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When I fought the Elderlich to film the scenes needed for the trailer, I felt uneasy.

Compared to the ancient necromancer who was the object of destruction, it was absolutely strong.

Something… Should I say that Elderlich’s pattern is a bit simpler?

‘Originally, we were going to recruit beta testers and get feedback.’

I felt like I was the first to do QA by myself, unintentionally.

“Aka-chan, can you summon Elder Lich one more time?”

“Okay.”

I dropped a meteor and destroyed the Elderreach raid map once, but it didn’t matter.

This was merely a virtual representation of some of Akachan’s numerous records.

If we use a game metaphor, it was similar to a test server or test world.

So, without hesitation, I dropped a meteor on Elderlich.

“By the way, Akachan, there’s no scene in the trailer where I drop a meteor. Was that intentionally omitted?”

Akachan nodded to my question.

“As soon as the meteor hit, the map we were shooting on was completely destroyed, so we couldn’t take pictures,” Akachan added in the explanation.

“So please refrain from using meteors.”

“Okay.”

There were some parts that felt a bit unfair.

A legendary being, transcendent of death, king of all the dead.

That guy couldn’t even withstand a single meteor and just disappeared.

“If he was an ancient necromancer, he would have created a corpse golem, floated the golem with reverse gravity, and then blocked it with corpse explosion.”

Literally, if it was the ancient necromancer I was dealing with, I would have responded in that way and destroyed the meteor.

Compared to that, Elderlich seemed a bit lacking in intelligence? He felt like a brat with only strength.

Of course, it would be foolish to assume everything based on just one fight.

So now I’m asking Akachan to fight me one more time.

-You dare to oppose the transcendent one of death… Kaaah!

It was very easy to defeat an enemy once again after having defeated them once.

“Akachan. Could you possibly give the records of the ancient necromancer to that elder lich?”

“···Possible. However, an object of destruction is born.”

Object of destruction.

If I had still remained a hero in this other world, I would have definitely hesitated.

“It has to be at that level of difficulty.”

This is just a game.

If the final raid boss’s difficulty is easy, it will be less fun.

At least that’s how I felt when I first encountered the object of destruction in this world.

I wanted to make other people feel the horrific sight they were seeing.

“There’s a saying that when you look from afar, it’s a comedy, but when you look up close, it’s a tragedy, right?”

I experienced a tragedy when I actually directly encountered the object of destruction.

However, if you defeat the destruction object through the game, it will be a valuable experience.

“Then I will summon the soul of Elderlich by replacing it with the records of the ancient necromancer.”

“Yeah··· Okay.”

Stretching before the battle gave me a strange sense of pleasure.

-Here···.

The atmosphere changed in an instant, and Elderrich slowly tilted his head.

The elder lich was so huge that it had to look down on me.

-That magic. That disgusting table-top waiter. You…!

“Do you remember me?”

It was amazing. The fact that he remembered me on a topic that was just a bunch of records.

-The gender, the speech, the atmosphere. They’re all different.

Kuung-

The guy woke up.

With eyes that flashed with hatred.

-It’s your daughter, Aurora.

“Long time no see.”

Aurora.

It was the name of a wizard that the Master gave me, who possessed all the attributes.

‘I asked what kind of feminine name it was···.’

I never imagined that crazy bitch, Demon King Ksar, would actually turn me into a woman.

I shook off the memories of the past that had now become nothing more than a memory and looked around.

The atmosphere of the audience room, which was completely black, was life-denying.

This is a pattern that Elderrich also showed, but there was an overwhelming difference in terms of usability.

BANG-!!!

The undead that rises from the black filthy water explodes immediately.

The same thing happens outside the blast radius.

A merciless barrage of explosions that doesn’t even give the opponent a chance to attack.

The guy was showing through his actions why he was an object of destruction.

An explosion maniac, a murderer, and a battle-crazed lunatic.

Was the reason you became a shaman because you wanted to fight forever?

-Even after I died, I couldn’t close my eyes. Just because I lost to you guys!

The madman who single-handedly wiped out half of the Empire’s army despite being human now has the body of an Elderlich.

It was literally a winged attack, and it was the very definition of an ‘object of destruction’ that I had defined.

“The difficulty might be too high, so nerf some patterns···.”

If the game’s difficulty is too high, it can actually cause gamers to lose motivation.

If that happened, I could have given up on any further challenges and quit the game.

I really don’t want to see cases like that, so I put my heart and soul into conducting independent QA.

“Chain explosions are so fraudulent···”

-A bitch crazier than me···.

Can’t get crazier than you.

After swallowing the criticism, we conducted QA for about 10 hours.

At that point, the ancient shaman declared surrender.

To be exact, I destroyed the Life Vessel with my own hands and escaped to the haven of death.

“Akachan. Did you write everything down?”

Nod nod

But even death is part of the Akashic Records.

If we were to use a game analogy, it would be like the save & load function.

Anytime I wanted, I could call upon the ancient necromancer who had been working on the corrections just a moment ago.

“Ugh.”

It’s true that I had a bit of trauma regarding the ancient necromancer.

After 10 hours of fun, I felt like all my trauma had disappeared.

You’re so obvious.

“Scary master.”

“···.”

Akachan.

When you say things like that, it hurts me too.

***

[Indie Minor Game Gallery]

Ingamegel.

The place was full of bait about the ‘Akashic Record’, just like yesterday.

The first unknown domestic game company to implement virtual reality, how to apply for the Akashic Records beta test, who would win in a fight between a wizard and a priest, etc.

