Chapter 222

In this round, that guy doesn’t exist…

As soon as I read this sentence, an electric current flowed from my head to my toes .

…Perhaps, no, it couldn’t be . Of course not . There were many people who could be called ‘that guy’ by Yoo Jonghyuk . In the previous regressions, there were a few ‘guys’ that Yoo Jonghyuk met…

Then I remembered Yoo Jonghyuk’s thoughts that often appeared and my mind became complicated .

「 Yoo Jonghyuk had a thought . 」

「 ‘Don’t think it will improve by repeating the regressions . ’ 」

「’There is only my birthday in this life . ’ 」

「 ‘I don’t know if I can do it . Still, I won’t give up . ’ 」

Shit, by all appearances, these were my words . I quickly scrolled through the pages towards other scenes . The words ‘that guy’ often appeared . He never wrote the name ‘Kim Dokja but it was clearly me .

Of course, I couldn’t be sure 100% because I didn’t remember everything I said . Even so, I couldn’t imagine anyone else saying these words to Yoo Jonghyuk . If someone else had spoken such cheeky things, Yoo Jonghyuk would’ve cut off their heads .

“…I’m having a psychotic break . ”

[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ is wondering about your words . ]

I ignored the message from the Great Sage the Equal of Heaven and slowly took a deep breath . I needed to organize my thoughts . There was still time . Unexpectedly, the Fourth Wall helped me .

「 Kim Dokja thought: In short, this is the current situation . 」

Yes, tell me .

「 One, the first revision of Ways of Survival had arrived . 」

「 Two, the revision started from Yoo Jonghyuk’s fourth regression . 」

「 Three, a person presumed to be ‘Kim Dokja’ appeared in the recollections of the fourth regression Yoo Jonghyuk . 」

It was a very straightforward organization . These three facts were proof of only one thing .

「 Yoo Jonghyuk failed the third regression . 」

I couldn’t think of anything else, no matter how I looked at it . If Yoo Jonghyuk and I reached the end of this world, he wouldn’t have moved onto the fourth regression .

This was the most logical reasoning . The third round that I intervened in was a failure . The time after the failure was newly recorded in the revision of Ways of Survival .

I wondered how it was possible but this was a world where many impossible things had already happened . I let out a brief sigh and searched Ways of Survival again .

One question was resolved but many more opened . Through the Fourth Wall, I tried to sort out the questions that came up one by one .

「 Why don’t I exist in the fourth round of Yoo Jonghyuk? 」

No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t get an answer . It might be because I wasn’t a character or it might be due to other problems . In any case, it was obvious that ‘I’ no longer existed from the fourth regression onwards . There was a second problem I had to focus on .

「 If the first revision is a depiction of future events, could there be a second revision depending on my actions? 」

Nothing was certain . Maybe this first revision couldn’t be ruled out as a ‘definite future . ’ Still, I was certain that it wasn’t a high probability . If this was a ‘definite future’, the author wouldn’t have sent it to me .

I didn’t know why but the author was giving me an opportunity through this ‘revision . ’ If I kept going along this path, the third regression would end in failure . Then in the fourth regression, Yoo Jonghyuk would repeat things alone .

The author was sending a warning . Of course, the author might have a terrible stench but… in any case, I decided not to consider it because there was no answer .

“The first step is to read all of this again… my head will hurt . ”

I pressed a hand against my temple and kept reading Ways of Survival . Some places were the same while some were changed . Anyway, I felt numerous emotions as I read the story .

‘That jerk Yoo Jonghyuk, he is still like this despite everything I told him . ”

I was thinking about it .

‘Eh? Look at this . Hasn’t it changed a bit?”

I thought about it . Also…

‘Yes, this part was very interesting . I liked this part . ’

‘Fuck, there is too much explanation…’

‘…No, the sentences seem a bit better? Did the author grow?’

