Chapter 22
Chapter 22
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 22
Chapter Title: Became the Goddess of the New World
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In the current streamer scene, 'Akare' was essentially a cheat code.
Why a cheat code?
The three words 'Daehyeop Kim' explained it all.
Daehyeop Kim, who had started out as nothing more than a simple laggy character,
had now risen to the level of a major corporation, standing shoulder to shoulder with Sweet.
As a result, most major streamers and small-to-medium ones were hoping to become beta testers.
Just getting selected would let them siphon off Akare's massive viewer flow and reap huge benefits.
But contrary to those hopes, the number of streamers who actually got picked as beta testers was extremely low.
Among the major streamers with any real recognition, only two had been selected.
One was Sweet, and the other was a VTuber named Suzuka.
VTuber Suzuka.
Average live viewers: 8,000. Mutube subscribers: 600,000.
In terms of fame, she was a top predator in the domestic VTuber industry.
On the day the beta test opened,
Suzuka had made full preparations for this moment.
To overcome her lacking stamina, she'd gotten an IV drip,
and loaded up on various supplements and nourishing foods.
With all preparations complete, Suzuka dove straight into the opener run.
"Hero who has reached the Hall of Heroes. What do you seek to come this far?"
Logging into Akare, the maid she encountered in the Hall of Heroes posed the question.
Having already decided everything in advance, Suzuka answered in a voice brimming with excitement.
"Cleric!"
"Is that so."
The maid gestured, saying she would show the vision of records, and the scenery around them shifted.
"Kyaaah!"
Suzuka screamed.
The area was filled with human corpses.
Those corpses rose as undead.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Protect the Cleric at all costs! A man who looked like a knight nearby shouted.
The battered soldiers gripped their swords.
Suzuka momentarily forgot it was virtual reality and froze in terror.
To protect the priest in their midst,
the soldiers resisted to the end, even as they were torn apart alive by the undead.
"This is too cruel."
Suzuka, with her rich sensitivity, quickly immersed herself in the scene.
Even as the soldiers died, the priest continued her prayers.
Kneeling with a desperate expression, fervently calling to her god.
Did those prayers reach the divine?
Just before the last knight was devoured by the undead, a miracle occurred.
The overcast sky parted, and radiant light poured through the gap.
The beams of light purified the undead, reducing them to nothingness,
and breathed warmth back into the cold corpses, restoring them to life.
Resurrection of the dead.
"S-Saintess!"
The knight who witnessed the miracle knelt.
He prostrated himself fully, bowing his head to the ground.
The revived soldiers followed the knight's lead.
The one who worked the miracle gently helped the knight to his feet.
"Ah, a-ah-!"
Ecstasy filled the knight's eyes.
With that scene as the finale, the scenery shifted again.
"Wow..."
Suzuka let out a small gasp, feeling like she'd just watched a movie.
"Did it please you?"
Suzuka nodded in response to the maid's question.
Waiting for Suzuka, now a cleric, was a noblewoman.
"Huh?"
The moment Suzuka saw the woman, she felt a sense of wrongness.
In Daehyeop Kim's stream she'd watched beforehand, it had definitely been a male noble.
Though her brain short-circuited at the discrepancy, Suzuka proceeded with the game anyway.
A day passed since then, but Suzuka still hadn't escaped the Darkness-Devouring Forest.
She wasn't the type to stream for long sessions usually, and her stamina was poor.
Her physical skills were below average too, so it took her longer than most.
In the end, Suzuka managed to level up just shy of 10.
On the final night, she chose the dialogue option to talk with Raven.
'Good thing I have skills.'
Even before her first awakening, the cleric had skills.
A blessing that boosted party members' combat power, and healing.
Naturally, she couldn't hunt solo.
So the cleric had no choice but to support Raven while he hunted.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ It's coming
It's too quiet
Scary
Behind Suzuka!
Wh-what
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The viewers watching her third-person broadcast sent warnings.
But Suzuka was so immersed in Akare that she didn't check the chat.
And so, the Black Illusion Rabbit made of illusions slowly approached Suzuka.
"Danger!"
Just as the Black Illusion Rabbit was about to bite Suzuka, Raven pulled her back.
Because of that, Suzuka ended up in Raven's arms.
Once she grasped the situation, Suzuka's gaze turned forward.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ [ BOSS Black Illusion Rabbit Lv.10 ] Gulp-
It looked like just a cute rabbit on screen,
but facing it in person brought its unique oppressive pressure crushing down on Suzuka.
Still, Suzuka didn't tense up much.
She'd already studied Daehyeop Kim's Black Illusion Rabbit guide.
"The Black Illusion Rabbit, predator of the Darkness-Devouring Forest. Its biggest feature is..."
Before Raven could finish, the Black Illusion Rabbit began summoning illusions.
"Among the illusions, the one that jumps slightly higher is the real body!"
Suzuka recited the memorized strategy verbatim and immediately cast Blessing on Raven.
"Is that so."
Raven's eyes moved rapidly.
Using her enhanced dynamic vision from the blessing, she located the real one.
Meanwhile, the illusions bit at Raven, wounding her.
Suzuka immediately raised her cross with both hands and used Heal.
"...Found it."
Her sapphire-like blue eyes flashed in the darkness.
The enhanced Raven darted through the illusions.
And swung her sword at the real body hidden among the horde.
Slash-!
Black blood sprayed.
Caught off guard by the strike, the Black Illusion Rabbit went limp.
