The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37
I perked up at Kkolkkalpi’s answer.
Since this creature was also a Constellation, he would surely understand the characteristics of Constellations and what they favored.
“What do you mean?”
【You just need to capture the Constellations’ interest.】
“But how am I supposed to do that? What do Constellations even like?”
Kkolkkalpi fell into contemplation.
【Actually, you’ve already….】
“What? I can’t hear you. Come down here.”
Park Awkward, crowned and muttering while fluttering about in circles, was completely incomprehensible.
Kkolkkalpi flew high into the air and peered down at me.
【You were going to fix your legs, right?】
“Yeah. Please hurry. That costs an insane amount of coins, and I’m dying to know when I can afford it.”
【Tsk. Why the rush? Fifty thousand coins is pocket change.】
“….”
That bastard.
My irritation flared instantly—here I was scrounging together mere hundreds or less than a thousand coins, and he was talking like that.
“Then you buy it for me.”
【If you do that during the Fair, you’ll lose your participation rights. Besides, you’re not even my contractor yet.】
Contractor?
Before I could even ask, Kkolkkalpi continued.
【The way to extract coins from Constellations is simple. You just need to stand out somehow, and you already have the conditions for it. Hmm.】
Apparently, being a ranker made me somewhat famous among the Constellations.
But there were many rankers.
Among all those rankers, I needed to stand out distinctly enough to draw the coins I wanted.
Kkolkkalpi descended with a troubled expression, bobbing as he came.
【Just do something well.】
“What the hell does that mean?”
It was an answer lacking any sincerity, yet Park Awkward seemed quite serious about something.
【As the tournament progresses, you’ll have chances to show your personality. Then display your true nature properly—your dirty disposition. Or if that doesn’t suit you, acting virtuous works too.】
“…Do you want to die?”
【You said you wanted to earn lots of coins.】
From his expression, it didn’t seem like he was joking—he appeared sincere.
“What does that have to do with anything?”
【You need a clear direction so that factions supporting you emerge. What you might call a fanbase.】
I understood what he meant, more or less.
‘A fanbase, huh.’
Then a notification appeared.
[【Notification】
The first preliminary round (Asia Server) will begin shortly.]
* * *
It was similar to the test.
There was no way all the Players from the Asia Server could compete in one place.
The system worked by having players apply for the tournament from their Personal Waiting Rooms, then grouping a set number of them and throwing them into a single Map for survival.
The Map’s setting was the interior of Namsan Tower.
Before the start, Players began loading one by one, revealing themselves—and their numbers were staggering.
“Why are there so many people?”
【The preliminaries aren’t the actual tournament, so there’s no reason to keep it small.】
“What do you mean by that?”
【You’ll see soon enough.】
The population density was on an entirely different scale from a battle royale, and not just I—other Players looked bewildered as well.
The chat window was in chaos.
—Over 100 people?
—lol
—What is this
—I’m not the only one panicking
—Lucky positioning lol my spot has an insane view
—Getting scared now
—Are the tournament organizers insane?? Throwing this many Players into Namsan Tower and making them survive??
—There aren’t any NPCs at all
—Holy shit lol another user loaded just five steps ahead lolol
—My Constellation says it’ll end quickly?
—oof
—Why isn’t my Constellation saying anything
—How can it end quickly with this many people?
—Damn Chicken Seat is right behind me;;
—At least there’s no intent to kill on the same Map
—Battle royale maniac oof
—Am I the only one scared? The loading count on this one Namsan Tower Map broke 200
—What are they even trying to do..
It was all Korean.
Given that the Map was Namsan Tower, the vast majority of Players here seemed to be Korean.
The tension kept mounting.
It felt like being a rat crammed into a bottle with countless others.
Considering the fundamental format of survival—where everyone had to kill or be killed—the absurd population density naturally bred an escalating sense of crisis.
‘The pressure is no joke.’
At this rate, I wouldn’t even have time to enjoy Heaven Station.
I scanned the increasingly tense surroundings while tinkering with my stat window and Game skill window.
【This isn’t a tournament, I’m telling you. Still, try not to die too early.】
“?”
The moment Kkolkkalpi uttered an incomprehensible sound, the entrance count for the Arena reached 300, and the countdown began.
[【Notification】
The preliminary match will begin in 3 seconds.]
[【Warning!】
The moment the Incarnation skill activates for all Players in the Arena, the attack power of all Players will be drastically enhanced for a certain duration.]
—gg
—Finally
—Let’s go!!
