I Made a Game Featuring Constellations - Chapter 32



Demon Lord, Please Listen

Special Event!

– [Abyssal Assassin] A dimensional rift has occurred in the weekly boss battlefield.

– Temporarily, non-aggressive monster, Melis, appears.

– If you defeat Melis, you can obtain a buff that applies exclusively before the weekly boss.

– It’s here!!!!

– Demon King rising!

– I told you, right? You must summon the new character.

A temporary weekly boss event hastily added to fulfill the Demon God’s request has begun.

There was formal content to be officially released later, but it was just added at the Demon God’s request.

A buff designed to allow not only single-target dealers but also area dealers to easily defeat the boss by obtaining enhancement buffs through eliminating trash monsters.

This was a strategy to catch two birds with one stone by collecting more research data from the magic engineer.

– 114-second cut with [Demon King]

– Oh, it’s faster than before.

– Praise Shinrina

– This is the era of the Demon King!

-Oh, the soul that skipped me~ Just wait and see~

As the event began, the performance of the Demon King showed significantly stronger damage compared to before.

With the clear record shortened, players’ perception of the new character changed. Or almost did.

-But why does it take me longer to catch it?

-This lava snake’s damage keeps hitting the mobs instead of the boss.

Until the bounce damage method of the Demon King’s summon, one of the Demon King’s dealing methods, was highlighted.

-Hit the boss, not the mobs!

-The damage is different every time I try.

Whether Melis catches one or two, the buff does not stack.

However, it has an awkwardly large health pool to be removed with just the Demon King’s pure area attacks like normal attacks or ultimate.

As a result, the problem of the summon’s lava attack, which should be focused on the boss, kept leaking.

-[Knight] 104-second video

-No, the knight is faster?

-Wasn’t it a buff tailored for the Demon King? If the knight is faster, what is the point of the Demon King’s existence?

To make matters worse, when a video of the knight catching one Melis and receiving a self-buff with a passive skill to remove the boss faster was released, the community started to burn even more.

“Apostle of dreams.”

“Yes, my demon lord.”

“Did you deceive me?”

The demon lord brought her face close to mine.

Even though I was in the dream world where I could be omnipotent, it was not easy to overcome the immense pressure I felt from her.

Was I mistaken, thinking she had shown a childlike side recently?

“No.”

“Then why is the perception of our Lina still like that? No, it seems to have worsened even more.”

“I… I can explain.”

“Explain.”

“In the weekly boss battles, when the event monsters are defeated, they provide buffs, don’t they?”

“…Yes.”

The demon’s eyebrows furrow.

“Compared to the single-target dealer character [Knight Ren], [Demon King Lina] is a character capable of area-of-effect dealing.”

“…That’s right.”

Her eyes dart around.

“So, I judged that if we provided this event, the metrics for [Demon King Lina], who is capable of area-of-effect dealing, would improve. And they did, in fact, improve. However… because the core summoning dealing method of [Demon King Lina] is a bounce type, a significant portion of the dealing that should have hit the boss itself leaked away.”

“Wh-what is this bounce you speak of?”

“In our game, bounce means that after the attack hits the main target, the subsequent combo attacks bounce to nearby targets.”

A dealing method that can handle large numbers and is somewhat effective even when the number of enemies is small.

It was adopted to design the Demon King as an area-of-effect specialized character while also being able to handle elite battles.

It was also to ensure that the performance wouldn’t be too overpowering by adding some limitations.

“I… I understand for now… But why does the dealing leak?”

“Due to the nature of bounce, the player cannot choose the target for the subsequent dealing after the first hit. So, even if you want to pour all the dealing onto the boss, it leaks to the surrounding mobs.”

“…Isn’t Lina an area-of-effect dealer? Why does the dealing leak to the mobs?”

“It’s true that it’s an area dealer. The Demon King’s basic attacks and ultimate skills are all area attacks. Only the summoned creatures’ attacks bounce. It can deal area damage and single-target damage with the bounce.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes. Since the mob event started, the total damage and clear time of [Demon King Rina] have improved drastically. Even though it’s a temporary event, it’s much better than before.”

“Then why are they badmouthing our Rina?”

