Chapter 448

Why did the ‘Secretive Plotter’ watch our Fable until now?

“Answer me . “

He was the king of Outer Gods, and he had seen his ‘Conclusion’ . Meaning, if he wanted to eliminate me he’d have done so even if it cost a huge amount of Probability .

⸢However, he didn’t do that . ⸥

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ was now looking at Yu Jung-Hyeok and me .

His consciousness was far too deep and extensive that I’d not be able to understand even if I used the [Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint] on him . That might’ve been the case, but at least in this moment, I thought that I could understand him .

– If I plagiarised the ‘Ways of Survival’ for my novel, then what were you plagiarised from?

Han Su-Yeong of the 1863rd turn asked me that question .

Even though I knew the answer, I didn’t give her one . Because, I didn’t want to admit it .

The world created by her during the 1863rd turn was, in a way, far more complete than the life I had led . Everyone from the original novel was alive, and Seoul possessed the necessary infrastructure to deal with the Final Scenario, too .

The only thing missing in that picture was ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ .

I thought that was unfair . I thought that the world copied from the original with its main character excluded was wrong .

⸢Certain copies can surpass the original . ⸥

Despite that, I couldn’t take my eyes off the world that Han Su-Yeong had created . Even when I thought it was wrong . Because, her story contained the elements that I was also aiming for .

[Constellation, ‘Secretive Plotter’, is looking at you . ]

Did copyright exist for one’s life, too?

But, was it okay to describe one’s life as a ‘work of an author’?

[[Demon King of Salvation . ]]

The one who offered up his life for the sake of another world-line’s success was now looking straight at me . The only man in this world who possessed the ‘right’ to witness the ‘Conclusion’ .

Even then, he couldn’t see the end he wanted to see . Such a man grabbed Yu Jung-Hyeok’s [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] with his bare hand and spoke up . [[Is a story with no proper ‘Ending’ a failed story?]]

Fables flowed out from the fingers cut by the blade . Fables that I was intimately familiar with .

The story that I read for over ten years .

[[Do you truly, honestly believe that a ‘proper conclusion’ exists in this world?]]

Yu Jung-Hyeok hurriedly swung the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword], causing the Plotter’s figure to distance himself .

‘Stay sharp, Kim Dok-Ja . He’s going to come at us seriously now . ‘

[Attribute, ‘Demon King Slayer’, is activating!]

[Attribute, ‘Terror of Stars’, is activating!]

The sword made to cut down Demon Kings and Constellation began crying out .

[Fable, ‘Hellscape of Eternity’, is howling out!]

[Great Fable, ‘Pilgrim of the Lonely Apocalypse’, is continuing with its storytelling!]

A person who completed a ‘Great Fable’ through nothing but his own life was right before us .

Kka-gagagagack!!

We couldn’t handle the approaching Fable and were forced back . Like soaked cotton, the whole body felt heavy . The Tongtian’s waters overturned and the bottom of the river got exposed .

We used the exposed bottom as our support and swung the sword towards the sky .

Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship .

Destruction Technique .

Breaking the Sky Meteor Strike .

The thunderbolt stabbing into the sky shot out from the tip of the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] . The Statuses of a Demon King and a Constellation, as well as a Transcender, were added on top of the multiple sword lights that hacked the sky like a falling meteor shower .

And the other side shifted his [Heaven Shaking Sword] as well .

Kwa-kwakwakwa!!

He also possessed the same techniques we possessed . Two identical meteor showers collided in the air and a massive explosion rang out .

When the technique was the same, what decided the outcome was the proficiency as well as the Status of the Fable .

[Great Fable, ‘Pilgrim of the Lonely Apocalypse’, is remembering the story . ]

Unfortunately, we couldn’t claim an advantage in either of those aspects .

‘Kim Dok-Ja!’

That didn’t mean we’d back off here, though .

I desperately unleashed other Fables while still operating the ⸢Hellscape of Eternity⸥ .

[Fable, ‘One who Murdered the Outer God’, has begun its storytelling!]

The reason why our opponent held the upper hand was due to the two attributes – ‘Demon King Slayer’ and ‘Terror of Stars’ . In that case, we needed to unshackle the Fable that allowed us to fight against the ‘Outer God’ .

Ku-gugugugu!!

One Status collided with another . Blood trickled down Yu Jung-Hyeok’s nose . However, he didn’t back away .

Not just him, but even the Fables seemed to understand it . They perhaps knew that, if they stopped telling their stories now, then all stories would stop right here .

[[It’s useless . ]]

The Plotter’s Status moved . The Great Fable’s aura that previously existed in vague ripples was rapidly changing . The ⸢Pilgrim of the Lonely Apocalypse⸥ morphed into a giant, and its huge palm began crushing down on us .

