Ch.7575. The Origin of the World

“Title: It’s So Shitty I Contacted the Developer

-The religious order I lovingly nurtured for 2 years disappeared overnight

Don’t know why

(Space photo)

When I logged in after a long time, I found this disaster with a stardust ending

└Did you not manage your stress levels?

└Absolutely not. I logged in daily to clear dungeons and manage the order

└It’s just bad luck, that’s all”

“Title: The Sandcastle Theory

-You know what?

Breaking a sandcastle you’ve carefully built is the most satisfying thing…

If I were a developer and someone spent 2 years building something, I’d definitely press the explosion button

└Hey hey hey

└Don’t talk bullshit. If that’s really the case, I’ll sue immediately

└How’s a basement gamer going to sue anyone lol

└Is this fraud?

└At this level, it would definitely constitute fraud

└The guy above is the real pig lol

└Life is practice, noob”

“Title: Oh Shit, Is This It?

-(Empty space photo)

It’s true?

Everything was fine before, but after seeing the post above I got worried and logged in, and this disaster is really happening”

“Title: Just Got a Response to My Inquiry and It’s Ridiculous

-‘Regarding the ‘account reset’ phenomenon currently occurring among some users, our development team is doing its best to investigate and is proceeding with recovery in sequence.

First, we sincerely apologize to users whose accounts have been forcibly reset, and we will provide compensation for this incident as soon as possible.’

└So what’s the cause?

└They probably don’t know either, that’s why they’re being so vague lol

└Isn’t this similar to a DDoS attack?

└The DDoS attacker must have nothing better to do. Resetting user accounts by hacking them

└The favorite activity of ‘that country’

└It’s not that they dislike it. When you look into it, it was ‘that country’…”

“Title: (Spoiler) Strange Points About This Incident

-Bait-lovers already know this

The Ragnarok development team is a collection of spoiler fetishists, and they’re perverted enough to directly implement those things into the game

First, suspiciously fast handling of the situation

This isn’t the processing speed I knew from the developers

It’s like they might have planned this from the beginning

└That makes it even more outrageous?

└For real; now that I hear it, it’s even worse

└Lololololol

└This guy is a master of subtle criticism, isn’t he?

└He mixes in seemingly logical arguments while criticizing lol

└What? Was I the only one who thought it was real?

└Ugh… I hate when noobs use difficult words…

└Please, teacher

└Noobs drooling over difficult words lol”

“Title: So What You’re Saying Is

-The developers, for some kind of scheme, like an event

Without permission or consent

Hacked users’ accounts and reset their progress

And after all that mess, they’re pretending nothing happened and doing somersaults

(Angry frog meme)

Just go to the hospital already!

└For real lol. It would make more sense if they said it was for promoting an upcoming event

└Huh?

└No way

└That would be crossing the line

└Oh… interesting

└And the next season event is coming soon

└Huh? Huuuh?”

#

An event, and a sudden one at that.

It could be considered the highlight of Ragnarok, something that gives both freshness and vigilance to players who have already become too powerful.

When this event appears, users become tense.

Has disease spread through the religious order?

Or is another constellation interfering?

Or perhaps a dungeon has opened somewhere?

“Ah, how nostalgic.”

But from another perspective—

It means there’s not much that can bring freshness to these stagnant veteran players.

After all, in my previous life, Ragnarok had been around for over 6 years.

It’s rare for a single-player game, rather than a competitive online game, to last this long.

It was natural for new player influx to stagnate at some point, and for existing players to become stagnant as well.

“Sudden Event Occurring!”

“It was about time for one.”

The last event was when five constellations were captured.

But this time, the content was creating a sense of pressure incomparable to that time.

“Black Sun’s Incarnation: W-what…? What is this?”

“What do you think is the enemy of the constellations?”

“Child of the Lost Star: Well… other constellations, right?”

I decided it was time to explain the hidden side of the world to these innocent beings.

“No. Our main enemy is this world.”

“Black Sun’s Incarnation: …?”

Dianon, or more precisely, the true master governing this world.

In constellation language, it would be the Incarnation of Dianon.

Or it might be Dianon itself.

“The world, ‘Dianon,’ is taking great interest in your movements.”

See that?

After all my efforts running around trying to maintain the world’s balance.

Just because something displeased it, it’s now openly watching me.

“Absolute One, sir!”

From far away, a maid with an urgent expression was running toward me.

Holding up her bothersome skirt with both hands, revealing white stockings as she hurriedly made her way here.

The Emissary of the Sun.

Among the constellations, she could be considered the most loyal and capable talent who had come looking for me.

“What is it?”

“The dungeon, the dungeon…!”

At those words, I immediately turned my attention to the Dungeon City through the map system.

-W-what is this!

-Just run! If you don’t want to get crushed, run!

The dungeon interior was collapsing.

The divine power I had channeled for dungeon operation had disappeared without a trace, and the dungeon’s form was vanishing.

“The foundation of the world is being shaken!”

“What a mess.”

My mood soured.

I decided to resume the work I had put aside for now.

“Tell them to withdraw the constellations there and recall the divine power.”

“B-but if we do that…!”

“I’ll handle it personally, so just pull them out for now.”

It would be more troublesome if other divine powers got mixed in.

Unauthorized authority or whatever.

The system would certainly interfere with the work.

“Would you like to view the dungeon system?”

Rather than recklessly going to the scene in my divine manifestation form, I decided to operate remotely from a distance.

“Yes.”

“Dungeon: Black Abyss

-Status: Very Poor (Warning!)

