The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

＜ 23 : Corrupting Sword (1) ＞

– [Roan Hebris] has made an offering for you.

– Sacrifice offered to you: 21

– The effect of ＜Karma’s Balance: Offering＞ is activated.

– Karma increased by 42 based on the number of sacrifices offered.

Right after the offering ceremony of the faithful, led by Archbishop Roan Hebris, was over.

I could see a message saying that I had acquired a fair amount of karma.

The amount of karma acquired through this ritual was much higher than expected.

The amount of karma that increased through offerings was high in some cases, but rather a special event was the main cause.

As soon as Roan announced the establishment of the temple, new event messages came to mind.

– [Roan Hebris] has acquired the ＜Religious Leader＞ trait.

– Karma has been increased by 5.

– [Roan Hebris] announced the birth of the denomination.

– Karma has been increased by 50.

Is it because I personally appointed Roan as Archbishop?

Or was it because of Roan’s announcement of the church’s birth?

A message was displayed at the bottom of the screen stating that Roan had acquired the ＜Religious Leader＞ trait.

Apparently, it seemed to be a characteristic that was compatible with Roan’s existing ＜Cultist＞ characteristic.

The sum of the karma I received due to the birth of the Order and the acquisition of Roan’s characteristics is 55.

The combination of the karma obtained through offerings and the karma collected through hunting was sufficient to raise the level.

– You have reached level 6.

– ＜Eye of the Spectator (Lv.5)＞ grows.

– It has become ＜The Observer’s Eye (Lv.6)＞. You will be able to observe the continents with a clearer eye than before.

Due to my newly acquired enormous karma, I reached level 6.

Of course, as the level went up, ＜The Observer’s Eye＞ also became a higher level.

There was no significant graphic upgrade or change in the output of the speech bubble.

However, I felt that the speed of moving the screen was faster than before.

The range in which the screen can be moved has also been greatly increased compared to the previous one.

In short, the map seemed to expand as the level went up.

“The graphics don’t seem to have changed… What else has changed in Karma’s scale?”

The next change after ＜The Observer’s Eye＞ was ＜Karma’s Balance＞, which continued to output a warning message whenever the level went up.

New skills such as ＜Karma’s Balance: Offering＞ were not activated as before.

The change that occurred this time was about what the system had been warning about.

– Warning: Karma that is too biased in one direction is more likely to cause ＜Causality Correction＞.

– ＜Balance of Karma＞ is tilted.

– A low level of ＜causality correction＞ occurred.

– Heroes appear due to ＜Causality Correction＞.

– Causality correction progress: 1%

Karma’s scale has always warned about the ＜Causality Correction＞.

And the results have only appeared today.

emergence of heroes.

I don’t know exactly what kind of change will happen, but for me it was definitely something that would be a penalty.

I had no choice but to regain my appetite when I saw the new message.

“If I hunt too hard, will the difficulty rise?”

A game that is too easy is no fun.

So, it was an understandable part to adjust the level of difficulty.

However, it bothered me that these changes appeared after the formation of the denomination.

Even if the hero is a boss monster with special properties, there are few factors that can affect me.

It seemed likely that the characters would try to interfere while hunting.

If you don’t want to see well-developed characters disappear, you’ll need to look at their tracks from time to time.

“It looks like the characters will have to watch closely from now on. And the next message… What else is this?”

After checking the contents of ＜Karma’s Balance＞, I scrolled down again.

Normally, it was a place where a message about ＜paid goods store＞ would be written.

However, perhaps because the level of the ＜Paid Goods Store＞ had already risen once, the skill level did not rise this time.

However, there was a message that he had acquired a new skill on his behalf.

What he acquired this time was a skill with the name of ＜Descent＞.

– You have acquired ＜Descent (0 / 5)＞.

– Each time the following conditions are met, the progress of ＜Advance＞ will increase by one level.

– Available Karma: 221 / 999,999 (Unfinished)

– ??? : 0 / 1 (unfinished)

– ??? : 0 / 1 (unfinished)

– ??? : 0 / 1 (unfinished)

– ???? (unfinished)

Advent.

It was a word that generally meant a divine being to come down to earth.

I don’t know how God descends into the world in the game, but the ＜Descent＞ skill I had was a skill that could only be used after completing 5 quests.

Even that, except for the fact that he had to collect 1 million karma, it was in a state of being obscured by unknown characters.

It seemed that he had not yet reached a level where the quest could be unlocked.

Since the first quest gave me a headache, it wouldn’t be strange if the ban was lifted sequentially.

“Karma 1 million? It’s a really ridiculous number.”

In addition, the content of the first quest is to collect 1 million accumulated karma that can be used.

Seeing that the karma that went into making the apostle was not counted, it was said that an additional 1 million had to be collected, excluding the karma consumed.

The karma that I have accumulated while playing the game so far is only around 300.

But, you have to collect the karma of a staggering one million.

It was a number that made me dizzy just thinking about it.

“But hard games are fun.”

Still, I didn’t have any intention of giving up on this game.

This game was already one of the few ways out of my heart that was exhausted from work.

Also, the pleasure of clearing a difficult game is indescribable.

It was never because of the simple reason that they had already charged over 200,000 won for the game.

“……”

Perhaps it is.

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* * * * * *

The sun went down and the night sky darkened.

Jutenia was sitting next to Peter, who was looking at the brilliantly shining star, reading a book.

