I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 74



The First Akashic Archive Countermeasure Meeting (2)

A conference hall building filled with dozens of gods.

“Do you know what Versia said to me? She said, ‘I love you, my prince!’”

“Who do you think you are to mess with my wife!”

“It’s such a pity that you don’t realize the true value of the beauty of a glasses-wearing girl. Even though she’s a 4-star character, she far surpasses the charm of the limited 5-star characters.”

“Ah, get that damn thing out of here!”

“Isn’t the curator so cute? Just by appearance, she looks like a young human who hasn’t even gone through the coming-of-age ceremony yet. But how old do you think she actually is?”

“No matter how old she is, she wouldn’t suit an old monster like you.”

“What did you say? Did you finish talking?”

As usual, the gods were noisily chattering and causing chaos.

It was a rare sight to see these free-spirited beings gather for a single purpose.

Boom!

A wave of divine energy, containing high-dimensional mysteries, enveloped the room.

The once noisy conference hall fell silent in an instant.

“Alright, let’s start the meeting. I ask all attendees to take their seats.”

At the request of the constellation [Lawgiver], the gods moved to their assigned seats.

“I express my gratitude to all the gods who have attended today’s meeting.”

Judging that the commotion caused by the gods had subsided and they were ready to start, he took the minutes and stepped onto the podium.

“As you all already know, today’s meeting is to discuss the game [Akashic Archive], which is causing a sensation not only on Earth but also in the heavens.”

Buzz

Divine energy gathered in the air, creating a holographic screen.

“This game has caused numerous upheavals on Earth, disrupting the existing order. Therefore, I declare the opening of this emergency countermeasure meeting.”

Boom!

As he declared the opening, a powerful wave of divine energy overflowed around him.

[The First Akashic Archive Countermeasure Meeting]

“Before we begin submitting agenda items, let me explain today’s topic.”

He looked around the conference room once before continuing.

“As you all know, we constellations derive the resource known as divinity from the faith of intelligent beings.”

Divinity, the fundamental force and substance that constitutes the existence of gods.

This divinity originates from the faith of intelligent beings.

Therefore, more believers and stronger faith and recognition strengthen the existence of a god and enhance its power.

This is also why constellations expend their divinity to establish apostles and actively participate in missionary activities on earth.

“However, you must have all noticed that our divinity supply has significantly decreased recently.”

The number of intelligent beings living on the continent is fixed.

Of course, with the advent of an era of peace and the rapid development of agricultural technology, the population has been increasing rapidly, but even so, the fact that gods must compete within this fixed pie does not change.

Since the total amount is fixed, if faith in one god increases rapidly, the divinity obtained by other gods inevitably decreases.

“You will remember the law of fair competition established during the conclusion of the ancient celestial war. All missionary competition among gods is conducted in good faith, and no god interferes with another’s missionary work. A god does not blame a growing god for a decrease in their own divinity supply, as long as the decrease does not exceed 20%.”

A law established and proclaimed in divine language to prevent the worst-case scenario of mutual destruction due to the gods’ desire to become stronger.

Since this law was established and proclaimed, conflicts among gods over faith have drastically decreased.

No matter what great deeds are performed on earth, it is not easy to take away enough to reach 20% of other gods’ divinity supply.

“Until now, this law has been well observed, but this time the situation is a bit different.”

With a gesture from the [Lawgiver], the presentation screen changed.

The screen displayed a graph showing the total increase in divinity supply for the constellations appearing in the [Akashic Archive] and the decrease in divinity supply for all other constellations combined.

“As of two hours ago, the figure has exceeded 20% compared to before the release of the [Akashic Archive].”

The situation where a significant number of divinities that used to go to other constellations have moved to the constellations appearing in the [Akashic Archive].

The effectiveness of the law has disappeared.

“We cannot make exceptions to the law. Since more than 20% has been transferred, from today, all gods can engage in sabotage and slander against them. However…”

He stroked his long beard.

“If that happens, the celestial order could be tainted again due to indiscriminate sabotage. Moreover, the update of the [Akashic Archive] could be hindered.”

The gods sitting in their seats shook their heads with expressions that they didn’t want that.

“Therefore, we are here today to decide how to respond. Everyone, please obtain the right to speak and submit your opinions.”

Several gods raised their hands and requested the right to speak from him.

He proceeded with the meeting by giving the gods opportunities in order.

“In the end, isn’t the problem that game called [Akashic Archive]? If we get rid of it, everything will be solved… Ouch! Ah, I get it! I was wrong! Cancel, cancel! Why are you all like this!”

“I’ll solve everything! Let’s raise the recorded value in the law to 30%! …What if it becomes 30% later? Hmm… Okay! Let’s raise it to 40%!”

“Why don’t we all just do nothing? They worked hard to earn divinity, so why should we interfere?”

Each god presented their own opinions, but none were agreeable to the other gods.

Should we vote on these opinions?

No plausible solution is coming out.

As a moderator who must remain neutral, I wanted to avoid any disturbance in the heavens due to this incident.

Flash

While [The Lawgiver] was contemplating, a goddess raised her hand.

‘…Hmm?’

[The Master of the Night]

Unexpected.

That woman is voicing her opinion.

“The game [Akashic Archive] is causing chaos across the continent!”

With that, she gained the right to speak, stood up, and spread her arms wide, appealing to everyone.

Her divine voice echoed through the conference hall.

“The current divine paradigm of the continent is being completely distorted by that game. If this continues, even the peace of the heavens will be shattered.”

The gods, who had been indifferent until now, all turned their attention to her serious demeanor, which was different from the previous gods.

This focus was partly due to the contrast with her usual image.

“The gods that appear in [Akashic Archive] have conveyed their life stories to the people of the earth in the form of a game. They made each of their stories more dramatic and impressive!”

She tapped her head with her index finger.

“But think about it. Do any of us have stories that are inferior to theirs? Did any of us ascend to godhood for less worthy reasons than they did?”

Many gods nodded in agreement with her speech.

“No! Absolutely not! We have even greater stories, and we have come this far through even more arduous and magnificent processes. The only difference between them and us is whether we appear in the game or not.”

Before long, all the gods in the conference hall were focused on her words.

“So I propose this! Let us agree to include the stories of all the gods gathered here in the game!”

* * *

“Please, stop now…”

The Demon King pleaded with me.

“Haven’t you done enough…hmm?”

I nodded at her pitiful voice.

“Yeah. You did well. Let’s end it here.”

“I… I’m alive.”

Thud

The Demon King, who had been creating characters for [Archive Talk] in the world of dreams, collapsed helplessly.

“Promise… kept…”

“Of course.”

Her work was very satisfying.

She wasn’t just any woman leading a major game company from the beginning until now.

Rather, I learned a lot from working with her.

The reward I promised her was well worth it.

After uploading all the work we created together into the game, I freed her from the world of dreams and came out.

At that moment

[The storyteller in the dream is in a panic, stomping his feet, saying it’s a big deal!]

A message came from our constellation.

“A big deal? Constellation. Did something happen up there?”

It was a reaction similar to when Constellation Ren invaded a long time ago.

What on earth could it be?

[The storyteller in the dream is not just a big deal! The gods! The gods have invaded our home! He exclaims.]

“…What?”

What’s invading?