Chapter 506: 506
⸢The universe in the beginning was 'one' . ⸥
When I regained my wits, that sentence was floating in front of my eyes . I couldn't tell whether that was just a line of text, or a memory of something taking possession of the sentence .
⸢The 'one' was truly omniscient and omnipotent in this world . Because, the 'one' was the universe itself, and the universe was the 'one' . The 'one' was perfect . And it was perfectly alone . ⸥
Right after that, a blinding explosion went off .
⸢And that's how 'one' became 'two' . ⸥
That was the first explosion . People, later on, would call it the Big Bang .
⸢'One' was no longer omnipotent afterwards . ⸥
An incredible dizziness assaulted me, and I fell down on my hands and knees .
This was inside the door, the deepest part of the 'Final Wall' . The wall didn't try to suck me in anymore . Maybe, I had already been sucked in .
I looked around to discover Han Su-Yeong collapsed on the floor . I placed her unconscious figure on my back, and stood up . I raised my head to realise that Anna Croft was now standing before me .
[… . Looks like you saw the First Fable . ] The Wenny King currently possessing her was smiling in my direction . [I made the exact same face as you when I first saw it, too . ]
I didn't reply . I had no time to shoot breezes with him like this . Where did my companions disappear to?
Maybe he read my anxiousness, because he continued to speak to me .
[Aren't you curious? Why does this thing called 'Fable' exist in this world?]
" . . . . I didn't come here to discuss such things with you . "
[However, it'll be impossible to go any further without talking about it first . It was the same for me, you see . ]
I could hear Han Su-Yeong's breathing coming from my back . Her breaths soon became a Fable and unfolded before me . The world seemed to distort, and a passage decorated with display shelf-like things appeared next .
⸢The universe became 'two', and the 'one' grew lonely . ⸥
⸢Things that weren't necessary back when there was only 'one' began appearing . ⸥
Figurine-like beings were engaged in combat above these display shelves . The history of 'scenario' that began in countless planets, including Earth, was on display right there .
⸢The 'Good and Evil' was created to differentiate the two . ⸥
Agares and Metatron were bitterly fighting each other . That was the 'Great War of Saints and Demons', where angels and demons, even as they bled crimson-coloured Fables, never compromised on their ideals .
⸢The 'communication' was invented to soothe the two's loneliness . ⸥
Citizens were battling demons within the walls of the [Industrial Complex] . And I saw Jang Ha-Yeong trying to dissuade this battle between those walls .
⸢And 'Samsara', a wish to return to when it was 'one', was created . ⸥
Next up was Sakyamuni gently stroking a certain Incarnation Body trapped within a water tank inside his chamber . It was the Incarnation Body belonging to the now-dead Tang Sanzang, who loved Sakyamuni once upon a time .
⸢However, 'two' could never go back to being 'one' . ⸥
All the Fables I had been reading were displayed here .
These battles were repeating themselves within the predetermined conclusion .
Han Su-Yeong must be slowly waking back up, because I could feel her tremble a little .
⸢The 'two' needed something to connect the divided two . An existence that would live through all the Fables, and act as a proxy to their good and evil, their communications, and their Samsara . ⸥
My feet came to a dead stop just then .
⸢The 'Character' . ⸥
I couldn't leisurely watch on anymore .
The 'Wenny King' walking next to me like a ghost spoke up . [It's such a malicious joke, don't you agree?]
He cackled before hiding within my shadow .
The number of individuals appearing on the display cabinet grew . Some were simply put on display like some plastic figurines, while there were some still trapped in the wall with only their faces exposed as if moulding hadn't been completed yet .
" . . . . Ji-Hye!! Yu-Seung-ah!!"
I recognised those faces .
I tried so hard to free them from there, but the more I struggled, the deeper their faces sunk into the wall .
I ran along the display shelf . Yi Seol-Hwa, Gong Pil-Du, Yi Gil-Yeong, Yu Sang-Ah . . . . everyone from <kim dok-ja="" company=""> was here . And also . . .
" . . . . Yu Jung-Hyeok . "
Yu Jung-Hyeok's figure revealed itself from beyond the thick fog . His entire body was currently tied up with copper-coloured chains, his eyes closed and unmoving .
And a faint silhouette could be spied below him .
⸢That was none other than the 'King of the Stories' . ⸥
The fog obscured his face, so I slowly walked over to him .
[You have encountered the 'King of the Stories'!]
[End of the main scenario is here!]
There never was much info on the Dokkaebi King within the pages of the 'Ways of Survival' . However, not appearing in the novel didn't mean that no information regarding him could be found elsewhere .
Because, I knew of those that had met him already .
⸢However, none of them mentioned what the 'Dokkaebi King' looked like . ⸥
At the end of the 'Final Fog', the 'King of the Stories' was waiting for me .
[The 'King of the Stories' is smiling at you . ]
And then . . .
['The 4th Wall' is intensely trembling!]
I had to doubt my own eyes next .
⸢This was from a very old memory . ⸥
The head-pounding dizziness assaulted me as my vision shook greatly .
⸢There is no way . No, such a thing is simply impossible . ⸥
[Finally we meet, the apostle of ■■ . . . . . No, wait . ]
Small bits of sparks danced before my eyes and removed the filtering altogether .
[Oh, the 'apostle of eternity and epilogue' . ]
⸢Kim Dok-Ja roared out like a thunderclap and rushed forward . ⸥
I didn't even have enough time to think . I grabbed him by the scruff of his neck . I wanted to choke him to death right here, right now – but for some reason, my hands wouldn't listen to me .
⸢That man was tall . He always looked down on his son from high above . ⸥
This man, he couldn't be here .
⸢The man with an always-flushing face . Always drunk, and because of that, the son never really met gazes with this man . No, the son prayed that their gazes would never meet each other's . ⸥
[Dok-Ja-ya . Kim Dok-Ja . ]
⸢The world would turn into a nightmare if their gazes met, that's why . ⸥
[I really did come up with a splendid name for you, didn't I?]
Tsu-chuchuchuchut!!
I threw out a punch with all my might .
⸢His height that seemed so tall back then, was now about the same . ⸥
The time seemed to be slowing down .
⸢Those protruding veins only served to make him look emaciated, instead . ⸥
Tsu-chuchuchut!
⸢The son thought he could win now . He was not a powerless little child anymore . ⸥
The fist I swung with all my power was stopped right before his nose .
Sparks exploding brightly illuminated the man's face . The 'Dokkaebi King', his eyes glowing bright blue, smiled like a devil at me while standing there .
[What do you think you're doing to your own father?]
I roared out . I was not cognizant of what I was saying nor even doing at that moment . [The 4th Wall] was crumbling down .
"Kim Dok-Ja! Get yourself together!!"
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