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Translator: ZERO_SUGAR

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Chapter 466: Episode 88: Myth-grade Constellations (4)

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[Multiple nebulae are shocked by your Status!]

[Some nebulae are shocked by the emergence of a new Mythical Constellation!]

[Some Constellations have requested a Plausibility Compatibility Assessment from the Administration Bureau!]

Tzzzt!

[The request for a Plausibility Compatibility Assessment has been denied.]

[This Scenario cannot be arbitrarily interfered with by the Administration Bureau.]

I couldn't even breathe as I focused on the battle through the shattered sunlight.

Ra's body, slashed by the Black Heaven Demon Blade, was glowing.

Rumble!

A storm of immense heat filled my vision with thick steam in an instant. He was trying to stall for time.

"Junghyeok! Don't stop!"

As I shouted, I desperately read the fable.

[The fable Eternal Hellscape continues its story!]

[The fable Companions in Life and Death amplifies the fable effect!]

I remembered Yu Junghyeok's 1,701st round that I had read. Yu Junghyeok fighting Poseidon one-on-one.

「At the border where the boundaries of the sea met, the Steel-Blooded Monarch drew his sword.」

「"Poseidon. Today's the day you die."」

「One thousand seven hundred lives. The swordsmanship forged by those lives shone brilliantly.」

As if recreating that battle, Junghyeok's sword moved. It grew faster and faster, destroying Ra's sun.

[The Constellation Noonday Sun rages in pain!]

Junghyeok's sword danced upon the stage I had read.

The immense Plausibility Backlash crushed me, but the four Great Fables resonated with one another and endured the strain. My mouth tasted of iron. My Incarnation body couldn't withstand the sudden rise in my Status.

[The nebula Veda watches your battlefield.]

[The nebula Tamra watches your battlefield.]

[The nebula Olympus watches your battlefield.]

[The nebula Asgard watches your battlefield.]

Watch all you want.

This fight was for you to see anyway.

[The channel's Indirect Message restrictions have been lifted!]

Many Constellations still likely underestimated our power.

They probably thought we had come this far through luck, or with the help of other Constellations.

[Multiple Constellations have additionally entered the channel!]

[An overwhelming majority of Constellations are watching your battlefield!]

But now it was time to prove ourselves.

[The Great Fable Season of Light and Darkness roars!]

Kim Dokja Company wasn't a target for your one-sided support. We were your competitors, a nebula capable of defeating even a great nebula through our own strength.

Crack!

Junghyeok's sword strikes drove Ra back. The rays of sunlight tearing away made a sound like flesh being ripped apart.

I felt a sharp gaze from the air.

[Great Dokkaebi Noksu is glaring at you.]

Great Dokkaebi Noksu. If Noksu was a Great Dokkaebi rather than a mid- or low-grade one, Noksu could easily make a Scenario uncomfortable.

Yet even they couldn't carelessly interfere with the 98th Scenario.

Tzzzt...

The Scenario from this point onward was important even to those Great Dokkaebis.

[Dokkaebis and nebulae are participating in this Scenario together.]

[Every dokkaebi may choose the candidate whose story they will tell.]

[Great Dokkaebi Noksu has currently chosen the nebula Papyrus.]

I remembered the time Great Dokkaebis Heoju and Heoche had come to see us before the Great war of Angels and Demons.

The Great Dokkaebis had said then,

「Decide now. Will you die here, or leave with us for the Final Scenario?」

That offer had likely been for this moment.

Before the final act, the Great Dokkaebis would choose a candidate for A Single Fable, staking their honor, discernment, and fables on it.

It seemed Noksu had chosen Papyrus as that candidate.

[According to legend, the nebula Papyrus has three suns.]

With my constellation's declaration, Junghyeok's Incarnation body moved. Faster than any Incarnation in the world, he swung the sword imbued with the curse of Eternal Hellscape. The Black Heaven Demon Blade cut into Ra's surface.

Lee Hyeongseong's fable metal endured the heat that could melt any metal.

Ra's heart heaved as it spat out fables. That supreme Mythical Constellation was crumbling before us.

[If you really wanted to defeat us, your entire being should have descended.]

The Mythical Constellation Ra. A Constellation who had already achieved his conclusion and spent a long time hibernating on the stage of the Final Scenario.

[Did you think someone who has been holed up in a freezer all this time could defeat us with one sun?]

[The Constellation Noonday Sun howls in pain!]

[The Constellation Noonday Sun hurriedly looks around!]

[How long are you going to just sit and watch?!]

At Ra's cry, the stars in the sky glittered.

[Veda! Olympus! Didn't you agree to join us?!]

What?

With those words, ominous energy began rushing in from somewhere. The sky shook, and the sound of waves filled the air. One side of the pitch-black sky split open, and a massive torrent came crashing down.

We swiftly moved out of the way of that wave of Status.

[Someone has declared their support for the nebula Papyrus.]

[Someone is manifesting in the Scenario!]

The owner of that Status was powerful enough to send a chill down my neck. Someone comparable to Ra before us was descending into this world.

[Pathetic, Ra. You said you were enough on your own.]

A voice that called to mind a raging tidal wave. Surprisingly, the being who had descended was the opponent Yu Junghyeok had desperately fought in the 1,701st round.

[The Constellation Spear That Draws the Boundary of the Sea has manifested in the Scenario!]

With Poseidon's appearance, an army of stars gathered in the air like storm clouds.

They were Veda's fabled-grade Constellations and the Lokapalas. Some were even said to be nearly Mythical Constellations.

[The nebula Tamra condemns Veda's intervention!]

[The nebula Hongik condemns Olympus's intervention!]

Condemnations poured in. Poseidon paid them no mind as he aimed his Triaina at us.

[You dare seek to witness the final act of this Star Stream?]

