Chapter 430: 430

Yu Jung-Hyeok pointed the tip of his blade at Sun Wukong and slowly opened his lips .

– How did you expect me to respond when you were emitting that much demonic energy?

The [Voice Projection] was meant to send one’s voice to a designated target . However, Sun Wukong didn’t reply . Instead, it was the [Murim dumpling] on his shoulder that did .

– [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] is a good weapon .

That voice was thick with an untold length of time it had lived through, prompting Yu Jung-Hyeok to strengthen the sword aura permeating on his blade .

The dumpling spoke while opening its eyes to stare at the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] buzzing with the transcendental power .

– However, will you be able to cut me down with a broken weapon?

Indeed, there was a faint crack running in the middle of the sword .

By using the repair tools sold in the [Dokkaebi Bundle], it had been patched up somewhat, but as that statement implied, it was nothing more than a temporary measure . After it broke once, [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] couldn’t even display half of its original might .

Yu Jung-Hyeok spoke .

– We can find out, right now .

– And that’s precisely why you couldn’t win against the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s dark brows quivered noticeably at the mention of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

The outer appearance of the Murim dumpling seemed to slowly morph in the darkness, and the kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok number [999] regained his former look . Indeed, it was the miniaturised version of Yu Jung-Hyeok .

The regular-sized Yu Jung-Hyeok’s eyes trembled faintly .

– Are you an underling of that bastard? What is your goal here?

– The current you will never defeat the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

– If you came here to pass on such a meaningless message, then . . . .

– It’ll be the same story even if you try your luck hundreds of times . Exactly the same as your pathetic repeated regressions . Surely, you must be aware of this by now .

The tip of the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] trembled faintly as well .

Perhaps, that was true . Even after he borrowed Han Su-Yeong and Jeong Hui-Won’s powers, he still failed to defeat that enemy . It was obvious that he’d not be a match even if they met again .

The kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok [999] spoke in the tone of voice indicating that he understood that feeling .

– Yu Jung-Hyeok of the 3rd turn . How much do you know about the ‘Secretive Plotter’?

*

An ancient slumber .

This dream was from the days when he was still called Yu Jung-Hyeok (Hanja: 劉衆赫) .

From 0th turn all the way up to 1863rd .

The story of when he was still the puppet of the Most Ancient Dream, repeating countless lives and fighting over and over again .

[… . Oh, you foolish puppet . You, can’t, save, anything . ]

Yu Jung-Hyeok finally reached the 1863rd turn, only to lose every single one of his comrades .

The Maritime War God, Yi Ji-Hye .

The Beast Lord, Shin Yu-Seung .

The Emperor of Steelsword, Yi Hyeon-Seong .

The God of Medicine, Yi Seol-Hwa .

The Demon of Delusions, Kim Nam-Wun .

The Hermit King of Shadows, Han Dong-Hoon .

The Breaking the Sky Sword Saint, Namgung Min-Yeong .

… . His little sister, Yu Mi-Ah .

Just like how he had many comrades, he also had as many enemies to contend with .

Such as, ‘Ten Evil’ Gong Pil-Du, Anna Croft, Ranveer Khan, Fei Hu . . . .

“I told you, I won’t become your ally . However . . . . “

Some enemies remained hostile until the end .

“Maybe, this regression turn will be your last . “

Some enemies realised he had succeeded and congratulated him .

And then, the final war began .

[Oh, the ‘Iron Blood Conquering King’ . ]

Fighting alongside him as his sworn friend, the ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’, the Great Sage, Equal of Heaven .

[I’m helping you because the is an even greater evil . ]

Working as his ally at the final hurdle, ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’, Uriel .

[… . This one is simply avenging the death of his Incarnation, that is all . ]

Standing on his side for the sake of avenging Kim Nam-Wun, the ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’ .

