Chapter 1: Door of Light
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[Chapter 1]: Door of Light
Klein walked forward and looked at the giant door. When he saw the strange door of light above the grayish-white cloud, Klein beckoned for the magic mirror, Arrodes.
At that moment, the transparent or opaque worms and insects that clustered together to form spherical lights in the strange door of light turned bluish-black. It was like a thick layer of fog that made one unable to see what was behind the door.
Though due to him being a regressor, he knew what's to come. Although he had already fused with Celestial Worthy due to him not being influenced by the corruption from Celestial Worthy he still had to accommodate the lingering influence of Celestial Worthy of this timeline to become the true ruler of the Sefirah Castle.
He took a step forward with the magic mirror in hand and walked towards the bluish-black fog in the middle of the strange door of light, passing through it. His figure disappeared behind the door that had the unknown hidden behind.
[Welcome to Planetary-System 8612.]
***
Due to the train's rattling Klein woke up, he was leaning on a girl with smooth blond hair when he had woken up. He was still groggily but he was able to come to his senses. The girl he was leaning on was Audrey, or Miss Justice, she was second to wake up from her sleep.
After he regained consciousness Klein scanned the area; it didn't take a divination to recognize his surroundings. ‘Wait? “Earth?” how?’ He was shocked it was earth and from the dialect that the people were speaking and the letters on the advertisements on the train, he deduced that they were in Korea.
Audrey couldn't help but be in awe on the different technological gap between their world and this world.
‘Are we in Korea? How did I go back? Even with the abilities of the full Lord of the Mysteries at most I could go back to the Early Era of Fire… but why is Ms. Justice also here? And…’
Klein noticed Leonard on his left side, Leonard was panicking. He was glad that Ms. Justice was also here to calm things down.
Audrey looked at Klein as Klein signalled to placate Leonard, after she had done that Audrey also scanned her surroundings. ‘I can assume we're on a train. The language seems unfamiliar, the train looks different to the trains that I have been in, what are those tiny metal boxes in everyone's hands?' After her initial observations on her surroundings, she started focusing on the people.
‘They seem to have dark hair. I don’t recognize these facial structures either. Hmm. Some people are giving us weird looks. Some seem disgusted, but others are also curious. Especially the older people, they don’t seem to like us.’
Leonard seems to be confused. He was glad that he had Klein and Audrey with him here, but this place was way to foreign. As he looked around he couldn't help but to look out of the window. pupils shrank as he started tapping Klein aggressively on the shoulder. "K- Klein, whe-where are we?!"
He almost flinched for a moment then he looked at his hand and noticed a specific thin-skinned glove on it. ' creeping hunger? Huh? I thought I lost you in the Forsaken Land of the Gods. ' he frowned and patted himself down, he felt a bulge at his hip. ' death knell as well? It seems the items I had lost came back? ' He quickly checked up on his supplies. From matches to tarot cards, he had everything he'd need for a fight. " Mr. World, do you happen to know what's going on?"
Klein shook his head and said. “After me and Mr. Fool had slept. I was suddenly transported here as well. Though I don’t know where we are, but… Mr. Fool seems to be familiar with this world.”
‘I could probably say this much, and I still feel the connection with Sefirah Castle. But.. my abilities had been weakened, no more accurately being suppressed? though I could still exert force and forcibly regain all of my abilities. It seems like it's a bad idea right now.’
"Can't we ask Mr. Fool to help us?" ‘that would have been the case if I hadn't already tried it.’ Klein lampooned and looked at 'I have to try and see if I can go Above the gray fog when I have a chance to be alone. Since I have been forcibly suppressed by something I have to reestablish my connection with Sefirah Castle.'
“I will try contacting Mr. Fool.”
Leonard looked down and mumbled. "old man?" Leonard had an excited expression on his face. Leonard then looked at us and said. “He admitted he doesn’t recognize this place. And it seems like he had sensed that this world doesn’t have much mystical properties.”
“Yeah I can feel it, but I can also feel the sudden surge of fate crashing down like a tsunami.”
As if on queue, the lights shut off completely and the train stopped abruptly. It shook loudly and made a terrible shrieking sound. The shaking causes both Audrey and Leonard to cling to Klein, as they try to not fall. The sound of someone's scream alarmed the Beyonders.
"##,####?"
"#-#### ## ####?"
"#-#### ## ##### ##?"
Audrey heard a trembling voice and looked over. ' Brown hair, she has a beautiful face, she seems like a kind person.' Using the lights from the small metal boxes. She frowned.
'I can’t understand what they are saying but they.… Her observant gaze landed on the man next to her. 'Mid to late 20's, average looking, he seems to have had a rough childhood he looks like he’s introverted. But he seems to be well acquainted with the lady.’
She smiled warmly and continued watching everyone in silence. Klein, having been a renowned keyboard warrior, knew some Korean. Not a lot, but enough to understand a bit. He seemed to be listening to the two people's conversation. "Don't worry. It isn't # ### deal."
"Is #### so?"
"Yes, it is probably a ########### #### a sui##de. The engineer will #### make an announcement." Just as the man finished speaking, the intercom came on, causing everyone to calm down.
"See, it ###'# a big deal. Now an apology will ###, and the ##### #### come back on…”
" –-Everyone, run away… Run…!”
‘It hasn’t even been a minute and shit hit the fan this quickly?! ' Klein lampooned.
Chapter 2: Story
Notes:
Got bored and finished the finishing touches. I was going to upload this on Saturday but... I just felt like it since I am done with this chapter and the next chapter just needed a little finishing touches as well. and next upload would be on friday... I promise unless I have an inspiration for seven wonders. (Yes I am promoting seven wonders Flush you)
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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[Chapter 2]: Story
(POV: Kim Dokja)
「 Dokkaebi. The first time he appeared, someone said so. 」
I didn't know why but that sentence suddenly popped up in my head. The stopped subway train, the dark room... These details gave me a sense of deja vu. The subway had stopped before, but it was rare. Even so, why? I remembered the familiar words from a novel... but it was ridiculous. Wasn’t it impossible? At this moment, the door of car 3807 opened wide, and the electricity returned. Yoo Sangah muttered by my side.
“...Dokkaebi?” My head was ringing. I trembled uneasily as the novel I knew and the reality before me overlapped.
「With two small horns and wearing a small straw mat, the strange and fluffy creature was floating in the air. 」
「 It was too strange to call it a fairy, too evil to call it an angel, and too tranquil to call it a demon. 」
「Thus, it was called a ‘dokkkaebi. 」
And I already knew the first thing the dokkaebi would say.
「&아#@!&아#@! ......」
[&아#@!&아#@!.......] Fiction and reality overlapped precisely.
“What is this?” “Augmented reality?” Amidst the chattering people, I was thrown into another world alone. This was unmistakably a dokkaebi—the very dokkaebi that opened the door to tragedy for thousands of lives in Ways of Survival.
...It was Yoo Sangah’s voice that broke me out of my thoughts. “It sounds vaguely like Spanish. Should I talk to it?”
I was a bit taken aback and asked, “...Do you know what that is? Will you ask it for money?” “No but...”
It was at this time that I heard the correct pronunciation of Korean.
[Ah. Ah. Does this sound good? Ah, I had a hard time because the Korean patch didn’t work. Everyone, can you hear my words?]
As a familiar language was being spoken, I could see people’s expressions relax. Then the first one to step up was a big man in a suit.
“Hey, what are you doing right now?”
[...Huh?]
“Yoo Sangah-ssi, it is dangerous, so stay here.” “Huh?” Yoo Sangah’s eyes widened. I spoke during a moment of bewilderment, but there was no way to explain what I understood. To be exact, I didn’t have to explain.
[Haha, you are really loud.]
There was a presence with a stronger persuasive power than anyone else right now.
[I told you to be quiet.]
I closed my eyes slowly as the dokkaebi’s eyes turned red. Something burst, and the subway became silent. “Uh, uh. Uh...” There was a big hole in the forehead of the unknown actor who had to go to the audition. The man who had spoken several times collapsed on the spot.
[This isn’t a movie shoot.]
There was a cracking sound once again. This time, it was the person talking about the captain. [It isn’t a dream. It isn’t a novel either.]
Ads by Pubfuture Pubfuture Ads One, two... Blood sprayed into the air as the heads of some people started to burst. They were all the people who had protested against the dokkaebi, as well as the ones who screamed or went wild.
Those who caused the slightest fuss had a hole in their heads. Suddenly, the subway became a bloodbath.
[This isn’t the ‘reality’ that you know. Do you understand? So everyone shut up and listen to me.]
「 Dokkaebi. The first time he appeared, someone said so. 」
I didn’t know why but that sentence suddenly popped up in my head. The stopped subway train, the dark room... These details gave me a sense of deja vu. The subway had stopped before, but it was rare. Even so, why?
I remembered the familiar words from a novel... but it was ridiculous. Wasn’t it impossible? At this moment, the door of car 3807 opened wide, and the electricity returned. Yoo Sangah muttered by my side, “...Dokkaebi?” My head was ringing. I trembled uneasily as the novel I knew and the reality before me overlapped.
「With two small horns and wearing a small straw mat, the strange and fluffy creature was floating in the air. 」
「 It was too strange to call it a fairy, too evil to call it an angel, and too tranquil to call it a demon. 」
「Thus, it was called a ‘dokkkaebi. 」
(POV: The Beyonder Trio)
'Planetary-System 8612?' Klein's memories immediately flashed in his head. Right before he entered Sefierah Castle he had heard the name before.
'Dokkaebi? The Korean Goblin?' Klein looked up and looked at the furry monster. 'White fur, two small horns - A straw hat?' Klein raised a brow at the creature.
"Klein, what should we do?" Leonard asked, voice laced with concern. Leonard became serious and imminently assessed the situation.
"We should hold back for now, unless the situation gets worse there is no need to get ourselves involved." With that, the trio continued observing their surroundings.
Leonard then had a look of concern and whispered. “Don’t Parasitize it!”
‘Huh?’ Klein shivered… Klein leaned towards Leonard and said. “You probably shouldn’t do it Pallez.”
Audrey observe the man who was comforting the lady before. 'Concern, scared, curious, confusion- recognition and excitement? Does he perhaps know something? He seems to have understood the situation but there is something that is trying to block my attempts to look at him on a deeper level.'
[&아#@!&아#@!…]
"What is this?" "Augmented reality?"
‘Augmented Reality? No, it's not, it's real… but why is it here in the first place? What's its objective?’ Klein lampooned and thought that he really wanted to do the portable grandpa’s idea and parasitize the Dokkaebi.. But it's too risky and fate says that that Dokkaebi would be useful in the near future.
He noticed the shock on Ms. Justice's face. ' seems the same thing with Ms. Justice. ' He then looked at his old colleague who had an unconcerned face like he was happy go lucky. ‘Most-likely this persona is Merlin Hermes…’
'Sill keeping up the act even in this situation huh? But still this is better than Gehrman' Leonard couldn't help but sigh.
[Ah. Ah. Does this sound good? Ah, I had a hard time because the Korean patch didn't work. Everyone, can you hear my words?]
" Hey, what are you doing right now?"
[…Huh?]
"Are you filming? I have to go because I have to quickly get to an audition."
Leonard looked in surprise. 'Who in the world would antagonise such an obvious threat??!!' he was flabbergasted by the development.
[Ah, auditions. That's right. This is also an audition. Haha, there was a shortage of data. I just entered when it was monetized at 7 p.m.]
"What? What are you talking about?"
[Now, now. All of you, relax in your seats and listen to me. From now on, I will tell you something very important!]
All while the Train carriage passengers started acting up, Audrey still observed the suspicious looking person. She saw his expression turn from worry, to realization, then to determination. ' he does know something. Should I… no I can’t definitively be sure, but… one thing is for sure, something is trying to protect him'
She took the chance of everyone's distraction to lean over and speak to the two in the Loen Language.
"That man in the suit with the brown-haired lady seems to know what's going on."
She leaned back to her seat properly. With this new information, Klein and Leonard both took a quick glance at the man. They didn’t keep their gazes from him for too long since they would have definitely been noticed. So they uncommunicatively gave the job to Audrey.
"Yoo Sangah-ssi, it is dangerous, so stay here."
"Huh?"
[Haha, you are really loud.]
[I told you to be quiet.]
Instantly Klein felt fate had suddenly repelled and instinctively Klein had gone behind Audrey and covered her eyes. Audrey was confused until she heard a pop.
[This isn't a movie shoot.]
There was a cracking sound once again. This time, it was the person talking about the captain. [It isn't a dream. It isn't a novel either.]
One, two… Blood sprayed into the air as the heads of some people started to burst. They were all the people who had protested against the dokkaebi, as well as the ones who screamed or went wild. Those who caused the slightest fuss had a hole in their heads. The subway quickly became a bloodbath.
[This isn't the 'reality' that you know. Do you understand? So everyone shut up and listen to me.]
Half of the carriage's passengers were now corpses on the ground, bloodied and sprawled out. Klein took this chance to finally let Ms. Justice see. She heard everything and had guessed what the situation was. She was grateful for Mr. World's consideration.
Audrey smiled and said. “You don’t need to worry about me, I already have blood on my hands… I can handle something like this.”
Klein looked at Audrey and said. “I know.. But still, you only killed evil people. You are more kind than anyone else I have ever met."
Then after that he looked at Leonard, Leonard smiled mischievously and said. “I see..” Klein looked at Leonard as he smiled and said. “Fun fact, I have a gun…”
Leonard smiles and says. “Whatever you say.” and then Audrey in the most monotone voice said. “Shoot him.” The trio couldn’t help but softly laugh. (Btw no notice cuz of Psychological Invisibility made by Audrey)
[Everyone, your lives have been nice so far. Isn't that right?]
If Leonard wasn't already terrified and didn't want to lose his head. He would have scoffed and retorted with sarcasm.
[You have been living too long for free. Isn't life too generous? You were born and paid no price for breathing, eating, pooping and breeding! Ha! You really live in a good world!]
'Free? Free my ass. We've all worked our asses off to get to where we are now. We have to try everyday to not lose control, go insane, or wind up dead somewhere without anyone knowing. We strive to make money every single day so we don't starve on the streets.
'Klein couldn't help but to let out his internal rage towards the Dokkaebi. Naturally, the Dokkaebi will never know about these feelings.
[But now the good days are over. How long can you continue living for free? If you want to enjoy happiness, it is common sense to pay a price. Isn't that right?]
"D-Do you want money?"
'Idotic!' Audrey couldn't help but scoff and feel bad for this man's stupidity.
"I will give you money. Take it. Please note that I am a person like this." The man pulled out his business card as people cheered him on. The 3 beyonders couldn't help but to sigh in harmony. Even Klein, sighed deeply.
"How much do you want? A big one? Or two?"
'This man sure has a death wish.. ' Klein couldn't help but eye the bills. 'Put them away before your head pops off.'
[Hrmm, you are giving me money?]
"T-That's right! The cash I have right now isn't much but… I can give you anything if you let me out of here."
[Money, good. A plant fiber that many humans mutually agree on.]
The man's expression brightened. It was an 'Indeed, money is everything' expression. How pitiful. "Now, this is all I have―"
[It only applies in your time and space.]
"Huh?"
At the next moment, flames appeared in the air, and the cheques in the man's hands burned up. Klein couldn’t help but look away and cough, it didn't go unnoticed by a certain poet who was now smirking knowingly, and a Spectator who was trying not to laugh.
[That paper has no value in the macrocosm world. If you do this one more time, I will blow away your head.]
[Phew, the debt is piling up during the time when you are noisy. Well, yes. Rather than explain it a hundred times, isn't it quicker for you to make money yourself?]
The dokkaebi's horns rose like they were antennas, and its body floated to the ceiling of the train. A moment later, a message rang out.
[#BI-7623 channel is open.]
[Constellations have entered.] A small window emerged in front of everyone's blank eyes.
[The main scenario has arrived!]
—
[Main Scenario #1 – Proof of Value]
Category: Main
Difficulty: F Clear
Conditions: Kill one or more creatures.
Time Limit: 30 minutes
Compensation: 300 coins
Failure: Death The dokkaebi smiled faintly as it became transparent and disappeared into the next space.
—
[Then, good luck everyone. Please show me an interesting story.]
"Come on, everybody! Everybody calm down. Start breathing calmly." Someone stepped forward exactly five minutes after the dokkaebi disappeared. He was a sturdy man with short cut hair, one head taller than the average height.
"Are you calm yet? Please stop your actions and pay attention to me for a moment." The people sobbing or making calls stopped. Once everyone's eyes were gathered on him, the big man opened his mouth again, "As you know, in the event of a national disaster, small disturbances can cause large human casualties. That's why I will now control the situation."
Notes:
I am exited for chapter 5 and 6 because the others are there as well! I won't spoil but its not the transmigrator kuz you know... they are disguise constellations, you probably knew this kuz of the tags.
I wrote chapter 1 sleep deprive so I had to edit alot of stuff like bro I named it beyonded the Worldveiw... like bro wrong spelling and wrong grammar yeah so dam.
Chapter 3: Beyonders Beyond the Stars
Notes:
Currently I have decided that I will be uploading chapters whenever I feel like it because I will probably lose motivation if I don't upload
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[Chapter 3]: Beyonders Beyond the Star
(POV: Klein Moretti)
Klein didn’t bother listening to the soldier and thought of a way to complete the quest given to them. After all, he didn't want to hear everyone's opinions on a soldier who took it upon himself to take responsibility.
Instead he was contemplating what they would do. He was currently rereading the scenario they were given. ' kill one or more creatures.' This is an easy feat, he could kill a scurrying cockroach with the black threads and turn it into a puppet before getting rid of it. Or he could go the Gehrman Sparrow route and just outright kill the worst person here. What concerned him was Leonard and Audrey.
I believe that both Audrey and Leonard could kill a person if they were evil, but there's the fact that no one here deserves death. Audrey and Leonard wouldn't kill an innocent person. They aren't slave traders or murderers or beyonders even. ' should I secretly divide a part of my mythical creature form to have them kill one of my spirit worms?'
He nodded to himself. While everyone was busy with the Soldier he whispered.
"Open your hand and close your eyes."
The two blinked before obeying, holding out their hand. The two were perplexed with Klein's actions until Klein put something in their hand, it felt warm and ethereal as it squirmed. Even with their eyes closed.
'Ahh' Leonard immediately thought of Klein's mythical form he had partially seen once. Understanding the motive, Leonard and Audrey both squeezed the maggots and opened their eyes. Leonard looked down at a screen that seemed to pop up out of nowhere.
[You have achieved the 'First Kill' achievement!]
[100 coins have been earned as additional compensation.]
