Chapter 269

[Baat! Baaat! Baaaaat!]

My cheeks hurt .

[

Baaaaat!]

There was a bit more pain . I felt something violently shaking in my arms . I opened my eyes at the exact moment the earth let out a tremendous ringing sound . I reflexively raised my head and could see brilliant flashes of light . The sparks of probability in the sky were falling like lightning strikes all over the Demon World .

“Dokja-ssi?”

I woke up the moment I heard Yoo Sangah’s voice . Like a disconnected current being reconnected, thoughts started to flow through my head .

There were broken incarnation bodies everywhere . No matter how I looked, this wasn’t the Mythical Battlefield . All the fallen bodies were living human beings . The industrial complex being torn apart by the Thunder Eating Bird could be seen .

“Did the constellations come?”

Yoo Sangah, who was about to say something, wiped her bloody cheeks and nodded . “…Yes . ”

A system message was floating in the air while the party members were in tatters .

“The winner still hasn’t been announced . ”

It was a situation I expected thanks to the last message of Yoo Jonghyuk in the library . However, I didn’t expect the situation to be so serious .

“Kuk…”

Lee Hyunsung suffered a serious injury on his side and staggered . I quickly got off Lee Hyunsung’s back and bought a few recovery items from the Dokkaebi Bag .

I gave the Great Return Pill to Lee Hyunsung and Yoo Sangah, who were the most seriously injured . Shin Yoosung had no wounds but her magic power was depleted, so I gave her an advanced magic power recovery medicine . Trauma medicine was given to Han Myungoh, Breaking the Sky Master and Jang Hayoung . It cost over 400,000 coins but now wasn’t the time to worry about that .

“Ahjussi…”

Shin Yoosung drank the potion and looked up at me while leaning against the rock . I looked at Shin Yoosung for a moment before saying, “You should rest here . By the way…”

In a distance place, the deafening roar of the constellations was shaking the earth . I could tell the number exceeded 12 just by the ‘status . ’ At this moment, I had an ominous feeling .

…The constellations were gathered so how could the party members flee to here?

“Yoo Jonghyuk…”

None of the party members answered . I looked around the battlefield as an explosion occurred . Everyone except for Yoo Jonghyuk was here . In addition, someone was fighting the constellations .

[The ‘Fourth Wall’ is shaking faintly . ]

“That stupid bastard…”

“Ahjussi! No!” Shin Yoosung clung to my waist when I tried to run forward . “Ahjussi will die . You’ll die there . ”

She was an always straightforward and brave child . Fear was deeply permeated in the child’s eyes . Shin Yoosung burst into tears as I pulled away from her . In the saturated battlefield, the tears scattered like dust . Perhaps this child had seen it . It was the fear of a giant story that humans could never overcome .

“Please take care of Yoosung . ”

I left Shin Yoosung to Jang Hayoung who was in a good condition and activated Way of the Wind . I heard a voice calling out to me from behind but had no time to turn around .

I moved forward and the pressure of the ‘status’ bursting from the centre of the battlefield became stronger . It was a fearsome storm of magic that I had never experienced before . The centre definitely contained Yoo Jonghyuk .

「 Kim Dokja thought: Is there a way? 」

The pages of Ways of Destruction flashed in my head .

「It isn’t possible . 」

「That method is too unreasonable . 」

I bit my lips . I predicted that this situation might happen . However, the time passed too quickly and I had been asleep for too long .

I was late . Yoo Jonghyuk was still far away and the wind wasn’t on my side . I could buy a new skill from the Dokkaebi Bag but I can’t guarantee its utilization .

In the end, I made a decision .

“I will invest three million coins into my strength, physique, agility and magic power . ”

[Your total stats have grown abnormally!]

[The coins you invested have allowed you to cross the stats limit of the scenario . ]

[A fuller probability will release some of the stat constraints for this scenario . ]

[The growth of the stats value compared to the invested coins will be randomly adjusted . ]

A tremendous amount of sparks jumped from my body . It felt like my muscles were tearing and growing bigger . There was the feeling of my bone density changing and a terrible pain came over me .

“Cough…”

I had put it off until now due to the poor cost to value ratio but there was no other way .

[Your mind can’t cope with your evolving incarnation body . ]

[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ is activated!]

[Your incarnation body is evolving to a new level!]

Since the early scenarios, the ‘overall stats’ didn’t have a big influence on combat . It was because stories, stigmas and skills had much more influence .

In addition, since the number of coins per level after level 100 was exponentially larger, it was more advantageous to buy a skill using the same amount of coins . Now the situation was different .

[All your stats have exceeded 200!]

[Your incarnation body can handle a bigger ‘status . ’]

I needed a strong body, not a powerful skill .

[Your agility has reduced the air resistance . ]

[Magic power is opening up the blocked bloodstream . ]

A huge amount of coins was transforming my incarnation body .

[Your strength is causing an explosive change!]

The frequency of my footsteps and the speed at which the landscape passed in my vision changed drastically .

“Yoo Jonghyuk!”

Of course, it was impossible to surpass the constellations or transcendents . Still, it was enough to confront them for a while .

[Many constellations are envying your incarnation body . ]

I crossed the wilderness at a tremendous speed and the centre of the battlefield finally entered my eyes . At the centre, I could see a dying person .

