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◈ I Made a Tier List the Transcendents Are Obsessed With ◈

Chapter 7: Oz, Do You Have a Female Body?

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My achievement as a mage was a fully matured two-star rank.

By cultivator standards, that was six-star Qi Condensation. By martial artist standards, the Creation Realm. By Augmenter standards, a Full Frame-class user.

Simply put, by the standards of so-called superpowered people, I had not reached any particularly impressive level.

I was a half-baked person with one foot still in the mortal world.

'I'm getting chills.'

That was why I could feel the difference between myself and a truly capable person like Yu Seolyeong.

I probably could not beat Yu Seolyeong.

Of course, Yu Seolyeong would not be that strong at this point either.

At most, she would be a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

By mortal-world standards, a cultivator's realms were Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void Refinement, Integration, and Mahayana.

At most, the second from the bottom.

It sounded a little funny, but even in the mortal world, where planetary-scale destruction was impossible, she was second from the bottom.

And yet I was even weaker than Yu Seolyeong.

Of course, that weakness would not be a problem as long as I did not handle myself badly.

Still, it made me feel that I needed to get stronger as soon as possible.

Yu Seolyeong was still waiting for something on the first floor.

She looked a little anxious, and I had a feeling something might happen.

...But that was none of my business.

I had no plans to cultivate for the time being, and the Cheongheo Sect and Yu Seolyeong were characters who only appeared early in the story anyway.

I intended to leave not only Hyeondeok City but Haedong itself before long. There was no reason for me to get involved.

Even if their end was miserable, what did that have to do with me?

They could ask the protagonist, who would appear a few decades from now, for help.

Of course, if the original story continued as it had, even the protagonist would not be able to help them.

"She is pretty, though."

That was probably the only reason I had looked at her for a moment.

She was also the first person I had seen among the characters described in the story.

With that, I briefly went over my past memories and headed outside.

* * *

Points accumulated by writing posts and comments in the Gallery or receiving recommendations.

...Why did those have value?

I could not help but think about it for a while.

Before long, I reached a vague conclusion through speculation? Deduction? Based on the events of the story.

"It must be karma."

Karma, the value more important than anything else to Transcendents.

What was called eop (業) in cultures using Chinese characters.

It did not seem like much, but a vast amount of karma was probably produced through using the Transcendent Gallery.

Of course, when the amount was small, it would not be worth much.

Writing a few posts or comments was probably a drop in the bucket compared to the karma Transcendents naturally accumulated through their positions.

But once it reached tens or hundreds of thousands of points, things would be different.

Of course, the Gallery probably was not created just to farm it.

Either way, this was excellent news for me.

I could not use the resource myself right now, so there was nothing better than exchanging it for other Transcendents' items or knowledge.

I intended to pay for the cyberware with this too.

There would be countless things that held no value for them but were worth a fortune here.

So I just needed to pick a suitable target and suggest a trade...

"What's with them?"

That was what I had been thinking.

[Oz, it's me...] - No Existence

There was a message.

It was probably because I had unlocked the private-message feature not long ago.

There were dozens of other messages as well.

But their contents were mostly ordinary.

This one caught my attention for a particular reason.

[Think about how desperate I must be to ask this, and please help me a little...] - No Existence

[I'm not going to force you to raise my rank, so could you please just keep it where it originally was?] - No Existence

[I'm so worried my rank will drop further that spirits won't even go down my throat these days. Please, I'm begging you.] - No Existence

"...No, why are you going this far?"

The contents of the messages left me a little dazed.

Judging by what they had said about themselves, No Existence, the sender, was probably one of the highest-ranking deities among the Transcendents.

In other words, an absurd being who would easily rank among the top hundred across all seventeen dimensions.

And someone like that was surrendering before a mere tier list.

Of course, they probably thought Oz was another top-ranking deity like them.

Still, it made me realize once more just how much influence my tier list had.

Me > [Why are you making this so heavy?]

Me > [I make my tier list according to my convictions, so I can't adjust it arbitrarily, yeah.]

But I could not adjust the tier list.

Naturally, I had my own convictions, but that was probably why the Transcendents cared so much about my list in the first place.

Its credibility came from the consistent standards of my knowledge of the original story and my own beliefs.

And then I would change someone's rank because they asked?