'coins? Is that the currency of this world?' Klein smiled as he looked at the spirit worms… ‘So Spirit Worms count as a living being… There’s an exploit here…’
Audrey smiled and thought… ‘As expected of Mr. World he really is a kind and gentle person.’
Leonard then thought of something. ' Klein didn't help himself, never mind, I'm sure he has something in mind.' Leonard then went back to watching the drama in the carriage. Just as Leonard had expected, Klein indeed had something in mind. That having been the fact he used his spirit threads to find any tiny insects and turned them into marionettes.
Ultimately killing them and getting coins from them. He pushed his hat down to cover his eyes, giving off the appearance of someone sleeping. Klein looked at a screen that had popped up in front of him.
[The remaining time has been decreased by 10 minutes.]
[There are 10 minutes remaining.]
[If the first killing doesn't occur within the next five minutes, all lives in that carriage will be wiped out.]
'luckily for everyone, that first kill was already done.' The corner of Klein's lip twitched.
He brought out more spirit worms and crushed them in his hands…
(POV: Kim Dokja)
People reacted differently after the dokkaebi disappeared. Some people tried to get out of the train while others called the police. Yoo Sangah belonged to the latter group.
"Police, the police aren't answering! What, what should I…"
"Calm down, Yoo Sangah-ssi,"
I said, staring straight into Yoo Sangah's, she had a panicked look and a worried expression. I looked down at her in concern. I was about to say something until a lady appeared with a hum.
Dressed in a long, green, Victorian Frock Coat and a white frilled dress underneath with golden embroidery, Her long blonde hair was casually tied up as they smoothly and luxuriantly flowed down. Her emerald eyes reflected a somewhat palish flame, looking as deep as the ocean and also as pure as a gemstone. Her facial features and the shape of her face were matched with a stunning beauty. Her bearing and elegance were clear and pure, she had unparalleled beauty.
' Is she a cosplayer? '
"I apologize, may I interrupt? May I know your name? But first my name is Audrey, Audrey Hall nice to meet you."
The lady asked as she looked at Yoo Sangah with a smile that radiated calmness and respite. Yoo Sangah became calm a bit as she looked at the lady… though Kim Dokja felt as if something was off about the blonde lady.
"Y-Yoo Sangah.."
"Yoo Sangah? What a nice name!?"
Audrey sat down beside Yoo Sangah as if she was meant to be there.
And she also looked at me and also asked my name.
“My name is Kim Dokja.”
Audrey smiled gently, she had a soothing voice that could captivating any men.. She then asked. “Mr. Dokja do you know anything about the current situation?” her eyes shifted from bright emerald to golden eyes.
[The fourth wall is shaking]
‘Huh? What's this?'
[The fourth wall is resisting the hypnosis]
‘... What?.. Hypnosis?!' he flinched. ' Who's trying to hypnotize me??'
[The Fourth Wall Successfully resisted Hypnosis]
‘What just happened?
“Audrey!” a young man shouted. He had a relaxed expression on his face. A young gentleman with neat long black hair that reaches to his neck and dark brown eyes. He has a kind and gentle face that expresses innocence. He looks adolescent but exudes the appearance of a wise man.
beside him had a laid-back atmosphere to him. He had black sideburns and green pupils, his hair combed very casually. It’s such a pity. Otherwise, with his looks, he can be a model on the covers of magazines. His most definitive trait was that he was extremely handsome and wore red gloves.
"It seems like my companions need me! Let us talk again after this whole situation is over."
The woman stood up and bowed slightly with a curtsy and walked back. I watched her walk away and saw her sit beside the two guys.
'How did I not get hypnotised? Who are they?’
Then Yoo Sangah said in concern."What should we do, Kim Dokja-ssi?"
"Stay still." Finally, I slowly controlled my breathing. I too needed time to properly accept all of this.
[Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World]
The descriptions that existed only in the novel were now unfolding right before my eyes.
「The dokkaebi stretched out its antenna. 」
「 The bodies scattered like trash in the carriage. 」
「 The bloodied office worker shaking. 」
「An old lady groaning in her seat. 」
I watched every scene intently. It was like Neo in the Matrix, who suspected reality. Observing, questioning, and then eventually being convinced… I had to admit it. I didn't know the reason why, but there were no doubts about it.
'Ways of Survival' has become a reality. 'Let me think… How should I survive in this new world?' "Come on, everybody! Everybody calm down. Start breathing calmly." Someone stepped forward exactly five minutes after the dokkaebi disappeared. He was a sturdy man with short cut hair, one head taller than the average height.
"Are you calm yet? Please stop your actions and pay attention to me for a moment." The people sobbing or making calls stopped. Once everyone's eyes were gathered on him, the big man opened his mouth again, "As you know, in the event of a national disaster, small disturbances can cause large human casualties. That's why I will now control the situation."
"What, who are you?"
"A national disaster situation? What are you saying?" Some people belatedly recovered and strongly resisted the world 'control'. Then the young man pulled a government official card out of his wallet.
"I am currently an army lieutenant serving in the 6502 unit." Some people's faces became relieved. "A soldier, he is a soldier.
" However, it was too early to be relieved as I just received a message from my unit." People gathered in front of the soldier's smartphone. I was able to read the contents without difficulty because I was near it. –A level 1 national disaster situation has occurred.
All troops gather quickly. I could hear gulps all around me. I couldn't help but to glance at the 3 westerners. Oddly enough all 3 of them were calm in this situation. Which made them stand out a lot more to me.
(POV: Third Person Perspective)
[The remaining time has been decreased by 10 minutes.]
[There are 10 minutes remaining.]
[If the first killing doesn't occur within the next five minutes, all lives in that carriage will be wiped out.]
' luckily for everyone, that first kill was already done.' The corner of Klein's lip twitched. Leonard watched the people gather around the Soldier in a panic.
"W-What is this? Is it a joke?"
"Didn't you hear the message just now? Hey, didn't you hear it?"
"Soldier-nim! What do we do now? Why isn't the police coming?"
"Everyone, calm down and listen to me―" 'ahh seems like the poor soldier can't do things alone right now. Should I go up and help him out?' Leonard blinked before he decided to stand up. Earning a quizzical look from Klein and Audrey.
Leonard gave them a quick wink before he walked off to help the soldier.
"Everyone, please calm down for a moment. Panicking won't help anyone in this situation. I'm certain the authorities must be on their way. With everything that has happened so far they must be in a similar situation. So they may be delayed by a set amount of time. "
Leonard spoke in a straight-forward and calming demeanour. Everyone calmed down instantly. Not by his voice but by a certain Spectator who decided to help from her seat.
The soldier looked at Leonard with gratitude and sighed in relief, judging by the man's stature and the way he carried himself. This man immediately assumed he was a fellow soldier, if not an officer as well. Leonard noticed some people grab the iron doors on the carriage.
" wait-"
[All types of access to the carriage will be restricted until the scenario is complete.]
Along with this message, people were thrown back from the iron door like they had hit a transparent barrier. "W-What is this?" the voice of the dokkaebi rang out,
[Haha, there are some places that are quite fun while other places haven't started yet. Okay, this is a special service. I will show you what will happen if nothing occurs in the next five minutes.]
A giant screen appeared in the subway. The place that appeared on the screen was a classroom. Girls in their navy blue school uniform were shaking. A boy bit his fingernails and muttered,
"…Is that the school uniform of Daepong?"
Beep beep beep beep― An ominous beeping sound was heard. Then the high school girls started to scream.
[The given time has run out.]
[Paid settlement will begin.]
Once the announcement ended, the heads of the high school girls sitting in the front row exploded. One by one, one by one again… More and more heads exploded. The high school girls screamed and ran toward the classroom doors or windows.
Audrey couldn't help but to cover her mouth in shock and fear. Her pupils shook as her mind clouded. She breathed heavily before she closed her eyes and calmed herself. She had never seen such a gruesome sight before. Leonard couldn't help but frown. He knew that after seeing that, the situation was going to get chaotic again. .
[#Bay23515 channel. Daepong Girls' High School, Year 2 Class B survivor: Lee Jihye.]
The figure of the girl on the screen disappeared. Then the dokkaebi said,
[How is it? Interesting?]
The dokkaebi spoke with a smile, but people weren't looking at the screen anymore. Everyone was shifting away from each other, as fear clouded their thoughts.
"…3707."
Klein narrowed his eyes towards the man who spoke. He saw him look at his phone and Klein scrutinized him. Klein followed the man's sight towards the carriage number.
' 3807.. ' he then turned his gaze back to where Leonard was and saw an elderly lady groaning on the ground. " Shit. I'm in a bad mood, and this old lady keeps whining and groaning! Won't you shut up?"
The student who Leonard could see, named Kim Namwoon, was crouched down sneering at the old lady. "Didn't I tell you to shut up?"
The agitated Kim Namwoon grabbed the grandmother's collar. The grandmother's powerless legs staggered, and Kim Namwoon's palm moved through the air. Before the palm could make contact a strong hand gripped his wrist. Kim Namwoon looked back and saw a man with long black hair and handsome features.
" Let her go. " he demanded. Kim Namwoon clicked his tongue and slapped his hand away. " Who the fuck are you to interrupt.. Mister, do you want to die?"
"……"
"Do you not understand the situation?" Kim Namwoon only laughed at Leonard. He pointed to the ceiling of the subway carriage with his finger.
"Can't you see that?" On the ceiling, a holographic screen was playing.
[S-Spare me!]
[Aaaack!]
[Die! Die!]
"What are you getting at exactly…?"
"Leonard. " Leonard turned back and looked Klein in the eyes. "We can't just let them! She's a perso-" "Leonard... She will survive this encounter, don't worry and trust me." Leonard was reassured but still had his doubts but he didn’t complain and trusted Klein's divination.
Leonard flinched. His fists trembled. Klein grabbed his shoulder and slowly guided him back to where Audrey had sat. This time Leonard was sitting beside Audrey as she used her placate to help him calm down. Klein had let Leonard go and continued watching.
He had seen a lot worse of situations, but even with knowing that. The scene he was watching was distasteful. As people gathered up to beat an old woman to death. Audrey couldn't look at the scene, thus she put her effort into helping Leonard instead.
Just like Leonard, she really wanted to help the old lady out. But she knew she couldn't do anything at the moment. Kwaang! An explosion rang out, and the train shook. People cried out as smoke rose from the front right corner of the carriage.
At that moment Klein noticed the suspicious guy moving. ' Is he going to help the old lady?..' He followed the man's eyesight towards a net of insects. 'Is he aiming for the insects?'.
"Excuse me for a moment."
I took the net from the child. Once I put my hand into the net, the chitin of a grasshopper reached my fingertips. I took one out and placed it in the kid's hands. Then I turned toward the people.
"Everybody, stop. You can't live if you kill the grandmother." My voice was surprisingly clear due to the temporary silence after the explosion. One by one, people started looking at me. I could feel sharp eyes gazing at me and continued.
“Let's say you kill the grandmother. What next?" Their surprised faces looked good. Then let me tell them a bit more. "The grandmother's death will be recognized for what the dokkaebi calls the 'first murder', and some time will be bought. Then what next?"
"Ah…"
"If what the dokkaebi says is true, you each have to kill one thing. So, who will you kill after the grandmother? Will you kill the person next to you?"
Everyone watched in horror and separated from each other. Only, Kim Namwoon noticed the shaky atmosphere and smiled, "Haha, what are you all worried about? Then kill him next! Cowards. Don't worry about your turn in advance! The odds are equal!"
With a slight wave of my hand, I cut him off. "There is no need to gamble like that. There is a way for you to survive, even if you don't become a killer."
"What?"
"W-What is it?"
The people became greatly agitated, and Kim Namwoon's expression was distorted. A voice from behind me roused everyone's attention.
" The mission wasn't ' kill a person.' it was ' Kill one or more living creatures.' could be for example… insects.. "
The voice came from the red gloved man who had previously come up to stop the situation from escalating. 'That's right. From the beginning, the word 'person' had never been specified in the contents of the scenario. Kill one or more living creatures…'
"insects… ''
Everyone then looked at the net in my hands.
"That's right, the insects."
Then I put my hand into the net and took out a grasshopper. It was a chubby one that I had seen earlier.
"G-Give that to me! Quickly!"
"One only! I just need one!"
I stepped back slowly as I looked at the approaching people. Tickk. Tick.. Tick.. I looked down and saw the man with a gloomy appearance hold a revolver while his elbows rested on his knees.
His thumb rotated the cylinder with each click.' where the hell did this guy get a gun??!' At the moment, everyone backed off slowly, in fear and trepidation.
The gloomy man looked up and nodded his head. Unbenounced to Kim dokja, Klein- Gloomy man, had decided ' if this guy knows something, it would be better to be on his good side and mooch off his back. ' I couldn't help but smile warily.
"Would you like it?"
I waved the net like a trainer provoking an animal. Several impatient people leaped toward me. "Then keep it!" I smashed the grasshopper in my hand.
[ You have killed a Living thing]
[ you have earned 100 coins]
' No first kill achievement? Who got the first kill?' I couldn't help but to glance at the trio beside me. ' anyways-' I threw the net in my other hand as hard as possible toward the opposite side of the area where the grandmother and the crowd were gathered.
"This is crazy!"
The insects were released and jumped as hard as they could for freedom. People panicked as they saw the insects running around the carriage.
"H-Hey! Why would you do such a thi―"
While some people were staring blankly, the quick-witted pushed toward me.
"You son of a bitch."
"…You better find them soon. There are only three minutes left."
(POV: The Beyoner Trio)
"Serves them right!" Leonard spat out. Audrey had put a psychological invisibility on the three of them.
Klein then motioned to watch the fight between Kim Namwoon and the suspicious guy. ' I should really get the guy's name.. I'm getting tired of calling him a suspicious guy. ' klein lampooned.
Aside from watching the people gather insects. The Beyonders were all watching Kim Namwoon and Kim Dokja fight. It felt thrilling and entertaining. If they had popcorn, they would have been eating some right about now.
“The old man is sleeping, he said it seems like this world is like suppressing his power and he needs to sleep in order to identify the cause of the suppression.”
Klein sighed. ‘You too huh.’ Klein looked at both Audrey and Leonard and said. “Yeah I also feel the power that is suppressing me as well. Since you two are also angels you should feel it as well.”
Both Audrey and Leonard both looked at and analyzed themselves. Indeed both of them had also had the same suppressing effect on them as well. Audrey looked suppressed and said “Why haven’t I noticed the sudden suppression of my abilities.” Leonard also confirmed it and added. “Yeah it seems like we are being suppressed right back to sequence 4.”
“I could access my sequence 2 abilities and strength but it will cost a lot of energy to offset the suppression.” Audrey had pouted, she didn’t like to go back to sequence 4 since they had worked so hard to get to where she is today.
[The given time has run out.]
There was a loud sound, and Kim Namwoon's head exploded.
[Paid settlement will begin.]
Beginning with Kim Namwoon, people's heads started exploding everywhere. One, two, three, four… Audrey frowned while she was watching Kim Dokjas face. ' excitement, suspense, guilt, calm.. ' all things most people in this situation wouldn't have. She was starting to suspect this man for being extremely dangerous.
Kkiiik. There was a lurching feeling, and the train started to move again. It made the familiar train noise. Soon, light flooded in, and darkness was lifted from the windows. We had arrived at the surface ground section of Line 3 between Apgujeong and Oksu.
Outside the window, the Han River and Seoul were revealed. The beyonders watched the outside in apprehension.
After what had happened in the train, they had expected the ruined view of the city. Smoke and dust rose from the ruined city. The Han River bridges had collapsed. The River itself was red with the bodies of soldiers, while among the fallen buildings, a monster was trampling on a K1 tank like it was a toy.
[Main Scenario #1 – Proof of Value has ended.]
[300 coins have been acquired as a basic clearance reward.]
[100 coins have been reduced for the channel usage fee.]
[Additional compensation settlement will begin.]
Chapter 4: Constellations
Notes:
Two chapters in a day hell yeah. anyways I will probably upload next week too.
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[Chapter 4]: Constellations
(POV: Klein Moretti)
“Audrey!” he shouted. He was watching from a distance. The guy ‘Kim Dokja’ felt like he knew something… but Klein couldn’t divine Kim Dokja, and he had also stopped Audrey’s hypnosis, not just any hypnosis that's from random manipulator, she was a sequence 2 angel of the visionary pathway even if her powers are suppressed.
Audrey had gone towards Klein and Leonard. “Be careful of Mr. Dokja, he was able to block my hypnosis…” Audrey was disappointed though she was able to handle her mental state quite well.
“Audrey, the reason I called you here is because can you put Psychological Invisibility around us, because we need to talk… just the three of us.”
Audrey’s eyes shifted as the mystical curtain had hidden them from plane view. “Alright, I will try to contact Mr. Fool and establish a connection with him through the sefirah castle. Right now I need you guys to not intervene unless you have to. I will leave and create an avatar so that we can talk.”
Feeling weightless and the strong sensation of ascending, he opened his eyes to the Great Hall. " So I was correct, I can enter Sefirah Castle. "
He said to himself as he sat down in the chair of the Fool.
He looked towards his trash pile and found all the items he had thrown in there. Oddly enough, even the unshaded crucifix he had thought he had given away was in there. All the items, even the items that he had traded away or lost were also there in the pile. He waved his hand and an ancient looking mirror flew towards him. It looks like a silver mirror with ancient patterns on the back and an eye-like pattern on each side at the front.
The silver mirror wrote words on the surface of the silver mirror.
[This humble and loyal servant greets you Great Master!]
Klein chuckled “How long have I been sleeping, Arrodes?”
[Great Master, It has not been long since you slept, It has only been a year since you had slept.]
Klein was surprised “That seems faster than I had expected since, I assume even with Celestial Worthy gone it would take 10 years at the least.”
[The reason for that is because of the fact that the Original Creator within you is also being suppressed alongside your powers. This is merely a by-product of probability.]
“Probability?”
[Probability ensures that stories acted out in the <Star Stream> do not constantly employ deus ex machinas, and that incarnations/constellations don't execute actions that aren't plausible or reasonable given their current Stories, skills, and abilities. In any given scenario, there are certain levels of power that are plausibly achievable by current standards; any incarnation that displays a power exceeding this limit begins to strain the probability or plausibility of the scenario.
Consistently overreaching probability limits can cause a probability storm to hit the individual who has expended too much probability. By nature of being more powerful and having stronger Stories, constellations have greater probability allowances than most incarnations do. Nonetheless, even a constellation can use up their probability and be struck by a probability storm. As keepers of the <Star Stream>, dokkaebis can manipulate the sparks of probability in order to entrap or strike a constellation or incarnation.
Probability as a Gauge: In this world, probability acts as a gauge for what is considered plausible within a given scenario. It dictates the likelihood of certain events and actions, with more improbable events facing greater resistance from the Star Stream (the system that governs the scenarios).