“That’s… due to a combination of various reasons. First, those who can’t afford to draw new characters while having [Knight Ren] tried to create the perception that the existing characters are enough by putting down the new characters. And since the previous limited dealer character [Knight Ren] is specialized in single-target damage, it has an advantage in weekly bosses even with buffs.”

“Ugh! I don’t get it!”

The Demon God ruffled his hair wildly.

“Just forget about buffs and everything, and make Rina stronger! That’s an order!”

So, it comes to this.

[Demon King Perlerina apologizes, saying our child is a bit strong-willed, and laughs hoho.]

I glanced at the real Rina, who was smiling brightly next to the Demon God.

-Just reveal your identity now. Rina doesn’t know she’s been resurrected, so she’s obsessed with the game character.

[Demon King Perlerina says I want to do that too, but… I missed the timing, and laughs awkwardly.]

What timing?

Just say it.

“Sigh, Demon God. Please listen for a moment.”

“…Are you going to spout strange words again? Don’t try to deceive me.”

“Ah, just listen for a moment. Look, if I buffed the damage of the current character [Demon King Perlerina] a lot, making the area damage from the ultimate skill several times that of [Knight Ren].”

“…Okay.”

“Then what would happen to those who have been raising other characters as their favorites and enjoying them?”

“If only Rina does well, I don’t care about the rest-“

“No, that’s not it. Everyone will be furious. Where do you think the arrows of their anger will turn?”

“…Isn’t it you, the game developer?”

Ah, right.

The primary target of attack is me.

“Th…that’s true, but I’m not the only one who will be attacked. The character that disrupted the game’s balance the most will be targeted. Am I right or not?”

“You’re right…”

“And that’s not the end of it. The characters released next will be compared to [Demon King Rina]. If they’re weaker than the Demon King, why pick them? The Demon King ruined the game. If they’re stronger than the Demon King, then why pick anything else? The Demon King ruined the game. The witch who ruined the game. Like that.”

“Rina is not a witch. She’s actually the most beautiful in this world-“

“Oh, come on! It’s just the players’ nonsense. They’re not saying she’s really a witch. Anyway, people will forever criticize Demon King Rina. Even though Rina did nothing wrong.”

“…That can’t happen.”

“Right? This isn’t the end.”

“Not the end?”

“Think about it, Demon Lord. There could be variation characters of Demon King Rina. If we buff Rina this time, it will be strange to release such characters.”

“Vari…what is that?”

“So, releasing different versions of Rina as characters. For example…a version of Rina in a bikini, [Swimsuit Rina]?”

How could we only use the episode scenario and narrative we created just once?

We have to release variations and make a lot of money.

This time, [Demon King Perlerina] handles lava as per the setting, but most of the skills, including the ultimate used in the episode, were not included in this character.

Those exhilarating skills have to be sold later in [True Demon King Perlerina] or [Constellation Perlerina].

“Sw-swimsuit!”

“There could be [Pajama Rina] or maybe [Young Rina].”

“Pajama! Young!”

The demon god’s mouth dropped open in shock at the words I had said.

[The Demon King Perlerina is dumbfounded, asking why she is being sold out so suddenly.]

-You should have revealed your identity first and suppressed the demon god.

[The Demon King Perlerina pouts her lips, saying this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!]

[The Demon King Perlerina rubs her hands together, saying when else would she see this child running around excitedly for her avatar.]

…She’s not normal either.

How did I get involved with such strange demons?

“Swimsuit… Bikini… Rash guard… Pajamas… Bear pajamas…”

“Anyway, Demon God.”

“…Huh?”

When I called the demon god, she answered with a dumbfounded expression, just coming out of her delusion.

“…You don’t have to worry about performance. We have hospitality content prepared anyway.”

From the beginning, we had prepared new content to entertain the area dealer.

We only created the hospitality event to buy time while appeasing the demon god.

Originally, we planned to release it just before the end of [Demon King Perlerina]’s hospitality to suck up money.

We’ll just release it a bit early.

I need to come up with a new business strategy.

Instead of performance, a way to drain the players’ wallets…

What could it be?

“Like releasing equipment items as exclusive weapons?”