.

First, it is understandable that goblins with combat abilities appear on the first floor. We, who are trying to slowly cultivate transcendentalists and have revival insurance, started by killing small animals that have no fighting ability, but that is understandable since each individual has different tendencies and standards.

However, despite this, the tutorial layer showed murderous intent and malice even from the beginning, such as causing pain to climbers or causing them to die if they made a mistake. I think I have to climb a little higher to see it, but I’ll keep that in mind.

Anyway, Kang Yun-ho entered Starion, a city of climbers on the 11th floor. When you teleport into a place that resembles a portal, an exotic and fantasy-like scene unfolds.

The space on the 11th floor is wide, and seeing the city developed and crowded to the level of the capital of a considerable country, it seems that it is not called the city of climbers for no reason. But what about real estate here? Is it managed from the Constellation Tower?

“Newbies go here!!!!”

“Join our Flame King Guild!!! Reliable senior climbers will teach you and support you!”

“If you go up to the 12th floor without any preparation, you will die!!!! Buy some equipment and stuff!!!!”

It feels like some kind of market bottom. There is no way that there are people who try to rip off beginners who have just become mountain climbers.

Fortunately, there are many other climbers, and Kang Yun-ho’s appearance was not much different from that of a newbie. This is because among the equipment and items he received as tutorial rewards, he put them in his inventory.

There’s just one thing I’d like to ask Kang Yun-ho about being a doctor.

[[The Lord of Winter] Asks if you want to join the guild.]

“Ah, it’s half-and-half. If you join, the merits are great, but there are restrictions on your activities. If you work alone, there are limitations, but the Constellation supports you, so it’s not too much of an inconvenience.”

It doesn’t really matter whether I join a guild or not. Once you enter, you can contact apostles of other constellations, and even if you don’t, there are other ways.

It doesn’t matter either way, just tell Yunho to do whatever he wants… At that time, a tout spoke to him to recruit guild members.

“Newcomer, why don’t you join our Sarun guild? You know that our guild leader is an apostle of [Flaming Dragon], Right? Since ancient times, if you are around apostles, you will be noticed by the Constellation and have a high chance of being chosen as an apostle. Besides, the guild leader is also a beautiful woman. And… How about joining our guild?”

“Huh? No, an apostle cannot hold concurrent positions, so I… Ah.”

“Wait, what?”

Perhaps because he was still an immature child, he tried to refuse by giving reasons that he could just refuse, but then he revealed that he was an apostle.

Apostles are not rare, but they are not common either. Also, is a newbie who just finished the tutorial an apostle? Then, no matter what happens later, he is a 100% prospect. Considering the constellation skills I gave you, the apostles of other constellations are probably just as strong, so they are the top candidates for recruitment.

“What?!?! Among these new recruits, there’s an apostle?”

“Wait a minute!!! I wonder what the constellation’s name is…”

“Join our guild!!! We will fully support you!!!!!!!”

“Is this a newbie apostle after a few months?! Hey, everyone gets out!!! This is ours!!!!!!”

Yunho was taken aback as so many people flocked to him and attempted to recruit and scout him. I sent a message telling them to run away right then and there because they seemed like they were trying to rip off those just starting out in society.

[[The Lord of Winter] Advises you to leave the tower and run away.]

“Top exit!!!!!”

Yunho immediately left the tower and returned to his original home… Huh? What is this? Why is visibility maintained outside the tower?

As a constellation, it is natural that I can observe climbers using the constellation’s tower system. But I didn’t know if that was possible outside the tower.

I wonder if Yunho is my apostle, but that’s not true either. This simply means that the climber itself is an object that can be observed at any time, whether inside or outside the tower.

What about their private lives? It is unlikely that God would lust after humans, but…

[[The Lord of Winter] Tells you to get some rest to sort out the affairs outside the tower.]

“Ah, I understand, Constellation.”

Once there was a commotion, I had to wait a day or two for it to calm down. Since I worked hard for several days clearing the tutorial, it would be better to take this opportunity to rest.

You can watch, but in the meantime, I have stopped observing to protect your privacy. Later, when I enter the tower separately, I will let you now and then I will gather information from other sources.

The first thing to look at is the constellation tower system. Although I took a quick look around at first, there were many features I hadn’t seen yet, so I took a look at them. However, there was something missing than expected, and that was the communication function between constellations.

