Chapter 415

The puppet of the most ancient dream .

Yu Jung-Hyeok frowned deeply, although this wouldn’t be his first time hearing that term .

“It’s that nonsense about a puppet again . What does it even mean?”

[You still haven’t even figured that out yet, and that’s why you’re only the 3rd turn . ]

“Don’t speak as if you’re so amazing yourself . What do you know about this turn, anyway?”

[I know a lot more than you . ]

A burst of anger took over Yu Jung-Hyeok and the golden light suddenly dyed his right eye .

[Exclusive skill, ‘Eye of Sage Lv . ???’, is activating!]

The current Yu Jung-Hyeok was a Transcender, repeatedly experiencing the rapid rise of his Status and now strong enough to fight against Fable-grade Constellations . When considering the fact that the discernment level of the [Eye of Sage] depended on the user’s Status, he should be able to read the fragmented information on a Constellation now .

Tsu-chuchuchut!

Only two people managed to perfectly shut out his [Eye of Sage] until now . One was the Prophet, Anna Croft, while the other, Kim Dok-Ja .

However, if his thoughts were correct, then there should be one more being that he couldn’t read, as well .

[As befitting the 3rd turn, your judgement is also dull . ]

The right eye of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ also glowed in the brilliant golden hue, exactly the same as Yu Jung-Hyeok .

The vision in his right eye was dyed crimson momentarily, and the trickling blood wet Yu Jung-Hyeok’s cheek .

[Exclusive skill, ‘Eye of Sage’ has been perfectly defended against by another ‘Eye of Sage’!]

[Constellation, ‘Secretive Plotter’, is looking at the Incarnation, ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ . ]

“There’s no way that a bastard like you are ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ . ” He simply couldn’t accept it . “No matter which regression turn ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ it is, he’d never use the scenario of the others as his entertainment . “

He was certain of this .

Even if he existed in other regression turns, regardless of how many lives he’d go through, he was completely certain of never changing his creed .

The eyes of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ quietly gleamed . [You’re correct . I’m merely the ‘Secretive Plotter’ now . ]

He was merely the ‘Secretive Plotter’ – something this being continued to mention up until now .

He continued on . [The ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ from the 3rd turn only existed to destroy . ]

” . . . . So, you knew that . “

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ glanced at the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] crying out viciously and vigorously, and formed a faint smile . No, rather than calling that a smile, it’d be more correct to describe that as a ‘slightly unsettling movement of lips’, instead .

[When you destroy , every Constellation within it will fall . Which means this fool will die as well . ]

The ends of the Plotter’s gaze fell on the slumped figure of Kim Dok-Ja . He wavered as if his breathing would come to an end at any second, causing Yu Jung-Hyeok to dash forward .

Claaaang!

The [Heaven Shaking Sword] and the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] clashed and blue sparks danced everywhere . Blood trickled down from the corner of Yu Jung-Hyeok’s lips .

[Great Fable, ‘Torch the Swallowed the Myth’, is roaring out!]

He didn’t even bother to wipe that off and swung the sword once more . That was an attack borne out of the need to get rid of all the unnecessary thoughts from his mind . An act of one last-ditch effort, to focus on the target right before eyes by simplifying his thought process . Unfortunately, his opponent knew already what he was trying to do here .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ evaded the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] and threw a question as if to make fun of him . [Why are you trying to rescue Kim Dok-Ja? At the end of the day, isn’t he just another Constellation you hate so much?]

The faintest hint of unrest briefly flickered on the attacking blade .

The Great Fable’s Status emitted by Yu Jung-Hyeok wavered ever so slightly, but the ‘Secretive Plotter’ didn’t miss that opening and took a stride forward .

[According to your creed, this fool should’ve died already . After all, there are no good Constellations in this world, are there?]

The Constellations . Beings that coveted the scenarios of , acted like voyeurs on the incarnations and their lives, and gluttonously devoured everything in this world as the subjects of Fables . Technically speaking, the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ was nothing more than a Constellation, just like them .

