Forced Ascension

A strange, upside-down tower appeared in the sky.
Naturally, the world was in an uproar.
It had only been 3 hours since the tower appeared, but the world was already abuzz with talk of the end of the world, a second cataclysm, and so on.

[It’s a cataclysm!!!!!!]
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Actually, that giant Tower of Babel-like thing in the sky is actually a super-duper strong Constellation
And it’s going to turn us all into Awakeners!!!!
I’m sure of it
Right?
Please say I’m right

-Wow, the delusion is on fire

-OP) Can’t you just agree for the sake of it? ㅜㅜ
-Does that thing look kind to you? It’s f*cking ominous
-Hey, even if it’s ominous, it could still be a Constellation!!!!
-You think?
-Then what about The Crow’s Ruins?
-Ah, right lol my bad

[What are the Constellations doing though?]
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My Constellation was so noisy
But now he’s so quiet, guys, where did he go
How’s your Constellation??? His contact has been completely cut off since that tower? thing appeared
Did he die? No, right?

-Ah, I’m getting awakening pains
-OP) Treat your awakening pains later, civilians, please leave for a moment
-My Constellation is also like that…
-You too? Me too
-My Constellation isn’t the talkative type, but he was a fcking crisis detector, you know? If it was even a little dangerous, he’d send a notice saying [YOU’RE IN DEEP SHT!!!!!!] but I haven’t gotten anything like that…
-Huh, but doesn’t this mean it’s not that dangerous?
-The problem is that the contact has been cut off;
-What if the news comes out that the Constellations are really dead
-What do the Constellations do?

The community was abuzz with such talk.
Not only was the problem of what that tower was and what effect it would have on people, but above all, there was no greater fear than something strange happening to something that was already deeply involved in their daily lives.
Even if it wasn’t the end of the world, it was a concern for their livelihood, that their daily income might be cut off.
So far, there were not many people talking about ‘survival’.

[Breaking) Emily’s contract terminated!!!!!!!!!!!!]
It’s about the American Saintess!!!
(Link)

-No way, is this for real?
-Wasn’t Emily really close with her Constellation?
-Wasn’t she a one-person Constellation?
-Contract terminated?????????? No, this is the first time I’ve seen an S-rank get their contract terminated
-Is the world really ending
-The supermarket near my house has been looted ;;

However, as the news of Emily’s contract termination spread, some people began to be agitated.
The number of people ordering groceries, sweeping them from supermarkets, and hurriedly looking for things like bunkers increased rapidly.
All of it was being watched by the upside-down tower, the Tilted Nebula.

“The intelligent beings of this place are foolish”
“…”

“They look like they’d be delicious to eat”
“I want revenge.”
The Crow’s Ruins opened his mouth.
The Tilted Nebula was in a parasitic state on The Crow’s Ruins, in the form of a flowing black human.
No matter how much the Administrator had closed the nebula, ‘they’ always found a way.
It was no big deal to help The Crow’s Ruins, who was already half ‘it’, to kill a high-ranking Constellation.
Swaaaa…
A sticky wind mixed with ash blew from the nebula of The Blooming Spring Flower, which had lost its master.
It was a very different wind from the refreshing one that used to be full of greenery and flowers.
The flowers were all withered, the trees were eaten by bugs, and from beyond, ash was rising as if it had been burned, burning all the plants and the ground.
It was the end of a nebula.
It was also a matter that signified the death of a Constellation.
The Crow’s Ruins looked at the corpse of The Blooming Spring Flower, which had turned into star dust and left behind a pink crystal flower.
He felt nothing.
No guilt, nothing.
The Crow’s Ruins chewed on the pink crystal flower.
To eat a Constellation, you had to eat the Constellation’s starlight, and this crystal flower was an aggregate of the Constellation’s starlight.

