Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint - Chapter 479

Chapter 479: 479
[Fable, 'Master of Steel', has begun its storytelling!]
The walls of steel created by 999th turn's Yi Hyeon-Seong blanketed the surroundings and expanded rapidly . This power was strong enough to even defend the entire planet when deployed within <oz> .
Kwa-kwakwakwakwa!
The expanding steel intertwined with the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ and began creating the partitions of the subway .
This stage was utterly familiar to me . Even now, just by closing my eyes I'd be able to vividly recall this cabin from the first scenario .
[A Myth-grade Constellation's 'Stage' has been generated!]
Tsu-chuchuchut!
Now originally, ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ was quite similar to augmented reality . In other words, the surrounding topography wouldn't change simply because it had been transformed into a stage .
However, the case this time was slightly different .
[<star stream=""> is paying close attention to your 'Stage' . ]
[The absolute majority of Constellations are watching the 'Stage' . ]
[Great Dokkaebis are jealous of your 'Stage' . ]
[Due to the large number of gazes, the stage grade of the 'Stage Transformation' is increasing!]
<star stream="">'s Probability was directly linked to the number of gazes watching on . A scenario that a large number of beings watched was able to generate a powerful Fable, and a stage watched by many could generate sizeable impact in return .
The anticipation carried within those countless gazes could shift the Probability, in other words .
⸢On that day, the Demon of Delusions and the Demon King of Salvation met for the first time in that place . ⸥
And the shifting Probability could sometimes turn 'fake' into 'reality' .
[Due to the effects of the 'Disconnected Film Theory', the materialisation of the 'Stage Transformation' is incomplete!]
[Within the applicable stage, the Characters 'Kim Nam-Woon' and the 'Monarch of the Great Abyss' will be treated as the same individual . ]
[The 'Monarch of the Great Abyss's' stage compatibility is 87 . 351%!]
[The possibility of a sudden end exists . ]
The fake becoming real on stage could only occur for a brief period of time . While everyone was focusing here, before the mysteriousness of this stage came undone – I had to finish everything .
[[You . . . !!]]
I unhesitantly approached Kim Nam-Woon . I didn't sense myself growing any stronger from the effects of the Stage Transformation . However, I was filled with confidence, instead . The kind that a wolf might feel when hunting down a rabbit .
[[What kind of dogshit is this?!]]
The enraged 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon pounced on me . Since he was under the influence of the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥, his mobility had become quite sluggish, as if he was that Kim Nam-Woon from the first scenario whose average stat points didn't even reach 10 .
The problem was, my own body was no different from back then during the first scenario, too .
Swiiish!
I lowered my head and dodged the dagger . I was reading the direction of his attacks through the [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint] so evading him wasn't that difficult .

[The rules of the 'first scenario' will apply to the applicable 'Stage'!]
[Incarnation Bodies within the 'Stage' will grow stronger by killing another life . ]
Memories continued to resurface .
Right . We fought like this back in the first scenario . Just for the sake of 100 Coins as our survival fee, people had to die .
Just for those 100 Coins, people killed each other .
We managed to survive such a world .
[Many Constellations are recalling their 'first scenarios' . ]
The 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon pressed down on his temples as if he was suffering from migraine, then began cackling at me . [[Haha . . . So, this is how you want to play it? Quite interesting . ]]
"But, you don't look like you're enjoying yourself at all?"
His glare was filled with the prickly killing intent .
[The 'Monarch of the Great Abyss's' stage compatibility has decreased slightly!]
Even if the effects of the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ was absolute, this particular stage was recreated through a simple trick . The longer I took, the weaker the connection between the 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon to his 3rd turn counterpart would become .
[What the hell, grasshopper man! What's going on here? What's happening?!]
The 3rd turn's Kim Nam-Woon raised himself up in the corner . He had been altered into a small toy robot due to the effects of the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ . He awkwardly clung onto my leg .
The 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon saw this scene and muttered out . [[How disappointing . To think that I'd get killed by a bastard like him and end up as a trashcan robot . ]]
[What the hell are you talking about? You wanna die, buddy?? Hey, grasshopper man! Kill that son of a bitch!]
[If there is no killing taking place in the next five minutes, all Incarnation Bodies within the cabin will be exterminated!]
This would be my first time seeing the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ imposing such a strict restriction .
Wasn't this almost at the level of an actual main scenario?
[[Die!]]
The dagger sliced the air and flew right in . I used the surrounding objects to dodge the attacks . The movements of my body might have become dull, but I was not the same Kim Dok-Ja as I used to be back then .
Kim Nam-Woon's attacks scratched the subway's steel doors and floors . The power behind each of his thudding attacks was gradually getting stronger .
The aura of Chaos was faintly swirling around him . The effects of the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ on him was already declining . The odds of victory would tilt towards his favour if this continued on .
However, the 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon seemed to be getting more and more anxious, instead .
[Character, 'Monarch of the Great Abyss', is getting agitated . ]
[Character, 'Monarch of the Great Abyss', is urgently surveying his surroundings . ]
Why was this? Why did his complexion look so poor? I took a closer look to find his cheeks and neck soaked in cold sweat .
[Character, 'Monarch of the Great Abyss', detests this space . ]
[[You rat-like bastard . . . . !!]]
[A portion of Constellations are suspicious of the 'Outer God King's' Status . ]
[A small number of Constellations are scorning the small fry-like utterance . ]
The movements of the 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon were getting simpler perhaps due to his increasing anxiety .
[If there is no killing taking place in the next three minutes, all Incarnation Bodies within the cabin will be exterminated!]
Three minutes remained .
"Dok-Ja-ssi? What's going on here . . . ?"
And that was when I heard a certain voice . Kim Nam-Woon and I both turned our heads in the direction of where that voice came from .
And immediately, chills ran down on my spine .
⸢There was another who bore witness to their fight in that place . ⸥
I had forgotten about it .
⸢The most righteous person in the carriage number 3807 on that day . ⸥
… . That I and Kim Nam-Woon weren't the only people riding in that subway that day .
[[Hahahahaha!!!]]
Kim Nam-Woon exploded in the fit of maddened laughter, abandoned me, and rushed towards Yu Sang-Ah .