As if that would happen.

Of course, if I granted the request, they might be willing to meet any demand I made.

In the original story, they had been portrayed as immensely proud and arrogant.

If they were lowering themselves this much, I could guess that the stress they were under right now was no joke.

That meant I could receive a fitting price.

But I had no intention of cutting open the goose that laid golden eggs.

Until the potency of the attention my tier list drew wore off, I intended to keep sucking up points.

[Ha, fuck.] - No Existence

[No, I mean, you're right, but...] - No Existence

The reply came almost immediately after mine.

But nothing followed it.

Then again, they must have agonized for quite some time before making that earlier request.

The fact that someone with that much ego had asked such a thing was simply astonishing and strange.

At the same time, the image I had of them shattered a little...

Their Gallery nickname was No Existence.

They were one of the protagonist's most prominent allies in the original story.

The overwhelming majesty they had displayed in so many scenes had impressed even me.

[Hey, but can't you make an exception just once? I swear I won't ever make a request like this again. Just once.] - No Existence

...Their current appearance stood in complete contrast to that.

Of course, I knew that Transcendents had sides like this.

The Transcendents of this world's Divine Realm were not absolute beings entirely detached from worldly affairs.

But this was just pathetic, you bastard.

Me > [I said no.]

Me > [...But if you do me one favor, I can at least tell you about your rank.]

[At least do that for me. I'll grant the favor... What is it?] - No Existence

Me > [Get me a few Jade Dew Fruits. It'd be nice if you could get me some rootstock so I can cultivate them too.]

[Why do you need Jade Dew Fruit? Don't tell me, Oz, are you female-bodied?] - No Existence

What kind of random question was that?

I was about to say so, but then I thought that perhaps it made sense.

Jade Dew Fruit was a valuable spirit fruit to mortals, but once one left the mortal realm, it was not particularly useful.

At most, it was used for skin care.

Naturally, female forms tended to care more about that.

Maybe it was only natural for them to ask that question.

So, with a little mischief in mind.

And with the practical excuse that it was better to hide my identity as much as possible.

Me > [Think whatever you want.]

[Wow, I never would have guessed. I was sure you were male-bodied.] - No Existence

Me > [Does that matter? Anyway, there's a reason people say you're filthy.]

[Fuck, lol. You sound exactly like some bitch.] - No Existence

Yeah.

Because I had copied that line word for word.

[I can get you as much Jade Dew Fruit as you want.] - No Existence

[So what rank am I on this tier list? Hurry up and tell me, please.] - No Existence

Me > [You first.]

[Argh.] - No Existence

[Should I put it up on the Marketplace?] - No Existence

Me > [Yeah, list it for about 5,000.]

Shortly after that message, I checked the Marketplace and found ten Jade Dew Fruits and some roots listed for 4,999 points.

No one would snatch them up anyway, but I completed the purchase quickly.

"How do I receive them?"

I had finished the purchase, but how was I supposed to collect the items?

As I was wondering that for a moment...

[Marketplace transaction complete!]

[You may collect your purchased items from the Item Storage section at the top of the Marketplace.]

"Oh."

A helpfully timed message appeared.

I immediately selected one Jade Dew Fruit and pressed the collect button.

At the same time, the pale shape of a Jade Dew Fruit appeared before my eyes.

"Ah, so this is how it works."

The shape moved about according to my will.

It seemed that if I clearly targeted a specific point, it would appear there.

I held out one hand and focused my intent. At some point, a Jade Dew Fruit appeared above it.

"...Ha."

If word got out that even a piece of this fruit had appeared somewhere, there would probably be a bloody battle among mortal-world superpowered people.

So I immediately put it into my spatial ring.

It was a cheap one with relatively little capacity that I had bought at a market on the way here, but it was enough for this.

[Hey, Oz, did you get it okay?] - No Existence

[Now tell me my rank already...] - No Existence

Then a notification rang out.

I could feel the desperation just from the text.

I smirked and was about to reply right away.

"Ah, sorry to have kept you waiting."

A middle-aged man in a brown robe appeared in the distance.

I reflexively closed the chat window.

...I did feel a little bad after taking what I wanted.

But this was more important to me right now.

It was not like a Transcendent would keel over just because their reply was thirty minutes late, right?

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