Chapter 26
A frenzy of voting was in full swing in the Hunter Gallery when suddenly, a new bait was thrown into the mix.
[Title]: [Throne Usurper Admin] (PakMeUp!) Pick! Me! Up! Let’s go!!
Introduction: Vote for your favorite Assistant Admin!
Overview: One Assistant Admin with the highest voting rate will be selected!
Reward: The top-ranking Assistant Admin receives an A-rank item! Other Assistant Admins will receive rewards based on their ranking.
Assistant Admins can make campaign promises to gather supporters.
It’s just a popularity contest, lol.
—Ha!
┗ “No way, they turned the Guild Cup into a popularity contest.”
┗ “The Admin is a well-known troll, lol.”
┗ “What even is ‘Pak Me Up’?”
┗ “[Admin] Assistant Admin (Pa-dak) + PICK ME UP….”
┗ “Lmao.”
┗ “Hey! You’re actually crazy!”
— “Hey! The Admin opened a popularity contest!!!”
┗ “Mister, you finally called him ‘Admin.’”
┗ “What progress, lol.”
┗ “Quivering Sir!!!”
┗ “Ah, crap.”
—But the reward for the first-place Assistant Admin is A-rank?
┗ “You mean A-rank equipment?”
┗ “[Admin] Yep, A-rank equipment.”
┗ “You can actually give that out?”
┗ “The Admin is seriously insane.”
┗ “He’s GOD. GOD, I say.”
┗ “Crap, I’m so jealous!!!!!”
— [D-rank Porter] “A popularity contest? Clearly, I’ll take first place!”
┗ “Are you serious, Porter?”
┗ “Really.”
┗ “Do you even know the word ‘objective’?”
┗ [HunterYaKaeYo] “Naturally, I’ll take first place in the popularity contest ^^”
┗ “Absolutely.”
┗ “HunterYaKaeYo is obviously number one.”
—Why are we even having a popularity contest for Assistant Admins?
┗ “There’s no such thing as a likable Assistant Admin, lol.”
┗ “True, lol.”
┗ “Me? That? Why?”
┗ “This isn’t my job….”
┗ “(Insert generic bored cat meme).”
┗ “Ah~ Popularity contests fall under the Old Fart Division. Call them instead.”
┗ “Lmaoooooo.”
—The Admin is just JOAT.
┗ “Ruining everything and giving it away, lol.”
┗ “Hey! This is why voter turnout is so low in our country!!!”
┗ “You’re right, Mister, lol.”
┗ “[Admin] If the Assistant Admin you vote for wins first place, their supporters will also get rewards.”
┗ “Really?”
┗ “?”
┗ “Is that true?”
— [Admin] “Yep, and every Hunter Fanboy who participates in the popularity contest will get an Invisibility Potion.”
┗ [Admin] “Also, I’ll fulfill any campaign promise from the Assistant Admins as long as it’s within my power.”
┗ “The Admin is just GOAT.”
┗ “A true Admin, lolol.”
┗ “This is what leadership and authority look like!”
—Even just for participating, we get potions? That’s amazing, lol.
┗ “Suddenly, likable Assistant Admins appear, lol.”
┗ “Makes me actually want to vote, lol.”
┗ “For real, lol. I want to vote right now, lol.”
┗ “Hey! This guy knows how to boost voter turnout!!!!”
┗ “These guys flipping sides are hilarious, lol.”
Wow! Even I think this is genius. A popularity contest! I even like the name ‘Pick Me Up.’
After all, voting for someone gives everyone dopamine.
This is a chance to gauge the sentiment Hunter Fanboys have towards Assistant Admins.
Of course, my approval rating will be high, so there’s no issue.
And to be honest, it’s true that Hunters still have a long way to go.
Just recently, they struggled to take down the A-rank monster Saracan, and who knows when stronger monsters will appear?
At this rate, the Demon King might show up and try to destroy the world. If that happens, they won’t stand a chance.
I can’t bear to lose more Hunter Fanboys.
A nation exists because of its people. Just as the gallery exists because of Hunters.
Though my hero days are behind me and my powers are gone, I’ll do what I can to prepare for the worst.
Of course, in the gallery, ‘with some fun.’ And the upgrade starts with the Assistant Admins.
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “Admin, why a popularity contest all of a sudden? ^^”
— [D-rank Porter]: “Mr. God-like Admin!!! This is to shine the spotlight on me, right?!!!”
— [Admin]: “Just wanted to say thanks to the Assistant Admins for their unpaid hard work, lol.”
— [D-rank Porter]: “Wow!!! As expected, you are omnipresent!!!”
— [Admin]: “I’m not dead, though…?”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “But… is the first-place reward really an A-rank item…?”
— [Admin]: “Yep. Lower-ranked rewards are B-rank items.”
— [Elsa]: “No way. (Are you kidding? A-rank items hardly ever drop!)”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “Admin, can you really give that out?”
— [Elsa]: “The Admin is bluffing. (Seriously, this makes no sense!)”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “A-rank items aren’t even tradable, ㅠㅠ.”
— [Admin]: “Yep. There’s a ton of points, ‘stacked up.’”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “Where did all those points suddenly come from? ^^”
— [Admin]: “You guys managed the gallery so diligently, haha.”
— [D-rank Porter]: “The Admin is an exploitative boss….”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “Can we make any campaign promises we want?”
