Publishedat 4th of September 2019 04:21:30 PMChapter 423
[Kill him . ]
[KimdokjaKimdokjaKimdokjaKimdokja!]
I began walking towards the "Outer G.o.ds" .
The "Secretive Plotter" didn"t try to stop me . It was as if he was telling me to try anything I want .
I took another step forward . The movements of the vines grew even more vicious . They extended out in an instant, and grabbed both of my arms .
[HeknowsusHeknowsusHeknowsusHeknowsus]
"Right, I do know you . "
I nodded my head towards them .
[ButhowButhowButhowButhowButhow]
"But how" .
I didn"t know how to answer that question . When I failed to provide an answer, the animosity directed at me by the vines grew even heavier . Eventually, one of the tentacles wavering around flew in and pierced my shoulder . It hurt like crazy, but the true pain didn"t come from the injured body part .
I could hear someone"s voice coming from the end of that tentacle .
⸢"I don"t want to die . "⸥
Was it an illusion?
For a moment there, the tentacle piercing my shoulder looked like a sword .
… . Not just any, but the Twin Dragon Sword . And I knew the owner of this sword well .
⸢"I don"t want it to end like this . "⸥
Yi Ji-Hye was crying . I belatedly reached out, but her crying face had disappeared by then . Her face slowly vanished, crumbling into debris and only the short, aimless voice fragments lingered on .
"The Nameless Ones" .
" . . . . I know . "
I suppressed the pain and spoke up . And then, yet another tentacle flew in towards me . The kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok number [999] shouted out . As the b.l.o.o.d.y noise of my flesh being pierced resounded out, another voice entered my head .
⸢"Yu Jung-Hyeok-ssi, which number Yi Hyeon-Seong am I?"⸥
The Incarnation of steel, st.u.r.dier than anyone in this world . Just like before, Yi Hyeon-Seong"s figure scattered like bubbles as I reached out . My hand wandered the empty air, and his voice came to me from beyond the void .
⸢"Truly, is there an end to these scenarios?"⸥
"Yes, there is . "
I bit my lip and continued to walk forward .
One step, and then, another one .
Every time I did, fragments of the forgotten world-line talked to me .
⸢"I believed we could carry on for a little while longer . "⸥
Yi Seol-Hwa, dying with her heart penetrated .
⸢"I don"t resent you . Still, there is one thing I do regret . . . . "⸥
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s.h.i.+n Yu-Seung, smiling faintly as she scattered away .
⸢"You"re so dumb . Captain, I"m Kim Nam-Wun . You think I"ll kick the bucket here? I won"t die . I will definitely not die . I"ll survive, and survive again to see the next scenario . For sure, the next scenario . . . . . "⸥
Kim Nam-Wun, pa.s.sing on with his eyes still open .
Memories from the regression turns that I couldn"t even begin to guess .
These were simply by-products of the failed world-lines, a collection of memories with no meaning to them anymore . The precious something that Yu Jung-Hyeok had been protecting even at the cost of becoming the "Secretive Plotter" .
⸢"I ain"t going to be your ally in the next turn . So, don"t come looking for me . "⸥
Gong Pil-Du .
⸢"Looks like you"ll be left alone again, Yu Jung-Hyeok . "⸥
Anna Croft .
⸢"It"s been an honour to fight alongside you, Conquering King . "⸥
Selena Kim .
Even the memories of those who used to be Constellations fleeted past me .
The Goryeo"s number one swordsman, Cheok Jun-Gyeong .
The G.o.d of wine and ecstasy, Dionysus . . . .
I stopped walking because of the sensation of the fierce flames from my right side . The tentacle holding onto my arm burned as it spoke to me .
⸢"I can still burn them some more . "⸥
… . Uriel .
I nodded my head and replied . "I know . "
["Outer G.o.ds" are now looking at you . ]
I knew . But I couldn"t understand .
Because, I wasn"t them .
And that was why all I could say to them were these words .
"This story isn"t over yet . "
["Outer G.o.ds" are paying attention to your words . ]
"There are still some things left to be told, right?"
I looked up at the "Outer G.o.ds" .
These beings, portrayed always as either cephalopods or tentacled monsters . Creatures cursed with the most disgusting appearances by the world-line, because they were not needed by it .
