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Translator: ZERO_SUGAR
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◈ Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint ◈
Chapter 441: Episode 83: The Reader’s Incarnation (3)
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[The Exclusive Skill Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Stage 3, is currently active!]
My consciousness was hazy. In the pitch-black darkness, the first thing I heard was the sentences that came through [The Fourth Wall].
「At that moment, Lee Jihye looked over the battlefield.」
Jihye's battlefield was there. Dozens of ships covered the Tongtian River.
The Incarnations of the Emperor prepared to fire, while Historical Constellations commanded them.
「“Fire!”」
The Emperor's warships surrounding the Turtle Dragon opened fire all at once.
Jihye advanced through the wreckage of sunken ships. She took some cannon fire head-on and deflected the rest.
「“Load.”」
It was like watching an orchestra. Her command over the warships, now at the level of the God of the Sea, moved the Turtle Dragon and Ghost Fleet.
「“Fire.”」
Jihye's fleet began firing. Reforming their battle lines at the admiral's command, the Ghost Fleet repeatedly launched precise hit-and-run attacks. The enemy fleet was rapidly being devastated.
「“How can this be possible...!”」
The ability to command her forces through overwhelming odds. At last, the true worth of the Naval Commander, one of TWSA's strongest Incarnations, was revealed.
「[The Constellation Naval Warfare God is proud of their Incarnation.]」
In the latter half of the original story, Jihye surpassed her Patron. Maybe I'd get to see that happen in this round, too.
「“Change tactics!”」
Perhaps deciding this wouldn't work, the Emperor's fleets charged forward all at once. They led with ironclads, seemingly intending to force Close-Quarters Combat because they were losing the cannon battle. But there was one thing they didn't know.
「“Ah, I made this skill so I could land a hit on Dokja ahjussi when I meet him.”」
Naval Commander Lee Jihye was skilled in Close-Quarters Combat as well.
As Jihye took a crouched quick-draw stance, I realized what she was about to use.
「Instant Kill.」
It seemed Jihye had finally mastered one of TWSA's strongest one-on-one skills.
Kwoooooong!
Jihye's Close-Quarters Combat began amid thunderous blasts piercing through the hulls.
She cut, cut, and cut again.
The Sword Demon's blade sliced through the current and sent the enemy commander's head flying. How much longer did she keep cutting? In the middle of the Tongtian River battlefield, covered in red, unraveled fables, an exhausted Jihye collapsed onto her back after cutting down every enemy.
Looking up at the darkened sky, Jihye asked as if she were speaking to me.
「Ahjussi, you're okay, right?」
I wanted to tell her I was, but I couldn't open my mouth.
[Your current proficiency in Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is very high.]
[Character viewpoints can now be divided.]
[The viewpoint of the character Jeong Huiwon has been added to third person observer's viewpoint.]
The second person I saw was Huiwon.
「“Move! Move! Move!”」
Huiwon chased after Peihu. Flames of [hellfire inferno] stretched from the tip of Lee Hyeongseong's sword in her hand. Ash scattered in her wake.
I had a general sense of what was going on. To think that Peihu had given up the fight...
Maybe Huiwon really was Korea's greatest Incarnation.
[The viewpoint of the character Jang Hayoung has been added to third person observer's viewpoint.]
Hayoung, wearing a fake beard, ran across the river with Han Myeongoh tucked under one arm. Ahead of her, Gilyeong was locked in a fierce battle with the Nine Luminaries Star Lords.
「“Hey, kid! Fall back!”」
The Nine Luminaries Star Lords were one of the Emperor's elite forces.
Hayoung began gathering the power of [Sky-Splitting Collapse Fist] against them.
Then Gilyeong shook his head and shouted.
「“Don't interfere, Hayoung-hyung. I can handle this alone!”」
Staring at the distant center of the battlefield, Gilyeong spoke through gritted teeth.
