Chapter 2186 – [What Happens When a Constellation Is the Great Demon King]

There was still time left before the Holy See. No matter how the judgment ends, my relationship with Yunho will be over by then, so if I have anything to do, I think I should do it before then.

I was wondering what to do, but I thought it would be better to pay attention to the Tiara guild. The Constellation of the Holy See was created after they conquered the 70th floor, and it was an organization that could be said to represent climbers, so it was good to take a look.

Coincidentally, Yunho had once again offered to recruit Yunho from the Tiara guild, so we decided to take a tour. I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of climbers are at the top.

[[The Monarch of Winter] Asks if it was fun to be a celebrity.]

“It was fun. But I thought it would be annoying if it was too much.”

[[The Lord of Winter] Said that was his original interest.]

However, it seems that the shock from the first murder has recovered to some extent. There will be a scar, but at least it has healed. There’s no way there wouldn’t be a trace of what happened when you killed someone in the first place. Not a psychopath.

Yunho, who decided to work as a climber again, entered Starion, a city of climbers on the 11th floor, with the business card he had previously received. To be precise, he headed to the Tiara guild, which boasted of its prestige by building a guild building on the lowest ground on the 11th floor.

The No. 1 guild on Earth. Moreover, with the conquest of the 70th floor, the already prestigious Tiara Guild was busy with people. So I thought maybe I had chosen the wrong time for the tour, but the guild staff welcomed Yunho.

“I…”

“Yes, what did you visit for, huh? Are you Apostle Kang Yun-ho?”

“Oh, yes. That’s right. Last time, I was told to come see it if you’re interested… I think I came while I was busy. Shall I come next time?”

“No!!! It’s okay, I have a lot of office work, but I’m not so busy that I can’t serve customers!!! Wait a minute, I’ll report it to the higher-ups now. Someone to help me with the tour will be here soon.”

I was worried that the apostle I gave my business card to when I proposed recruiting him would not show up, but the person who showed up was even more than that.

It was nothing else but the head of the Tiara guild himself. The representative of the world’s number one climber’s guild came in person just to meet one promising climber.

“Hello? My name is Perlaine Carlos. Please feel free to call me Pern.”

“Guild leader?!?!”

“Huh? Huh? Aren’t you the guild leader of the Tiara guild?!?! Why do you…”

George, the nickname for the demon, seems to be going on a trip with an elf who lives for a really long time.

Anyway, Yunho was also embarrassed? It was no different from going to an interview at a large company and being interviewed by the group chairman himself, not the personnel manager.

The head of the Tiara guild was a woman who appeared to be of mixed Latin ethnicity. Perhaps because she was a climber, she had a considerable physique for a woman. She must be at the level of an adult male. Moreover, from what I have seen, his skills are so great that they cannot even be compared to Yunho.

Yunho’s skills are probably at a level that he can only reach by climbing the 40th or 50th floor. Even considering 5 times the compensation, that was enough, so I was able to see how great my capabilities were before climbing the 70th floor.

“I don’t know about other climbers, but I am personally in charge of Sado’s interview. If you think about that, you can consider it as a pre-interview. Oh, of course, it’s not a formal interview, so you can feel comfortable.”

“Ah, yes…”

It wasn’t a lie. Apart from actually joining and becoming an apostle, it seemed like the apostle himself personally managed the matter of joining the guild.

On the one hand, it seems like it came out for a personal purpose, but… Well, if there wasn’t that much of a purpose, it would have been more suspicious.

Anyway, Yunho began looking around the Tiara guild under her guidance. As expected from the top guild, she not only had the best facilities, but the guild warehouse that she briefly showed off had some pretty desirable artifacts and items.

If it is a place that stores rarer items, it will also store better items. Maybe it’s an artifact that can resurrect the dead.

“As expected, it is the number one guild. Although it is my first time seeing other guild facilities, I don’t think it will be any better than this.”

“For us, it’s important to not skimp on investing in people. However, I would like to ask you a few things personally. Is that okay?”

“Huh? Oh, if I can answer that.”

“It’s nothing else, but I’m curious about Yunho’s constellation. I’m even more interested because it’s a constellation that appeared after not showing itself until now.”

As I said before, I don’t lie even if I hide my true feelings.

In response to her question, Yunho gave me favorable reviews and compliments, just as he had done on previous broadcasts. As a listener, I want to keep my mouth shut because it is embarrassing.

“He is a good person. He encouraged me when I was ignored and had a hard time because of my stats, and he made me an apostle from a climber, and he also gave me great attention and support. Of course, I don’t know what will happen if I get more apostles in the future, but at least I have no regrets because I became his apostle. You are such a great constellation.”

“… Is that so?”

The Pern guild leader’s eyes caught fire. It looks like he noticed something.