—Just avoid Chicken Seat
[3]
—Wait, hold on..
—??
—Something feels off
[2]
—Incarnation skill activation?
—They’re using Incarnation right at the start of the game????
Hahaha
—Now that I think about it, the preliminary match wasn’t a human tournament but a Constellation tournament
—That’s insane
[1]
Now I understood roughly what Kkolkkalpi had meant earlier.
【Watch closely.】
His voice was calm and matter-of-fact, yet brimming with confidence.
[0]
Constellation possession.
My consciousness is pushed aside as Kkolkkalpi surges into my body.
The moment the Incarnation skill activates simultaneously across the board, the Players’ eyes glow with vivid, distinct colors.
The Constellations’ fighting spirit erupts with an eerie, brilliant malevolence.
A flash.
The instant the Incarnation skill activates, my entire body tenses taut.
The Constellations awakening within the Players’ bodies move in perfect synchronization as if by covenant, unleashing a massacre.
Crash—!!
Movements of killing and being killed.
The interior of Namsan Tower fills with nothing but the noise of silent combat.
My Constellation’s movements, precisely recognizing and pursuing something, are a beat faster and more accurate than the other Constellations.
Even through our shared body, I feel a fierce determination and compressed focus.
Continuing to hunt the prey.
The overwhelming difference in skill makes it feel like it ends far too quickly.
Thud! Crash!
Kkolkkalpi, mounted in my body, simultaneously attacks and kills the target alongside another Player, then they exchange a brief glance.
I naturally assumed we’d fight.
Murderous focus slipped past smoothly like repelling magnets of the same pole, leaving behind a faint sense of regret.
As if we both understood that neither was prey, and simply let it pass.
‘…What is this?’
It was a bizarre sight.
My body moved frantically like a beast of prey searching for its quarry.
The more I watched, the clearer it became—the roles of hunter and hunted were predetermined, and one-sided pursuit and slaughter were unfolding before my eyes.
Kwaa—ang!
Kkolkkalpi eliminated the Players he’d targeted in an instant, over and over, again and again, stacking kills at an astonishing pace.
I snapped out of my daze and checked the Player roster for this Arena.
‘Ah.’
Understanding finally dawned.
The Constellation ranks of the lower-tier Players dying in droves consistently lacked the ‘crown’ marker.
Just as Kkolkkalpi had said—the preliminary round wasn’t a tournament.
This was a mechanical process where God Opal’s true Constellations distinguished and filtered out fake AI Constellations ineligible for tournament participation.
And currently, I held the top position on the play rankings.
‘Park Awkward, overwhelmingly dominant.’
For all his boasting, he certainly lived up to it.
There wasn’t really a Player I’d call my rival, but the kill count gap with second place being nearly triple was undeniably significant.
That said, Park Awkward wasn’t going all out.
He was concentrating fairly well in his own way, but not to the level he showed when fighting true powerhouses in one-on-one combat.
‘Not a preliminary round—a filtering round.’
The killers were true Constellations; the killed were fake AI Constellations.
After grasping the situation, I observed the combat again and saw the massive skill gap between the AI Constellations and the true Constellations.
‘Once this process of filtering out the AIs is complete….’
That’s when the real thing begins.
Naturally, the possession skill had a time limit.
The maximum duration of the Constellation possession skill that all Players possessed was nearly exhausted.
The Constellations, aware of this, accelerated their AI filtering work.
With exactly 3 seconds remaining, every Player in this Arena who hadn’t formed a Fair with a true Constellation died.
In that moment.
[3]
The Constellations’ eyes flashed dangerously as they all turned their gaze toward me simultaneously.
‘I knew this would happen.’
From directly ahead to both sides and directly behind, every being in the vicinity rushed at me in a coordinated assault.
I’d anticipated this much.
[2]
But when Constellation skills erupted from all directions, I couldn’t help but be caught off guard.
‘Insane?!’
With total attack power amplification active, one wrong hit and this would be the end.
Unlike my panic, Kkolkkalpi cast a Constellation skill without the slightest hesitation, retreating backward with tremendous depth and speed.
Whoosh.
An enormous hemispherical space of absolute darkness engulfed the entire area.
Boom, boom, boom—
The kill count continued to rise.
[1]
Crack!
The moment my Constellation smoothly struck down the creature rushing from behind with a fist, upgrading stats and weapons in an instant with invisible hand movements.
[0]
Finally, consciousness returned.
The light vanished from the eyes of the Players who had been rushing at me with obsessive fervor.
Possession ended.
【Sweep them all away.】

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