Chapter 413: 413 I remained within my crushed consciousness as Fables continued to send whispers in my direction .
[Fable, 'Demon King of Salvation', is continuing with its storytelling . ]
Yes, I'm still listening . I haven't fallen asleep .
[Fable, 'King of a Kingless World', is sustaining you . ]
I endured on while eating the Fables I lived through like a newborn chick being fed . After every sensation from my skin and joints disappeared, it felt as if time had stopped moving . It was like a clock tasked with maintaining my inner balance was broken .
['Final Dragon of the Book of Revelation' is letting out a violent roar!]
[Indescribable Darkness' is glaring at 'Final Dragon of the Book of Revelation' . ]
The contest of strength was still going on outside . A face-off, one calamity against the other . I could sense the vibration from the shockwave spreading from far away, even inside this fog . Although the Status remained strong, the size of the vibration was gradually weakening . As I expected, it seemed that the 'Indescribable Distance' was in a superior position . The Apocalypse Dragon was so strong that it surpassed all possible imaginations, but as a calamity, it had woken up from its seal not too long ago . It'd not be quite enough to contend with the 'Indescribable Distance' that had been drifting around in the for a long, long time . So, the balance of power would slowly tilt towards the latter . The problem would be with its clones, though .
[Exclusive skill, 'Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint' 3rd stage is activating!]
I planned to not use this power on my comrades . Unfortunately, I didn't have any other choice in my current situation . Tsu-chuchuchuchut! Accompanied by the pain akin to my head being crushed, dim, indistinct images floated up to my view . The white noise was pretty intense, perhaps due to the worsening damage to the Fables, but I could still just about make out the contents somehow .
⸢"Go and save Kim Dok-Ja . "⸥
The chaotic battlefield appeared before me . And then, I saw the Ruyi Bang rocking the skies of that battlefield as well . He did come . Golden-coloured thin fur danced entrancingly in the air . Jang Ha-Yeong, ably enduring the advent of the Great Sage, was releasing her new-found Status towards the sky . The Black Flame Dragon and Uriel were helping her out, and behind them, I also saw Kyrgios and the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint, too . Hades and Persephone were protecting my companions from the clones . The 'Mass Production-type Maker' was busy loading the collapsed Constellations in his [X-grade Ferrarghini] . . . . And soon, a huge explosion noise resounded out from the centre of the battlefield, and a gigantic ship suddenly made its appearance .
⸢This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come . ⸥ (TL: Genesis 9:12)
The Fable of the Ark as written by began dyeing the battlefield . It seemed to me that Metatron had come to a decision . Indeed, he must've realised that sealing the Apocalypse Dragon away would be too difficult at this point .
⸢"Ahjussi . . . . "⸥
Shin Yu-Seung and Yi Ji-Hye aboard the Ark were looking up at the sky . The former was supporting Yi Gil-Yeong, who seemed to have blacked out . It was her duty to stop the boy from going on a rampage, and thankfully, my Incarnation seemed to be performing her duty admirably . Constellations and Incarnations had evacuated onto the Ark, and then, I heard the sound of the Island collapsing .
[Constellation, 'Guardian of the Mandala', is looking at you . ]
I thought that a faint outline of the Buddhist rosary had appeared before my eyes, and that was when I heard his true voice . [Oh, dear child . It has finally come to this . ] I could only smile weakly towards him . 'You knew this would happen already . ' The 108 rosary beads that appeared before my eyes began emitting wondrous light . Sakyamuni must've predicted this moment as soon as I appeared in his radar . To him, the flow of time wasn't in a straight line but actually, one giant circle . He might not know of the detailed information on the future, but through the events of the past, he was able to read the present . [The history of this island comes to an end here . And things will get rather busy from now on . ] I already knew why he'd get 'busy' thanks to the 'Ways of Survival' . The rosary beads vibrated all at once as they became whiter and whiter . Soon, this island would be closed . And just like what happened tens of thousands of years ago, this island would seal the Apocalypse Dragon once more . This island would become a giant rosary that contains the Apocalypse Dragon . 'Please, allow my companions on the Ark to escape from the island . ' The rosary before me emitted a faint trace of light . It was a sign of agreement . [However, you can't be saved, my child . ] I nodded my head . I thought as much . Well, I was stuck right in the middle of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Nameless Mist, after all . [Oh, dear child, I pray for story's . . . . . ] His true voice was swept up by the shockwave as well as the wave of the fog of darkness and got erased . My whole body began shuddering like a lone leaf in the wind . The rate of my fragmented Fables disintegrating was speeding up . I curled up even more . I was almost there . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting . If I endure this part, then would acquire a brand-new Great Fable . We'd be able to meet the condition of 'Climax (轉)' that leads us towards the Final Scenario .
[Fable, 'King of Kingless World', has stopped its storytelling . ]
But then, Fables began cutting out one by one .
