episode_0017

Given that the community’s name is reminiscent of a novel gallery on the brink of destruction, the people who frequent this place are generally not in good circumstances. Occasionally, there are cases like those preparing for academy entrance exams or involved in Love Peace, but there also exists a worldview where one’s life swings back and forth like killer, being chased by dozens of assassins.

Therefore, I didn’t expect to be surprised by any kind of person who might appear here, until comments like these appeared from him:

holly trust – We all must praise the administrator

holly trust – The administrator is a god

holly trust – The administrator will bestow salvation upon us

holly trust – We must worship the administrator, the administrator, the administrator, we must exalt their name

His nickname was holly trust. He was the type who would always advocate praising the divine on the forums. Surprisingly, there were quite a few like him. Even Love Peace had adopted a pacifist concept, hadn’t it? holly trust was merely a believer in a deity. Strangely, however, I felt increasingly like that deity was somehow becoming associated with me.

holly trust – The administrator is a god

holly trust – Please grant salvation to us wretched souls, give hope to those who have lost their lives

The repetitive worship posts were gradually transforming into the desperate pleas of someone yearning for salvation. It had become so pervasive that it was no longer something to be taken lightly. Frankly, by this point, it was frightening.

ㅇㅇ [Administrator] – Title: Ah, how boring.

ㄴ ㅇㅇ – Administrator, please don’t do this and release more warp magic

ㄴ ㅇㅇ – Administrator, I left a secret comment, could you check it…

ㄴ holly trust – I bow to the administrator’s direction 108 times a day. Please grant us salvation

No matter what post I made, holly trust began fanatically idolizing me. The reason remains unknown. It started to get strange when I began posting the research journal of the grand magician, and after that, it turned into an obsessive devotion on the forum.

[The Research Journal of a Seasoned Mage – Part 3: How to Travel to Another Dimension Using Warp Magic]

The content was simple. It was about the kind of magic that allows one to move to a different dimension when used. We are all possessed by different novels. Originally, it was believed that interference between us was impossible, but that changed after I posted the writing.

[Someone else can save our world in the novel.]

If movement is possible, exerting influence is also possible. In other words, for desperate people, warp magic is nothing short of great hope.

For example, let’s assume a tremendous catastrophe strikes and people land in a world with no resources. They would have to kill someone to obtain food. However, on the contrary, let’s assume they landed in a peaceful world, even one with magic. In such a place, not only would they have abundant food production, but labor efficiency would be high, making prices low as well.

What if the latter could support the former with supplies? It could literally be salvation for them.

I could roughly infer holly trust’s situation. He is probably stranded in a despairing worldview. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so eager to seek salvation by finding a god.

holly trust – The administrator is a god. The administrator will bestow hope upon us.

Referring to an administrator or operator as a god is one of the endless “games” within the community.

[If you hate the administrator, get lost], and the like, are just phrases that are elements of memes. However, this guy holly trust seemed to be using it not as a joke.

holly trust – Administrator, oh administrator, oh administrator, oh administrator, we shall worship you. Please take pity on us, protect us in our hardships, and bring forth miracles.

“What on earth?”

As I muttered to myself, Cho Yebin and Love Peace, who had suddenly appeared, started to approach me.

“What’s wrong?”

Love Peace (Rienna) asked, and I showed her the hovering annihilating gel.

“Eek… This person is a bit scary. Why do you act like this?”

Choi Ye-bin nodded.

“It looks like a stalker.”

“Riena, Choi Ye-bin. This is the post and comment history of someone named Holly Trust. Could you help me look for any useful information?”

I sent the record of Holly Trust’s post to Love Peace (Riena) and Killer (Choi Ye-bin) via individual messages. It was too much to go through alone, so I asked them for help.

Not long after, Choi Ye-bin dryly remarked, “I think I know why this is happening.”

“Why is she doing this? Did you see something?”

“If you look at her past posts, my name is there. This person seems to be a saint in a doomed world. Generally, saints tend to have increased power as their faith grows, but it seems that there is no proper god in that world. Holly Trust, in her early posts, requested salvation from various gods, posting desires for salvation from religions such as Buddhism, Christianity, and even some unheard-of ones.”

At that moment, Love Peace shouted from beside us, “I found something too!”

Love Peace turned her destruction gallery towards us, pointing to Holly Trust’s comments, which were sitting there alone.

[Holly Trust – Hundreds of people are starving to death every day. If there is such a thing as a god, please grant a little salvation to this cruel world.]

It turned out she had commented on her own post. The title of the post was as follows:

[Prayer]

Holly Trust had a record of posting prayers every day in the past. They were like diary entries, chronicling her situation and conditions, almost like pleas.

“How can we not help this person?”

Riena looked at Holly Trust’s comment with a pained expression. I hesitated for a moment.

“Do I really need to take on the risk?”

Every time I warp to a different novel, my body seems to be restricted. It usually gets released after about 24 hours, but the danger is a significant issue. If I want to support Holly Trust with supplies using the Administrator Warp Magic, I ultimately have to move to that world as well, but I didn’t feel like taking on any more risk.

“I’ve made up my mind. I’ll ignore it.”

But then, at that moment…

[24 hours have passed. You can now use the restricted magic.]

[As you have successfully completed your second warp, new administrator functions will be granted to you.]

I chuckled when I saw the administrator function. Perhaps, Holly Trust was truly receiving divine favor.

[Transmission: You can send desired items to specific individuals.]

—

After parting ways with Lovepiece, I returned to the original novel. As soon as I arrived, I instructed the disciples of Matap to bring a large quantity of potions.

“What do you intend to use this much for?”

“It’s for testing.”

“Understood.”

Over a thousand low-grade potions. It was quite a substantial amount, but it was not difficult to procure such resources. There were many outstanding alchemists in Matap, most of whom could use alchemy. Considering that the efficiency of alchemy increases as the level of the magician rises, I could probably produce around a thousand low-grade potions quickly on my own, given my status as a war hero. It was easy to buy with money, allocate personnel to make them, or even mobilize Matap magicians at my discretion. However, an item with a definite performance in wound recovery.

It was suitable for testing.

“Are you really going to do this?”

Choi Ye-bin asked with a worried voice, but I nodded. Then, I immediately wrote a post.

ㅇㅇ[Administrator] – Title: What’s this? Seems like new administrator functions have appeared.

Body: It says I can send items. Did I get a reward for solving the Grand Magician’s Diary?

The comments were quite explosive. Normally, most of the comments would have been aggressive, accusing me of trolling, but since I had recently completed “The Chronicles of the Grand Sorcerer” Part 3, people seemed to think that I was stating facts rather than trying to provoke.

I’m going to distribute 1000 low-grade potions to 1000 people. It was to confirm that the items were being sent without any issues.

ㅇㅇ[Administrator] – Title: Distributing Feed.

First come, first served for 1000 comments.

Two hours later, I checked the post with an excited heart.

Comments: 3733.

It was the highest number of comments ever on a post in the history of our doomed gallery. Most were comments expressing a desire to receive the feed without even knowing what it was, but some also disparaged me.

ㅇㅇ – Damn, what kind of idiots actually believe this? Do you really think the administrator can send items to 1000 people?

ㄴㅇㅇ – Seriously lol. Just because he released something lucky from the research journal, does that mean we should trust this attention-seeking troll so much?

Sadly, their comments would soon be met with a flood of people’s concentrated attention.

Well, I just heard a cheerful sound.

[Items have been successfully transmitted to the designated 1000 gallery members.]