“Riani, I’ll stop your mistakes...”
The Constellation pressed firmly on my wrist.
I had no choice but to withdraw the power of dreams I was about to raise.
“...Constellation?”
She looked up at with a sulking expression.
You were about to make another mistake.Another mistake?
Was she referring to the “Holding Effect” I was planning to add to [Akashic Archive]?
...I thought it was a good idea.
No, that will cause big trouble.Looking at the determined expression on my Constellation’s face, I had no choice but to give up on this improvent proposal.
I still thought it was a good solution... but based on my Constellation’s attitude, it seed like sothing bad would happen if I went ahead with it.
In that case, I needed a new approach.
What should I do...?
I recalled the many gas I enjoyed in my past life.
How could I revive characters that had been overshadowed by inflation?
The simplest thod would be a direct boost, but... that was problematic.
If the difficulty of the ga beca too easy and players realized that the strength of the characters could change just by tweaking numbers, imrsion would decrease. The divinity of the gods would seem aningless.
It would ultimately damage the integrity of the ga.
Directly boosting characters within the ga was not an option.
...And more importantly, that would reduce the sales of the divine characters.
‘What if... I turn them into collectibles?’
Every ga has different nas for exclusive items, modules, collectibles, and prized possessions, but the effects are usually similar.
It’s content where you improve a character’s performance by completing a character’s enhancent quest.
Not just improving performance to keep up with inflation, but also creating a unique distinction that sets the character apart from others.
This approach would allow for better imrsion within the ga while naturally justifying why a character’s performance improved.
Additionally, it would boost in-ga content.
Maybe, through player perception, it could even enhance the divinity in the real world.
Now that is a brilliant idea.
I organized my thoughts and turned to my Constellation.
Hmm...My Constellation was nodding in agreent, her arms crossed.
It seed like this was the right approach.
Now that I had made my decision, it was ti to act.
I imdiately invoked the power of dreams and entered [Akashic Archive]’s administrator mode.
It was the first ti I was bringing back characters whose story had ended in the regular narrative.
Since it was a monuntal first improvent to an old character, I had to carefully choose who the first subject would be.
‘...I guess I shouldn’t decide this alone.’
Since this improvent could have unintended negative effects, I decided to ask the parties involved.
Even our passionate investors, each one a Constellation in their past life, had busy schedules, so I thought it would take a while to gather everyone... but—
Bang!
“Where’s Riani! Hurry up and boost our Lina!”
“What are you talking about?! Of course, it’s our Kate!”
“I’ve been completely forgotten! I should go first!”
It didn’t take long for them to gather.
‘...I just sent out the ssage, right?’
I had told them that if they were busy, they didn’t need to co.
Yet, they gathered faster than during the last Abyss eting.
Seems like they were more desperate about character improvents than I thought.
The investors began speaking up.
This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.
“No, listen! As you know, our Kate is the healer and supporter of the ga.”
The Magitech Engineer’s lover, Saint Kate, was the first limited healer in our ga.
When she first appeared, she had an overwhelming healing coefficient, debuff removals, automatic healing, and debuff removal for enemies—she was so popular that players considered her a "human-rights character."
No other character had surpassed her trendous healing ability.
“But now, the newly released... was it the Alchemist? That guy has made her useless!”
An Alchemist character, one of the twelve gods of the Pantheon, who handles healing and buffing with potions.
While the Alchemist’s healing ability was weaker than Saint Kate’s, they offered ultimate gauge charging abilities, attack power, movent speed, and attack speed buffs.
Naturally, players preferred the Alchemist over Saint Kate.
Though Kate’s healing was better, the Alchemist’s healing, combined with their additional effects, made them more desirable.
“So people even talk about grinding Kate in the magic pulverizer, claiming that the Saint Dance is obsolete!”
A glimpse of the Magitech Engineer’s anger resurfaced.
I thought he had changed since he reunited with his lover, but it seems like his lover is still a major sore spot for him.
So, should we improve the Saint first?
“Wait, hold on! Listen to !”
At that mont, [Sacrifice], Ren, interrupted.
“If the forgotten old characters are being improved, shouldn’t I, as the first limited character, be the one to be improved first?!”
She pulled out a stack of square papers from her pocket.
“Look at this! This is what the players are saying about !”
[Knight Ren (Needs Improvent)], [Future Guardian, Don’t Boil My Helt and Eat It], [Future Guardian, Don’t Throw Away]... and more.
These were the s about the character [Knight Ren] that I had often seen in the community.
“Ah, Constellation. This is really not about mocking you.”
These were the things I saw while often browsing the community to check the players’ opinions on [Akashic Archive].
“This is just what the players are saying because they love you and want you to beco stronger...”
It was a trick to deceive others into thinking their beloved character was weak.
By doing so, the developers /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ would be forced to improve the character's performance.
“What nonsense is this? Who in the world wants to improve a character by doing this kind of thing?!”
After hearing Ren’s response, I felt sothing was off.
...Wait a minute.
There had been no character collection gas in this world before I created it, right?
So the concept of “trick” couldn’t even exist here, could it?
...No way. Are they just mocking characters without even caring about the “trick” concept?
And mocking the original newbie character too?
Wow...
Do they think they have multiple lives?
"[Dragon Knight] is being called outdated compared to !"
[Dragon Knight Latis], who was released as a single-target dealer and beca the best boss killer at the mont.
Having defeated a sealed Evil God, her single-target damage performance was exceptionally strong.
The issue was that [Knight Ren] also fell into the sa category as a single-target dealer.
Being one of the most popular damage dealers in the early ga, it was only natural that, with inflation, she beca a target for mockery.
‘I was wrong about this. Starting with the open character, [Knight Ren]...’
“No, no! Of course, it’s our Lina!”
The Demon God interrupted.
“I started the talk about improvents first! Shouldn’t it be Lina first? Others have already peaked since release, but our Lina was mocked from the start! Of course, Lina should be the first to be rewarded!”
Now even the Demon God...
Ugh.
My head hurts.
Who should I improve first?
I glanced quietly at Gaizerus, who was sitting in the corner.
He awkwardly smiled and waved at when our eyes t.
...Ah. The dark elf probably doesn’t have any complaints.
Since he’s a relatively newer character, he probably doesn’t have issues with his performance.
I turned back to our investors.
The Constellations, each with a determined expression, were looking at .
Beside them, I could almost feel options like [Believe in the Magitech Engineer], [Believe in Ren], [Believe in the Demon God] floating.
Ultimately, it was all up to my decision.
At that mont,
KWA-ANG!
With a loud crash, the door to the room swung open.
“That’s a fun thing you’ve done, Magitech Engineer.”
It was [Wisdom].
“...Ah. I was wrong.”
The Magitech Engineer muttered under his breath as he saw her.
“While I was imrsed in my work, you even cast a barrier to prevent from contacting anyone. You must really not want to make progress.”
She was smiling, but her eyes were cold.
A chilling feeling from [Wisdom] slowly approached .
“I wasn’t planning on using this here, but it can’t be helped. Your Highness, I’m sorry, but please prioritize improving [Versia] first.”
She reached into her chest and pulled sothing out, placing it into my hands.
A piece of paper that held the warmth of her presence.
It was a wish token.
Reviews
All reviews (0)