[Fable, 'Returnee's Disciple', has stopped its storytelling . ]
[Fable, 'Gourmet Association's Heretic', has stopped its storytelling . ]
It became harder to breathe and my vision grew dimmer .
[Fable, 'One Who Is Loved By an Archangel', has stopped its storytelling . ]
I knew that everything would be over if I lose my consciousness here .
[Fable, 'One Who Hunted the King of Calamity', is curling up . ]
[Fable, 'One Who Murdered an Outer God', is resisting . ]
That was why I desperately held on to my consciousness . I filled my head trying to get away from me with intimately familiar words . Right, let me recall the 'Ways of Survival' . For some extraordinary reason, though, what appeared in my mind wasn't the contents of the 'Ways of Survival', but my life during my middle school years . Memories of me sneakily using the PC without the knowledge of my cousins to read the 'Ways of Survival', or when I was doodling on the corners of the school textbook . Memories, when I transcribed the contents of the novel on a notebook, or when I drew up the chart of the power scale of all the characters .
- Dok-Ja, would you like to become a writer when you grow up?
A teacher asked me that after discovering my doodling . I replied that what I wanted to become wasn't a writer, but a reader . The teacher formed a strange expression after hearing that, but eventually smiled back at me .
- That's not such a bad idea . Because a book needs a reader to be complete, you see .
That teacher-nim who said that to me passed away four days later due to a car accident . That was life . I knew that . I knew that life was not some story .
[Fable, 'Demon King of Salvation', has stopped its storytelling . ]
However, even still… .
[Fable, 'Companion of Life and Death', is continuing on with its storytelling . ]
I would've liked this life to become a story . 'I want to live . ' I reached out, but there was no sense of anything . From afar, something was breaking past the battlefield of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Outer God to approach my location . Although it was an incredibly faint general outline of a person, I recognised who it was right away .
[ is acknowledging your stunning achievement . ]
[You have acquired a new 'Great Fable' . ]
Warm rays of light leaked in from somewhere and enveloped my body . Just as I tried to say something, a voice came to me from somewhere .
*
I want to save him . I definitely want to save him . Han Su-Yeong bit her lips hard enough to draw blood and thought to herself over and over again .
[Constellation, 'Demon King of Salvation', is currently activating 'Will to Live Lv . 1' . ]
Anyone who heard that message would think the same as her . It wasn't from just anyone, but from that Kim Dok-Ja . "It's still not too late . " Han Su-Yeong heard Yu Jung-Hyeok's words and wiped the blood trickling down her lip before forming a grin . "You know, I've never yielded to anyone in my life before . " "I know that you've reached your limit . " "You talking about yourself?" "I can endure longer than you . " Kim Dok-Ja wasn't too far from them now . However, both time and their situation didn't look good at all . The forward momentum Jeong Hui-Won added earlier could only take them this far . With their remaining energy, they were unable to fight against the clones nor break past that thick fog of darkness . Ku-gugugugu . . . From Han Su-Yeong's bandages, now unwrapped, a mixture of blood and Fables flooded out . Her complexion was now incredibly pale . Yu Jung-Hyeok spoke . "Are you planning to meet a dog's death here?"
"It's just that, I can't trust you 100%, that's all . " Something cold flitted in and out of Yu Jung-Hyeok's eyes just then . She still asked him, though . "You know that I possess [Lie Detection], right?" "Of course . " "Do you really consider Kim Dok-Ja as your comrade?" "You're asking an unnecessary question . " "I know that the two of you went through all sorts of crappy scenarios and built up some sort of a bond in the process . But, separate from all that, there is something I still can't wrap my head around, you see . " Unlike what she said earlier, she didn't activate [Lie Detection] during her speech . "You originally didn't have any allies and stuff like that . But, you've changed so much after entering this regression turn . " " . . . " "That's why I can't trust you . You used to forsake your allies all for your great cause, so why are you trying to rescue Kim Dok-Ja now?" Yu Jung-Hyeok's gaze met Han Su-Yeong's . It had been such a long time since she last saw him in a pitch-black darkness that for a moment there, she involuntarily ended up shuddering . It was possible that she had touched something she shouldn't have . Because, she didn't know much about Yu Jung-Hyeok's regression turns, to begin with . He replied to her . "Once these scenarios come to an end, there is something I must confirm with Kim Dok-Ja . " One couldn't read any emotions or thoughts from his face . That was like his version of despair, maybe his rage, or even his hellish loneliness . Or, it was possible that none of that belonged to Yu Jung-Hyeok but to Han Su-Yeong herself, instead . "And that is why, until then I . . . . " As things stood, there was only one truth she could glean from what he said . "Okay, so, you're planning to keep him alive, is that it?" She looked to her right hand as she finished speaking . [Black Flame] burning in darkness waited for her there . The very last drops of her magical power were drawing on her hand . "You better keep your promise . If you can't save him, then . . . . " Her burning gaze landed on Yu Jung-Hyeok next . Her small palm touched his back, and then, an intense storm of magical energy whipped up . " . . . . Just drop dead and go to the next turn!" The Black Flame Dragon's grace extending out from her arm permeated into Yu Jung-Hyeok for a moment; the magical energy from Jeong Hui-Won and Han Su-Yeong combined in that instance to create wings of light and darkness just beyond his black coat . Kuwaaaaaah-!! Yu Jung-Hyeok grasped the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] tightly as he crossed the vast emptiness . He was able to cross the fog of darkness he couldn't possibly traverse with his own powers alone with the aid of Jeong Hui-Won and Han Su-Yeong .
