‘Raising my very own precious omnipotent god’.

It was the first ever Virtual Reality game that was a global success and had billions of users online at the same time.

It was an existence that had gone beyond a game to become a part of the culture and now a separate ‘reality.’

The great first step.

‘The Great First Step’ was the theme of the season after a large-scale update in the game.

It allowed anybody to develop their own kingdom inside New World.

Founding a kingdom.

That thought made the billions of users’ hearts thump wildly.

New World already had so many things to do, but…

“A large-scale war is different!”

Thinking about a war where the users would be at the center and fighting against other users or even NPCs was extremely thrilling.

< But isn’t it a bit boring? >

Maybe the excitement was too high.

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– There aren’t any changes that pop right out.

– Of course. Even though there are a lot of users, we are just a handful among everything in New World.

– A handful is a bit too little, no?

– Either way, we can’t even all come together to form an alliance. How can we fight against kingdoms to develop our own?

– The Great First Step is a content that should take a really long time. No matter how fast someone is, it will probably be a year before we hear about a force building in some land.

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There weren’t as many large changes as they had expected.

Of course, many rankers and alliances were building their forces under the surface, but…

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The only thing we have right now is the top ranker becoming the Imperial Crown Prince of the Eastern Empire, isn’t it?

– But we don’t even know much about that. We suddenly stopped hearing about it.

– Exactly. They were talking about an Imperial Crown Prince coronation ceremony but it suddenly went quiet.

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Even the news about the top ranker that they had been looking forward to had disappeared.

This was to be expected.

Outside New World…

Inside the top floor of the ‘Sun Building,’ the building at the center of Roan on Earth 3…

President Choi Sun Hee of the Sun © was sitting with a tablet, keeping updated on the situation.

She calmly commented.

“He’s the president.”

The top ranker was President Ahn Roh Man.

Peek.

She looked toward the muted TV.

< The fight between President Ahn Roh Man and the Transparent ©. Will it go beyond the litigators to affect the world economy? >

The controversies about the Transparent © that President Ahn Roh Man had exposed…

President Ahn Roh Man’s side and the Transparent © were currently fighting like hell regarding the truth of the matter.

“The Transparent © is doing their best to bury it.”

As for Ahn Roh Man…

“He’s crazily running wild like a madman.”

He acted like someone without a path of retreat.

< President Ahn Roh Man: “Honorary Chairman Han Taek Soo should turn himself in to the prosecution. Also make all of the research files from the Transparent ©'s museum public. If you don’t, we will show the information we have gathered to the entire world.” >

It was a fight for power.

“The Transparents won’t just sit back and watch.”

< The Transparent ©: “This is just President Ahn Roh Man’s big picture for his re-election. Revealing the research files that the Transparent © has done would tank the company’s value. Everything that has happened is clear and evident proof of him trying to pressure the Transparent ©. >

The Transparents ignored the controversies and avoided giving any answers while claiming that everything was Ahn Roh Man threatening and pressuring them.

“…The problem is that the threats are working a bit.”

< Transparent ©: “If things progress like this, regular operation of RPOG may be affected.” >

Quite a lot of people reacted to this.

IT could not be helped because Earth 3 had a lot of scars of war from monsters appearing for a long time and destroying different areas.

Whether it was materialistic or emotional pain…

Although a lot had been restored and they had a plan to deal with the monsters by training ability users…

“…Utopia.”

The New World that the Transparent © offered to them was truly a ‘new world.’

It was a new world where they could make a new life.

That fact was enough to make people fall for New World.

‘Culture, economy, even faith.’

New World was affecting many different aspects of life.

New World was a paradise to many people.

But they may no longer be able to use it?

“We can’t let that happen.”

The Transparent © was saying that President Ahn Roh Man’s claims were too exaggerated and unbelievable.

‘Using people’s souls to experiment?’

‘Serving the God of Chaos?’

‘How does that make any sense?’

They claimed that Virtual Reality games were at the apex of scientific innovation and sneered at Ahn Roh Man’s proclamations as being too unreal; something straight out of a novel.

“…The Transparents are amazing too.”

They were ignoring the proof that was out there.

In fact, they claimed that the attack on the museum was an act of terror from the government and requested that the prosecutors look into it.

“…The Transparent © has their hands in more places than we expected.”

Law, the National Assembly, and the courts… The Transparent © had their hands everywhere.

