Chapter 511: 511

The night sky momentarily turned pure white from Surya’s sunlight .

Just like how we fought together back in the ‘Demon King Selection’ battles as well as in the ‘Gigantomachia’, Surya’s train was rushing towards us .

“Will pay the train fare later!”

With Han Su-Yeong shouting out pompously as our lead, we got on Surya’s train .

An incredible explosion of sparks occurred at the train’s wheels . The vehicle did a huge doughnut once in the air while emitting loud noises, before shooting straight towards the transparent wall as sonic booms exploded out from its rear . Yi Hyeon-Seong shouted out .

“It’s breaking!”

Along with the loud ‘Craaaaaaack!’, the transparent walls began crumbling down .

We continued to break past the layers of walls and dashed forward . The [Final Wall] recording the Fables of the Constellations was gradually getting closer .

The Dokkaebi King’s loud roar was messily intermingling with the Fables from the 999th turn .

[Constellation, ‘Supreme God of Light’, is unleashing all of his Status!]

Surya’s entire body as he sat in the engine room glowed brightly like a white-hot incandescent sun . Fables dripped out from the wounds visible all over his body . Maybe, he too had already paid a hefty price to reach this place .

[Constellation Supreme God of Light’s ■■ is ‘Final Engineer’ . ]

Even then, his Fable didn’t stop . Without showing anything outwardly, he used his own body as fuel to operate the [Sun Train] . As if that was his duty as the one who lived until now as the ‘Supreme God of Light’ .

[Great Fable, ‘Demon World’s Spring’, is seeing you off on your journey!]

[The power output still isn’t enough!]

Despite his fierce will burning throughout his entire body, the train’s speed was gradually slowing down . It was all because the closer we got to the centre of the [Final Wall], the thicker the density of the protective walls became .

And just before the wall seemingly made out of net of texts collided against the front of the train, Jeong Hui-Won made her move .

“Leave it to me!”

“H-Hui-Won-ssi?! Eck!”

The moment she grabbed Yi Hyeon-Seong’s neck tightly, his body shrunk down rapidly and eventually transformed into a steel sword . And this weapon’s blade was soon burning hotly in the flames of the [Hellfire] .

[Great Fable, ‘Torch that Swallowed the Myth’, is seeing you off on your journey!]

‘Development/Seung(承)’ .

The Fable that illuminated the battlefield of was now glowing brightly to scorch the [Final Wall] .

Kwa-kwakwakwakwa!

Truly a stupendous amount of flames gushed out from the front of the train, enveloping the frontal surface of the vehicle in intense heat .

Jeong Hui-Won releasing [Hellfire] from her entire body shouted out in a voice seemingly sizzling in lava .

“Fable, shmeeble! It’s all going to end right here!”

Every time her sword glowed brightly, the net of texts was torn apart .

She wielded her sword over and over again . Even as the sparks from the aftermath’s storm ravaged her, she didn’t forget to improve further upon her way of the sword .

This was the path Jeong Hui-Won’s life had created . We were running on this path . However, it was still not enough . We needed a much stronger power than this .

The sentences on the [Final Wall] were unfolding in the distance .

⸢In that final moment, Uriel reached out towards the sky . ⸥

⸢My Fable might come to an end today, but . ⸥

⸢There will be a star that shall never forget this story . ⸥

[Great Fable, ‘Season of Light and Darkness’, is seeing you off on your journey!]

The Fable of both Uriel and the Abyssal Black Flame Dragon crossed the Wall to be transmitted .

The Fables of Good and Evil collided energetically and protected us, and wings made out of texts sprouted from the sides of the train . Just like a roaring Apocalypse Dragon, the vehicle devoured the walls before our eyes and continued to advance forward .

[Stop!!]

The ‘Dokkaebi King’ began chasing after us even before we realised it . Fables flooded out from his arms and legs, and despite the 999th turn’s individuals pursuing him, he still extended his arm towards us .

Tsu-chuchuchuchut!

The Probability’s sparks exploded out from the floor, shaking the train’s central axis . The vehicle shook hard, and just as it was about to lose its balance, more sentences floated up above the [Final Wall] .

