Chapter 254

[The Fourth Wall is showing its teeth in a threatening manner . ]

Fierce sparks filled the air . I quickly ordered Mark to leave the office . I wouldn’t be able to figure out what was happening if he was present .

‘Wait a minute, listen to me . ’

I thought about what I could do to appease this damn wall . ‘You love stories . Once this is over, I’ll feed you many things that you want to eat .

[The Fourth Wall is looking at you with a frown . ]

The growling pressured seemed to calm down a bit . It didn’t seem to have any effect .

‘I have something I need to check . I could die if I don’t know it . Is that what you want?’

The Fourth Wall was silent . Fortunately, this guy didn’t want me to die at the moment . The Fourth Wall was silent for a long time before speaking .

「 The Fourth Wall says, Kim Dok ja . 」

“Yes . ”

「 It wi ll be dan ge rous with out me . 」

I thought I knew what it was talking about . One of the Fourth Wall’s functions included protecting me from the eyes of the constellations . Thus, it was worried about the constellations harming me once it was turned off .

‘I know . However, this time I have to look . ’

In front of my firm will, the Fourth Wall was silent for a moment before opening its mouth .

「10 se conds on ly . 」

10 seconds . Yes, it was a bit tight but it was fine .

「 All chan nels must be block ed . 」

I nodded .

-Biyoo . Play an ad on the channel .

The moment the order was sent via the dokkaebi communication, the screen turned off .

[Many constellations are confused by the sudden advertisement . ]

Okay, this was enough . However, the Fourth Wall wasn’t satisfied .

「 The Fourth Wall says, Not e nough yet . 」

‘Not enough? What?’

The Fourth Wall didn’t answer . I looked up and Biyoo was blinking innocently .

[…Baat?]

Biyoo was clearly blocking the channel properly . It wasn’t enough yet…

At this moment, the previous scenario came to mind .

Hidden Scenario – Kim Dokja Proof of Identity . In this industrial complex, there was a dokkaebi carrying out the scenario . I stared out the window at the ruins of the scenario .

The Star Stream created the hidden scenarios but it was the dokkaebis that guided the direction of the scenario .

[Many constellations are protesting the unstable channel conditions . ]

In retrospect, ‘Kim Dokja Proof of Identity’ was a rather unusual scenario . It was a scenario that precisely knew the demands of the constellations and even contained information about ‘me’ before the first scenario…

No matter how I thought about it, there was only one person who would do this . I sighed and slowly opened my mouth . “Bihyung, won’t you come out?”

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“Ahjumma! Where are you? I came!”

A charitable medical relief station in Seongnam . This shelter, established with the government’s help, was one of the civilian relief organizations that cared for the casualties of the scenario invasions .

Han Sooyoung shouted while kicking a fallen patient in her way . “Kim Dokja’s mother! Kim Dokja’s mother, raise your hand!”

The patient who had been lying down quickly moved away due to the kick . Yoo Sangah hurriedly approached and took care of the patient .

“I’m sorry . Are you okay? …Hey, Han Sooyoung-ssi!”

Han Sooyoung was disgusted by Yoo Sangah’s sharp voice . “Ahhh, go away if you’re going to nag me . ”

“You are too much . These people are patients!”

“I’m a patient too . ”

As the frowning Yoo Sangah finally became angry, the door of the relief centre opened and new patients appeared . They were incarnations wounded by the monsters present in this world . They were people the large wards couldn’t handle and were forced to come to this relief station . Han Sooyoung saw a familiar woman as she looked around .

“Lee Seolhwa is also here . ”

Righteous Lee Seolhwa . She was a colleague of Yoo Jonghyuk who was taking care of the patients here .

Han Sooyoung sighed deeply . “It is a real mess… Do you know? She was originally destined to be a very bad woman . ”

“How do you know that?”

“I just know . Why can’t I know what Kim Dokja also knows?”

Yoo Sangah’s eyes narrowed when Han Sooyoung mentioned Kim Dokja . Han Sooyoung glanced at Yoo Sangah and said, “Kim Dokja has changed too many things . He saved those who were meant to die and killed those who were meant to live…”

“…Is this about the prophecy?”

“You don’t know it anyway . I just want to say that I would’ve never done what Kim Dokja did . ”

Han Sooyoung pulled out a piece of dark chocolate and ate it . The bitter taste of the chocolate spread in her mouth and the bitterness seemed to affect Han Sooyoung .