“What? Isn’t there something like a channel through which the constellations can communicate with each other than I thought? Isn’t there something like a bulletin board? Oh, you can actually inquire…”

[Communication-related functions were abolished about 4,500 years ago due to excessive stimulation, quarrels, and disputes among constellations. However, the communication function between individual constellations was left behind.]

“Oh, it’s worth it.”

Each of the constellations is a god, and therefore there is goodness. As you can see from the mythology of polytheistic religions, the more gods there are, the more likely it is for things to go wrong.

For example, look at Greek mythology. How bad is it that human gods, whether good or bad, mess around and get into trouble? At the very least, the gods of the Constellation Tower… If they have strong egos, are eccentric, and have bad personalities, it’s strange that they are quiet.

What would it be like if all the 1,000 gallery users were full of trouble? Incidents erupt without warning, ruin, destruction, fights break out, tactical nuclear weapons are used, and even the absolute being of chaos and the dog god seem to say that this is not right and cut off.

Anyway, despite the Constellation Tower’s system, there is no convenient communication function like a bulletin board. However, personal chat was possible if you knew the other person’s constellation name.

There is no constellation that I know of, and even if it is a famous constellation, it is unlikely that I will accept a personal chat from a constellation that I have never heard of before, so I left it for a while. It’s personal and closed at the same time, so I’ll leave this aside for a moment…

“Oh, it looks like Yunho has become somewhat famous.”

When I went online, the news that the newbie climber was an apostle had already spread, causing an uproar. Moreover, I found out that Yunho was the only newbie climber who became an apostle in the past three months.

Just as lottery tickets are carried over for a while without winning, and then become more interested when the winner emerges, the same was true for Yunho. Yunho’s face and things like that were already circulating on the internet.

-Newbie apostle in 3 months. It seems like the constellation hasn’t been revealed yet?

-My constellation said they don’t pick an apostle because there’s no one who stands out these days. Didn’t the constellation pick the better one?

-I also want to become an apostle because it is good…

-But he doesn’t seem so clueless. Apostles don’t die, but don’t they get lost on the way up?

-Ah, he’s still an apostle, so he’s probably stronger than an ordinary climber.

It’s not obvious on the outside yet, so it seems like he doesn’t know that he’s stronger than most climbers even though he just cleared the tutorial.

I’m so angry because the child I raised is being ignored… I can stay for about half a year, so if I grow more and become famous, those guys will shut up, right?

On the other hand, it seemed like there were some constellations that raised apostles with this mindset. I’m so attached to a child I met and raised as an apostle only a few days ago, so what if it’s a different constellation?

However, loving and raising humans is not everything. Because we need to check the average of the majority of constellations in the Constellation Tower.

As I checked the internet reaction, Yunho must have done something like ego search and entered the tower again a day after coming out.

“Constellation?”

[[The Lord of Winter] Says he is watching.]

“It’s nice to be a climber… But I don’t like being ignored. So I’m going to climb the tower right away.”

It’s a good thing to have a desire to improve. A clear purpose becomes the driving force that can elevate a person to a higher level.

It was only a day, but it looks like something happened on Yunho’s side while I wasn’t there. He told me about the guilds he had been in contact with.

“Several guilds have offered to recruit me. I haven’t received a confirmation yet…”

[[The Lord of Winter] Says it doesn’t matter if he decides to raise the ransom a little more.]

“I guess so, right?”

If you join the guild now, you will just be treated as a newbie. But there will also be restrictions.

In order to have some freedom and have the power to speak up, you had to build up a track record. Only then can you enter an experienced position and receive some recognition.

[[The Lord of Winter] Says not to consider those who do not come directly when trying to recruit guild members.]

“Oh, the person who comes directly will be more desperate and in need, and will be treated accordingly, right?”

[[The Lord of Winter] Agrees.]

And Yunho immediately started climbing the 12th floor. In the case of the 12th floor, the difficulty level became more intense as the climb was completed after the actual tutorial, and although monsters appeared, the goal this time was not to deal with them.

The 12th floor is a layer with a defense-type mission where there is a guardian totem, and you have to protect the totem for a certain period of time against incoming monsters. However, in normal difficulty, the monsters’ aggro is concentrated on the guardian totem, so the main purpose is not to attack climbers, so the threat of death is less than expected.

If the totem is destroyed, the mission will fail. However, they do not die, but are simply kicked out of the hierarchy. This is a class where the death rate is not high, but the failure rate is quite high.

“I’ll set this to maximum difficulty as well.”

And Kang Yun-ho also took on the challenge at the maximum difficulty level. In addition, the Orc monsters, which would have originally only numbered about 50, now number 100, and each one of them has become much stronger.

