"Y-you, you . . . . "

I finished patting his head and dragged a nearby piece of floating debris to me .

(Sun Wukong fired a wind-type magic behind him . )

[Exclusive skill, 'Way of the Wind Lv . 10', is activating!]

Along with the gust of wind, the debris, with me as its pa.s.senger, shot forward at a rapid pace . Yi Gil-Yeong's voice called out to me from behind, but it was buried under the noise of the rus.h.i.+ng winds .

[Someone in the is suspecting your real ident.i.ty . ]

[The Wenny King is glaring at you!]

The Nine Stars noticed my movement and began pursuing me instead . A couple of them even shot past me, rather than stopping me here .

I spotted the location of the 'sacred texts' in the distance . A single book emitting beautiful light rested on top of a small island shrouded in a mysterious fog .

And also, the Nine Stars and 's Constellations were standing before it .

I sighed softly under my breath .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 98 . 3%]

[Damage to your Incarnation Body is critical . ]

There was only one remaining method now .

Out of the blue, Yu Jung-Hyeok [999] maintaining his silence on my shoulder spoke up .

- This is an idiotic move . Do you wish to become an 'Outer G.o.d'?

I broke out in a smirk .

'Are you scared?'

- If you force yourself any further, you will really become an 'Outer G.o.d' . If you do, you'll fail this scenario .

I accessed the scenario window to confirm my goal .

Type: Hidden

Difficulty: ???

Clear condition: Introduce 'Outer G.o.ds' to the 's main Great Fable . However, they must not be introduced in the existing role of 'Outer G.o.ds' as before .

Time limit: 100 days

Reward: Outer G.o.ds' trust, ???

Failure: You will lose all of your memories and transform into an Outer G.o.d .

* During the progress of the applicable scenario, you must not contact and reveal your ident.i.ty . If this condition is violated, the transformation into an 'Outer G.o.d' will accelerate .

* Warning! Your ident.i.ty is on the verge of being discovered .

* Currently, the rate of Outer G.o.d transformation is accelerating due to the poor condition of your Incarnation Body .

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As I thought, reading it again only confirmed my suspicion .

'Even if I become an Outer G.o.d, I still won't fail the scenario . Becoming one is simply the 'penalty' for failing the scenario, not the 'condition' leading to its failure . '

- There is no difference between the . . . .

'No, it is different . I'll be turning into an Outer G.o.d first before failing the scenario itself . '

The time limit of the 'Hidden Scenario' I got from the Wenny King was 100 days . Meaning, I only had to accomplish my task in that time frame .

The problem had to do with the 'transformation into an Outer G.o.d' bit .

"The reason why I'm transforming quickly into an Outer G.o.d isn't that I failed the scenario, but due to the bad condition of my Incarnation Body . So . . . . "

- . . . You won't fail the scenario even if you become an 'Outer G.o.d' . Is that it?

'Right . '

I nodded my head and studied our immediate front . It seemed that [999] had finally realised what my goal was .

[Shares of 'Outer G.o.d' in the applicable Fable currently is 12 . 171% . ]

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At this rate, I'd not be able to meet that goal even if I got my hands on the sacred texts and acquire the Great Fable . However, what if I became an Outer G.o.d . . . . ?

[Your role in the applicable Fable is 'Sun Wukong' . ]

[Your share in the applicable Fable is 22 . 51% . ]

What if the role of the greatest Yogoe, 'Sun Wukong', was played by an Outer G.o.d, and what if my goal was accomplished by doing so . . . . ?

- Why are you willing to go this far?

'What do you mean?'

- You won't lose anything even if you let the 'Secretive Plotter' or Outer G.o.ds be on their own .

'Won't lose anything . . . . '

- Are you by any chance pitying the 'Secretive Plotter'? He doesn't need sympathy from a fool like you .

'I'm sure that's the case . He's Yu Jung-Hyeok, after all . '

- Yu Jung-Hyeok? Don't make me laugh . He's not the 'Yu Jung-Hyeok' you think you know . He has already become a completely different 'something' .

I didn't reply to him . [999] continued on as he scanned the Constellations of rus.h.i.+ng towards us .

- You don't understand what it means to become an 'Outer G.o.d' . Once you become one, you rapidly lose all the memories you have acc.u.mulated in your life . Even the 'Secretive Plotter' had to create 'ports' like myself in order to endu . . . . .

So, that was the reason why these 'kkoma Yu Jung-Hyeoks' existed, I see .

I lightly nodded my head and replied .

'I know what I'll have to pay . '

- In that case, why . . . . !

'Because . . . I have to do it . '

I replied with a simple grin .

I slowly blinked, and during those short moments of darkness, the figures of the 'Outer G.o.ds' brushed past my mind .

[AhAhAhAhAhAh]

[SavemeSavemeSavemSavemeSaveme]

[MymemoriesMymemoriesMymemories]

The Outer G.o.ds .