“You idiot! What are you doing?”

In front of Surya’s radiant light, Yoo Jonghyuk was dying . I didn’t know where his left arm had gone and steam was rising from his charred body . Even so, Yoo Jonghyuk was gripping the Black Demon Sword without moving an inch . Yoo Jonghyuk’s head moved slowly towards me . His voice wasn’t heard, as if he had no strength to open his lips .

[The ‘Fourth Wall’ is greatly shaken . ]

The words of the Mass Production Maker came to mind . The constellations were also just part of this great story . They were also lonely and had to do these things .

…Bullshit .

[Get lost!]

The Founder of Humanity stood in front of me and wielded the Primitive Spear .

[The exclusive skill ‘Electrification’ Lv . 12 (+2) has been activated . ]

White lightning exploded from my fist and the battlefield filled with a blue light .

[Kuaaack!]

The confused constellations supported the thrown back Manu and raised their status . The magic power poured towards me like a tsunami . My strengthened body withstood the mighty power of the constellations .

The flesh of my fist cracked and blood flowed down but it was still bearable . The constellations blinked as the dust settled down . They didn’t know I had this much power and were shocked .

[Stop him!]

A blue-white energy flew towards the constellations . In an instant, there were abrasions on my back and thighs as well as a long stab in my side .

“Yoo Jonghyuk!”

My cry didn’t reach him properly . Yoo Jonghyuk had fallen to his knees and his life was now flickering . No magic power could be felt from him . Yoo Jonghyuk was dying .

I held my breath and then shouted with the greatest true voice possible . [Asmodeus!]

The true voice burst out and the constellations blocked their ears for a moment . The great-grade constellations couldn’t stop and tears poured from my eyes . I shouted again .

[If you are a demon king, keep your promise!]

The situation was so big that I didn’t expect much . He was a shrewd guy and should know how dangerous it was to take my side right now . However, it was Asmodeus…

As if waiting, one star in the sky flashed . There was a storm coming in and something was descending .

[The Demon King of Lust and Fury has appeared in this world!]

A tremendous probability was flowing and a colossal presence was manifesting before my eyes as an incarnation body . A little girl surrounded by a dark aura raised her head .

It was the king of the Demon World who immediately subdued the transcendent Yoo Jonghyuk . Later, he would join one of the worst organizations in the world, ‘ the Seekers of the End . ’

[D-Demon king!]

The 32nd demon king, Asmodeus started running wild .

[Ahahahahahat!]

He laughed and a huge rake appeared at the fingers of the demon king . Asmodeus’ ‘Bloody Grip’ scraped through the area and tore at the constellations .

[Kuaaaack!]

[The mad demon king!]

[What the hell is this?]

The constellations turned their gaze towards me and I triggered Way of the Wind to snatch Yoo Jonghyuk .

[Chase him!]

The constellations started running but my strengthened incarnation body was a bit faster than them . I ran with all my strength while carrying Yoo Jonghyuk on my shoulder . “Wake up please . ”

Yoo Jonghyuk was barely breathing . The weight of his body was lighter than usual . He had suffered such severe pain that even the skeleton of his body seemed changed . I listened to his gradually fading heart beat and cried out, “Hey, don’t mess around! You can recover! Do something!”

However, Yoo Jonghyuk didn’t move . I called out to Biyoo and bought a few more Great Return Pills . My left hand supported his body while my right hand poured the pills into Yoo Jonghyuk’s mouth .

No effect was visible . He didn’t have the strength to swallow it . His breathing slowed and became distant . The tips of Yoo Jonghyuk’s toes were breaking and his body was disappearing .

I used Way of the Wind to wrap around the debris and prevent them from escaping . Even so, I couldn’t prevent the dim light from emerging from his heart .

I was well aware of this phenomenon . I had read the scene a few hundred times and had to know what it was .

「 Yoo Jonghyuk had a thought . 」

“Don’t think about it . ”

「 This life ends here . 」

“Dammit! Don’t think about it!”

Story fragments were falling from Yoo Jonghyuk’s cheeks . I was scared of this story and slapped his cheek before crying out to the air .

“Shit! Don’t go back! You jerk, leave him alone!”

[The sponsor of incarnation ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ is looking at you . ]

“You can still survive! This round isn’t over! You can fight back against this guy! I can save you!”

Yoo Jonghyuk’s sponsor was silent . This guy always did the same thing . He watched Yoo Jonghyuk suffering from death . He placed the soul of a hopelessly broken man back into the world line of the past .

[The stigma ‘Regression Lv . 3’ has been activated!]

It was cruel . Was this really how it ended? How did I get here? Would Yoo Jonghyuk really die here?

Then a single line emerged .

[Incarnation ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ is looking at his sponsor . ]

“…Yoo Jonghyuk?”

Yoo Jonghyuk, who became so ragged that his shape couldn’t be recognized, stared at his sponsor with a single bloody eye . Sparks appeared around his disappearing body .

[Incarnation ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ is resisting his sponsor . ]

[All of the stories of incarnation ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ is resisting death . ]

This was something I had never seen in any round .

[The incarnation ‘Yoo Jonghyuk’ has refused to regress . ]

TL: Rainbow Turtle