Chapter 387: 387
The first person to raise her voice was Han Su-Yeong . "What the hell? How can you even think that? Does one's intelligence get worse the more you regress?"
"Taken words right out of my mouth . To think that a so-called writer would cook up something so unpleasant . "
She and Yu Jung-Hyeok growled and glared at each other .
And the first one to back off was also Han Su-Yeong . "Fuu… . Right, regressing three times could mess with your mind and cause you to dream up weird things . So… . You're saying that 'Secretive Plotter' is 'Kim Dok-Ja from the future'?"
"That's what I think . "
"Fine, well . It's not completely impossible, I'll give you that . All sorts of crazy things happen in the , and . . . . "
Han Su-Yeong was about to say "A novel can also become reality in our world" but quickly swallowed those words back . Even if that was true, she thought that such a thing shouldn't be mentioned in front of Yu Jung-Hyeok .
So, she said something else . "Wouldn't it be quickest to ask the 'Secretive Plotter'? Did you try to confirm it?"
He nodded his head . "I had a deal with him . If I do something for him, then he'd answer a single question of mine . "
"What did you ask him?"
"I asked if his identity was truly Kim Dok-Ja from the future . "
"And then, what?"
"He said that he wasn't . "
"In that case, why are you . . . . . "
"Let me be more clear . He said, 'Once upon a time, I might have been someone, but now, I am no one . '"
… . Might have been someone, but now, they are no one?
Han Su-Yeong quickly realised what was wrong with that statement .
The 'Secretive Plotter' didn't implicitly deny being 'Kim Dok-Ja from the future' in that reply . No, what he said was much closer to 'I might be Kim Dok-Ja, or I might not be' than anything else .
In that case, Yu Jung-Hyeok not backing away from his guess made sense .
Han Su-Yeong asked one more time . "Was that all you asked him?"
"He knew of all the regression turns I've lived through . "
He was something once upon a time, but now, just a simple 'Secretive Plotter'; a being that knew every regression turn Yu Jung-Hyeok had lived in .
"Anything else?"
"No . "
"You kidding me? You fought like crazy just to ask him only that?" Han Su-Yeong yelled at him while panting like an angry bull . "That guy didn't exist in your previous regressions, right? If you couldn't find out his real identity, you should've at least tried to learn other info, you know?!"
" . . . . I did hear what his goal was . "
"What was it?"
"He said that there was something he wanted to change . And, someone he wished to kill, as well . "
It felt as if the more she heard, the deeper she was being sucked into the quagmire . By flipping the term 'someone he wished to kill' around, you'd get 'someone he can't kill yet' .
Was there a being on the level that even a godly existence like 'Secretive Plotter' couldn't do anything about?
"That's all I've heard from him . That was all the questions I was permitted to ask . "
"You couldn't dig out more info, though?"
"That means I'll have to make another deal with him . If I do, then I'll have to bear a heavier cost than the last time," said Yu Jung-Hyeok, and he shifted his gaze to the sky .
She also looked up as well and activated [Midday Tryst] .
- Is he looking at us?
- I can't sense his gaze .
That was a slightly disappointing result; they were chatting away openly like this so that the subject in question would hear them, but it seemed that he wasn't even watching them right now . Should she say it wasn't like 'Secretive Plotter'?
Han Su-Yeong spoke .
- Well, this is problematic . If a godly being on that level decides to butt into the middle of something important, then no matter how good our plan is, it'll be useless .
Especially so when on a stage as important as the current 'Great War of Saints and Demons'; if a small variable could flip the table on its head, then there was no way she'd not be concerned by it .
However, Yu Jung-Hyeok's thoughts were different from hers . "He probably won't step forward personally . "
"What makes you think that?"
"The evidence is with him using Kim Dok-Ja or me to carry out his schemes . If he was able to make a move, then he'd have done so already . An existence of his level would need to exhaust a great deal of Probability if he intends to make a move . "
" . . . . That makes sense . Who knew that the moment I'd thank the shitty Probability would actually come?"
"I have something to ask you now . "
"Ng?"
"I still haven't heard the basis for your unpleasant hypothesis . Why did you say the 'Secretive Plotter' is 'that person' . . . . ?"
Yu Jung-Hyeok's question elicited a smirk from Han Su-Yeong . "What's this? I thought you weren't interested, but I guess it does bug you . "
"You never fail to add unnecessary comments, don't you . "
Just before he could grasp the cold hilt of his sword, a rather sly voice came towards them from nearby . "You two seem to be enjoying each other's company . "
Two people's cold, murderous glares squarely landed on Kim Dok-Ja .
He formed a bitter smile and was about to wave his hands around while backing away, but then, a new scenario message rose up in the empty air .
[New coordinates for the 113th regional conflict have been set . ]
The gazes of the group were now fixed on Kim Dok-Ja . Finally, time to make another move had arrived .
"Well, let's go and cause another scene, then . "
As if they were all waiting for it, Fables of began clamouring loudly .
[New Fable is sprouting in the Demon King, 'Demon King of Salvation'!]
[List of candidates for 'Demon King of Salvation's' second Modifier have been generated . ]
*
The Demon World's second-in-command was called by a variety of Modifiers; 'Ruler of East Hell', 'Demon World's Proxy', 'Destroyer of Sanctity' .
Even though he carried many varied names, there could ever be only one true name for him .
The Master of the 2nd Demon World, Agares .
Ever since the Master of the 1st Demon World suddenly disappeared, Agares had been protecting the Demon World for the past thousands of years or so . He cut off the heads of Archangels salivating over his territory, and protected those Fables that allowed 'Evil' to exist as evil .
While he tested the qualification of 'Evil', restricted, and even ruled over it, he focused all of his being on only one question .
What did 'Evil' exist for?
Every time he ripped apart yet another living being, he immersed himself in that question . It was not important whether this question had an answer or not; no, that question simply enabled him to carry on .
[113th regional conflict has been forcibly concluded . ]
[114th regional conflict has been forcibly concluded . ]
However, this was his first time seeing such a spectacle in the thousands of years he'd lived so far .
- Everyone, be strong for a little bit longer!
- We've almost suppressed them all!
There were people rescuing the Reincarnators from the chaotic battlefield . The expendables being sacrificed regardless of the outcome of the great battle between 'Good' and 'Evil' were being saved by someone .
Now normally, such actions would correspond to the side of 'Good' . However, the problem here was that a Demon King was responsible for performing that very action .
[Chaos Points have increased by 4 . ]
[Chaos Points are currently 60 . ]
[Warning! Chaos Points have exceeded 60!]
Chaos . Neither 'Good' nor 'Evil', it was 'something' that existed outside of the world's Probability and its natural order .
[You want to increase the Chaos Points and stop the 'Great War of Saints and Demons', is that it?]
Reddish horns sprouted up below the fedora pushed down deeply on Agares's head, which was his unique quirk whenever he was intrigued by something .
[Stop smaller-scale destruction with the threat of even bigger destruction . It truly is an idea only the 'Demon King of Salvation' can cook up . ]
The one to offer his opinion was the 'Devil of Lust and Wrath', Asmodeus .
Agares spoke, his fingers gripping the throne wagging to and fro . [Why does he not side with 'Evil'? Surely, he'd not lose out by joining this side . ]
[Once this 'Great War of Saints and Demons' concludes, his 'Climax' will be completed . It also means that the ■■ he pursues is not on the path of 'Evil' . ]
[Even then, he doesn't seem to be pursuing the ■■ of 'Good', either . ]
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