Omniscient Reader

"Y-you, you . . . . "
I finished patting his head and dragged a nearby piece of floating debris to me .

(Sun Wukong fired a wind-type magic behind him . )

[Exclusive skill, "Way of the Wind Lv . 10", is activating!]

Along with the gust of wind, the debris, with me as its pa.s.senger, shot forward at a rapid pace . Yi Gil-Yeong"s voice called out to me from behind, but it was buried under the noise of the rus.h.i.+ng winds .

[Someone in the is suspecting your real ident.i.ty . ]

[The Wenny King is glaring at you!]

The Nine Stars noticed my movement and began pursuing me instead . A couple of them even shot past me, rather than stopping me here .
I spotted the location of the "sacred texts" in the distance . A single book emitting beautiful light rested on top of a small island shrouded in a mysterious fog .
And also, the Nine Stars and "s Constellations were standing before it .
I sighed softly under my breath .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 98 . 3%]

[Damage to your Incarnation Body is critical . ]

There was only one remaining method now .
Out of the blue, Yu Jung-Hyeok [999] maintaining his silence on my shoulder spoke up .
- This is an idiotic move . Do you wish to become an "Outer G.o.d"?
I broke out in a smirk .
"Are you scared?"
- If you force yourself any further, you will really become an "Outer G.o.d" . If you do, you"ll fail this scenario .
I accessed the scenario window to confirm my goal .

Type: Hidden

Difficulty: ???

Clear condition: Introduce "Outer G.o.ds" to the "s main Great Fable . However, they must not be introduced in the existing role of "Outer G.o.ds" as before .

Time limit: 100 days

Reward: Outer G.o.ds" trust, ???

Failure: You will lose all of your memories and transform into an Outer G.o.d .

* During the progress of the applicable scenario, you must not contact and reveal your ident.i.ty . If this condition is violated, the transformation into an "Outer G.o.d" will accelerate .

* Warning! Your ident.i.ty is on the verge of being discovered .

* Currently, the rate of Outer G.o.d transformation is accelerating due to the poor condition of your Incarnation Body .

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As I thought, reading it again only confirmed my suspicion .
"Even if I become an Outer G.o.d, I still won"t fail the scenario . Becoming one is simply the "penalty" for failing the scenario, not the "condition" leading to its failure . "
- There is no difference between the . . . .
"No, it is different . I"ll be turning into an Outer G.o.d first before failing the scenario itself . "
The time limit of the "Hidden Scenario" I got from the Wenny King was 100 days . Meaning, I only had to accomplish my task in that time frame .
The problem had to do with the "transformation into an Outer G.o.d" bit .
"The reason why I"m transforming quickly into an Outer G.o.d isn"t that I failed the scenario, but due to the bad condition of my Incarnation Body . So . . . . "

- . . . You won"t fail the scenario even if you become an "Outer G.o.d" . Is that it?
"Right . "
I nodded my head and studied our immediate front . It seemed that [999] had finally realised what my goal was .

[Shares of "Outer G.o.d" in the applicable Fable currently is 12 . 171% . ]

Advertis.e.m.e.nt[In order to complete the scenario, you must secure over 30% of the shares for "Outer G.o.d" . ]

At this rate, I"d not be able to meet that goal even if I got my hands on the sacred texts and acquire the Great Fable . However, what if I became an Outer G.o.d . . . . ?

[Your role in the applicable Fable is "Sun Wukong" . ]

[Your share in the applicable Fable is 22 . 51% . ]

What if the role of the greatest Yogoe, "Sun Wukong", was played by an Outer G.o.d, and what if my goal was accomplished by doing so . . . . ?
- Why are you willing to go this far?
"What do you mean?"
- You won"t lose anything even if you let the "Secretive Plotter" or Outer G.o.ds be on their own .
"Won"t lose anything . . . . "
- Are you by any chance pitying the "Secretive Plotter"? He doesn"t need sympathy from a fool like you .
"I"m sure that"s the case . He"s Yu Jung-Hyeok, after all . "
- Yu Jung-Hyeok? Don"t make me laugh . He"s not the "Yu Jung-Hyeok" you think you know . He has already become a completely different "something" .
I didn"t reply to him . [999] continued on as he scanned the Constellations of rus.h.i.+ng towards us .
- You don"t understand what it means to become an "Outer G.o.d" . Once you become one, you rapidly lose all the memories you have acc.u.mulated in your life . Even the "Secretive Plotter" had to create "ports" like myself in order to endu . . . . .
So, that was the reason why these "kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks" existed, I see .
I lightly nodded my head and replied .
"I know what I"ll have to pay . "
- In that case, why . . . . !
"Because . . . I have to do it . "
I replied with a simple grin .
I slowly blinked, and during those short moments of darkness, the figures of the "Outer G.o.ds" brushed past my mind .
[AhAhAhAhAhAh]
[SavemeSavemeSavemSavemeSaveme]
[MymemoriesMymemoriesMymemories]
The Outer G.o.ds .
Creatures born out of all the countless world-lines where Yu Jung-Hyeok had failed .
The worlds that allowed me to live on until now . The traces of the worlds that I loved so much .
"How can I make any other choice after seeing the truth?"
Especially so, when I could still clearly hear them even now?
Kuwaaaaaah!
An energy blast destroyed the log I was riding on . But I simply ran on the surface of the water by using the scattered debris .

