Fazor wondered what that meant and quickly said " Of course , I have a strong will against those traitors " Yuni smiled and Fazor stated his resolve " Those bastards only wanted to rule , while I wanted to advance into the next stage . If only they had been more patient , they could've gotten their rule after I had reached the next server "
' Crowning start the creation of his crown ' " But they were impatient and upon fighting against me , they lowered me into this lowly ranking , keeping me as an eternal livestock feeding me to that monster again and again to kill me . But make no mistake Crowned demon , I still have the resolve and strength , you don't have to give one of the ten rulers a chance to replace the empty throne "
' Good good ' "Then you will be the demon to take back the throne , I'll sponsor you but make no mistake I will also own whatever power you made with my help"
Fazor didn't liek it but he was at his last options "Oh and if you do turn your malice towards me I will take back all those powers you gained" A notification by the crowning appeared in front of Fazor stating Yuni's power .
" I will not cast my malice against you " Fazor said as Yuni nodded "Then this crown is yours" a crown manifested on the hold of one of the throne's hands as Yuni took it away and gave it to Caprion to give to Fazor .
Fazor looked at the crown , which emitted a malicious energy "Make sure you survive the despair of the crown Fazor" as Caprion placed the simple-looking crown on Fazor's head , it suddenly transformed .
[ Crown of despair is absorbing all of Fazor's despair ]
Fazor suddenly felt all of their pain taken away by the crown as he felt lighter , but suddenly the crown formed thorns , teeth and blades that pierced through his own skull and horns " ARRGGGGGHHHH"
[ Reexperiencing all despair ]
Yuni's crown of fiction grew stronger as she also participated in the despair , as several items from the shelves behind her glew , while Gyan recorded everything to study later . Meanwhile, the crowned demon of weapons , Ergos , wanted to own the collection.
Yuni monitored the nightmare Fazor had fallen into , containing solely all of his pain with no break ' Gotta make sure he doesn't break ' Yuni controlled the items through the crown of monopoly as she ensured that Fazor had just enough space to breath .
"Where's the rest of the script" Caprion sighed as he took out all the possible text that Yuni will have to write "Hmm this is weird , why do I have to say I'll be watching ?" " Didn't you say that was part of the crown of Monopoly's power ? "
"Yeah , but I can't use it because I'm blind" " But you have mind's eye " "Oh yeah , there was that too" Yuni accepts the script and while reading it , she thinks of the assistance that remains despite losing the rewards .
' Maybe I should make a list of questions to ask Welt , but I'm sure it would overwhelm them ' Yuni checked on Fazor , who was devoured whole without cooking , butchered and cooked while he was still alive in the nightmare .
' As expected of the demon realm , this is the level of horror and despair they should have in place of the lack of fighting that you actually see in the previous demon realm ' Yuni thinks of the despair that Fazor was experiencing .
' It's a bit different than mine though , I would love to experience it once I take it from you ' Yuni smiled , looking forward to borrowing Fazor's crown of despair ' I wonder if a despair challenge would even be given ? I already have hopeless challenge so that's a bit weird '
Yuni checks the script and already knows there is no point in waiting "Can you change the script so that I don't have to stay here ? I got things to do" " Then can you time a gaze onto Fazor before I send him away ? " "Sure"
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Yuni leaves , turning on the notification bell on Caprion's chat and visits home . She finds Limos burping out some impure demon essence " Ahh master " Damo tried to hide Limos , but Yuni doesn't see with her eyes and spots that Limos was drinking an impure demon essence .
"Did you make that impure demon essence drink" Damo felt like he was being attacked by the words " Y-yes " he admitted with guilt "Why do you sound guilty ?" " Cause I liked the demon essence and got addicted to it and it felt wrong to be addicted to something like this "
"If you want , I can just give you more" " O-okay " ' Is he feeling a bit sick since he's becoming more and more like a demon ? ' Yuni gave Damo more demon essence potions like they were water to him and picked up Limos .
' Maybe I should give Limos some more holy artifacts ' Yuni wondered how much of a waste that was , but it's still the cheaper option . She purchased more and finds that she is slowly losing some digits on her wallet ' Dang , I need some cash stat '
For the first time in a long while , Yuni was feeling a little poor ' But how do I get some more ' Yuni thinks of expanding her income ' Seeing as I can already sponsor , I think I can look for some promising players to sponsor and get money out of them for my sponsorship '
Yuni checks her inventory and sorts the items ' Since I've got the crowning by my side and the crowns , I'll call my sponsor name "the crowned" ' Yuni wondered who would have good potential and thought about Haggis , who likely has some clue as a regressor and contacts him through the post office .