Stuck in these thoughts, I returned to the reader’s identity and fell into Ways of Survival again . He was still a sunfish but the interesting thing was that my intervention reduced Yoo Jonghyuk’s minor mistakes . The most notable part was that he caught the ‘ichthyosaur’ like me at the beginning of the fourth round .

「 Yoo Jonghyuk thought, ‘That guy got a hidden scenario here . ’ 」

He also didn’t die from the Theatre Dungeon in the 8th and 11th regressions .

「 “…I lived because of that guy . Well, I still would’ve somehow survived . ’ 」

I was almost moved to tears when I read this part . If I had a place to show off then I would’ve boasted .

‘Everyone, take a look . That damn sunfish has grown . ’

Of course, I was the only reader of Ways of Survival so there was nowhere to boast . My quick scrolling suddenly stopped as I thought of a question . Wait a minute, this guy was doing better than I thought? Then what happened next? Yoo Jonghyuk who was affected by me… would he reach the ‘proper’ ending of this world?

“What are you doing? I heard from Aileen that you are dying . ”

“Kim… Jonghyuk-ssi . Is your body okay?”

The door opened and Jang Hayoung and Han Myungoh entered . I had forgotten that I told Aileen to call the two of them .

“Eh, is that a smartphone?” Jang Hayoung saw the device I was holding and ran over in a flash .

I lightly changed the hand holding the phone and answered, “No, go away . ”

“Can you receive messages? A call? The Internet?”

“Do you have a jaw?”

Jang Hayoung made a sullen expression at my cold reply . “Then why did you call us here?”

“Are you still keeping in contact with the constellations I told you about?”

“Ahh, them?” Jang Hayoung shrugged and replied, “They aren’t interested . ”

“Really?”

The future scenarios would be difficult to overcome with my strength alone . Until now, the opponents were disasters that descended through the scenarios or individual constellations . Those who would disturb me in the future were bigger . For example, those damn Vedas guys who fucked me over with ‘fate . ’

If I wanted to fight them, I needed to know the trends of the constellations and transcendents with similar ideas .

“Everybody seems busy doing their own thing . Most of them didn’t even answer . ”

…It was still too early . It was much later in the story that Jang Hayoung became the ‘King of Transcendents . ’ Therefore, the constellations who were by Jang Hayoung’s side in the original novel might be different at this point in time . Moreover, the ‘original’ had already changed .

I sighed and said, “It’s fine . You can go out . ”

“…What? You were the one who called me . ” Jang Hayoung grumbled and left the room, leaving only Han Myungoh behind .

Han Myungoh opened his mouth first . “You know, it is strange . I knew you from the days in the company but…”

“That’s enough . Do you know why I called you . ”

“Ahem . ” Han Myungoh seemed to know the reason . “…In fact, I can’t contact him . ”

“Isn’t your connection to the household restored?”

“It recovered . However, there is no response from the demon king . ”

Not long ago, I broke Han Myungoh’s connection to Demon King Asmodeus using the Four Yin Demonic Beheading Sword . Still, it was only a temporary thing . I thought it was time for contact with Asmodeus to be re-established . Yet there wasn’t any contact from him yet .

“Isn’t there anything he wants to ask?”

“Perhaps he no longer believes me . Or…” At this moment, Han Myungoh’s expression changed . “I-I am connected!”

I was nervous for a moment . Demon King Asmodeus . A powerful presence among the 72 demon kings would now speak to me through Han Myungoh’s eyes and mouth . By the way, Han Myungoh’s expression was a bit strange .

“Huh?”

“What is it?”

“Something is wrong . ”

“What happened?”

“H-He came directly!”

“Huh?”

“The demon king came directly!”

One side of my heart cooled . The demon king came directly . The meaning of these words was simple . Demon King Asmodeus directly visited the scenario area with his own body .

I asked while constantly receiving the channel messages from Biyoo . “Is he near here?”

“I-I think he has already found you…”

Already found me? No matter how much I raised my senses, I couldn’t feel the demon king at all . If the demon king really came near here, not only would the constellations of the channel be turned upside down, the enormous pressure should’ve caused a group of incarnations to bleed to death . By the way…

“Wait, don’t tell me…?”

