Chapter 27
Chapter 27
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 27
Chapter Title: Judak's Return and the IP Ban
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Judak has disappeared.
And a day passed.
- Judak ← Where did this bastard go
- Ah lol this prank isn't funny
- I wonder what bait you're trying to roll with this...
- You're doing it again, go eat some food
The initial reactions were awkward.
With Judak going silent, the Market and bartering system naturally went down too, leaving an uncomfortable atmosphere in the gallery.
And a week passed.
- Please come back please come back please come back
- Ah... This isn't fun!!! Stop it!!!
- Yeah, if you're gone the gallery dies, that's fine~
Title: Judak is back!!!
(Frog with a rope around its neck meme)
Actually, this is just agrro bait
But what are you gonna do about it?
What can you even do
You shitbait bastard lol
Besides raging like crazy or spamming curses in the comments, what can you do, huh lol
- lololol
- Ah lololol
- Ah... fuck...
ㄴ Sigh...
ㄴ Come back already...
ㄴ Whatever it is, we're sorry...
ㄴ Poster) Fuck
Title: But this is karma
(Elf freaking out over a liquor ban meme)
(Adrian Crown Prince ordering an aura meme)
(Throwing a tantrum demanding more Market items meme)
Yeah, this is your karma
I knew this was coming sooner or later
Honestly, from Judak's perspective, there's no reason for him to stick around
Even if he's just unilaterally handing stuff out, if he gets cocky about it, what then?
... lol yeah, probably
- Kraaak kraaak
- (Kneeling elf con)
- Judak, we whined for chicken so much, you're really pissing me off...
ㄴ You crazy bastard, at least release the chicken!
ㄴ I don't know anymore
ㄴ This world was always doomed anyway, Judak just gave it CPR for a bit
- No statement from the imperial family?
ㄴ Expecting that from our gallery lol
ㄴ Apology statements? Not in a million years lol
ㄴ Recruiting rebels 1,000/10,000
- I have no food
- No Market means I gotta run around on foot...
- Gotta go up the mountain and forage grass again?
- ...I'm really hungry
- No booze either, life's no fun...
The gallery was slowly reverting to the old days.
Days when food was precious
When joy had vanished
Back to the early days where survival was the only goal.
- Ah lol we found our roots...
- We've rediscovered the innocence of idiot retard moron fuckwit
And the ones hit hardest by this crisis were the Adrian Empire.
They relied on the Market and bartering more than any other race.
Especially the people, having once tasted pleasure and fullness, were withering away like zombies, unable to forget it.
"Above all, we're short on personnel and supplies to defend imperial territory."
"Being at the center of the continent, we face the highest frequency of magical beast attacks."
Adrian was located at the center of the continent.
Thus, it was at a disadvantage compared to the dwarf underground kingdom nestled in the mountains or the elves deep in the Elrad Forest.
With walls built in a circle around the empire, they had to defend on all sides.
"I know."
Frederick nodded gravely as he listened to the report.
How could he not know?
Adrian had already lost over half its empire to magical beasts due to that very flaw.
Adrian was also the place where Judak's presence was most desperately needed.
"We must at least issue an apology!"
"Think coldly, Your Highness. Without the gallery, the empire might suffer the same fate as the Kelton Kingdom."
The non-imperial nobles pulled out words they'd been holding back.
The situation was already one of slowly being pushed back on all fronts except the south.
They needed to swallow their pride to protect the empire's future.
"Heh, what nonsense."
"Issue an apology and beg Judak for forgiveness? Don't those words sound traitorous?"
"You're saying things before His Highness you wouldn't dare otherwise."
But the imperial faction still held the palace, led by the crown prince and his closest aides.
And they were the ones who had personally plotted Judak's assassination.
Naturally, the idea of pulling Judak to their side wouldn't fly.
"Traitor? I'm thinking of the empire's safety! Or do you want us all to starve to death like this!"
"We starve to death."
At that moment, Isaac Duke quietly chimed in.
"Better we all starve than bow our heads to Judak who mocked the imperial family."
"D-Duke, that was too much!"
The conference room atmosphere was heating up.
"Enough."
Frederick quietly calmed the mood.
As all eyes gathered on him, he pressed his brow with a sigh and ended the meeting.
"This won't lead to any more discussion. Let's end the meeting."
"But!"
"Don't you think I know? Nothing will come of this, so let's refine our thoughts and reconvene later."
No one dared contradict the emperor.
Once only Isaac Duke remained in the conference room, Frederick revealed the smile he'd been hiding.
"Of course I know about the crisis."
With Judak, the empire survives.
He knew that simple truth, but conversely, with Judak, his own position was endangered.
Once everyone was fed and content, the imperial authority would plummet.
They could be chased out or killed, citing the great war defeat, incompetent politics, and more.
"Better a crumbling empire like before."
Even if the empire lacked abundance, Frederick had always lived richly.