In addition, the bonus mission condition is to kill all the monsters that come in. You have to fight against formidable orcs and kill them all.

[If it seems like the [Lord of Winter] Can’t capture them all, I suggest destroying the totems to intentionally cause the mission to fail.]

“Huh? Oh… I have to take the bonus mission as well. Once you clear it, you can’t try again…”

If the game is automatically cleared after a certain period of time, you will not receive any bonus rewards and will only receive general rewards. Of course, it’s 5x, so it’s quite nice, but it was a good choice to get everything you can from the lower floors without having to worry about the upper floors.

As you climb further up the tower, the basic difficulty level increases so much that you may not be able to clear it at all if you set it to maximum difficulty… Oh, of course, that’s only if you climb up to that level.

Anyway, Yunho attempted the 12th floor. Each of the 100 muscular orcs armed with axes was nothing special, but if they missed even one, they would destroy the totem, so they had to be caught. There are at least two routes, so you only have to worry about two places, but it’s difficult unless you use the self-immolation technique.

There is a limit to physical strength, and as expected, failure is frequent. Each time, he supplemented with his stamina potions and continued to challenge himself, gradually accumulating know-how by accumulating experience and skill proficiency.

One day was enough for him to reach a simple clear, but it was still not enough to satisfy the bonus mission conditions. I think he needs to increase his catching speed to catch all 100 fish within the given time.

However… Because of that, people’s attention was diverted in a different direction.

-I heard that this newbie is also blocked on the 12th floor? It is said that he has been suffering for 3 days.

-No, isn’t that where the 12th floor oak appears? You may fail, but clearing it is not as difficult as you think, but you keep failing?

-Aren’t you aiming for a bonus?

-It’s still a problem. Even if you destroy the totem right before clearing and retrace the bonus clear, you won’t be able to meet the specs in the end. This constellation really seems to be a Hakko constellation.

-ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋㅋ.

I’m unusual, but most people don’t know that I’m clearing the game on its own hard mode by raising the difficulty level. To them, it seemed like they were seeing a weak climber getting stuck and rolling in a level that was difficult but not very difficult.

But Yunho is probably much stronger now than those of you who write in the gallery. Just as what doesn’t kill me makes me stronger, the intense trials were clearly making Yunho grow.

[Confirmation of clearing 12th floor and achieving bonus mission conditions. Due to [Only those who overcome winter can see spring], 25 points in strength stat and 25 points in stamina stat are obtained.]

“Assaaaaa!!!!!!!”

The reward for clearing tier 12 is 3 each of strength and stamina stats. However, if you clear a bonus mission, you will be given 2 more stats, giving 5 each, for a total of 10 stats. However, there is a 5x bonus, so strength and stamina are each 25 points.

A total of 50 stat points, even if you can’t use them for anything else. Just thinking about the level, it is a ridiculous reward as you have to raise level 10 to get it.

The hard work was worth it. No matter what others say, it was well worth the time spent.

“I’ll keep going up.”

[[The Lord of Winter] Is cheering you on and telling you to be strong.]

The 12th floor, which was talked about a lot, was cleared. I thought that the public opinion about Yunho on the Internet might change a little, but… Instead, they make fun of it as if it has become a meme or something and can be openly criticized.

-Newbie Apostle!!! Clear the 12th floor of Majamnae!!!!

-Only now haha

-Wow, if he was a really promising player, he would have finished the tutorial while clearing the 12th floor and went up to the 13th floor.

-Can an apostle be this weak? The apostle is also a disgrace haha

-Doesn’t the Constellation provide support? I guess it really is the Hakko constellation.

… The atmosphere is really different from the labyrinth trial. Since the purpose is to foster transcendents, even if challengers with a high clear tier are given preference, challengers with a low clear tier are not disparaged or insulted. In the end, since we are striving for the goal of becoming transcendent, we view the challenge itself as a noble act.

Of course, there are people who look down on us because they are lower in the clear tier than us or have less ability, but we get annoyed when those people cross the line. However, in the case of this part of the world, there is a global trend that weak climbers can be let go, and it feels like they are not stopping it.

There are towers and constellations, and they are important, so anyone who can’t climb the tower properly is an idiot… Discrimination between ordinary people and climbers is also a problem, but it’s really shitty that even if they are the same climbers, they can’t treat low-level climbers like people.

There are just fucking bastards everywhere.

I assure you… That if I decide to judge here, I will definitely be the judge.