Perhaps due to the effects of the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥, she was now kitted out in the uncomfortable outfit she had on during the first scenario .
He closed the distance in an instant and his dagger was swung towards her .
As the blade scythed the air with a sharp swish . . . .
Slice-!
Sliced strands of hair danced in the air . Yu Sang-Ah and her hardened expression were using agile movements to evade Kim Nam-Woon's attacks . As a matter of fact, she was far more agile than I was .
[[Not bad!]]
[Character, 'Monarch of the Great Abyss', has received the effects of 'Blackening'!]
However, his movements should grow faster and faster with passing time .
⸢On that day, the Demon of Delusions came to understand his new world . ⸥
The effects of the Stage Transformation was getting stronger .
⸢ . . . . That a new set of rules was needed in a brand new world . ⸥
I could see Yu Sang-Ah's complexion getting paler and paler .
There was no time . I needed to find a way . Somehow I . . .
"Hyung . "
A small hand tugged at my clothes .
⸢If that boy didn't catch any insects that day . . . . ⸥
Yi Gil-Yeong was also here, with a babyish face of a young boy . He looked exactly like how I remembered during the first scenario .
The boy in despair after losing his parent was extending his palm out with a determined expression .

[Constellation, 'Ruler of the Deepest Pit', is laughing ominously . ]
Several bright-yellow grasshoppers rested on the boy's palm .
"Thanks . "
I grabbed the grasshoppers and started running . The insects were then crushed along with crunching noises .
[You killed a lifeform . ]
[Your Incarnation Body has been strengthened due to the effects of the Stage Transformation!]
[You killed a lifeform . ]
[Your Incarnation Body has been strengthened due to the effects of the Stage Transformation!]
… . . .
My physical strength increased explosively as I ran inside the cabin .
The back of Kim Nam-Woon's head, currently cackling away like a madman, was now right before my nose .
[[Die! Die!! Die! Dieeee!]]
I simply grabbed the nape of his neck and slammed the bastard down on the subway's floor . His legs trembled like an insect being crushed .
[[You son of a . . . !]]
He swiftly jumped out from my grasp and swung his dagger in my direction . I didn't bother to dodge that .
Kah-gagagagak!
Because, there was no need to .
⸢The knife continued to leave behind scratches . Although blood did trickle down, the blade failed to gouge out the flesh beneath the skin . ⸥


