Chapter 10
Chapter 10
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: The Cursed Moderator
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- Organized today's money bait [3]
- Pouring cola into a tuna can and chowing down is surprisingly tasty [5]
- I can't sleep for a while
- How to eat Judak Market food even tastier...jpg [12]
"Today's gallery is peaceful as ever."
I kill time reading or spying on the countless posts that keep popping up.
I finally drew a padak too—wanting to lighten the admin load and focus on galling—but it was still too soon.
[Admin Chat]
- Judak☆: Hey Padak, not working? Can't you see tactical nukes everywhere?
- Full HP Elf: Gallery management is too hard... You grabbed an elf who didn't want it in the first place, you lunatic!!
- Judak☆: Sigh. All rookies are like that. Let's work hard.
- Full HP Elf: Waaah!!
It was the rookie's incompetence.
"That's why you can't do favors early on. They just think about bailing. Tsk tsk."
These days, elves lack fight. Fight!
The new padak still had a long way to go.
Especially because of Full HP Elf's past misdeeds, maybe.
- lol Padak, clean this up too~
- Too sweet~ Galling is too fun~~
- Full HP Elf: I like looking at tactical nukes
Tactical nukes seemed even more plentiful instead.
- Judak☆: If you have time to post, do some work
- Full HP Elf: I didn't write that!! Who would even like crap like that?
I felt the need for a new padak.
And that's when I spotted a post that caught my eye.
Title: I can't sleep for a while
Author: Soon-to-Die Vampire
For many years I cannot sleep
This is truly a curse. I want to be freed
But the curse starter bastard won't free me
Not starter, shibal
The curse took my language
Oh curse starter bastard. Starter starter starter!
Like this, another painful day today
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[Comments 0]
"What the hell is this..."
One incomprehensible post amid the flood.
Even checking the user's history, their comment spending was explosively high compared to their posts.
The weird part? No one paid it any attention, terrifyingly so.
Views were at 1.
It was clickable enough out of curiosity, but no one mentioned Soon-to-Die Vampire at all.
So I left a comment.
- Judak☆) Dude, why's no one commenting?
ㄴ Author) Oh! Long-awaited camaraderie. But I don't know either. Curiosity or sadness?
ㄴ Judak☆) Concept is brutal for real
ㄴ Author) Not concept. I tried many methods, but failed. This is painful.
The fun part was that Soon-to-Die Vampire wasn't really trolling.
"No tactical nukes. No goroshi. No priors at all?"
Can someone in the gallery have no record?
I let out a small sigh of admiration, then had a great idea.
ㄴ Judak☆) Hey, wanna try being padak?
ㄴ Author) Question
ㄴ Judak☆) Feels like you'd be good at it.
ㄴ Author) Unknown attempt
ㄴ Judak☆) But perks too. As padak, no one ignores you anymore
ㄴ Author) Oh excitement! No, not excitement, excitement. Not excitement, starter. Starter! Starter!
"Concept's brutal, but whatever."
My instincts were spot on.
Soon-to-Die Vampire as padak would normalize the gallery messed up by Full HP Elf.
If Soon-to-Die Vampire turned out abnormal too?
"I'll apologize then."
Preemptive candidate vetting.
★Padak List
- Full HP Elf
- Soon-to-Die Vampire
- ?? What the hell is that above
- New padak incoming?
- Anyone but me! Huh?
- Wait, shit, Judak you bastard!!!!!!!!
For now, I made Soon-to-Die Vampire a padak.
*
A few years ago, a creepy tale post went up in the gallery.
Title: Never Ever Go to Abandoned Castle Mariaka
(Eerie Abandoned Castle Mariaka image)
Its exterior alone is so ominous, no galler won't approach
But if you're mustering courage to scavenge anyway, close the tab now
As a local to the Mariaka area, I'm telling you—it's not even a place to joke about looking at
Rumors say a thousand-year vampire progenitor lives inside
Or that it's a clump of countless curses
But one thing's certain: you die if you go
Never. Ever go to Abandoned Castle Mariaka.
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[Comments 44]
- Totally means go, right?
ㄴ Author) F*ck off
- I'm a treasure hunter, was gonna go today—why not? Just rumors ain't it
ㄴ Author) Go if you don't value your life
ㄴ Damn, saying it like that makes me curious;
ㄴ It does look creepy af from the outside
- Even beasts avoid that place
- The look alone screams don't come
It was about the abandoned castle in Mariaka, Kelton Kingdom territory.
An ancient ruin predating the Great War, barely known even in the kingdom.
One sure thing: everyone hushed about it.
Even after beasts invaded post-Great War, nothing approached it—fueling the fear.
But that post blew it up.
- Heading to the castle today
- Author said never go so I'm going
- Abandoned castle party LF 1/4
"Never go" means "definitely go."
The fine upstanding folks broke that rule, heading to the castle to scavenge in the apocalypse world.
[The post has been deleted.]
[The post has been deleted.]
[The post has been deleted.]
- Holy shit ㄷㄷ; scary af
- Where'd they all go
Every IP got wiped.
Then a new concept post appeared.
No recommendations, a 0-rec post pinned to concepts.
Concept Post) Greetings everyone.