「“I can't lose to Shin Yuseong.”」
An ominous undertone filled Gilyeong's voice, as though darkness were dripping from it. The next moment, a yellow storm swept from his entire body.
Wait. Could that be...?
Before I could make a judgment, the view changed.
[The viewpoint of the character Yu Junghyeok has been added to third person observer's viewpoint.]
Junghyeok was there, fighting the Twenty-Eight Mansions alone.
「“No matter how strong you are, you're still only an Incarnation from a weak nebula!”」
「“Do you think you can handle Constellations by yourself?”」
For all their boasting, the severed heads of stars were already hanging from Junghyeok's grip.
His coat had been reduced to rags under the combined assault of the Twenty-Eight Mansions, and his forearms bore wounds, but Junghyeok stood firm.
「“I've already cut down countless Constellations.”」
Blood ran down his forehead. Shaking his hair, soaked in the fables of Constellations, Junghyeok raised his head like a demon.
「“So you will fall as well.”」
Then the view changed one last time.
「“Ahjussi.”」
It was my Incarnation.
「“Please, please listen to me!”」
My whole body trembled as if sobbing.
The child's hand tightly gripped mine. My limp hand couldn't hold the child's hand in return. The child's words broke off at intervals, and everything that needed to be said and heard slipped through the gaps in context.
[The fable Savior of the Stars continues its story.]
I wanted to move. I wanted to wipe away her tears. I wanted to kneel, hold her, and tell her that her wish
had always been my wish, too.
Tstststst.
My memories were collapsing.
Letters drifted around me.
I felt my existence scattering in the darkness.
A voice called to me from beyond the empty abyss.
In the distance, I saw the Great Hole swirling. My soul was slowly being drawn toward it.
【Time to ke ep the pro mise.】
I was scared. If I forgot all this... where would these feelings go? How much of my story would [The Fourth Wall] remember?
[Baat, baaaat!]
Biyoo caught hold of my soul as it was being pulled away. She clung to my soul form with all her strength.
[Baaaaat!]
I looked at Biyoo helplessly.
I didn't want to go there either.
【Come to the side of the Great Pl ot.】
If I could.
[Are you really going to go over there?]
Tstststst.
The current around me changed. The scattered letters stopped, and the force pulling in my soul form disappeared.
Someone was suppressing my demise with their own Status.
[This Teacher Sun asked.]
When I turned around, a familiar Constellation stood there.
Softly tousled platinum hair and a shining Golden Headband.
“Great Sage Equaling Heaven...”
Great Sage Equaling Heaven stood there with a playful smile.
And he wasn't alone.
「There are too ma ny Sun Wu kongs.」
[Is that the Final Wall Fragment I've heard so much about? What a noisy fellow.]
[Hmm... What an interesting mental world.]
A handsome monkey in cowboy clothes and a sleepy-looking monkey roughly scratching inside tiger-skin underwear...
I immediately realized who they were.
“Are you Bimawen and Handsome Monkey King?”
Before they could answer, a voice resounded through the air.
【O King of Mon keys.】
【Will you inter fere with u s?】
[Shut up. We're talking right now.]
As Handsome Monkey King unleashed power in apparent irritation, the Outer God's ripple vanished in an instant. It was an overwhelming Status.
[Demon King of Salvation, I came because I wanted to ask you something.]
The one who asked wasn't Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Handsome Monkey King, or Bimawen.
It was someone I had never seen before. An exotic-looking figure with a mysterious, androgynous face. Short black hair and elegant dharma robes.
Judging by the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which only Sun Wukong could possess, the figure was undoubtedly another Sun Wukong.
The strange part was that there was no Golden Headband on the figure's head.
「As far as Kim Dokja knew, there was only one such Sun Wukong in the world.」
“Victorious Fighting Buddha.”
As if responding to my words, faint sparks flickered through the air.
The expressionless Victorious Fighting Buddha asked.
[I have watched your story all along.]
“I’m humbled.”