["Way of the Wind" is accelerating even further . ]

[Way of the Wind" is evolving due to your speed that has reached its limit . ]

My leg speed gradually picked up and soon, I began running on the water without the debris serving as footholds .

[You have understood the pinnacle of "Walking on Water" . ]

[Due to the usage of an excessive amount of Status, the damage to your Incarnation Body has worsened!]

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 98 . 6%]

My heart began pounding away in an ominous rhythm .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 98 . 7%]

That beating noise, it was the sound of me becoming something that was no longer "me" .
[999] said something to me, but I couldn"t hear him as the river exploded all around us . What I did hear, though, was another voice coming from the inside .
⸢Kim Dok Ja . ⸥
[The 4th Wall] was talking to me .
⸢Thi s is in sa ne . ⸥
It seemed that this guy had also been observing everything until now . But that was pretty obvious .
⸢Y ou w ill forg et ev eryt hing . ⸥
⸢Kim Dok Ja no lo nge r w ill be Kim Dok Ja . ⸥
[The 4th Wall] was right .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 1%]

Once I become an "Outer G.o.d", I"d lose every memory I acquired until now .

⸢Kim Dok-Ja was scared . ⸥

It was a horrifying prospect when I thought about it .

⸢To lose all the memories he had made until this moment . ⸥

I looked at the paragraphs rising above the wall and spoke up .
"It"ll be fine . Because you remember everything, right?"
⸢Wha t?⸥
"You"ve recorded everything about me, so I"ll never forget about myself . "
The normal me wouldn"t have tried something like this . I"d never want to experience losing all my memories, after all .

["The 4th Wall" is greatly shaken up!]

However, I possessed [The 4th Wall] . I had no idea how I acquired this skill, but nevertheless, this Wall recorded everything the moment this story began .
I recalled the sight beyond the Wall – the Library shrouded in forlorn yet cosy darkness, as well as the Librarians that greatly cared about the place .
The important story of the "Ways of Survival" that contained every Yu Jung-Hyeok regression turn had been recorded there, and . . . .
… . Even the unimportant life of "Kim Dok-Ja" was recorded there, as well .

⸢That Library was recording everything about Kim Dok-Ja, even in this very moment . ⸥

⸢Kim Dok-Ja"s breaths, his appearance, his laughter, and his manner of speech . ⸥

⸢The food Kim Dok-Ja likes and the ones he dislikes . Songs he hummed occasionally . Expressions he makes when he"s sad or happy . His habit of muttering to himself when he"s not feeling confident, and the ensuing self-deprecation . ⸥

⸢His habit of leaning his head slightly when worrying about the kids . The slight twitch of his eyelids as he closes his eyes after thinking about his mother . The smile he makes whenever he"s talking to Yu Sang-Ah . His arcing eyebrows and naughty smile whenever he"s making fun of Han Su-Yeong . The guilt when he thinks about Yi Hyeon-Seong . And . . . . ⸥

⸢The glint in his eyes when he recalls the story he loves . ⸥

That was why I could say it openly like this .
"I can just read from the beginning again . "
⸢B u t⸥
"From the moment the subway arrived, all the way up to when I arrived here in the Journey to the West . I can just read them all again . "
The sh.e.l.l made out of light, fired from afar, landed near my feet .
I was swept away in the explosion of light and sunk into the water below . I flailed about and grabbed hold of a piece of nearby floating debris .

[Damage to your Incarnation Body is critical!]

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 3%]

I stood up and ran again .
I really had only a little more remaining .
"Because I love reading the most in this world, after all . "
Breathing got heavier and harder .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 4%]

It felt as if my memories were beginning to scatter away already, bit by bit .
A spear fired by one of the Nine Stars brushed past my shoulder . But the pain shooting up didn"t even feel like it belonged to me .
At that moment, I inexplicably recalled a post I made a long time ago in the online community portal .

- I"m looking for eyes that haven"t read the "Ways of Survival" yet .

I felt really b.u.mmed about the fact that the story I loved so much was coming to an end and so, posted such a thing online . Recalling it made me smile ever so faintly .
"To think that I"d forget about such an entertaining story and read it from the beginning again . That"ll be a good thing in my case, actually . "
⸢Kim Dok Ja is an id iot . ⸥
As if it was angry, [The 4th Wall] yelled back .
⸢I wo n"t t ell y ou an yth ing . ⸥
Even if it was saying that, I knew it"d help me out anyway .
⸢I w on"t fo rgi ve y ou forg etting⸥
My skin was ripped up from the barrage of the firestorm and the pain akin to my back snapping in half tore through me .

