chapter 136
136 – The Demon King Descends, Aftermath (1)
After finishing the conversation with Altina, when Eugene returned to the world of ‘Destiny Over’, he realized that not a single second had passed in this world.
“Why are you looking like that all of a sudden? “Like someone who saw something they couldn’t see.”
“… No, nothing.”
And looking at the reactions of the people around him, it seemed like no one was aware that Eugene had just had the same conversation with Altina.
Well, the conversation I just had with Altina was entirely in the realm of her imagination.
It would have been even more surprising if people around had been able to overhear the conversation that took place in such a place.
‘Anyway, the demon king’s incarnation was successfully destroyed.’
In addition, he was able to summon the demon king’s incarnation here, force Adelheit to expel all of his power her to exorcise it, and force it to leave this world.
Now that all the variables interfering with Eugene have disappeared, it would have been right to proceed with the story of ‘Destiny Over’, which was cut off due to unavoidable circumstances earlier.
But.
[Play@ drags ‘?&%^’ From ■■■■? Come on. Access from a route■■ that is not permitted! It is ■■ that is not ■■ constructed as a system/!Item%… ]
Viewers were expressing their curiosity as they saw the system message window in front of Eugene, filled with unreadable letters.
No matter how much it is a virtual reality game, it is not without bugs.
Because as long as humans write code and apply it to games, it is impossible for there to be no mistakes or loopholes.
However, even taking that into account, this ‘bug’ that Eugene is currently experiencing was somewhat severe.
Just recently, Eugene succeeded in exterminating some kind of strange creature that had clearly been summoned by Aleister.
Therefore, the message window that appears before Eugene’s eyes must have clearly mentioned something related to him, but if he can’t recognize any of the letters like that, how can he proceed with the game?
Among the viewers currently watching Eugene’s broadcast, there were quite a few who had played ‘Destiny Over’, but even for them, this was their first time seeing such an unidentified phenomenon.
Of course, Eugene, who could be said to be the party involved, also couldn’t figure out why this phenomenon occurred.
If I were to guess, I think the game ‘Destiny Over’ may have been contaminated with demonic energy due to the forcible summoning of the demon lord’s incarnation into this world…
‘But does it make sense for a chunk of computer data, not a living being, to be contaminated by demonic energy?’
First of all, if one thing is certain, it is that this is a problem beyond Eugene’s ability to solve.
In the end, there was only one choice Eugene could make at this moment.
[I’m sorry, but I think today’s broadcast will have to end at this point. I don’t know anything else, but it seems impossible to continue playing the game unless that bug is somehow resolved.]
In order for Adele Haidt to not be able to hear what she said, Eugene posted a notice in her chat window to tell viewers.
– Ah… Today’s broadcast was a lot of fun, but it’s a bit disappointing haha
– So what happened to the final black man, Aleister Crowley? I don’t know anything else, but shouldn’t we kill him first and end the game?
– Actually, Aleister said he went to Academy City. Please take the post down.
– Frame
– Wow Academy City ㅇㅈㄹ LOL How old do you have to be to be able to do that drip LOL
Fortunately, viewers also did not seem to desperately hold on to Eugene, perhaps because they thought it was pointless to continue broadcasting in this situation.
[Well, this concludes today’s broadcast. The schedule for future broadcasts will be posted as an announcement in the near future. If so, thank you all for your hard work!]
– Soba~
– Next time, I plan to top up the donation to provide financial treatment, so come quickly!!!
– I’m really curious about the rest of the game’s story, so come quickly…
– ㄴ ㄹㅇ If he doesn’t come within at least 3 days, I will write Soma’s name in my will and die ㅅㄱ
That’s how Eugene ended ‘Destiny Over’, and just in time, Adelheit’s thought form was also seen slowly disappearing from this world, probably because it had used all its remaining power
But just before the game ended, Eugene saw clearly.
About the fact that Adelheit was whispering this while looking straight at her face.
‘See you later. So, in the real world, not this virtual reality world.’
‘…’
In fact, he knew everything, but he was deliberately pretending not to know.
It seemed like there was one more reason to summon Altina’s body to this world using the key sword as soon as possible
****
Naturally, Eugene’s live performance of ‘Destiny Over’ became a huge topic.
In fact, in some ways, it was even more strange that it did not become a hot topic.
People’s attention was already focused on the controversy related to nuclear weapons right before the broadcast, and in addition, several incidents occurred that it is no exaggeration to say that each one is legendary.
An unknown, but incredibly beautiful female wizard summoned by Aleister.
Likewise, Aleister summoned an incredibly strange creature that seemed to erode a person’s mental strength just by looking at it.
In addition, the moment everything was processed, a broken system message window appeared before Eugene’s eyes!
Currently, almost all community sites related to virtual reality games, including ‘Destiny Gallery’, have been completely taken over as a piece of cake related to Eugene’s broadcast.
