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Translator: TushChen
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Title: Update on the Malicious Troll “That Bastard”
(Rough picture of Gaunis broadcasting)
Her face, lollllll
(Several screenshots)
Is this really Gaunis, the one who was trolling like crazy on the Celestial Network?
What’s going on?
She’s promoting her broadcast, saying she can give advice to hero candidates, but honestly, I don’t know if it’s real.
She says you have to show your hero candidate first if you want advice, but I don’t know how the system works.
Constellations with time to kill, go check it out.
┖Anonymous1: That’s her?
┖Anonymous2: I saw the ad spam before, it was real.
┖Author: Yeah, it’s real. I couldn’t believe it at first, so I checked three times.
┖Anonymous2: Holy shit lol lol lol lol lol I’m going right now.
┖Anonymous3: Post the link, idiot.
┖Anonymous4: Where’s the damn link?
┖Author: (Link)
┖Anonymous5: But why is she the only one broadcasting? How do you broadcast?
┖Author: I don’t know.
This post appeared on a Celestial Network community.
Not long after it was posted, it caught the attention of the constellations, who had been drifting along without much excitement.
The post’s views began to climb rapidly, and with a significant number of recommendations, it quickly rose to the top.
And as the views increased, naturally, the number of constellations joining the broadcast also grew.
[Constellation, nickname “Machiaram” has entered the room]
[Constellation, nickname “Amiron” has entered the room]
[Constellation, nickname “FlowerWithPoison” has entered the room]
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A multitude of constellations entered in an instant, and as they each spoke, the chat window scrolled upwards rapidly.
The number of viewers began to swell, soaring to nearly 100.
Even if it couldn’t be confirmed with certainty, it was clear that Gaunis’ luck was at play.
Even if she fell backwards, she’d land on her feet, and money rolling in was just Gaunis’ ability.
[Purplely: Can you really talk to your hero candidate if you donate?]
[VillainKnight: Gaunis wasn’t just a troll after all…]
[Byulgomi: But is this broadcast something only you can do?]
However, the haphazardly increasing numbers were enough to make Gaunis, who had become accustomed to leading the broadcast, malfunction again.
Gaunis looked up at me with her pink eyes, now moist.
Her eyes held a pleading look.
Seeing that face on the verge of tears, it was clear that something had to be done to help Gaunis maintain her composure.
[Constellation Gaunis whimpers to you that there are too many people.]
Gaunis was, after all, a homebody. She wanted attention, but at the same time, she was afraid of appearing directly in front of others.
That’s why she had become a troll in the community.
To draw out such a Gaunis, a stronger motivation was needed.
I had already used the hidden snacks I had prepared as a reward….
“Oh, new big brothers and sisters~! I’ll answer all your noob questions one by one~!”
She was handling the sudden influx of viewers well for now, but her current state was clearly a flash in the pan.
The wavering at the end of her voice was noticeable.
So, drastic measures.
I opened the Celestial Network’s payment settlement screen so Gaunis could see.
Gaunis’s eyes widened with surprise at the number of Star Stones written there.
Since the initial 200 Star Stones, donations had continued to pour in, and a considerable amount had accumulated in the account.
For Gaunis, who had just been lazing around in her dwelling since becoming a constellation, Star Stones must have been quite precious.
No matter how powerful Gaunis’ luck was, nothing would roll in if she did nothing.
Fate wouldn’t move without some ‘possibility’.
I wrote on a piece of paper and held it up for Gaunis to see.
-You’re doing great.
Gaunis smiled slightly and nodded.
And as she focused on the broadcast again, her face became quite serious.
“Then which noob hero candidate shall we watch next♡”
At the same time, the chat window began to fill with requests for specific hero candidates.
[zzeze: Can you show me the hero candidate named Bentley?]
[Byulgomi: LiviaLiviaLiviaLiviaLiviaLiviaLiviaLiviaLivia]
[Byulgomi: Hello? Can I get a response?]
[Byulgomi: Why aren’t you responding? Show me Livia.]
[Byulgomi: Hello?]
[Byulgomi: Livia. Livia, please.]
So there was a Livia constellation too.
As expected, her state wasn’t normal either.
I thought it would be best to ban her for now.
‘But has that constellation not entered yet?’
Nephthys entering meant there was a possibility that Yuan, too, had joined the broadcast.
But so far, there hadn’t been any particularly noticeable comments from that constellation.
‘For now, it’s better if she doesn’t enter.’
I nodded slightly.
At least, the target number of viewers had been achieved.
“It’s still not enough….”
But this number was just the minimum.