⸢The Great Sage watched the thunder spear fly towards his neck and spoke up . ⸥

⸢Don’t stop, maknae-ya . ⸥

The Great Sage, Heaven’s Equal who never yielded right up until his final moments, was there . At the same time, a man wearing a black coat riding at the rear of the train stood up .

“Yu Jung-Hyeok!”

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ possessing Yu Jung-Hyeok raised his hand to the air . When he did, countless ‘Outer Gods’ rose up from amidst the storm of aftermaths occurring on the floor . They weren’t the regular ‘Nameless Ones’, either .

[Great Fable, ‘Liberator of the Forgotten Ones’ is seeing you off on your journey!]

[[Gogogogogo]]

[[WillhelpWillhelpWillhelpWillhelp]]

[[DidntforgetDidntforgetDidntforgetDidntforget]]

The ‘Nameless Ones’ that helped us or fought against us during the ‘Journey to the West’ propped up the rocking train . As if this vehicle was a ship riding on the rough waters of the Tongtian River, they were carrying us towards the [Final Wall] .

[You have approached the core of the ‘Final Wall’ . ]

Eventually, all the walls protecting the [Final Wall] crumbled down . The train was damaged everywhere, and Surya must’ve had blacked out as he was no longer releasing his Fable .

Not too far away, we could see the real [Final Wall] . A wall far thicker and expansive than any other I had ever seen .

[[This is the wall that I couldn’t cross . ]]

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ spoke up .

⸢’Is it also not doable this time too?’ That was the final moment for the 58th turn’s Yu Jung-Hyeok . ⸥

⸢’I made a mistake . But, during the next turn . . . . ‘ The 96th turn Yu Jung-Hyeok closed his eyes in that manner . ⸥

Countless ends for Yu Jung-Hyeok streamed by above the wall . It wasn’t just him, though .

⸢’The last hero of Hwangsanbeol’ Gyebaek continued to shake his eternal rival who’d never wake up again . ⸥

⸢Goryeo’s number one swordsman and the Maritime War God, having lost an arm each, stood back to back and unleashed their final Statuses . ⸥

The Wall that recorded the endings of all the Constellations . The last moments of all the Constellations that included Uriel and the Great Sage were being recorded on the Wall in real-time .

The companions and I disembarked from the unmoving train and dashed towards the wall .

⸢If only those sentences were erased; and if all those tragedies could be stopped . ⸥

[You can’t interfere with the ‘Final Wall’s’ sentences . ]

[Applicable paragraphs are prohibited from being overwritten . ]

[Please input the cancellation code . ]

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ spoke up . [[No regular methods will work . I’ve already used physical force before, but couldn’t destroy this wall . ]]

Jeong Hui-Won shouted out . “We came this far, so there must be . . . . !”

[[From here on, it’s your job . ]]

He was now looking at me . Somewhere within that gaze was the 3rd turn Yu Jung-Hyeok’s, who had completed the scenarios alongside me .

⸢What exactly is the ‘Conclusion’ you wish to see?⸥

This was what I needed to do in order to answer that question .

Yi Ji-Hye opened her mouth . “He couldn’t do it even after 1863 lifetimes, so . . . . Ahjussi, can you really do it?”

It was as she said .

I was not a ‘protagonist’ like Yu Jung-Hyeok, nor was I a ‘writer’ like Han Su-Yeong . However, because I was neither the protagonist nor the writer, maybe there was something only I could do .

Maybe, I could remember that one thing that the protagonist couldn’t see, and the writer had forgotten all about .

⸢The job that only him could do, him that read the ‘Ways of Survival’ for a very, very long time . ⸥

I quietly stared into the ‘Final Wall’ . I focused all my attention and read the wall’s surface again and again . Not too long after that, the wall radiated brilliantly . Just like a certain screen in the past that I had been reading over and over again .

⸢’Three Ways to Survive the Destroyed World’ . ⸥

Everything from that epic tale was being established within me . I hadn’t yet read the final revised version of the ‘Ways of Survival’ . Which meant I didn’t know how this story was supposed to end . However . . .