[Grace of the Constellation, 'Demon-like Judge of Fire', is permeating into you . ]
[Grace from the Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', is permeating into you . ]
Even then, his magical power reserve continued to fall . The density of the fog grew heavier and the starlight grew fainter in turn . Yu Jung-Hyeok gritted his teeth . He needed a sharper, keener, more accurate story . A Fable that could pierce through that fog of Calamity somehow… .
[Fable, 'the One who Opposes the Miracle', is continuing with its storytelling . ]
There it was . Right there in the path of emptiness he was gazing at, the history he lived alongside Kim Dok-Ja lay scattered like the Milky Way . Yu Jung-Hyeok ran on that path .
[Fable, 'One Who Murdered an Outer God', is continuing with its storytelling . ]
He ran on one of the Fables, and… .
[Fable, 'Giant's Liberator', is continuing with its storytelling . ]
And, as he ran on yet another Fable, his Incarnation Body began moving faster and faster . Soon, gentle rays of golden light enveloped his entire figure . Transcendence level two, then three… . The moment he surpassed level four, his body transformed temporarily . Wu-dududuk . Bones all over his body screamed, and as if it had been completely overhauled, his appearance changed to become even more agile than before . And eventually, into Transcendence level five .
[Fable, 'Comrade of Life and Death', is continuing with its storytelling . ]
He saw a star dying alone in the distance . But to him, that guy no longer looked like a Constellation now . Kim Dok-Ja . It was still not too late . The Fables they remembered still remained, and the people who remembered him were still alive . The story he so wanted to create, it was still alive and kicking in this world .
[Fable, 'Kim Dok-Ja Company', is continuing with its storytelling . ]
You mustn't die in this place .
[Incarnation Body's durability has reached its limit!]
[The 'Ark' is calling out to you!]
Yu Jung-Hyeok suddenly felt a powerful suction force pulling him from behind . That power was preventing him from getting closer to Kim Dok-Ja .
[Constellation, the 'Guardian of the Mandala', is calling out to you . ]
"Shut up!" Yu Jung-Hyeok resisted against all those forces and advanced forward . Kim Dok-Ja was right in front of his nose . Ten steps away, nine, eight… . He endured against sparks tearing into his body and continued to march on . Five steps away, four… . He reached out . He reached out towards the ends of Kim Dok-Ja's clothes drifting aimlessly in the emptiness . The moment his hand was about to touch the fabric . . . Along with the sensation of his breathing coming to a stop, the surroundings began shaking . It wasn't because he blacked out or had lost his consciousness . When he regained his wits, he realised that someone was grabbing his wrist . A firm, strong hand was holding his wrist, not letting it go . And it happened to be a very familiar hand .
[Incarnation Yu Jung-Hyeok's Sponsor is greatly shaken up . ]
The entire world was trembling; noises of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Outer God clashing resounded out, and in the distance, the island and its dimension disintegrating could be seen . But what Yu Jung-Hyeok saw just then was far, far more shocking than those sights of the apocalypse itself . Past the 'chaos' that was endlessly ominous and impossible to determine how far it extended, a white coat exactly the same as Kim Dok-Ja's danced in the space . This being now carried the unconscious Kim Dok-Ja under his arm . From the pitch-black darkness, that abyss-like pair of eyes was looking at Yu Jung-Hyeok . Slowly, agonisingly slowly, trembling spread up from the ends of his toes, and his grabbed wrist shook like crazy . Because he knew who this being in front of his eyes was . He knew this being so well and because of that, he couldn't say anything at all .
- Are you 'Kim Dok-Ja' from the future?
Some time ago, Yu Jung-Hyeok had asked that question to a certain someone . He asked that because he initially thought that only Kim Dok-Ja knew of the story extending as far as to the 1863rd regression turn . However, now he thought back to that moment, he realised how stupid that question was . A being who knew all the stories right up until the 1863rd turn . A being who understood a story the best was not the 'reader' who had read it, but the 'character' that actually lived through that very story . [Go back . You can't save anyone . ]
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