Let's go back to the beginning for a moment.
Let's talk about a man named Mitomok. He was once a successful venture entrepreneur who then went bankrupt.
But why did it fail?
Mitomok responded like this:
"Why did my successful business fail? My competitors asked me to collude! And collusion that would cost me a loss! How could I accept that? So I refused, and they framed me in the press and took over my successful business! There was nothing wrong with my business judgment!"
First of all, this statement itself is true. Mitomok was ruined by false accusations.
But was there really no problem with his business judgment?
Here, the problem of the player named Mitomok is revealed. It could be said that it is a flaw of human nature.
This person thinks that internal and external factors are different things.
The scope of "business judgment" he envisions encompasses how to run a business, how to employ talent, how to deal with the law, and where to sell goods to ensure a successful business. Things like that.
In this part, he definitely has the qualities to become a billionaire, not just a millionaire.
However, there are external factors.
As mentioned earlier, Mitomok was completely unable to respond to external competitors demanding collusion and other corrupt practices, or to a series of political attacks that involved bribing the media, framing and accusations beyond the law.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with sticking to your convictions. It couldn't be said that Mitomok is an immoral person.
He refused to collude for the sake of consumers, the nation, and society. He believed that this was a greater benefit than the personal losses.
However, the circumstances should have been taken into consideration.
What if they had participated in the collusion to some extent, then gathered evidence and reported them?
What if he created a loophole to escape if he were to get caught?
Or what if he had given more money to the media?
He failed to connect the political climate of his own country with his business decisions. He should have assumed that his opponents were dirty thugs, and that they would be free to resort to any number of dirty methods…
I should have just endured it a little longer. But he tried to hold on to that damn 'spirit' of his and ended up breaking.
And even in a situation where everything is completely ruined, he criticizes them by saying, 'I didn't have a problem and those guys are the bad guys'.
It is a failure to properly see the cause of failure.
They reached this point without addressing that flaw. The reason for the fight is also absurd.
"I was robbed by damn robbers before, and I won't give in to threats this time either. What? I'd rather die!"
If you think about it, Mitomok's words are also very strange.
If you don't yield to the same threats, won't you be ruined in the same way? Unless he had a trump card
But Mitomok had none.
He just showed off his pride by saying, 'I got hurt last time, so I can't get hurt this time too'.
Doesn't that sound a bit strange? Mitomok has never compromised under external pressure in his life. He has never compromised his convictions or spirit. He has built his business and continued to move forward with a single driving force.
He failed to learn from his own failures. Of course, he achieved success on his own terms, so it's not an easy habit to fix. It's also easy to blame others for their own failures.
But his judgment was wrong. What was the premise in the first place?
Wasn't the basic premise that 'Mitomok can't win this match, so he has to hold out for a long time?'
Why is Mitomok, who was supposed to be a defender that used curses and meant to hold out as long as possible, raiding the enemy world's most powerful creation in the capital right now?
And what kind of atrocity is it that the soldiers under his command are fighting here today with such high spirits that they are determined to completely destroy the enemy?
When Yogur-Thoth started causing a ruckus, he should have just run away, emptying the water supply instead of blowing his eyes out and fighting.
Or evacuate the residents and leave the army to fight alone, or even fight alone with just the elite soldier named Irsan.
No matter how much Vein thought about it, there really isn't even a single reason to gather all the power of his civilization and engage in a battle of spirits here...
They had a clear plan for victory: simply hold out and curse the enemy world to death. In fact, they were unprepared for a one-shot victory. Even their stockpile of cursed bullets wasn't sufficient. In fact, they hadn't invested much in their production.
The reason things turned out this way is because Mitomok didn't want the
And the consequences of that abuse were dire.
A bolt of lightning, conjured from the void by Yogur-Thoth, strikes Irsan. This is already the fifth direct hit.
Irsan felt something snap within him.
The core of humanity. It felt like the rubber band holding it together was snapping. Irsan wanted to get up. He still had the mental will, but unfortunately, his body wouldn't follow.
The great hunter who ruptured seven of Yogurt's eyes has fallen.
"Mr. Irsan!"
"Call the healer! Hurry and heal Irsan!"
He calls out urgently, but the mystics only looked at him and cried.
"It's too late. He's dead."
"Maybe it's okay now!"
If I had just been guerrilla warfare in the jungle for a long time, it would have been worth it.
The ability to create any living thing would have been great for countering Vein's strategy, so it could have continued to feed on them.
It would have been better if he had properly honed his curse trait so that when Yogur-Thoth appears next time, he would have definitely weakened it with curses and stocked up on more curse bullets.
Although he was aware that the civilization he received was 'advantageous in defensive warfare', he didn't know how to utilize it properly.
Because Mitomok didn't specifically want this civilization, he only created this world while trusting in the advice his subordinates gave him.
So he never really understood his world.
[Do you understand? You cannot defeat me! I am the ruler of this world!]
Yogur-Thoth, now with only four eyes, lets out a victorious cheer and unfolded the great magic [Yogur-Thoth's Majesty], and this time, Mitomok's world, without Irsan, is completely devastated.