"Got any promising talent ?" Haggis was surprised to hear the notification bell of Yuni "Why do you ask ?" "I can sponsor them under the name "The Crowned" however , I will be charging for any use of my sponsorship ."
Haggis immediately agreed , having learned that Yuni was a very promising helper of Welt and quickly listed the names for Yuni to send the sponsorship to ' Good good good ' Yuni checked the player's past achievements , giving her a sense of their abilities and gave them corresponding items .
' Now I will have another income stream with me ' Yuni received the signal from Caprion and with the crown of Monopoly , its eye widened as further strain was put on it as she cast a gaze onto Fazor and gave Caprion a message .
Caprion turned to Fazor " She has given word that we will keep the crown of despair safe for you . We will return it later to you " Fazor looked at the crown and asked " Where will you send me ? " " Back to where I summoned you " Caprion said .
" And what ? Ask me to escape on my own ? " Fazor asked as Caprion followed the other scripts he made and was approved by Yuni " Of course not , Gyan " Gyan begrudingly followed Caprion's script , handing Fazor a scroll .
He unrolled it , learning what the content was " A map through the resurrection grounds ? It changes ? " " So does that " Caprion handed Fazor an amulet " This is linked to the map . Keep it with yourself or you'll get lost "
Caprion undid the summoning , sending Fazor back as he returned to the resurrection grounds without the crown . Yuni got the crown of despair and smiled ' Now I have to make sure this one is much stronger '
Yuni accepted the crown as many challenges were suddenly linked to it , the crown grew stronger as it absorbed the challenges ' Hmm no trip down the memory lane ? Is it because I already have delirium ? '
The aesthetics of the crown of despair increased as it reflected what Yuni has experienced in her life , as well as her challenges ' I've confirmed that I can draw power out of the challenges , the crowns being really useful in drawing it out , but the crowning is still an infant system if infant means that they can only create eight crowns in total '
The crowning had two points , it could create crowns based on a player's achievements ' It's a bit amazing that it could draw out power from achievements , but the more amazing thing is its very specific goal in crowning a king . Did the branch develop it by gathering the demon's desire for power , but if so , why a crown ? '
Yuni thinks about Lixa , the first crowned demon and wonders what the history was before the first crowned demons ' Ceil would have a field day working on the theories behind the lore of this system . But I'll leave that to her to enjoy , while I enjoy its present function of crowning others , but the crown of Monopoly sure is powerful or is it because it is linked to Solo's Monopoly , which comes from a higher system . '
Under the list of things that the crown of Monopoly has control over was the Crowning system proving the crown's power being above the system that created it ' I do hoep the kids get stronger like this crown ' Yuni thought about how to use the crown of despair and thought about the other crowns and their uses .
' Since I own the world tree system now , I should find a capable admin to work on it , with this kind of development goal surrounding the cycle of life and death , Maybe it would be best if I could find Naul . The only problem is , what is the name he used to enter this game ? '
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Naul and Rein entered the higher server as they quickly separated ways . Rein went after the chimera stitchers to learn their craft while Naul was focused on where to find their mother .
He had his sights on the world tree system that Yuni has claimed and it had been torture for him to learn that it wasn't being mentioned in the story at all and he arrived at the cliff .
On that cliff , he found traces of Yuni's engravings that led her to the demon realm . Suddenly , a quest appeared .
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[ Reward : participation in the challenger's stories ]
Naul thinks about what this meant , recalling how his mother had participated in the legend of Grasil and thinks about the end of that ' I do want to find mom . And complain to her how she is neglecting that world tree system '
He started deciphering the engravings using Yuni's storybook to understand it and once he did , his reward was given with a catch . A differently designed system interface appeared , stating Yuni's crown of monopoly .
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[ Challenger's diary has been used ]
' Oh no ' Naul quickly paid the fee before his reward was stolen and recreated the bridge that Yuni made with the engravings pouring some resources into it .
He appeared in the demon realm and looked at the ranking system ' Eligible for participation ? What does that mean ? ' He ignored the notification , uninterested in the rankings and searched for Yuni .
Upon thinking about Yuni , a screen appeared ' I guess I have to open up my map ' a map appeared , revealing a dot , which he tapped on , seeing Yuni's profile ' Now I can find mom ' Naul headed in the direction while Yuni was waiting for Fazor to finally leave the resurrection grounds .
' there was also one in the demon realm , from what I know , it's basically like a maze for the souls that die ' Caprion contacts her , informing her of Fazor's successful escape from the grounds as he was resurrected somewhere far away .
