Chapter 2187 – [What Happens When a Constellation Is the Great Demon King]
I knew that these constellation bastards were ten bastards, but I now knew that they were even worse than that. No, go around and destroy civilization?
Since there are nearly a thousand gods, it is not difficult to destroy a planet if you just gather will rather than power. Even if Gaia exists, if you don’t give it room or destroy it by deceiving it, it will end in nothing…
I don’t know about the tendencies of Gaia on this Earth, but either they are indifferent to humans or they have accepted their existence because they believe it is helpful for the development of civilization. They are probably letting down their guard, so if they do something like that in the future, they will inevitably be punished. Similar to terrorism, preventing or protecting it is more difficult than committing it.
But what matters is the evidence. The physical evidence may have been secured by Phantom, but it is closer to circumstantial evidence, and we have to get that testimony from their own mouths. They say that just now is enough to convict the Constellations, but it is still important to obtain solid physical evidence.
No, think about it. If you were a party to that destroyed civilization, wouldn’t it be better for these ten bastards to be punished for the fact that they destroyed the civilization?
I think I saw it as a drama subject before. If the man who killed his daughter was caught after some time had passed, but the statute of limitations had expired, and he could not be punished for that crime, and the man indicted became another murder case, how would the victim’s family feel?
In order to truly label these cubs as cubs and send them away, we need such strong evidence. And the testimony they give will be the evidence.
Anyway, after doing this and that, I finished talking with the Fern guild leader and spoke to Yunho from the Tiara guild.
[[The Lord of Winter] Asks if they had a good conversation.]
“Ah, Constellation. Yes, it was a good story. But it was a bit of a story…”
[[The Monarch of Winter] Considers that he does not have to say anything if it is difficult to talk about.]
Even though I’ve already overheard the story, I’m not so clueless as to pretend not to know what I heard. If it were other constellations, I’d be asking what I was talking about, but I don’t really care.
Even if I hadn’t heard in the first place, I wouldn’t have acted any differently than I do now. Even close friends have at least one secret.
So, there is no need to say anything, but quite unexpectedly, Yunho told me the story he had with the Fern guild leader. He told me not to trust the Constellations, but I’m quite happy that he trusts me more than someone I just met.
“The Constellation is a good person, isn’t it?”
[[The Lord of Winter] Says that he also has things he keeps secret or hides.]
“There are things that even family members keep secret, but it would be rather strange if the Constellation had nothing to hide. I think the important thing is to deceive and not cause harm.”
No, let alone harm, it does help, but I think acting like a constellation when it is not a constellation is deceiving… Ugh, bad conscience. Should I take care of it later?
First, we decided to change the topic of conversation. Since you visited the Tiara guild, he asks if you want to join the guild.
[[The Lord of Winter] Asks if you want to join the Tiara Guild.]
“I’m going to think about it. When I was on the tour, I had a good impression, so I was thinking of signing up, but now I’m a bit like that.”
[[The Lord of Winter] Advises you to think carefully before making a decision.]
“Yes, don’t worry.”
All we have to do for the remaining time is Yunho’s climbing. No matter how the work goes, the experience I gained through hard work will be maintained, and I also have something to think about what to do when I finish this work and take care of it, so I prepare in advance.
It may seem like I’m drinking kimchi soup first, but I’m 100% guilty because the constellations are no joke. No matter how flexible we are, we cannot forgive ourselves for going around destroying a few civilizations.
However, the problem is the repercussions that will occur on this Earth after dealing with them. The social repercussions that will occur as the various resources coming from the Constellation Tower and the foundation of the power of the climbers, who were part of the vested class, disappear… It would not be surprising if World War III broke out.
No, the job of the Great Demon King is to judge the survival of civilization, but if you deal with a problem-prone person to survive and then fail due to internal problems, the work is not worth it.
So something to replace the Constellation Tower was needed. And we already had it. You don’t have to go far to see the Labyrinth Trial, which is often compared to the Constellation Tower.
[Oh, Dad!!!!]