I spoke to them . "I"ll tell your story . "
Right away, the surroundings were swept up in the frenzied storm winds .
[Reallyreallyreallyreallyreally]
[WhatdoyoumeanWhatdoyoumeanWhatdoyoumean]
And from the other side, vicious animosity rained down on me .
[Lies!]
[Y ou th ink we wi ll fall for it the se cond ti me?]
Upper-grade G.o.ds began emitting their auras at me .
I swallowed back the blood rising up in my throat and stared at them . I knew why they were reacting so violently like this . Because, they had been continually used by the "scenario" until now .
[Do kkae bis sa id the sa me th ing . ]
It was the "Bureau" that learned of their existences first and had used them – the storytellers who, under the pretext of incorporating them into the scenarios, exploited their powers and Probability, and turned them into the "Evil" of this world .
I spoke up with my true voice . [I"m not a Dokkaebi . ]
[Y ou are a Con stell ation . ]
[I"m not affiliated with the Bureau, nor am I a collaborator of Dokkaebis . ]
[All Con stell ations are the sa me . ]
Those words stabbed and dug into my chest like a dagger .
They were right . I was also just another Constellation who craved after Fables and leered on at their stories . However, because I was a Constellation, I got to know about something important, as well .
[You will all definitely be destroyed when the "final war" commences . Doesn"t matter how you fight, you will still end up losing . ]
[How in sol ent, y ou ca n"t tell th at wi thout fi ght ing fi rst . . . . . !]
[No need . I already know . I"ve already seen all the world-lines where you fight . I do not wish to see you die like that this time around . ]
The branches of the "Outer G.o.ds" trembled from my words .
[What do y ou me an]
[You say that you wish to be understood . In that case, I"ll make you into a Fable . ]
Right at that moment, the surrounding s.p.a.ce-time distorted . Tentacles were trembling ever so imperceptibly .
I sensed that vibration and continued on . [I"ll ensure that you can stand on equal terms with the stars in the sky . What I"m saying is that, I"ll create a Fable where no one will misunderstand you or despise you . ]
The unrest slowly spread out . A large current of air swept across the "N"Gai"s Forest" as if it was the sign of an incoming storm .
I didn"t miss this opening and spoke again . [There is no reason for the "final war" to start . There is no need for you to remain as "s evil . . . . ]
[Sh ut up]
[The lik es of y ou da res to!]
In the end, I did vomit out some blood . Upper-grade ostracised G.o.ds capable of destroying my body and killing my consciousness completely were descending down on me .
[KimdokjadangerKimdokjadanger]
[DontattackDontattackDontattack]
Vines wrapped tightly around me .
The "Nameless Ones" were protecting me from the auras of the powerful upper-grade Outer G.o.ds .
[Pa the tic ones that don t e ven po sse ss egos . ]
Ku-gugugugu!
Just one true voice, and the dozens of branches were torn off . Even though they emitted painful screams, the smaller "Outer G.o.ds" protected me . And then, the kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks stepped in front of me as well .
The "Secretive Plotter" didn"t try to stop them or dissuade them . He simply watched on as if he was not allowed to interfere with the decision making process this time .
Just as the Statuses of the upper-grade G.o.ds reached the critical point . . . .
[You speak of some amusing things . ]
Someone suddenly spoke up . A creature was walking out from a portal spinning around ominously .
[Oh, pitiful illegitimate children of the world-line, he speaks of the truth . ]
[And y ou, a re?]
[You shall become a Fable once more and be a part of the story within the stream of stars . That is, as long as that unfortunate Constellation is willing to sacrifice himself for your sakes . ]
It was an old man with a very small stature, yet the shadow he cast was unimaginably large .
There were two lumps shaking about on the cheeks of the giant shadow .
[De vil of ho ri zon . . . . . ]
I too knew of the race that old man belonged to . Indeed, I had a deal with one of them when I went to the Demon World for the first time .
However, this creature right before my eyes was on another dimension compared to the "Wenny" I met back then .
There were countless Wennys in this world, but there could only be one with two lumps among them .
[Oh, the master of the ancient library . ]
I raised my head to find the Wenny King staring at me with eyes filled with malicious interest .
[Are you truly planning to become the "s enemy for the sake of these discarded waste?]
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I could see the circular-shaped exit open up in the distant forest . And behind me, many Outer G.o.ds had come to see me off . Their tentacles danced side to side like a forest of gigantic reeds .
