Chapter 4: New Updates

And he said to her, “I am who I am.”

And He said, “Go to my people and say this:

‘I AM has sent me to you.’

Rudera Genesis 3:14

Having parted ways with Adelina, I returned to my room where I had unpacked earlier.

Just as I was about to turn the doorknob to open the door,

“Hey? You must be the neighbour.”

A voice came from my right.

I turned my head to see a handsome man with blonde hair and slightly tanned skin, giving off a delinquent vibe.

“Nice to meet you? I am Waldbruck Stein.”

Despite meeting for the first time, he introduced himself casually and approached me.

“We’ll be seeing each other often since we’re neighbours. Let’s get along. You can call me Wald.”

He said this while extending one hand.

Stein.

I’ve never heard of that name before.

He didn’t seem to be from the Empire.

Approaching someone so comfortably on the first meeting suggested he had a very sociable personality.

“I’m Albus, Albus Vernier.”

“Vernier?… Are you perhaps related to Adelina Vernier?”

“She’s my sister.”

“I can’t believe I’m meeting the sibling of the Sword Princess Adelina as a neighbour. So, you’re from the Empire?”

The Sword Princess Adelina.

It was the title given to my sister Adelina after the incident she caused at the academy two years ago.

“That’s right.”

“I’m from the Republic. Although tensions are high between the Republic and the Empire these days, it has nothing to do with us, so let’s get along, friend.”

His easy-going approach and his casual use of informal language right from the first meeting gave off a vibe typical of someone from the Republic.

“Yeah. Let’s get along.”

I was worried about who I would spend time with at the academy.

Because of the incident with Rudera and our family’s inherent reclusiveness, I had never attended a noble’s social gathering, so I had no friends my age.

Moreover, I couldn’t just have meals or walk around with my sister, who was two grades above me.

So, I was glad to make a friend, even if I didn’t fully know his background and he was from the Republic.

“By the way, friend. Do you play Rudera?”

“Rudera?”

“Yeah. I mean, do you access that special world?”

Access?

I monitor and prepare updates for it every day…

“Yes, I do…”

“I knew it! Actually, I’m really into Rudera too!”

As if he had been waiting for this, he began to pour out stories about Rudera.

It was as if he needed someone to talk to about this; he didn’t stop talking about it.

“That beautiful world is so extraordinary that one day it might even surpass reality.”

His words were almost like praise for Rudera.

I felt my face heat up.

Of course, it wasn’t my first time seeing or hearing enthusiastic reactions to the world I created, but it was the first time I heard such words directly in front of me.

Maybe that’s why I felt a strange sensation.

“Anyway, about a month ago, I got a rare class, ‘Magic Swordsman!’”

“Magic Swordsman?”

Lost in his stories about Rudera, I found myself asking without realizing it.

“Yes! Magic Swordsman! Have you heard of it?”

Heard of it?

Of course, I have.

I created that class, after all.

Magic Swordsman is one of the rare classes I scattered throughout the world of Rudera.

So, I remembered it.

Many systems of Rudera were borrowed from the framework of virtual reality games I experienced in my previous life, one of which was the job system.

Like a game, players who connect to Rudera can choose a profession and advance to a discovered profession.

From the basic normal classes that anyone can obtain simply by completing quests, to the rare classes that require a fair amount of effort and luck.

Epic classes are very difficult to obtain as their numbers are limited.

Finally, hidden classes, each of which exists as a singular entity, become unobtainable for others once someone acquires them.

For the fun of Rudera, I personally created and scattered these special professions everywhere.

Special professions and the power they provide add to the fun of the game.

Of course, to prevent content from being exhausted, I made the difficulty very hard, so no one has yet obtained a hidden class, and only three people have managed to get an epic class.

It was even hard to find people who had obtained rare classes, but to think that this person, Waldruck Stein, standing before me, had obtained a rare class.

As a rare class, the power it provides is more powerful compared to normal classes.

But rare classes had an additional special trait.

For some reason, those who obtained rare or higher classes in Rudera could use their powers in reality.

Neither I nor Carthesia knew the exact reason, but Carthesia speculated that only classes obtained through sufficient hardship and adversity could have an impact in reality.

Even if I bestowed a special profession upon myself or my family, it strangely wouldn’t reflect in reality.

