I Became the Goddess of a New World

Almost every game had hacks.

So, are there hacks in the Akashic Record too?

‘There can’t be any hacks.’

The security of the capsule was perfect. It was a kind of magic mixed with my own and the protections from the Earth’s Akashic Record.

To penetrate the security of such a capsule and exert abnormal influence over Akare,
I would need at least a dragon or several grand mages to interfere even a bit.

In other words, there are no hacks. They couldn’t possibly exist.

With that thought, I turned and asked the man, who seemed suspicious.

“Hacks? Are there hacks in Akare too?”

When I countered his question with a question of my own, he scoffed.

“You’re the one who would know better than I would.”

“So there’s no evidence, just suspicion, huh?”

I thought there would be a dramatic story where a vulnerability I was unaware of had created a hack! But no, it was just pure speculation.

This guy just didn’t like that I was soloing in the Cradle.

“The average clear time for a standard party is about 5 minutes, but you solo in 3 minutes. Do you really think that’s reasonable?”

The man was flustered and provided the rationale he had come up with.

It was somewhat reasonable, with enough suspicious circumstances, but that didn’t mean evidence would magically pop up!

“Want to see for yourself?”

“Excuse me?”

I sent him a party request.

He was momentarily startled by the party request that appeared before his eyes, but he soon accepted it.

“Let’s go.”

It’s faster to show with actions than to blabber on.

With that in mind, I took the speculator with me and entered the Cradle of Dark Magic.

The Cradle of Dark Magic was a common dungeon motif known as ‘underground maze.’

It was made up of several rooms, with the boss room changing every time.

The core of soloing the Cradle was to check the boss room’s location with the minimap, quickly defeat the boss via the shortest route, and get out.

“Don’t act like a tough guy and admit it…”

“Follow me.”

[ Mutated Ghoul Lv.15 ]

[ Plague Ghoul Lv.15 ]

Having checked the boss room’s location on the minimap, I took my stance against the two ghouls blocking the corridor.

I cast a heal on my ankle and then, using all my might, kicked off the ground and dashed with full force.

Crack-!

I heard the sound of my joints twisting from exceeding my physical limits.

But it was fine. The heal was a skill that recovered a certain amount of health over 5 seconds.

In an instant, I plunged into the ghoul’s line of fire and swung a small cross to slash the neck of the mutated ghoul.

Slash-!

Nasty green blood gushed out like a fountain, and the head, separated from the body, slammed onto the ground.

I didn’t stop there and shoved my fist into the mouth of the plague ghoul.

Gulp—gulp—

The plague ghoul hung on the wall, chewing on my fist, utterly defenseless.

Slash-!

After dispatching the remaining plague ghoul, I used the cooldown-heal to treat my hand.

‘Brings back memories.’

It reminded me of when I was instructed by the Knight Commander of the Royal Order.

Squeezing out power beyond my limits to train my body.
Even if bones cracked or broke during the process, the training wouldn’t stop.

In this other world, there was the truly marvelous healing method of a priest known as ‘heal.’

This kind of physical abuse and subsequent recovery training was commonly referred to as ‘golem training.’

‘My body is already in a state of partial golem training.’

Golem training wasn’t a method anyone could undertake.

It subjected one to horrific pain throughout the training process, and not many could continue such insane acts while in their right mind.

‘From the player’s perspective, it’s an easy training.’

Players are in a state where pain relief is applied.

Unless you’re receiving instant death or damage of that level, you’re almost at a level where you don’t feel pain.

I had prepared this type of golem training as a sort of upgrade method in Akare.

Before the full-scale war with the Elder Lich and the Empire began, players would receive teachings under various strong NPCs.

Warriors from the Empire’s Knight Commander, Mages from the Elder of the Mage Tower, and Priests from the Archbishop of the Church.

‘Master Kim was closest to the teaching episode.’

The training was directly related to the Second Awakening upgrades.

I had to watch this live stream.

“Let’s move to the next room.”

I said softly to the man who had arrived late.

To move to the next room, the party members had to agree.
So, I waited, but the man looked at me with a disdainful expression.

“You are a hack user, damn it.”

[ Ssalmeokgosa될거야 has left the party. ]

[ Ssalmeokgosa될거야 has exited the Cradle of Dark Magic. ]

He was fortunately not among those sanctioned, but…

“…Swearing is bad.”

Now, he was sanctioned.

I reported the fleeing man for using ‘swear words.’

***

Choi Hyun-jun. 25 years old. Permanent test-taker.

He acquired the capsule through his first-ever loan in life.

A test-taker should be focusing on studies, a capsule? You might wonder.

But for the community-bound Choi Hyun-jun, there was quite a reasonable plan.

‘I’ll just earn through games and pay it back.’

He was fully aware of how this world operated, having finished gathering information.

Though he had never tried it, he was far more confident than anyone else.

After all, Choi Hyun-jun had been someone who consistently eye-farmed while playing RPGs instead of studying.

Surely, he felt he could do it better than anyone.

However, that confidence of Choi Hyun-jun, or rather ‘Ssalmeokgosa될거야,’ couldn’t last for long.

The normalization of the party members he was mining obsidian staves with.

The director, Aurora, in charge of on-site inspections, personally moved to impose sanctions.

Fortunately, since Choi Hyun-jun had just begun, he wasn’t yet a target for sanctions.

But in an instant, he lost the precious comrades with whom he had formed a pact over the gaming exploits.

Left alone, there was nothing a priest could do.

Even if he tried to salvage the party, the image of ‘eye-farming’ had long turned negative.

Especially with the word ‘eye-farm’ in his nickname.

Especially since Akare didn’t allow name changes.

Choi Hyun-jun’s massive dream had cooled down to a chill.

