Chapter 494

I thought that ‘it’ had finally happened when I became the Outer God King .

[You have become the ‘Enemy of the Story’ . ]

This wouldn’t be my first time experiencing the sensation of Fable in my entire body shattering into tiny little pieces . A similar thing happened back when I was booted out of the scenario and fell in the ‘story’s horizon’ .

If there was one thing different between then and now, it would be me not getting expelled from the scenario even after becoming an altered existence . No, it was the exact opposite .

[You have become the boss monster of the last scenario . ]

[You will be alone forever . ]

[No one will understand you in this worldview . ]

I memorised the loneliness I felt in that moment . This feeling of being cast away all alone in this universe . The feeling of becoming a monster that no one could understand for all eternity .

However, this also wasn’t my first time experiencing such a feeling either .

⸢”I’m XX Time’s reporter . Do you have some time to speak with me?”⸥

⸢”It’s him . The son of the murderer . “⸥

That was why I needed to take up this role . Only I could perform it to its fullest, after all . That was the price to pay for reading the story called ‘Ways of Survival’ to its conclusion .

⸢[[Your companions will never understand your decision . ]]⸥

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ told me that as if he already knew what my plan was . And I understood why he had no choice but to say those words .

⸢”We’ll find out later, won’t we?”⸥

Neither he nor I were wrong . Just that the Fables we compiled were different, that’s all .

Kwa-kwakwakwakwa!!

The tsunami wave of Fables unfolded right before my eyes . And the blinding sparks of Probability spread out above this wave . And on top of them all, the gazes from the Constellations were streaming in .

[Constellation, ‘Queen of the Darkest Spring’, is watching your Fable . ]

[Constellation, ‘Father of the Rich Night’, is watching your Fable . ]

[Constellation, ‘Mass Production-type Maker’, is watching your Fable . ]

… .

This wasn’t a gamble that I alone could realise . Me becoming an Outer God King was merely the beginning of the final pages .

Yu Jung-Hyeok fought hard, my companions held on bravely, and Han Su-Yeong gamely attracted the Constellations .

And the Constellations believing in us made their choices .

⸢The plan was a success . ⸥

The ‘Living Flame’ that rises up from the east .

The ‘Master of the Sunken Island’, the calamity of the world in the west .

The ‘Monarch of the Great Abyss’, the ruler of the northern universe .

The ‘King of Silverlight Heart’, the ruler of the interstellar space in the south .

And finally, the ‘Great Plotter’ that crawls from the place of nothing .

The scenario’s volume began expanding rapidly with the gathering of all five ‘kings’ . Historical Figure-grade Constellations failed to deal with their combined Statuses and began vomiting out Fables on their knees .

These kings had been excluded from the scenario until now . After escaping from the reaches of the ‘Hounds chasing after the Abyss’ through the abundant Probability, they had personally descended to the scenario .

The ‘Secretive Plotter’ was looking in my direction . I nodded my head in return .

⸢And now, it was time for their stage to open . ⸥

[U-uwuuuuh-!]

Several terror-stricken Constellations forgot their stations and began hastily running away . The ‘Monarch of the Great Abyss’ grabbed the nape of one of those Constellations . The 999th turn’s Kim Nam-Woon began laughing .

[[Now, now . You leaving so soon makes it a wee bit troublesome . It only just began, after all . ]]

He must’ve recovered some of his energy through the Probability’s overflow . He glanced at me and muttered out .

[[And you, don’t get ahead of yourself . We didn’t come here to help you out . ]]

But then, the ‘King of Silverlight Heart’ stood next to me and spoke up .

[[We came to aid you . ]]

“I know . Thanks . “

As expected, Yi Hyeon-Seong remained a trustworthy person regardless of the number of regressions he lived .

The ‘Master of the Sunken Island’, 999th turn’s Yi Ji-Hye, also made her move . Fable-grade Constellations hurriedly rushed in from both sides and tried to block them somehow, but it was a waste of time .

[T-the island, it’s, it’s moving-!]

From the front of the island covered in verdant moss, silvery cannons shone brightly . The biggest warship in the world-line, the perfected [Turtle Dragon], spat out flames towards the rest of the world .

Kwa-aaaaaah!!

The overwhelming spectacle of an entire corner of the battlefield being blowing away without a trace caused me, Han Su-Yeong, and even Yu Jung-Hyeok to become utterly dazed .

And at the furthest front of the battlefield, two ‘Kings’ were facing off against the Myth-grade Constellations .