Violating Probability: When a character or group takes actions that significantly exceed the probability of the scenario, they risk triggering a probability storm.
Probability Storm Consequences: A probability storm is a backlash from the Star Stream, essentially a punishment for violating probability. The severity of the storm depends on how much the probability was violated.]
Klein wondered, “How does probability also affect a Pillar like me? And how does one prevent probability from affecting me?’’
[It does affect you but it can’t contain you for long although it seems powerful but by using your symbolisms, you will regain your former strength.]
Klein knew that he could feel the fragility of the seal of the ‘Probability’ if he forcefully released his power and attacked ‘probability’ he could release the seal or He could also use errors to deceive it into thinking he was still sealed.
[Preventing Probability Storms: Stay within the probability: This is the most straightforward way. Act in ways that are plausible for the scenario's context, avoiding actions that are too improbable.
Use Probability: Incarnation/Constellations can use stories or coins (a type of in-story currency) to pay for actions that would normally violate probability, essentially buying the right to perform them.
Gain a Sponsor/Constellation: Powerful constellations can act as sponsors, absorbing some of the probability storm's impact or helping to mitigate the consequences of violating probability.
Resist with Probability: Some characters with strong stories or abilities can try to resist the probability storm by using their own probability as a shield. Like your ability of error Great Master.]
“What is a Star Stream?”
[It is similar to your world ‘live streams’, it streams incarnation, also known as the participant of the scenarios. As they broadcast it to the ‘Gods’ and see the struggles, hardships, death of the incarnations to either spread their fate, entertainment, and or feed on the stories of the incarnations. And the streamers are the Dokkaebi, a type of creature that acts as an administrator of the Star Stream, a cosmic entity that governs the scenarios in the story.]
What are constellations?
[Constellations are inhabitants of the <Star Stream> and one of the two main types of participants in the scenarios. They are extremely powerful beings who have been immortalized in the history of humanity. The constellations vary between mythic heroes, great sages, mythological creatures, spirits and ancient gods. Some humans become constellations when they die due to the fame of their stories.
Constellations are ascended incarnations and are the more powerful of the two types of scenario participants. They have immense Statuses, a large number of high-level Stories, and significantly more coins than most if not all incarnations.
As former incarnations, constellations are still participating in the scenarios. However, they are much further ahead of the scenario curve than the majority of incarnations. As such, they spend the time between scenarios watching the journeys of other incarnations (and constellations) through the dokkaebi-run <Star Stream> channels. They often treat said incarnation's lives like a gameshow as an escape mechanism, entertaining themselves with exciting and emotional displays from the incarnations. When a constellation favors a particular incarnation, they can form a sponsor contract with that incarnation, granting them their aid and stigmas and taking on the responsibility of being their protector.]
“Thats all, thank you. Any questions Arrodes?”
[Great Master, may I suggest some knowledge regarding the sky?]
Klein nodded, having long gotten used to Arrodes ingratiating itself toward him. [The stars in the sky are different from our world. They are in different positions and there are some stars missing. It is very hard to see. Especially the moon, it seems to be in an odd state. It almost seems blank yet it is also in a concealed state as if it was trying to hide its true nature. I can’t feel the gaze of the Cosmos but I can also feel that ‘They’re’ here, somewhere beyond.]
Klein frowned while reading the silver words on the mirror. ‘Arrodes can’t feel the gaze of the Cosmos? This meant that Arrodes attempted to look at the Cosmos, but nothing happened. Did I go back in time? That can’t be… The Original Creator has existed since the beginning of time. The Outer Deities were attracted to Earth after the Original Creator split into various authorities and characteristics. This world doesn’t have an Original Creator, or at least it operates outside of the influence of the Original Creator and the Outer Deities.’
This piece of crucial information should have reassured Klein, yet it only made him more anxious. For this world to be outside of the influence of the Cosmos… It meant that the ultimate ruler or creator of this world is even more powerful than the Cosmos and the Original Creator “Himself”. Klein came up with multiple theories.
‘This world is Earth but before I and the other Transmigrators and the Survivors were taken. The Original Creator has yet to split up and is in a state of slumber. That would explain the lack of attention from the Cosmos and the fact that this place has no world barrier to protect itself from the Cosmos. But how did I go back into time?’
‘The second theory is that this world is a parallel world, this would make sense for the lack of the Outer Deities since they are all on earth trying to breach it and gain the other sefiroths. But why did I end up coming here? How did Leonard and Audrey end up with me? How could this happen and not notice it even when I slept?’
‘Adam could not have done this even when he is a god, such a power could only be from the outer deities, but I don’t feel their influence.’
[Great Master, may I suggest something!]
“Sure Arrodes! Anything”
[Great Master, be aware of the man named Kim Dokja… he is special although I don’t think he can harm you… I cannot see anything about him, whether it would be the past, present or future.]
Klein nodded, he created an avatar which he could personal control from Sefrah Castle and fused it with the avatar that is currently accompanying Leonard and Audrey.
He flinched as he noticed something in the corner of his eye. He looked over confused. "hmm?" He walked towards the source and saw a screen.
"What's this for?" he asked himself, he's never seen this screen here before. Grabbing it, he decides to examine it. A blue screen that is very similar to the screens seen when the Constellations talk, or when there's an update to the scenarios. He held the screen and left the Sefirah Castle and back into the Great hall, where he sat in The Fool's seat.
He let it float in front of him and touched the screen. The screen glitched and a browser appeared, looking like a streaming service with terrible titles and images of a place in the world with a Dokkaebi included in the picture. He used his finger to scroll through the options. ' Are these the streaming services the viewers see of the scenarios?' he paused and blinked.
"Don't tell me, I count as a constellation?" He decided to experiment and tapped on a channel, it was one of America, possibly New York? We watched as people struggled to run from monsters and as some fought amongst each other. Klein then went onto a new channel and found it to be in Germany.
He frowned and remembered when the scenarios started. ' [#BI-7623 channel is open.] ' He searched for the channel and tapped on it, instantly he could see the view of the train carriage 3807. He tapped on the screen and it was divided into countless other screens. He looked over each one and found one with Leonard and Audrey sitting next to each other, talking. He tapped on the screen with the beyonders on it and the screen enlarged.
" What are they talking about?" he said to himself, before he could realize what had happened he saw the duo flinch and look up from each other, towards him. ' What did I do?' He gulped.
—
The subway train stopped around halfway past Dongho Bridge. "Oh my god…" Several survivors stood up and looked at the scene taking place outside—the ruined Seoul and the collapsed buildings. Monsters reminiscent of a giant snake were eating the wreckage of a fighter jet that had crashed into the Han River.
"W-What the hell…!"
The beyonders looked back from the destructive scenery and scanned over every survivor. ' ahhh! Miss Yoo Sangah lived! '
Audrey had a grateful smile on her face when she saw Yoo Sangah among the survivors.
[Compensation settlement is delayed due to an unexpected scenario check. Please wait.]
They stared at the screen and Leonard couldn't help but frown.
"So the apocalypse begins," feeling sad and exhausted he sighed deeply. 'How long were they going to be here for?'
[A handful of Constellations admire your scenario.]
'constellations? Are they possibly a form of deity or god?' Klein looked at the screen with a perplexed emotion.
[Wow, amazing.]
The dokkaebi appeared in the air.
[What on earth happened here? I was just watching the other carriages…]
There was a mixture of delight and surprise on the dokkaebi's face. Twinkling stars floated over the dokkaebi's head. Klein frowned and glared at the Dokkaebi.
[Wow! Someone is extremely upset!]
The dokkaebi smirked at Klein but suddenly felt a strong feeling of authority coming from him. ‘What is with that guy?’ The Dokkaebi thought. Attempting to ignore the man, he continued.
[For 21 people to be connected to my channel… Haha, isn't this quite good? Gosh, thank you for your sponsorship. Constellations. Haha, everyone! Did you properly show off your value? The number of survivors is quite high? The fellow in the next carriage was a nutter as well… It seems that things are quite interesting today.]
The dokkaebi manipulated something in the air. A moment later, a list of survivors came up. [Survivors from the 3434 Train to Bulgwang, Carriage 3807: Kim Dokja, Lee Hyunsung, Yoo Sangah, Han Myungoh, Lee Gilyoung, Leonard Mitchell, Klein Moretti, and Audrey Hall, A total of eight survivors.] Klein couldn't help but to sigh in relief.
'I'm so glad it didn't decide to say my name was Zhou Mingrui. I'd be in a lot of trouble. ' he started to question why it didn't say his name but decided to not bother with it any more and focused on the other names. ' Audrey Hall, Leonard Mitchell' "…. "
Between the awkward silence that broke out between the beyonders, simultaneously they trio decided on one thing. ' I didn't see anything. '
(POV: Kim Dokja)
'Lee Hyunsung, and Lee Gilyoung I expected. I even expected Yoo Sangah to survive. Han Myungoh.. Let's ignore him. Hmmm.. Who are the other 3? ' I looked around and instantly noticed the 3 westerners who were still seated. 'how did they not die?' I shook my head.
'Audrey must be the beauty who helped Yoo Sangah.' I looked down at Lee Gilyoung and spoke. "Kid." The boy slowly turned his head and in his eyes, I could see the fear of death that he experienced for the first time in his life. It was an unavoidable instinct.
This boy wasn't grieving his mother's death. He was just afraid of his own death. It was natural. He was human.
“Do you want to live?" The boy's eyes shook anxiously. His body trembled with a force that couldn't be resisted. Then little by little, the boy's head moved. "Then let's go together." Lee Gilyoung moved slowly and came close to my legs.
Yoo Sangah and what I believed to be Audrey Hall were watching me with an impressed expression. I unintentionally caused another misunderstanding. In fact, it was meant to be seen. However, the target wasn't Yoo Sangah or the westerners.
[A few constellations are impressed with your good deed.]
[Constellations have sponsored you 200 coins.]
"W-Will you release us now? Didn't you get what you wanted?" Han Myungoh, whose shirt was torn, shouted from half a dozen steps away.
[Hrmm, release? Haven't you looked outside? Do you really want to go out there?]
The dokkaebi chuckled.
[It is somehow admirable. In fact, I didn't expect much from this carriage but you managed to pass the first scenario. This proves that even bugs deserve to survive.]
(POV: Third person)
[Now, shouldn't there be a reward for overcoming hardships? As a reward for the first scenario, you are entitled to the sponsorship of the 'constellations'! How about it? Aren't you looking forward to it? Hmm, you are all unenthusiastic. This is really a big deal.]
'a sponsorship?' Klein furrowed his brows.
[Hmm, everybody has confused expressions. I can easily tell you. Right now, you are incredibly weak. If you are thrown into the scenarios that will take place, you will be killed when you meet a weak ground rat, let alone a 'kruk'. Benevolently, there are some great people in the universe who pity you and would like to sponsor you. Do you understand what I am saying?]
Leonard chuckled and looked at Klein. ' I don't think we need any sponsorships. Though we don't know how this world's power system works.
But at best we can assume they would be new like a Sequence 9 beyonder. So compared to 3 Angels. To say the least, we're strong enough to kill everyone in this train carriage. Leonard looked out the window and scratched his chin. ' Of course, as if we would do that. '
Just like Leonard, Klein had the same thought. No one here was a threat to them. Though, Klein felt like that will be fairly short lived. Lee Hyunsung finally couldn't stand it anymore and opened his mouth,
"What are you saying? Who is sponsoring whom…"
[Hmm, my words are just entering dirty ears. Isn't there an old saying in South Korea? It is better to see it once than listen to it a hundred times. So experience it directly. Well, the less fortunate ones might not get the chance. Hahaha!]
At that moment, screens popped up in front of them. The beyonders didn't even bother to look down at their options. After all, they had decided not to select a sponsor.
+
[Sponsor Selection]
-Please select your sponsor
-Your chosen sponsor will be your strong supporter.
Demon-like Judge of Fire.
Abyssal Black Flame Dragon.
Lady of the Eternal Night.
Dark Emperor of Disorder.
Light of Imagination.
+
There were three choises to choose from. Klein instantly knew who these titles belonged to. First, Lady of the Eternal Night. The only person who associates with the night and stars that he knew is the Evernight Goddess.
Considering that the title 'Crimson Moon' no longer belonged to her after Mother Earth revealed 'Herself as Lilith from the sanguine race. Not only that, the word 'Lady' in the title indicates that this person is a woman or at least widely known as a 'She'.
Second, Dark Emperor of Disorder. It's obvious by the name that this is Emperor Roselle's title. The Dark Emperor in the title indicates that 'He' is occupying the Dark Emperors authority. Meanwhile, the Disorder part could be referencing 'His' Nation of Disorder.
And lastly, Light of Imagination. The only person that fits this title is the late king of angel, Adam. Considering 'He' is no longer a king of angel. The 'Light' part indicates that 'He' is the reincarnation of the Ancient Sun God who is known for 'His' brilliant light. And the 'Imagination' part is pointing at the fact that he was an angel of imagination and took the position of Visionary from the visionary pathway.
It seems that the Evernight Goddess and Adam managed to become above the sequences. Roselle probably got here with the help of those two.
"Dokja-ssi? Two strange choices suddenly appeared in front of me..."
"I don't know even if you ask me."
'Another lie.' Klein thought. That guy must've known something by the way he had acted just now.'
"Do it comfortably. Think of it as an aptitude test."
"Aptitude test..."
"Nobody knows what the situation is anyways. Why not do it comfortably?"
"Ah... I understand."
[There is one minute left to complete the Sponsor Selection.]
Time was running out. But Klein already knew who he would choose. He is guessing after choosing a sponsor. they would treat him like a blessed. Only this time, he gets to choose who gives him the blessing. But as the three had decided to not get sponsored he didn’t choose.
Klein looked at the screen. "Sorry but I have no intention of getting a sponsor."
[The constellation 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon' is enraged but likes your attitude. ]
[The constellation 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragons is saying he won't give up so easily]
"do whatever you want. "
[The constellation Lady of the Eternal Night’ is disapointed.]
Klein had a suppressed look. “Well sorry about that.”
[The constellation ‘Lady of the Eternal Night’ laughed and looked at Klein and smiled.]
[The Constellation ' Prisoner of the Golden headband' is cackling at Incarnation ' Klein Moretti 's audacity.]
[ 200 coins have been Sponsored]
' you can get money like this?' Klein thought. The corner of his mouth twitched.
—
[The Constellation ' Demon-Like Judge of Fire ' is disappointed in you.]
"I'm really sorry, but I hope we can be friends!"
[ The Constellation ' Demon-like judge of Fire' is excited with a new friendship. ]
[ 300 coins have been Sponsored]
Audrey laughed, she felt like her and this constellation were going to be great friends.
[The Constellation ‘Mr. Fool’ is looking at you.]
‘Mr. Fool… that means that Mr. World was successful!’
—
[Multiple Constellations admire your Good will]
[Constellations of the ' Absolute Good' Nebula will be judging your actions from now on. ]
Leonard scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. He didn't know what to say. He was just surprised that just doing one good thing seemed to have garnered a lot of attention. As if on Queue, a screen popped up in front of 3 people.
[The Constellation ‘Lady of the Eternal Night’ had smiled and said she will be watching you closely.]
Leonard notices the constellations modifier. “Are you perhaps ‘Her’ by any chance?”
[The constellation ‘Lady of the Eternal Night’smiled and nodded.]
Leonard was shocked and blurted out. “Prase the Lady.”
[You haven't selected a sponsor. ]
[Haha, is this true?… a couple incarnations seemed to have made an interesting choice. Well, anyway. There will be another chance.]
The dokkaebi's crescent moon eyes scanned the ones who didn't choose a sponsor for a moment.
[Now Now, everyone has finished the selection. Rest here for a while. I have to prepare for the next scenario. I'll see you in 10 minutes!]
After the Sponsor Selection finished, the dokkaebi disappeared.
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[Chapter 5]: Deus Ex Machina
"Let's all gather together." The survivors gathered at Kim dokja's word. The first one to reach out a hand was Lee Hyunsung.
"Hello, I am Lee Hyunsung."
"Kim Dokja."
"Nice to meet you…although I don't know if these words suit the situation. As I said earlier, I am a soldier…well, I should say that I was a soldier."
"Can't you contact your unit?"
"…Yes."
Lee Hyunsung's grip on his hand was considerable. "Ah, Dokja-ssi."
"Yes?"
"I wanted to thank you. If it wasn't for Dokja-ssi, we would all be dead."
"No, that isn't the case."
Kim Dokja had a glance 'at least it's not the case for the westerners.. '
Kim Dokja thought. 'ahh… introductions.. '
Audrey smiled and the 3 beyonders finally decided to join the group. Leonard was the first to walk up to Kim Dokja and introduce himself. "The name's Leonard Mitchell." He opened his palm out. Kim Dokja took it and shook his hand.
"Kim dokja. And they are?"
The group couldn't help but smile at the wholesome interaction before all eyes went to the only one who wasn't introduced yet. He move forward and smiled gentle Audrey stood beside him.
"Hello, my name is Klein Moretti. Its a pleasure to meet you!"
He turned his gaze to the lady and man. Leonard smiled and opened up his hand theatrically towards Audrey. Having been in Backlund for a while, there was no way he wouldn't know who Audrey Hall was, and the name the citizens gave her.
"This here is our most dazzling gem, Audrey Hall." His dramatic introduction made Audrey laugh. Yoo Sangah smiled at her and exclaimed. "It's you! You survived! Thank goodness."
"mhm! I'm so glad to see you doing well Ms. Sangah"
"Please, call me Yoo Sangah-ssi. It's a form of respect between strangers. "
She explained. Believing that the 3 didn't know Korean customs. Audrey nodded in understanding. " Then, Yoo Sangah-ssi. Let's get along well."
"Yes!"
[The information of this person can't be read in 'Character List'.]
[This person isn't registered in 'Character List'.]
Surprised, he thought' I can't read her with my skill?Why? Where did she come from? What about the other two?' He looked at Leonard:
[The information of this person can't be read in 'Character List'.]
[This person isn't registered in 'Character List'.]
He then glanced at Klein.
[The information of this anomaly can't be read in 'Character List'.]
[This anomaly isn't registered in the system.]
' Anomaly??' He became even more surprised. He turned from the screen to Klein Moretti and flinched. Klein sparrow was staring directly at him. Not only just him, both Leonard and Audrey were as well. ' fuck he's dangerous!! All 3 of them are!'
"Haha, our contractor did one big thing. Dokja-ssi, do you know my name?"
He took the hand off his shoulder and said,
"I know, Han Myungoh-ssi."
"Huh, Han Myungoh-ssi? Shouldn't you call me Department Head?"