"How should we give it ?" Yuni asked and Caprion sent the suggestion ' I guess that would make sense , we did give him that map with a charm to act as a marker and my cosmetics '
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The next morning , Yuni got out of the house to see Fazor on the ground , famished but still alive ' At least he got the message ' Naul looked at the distance , looking at Yuni ' Mom is pretty far , but House is still there '
Naul packed away his camping gear and headed down the mountain range . Fazor awakened at a bed , surprised to learn of his new location and he quickly got up , looking at the location he was in .
A notification appeared in front of him and he turned to spot Yuni by the corner , surprised by her change of attire " Crowned demon ? " "And witch , but I much prefer "challenger" , also you've finally survived the resurrection grounds , you must be thinking there is more right ?"
" Is that not it ? " Yuni silently shuckled "How the crown has influenced you is hilarous , You should look into how anxious you are , you're guard is up and you can't even find a way to sleep comfortably , I bet that you only fell asleep because your body needed it more"
" What can I do if not expect the worst " ' It's amazing how he didn't give in to despair , but he's letting it control him ' "You can have the crown back" Yuni retrieved the crown and Fazor noticed the extra features added to it .
" What did you do ? " "Simple , I let the crown draw power out of my challenges" as Yuni said that Fazor recalled how low her stats were due to her challenges .
" Won't this weaken me ? " "It won't , it drew power from my challenges , but it won't burden you . But since it's much stronger , who knows ? It might overwhelm you"
Fazor took the crown and put it on without hesitation " I've wielded greater powers than this , it will merely be a stepping stone " "Then good luck claiming back your throne" Yuni tapped Fazor with a stamp as he fell into a nightmare again .
Yuni wondered how well-made the stamp that Damo made for her is and thinks about how much power it drew out of delirium ' unfortunately I won't be able to find that one out . Dreamwalking is not something this account can do '
Yuni leaves Fazor to his dream while she activates the bed and House makes way to let it leave . She hears a knock on the door ' What kind of demon knocks ? ' " MOM !!?? " ' Oh , that makes more sense '
House allowed Naul in and Naul looked around as a prompt appeared "Naul , why are you here ?" Naul turned to Yuni " Mom , you absolutely suck at management " "You want it ?" " Yes " Naul instinctively replied and was teleported away .
" Haha " he got to work excitedly fixing the inefficient system while Yuni sighed ' What is wrong with these kids ' she thought and headed to the demon realm , hoping Naul wouldn't touch it ' But I doubt he'd come here yet . I'm not sure about the world tree system , but he does enjoy playing with a new system without established rules '
She checked on the status of the crowning system ' It seems to have some experience in its function to grant crowns , but what does it get from it ? ' Yuni thinks about how it simply created a crown based on their acheivements around an idea .
' Maybe the crown is just a face ? It does seem like its initial function was to grant power by taking the achievements ' Yuni wanted to hack into the crowning system and thought ' Well it won't get me caught '
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Inside the crowning system , Yuni found herself in the control room ' Now this one is complicated ' Yuni wondered how something like this could exist and reads through the braille ' Looks like the challenges are still here '
The assistant in reading had helped Yuni as she deciphered the code , understanding more about it ' I'd better take this crowning back , but that means I'll need to free Welt . Making a complex code like this will take more time . I haven't even learned the whole structure , must be artificial or it came in naturally , got as lucky as the first living being on a planet without life . '
Yuni started to wonder where the origin of systems is and thought about how often Welt had rewinded time again and again . She couldn't help but assume that they were the origin ' Can't exactly tell , I'm pretty young with a difficult life and talent to match it '
Yuni suddenly found herself being influenced by the talent penalty game because of her enormous talent plus the difficulty of the world ' No I'd rather say that the world is some dark fantasy and peasants can only survive by being peasants ... yeah the system doesn't influence me at all '
She leaves the crowning and checks on Fazor , who was already moving after waking up through the nightmare ' Not much for me to do , but I do want to learn how much the crowning can get out of me , but from what the code said . It requires it a base of an idea or emotion or achievement so how about this one then ? I haven't played the old games for a while so I do need to revisit it and the dream sequence ain't good enough '
Yuni purchased another crown slot and allowed the crowning to read deep into her soul , as it creates another crown .
[ Crown of degradation ]118Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1LZ39vjDc
[ Inactivity causes skills to be reduced ]
' What the hell , is this supposed to say I'm bad at the old games ? Then again , I am much worse than before , I thought it was because of the challenges but really ? skill issue ? '
Yuni complained how hard it was for her to get used to the next world system after beating the previous one , as she had to get used to the new system in others .