⸢Two people who fought together a really long time ago were there . ⸥

The 999th turn’s Uriel was wrapped around in the [Hellfire]’s corona . And the other was Yu Jung-Hyeok who had survived the 1863 hellscapes to eventually become an ‘Outer God’ .

⸢In that moment, Kim Dok-Ja recalled a certain ancient battlefield . ⸥

It was from Yu Jung-Hyeok’s 999th turn .

Yu Jung-Hyeok and Uriel entrusted their backs to each other and fought together during the great war against Constellations . Yu Jung-Hyeok, blind in both eyes and roaring out, and Uriel protecting him – it was one of the scenes that I loved the most from the entirety of the ‘Ways of Survival’ . And that scene was being re-enacted right before my eyes .

[Fable, ‘Battlefield of a Hero and Flame’, is waking up from its prolonged slumber!]

A Fable that had disappeared a really long time ago was now connecting the two kings .

[[… . I shall leave to you . ]]

The 999th turn’s Uriel spread open her wings wide first . Just as she unleashed her Status, Constellations pounced on her as if they were waiting for that moment .

They were the top Constellations from and , as well as some other lower-ranked Constellations that fought against us in the ‘Demon King Selection’ – the ‘Last Pharaoh’, and the ‘Bird that Eats the Thunder’ .

[Fable, ‘Flame of Annihilation’, has begun its storytelling!]

The moment the 999th turn’s Uriel wielded her sword, the first lines of the Historical Figure-grade Constellations rushing in at her turned into powder and scattered away . Incarnations with pale complexions hurriedly turned around to run, while Fable-grade Constellations shouted out venomously .

[Stop that sword! Stop her from swinging it, no matter what!!]

Uriel’s sword carved out a burning path, and the ‘Secretive Plotter’ ran on it . It felt as if the history of the universe flowed within every step he took . His steps seemed neither too fast nor too slow, yet no one dared to stop him .

[Fable, ‘Hellscape of Eternity’, has begun its storytelling . ]

The most dreadful Fable in all of the world-lines began telling its story .

[Great Fable, ‘Pilgrim of the Lonely Apocalypse’, has begun its storytelling . ]

Everywhere his foot landed resounded with the cries of a destroyed world . The original sin of the worlds stuck to him like a shadow and continued to chase after him .

⸢No Constellation could stand in his way, and no Fable could save him . ⸥

Didn’t matter whether one was an enemy or an ally, as long as one was a Constellation, one couldn’t help but get seduced by his story .

When I abruptly regained my wits from that vast sorrow stained in wonderment, he was already grabbing at Poseidon’s neck .

The latter managed to recover himself in time as well, and hurriedly shoved the ‘Secretive Plotter’s’ hand away all the while unleashing his own Status .

[Constellation, ‘Spear that Draws the Borders in the Oceans’, is greatly enraged!]

’s Great Fable began making its move . Poseidon’s [Traiana] bared its fangs while enveloped in a powerful Fable . This was the might of a Myth-grade Constellation that anyone should quake in fear from .

However, I too was a Myth-grade now and I was perceiving his actions differently .

⸢Poseidon is terrified . ⸥

His spear uselessly cut through the air, and it was no longer as sharp as before . It was a mistake unbecoming of an arrogant Constellation, and Zeus next to him roared out in alarm .

However, it was too late by then .

Sliiiice!

Something cut Poseidon’s torso down, and on his chest covered in blue scales, the lengthy and black wound could be seen . From this wound, Great Fables began flooding out nonstop .

[Keo-heo-uhk . . . !]

Poseidon tried to press down on his chest while swinging his [Traiana] all over the place .

The spear that drew the borders in the oceans – wherever his [Traiana] drew a line, that place would become an ocean . However, such a thing didn’t happen this time . For the first time ever, the spear’s blade that feared no one couldn’t find what to aim at and simply trembled helplessly .

⸢The place where his ocean couldn’t reach . ⸥

Both of Poseidon’s eyes were soon dyed in the pitch-black abyss .

Most likely, he was watching the darkest Fable known in this world right now . The one about the outer space, where both the ground and the sky held no meaning as effects of gravity didn’t reach there . A complete devastation with not one precious thing remaining after everything was destroyed .

And the master of that devastation was looking up at the ’s constellations .

[[Doesn’t matter which world-line it is, you don’t seem to change at all . ]]

He didn’t sound sad . If anything, he sounded relieved, actually .

Along with the cold metallic noise, the blades of the [Heaven Shaking Sword] extended out to the night sky .

[Shut your mouth-!!]