“While Ahn Roh Man has less than we expected.”

A lot of people had already left his side thinking that his authority was spiraling down.

“That’s probably why he’s going so wild.”

President Ahn Roh Man and his confidants were going stronger and farther than even when they were fighting against the monsters in the past. They were rummaging through everything like people with nothing left.

Part of it was probably because he was trying to take care of everything before his current term came to an end.

“He also needs to gather people’s attention.”

This was a big reason as well.

Ding-!

Choi Sun Hee turned her head after hearing her phone to check the message.

< President-nim, we have arranged it as discussed. >

Ding-!

< President-nim, should we continue to buy? >

The Sun ©.

It was not a corporation whose name was known to the masses.

In fact, this company was more famous among businesses.

It was known as the company with a big wallet.

“President Ahn Roh Man did well.”

A smile appeared on Choi Sun Hee’s face.

‘Please buy stocks of the Transparent © as much as possible every time the prices fall.’

‘Arrange meetings with stockholders or investors to make as many allies as possible.’

Cale Henituse.

He had told Choi Sun Hee to hide in the shadows while aiming for control of the Transparent ©.

‘We need to deal with things inside New World so please cooperate with President Ahn Roh Man or Vice President Lee Mi Jung to deal with any variables that may arise.’

They currently had three factions they could call allies on Earth 3.

The Sun © with their cash.

President Ahn Roh Man with the justification and authority.

Finally, their ally within the Transparent ©, Vice President Lee Mi Jung.

“Hmm?”

President Choi Sun Hee’s eyes started to shake while looking at her tablet.

“Huh?”

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– What the hell? What the fuck is this video from that damn attention seeker?

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Numerous posts started to become uploaded into the New World Community starting with that one.

The great first step.

People were thinking that this episode was very boring and did not offer many changes as they had expected.

As they were intermittently finding interest in things like the Strongest Under the Heavens Competition or the new quest that popped up in the Western Empire…

< Did you see the vid CAS posted? >

The Crazed Attention Seeker.

The video he uploaded was getting things riled up in New World.

Choi Sun Hee had a feeling she should check what this post said.

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< Did you see the vid CAS posted? >

I’ll keep it short.

The Crazed Attention Seeker.

Go to his channel and see the vid.

Holy shit, you have to see it to believe it. Something seemed to be happening.

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She checked the comments.

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– …Wow, that was basically a movie. Wait, is it really possible to fight to this scale?

– Where the fuck did this damn attention seeker go right now?

– The Devil’s Boundary.

– That’s not what I was asking… -.-

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The Devil’s Boundary.

Those words made Choi Sun Hee flinch.

She had heard about the progression of things from Alberu and Rosalyn every so often.

She knew that they had gone to the Devil’s Boundary right now.

“Mm.”

Choi Sun Hee picked up a different tablet and searched the Crazed Attention Seeker’s channel to see the newest video.

All three parts that were posted were very long.

There wasn’t even a proper title.

“…….”

Choi Sun Hee turned on the first video.

There were no subtitles.

There weren’t any explanations or introductions either.

They had just uploaded everything in order without any editing.

But Choi Sun Hee had no time to make any judgments about this raw footage.

“Ah.”

Raon-nim was visible.

Boom. Boom.

Choi Sun Hee’s heart started to thump.

She left the video and searched through the community.

She checked the comments on the video as well.

The views were rising exponentially.

– Wow, look at the scale of this thing. This is so dope.

– The Devil’s Boundary had an episode like this?

– There was something like this at the bottom of the Cliff of Death? Oooh. Should I go take a look?

The comments that had been lighthearted at first…

– It’s a Dragon! A super cute Dragon!

– Huff huff, oh baby Dragon-nim. Huff huff, I’m going to go to the Devil’s Boundary to see the baby Dragon-nim.

– Oh. Who is that swordsman? He’s super handsome. He’s just my type.

But the comments slowly started to change.

– The Holy Maiden of the Church of the Sun God? Holy Maiden? The Holy Maiden??

– Sir Boltien is there too.

– Is the damn attention seeker not worried about dying? He’s poking his head out to look down! But what is that down there? What is going on?

It truly changed.

Especially once people saw the contents of the quest that popped up for the Crazed Attention Seeker and his close friend…

– …Save this game?

[Can you help save this world, this domain, this game?]

