Chapter 413: 413

I remained within my crushed consciousness as Fables continued to send whispers in my direction .

[Fable, ‘Demon King of Salvation’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

Yes, I’m still listening .

I haven’t fallen asleep .

[Fable, ‘King of a Kingless World’, is sustaining you . ]

I endured on while eating the Fables I lived through like a newborn chick being fed . After every sensation from my skin and joints disappeared, it felt as if time had stopped moving . It was like a clock tasked with maintaining my inner balance was broken .

[‘Final Dragon of the Book of Revelation’ is letting out a violent roar!]

[Indescribable Darkness’ is glaring at ‘Final Dragon of the Book of Revelation’ . ]

The contest of strength was still going on outside . A face-off, one calamity against the other .

I could sense the vibration from the shockwave spreading from far away, even inside this fog .

Although the Status remained strong, the size of the vibration was gradually weakening . As I expected, it seemed that the ‘Indescribable Distance’ was in a superior position .

The Apocalypse Dragon was so strong that it surpassed all possible imaginations, but as a calamity, it had woken up from its seal not too long ago . It’d not be quite enough to contend with the ‘Indescribable Distance’ that had been drifting around in the for a long, long time .

So, the balance of power would slowly tilt towards the latter . The problem would be with its clones, though .

[Exclusive skill, ‘Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint’ 3rd stage is activating!]

I planned to not use this power on my comrades . Unfortunately, I didn’t have any other choice in my current situation .

Tsu-chuchuchuchut!

Accompanied by the pain akin to my head being crushed, dim, indistinct images floated up to my view . The white noise was pretty intense, perhaps due to the worsening damage to the Fables, but I could still just about make out the contents somehow .

⸢”Go and save Kim Dok-Ja . “⸥

The chaotic battlefield appeared before me . And then, I saw the Ruyi Bang rocking the skies of that battlefield as well .

He did come .

Golden-coloured thin fur danced entrancingly in the air . Jang Ha-Yeong, ably enduring the advent of the Great Sage, was releasing her new-found Status towards the sky . The Black Flame Dragon and Uriel were helping her out, and behind them, I also saw Kyrgios and the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint, too .

Hades and Persephone were protecting my companions from the clones . The ‘Mass Production-type Maker’ was busy loading the collapsed Constellations in his [X-grade Ferrarghini] . . . .

And soon, a huge explosion noise resounded out from the centre of the battlefield, and a gigantic ship suddenly made its appearance .

⸢This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come . ⸥ (TL: Genesis 9:12)

The Fable of the Ark as written by began dyeing the battlefield . It seemed to me that Metatron had come to a decision . Indeed, he must’ve realised that sealing the Apocalypse Dragon away would be too difficult at this point .

⸢”Ahjussi . . . . “⸥

Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Ji-Hye aboard the Ark were looking up at the sky . The former was supporting Yi Gil-Yeong, who seemed to have blacked out . It was her duty to stop the boy from going on a rampage, and thankfully, my Incarnation seemed to be performing her duty admirably .

Constellations and Incarnations had evacuated onto the Ark, and then, I heard the sound of the Island collapsing .

[Constellation, ‘Guardian of the Mandala’, is looking at you . ]

I thought that a faint outline of the Buddhist rosary had appeared before my eyes, and that was when I heard his true voice .

[Oh, dear child . It has finally come to this . ]

I could only smile weakly towards him .

‘You knew this would happen already . ‘

The 108 rosary beads that appeared before my eyes began emitting wondrous light .

Sakyamuni must’ve predicted this moment as soon as I appeared in his radar .

To him, the flow of time wasn’t in a straight line but actually, one giant circle . He might not know of the detailed information on the future, but through the events of the past, he was able to read the present .

[The history of this island comes to an end here . And things will get rather busy from now on . ]

I already knew why he’d get ‘busy’ thanks to the ‘Ways of Survival’ .

The rosary beads vibrated all at once as they became whiter and whiter . Soon, this island would be closed . And just like what happened tens of thousands of years ago, this island would seal the Apocalypse Dragon once more .

This island would become a giant rosary that contains the Apocalypse Dragon .

‘Please, allow my companions on the Ark to escape from the island . ‘

The rosary before me emitted a faint trace of light . It was a sign of agreement .

[However, you can’t be saved, my child . ]

I nodded my head .

I thought as much .

Well, I was stuck right in the middle of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Nameless Mist, after all .

[Oh, dear child, I pray for story’s . . . . . ]

His true voice was swept up by the shockwave as well as the wave of the fog of darkness and got erased .

My whole body began shuddering like a lone leaf in the wind . The rate of my fragmented Fables disintegrating was speeding up . I curled up even more .

I was almost there .

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If I endure this part, then would acquire a brand-new Great Fable .

We’d be able to meet the condition of ‘Climax (轉)’ that leads us towards the Final Scenario .

[Fable, ‘King of Kingless World’, has stopped its storytelling . ]

But then, Fables began cutting out one by one .