It was only enough to pique the interest of the awake constellations.
To stir up the constellation world and wake the sleeping constellations, a bigger, more impactful event was needed.
And at the academy, an event befitting that was about to occur.
‘The election.’
The student council president election would be an excellent stage to attract the constellations’ attention.
The voting, which would be the first half of the election, and the final contest to prove the candidates’ strength, had great potential to become a highlight.
And to create such a highlight, naturally, pacing was necessary.
When the constellations’ interest reached its peak and the constellation world became chaotic, most of the sleeping constellations would awaken.
‘Then shall we end the broadcast soon and give the rumors time to spread?’
It would be good to have a few more exclusive broadcasts.
-End the broadcast now. With the lines we practiced.
Gaunis read what I wrote and nodded.
“Then that’s all for today♡ Think of this as just a taste~! I’ll be back next time. And keep this broadcast and the donations a secret for now. I’ll reveal it soon~ Bye♡”
The chat window exploded at Gaunis’ sudden announcement of the broadcast’s end.
[CourageAndFlower: No! Show me Elena!]
[Darkness of Darkness: No, ending it like this is a bit disappointing.]
[xzzxzz: ??? You’re really going public? When?]
“I’ll be back soon. The student council election is coming up at the academy, so let’s watch it together~”
Gaunis said that and ended the broadcast.
While exclusivity itself had a good feel, this kind of content actually became more popular with a larger audience. The user base was secured by having a variety of suppliers.
So, it was enough to just gain the first-mover advantage here.
After all, it was a system that would have to be revealed someday.
“Hey! I really became popular! I thought it was a lie! How was I? How was I?”
Gaunis, having finished the broadcast, ran towards me with a bright smile.
“Yeah. You did well….”
But at that moment.
Suddenly, my body swayed violently.
-Wake up…! Leonhart…!
Yuria’s faint voice reached my ears.
It seemed like something was happening in reality.
“Hey?!”
The moment Gaunis grabbed my clothes in bewilderment.
Ding!
[Returning to your physical body.]
With the feeling of being pulled downwards, I was dragged back to the ground.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Yuria desperately shaking me.
Something had happened.
“What’s wrong?”
“The worst-case scenario. I think one of the professors found this place.”
Indeed, the broadcast had gone on longer than expected, and I had dragged things out a bit.
Footsteps running towards us reached my ears.
“You woke them up well. Let’s hide now.”
I took Yuria’s hand and tried to stand, but I stumbled momentarily from dizziness.
The aftereffects, which hadn’t been felt while I was essentially a spirit in the constellation realm, were now hitting me.
“Leonhart! As I thought, earlier….”
“It’s fine. I’m okay, so come here.”
I pulled Yuria towards me and activated Illusion of Dreams.
[Activating Illusion of Dreams.]
The appearance of the room began to shift due to the illusion.
The Stellarium, which had changed position due to the magic activation, slowly returned to where Yuria and I had touched it.
Following that, Yuria and I blended into the scenery due to the illusion.
However, after hiding behind the illusion, I felt a strange sense of unease.
‘Something’s off.’
The number of footsteps I heard through Sensory Expansion, and their weight, felt strange.
It wasn’t the footsteps of a professor….
Just then, red blood welled up in my mouth.
I roughly wiped it away with my clothes.
Seeing that, Yuria’s face paled even faster than mine.
“Leonhart, you need to rest….”
“Shh.”
I placed my hand over Yuria’s mouth and hugged her tightly.
I heard a small moan as her soft body pressed against mine. She seemed embarrassed.
“Be quiet. Something’s strange.”
I whispered in her ear, pulling her closer, and Yuria managed to nod.
Seeing her stiffen and cling to me, it seemed she understood my warning.
The next moment, the door opened, and as expected, it wasn’t a professor who entered.
Four armed students walked into the classroom.
Although there was a slight hesitation in their eyes, their hands gripping their weapons were tense.
Their composition was diverse.
A tall boy with a long sword seemed to be from the Warrior Department, a girl in a purple robe from the Magic Department, a boy equipped with a standard paladin shield and sword, and a boy from the Alchemy Department holding a bottle filled with a strange green liquid.
They seemed like a group assembled for battle. That party, as it was, could even form a hero party without any changes.
Among them, the image of the tall boy with the sword triggered a memory from the novel.
He was definitely one of the three strong third-year students who remained at the academy instead of going on expeditions.
His name was probably Widro Ulysses, known as the ‘Ice Sword’.
The other three also seemed to be well-trained third-year students.
The students who entered the classroom began to scan the room.
But to their eyes, this room would appear completely empty.