As that appeared on the Quest window…

Some troublemakers appeared.

– Hey, even the game seems to know about the crazy motherfucker, Ahn Roh Man, trying to make New World close!

– Yes yes, Ahn Roh Man needs to get out of his hero play of the past to face reality. The old man needs to get lost.

– Pfft, hey, Ahn Roh Man is young. He’s handsome.

– So are you going to just watch as he takes the Transparent © down? Kill the motherfucker!

But the mood soon changed.

– Wow.

– The scale of this thing… What a jackpot.

– Wait, those people, no, who is that man?

– Fighting like this is possible?

– There are so many strong people we’ve never faced?

The battle that was happening at an enormous scale…

– …But it feels so real.

The appearances of the sacrifices that were saved and the view of the bottom of the gorge the Crazed Attention Seeker crazily filmed…

People dying and things being destroyed…

The crazed look of the church that arose from within it…

– Hey, didn’t they just say chaos?

Somebody realized something.

– Didn’t they just say the advent of the God of Chaos?

– Huh? Now that I think about it, didn’t someone say something about the Church of the Sun God having issues with the Church of the God of Chaos?

– Hey, isn’t the God of Chaos the thing having ties to the Transparent ©?

– …WTF? Is this really a game?

– Is the game system really asking us to save it?

The mood slowly started to get serious.

Furthermore, the video was raw footage, the immersion was high.

– Ah, I’m starting to tear up. Who is that guy? Seriously, on his own, wow-

– He saved everybody. That guy saved everyone. He’s an NPC, right?

– Holy shit, did the hero of the Sun God appear?

– …That hero seems to be a user?

Sacrifices and the church…

Foreigners who came to destroy the church…

Furthermore, the few individuals taking care of everything…

– Why am I crying?

– Wait, what if that God of Chaos is the same one as the one in the real world and the game system is actually asking us to help it? Wow… Am I too immersed in this right now? But if that really is the case, the NPCs there are fighting against the God of Chaos to save the game right now?

– You are not overly immersed.

– I think we seriously need to contemplate things.

– Someone uploaded an analysis to the community. Go take a look.

As people became serious, more and more people started to see this as more than just another episode in the game.

Serious analysis started appearing in the community, creating an odd atmosphere.

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< Isn’t a scenario like this possible? >

What if the Transparent © really went crazy and that God of Chaos or whatever? They made a deal with a shady church like that and did some biological experiments?

And that is why the game is trying to stop them as well?

Maybe that is why the game system is asking us to save it?

– Oh come on. Let’s be realistic. The chances of a game system acting like that is extremely low.

– Yes yes. I agree. Maybe some of the Transparent © employees have seen the company do some shady shit and are giving us some signs to hopefully save the game?

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Choi Sun Hee made up her mind after reading that far.

“This was not intentional.”

The Crazed Attention Seeker. This whole situation happened because of that weird user, but…

This was probably not what Cale wanted.

‘The enemies were supposed to learn about us as late as possible!’

But it had already happened.

They could not do anything about the fact that they were revealed.

“We should use this instead.”

Yes, if things went well, she could work with President Ahn Roh Man to do something with this.

“…The Church of the Sun God.”

The appearance of the Church of the Sun God in the game was probably not a coincidence either.

“Oh Sun God-”

President Choi Sun Hee had been following the will of the Sun God as she led the Sun ©.

Her duties right now was to support Cale’s people as much as possible.

“But we can’t let everything be revealed like this.”

They needed to hide as much as possible.

“We can’t let them find out about our ultimate trump card.”

What was their trump card?

The God of Chaos’s side.

The Demon World.

The Hunters.

What was the existence they were all completely ignoring?

The answer was obvious.

“…….”

Choi Sun Hee immediately called someone.

That person must have been about to call her as well as she picked up immediately.

– President Choi.

“Vice President Lee.”

Vice President Lee Mi Jung.

She was a remarkable person who started as a regular employee at the Transparent © and rose to the position of Vice President.

She was also the person who was working with Choi Sun Hee and Rosalyn.

Choi Sun Hee addressed the woman still working within the Transparent ©.

“You’ve figured it out too, right?”

– Yes, ma’am.

Lee Mi Jung had also figured out the dangers of the current situation.

“We need to hide the game system.”

– That’s right.

Lee Mi Jung answered Choi Sun Hee.

– I’ll take the lead on this.