[It was a meaningful fable. Even as "Journey to the West" was repeated countless times, there had never been a fable that paid attention to the suffering of dying monsters of fable.]
Handsome Monkey King, listening nearby, muttered, “There he goes again with that preachy personality.”
Victorious Fighting Buddha continued.
[But their suffering is natural. Not everyone can become a protagonist.]
“Why do you think that?”
[You speak as though every monster of fable is a victim, but not all of them have been wronged. Some make no effort at all, while others harm other living beings out of malice. It is only natural that such monsters of fable cannot become protagonists.]
“You're right. But as you said, there are certainly those who have been wronged. No, there are quite a lot of them.”
[That is why this world has countless fables. Great Fables are not the only good fables. Those who are insignificant creatures in a Great Fable can become protagonists in another fable.]
He was right. Completely right, but...
“That only applies when they can take part in a fable.”
There were those in this world who couldn't even participate in those fables.
Those used only as consumables for fables, who couldn't receive even a one-percent share.
【Aaaaaaaaaa】
【Comecomecomecomecomecome】
“Fables should be allowed even for those who failed.”
Those who had forgotten their own existence could no longer even receive the chance to enter a Scenario. The Star Stream had muzzled them and made their language incomprehensible.
[Do you truly mean that?]
Victorious Fighting Buddha looked at me with an unreadable expression. More precisely, Victorious Fighting Buddha was looking at the power of chaos flickering from my whole body.
[So you intend to offer up your body and become an Outer God?]
“That is correct.”
When I answered, Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who had been yawning with a bored expression, said, [Are you done confirming it? I told you, he's really this kind of guy.]
[I see.]
[Convincing a Bodhisattva bastard is always the hardest.]
I had no idea what they were talking about.
The four Sun Wukongs glanced at me as they talked among themselves.
[Then who will do it?]
[I'll do it. I lost most of my memories when I became a Bodhisattva anyway.]
[Being a fake monk helps for once.]
The next moment, a bright light shimmered around me, and my scattered memories began to return.
My entire body shone as though I had been electrocuted, along with sparks of Plausibility.
[Someone is bearing the penalty of Outer God Transformation in your stead.]
What?
[Demon King of Salvation, there is one thing you are mistaken about.]
Victorious Fighting Buddha spoke as the power of chaos radiated from him.
[Becoming a monster of fable does not mean you can understand them. You have no right to represent them.]
He was right.
I knew nothing about the Outer Gods who had suffered as monsters of fable in "Journey to the West." I was only playing the role of Sun Wukong.
Handsome Monkey King sneered.
[You should know your place.]
Bimawen added.
[The place your theme belongs is not here.]
Great Sage Equaling Heaven spoke last.
[Leave the affairs of monsters of fable to the monsters of fable. You live your own fable.]
Only then did I realize what was about to happen.
[The Great Fable Journey to the West tells its story for you.]
Why? Why were they doing this for me?
Great Sage Equaling Heaven grinned.
[Because I liked your fable. That's all.]
The cries of the Outer Gods seemed to echo in the distance.
The Outer God's power was gradually growing stronger.
【HeHeHeHeHe】
【oursoursoursours】
[Sorry, but we can't give you this one.]
【NoNoNoNoNoNo】
【ThekingcomesThekingcomesThekingcomesTheking】
The Great Hole swirled in the darkness.
Something was making its Descent into this world.
The king of all those Outer Gods.
[The Constellation Secretive Plotter glares at Prisoner of the Golden Headband.]
At that message, Great Sage Equaling Heaven smiled brightly.
[Yeah, I've wanted to fight you someday.]
The four Sun Wukongs stood around me.
[Who will take the lead?]
[Obviously me, Great Sage Equaling Heaven.]
[A stupid Sun Wukong will be born.]
[Hey, don't hold your fingers like that. Do you think this is a fusion?]
The next moment, the Sun Wukongs surrounding me clasped each other's hands.
[Star Stream! We will accept Demon King of Salvation as our fifth.]
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