“The future was ruined by him . The story should flow the way it was meant to . If it was me…”

“If it was you, Kim Dokja and you would be no different from a ‘character . ‘”

It wasn’t Yoo Sangah’s voice . Han Sooyoung smiled and turned towards the person .

“You look healthy, Sooyoung . ”

Kim Dokja’s mother, Lee Sookyung was behind them .

“It doesn’t matter if I’m healthy or not . ”

“My Dokja seems to like unhealthy children . ”

“I don’t care what Kim Dokja likes!”

Lee Sookyung laughed at Han Sooyoung’s reaction before turning her head . “It has been a while, Yoo Sangah-ssi . What’s going on here?”

Before Yoo Sangah could reply, Han Sooyoung interrupted again . “Use Good or Bad Luck, Disaster or Happiness Fortune . ”

Good or Bad Luck, Disaster or Happiness Fortune . It was one of the stigmas Lee Sookyung received from her sponsor, Founder’s Mother .

“Good or Bad Luck, Disaster or Happiness Fortune… you always seem confident . Why are you suddenly trying to lean on something like this?”

“I wish I could solve everything with confidence . ”

“You have lost your information . Is that right?”

Han Sooyoung and Lee Sookyung were different from Kim Dokja . Han Sooyoung only read the ‘early’ parts of the original novel while Lee Sookyung only knew the information she had heard from Kim Dokja . In the end, both of them had uncertain future information .

Lee Sookyung smiled lightly and asked, “Why did you come to me? Sangah can do something similar with Olympus’ power . ”

“Are you joking? Did you forget what Olympus did to Kim Dokja?”

The two of them bickered while Yoo Sangah muttered with an embarrassed expression .

“I’m sorry, I can’t help you right now…”

“Don’t worry about it . I know the situation with Olympus is complicated . Isn’t it in the midst of an internal feud right now?”

“…Yes . ”

Yoo Sangah bowed her head with an unconvinced expression while Han Sooyoung said, “Just leave it alone . They’ve had so much sex that their lifespan is being cut . Faster than―”

Yoo Sangah’s eyes widened at the unexpected words . Lee Sookyung looked at them and laughed .

“Okay, young ladies . What information do you want to know? For reference, I can’t see the concrete future with Good or Bad Luck, Disaster or Happiness Fortune . I can only point the way . ”

Han Sooyoung nodded as if she already knew . “I want to know about Kim Dokja’s current situation . ”

“Hrmm…”

Lee Sookyung looked at Han Sooyoung with a subtle gaze and Han Sooyoung quickly added . “It is because the Korean Peninsula could be destroyed depending on how things are going over there . I am hearing strange stories from the constellations these days… why are you laughing?”

“You’re just cute . ”

Han Sooyoung complained . “Quickly do it . ”

“I’ve been looking at it for a long time . ”

“Yes? …Then what is it?”

Lee Sookyung smiled . “Well, it can be either . A week ago, it was in the middle and three days ago it was inauspicious…”

“What? Inauspicious?”

“Yesterday it was lucky…”

“Then what is it now?”

Lee Sookyung pulled out a bronze mirror without speaking . It was a fragment of the Heavenly Mirror, one of the three divine treasures . “See for yourself . ”

There was an unusual nuance in her voice that caused Han Sooyoung and Yoo Sangah to simultaneously put their heads together . Then faint letters appeared on the bronze mirror .

―Great Misfortune .

For a moment, Han Sooyoung doubted if she read the hanja properly . (Hanja=Chinese characters)

“Is this real?”

“I don’t know . If you’re curious, you can ask the Hongik nebula . ” She said this but Lee Sookyung didn’t look very comfortable either . Then the surface of the mirror shook and the writing changed .

“Ah…? The word ‘help’ appeared?” Yoo Sangah exclaimed and the other two glanced at the mirror .

Help . It was an obvious meaning and there was no need to interpret it . Han Sooyoung and Yoo Sangah faced each other at the same time .

Lee Sookyung sighed lightly and asked them, “Then who will go?”

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[ …Kim Dokja is truly Kim Dokja . How did you know?]

Bihyung appeared out of thin air . His fur was shiny and he was now wearing good quality cloth materials . The dokkaebi used to only wear tiger underwear but that was an old story now .