The final scenes of the first scenario flitted past my view as if it was overlapping with reality .
Kim Nam-Woon's attacks continued to get faster, but he failed to break past Yi Hyeon-Seong's strengthened [Steel Transformation] .
[[This, just what the hell is this . . . . ]]
The 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon spat out expletives and wielded his dagger . However, no matter how many times he swung it, there was no use .
Because, the end of this 'Stage' was already set in stone .
"Looks like you only have two minutes remaining . "
[[Uwaaaaaah!!]]
Kim Nam-Woon and his distorted expression swung his dagger indiscriminately . Only his poor blade ended up breaking, however, and it fell to the ground . One minute thirty seconds, then one minute twenty . . . As time continued to tick down, Kim Nam-Woon's figure slowly crumbled to the ground .
It wasn't because he simply lost all his strength . What attacked him was a sin far more fundamental in nature .
⸢The foundational Fable of Kim Nam-Woon, the Demon of Delusion . ⸥
The surrounding space began distorting; the pool of blood was now spreading on the once-empty floor of the cabin . It was not the blood we had shed .
[[There's, there's just no way . . . . !]]
The shivering 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon plopped down on the spot .
[Great Fable, 'Delusional Design', is losing control!]
Right here in this place was where his Fable, 'Delusional Design' had germinated .
Kim Nam-Woon relied on [Abnormal Adaptability] to forge a new world he had to live in – but what about the version of him who had witnessed the end of that 'world'? What kind of meaning did that world hold for him?
[[C-crap like t-this, won't . . . . !]]
Corpses on the floor were glaring at us, their eyes wide open .
Those that I failed to protect – those with their heads missing or their hearts pierced through . Those dying while vomiting blood were now looking at us .
Kim Nam-Woon's face shook hard as if he was having a seizure . It was an expression that didn't suit him .
"Are you feeling the guilt after having come this far?"
The 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon trembled and looked up at me, his lips bobbing up and down .
⸢"You're right, I'm trash . So what??"⸥
Kim Nam-Woon from the initial regression turns would've definitely said that . However, even such a guy had said something different during the 999th turn .
⸢" . . . . I've been thinking about this sometimes . Maybe I should've been the one to die that day . Captain, you also think that way, don't you?"⸥
The psychopath, Kim Nam-Woon, the Demon of Delusion .
Even after I finished reading the entirety of the original novel, my opinion on that guy hadn't changed .
[Exclusive skill, 'Reading Comprehension', is activating!]
However, that couldn't have been Kim Nam-Woon's everything . The 'Ways of Survival' I read was no doubt nothing more than just the tip of an iceberg called this world .
And so, the 'Kim Nam-Woon' I didn't know must have existed somewhere, too .
Kim Nam-Woon, who ended up seeing a world's end for someone's sake .
Kim Nam-Woon, capable of wandering aimlessly for forty thousand years out of his love for someone .
Kim Nam-Woon, carrying on the sake of protecting his loyalty to his comrades .
What if such a Kim Nam-Woon existed in the world somewhere . . . . ?
And what if such a Kim Nam-Woon was the one who saw the end of the 999th turn . . . . ?
[[I, I . . . I . . . . ]]


His delusion was being eaten away .
That was the history he endured on by exchanging away his personality; the ego of the Kim Nam-Woon, a second-year student from Cheongil High School, was now leaking out from its hidden spot beneath his mask .
[[I . . . I killed . . . . them . . . That's right, I . . . . ]]
The shivering Kim Nam-Woon held his broken dagger and began sobbing away .
"Right . You did kill them . "
As I said that, I took a look at the rear of the subway .
I saw Yi Hyeon-Seong's steel tunnel, now merged with the ⸢Stage Transformation⸥ . And this near-endless tunnel was overflowing with corpses .
The 'Nameless Ones', their names now long forgotten, were crying out .
"And they are the people I didn't save . "
⸢A new world requires a new story . ⸥
That was the price for completing the 'One Single Fable' .
We lived for the purpose of completing this petty 'gi-seung-jeon-gyeol' .
[Your 'hidden scenario' is on the verge of completion!]
[All of your Fables are desiring your 'Conclusion'!]
[Every Constellation in <star stream=""> can sense that your 'Conclusion' is drawing near!]
And now, I had to see the end of this damn story .
[[Ah, aaah, aaaah . . . . !]]
The focus in Kim Nam-Woon's eyes blurred and he brought the tip of the broken blade closer to his neck .
[15 seconds remaining until the application of the 'Stage Transformation's' rules . ]
[Once the time limit has been reached, all Incarnations who didn't obey the rules will be killed instantly . ]
Yu Sang-Ah and Yi Gil-Yeong were looking at this side . Even the 3rd turn's Kim Nam-Woon, currently in the figure of a toy robot, was looking at me also .
If the time limit elapsed in this fashion, then the 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon would die for sure on this stage . The stage itself might be fake, but his Fable infused to this place was all real .
He'd die in this place . Just like those he had killed . Or, like how it was for him in the 3rd turn .
He'd die a miserable death while accepting his 'life' .
The problem, however, was with the 3rd turn's Kim Nam-Woon . He'd also perish due to the fact that he was connected to his 999th turn counterpart through the 'Disconnected Film Theory' .
I couldn't let that happen .
[The 'Stage Transformation' has been cancelled!]
The surrounding landscape changed and the stage disappeared . The memories connected through the [Disconnected Film Theory] were fading away . The subway scattered away, and all the actors involved also returned to their previous positions .
However, the 999th turn's Kim Nam-Woon remained on his knees .
Certain stories, despite being fake, possessed power as if they were real deal . The stage might be gone now, but the original sin didn't go away .
His ruined and frayed Fable was scattering away . I quietly stared at him and his lowered head, before lightly kicking away the dagger he was still holding .
"Kim Nam-Woon, you can't be saved . "
Then, I pulled out the [Unbreakable Faith] . The gleaming white swordlight seemed to screech out from the blade . I deliberately raised the sword up high so that everyone could see me . And then . . .
[Every Constellation of <star stream=""> is waiting expectantly of the 'Outer God King's' death!]
[[No!!]]
Along with a horrifying, desperate cry coming from somewhere, my [Unbreakable Faith] cut something down .
<episode 91 . ="" one="" single="" fable="" (3)=""> Fin .
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