Their confident faces contorted slightly.
“There doesn’t seem to be anything here…. Are you sure Yuria is here?”
Yuria raised an eyebrow at the mention of her name.
“You know my blessing, right? She’s definitely here.”
A small girl with purple hair said, looking at her palm.
It was a description I had seen in the novel. My head tingled, and the setting of a certain girl came to mind.
She was probably ‘Mapper’ Illa Cain.
A girl who briefly cooperated with the protagonist’s group to create a map during the Fourth Incident.
Her blessing was the complete understanding of the surrounding terrain, and the ability to grasp the location of living beings and objects within that terrain.
While her ability to grasp locations was less accurate compared to her terrain understanding, it was enough to know who was in a certain room.
It was the moment my plan to carefully slip out while maintaining the illusion, once they moved away from the door, was thwarted.
“But she’s not here!”
Widro shouted in a voice that didn’t suit his nickname, ‘Ice Sword’.
Anxiety and excitement were evident on his face.
“We need to get Yuria quickly so the constellation doesn’t get angry! …Well, no. It’s better this way. That bastard needs to learn a lesson. Karma. Karma. We need to beat her so badly she can’t get up this time.”
Come to think of it, Widro had a history of being defeated by Yuria in last year’s student council president election.
More accurately, it wasn’t even a defeat. Widro hadn’t even received the minimum number of votes, so he was eliminated from the election without even fighting Yuria.
In any case, Widro was projecting his frustration from not gaining the students’ support onto Yuria.
“Didn’t you say we just had to subdue her? Killing her is a bit…. She’s Her Highness the Princess, you know?”
The Alchemy Department student asked, puzzled.
Widro clicked his tongue, seemingly displeased with his objection, and opened his mouth.
“Don’t talk nonsense. I’m not killing her, I’m just half-killing her. That’s enough.”
The others didn’t seem convinced, but they didn’t speak further when Widro placed his hand on his sword.
“After subduing her, let’s take our time and torment her. That Yuria is a mage, you see. With me, who can use aura, subduing her will be easy. Are you sure she’s here?”
As he gripped the hilt of his sword tightly, the temperature in the room dropped rapidly.
Widro’s blessing, which controlled coldness, had activated.
If his sword, imbued with coldness, began to swing, it could reach every corner of the spacious room.
On the other hand, I had been using the strongest sword to buy time in the constellation realm.
But the opponents were four third-year students. And not just any students, but quite strong ones.
‘Can I do this?’
Thanks to absorbing the magical power used for the seal, my mana had increased significantly.
Although I was uneasy due to my poor physical condition, if I fought alongside Yuria, it seemed we had a decent chance of winning.
Just as I was about to signal to Yuria to attack.
“Did you find her?”
I couldn’t help but break out in a cold sweat at the man who suddenly appeared.
A man who resembled a monster made of muscle appeared behind Widro, who was about to unleash his sword attack.
It was Caron, a professor from the Sacred Studies Department. It seemed he, too, was being manipulated by the constellation impersonator.
Deified constellations rarely slept, but the constellation who chose Caron, Gluni, governed the domain of cycles.
Gluni was a unique constellation who periodically cycled between sleep and awakening, transforming and being reborn with each cycle.
And as luck would have it, Gluni was currently in a sleep cycle. My luck was truly terrible.
“We were just about to find her, Professor.”
Widro bowed politely to Caron, keeping his hand on his sword.
Caron laughed, as if dumbfounded.
“By swinging your sword?”
“Yes. It seems she’s hiding in this room using some method, so if I sweep the entire classroom at once….”
“Oh dear, this room contains precious Demetrium. Wouldn’t the Demetrium be damaged if you swung your sword around like that?”
He flexed his taut muscles and looked around the room, then clenched his fist, which looked as hard as steel.
As if drawn to his fist, the air in the room rippled.
“I’ll do it.”
A whirlwind began to swirl around his fist.
A powerful blow, created by circulating the air, was fully charged in Caron’s fist.
‘Crazy….’
That was beyond my ability to handle.
A blow unleashed by a professor was on a different level from the students I had faced so far.
Even if I were in good condition, it would be difficult to face him without the strongest weapon.
Yuria, too, seemed to sense the danger, as she gripped my hand tighter, holding her breath.
‘Is there a way…?’
I desperately looked around, holding Yuria’s trembling shoulders.
Ding!
And at that moment.
I spotted someone at the entrance of the classroom who wasn’t a third-year student or a professor.
Why was she here?
Pushing that momentary question aside, I revealed myself and Yuria so she could see us.
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