And the current Yu Jung-Hyeok’s goal was to destroy all Constellations . However, he didn’t kill Kim Dok-Ja after the latter had become one .

⸢But, why not?⸥

It was a question he couldn’t readily answer . That was why, he also had been delaying facing it, too .

⸢Why did Yu Jung-Hyeok not kill Kim Dok-Ja?⸥

All those human connections surrounding Kim Dok-Ja briefly flitted in and out of Yu Jung-Hyeok’s mind .

Shin Yu-Seung and Kim Dok-Ja; Yi Gil-Yeong and Kim Dok-Ja; Kim Dok-Ja fighting against other Constellations .

Kim Dok-Ja, who sacrificed his life for his comrades .

And Kim Dok-Ja, dying in such a wretched state like this in the end . . . .

“Kim Dok-Ja, he . . . . “

Fragments of Fables floated around Kim Dok-Ja told his tale as he lived as the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ . Yu Jung-Hyeok knew of those Fables, too .

They were the ones he also lived through, as well .

[Ba-aht . . . ]

Biyu’s voice came from very far away; Yu Jung-Hyeok heard that voice, and slowly opened his lips . “He, the ‘Demon King of Salvation’, might be a Constellation, but . . . . “

There were no good Constellations in this world . That belief hadn’t changed in Yu Jung-Hyeok’s mind as he lived through the 0th turn all the way to the current 3rd turn, a total of four lives .

The only good star was a fallen one, a good Dokkaebi was a dead one, and there was no such thing as a ‘good’ scenario .

Even then, Yu Jung-Hyeok was betraying his own creed right now .

“That ‘Kim Dok-Ja’ . . . . He isn’t a Constellation . No, he’s simply a human . “

Even though he knew that made no sense .

Keu-reuk . . . .

Something cried from within its hiding place in the darkness . Keu-reuk, keu-reuk, keu-reuk . . . . It almost sounded as if the darkness itself was crying . No, it sounded perhaps more like laughter, instead .

Right in the middle of that darkness was the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

[The puppet of the most ancient dream . You don’t know anything about ‘Kim Dok-Ja’ . ]

The [Heaven Shaking Sword] gripped in the Plotter’s hand let out a lonesome howl . That was the ‘Sword Song’, possessed only by a being who had endured a life no one could possibly understand . Yu Jung-Hyeok raised his own momentum, not wanting to be pushed back . “Do not speak as if you know something that others don’t . “

Rather than a verbal answer, the ‘Secretive Plotter’ lightly tapped the unconscious Kim Dok-Ja . That caused Fables to tumble out of him like the tears of a child trying and failing to hold himself back .

⸢”I’m Yu Jung-Hyeok . “⸥

The young Kim Dok-Ja said those words repeatedly .

There he was, leaving the cousin’s place to live alone and receiving wages for part-time work that was well below that of the minimum hourly wage .

⸢”I’m Yu Jung-Hyeok . “⸥

It was a humble and rather common story – poverty seen pretty much everywhere, a down-on-luck tale commonly found everywhere .

A story so common that it was not even worthy of a novelisation treatment .

And there he was, Kim Dok-Ja, living such a story .

⸢” . . . . I’m Yu Jung-Hyeok . “⸥

Here was the main character who moved through high school, university, the army, and the company while repeating those words .

While reading the web-novel, while empathising with its lead character, while being encouraged by the story, while being moved, enraged, and saddened .

⸢”I am . . . . “⸥

That’s how Kim Dok-Ja had lived .

While reading Yu Jung-Hyeok’s ‘Fable’, he survived a common and unremarkable life .

In place of his own misfortune, he substituted it for Yu Jung-Hyeok’s, and rather than his own misfortune, he consumed Yu Jung-Hyeok’s deaths instead; while writing comments, while meddling in with the story itself .

