The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 2

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Chapter 2
My insides churned.
The reason we call Constellations “stars” is because they literally look like stars.
And its head is a field of stars.
I cast a sideways glare at the three-dimensional star-shaped character with eyes, nose, and mouth, drifting lazily beside me.
“Can’t you shut up? What could a scrap of data possibly do?”
【I’m not an AI, I’m a real Constellation, damn it. And now I can’t exactly grind this insolent human to dust.】
That’s what the creature often muttered.
Supposedly, it was so superior that even if you combed through the entire world, you couldn’t find a single Player with a matching rate as high as mine.
Just then, my message inbox gleamed.
When I checked, a reward had arrived along with a congratulatory message—my ranking had risen again.
[Ranking Reward Granted
Congratulations! ChickenBullSsadagu’s one-on-one battle world ranking has risen! We look forward to your magnificent battles in the future!
—Reward 1: 100,000 Star Dust
—Reward 2: 10 Clothing Purchase Coupons]
“Ooh.”
My world ranking in God of War’s one-on-one battles had now climbed to a staggering 12th place.
I checked the rankings and broke into a satisfied grin, but then realized something and my expression crumpled instantly.
“Damn.”
【What now.】
“What good is a high ranking? It doesn’t help my real life at all. They should give cash rewards instead.”
【When did this become your real life?】
“You need money to live in the real world, and you need the real world to stay afloat to play games. I should draw a new star with the Star Dust I got.”
【Sigh.】
The star creature scoffed.
A beautiful transparent dome-shaped Building floating in the middle of the universe.
This was the Godopa Waiting Room.
As I walked deeper into the Waiting Room with its sealed windows, lights flickered on in the space that recognized my movement.
【How many times do I have to tell you it’s wasteful resource consumption? Even if you draw a hundred billion more times, a Constellation stronger than me will absolutely never appear.】
That might actually be true.
No matter how many times I drew, I never got a higher tier than this creature.
From the start, when it was first summoned, it had such strange characteristics not in the official system that I suspected it was a system error.
“At least there should be stars with the same tier as you.”
Constellations have tiers.
From the lowest tier, Earth Star (Aeon), to Trash Star (Bronze), Silver Star, Gold Star, and White Star (Diamond).
The size increases progressively.
One peculiarity is that the higher the rank, the more talkative and insufferable these Constellation bastards tend to become.
Among them, this creature was completely different in size and luminescence from other Constellations when it first appeared.
‘Of course, its manners were absolutely abysmal too.’
A transparent body like a Diamond, shimmering with a flowing blue aura.
On its back are ornate wings that ordinary Diamond Constellations lack, and its chest is densely adorned with mysterious medals of unknown purpose—its costume occasionally changes as well.
It almost feels as though an actual Player were roleplaying as a Constellation rather than some mere AI.
Perhaps that’s the concept behind the Hidden grade.
【There are others who share my grade, certainly. But none of them can surpass me in combat ability—】
I pressed the button.
[Will you proceed with Constellation summoning?]
[Yes]
【Are you listening?】
No.
[Calling the Constellations.]
The cosmos surrounding the Summoning Chamber shimmered brilliantly with a resonant sound effect, and soon stars from across the universe cascaded down like a meteor shower.
Whoosh, whoooosh—
“No matter how many times I see this, it never gets old.”
God of Fighters’ gacha animation is genuinely captivating no matter how many times I watch it.
The multicolored nebulae undulate like waves across the cosmos, while stars glimmer like grains of sand in an ethereal, dreamlike beauty—it feels as though I’ve truly stepped into an actual universe.
Burst!
Light exploded across the Star Exhibition Hall of the Summoning Chamber, and three-dimensional star characters with distinct personalities poured in en masse.
‘The only moment when the Constellation’s voice is muted.’
The brightly shining stars created a silent commotion within the Exhibition Hall.
[Summoning complete.]
[The maximum number of Constellations you can summon at once is 21. Performing Constellation re-summoning consumes ‘1 Star Fragment (21,000 Star Dust)’.]
[Select a Constellation to receive special skills and buffs, then participate in the league matches.]
Constellations.
Artificial intelligence personality characters who claim to be the ‘God of War’—great and renowned in their respective universes.
Their official designation is ‘Constellation,’ though players also call them ‘stars.’
It’s because of this Constellation concept that this virtual reality combat game is named ‘God of Fighters.’
The setting is that gods from the cosmos lend their power to humans.
And humans participate in various types of combat—one-on-one duels, territorial control, raids, and more—alongside their chosen Constellation, testing their skills against other Players.
The Constellation summoning was complete.
The Constellations summoned in the Exhibition Hall blinked their eyes and looked up at me.
And I widened my eyes.
“Finally!”
Hidden class stars with transparent, crystalline bodies that sparkle like diamonds, gleaming in green and red respectively.
Two Hidden class stars just came out—the same grade as that one.
【…Why are you two coming out of there?】
The voice was deeply flustered.
