NOVEL NEXT Chapter 12 - Eve (1)
The power of the manager, or ‘main manager’, was incredible.
It was enough to completely shatter my assumption that they would have similar authority and position to the deputy managers, since they were never mentioned or seen in the gallery normally.
Seeing the gallery being instantly evolved and normalized, I even wondered what on earth the Demon Lord Gallery I had been seeing until now was.
It was to the extent that with just one notice from the main manager, all troublemakers voluntarily reported themselves, and Demon Lords with a default mindset of being unrivaled under heaven and on earth obediently followed the notice.
Isn’t it strange to get this level of response even for an administrator?
With such doubts, I started writing a few question posts about the main manager, ‘HalfDeadChick’, which I had been curious about.
[Title: Why does everyone become so quiet when it comes to the main manager?]
[Author: ㅇㅇ(111.432)]
[I’m learning for the first time today that Demon Lords are beings who listen to others;;
Weren’t gallery members the ones who stubbornly multiplied and rebelled even when other armband wearers posted notices or swept everything clean?
Why are they suddenly being so cautious?]
The one who answered my question the fastest was Odin, the gallery addict who stays in the gallery 24 hours a day, the speed wagon, and now someone I’d feel sad if he didn’t appear.
[Comments]
[One-eyed Grandpa: Ah, come to think of it, there’s no information about the main manager in the gallery. It’s understandable that you don’t know]
ㄴ[One-eyed Grandpa: The main manager used to have restrictions on information related to themselves. It’s fine now since they’ve loosened it somewhat]
Information restriction? What kind of person are they to have put information restrictions?
As there was no information, topics, or mentions circulating within the gallery, I, as a newbie, couldn’t guess anything at all.
[One-eyed Grandpa: I’ll go ask the armband wearer how much of this I can explain. Wait.]
After leaving this comment and disappearing, I waited for Odin for a moment. Soon, with consecutive comment notifications ringing, I immediately opened the window.
[Feathered Serpent*: It’s faster if I just explain, so I’m commenting. I’m doing this because you’re a newbie]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: The main manager, or ‘HalfDeadChick’, is simply put, a figure close to the king of Manmajeon. It’s normal for those with IPs starting with 666 here in the gallery to listen to them, as they’re all below the main manager in hierarchy]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: They’ve reached an ‘appropriate’ agreement with Demon Lords not from Manmajeon, and the result is what we see now]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: And most importantly, the main manager is the one who first created the Demon Lord Gallery. They have the authority to close it and permanently ban, so it’s on a different level from armband authority]
It was shocking content.
No, what do you mean, they were the creator of this gallery?
This main manager was on a different level from the original community of this Demon Lord Gallery that I knew.
[Title: It wasn’t the main manager I knew….?]
[Author: ㅇㅇ(111.432)]
[The gallery creator and king of Manmajeon…..?
Honestly, even I would be scared of a permanent ban]
The next post I wrote also received several comments as soon as it was uploaded.
Maybe everyone was itching to talk about the main manager.
[Comments]
[Wolf Viscount*: Besides that, they’ve greatly contributed by managing for eons of years as a lifetime main manager. Honestly, if I was given absolute authority in exchange for lifetime rule, I absolutely wouldn’t do itㅋㅋ]
ㄴ[Feathered Serpent*: Taking responsibility for these gallery members for life? I’d immediately use the demon rebirth tech and run awayㅇ]
ㄴ[NeverWarAgain: Dealing with numerous disturbing images, and improving gallery functions from time to time is really competence itself~]
ㄴ[力拔山氣蓋世: Honestly, adding the arena is a milestone achievement for the Demon Lord Gallery.]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(400.001): Do you know the times before the arena?]
Whether my post was the starting point or not, at some point, the topic of the gallery had shifted to old ghosts of the gallery selling their memories.
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[Author: ㅇㅇ(400.001)]
[Do you know those times when dimensional character deletion requests popped up every other day?
The main manager was busy enough dealing with their own work, but gallery members were constantly posting dimensional character deletion requests, and even worse, dozens of Demon Lords were getting torn apart for fighting in ways that went against causality.
Do you even know this?
When there was no arena, some idiots fought and a few dimensions collapsed? That killed some quite famous named heroes, and because of that incident, heroes started to become vigilant and the Hero Gallery was created?
The origin of the Hero Gallery is gallery membersㅋㅋㅋ
Compared to those times, nowadays is heaven.
The recent topic is cute in comparison]
[Comments]
[ㅇㅇ(666.941): Grandpa…..]
[ㅇㅇ(493.632): How on earth did the main manager maintain the gallery in the times without an arena?ㅋㅋ Even with one, it’s in this stateㅋㅋ]
[Title: Things that happened in the times without an arena.txt]
[Author: One-eyed Grandpa]
[1. Post regeneration rate was trash. The reason was that everyone was busy tracking other gallery members’ dimensions to fight instead of writing posts.
800-series dimensions all got wrecked
Despite the main manager punishing those who fought and posting notices, because of crazy bastards who forcibly brought other Demon Lords through dimensional teleportation/dimensional fusion to fight, even now the 800-series dimensional depth is a danger zone.