— [Admin]: “Just don’t make any ridiculously impossible promises.”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “Then I’ll take the A-rank item ^^.”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “I mean, I’m obviously going to win first place ^^.”
— [Elsa]: “I saved Gangwon Province. (What are you going to win first place with? You’re just a bus-leech, lol.)”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “If I meet you in real life, Elsa, you’re seriously dead ^^.”
— [Elsa]: “A big-breasted fox loves to bluff. (Why? Are you going to crush me with your butt? lol.)”
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “Are you scared you’ll lose to me because you’re a nobody♥?”
— [Elsa]: “Not at all. (You snake-like wench.)”
— [D-rank Porter]: “I think I’m going to win first place.”
— [Elsa]: “Get lost.”
— [D-rank Porter]: “Where’s my Let It Go!!!!!!”
—[D-rank Porter]: “I can’t live without Let It Go anymore….”
The competition is already heating up. Good, good. This is healthy rivalry.
— [HunterYaKaeYo]: “I will definitely take first place!!! ^^.”
— [Elsa]: “I’m number one. (You can just raise your armpits, lol.)”
— [Admin]: “Anyway, Pick Me Up! Let’s go!!”
— [Elsa]: “Let’s do this, let’s do this! (Let’s go~)”
[Title]: [Kallog] Sigh…. Damn it, I want to be an Assistant Admin.
I want to get an A-rank item, too….
No, I just want a chance to get one…. Or at least some of the ranked rewards….
I’m so jealous of the current Assistant Admins….
—Lolol, the pitiful Ex-Admin makes an appearance, lolol.
┗ “Kallog is a really famous idiot, lol.”
┗ “Seriously pathetic, lol.”
┗ “He keeps getting compared to the current Admin.”
┗ “Even got rejected when applying to be an Assistant Admin, lol.”
┗ “Don’t be too upset; they said supporters of the first-place Assistant Admin get rewards too, lol.”
┗ [Kallog]: “There’s no way they’ll give out an A-rank item….”
┗ “It’s still better than that crappy axe you’re using, lol.”
┗ [Kallog]: “(Angry eyebrow meme).”
—Kallog, just apply for Assistant Admin one more time.
┗ “Yeah, there’s still one slot open, lol.”
┗ “The Admin is nice; maybe they’ll let you in this time.”
┗ [Kallog]: “For real? Can I?”
┗ “Nah. The bait’s long gone.”
┗ [Kallog]: “Damn it….”
—But Kallog, even if you participated in the popularity contest, your support rate would only be 1%.
┗ “True, lolol.”
┗ “How are you even going to compete with this lineup?”
┗ “Elsa: Saved Gangwon Province, defeated Korea’s first A-rank monster.”
┗ “HunterYaKaeYo: Saved countless Hunter Fanboys, led the trend of suggestive posts.”
┗ “So overpowered, lol.”
┗ “Kallog would only be able to compete with D-rank Porter, lol.”
┗ “Lololol.”
—Who will take the last Assistant Admin spot?
┗ “Right? No one’s talking about it.”
┗ “It’s supposedly a successor’s position, lol.”
┗ “Even the Admin admitted it’s a graveyard position, lol.”
┗ “Maybe the Admin will pick someone when they get bored of the current bait?”
┗ “Probably drag in some trashy concept poster, lol.”
┗ “For real, lol.”
The Ex-Admin [Kallog], who gets bashed every time he breathes, makes an appearance.
I feel a bit bad for him. If he participates in the contest, I should at least send him two potions.
The Assistant Admins seem to have gone off to plan their campaign promises. The Admin chat was quiet.
The gallery was ablaze with posts discussing what promises the Assistant Admins would make. Every post was about campaign promises.
Then suddenly, someone posted.
[Title]: [DemonKing123] Worthless humans, heed the news of my first triumph!!!
I, the Demon King, have finally won a duel against a dangerous and cunning creature!
It was a creature with a certain cuteness, but….
To secure ‘provisions’ for the upcoming great battle, there was no other choice….
Bow before me, all of you!!!
—Hahahahaha! Demon King!! You’re working hard to conquer humanity again today!!!
┗ “It’s me!!! One of the Four Heavenly Kings!!! Stag Beetle!!!!”
┗ [DemonKing123]: “It’s you again….”
┗ “You must have fought an intense battle!!! Please always take care of yourself!! Muhahaha!!”
— “Whoa~~~ Demon King~~~ I’m here too~~~.”
┗ [DemonKing123]: “Who are you….”
┗ “It’s me~~~ The third-ranked~~~ NakjiTangTang~~~.”
┗ [DemonKing123]: “Fine…. I acknowledge you….”
┗ “I hope you discover the wicked hearts of humans~~~.”
┗ “Hey!!! The Hunter Gallery isn’t your playground!!!!!”
┗ “Seriously, this is giving me a headache, lolol.”
—What kind of creature was it?
┗ “Could it be a monster?”
┗ [DemonKing123]: “Did it not raise its sharp claws and cry, ‘Meow~!’?”
┗ “That’s… a stray cat….”
—What did you steal?
┗ [DemonKing123]: “I stole a creamy white liquid!!”
┗ “Crap, lol, that’s just milk, lol.”
┗ “Why are you stealing a cat’s food, lol?”
—Did you even hit it?
┗ “Boo~~ Demon King, you’re trash, boo~~.”
— “Still, you’re consistent. Let’s have a drink….”
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