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Chapter 58
Karon is a total boomer.
To be precise, he is an ancient human who lived even before the Middle Ages.
I do not think someone like that would have a good grasp of community culture.
It would probably take at least a few years to get used to how things work here.
He will need to take a beating until he develops some immunity, right?
└ [Rino Johnson: What is the meaning of this?]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Are you an orphan or something?]
I am not just swearing blindly to vent my frustration.
I have a plan.
└ [Rino Johnson: I am Karon, the son of Telva and Doru.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Are those imaginary parents?]
Karon had already received plenty of hate from users after posting his recruitment notice, but nothing truly vicious.
The insults had been relatively gentlemanly, so to speak.
My grand plan to take Karon down is as follows.
1. Out-talk and troll Karon.
2. Make him so furious that he leaves the community.
It is a simple plan, but it is a common occurrence in the real world.
It happens all the time—newbies getting burned by veterans and leaving the community.
Even if he returns occasionally, I can just keep beating him down.
He calls himself the greatest Necromancer of all time, so he is likely proud and stubborn.
Those types are always the easiest to trigger.
└ [Rino Johnson: They passed away long ago, but they certainly existed.]
└ [Rino Johnson: I would like you to retract that orphan comment.]
└ [Rino Johnson: Such language is deeply insulting.]
└ [Rino Johnson: Utterly unforgivable.]
└ [Rino Johnson: However, if you correct yourself now, I shall graciously forgive you.]
Talk about a bargain.
[I Trusted the Monkey Uncle: ? What is this guy doing?]
[Ghoulle: Hey, just leave him alone.]
Looks like other users are watching.
Time to get things moving.
It is not that I am incapable of keyboard wars or family insults.
I simply refrain because I have a shred of decency and a conscience.
But it is perfectly acceptable to do it to a murderous monster like Karon.
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: If your parents are dead, you are an orphan, right?]
└ [Rino Johnson: You...!]
└ [Rino Johnson: Retract it.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Did you turn your parents into zombies too?]
└ [Rino Johnson: I will kill you.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Gasp! A death threat from the genius Necromancer Karon, who dares to insult even the gods!]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: 'I will kill you,' oh, I'm shaking in my boots~!]
└ [Rino Johnson: You...]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Ah, in that case, I'll resurrect your parents and ancestors just to kill them again.]
└ [Rino Johnson: You couldn't possibly have such an ability.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: I just resurrected your ancestor and slapped them five times.]
└ [Rino Johnson: Enough.]
└ [Rino Johnson: This is a waste of time.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: The time your mother spent raising you was a bigger waste.]
└ [Rino Johnson: You!]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: You said it's a waste of time, but you can't leave, can you?]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Your beard is shaking while you're typing away, isn't it?]
└ [Rino Johnson: I shall remember your title. I will track you down and bring eternal agony to your soul.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: I see. Your parents are suffering right beside me. They're getting their butts beaten with a paulownia wood club for the sin of raising such a son.]
└ [Rino Johnson: You seem unaware of the pain you are about to endure. I shall explain it to you in detail.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Zzz... snore~!]
Look at that. He's so easy to trigger.
Now that I've got him started, let's really go for it.
I sent messages to Hanna and Si-woo.
[Requesting backup! Let's go give this arrogant villain who infiltrated the community a taste of his own medicine!]
[Morning Tent Installation Knight: Is it really okay to do this?]
[Not a Netkama: Are you sure about this? What if he actually finds us?]
I replied to them both at once.
Hanna had been sending me private messages telling me to stop for a while now, but I ignored them.
[He can't pinpoint our identity anyway.]
If he had that kind of ability, he would have harmed me in some way when we crossed paths in Duvenheim.
Even if he could identify me, it wouldn't matter. The physical distance between us is huge.
It would take him months to arrive leading an army of walking corpses. Maybe even years.
I'd have plenty of time to prepare or run away.
Or, I could just defeat him after completing my late-game build.
[Morning Tent Installation Knight: He was annoying, so maybe I'll give it a try.]
[Not a Netkama: Sure. It's just a community; no reason to be scared. Let's go, Sanz.]
Perfect.
Perhaps because I've helped them a lot and we've become close, they follow my lead well.
The Community Avengers—no, the Community Trinity—is moving out.
└ [Morning Tent Installation Knight: Karon's mom, resurrected by Sanz, is lying right next to me lol]
└ [Not a Netkama: He speaks like such a typical loser. Probably grew up getting bullied by kids his age]
The two users joined in.