Is it because the letters cannot be seen properly under the dark night sky?

Euthenia stretched out a shadow and was holding a glowstone.

gracious.

Yutenia, who turned the page with her fingers, asked Peter, who was looking at the night sky.

“Do you like stars?”

“When I was a kid, I liked it.”

Peter’s eyes stared at the twinkling North Star.

As he grew older, he devoted himself to farming, but as a child, Peter liked the night sky.

Looking up at the distant night sky, I follow the constellations one by one with my fingers.

It was the only game that little Peter enjoyed.

Of course, the scenery of the night sky has changed a lot since then.

“I was like that when I was a kid.”

“……yes.”

“It was a good hobby.”

At the sight of Eutenia talking while still looking at the book, Peter, who was squinting at him, smirked.

The place he is now standing in is not the village where he looked at the stars when he was young.

It was nothing more than a hideout for thieves built poorly, located in the midst of a rugged mountain.

The village where he looked at the stars had already disappeared.

It also happened at the hands of Eutenia, who was sitting next to Peter.

Even if I looked up at the sky with emotion now, it was impossible to face the same sky as it was back then.

“Do you like looking at the sky?”

Even so, the North Star was still there, shining brightly.

Peter, who had the light of the North Star in his eyes, threw a question to Utenia.

gracious.

The eyes of Yutenia who turned the page once again looked up at the sky.

“I may have liked it as a child.”

“How about now?”

“I don’t think I like it as much as I did back then.”

Short and clear answer.

Hearing this, Peter opened his mouth.

“It’s a surprising answer.”

“Were you surprised?”

“The place close to God is the sky, so I thought you would like it.”

Hearing Peter’s story, Yutenia smiled softly.

god. and the sky.

Either way, it must have been an existence shrouded in countless veils.

At Peter’s question of linking the two, Utenia stopped turning the page.

Instead, he looked at Peter and said to him.

“You seem to think so.”

“Aren’t you curious?”

“Where is the Great One?”

“Where do you think God is? Somewhere in that sky? Or beyond the countless stars?”

Peter’s hand stretched out toward the sky.

He gripped the vast expanse of the sky with all his might, but there was nothing in his grasp.

The sky was such a place.

A place that can be seen but still cannot be reached.

It was an unknown realm that was never allowed to humans.

“You seem to think that there is a great one in heaven.”

“If you can’t hold onto what you can see, I think you won’t be able to see what’s caught in your hand.”

“It’s a very interesting idea.”

“Maybe I’m wrong?”

tuk.

Euthenia closed the open book.

Then he got up from the seat he was reading and embraced the Shingi he had placed next to him.

A thick magical energy flowed from Yutenia’s body, holding the divine spirit.

It was the surest and clearest evidence that she was loved by a transcendent being.

“I’m not that great of a person, so I probably won’t know everything.”

“……”

“Still, that he is always with me doesn’t mean that he is still with me.”

Yutenia said while stroking the book she was holding.

These are the words of an apostle chosen by God.

Peter couldn’t even refute her words.

“Is that so.”

“It’s just a personal opinion.”

“If you, an apostle of God, say that, I don’t think you’re wrong.”

It was all Peter could do to just agree with her words.

Because Peter wasn’t chosen by God.

It was all Peter knew about the gods, only to face the fragments of the evil god who took the sacrifice.

“It was a pleasant conversation. The book I was looking for popped into my head, so I guess I’ll just have to go back.”

“……All right.”

This was the end of the conversation with Yutenia.

After the conversation, Eutenia turned away from Peter.

Then he started walking towards the empty tent.

Peter watched Yutenia’s back toward the tent with gentle steps.

Peter’s eyes looking at Euthenia were full of confusion.

“It seems that the six gods don’t look down.”

Even though the apostles of the evil spirits roam freely, there is no wretched punishment that comes down against them.

God is there. Still, there is no justice.

The empty sky he was clutching at was the only representation of Peter’s heart.

Peter lowered his outstretched arm towards the North Star.

And that moment.

Peter’s right arm began to feel a hot pain as he returned to his place.

“Ugh…!”

Peter, who felt the sudden pain, rolled up his clothes and looked at his right arm.

A black pattern appeared on Peter’s empty forearm.

A pattern of wings pierced by a colorful sword.

It was a mark representing the hero chosen by the god of honor.

Peter looked bewildered at the appearance of the pattern that appeared without any foreshadowing.

“pattern……?”

Peter’s fingers caressed the pattern on his forearm.

As if the pattern had existed on Peter’s skin from the beginning, it looked like he didn’t even feel any curves.

When the hero’s mark became completely clear, the pain from Peter’s arm had disappeared.

It is a pattern that suddenly appeared on the skin.

Peter scratched his forearm vigorously with his fingernail to erase the pattern.

However, there was no sign of the pattern engraved on Peter’s arm disappearing.

The pattern was already fully established on Peter’s forearm.

“……is it.”

Having made a conclusion about the pattern, Peter looked at his forearm and muttered to himself.

The six gods he had been searching for so much had already given him an answer.

Still, Peter did not have the knowledge to recognize the patterns.

A young man in a rural village located on the outskirts was such a position.

Far from facing the temple crest, it was difficult to even face a priest for the rest of his life.

Having finished judging the pattern at will, Peter put his forehead on his forehead and let out a deep sigh.

“I’ve been with the Fallen for too long, and now it seems like the evil spirit has been stigmatized.”