After touring the Tiara guild, Yunho was invited to her office by the head of the Pern guild. While having a quick cup of tea, she reveals her true feelings little by little.

Of course, it was said on purpose, but it was not malicious. Rather, there was an emotion like pity or pity in her eyes when she looked at Yunho.

“How do you feel about our guild?”

“The facilities and treatment are good. I don’t think it’s the number one guild for no reason.”

“I’m glad you’re positive about it. If you want to join our guild, we need to talk about it in more detail… Well, this may be a sensitive issue, so I think we need to work closely.”

“Huh? You’re saying that even though you haven’t signed up yet?”

“No, this is not Yunho’s problem, but the Constellation’s problem. There are Constellations that often hear our side of the story and use it.”

“Ah…”

“In response, we will use an artifact that can block the observation of the constellation. [Soul Haze] Is an artifact of the constellation, and it is an artifact that creates an area that cannot be observed even by the constellation, which was created with the systematic assistance of the Constellation Tower. It is kept secret from the constellations. It’s good for us to talk among ourselves.”

On the one hand, the existence of such an artifact reveals distrust in the constellation. Even though he is an apostle, he does not seem to believe in the constellations.

Yunho asked me about the doctor. I’m curious about the story, but I can ask questions later, and I have no intention of abusing it just because I heard the story in the first place. He separately told me not to worry about it.

[[The Lord of Winter] Tells you not to worry and to have a good conversation.]

“Ah, thank you, Constellation. If there are any issues that need to be filtered out later, I’ll tell you without them.”

Afterward, the Pern guild leader used the artifact. And I, who was observing him through the constellation tower system, was also blocked… Huh?

The Constellation Tower system itself was blocked, and I couldn’t see it, but for some reason I was able to understand the situation. Now that I think about it, I was recognized as a constellation through an expedient method, and since the bundle of will recognized as a constellation is in Yunho’s body, I was able to understand the conversation regardless of the artifact.

It seemed like I was unintentionally eavesdropping, but I decided to just quietly listen to what was happening.

“I’m telling you this now that we can talk comfortably… But first, we’ve done a lot of research on Yunho.”

“Yes?”

“I found out what happened on the 20th floor by asking people who had been at the party with me. As a result, I decided that Yunho was a trustworthy individual and decided to recruit him more actively.”

“You can trust me as an individual… So does that mean you can’t trust anything else?”

“To be precise, I don’t believe in constellations.”

“… Isn’t the guild leader also an apostle? But what does it mean that you don’t believe in the constellations?”

“I am also an apostle, but rather, because I am an apostle, I am even more aware of the atrocities of the Constellations. It seems that you trust Yunho’s constellation, the [Lord of Winter], Because he has not revealed his true colors yet…”

Yunho’s complexion hardens at that. Considering that the last time you were a streamer and got kicked out for swearing at me, even the top guild leader would be pissed.

However, since it wasn’t an outright insult, I think I’ll tolerate it for now. Perhaps sensing his discomfort, the Pern guild leader continued speaking.

“Each constellation plays with humans in different ways, but among them, some constellations give preferential treatment to apostles, but then there is a type of constellation that gradually pushes them towards destruction by making excessive demands. Moreover, Yunho’s constellation skills increase the difficulty of the tower. I’m even more worried because it’s a skill that can be controlled.”

“…[The Lord of Winter] Constellation is not that kind of person.”

“It may be true now. But as you climb further up the tower and the level of difficulty increases to the point where it becomes difficult, it may be subtly encouraged. Since it is a constellation that seems to be in charge of the concept of trials, there is a possibility that it enjoys seeing people suffer.”

No, not at all.

I am not some kind of sick god who gives you something that you can’t overcome because it’s an ordeal and laughs at you as you struggle with it. To a large extent, I hope to grow through trials that can be overcome.

Of course, there will be trials and tribulations that come down to even just following through, but if I do that, it means that the bastard is that bad, so it’s ultimately karma.

However, seeing the Fern guild leader speak like that, it was clear what his perception and distrust of the Constellation was. Honestly, I understand that because there are only two constellations I’ve seen so far, but both of them are fucking bitches.

If you look at what they do, it’s not strange to see non-believers like that. Ah, but wasn’t the Tiara guild a guild that had many apostles?

Yunho looked at her words and the Tiara guild and asked as if he guessed the situation.

“Are the apostles of the Tiara Guild… All apostles who distrust the Holy See?”

“To be exact, they are apostles who were abandoned by the Constellations. They were appointed as Apostles out of interest or concern, but they grew tired of their excessive demands and brutality, so they distanced themselves, and the Constellations also lost interest in them, so the Apostles who were abandoned gathered together and created the Tiara Guild.”