“What about the Korean Peninsula channel?”

[I was demoted . Can’t you tell?]

“It looks like you’re not doing well without me?”

[You’ll know if you come back . ]

Bihyung didn’t use honorifics as before . Perhaps it was proof that the relationship between us had changed . In fact, my contract with him had ended with my death .

Bihyung stared at me for a while and I gazed back .

[Have you been well?]

“It is as you can see . ”

[Yes, I’ve heard many stories about you . ]

I lightly nodded .

[Do you want to come back to my channel again? I will treat you well . ]

Perhaps Bihyung’s words were sincere . It was a more dangerous proposal because it was genuine .

“Well…”

I didn’t hate Bihyung now . However, I wasn’t naive enough to join hands with Bihyung . Bihyung was a dokkaebi with strings to the bureau and the bureau was one of the most dangerous groups in the world .

[Indeed, you were originally such a person . ]

Bihyung’s expression was changing . It was natural for the dokkaebis to be aloof to those who left their channels . The idea that Bihyung could become an enemy wasn’t impossible . Even so, the time had come sooner than I thought .

[Then what about this? Build a joint channel with me . It is fine since this is the Demon World . ]

For a moment, I thought I heard wrong . “…Are you serious?”

[Think about it once . ]

In fact, it wasn’t a bad suggestion . If I built a joint channel with Biyoo, it would allow Biyoo to learn and grow quickly . “I understand . More than that, now…”

At this moment, I heard Bihyung through the dokkaebi communication .

-Do you want me to turn the channel off?

I nodded . As expected, Bihyung only pretended to be stupid .

-I don’t know what you’re trying to do but I wish you well . I have a few things to do so… let’s resolve the rest at a later time .

I didn’t understand why Bihyung was so favourable towards me . In any case, I was fortunate . Bihyung changed the settings and then a message from the constellations was heard .

[All constellations in the channel are dissatisfied with the channel’s connection!]

I immediately looked at the Fourth Wall .

「 The Fourth Wall says, Do not look for too lo ng . 」

[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ has been released . ]

I felt the curtain surrounding my world disappearing . I didn’t miss this time and turned on the Attributes Window .

[Checking the Attributes Window . ]

A vast amount of information entered my mind .

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[Character Information]

Name: Kim Dokja

Age: 28 years old

Constellation Support: None

Modifier: Demon King of Salvation (Narrative)

Private Attribute: Lamarck Kirin (Legend), Demon World Duke (Legend), Scenario Interpreter (???), ■■ Apostle (???)…

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I could now see my attributes that I couldn’t confirm properly last time . To be honest, it was surprising . I thought my attribute would be ‘reader’…

Scenario Interpreter? Besides, what was ■■ Apostle? Why wasn’t the attribute rating shown?

[You have checked your Attributes Window for the first time . ]

[The effect of the ‘Scenario Interpreter’ is activated!]

In any case, I kept checking the information . The part I watched most carefully was the ‘Exclusive Skills . ’

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Exclusive Skills: Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint Lv . ?, Bookmark Lv . ?, Character List Lv . ?, Fourth Wall Lv . ?, Reading Comprehension Lv . ?, … .

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One of the skills originally hidden with a ■ could be seen .

Reading Comprehension . At first glance, it seemed like the ability to read and understand something but I didn’t think it was that simple . Most of the skills I’ve acquired so far were like that .

I raised my hand to the Attributes Window without thinking . Then there was the sound of sparks appearing and the Attributes Window started breaking apart .

…Was it already 10 seconds? I thought so at first but the problem wasn’t that simple .

A faint ringing was heard in my ears and my head suddenly throbbed . The finger touching the Attributes Window was numb and the world became dizzy . I felt like vomiting . Beyond the insurmountable wall, something was calling me .

[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ is strongly activated!]

The situation wasn’t improved despite the Fourth Wall activating . The surrounding landscapes started to mix together . It was a scene where things that shouldn’t go together were merged . In the midst of this terrible mood, I felt a strange sense of unity . It felt like something I had been wanting for a long time .

Then I heard a strange message .

[Your understanding of the character ‘Kim Dokja’ has increased . ]

What…? The moment my consciousness flickered, someone spoke to me .

「 (So, I told you not to look for too long) . 」

TL: Rainbow Turtle