Even in the Destiny Gallery, rather than talking about Aleister, who can be said to be the biggest dark side of this war, we talk about a female mage and a strange creature that suddenly appeared in the game!
And as it became a huge topic on the Internet, sales of ‘Destiny Over’ showed an increase of approximately 70% compared to last week.
Originally, Moonlight Company, the production company of the ‘Destiny series’, would have had to scream with joy, but unfortunately, they were not in a position to do so.
Because there was one problem that had to be solved before people could scream with joy due to the surge in sales.
The Seoul branch of ‘Moonlight Company’ located in the middle of Seoul, the top floor.
Right there, the production team of ‘Destiny Over’ and other industry-related people were all present and holding a meeting with serious expressions.
Naturally, it was a hastily held meeting just because of one person, Eugene.
To be more precise, this meeting was held not because of Eugene alone, but because of the ‘unidentified monster’ that he appeared in the last broadcast.
While the CEO of ‘Moonlight Company’ and all other production staff are watching, Eugene’s broadcast from last time begins to play.
Slaughtering all the angels in ‘heaven’ with just one sword.
A scene where Aleister Crowley, who is ultimately on the defensive, fights with Eugene, even using the power of ‘paradox’.
A scene where a very beautiful woman is summoned as her hero using ‘Schrödinger’s cat’.
… Lastly, to the unidentified monster that was probably summoned by Alyester for his final struggle.
At the end of the video, the system message window that appeared before Eugene’s eyes were shown damaged to the point where the letters were unrecognizable.
“Uhm… “
“Hmm… “
Seeing the obvious error in the game, the people from ‘Moonlight Company’ gathered here sigh.
Because once a fatal bug occurred in the game in some form, it was impossible to predict what kind of bad news this would lead to in the future.
However, the production team of ‘Destiny Over’ did not sigh for just that reason.
Even if the company’s stock price fell, it could have risen again later, but this situation that occurred now was something that was far beyond their level of understanding.
“First of all, before we start the meeting in earnest, let me just point out one thing.”
“What do you mean?”
“The monster that Aleister summoned does not appear in the game ‘Destiny Over.’ The same goes for the female wizard he summoned.”
At the words of the general director, the people gathered in the conference room unconsciously made expressions of bewilderment.
“Therefore… Does this mean that a character that was not designed by the production team appeared in the game?”
“Yes. As the general director, I can assure you that we have never included a female wizard or a monster like that as an Easter egg. In other words, it means that those two beings are outside of our production team’s understanding.”< Br﹥
And at this point, people looked like they didn’t understand at all.
No, but if you said it that way, the female magician and the demon lord would have been summoned to that place.
But now, what on earth should I do if the production team says something like that?
“… So, is there really no possibility of such beings being summoned into the game based on the system? Really?”
“… In fact, it is not entirely possible that they will be summoned due to the effect of [Schrödinger’s Cat], The Noble Phantasm used by Aleister. However, even if the female mage was like that, how on earth was that monster summoned? “
“However, since it happened in the game, it is clear that there was some kind of cause that led to such a result. But… “It would take a lot of time for us to completely explain the reason.”
As he said that, the general director pressed his temples as if he was really having a headache.
“Really… This is beyond my common sense. It’s like a story from a movie or novel. In a game created by our own hands, an unknown being that we don’t even know about appears… “
But then, a streamer who was sitting here under the pretext of being an ‘industry person’ opened his mouth in an extremely serious tone.
“A being that the production team never created was summoned into the game… Then, perhaps, those beings are not actually NPCs in the game, but actual beings that exist somewhere in the world?”
“… Yes?”
“That’s right. If the skill called [Schrödinger’s Cat] Responds to Soma-sama’s thoughts and actually summons a being that exists in reality, then the whole situation seems to make sense.”
“…”
“…”
And at the young man’s words, the people around him began to look at him with something different in their eyes.
To put it a little more bluntly, it’s like looking at a crazy person.
“… What kind of bullshit is that? “Is it possible for the female wizard and the monster to actually exist in the reality we live in?”
“Who on earth is that person? “Seeing as it’s a face I don’t recognize, I don’t think he’s an employee of our company.”
“That… This streamer is called ‘Sime’ and specializes in analyzing other streamers. He said he had broadcast analysis of the Sword Lord several times in the past, so I brought him in just in case.”
“… Oh, I know that person. So, every time there was a broadcast analyzing the Sword Lord, he was just talking nonsense, saying that the Sword Lord had been to this world, or that he had learned some kind of martial arts.”
“So this time you made a novel claim that such a supernatural being actually exists in reality? In the end, they will even claim that the female mage promised a future with the sword lord and that the strange creature is the devil?”
“So the true identity of the Sword Master was a hero who returned from another world? That makes sense. “It would be a huge hit if we did a DLC with that content like Powell Software did.”
Listening to her employees’ explicit whispers, Saime bowed her head in shame.
In that way, the opportunity for Moonlight Company to find out the truth about Eugene was lost forever.