"It's over."
Raven assumed a finishing stance.
Smirk-
Then the Black Illusion Rabbit grinned devilishly and leaped high.
Passing right by the nearby Raven, straight toward Suzuka.
"...!"
Caught off guard, Suzuka froze and couldn't move.
This is it, my first death.
Suzuka closed her eyes.
Crunch-!
The sound of skin tearing and bones breaking.
I'm dead.
Thinking that, Suzuka opened her eyes.
"Urk..."
Before her was Raven, bitten by the Black Illusion Rabbit in her place.
Grinding her teeth to swallow a scream,
Raven severed the neck of the Black Illusion Rabbit clamped on her arm.
"Hoo... Are you alright?"
Suzuka silently raised her cross to heal Raven.
Her arm was torn open, broken bones exposed.
It hurt just to look at, drawing a sigh.
"Why... why did you do that?"
She already knew the reason.
She'd seen it in Daehyeop Kim's stream.
How righteous this NPC named Raven was.
Suzuka wasn't used to situations like this.
It felt like her own fault, making it hard to control her emotions.
Sniff-
"It's all because of me... you got hurt so badly..."
Her sensitivity overflowing, Suzuka kept sniffling.
Watching her, Raven spoke softly.
"Why I did it...? I just wanted to."
Their gazes met.
"Because you listened to my story so enjoyably."
Raven's flirt made Suzuka's tears stop dead.
Clearly, the Raven before her was a woman,
so why did her heart flutter like this?
Confused about her sexual identity mid-stream, Suzuka bowed her head and focused on healing Raven.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Raven was actually a woman.
This fact was first revealed in Sweet's stream.
So people perceived Raven as female.
But in VTuber Suzuka's stream, Raven appeared as a man,
and this bombshell spread even to Ingemgal, which only covered in-game stuff outside of Daehyeop Kim and Sweet streams.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Inbong curious, inquired and got a response [579]
The crossdressing woman was actually a guy in drag? [485]
Grabbed the clip of the issue, upbong plz [611]
Fuck I fapped to Raven six times [520]
Domestic shitgame gallery lololol [378]
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 📰 Breaking News [Title] Inbong curious, inquired and got a response (GM Maid official response screencap) Raven's gender changes based on player gender Settings completely different for 'Raven Princess' and 'Raven Prince' Recommends 680 Disrecommends 0 💬 Comments — Comment 579 First time seeing a setting like this Whose idea was this? Amazing — Reply God of knowing what's hot, Aurora Perfect except for her self-insert mage daughter — Reply ↳ Reply Official response Yeochung reaction (link) They love it too lol Raven Prince is handsome af ↳ Total ropan ML style 📰 Breaking News [Title] Fuck I fapped to Raven six times Feels so shitty right now Recommends 580 Disrecommends 15 💬 Comments — Comment 520 Homosexual gay lol ↳ OP only fapped cuz she was hot, funny bastard ↳ Shut your mouth ↳ Scrap? Better cuz it's a dude ↳ Get a nutjob job quick ↳ Martial Artist looked good ↳ Comrade love is peak martial arts lol Raven's gender changes based on the player's gender.
This setting received rave reviews from both female-dominated and male-dominated communities alike.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 📰 Breaking News [Title] Aurora << Horniness Genius Director This bitch just knows what gets you going Even better she's a fucking pretty girl Recommends 20 Disrecommends 5 💬 Comments — Comment 16 Aurora director actually pretty? ↳ Never shown her face ↳ Avatar was hot af ↳ If irl pretty she'd have shown by now lol Raven's skyrocketing popularity broke new limits with this event.
Fan arts poured in, and even AI-generated images full of lewdness featuring Raven appeared.
Bunny girl Raven, maid Raven, swimsuit Raven, defeat event Raven, and more...
This secondary creation frenzy created even more demand and buzz.
To the point where Raven could be considered Akare's mascot.
"Mmgh..."
And I, having watched the whole thing, let out a groan.
With only two days left in the beta test period,
the party closest to that story was Daehyeop Kim and Sweet's group.
"My heart's racing."
The story I'd prepared was one of the classic clichés.
From time immemorial, when the heroine dies or falls into crisis,
the protagonist awakens—practically a national rule development.
Of course, Raven wouldn't actually die or anything.
Still, from the player's perspective, wouldn't it provide solid motivation?
After skimming Ingemgal's nyum posts, I started some ego surfing.
"Horniness genius director...?"
Checking the post's content, I swallowed a sigh.
Calling my knack for hitting appeal points 'horniness genius'.
It was vulgar, frivolous, and embarrassing.
My face heated up, so I fanned myself with my hand.
"I don't wanna be a genius at that."
I hit disrecommend on the post.
"Mmgh..."
It's really almost time now.
The remaining beta period and official launch date.
Suddenly, I remembered the macaron I'd secretly swiped from Aka-chan yesterday.
I'd craved something sweet so badly that I'd impulsively committed the crime without thinking.
To cover it up, I dressed neatly and headed out.
Using illusion magic to make myself look ordinary, I went to a nearby café.
Bought macarons identical to the ones Aka-chan had hidden,
and while at it, loaded up on other desserts before heading home.
Stuffed the macarons in the fridge first, then filled the rest with desserts.
"Perfect crime."
If you don't get caught, it's not a crime.
With the perfect crime pulled off, I headed to virtual reality to wrap up overtime.