D-Rank Constellation Hunter… Stuck Without Internet! - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5
Displaying omnipotence by human standards isn’t particularly impressive.
Suddenly becoming wealthy overnight, or a disease once thought incurable abruptly healing, or if neither applies, being saved from the fear of death itself.
With merely trivial manipulations, living creatures readily regard such achievements as proof that their benefactor is supremely great.
Because they accomplish what I cannot.
And from that, they feel fear.
‘This single message will likely plunge this world into chaos.’
I’ve witnessed the creation and collapse of thousands, tens of thousands of worlds.
How living creatures react to omnipotent beings has become predictable.
I merely stated that I was observing.
Yet they will ascribe countless meanings to it, embellish it, and attempt to interpret my intentions.
Those who cursed will think they’ll be punished for it, and those awaiting a choice will mistakenly believe the Constellation has come to take my side.
I conveyed only facts, yet the world has been engulfed in confusion, chaos, terror, and awe.
[ But rest assured—I won’t punish you for mere careless words. ]
And with a single sentence, I suppress that terror entirely.
Moving the emotions of a world is remarkably simple.
Especially when I am that world’s sole deity.
After watching the commotion for a moment, I switched the view. I’ve had my amusement; now it’s time to offer a carrot.
A god who wields only the whip is a cruel one.
[ The reason I’ve come here is to choose a human worthy of my patronage. ]
[ Until I decide on that one person, anyone may request my aid. If it seems justified, I’ll grant whatever is asked. ]
I’ve already decided on a candidate in my mind, but revealing it would cause the entire world to turn upside down searching for ‘that one person’.
It would be troublesome if the chaos I created ended up harming that child.
[ Whether it’s an S-rank skill, a rank increase, awakening an unawakened person as SSS-rank, curing an incurable disease, or clearing a Dungeon. ]
[ This opportunity applies to all who witness this message, but those who attack or slander others to steal such benefits will surely face karmic retribution and receive no blessings. ]
By human standards, these are statements befitting a benevolent Constellation.
Speaking as though any wish you’ve harbored will be granted if you simply strive virtuously.
Yet this is purely an intentional investment.
I shifted my gaze slightly and reopened the payment log I’d kept closed for so long.
[ 6000 Karma has been deducted for 6 messages. ]
Karma—in other words, karmic debt.
The currency of Sungdo, granted in proportion to how much a Constellation benefited their world when they were merely a living being.
Karma is calculated by subtracting harm caused from the value of lives saved and worlds benefited.
If I were a war hero who ended a war, it would be calculated by taking the lives saved from ending that war and subtracting those who died in it and those whose futures were made difficult because of me.
If a client doesn’t become a Constellation, all the Karma from their achievements is settled entirely to me.
‘Minus the 50% commission, of course….’
It seems like an excessive amount for the Karma required to maintain Sungdo, but a mere Constellation can hardly complain about exploitation.
The commission really is too high.
In any case, from a Constellation’s perspective, performing beneficial acts for a world yields proportional rewards, so it’s advantageous to bestow the greatest blessings possible.
Among them, many Constellations pursue novelty without bothering with such acts.
After all, without karma, I simply cannot engage in this sponsorship game, though there are no other disadvantages.
[ The system enhancement vouchers I transmitted should have been applied to everyone. ]
[ If you look there, a chat room that can send messages to me should have been created for those who met the conditions. ]
[ Even those who haven’t awakened were provided with chat rooms, so don’t worry. ]
[ Send your requests through there. ]
[ However, by human standards it only operates once every 30 days, so keep that in mind. ]
The condition is: those who have genuinely helped another person even once without expecting any reward in return.
I observed humans who clearly fit that description yet grew indignant, claiming they did not.
Foolish beings who fail to recognize the ugly sincerity lurking within themselves.
Since I too lived among them, the human Se-um would never have obtained a ticket to make a wish of me.
Even if only one person among the eight billion population who met the conditions sent a message once a month, I would receive an astronomically large number of messages.
Receiving messages in return like that would certainly establish a reciprocal communication network.
I could expand the server far faster than working alone.
The data of several billion humans and one Constellation might be comparable, but there’s a saying about how little grains accumulate into a mountain.
And simultaneously, tens of millions of messages began arriving.
‘Money, skills, awakening, employment, assassination requests, acquiring a home… these are common.’
“Revenge on an ex who called drunk… reviving a game that shut down…?”
The world certainly contains a diverse array of wishes.
What others might consider utterly trivial becomes a wish so grand it requires petitioning a god.
Whoever played that game must have truly loved it to the extent of praying to a god for its revival.
This makes me want to grant it. Smiling, I sent a gift to the one who chose the game.
[ Your sponsored ‘Data Restoration Voucher’ is being transmitted. (64% progress…) ]
It seemed that chats with smaller data transferred instantly, while larger scopes took longer to transmit.
I’m fortunate this one transferred relatively quickly.
“32 hours?”
32 hours just to transmit a data restoration voucher? Scratch the “relatively quickly” comment.
– It works, it works! It works! It works! I can see it!
Through the screen, I could see the face of the child who received my restoration voucher and began running the game again.
The game company must have received appropriate compensation as well.
The fact that they used their one monthly opportunity to petition a god for this is amusing and endearing.
Next month, they might commit some mistake that prevents them from ever contacting me again.
Though humans who think that far ahead before acting are rarer than one might expect.
Apart from that, all the other wishes were trivial.
I infused mana and scanned their circumstances at once, sending small fortunes to those who genuinely needed help.
Those already sufficiently wealthy yet desiring more—I passed on them lightly.
‘There are quite a lot of people who want to actually meet.’
It makes sense; the very existence of a Constellation is novel at this time.
But even if I manifest down to just below my nose, these people would collapse bleeding from all seven orifices.
The server is still too narrow to even send out an avatar.
Regrettably, please wait one year. That itself is an achievement I can only obtain through relentless effort.
After bestowing gifts upon those capable of granting wishes to some degree, I switched the screen.
The reason I had desperately clawed my way here wasn’t because of these beings.
[ This is a client candidate to whom private chat rights have been granted. Switching to private chat screen. ]
[ Connected via private chat and automatically synchronizing time. ]
Ha Gyuhyuk—the one who caught my eye the moment I first saw him. As expected, he hadn’t sent a wish this time either.
I rather liked this uniqueness.
I wanted to go to him right away.
But because I had inadvertently gone silent for 45 days, leaving the world in shambles, I needed time to explain myself.
After sending various gifts, four more days had passed in Earth time.
Why did humans live in such a rapid current of time?
I quickly switched the screen and followed him.
“Ah, he’s not bathing.”
Thank goodness.
It would have been awkward if he were in the bathroom again this time.
With time synchronized, I would have had to stand there blankly in front of him.
Ha Gyuhyuk sat alone in his room eating instant noodles while watching a boring Dungeon video on his phone.
[ Having fun? ]
I sent a message with genuine delight, and he seemed startled, beginning to cough violently.
I’d heard that spicy food refluxing was incredibly painful. Since he always ended up like this no matter when I appeared, my heart ached for him.
I waited until he finished an entire 500ml bottle of water, then carefully continued the conversation.
[ You didn’t send a wish, so I was curious if there was something you wanted to ask for. ]
He barely caught his breath, lifting his head with a flushed face.
His voice came out hoarse and cracked.
– Since I’m going to die tomorrow anyway, what does it matter.
“…What?”

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