'Of courses he is a head of a company, like what did I expect from a curly haired baboon... ' Klein snickered secretly.
"This isn't the company." Kim Dokja retorted.
"Hah, look at this. Are you planning not to go to work now? Where did you learn your basic etiquette? No matter how I think about it, your actions were too much. Yes? If you had the insects then you should've tipped me off. Why would you throw them like that?"
"…"
"Dokja-ssi, you have to be good to me. How much time do you have left on your contract?" As if he couldn't take it anymore, Kim Dokja spoke harshly.
"Han Myungoh-ssi."
"Eh?"
"Shut up."
"W-What?"
"You still don't understand the situation? Weren't you hit by that bastard earlier? Mino Soft? Do you think the company still exists when the end has come?"
Han Myungoh's face was white and stricken. Kim Dokja turned around to face everyone. "Han Myungoh-ssi isn't the only problem. Everyone, you need to wake up. As the dokkaebi said, this isn't a joke."
"…"
"I think you should've all roughly noticed the situation. Exclusive skills in the attributes window. A game-like interface. Is there anyone who still hasn't caught onto facts?"
A couple nods came from the group. More specifically Audrey and Leonard. Klein only revealed an expression of understanding. Though Leonard and Audrey didn't know what was truly going on.
They took his words as a ' the world is ending so why are you being delusional. ' Meanwhile Klein knew he was probably mentioning Video games. Lee Hyunsung sighed.
"This is like a novel I was reading while standing on duty, but I still can't feel it. This really isn't a dream?"
"This is reality." Kim Dokja could see a slight change in Lee Hyunsung's eyes. Lee Hyunsung nodded. "It is good that you are certain. Then what do we do now? Dokja-ssi, do you have an opinion?"
"We have to go." Kim Dokja answered without hesitation. "G-Go? Are you insane?"
"Dokja-ssi, I don't think…"
This time, Yoo Sangah joined in. It seemed everyone still hadn't woken up.
"Then how long will we stay here?" Before he could continue, Audrey interrupted.
"I believe we should leave. Not only do you need to find your families. It would be a dangerous path no matter if we stay or leave."
She then smiled confidently. "If we stay as a group, we have a higher chance of survival if we're all together." She then looked Klein In the eyes. Conveying her true meaning.
Then Audrey used her Dream Walker ability to transmit information to Klein's mind by creating a two-way link.
*"Don't even think about running around as Merlin, Klein."*
*"Don't worry Audrey, I won't run away this time.."*
*"Yeah, yeah... You better keep your word this time."*
(Writer: This will make sense eventually...)
Everyone in the carriage went silent, as they expressed great concern for their parents. The first to speak up was Yoo Sangah. "I will go out."
"N-No! Didn't you hear what that thing said? Take a break here! If we move then our heads might explode!" Han Myungoh cried out desperately.
"Let's take a majority vote." Yoo Sangah raised her hand first, followed by Kim Dokja, Audrey Hall, Leonard Mitchell and Lee Gilyoung.
A deep sigh caught their attention as Klein Moretti raised his hand slightly. Not going any higher than his head. Lee Hyunsung said, "…I have to go to my base but it seems dangerous to move in this situation. There were also warnings."
"Shit, you all go by yourselves! I'm not going! I'm not going outside!" Kuuong! The thick iron plate made a loud sound.
The iron door to carriage 3707 was slightly distorted. All eyes turned to the next carriage over. Klein's Intuition was going off as he tried to predict the danger on the other side.
"W-What?" Han Myungoh's cry was ignored as the iron door made a deafening sound again. Kuuong! Someone was trying to break the door from beyond it. Leonard and Audrey took a couple steps back, seemingly hiding behind Klein.
"Am I a meat shield to you guys"' Klein said sarcastically. In an instant without hesitation both Audrey and Leonard in unison said. "Yes."
Klein chuckled and said. "Aren't the two of you sequence two Angels?"
Leonard smiled and said. "Technically we're not." Audrey added. "Yeah, since even though we can use our abilities as angels our power is similar to that of a sequence 5."
"W-What? Everybody stop it!" Han Myungoh shouted and moved towards the door. Lee Hyunsung moved towards it as well but Kim Dokja stopped him.
"You can't stop it."
"Huh?"
“We have to go." Kim dokja watched the iron door with heavy eyes.
"Huh? But…"
"If we don't go now―" The only survivor of carriage 3707. Though Klein didn't know who it was, he knew whoever was on the other side murdered everyone, and was dangerous. "We will all die before the next scenario arrives."
Kim Dokja spoke with Dread. Majority of them froze on the spot. Kim dokja turned to Lee Hyunsung and Han Myungoh and said, "Do you want to die from that guy beyond the iron door or do you want to try your luck outside the train? Which one will you choose?"
"U-Uh…"
"Dokja-ssi, is there any guarantee that the person beyond the iron door is an enemy?"
Klein replied deeply. "Lee Hyunsung.. Do you think every carriage was as fortunate as us?" Lee Hyunsung flinched. Klein continued, "if we can assume that other carriages weren't as lucky.. Then who do you think is on the other side of that door?"
Throughout the silence, only one thought came to the minds of everyone. ' that person killed people… ' Lee Hyunsung quietly spoke, ".... Let's find a way out."
"G-Go! Go quickly!"
"This is broken!"
"Damn, we can't go this way!" While listening to Lee Hyunsung and Han Myungoh's cries, Kim Dokja also checked the doors.
There were no more barriers so the doors could now be touched. He didn't think he would have such high strength in the beginning.
He was genuinely surprised. He took a quick glance at Klein Moretti, who stood and watched the carriage door. His eyes appeared calculative.
"Dokja-ssi! Here―" He found a working manual switchgear and pulled it.
"No!"
The opening and closing device worked smoothly but the door didn't open at once. The door opened around one fifth before stopping like it was jammed.
"…It seems to be broken here as well."
"How about other places?"
"This seems to be the only place where we can escape."
' not really.. We could always break a window.' Klein looked at the glass for a brief moment. Not bothering to express his thoughts.
"Maybe we can pry it open?" Audrey asked. She could most likely open it. But from observing Kim Dokja, she thought he had something in mind.
They 'ah'ed' and Han Myungoh and Lee Hyunsung tried to pull the doors open but they didn't move a bit. "Lee Hyunsung-ssi. Use a skill."
Kim Dokja said. "Huh? "Skill…"
"You should've checked it when you opened the attributes window. Lee Hyunsung is a soldier so there must be a skill you can use in this situation."
'skills? ' The Trio thought simultaneously. At that moment a screen lit up in front of them. ….. ... ..
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[Character Summary]
Name: Klein Moretti
Age: 26 years old.
1,255,025 years old.
Constellation Modifier: Ḷ̷̡̫͎͖̜̯͇͓̖̝̐̓͂͌̓͜ͅǫ̸̛̞̭̯͙̫͔͕̒̾͒̽̍͆͒r̴̛̫̳͔̼̣̝͔̜̟̠̲͓̔̋̉͂̆d̸̡̥̙̟̯̣͉͔͉͋͐̍̆̓͂̽͆͒͒̈́͊͑ ̴͚͇̙̼̀̂̄̆̅̄̓̅͜ǒ̵̧̠̘̮̣̦̝̳̰͛̄͌̄̿̍̋̆̄͒͝f̶̯̲͙̈́̑̒͆̉̿̓̊̈̌̽͊̕ ̶̡̛̑̓̈́͋͊̅͆̆̕͝t̴̼̦̒͂͐̋͂̈́̐̂̈́̉̆͘͠ḥ̷̻̻̇̓e̶̡̧̱͕̰͇̜̝̳̩̓̇̆͌͗͊͘ ̷̖͒̽̊͑̀̾͒Ḿ̷̢̛̫̲̦̲̱͎͔̣̘̼̿̑̄͗̈̈́͂͠͝y̶͖̥͔͇̺̅̃̾͐͌̓̀͑̐s̶͍͇͍͉͇̲̥̈́̎͝ẗ̷̨̞̘̼̘̻͙̱̻̥́̊́̆̏͂͠è̷͓̰̎́̾̀̀͆̚͝͠r̴̢̯͎͎̈́͐̂͋̑̇̈́͌̒͐̚ͅi̵̤͍͓̩͓͌͐̊͑̈́́̊̈́́͐̈̈͋ȩ̷̡͇̫̱̟͙̤̟̤̫͙͙̈́͊̆̋̈́̓̈͠s̷̢̨̬̹̹̹̙͚͍̪̬̉̓͌̃
Supporting Constellation: None.
Exclusive Attributes: T̸̰͔̠̂̾̈̈́̀̑́͠h̵̝̊̇͌́̋͋̋̈́͋̽͊͋̒̂̐̕ȩ̸̛̱̠̘̈͛́͆̆͒̓̿̏͛͐̕͘͠ ̵̹̬̬͍̰̠̮̣͔̬͇͕̰͗͑̓̊́̅͛͜ͅF̸̺͙̰͊̓̋͂o̴̞͔͇͂̑̑̈̍̏͂̋͝ö̷͇̜͕̻̹̤́̎̅̿̎͊̈́̅̐͂͘l̶̼̎̍̑̔̀̑ [Rating Unknown], Embodiment of Sefirah Castle [Rating Unknown], Dominator of the Spirit World [Rating Unknown], King of Space-Time [Rating Unknown], Beacon of Destiny [Rating Unknown], Liberator of the Forsaken [Myth], The One Who Opposed the Architect of Fate [Quasi-Myth], The One that Opposed the True Creator [Legendary], King of Yellow and Black [Legendary], Transmigrater [Legendary], The Sea God Kalvetua [Historical], Strongest Adventurer of the Five Seas [Legendary], Hero Bandit Black Emperor [Hero], Blasphemer [Rare], Mr. World [Rare], Miracle Magician [Rare], Clown Angel [Rare], Craziest Hunter [Rare].
Exclusive Skills: Scholarship Lv. 44, Marksmanship Lv. 34, Divination Lv. 49, Danger intuition Lv. 46, Spirit Vision Lv. 45, Expression Control Lv. 43, Spiritual Intuition Lv. 43, Damage Transfer Lv. 44, Flaming Jump Lv. 41, Air Bullet Lv. 42, Paper Figurine Substitute Lv. 42, Flame Control Lv. 41, Illusion Creation Lv. 42, Underwater Breathing Lv. 39, Bone Softening Lv. 39 Paper Weapons Lv. 45, Shape Shifting Lv. 41, Spirit Body Threads Manipulation Lv. 49, Concealment Lv. 39, History Lv. 44, Scholar of Yore Lv. 41, Miracles Lv.44, Reassembly Lv. 30, Tampering Lv. 30, Grafting Lv. 30, Fooling Lv. 20, Mythical Creature Form Lv. 30.
Stigma: Fooling Lv. ■■, Door Lv. ■■, Error Lv. ■■, Dominator Lv. ■■, Mysteries Lv. ■■, Change Lv. ■■, Dominator of the Spirit World Lv. ■■, King of Space-Time Lv. ■■, The Embodiment of Sefirah Castle Lv. ■■, Beacon of Destiny Lv. ■■.
Overall Stats: Physique Lv. ■■, Strength Lv. ■■, Agility Lv. ■■, Magic Power Lv. ■■.
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[Character Summary]
Name: Audrey Hall
Age: 19 years old.
Supporting Constillation: None.
Exclusive Attributes: Ms. Justice [Rare], Miss Pride [Rare], Backlund's Most Dazzling Gem [General].
Exclusive Skills: Archery Lv. 8, Arts Lv. 7, Body Language Analysis Lv. 33, Enhanced Mental Attributes Lv. 34, Enhanced Vision Lv. 32, Mind Reading Lv. 33, Hypnosis Lv. 31, Guidance Lv. 31, Alteration Lv. 35, Dream Traversal Lv. 36. Frenzy, Telepathy Lv. 36, Psychological Cue Lv. 38, Awe Lv. 32, Placate Lv. 40, Physical Enhancements Lv. 30, Psychological Invisibility Lv. 34, Alteration Lv. 33, Guidance Lv. 31, Dream Traversal Lv. 35, Manipulation Lv. 34, Mental Plague Lv. 37, Virtual Persona Lv. 15, Mind Storm Lv. 17, Dream Weaving Lv. 15, Dream Maze Lv. 12, Discernment Lv. 40, Mythical Creature Form Lv. 20.
Sigma: None.
Overall Stats: Physique Lv. 30, Strength Lv. 20, Agility Lv. 27, Magic Power Lv. 44.
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[Character Summary]
Name: Leonard Mitchell
Age: 29 years old.
Supporting Constellation: None.
Exclusive Attributes: Mr. Star [Rare], Red Glove [General]
Exclusive Skills: Nocturnality Lv. 40, Spirit Vision Lv. 31, Night vision Lv. 34, Midnight Poem Lv. 32, Nightmare State lv. 38, Nightmare Limbs lv. 38, Soul soothing Lv. 37, Soul agitating Lv. 34, Spirit Commanding Lv. 30, Nightmare State Lv. 32, Dream Shaping Lv. 36, Dream Invasion Lv. 33, Nightmare Limbs Lv. 30, Requiem Lv. 39, Hair Entanglement Lv. 38, Concealment Lv. 30, Curse of Misfortune Lv. 36, Sword of Darkness Lv. 10, Nightmare World Lv, 29, Horror Aura Lv. 33, Mythical Creature Form Lv. 20.
Stigma: None.
Overall Stats: Physique Lv. 24, Strength Lv. 22, Agility Lv. 26, Magic Power Lv. 31.
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'Ahh so it just revealed all of our beyonder abilities?' Klein thought. He noticed his stigma and deduced that they are the symbolisms he has as the Full Lord of the Mysteries.
"You should've checked it when you opened the attributes window. Lee Hyunsung is a soldier so there must be a skill you can use in this situation."
"Well…I have one but how do I use it―"
"Just think about using the skill."
"…Will that work?"
"It will. I did it earlier."
'so the power system works differently in this world. Fortunately it doesn't seem to affect us. ' Audrey mused.
Lee Hyunsung didn't say anything else and took a deep breath of determination. "Haaap!"
Lee Hyunsung's biceps swelled as he grabbed the door. The door creaked slowly as it opened from the sheer force. The others in the carriage cheered him on while the 3 beyonders either smiled or gave a neutral expression.
"What? This guy has real strength!"
"That's it! It is really great!" When the door finally opened all the way, Lee Hyunsung called.
"Come on, get off!" With relief etched into his brows, Kim Dokja handed Lee Gilyoung to Lee Hyunsung.
"Lee Hyunsung-ssi. Carry the child on your back."
"I understand." Lee Hyunsung quickly put Lee Gilyoung on his back.
[…Ah, this is really.. I knew this would happen. Didn't I say it earlier? I told you not to go anywhere, Damn! The scenario isn't ready yet-]
The dokkaebi seemed to be angry as it floated over Dongho Bridge. "Wahh! I knew this would happen! I told you not to come out!"
Han Myungoh wrapped a hand around his head, like he thought it would explode. But there was no need to worry.
[Sigh…it can't be helped. You are really lucky humans.]
The strain on Kim Dokja's face didn't go unnoticed by the Spectator.
[The second scenario has arrived!]
[Second Scenario – Escape]
Category: Sub
Difficulty: E Clear
Conditions: Cross the broken bridge and enter Oksu Station.
Time Limit: 20 minutes.
Compensation: 200 coins.
Failure: ???
'The second scenario happened as soon as the doors opened. Could Kim Dokja possibly have predicted the scenario?
'Audrey hypothesized. It seemed very plausible to her.' if that is indeed the case. Then based on human nature, he wouldn't want to die. Thus he will do everything he can to survive.
If he knows the scenarios, then following him is the best way to stay alive.
Klein had ultimately thought the same. Of course he had decided to mooch off this man's back before the second scenario even started.
"Dokja-ssi, something is strange. It says the 'broken bridge' but the bridge is still…"
"Don't worry and just run! Quickly!"
"U-Understood!"
Everyone immediately understood. Like what Yoo Sangah has said, the bridge wasn't broken. But it will break soon. Everyone quickly jumped off the train and immediately booked it to the bridge.
"huff, huff, Indeed, Lee Hyunsung-ssi is a soldier and has high stamina."
"Don't open your mouth. You will lose strength." Lee Hyunsung was running first with the kid. The next one was Han Myungoh and then Yoo Sangah, right after was Leonard with Klein, right behind them was Audrey and with Kim Dokja in the rear.
Audrey seemed to be having a hard time keeping up. Though she wasn't out of breath and had a lot of stamina and could run for hours. She came prepared to explore dreams, not run. Thus her dress was a little too long for running.
In order to not trip, she had lifted her dress a little and ran slower than the others. Klein swiftly noticed this and clicked his tongue. He abruptly stopped and turned to reach Audrey. This in turn made Leonard halt and look back confused.
"Excuse me for a moment Audrey." He spoke calmly as he quickly scooped Audrey up into a bridal carry. Audrey yelped at the surprise but held on. Klein quickly caught up to Leonard as they continued running.
"Sorry Audrey."
Audrey smiled and said. "I don't mind."
Leonard look at both of them and had a wide smirk. Klein looked at Leonard as he smile. "I Leonard remember I have a gun."
Leonard laughed and said. "First of all I didn't say anything and second of all someone should really take that gun away."
Kim dokja couldn't help but to be in awe at Klein's stamina. 'How is he carrying Ms. Audrey so effortlessly and not being out of breath?'
"Ah, what is that?!"
At this time, Han Myungoh's scream was heard. There was a huge whirlpool in the center of Han River, letting out splashes of water. A giant monster was at the center of the splashes.
The Han River surged like there was a tsunami and the ichthyosaur moved. It was chewing on the legs of the bridge.
"The bridge is breaking!"
"Run! If we run then we can cross it!"
'The remaining distance was around 200 meters. If my calculations were correct, we could cross before the bridge collapsed at our current speed .' Kim dokja expressed.
[There is no fun if the game is too easy.]
'Of course, this was a story for when there were no variables… ' his eye twitched.
[The scenario difficulty has been adjusted.]
[Scenario difficulty: E -> D]
The sound of the dokkaebi's laughter was heard. [Is there any fun if you just run away? Let's create a bit of atmosphere!]
[The evil thoughts of the dead have returned.]
[The surrounding earth is filled with black ether.]
[The demonic people have woken up!]
There was the sound of something chasing us from behind. Leonard exclaimed. "Zombie's?!" Leonard looked back and noticed a horde of undead. He could spot Kim Namwoo among the dead.
He wished he had a gun on him or something. Not even his spirits followed him here.
"We just need to go a little further! Quickly!" The distance to the ichthyosaur was now less than a hundred meters. Fortunately, Lee Hyunsung carried Lee Gilyoung and had crossed the safety line.