[Fable, ‘Returnee’s Disciple’, has stopped its storytelling . ]

[Fable, ‘Gourmet Association’s Heretic’, has stopped its storytelling . ]

It became harder to breathe and my vision grew dimmer .

[Fable, ‘One Who Is Loved By an Archangel’, has stopped its storytelling . ]

I knew that everything would be over if I lose my consciousness here .

[Fable, ‘One Who Hunted the King of Calamity’, is curling up . ]

[Fable, ‘One Who Murdered an Outer God’, is resisting . ]

That was why I desperately held on to my consciousness .

I filled my head trying to get away from me with intimately familiar words .

Right, let me recall the ‘Ways of Survival’ .

For some extraordinary reason, though, what appeared in my mind wasn’t the contents of the ‘Ways of Survival’, but my life during my middle school years . Memories of me sneakily using the PC without the knowledge of my cousins to read the ‘Ways of Survival’, or when I was doodling on the corners of the school textbook . Memories, when I transcribed the contents of the novel on a notebook, or when I drew up the chart of the power scale of all the characters .

– Dok-Ja, would you like to become a writer when you grow up?

A teacher asked me that after discovering my doodling . I replied that what I wanted to become wasn’t a writer, but a reader . The teacher formed a strange expression after hearing that, but eventually smiled back at me .

– That’s not such a bad idea . Because a book needs a reader to be complete, you see .

That teacher-nim who said that to me passed away four days later due to a car accident .

That was life .

I knew that . I knew that life was not some story .

[Fable, ‘Demon King of Salvation’, has stopped its storytelling . ]

However, even still… .

[Fable, ‘Companion of Life and Death’, is continuing on with its storytelling . ]

I would’ve liked this life to become a story .

‘I want to live . ‘

I reached out, but there was no sense of anything .

From afar, something was breaking past the battlefield of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Outer God to approach my location . Although it was an incredibly faint general outline of a person, I recognised who it was right away .

[ is acknowledging your stunning achievement . ]

[You have acquired a new ‘Great Fable’ . ]

Warm rays of light leaked in from somewhere and enveloped my body . Just as I tried to say something, a voice came to me from somewhere .

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I want to save him .

I definitely want to save him .

Han Su-Yeong bit her lips hard enough to draw blood and thought to herself over and over again .

[Constellation, ‘Demon King of Salvation’, is currently activating ‘Will to Live Lv . 1’ . ]

Anyone who heard that message would think the same as her .

It wasn’t from just anyone, but from that Kim Dok-Ja .

“It’s still not too late . “

Han Su-Yeong heard Yu Jung-Hyeok’s words and wiped the blood trickling down her lip before forming a grin . “You know, I’ve never yielded to anyone in my life before . “

“I know that you’ve reached your limit . “

“You talking about yourself?”

“I can endure longer than you . “

Kim Dok-Ja wasn’t too far from them now . However, both time and their situation didn’t look good at all .

The forward momentum Jeong Hui-Won added earlier could only take them this far . With their remaining energy, they were unable to fight against the clones nor break past that thick fog of darkness .

Ku-gugugugu . . .

From Han Su-Yeong’s bandages, now unwrapped, a mixture of blood and Fables flooded out . Her complexion was now incredibly pale .

Yu Jung-Hyeok spoke . “Are you planning to meet a dog’s death here?”

“It’s just that, I can’t trust you 100%, that’s all . “

Something cold flitted in and out of Yu Jung-Hyeok’s eyes just then .

She still asked him, though . “You know that I possess [Lie Detection], right?”

“Of course . “

“Do you really consider Kim Dok-Ja as your comrade?”

“You’re asking an unnecessary question . “

“I know that the two of you went through all sorts of crappy scenarios and built up some sort of a bond in the process . But, separate from all that, there is something I still can’t wrap my head around, you see . ” Unlike what she said earlier, she didn’t activate [Lie Detection] during her speech . “You originally didn’t have any allies and stuff like that . But, you’ve changed so much after entering this regression turn . “

” . . . “

“That’s why I can’t trust you . You used to forsake your allies all for your great cause, so why are you trying to rescue Kim Dok-Ja now?”

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s gaze met Han Su-Yeong’s .

It had been such a long time since she last saw him in a pitch-black darkness that for a moment there, she involuntarily ended up shuddering . It was possible that she had touched something she shouldn’t have . Because, she didn’t know much about Yu Jung-Hyeok’s regression turns, to begin with .

He replied to her . “Once these scenarios come to an end, there is something I must confirm with Kim Dok-Ja . “

One couldn’t read any emotions or thoughts from his face . That was like his version of despair, maybe his rage, or even his hellish loneliness . Or, it was possible that none of that belonged to Yu Jung-Hyeok but to Han Su-Yeong herself, instead .

“And that is why, until then I . . . . “

As things stood, there was only one truth she could glean from what he said . “Okay, so, you’re planning to keep him alive, is that it?”

