Chapter 287: 287

TL Note: A lack of gender words in Korean means that sometimes the gender of a character is ambiguous . This chapter was the first time a gender pronoun appeared for Gabriel, showing that she is female, not male like previously assumed .

[Archangel!]

Demon King Ose was looking to this side with eyes that were frightened beyond surprise . It was the same for the constellations of the absolute evil system . For them, the archangels of Eden were the worst enemies .

It wasn’t strange that they would be shocked at the sight of two archangels emerging simultaneously .

[Why are there archangels? The angels of Eden mostly died after that day!]

I heard the murmurs and felt regret . This was the world of the 1863rd regression . Gabriel and Jophiel wouldn’t know what happened in this round .

[■ck, what nonsense is this?]

Gabriel’s true voice rang out like she had been waiting . Like Uriel, Sswear words emerged from her mouth . I had to stop her before things became bigger .

“Gabriel . You don’t need to listen to their nonsense . Quickly handle them!”

[ . . . Don’t whine at me . Cheeky human . ]

There were places to tackle but she had to follow the words this once . Gabriel’s power filled my entire body .

[I am the archangel Gabriel . ]

I could feel my hairs standing up . Finally, Gabriel’s main story was heard .

[I have been sent to tell you this good news . ]

Of course, that ‘good news’ only applied if Gabriel was on the same side .

[Don’t be scared! The archangels are nothing but remnants who have lost their stronghold!]

Demon King Ose encouraged the constellations . However, as he was talking, Oso was already moving far away . It happened when the constellations held their star relics and rushed towards me .

[This is about the fixed end . ]

Gabriel’s story, the ‘Revelation of the Apocalypse’ had begun .

「 You have seen a ram with two horns, the great horn between the eyes is the first king . 」

Golden strings flowed from my body . The size of my body was growing along with the strings . My body was overflowing with power like a ram in breeding season . Pure white horns rose in the place where the demon king’s horns had grown .

[U-Uhhhh . . . ]

The constellations of the absolute evil system were frightened just looking at the horns . Some constellations dropped their weapons like helpless incarnations and some of them rushed around screaming .

[Uwaaah!]

It was like they saw their end .

「 He will be stronger and stronger with his own power, not my power . 」

The six wings behind my emitted a brilliant flash of light as the attacks of the constellations poured towards me . Even so, I didn’t receive any damage .

The solid metal summoned before my eyes neutralized all types of attacks . It was a weapon that the giant god clan were likely to use . The snake shining with a white light climbed up the shaft and the snake’s eyes were studded with a dazzling windowpane reminiscent of a cross .

This was Gabriel’s divine speak, the Preference Scale . I grasped the handle of the spear . All of a sudden, the world felt like it was tilting . All beings in the vicinity were placed on a scale . They were on one side of the scale or the other .

I turned my head and Gabriel was smiling . Her palms touched my shoulder .

「 He will commit terrible destruction and shall destroy the mighty and holy people . 」

The spear shone brilliantly and I threw it with all my might .

Then part of the world was erased . The constellations attacking me from the sky, those running from the side and even the ones who had lost their fighting spirit and had sunk to the ground . They disappeared like they never existed in this world . The only things left were the existences on this side of the scale .

This was the true power of the archangel . Gabriel opened her mouth and spoke in a grudging voice . [ . . . I missed one . There was a limit to the number of petals . ]

In fact, Demon King Ose had anticipated the situation in advance and had already fled . He knew that he couldn’t cope with an archangel alone as a lower-ranked demon king . However, Jophiel didn’t just watch .

A red fog was generated behind me and followed Ose . The whole world screamed like it was in pain . It was apparently a red fog but when I looked closer, it was an army of small soldiers .

The 503rd unit of Eden turned the sky red . It was the elite unit that followed the Commander of the Red Cosmos .

[Kueeeeok!]

Red thorns rose from the bloody fog that moved like piranhas . A terrible scream was heard in the distance as the soldiers of heaven held a festival of blood . Then after a while, everything became silent .

The torn incarnation body of the demon king flew in the wind like crumbs . The silent Gabriel moved my feet and trampled on the fragments of the demon king .

[It’s nothing . ]

[The constellations of the absolute evil system are greatly baffled by the emergence of the archangels . ]

[The demon kings are doubting the probability of the Star Stream . ]

[Some constellations have condemned the abnormal intervention of the archangels . . . ]

[Shut up these ■■ . ]

The six wings stretching from my back flew through the wind as countless feathers and the power of the archangels diminished .

I felt a bit nauseous but the burden on my body wasn’t as severe as I thought . Maybe it was because the amount of probability in the 95th scenario was much more abundant or maybe it was the Outer World Covenant with Secretive Plotter . Either way, it was good for me .

[It isn’t finished yet . ]

However, Jophiel didn’t retract her strength . Jophiel continued by giving a command . [Kill him too . ]

She was pointing to Yoo Jonghyuk who was as stiff as a statue . I hurriedly waved my hands . “There is no need . He isn’t a bad guy . . . “

[He is absolutely evil . ]

My right eye stung and the world started to look different .

[The stigma ‘Eye of Sin’ is triggered!]

Eye of Sin . It was Archangel Jophiel’s stigma .

[Measuring the ‘sins’ of the target . ]

The eye that saw the ‘sins’ accumulated in every existence in the world . There was only a dark abyss in the place where Yoo Jonghyuk had just been standing .

[The ‘sins’ of the target can’t be converted to a numerical value . ]

A darkness with no end . It was a darkness that got worse just by looking at it . Even the demon kings or constellations of the absolute evil system didn’t have such huge sins .

