Chapter 424: 424

A white figure of a person rose up in the pitch-black darkness .

Yu Jung-Hyeok swung his sword several times at this figure . From the Breaking the Sky Thunder Sword, even to the Shooting Star Slash . However, not one of his sword skills managed to even touch the enemy’s shadow .

Right after that, Fables collided . Jolted awake now, he opened his eyes while gasping out a pained moan .

He was sitting inside the darkened training dojo, the sun having set already . A lengthy shadow was looking down on him .

It was the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint .

“Was he really strong?”

His master bent her back to settle down, her eyes filled with concern towards her disciple . Yu Jung-Hyeok bit his lip and replied . ” . . . . He was . “

“By how much?”

“Even after unlocking the Transcendence level 5, I couldn’t win against him . “

The fifth level of Transcendence was the absolute limit that the current Yu Jung-Hyeok had reached .

The Breaking the Sky Saint quietly observed him for a little while, before opening her lips . “When you break past the Transcendence’s sixth level, you’ll no longer be bound by the [Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship]’s gender requirements . “

Originally, the [Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship] was a martial technique designed for women . But, as was the case with every martial technique out there, once one stepped past a certain level, they would reach the stage of ‘Breaking Beyond Boundaries’ .

The process of endlessly exceeding many boundaries was the part of a Transcender’s training regime .

“There is no guarantee of defeating him even if I reach the sixth level . “

“Why do you think that?”

“He is me . “

For the first time ever, Yu Jung-Hyeok’s always-confident voice contained a faint trace of fear . “That man, he’s none other than me who has regressed over 1863rd times . How can I defeat someone like that?”

It was a clear sign of despair .

The moment he stood face to face with the ‘Secretive Plotter’, he witnessed a wall he couldn’t overcome no matter what he tried . There was the gap of time between them that could never be bridged by the mere 3rd turn regression . His enemy had already surpassed that lengthy period of time to enter this world-line .

The Sword Saint spoke . “He is not you . “

” . . . . He is also Yu Jung-Hyeok . “

“He has not tread on the same path as you have . And he’ll not do so in the future, either . “

As if she wanted to wipe away the despair rooted in her disciple’s eyes, her large hand gently stroked his cheek .

She spoke again . “It’s not the level of Transcendence you have reached, but which Fables you have acquired that’s the most important part . You may be only a little chick who has regressed three times, but you know of Fables that he doesn’t . “

Yu Jung-Hyeok heard those words and looked down at his fist . It was a fist that failed to reach the ‘Secretive Plotter’ . He slowly unfurled his hand and Fables leaked out from there .

Fables that he had acquired himself . Fables that the ‘Secretive Plotter’ didn’t know . And . . . .

“The path of Transcendence is different for everyone . So, do not try to chase after him, and search for the path only you can tread . “

He wordlessly clenched his fist tightly . As if he didn’t want to permit any of the Fables to leave him .

” . . . . Have you heard any new information, Master?”

The Breaking the Sky Saint shook her head .

It had been over a week since Kim Dok-Ja’s disappearance .

Unfortunately, neither his whereabouts nor the location of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ had been discovered until now .

“You say that he crossed over from another world-line . “

“That’s correct . “

“I do not know what his aim is, but if he bothered to enter this world-line at this point in time, then it’s possible that his goal is somehow related to the ‘Final Scenario’ . “

Yu Jung-Hyeok agreed with her opinion . In other words, there was a good chance that he’d encounter the ‘Secretive Plotter’ again by going to the location of the Final Scenario .

“However, the current situation is that the can’t enter the ‘Final Scenario’ . “

He nodded his head .

– Fables you have acquired are insufficient to approve your participation in the ‘Final Scenario’ .

On that day they failed to enter the ‘Final Scenario’, the one-sidedly sent that communique in their direction . However, he thought that made some sense . Because, not only were they a newly-created Nebula, the number of Fables they managed to acquire was also rather small, as well .

However, one couldn’t strictly argue that when taking into consideration the grade of the Fables they had acquired . Especially so with the ⸢Season of Light and Darkness⸥, the Great Fable they earned the last time that would be extremely hard to find its equal anywhere in the .

– Where is the representative of your Nebula?

