The Protagonists Are Murdered by Me
chapter-37

Regressors, reincarnators, possessors, travelers, and predestined.

Every protagonist is different and so are their ‘protagonist corrections.’

For example, Gilitender and Lee Yeonjun, the protagonists hunted by Seodam, were the ordinary ‘growth type’ and did not fall in any of the categories above.

But just because they have no cheats from regression or reincarnation, does it make them any worse?

Not really.

This is because when a protagonist faces a crisis, there would be a tremendous amount of correction in the world’s blessing towards them.

It’s the sort of correction where an appropriate skill for the situation will appear out of thin air or some ‘luck’ happens.

However, there is no correction for protagonists who are regressors or possessors.

Because their existence itself is already a great deal of ‘correction.’

Regressor Fiolen who had future knowledge.

Possessor Ella Almus who had great achievements in magic.

The world’s blessing didn’t randomly move when the two were in a crisis.

In the case of regression, what will happen in the future will happen a little faster, and in the case of possession, they will be trusted by the people around them a little easier.

However, in the end, the world’s blessing will not correct the crisis itself.

The same was true for Arash.

Arash, the protagonist who has all the secrets of this world due to his unique skill The Game I Made Became Reality (URS) is the ‘protagonist correction’ itself.

Knowing everything about this world there shouldn’t have been a chance for him to die.

The protagonist, who was almost invincible, is about to be driven to his death by a temporary Constellation that could interfere with the protagonist’s correction.

[Tip Of An Iceberg leaves the channel in great disappointment.]

[Man Walking On The Edge leaves the channel clicking his tongue.]

[A Thousand Bird Crossing The Line leaves the channel shaking their heads.]

The bosses and monster waves from the 12th, 13th, and 14th stage appeared all at once.

Stuck in an impossible situation, Arash struggled and struggled, making use of everything he had.

However, there was no ‘surprise.’

It was just…

A hamster struggling to survive.

He wanted to become like them.

So he panhandled for their attention.

But the Constellations, who wanted a surprise, turned their backs in disappointment.

Only the Constellations who hoped for Arash to die are left, mocking him.

[A Shower Of Candles In The Night: Yes, just run like that!]

[Woman Walking At Night: That’s very unsightly.]

[White Ferryboat Statue: How unsightly can you get?]

[Finger Pointing To The Moon: Your pride will cost you your life in the end.]

In the eyes of the wicked Constellations there was not an ounce of kindness.

The world that Arash had created.

He met his end just like that.

[You’ve successfully hunted a Level 89 protagonist.]

[Your Level has risen by 5+1.]

[890 days of lifespan will be rewarded.]

[Remaining Lifespan: 3427 Days, 9 Hours, 31 Minutes.]

The Constellations quickly left Arash’s channel after his death.

His death was only so.

A lonely death that no one will give a second look.

Watching the Constellations, Seodam burst out laughing.

The Constellations are not bad by any means.

By human standards, they may appear evil, but that’s just their natural design.

However, somehow, as a human being, I felt irritated.

[Mission completed.]

[Would you like to return to your original world?]

“No.”

I still have something to do.

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[Cat Walking On Fire looks at you with interest.]

[Paper Plane Flying In The Wind looks at you with interest.]

[Fisherman Chasing Stars looks at you with interest.]

[Poisonous Plant In Greenhouse looks at you with interest.]

“Uh, huh?”

A full day had passed since the 11th stage was cleared.

The party of four widened their eyes when they saw dozens of Constellations suddenly joining their channel.

“This…What’s going on?”

The last few months there was only one Constellation in their channel.

So it came as a surprise to them when the number increased exponentially.

[Absolute Position: Do you do missions here?]

[Red Acidic Elaphe: Let’s first start with a sponsorship.]

[Fierce Goat Wailing In The Night: So this is the 11th stage. Well, it looks quite spectacular.]

Some Constellations left shortly after while the ones who stayed were those who wanted to see them suffer or just wanted entertainment.

“Oh my! W-what should we do here?”

Gyulu, with a quivering voice, spoke to Jaesul, their leader.

No matter how many times they looked, there were more than 10 Constellations in their channel.

A leader can only do so much.

“I don’t know…should we say hello?”

“Yeah. That sounds good.”

The four, who were embarrassed, tried to greet the Constellations as calmly as possible.

But, immediately there was an outcry about ‘mission’ or something.

‘The hell, what mission?’

When they all had such a thought.

[Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day looks at you with interest.]

Their patron and benefactor entered the channel.

The only Constellation to have nurtured them over the last three months.

As soon as they tried to greet this Constellation with bright smiles on their faces, a voice was heard.

[Now, listen carefully.]

“Huh?”

It was a personal message that Constellations could send to their avatar.

There wasn’t a need to use it before because there was only one Constellation in the channel, but now it had to be used.

[I’m going to sponsor you guys and request a mission.]

‘Yes…’

[Refuse it.]

‘What?’

They couldn’t understand it.

However, has a bad thing ever happened while listening to this Constellation?

Never.

Therefore, the four nodded their heads.

[Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day sponsors 1000 Star Force.]

This was the last amount of Star Force Yoo Seodam had.

He had used up almost all of it after sponsoring 50000 the other day.

The 200000 Star Force offered as a reward was of course, a lie.

Seodam was bluffing with the Star Force he had collected at the last minute.

[Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day: Let’s do a mission. 10000 Star Force if you succeed.]

“Ah, okay!”