Yu Jung-Hyeok roared out in opposition . “We too have Great Fables!”

[Great Fable, ‘Demon World’s Spring’, is continuing with its storytelling!]

[Great Fable, ‘Torch that Swallowed the Myth’, is continuing with its storytelling!]

The world of the Great Fables streamed past before our eyes .

The ⸢Demon World’s Spring⸥ that battled against Surya during the Demon King Selection .

The ⸢Torch that Swallowed the Myth⸥ we earned while experiencing the ‘Gigantomachia’ .

Two Great Fables, one taking on the figure of a lion while the other, a dragon, began biting and tearing into the giant’s palm, and resisted it .

[41st turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is watching you . ]

[666th turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is watching you . ]

[999th turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is watching you . ]

Countless Yu Jung-Hyeoks within the ‘Secretive Plotter’ were observing this battle .

I recalled the [666] and [999] in my mind . They should be in there somewhere . Along with the Plotter himself, they had been watching me from the beginning of this world-line .

They were watching the heated battle between two Yu Jung-Hyeoks and were growing agitated .

[The ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ is activating!]

The sky split open, then light and darkness began creating a new ‘world’ .

[Great Fable, ‘Season of Light and Darkness’, has begun its storytelling . ]

The ⸢Season of Light and Darkness⸥ was our ‘Great Fable’ . But at the same time, it was the Plotter’s Fable, as well .

And even in this Great Fable, Yu Jung-Hyeok still lost to the Plotter .

[[You cannot win . ]]

The effects of the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ were absolute .

The history of defeat would only go on to create yet another history of defeat .

⸢A man wearing a white coat was looking up at the sky . And the man wearing the black coat met that gaze . ⸥

The Plotter’s eyes trembled .

Without a doubt, this was the exact same battle against the same Yu Jung-Hyeok as before . Yet, something was different . The Plotter looked down at his own coat .

It was black .

The colour of his coat was the opposite .

⸢Light and darkness were colliding . And one single watcher was observing the whole story . ⸥

Incredible Status gathered on Yu Jung-Hyeok’s right arm . It was clear which technique he was planning to use .

The greatest technique the current him could call upon: the [Shooting Star Slash] .

Back during the Apocalypse Dragon battle, Yu Jung-Hyeok failed to defeat the ‘Secretive Plotter’ with this technique .

[Incarnation, ‘Jeong Hui-Won’, has temporarily transferred her share of the Great Fable . ]

Everyone from in the not-too-distant battlefield was adding their strength to us . Everyone who held shares in the Great Fable was now participating in this battle .

[Incarnation, ‘Han Su-Yeong’, has temporarily transferred her share of the Great Fable . ]

[Incarnation, ‘Shin Yu-Seung’, has temporarily transferred her share of the Great Fable . ]

[Incarnation, ‘Yi Gil-Yeong’, has temporarily transferred his share of the Great Fable . ]

Every Fable of gathered on Yu Jung-Hyeok’s [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] . After seeing his Fable balloon up like that, the ‘Secretive Plotter’ began pouring out his own Status as well .

They might be two identical Yu Jung-Hyeoks, but the Fables they created were completely different .

⸢Who is Yu Jung-Hyeok?⸥

The Fables they possessed acted like that question’s answer .

[Great Fable, ‘Pilgrim of the Lonely Apocalypse’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

The Fable of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ was Yu Jung-Hyeok from the 1st regression turn, 2nd, then 100th, and even the 1000th . A Fable built up solely by one person’s existence piling up on top of one another .

⸢All tragedies had become dull, and only one being’s existence grew bloated . ⸥

The sword light from the swung [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] opposed that very Fable .

[Fable, ‘Comrade of Life and Death’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

That was Yu Jung-Hyeok’s reply .

[Fable, ‘Child of the Past and Future’, has begun its storytelling . ]

Yu Jung-Hyeok was Shin Yu-Seung .

[Fable, ‘Judge of Apocalypse’, has begun its storytelling . ]

He was Jeong Hui-Won, and . . . .

[Fable, ‘False Saviour’, is continuing with its storytelling . ]

He was also Han Su-Yeong . And then . . . .

[Fable, ‘Demon King of Salvation’, is continuing with its storytelling!]

And, he was me .

Kwa-aaaaah!!

The [Shooting Star Slash] collided with the Plotter’s Great Fable . This fight was quite literally at a deadlock, and a moment’s carelessness could very well decide the victor . Every Fable we possessed powerfully slammed forward . And then . . .

[666th turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is . . . . . ]

A very small change occurred in the midst of this battle .

