Chapter 298

Yoo Jonghyuk died .

[The ‘Fourth Wall’ is shaking violently . ]

It didn’t feel real .

[The ‘Fourth Wall’ is severely shaking!]

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

I couldn’t breathe from the horror that filled my lungs . Why did Yoo Jonghyuk suddenly get the ‘writer’ attribute and why did he choose to die or regress? I seemed to know but it was hard to understand . There was no more of the original Yoo Jonghyuk that I knew . Only a handful of stories proved his absence .

. . . I felt like this .

「 This is a novel . It is a story in a novel . 」

I slowly inhaled and breathed out again .

「 Yoo Jonghyuk escaped from being a character . 」

I got tinnitus and my heart beat like crazy . I once again breathed in and out .

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

My senses slowly returned and the murmurs of the party members were heard .

” . . . What happened?”

“Didn’t you just hear? The scenario is cleared!”

I slapped my cheeks twice and raised my head as I felt the status of the apocalypse dragon flowing from the seal .

[The nebula ‘Olympus’ is preparing the battlefield for the Apocalypse Dragon . ]

[The nebula ‘Vedas’ is preparing for the disaster . ]

[The nebula ‘Tamna’ . . . ]

If my prediction was correct, there was still time . I shouted towards the party members scattered all over the place . “Everyone gather together . I have a story to tell . “

The party members gathered around me despite their wariness . Someone was supporting the fallen Han Sooyoung while Kim Namwoon and Lee Jihye showed strong hostility towards me .

“After a while, the Apocalypse Dragon will be released . In relation to that―”

“Shut up! What were you doing earlier? You and Yoo Jonghyuk joined together to attack Master!” Lee Jihye screamed as she aimed her blade at my neck . Then Lee Hyunsung muttered, “Dokja-ssi, that thing . . . “

“Captain! What about this jerk? Should I take care of him?”

Kim Namwoon filled his hands with the black flames . Han Sooyoung shook her head . ” . . . Everybody, listen to him . “

“Huh?”

“Listen to him . “

Han Sooyoung’s eyes were open but the empty pupils proved that he gave up everything . Han Sooyoung resembled me . She might look like this on the surface but she already understood the situation in her head . Maybe she was thinking about the next plan .

I looked around at the party members . Lee Hyunsung, Kim Namwoon, Lee Seolhwa, Lee Jihye, Shin Yoosung . . .

The people who survived the 1863rd round . I could’ve told them the truth about Han Sooyoung . Han Sooyoung was using you . In order to make a new world, she wanted to end your story here . Even so, I couldn’t say it .

“Everybody, take care of the captain . Don’t jump to rash conclusions . Listen to Dokja-ssi . “

It was because they were seriously following Han Sooyoung . The group’s hostility towards me was dampened by Lee Hyunsung’s words .

I started the story . “The liberation of the apocalypse dragon isn’t over when the seal is released . You might not know it but the end of this scenario . . . “

I looked up at the sky . The other party members also looked up with me . The sealing sphere was crumpled . The fragments of the seal were breaking little by little . As time went on, the density of the sky was becoming thicker .

I relied on the Fourth Wall and spat out empty words . “Go back to the headquarters and prepare for the next scenario . Maybe there will be three days left . “

***

I could immediately leave the 1863rd round . However, I couldn’t do this because the characters in this turn were people I liked .

I earned some time from the liberation of the apocalypse dragon by using the Grass-Cutting Sword as the last key . It was lacking a bit of status to be used as a key, slightly delaying the release of the apocalypse dragon .

I had to use this time wisely . Now that Han Sooyoung had chosen this route, the destruction of at least one nebula was determined . The most important thing was to avoid Earth being destroyed .

The next day, I handed Lee Hyunsung a considerable amount of information . They were all plans that I had mapped out beforehand . From avoiding the disaster of the apocalypse dragon to gaining new stories and items . I also handed over the list of the strongest people .

Lee Hyunsung listened to my story from beginning to end and suddenly looked up . ” . . . How does Dokja-ssi know all of this?”

“It is the reason why Han Sooyoung knows . “

I tried to avoid unnecessary explanations but Lee Hyunsung’s expression was unusual . Lee Hyunsung hesitated for a long time before saying something unexpected . “Is Dokja-ssi a ‘plagiarist writer?'”

” . . . Plagiarist writer?”

“You . . . aren’t? I’m sorry . “

I was filled with confusion . “Did Han Sooyoung talk about her attributes?”

“Ah, well . . . “

Lee Hyunsung scratched his head with a troubled expression . I couldn’t believe it . The prideful and selfish Han Sooyoung showed her original attribute? Why?

“Everyone get out . “

I was just thinking this when the door to the situation room opened and someone entered . It was Han Sooyoung who was wearing a hat deep over her face .

