NOVEL WEB chapter 17
Chapter 17. Transaction
“Master of mass extinction. It seems the results are not satisfactory.”
Unfortunately, the angel was right. The community market did not have the creatures or magical techniques I wanted.
“It is not impossible to manifest mysteries solely with the abilities of living beings. But such creatures are powerful and difficult to create. Whether they exist naturally or are self-created, they wouldn’t want to show them to others.”
Damn it. I have more than enough points to spare.
Besides creating low-intelligence creatures that can use magic, here are the tasks I am currently working on:
First, using Yogurtosaurus’s magic to make it rain a lot in the newly acquired desert area, terraforming it with jellies to make it more like a plain than a desert.
Second, the complex improvement of the desert forest and its ecosystem.
Third, enhancing the aggression of the candies and evolving ‘ordinary creatures’ that become prey for the carnivorous candies.
I am buying creatures that can live in the desert or can evolve to do so through community transactions and using them. The camel-eating candies have evolved to hunt various types of terrestrial creatures by growing and shrinking.
Fourth, managing the overall health of the ecosystem. Apjuice manages the Nectar Oasis, but I have to take care of the overall ecosystem myself.
This is what happens when you have no subordinates.
“You can have subordinates.”
I don’t need subordinates who would be a burden to me.
“Why would a player who defeats the master of mass extinction become a subordinate?”
That’s why the position of the demon king is inherently lonely.
“Oh. Yes. I see.”
No matter how much I searched the community, magic and magical creatures were tightly hidden as if they were critical information.
Why is this happening? On Earth, all technologies were shared while filing patents.
“Sorry, but that wasn’t the case on Earth either.”
There was no information I couldn’t get if I just paid for it.
“That’s true.”
It seemed that mysteries were like major corporate secrets to others.
I lamented coming from a world with only physical laws and no mysteries.
“Actually, that’s not true either.”
?
“Hmm~?”
Oh, well, at least the ordinary people of the world thought so. Moving on.
Anyway, within the game, magic and mana were too common and there were many types.
Even if I tried to find some common magic, I couldn’t tell which was more amazing between [Introduction to the Third Dimensional Mysticism of Tertivegaokoshu] and [Aeaeo’s Poonga Gurun Guide]. Honestly, I couldn’t tell what the difference was, or if there was any difference at all. What is Poonga Gurun?
Ma. Gic.
“Something like that…”
Isn’t there anyone amazing? The top expert in magic. Someone who can teach me everything about magic from start to finish.
Even if I looked around the community, everyone took magic for granted, came from a world with little magic, or didn’t know magic at all but had knowledge of strange science and strange creatures that I didn’t know, so they just grouped together. It seemed like there was no one to teach something to a player they were seeing for the first time.
“If I had to say, Mr. Bean, you are also on the side with abundant knowledge of strange science and strange creatures. From their perspective.”
I see. Anyway, if there’s no other way, I have to evolve and headbutt alone while creating a virtual magical creature named Yogurt…
「Player ‘Sesaisa’ has requested a 〈conversation〉.」
Hmm? What? Specifically picking me for a conversation? Why? For what reason? How?
Sesaisa. The name sounds familiar. It’s like a name I almost forgot beyond memory. Hmm. Who is it?
“The player who bought nectar for 296 points.”
Ah. That friend…
Hmm…
「You have accepted the 〈conversation〉 request from player ‘Sesaisa’.」
“Huh.”
“What do you mean, huh? Hey. You have to do whatever it takes to win. Even if it means communicating with an intelligent being…”
“Weren’t you terribly averse to intelligent beings?”
“Hey. Don’t you know about priorities? Did I come to this game because I didn’t want to talk to intelligent beings? I came to win the game, didn’t I?
First, I have to win the game, then I can decide whether to eliminate all intelligent beings in the universe or not. But should I just drop out of this game where you have to actively use the community to win, just because I find conversations uncomfortable?”
Then the angel, unable to refute, closed its mouth for a moment and said one word.
“…You find conversations with others uncomfortable.”
That’s harsh.
Even if it’s true.
It’s harsh.