“Yes, Eden. There was no problem there?”
[It’s business as usual here. But why did you contact me? Normally, I would tell my mom.]
“No, it’s not for anything else, it’s because I need your help. This world is like a constellation, and I think we’ll have to fix that system soon.”
[Ah, I get it roughly. Shouldn’t we fill the empty seats in that system?]
“My daughter is quick-witted. She doesn’t need to fill it all up anyway, but she needs to at least have a replacement, so it won’t be as shocking. So she needed that, so I contacted her.”
[Wait a moment. I will make Labyrinth Trial Mark 2.]
The labyrinth trial begins with Eden’s power of creation. Of course, I need my will to take charge of the ordeal afterward, but since I’m here now, it’s not a big problem.
If you have seeds and nutrients, you can fulfill your role. In fact, there are many things that are superior to the Constellation Tower.
For example, anyone can become a climber. If you receive consent, you can be revived when you die by using the power of Eve through the Labyrinth Trial Mark 2. You may get faith there as a fee, but considering the amount of power consumed, it is small, less than the constellations here.
[I made it!!!!!]
“Okay, send it to me, and I’ll take care of it.”
[But apart from raising it, what are you going to do with the artificial intelligence that controls it? You can tell them to do it on their own like Trial, but Trial is good at it because it is connected to Gaia Records.]
“Ah…”
[If we don’t attack that level of artificial intelligence, it won’t be able to operate properly, right? In addition, you need someone to manage it.]
The Labyrinth Trial can be easily operated only with big data such as Gaia Records. But there are a lot of problems because we haven’t talked to Gaia yet.
Of course, if we hand over the basic information about our labyrinth trial and ask them to operate based on that, it will work out. But that also has its limitations… Sufficiently mature artificial intelligence was needed.
“Dad, I’ll take care of that.”
[Oh, I guess I have a guess?]
“That’s right. Anyway, just make a trial and send it to me.”
[Okay!!!! I’ll be there soon, so wait!!!!!]
And within a few days, the seedlings for the Labyrinth Trial arrived. What Eden created and sprouted is preparing to later take root and grow in earnest.
First, I used it as fertilizer to inject some of my will into it. Labyrinth Trial quickly grew from a sapling to a tree that an adult man could barely hug, and began to grow, gradually absorbing information and nutrients.
“The artificial intelligence that will be hit here can be ripped out and attached later…”
Add other basic settings. They say they are replacing the Constellation Tower with the Labyrinth Trial, but compared to these guys, the Labyrinth Trial is lacking, and considering that, it is important to strike a balance.
For example, it is a constellation tower with a game system and an apostle, but ours does not have that, but anyone can become a climber and resurrection is possible even if they are not an apostle of that constellation… Oh, of course, it is job-related. So I have to make some corrections. This is a place where there were no special abilities before the appearance of the Constellation Tower.
At best, our Earth was a place where people with special abilities such as warriors, psychics, and psychics were present. Afterward, wizards and elementalists were created, but since you had to start from scratch, you needed something to supplement them, such as allowing you to learn them.
At the same time, if you give better martial arts skills, better magic, etc. As rewards, you will be motivated, so it was a good story. I also filled in the martial arts and magic data recorded in Horizon as well as my personal data.
“Oh, I need to prepare a separate labyrinth just for minors.”
It is not a facility created to get pleasure from picking on and screwing climbers like the Constellations do, but to nurture transcendental climbers like us. Then, of course, we need to create facilities exclusively for minors.
However, in this case, as much as we were worried, we plan to set up a separate setting for children who do not want to climb due to being pushed by their enthusiastic parents. If you don’t have the will to climb, just kick them out and make them come back when they become adults…
There are a lot of things to touch upon. Since the Earth is in a different dimension and the culture is different, there are a lot of things to change and fix, so the workload is intense. It’s better because the basic options are fixed.
If I had to make everything from scratch like Labyrinth Trial Mark 1 on our Earth, I probably never could have done it on my own.