[Y ou fool ish Con stell ations . . . . . ]

They advanced forward while breaking past the waves of the Outer Gods . They cut down countless packs of tentacles rushing at them, and faced off against the enormous Statuses emitted by these gods from the other world .

Stars in the sky fell non-stop .

Lights from the great Nebulas continued to disappear . , , for visiting .

Incomprehensible texts were written on that wall .

That was where Yu Jung-Hyeok met the ‘Dokkaebi King’ .

[Oh hear ye, the poor, tragic puppet . You have come far too quickly . I’m sorry, but past here ‘doesn’t exist’ yet . ]

Yu Jung-Hyeok couldn’t understand what that meant . To figure it out, he threatened the ‘Dokkaebi King’ . But the damn guy didn’t reveal its true meaning even as it died .

[You can’t complete this universe . ]

It was a gigantic wall that Yu Jung-Hyeok couldn’t go past with his power . But he still instinctively understood it .

‘Past this wall is where I’ll find the answer I’ve been looking for . ‘

Unfortunately, his [Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship] that shattered the heavens and destroyed stars failed to break this wall . It was as if this wall didn’t possess the nature of ‘breaking’ in the first place .

Yu Jung-Hyeok despaired .

He came this far while losing everything, yet he couldn’t go past this one wall?

[Your ‘Conclusion’ is guiding you towards a brand new existence . ]

He needed to become stronger .

He needed many more Fables .

He needed the force capable enough to break past this ‘Wall’ and go beyond it .

[You have become an ‘Outer God’ . ]

And that was why Yu Jung-Hyeok had become an Outer God .

He now could drift along the countless world-lines he had lived through, and eventually, he was no longer ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ .

Other gods respected him who wandered among the universe of stories, and Dokkaebis from other world-lines feared him .

The Wennys liked him, though . One of the Recorders of Fear even created a title for him, too .

– The great schemer who dreams of journeying past the Wall . . . . The ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

0th regression turn, 1st, 2nd . . . . 1863rd .

He aimlessly floated around all these numerous world-lines and memorised the stories of his life once more .

He had earned many Fables along the way, but his overall power remained the same after paying for the Probability of traversing through different world-lines . However, he got to learn many new pieces of information that he failed to notice when he used to rely on regression only .

Such as, the origin of all of his regressions, his sponsor .

The ‘Most Ancient Dream’ .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ wandered around again and again for the sole purpose of finding this being .

Once, he discovered its traces in , and he also discovered the records of it within as well .

But he couldn’t find its actual, real body anywhere .

And that was why the ‘Secretive Plotter’ became even more convinced . He was sure that the answer to everything was beyond the ‘Final Wall’ he encountered at the ‘Final Scenario’ .

Sadly, though, he failed to discover the method to breach that wall even after searching through all of the world-lines .

His hope slowly withered . His will that not even regressing for 1863 times could break was slowly becoming dimmer . He dreamed many times of falling into an endless slumber . If only he really could .

If only he could find . . . . the eternal rest he’d been searching for .

It was at this point that he discovered a single planet shining so brightly . The ‘Secretive Plotter’ was quite familiar with it .

The 8612th solar system, Earth . The location where the tragedies of all scenarios began .

However, something was wrong . An unfamiliar sensation wrapped around this world-line stabbed into his memories .

‘… . Was there a regression turn like this one?’

And it was here that the ‘Secretive Plotter’ witnessed an existence he had never encountered before .

… .

… . . . .

… . . . . .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ slowly opened his eyes .

He saw the N’Gai’s Forest above the cold darkness . His jet-black exhaled air dispersed within the now-chilly air .

It was unknown for how long he was there, but nonetheless, the kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok number [41] was next to him .

“You had a nightmare . Someone like you who had witnessed the Conclusion still can’t escape from dreaming, it seems . “

[[… . Well, I too am nothing more than a mere ‘puppet’, that’s why . ]]

Tsu-chut, chuchuchut . . .