Creatures born out of all the countless world-lines where Yu Jung-Hyeok had failed .

The worlds that allowed me to live on until now . The traces of the worlds that I loved so much .

'How can I make any other choice after seeing the truth?'

Especially so, when I could still clearly hear them even now?

Kuwaaaaaah!

An energy blast destroyed the log I was riding on . But I simply ran on the surface of the water by using the scattered debris .

['Way of the Wind' is accelerating even further . ]

[Way of the Wind' is evolving due to your speed that has reached its limit . ]

My leg speed gradually picked up and soon, I began running on the water without the debris serving as footholds .

[You have understood the pinnacle of 'Walking on Water' . ]

[Due to the usage of an excessive amount of Status, the damage to your Incarnation Body has worsened!]

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 98 . 6%]

My heart began pounding away in an ominous rhythm .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 98 . 7%]

That beating noise, it was the sound of me becoming something that was no longer 'me' .

[999] said something to me, but I couldn't hear him as the river exploded all around us . What I did hear, though, was another voice coming from the inside .

⸢Kim Dok Ja . ⸥

[The 4th Wall] was talking to me .

⸢Thi s is in sa ne . ⸥

It seemed that this guy had also been observing everything until now . But that was pretty obvious .

⸢Y ou w ill forg et ev eryt hing . ⸥

⸢Kim Dok Ja no lo nge r w ill be Kim Dok Ja . ⸥

[The 4th Wall] was right .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 1%]

Once I become an 'Outer G.o.d', I'd lose every memory I acquired until now .

⸢Kim Dok-Ja was scared . ⸥

It was a horrifying prospect when I thought about it .

⸢To lose all the memories he had made until this moment . ⸥

I looked at the paragraphs rising above the wall and spoke up .

'It'll be fine . Because you remember everything, right?'

⸢Wha t?⸥

'You've recorded everything about me, so I'll never forget about myself . '

The normal me wouldn't have tried something like this . I'd never want to experience losing all my memories, after all .

['The 4th Wall' is greatly shaken up!]

However, I possessed [The 4th Wall] . I had no idea how I acquired this skill, but nevertheless, this Wall recorded everything the moment this story began .

I recalled the sight beyond the Wall – the Library shrouded in forlorn yet cosy darkness, as well as the Librarians that greatly cared about the place .

The important story of the 'Ways of Survival' that contained every Yu Jung-Hyeok regression turn had been recorded there, and . . . .

… . Even the unimportant life of 'Kim Dok-Ja' was recorded there, as well .

⸢That Library was recording everything about Kim Dok-Ja, even in this very moment . ⸥

⸢Kim Dok-Ja's breaths, his appearance, his laughter, and his manner of speech . ⸥

⸢The food Kim Dok-Ja likes and the ones he dislikes . Songs he hummed occasionally . Expressions he makes when he's sad or happy . His habit of muttering to himself when he's not feeling confident, and the ensuing self-deprecation . ⸥

⸢His habit of leaning his head slightly when worrying about the kids . The slight twitch of his eyelids as he closes his eyes after thinking about his mother . The smile he makes whenever he's talking to Yu Sang-Ah . His arcing eyebrows and naughty smile whenever he's making fun of Han Su-Yeong . The guilt when he thinks about Yi Hyeon-Seong . And . . . . ⸥

⸢The glint in his eyes when he recalls the story he loves . ⸥

That was why I could say it openly like this .

'I can just read from the beginning again . '

⸢B u t⸥

'From the moment the subway arrived, all the way up to when I arrived here in the Journey to the West . I can just read them all again . '

The sh.e.l.l made out of light, fired from afar, landed near my feet .

I was swept away in the explosion of light and sunk into the water below . I flailed about and grabbed hold of a piece of nearby floating debris .

[Damage to your Incarnation Body is critical!]

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 3%]

I stood up and ran again .

I really had only a little more remaining .

'Because I love reading the most in this world, after all . '

Breathing got heavier and harder .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 4%]

It felt as if my memories were beginning to scatter away already, bit by bit .

A spear fired by one of the Nine Stars brushed past my shoulder . But the pain shooting up didn't even feel like it belonged to me .

At that moment, I inexplicably recalled a post I made a long time ago in the online community portal .

- I'm looking for eyes that haven't read the 'Ways of Survival' yet .

I felt really b.u.mmed about the fact that the story I loved so much was coming to an end and so, posted such a thing online . Recalling it made me smile ever so faintly .

'To think that I'd forget about such an entertaining story and read it from the beginning again . That'll be a good thing in my case, actually . '

⸢Kim Dok Ja is an id iot . ⸥

As if it was angry, [The 4th Wall] yelled back .

⸢I wo n't t ell y ou an yth ing . ⸥

Even if it was saying that, I knew it'd help me out anyway .