While I was busy preparing, a month passed quickly. Aside from the Holy See, Yunho also climbed hard and was able to become a solid mid-level climber.
“Constellation!!!! I finally cleared the 30th floor!!!!!!”
[[The Monarch of Winter] Praises you for being magnificent.]
“The hard work was worth it!!!!!”
Considering that the current maximum target level is the 70th floor, I managed to conquer almost half of the 30th floor, so I was no different from an intermediate climber in name and reality. I even put in a lot of effort because my skills were close to those of top climbers. Furthermore, I probably won’t win even if I fight the Pern guild leader I met before, but the fight itself will be successful.
Anyway, now is the time to attend the Holy See meeting. It’s obvious how things will turn out, and we’ll meet later, but this will be the last time we talk as a constellation, so I exchanged greetings with Yunho.
[[The Lord of Winter] Says that the time has come.]
“Huh? What’s going on? Why are you saying that?…”
[[The Lord of Winter] Tells you not to worry as no harm will come to you.]
“No, but shouldn’t you tell me what’s going on?”
[It will be over soon. See you later.]
“Constellation??”
In the end, I just conveyed my will directly, not through the constellation system. Yunho was surprised and looked around, but since I wasn’t there anyway, there was no problem.
And then the Holy See meeting that I was looking forward to taking place. When I tried one method, I quite liked it because it seemed to allow constellations to use avatars to gather in a specific space to communicate, chat, and share stories. You can see the faces of those bastards, and on the other hand, it’s easy to harass them.
Originally, communication between multiple Constellations only caused problems and disturbances, so there was no such system, but Constellations meetings are an exception because they can determine the tower’s future policy and such. Then, I entered the space where the Holy See meeting was held.
Once you create an avatar and designate it, you can go to the meeting location, so I decided to just go myself. There is no problem as I just need to designate myself as the avatar.
What I saw when I entered the conference hall… Was the appearance of numerous gods.
Pantheon, of course, the number is less than a thousand, let alone ten thousand, but if you take it to mean a hall where numerous gods gather, you are correct. However, I would like to call it Manmajeon (萬魔殿), which is similar but completely different.
There are no human babies except me. No, it’s not a metaphor, it’s because no one other than me made their avatars based on humans.
There was a dragon, and there was a strange constellation with a head that looked like a small sun, but its invisible body was wrapped in something like bandages. I don’t think there’s anything special about it, but in the one-eyed world, being two-eyed is considered abnormal, and that ordinaryness actually becomes unusual.
“Oh, who is it? I made an avatar in human form.”
“This is my first time seeing you… Is this your first time attending? It’s been a while since I saw a guy like that.”
There is no sign of questioning whether new faces are around sometimes, and I just think it’s fascinating. Thanks to this, I was able to blend into the conference room without any problems.
And one of the constellations that was interested in my appearance quietly approached me. It was a constellation similar to a water spirit that looked like a person made of water, and he smiled and spoke to me.
“Woah, this is the first constellation I’ve seen? Besides, it’s a human avatar, isn’t it unusual?”
“Because it’s a personal preference. Besides, I think this one has a more symbolic meaning.”
“Symbolic meaning?”
“If you’re curious, should you at least introduce yourself and I won’t reveal your name?”
“Ah, I guess so. I say [The sea that sweeps the continent]. What about that one?”
“[Lord of Winter].”
“Ah!!! I heard his name his!!!! The guy who ripped off tens of thousands of points from [Driving Starlight]!!!! Haha!!! It was quite funny to see that bastard struggling these days without being able to support him!!! !!”
As the rumor spread, people’s views on me changed. Some constellations expressed favor, while others showed hostility. Well, I don’t really care what they think.
On the one hand, it is clear that [The Sea Sweeping the Continent] Was approached not with good intentions, but with the feeling that it was an attempt to rip off a wealthy person, but on the contrary, it is in a good situation. Because I needed at least one person who could speak lightly and know the information.
I’m not with you guys. You are with me.
Just try to secure testimony. Immediately summoned.