The problem was the rest of the group. Han Myungoh shrieked, "Y-You bastards!"
'If there were only corpses from the subway, we might've gotten away. The problem was…' Kim Dokja's thoughts were interrupted by loud screeching.
"Kuweeeoooh!" The drivers who died on the bridge became zombies. The path that Lee Hyunsung broke through was covered with them. Kim dokja looked between the demonic people on the road and the approaching ichthyosaur.
"…Everybody get down!" It was too late. Kwaaaaang! The legs of the bridge shook tremendously as the ichthyosaur's huge mouth bit it.
The scales of the ichthyosaur shone through the dust that poured down onto the Han River like rain. A fishy smell of blood and water filled the area.
Unlike the others who had fallen down, Leonard, Audrey and Klein stood firmly in place aside, covering their faces (or in Klein's case, closing his eyes.) to not get dust in their eyes. When the dust settled, all they saw was a large gap in the bridge.
The bridge's pillars collapsed. "…Dok…ssi…kay?" Yoo Sangah and Han Myungoh raised their bodies from a little further away. One of Han Myungoh's legs seemed injured and uncomfortable from the previous quake.
Lee Hyunsung and Lee Gilyoung cried out from across the bridge but their voices seemed blocked by the safety zone. ' What should I do? I made plans on the basis of the bridge breaking. But I hadn't expected Han Myungoh, the 3 foreigners and Yoo Sangah to be with me.. '
Kim dokja thought. Concurrently, a voice was heard in the air.
[Someone has received the favor of a constellation.]
[The constellation's scenario 'Deus Ex Machina' has been activated.]
Along with the voice, a brilliant bridge made of light was created among the remnants of the broken Dongho Bridge. Then a message floated in front of everyone.
[Deus Ex Machina – Even Bridge]
Description: A bridge of light made by a constellation.
Only an 'even' number of people can cross the bridge. The bridge will disappear as soon as an 'odd' number of people tries to cross it.
"Dokja-ssi. This, in my head, suddenly―"
'Is this Ms. Yoo sangah's ability? It was gifted to her then? Is she blessed, or is everyone here with a sponsor blessed like Klein? ' Audrey thought. She casted her gaze at the subtly surprised Kim Dokja. She immediately believed this phenomenon wasn't normal.
"Dokja-ssi, what do we do now?" He heard Yoo Sangah's bewildered voice. Klein raised a brow.
'Seems like everyone has a lot of faith in this man. He can't be trusted unfortunately, but I will use him as much as I can.' Klein looked at the screen.
'Even numbers only hunh?' He looked around and counted head. Counting 6 people he believed everyone could get across. The only problem was… Klein looked at the incoming horde of demonic people and narrowed his eyes. He put Audrey down on her feet.
Audrey smiled in appreciation. "Thank you Klein. " He hummed in acknowledgment and glanced at Kim Dokja. Being the well prepared man he was, Klein quickly looked towards Leonard.
"You two should get across first. " he then dug into his pocket and pulled out a couple matches. He handed them to Audrey, who took them with hesitation.
"What is this for?" She asked.
"You will know when you drop it on the safe side. "
"won't you be coming too?"
"Not yet. There's something I need to check. We don't know if the bridge will be affected when the undead step on it."
"I will be joining you too Klein." Leonard look at Klein. Klein said. "Do you have a weapon?"
Sudden a long sword made out of bones came out of the ground it was covered with a strange pattern, it combaind the power of Repose and Horror.
Klein looked at Leonard as Leonard smirked.
"I will use Error into you so that you can cross alone and then you use Psychological Invisibility to hide from the Constellations gaze." Audrey nodded and said. "So see you on the other side, Klein, Leonard."
Audrey softly spoke, more as if to assure herself. Audrey ran onto the bridge as Klein and Leonard watched her. They then turned back to Kim Dokja, his fingers halted statically before twitching....
Meanwhile in Kim dokja's thoughts. He was relieved to see that everyone could make it. Since the demonic people can't go onto the bridge.
What bothered him was Yoo Joonhyuk. In order to survive he had to meet him. He had wondered what would happen if Yoo Joonhyuk were to die, would the world reset? What would happen to him? Kim dokja didn't want to experiment with the possibilities.
Thus he might as well try and build a connection with Yoo Joonhyuk early on so he can stop the damn bastard from dying. Also from himself getting killed too. He didn't want to, to be honest he was terrified of meeting Yoo Joonhyuk. But in order to do that he'd have to stay behind with someone.
"Should I make sure Han Myungoh stays behind?" he thought. He believed Han Myungoh was a very useless man. Before he could put his plan into place he heard Yoo Sangah shout.
"Dokja-ssi! Behind you!" He reflexively leaned forward as a bloody fist came flying through the air. It was a familiar fist covered with energy. He felt something falling towards me and instinctively kicked out.
He didn't need to look back to know what was behind me. "…Kim Namwoon." A 9th grade human type, demonic person. The guy whose head burst a few minutes ago was now aiming for him as a demonic person.
Kim Namwoon's vocal cords that burst out were in a bizarre shape. "Kuweeeoooh."
[Exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint Lv. 1 has been activated!]
[This person doesn't have any consciousness. The skill Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint will be canceled.]
'shit!' His thigh was scratched by Kim Namwoon's overgrown black fingernails. A pain that felt like a burn spread through my leg.
The skin which hadn't been cut by a knife was now torn by fingernails. This was the main reason why demonic people were dangerous. The demonic people became several times stronger than when they were human.
"Yoo Sangah-ssi, immediately―" he felt something as he spoke. Without looking back, he could see what was going on.
"Let me go! Let go! Dokja-ssi! Dokja-ssi!" Han Myungoh, who had just been limping, was carrying Yoo Sangah over one shoulder and moving across the bridge at an astonishing rate.
[The constellation 'Secretive Plotter' admires how easy you are to trick.]
[The constellation 'Light of Imagination' looked at you with a smile.]
[The constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' is impressed with your sacrifice.]
[100 coins have been sponsored.]
'..... Indeed. Planning to leave me? ' he noticed something off with how Han Myungoh was running and tried using his skill.
[The information of this person can't be read in 'Character List'.]
'Once again, 'Character List' didn't work properly. If I remember correctly, the stigma of 'One-legged Swift Horse' came from the constellation Lame Trickster. Lame Trickster didn't give any stigmas in the mental barrier system.
In addition, Han Myungoh couldn't possess such a skill from the beginning. In other words, my skill failed not because of Han Myungoh's ability.'
'…I was stupid.' he looked at the message window floating in front of me and laughed.
[This person isn't registered in 'Character List'.]
He was thinking too hard when it meant literally that. Character List literally reads the information of characters.
Yoo Sangah, Han Myungoh, Leonard, Audrey and Klein, were characters who didn't originally appear in Ways of Survival.
They were people who would've died if I hadn't saved them. It was natural that he couldn't confirm their information with 'Character List.' What also peaked his interest.. Was why Klein; instead of showing up as a character, is said to be an Anomaly.
"Gruk! Gruk! Gruk!" On one side, the incoming Kim Namwoon and demonic people were jabbering nonsense at him.
On the other side, Han Myungoh was already halfway across the bridge. Lee Hyunsung and Lee Gilyoung had already entered the safety zone, Audrey just arrived on the other side of the bridge so he couldn't ask for help from her.' Will I have to wait for Yoo Joonghyuk?'
' Wait. Where's Klein and Leonard??'
'There were an even number of people. But Audrey got there on her own? How is that possible? We will talk later since she is can cooperate well. Then there is Klein, he was terrifying as well, but at least he felt like he was reasonable. Maybe he could protect him from Yoo Joonghyuk.'
'Who knows, maybe they can fight it out and I can run away.' Kim Dokja thought. As soon as he turned around, a groan was heard beside him. His head creaked to the side and saw a demonic person attack him.
He quickly dodged and parried oncoming attacks. In that moment a loud bang rang out as countless bodies in a line fell down, blood dripping from their chests. He turned and saw Klein Moretti standing to the side, blowing off smoke from the end of the revolver.
And beside Klein was Leonard, he was swinging a long sword made out of bones, as a wave of darkness came out of the sword that Leonard had. 'How the hell did he gain that weapon, did he have a constellation? No that couldn't be it since the dokkaebi stated that Klein, Leonard and Audrey didn't gain a sponsor... So what's going on?'
After being enamored by the sight, Kim Dokja sighed in relief and turned his back to Klein and Leonard and started punching some of the demonic people. Klein raised a brow.
'Does this guy not think I might betray him?' He shook his head and stood back to back with Kim Dokja and Leonard, gunning down any enemies. Klein didn't want to reveal all his abilities yet, thus kept with the basics of using his air bullets and cards.
"Klein-ssi, Leonard-ssi sorry to say this but can you help me defend?"
"shouldn't we get on the bridge?"
"Yes but- Uhh. There's still someone left. "
Both Klein and Leonard thought 'Someone left?'
Klein and Leonard realized he was talking about the killer in 3707. He couldn't deny that whoever it was was strong. They could possibly lead them to their escape. But it's because he's too strong is what made him worried.
'what if he doesn't want to be all buddy buddy with you?'
He contemplated a bit. Seeing Kim Dokja was being extremely suspicious he narrowed his eyes. 'Should I take the risk?' "…. Do whatever you want. " Kim dokja flinched in surprise. He didn't expect this enigmatic man to accept. He couldn't help but smile.
"thank you. " he thanked, garnering a distasteful huff. ' hey if you hate the idea so bad, don't play along!' The trio continues fighting. Kim dokja used his body to shove demonic people off the bridge, Leonard used the sword of darkness to plow through the zombies, while Klein shot those who came too close to him, Kim Dokja and the bridge.
[A few constellations are rejoicing in your Companionship.]
[Constellations have sponsored you 200 coins.]
[Wow, you are quite good at surviving. Now now! Will any constellations help these poor friends?]
It was the dokkaebi's merchant-like voice. Kim Dokja immediately thought he wanted to tear it apart. Klein would agree.
[Geez, there is really nobody?]
Of course. It would be strange for a constellation to support them after what happened during the Sponsor Selection.
[What did I say? You should've chosen well when you had the chance. How pitiful.]
'Don't care… 'Klein sighed mentally. This Dokkaebi was beginning to get annoying.
[The constellation 'Dark Emperor of Disorder' looked at incarnation Klein Moretti in a smile and said entertain me more peasant.]
Klein was irrateted and thought 'This curl haired baboon, I will kill him.'
Notes:
I just wrote this two days ago and I just finished this morning, honestly I feel like this chapter was a bit rushed and some interactions wernt natural so honestly Im not proud for this chapter. rn I am currntly writing the seventh chapter in advance so I dont feel like its rushed.
btw the corrupted txt means its censored for Yoo Joonghyuk
Chapter Text
[Chapter 6]: Conspiracy
[The constellation ‘Lady of Eternal Night’ grabs the tablet of ‘Dark Emperor of Disorder’ and confiscated it.]
‘Praise the Lady’ Klein thought as the curly haired baboon was gone.
As the trio continued their defense, Kim Dokja had somehow gotten a knife during the battle and was hacking and slashing. He couldn't help but be in awe at both Klein and Leonard. While he was struggling, was easily defending without any problems.
As Leonard swinging the sword causes the Darkness to surge, making a tide of Darkness that symbolizes the danger in the Darkness as well as silent destruction and vanquishment.
Shooting directly at the demonic people's weaknesses. Though he had begun to notice the strain on both Leonard and Klein. Kim Dokja however was having a hard time even taking down one on his own.
'I really need to keep this both these guys on my side.' Kim Dokja mentally noted.
'Dammit, it wouldn't be so hard if I had just one combat skill.'
[The exclusive skill 'Bookmark' is activated.]
'…Bookmark?'
[The exclusive skill ‘Bookmark’ is activated.]
...Bookmark?
[‘Character Bookmarks’ is activated.]
[Available Bookmark Slots: 3]
[Bringing up the list of available bookmarks.]
[People Listed in the Bookmark Slots]
- The Delusion Demon Kim Namwoon (Understanding 25).
- Steel Sword Lee Hyunsung (Understanding 35).
- Empty slot.
Bookmark.
Kim Dokja read over 3,000 chapters of Ways of Survival and had never seen this skill name before. Still, he intuitively knew how to use it. Instead of using it right away he took his chance to ask Klein.
"Klein-ssi, Leonard-ssi. Can we make a promise, or a deal?" Without taking his eyes off the undead, Klein and Leonard huffed in acknowledgment. Symbolizing for Kim Dokja to continue.
"If anything happens to me on this bridge. Can you take care of the others for me?"Klein stopped his attacks for a brief moment.
'This guy.. Not caring for himself but for others. He's going to be a pain in the ass in the future. But he's not a bad guy..' Klein thought, with some analyzing, he noticed it wouldn't be too much of a problem.
"Ok. "Kim Dokja sighed in relief.
"thank you Klein-ssi. "Finally deciding it was okay, he began to use his skill.
"Activate bookmark number one." Klein turned his head clockwise to examine him.
[The number one bookmark has been activated.]
[The level of the Bookmark skill is low, shortening the activation time.]
[Activation Time: One minute.]
One minute. That was enough.
[Your understanding of the character is low, so only a part of the character's skill is activated.]
[Blackening Lv.1 has been activated.]
Klein watched as Kim Dokja effortlessly sliced through the horde with his new found abilities. He quickly recognized the ability to be similar to Kim Namwoon's ability.
Both Klein and Leonard looked at each other and thought. 'Is his abilities close to that of a sequence 5 Shepard?' Klein analyzed, the more he sees from Kim Dokja the more he feels it would be better to stick with him.
[Your understanding of the character 'Kim Namwoon' has increased.]
[The number one bookmark has been disabled.]
A surge of fatigue overcame Kim as the power went away. It was hard, really hard. "Kuwoooook!" There were 10 minutes remaining. There were still many demonic people moving about. It was unreasonable to take on so many even with Lv. 10 physique.
He was lucky to have Klein Moretti and Leonard Mitchell with him. Fighting with him made him feel like he was fighting alongside a main character. Unfortunately the true main character should be arriving any moment now.
Kwajik! Kwajijijik!
There was a crackling sound like he had been waiting. Kim Dokja knew it. He thought he would do reckless things in order to gain achievements and donations. Kwajijik! Crunch.
It was obviously the sound of a person's flesh colliding with another body, but it sounded more like a mace crushing flesh. 'Seems like that killer has arrived.'
Klein watched from a distance as he continued fighting the horde with Leonard. From the stationary train, the demonic people were thrown away in a straight line, as if a tank had rushed through. 'Was this really a scene caused by a 'human'? ' Kim dokja thought. "Kyaack?"
The headless demonic people realized that something was strange and started turning around. However, it was too late. The man destroyed all the demonic people threatening me and appeared in front of Kim Dokja.
An overwhelming force without any weapons. 'He beat the demonic people with only two fists…. ' Kim dokja had prepared his mind in advance but sweat still flowed down his back.
'Dealing with this guy? It was absolutely impossible.' I couldn't win even if my overall stats rose by more than double what they were now. Though… maybe Klein and Leonard could?'
"You, who are you?" The man's cool gaze turned to Kim Dokja. Kim Dokja reflexively turned on 'Character List' in order to overcome the fear.
[The exclusive skill, Character List is activated.]
[There is too much information about this person. Character List is converted to Character Summary.]
[Character Summary]
Name: Yoo Joonghyuk.
Exclusive Attributes: Regressor (3rd Turn) (Myth), Pro Gamer (Rare)
Exclusive Skills: Sage's Eye Lv. 8, Hand to Hand Combat Lv. 8, Weapons Training Lv. 8, Mental Barrier Lv. 5, Crowd Control Lv. 5, Reasoning Lv. 5, Lie Detection Lv. 4…
The list of exclusive skills continued endlessly. Before I could get to the end of the list, a rugged hand appeared and grabbed my neck. "You, how the hell are you alive?" The 'first way' to survive in a ruined world. The one who proved that method was right in front of him.
Regressor Yoo Joonghyuk. The grand tragedy of this world began with this person…
(POV: Kim Dokja)
[Do you want to activate the exclusive skill?]
Then after a moment, I was able to read someone’s thoughts like a waterfall in my head.
「 Only Lee Hyunsung and Kim Namwoon should’ve survived in that carriage. 」
「 Yet Kim Namwoon died and the others survived. 」
「How did you survive? 」
「Who the hell is this guy? 」
「Dig up information. Then if I find any disturbing elements... Kill. 」
A dense flicker of thoughts.
It was obviously a crisis situation but I couldn’t prevent the corners of my mouth from going up.
The time remaining until the scenario ended was 5 minutes.
I started the story. I told the story using as much concise, short and accurate vocabulary as possible.
It was from the first moment the ‘dokkaebi’ appeared in the subway to the end of the first scenario. Of course, I excluded the skills I got and any important issues.
“...You cleared the scenario by killing insects?”
“We were lucky.”
Yoo Joonhyuk was so surprised he seemed to have forgotten that his mouth was open.
「 The future has completely changed. 」
He was shocked. Originally, the people in carriage 3807 would kill each other in a battle royale, with only Lee Hyunsung and Kim Namwoon surviving.
“You have keen eyes. How did you know there were insects in the carriage?”
Killing Intent filled Yoo Joonhyuk’s eyes as thoughts brushed through my head.
「 Is this guy also a regressor? 」
「If so, I have to kill him right now. 」
A person who commits a fault thinks that everyone speaks of it.
'Am I forgetting someone?... shit. Wait. Klein and Leonard!' I suddenly remembered my companion and turned my head to where the horde was. I could still see him fighting. Yoo Joonhyuk noticed and turned his gaze
subtly towards Klein. He hadn't even noticed the other guy at all.
"Whose he?"
"...Someone who can help you reach the end. "
"He shouldn't have lived."
"I didn't live either and look, I'm still alive. "
".... "
I had hoped I could somehow get Yoo Joonhyuk to go back and get Klein. He didn't lie, he felt like with his strength, he could definitely help them reach the end of the scenarios. Yoo Joonhyuk stood on the other side of the bridge in thought. He turned to Kim Dokja.
「His name is Leonard Mitchell, Age 29 years old, has no Supporting Constellation, his
Exclusive Attributes are Mr. Star [Rare], Red Glove [General]
He is strong, and he has a lot of skills. Seeing that he's only using one ability that means that his hiding his abilities… 」
[The character ‘Yoo Joonhyuk’ has used the ‘Sage Eye’ skill.]
「His name is Klein Moretti... Age 26 years old.
1,255,025 years old... Why does he have two ages? And why is he a million years old?」
Kim Dokja was shocked and thought. ‘Was there an Error like that in the Novel?’ he couldn’t think of a similar error but kept it in mind.