If I thought about it, I did everything under the name of ‘Yoo Jonghyuk . ’ The beings who didn’t enter the channel or know exactly what was going on were likely to guess my position through the Star Stream . According to the Star Stream, my current position was…

“Shit . ”

“W-Why all of a sudden?”

“Head Director Han, do you know the way to the Gilobat Industrial Complex?”

Yoo Jonghyuk was in danger .

***

“Kim Dokja!”

“Hooray Kim Dokja!”

“The independence of the industrial complex!”

Yoo Jonghyuk listened to the shouts coming from all over the Gilobat Industrial Complex and had a complicated expression .

‘I didn’t mean to do this . ’

Yoo Jonghyuk frowned as he stared at Duke Gilobat who died in his hands . Sparks were flying around Yoo Jonghyuk’s body due to the excessive opening of his transcendent power . He didn’t need to open it at this point .

‘It was too early to open the first stage of transcendence . ’

However, it was impossible to handle his work in the Demon World in a short amount of time without opening the power . It was a power that was deliberately hidden from the constellations but he was caught by one of them . Yoo Jonghyuk watched the Uriel doll sitting on his shoulder .

‘I don’t think this person has any ideas . ’

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is satisfied with your achievement . ]

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is touched by your comradeship . ]

“…The duke gives a lot of coins . Thus I killed him . ”

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is laughing . ]

Yoo Jonghyuk didn’t answer and looked at the panel screen in the duke’s office . There were low-quality scenes that seemed to be taped by the wenny people .

-Yoo Jonghyuk!

-I am Yoo Jonghyuk!”

It was an absurd scene . Hundreds of people shouted that they were ‘Yoo Jonghyuk . ’ The most disturbing thing was the huge guy yelling it in the centre .

-Yoo Jonghyuk! Yoo Jonghyuk! Wah!

Yoo Jonghyuk watched the scene with a frown before turning his head .

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is turning red . ]

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is urging you to go and meet Kim Dokja . ]

Yoo Jonghyuk shook his head . “…I’ve confirmed that he is alive . Cancel your personal scenario and send me back to the original world .

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is surprised . ]

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ says the personal scenario hasn’t ended yet . ]

[The contents of the personal scenario of the constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is to meet Kim Dokja…]

“Do you really think I will accept that personal scenario?”

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is greatly shocked . ]

The shoulders of the Uriel doll trembled and she had an expression that she wouldn’t make even if Eden was destroyed . Yoo Jonghyuk watched for a while before sighing .

“Is this okay?”

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is raising her head with a sullen expression . ]

“I have become a duke of the Demon World with this . But you are an archangel . I’m asking if there is a problem with this . ”

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is greatly embarrassed . ]

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ says she hasn’t thought about it . ]

“…Shit . ” Yoo Jonghyuk spoke all types of curses as he wondered how he could act in the future with the archangel .

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ is warning you!]

A tremendous darkness started gathering around him . Yoo Jonghyuk instinctively drew the Heaven Shaking Sword at the formidable aura . However, the opponent was someone he couldn’t win against just be drawing a sword .

A dark abyss gathered into an essence . The deepest darkness of the Demon World was manifested before his eyes . Yoo Jonghyuk knew this darkness very well .

“Run away . I can’t protect your symbolic body . ”

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ says it isn’t possible . ]

[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’…]

Yoo Jonghyuk’s shoulders were shaking slightly . The Uriel doll had never seen such a sigh before and grabbed Yoo Jonghyuk’s shoulder with a panicked expression . It wasn’t easy to calm down the trembling . As if he didn’t want to acknowledge the fear, Yoo Jonghyuk opened his mouth with a nasty expression .

“…I was once killed by this guy . ”

The next moment, the body of darkness revealed itself with a tremendous aura that burst the bodies of the incarnations in the area .

[You are in a place like this, Demon King of Salvation . ]

TL: Rainbow Turtle