President Choi Sun Hee took a deep breath after realizing the meaning of those words.

“Vice President-nim, you know what that means, right?”

– Yes. The Transparent © is rockier than ever right now.

Whether consciously or subconsciously, the employees are starting to pay attention to the things they are hearing from the outside.

The managers were doing a good job controlling it, but a lot of employees were feeling confused about what to do after hearing about the terrible things the Transparent © has done.

Most of the regular employees could not even imagine something like that.

They just had the pride of working for the biggest corporation.

– President Choi, I heard that you were buying up the stock and working to convince the shareholders to open a Shareholders Meeting.

Recovering lost authority.

– This is the time to step up if I want to take my rightful place at that time.

Vice President Lee Mi Jung was also someone who understood the flow of things.

– It’s fine. Since we need to hide the game system anyway… I’ll say that it was me, a few employees who followed me, and the operation team’s Mr. Park Jeong Gyu who put that ‘save this game’ message in the quest.

Then the game system’s unexpected actions…

Basically, they would be able to hide the fact that the New World’s World Tree or the game system, which was basically a god in the game, was Cale’s ally.

“Then a significant number of employees may start supporting you as well, Vice President Lee.”

– Yes, ma’am. It would be an open challenge to Honorary Chairman Han Taek Soo as well.

She then added on.

– Furthermore, Han Taek Soo’s side won’t be able to easily approach the game system. The employees are already suspicious and would have their eyes on them.

Vice President Lee Mi Jung decided to grow her own authority through a faction to face off against Honorary Chairman Han Taek Soo.

“President Ahn Roh Man on the outside and Vice President Lee on the inside. How reliable.”

– We also have you in the shadows, President Choi.

Vice President Lee stopped for a moment before continuing on.

– And those people are there behind us.

Her voice could not hide the fact that she found those people to be extremely reliable.

Choi Sun Hee smiled.

“Yes. Those people are there.”

Cale Henituse and his people…

With those people there, all they had to do was their own duties.

“Huuuuuu.”

President Choi Sun Hee hung up and blinked a few times.

“…….”

The views on the video instantly surpassed 10 million views and headed toward 100 million.

The video itself made people’s hands sweaty and hearts excited.

“…….”

President Choi turned the video on again.

She was concerned but also full of anticipation about what Cale and his people were doing.

* * *

Cale clenched his eyes shut.

‘I fainted.’

Something always happened when he fainted like this.

Sometimes he dreamt about the past.

He met team leader Lee Soo Hyuk before too.

There was that time he met the real Cale Henituse as well.

He could end up meeting the God of Balance or the God of Hope too.

There was also the Fire of Purification and the Super Rock who became a god.

But it was none of them this time.

“Are you sleeping?”

‘Fuck!

Would you look at that?’

“Are you really sleeping?”

“Haaaa.”

Cale sighed and opened his eyes.

“Haha.”

He heard someone laughing.

He then saw the laughing God of Death.

Cale immediately got annoyed.

He did not want to see this face.

This bastard wasn’t that useful.

“Mm.”

However, he could not say anything.

Cale subconsciously commented.

“Hey, are you okay?”

“Haha-”

The laughing God of Death…

He had lost one arm and his upper body was dyed grey.

“Why do you look like shit?”

Cale got annoyed again.

“Who beat you up?”

The God of Death snickered and answered.

“Are you worrying about me?”

His tone made Cale subconsciously answer.

“Crazy bastard.”

Gods did not die.

He knew that they didn’t perish.

But Cale couldn’t help but ask after seeing the God of Death like this.

“Are you dying?”

The God of Death smiled.

“I won’t die because of an injury like this. I will have to suffer for a couple centuries though. However-”

Losing an arm or half of the body going crazy wasn’t a big deal to a god.

They would eventually heal.

The God of Death continued to speak.

“I may die.”

No.

Since gods did not die…

“I may perish.”

Tap.

The God of Death pushed a document toward Cale with his remaining arm.

The God of Death was on the list of individuals who were fated to die in the next six months.

“I’m listed in the Book of Death?”

Cale clearly understood the meaning of those words.

“…The enemies found a way to make a god perish?”

Smile.

The God of Death smiled.

“You really are the best.”

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Translator’s Comments

The God of Death is kinda useless…but it would be ironic if the God of DEATH ended up DYING wouldn’t it? HAHAHAHAHAH

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