He preferred reigning comfortably as emperor of a failing empire until his death.
Frederick turned his gaze to Isaac.
"Duke, what of the assassination squad?"
"Well, we haven't heard back yet. But given Judak's absence, the operation likely succeeded."
"Good, it better have."
The lack of word from the squad was unsettling, but what could Judak do about it?
Frederick smiled in satisfaction as he opened the gallery.
Then he saw the new shitpost.
Shitpost) Fuck you cock-sucking bastards
Poster) Judak☆
(Assassins charging meme)
(Screen glitches to black meme)
Hello everyone
Got hit with an assassination threat and had to jump into a rift, couldn't take questions
Seems like a ton of time passed coming through the rift
Not the best time to post since it's dangerous right now, but I gotta say my piece ㅇㅇ
Adrian imperial troublemakers dug through my gallery logs trying to kill me.
Feeling a massive threat to my life, hereby announcing.
Adrian and related region IPs banned.
Duration – Permanent ㅗㅗ
Reason – Eradicating trolls
Yeah, carry on
- Fuck, assassination what?
- What the, you okay right now?
- Tardru) Brother, did you grab something black? Stick by a sword for now
- ??????
- Where are you, heading to help ;
- Ah fuck... the empire fucks up in the most retarded way possible
- Live on the edge of Adrian Empire territory, fuck am I banned too? Please no please no
ㄴ lol yeah enjoy your ban
ㄴ Ah fuck shoulda ditched the empire earlier...
ㄴ This is all because of the trolls?
- Fullpower Elf★) What? You okay? Where are you Judak, I'll come right now
ㄴ Whoa she dropped her concept
ㄴ Who cares when Judak's dying lol
- Dyingsoonvamp★) What? Report Judak's health status. I'm ready to deploy anytime
ㄴ When did she get chummy with Judak
ㄴ Judak DMed her first
ㄴ Can't survive without Judak Market ah lol
"Fuck..."
Had the kill not succeeded?
"Your Highness, open the door!"
"We saw the shitpost, explain what this means!"
Bang! Bang!
The nobles who'd left came pounding roughly on the conference room door.
Frederick's expression darkened rapidly.
"How... how did Judak know the assassination squad was Adrian's!"
*
My dizzy vision gradually cleared.
Propping myself up slowly and opening my eyes, I saw crumpled tissue bits, candy wrappers, chicken bones, and such.
"What."
Trash I'd tossed into the rift.
Looking around, a massive world dyed in purple filled my view.
"Where the hell is this?"
The interior was more unique than expected.
Sky and earth, and in the distance, traces of civilization like an unfamiliar kingdom.
"Aaaah!"
Crunch, crrrunch, kwajik.
And finally, grotesque magical beasts.
Only then did I realize where this was.
A rift leading to another world.
And the 'Outside' that the gallery had mentioned as the cause of the great war.
The rift was a kind of portal connecting the Outside to this isekai.
'So that's why everyone's heads hurt?'
[Warning. Warning. Evacuate the area immediately.]
I hesitated and stood up.
[12-Gauge Shotgun] - 240 points
Of course, I didn't forget to buy a weapon.
Crrunch.
"S-Save me!"
Looking toward the scream, I saw an assassin whose leg was being eaten by a beast.
Looks like he'd chased me into the rift.
And helpfully become bait in my place for the rift beasts.
"Sry."
"Aaaah!"
The assassin let out his death rattle and died.
"Grrr."
"Kieeeek."
Beasts drawn by the commotion approached me.
The problem? Compared to the isekai beasts, these looked far more ferocious and strong.
Bang!
"Kieeeek!"
One closing in burst into a bloody mess, but it wasn't a one-shot kill.
Nearly dead, sure, but it didn't die, and their numbers were absurdly high.
"I'm heading out."
[Cannot exit via rift.]
But just as I'd unilaterally dumped trash into the rift, I couldn't leave either.
"Kieeeek!"
Bang!
I blasted another approaching beast, but there was nowhere left to retreat.
Completely surrounded on all sides, I had only one option left.
[Rabbit Hole Ticket]
I lowered my gun, pulled out the ticket right away.
"Kieeeek!"
Slash!
Just before the beast lunged, I tore the ticket in half!
"Huh?"
At the same time, a rabbit hole opened in the ground, and I tumbled wildly into it, vision spinning.
"Beasts can't come in here?"
Not for nothing was it an item the system couldn't read.
Sliding like a playground slide, traversing the tunnel for a while, suddenly an exit appeared.
"Ugh!"
"Mmph!"
I collided with something soft.
Slowly getting up from the ground and regaining my senses, I felt countless gazes.
From right below me, beside me, around me—no, from every direction.
"Judak?"
"Hehe."
Rabbit beastkin with heart-shaped eyes drooling, perky ears standing up.
Realizing I'd landed right in their midst.
"This is bad."
Before I could even stand, hands and fluffy rabbit paws from all sides pounced on me.