“Ruins”
“You’re narrow-minded”
“I know.”
The Crow’s Ruins, who had chewed up and eaten everything even though the crystal was rolling in his mouth and causing injuries, answered.
He could feel a certain power rising in his body, but he no longer felt a sense of fulfillment.
He was terribly hungry.
“…It’s a funny thing.”
The Crow’s Ruins, who was already in the process of becoming ‘it’ from a Constellation, looked up at the sky.
The sky of a dead Constellation that no longer reflected anything.
A brilliant golden hair fluttered.
The wings of The Crow’s Ruins, which had been just bones, were now filling with flesh and muscle, and golden feathers were sprouting.
The things he had lost according to the restrictions after ascending as a Constellation were returning.
“If that person hadn’t touched me first, this wouldn’t have happened.”
Everything is because of the Silent Calamity, a lowly human-born Constellation who hasn’t even ascended to the starry sky.
The Administrator was also unfair, as if he had been bewitched by that guy’s something.
She took the contractor I had chosen, and even killed Han Siyoon, who was my only S-rank contractor.
Not to mention she tore off my stigma.
“If it weren’t for that…”
Black water was flowing from his fingertips.
His limbs began to melt as if a sticky tar were flowing down, and his body rapidly deteriorated.

“Ruins”
The Tilted Nebula, which had come out of the puddle of The Crow’s Ruins, which had begun to melt and disappear, laughed.

“I can’t help you from here”
“Here”
“You have to eat it alone”
“Can you do it?”
The eyeballs of The Crow’s Ruins, who couldn’t speak because his lower jaw had disappeared, rolled.
A golden light gradually gathered in those eyes, and gold flowed down like tears.

“Hmm”
“We become a little foolish when we become one”
“I guess I can’t help it”
The Tilted Nebula said so and soon accepted the golden one-eye and wings.
He had already lost his ego.
To be born as a new being, he would become a child again.
And to regain his ego, he had to swallow a whole world with his own strength.
Countless wings began to grow on the golden one-eye.
The golden wings, which began to sprout grotesquely, were just one short of a thousand.
As much as the Silent Calamity had taken.

“Have a good trip”
From the Tilted Nebula’s hand, The Crow’s Ruins, like a golden bead, fell to the lower world.

“We will welcome you”
“You will be forever hungry”
“And in return, you will be powerful”
“Because you are mad with revenge”
“…”
“Your name is───”

There was someone who was faster than anyone else at grasping the situation.
“Gather all the groceries right now!”
It was Daisy Rune, who had once faced the Tilted Nebula.
“Daisy-nim, you should calm down a little…”
“Survival is the problem! Hurry up and do something…!”
While the staff were struggling, Sion, who was about to depart for the association for an emergency measure, opened his mouth.
“Do as you wish.”
“What about the budget?”
“…About 50 billion won.”
“I understand.”
Sion, who had just lamented about 50 billion won the other day, now judged that he could give that much to Daisy and sighed.
What a mess this is, while the Constellation, who is more precious than anything, is away.
And the news of Emily’s contract termination came, and his mouth tasted bitter.
Although she was short-lived, she had been his guild member’s teacher, and although she was a little crazy about money, she was a good person.
The bitter taste in his mouth became even stronger as he heard the news that Emily’s condition was critical, which had come through a confidential route.
“Sion! The shelter is…!”
“Let’s use the underground training hall. The space expansion magic is…”
“Even if I’m not Seonibaek, I can do that much!”
Daisy disappeared in a hurry.
Sion also headed for the association with Jiye.
Not only the heads of other large guilds, but also the other S-ranks of Korea who had not been seen until now, and even the heads of mid-sized guilds that were considered important, all gathered.
The meeting was sluggish.
“So, the first thing we need to know is what that is…”
“It must be a new Constellation!”
“It’s definitely the end of the world! What Constellation!”
Loud voices were exchanged, but there was no substance.
Only speculative words were exchanged viciously.
At a level similar to the rumors circulating on the internet, not a sharp guess.
Hong Yuon, who was leading the meeting, looked like she had a headache, but she maintained a smile.
Even after a meeting that lasted for 8 hours, no clear countermeasure was reached.
“Let’s have each guild prepare a shelter.”
“Are you telling us to build a shelter from now on? A sturdy one?”
Expressions of displeasure or trouble appeared here and there.
Sion, who no longer wanted to stay in this meeting room, stood up from his seat.
“We’ve already prepared one.”
To think that Daisy’s rampage would be helpful.
With those words, Sion left the meeting room.
His mind was still full of only worry for his Constellation, who was out of contact.
Just then, the system rang before his eyes.
It was a message that had arrived for everyone in the world who could see the system.

[Statement]
[We demand the ascension of the Constellation, ‘The Silent Calamity’, to the starry sky.]
[All Constellations—]
[We will abandon this world and flee.]