Sponsor Selection Scenario #2

[Hehehe, hello everyone!]

"Mhm... who the fuck...?" Lucius muttered as he heard a very childish voice.

He looked towards the sky, and there, a huge panel similar to the system appeared, in there, some bunny could be seen, with a huge smile on its face.

[For those who don't know me, I am Mia, and I'm the administrator of this little game we're playing!]

[Oh! And also, congratulations on ending the 4th scenario! It ended much earlier than our expectations...]

The bunny smiled.

[And a special congrats to Lucius...]

Suddenly, the panel changed from the bunny to Lucius' figure who was looking at the sky.

[For killing all the disasters himself!]

'This motherfucker...'

[Anyways, the constellations are currently very happy, and we've decided to host another Sponsor Selection Scenario!]

[So, choose your sponsor wisely...!]

Beep!

The huge panel disappeared from the sky, and then, another panel appeared right in front of Lucius's eyes.

[Extra Scenario #2 - Sponsor Selection!]

[Select your second constellation!]

[1. Frost Queen.]

[2. Demon Queen.]

[3. Goddess of Victory.]

[4. War God...]

Seeing this familiar panel, Lucius chuckled lightly.

By now, he's sure that all the constellations already know that he is a platinum-ranked player, which can have more than one constellation as his sponsor.

So, there is probably going to be quite a battle between them...

[The Constellation "War God" has donated 5.000 Star Coins!]

[The Constellation "Heaven Swallowing Snake" has donated 12.000 Star Coins!]

[The Constellation "Queen of Tears" has donated 28.000 Star Coins!]

'And there it is...' Lucius smiled lightly.

"Since everyone is quite curious about what I'll choose... I'll just say a few words..." Lucius looked at the sky with a smile.

"I don't care about your identity or if you are powerful or not... the constellation or whatever you guys are, that gives me more coins, will be the one I choose."

"Just that simple..." he smiled 'innocently'.

And just as he said those words—

—Beep!

[The Constellation "War God" has donated 198.000 Star Coins!]

The notifications even from prior constellations who had donated before, started increasing by a large margin.

[The Constellation "Thunder God" has donated 599.999 Star Coins!]

[The Constellation "God of the Sea" has donated 740.000 Star Coins!]

'Pff... seeing the money come in... it's just that satisfying...' Lucius laughed inwardly.

"Only a single minute left..." Lucius smiled lightly.

And then, he was bombarded by two familiar figures...

[The Constellation "Frost Queen" has donated 1.238.000 Star Coins!]

[The Constellation "Demon Queen" has donated 1.500.000 Star Coins!]

[The Constellation "Frost Queen" has donated 1.789.000 Star Coins!]

[The Constellation "Demon Queen" has donated 1.925.000 Star Coins!]

The donations kept increasing, and just when there were 5 seconds left, they were already at the point of donating over five million coins per time.

Until there was one last donation...

[The Constellation "Goddess of the Sky" has donated 66.6 Million Star Coins!]

["You cannot choose any other constellation. You only need me."]

A single notification appeared right in front of him, which halted his movements just when he was about to select [Frost Queen]...

[The Sponsor Selection scenario has ended!]

[Congratulations to everyone who didn't have a sponsor!]

The annoying bunny shouted as the big screen in the sky appeared once again.

"Ahh... what a pity, right?" Lucius smiled faintly, ignoring the bunny.

[The Constellation "Frost Queen" expresses her annoyance towards the Constellation "Goddess of the Sky"!]

[The Constellation "Demon Queen" scoffs at the Constellation "Goddess of the Sky"!]

[The Constellation "Goddess of the Sky" only laughs in response.]

"Maybe... next time," Lucius joined the fun and added.

[The Constellation "Frost Queen" says that there is no next time.]

[The Constellation "Demon Queen" nods her head and sighs.]

"Mhm...? What?" Lucius's eyes widened significantly.

[The Constellation "Goddess of the Sky" says that there is only one more scenario, which is the reason why there is another Sponsor Selection Scenario.]

"Ah... what?! And what fucking happens after that?"

[The Constellation "Goddess of the Sky" smiled, and said, "The apocalypse will simply end, and the humans will be free once again.".]

"Already...?" Lucius muttered to himself, "But... then, why there isn't a cap for attributes or something like that? I mean... I should be more than ten times more powerful than anything right now!"

[The constellation watching over you simply smile at your words.]

["The fifth and last scenario isn't any ordinary thing. The only objective of it is to avoid your world's destruction."]

["And if you think you're currently very strong... you're only strong enough to deal with one-star bosses, and the final boss of the scenario... is a five-star one. His or her attributes will reach the limit, which is ten million per attribute."]

["You will have exactly 100 days. On the twentieth day, the first boss, a one-star boss, will appear. On the fortieth day, a second-star boss will show up, and so on. By the hundredth day, the five-star boss will descend."]

["The first boss will have 1.000 points per attribute, and each time it will be added a zero, reaching 10.000.000 per attribute."]

"Doesn't that mean... that... I shouldn't have killed all of those people...?" Lucius muttered to himself after hearing the constellations' words.

After all, if there were more and more powerful humans, the better it was for them to prepare against those bosses.

"No... no... NO!"

Currently, Lucius was experiencing something that humans call "despair".

The truth of his own actions hit him hard.

He had killed so many people, and taken lives, all for power.

And now, he was alone—so alone that even the stars of the night sky felt far away.

By choosing to crush anyone in his way, he'd cleared the field of allies, leaving him with only enemies and an empty, silent path.

It was like standing in a dark, cold cave he'd dug himself into, with no one beside him.

Of course, he had both Bianca and Jane at his disposal, however, only both of them weren't enough to deal with such a difficult scenario.

For the first time, Lucius felt despair.

Weak.

Alone.

Desperate.

Just then...

He felt something warm, like a soft hand brushing his cheek, as if someone were trying to comfort him.

It was so small, so gentle, he almost laughed—was the world pitying him?

Or mocking him?

His lips curled into a cold, dark smile, and then he began to laugh.

"Kekekeke..."

"...So what? What if my 'way' was the wrong 'way' all along?"

"You'd think I'd give up?"

"Hahah..." he let out a small smile.

"It's only ten million points per attribute... There are over one billion people still alive..."

"I only need... to kill them all..."

"Right?"

Lucius smiled.

[The Constellation "Frost Queen" shivers in delight!]

[The Constellation "Demon Queen" laughs with wild excitement!]

[The Constellation "Goddess of the Sky" smiles.]