Poseidon managed to beat back the fear and hurriedly swung his [Traiana] once more, But in that exact moment, the [Heaven Shaking Sword] also made its move, as well .

I remembered seeing Yu Jung-Hyeok use a similar skill to that once before . It was a skill to cut down the stars designed by a Transcender who had surpassed his own limit through incredible dedication and hard work .

However, something felt different . That attack, as if . . .

⸢As if, it was a sword technique created so that one man could face off against the entire world . ⸥

Breaking the Sky Swordsmanship .

Transcending the Inner Mysteries .

The Universe Slash .

Only then did it hit home . The power the ‘Secretive Plotter’ displayed back then, during the battle of ⸢Journey to the West⸥, was only a portion of what he could produce .

This sword trajectory was the most beautiful I had ever seen .

His blade caused the world to split apart .

Kwa-dudududu!

The sword strike cracked apart a nebula in its entirety and scattered stardust away . And at the end of that magic-like rays of light was Poseidon . Along with ‘puh-ga-gak!’ noise, his arm and leg got cut off simultaneously .

[Poseidon!!]

Zeus freaked out and shouted loudly .

Fables exploding forth from the ‘Secretive Plotter’ were swallowing up the battlefield . The emptiness he felt while living through the scenarios was expanding .

Tsu-chuchuchuchut!

Poseidon vomited out Fables and fell on his knees, prompting the ’s 12 gods to rush in . Ares and Hephaistus roared out and swung their sword and hammer . Unfortunately for them, however, they were smacked away by the [Heaven Shaking Sword]’s blade like a bunch of children .

Zeus yelled out in pure anger .

[Oh, the great schemer! Do not get too full of yourself! You haven’t even witnessed a fragment of the myth that created yet!]

Even as he was saying that, Zeus’s figure was beating a hasty retreat .

It was so obvious – the ark was waiting in the direction he was heading to .

[Father!]

The ’s Constellations abandoned by him spewed out Fables from their whole bodies as the Nameless Ones gnawed on them . Dionysus carried a resentful expression as he roared in anger towards his father .

I quietly stared at those Constellations before speaking to Han Su-Yeong and Yu Jung-Hyeok . “We need to stop Zeus . “

Inside of the ark Zeus headed to was filled with sleeping Great Fables not just belonging to but countless other myths, as well . If we let him be, this scenario would become disadvantageous for us once more .

We quickly began running with everything we had on the stage currently covered in Fables from the dead stars and gods .

Han Su-Yeong, meanwhile, muttered in a puzzled voice .

“By the way, that guy . . . . . “

After cutting Poseidon down, the ‘Secretive Plotter’ was just standing around, dazedly looking up in a certain direction . I shifted my head towards where he was staring at .

The reason why he didn’t chase after Zeus was simple . From the beginning, his purpose wasn’t the annihilation of nor the destruction of the ark itself .

No, what he stared at was a certain something located much, much further away .

The ⸢Final Wall . ⸥

Endless pages were flipping within his eyes as if he was utterly determined to see what was beyond that thing this time .

[’s Probability is experiencing a rapid change!]

Great Dokkaebis began shouting out at the unexpected distortion of the Probability .

[Hang on! This, this is . . . . !]

[Oh, the ‘Most Ancient Dream’, this . . . . !]

[Due to the ’s rapid change, the scenario content has been revised!]

[Clear condition for the applicable scenario will change depending on the camp you have chosen to side with . ]

I confirmed the revised scenario detail .

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For the first time ever, the title of the main scenario was gone .

A scenario that had never happened before .

A scenario that not even the Great Dokkaebis heard of had begun .

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Type: Main

Difficulty: ???

Clear condition: Please destroy the ark and put a stop to Great Dokkaebis’ plan .

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I heard the freaked-out voices of the Great Dokkaebis next . With this, they were about to pay the price for giving up on being the ‘storytellers’ to become characters in this world .

Also, the facade surrounding us began changing, as well . As if, the world had finally permitted our existence .

“It’s you . . . . !”

The clearly-astonished Asuka Ren was looking at me . It seemed that even she could now see my true appearance, at least faintly .

As the sparks wildly danced about, the creatures of fear and disgust, ‘Outer Gods’ were revealing their true appearances . They were no longer the beings outside of the scenario .

[The absolute majority of the Constellations are watching your Fable . ]

The scenario we had created was now being officially birthed into this world .

[‘Most Ancient Dream’ is now looking at your existence . ]

Quite likely, the ‘Secretive Plotter’ also heard these messages . More specifically, the messages popping up before my eyes .

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Reward: Final Wall

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Fin .