⸢[Oh, dear unfortunate puppet . You have come far too early . I’m sorry, but beyond here ‘doesn’t exist’ yet . ]⸥

The 1863rd turn’s Dokkaebi King from the ‘Secretive Plotter’s’ memories said that .

⸢But, what if all these were handed over to me without having been written yet?⸥

My companions and I rushed towards the wall .

⸢What if, someone wanted me to complete this story?⸥

[Exclusive skill, ‘Reading Comprehension’, is activating beyond the limit!]

My overheating head felt like it’d explode, but I kept my eyes wide open and continued to glare at the wall .

The Fables written on the [Final Wall] . Those Fables were connecting with each other inside my head . I saw how each Fable was connected to another . I saw the cleverly-installed narrative devices within the Fables and then, the contexts surrounding them .

⸢Those that did appear in the novel, but had never been used until its end . ⸥

When that happened, the previously perfect-looking story began showing gaps within it . Gaps that hadn’t been filled . Things that would be collected as time passed by .

Things that were waiting for this story’s ‘epilogue’ .

⸢Kim Dok-Ja knew exactly what that was . ⸥

[You have awakened a new attribute!]

[Attribute, ‘Foreshadow Collector’, is activating!]

The story’s gaps that only I could have discovered, someone who watched this tale as a ‘reader’ from the beginning till its end . I stared at the ‘five gaps’ visible on the expansive wall’s surface .

“Ha-Yeong-ah . “

“Leave it to me . “

The first one to step up was Jang Ha-Yeong . She accurately placed her palm on the wall’s gap that I pointed out .

[The ‘Wall of Impossible Communication’ has discovered its intended position . ]

[The ‘Final Wall’s’ first theme has been completed!]

Along with the explosion of blinding light, the wall’s fragment slotted back in its spot; and then, a single sentence leaked out from there .

⸢This tale was a story about an ‘impossible communication’ . ⸥

“Hui-Won-ssi, Gil-Yeong-ah!”

Jeong Hui-Won and Yi Gil-Yeong nodded their heads and placed their palms on their own gaps . Then, the two portions of the ‘Wall that Divides the Good and Evil’ became one .

[The ‘Wall that Divides the Good and Evil’ has discovered its intended position . ]

[The ‘Final Wall’s’ second theme has been completed!]

⸢This tale was a story about indistinguishable ‘Good and Evil’, and . . . ⸥

And now, it was Yu Sang-Ah’s turn .

“Yu Sang-Ah-ssi . “

She slowly walked forward, found her gap, and reached out .

[The ‘Wall that Decides Samsara’ has discovered its intended position . ]

[The ‘Final Wall’s’ third theme has been completed!]

⸢And, this tale was a story about a tragedy locked in a cycle . ⸥

With that, four gaps had been filled, leaving the last one . I looked up at that empty spot .

The last fragment of the [Final Wall] . That was the fragment that never appeared in the original novel .

⸢Kim Dok Ja . ⸥

[The 4th Wall] was addressing me .

“The 4th Wall . “

Both it and I knew exactly what we needed to do here .

A blinding fragment made up of texts floated up above my palm . Those texts were now talking to me .

⸢I li ke y our st ory . ⸥

I couldn’t say anything . While unable to say anything, I ran towards that last empty gap and slotted the fragment inside .

⸢This tale was a story of a reader who wanted to change its conclusion . ⸥

Right next moment, an incredible shower of sparks exploded from the wall .

[The code has been lifted . ]

The wall’s authority was opening up towards me . The secrets of the wall that even Yu Jung-Hyeok couldn’t cross was now streaming into me .

The sentence of the Constellations floated up right before my eyes . It was the last sentence of the Great Sage and Uriel that I wanted to stop so badly .

⸢The blades flying in at the necks of the Great Sage and Uriel . . . . ⸥

I powerfully grabbed that sentence .

Tsu-chuchuchuchut!!

It felt like my hand was set on fire . Fables clung onto me and stabbed into my hand like sharp blades . However, I held on . I couldn’t let this sentence end like that .