In the end, everything boiled down to Kim Dok-Ja’s absence .

After the person possessing the highest percentage of the Nebula’s Fable shares left the group, the aggregate amount of Fables for the whole Nebula had become simply too inadequate .

It was unknown what Yu Jung-Hyeok was thinking to himself as he maintained his silence . And how long went by like that? He slowly raised himself up off the floor, sheathed the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] and although still unsteady on his feet, got ready to leave .

“Where are you planning to go?”

“I’m leaving to acquire a new Great Fable, Master . “

He needed to acquire the qualification to get to the ‘Final Scenario’ even without Kim Dok-Ja’s shares . was neither that fool’s private army nor his underlings . This group needed to be able to protect themselves without him around, and even if they end up losing him somehow . . . .

… . They needed to be capable enough to clear the ‘Final Scenario’ .

[Ba-aht . . . . ]

Biyu murmured in despondency from somewhere in the empty air . Yu Jung-Hyeok silently stared at her for a little while, before activating the [Eye of Sage] to sift through the information he possessed in his head .

There weren’t that many locations left at this point in time where he could acquire a ‘Great Fable’ . When flipping that statement around, it also meant that the remaining Fables would be that much more powerful than others .

He had already acquired one powerful Great Fable called the ⸢Season of Light and Darkness⸥ . If he managed to earn ‘that Fable’ on top of this, then it might be possible to fight against the ‘Secretive Plotter’ once more .

The Breaking the Sky Sword Saint watched Yu Jung-Hyeok walk away and asked him . “Are you planning to go alone?”

“I’ve always been alone, Master . “

“But, that path is the one already tread by the other party . “

His Master’s words caused Yu Jung-Hyeok’s figure to flinch .

In the next moment, a voice came out from beyond the walls of the training hall .

“Hey Yu Jung-Hyeok, where are you?? We gotta get going, now!”

With the blinding light behind them, the members of opened the door and rushed inside the dojo .

Shin Yu-Seung, Yi Gil-Yeong, Yi Ji-Hye, and Han Su-Yeong . . . .

It was unknown since when they got ready to leave, but regardless, everyone from the Nebula was here .

The Breaking the Sky Sword Saint spoke again . “They are precisely your Fable now, Jung-Hyeok-ah . “

Something that the ‘Secretive Plotter’ did not possess .

Yu Jung-Hyeok dazedly looked back at his Master, and she addressed him again .

“You don’t have to fight alone in this regression turn . “

*

The location of the new ‘Great Fable’ was four days away . It would’ve been so much quicker to get there by borrowing the powers of the Dokkaebis, but the current situation didn’t permit that .

– You cannot borrow the powers of Dokkaebis you are friendly with .

– You must never reveal the truth that you’re ‘Kim Dok-Ja’ .

All thanks to the stinking agreement I had with the ‘Wenny King’ .

Because of it, I couldn’t enter Biyu’s channel or send word of my wellbeing to the .

In the end, I had no choice but to personally drive the [X-grade Ferrarghini] I purchased from the ‘Mass Production-type Maker’ to the destination .

The kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok number [999] polishing his [Heaven Shaking Sword] atop my shoulder grumbled softly . “Your driving sucks . “

“Then, why don’t you drive? By the way, you’re not planning to stick to that appearance now, are you?”

Without a doubt, we’d run into Constellations that will recognise us once we entered the scenario location . The existence of the kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok was just too eye-catching .

Well, Yu Jung-Hyeok himself was just too famous by now, so . . . .

“Indeed, I am too inconspicuous like this . “

[999] seemed to be pondering something . His body suddenly jolted a bit, before a ‘Pow!’ noise resounded out and he transformed into a Murim dumpling .

I was shocked silly by this event . But [999] sounded utterly disinterested as he addressed me .

– This should be fine .

” . . . . Hey, you . Carrying a dumpling around on my shoulder will be even more eye-catching, you know?”

– Why don’t you change your pathetic appearance as well?

Just as the kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok couldn’t maintain his original appearance, I too needed to make sure that my identity as ‘Kim Dok-Ja’ wasn’t discovered .

The now-dumpling-fied Yu Jung-Hyeok roughly rubbed the dumpling skin all over my face as if he was trying to paint a wall . I sensed the Fable on my face change as creaking noises resounded out . How long passed by like that?