The final act of the Star Stream. The epilogue that would determine the end of all these worlds.

That was right. I had lived for a long time to see it.

I had.

[I don't just want to see the final act.]

What I truly wanted to see was...

"Mister!"

My companions had gathered around me before I knew it.

Jeong Huiwon, Yu Sangah, Jihye, Hyeongseong, Gilyeong, and Shin Yuseong.

The fables we had made shone brightly in the night sky. Beyond the distant galaxy, I could see the path traced by the fables we had set in motion.

No matter how vast and boundless this universe was, I was certain I could find that constellation anywhere.

[The fable Demon King of Salvation shines brightly.]

[The fable King of a Kingless World shines brightly.]

[The Great Fable Holy Flame That Devoured Myth shines brightly.]

I looked at my allies while hiding my swelling emotions.

「There was the fable he had longed for.」

Poseidon, radiating overwhelming Status, reached out toward us.

[What a noisy period. Disappear now.]

Veda's army surged toward us. My tense allies gathered by my side, and I spoke to them.

[I like the fable I made with all of you. There were many sad and painful things...]

Even so, enough to make me wish this story would continue forever.

"You're not giving your last words right now, are you?"

Huiwon asked, perhaps sensing something ominous from my expression.

I only smiled.

Beyond the approaching nebula army, I could see the empty sky.

My mother had told me something once.

A person who watched a story for a very long time eventually came to resemble that story. Maybe that applied to those stars as well.

[Die!]

The moment Veda's army rushed in to swallow us.

[The Constellation Demonic Judge of Fire has manifested in the Scenario!]

The night sky split open, and a waterfall of hellfire poured down. Standing atop that waterfall, a Constellation was slaughtering the other Constellations with a burning sword.

My favorite Archangel was there.

[■uck! ■ucking bastards!]

Beyond that foul shout came the stunned declarations of the Constellations.

[How? You were clearly over there...]

[F-ck. I'm Uriel. Did you think you could kill me with just that many?]

Then violet hellfire scorched the sky.

[The Constellation Abyssal Black Flame Dragon has manifested in the Scenario!]

[Kukuku, to think you'd make me use both hands. Not bad, Papyrus.]

The enormous dragon's wings tore through the Constellations as he rose into the air.

Veda's warships aimed at Abyssal Black Flame Dragon and prepared a simultaneous barrage. The next moment, dozens of warships exploded with a thunderous roar.

A golden Ruyi Staff flickered between the explosions.

[You really are a nuisance.]

Where the smoke cleared stood a platinum-haired man picking his ear as if he were bored.

[The Constellation Oldest Liberator has manifested in the Scenario!]

Uriel, Black Flame Dragon, and Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

The arrival of those three Constellations sent ripples through the area.

[Great Sage Equaling Heaven! What are you doing?]

[This is a nebula war! What do you think you are doing right now...]

Before the Constellations could finish their declarations, someone else manifested behind us.

[Like you, we merely have fables we support.]

I knew that voice well.

Soft, pitch-black darkness wrapped around us, and a gentle hand touched my shoulder.

[The Constellation Queen of the Darkest Spring has manifested in the Scenario!]

[The Constellation Father of the Rich Night has manifested in the Scenario!]

The King of the Underworld's brilliant gaze watched the battlefield.

The grim reaper of death who made every star tremble in fear.

After Great Sage Equaling Heaven, even the King of the Underworld had appeared. The enemy Constellations faltered and retreated before the succession of Mythical Constellations.

[The nebula underworld supports Kim Dokja Company.]

The two sides faced each other, radiating Status as though daring the other to attack.

In the distance, I saw Poseidon and Ra's twisted faces.

How much time passed after that? The Constellations on one side began silently retreating.

[The Constellation Spear That Draws the Boundary of the Sea has left the Scenario.]

The enemy Constellations disappeared one by one. Once even the Mythical Constellation they had trusted left, their retreat accelerated.

Papyrus's Constellations looked at Ra in confusion, unsure of what to do.

And then...

[The Constellations of the nebula Papyrus have declared their withdrawal.]

Before long, only a half-crushed sun remained.

Ra glared at us while grinding his teeth. A moment later, I heard the sound of sunlight scattering.

[The Constellation Noonday Sun has left the Scenario.]

The sun vanishes beyond the horizon with the approaching sunset.

At last, the victor of the Scenario had been decided.

「It was a sight Kim Dokja had imagined for a very long time.」

I looked back at my allies in that sunset.

「Some things hadn't gone as he had thought they would.」

Junghyeok gripped the Black Heaven Demon Blade as he watched the fading sunset.

「Some things had gone better than he had intended.」

Han Suyeong's lips twitched as she said, "Ow, ow," and rewrapped her bandage.

「There were even times when he had been lucky regardless of his intentions.」

Yu Sangah, who had let out a quiet sigh, smiled.

「But all those moments came together and eventually became a single sight.」

[The nebula Kim Dokja Company has won the nebula war!]

[Preparing reward details.]

Neither my allies nor I said anything.

It wasn't our first victory, but in a sense, it was.

For a long while, we silently looked at one another's faces.

We had won.

We had really defeated a "nebula."

[Great Dokkaebi Heoju contemplates your fable.]

[Great Dokkaebi Garang wishes to vote for your fable.]

[Great Dokkaebi Haesol...]

Only system messages could be heard in the empty air.

[Great Dokkaebi Bihyeong has voted for your fable.]

[Mid-grade dokkaebi Biyoo likes your story.]

Looking at the shadows of the two dokkaebis cast beyond the sunset, I thought.

We were almost there now.

I turned to my allies once more. As I looked at them, I tried to say something.

They already looked like they knew what I was going to say.

Huiwon spoke for me.

"Let's go see the ending of this world together."

I nodded.

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