⸢”Dear author-nim, how about you do this in the next episode . . . . ?”⸥

[From his birth, Kim Dok-Ja has been a Constellation . ]

The Plotter’s figure was getting more and more unstable . As if he was being influenced by the deep darkness, the ends of his white coat were scattering away into black pieces .

And just like that coat, Kim Dok-Ja’s life was crumbling away as well .

[He’s a Constellation who consumed another being’s life to extend his own . ]

Yu Jung-Hyeok got to peer into such a life of Kim Dok-Ja . He had seen those Fables some time ago – he remembered seeing the fragments of those memories back when Yu Sang-Ah forcibly sucked him into that place called the ‘Library’ .

[ . . . . The 3rd turn . You don’t remember anyth . . . . ]

“I do not care how Kim Dok-Ja of the past lived his life . “

The golden aura flooded out from Yu Jung-Hyeok’s body, as if the only reason why he kept listening to the Plotter’s story was just for this moment .

He slowly opened his eyes, his entire body now dyed in the clear-as-day golden light . Abundant Status flooded out from his core after he reached the fifth stage of Transcendence .

“What matters now is that we need him to see the end of this world . “

The Breaking the Sky Energy’s flow on the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] was now going through a transformation .

“And if he needs to die, then I shall be the one to perform the deed . “

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s [Air Step] crossed the space .

[‘The Ark’ is calling out to the Incarnation ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’!]

[Constellation, ‘Guardian of the Mandala’, is summoning the Incarnation ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’!]

There truly wasn’t much time left .

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

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

The two Great Fables now permeated into his blade . The familiar Statuses of light and darkness were also combined into his attack, too . They were the magical energy from Han Su-Yeong and Jeong Hui-Won .

[Constellation, ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’, has graced the Incarnation ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ with her blessing . ]

[Constellation, ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’, has graced the Incarnation ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ with its blessing . ]

Right in this moment, Yu Jung-Hyeok was not alone .

The opposing Statuses permeated into the single blade, causing the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword]’s clear light to spew out a destructive Fable .

He ran on the path his blade was guiding him . Every situation the had lived through was ingrained in all corners of that path .

The Breaking the Sky Thunder Sword .

The intense-blue arcs of electricity enveloped and danced around Yu Jung-Hyeok’s blade . It was the Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship’s profound technique he didn’t dare to use even as the Apocalypse Dragon’s electrical shockwave rushed in earlier .

On top of this, he added the secret technique he had been training with all of his heart and soul until now .

The Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship .

Secret Technique: Inner Mystery Transmission .

Shooting Star Slash .

The technique that even managed to thoroughly defeat Indra, one of the lokapalas of that powerful .

The blade drew an arrestingly entrancing trajectory of destruction as it moved to cut down yet another star .

This one single attack carried everything of the 3rd turn Yu Jung-Hyeok .

[You can’t be reasoned with at all, it seems . ]

In the following instance, Yu Jung-Hyeok saw it .

The surrounding space-time distorted and a certain Fable began telling its story next .

⸢”I shall definitely kill you all . “⸥

That was an intimately familiar voice to him . A voice directed to the heavens above, filled with hatred .

⸢”Over and over again . “⸥

From the 0th turn all the way to the 1863rd – a Fable created by the total of 1864 lives .

⸢”By reviving over and over again . “⸥

That was the Hell of Immortality .

⸢”I will kill every single one of you . “⸥

When the two swords collided, Yu Jung-Hyeok felt as if his whole existence was being erased . The difference in their Statuses went beyond the realm of overwhelming him and into one of pure respect now .

He understood the despair, the regret, the sadness and the hatred engraved into every facet of that Fable . And at the same time, he couldn’t understand them at all .

He couldn’t even bring himself to fathom the depths of those vast emotions .

That was why, just like the countless Yu Jung-Hyeoks within that Fable, he began despairing .

When facing that Fable, he was indeed merely the ‘3rd turn’ Yu Jung-Hyeok, as pointed out earlier by the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

Just what did he need to do to understand that incredible vastness of time itself?