“Yes, I understand . ” Lee Hyunsung bowed, packed up and went out of the room . The only ones left in the room were Han Sooyoung and me .

Since I cleared my Outer World Covenant, it must be the same for Han Sooyoung . In such circumstances, there was no reason for her to show hostility to me .

“Your mental state seems better . “

“Shut up . ” Han Sooyoung answered as she folded her arms and sat down on the chair . I asked, “Why are you complaining?”

“Complaining? Is that what you’re calling it? Thanks to you, all the people here might die . “

I saw the party members waiting outside the room for us . The people gathered outside the transparent wall were talking with serious expressions . It was probably because of Han Sooyoung’s desperate expression shortly after Yoo Jonghyuk’s death . I stated, “It is better to go to the next scenario than fall asleep forever . “

Outside the window, Lee Hyunsung met my gaze and smiled faintly . Lee Hyunsung knew that Han Sooyoung was a plagiarist . Maybe Lee Hyunsung knew that Han Sooyoung would abandon them . He was bear-like but he had a deep heart . Lee Hyunsung might’ve predicted that this would happen . Nevertheless, he decided to follow Han Sooyoung .

I continued speaking, “It isn’t over when the apocalypse dragon is released . Don’t you also know?”

Han Sooyoung bowed her head and didn’t answer . The apocalypse dragon that was gradually being freed from the seal . Once freed, there would be a disaster in the Star Stream . This didn’t mean that all future scenarios would end .

In fact, in the 1863rd round, Yoo Jonghyuk freed the apocalypse dragon and saw the end of the scenario .

“Explain it to the members . Everything you did and everything you hid . It might not be a perfect development but there is a way to do it . “

” . . . “

“There are still many places where you can borrow power . Anna Croft’s Zarathustra, the Seekers of the End, the Transcendent King and ‘the person’ who lives on the reincarnation planet . . . “

“I told you to shut up . ” Han Sooyoung looked up and glared at me . The prideful eyes glared at me from below the hat . By the way . . . something was strange .

Han Sooyoung’s eyes were swollen . As I stared at her face, Han Sooyoung growled and pressed her hat lower .

I didn’t like Han Sooyoung of the 1863rd round . Even so, I could understand Han Sooyoung . The world that she wanted to make was a bit like the world I dreamt of .

Han Sooyoung spoke through gritted teeth . “Yoo Jonghyuk became an ‘author . “

“Why did he suddenly get such an attribute?”

“I guess he wanted to write a new story in a very sincere manner . That is the condition to opening the ‘author’ trait . “

I could understand but also didn’t understand . A world that couldn’t complete the round but was struggling to survive . . . Yoo Jonghyuk went out of it in order to write his own story .

Han Sooyoung didn’t speak but we could clearly see what the other was thinking . Han Sooyoung raised her head, took off her hat and lit a cigarette .

I asked, “How about a question and answer exchange? Don’t use the system because it is annoying . “

Han Sooyoung smoked with an emotionless face . “Lies are included?”

“Okay . “

“You first . “

I nodded . “Who do you think is the author of Ways of Survival?”

Han Sooyoung once again sucked in smoke and blew it out . Then she replied, “A very big baby . “

” . . . Baby?”

“In a world without scenarios, only the desire to see the next story . . . a baby with a terrible imagination . “

Something came to my mind . A world without scenarios . There was only one such world in this Star Stream .

“Don’t tell me . . . “

“You better not say it with your mouth . ” Han Sooyoung pointed at the sky . “It might be listening . “

I closed my mouth . It wasn’t impossible if that ‘existence’ was really the writer . However . . .

My head was in a complicated state as I told Han Sooyoung, “It’s your turn . Ask . “

“I’m thinking, please wait . “

” . . . There isn’t much time so ask me quickly . I’m leaving tomorrow morning . “

“Tomorrow morning?”

“I have fulfilled the Outer World Covenant and need to go back to my original world . “

Han Sooyoung frowned slightly . “You are finished and you’re going to throw us away? That’s great . My world is ruined . . . “

“Everything I know was handed to Lee Hyunsung . They can proceed to the end without any other help . “

I thought as I glanced at the people outside the situation room . From the beginning, this world was ‘their world . ‘ I asked, “When are you going to leave?”

“Leave?”

“You have also fulfilled the Outer World Covenant . “

I wasn’t the only one to finish the Outer World Covenant . Yoo Jonghyuk had died and Han Sooyoung fulfilled his mission . She would now leave to complete her ‘world’ with the help of Secretive Plotter .

“Han Sooyoung?”

Han Sooyoung stared at the floor and replied, “I’m not going . “

TL: Rainbow Turtle