Carthesia’s hypothesis was that this was because we didn’t go through sufficient hardship and adversity to obtain the class.

So far, there was no other way to explain the situation, so I thought the same.

It was quite a pity.

Anyway, the man before me, Waldruck, was a person who could use the power of the ‘Magic Swordsman’ in reality.

“A rare class, huh? That’s… impressive.”

It’s a class I personally placed.

Knowing how difficult it was to obtain that rare class, I saw this man in a new light.

I thought he was just a loafer who liked Rudera.

“Heh. That’s right. If you ever need help in Rudera, let me know. We’re friends now, so I can help, right?”

Waldbruck flashed a friendly smile.

Well, I don’t think there’s anything in Rudera where I would need someone’s help.

“Sure. I’ll ask if I ever get the chance.”

I said that as I turned the doorknob.

“Go in, friend! See you tomorrow!”

Click.

Leaving the closed door behind, I took off my clothes and sprawled out on the bed.

“Friend… huh.”

It was a strange feeling.

A user enjoying the world I created.

I always made Rudera while scribbling in my room.

Among the people I met, those who enjoyed my world were either my family or Carthesia.

They all knew that I was the only god of that world, the ‘GM’.

Meeting someone who praised Rudera without knowing my true identity felt different.

“Not bad.”

After lying there blankly for a while, I put on the special connector Carthesia made just for me and activated it.

Since I’d be busy once I enrolled in the academy, I planned to take a break from updates for a while.

“After hearing such feedback, I can’t just sit still.”

After a moment of darkness, the vast sky of Rudera unfolded.

I began to fall through that sky.

Thunk.

Then, with my will, my body suddenly stopped in mid-air.

“I guess I need to move up the schedule.”

An update that will satisfy everyone experiencing this world.

It is executed today.

I will show the splendid content of Earth, which will inevitably shock those from another world.

***

“Academy….”

Eclesia, the only saint of the Holy Kingdom, gently wrapped her hands around the holy relic placed on her palm.

She sat on a chair in the special dormitory room prepared for her at the academy and looked out the window.

“There is an answer at this academy.”

One day, a divine will, an oracle, descended.

In that oracle, Deus, the god she served, spoke.

-Go to Lichten.

There you will find what you seek.

Due to that oracle, despite her status as a saint, she was exceptionally admitted as a student at the academy.

Since the emergence of another world called Rudera, the entire continent had been greatly transformed by it.

Those who fought to seize more resources and territory in reality all plunged into it, struggling to discover hidden items and hidden classes.

However, it wasn’t only the mortals of the earth who were interested in Rudera.

-Bring the hidden item.

The gods of the two great religions that divided the continent, Deus and Alia, had commanded their followers.

There was special item in Rudera, with only one of each kind, called hidden item.

They were commanded to bring those items.

-We must not lose to those heretics.

With such a mindset, the Holy Kingdom serving Deus and the Holy Kingdom serving Alia began to madly invest their forces into Rudera.

They started to push special forces like paladins and apostles into it.

-We must find it before those heretic bastards do!

But, true to the name of hidden item, the Holy Kingdom couldn’t find even a clue about it.

This cannot continue.

We must find them, no matter what!

An oracle was given to the desperate Holy Kingdom.

That’s why, despite her status, Eclesia made the unprecedented decision to enrol in the academy.

“No matter what hardships come.”

Eclesia gripped the holy relic tightly.

“I will follow the will of the Lord.”

Beep beep beep beep

“Huh?”

At that moment, the communication orb connected to the Pope of the Holy Kingdom rang.

“His Holiness?”

She picked up the communication orb and activated it.

Beep

“Eclesia?”

“Your Holiness? Did you call for me?”

“Yes! Eclesia! There’s no time to talk! Connect to Rudera immediately!”

“Rudera?”

She was puzzled, but she turned off the orb and activated the Rudera connector as the Pope instructed.

Woooong

After a brief wait, the vast land of Rudera unfolded before her eyes.

And then.

“…This is?”

-Update Notice

New content added

A system message screen showing the notice appeared before her.

“Addition of the Tower of…Labyrinth? Hidden items and classes obtainable?”

Countless hooks swirled in her mind.