[362nd turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is . . . . . ]

A deafening boom went off, and the exploding spray of the river water formed a curtain of grey fog . The river water then rushed down on us and swept Yu Jung-Hyeok’s body away . His consciousness was fading .

I subbed for him and dragged the Incarnation Body towards some nearby floating debris to climb on top of it .

When I took a closer look, though, it wasn’t some normal piece of debris, but a small island created out of the corpses of the ‘Outer Gods’, instead .

It was then that I heard a voice .

[[There is only one difference between you and I . ]]

As the grey fog of river water rescinded, the figure of the ‘Secretive Plotter’ flopped down on the corpse island revealed itself .

[[You simply got lucky, and I didn’t . ]]

Tsu-chut, chuchuchut!

His black coat was in a tattered mess . Sparks were dancing all over his body .

[1562nd turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is . . . . ]

[1321st turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is . . . . ]

‘Yu Jung-Hyeoks’ inside him were now rebelling against him . They were refusing to heed the Plotter’s will .

[999th turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ wishes to see the end of the 1864th turn . ]

His Status was decreasing little by little . And his body was also gradually shrinking, as well . His bulging muscles were getting smaller, and his height decreased, too .

Soon, the ‘Secretive Plotter’ that lost his Status had morphed into the figure of a boy .

I staggered back to my – Yu Jung-Hyeok’s – feet .

“You . . . . . “

I wanted to say something, but no voice wanted to come out .

[The absolute majority of the audience are shivering at your battle!]

[A portion of the audience is . . . . ]

We won .

Countless indirect messages flooded in, but not one of them entered my head .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ was sitting on his butt all alone on top of this island . The [Heaven Shaking Sword] stabbed into the floor was the only thing supporting him .

While gripping the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] tightly, I cautiously approached him .

Even though he was the same Yu Jung-Hyeok, why did he have to live such a different life? Why did this guy have to overcome all these tragedies by himself?

[Great Fable, ‘Pilgrim of the Lonely Apocalypse’, is faltering in its storytelling . ]

Was it because he didn’t have any comrades?

Comrades . . . .

[41st turn’s ‘Yu Jung-Hyeok’ is staying vigilant of you . ]

… . No, he had .

He definitely had comrades .

‘Kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks’ emerging out of his body were standing right there .

[Youcan’tYoucan’tYoucan’tYoucan’tYoucan’t]

Kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks were now surrounding him protectively . And then, the ‘Outer Gods’ were surroundings those kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks .

[TheresonlyoneTheresonlyoneTheresonlyone]

The history that the ‘Secretive Plotter’ had lived through – every part of the ‘Ways of Survival’ he lived through was now protecting him .

[DontkillhimDontkillhimDontkillhimDontkillhim]

They were stories that got discarded because they failed to reach the ‘Conclusion’ .

I moved Yu Jung-Hyeok’s body again and lowered my posture towards them . When I reached out, one of the small Outer Gods bit the extended finger . Crimson blood formed on the tip of the bitten finger .

It was a lie that this world-line was a brand new story .

Even now, Yu Jung-Hyeok’s story – the ‘Ways of Survival’ – hadn’t ended yet .

‘Kim Dok-Ja . ‘

He must’ve regained his consciousness, because Yu Jung-Hyeok began talking to me .

I didn’t reply immediately, and made my way past the Outer Gods to approach the ‘Secretive Plotter’ .

Now in the form of a boy, he was looking up at me while being surrounded by the Outer Gods .

Yu Jung-Hyeok saw me holding the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] tightly and spoke . ‘You’ll regret this . ‘

⸢No, I won’t . ⸥

I raised the sword only to slowly sheathe it back in its scabbard .

⸢Besides, you weren’t going to kill him, anyway . ⸥

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s retort came back a little later than usual . ‘… . Even if we kill him, he’ll simply regress again, anyway . ‘

Even if he was saying that, it was pretty clear what he was thinking of right now . We had enough of this tragedy already .

[Many Constellations are watching you . ]

[Many Constellations can’t understand your decision . ]

I didn’t make this decision for the sake of earning a Fable . And I knew that this wouldn’t even offer a tiny speck of solace to a life that lasted for 1864 lives .

But, even then . . . .

“Secretive Plotter . “

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I called out and he looked up at me .

Even if this world had changed from the original story, even if this world was no longer a simple novel . . . . If it wasn’t for this guy’s story, this world wouldn’t have existed .

⸢Without him, the current Kim Dok-Ja wouldn’t be here . ⸥

I definitely owed him a debt . A debt that nothing could possibly repay .

“You said that a sentence once written, can never be changed, right? I disagree with that . “

Indeed, sentences could be changed . Just like how the revised versions of the ‘Ways of Survival’ existed .

