I Became an Overpowered Constellation in the Game

Chapter 3
Let’s Curse Each Other

『 Translator – Divinity 』

“Gasp, gasp…!”

Having desperately fled from the monastery they had attacked,

Their faces, as they breathed raggedly, still held the lingering fear.

The sight of their comrade turning into a lump of meat right next to them was vivid.

If they hadn’t escaped, they would have died feeling the same terrible pain.

Death.

‘Oh God.’

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, one of the priests stammered, his jaw trembling.

“I-It’s divine punishment. We touched the devotee favored by that evil god…”

“Shut up, Rikan. How dare you exalt the name of another god?”

“B-But…!”

Christoph, the senior priest, tried to control them somehow even in this desperate situation.

Everything had been going smoothly.

The highest-ranking constellation had disappeared one day, and all that remained…

…were foolish followers who had lost trust in each other.

This was an opportunity.

A chance to regain the lost status of their religion.

Therefore, from the beginning, he had devised a strategy to gradually erode their power.

He secretly contacted other constellations’ religions that had always disliked their existence, and formed a force.

As the days went by, their confidence grew, and their actions became more radical.

They stole the name of the constellation they served and burned down the temples that could remind them of its existence.

And so, the next target was…

Lisia.

The woman, the being who had received the constellation’s love.

If they could eliminate her, their power would gain even greater standing.

Eliminating a woman who couldn’t even handle divine power should have been an extremely easy task.

It should have been extremely easy.

“You shall witness.”

That is, until they saw a beast clad in divine power, returned from the brink of death.

‘This is absurd.’

But why, suddenly…

The forgotten divinity had returned. She started using divine power.

What began after that simple phenomenon was a horrific massacre.

“W-We have to run.”

“We must return quickly and devise another strategy…”

“Stop.”

Christoph, the priest of the Black Sun, deliberately mediated their fear and spoke in a monotone voice.

“Have you forgotten who stands beside us, consumed by fear?”

“…!”

They were agents of God.

They had to spread the will of the constellation and become His most loyal subjects and confidants.

And…

‘Divine punishment will soon descend.’

This attack was a justification.

It would be a blow if they succeeded, but even if they failed…

Their constellation would never leave the atrocities of the scoundrels who killed his beloved followers unpunished.

“This will have due consequences.”

“Ah…!”

“Our Incarnation will be enraged. Those bastards will never escape divine punishment.”

“Ooh…!”

At those words, a ray of hope seeped into their despairing eyes.

And they shall meet a fittingly miserable end.

‘Oh Incarnation.’

Christoph prayed with conviction.

May you bring divine punishment upon the filthy mongrels, and thus establish justice.

Their fight was just beginning.

***

“…Huh?”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ becomes aware of your existence.」

Along with the unexpected name, messages continued to ring out as if waiting for this moment.

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is enraged by you!」

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ threatens your safety!」

“…What’s this now?”

Of course, I knew who it was.

It was one of the constellations that persistently bothered me, the player.

The role of the player in the game is that of a constellation, a ‘God.’

And the other god, ‘Incarnation of the Black Sun,’ was naturally my rival and enemy.

“What’s up?”

Of course, there were friendly constellations, but who would willingly share their own rice bowl?

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ demands just compensation from you.」

“Oh?”

It’s been a while since I’ve received such pure hostility, it makes me feel excited.

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ claims that you must pay the price for killing his cherished followers.」

But that’s that, and…

“I don’t want to?”

「….?」

The message window fell silent; I could feel its confusion at my blatant response.

“What are you going to do if I don’t pay?”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ threatens to place a powerful curse on your religious order if you don’t pay the price.」

“Ah, a curse.”

The curse system.

One of the few means for a constellation to directly hinder another.

Suddenly, I recalled the memories I had with the Incarnation of the Black Sun.

We had so many tit-for-tats through this system.

The ill feelings accumulated back then had ripened beautifully, now entering the stage of love-hate.

“Ah, this familiar feeling.”

A faint smile crept onto my face at the surging wave of emotions.

He waged a large-scale holy war against my religious order, triggering numerous unexpected events.

There were times when I had to wake up in the middle of the night and turn on my phone because of him.

“Thank you.”

I expressed my sincere gratitude to the Incarnation of the Black Sun for reminding me of the meaning of life that I had forgotten.

I was grateful.

For continuing to bother me like in the beginning.

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is taken aback by your gratitude.」

It’s okay for me to harass him as I used to, right?

He was the one who approached me first.

“Huh.”

Suddenly remembering those times, my affection for him wells up.

How should I show him my love?

The harassment I suffered before is the harassment I suffered.

And just now, he dared to try and gang up on our Lisia.

“Curse, yes. A curse is good.”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ senses something amiss.」

Even after getting beaten up so badly in the game, he returns again, undeterred, to stir up trouble.

Troublemakers will not be forgiven.

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun,’ undeterred, shouts for you to pay the price immediately!」

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ demands that you hand over a portion of your Faith Points.」

“Yes, yes.”