Jophiel spoke . [It is an endless sin . I have never seen such a dense sin apart from Baal and Agares . All the sins in the world combined can’t go beyond his sins . ]

I knew . Yoo Jonghyuk had committed many sins . He killed many people . He destroyed many worlds . Countless souls cursed him .

[He must die . ]

However—

“It isn’t possible . “

This person, he also saved others .

“You can’t kill him . “

Maybe it was nothing compared to everything he screwed up . Obviously, there were some things he saved .

[The constellation ‘Commander of the Red Cosmos’ is looking at you . ]

In front of that sullen gaze, I gulped and opened my mouth . “This guy is still useful . You shouldn’t kill him now . “

[ . . . Demon King of Salvation . It is because of the scribe’s orders that you are still alive . ]

“You spared me so you can spare one more person . “

I looked back and saw that Yoo Jonghyuk’s body was lightly shaking . His consciousness was somehow struggling to emerge from the water .

Jophiel spoke towards Yoo Jonghyuk . [If he wakes up, there is no guarantee that I can stop him . We have to kill him now . ]

Jophiel tried to summon her fog again . I inwardly sighed . No matter what I thought, this was the only way .

“What if I can stop him from waking up without killing him?”

Jophiel’s red fog stopped .

“What if there is a way to stop him from regaining consciousness while controlling his unconscious self?”

[Is there a way to bind him? What trick are you going to use?]

The moment Jophiel was about to explode again, Gabriel stepped in .

[Jophiel, leave it . In any case, we need time to figure out the situation . ]

Jophiel thought for a moment before responding . [ . . . If he shows signs of waking up, I will kill him immediately . ]

I nodded . Then I ran straight to Yoo Jonghyuk . “Hey . “

The vibrations of his body were becoming stronger . I had seen this scene several times in the original novel . Maybe Yoo Jonghyuk’s consciousness would wake up in a few minutes . It was difficult if that happened .

I slowly moved my hand and grabbed Yoo Jonghyuk’s neck . Just as he did to me . It wasn’t easy to raise him up because he was bigger than me .

“Let, go . “

Yoo Jonghyuk’s consciousness had almost reached the surface of the water and he spoke in a choppy manner . His fingertips moved slowly like he was trying to catch me .

I knew how to wake up Yoo Jonghyuk from his regression depression . In other words, it meant I also knew how to sink him deeper into that melancholy .

I saw Yoo Jonghyuk’s fingertips moving and opened my mouth . “Do you remember? The 33rd round . You cleared the 40th scenario and Lee Jihye said this . “

Yoo Jonghyuk’s eyes dimmed and his moving fingertips stopped .

「 “It would be nice if Master didn’t have to go to the next round . ” 」

“Think about it . You weren’t always unhappy . Right? In all the rounds, there were moments when you were happy . “

Yoo Jonghyuk’s expression was becoming stiffer .

“The 173rd round . You protected Earth for quite some time . You also saw Lee Jihye receiving her high school diploma and Lee Seolhwa smiling at someone’s child . “

「 “Jonghyuk-ssi, are you happy that you’re alive?” 」

Every time I spoke, Yoo Jonghyuk’s expression collapsed . It wasn’t despair that broke down Yoo Jonghyuk .

“The 383rd round . You finally cleared the 75th scenario . Fortunately, nobody died in that round . That was the first time . Then Lee Hyunsung told you . “

「 “Jonghyuk-ssi, I won’t forget today until I die . ” 」

The feather-like memories sank into his head .

“Then the 498th round . . . “

Yoo Jonghyuk’s palms moved to cover his ears . The usual Yoo Jonghyuk wouldn’t have fallen from this much . Now it was different . I held his hands and kept talking . “That happened 10 times . “

A human sank deeper into the water just because of the weight of these feathers .

“Twenty times . “

My breath clogged up and my lungs tightened . I could feel what Yoo Jonghyuk was going through . Only I could feel it . The most primitive darkness at the bottom of one person was swallowing his ego greedily .

“100 times . It repeated over 1,000 times . “

All those words were destroyed . All the happy memories flowed back to a time they could never return to . Through the countless regressions, the meaning of happiness faded . All the values he preserved became pieces of torn paper .

“Yoo Jonghyuk . “

Yoo Jonghyuk’s self was sinking into the deep sea . It was to a place that he could never come up from without someone’s help .

“Have you protected all the things you wanted to keep?”

I looked at Yoo Jonghyuk’s miserable face and thought: Don’t worry Yoo Jonghyuk . I’ll do the rest . You stop and rest .

[Your understanding of the character ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ is increasing explosively . ]

Yoo Jonghyuk’s empty eyes were showing memories of losing his master . I didn’t use Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint but it wasn’t hard to read .

「 I want to die . 」

「 I want to finish all of this . 」

「 If only I can never wake up . 」

A few drops of rain fell from the sky . It was black rain made from the blood of the demon kings and constellations . Liquid also flowed onto Yoo Jonghyuk’s face . Yoo Jonghyuk’s gaze lowered and finally fell on me .

I was looking at the moment a human’s spirit collapsed . There was a broken voice . Like a creaking machine, Yoo Jonghyuk stammered, “Wh,at . . . should, I, d . . . o?”

I released Yoo Jonghyuk’s hands and told him . “I’ll finish your story . “

Yoo Jonghyuk looked at me with empty eyes . However, I didn’t see him . The sub scenario window had just updated .

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[Sub Scenario (Secretive Plotter) – End of the Regressor]

Clear Conditions: Yoo Jonghyuk’s death .

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I reached for Yoo Jonghyuk’s Heaven Shaking Sword that was on the ground .

TL: Rainbow Turtle