Nonetheless, he wouldn’t give up.

He had come too far to give up now.

But because of that damn nickname, he was even filtered out by other eye-farming players.

They thought that anyone who took him as a party member was bound to get caught in sanctions.

In that hopeless waiting, someone caught his eye.

A girl who seemed to be a priest, holding a cross, and there were no other party members in sight.

Perhaps it was someone in a similar situation as him.

His sense of kinship shot up, but the illusion didn’t last long.

“…What the?”

The girl was doing solo runs in the maze.

She entered the dungeon, came out, and entered again.

It was unbelievable. Was he dreaming?

To deny it, the girl continued to run the maze.

And that too, every 3 minutes.

Something was clearly wrong.

It was a dungeon that required a skilled standard party to clear within 5 minutes.

That dungeon being soloed, and cleared in 3 minutes?

“That doesn’t make sense.”

Confronted with the incomprehensible situation, Choi Hyun-jun’s mind gave up on rational thought.

Inferiority complex. His bleak situation. Resentment against cold harsh reality.

So, Choi Hyun-jun concluded that the girl was a hack user.

He had no choice but to judge her as a hack. If she wasn’t, then he would be the one feeling miserable.

Choi Hyun-jun approached the hack user, acting friendly.

And then, he attacked the hack user’s mentality with the hidden intentions he had.

However, the hack user’s response was lukewarm. Instead, she appeared quite smug.

From there, the events unfolded simply.

Choi Hyun-jun was irritated by her attitude and, after joining her to enter the maze,
The hack user swiftly dispatched two ghouls right after stepping in.

His inferiority complex burst, and he fled before logging into the in-game gallery.

[ Indie Minor Game Gallery ]

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[ Title] Hack User Priest Exposed

(All processes captured in video)

In-game Nick: Pera

Class: Priest

Special Note: Soloing in the maze

Judgment left to the readers ㅇㅇ

Recommendation 0 Disapproval 0

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Thus, having vented his inferiority complex, Choi Hyun-jun continued his job search again.

[ Your account has been suspended for 7 days. ]

[ Reason: Swearing ]

“Uaaah! Dammit!!!”

Clatter clatter clatter-!

In his cramped one-room apartment, Choi Hyun-jun, unable to contain his anger, threw everything within reach.

That day, he received an eviction notice from his landlord for creating noise pollution.

***

Priest, Pera.

Within Akare, her recognition was pretty substantial.

She was the first to discover that you could gain daily buffs by praying in the church.

This was the main reason for the decline of the priest’s image to ‘eye-farming priest.’

The in-game gallery bestowed the nickname ‘Eye-farming Saint’ upon her to commemorate her actions.

And this time, a post related to this eye-farming saint garnered attention.

―――

[ Title] Hack User Priest Exposed

(All processes captured in video)

In-game Nick: Pera

Class: Priest

Special Note: Soloing in the maze

Judgment left to the readers ㅇㅇ

Recommendation 2365 Disapproval 2005

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[ Comment 1029 ]

Hot vs. Eye-farming Saint is real, huh?

ㄴ My heart is swelling

ㄴ The funny thing is the author is also an eye-farming priest

ㄴ Eye-farming priest, what a paradox, lol

Breaking news) This dude has been suspended for using swear words

ㄴ Haha lol

ㄴ The eye-farming saint should also be sanctioned

ㄴ A source of all evils

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The eye-farming saint, the player priest ‘Pera’ was accused of being a hack user.

Of course, there was no evidence of actual hacking, just suspicion, but it provided enough fuel for the flames.

―――

I came from reading that article and yeah, she’s definitely a hack user [15]

Pera? Who the hell is this lewd woman causing a ruckus in the gallery? [6]

I’m a 35-level ahead priest in the first squad, and that just doesn’t add up [26]

Vitek) Got 3 black stones in a row, damn haha [51]

A priest moving like a martial artist with all agility. [7]

―――

As the rumors ignited, the gallery’s opinions sharply divided into two.

– The Eye-farming Saint, Pera, is indeed a hack user.

– This crazy bastard was the kind of broken class capable of soloing?

Regardless of which opinion dominated the in-game gallery, the reputation of the priest was bound for the gutter.

The first-ever hack user eye-farming class versus the multi-functional class able to solo.

Only the priest users were left in pain.

As the rumors rolled on and grew in magnitude, occasionally even the casual browsers of the in-game gallery got wind of it.

Amidst the spreading talk about hacks within Akare, the centerpiece of the major corporation party, Suzuka, went live.

[Suzuka’s stream has started – Akashic Records 1 second ago]

[Suzuka’s stream title: Collaboration with the Hot Topic, Pera!]

A hot topic with Pera.

All those who had stirred the rumors in the in-game gallery flocked to Suzuka’s stream.

“Bing bing~ Hello everyone! It’s Suzuka again today!”

―――

Eye-farming Saint ㅇㄷ

Messiah of Eye-farmers, Savior, My Light

Why is the chat like this?

Bing bing~

A sudden collaboration? At such timing?

The intention is blatant; it’s survival.

―――

“Huh? Suzuka doesn’t really understand what you all are saying~”

After finishing her opening, Suzuka brought up Pera, who was beside her.

“As written in the title today, it’s a collaboration! We’ve invited her with great effort, so please don’t say anything bad!”

Pera looked at Suzuka with a face that seemed to have reached a moment of clarity.

Perhaps she’s given up entirely, she slowly opened her mouth.

“I’m the eye-farming saint, Pera, who is accused of being a hack user according to the in-game gallery. Nice to meet you.”

In-game gallery shoutout. Hack controversy shoutout, eye-farming saint shoutout.

No one could hold back the stream of chat that exploded with that unexpected self-introduction.