Seems like he’s forgotten my personality.

Seeing him prattle on, pleased with himself because I’m passively accepting it.

With the composure of a CEO dismantling a watch, I calmly manipulated the system window.

While fights between followers are chaotic brawls with blood and flesh flying everywhere, when it comes to fights between constellations…

Surprisingly, the scale becomes quite childish.

From this point on, it’s not about simple physical ability, but the level of ‘prestige’ that takes top priority.

And such prestige is, of course, determined by the amount of Faith Points possessed.

「Faith Points possessed: 547,500,000」

Nearly 500 million Faith Points were accumulated, not even properly digested.

“Hehehehe.”

I wonder if this bastard even knows.

The scale of Faith Points accumulated due to my absence.

No, if he knew, he wouldn’t have even thought of doing something like this in the first place.

He’d probably be cowering somewhere, trembling in fear.

My sin is great, indeed. It’s proof that I haven’t even properly fulfilled my role as a bully.

No, if I knew this was real, I would have diligently logged in and played every day. What could I do, real life was busy.

‘Now this has become real life.’

With a bewildered feeling, I looked at the still-ranting message from the ‘Incarnation of the Black Sun.’

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ says he will curse your religious order right now.」

“This guy really has no sense.”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is enraged!」

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is extremely enraged!」

“Okay.”

Order received.

I decided to start using my Faith Points in earnest.

「Would you like to use your Faith Points to curse the ‘Black Sun’ religious order?」

Strike first, gain the upper hand.

“Oh.”

Then the message stopped for a moment.

Whether he reacted or not, the process was already underway.

「Curse successful! The stats of some of the followers of the ‘Black Sun’ religious order will significantly decrease.」

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is extremely enraged!」

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ casts ‘Curse’ on your religious order.」

–Ding!

「Due to the difference in rank between the constellations, the ‘Incarnation of the Black Sun’s’ curse fails.」

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ is greatly bewildered.」

“My friend.”

Even if I can’t see him, I can imagine how bewildered that constellation must be right now.

If I had used up my Faith Points to expand my religious order, it would be a different story, but right now, I have plenty to spare.

“It seems you haven’t quite understood what I’m saying.”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ suggests, for a moment, that we talk it out.」

“Only I can cast curses here.”

Leaving the flustered Incarnation behind, I continued to unleash curses.

「Curse successful! Part of the religious order’s forces are transferred to an unknown dimension.」

「Curse successful! Some of the religious order’s followers are transformed into non-human races.」

「Curse successful! The gender of some of the religious order’s followers is forcibly changed to ‘female’!」

“Oh.”

Even the rare and precious TS curse.

Today is a very lucky day.

While it’s the constellation’s decision to cast a curse, no one can determine the outcome of a curse cast through the system.

It definitely inflicts damage, but it’s given randomly.

Kill all the polar bears today, just do it.

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ screams for you to stop.」

“Stop what? We’re just getting started.”

The curse on the religious order is directly linked to the faith of its followers.

If he can’t even block the curses placed on individual followers, will his reputation as a constellation remain the same?

Once trust is lost, it cannot be regained. That’s the cold reality.

Today, I was determined to make this young constellation grow up.

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ earnestly begs you to stop.」

He came in all confident with threats and whatnot when I returned after a long time, and now he’s trying to act nice?

Absolutely no way.

I had no intention of showing mercy.

“No, go away. I have no intention of showing mercy.”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ shouts that everyone will die at this rate.」

“Die? Who’s going to die? Only you will be annihilated.”

If the followers leave the religious order, they can just find another religion.

This meant that the constellation was the one at a disadvantage in this relationship.

If all the accumulated Faith Points are gone, the constellation’s raison d’être disappears.

It meant death.

“You won’t die right now. But just wait. One year, I’ll give you one year. I’ll wither you to death within that time.”

「’Incarnation of the Black Sun’ trembles and is terrified.」

I was bored anyway, so this is good.

Let’s have some fun today.

***

That day, Christoph, returning to the headquarters of the religious order, saw hell.

“W-What is this…”

A scene of pandemonium.

Grotesque figures, looking as if they had crawled out of a dungeon, were running amok, and what was even more bizarre…

…was that those monsters were wearing the same priestly robes as him.

As if the priest who had been praying to God just moments ago had been cursed.

At that moment, a chilling assumption crossed Christoph’s mind.

A curse.

“God’s curse! We’ve been cursed! We need to atone!”

Someone screamed in agony from afar.

“F-Father Christoph, what is this…?”

–Hic.

At the disturbing sound of a gasp, Father Christoph’s gaze turned backward.

There stood the follower who had been desperately fleeing with him just moments ago.

The flat chest had swelled like luscious fruit.

The fellow follower, whose face had been masculine, had transformed into that of an attractive woman.

“Y-You.”

“Father Christoph, my body feels strange. My body-”

Feeling a stirring desire at her sobbing figure, Father Christoph’s eyes turned towards the heavens.

“Oh God.”

Please save me from this hell.

But there was no answer, as if cruelly ignoring him.