Ziiing…
“…Morning.”
I pulled myself out of the connection device.
Chirp chirp. Sounds from reality greeted me, and sunlight pierced through the glass, hitting me.
I’ve been at it for a while.
“Did I really play for almost 16 hours?”
I met the Pharaoh and cleared the Ruins Dungeon and the Interference Dungeon.
After that, I took care of the Pharaoh’s original body and returned to the Elbrite Principality, checking the time to find it was about this much.
Most of the time was indeed taken up by that Interference Dungeon, though.
“Hmm…”
I stretched lightly and headed to the living room.
Usual routine.
I went to the kitchen, made a simple meal, and sat down in front of the computer.
The editor’s Discord channel was still buzzing with activity.
Inside, talks about me were constantly popping up.
“Alien, NPC, nuke, fourth dimension, Pharaoh, raccoon…”
I wondered how many keywords there could be in one broadcast; it was a total frenzy.
Among them, ‘Dungeon Baits’ like the fourth dimension, Pharaoh, and raccoon were hot topics, but the most burning question was undoubtedly about my identity.
“Who the heck is Lily?”
She claimed to be an alien, but that sounded so far-fetched that hardly anyone believed it.
As I mentioned before, it seemed more plausible to think of her as a nuke or NPC, and she probably didn’t even say it seriously.
“It’s true, though.”
Indeed, this world lacks belief.
Ding.
─Kkirang Kkarang.
“What?”
─Zzzz. Zzzzzzzz. Zzz.
“What’s up, White Autumn?”
─Hmm. Wasn’t it this?
As I entered the Discord chatroom, White Autumn blurted something strange.
Then, a little laugh came through the call.
It was Joah, the thumbnail manager’s voice.
─Alien boss! Welcome!
─……
─Hey Joah! You said you’d join in!
─I know nothing about it.
─You… Betrayer!
“What are you two doing?”
Why were there only the two of them in the call, with no one else around?
White Autumn laughed, “Ahaha…”
─Everyone’s busy managing the fan cafe and Newtube. Some have gone on breaks too.
“Aha.”
─There have been a lot more trolls lately, saying weird things about everything.
─Right, sis.
With my identity half-revealed, it’s only natural that more people would start looking at me unfavorably.
Whether I’m an alien or not, there are bound to be some dissatisfied people viewing me as anything but a pure user.
It’s a perfectly understandable phenomenon…
─Deoen was originally a luck-based trash game, so isn’t it funny to complain about it now?
Isn’t it funny?
─I admit. Just a few days ago, I got a hidden job and made it into the top 10%!
─…Are you teasing me right now?
─Come on, no way~
You two have gotten really close.
“I think I should give you a bonus. You’re working hard.”
─…Um. I have a question.
“Go ahead and ask.”
─What’s your true identity?
Joah asks.
My identity…
─I mean, there’s no way I’m an alien. It’s just because of the penalty, right? I saw that the previous Lady Lily appeared related to the class change quest…
“I’m an alien.”
─Eh… what?
“I’m really an alien. I came from another world.”
I no longer have any intention of hiding it.
Not that I was trying to hide it before, but I still paid some attention to it.
Now, I can really speak and act comfortably.
Of course, I’m not obligated to prove anything! But I have no intention of denying it either.
‘Believe it or not.’
─Hmm… um… I see. Um…
─So you are the alien CEO! No wonder you felt different from the first time I saw you!
“Have you done all the edits?”
─Eh.
“I see that episode 3 of the Academy isn’t finished yet. Didn’t you say it would be finished yesterday?”
Now that’s a strange one.
─…Not an alien. Just a human.
White Autumn grumbled while muting the conversation.
Having played around till now, I guess it’s time to get to work.
─Hey, Lady Lily, is that true?
“What is?”
─They say there’s a high chance multiple world bosses will appear after the Great Cataclysm update?
What Raccoon, the owner of the token shop, said.
‘Disasters are coming.’
I thought it was just the Kraken, but what he mentioned was more than that.
─It’s not just one! I mean, it’s likely we’re going to have many world bosses popping up like before when three appeared at once, right?
“That sounds likely. Two have already been decided.”
The great world boss who obtained the full power of the sun and then vanished, Scorpio.
He was already stronger than an intermediate world boss, and having obtained complete power, he must have risen a couple of tiers.
─Ah, you’re talking about Scorpio, the scorpion.
“Yes. I think he might show up alongside the Great Cataclysm.”
─Whoa… then it’ll be total chaos. The sea has the Kraken, and the land has Scorpio. What about the sky… will there be something in the sky too?