[KimdokjaKimdokjaKimdokja]
[GoodbyeGoodbyeGoodbye]
Most of them possessed similar outer appearances, but even then, I could just about tell them apart .
That guy over to the left side was the kind-hearted one possessing a tiny little bit of s.h.i.+n Yu-Seung"s memories from the 12th turn . The one on the far right, meanwhile, was blessed with a fair amount of 44th Kim Nam-Wun"s . . . . . Hang on, didn"t that guy stab me in the thigh earlier?
"There is no need to go this far," said the kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok number [999] riding on my shoulder . "The deal with the Wenny King is as absolute as they come . If you do this, then you will definitely . . . . "
"I won"t die, so don"t worry . By the way, are you planning to come with me?"
[999] formed an unhappy expression after hearing my question . "As per our agreement, I"m tasked with monitoring you . It"d become troublesome for us if you get in touch with the members of and come up with an underhanded scheme . "
"But, I even did the existence pledge, saying that I won"t contact them . . . . Seriously, you Yu Jung-Hyeoks can be too much sometimes . "
The first agreement I made with the Wenny King, as well as the Outer G.o.ds, was that I"d not contact the nor reveal my ident.i.ty to them .
And the second agreement was… .
[Your actions have triggered a new scenario to be created in the !]
[Hidden scenario has been generated!]
I chuckled hollowly as I read the scenario messages .
Even things like this became a scenario… . As expected of the , then . But then again, this world wanted to create a story out of its own destruction, so it shouldn"t that surprising, really .
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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, ???
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Failure: You will lose all of your memories and transform into an Outer G.o.d .
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Give Outer G.o.ds a role that wasn"t about being "Outer G.o.ds" . . .
Such a scenario didn"t exist anywhere in the original story .
A scenario acquired after persuading the Outer G.o.ds and making a deal with the Wenny King . If I failed it, then I"d be transformed into an Outer G.o.d like them .
This was the second condition of the agreement I made with the "Wenny King" .
⸢However, succeeding in this scenario will ensure that Outer G.o.ds wouldn"t be destroyed . ⸥
I looked at the exit of the N"Gai"s Forest and did a light stretching exercise .
[999] asked me, perhaps finding me rather untrustworthy . "Where are you planning to go now? There shouldn"t be any scenario with a "Great Fable" remaining by now . "
He was right . Most of the Great Fables existing in had come to their conclusions by now . However, if my memory served me correctly, then one powerful "Great Fable" should still remain .
I pretended to ask [999] in pa.s.sing . "By the way, do you also know about the stories from the 1863rd turn?"
"I"ve heard about it from the Great Plotter . "
"If you guys enter the "final war" like this, then you"ll definitely lose . And even if you somehow miraculously win, not many of you will end up surviving . "
"Are you trying to curse us?"
"No, I"m only stating the truth . "
No matter how powerful the faction of the "Secretive Plotter" and the "Outer G.o.ds" was, they still couldn"t fight against the entire . Whatever the case might have been, the current rulers of this universe were the "s Nebulas and the stinking "Bureau" .
"The best way to avoid war is to inform the other side that they would lose a lot by starting one in the first place . "
"What are you implying?"
"Do you know which Constellation slaughtered the most number of Outer G.o.ds in the "final war"?"
[999] carefully combed through his memories after hearing my question and made his reply . Although, his expression indicated that his pride had been wounded just a little bit .
"No, I do not . "
"The Status he possesses is so strong that normally, he has to divide himself into several pieces . Well, if I"m to describe him, he"d be pretty similar to the "Secretive Plotter" . "
" . . . . Similar to the Great Plotter?"
"That"s right . If only that guy didn"t stand on the side of the , if only he didn"t perform the suicidal attack on the tens of thousands of ostracised G.o.ds . . . . the course of the 1863rd turn would"ve changed by a lot . "
My words caused [999]"s eyes to tremble for the first time . It seemed that he had finally realised the ident.i.ty of the Constellation I was talking about .
" . . . . Could it be?"
The Constellation who sacrificed himself to take out countless other G.o.ds during the "Ways of Survival"s final war .
There was only one being capable of doing that . I grinned and spoke . "You"re right . We"re going to go where he is and make him our ally . "
Fin .