[Exclusive skill, "The 4th Wall", is strongly activating!]

And such pain was being blocked by [The 4th Wall] .
I swung my fist at the Nine Stars pouncing on me . My knuckles ached as if they were punching hardened steel, but I didn"t back off .

[Great Fable, "Demon World"s Spring", has begun its storytelling!]

[Great Fable, "Torch that Swallowed the Myth", has begun its storytelling!]

… .
… . . . .
… . . . .

[Setting of, ⸢I"ve become the retired SSSSS-grade Sun Wukong⸥, is activating . ]

[Due to the "Retirement Penalty", your will to fight has decreased . ]

[Due to the "Retirement Penalty", you can"t use all of your strength . ]

… . Come to think of it, I forgot about that stupid setting being in place .
All the power of the Fables wrapped around my body were quickly abandoning me .
[Block him!]
[He must not reach the sacred texts!]
The ruins housing the "sacred texts" were right before my eyes . It was an island made out of granite, a treasure that withstood the hards.h.i.+ps of a lengthy amount of time . The "answer" that Tang Sanzang and his companions acquired after 14 years of journeying was there .

[Many audience members are looking at your Fable . ]

[Judge, "Prisoner of the Golden Headband", is waiting for your choice . ]

[Judge, "Meihouw.a.n.g", is waiting for your answer . ]

[Judge, "Bimawen", is studying your Fable . ]

[Judge, "Sakyamuni"s Successor", is looking at you . ]
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Everyone on this ride along with me was staring at this very moment together .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 7%]

The Nine Stars desperately blocked my path . Fei Hu"s Tang Sanzang was hurriedly running towards the "sacred texts" in the meantime .
If I wasted any more time here, then more Constellations from would arrive and I"d not be able to retrieve the sacred texts .

[Score: 50412]

[Ranking of the applicable Fable chamber is 1st . ]

I looked up into the sky .

[Scenario Master is looking at you . ]

For some reason, I had this feeling that, if it was her, she should"ve realised it a long time ago .
That she knew already who I really was .
And why . . . I had to keep my ident.i.ty a secret from my companions .
For some reason, I had this baseless hunch that she knew everything but decided to feign ignorance until now .
And then, the Scenario Master"s voice came to me next .

(… . G.o.ddammit . )

I smirked after hearing that . As the Constellations rushed at me, a new narration began to unfold .

(Sun Wukong looked at his enemies . )

(He had already fought against them in his previous life . )

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 8%]

(All those tiresome battles . )

(He was a retired man, and he swore that he"d never fight again . However . . . . )

I blinked my eyes while listening to the narration that sounded like a lovingly-crafted letter .
Right, if it was you, I knew you"d have figured it out already .
… . Figured out how this story would conclude .

(As he slowly clenched his fists, strength from a long time ago welled up uncontrollably . )

[Your "Retirement Penalty" has been completely removed . ]

(Heaven"s Equal, the power to control the clouds and lightning of the sky . )

[Fifth Bookmark has been initiated!]

[Exclusive skill, "Lightning Transformation Lv . 23(+13), has been initiated . ]

[Your "Status" is overcoming the physique requirement penalty . ]

Pure-white physical energy swirled around; the electrical arcs from the [Lightning Transformation] tore into the heavens above and destroyed the stars of the Lords of the Nine Stars .

(He was called the "Saviour" because he saved many with his fists . And he was called the "Demon King" because he killed many living creatures . )

Jet-black wings tore out of my shoulder blades .

(And that was why he was the "Demon King of Salvation" . )

(These were memories of the distant past . )

I s.h.i.+fted my gaze back and saw the corpses of Outer G.o.ds dyeing the Tongtian River"s waters .

(Back when he reigned supreme at the zenith of all "Yogoes" . )

(He ruled Yogoes, he fought, and in the end, was defeated . )

(The lengthy journey changed him, and through his awakening, he became a Buddha . )

They had died as the expendables for the sake of this scenario .

(And this was the result of his awakening . )

The headband on my head began hurting me . Even when suffering from this pain, I still dashed forward .
Powerful Constellations of pounced on me next .
[Stop him!]
[He must never lay his hands on the sacred . . . . !!]

(For the sake of all the Yogoes that died . . . . )

(He decided to become the "Demon King of Salvation" one more time . )

[Demon King, "Demon King of Salvation", is revealing his Status . ]

Every Constellation before my eyes was flung away as blinding light exploded . And beyond that light, a single book was waiting for me .
I reached out towards the "sacred texts" .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 9%]

[Your existence is evolving into an "Outer G.o.d" . ]

Fin .