「His Exclusive Attributes are... It seems some are censored but... What the Hell is This???」
Yoo Joonhyuk looked at him with concern. He couldn't understand what he was seeing.
「Liberator of the Forsaken [Myth], The One Who Opposed the Architect of Fate [Quasi-Myth], The One that Opposed the True Creator [Legendary], King of Yellow and Black [Legendary], Transmigrater [Legendary], The Sea God Kalvetua [Historical], Strongest Adventurer of the Five Seas [Legendary], Hero Bandit Black Emperor [Hero], Blasphemer [Rare], Mr. World [Rare], Miracle Magician [Rare], Clown Angel [Rare], Craziest Hunter [Rare]...」
Kim Dokja was flabbergasted, he was shocked he knew Klein was strong but he didn't know he was That Strong .
「Transmigrater huh... That means he is not from this world that would make sense with his excessive amount of Attributes... But it seems like his restricted due to Probability... his dangerous, but I can't kill him, his too powerful.」
'Indeed, if Klein Moretti really existed in the novel he would be the most powerful person in the early scenario.' but then Kim Dokja thought and questioned how and why he appeared here and now?
"If he survives, he will become my companion. "
'Well that's good. '
However, a protagonist was a protagonist for a reason.
“Everything you said makes perfect sense.”
I have never seen a protagonist as careful as Yoo Joonhyuk.
「 A beginner can’t be so calm. 」
「He is abnormally well-adjusted to this changed world. 」
「He probably killed Kim Namwoon. 」
「 He has gone beyond being useful to being dangerous. 」
Yoo Joonhyuk’s right eye started shining with a gold colour. I quickly realized what he was doing. In fact, it would be weird if this guy didn’t use ‘that.’
Sage’s Eyes. Yoo Joonhyuk’s strongest detection skill. Sage’s Eyes was the SS-grade skill that showed the target’s attributes window as well as hidden information.
As long as he used it, I couldn’t avoid revealing my identity. On the other hand, I thought it was a good thing.
I still didn’t know my ‘attributes’ and ‘skills’. If Yoo Joonhyuk discovered my information, I would also be able to know about myself. Then hopefully, I would be able to use the information I learned to escape this situation.
[The character ‘Yoo Joonhyuk’ has used the ‘Sage’s Eye’ skill.]
[The exclusive skill, ‘Fourth Wall’ is activated!]
[Fourth Wall has detected the use of the detection skill Sage’s Eyes!]
Sparks flew in the air and Yoo Joonhyuk’s body staggered.
「...Kuk, what? 」
Yoo Joonhyuk covered his right eye and watched me with confusion.
“You...what is your identity?”
I’m sorry but I was wondering the same thing.
[The exclusive skill Fourth Wall has blocked Sage’s Eyes!]
I didn’t know that I had a skill that would defend against Sage’s Eyes. After Bookmark, it was Fourth Wall.
This complicated things. Yoo Joonhyuk wouldn’t believe me now.
「 I must kill him here. 」
He was a person who didn’t trust what he didn’t know.
“Yoo Joonhyuk.”
Then I also need to change plans.
“You need a reliable companion.”
“...What do you mean?”
“You can’t break through the 46th scenario alone. Shouldn’t you be well aware of it?”
Yoo Joonhyuk’s eyes narrowed.
“How do you know this? Perhaps you―”
“It doesn’t matter how I am.”
I stared straight into Yoo Joonhyuk’s eyes and said.
“The important thing is that I can help you.”
「 He isn’t a regressor. If he was a regressor, I wouldn’t be unware of him. 」
「 Then who is this person? 」
「 ...Perhaps? 」
If I couldn’t hide my hand and if I didn’t possess the best hand, then there was only one way out. It was to show a hand that would make the other person misunderstand.
“Yoo Joonhyuk, I know the future that you don’t know.”
[The character ‘Yoo Joonhyuk’ has used the ‘Lie Detection’ skill.]
[Lie Detection has confirmed that your words are the truth.]
Yoo Joonhyuk’s eyes slowly widened.
“...How?”
“How else?”
「 No way. There was a prophet other than Anna Croft? It is also in South Korea? 」
Prophet. In Ways of Survival, it was the only attribute that could see the future and had the passive of ‘nullifying all detection skills.’ In fact, only one person had the attribute of ‘prophet’ in the world of Ways of Survival.
「 Only a prophet can defend against my Sage’s Eyes. 」
I didn’t answer and Yoo Joonhyuk bit his lips.
“Can you perhaps use ‘Future Sight’?”
“It is something similar.”
“You knew I would come here.”
“Yes.”
「 I see. If this man is a prophet, all his actions are convincing. 」
The flow was changing. Yoo Joonhyuk’s fluctuation was conveyed straight away. This was the only chance.
“I know that Yoo Joonhyuk has special powers. You also know things about the future. Isn’t that right?”
“...”
“But that knowledge is never perfect.”
The only weakness of a regressor.
It meant that the future changed when they used their information of the future. In other words, all those who regressed would eventually live in a ‘world they don’t know.’
“Make me your companion. I can fill in the parts you are missing.”
There was no companion as good as a ‘prophet’ to the present Yoo Joonhyuk. In fact, my present self could play a role similar to a prophet. It was because I was the only reader of this story.
[There is one minute to the end of the scenario.]
Yoo Joonhyuk bowed his head and started to think.
「 A prophet will certainly be helpful. 」
[There are 50 seconds left to complete the scenario.]
「Not just the 46th scenario, but later when fighting the ‘chalatustra.’ But... can I really believe him? 」
[There are 40 seconds left until the end of the scenario.]
「 Companion. 」
Finally, Yoo Joonhyuk raised his head as I stared at the clock with an irritated heart.
“I have decided. I will make you my companion.”
[Excessive immersion has severely worn out your mental strength.]
[Exclusive skill, Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint has been turned off.]
I wasn’t sure if it was due to fatigue or relief but the exclusive skill was released. Now Yoo Joonhyuk’s face was as difficult as a philosophy book with no commentary written.
Yoo Joonhyuk started to take me across the ‘Even Bridge.’ Of course, I was still held by the collar but...I thought things would be all right now. I persuaded this damn regressor and was in a good position.
We had almost crossed the Even Bridge and were right in front of the safe area when Yoo Joonhyuk suddenly stopped.
“I will ask you one last thing.”
“What?”
“If you are really a prophet, you should know your future. Isn’t that right?”
The moment I saw Yoo Joonhyuk’s serene eyes, goosebumps broke out. His test wasn’t over yet. The grip holding my collar tightened.
“Keok.”
His hand raised me up a little bit and a gentle wind passed by my feet. Underneath me was completely empty.
The smell of blood mixed in with the smell of Han River as the ichthyosaurs jumped towards their prey with open mouths.
“Will I let go of this hand or won’t I?”
For the first time, I started sweating. Let me think. Even without his thoughts, I knew this guy more than anyone else. I closed my eyes and thought about Yoo Joonhyuk.
[There are 20 seconds left to the end of the scenario.]
Then I came to a conclusion.
“Yoo Joonhyuk.”
I was certain about what he would do. No matter how I thought about it, there was no other ending when it came to Yoo Joonhyuk.
I talked as I watched a sea commander approaching in the water.
“I will tell you two things first.”
“...What?”
“One, I’m not your subordinate. So I hope you will treat me fairly from now on.”
“...”
“Two, I will cooperate with you but you also have to promise to cooperate with me.”
Yoo Joonhyuk looked at me with interest and nodded.
“Well, what is your answer?”
I replied with a smile.
“Get your hand off me and get lost, you son of a bitch.”
Then the power holding me disappeared. I was grabbed by the force of gravity. I saw Yoo Joonhyuk’s face as I was falling. Yoo Joonhyuk was smiling brightly like something made him happy.
“I believe you. You are definitely a prophet.”
Waiting for me at my crash point was the mouth of the giant sea commander.
I closed my eyes from the shock of the impact along with the cold water of Han River. As I sucked in a breath, a warm and enormous darkness swallowed me up.
[You have failed to clear the scenario.]
…Damn, I have to use that method after all. Across the bridge, Klein fought off the demonic people. He had noticed the guy taking Kim Dokja. Thanks to his enhanced hearing, he overhears their entire conversation.
'Well seeing how you've decided to leave me behind, I'm not going to see you as this ' companion' thing Kim Dokja was talking about. ' he scoffed. He turned around and saw Yoo Joonhyuk glare at him before crossing the border.
[You have failed to clear the scenario.]
Klein looked down at the screen and chuckled. He stopped fighting and looked at the barrier. In that moment the demonic people all stopped as well. Unbenounced to anyone, Klein had used his Marionettist abilities to turn half of them into his marionettes.
After all, they counted as alive and clearly didn't have a thought process. So taking control was as easy as breathing. He had sensed something different between those that were dead and the demonic people, a more powerful difference.
Leonard and Klein running out of energy was but a mere facade for the gazes of the star stream. Klein used his index finger to fix his glasses onto the bridge of his nose. Feeling no eyes on him, he looked up at the sky of his home he had so missed.
The marionettes followed his sight with curiosity, if any beyonder gods were watching, they would possibly believe Klein and the marionettes were being parasitized by Amon and smite him down.
'Maybe I should find a monocle.' Klein lampooned. Klein chuckled at the thought of terrorizing both Amanises and Roselle, he then snapped his fingers, at that moment all the marionettes and zombies under his control collapsed. 'So Kim Dokja really does know the future. Does he plan to change the future of this world? Regressor.. If I remember correctly from web novels, a regressor is someone who dies and goes back through time. '
The more Klein thought about this whole situation made his head hurt. So he stopped for the time being.
"We should get back to Audrey." He pressed down his hat and snapped his finger, bursting into flames, he disappeared from sight. When Audrey made it across, the first thing Audrey did was place the matches on the ground and waited patiently. As Klein had said, Audrey quickly understood the purpose of the matches and had spread them out across the ground.
After some time she sensed someone's presence and looked up. What greeted them wasn't Kim Dokja, Klein Moretti, or Leonard Mitchell. But an extremely handsome man dressed in all black and a black wind-breaker.
'Where's Klein, Leonard and Kim Dokja?' as if reading her thoughts, Yoo Sangah spoke up. "Where's Dokja-ssi Leonard-ssi and Klein-ssi?" she asked the newcomer. The new guy looked around, his eyes landed on Lee Hyunsung longer than needed, which brought speculation to the young spectator. '
He finds Lee Hyunsung familiar. Yet Lee Hyunsung didn't seem to find him familiar.. How odd. 'She analyzed quietly. After looking at everyone, he finally decided to answer Yoo Sangah's question.
"He's gone. " His words brought dread to everyone. "He will be back though.” Everyone sighed concurrently. Audrey finally asked his own question. "Where's Klein and Leonard?" The tall man who at this point, Audrey finds familiar. Mainly because he acted exactly like Klein's persona of Gehrman. They stared at each other down for a brief second before stating.
"Both are also gone." he didn't bother to finish. Yoo Joonhyuk truly believed the other could survive. After all, he had such an excessive amount of Attributes and the other guy also had an excessive amount of Skills. "Let's go." he commanded. "Let's wait!" Audrey said.
"They can't cross, the bridge has already collapsed and the Deus Ex Machina event has already concluded!” Yoo Joonhyuk looked at Audrey trying to intimidate her... But Audrey stood firm. He looked at Audrey using his Sage Eye and he found something horrific. She also had an excessive amount of skills similar to the other two... He finally understood the connection.
He agreed to Audrey's request; he waited for a few seconds and then Klein and Leonard appeared from the fire, spinning his gun on his finger before stuffing it into its holster.
Audrey scanned him up and down and smiled. 'He's not hurt! Not even a scratch!' Klein brushed himself off and fixed his hat. Leonard tied his shoes and looked up and saw everyone stare at him. 'Why is everyone staring at me? ' Lee Gilyoung and Lee Hyunsung ran up to him with sparkles in their eyes.
"How did you do that Klein-ssi, Leonard-ssi?!" Lee Hyunsung exclaimed, earning a frown from Leonard. 'What are you on about?' Leonard thought. Lee Gilyoung answered Klein's unspoken question. "It's actually his ability!" Leonard pointed at Klein. Klein sighed.
"You appeared out of thin air. It's like you're a magician!"A chuckle sounded out from the side. Everyone looked at Leonard. "I wouldn't say he's a magician at the moment. More like a-" he paused his sentence, waiting for Klein to finish. Klein blinked before saying, "Well, I am a magician, though?"
Leonard looked at Klein and said. "No, more like a Miracle Magician."
"Still a magician."
"Well it sounds cooler."
Audrey could tell from his eyes that he was confused but delighted. 'Miracle Magician 'derived from the Miracle Invoker. So that's the sequence of two names for Mr. World's pathway.' She guessed though she knew Klein was a King of Angels she never knew what the sequence one or two of the seer pathway is but only the rumours from the other tarot club members.
When Klein came back, Yoo Joonhyuk had used Sage's eyes. He saw his stats and couldn't see it as they were censored. What also brought his attention was that he couldn't see his Stigmas and Sponsor. They were all censored, which displeased him.
Not only that, he had seen his exclusive attributes as well. The two that brought his attention the most were the Myth grade 'Liberator of the Forsaken' and the Quasi-Myth grade 'The One Who Opposed the Architect of Fate' ; these attributes were too grand for it to have ended up in an early scenario.
Then the Legendary grade 'The One that Opposed the True Creator, King of Yellow and Black and Transmigrater.' He had never seen a transmigrator in any of the previous regressions. Also who on earth has one myth, one quais-myth and three legendary grade stories so early on??! And some of his attributes are also censored which means he has a lot more.
This was an impossible occurrence. He now understood what Kim Dokja meant. He needed this guy. But not only that, he needs to either think of recruiting him, or killing him. Someone like Klein Moretti shouldn't be here this early and is detrimental to his plans.
But he is too dangerous and the fact that he has the attribute Mr. World similar to Audrey and Leonard's Mr. Star and Ms. Justice means they are part of a group. Before the next scenario comes he pulled himself together and coughed to get everyone's attention.
"Let's go." The group followed Yoo Joonghyuk like lost ducks. Everyone had their own thoughts. Everyone but the 3 Beyonders who were in the back conversing among themselves in a language unknown to anyone. Not even to the Star Stream.
Klein felt something, he knew that Yoo Joonghyuk was analysing him with some kind of ability but he didn’t mind since he concealed most of his abilities and concealed his stats and his stigma. Because of that he was confident that most of his attributes that aren't concealed are the ones that he shouldn't hide.
From what Arrodes said ‘Attribute ' is a special skill, ability, or characteristic unique to an individual, earned based on their personality, past life experiences, or actions before or during the "scenarios". These attributes are displayed in a character's Attributes Window and provide information about their abilities, often reflecting traits.’
And by showing some of my attributes Klein could intimidate Yoo Joonghyuk into thinking that Klein’s someone he shouldn’t mess with. Which is correct and by doing that he could control Yoo Joonghyuk somewhat.
Klein’s thoughts about Yoo Joonghyuk was that he was an error… he could feel that he was someone who had gone back through time multiple times. As the King of Space-Time he could not mistake it for anything else. His fate was chaotic. Klein smiled and looked at Yoo Joonghyuk. He knew that Yoo Joonghyuk was a regressor from the conversation he overheard from Kim Dokja but because of probability he could not use the fullest of his abilities unless he exerted his Symbolism and or used Error.
[Multiple constellations are enraged at the censorship. ]
[Multiple constellations want to hear what incarnations Klein, Audrey, and Leonard, were talking about. ]
'Do these constellations have nothing better to do than to annoy me? ' Klein thought as he read the holographic tabloids in front of him. "Klein, Leonard, what exactly happened back there?" Audrey asked. Klein stood between the two and began to explain.
"Nothing much happened. Kim Dokja, Leonard and I fought the demonic people, until that guy came around." he flashed a glance to Yoo Joonhyuk before continuing.
"He took Kim Dokja off along the bridge, leaving me and Leonard behind. After that he threw Kim Dokja off the bridge. "
'That bastard . ' Leonard knew since the moment he saw Yoo Joonhyuk, that he wasn't going to like him at all. Audrey had also drawn a similar conclusion at first glance. Unlike Leonard, that single glance was enough for Audrey to understand his character.
The first thing that came to her mind was. ' He will easily leave behind anyone who he deems useless in his goal. Or get rid of anyone he deems a threat to it.' After hearing Mr. World's explanation, she knew her assumption was correct.
"However, because of him I learned things that can be of use to us. "The two beyonders regarded Klein expectantly. "From their conversation I had learned that Kim Dokja is a Prophet. I also learned that Yoo Joonghyuk is a 'regressor.'"
Klein explained, “So these two are our best bet on reaching the end of the story?"Audrey jumped in. Klein shook his head. "It seems like that Regressor has died more than once though. Meaning he's failed more than once. He can't be too reliable. "
Klein stated, making Leonard and Audrey nod along. "So our best bet is to get information out of Kim Dokja. Speaking of, is he really okay?" Leonard asked. Remembering Klein said he was thrown off the bridge. Klein nodded and pulled out a coin.
He mumbled something and flipped it, 'positive' . Seeing the results Audrey and Leonard sighed. Relieved that Kim Dokja was actually alive. Klein could do a better divination but for the moment, just knowing Kim Dokja is alive is good enough.
Leonard quickly asked Klein "Klein.. Are you okay?"
"Hmm?"
"I mean.. You split up your mythical form for us, which should have been exhausting enough. " 'You're not wrong, I am EXTREMELY exhausted and I want to sleep but the situation doesn't call for it.' Klein lampooned. "I'm okay. " is all Klein said in return. 'And plus I had killed one thousand five hundred of my spirit worms and that made me very exhausted but seeing this made it worth it'
[Coins: 450,300]
Klein smirked and looked at the amount of coins he has. ‘Worth it.’
After that, the beyonders talked amongst themselves. Mostly Leonard and Audrey talking about their lives and Klein watched them. Unfortunately Klein still had a lot of secrets he dared not tell. Thus he mostly kept to himself and stayed quiet. Just listening to the two chatter on and on. In due time the group had reached Geumho station.
During their walk the next scenario has started, leaving poisonous fog hanging in the air. So everyone quickly ran down Exit 4 and into the station. Closing the gate behind them.
[You have entered the safety zone.]
'Safety zone? So this is where we're supposed to be.' Leonard thought as he scanned the underground station. He never thought anyone would build an underground train station. Especially right below a city.
"Welcome newcomers to our humble abode. "Everyone turned their gaze to the new person. A man with light hair and a thin physique, wearing a black turtleneck sweater. Behind him were a bunch of people who seemed to resemble a gang of sorts.