Author) Soon-to-Die Vampire
Curse starter fools who woke my long slumber.
Why ignore my warning?
Curse stimulates my appetite
I'll slake my hunger with bad blood
But this is all self-inflicted by everyone
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After that ominous concept post, IPs started getting deleted daily—up to a hundred.
Humans, beastkin, elves, dwarves—no discrimination.
The IP massacre lasted a full week before stopping, rooting deep in the gallery.
Never react to Soon-to-Die Vampire's posts.
That unwritten rule held until Judak not only poked it but made it padak.
Concept Post) Judak you f*cking bastard!!!
Why pick the delete-on-sight of all things?
I'd tolerate anything else but not this
F*ck, serious warning—cancel it now
Cancel if you don't wanna die—you or me!!!!
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[Comments 44]
- Wait, what? Why the rec/disrec spam?
ㄴ It's always been like that, but when delete-on-sight gets involved;
ㄴ Shit got real
- What was Judak thinking?
- Argh, braindead, total disaster
ㄴ Author) I swear, if Judak doesn't retract, I'll find him fr
ㄴ lololol how
ㄴ I'll find him somehow. It's that serious;
ㄴ Soon-to-Die Vampire★) What do you swear? Why threaten Judak? You bad?
ㄴ Whoa;
ㄴ Uh
ㄴ Soon-to-Die Vampire★) Answer
ㄴ Soon-to-Die Vampire★) Answer
ㄴ Soon-to-Die Vampire★) Ignore my demand again and 999-day bans incoming
ㄴ Author) Sorrysorrysorrynevergonna piss you off with nonsense again
*
"No way it was this bad?"
Looking back, my pick Soon-to-Die Vampire was a troll.
The issue? A real-world troll.
But I was puzzled instead.
[Admin Chat]
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Greetings everyone, thanks to Judak who appointed me
Judak☆: Hi hi, please take care of things
Full HP Elf: ...
Soon-to-Die Vampire: Leave it to me. All for Judak
Soon-to-Die Vampire: But question. Why Full Elf ignore me?
Full HP Elf: ...
Soon-to-Die Vampire: If can't speak language, understandable. I'll visit for face-to-face talk
Full HP Elf: Huuung... Judak help me...
The new padak Soon-to-Die Vampire obeyed me perfectly.
And gallery management? Top-notch.
Flashbacks to being ignored made it spam ban threats if slighted, but it managed the gallery flawlessly.
- Check out all tactical nukes gone
- Wow! Gallery this clean?
- Ah; can't drop nukes now;; had new version ready
ㄴ F*ck off don't get that shit
Soon-to-Die Vampire itself was a powerful deterrent.
No galler dared toss tactical nukes at the walking legend.
Thus, the gallery flowed in a bittersweet, ambiguous vibe.
"Now that I think, Soon-to-Die Vampire said it killed people, right?"
Watching it play with Full HP Elf now, it didn't seem capable of murder.
Curious? Just ask.
I asked in chat why no one ever inquired.
Judak☆: But Soon-to-Die Vampire. You really kill people?
Full HP Elf: Gasp
Full HP Elf glanced nervously while typing, but Soon-to-Die Vampire brushed off the question.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: All curse's fault. I entered eternal sleep to stop it. But some humans broke it.
Judak☆: So you did kill? Murder's iffy.
Soon-to-Die Vampire: No worry. I only suck bad blood. Very sweet too.
So it's the good guy?
But it felt wronged too.
Forced to suppress bloodlust and sleep eternally, only for humans to wake it forcibly?
Judak☆: Hm, ok for now
If it doesn't work, just demote.
I'd stocked up on exorcism salt from the shop ahead, cranking lights to max.
"Not scary."
Definitely not fear.
*
Inside Abandoned Castle Mariaka, perched on a sheer cliff.
In the audience chamber throne, now unvisited, lounged a weary-looking woman.
"..."
Cloudy white hair, red eyes, pale skin.
Her blood-red dress contrasted the vast chamber, exuding an eerie aura.
[Hehe]
An ominous laugh echoed in her mind, filling the chamber.
Erzebet, owner of the castle, was the vampire progenitor cursed of speech and sleep.
Also, newly minted padak Soon-to-Die Vampire.
[Judak, interesting.]
What was he thinking?
She eyed her benefactor Judak—who made her admin—with intrigue, sipping cola.
[Mmm! This black water always tastes good.]
Eyes scrunched naturally, cool refreshment coursing through.
Each time, the curse gripping her faded briefly—even the bloodlust.
[If received, must repay.]
Judak—nice ring to it—her benefactor.
Erzebet diligently managed, clicking posts as admin duty.
Then.
Title: Listen up, Judak
Author: Frederick
Adrian Empire bans alcohol sales.
How dare you defy?
Don't you know the imperial family reigns above all?
Can't stand by anymore, it's gone too far
Ban all alcohol-related listings in the market
This is warning and command
Update by morning
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[Comments]
- Ugh shut up crown prince!!
- Stop the one-sided bans...
- Kingdom's long gone... secede fully?
- Adrian? The place mostly eaten by beasts?
- lolol as long as not my country~
- Humans fighting again? lol
ㄴ Better than elves yeah
[Hmm?]
Erzebet spotted a seditious post.