There was no longer any reason to maintain the dimensional passage, so it was closed. Yogur-Thoth also seemed to have lost his strength and only floated slowly.
Although there were no further attacks, the swamps of Mitomok's world were overrun by frogs, and the jungles were completely occupied by the Dessert Army, making them impassable. The few creatures he had created managed to survive by hunting each other, but they were gradually decimated by the overwhelming numbers.
Their people were slowly being decimated. With their farmland and rubber plantations taken over, their chances of victory were slim.
It's such a cruel thing.
The previous player, Ogolaot, could have gathered his strength and fight for a one-shot victory, but he chose to hold out and lost. Mitomok could have won if he held out, but he went for a one-shot victory and lost.
It was not a matter of the capabilities of the civilization, but of the capabilities of the player.
"Ahhhh! Why am I so unlucky…! Why won't the world just leave me alone! I could create the best world if only there weren't these robbers!"
Mitomok didn't realize until the very last moment how foolish this statement was.
Aren't these robbers coming because if they left it alone, he can create the best world?
The capital is overrun by wretched amphibians, and the last remaining human colonies are hunted down one by one by monstrous creatures called mochi and pudding.
Mitomok's eyes went dark.
「You have won the world collision against the player [Mitomok]」
「Your world expands」
We won. We barely won. It was a fierce battle, with 80% of our military power evaporating.
"I know it's late to say this, but the charge itself was a perfectly sound decision. If you had sent it half-heartedly, you might have been repelled. Yogur-Thoth would have fallen too."
"Well, that's right."
I didn't just go in randomly. There were several reasons for going in.
First of all, no matter how I looked at it, it seemed like that kid would lose the fight if I didn't support him.
Secondly, since it was a situation that had to end in a short battle anyway, I was thankful that the opponent did not avoid it and instead chose to confront me.
Thirdly, since I was in a higher weight class, I could have just indiscriminately deployed my troops and pushed them back with force.
Fourth, even if the opponent repels all of my army, I can still survive by restoring my ecosystem with Shuk-Rimuras and destroying the opponent's seeds with Nyaltartep, but the opponent will probably have a very difficult time restoring their world.
That's why I went in boldly and won the gamble.
"I don't even feel like you won a gamble. It was a well thought out decision. You won through skill."
Thanks for the compliment. The other player was just too impatient.
It seems like he's the type of person who can't stand provocation, so if he's like that, why is the world itself so defensive? It's absurd.
[Oh God! What do you think! This Yogur-Thoth's power that makes heaven and earth tremble!]
It seems that the curse ability of the opposing god was due to his special traits, and the curse that weakened Yogur-Thoth and the curse that was spread across the land of my world were lifted at the same time.
That's why he's acting like this. He's a rotten son of a bitch. Seeing those bulging eyes makes me so angry.
"You stupid kid. I almost lost because of you."
"Huh?! No! You couldn't have won this without my strength…"
"If I hadn't sent hundreds of Bisyakheets to support you, you would have been cursed and rolled around on the ground. And even if I had, you wouldn't have been able to defeat your opponent if I hadn't continued to send in reinforcements."
[That, that.]
Even though he was arrogant, he was smart, so he must have understood the situation.
"Since you've done well, I'll reward you with land. However, if you had just held out, I would have consumed fewer resources. How dare you make me take such a reckless gamble…
The cost of restoring the world you ruined… As punishment, I'll reduce your nectar supply by 20%."
[Whaaaaaa!]
Anyway, we won. That's what matters.
As I was thinking that, time stopped.
The angel looked at me with a bright smile. I see. Now, all that's left to do is look at it.
It's sweet.
"Congratulations on reaching your third drop-off point, Mr. Vein."
"Yes, I know. I will move forward."
"But a notice is still a notice. There was an added rule for the second drop-off section, right? The third one is the same."
By the way, the rule added in the second section of disembarkment was that 'if your lower god has enough points, they can buy the world you disembarked from'. Since I don't have a lower god, I just roughly heard it and passed over it, but there is a kind of like a resurrection match where you give points to the higher ranked god according to your contribution and get revived.
"Let me explain the additional rules for the third disembarkment section. Now, the disembarker can sell the world to another player if he or she so desires. In that case, they negotiate the number of points to be exchanged. They can accept the points, refuse to accept them, or even give them away. It's up to you.
When a world is sold in this way, the seller becomes a subordinate god of another player. They receive a contribution equal to the world score and points they originally held, and share that god's fate.
"In short, I can give up my world's management and entrust it to another god?"
"Yes! Of course, you can just disembark. Then you can return to your original world. However, if you sell it to another player, if they meet a good match, they can easily advance to a higher round."
This rule seems to encourage a bit of large-scale factionalism, doesn't it?
I wanted to consult with the other members of the Meteor Cartel, but unfortunately, their conflicts weren't over yet. I ended up being unusually quick.
Then since this fight ended early, I'll gather information while participating in community activities.
From now on, it seems like a full-fledged factional structure will be formed.
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