Perhaps as the after-effects of spending an exorbitant amount of Probability, thin layers of sparks danced around the entire figure of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

[41] quietly observed that phenomenon for a while before opening his lips . “I see that the effects from the 1863rd’s story changing is rather considerable . “

[[… . Your business here?]]

“All contact from [999] has been cut off . “

The irises of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ drew in deeper after hearing those words . Dark and deep light flitted in and out of his eyes as if he was reading something, before he opened his lips again .

[[ . . . [999] hasn’t died . ]]

“Then, the meaning of his contact being cut off is . . . . “

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ didn’t reply .

[41] spoke with a voice containing a faint trace of rage . “It was a mistake to send him . Send me, instead . [999] is too soft . “

[[He is not as soft as you think . ]] Faint vestiges of a Fable brushed past the eyes of the Secretive Plotter as if he was re-reading the events of the 999th regression turn . [[Even if it was through sheer luck, [999] is the only one besides myself to reach the edge of the ‘Conclusion’ . Because of his experience, I too was able to witness my ‘Conclusion’, as well . ]]

That reply prompted [41]’s expression to crumple . “However, he’s also the one who willingly gave up on the ‘Conclusion’ . Think about this . He can mess up our goal . “

[[It doesn’t matter . He is also a ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’, after all . ]] The Plotter’s unfathomable eyes now stared at the skies of the N’Gai’s Forest . No one could tell what exactly he was thinking about . [[He too, has the right to pursue the end he wishes to see . ]]

[41] quietly observed the Plotter’s eyes before lowering his head slowly .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ . Yu Jung-Hyeok who had lived the longest time in all of the universes out there . No one in the could understand the depths of his sorrow .

” . . . . If that’s what you want . “

Even if it was another Yu Jung-Hyeok .

*

[Scenario maintenance will conclude in five minutes . ]

[The channel will re-open soon . ]

As the message reverberated throughout the empty air, two Yu Jung-Hyeoks were still standing face to face . [999] was the first one to form a wry grin .

– It seems that you don’t know anything . But then again, I guess it’s only obvious .

“Don’t know anything” – those words really got under Yu Jung-Hyeok’s skin . This bastard or that other one, they were all saying the same damn thing .

‘Yu Jung-Hyeok who doesn’t know anything’ .

Just what the hell didn’t he know?

The blade of the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] faintly shifted over to Sun Wukong as if he had managed to swallow back his anger .

– Just spit out what you’re plotting here . Why did you come? Is this Sun Wukong one of your collaborators?

[999] glanced at Sun Wukong after hearing that threat, and replied .

– He isn’t an Outer God . We’re simply using each other .

– In that case, it’ll be fine to kill you both .

[999] then stepped up slightly as if to defend Sun Wukong and spoke .

– If you wish to give up on this regression turn, then go ahead .

– What rubbish are you talking about?

– Complete this ‘Journey to the West Remake’ with this guy . If you do, I shall teach you a way to defeat the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

– Why should I believe . . . .

Almost at the same time, blue sparks danced around [999]’s body .

The [Existence Pledge] .

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s eyes trembled from unrest .

– You said that I’ll never defeat him even if I regress hundreds of times .

– And I merely meant that you can’t defeat him by ‘regressing’ hundreds of times .

[999] lightly leaped up and landed on the blade of the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] . Yu Jung-Hyeok reflexively took a step back, but his mini version approached him regardless .

– You always thought that your life so far has been a living hell . Because, you’ve been dealing with everything all on your own .

A chaotic Fable instantly spread all around . Yu Jung-Hyeok flinched and stared at it .

It was of an eternal nightmare that a certain someone had lived through .

[Fable, ‘Hellscape of Eternity’, has begun its storytelling . ]

As if it was reacting to this Fable, the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] permeating with shining light shuddered greatly .

Yu Jung-Hyeok who experienced the 999th regression turn spoke again .

– How many such hells do you think exist in this world?

Fin .