Seeing Yoo Seodam’s message, the Constellations looked on with interest.

A Constellation that had sponsored 50000 Star Force but still hasn’t lost his name, as well as being the creator of the mission system.

[Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day: … … … ….]

The Constellations shook their heads when they saw Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day slowly explaining the mission.

As expected, it’s a fairly plausible yet extremely difficult mission.

Although it’s not something new, the Constellations were excited to see new challengers undertake a mission.

“I’m sorry. We think the mission is too difficult. We refuse. But we thank you for the sponsored Star Force.”

Said Jaesul, rejecting the mission.

Every Constellation in the channel became dumbfounded.

A human rejecting a Constellation’s mission?

They’re not worthy.

As soon as the Constellations heard the rejection and was about to put pressure on the challenger…

[Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day: Well, it can’t be helped.]

[Rice Cake and Dumpling Soup on New Year’s Day: I’m a Constellation engraved in the sky, so I can’t be petty over such trivial things. I’ll cancel the mission. Star Force is meant to be shared.]

Seodam was the first to start the ‘mission deposit’ rule.

Because of this, Arash was put under immense pressure and was not able to reject the mission.

However, since Seodam made the rules, it’s also possible to create new ones such as ‘not getting upset at the little humans over them rejecting a mission.’

Thus, if a Constellation sponsors a mission and a challenger refuses, the Constellation has to be the ‘bigger person.’

But, there were Constellations who didn’t buy into this new rule and left the channel.

In the end, they would be harmful to the four one day anyways, so it’s good that they left now.

If a Constellation gets mad after having their mission refused, they’ll be criticized by the other Constellations for not understanding the rule.

Now, challengers don’t have to take difficult missions with no way out, and it’s impossible to kill a challenger through a mission like what Seodam had done.

“Uh, um…Thank you, we appreciate it!”

Not knowing what the act just now meant, the four still bowed their heads to Seodam.

Seodam didn’t bother to explain either.

He was just doing what he wanted to.

Soon after, when the four were about to enter a dungeon, the Constellations began to carefully offer them missions.

“I don’t think that mission is possible. But if you give us a more fun mission, we’ll try it!”

“Aha. Thank you for the mission! We’ll try it!”

The four are now leading in viewers among all the challengers.

When they entered the dungeon entrance, they suddenly stared blankly into the air.

‘Mister Constellation?’

[What.]

‘Aren’t you going to help us this time?’

[…]

The last three months Seodam had been sponsoring Arash Star Force just so he can take away the stages’ secrets and help the four with that information.

[I can’t help you anymore.]

‘That…you’re leaving?’

[Yes. I’m a company spy and the company that I infiltrated is now bankrupt.]

‘…?’

The four didn’t understand, but still nodded.

Although Seodam had helped a lot, they weren’t fools who couldn’t do anything by themselves.

After all, they were powerful enough to compete with the protagonist Arash.

‘Let’s challenge it by ourselves!’

Since then, the four continued to explore the dungeon and carried out missions, which resulted in the channel’s growth and success.

At night when the broadcast ended and all the Constellations had left the channel.

Only then did the four go looking for Seodam.

“Mister Constellation? Are you there?”

[Why are you looking for me again?]

“How were we today?”

It was a strange question.

[Well, you were good.]

That one sentence made them feel better, as they giggled amongst themselves.

Looking at them, Seodam thought it was time to go back.

“Well, mister Constellation. By any chance…Are you with us now?”

[Huh? For now, yes.]

“If you don’t mind us asking, may we ask where you are?”

[Just in front of you.]

Then, even though the four didn’t prepare beforehand, they knelt down and bowed at the same time towards where Seodam was floating.

“Thank you, mister Constellation!”

[…]

“Thank you so much for taking care of us, really…Thank you. We’ll never forget this grace.”

Said Jaesul slowly with a hoarse voice.

When they were about to die and when all other Constellations abandoned them.

The only Constellation to have saved them and brought them to the top.

It was a short period of three months, but it watched them more intently than any other.

Seodam, who remained silent until now, spoke.

[I think you’ve mistaken something, I was only using you.]

“Yes. We know. And mister Constellation achieved his goal this morning.”

[…?]

“But in the end, didn’t you stay until we became independent?”

[Oh really.]

Seodam somehow felt it was strange.

It wasn’t his goal to do something good.

Also, he didn’t do anything worthy of being thanked.

He was just using them out of necessity to kill someone.

While watching the four, he would reiterate it many times.

Nevertheless it was no use.

In the end, the kindness they received meant a lot to them.

“Before you leave, we really want to say a proper goodbye.”

They were vaguely aware of it.

The fact that their blessing will soon be gone.

The four slowly lifted their heads, looking at the place where Seodam is floating.

“One last thing…by any chance, can you tell us your real name?”

After thinking about it briefly, he replaced his message with something else.

[Constellation Yoo Seodam is looking at you with interest.]

Yoo Seodam.

They engraved this name into their hearts.

As dawn slowly approaches.

[Your blessing does not exist.]

In other words, their Constellation has left.

Only

For some reason, they felt heartbroken and couldn’t say anything for a while.

It felt like they had lost something important.

However, they weren’t going to stop here.

With the dawn of a new day, Jaesul spoke to his colleagues and friends.

“Let’s go. To the next stage.”

They only had one wish.

To go back to their original world with everyone before they were brought here to be nothing but playthings.

Now it could be said that they’ve taken the first step towards that goal.