“The sky?”
─Why, whenever it comes to these things, it seems to cover land, sea, and air.
The sky…
The sea wasn’t the playing ground of the Demon Race, so there was no one who could defeat the Kraken in the sea.
No one could defeat the Kraken.
On the other hand, there are so many strong ones on the ground that it’s hard to pick just one, but right now Scorpio could definitely be a formidable opponent.
And the sky…
“……As expected, it’s just those guys.”
The rulers of the sky and the representative races.
The Celestial Race and the Demon Race.
■
I can’t precisely determine what the upcoming World Boss will be, except for two.
As Joah said, it could be three, or even more, or maybe entirely different monsters will appear.
Perhaps the Celestials and Demons might not show up at all.
However, there was some foreshadowing about the Demon Race during the Siege War.
It was quite the topic back then, with talks swirling around whether a boss fitting the title ‘Devil of Angel’ would finally appear.
“Surely it will. But the important thing is the Kraken.”
A massive ‘virtual reality game’ operated by a group called the Devil of Angel.
Considering the raccoon and raccoons I’ve seen so far, as well as the actions of the system, they won’t simply drop a High-Class Demon given the current level of users.
If they did, not only the continent but also the neighboring one would be completely overwhelmed by demons, also leading to a high chance of the game failing.
In that sense, the Demon Race would be at best at the level of the Black World Tree Verd or the Spirit of Darkness Sephid…
“Lady Lily!”
But the Kraken is different.
The form I saw through the Multicolored Successor appeared much stronger than before being ruthlessly torn apart by the Celestials.
“Miss Yena, welcome!”
Of course, the system will prepare its own personal buffs, guild buffs, and special gimmicks, and even if we can’t defeat it, there will be chances for revival later.
“You have to be able to trust.”
I can’t trust a system that has exploited me for over 30 years and just tossed me 20 million won.
“Shall we play a game today?”
“If we lose this time, it’ll be 6-0. Are you okay with that?”
“Hah, this time it’s different! I’ll show you how much I’ve changed, Yena!”
Three days have passed since the interference dungeon.
It’s been about ten days since the Eli Academy began operations.
I welcomed Yena at the ‘Manifestation Tennis Court’ of Eli Academy.
During this time, users have continued attending classes and, even in my absence, have become accustomed to using mana and magic through online lectures, various facilities, and shops.
Especially, what the users must master is ‘Manifestation.’
On the fifth day, Yena perfectly implemented the fireball, which was the homework I assigned her.
As expected, she only struggled a bit at the beginning; if someone has talent, they can quickly execute simple spells.
Beep-beep.
《Activating the Manifestation Tennis Court.》
Activating the chapter.
Activating the tennis racket according to the player’s manifestation rate.
Manifestation Rate: 100%
Manifestation Tennis Court.
This is one of the academy facilities I created, a space where tennis can be played using tennis rackets and balls that only move according to mana’s ‘manifestation.’
There are various facilities related to manifestation, but Yena especially loved this tennis.
“What’s today’s manifestation rate?”
“9%. Not bad, right?”
“You’ve improved a lot. I’ll adjust it.”
After reducing the racket’s power to just a bit higher than Yena’s, at 12%, I pressed the start button.
The once bleak white and blue tennis court has transformed into a magnificent arena, with numerous people watching our match created by illusion magic.
I lightly struck the ball.
As the blue magical power racket sent the ball to the opposite side, the other racket returned the ball back to me.
I couldn’t even swing a racket at first, but now I had reached the level where I could exchange shots with her.
‘Everyone has improved a lot.’
Yena too, and the other users.
Pang!
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah?”
“Identity. You revealed it, remember? Aren’t you supposed to keep it a secret?”
“That’s right.”
But what can I do since it’s come to this?
“As I said before, I just want to live.”
“Hehe~ So, will you be doing some ice gameplay too?”
“Maybe the ice gameplay is a bit much.”
Just revealing that I’m a unique person is enough.
I don’t want it to influence my current life.
Reality doesn’t have immense powers like Deoen or my original self.
‘I hardly go outside in the first place, anyway.’
“If the opportunity arises, I might, but right now I’m not thinking about it.”
“Best to do it when you’re comfortable. Oh, by the way, have you heard the news?”
“What news?”
Thwack!
The ball soared high.
It seemed to pierce the sky as it rose.
Eventually, the ball lost its power and fell straight towards Yena’s court.
“Oh, too bad. The land prices in the port city have shot up twentyfold. They say it’s hard to get now.”
“Hmm.”
The future is rolling around.
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