[[My Fable has already come to an end . ]]

” . . . . And then?”

[[… . There is no ‘then’ . That is what it means to end . ]]

“Some stories can only begin anew after coming to its end . Back in the world I lived in, there was this guy who repeatedly said that his story would end that year, but he kept it going for over ten years . “

And that very story was what helped me to survive .

“I think I heard that the story was supposed end at around the 500th chapter, but before I knew it, it went past 1000th, and then, it shot past 2000 chapters . “

[[… . What is it that you want to say?]]

“That story was written up to the 3149th chapter . . . . but the 3150th hasn’t been written . “

Even if a full stop had been laid down, as long as the next sentence was written, then the story would continue on .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ should be well aware of this, too . Because, he was a guy who had been telling his story far longer than anyone else out there .

I spoke with a grin on my face . “It feels like that story is still continuing on even right now . And maybe, it is really continuing on . I feel relieved, actually . “

[[You . . . . ]]

“Because, I’m a Constellation, you see . ” As the Plotter’s expression hardened, I added something else with a cold voice . “Constellations are creatures like that . “

This was the answer I had chosen . This was the only way to not belittle him, even if it ends up hurting him .

The Secretive Plotter’s eyes were glaring straight at me . [[… . That story you bastard have seen . . . . ]] His seething voice was directed at me . [[… . Will result in your death . It will show you the worst end result imaginable . And as for your Nebula . . . . !]]

“Doesn’t matter . “

I knew that what I was saying here could be seen as irresponsible . My petty attempt at atonement could bring upon untold misery and misfortune for everyone else . I knew that .

Even then, this was the best I could do right now .

“Every time that happens, I’ll do my best to fight back . “

The Plotter’s expression was changing – to one that I couldn’t make . An expression seemingly reserved for when analysing the ends of the distant universe . With that sort of expression, he scanned the battlefield .

The rain falling on the battlefield had stopped, and the storm clouds that the Great Sage Heaven’s Equal had summoned were receding away .

The ‘Great War Against the Heavenly Worlds’ was drawing to a close .

‘s fallen Constellations were looking up at the Great Sage and the Yogoes . The sense of defeat thickly drawn on their faces told me who today’s winner was .

[Currently, the Fable chamber ⸢I’ve become the retired SSSSS-grade Sun Wukong⸥ is in possession of the ‘sacred texts’ . ]

[Scenario will automatically conclude if the sacred texts are guarded for one hour . ]

[Ten seconds currently remaining until the conclusion of the scenario . ]

Finally, the lengthy scenario was coming to a close .

I looked up at the blindingly bright skies of the . The ‘Great Dokkaebis’ who’d control the Final Scenario were there, glaring at me .

[Scenario has concluded . !]

[Fable chamber ⸢I’ve become the retired SSSSS-grade Sun Wukong⸥ has won the scenario!]

Bright messages announcing an incredible amount of reward payout and words of congratulations sent by the Constellations rained down and blanketed the sky above .

I spotted Shin Yu-Seung, with Biyu riding on top of her head, hurriedly running towards me while waving around the ‘sacred texts’ .

The title of the texts was the following:

⸢I’ve Become the Retired SSSSS-Grade Sun Wukong⸥

“Ahjussi!”

[Shares for ‘Outer God’ in the applicable scenario is enormous!]

[ is acknowledging the existence of ‘Outer God’ . ]

[‘Outer Gods’ can now officially participate in the scenarios!]

(As the blinding rays of light accompanied them, the Yogoes all rose up to the air . )

(Yogoes gathering around Sun Wukong as their centre all howled towards the heavens like a single colony . )

I heard their cries .

(It sounded like a song from an unfamiliar foreign country . )

Next up, I spotted Jeong Hui-Won carrying my Incarnation Body while waving her hand . I might have heard it wrong, but I thought I heard her say “I finally got you” or something like that .

Next up, I saw Yu Sang-Ah, now the ‘Sakyamuni’s Successor’, and Jang Ha-Yeong carrying the enervated Yi Gil-Yeong .

I looked to my side to discover the ‘Secretive Plotter’ witnessing the same spectacle as me .

(The ‘Journey to the West’ will end here . )

One scenario came to an end, yet the story continued on . However, even that story would have an end .

[You have acquired a new ‘Great fable’!]

[You have partially completed the fourth condition of the ‘Hidden Scenario – A Single Fable’!]

And so, ever so quietly . . . .

[Your Great Fable has completed the first half of the ‘Conclusion’!]

The message foretelling the end of this world could be heard .

[Your Nebula has acquired the qualification to enter the ‘Final Scenario’ . ]

Fin .