*The dungeon core has been weakened due to some interference.

▶Settings”

I immediately entered the settings tab to examine the details.

“Wow.”

I don’t know what they twisted or how.

The internal state of the dungeon showed a condition that could collapse at any moment.

“Would you like to use divine power to perform ‘Advanced Teleportation’?”

In urgency, I used the divine spell generously.

First, I needed to save the adventurers trapped in there.

If they were to retire in the current state, they might not be able to return.

-W-whoa…!

-Father God!

Even at that moment, they seemed to believe I would help them, as unknown adventurers accepted the divine power with expressions of joy.

Love was truly heavy.

-Whoosh!!

Complex forms of divine power gathered, transferring the adventurers remaining in the dungeon one by one to the outside.

The rescue operation didn’t end there.

To prevent the area from collapsing with the ground, I deployed additional divine power to create a dome-shaped barrier.

-T-this is…!

Beyond the screen.

Adventurers with knowledge of divine power showed surprised expressions.

It was probably a level of divine power utilization they would rarely see even if they tried their whole lives.

“A-amazing…!”

“We don’t have time for this. You should also join forces with other religious orders and prepare your ranks.”

“…!”

The Emissary of the Sun seemed to immediately understand what I meant.

Holy war.

I was telling them to prepare for what was about to happen.

“Black Sun’s Incarnation: Why suddenly a holy war…?”

“The dungeon collapsed, didn’t it?”

“Child of the Lost Star: Dungeon Break.”

“That’s right.”

The core containing massive magical power would soon go berserk.

When that happens, monsters active inside the dungeon would be released outside immediately.

It meant the hell everyone had been worried about would unfold.

“It’s going to burst soon. Stay sharp and prepare for large-scale subjugation.”

“Y-yes…!”

“Wait. And.”

I stopped the Emissary of the Sun who was hurrying to leave, and briefly looked at the visitor.

“No, never mind. Work hard.”

“Yes…!”

With five constellations involved in the battle, it shouldn’t be too grim a situation.

It might be an excessive response, but the name ‘Dianon’ attached to this event was quite bothersome.

Why, in this situation, would it try to reverse a dungeon that was running well?

“A declaration of war?”

“Black Sun’s Incarnation: The Source of the World…?”

“Why not.”

The Source of the World is even more capricious than the constellations.

In my previous life, my religious order was wiped out three times due to its whims.

Once for failing an event, once for failing to clear a dungeon, and the last time.

‘Why the hell did the last one happen?’

Due to some ridiculous bug, I had to forcibly reset my religious order.

I even formatted my computer thinking it was a hack.

“Warning! The dungeon is collapsing.”

“Due to the collapse, a ‘Dungeon Break’ is occurring.”

“That’s a bit fast.”

Looking back at the screen, I could see terrible things crawling out through the cracks in the collapsed ground.

“Hmm.”

“Casting ‘Advanced Blessing’.”

First, I cast a large-scale buff on our forces, trying to penetrate the essence of the event hidden by the Dungeon Break.

Why now, at this very moment, are they doing this?

‘Dianon.’

A being that seemed to embody the word ‘sudden’ was observing the current situation.

“The world, ‘Dianon,’ is taking great interest in your movements.”

“Fine. Come in.”

The reliable point in this sudden situation was that I hadn’t just been sitting idle.

Moreover, except for the reset object level, the progress situation was even better than during the peak period.

“Absolute One.”

“…Huh?”

Amid all this, the visitor who had been consistently cheerful rarely responded and called out to me.

#

At the edge of the distant universe.

The visitor, standing in the position of a stranger, knew of one bright star.

The planet ‘Dianon,’ where the Absolute One and the masters of various stars currently reside.

During the time when the visitor was sealed in the underground prison of the religious order by the Absolute One, the visitor had briefly explored what the Source of the World was.

What was encountered was terrible hatred and hostility.

With such emotional lines that could hardly be thought of as belonging to the master of life.

There was a being that glared back at the visitor who was looking at it.

‘What are you?’

It, crouching in the darkness, turned its head and was looking at a being.

The being that the visitor currently keeps close with goodwill, the Absolute One.

The visitor liked Ron.

Because he showed a world never seen before, giving a new experience.

That’s why the visitor wanted to help.

To prevent that terrible malice from being directed at him, and.

Like now—

“Absolute One.”

“Huh?”

“Danger.”

The visitor decided to willingly use power.

-Saaaa…

An ability that once almost drove the world to destruction.

Divine power that could annihilate all living beings by its mere existence began to spread throughout the area.

“Black Sun’s Incarnation: Absolute One!”

“Child of the Lost Star: This is dangerous.”

The visitor decided.

At this moment, to disappear from this world along with that being called ‘Dianon’ that was disrupting peace.

“What are you doing.”

But.

-Bonk.

“Eh?”

Seeing the Absolute One restraining with a light tap on the head, the visitor’s concentration broke like a fool.

“Absolute One! That’s dangerous…!”

“I know. But don’t do it.”

“B-but…!”

“Don’t do it when I say don’t. You want to stay here too, right?”

“…Ugh.”

The sharp point immediately killed the momentum.

“So stay still. I’ll handle it.”

“Hmm?”

Although dangerous.

Even though it could be as dangerous as ‘that time.’

The visitor, as if entranced, deactivated the power.

“The world, ‘Dianon,’ invites you to the hidden world.”

Unlike with other constellations, this was not a suggestion but a unilateral notification.

And with that, the form of the Absolute One ‘Ron’ began to disappear somewhere.