Anyway, when I thought I didn’t want to see the face during the conversation, it appeared in the form of a chat room. The other party spoke first.
[Sesaisa: Hello.]
It’s a text that feels devoid of any emotion. They must be speaking in their own language over there, right?
I respond with a text devoid of any emotion as well.
[Biin: Woong woong. Hello hello ㅎㅎ]
[Sesaisa: Biin. I’ll get straight to the point. You have the Nectar Spring, don’t you?]
[Biin: It’s pretty obviousㅠㅠ Woong. I have itㅋㅋ]
[Sesaisa: I’ll buy the same amount of Nectar as last time, but for double, no, triple the price······. How much can you sell?]
[Biin: I sold it last time because I needed urgent cashㅠㅠ Now I need magic, not points!]
The reply came back immediately.
[Sesaisa: Magic? What kind of magic? Elemental? Yin-Yang Five Elements? Spirit? Mystical Life? If it’s not related to good and evil or concepts, I might be able to provide information.]
They took the bait.
[Biin: I don’t really know much about the magic of this worldㅠㅠ Even if you say that, I don’t really know what I need.]
[Sesaisa: Aha. So you’re from the other mystical world.]
[Biin: Woong woong. That’s right. I don’t really know the difference between mysticism and magic.]
[Sesaisa: Ah, praise be!!! I was a scholar specializing in general mysticism in the ultra-mystical world by this world’s standards!!! If you sell me the Nectar, I’ll answer any questions you have.]
Lucky me. Is the world perhaps telling me to become a god?
[Biin: Woong woong. Then I can sell about······ 20 times the amount I gave last time! Kyaa~~~!]
[Sesaisa: That’s crazy! Alright. What do you want? I’m really in a hurry!!!]
[Biin: ㅋㅋ Got it got it. Wait a moment.]
I looked back at the angel. The angel was looking at me as if they had seen something they shouldn’t have. I asked nonchalantly.
“I have a question.”
“I don’t think it’s more than what I’m curious about right now?”
“Then keep that question to yourself for life. Is there a way I can be sure that the other player here won’t lie, cheat, or deceive?”
The angel answered diligently, as always.
“Well, if it’s an official transaction. Points, goods, knowledge, as long as there’s an official condition, the Sesaisa player has to give the promised compensation unless they themselves are mistaken. Of course, the Lord of Extinction must also hand over the Nectar without any tricks.”
I see. Then shall I make a fair deal with this friend?
[Biin: Then can you create a magical creature? ㅋㅋㅋ]
[Sesaisa: Meat isn’t my specialty, so I don’t know about that.]
[Biin: ㅋㅋㅋㅋ It’s my specialty, so it’s fine! Huh? But if life isn’t your specialty, why do you need so much Nectar?]
[Sesaisa: Ah. That’s because. The received world’s species are meat, and I didn’t know what to do, so I just gave them intelligence and taught them magic, and they all turned weird, and now my meat species have nothing to eat.]
······.
[Sesaesa: I won’t eat just anything, but I do eat nectar quite well… It’s pure life energy, after all. So, if possible, I need a nectar spring…]
[Bin: You idiot. How do you manage an ecosystem so that it collapses while you’re teaching magic?]
[Sesaesa: ???]
I glared at the angel.
“Hey. Is there a way for me to see this idiot’s ecosystem?”
“It’s possible with permission, but it consumes a lot of divine power for a player to see another player’s world.”
“I don’t care. I need to see how much this idiot has messed up his ecosystem.”
I applied through the angel. Then, as if they wanted to see my world too, they showed me their world.
And. Oh. My.
[Sesaesa’s World
Life LV.2: 233
Military LV.5: 3,889
Industry LV.0: 79
Technology LV.5: 3,566
Culture LV.2: 233
Politics LV.1: 177
Mystery LV.6: 5,003
Faith LV.5: 2,911
Total Score LV.5: 16,091]
I was at a loss for words at this disastrous world.
Even if you tried, it would be hard to mess up this badly. Almost all the living creatures had dried up and died.
So, I wondered where they were getting their food from, and it turned out that the species, which practiced meditation and magic training, created life through faith whenever they prayed. Or they bought life with points.