The newcomer, Klein had presumed to be the leader, introduced himself. "My name is Cheon Inho. The current leader of this Cheoldoo group." He walked up to everyone and shook their hands as they introduced themselves. When he got to Audrey Hall, he gave her a quick glance which made her uncomfortable for so many reasons.
'I've seen plenty of noble men like this. ' She mentally frowned. She had also noticed the gaze of Cheon Inho's group, and couldn't help but feel disgusted. She wasn't scared by any means, but she felt like she should teach these guys a lesson if they dare to come at her.
"May I know your lovely name?" Cheon Inho asked Audrey with a present smile and closed eyes. Audrey smiled back and curtsied. "I am Audrey Hall. " Another reason why she curtsied was to not touch his hand which was extended, expecting a handshake.
Klein chuckled as he covered his mouth with his hand and quickly moved on to the next person. The only two other people who didn't shake his hand were Yoo Joonhyuk and Klein Moretti. When asked, the two had crossed their arms and stated as a matter of factly. "Yoo Joonhyuk", "Klein Moretti"
Cheon Inho's piercing gaze scanned them over with his broad smile. As if judging them carefully. He backed away cautiously. "How about we take you to the rest of the group. You all must be exhausted, so rest up.
He then led the way as everyone followed. It had seemed that Yoo Sangah and Audrey both felt the Cheoldoo group's disgusting gazes. So naturally both of them strayed towards the one they believed would protect them. Which was Klein and Leonard. Leonard in turn looked back and glared at the men straying behind them.
They seemed to smirk at his harsh gaze, some of them even looked him up and down which made Leonard frown. He didn't expect some of them to be interested in men and seeing their disturbing eyes, Leonard was just about to pick a fight with them.
It wasn't until Klein looked back and glared with killing intent, that the men all flinched and looked away. He didn't know what was going on, but he had felt the gazes. It was also the fact that two women and Leonard were now clinging to him like monkeys.
"Get off," he spoke. Causing the 3 of them to let go but still followed him closely. 'This group is nothing but a bunch of predictable criminals.. I'm going to have to teach them a lesson when the time's right.' Klein sighed internally.
In due time, the group all made it to the station where they saw people crowding their area with blankets, some of them looked hungry like they hadn’t eaten in a day. While the Cheoldoo group looked healthy. This made everyone frown. Especially the beyonders.
"Where's all the food?" Audrey asked. "We do have some food. Unfortunately we started running out so we have people to go out and search for food. Unfortunately, there's not a lot that can be found nowadays, with all the monsters out and about. " Cheon Inho explained.
"I guess that's understandable. But then why does your group look better than the rest?"she asked suspiciously. "We had split the group into two. The Mainstream group who are the ones who go out to fight and scavenge food, as well as protect the station and the Marginalized group. " he made a somber sigh before explaining.
"Sometimes the marginalized group can go with the mainstream group to find food. But that's every now and then. Since the Mainstream group protects everyone, we would need to stay strong. We can't stay strong unless we eat enough to keep up our energy."
"and you just let the rest starve?"
Then four members of Cheon Inho's group approached both Audrey and Yoo Sangah. "We have extra food, why don't you come with us." Audrey could sense the disgusting desires that were exuding from their emotions and was irritated. She understood what they were trying to do.
She first grabs the guy that approaches her and slams him on the concrete pillar, then punches the other one in the stomach. "Hey! What are you doing?" Then she punched and grabbed the next guy and threw him at the last guy then stomp him on the stomach. "Hey Stop!" Panic arose quickly, before they could try and do anything. A blood curdling scream resounded by the man in Audrey's clutches. Everyone, shocked into silence, watched the scene unfold in horror. Four men were beaten to a pulp by a young girl.
She then used both Phycology Cue and Awe to intensify their fear towards her. By creating a scenario where they would panic she can then turn it into fear and intensify it towards Cheon Inho and his group. She normally wouldn't do this but if she didn't do anything they would have tried doing something to Yoo Sangah without her or other people observing Yoo Sangah.
[Multiple constellations are shocked at the outcome.]
[The constellation 'Demon-like Judge of Fire' looks at incarnation Audrey Hall proudly and says her friend is a badass.]
[300 coins have been sponsored.]
[Multiple constellations are curious about the incarnation Audrey Hall.]....
She grabbed Yoo Sangah's hand and looked at Cheon Inho's group as she smiled gently. Everyone understood what she meant. 'Don't mess with me or Yoo Sangah.'
[The constellation ‘Dark Emperor of Disorder’ watches while eating popcorn and looks at the incarnation Klein Moretti and says I also want to be dom.]
[The constellation ‘The Fool’ asked the constellation ‘Lady of Eternal Night’ to confiscate his tablet again saying this child shouldn’t have internet privileges.]
[The constellation ‘Light of Imagination’ has descended behind the constellation ‘Dark Emperor of Disorder’ and said ‘it seems you’ve been corrupted, there is no saving you now… ‘UNSHADOWED DOMAIN!’ ]
Notes:
Yay this chapter is pretty solid, honestly i like this chapter since I wrote this not sleep deprived. Anyways, I have some plans for the four that I am excited about but so most likely I will delay the next chapters upload because of my idea for Klein, Amnisese, Adam and Roselle.
Though I like the idea of Audrey beating up those guys I feel like it's cringe. Can I have your guy’s thoughts?
Chapter Text
[Chapter 7]: Live Stream
「POV: Kim Dokja」
[You have failed to clear the scenario.]
[Paid settlement will begin.]
[100 coins have been reduced for the channel usage fee.]
[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ has nodded at your exciting remarks.]
[100 coins have been sponsored.]
[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ nods are your choice.]
[100 coins have been sponsored.]
[The constellation ‘Secretive Plotter’ is disappointed in your rash remarks.]
[The constellation 'The Fool' is interested and observe silently.]
My body suddenly became heavy as I felt water entering my lungs. Then I was sucked in somewhere. I wasn’t torn apart because I fell with perfect timing. However, I couldn’t lose consciousness here. I had to stay awake. I needed to wait for a while. I somehow managed to curl up and hold my breath.
10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds...I was barely breathing when my hands hit a tangible wall in the darkness. “U-Uwek.” I could barely breathe after coughing up the river water several times. My level 10 stamina saved me from being killed by hitting the water surface, but the large and small bruises all over my body were very painful.
“Dammit.” Yoo Jonghyuk’s expression as he let go of his hand without hesitation and got off the bridge was vivid. I expected it but it was more shocking than I thought. ...If I wanted to be his companion, I had to survive. It wasn’t that I didn’t understand. Companion.
The weight of this word was too great for Yoo Jonghyuk. Since his failure in the first round of regression, Yoo Jonghyuk had never made a real ‘companion.’ It was rare for humans to easily follow the growth of a regressor.
As a result, he solved everything alone, was revered as a savior and was naturally lonely. To Yoo Jonghyuk, ‘humans’ were only subordinates or enemies. Thus, this was a test. If I wanted to be in a equal position with him, I had to solve this much alone. ...Well, this was when looking at it from Yoo Jonghyuk’s viewpoint.
“A companion like you...crazy psychopath.” I barely doggy paddled to a floating styrofoam panel and raised my body onto it. Thanks to the warmth of the stomach, I wasn’t cold. However, the problem was from now on. I closed my eyes and played the message log that I heard.
[You have failed to clear the scenario.]
[Paid settlement will begin.]
[100 coins have been reduced for the channel usage fee.]
[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ has nodded at your exciting remarks.]
[100 coins have been sponsored.]
[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ nods are your coice.]
[100 coins have been sponsored.]
[The constellation ‘Secretive Plotter’ is disappointed in your rash remarks.]
There were quite a few messages. In addition, a few exposed constellations sponsored me.
But there was no regret in my choice. After encountering Yoo Jonghyuk directly, I was certain. The Great Sage the Equal of Heaven might be a sponsor of the highest quality but he wasn’t enough. I needed more than just ‘sponsorship’ if I wanted to confront Yoo Jonghyuk. And I would gain it from here.
The walls of the stomach growled and small waves rose inside. The sea commander seemed to be moving somewhere. I turned on my smartphone and calculated the time. According to Ways of Survival, the ichthyosaur started to secret stomach acid around three hours after ingesting food. In other words, I didn’t have much time left.
[Haha, it is sad that things turned out like this. It was very interesting.]
There was a sound effect before the dokkaebi’s voice was heard. “...Dokkaebi?”
[Yes, that’s right. You don’t seem panicked at all?]
“I knew you would come.”
[Hrmm. It sounds like you were waiting for me?]
“Of course I have been waiting.”
Light turned on and the dokkaebi appeared. I couldn’t tell for sure from his expression alone, but this guy was clearly interested. I deliberately spoke calmly. If I was pushed here, I wouldn’t be able to eat my meal. “Are you doing to take coins from me?”
[...Coins?]
“You have to take coins in exchange for me failing the scenario.”
[Hmm, not your life?]
“If it was my life, you would have written ‘death’ in the failure results column, not three question marks. Doesn’t this mean there is room to negotiation?”
[...Hahaha. How interesting.]
In fact, there was a loophole in my words. The scenario message was
‘Failure: ???’
This literally meant that the penalty of failure was unknown. It was just my assumption that it was in exchange for coins. Nevertheless, there was a reason why I was so certain.
“Am I wrong?”
It was because I already knew about this scenario. The dokkaebi hesitated for a moment before nodding.
[You are right. Amazing. That you could determine this point with such a clue... as expected from someone who is attraction the constellations’ attention.]
The dokkaebi’s tone was filled with sincere admiration.
[As you said, you can survive this sub scenario if you pay coins, even if you fail.]
“How much?”
[Pay 5,100 coins. Then I will let you live.]
I looked at how many coins I currently posessed.
[Coins Possessed: 5,100 C]
I couldn’t help smiling. This jerk was messing around right now.
“That is too much.”
[Haha, then won’t you die? It is up to me to accept the coins or not. If you do something wrong then I can just end it here.]
“Then kill me.”
[...Huh?]
“Kill me.”
[······.]
“You can’t kill me?”
[Haha. You are really making me angry. Look, now...]
The dokkaebi’s flat-shaped eyebrows wriggled furiously. It was time to stop the taunts and get to the main point.
“Low-grade dokkaebi, Bihyung. How are the activities of a streamer?” If there was a crack in the face, it would look exactly like this. Dokkaebi Bihyung showed confusion for the first time.
[H-How do you know my name?]
“You haven’t been enjoying broadcasting lately, right? The constellations are too stingy.”
[W-Who the hell are you? How does a human...]
Bihyung’s horns shook. It was natural. An ordinary human couldn’t know about the Star Stream system. But I wasn’t an ordinary human.
[A few constellations have doubts about your existence.]
[The constellation 'Secretive Plotter’s' eyes are shining at your plan.]
[The constellation 'The Fool' is curious of your plan.]
From now on, it wasn’t a story for the constellations. I mouthed to Bihyung, “How about we talk after you close the channel?” Bihyung was worried and closed the channel.
[#BI-7623 channel is closed.]
Once the constellations left the channel, Bihyung showed his true colours.
[Feel free to speak. You, how can an ordinary human know about the Star Stream broadcasting?]
“That isn’t important.”
[Huh?]
“Bihyung, do you want to be ‘king of the dokkaebis’?”
[What now―]
“Don’t you wish to be the best streamer in the network, surpassing Dokgak and Gildal?”
Bihyung’s complexion was changing.
“Dokkaebi Bihyung, sign a contract with me. Then I will make you the king of the dokkaebis.”
[Ha, hahahahat! You are crazy! A crazy human! I should’ve known it when you refused to sponsoring of the other constellations!] Bihyung laughed for a long time before opening his mouth again.
[I don’t know how you know about Star Stream Broadcasting but I can’t accept the offer. I’m a dokkaebi, not a constellation. I can’t be your sponsor.]
“You seem to have misunderstood. I never told you to sponsor me.”
[Huh?]
“I am well aware that you are a weak dokkaebi. I don’t need your strength. I need your channel.”
[My channel?]
“Since you can’t seem to understand me, is there a problem with your Korean language patch?”
[No, what is this?]
“I will explain it simply. I want to sign an exclusive contract with your channel.” Bihyung made a blank expression before belatedly regained his spirit.
[Wait a minute. Do you want to make a ‘stream contract’ with me now?]
“Yes.”
[Hahat, this is a hit.]
Bihyung laughed behind small fingers. The surrounding atmosphere was changing.
[I don’t know how you know about such things but some human dares to mention the stream contract? It is also a trivial buy with no sponsor?]
The tone changed and the surrounding air was filled with killing intent. Indeed, even a low level dokkaebi was strong compared to humans. But it wasn’t enough to make me back off.
“It is worth signing a contract because I have no sponsor.”
[...What?]
“What do you think the purpose of a constellation is to enter a channel?” Bihyung looked like a bad student at the sudden question. From now on, it was a special lecture time for the low level dokkaebi.
“You don’t have to be so nervous. You already know this information. But let’s review it again to see what it means.” Bihyung was caught in my pace and nodded despite himself.
“The Star Stream subscribers can be largely divided into two groups. One group are the ‘fun seekers’ who seek to relieve their boredom with the channel. The other group are the ‘incarnation searchers’ who want to find an incarnation to contract with them. Isn’t that right?”
[Yes. That’s right.]
“For this reason, you must be able to satisfy one of the two groups in order to become a famous channel in Star Stream. In other words, either stick to the fun seekers or the incarnation seekers. You have to attract one of them properly.”
[You are moderately well informed. But so what? What does this contract have to do with why constellations subscribe?]
“I don’t know how many more hints I have to give you. This is why your subscribers number still isn’t over three digits.”
[...Shut up. Say it quickly.]
Seeing Bihyung thrust his small horns at me cutely, it was hard to believe the dokkaebi had blown up people’s head a while ago. Now let’s stop making fun of him and take a chance.
“What if there is a channel that can satisfy both the fun seekers and the incarnation searchers?”
[What are you saying? Such a thing is impossible. Even if it is possible, it is only for a while.]
Due to this, the incarnation searchers group were just temporary customers. But. “That is a story for when the Sponsor Selection proceeds normally.”
[What?]
“What if there is an incarnation who doesn’t sign a contract with any constellation? And what if that incarnation shows an ability that transcends all over incarnations with sponsors?”
The existence of a strong incarnation would attract the eyes of the constellations. If this incarnation continued to not select a sponsor, the ‘incarnation searchers’ group would continue to subscribe without leaving the channel.
[W-Wait a minute! You, is this why you didn’t select a sponsor....?] “Yes, that’s right.”
[Ha...this is interesting.] Bihyung grinned at me.
[Becoming the strongest incarnation without a sponsor... if there is such a thing, it certainly wouldn’t be a dream to become the best Star Stream channel. But such an incarnation can’t exist.]
“Do you really think so?”
[...I admit that you aren’t normal. You have attracted the attention of constellations from the beginning and thanks to it, I have also been having fun. However, there is a limit to your delusions. Haven’t you noticed it after going through that? An ordinary human can never beat an incarnation. That is the law of the world.]
“I don’t know that.”
[You have already missed the opportunity. Look around you. This isn’t a main scenario. You failed a sub scenario and now your life is at risk. There are no constellations watching you―]
“Really?”
[......?]
“By now, the constellations must be in an uproar. Aren’t they? Isn’t everybody clamoring for the channel to quickly be opened?” Bihyung was silent.
“Aren’t they all going crazy with curiosity right now? Who is that crazy person who went against the regressor? Is he really a prophet? Can he really see the future? If he can see the future, what did he get eaten by the ichthyosaur?”
[S-Stop! You are...]
“From now on, I’m going to show it. So shut up and do what I tell you. Do you want to become the king of dokkaebis?”
[Then let’s settle the scenario failure first. Give me 5,100 coins...]
“What are you saying? I didn’t fail.”
[...Eh?]
“Maybe by now I would’ve met the conditions...” I loosened my body and got up from my seat. My cold body was stiff. Bihyung still had a stupid expression on his face.
“Open the channel. It will start soon.”
[Start, what will―]
Then a message was heard in the air.
[The hidden scenario has arrived!]
+ [Hidden Scenario – Commander Slayer] +
Category: Hidden Difficulty: A+
Clear Conditions: Kill the ichthyosaur ‘sea commander’ and escape from its stomach.
Time Limit: 10 days
Compensation: 9,000 coins
Failure: Death
“Look, didn’t I tell you to be prepared?” There were three types of scenarios in Ways of Survival. The main scenario was in charge of progressing the main story. The sub scenarios were responsible for minor events. And the hidden scenarios were only opened through special conditions.
[How on earth...?]
Bihyung’s lips were shaking with shock. Unlike the main scenarios and sub scenarios that a dokkaebi was in charge of, the hidden scenarios were characterized by their automatic appearance when certain conditions were met.
“You didn’t even know. You low grade dokkaebi.”
[You...what on earth?]
“Anyway, if I can clear this, I will prove that I have the ability for the contract, right?” Bihyung watched the scenario screen with gloomy eyes. He looked at me with a careful gaze and asked.
[This scenario, the difficulty is A+. Do you really believe you can clear it?]
“Yes.”
There was a small wave as the Han River water crashed against the wall of the ichthyosaur’s stomach. Bihyung was silent for a moment before opening his mouth.
[...Okay. If you succeed in clearing this scenario then I will accept the contract.]
“The terms of the contract will be negotiated after the scenario is cleared.”
[So arrogant...then I will open the channel again. Please try hard.]
“Ah, wait a minute.” It would be difficult if he left already. I had something to check. “You have something left to do.”
[...What is it now?]
Bihyung’s mocking tone was somewhat annoying. “Fix a system error for me.”
[System error?]
“My attributes window isn’t opening.”
[No way. The system can’t have an error. The scenario system is perfect.]
“Take a look yourself.” Bihyung looked at me with suspicious eyes and started to mutter something.
[The dokkaebi ‘Bihyung’ has used ‘System Interference’ on you.] System interference. It was an absolute interference skill that could only be used by dokkaebis with the right to interfere in the scenario.
In fact, it was unclear if the reason why I couldn’t see the attributes window was an error or not. And if he couldn’t figure it out, that was also a profit for me.
[The exclusive skill, ‘Fourth Wall’ is activated!]
In the next moment, sparks flew in the air and struck Bihyung.
Looking at the situation, I got a sense of what happened. “What is it? Is something wrong?”
[This isn’t possible. How can there be a firewall preventing the system interference...?]
It seemed Fourth Wall blocked not just the skills of an incarnation but the dokkaebi’s interference as well. If this was true, it meant nobody in Ways of Destruction could see my attributes window, including myself.
How interesting. It was the perfect condition to become a scammer.
“Forget about it.”
[P-Please wait! I can do it. U-Uh. What if I do this?]
“You can’t do it.”
[Kuaaack!] Bihyung screamed like he had received an electric shock. The white fluffy hair on his skin was burnt black.