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Stood up to the gods = Never actually won]
└ [Morning Tent Installation Knight: Karon's mom is insane]
└ [Not a Netkama: How can a post literally smell like a lonely old bachelor?]
Karon replied in a rage, but he was no match for them.
└ [Melee-type Spy: Sigh~! Kozaburo? Deal with this troll.]
└ [Melee-type Spy: Yes Your Highness, Master!]
└ [Melee-type Spy: Clatter! (Sound of Karon getting smacked and flying away)]
└ [I Trusted the Monkey Uncle: Shocking news) Karon has a thing for corpses...]
└ [Odo-daejangbu: Oh! The cold and hard girlfriend of Karon the Corpse Lover!]
Other users joined our onslaught.
They've caught on to the situation.
Right. This is the only way to drive Karon away.
And so, for several hours, we all teamed up to beat Karon down.
[Rino Johnson: You are all trash. Not worth talking to.]
[Rino Johnson: It was my mistake to look for a true warrior in a place full of losers like you.]
[Rino Johnson: You maggots. Keep living in this narrow, fake world, having achieved nothing in reality.]
└ [Ultra Sanz Crazy for Massacre Mode on a Moonlit Night: Pop! (Sound of Karon's mom's heart bursting)]
There were no more replies.
I watched a bit longer just in case, but there was no reaction.
I've kicked Karon out of the community!
[Morning Tent Installation Knight: We did it hahaha]
[I Trusted the Monkey Uncle: The community belongs to the Holy Knight! The community belongs to the Holy Knight! The community belongs to the Holy Knight! The community belongs to the Holy Knight!]
[Bramanda: Sanz, Installation Knight, Netkama. Thank you so much. He was truly terrifying]
[Melee-type Spy: The Legendary Three Knights. Your names shall be recorded in the community]
[Full Play: They are... heroes!]
[I Trusted the Monkey Uncle: Legendary Three Knights! Legendary Three Knights! Legendary Three Knights! Legendary Three Knights!]
└ [Not a Netkama: Give it a rest]
The three of us who led the charge to kick out Karon were given the title of the Legendary Three Knights.
I accidentally ended up grinding for favorability.
[Thank you]
[Morning Tent Installation Knight: It's nothing for my lifesaver]
[Not a Netkama: Cook me a meal if we ever meet]
[Not a Netkama: I hate bugs]
After exchanging a few private messages with Si-woo and Hanna, I logged off.
It was a productive use of my time.
***
I coiled myself. This is the highest place in the world.
I looked down upon the earth.
There were only small, insignificant things.
I am a giant serpent, born from the vast ocean.
From the moment I first opened my eyes, I knew by instinct.
That I was a being who stood alone, and that no one could ever be my match.
I roamed the land and the sea, crushing everything that stood in my way.
The tiny insects spread like a plague across the world feared me, calling me names like 'Serpent of the Apocalypse' or 'Destroyer of the World'.
A few insects who called themselves servants of the God of Amusement attacked me with strange powers, but I crushed them effortlessly.
I destroyed the place they called the Grand Cathedral beyond recognition and devoured every warrior from other dimensions.
Even the Incarnation summoned by the God of Amusement after great sacrifice was no match for me.
I am a complete being, born with all the powers of nature.
A void-like existence that simply exists to destroy.
How tedious.
I felt an overwhelming drowsiness that I could not resist.
I spent more time sleeping than I did awake.
...How much time had passed?
Naked insects came to find me. They were a different species from the ones I had stepped on.
They erected an idol of me and worshipped me.
Curiosity piqued. I accepted their prayers.
I brought the wind and rain, moved mountains, and provided water.
They rejoiced and shouted my name.
It was satisfying to see. I decided to watch over them.
Days and nights flew by, and their prayers and wishes manifested in the form of beads.
It was not the power I already possessed, but a power of mine crafted by them.
I felt a tremendous energy. I carefully swallowed it.
Stag horns, carp scales, and hawk talons sprouted from me.
...I attained a higher state of being and ascended.
I left the Material Plane and became a being close to a concept.
I was grateful to the tiny insects. Though I could no longer see them up close, I watched from afar.
Ah, I also respected the position of the weak things they had previously served.
Pathetic creatures who didn't even dream of challenging me, merely walking on eggshells.
I am...
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- Ah...!
Dammit, what was that?