[The ‘Final Wall’ is puzzled by your actions . ]

[The ‘Final Wall’ is asking you, wasn’t this the story you wanted?]

I didn’t want it . Who would want a conclusion like this?

[Stop! I said, stop that right now!!] The ‘Dokkaebi King’ persistently chased after us, Fables dripping from all over his body . Thick murderous aura was filling up his eyes . [You must not touch the Wall! You’ll regret it! There is nothing beyond this Wall! Not even what you wished for, not even what you wanted to see!]

He was wrong . The ‘Most Ancient Dream’ was beyond this Wall .

“Wenny King!”

The Wenny King hiding within my shadow imprisoned the Dokkaebi King’s body .

[Finally, we meet again, my old friend . ]

[… . The Wenny King!]

[Go on ahead, Kim Dok-Ja . Fulfil our agreement . ]

I didn’t let go of the sentence still in my hand .

⸢The blades flying in at the necks of the Great Sage and Uriel w . . . . ⸥

While grabbing hold of that ‘w’, I prevented the next vowel from generating . Along with ‘Pu-shu-shuk!’ noise, my fingers were sliced off . Fables leaking out nonstop screamed out .

[You are not the ‘Dokkaebi King’ . ]

[You cannot stop the progress of the applicable Fable . ]

It was then, something soft enveloped the back of my hand accompanied by the “Ba-aht!” noise . With every ounce of her energy she could summon, Biyu rubbed her whole body against that sentence as if she had become an eraser .

⸢The storyteller had sided with Dok-Ja/the reader . ⸥

Along with Biyu, I smacked down on the sentence with everything I got, over and over again . I swung my fist at the unstoppable sentence, then even stabbed it with my sword . Please, please, please!

⸢And eventually . . . . ⸥

Very faintly, cracks were developing on the letters .

The already-written sentences were scattering away .

The Conclusion was changing .

⸢Te bades flyin in aaat te nec of Great an Ur el . . . . ⸥

The broken words initiated a storm of powerful sparks, before transforming into something I couldn’t read at all .

⸢■■blade■■■■Ur■■■■Sage■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■⸥

[[Ooooooooh-!!]]

Countless ‘Outer Gods’ howled out . Their cries even sounded reverential as if they were exalting a great god .

I held my hand that bled Fables nonstop, and witnessed the Wall’s surface changing . Shin Yu-Seung had come closer without me realising it to tightly hold my hand .

“Ahjussi . . . . “

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

[Great Fable, ‘One Who Breaks the Final Wall’, has been acquired . ]

[Great Fable, ‘One Who Breaks the Final Wall’, is continuing on with its storytelling!]

[ is seeing you off on your journey . ]

As the messages exploded inside my head, the Wall before our eyes collapsed .

The Fables written on the Wall and our own were now getting all jumbled up . Countless ■s were spinning around in sync . And that made them resemble circles .

And just beyond those pitch-black circles, I thought I could see something .

[Hahahaha!! This is it! As per our agreement, I shall be the first one to confirm what’s beyond the ‘Final Wall’!!]

The Wenny King shoved the ‘Dokkaebi King’ aside and jumped right into the black circle . And as the latter began crying in despair, the blade of [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] pierced his throat cleanly .

My companions ran up to me .

⸢Everything in this world was crumbling down . ⸥

The [Final Wall], the , everything was collapsing .

⸢The broken wall was getting jumbled up with the companions’ Fables . ⸥

⸢It became gradually impossible to tell apart what was a Fable and what was reality . ⸥

Something beyond the circle was looking at this side . I too stared right back at it .

⸢ . . . . Just what is that?⸥

Little by little, it became harder to breathe . Something was sucking me in . Everything I experienced, felt, and judged were now streaming above the [Final Wall] in sloppy, broken sentences .

⸢Every . . . ⸥

“one . . . . !!”

I couldn’t figure out whether I was saying that or the Wall was .

I was now simply a description on that Wall .

Some sentences could only be seen faintly, while some others couldn’t be seen at all . Eventually, all the flowing sentences began disappearing one at the time . Slowly, so agonisingly slowly .

Just like that, every sentence above the Wall came to a st● .

Fin .