[T-This! This!]
“It’s okay. If you can’t do it then stop. I will ask for another favour.”
[This can’t be! I am Dokkaebi Bihyung. If I can’t solve this situation, the honor of the dokkaebi―]
I looked at the clock. It had been an hour since the ichthyosaur ate. There was no time to delay like this.
“The dokkaebi bag.” Bihyung stopped his useless action of digging at the air.
[What?]
“Open the dokkaebi bag.”
[...How do you know about that?]
“Are you going to open it?”
[Only an incarnation with a sponsor can use the dokkaebi bag...]
“It is true that all incarnations that use the dokkaebi bag have a sponsor. But there is no rule that an incarnation without a sponsor can’t use the dokkaebi bag.”
[...Wait a minute.]
Bihyung pulled out a manual and confirmed it.
[At this point, I don’t know if I am a dokkaebi or you are. Are you actually a dokkaebi?]
The smiling Bihyung raised both hands.
[...Okay, there is no problem if you use it. However, the dokkaebi bag can only be used when the channel is open for streaming purposes. Is that okay?]
“It’s fine.”
[#BI-7623 channel is open.]
[The constellations have entered.]
[It was just a server error that shut the broadcast off for a while! I didn't turn it off on purpose.]
There were a total of 20 stars above Bihyung's head. Since not too many of them had left the channel, it seemed that quite a few constellations still wanted to see what had happened to Kim Dokja. Of course, not all of the constellations were friendly.
[A few constellations are questioning the fairness of the broadcast!]
[A few constellations are suspicious of the privileges you have received!]
It wasn't unexpected. While the broadcast was off, a hidden scenario had started, and the Dokkaebi Bag had been opened. It was no wonder that the constellations were surprised.
[No, preferences? Look at this, Constellations. I am a dokkaebi. Don't you know that I will be extinguished if I do that? Don't you know that the storyteller's vow is never light?]
"Will you help me?"
[…There is a product search button in the lower right corner.]
"Thank you."
[The product search function is activated.]
[The product search function is limited to 5 times a day. Any additional searches will cost 100 coins per search.]
In any case, it was the same for humans and dokkaebi. The total number of free searches given was five. Two searches were enough to buy the materials he needed, so he had three searches left.
[The constellations 'Secretive Plotter' and ' The Fool' are wondering about your plan.]
'Yes, be curious. If you are curious, keep watching'.
He paused for a moment. ' wait.. The Fool? Which constellation is that?' He couldn't help but try to figure out who it was until he realized.
'This is a Constellation that never showed up in Ways of survival.'
Kim Dokja then looked above Biyung's head and saw 21 stars. He decided to not think about it too much and continued on with his plan.
When he looked up again with his items he had purchased, he noticed the stars had returned to 20, as if that singular star never existed.
Then an electric current appeared in the air. A transparent screen emerged in front of me.
[Welcome to the coin shop, the ‘Dokkaebi Bag.’] The Dokkaebi Bag. It was the moment when this damn world’s ‘cash store’ was opened.
Don’t watch if you are going to get all twisted up. I opened my mouth to use the search function. “Search for the ‘Ancient Dragon’ item.”
[There are three search results.]
A small pop-up window soon emerged.
* Ancient Dragon’s Heart – Stock: 0
* Ancient Dragon’s Bone – Stock: 1
* Ancient Dragon’s Horn – Stock: 1
I chose the Ancient Dragon’s Heart.
[Item Information]
Name: Ancient Dragon’s Heart
Rating: SS
Description: A heart containing the magic power of the ancient dragon ‘Ignitus.’ It possesses near-infinite magic power and the attribute ‘Hellfire’ will be acquired if a heart transplant is successful.
Price: 1,500,000 C
Stock: Just sold out.
As expected, it was out of stock. From beyond the catalog, Bihyung, who was dealing with the constellations, looked at me with his jaw dropped.
[Crazy. How do you know the information about the ancient dragon?]
“I just called out a nice name.”
[...It seems like a lie.]
* Mucus of the Hammer Sea Horse – Stock: 124
* Stone Hog’s Pointed Thorn – Stock: 17
I compared it to the list in my memories. The food of the ichthyosaur, the hammer sea horse and the stone hog, the nemesis of sea species... There was no doubt. This combination was the best when it came to attacking an ichthyosaur.
“Four mucus, four thorns. It is 800 coins?”
[Yes but...where are you going to use these miscellaneous items?]
“You don’t need to know.”
[...I don’t want to be nosy but why don’t you buy something else? For example, this Woryeong Sword Technique. It is originally 8,000 coins but I will now sell it for 4,000 coins. Wouldn’t buying this be more helpful to clear the scenario?]
“Thank you but I will just buy this.” Bihyung wasn’t satisfied but received the payment.
[800 coins have been consumed.]
In the darkness, a sparkling powder gathered and four elongated thorns and four pockets of black mucus appeared.
[I can’t give a refund if you regret it now. Do you understand?]
“I know.”
I briefly nodded and started working. I took off my top, tied it around my waist and stuck the thorns in the gap, while the pockets were hung from my waist. The stone hog’s thorn was stumpy but became sharp at the end. It was approximately one metre in length. It was a reasonable size to pierce something.
[Hrmm...then I’ll be going. I can’t stay with you. There is something fun going on in another place.]
“Do it.”
[Huhu, then hang in there. I hope the story will bless you.]
Bihyung disappeared in a flash of light and the surroundings became dark again. I could use the light on my smartphone but I wanted to save the battery as much as possible. In the darkness, the stone hog thorn was emitting a bluish light. It was a feeble light but for the moment, it would be sufficient.
I pulled out a thorn and swung it. Maybe it was because I didn’t have a skill such as Weapons Training or Incarnation of All Soldiers. I couldn’t get used to holding the thorn.
[A few constellations are bored.]
The impatient constellations left the channel. I couldn’t see it but Bihyung was probably fretting right now. Then an hour passed. Right, left, up and down. I didn’t like it but I no longer had a problem handling the thorn.
Tiing!
“Kuweek!”
One of the demonic people floating on something in the stomach started shrieking. Chuchuchu. The skin of the demonic person started burning. The digestion of the ichthyosaur had begun.
The ichthyosaur’s digestive juices quickly mixed in the river water and started to melt away at the concrete and other floating products. Chu chu chu chu!
There was no time. It was going as planned. I jumped from the floating object and gripped a bump on the wall of the stomach. Then I started climbing up the wall like I was rock climbing.
Gurgle gurgle gurgle. The outlet of the digestive juices was right above. I put the thorn in my mouth and grabbed a pocket of mucus.
The mucus of the hammer sea horse. I poured the mysterious dark blue liquid onto my hand and applied the mucus carefully from the tip to the end of the thorn. It was with precision and care, as if applying shaving cream to an area to be shaved.
If the shaving cream protected the skin from the razor, the mucus protected the thorn from the digestive juices. Go. I swung the thorn towards where the digestive juices were coming from.
The angle was correct and I used my maximum strength. Kwaang! The digestive juices flowed down the thorn and dissolved the skin on my forearm. I experienced a terrible pain but didn’t stop. If I made a mistake here then everything was over.
[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ has relieved some of the pain.]
Gurgle, gurgle.Chururuk... Before long, the thorn jammed up the emission point.
“Just one.”
After a deep sigh, I pulled out another thorn from my waist. I applied the mucus of the hammer sea horse, found another opening and blocked it.
[A few constellations admire your calmness.]
[The constellations have sponsored you 200 coins.]
I used this method to block three opening points. There were some left, but the small openings didn’t release large amounts of digestive fluids. There was one thorn left in the top tightly tied around me.
All that was left was one thorn and two pockets of mucus. I used the remaining mucus on my skin and clothes, then poured what was remaining down my throat.
“Kup.”
It had started. Kieeeeeeek-! The ichthyosaur let out a painful scream. The blood vessels on the wall of the stomach were squirming. The thorns were visibly expanding into the blood vessels. The thorns in the openings had started their aggressive growth activity. The stone hog’s thorn grew in response to the body fluids of seawater species. Gududuk, gududuk.
The thorn that became immune to the digestive juices due to the applied mucus absorbed the surrounding fluids and started to take root in the body of the ichthyosaur. The stone hog’s thorns wouldn’t stop expanding until the ichthyosaur was completely dead. Keeeeeeh! As I watched the liquid swirling under my feet, I grabbed the thorn tightly.
I did everything I could. From now on, it was a mental fight. Either I died or this guy would die. Only one of us would survive. I didn’t know how much time passed. My breathing was often interrupted and all my muscles were so stiff that I could barely move them.
[A few constellations admire your will to survive!]
[The constellations have sponsored you 100 coins.]
[The constellation ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’ admires your spirit.]
[The constellation has sponsored you 100 coins.]
When I was hungry, I placed my tongue to the end of the thorn. The condensed fluid that flowed out contained the life force absorbed from the ichthyosaur. The reason I drank the mucus in advance was to absorb this concentrate.
[Your stamina has slightly increased due to absorbing the power of the ichthyosaur.]
There wasn’t an immediate effect of my stats level increasing, but by the time I escaped from the ichthyosaur, I would gain at least two levels in stamina. It wouldn’t work at a higher level, but this was one of the few tricks I could use to raise my stamina without using coins.
...Indeed, this wasn’t a dream. This was all I could do. I was just an ordinary reader. I wasn’t a protagonist. It felt like I would wake up screaming in bed at any moment, but no such miracle happened no matter how much I blinked.
...Mother would be fine. She was okay. This wasn’t anybody else, it was ‘Mother.’ I fell asleep whenever the liquid on the floor drained away and woke up every time the cold river water entered my mouth.
Finally, the ichthyosaur’s digestion stopped. The warmth of the viscera suddenly cooled down and the elastic stomach lining gradually solidified. Thus, I could be sure. He died.
[...You are really great.]
A bright light in the darkness. Bihyung’s dim figure was floating in the air.
[Using the stone hog’s thorn like this. I never even thought about it. Constellations, isn’t it the same for you?]
Bihyung looked at the stone hog’s thorn emitting a faint light.
[The stone hog is a guy who mainly lives on the coast and feeds on small sea species. They insert the thorn into the skin of the prey but I didn’t think it would be used to plug up the openings for the digestive juices...]
Bihyung’s shining eyes weren’t looking at me. The words weren’t an explanation for me either.
[A few constellations are smiling as if they already know.]
[The constellations have sponsored you 100 coins.]
[A few constellations belatedly understand your judgment.]
[The constellations complain that you should tell them by talking to yourself from now on.]
[The constellation 'The Fool' is curious on how you gain such an idea.]
[The constellations have sponsored you 100 coins.]
I ignored the messages from the constellations and drank the last of the condensed fluid.
[Your stamina has slightly increased due to absorbing the power of the ichthyosaur.]
[Your stamina level has risen!]
[Stamina Lv. 11 -> Stamina Lv. 12]
I accomplished my intended purpose. Bihyung came down to me and looked at my burnt arm.
[Furthermore, the mucus...I didn’t know the mucus of the hammer sea horse was so potent.]
Originally, my skin should’ve melted from the ichthyosaur’s digestive juices. I opened my mouth to stop Bihyung’s nonsense.
“The mucus of the hammer sea horse is immune to digestive fluids. They evolved in this way after often being eaten by the ichthyosaurs.”
[A few constellations admire your knowledge.]
[The constellation 'The Fool' looks at you in suspicion.]
Then Bihyung looked at me with a betrayed expression.
[Excuse me, I should be the one explaining...]
“I did it because you don’t know. Now is the explanation over?”
[...Yes.]
“Then give me the reward.”
[Cheeky bastard.]
Bihyung grumbled while at the same time, a reward message appeared in front of my eyes.
[The hidden scenario has ended.]
[You have obtained 9,000 coins in compensation.]
[You are the first to have successfully hunted a grade 7 species.]
[You have earned 1,000 coins as an achievement reward. 9,000 coins plus an additional 1,000 coins. It was a very huge income.
[Coins Possessed: 14,800 C]
If I added the 500 donated coins from filming my survival, the total income was 10,500 coins. It was over my target.
[Haha, Constellations. Did you see it well? Let’s quickly watch an advertisement before going straight to the next scenario!]
***
「POV: Klein Moretti」
Above the gray fog there were a number of towering stone pillars around 'them'. Above them was a vast dome that encapsulated 'them'.
This entire edifice looked magnificent, grand and lofty, just like a legendary palace for giants.
Directly under the dome where the gray fog gathered, a long, bronze table with ten high-back chairs on either side in a symmetrical arrangement. The back of each chair dazzled and shone faintly with crimson red, drawing the outlines of weird constellations that differed from reality.
The Fool sitting loftily at the head of the long bronze table, enshrouded in the mysterious gray fog. There were three individuals seated besides the Fool. Behind the chairs that were occupied was symbols that represents Darkness, Visionary and Dark Emperor Pathways.
The Fool seated at the head of the long bronze table looked at the three individuals and said. "It's been a while Evernight, Adam and Roselle. How has it been?”
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The Fool sitting loftily Within the mysterious space above the gray fog, a bronze table with 22 high chairs. There were three individuals seated besides the Fool. Behind the chairs that were occupied was symbols that represented Darkness, a combination between the visionary and the hanged man and Dark Emperor Pathways.
"How is it participating within the scenarios, Klein?" As "She" chuckled, "She" was wearing a layered black classical dress that isn't overly complex. A circle of radiating rays is at the bottom of "Her" head. On this lady's dress, there are sparkling specks of radiance.
The Fool chuckled and said. "I am fine, but because I don't know a lot about this world, I as the Beacon of Destiny, I just let fate run it's course and of course Kim Dokja as well.
"He seems to know a ton about this world and because of that he even scammed the Dokkaebi after the whole diabolical."
Adam who wore a simple white cloak, had a thick golden beard, and wore a silver cross, eyes as clear as a child's, and beneath "His" feet was a dense shadow, different from "Him", with five heads. It seemed to be "His", yet not "His." asked. "How do you know? Even with my listener ability I can't seem to bypass the Star Steam?"
Klein looked at Adam and said. "The reason you couldn't use your ability is most likely the doing of probability. Probability is a phenomenal ensures that stories or scenarios acted out in the <Star Stream> do not constantly employ deus ex machinas or divine intervention, and that incarnations and or constellations don't execute actions that aren't plausible or reasonable given their current Stories, skills, and their abilities."
"But the reason for me knowing what was going on was due to the Dokkaebi, as I didn't took over it's body but only put a worm of time within the Dokkaebi and parasitize it without knowing it's parasitize." Klein chuckled as Roselle looks at him worried that he isn't human anymore.
"So divine intervention is not possible? Then what about you... How are you in the 'scenarios' when you are not just a God but a great old one?" Roselle who has a majestic set of pitch-black armor, adorned with a crown and a long cape, that forms from an ethereal mist asked inconsern
"Probability has actually suppressing my authorities and abilities back to sequence 3 and the current tarot club members with me are sequence 2 "They" have been suppress at the very least to sequence 4.
Although we could use our abilities at higher sequence, we would need to exert a lot more energy to activate them."
Klein looked at the three and said. "How is it holding up in your end? Are there any complications needed to be addressed?"
As both Roselle and Amanises looked at Adam, Adam sighed and said. "Three out of seven of the Outer Deities are missing, and the problem is that we couldn't locate "Them" until now. It was hard to track them without being corrupted."
Klein looked at Adam worried. "So are you saying "They" are here?" Klein ask as he was worried that this world couldn't handle a great old one. "Yes, most likely "They" are there... The thing is that, the alternate universe you are in has a barrier similar to our world barrier, we suspect it to be caused by a sefroth. Can you confirm it in your end?"
Klein pondered, he most likely couldn't sense a sefroth due to the suppression from Probability and because of that he was unable to perfectly understand the world.
If he force himself he would be able to sense the sefroth but the Outer Deities would notice him and that. "Which three are missing?"
Roselle interjected and said. "It's Mother Goddess of Depravity, Mother Tree of Desire and Son of Chaos. The reason for these three to have gone off here is to most likely accommodate a sefroth."
The Fool sighed. He wanted to go back but now that the Outer Deities has an eye on this world it would be hard for him not to mess up "Their" plan and Klein still needed to stop them before "They" accommodate a uniqueness of a suitable pathway.
The stronger "They" are the harder it is to prevent the apocalypse from happening.
"We still don't know much on what the three of "Them" are after so why don't we change the subject, since we don't have much information we still need to find out what they are after... So, What do you think about Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonhyuk?"
Klein sighed and said. "After what I overheard and observe Kim Dokja most likely knows the future or knows a portion of the future and Yoo Joonhyuk... He is a regressor."
Amanises and Adam had a sharp look towards Klein... Adam said in thought. "Why didn't I see the mess of his causality and fate?"
"I have a theory on that... Like any other live streaming service there are filters that blocks information from being spoken and because of that most of what we actually see are filtered through layers created by the Dokkaebi to stop information from being leaked.
This make a lot more sense since when I was observing Kim Dokja and Yoo Joonhyuk conversing using the tablet I wasn't able to hear some part of Yoo Joonhyuk words but observe, but when I was overhearing them using my avatar on the bridge I was able to hear their conversation clearly."
Amanises had a look of disbelief, Adam was thinking and Roselle nodded.
Roselle asked. "How do we participate in these 'scenarios'? I want to join in since it's boring in my pyramid."
Adam interjected and said. "We can't seems to participate in the scenarios since there is a barrier or a wall that is blocking the universe, though I could use envisioning to teleport us inside but we would have a hard time since we aren't a Great Old One yet. Though if we go somewhere that isn't early in the scenario we could have access to the world and get closer."
"So are you saying that we could only participate in later scenarios?" Roselle asked.
"Yes, but it would also suppress our power. Even if the Fool is an Outer Deity, he is also being suppress albeit his suppression is like a chain made out of rubber bans. But it doesn't mean that we are close to the level that Klein is at and plus now that Klein is here he has the ability to open the barrier in the western continent, which will help us accommodate yours and Evernights Sefirah. Which means that we can only observe since the Fool will use one of "His" avatar to open up a hole in the barrier for you two to enter in. And then we have at least four Great Old Ones to fight in the apocalypse.”
Notes:
Sorry for the week-long none upload I had to do a lot since my exams had finished and I had to do some of my missing assignments and current assignments. because of the fact that this year I will be graduating I don't want to repeat grade level, and i had to rush this one since I want to finish this chapter as soon as possible. this week I will be free so I think I can upload this wednesday or Thursday.
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So basically I have been not updating because of my health and currently in the hospital so sorry if there will be no updates for a while. And honestly I have just been re-reading Percy Jackson so I'm not gonna die of boredom in this shitty hospital. so see ya maybe some where next month hopefully.
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