When he regained his wits, Yu Jung-Hyeok was flying backwards in space . The wings Jeong Hui-Won and Han Su-Yeong had granted him were torn now; his [Dark Heavenly Demon Blade], now broken in two, spun and fell alongside him, just like his life .

The seemingly-slow moving [Heaven Shaking Sword] was now closing in on his heart next .

[Chaos Points are rising rapidly!]

[Someone is growing wary of the existence of the ‘Secretive Plotter’!]

[‘Hound Chasing After the Abyss’ has made its appearance!]

It was then that an unexpected event occurred .

Strange lifeforms, just as ominous and foreboding as ‘Outer Gods’ suddenly popped out from the corners of the distorted space . They cried out like perfectly-trained hounds and ignored the laws of space-time to pounce on the ‘Secretive Plotter’ as if they were stuck in fast-forward .

Tsu-chuchuchut . . . . !

[Annoying hounds . . . . ]

The [Heaven Shaking Sword] falling towards Yu Jung-Hyeok’s chest changed its direction and began smacking away the hounds . However, it still failed to block every single one of them .

Only then did Yu Jung-Hyeok realise that those hounds were what the ‘Secretive Plotter’ had been trying to avoid until now . After getting bitten by one of the hounds, the Plotter hurriedly flew towards the distant [Great Hole] .

Along with Kim Dok-Ja still clutched in his arm .

Yu Jung-Hyeok extended his hand without much energy, but by then, the star had grown far too distant to reach .

He no longer possessed any strength to go to that star now .

The broken pair of wings crumbled like sand, and just like that, he crashed towards the darkness of the ground below .

*

[We need to disembark now . ]

“No, you wait! My master and ahjussi haven’t come back yet!”

The cold sweat drops oozed out from the troubled ‘Master of the Ark’ as he watched Yi Ji-Hye make an unreasonable demand .

[The conclusion of the 89th scenario – ‘Final Dragon of the Book of Revelation’ is impending . ]

There were only 30 seconds remaining until the closure of the island; they had to leave this place in the next 20 seconds at the latest . In the end, the Master of the Ark made his decision and was about to start rowing the oar, but then . . .

“There they come!”

Something was falling from the sky above .

“It’s Yu Jung-Hyeok!”

An unconscious man in a tattered coat, Yu Jung-Hyeok, was falling towards the ground .

“Master! What happened up there??”

Yi Ji-Hye leapt up, caught him, and returned to the Ark . Both Han Su-Yeong and Jeong Hui-Won quickly came in closer to shake him around .

“Hey, Yu Jung-Hyeok! Why are you alone?! Where’s Kim Dok-Ja . . . . ?!”

“What happened to Dok-Ja-ssi??”

Yu Jung-Hyeok didn’t reply . Realising what that signified, both women looked up towards the sky, but then, the Ark began moving .

“N-no, wait! Hang on for a sec! There’s one more person still coming!”

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“I said, stop! Goddammit!”

Unfortunately, the words of the companions were swept away by the shockwave, as well as the fog of darkness belonging to the ‘Indescribable Distance’, crashing in viciously .

[Location for the scenario is shutting down . ]

[Warp is starting . ]

Constellations screamed . And under the cascading meteor shower, the closing curtains descended on a world .

A smaller apocalypse to prevent an even bigger one .

Inside this spectacle, the ‘Isle of Reincarnators’ was disappearing into the ‘forever’ .

“No! Stop!! I said, stop!!”

The Ark was disappearing into the clear, bright streak of light . And some people aboard it were desperately reaching out with their hands .

Some plopped down . Some cried out .

And some watched all of this happen .

“Kim Dok-Ja-!!”

[You have acquired the scenario’s calculated reward payment . ]

[Someone from has completed his ‘Climax/轉’ . ]

[Great Fable, ‘Season of Light and Darkness’, is born!]

And then, only a story nobody wanted to hear remained in that place .

Fin .