As if answering that question, Green Diamond and Red Diamond burst forth with brilliant light.
It seems there’s a setting that the rare Hidden class Constellation AIs know each other well.
I gazed at the stars with a pleased expression, then gently patted the head of the Constellation beside me—clearly worn out and exhausted from all the hard work, desperate to leave.
“You’ve worked hard all this time. Go home and get some proper rest for a while.”
【?】
What was this creature’s name again?
I tapped the information window, and the Constellation’s nickname appeared along with basic personal details—or rather, stellar details.
[【Nickname: Bwuk…kkwak】]
—Rank: Unmeasurable
—Combat Experience: Unmeasurable
—Total Combat Power: Unmeasurable
—Compatibility with You: 91%
(View Constellation Skills)]
Ah, now I remember.
I’d decided to call it Park Kkol-kkap based on the nickname, but the bastard threw a fit, so I ended up just calling it Constellation instead.
Most Constellations had nicknames dripping with middle-school edginess, like “The Twilight That Devours Light,” “The Ash Dragon Rising from Purgatory,” “The Forty-Fourth Worn Compass of the Grim Reaper,” or “The Thorned Throne of the War King Whose Blood Flows.”
But for some reason, the game developers had decided to add a glitchy aesthetic to the hidden class nicknames.
Kkol-kkap looked utterly dumbfounded at my words.
【…You’re telling me you won’t even call my name now that I’ve appeared? Are you insane? Do you know who I am, you dare!】
“Oh, the compatibility rates are pretty decent. One’s 88 and the other’s 78.”
Red Diamond, draped in a crimson cloak and wearing a black crown like some costumed emperor, had an 88 percent compatibility rate with me.
Green One, with delicate features and a golden laurel wreath, had 78 percent.
Considering that higher-tier Constellations generally showed significantly lower compatibility rates with Players, these were objectively impressive numbers.
Of course, compared to Kkol-kkap’s whopping 91 percent compatibility, they fell a bit short.
【….】
Kkol-kkap, rendered speechless by my clean dismissal, began circling around me frantically.
It was clearly panicked.
【…Think about it again. Anything above 90 percent is Fate.】
This was ridiculous.
Since the game’s beginning, I’d consistently had high compatibility rates with most Constellations that appeared in draws—a claim so absurd it didn’t even deserve a snort of derision.
I only learned that my compatibility rates were relatively high after checking the God of War game community.
Apparently, breaking 50 percent was considered difficult for most Players.
Moreover, while not all of them were like this, many of the Constellation AIs in this game had temperamental and vicious personalities.
That’s why some Players desperately scoured the internet for strategy guides, trying to capture high-tier Constellations who were prickly and rude but skilled—a practice born of desperation.
That act is called Constellation Love Simulation.
Conversely, when compatibility rates came out high, Constellations were known to become exceptionally kind to keep the Player attached to them.
And yet.
“I’ve never even been particularly nice to Fate, so why are you acting like this? You looked down on me and ignored me from the moment we first met.”
【T-That’s…!】
Our Kkol-kkap had appeared with a 89 percent compatibility rate, no less, and from our first meeting, it had treated me like a “worthless human” while displaying every ounce of arrogance imaginable—a truly despicable Constellation.
Its personality was so rotten that I’d planned to abandon it after just a few matches, but our combat synergy was far too good.
So I had no choice but to keep beating it into submission and make it this far.
“Who said I won’t pair with you again? I’m just taking a little vacation while I play with these others.”
【….】
At my words, I caught a glimpse of Red Diamond and Green Diamond with an expression that betrayed coarse, dismissive thoughts and deeply anxious eyes.
This guy’s thinking was painfully predictable.
There were so many things that bothered me that my mind couldn’t settle at all.
Moreover, knowing that one of them had an 88 percent compatibility rate with me would definitely irritate him immensely.
But these two seemed far more docile compared to that irritating one, just by looking at them.
Of course, I didn’t yet know the true temperament of these new Constellations, but in any case, I wanted to test out the two newly acquired Hidden-grade Constellations right away.
When I sent friend requests to my newly acquired Constellations, both of them accepted.
I then looked at that irritating one.
“Then get some proper rest now.”
[Will you send Constellation 【???】 outside the Waiting Room?]
[Yes]
【Wait, hold on—】
The moment that irritating one disappeared before me, a notification window appeared.
You received 100 coins from 【???】.
I turned my head, then stopped short.
“…What?”
The reason I was flustered wasn’t because of the God of War’s Game notification window format, but because it was a notification window in a color and form I’d never seen before.
It seemed similar to the Hunter notification window that Hunters talked about.
“What coins?”
God of War had no concept of coins.
I opened my inventory window, but aside from the Star Dust and exchange vouchers I’d received just moments ago, nothing new appeared.
“What is this.”
Had that irritating one played some strange prank to get my attention?
I lost interest in the inexplicable phenomenon, closed the mysterious notification window, and immediately started a new Game.

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