And since the gods just provided things, the industry was trash. The technology score was high because of the magic score.
In short, the creatures in this world were sustaining all their food needs just by praying to the gods and studying magic.
What an idiot.
Moreover, these creatures were like huge elephants. I was really frustrated. Shouldn’t they reduce their size to save energy?
This place was originally a forest, but these idiots had eaten all the trees in their ecosystem, causing soil erosion and turning it into a wasteland with not a single blade of grass left.
[Bin: You idiot. Don’t you even know the basic concept of an ecosystem consisting of producers, consumers, and decomposers?]
After seeing my beautiful ecosystem, Sesaesa sent me a message almost spitting in disgust.
[Sesaesa: Unbelievable. Do I have to listen to you, who creates legendary creatures and then teaches them how to make their own poop?]
[Biin: What? What’s wrong with my dessert army’s core, Yogurt-Sauce…]
[Sesaisa: That intelligence! That magic! That power! Do you think it makes sense to let such a strong intellect develop magic alone? Why is nectar production so inefficient! At least, unless you’re a fool who doesn’t know the correlation between the interaction of basic elements, magic pressure, and the flow of the spiritual world, this can’t be…]
[Biin: ?]
[Sesaisa: ?]
“Biin’s angel. You must be having a hard time. Our player comes from a purely spiritual world, so they call everything, whether plant or animal, meat.”
“Sesaisa’s angel must be having a hard time too. Our player calls all mysteries magic.”
“That’s how it is.”
“Why did these two have to meet? This game is really unlucky for other players.”
As we talked, it became clear that this Sesaisa…
[Biin: Sesaisa, haha, I don’t know much, but you seem to be very knowledgeable about magic instead of ecology 〉〈]
[Sesaisa: Haha. I think my scholar’s heart, which can’t stand irrationality, got ahead of me, and I couldn’t fully understand Biin’s meat. May I ask for your opinion on the survival methods of meat that operates without faith and mystery for a moment?]
[Biin: Sure. I’m also very interested in magic that can be applied to the ecosystem, haha. Is it possible to have a creature that can use magic just by being alive?]
[Sesaisa: I already know that it’s not impossible, even if the magic that can be used by the meat’s mind is limited. What does it matter which meat performs the mystery?]
Sesaisa and I simultaneously asked the angel. ‘Can we manipulate the other world?’
“Uh… As long as you allow changes only as much as you exchange points. And if you receive points from the other as much as you contribute to the world? And it’s forbidden to manipulate or set traps with malice. You just have to promise that.”
“But unless you form a complete alliance, there are limits to authority, right? You won’t form an alliance, will you?”
No. We won’t.
The reason is obvious without saying.
That Sesaisa. He doesn’t have a single subordinate god. No alliances either.
He must have felt his shortcomings in the world, but he killed all the players he met.
“Like the lord of mass extinction.”
And the score of the other world is 16,091. It’s extremely mystery-centered, but almost as much as mine.
「Biin’s World
Life LV.6: 8,300
Military LV.5: 3,999
Industry LV.3: 833
Technology LV.1: 160
Culture LV.0: 0
Politics LV.0: 0
Mystery LV.4: 1,866
Faith LV.4: 1,771
Total Score LV.5: 16,929
In short, that guy is probably one of the thousand people who can kill my Yog-Tosoth.
A player who has created an extremely deformed yet efficient, unique build, scraping together nearly 16,000 points in just three world collisions.
He’s a monster of the same kind as me. We’ll have to fight someday.
“By the way, that side also thinks of the Lord of Extinction in the same way.”
Of course.
“Player ‘Sesaisa’ has temporarily transferred the control authority of his world to the ‘Bieen’ player.”
“Player ‘Sesaisa’ temporarily transfers the control authority of the player’s world to ‘Bieen’.”
[Sesaisa: Bieen. I will teach Yog-Tosoth, the only light in this trashy world, what true magic is.]
I’ll make you open your eyes. I’ll turn your pathetic ecosystem into a paradise.
It looks like I’ll be quite busy until the next world collision.