“Did you suggest recruiting me because you thought I too would someday be disappointed or abandoned by the Holy See?”

“Not only that, but his personality and reputation were also good. I thought it would be a pity for someone like that to fall to the bottom.”

“… Conquering the Constellation Tower is the guild leader’s wish to be fulfilled, right?”

“Yes, just like when I first came, I plan to stop the constellations from interfering with me anymore and have them leave this world. It’s the condition they set, so at least they will keep it.”

If you conquer the tower, your wish will come true. Like the pirates in One Piece, climbers climb and climb while clinging to their primal wish. Of course, there are times when your wish comes true while climbing, but whatever.

But it looks like there are kids like this too. On the other hand, there is some hope.

Currently, the only Tiara guild has conquered the 70th floor, and if that Tiara guild distrusts the Constellation itself, there was some possibility here as well. Those who are in a position to lead civilization have such thoughts and are putting them into practice, so I don’t think they will be thrown to pieces together with the Constellation Tower.

Of course, the trend of civilization itself is a bit different, but that can be done by destroying the Constellation Tower and asking for change. However, in that case, the job as the Great Demon King will not be to judge civilization, but to judge the Constellation Tower… But something is a bit ambiguous.

There’s no way Phantom, who was already aware of the situation here, wouldn’t know that, right? Isn’t there a need to just destroy the tower and be done with it?

While the Pern guild leader and Yunho were talking, I secretly tried to contact Phantom. Even though I was working, he thought it was work-related and answered it right away.

[Uh, okay. What’s going on?]

“This issue is ambiguous, so why did we take it on?”

[Have you noticed? This was actually Bloodier’s agenda.]

As the dimension species’ job, Bloodier disposes of things that are deemed unnecessary or harmful to maintaining the dimension or civilization by eating them. When I met Lulu in the past, things like zombies in the zombie apocalypse world and space worms that roam around and prey on space were included.

Oh, the Just One that Eden was trying to destroy is also there. But because it was discovered late, it was decided to be discarded…

In any case, it is not a problem with civilization itself, but a problem with the Constellation Tower. If it is handled, it will be the job of a bloodier like a janitor, not the Great Demon King who judges civilization.

[But honestly, if the Bloodier touches it, even if it is not innocent, the civilization that should be given a chance will be ruined…]

“Bloodier guys, these days, they don’t eat people even when they go out to work because of The Worst. Why?”

[The problem is that we didn’t take care of it!!!!! Did you see them cleaning up after eating!!!!!]

“Lulu even helps with organizing and washing dishes.”

[No, leave that out because Lulu is unique? Anyway, we thought about the cleanup and decided to take care of it ourselves. So, think about working overtime.]

“Anyway, I’ll be there for half a year, so I’ll just have to attend a Holy See meeting or something and work overtime for three months.”

[Holy See?]

“No, it’s nothing else…”

I happened to be able to infiltrate the Constellation and told him that by clearing the 70th floor, I could attend the Constellation Meeting, where the Constellations discuss the tower’s management policy. The Phantom’s expression became serious, and he brought up one issue.

… And that was the problem that these constellation bastards would be ranked up from assholes to undesirable waste.

[Wow, he’s so capable. At best, I thought about infiltrating as a climber, but infiltrating into a constellation.]

“Thanks to you, I can raise a child and work without getting bored.”

[It worked out just fine. Then go and listen to the testimony. I already understand the circumstances, but if there is a Great Demon King who has heard the testimony from their mouths, it will be easy to convict them.]

“Testimony? What testimony?”

[Although it is a bit low-ranking, it is a constellation tower where nearly a thousand deities are gathered. Do you think the resources to maintain and repair it will just come out?]

“So you’re just going around and trying to suck up faith?”

[Then what about the civilizations they visited before? Do you think they left quietly?]

“…”

The biggest sin of the Constellations was not to use wishes as bait to make humans climb the tower, laugh and enjoy their suffering, and turn this Earth into a world where value is evaluated based on strength and numbers. That’s just a world problem.

Earth was not the first civilization where the Constellation Tower was active. And if I hadn’t come, it wouldn’t have been the last.

[There is circumstantial evidence that those bastards have destroyed several planets and civilizations. There are no significant traces left, but there is a way to investigate them all.]

“Wow, fuck…”

[So, just go and get the testimony. That way, I can send it away for sure.]

“Even though there is overtime, my motivation suddenly soars. Ah, but I will be the judge, so just know that.”

[I knew so. Do whatever you want.]

Since it’s the same dimension, it’s a guilty enough case even if it’s not judged as dimensional invasion or anything like that. I didn’t know that the constellations would have something like this.

About three weeks until the Holy See meeting, where work will begin. I think that time is too long.

Damn judgment is coming…!!!!!