By the time I opened my eyes, I ended up freaking out by what I saw .

[999] spoke to me as I stared dumbfoundedly at the mirror, my eyes blinking non-stop .

– It’s done .

Holy moly . This might not be enough to slap Yu Jung-Hyeok’s cheek silly, but still . . . . It should be enough to make me ponder whether I should slap him or not, at least . (TL note at the end)

I rubbed my new statuesque face and muttered to myself . ” . . . . Can’t I keep this face forever?”

– If you do, you’ll be struck by the storm of Probability’s aftermath .

As if he had touched something dirty, [999] diligently patted down his dumpling body . Completely disregarding whether he was doing that or not, I continued to stare at the mirror .

A long time ago, I absorbed the Fable fragment of the ‘Casanova Who Died During Sexual Acts’ and became pretty good looking for a while, but this was on another scale compared to that .

I spoke in an admiring tone of voice . “It’s true that the 999th regression turn is amazing . The 3rd turn doesn’t have skills like this one, you know . “

– … . 3rd turn?

“Oh, you didn’t know? Yu Jung-Hyeok in this place is the 3rd turn . And this is the 3rd turn world-line, too . “

The kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeok number [999] stared deeply at me for a while after hearing those words, and asked me a question .

– Why do you think that?”

“What do you mean why . . . . ?”

I was about to reply with “Because, the ‘Ways of Survival’ starts off with the 3rd turn, that’s why” but stopped . I decided to refine my answer just a bit .

” . . . . Because, the beginning was the 3rd turn, that’s why . “

– But, why does it start from the 3rd turn? Don’t know how numbers work? The beginning is the 0th turn .

He was right .

The first chapter of the ‘Ways of Survival’ started off from Yu Jung-Hyeok’s third turn, but if you get technical about it, then you could say that the story began with his 0th turn .

I felt a bit weirded out after thinking like that .

… . Why did I come to Yu Jung-Hyeok’s ‘third turn’, anyway?

I wasn’t going to follow the 3rd turn’s story as it was in the original, so there wouldn’t have been a reason for me to start in this particular turn even if that’s where the novel began .

… . . I don’t know . It’s not as if I can figure this out right now, anyway .

“Yu Jung-Hyeok in this world-line said that he was the ‘third turn’ . So, this place is the third regression turn . “

And the information I confirmed through the [Character List] said so, too .

But then, [999] spoke in a mocking tone .

– Trusting such information at its face value . How naïve .

“What?”

– Never mind . We’ve seemed to have arrived .

Along with the blinding light, the lengthy dimension tunnel finally came to an end . What appeared next was a giant Gate leading to the new scenario’s location .

I spotted a group of beings waiting to enter in front of the Gate . I collected the [X-grade Ferrarghini] and joined the group .

A Constellation was manning the entrance to the scenario location, rather than the usual Dokkaebis . But that made sense, since the host for this ‘Great Fable’ scenario was a Nebula .

Although it was one of the largest Nebulas out there, it had almost no point of contact with me until now .

[Next . ]

It was a Constellation holding a massive three-pronged spear on one hand, while wearing a combination of aged crimson crown and armour set .

The domineering Status exuding from his entire body attested to the fact that he was a Fable-grade Constellation possessing a pretty hefty Status .

The Guardian of Buddhist Laws, Virudhaka . (TL: In Korean and Hanja – 증장천왕/增長天王)

He was one of the Four Heavenly Kings that protected the entrance of the , the headquarters of the Nebula .

[Next . ]

Not too long afterwards, my turn came around .

Virudhaka glared at my face intently as if he wanted to discover anything suspicious on it and eventually, threw out his first question .

[Your purpose for visiting?]

[I came to participate in the Great Fable . ]

[Your Modifier . ]

Obviously, I couldn’t use the ‘Demon King of Salvation’ here . Fortunately, I did have a brand new Modifier I received not too long ago .

[It’s the ‘Watcher of Light and Darkness’ . ]

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Fin .

(TL: “slapping XX’s cheek” is not a literal act of physical violence, but simply a popular saying in Korea that implies “you’re so pretty that it puts the other party to shame” . )