' Guess I am a bit rusty in some areas , but to think it could record something like that , from the looks of it , because I had intentionally blocked its access to my soul , it had to use the resources and the demon essence in both of my other crowns but it can make a crown based on me '
Yuni wondered where the degradation even came from and checked ' Oh it came from after I cleared them ' Yuni could sense the erosion of her many skills inside , but only from skills that she had regained their original power through the memory lane dream sequences .
' I am getting back my rusty skills and it looks like this crown uses that as a base for the power , but how exactly ? ' Yuni decides that hacking this would be fine and found more about the crowning .
' Oh , so it collects degradation like the bits of rust that get scraped off , but to collect this massive amount , you need a lot of that rust ... guess that's just how terrible my rusted skills are to be able to provide so much '
Yuni healed the rusted crown , preferring to nickname it because of the lame wording of "degradation" ' So rusted crown what can you offer to me ' Yuni observed the properties that the rusted crown had which were renamed due to Yuni's past accounts having access to several older world systems .
[ Reduction of skill level ]
' So the exact definition of rust ' Yuni carried the rusted crown , wondering if she should let the crowning make more , but didn't want the young system to get overworked ' Wait , when have I become sympathetic to system ? ... Maybe cause I've seen one who is alive '
Yuni could feel that she was also being influenced by it and got irritated by it . This irritation was because she knew how well-established systems can influence their population and she didn't like that one bit .
' You know what , this isn't bad okay ? ' Yuni comforted herself ' It's a different kind of influence compared to those other systems . But it is pretty worrying not hearing much about Welt , they're not in the same scenario as the kids '
Yuni was very tempted to hack into the system so that she could search for the warden and just beat them up and get it done with .
' But there's no way Welt couldn't sense my high access to world systems , I may have blocked certain probing on my mind to hide my access through those systems , but they can hear my thoughts , so they know . Maybe it's because they're a much more developed system than the ones I came from which makes the warden a bigger threat than I think they should be '
She grew worried about the vastness of Welt's system , wondering if it was possible to even beat the warden who became an admin and decided to immerse herself in the game to find a way to reach the final boss soon .
' But would there even be a final boss ? Most world systems are pretty open-world compared to those games behind the screens , which have a proper story and plotline the player has to follow or maybe Welt is planning to set a stage in which the final boss is the warden . '
She also thought about how it could be possible to make the admin the final boss , but hearing stories of games that have complex plotlines with different endings , she thinks of the many ways to even get to the admin .
' First things first , Welt achieved numerous endings which they showed me , but that's when the endless efforts of trying to beat someone who can cheat come in '
Yuni thinks of the elements that are at play ' From the endings that Welt reached , it seems like every playthrough would always end in a reset . The first resets were done because all of their avatars were taken down and then warden trapped them even further but they managed to reverse time '
She felt like the games that she sees behind the screens coming to reality in a much more immersive experience ' It's kinda fun , I remember watching those endings explained videos with Ceil and she complained about how the game developers said that all endings were canon until they released a sequel , making only one of the endings the true canon while the other endings just explore the world '
Yuni thought about the exploration and figured that there were some factors that the endings have to be achieved , but also items that she will need , as well as skills to gain , so that she could reach the warden .
' But the regression doesn't regress their skills , it just makes everyone that isn't a regressor back to their earlier bodies without memories of the previous round . But maybe Welt has those memories in a file they can access '
Yuni thinks about how that's possible and assumes she will need to investigate where to find that file that contained such memories ' But then again , it'll take a while to search for them but I should look for it nevertheless , who knows maybe the rusted crown can grow stronger with the complete regression of skills '
She thinks of where she would hide such valuable files and thinks about the nature of them ' Maybe it could be possible to eventually get them , the hour of luck gives me a lot of miscellaneous tools , maybe the files will be one of them ? '
The gacha items were all sorted under Delirium , but Yuni still couldn't find them ' Oh well , Ceil does use cheat codes in those games to learn about the lore herself , so nothing wrong with me doing the same '
Hacking into Delirium was very easy Yuni finds that it had access to a few files and finally appeared inside a room with a giant hourglass, but the sand was stuck on the upper plate . Yuni walked around to search for it and her Rusted crown shook as she took it out .
[ Regression of skills detected ]
' Oh right , this is a world system , not a file in a modern computer . There is bound to be some degradation of sorts ' Yuni used the rusted crown to absorb all of the degradation that came out of the hourglass without damaging it .
' Seems like I've gotten to the files , but I don't think this will be enough . Plus from the file name , it seems like this hourglass here only records the past playthroughs of the server that Limos was sent to ... there is also quiet a lot of rusted skills in here , seems to show how many resets Welt had to go through '
Yuni leaves the hourglass , leaving only the skills that lacked any rust that degrades it and returns to her body .
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