The excitement surrounding the game ‘Akashic Record’ continues to burn brightly.

Because it was titled the ‘first virtual reality’, it produced a lot of crazy fans.

But what is a community?

If there is light (eokpa), there is also darkness (eokkka).

It was common for the gallery’s bait to disappear in an instant.

―――

These guys are the kind of guys who even believe in superconductors lol [185]

This is a completely edited video, but I really want to make a fuss about it [244]

Can’t you see the box for writing your home address in the beta test? [123]

It was blatant phishing, but everyone was cheering so I wondered what was going on [359]

The moment you apply for that, your money is sucked out right away lol [219]

If it somehow feels like it was made in that ‘country’, I recommend it [83]

―――

The common claim of the people who suddenly became angry was ‘phishing’.

The basis is that the anonymous game company in the Akashic Records is a paper company that is not even listed on the stock market.

The basis for this argument was that there was no reason not to reveal the name of the game company unless it was a ghost company.

Of course, the fact that the anonymous game company in the Akashic Records was a ghost company was also an unfact-checked brainwashing claim.

But it was a plausible argument, and more than anything, it was a fun-looking plot point.

Most of those who were browsing the Ingame Gallery followed the public opinion and pressed the recommend button on posts related to the controversy.

The phishing public opinion created in this way took over the Ingame Gallery.

This was the decisive reason why only articles revealing the Akashic Records were posted as concept articles.

And this situation in Ingame Gallery spread to various media.

Starting with other community sites.

Rekka, who is active on YouTube, has started to be active.

Streamers who primarily watch the community also asked about this topic.

“What do you think of the hot ‘Akashic Record’ these days?”

Streamer, Daehyeop Kim.

Unlike other streamers who avoid community-related topics.

Rather, he was a streamer who actively dealt with various topics in the community.

His broadcasting style is characterized by frequent statements that may be socially problematic.

It was characterized by a unique style of speech that scratched the itch of those who used a certain community.

“If you look at what’s organized here, it seems like the first virtual reality game is being released. To be exact, they’re recruiting beta testers first, and after a month of testing, it’s going to be officially released. There’s even an official website. Starting with the worldview, what classes are there? Oh, the genre is RPG? You know I really like RPGs, right? But I guess we have to separate public and private life…”

Daehyeop Kim conducted the broadcast according to a script he had prepared in advance.

The first appearance of the Akashic Records, cheers from Ingame Gallery users, the first virtual reality, an unknown domestic game company. A phishing controversy suddenly arises. A game company that remains silent about the controversy.

By capturing key keywords and developing the story naturally, the viewer’s attention was drawn.

“···That’s roughly what it is, and it’s controversial now. Yes. What do you think, brothers? Do you really think that this Akashic Record is a large-scale phishing?”

―――

I read the comment carefully, but it’s clearly phishing?

Just say that superconductors are real too

But if you watch the video, it looks real

I came from Ingame Gallery lol

This kid is pumping up the viewers with tightrope walking again

―――

Daehyeop Kim checked the number of viewers of his streaming.

4331 people.

There were 2,000 people in the audience, but more than twice that number were watching.

That’s why Daehyeop Kim couldn’t help but be conflicted about the script he had written in advance.

‘The Akashic Records are real.’

A situation where what you believe and what public opinion believes are different.

If you make a statement here that is completely opposite to public opinion.

It was obvious to anyone that the result was hell.

‘I don’t believe it blindly.’

The place where Akashic Records bait mostly appears is the indie minor game gallery.

It was originally a place where hipster gamers gathered.

But recently, due to the Akashic Records scandal, there has been an increase in external inflow.

From the beginning, there were ‘developers’ developing indie minor games in the Ingame Gallery.

In other words, the current public opinion is not the public opinion of the existing ‘In-Game Gallery’.

‘The controversy itself is absurd.’

Daehyeop Kim confirmed separately that the Akashic Record game company was not a ghost company.

A little bit of searching would tell you that it wasn’t a shell company, but it wasn’t listed.

‘And it smells bad.’

The intensity of public opinion on the controversy and the speed at which it became an issue were both unusually fast.

It’s almost as if some force is burying the Akashic Records to prevent them from being created.

Surely, there are many others besides me who have noticed this fact.

But I don’t want to be swept away by public opinion, so I’ll keep silent.

‘This is an opportunity.’

The ‘Wreck’s Feeling’ that had survived on this floor for years was howling.

Even if I go to hell right now.

That in the near future you will experience paradise.

“Speak your mind~”

That day, Daehyeop Kim was subjected to streaming reports and YouTube dislikes in return for speaking out.

It was summer.

***

“Yeah. So this is what happened in the meantime?”

“···Yes. That’s right.”

I haven’t been able to pay attention to the community because I’ve been busy making games in virtual reality and doing my own QA.

The game I was releasing, Akashic Records, was being accused of being a ‘phishing’ scam.

What was even more absurd was that the controversy was confirmed because there was no response to the phishing controversy.

I paused development for a while and spent a day checking on the issues that had been occurring.

“The only streamer who supports the Akashic Records?”

Even in this situation, there were people who believed in me.

“Aka-chan. Should we give this person priority first?’

It was the beta tester recruitment period right now. There was about a week left.

What if you could experience virtual reality alone a week early at this point?

After looking into it, I found out that a streamer named Daehyeop Kim had also applied to be a beta tester.

“I think that’s a good idea.”

“Okay.”

Akachang’s consent must have been rejected as well.

Finally, it was time to show it to the world.

The first virtual reality and virtual reality games.