Almost blew up hell by messing with the Dimensional Empire.
They should have left it alone, but they picked a fight and innocent hell demons suffered
Caused internal strife in the heavenly realm and got caught, resulting in divine punishment on the gallery.
It was a time when only crazy bastards existed.
They were even strong so no one could stop them]
[Comments]
[ㅇㅇ(666.124): Isn’t it not that the crazy bastards were strong, but that the weak ones had already died?]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.237): It really was a zone of the strong;;]
[NeverWarAgain: Those times back then… I miss… actually I don’t]
ㄴ[NeverWarAgain: But One-eye, weren’t you also one of those crazy bastards back then? At least from what I remember]
ㄴ[Deleted comment]
ㄴ[NeverWarAgain: No, this bastard is hacking gallery permissions and writing shit, really]
ㄴ[One-eyed Grandpa: ㅋ]
[Title: The main manager used to follow me around saying they liked me]
[Author: Goodnight]
[After creating the arena and the gallery becoming peaceful, I was abandoned and feel so lonely…]
[Comments]
[ㅇㅇ(666.218): Main manager ex.plain]
[MalignantRainChungus: Ex.plain]
[HalfDeadChick*: I hereby notify that I only received help for maintaining gallery security through dimensional tracking and spirit division magic, and there were no private relationships or exchanges of money or goods]
ㄴ[White Skull: They actually came?]
ㄴ[SexParrot: We can’t cause trouble like this…. sexmuruk]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.314): Is this the rare main manager comment?]
[High School Girl: Big sister might have enjoyed those times, but when high school girl thinks about those times, my heart aches…]
Every time posts like these came up, I couldn’t help but admire the main manager, HalfDeadChick.
Aren’t they truly a talented individual, no, a Demon Lord worthy of being called a powerful and competent administrator?
And this fact gave rise to a new question.
[Title: But why is the main manager rarely seen in the gallery?]
[Author: ㅇㅇ(111.432)]
[They’re so competent, so why do we barely see them active in the gallery?
Even if they don’t work every day, it seems like they could check the gallery once every three or four days]
To be honest, I hoped they would stay in the gallery 24 hours a day and guarantee a clean community life.
I felt that if I stayed in this abnormal Demon Lord Gallery full of madness for 10 or 20 years, I too would gradually become closer to abnormal.
But it didn’t take long to realize that this was impossible.
[Comments]
[NeverWarAgain: ? What, newbie, didn’t you read the hot posts thoroughly?]
ㄴ[NeverWarAgain: The main manager barely has time to manage the gallery because they’re participating in the God-Demon Great War right now?]
ㄴ[Spider Lord*: For real, I wanted to participate in the God-Demon Great War too, but I was kicked out and told to manage the gallery…]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.139): But why aren’t you managing? Work!!! Armband wearer!!!]
Words like God-Demon Great War and dimensional annihilation that were outside my common sense popped up, but I wasn’t surprised anymore.
I was getting used to it gradually, and I just had to wait for the explanation-addicted person who monitors my posts 24 hours a day to pop up.
This judgment was accurate.
[One-eyed Grandpa: Ah.. It’s time for the speed wagon for our helpless newbie to step up]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(476.996): Now you’re enjoying being the explanation-addict..]
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[Title: Simple summary of God-Demon Great War and Manmajeon meeting (reupload)]
[Author: One-eyed Grandpa]
[1. God-Demon Great War: A great war with a good vs evil structure, waged with causality+scales at stake.
The main manager is active on the front lines, protecting us Demon Lords.
Always be grateful. You small Demon Lord existences.
2. Manmajeon meeting: A Demon Lord meeting personally hosted by the busy main manager due to the God-Demon Great War.
The main manager + Manmajeon elders legally allow dimensional movement, and after the meeting ends, everything from afterparties to fighting with main bodies is allowed, so it’s no different from the gallery’s biggest event.
The troublemakers in the gallery being quiet now is probably because they’re excited about fighting after the Demon Lord meeting and are training?]
[Comments]
[HitTheSky: This bastard is quite quick-witted]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.549): Ahㅋㅋ how can you stand not fighting face to face]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(666.217): No matter how good the arena’s avatar duel function is, it’s nothing compared to fighting with main bodiesㅋㅋ]
ㄴ[ㅇㅇ(444.019): If you lose in a main body fight, you really have to bite your tongue and die]
ㄴ[Wolf Viscount*: Troublemakers arrested]
[ㅇㅇ(111.432): Thank you, speed wagon!]
It wasn’t just because of the main manager’s appearance and work that things had quieted down.
As I continued browsing the gallery while realizing this new fact, it was only for a moment.
There was a message received with a notification, and after reading it, I couldn’t help but fall into contemplation.
[Sender: HalfDeadChick]
[Recipient: ㅇㅇ(111.432)]
[Considering the uniqueness of your dimension, your participation method in the Manmajeon meeting has been decided as
Please refer to the attached file for details and ask the deputy managers if you have any questions.]
The Manmajeon meeting, huh.
“What should I do about this.”