⸢I w on't fo rgi ve y ou forg etting⸥

My skin was ripped up from the barrage of the firestorm and the pain akin to my back snapping in half tore through me .

[Exclusive skill, 'The 4th Wall', is strongly activating!]

And such pain was being blocked by [The 4th Wall] .

I swung my fist at the Nine Stars pouncing on me . My knuckles ached as if they were punching hardened steel, but I didn't back off .

[Great Fable, 'Demon World's Spring', has begun its storytelling!]

[Great Fable, 'Torch that Swallowed the Myth', has begun its storytelling!]

… .

… . . . .

… . . . .

[Setting of, ⸢I've become the retired SSSSS-grade Sun Wukong⸥, is activating . ]

[Due to the 'Retirement Penalty', your will to fight has decreased . ]

[Due to the 'Retirement Penalty', you can't use all of your strength . ]

… . Come to think of it, I forgot about that stupid setting being in place .

All the power of the Fables wrapped around my body were quickly abandoning me .

[Block him!]

[He must not reach the sacred texts!]

The ruins housing the 'sacred texts' were right before my eyes . It was an island made out of granite, a treasure that withstood the hards.h.i.+ps of a lengthy amount of time . The 'answer' that Tang Sanzang and his companions acquired after 14 years of journeying was there .

[Many audience members are looking at your Fable . ]

[Judge, 'Prisoner of the Golden Headband', is waiting for your choice . ]

[Judge, 'Meihouw.a.n.g', is waiting for your answer . ]

[Judge, 'Bimawen', is studying your Fable . ]

[Judge, 'Sakyamuni's Successor', is looking at you . ]

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Everyone on this ride along with me was staring at this very moment together .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 7%]

The Nine Stars desperately blocked my path . Fei Hu's Tang Sanzang was hurriedly running towards the 'sacred texts' in the meantime .

If I wasted any more time here, then more Constellations from would arrive and I'd not be able to retrieve the sacred texts .

[Score: 50412]

[Ranking of the applicable Fable chamber is 1st . ]

I looked up into the sky .

[Scenario Master is looking at you . ]

For some reason, I had this feeling that, if it was her, she should've realised it a long time ago .

That she knew already who I really was .

And why . . . I had to keep my ident.i.ty a secret from my companions .

For some reason, I had this baseless hunch that she knew everything but decided to feign ignorance until now .

And then, the Scenario Master's voice came to me next .

(… . G.o.ddammit . )

I smirked after hearing that . As the Constellations rushed at me, a new narration began to unfold .

(Sun Wukong looked at his enemies . )

(He had already fought against them in his previous life . )

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 8%]

(All those tiresome battles . )

(He was a retired man, and he swore that he'd never fight again . However . . . . )

I blinked my eyes while listening to the narration that sounded like a lovingly-crafted letter .

Right, if it was you, I knew you'd have figured it out already .

… . Figured out how this story would conclude .

(As he slowly clenched his fists, strength from a long time ago welled up uncontrollably . )

[Your 'Retirement Penalty' has been completely removed . ]

(Heaven's Equal, the power to control the clouds and lightning of the sky . )

[Fifth Bookmark has been initiated!]

[Exclusive skill, 'Lightning Transformation Lv . 23(+13), has been initiated . ]

[Your 'Status' is overcoming the physique requirement penalty . ]

Pure-white physical energy swirled around; the electrical arcs from the [Lightning Transformation] tore into the heavens above and destroyed the stars of the Lords of the Nine Stars .

(He was called the 'Saviour' because he saved many with his fists . And he was called the 'Demon King' because he killed many living creatures . )

Jet-black wings tore out of my shoulder blades .

(And that was why he was the 'Demon King of Salvation' . )

(These were memories of the distant past . )

I s.h.i.+fted my gaze back and saw the corpses of Outer G.o.ds dyeing the Tongtian River's waters .

(Back when he reigned supreme at the zenith of all 'Yogoes' . )

(He ruled Yogoes, he fought, and in the end, was defeated . )

(The lengthy journey changed him, and through his awakening, he became a Buddha . )

They had died as the expendables for the sake of this scenario .

(And this was the result of his awakening . )

The headband on my head began hurting me . Even when suffering from this pain, I still dashed forward .

Powerful Constellations of pounced on me next .

[Stop him!]

[He must never lay his hands on the sacred . . . . !!]

(For the sake of all the Yogoes that died . . . . )

(He decided to become the 'Demon King of Salvation' one more time . )

[Demon King, 'Demon King of Salvation', is revealing his Status . ]

Every Constellation before my eyes was flung away as blinding light exploded . And beyond that light, a single book was waiting for me .

I reached out towards the 'sacred texts' .

[Outer G.o.d transformation rate: 99 . 9%]

[Your existence is evolving into an 'Outer G.o.d' . ]

Fin .