She looked to her right hand as she finished speaking . [Black Flame] burning in darkness waited for her there . The very last drops of her magical power were drawing on her hand .

“You better keep your promise . If you can’t save him, then . . . . “

Her burning gaze landed on Yu Jung-Hyeok next . Her small palm touched his back, and then, an intense storm of magical energy whipped up .

” . . . . Just drop dead and go to the next turn!”

The Black Flame Dragon’s grace extending out from her arm permeated into Yu Jung-Hyeok for a moment; the magical energy from Jeong Hui-Won and Han Su-Yeong combined in that instance to create wings of light and darkness just beyond his black coat .

Kuwaaaaaah-!!

Yu Jung-Hyeok grasped the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] tightly as he crossed the vast emptiness .

He was able to cross the fog of darkness he couldn’t possibly traverse with his own powers alone with the aid of Jeong Hui-Won and Han Su-Yeong .

[Grace of the Constellation, ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’, is permeating into you . ]

[Grace from the Constellation, ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’, is permeating into you . ]

Even then, his magical power reserve continued to fall . The density of the fog grew heavier and the starlight grew fainter in turn . Yu Jung-Hyeok gritted his teeth .

He needed a sharper, keener, more accurate story .

A Fable that could pierce through that fog of Calamity somehow… .

[Fable, ‘the One who Opposes the Miracle’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

There it was . Right there in the path of emptiness he was gazing at, the history he lived alongside Kim Dok-Ja lay scattered like the Milky Way . Yu Jung-Hyeok ran on that path .

[Fable, ‘One Who Murdered an Outer God’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

He ran on one of the Fables, and… .

[Fable, ‘Giant’s Liberator’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

And, as he ran on yet another Fable, his Incarnation Body began moving faster and faster . Soon, gentle rays of golden light enveloped his entire figure . Transcendence level two, then three… . The moment he surpassed level four, his body transformed temporarily .

Wu-dududuk .

Bones all over his body screamed, and as if it had been completely overhauled, his appearance changed to become even more agile than before .

And eventually, into Transcendence level five .

[Fable, ‘Comrade of Life and Death’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

He saw a star dying alone in the distance . But to him, that guy no longer looked like a Constellation now .

Kim Dok-Ja .

It was still not too late .

The Fables they remembered still remained, and the people who remembered him were still alive . The story he so wanted to create, it was still alive and kicking in this world .

[Fable, ‘Kim Dok-Ja Company’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

You mustn’t die in this place .

[Incarnation Body’s durability has reached its limit!]

[The ‘Ark’ is calling out to you!]

Yu Jung-Hyeok suddenly felt a powerful suction force pulling him from behind . That power was preventing him from getting closer to Kim Dok-Ja .

[Constellation, the ‘Guardian of the Mandala’, is calling out to you . ]

“Shut up!”

Yu Jung-Hyeok resisted against all those forces and advanced forward . Kim Dok-Ja was right in front of his nose . Ten steps away, nine, eight… . He endured against sparks tearing into his body and continued to march on .

Five steps away, four… .

He reached out .

He reached out towards the ends of Kim Dok-Ja’s clothes drifting aimlessly in the emptiness . The moment his hand was about to touch the fabric . . .

Along with the sensation of his breathing coming to a stop, the surroundings began shaking . It wasn’t because he blacked out or had lost his consciousness .

When he regained his wits, he realised that someone was grabbing his wrist . A firm, strong hand was holding his wrist, not letting it go .

And it happened to be a very familiar hand .

[Incarnation Yu Jung-Hyeok’s Sponsor is greatly shaken up . ]

The entire world was trembling; noises of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Outer God clashing resounded out, and in the distance, the island and its dimension disintegrating could be seen . But what Yu Jung-Hyeok saw just then was far, far more shocking than those sights of the apocalypse itself .

Past the ‘chaos’ that was endlessly ominous and impossible to determine how far it extended, a white coat exactly the same as Kim Dok-Ja’s danced in the space .

This being now carried the unconscious Kim Dok-Ja under his arm .

From the pitch-black darkness, that abyss-like pair of eyes was looking at Yu Jung-Hyeok .

Slowly, agonisingly slowly, trembling spread up from the ends of his toes, and his grabbed wrist shook like crazy . Because he knew who this being in front of his eyes was . He knew this being so well and because of that, he couldn’t say anything at all .

– Are you ‘Kim Dok-Ja’ from the future?

Some time ago, Yu Jung-Hyeok had asked that question to a certain someone .

He asked that because he initially thought that only Kim Dok-Ja knew of the story extending as far as to the 1863rd regression turn .

However, now he thought back to that moment, he realised how stupid that question was .

A being who knew all the stories right up until the 1863rd turn .

A being who understood a story the best was not the ‘reader’ who had read it, but the ‘character’ that actually lived through that very story .

[Go back . You can’t save anyone . ]

Fin .