Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint - Chapter 541

Chapter 541
They immediately took Kim Dok-Ja back to their headquarters located in Gwanghwamun .
Aileen was summoned, and they even requested aid from the Constellations with expertise in medicine, such as 'Guam Divine Doctor' .
⸢Their plan was perfect . With this plan, they couldn't have failed . ⸥
They even called upon every Fable expert scattered throughout the world, too .
⸢This plan was the one where they couldn't afford to fail . ⸥
For the period of over a week, dozens of famed doctors were brought in to treat Kim Dok-Ja . It was to collect the remaining Fables somehow and restore his soul form .
- There is nothing that can be done currently .
Yi Seol-Hwa worked throughout the night and as a result, passed out . A Russian expert subbing for her afterwards said these words .
- We can't say he's dead, but . . . We also can't say that he's alive, either . This child will never wake up again, that's why .
But, that couldn't be . They worked tirelessly and finally managed to come this far, so this story simply couldn't end like this . The one to stay as the pillar of support for the crumbling companions was Yu Sang-Ah .
"The problem is with Dok-Ja-ssi's soul, yes?"
In that case, they only needed to restore his soul, then .
So, the companions sought out the assistance of the Constellation most well versed in everything soul-related .
[This child's soul didn't come to the 'Underworld' . No, his soul didn't go to any of the afterlives found in the other worldviews . ]
The queen of the Underworld, Persephone, could only stroke Kim Dok-Ja's forehead with a sorrowful expression .
[… . This was this child's choice . ]
"His choice?! Please don't make me laugh . You also saw it too, didn't you? Back in that subway, we all saw the Fables Dok-Ja-ssi possessed, didn't we?! He, he wanted to be with us, he wanted to us to save . . . !"
[There are countless Fables within a person's soul . The words we saw were simply a small part of that . ]
"Don't . . . Don't say something like that as if it means nothing . "
Jeong Hui-Won shouted out . There was no other way for her to endure except to shout .
It was his choice? This, this was Kim Dok-Ja's choice??
⸢The companions didn't give up . ⸥
Even the collecting of Fables, even the recovery of his soul, they were impossible . In that case, only one method remained .
[I was waiting for you . ]
The master of the 'Isle of Reincarnators', Sakyamuni, welcomed them with a benevolent smile – as if he knew they would come here .
[It's truly lamentable, but he's not someone this one can reincarnate . ]
"A portion of his soul still remains . We can divide and share the Fables we all possess . Just like how I did it back then, if we utilise the powers of samsara . . . . "
[Ah, my dear arhat . I understand your sorrow . I do . However, he can't be reincarnated . ]
Sakyamuni looked at Yu Sang-Ah with a regretful expression before letting a soft sigh escape from his lips .
Soon, a truly countless number of threads began floating up before his eyes that observed Kim Dok-Ja quietly slumbering away . There were so many of these red threads that counting them all was impossible . Yu Sang-Ah too could see them .

The threads of fate .
The threads stretched out to the night sky and eventually, even pierced through <star stream=""> itself . Yu Sang-Ah stared at them, and realised why Kim Dok-Ja couldn't be reincarnated .
" . . . . I see . "
She didn't want to acknowledge it . Even then, the truth didn't change .
"His soul, it . . . It has already reincarnated in another world-line . "
Sakyamuni nodded his head .
[More correctly, we should say his 'souls' . ]
*
In front of everyone, Han Su-Yeong passed on the things she'd been told .
" . . . . Kim Dok-Ja's soul has been scattered throughout the whole universe . "
The memories from the moments when she faced off against [The 4th Wall] inside the darkened room – she didn't leave a single word out and repeated every part of that conversation to her companions . Someone fell down, some despaired .
Yi Ji-Hye cried out . "Let's go find that guy again . [The 4th Wall] might know a way, right?! We might be able to recover Dok-Ja ahjussi's soul somehow!"
"If you do that, then what about Kim Dok-Jas reincarnating in other worlds? They must be living their own lives, won't they?"
"T-that is . . . . " Yi Ji-Hye panting like a bull gulped down a glass of water on the table, before carrying on . "There must be some other way . Whatever that thing was, [The 4th Wall] or whatever, you said it knows something . "
" . . . . We don't have any methods to meet that guy again . We used up all of our fragments when opening the wall . "
Another four days flew by in an instant . The companions had become utterly devastated, ravaged – some missed their meals, while some didn't even bother to sleep . How long passed by like that? Jeong Hui-Won sought out Yu Jung-Hyeok .
"Jung-Hyeok-ssi . "
Yu Jung-Hyeok polishing his [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] out of an old habit raised his head . He frowned slightly as if the sunlight stung, before shifting his gaze back to the sword . No matter how much he polished it, the dark stain on the blade didn't want to come off . The stain came from Kim Dok-Ja's letters that he cut down . He quietly stared at the stain, before finally opening his mouth .
"Four days is quite fast for making up your mind . "
"That's because we don't have any other choice . "
Yu Jung-Hyeok's emotionless eyes locked on to Jeong Hui-Won . Despite experiencing so many tragedies until now, her eyes still burned vigorously . He too used to have such eyes, once upon a time .
"We can do this . We've already done it twice . That's why-!" Jeong Hui-Won shouted .
Yu Jung-Hyeok used to think that .
Their plan was like a well-constructed fantasy .
They believed that they can pull it off this time, that they should be able to see the conclusion they wanted .
⸢Even if this world ends in tragedy . . . Don't think that you've all failed . ⸥


Did that fool feel this way back then?
Yu Jung-Hyeok spoke up . "Right . We did do it . "
"Please, let's try it one more time! We can definitely pull it off this time! We can definitely save Dok-Ja-ssi . . . . !"
"Do not think that things will turn out better than this turn just because you went back in time . "
After spitting out those words reflexively, Yu Jung-Hyeok stopped breathing for a little while .
" . . . . . Why are you saying such things? This turn was a definite improvement, wasn't it? We can definitely do better!"
"It's impossible . "
"Why not? When we haven't even tried it . . . . !"
Yu Jung-Hyeok didn't reply . Her expression grew deeply incensed . Her hand then gripped the sword, implying that she'd not hesitate to cut him down if he didn't cooperate immediately . Even then, even under her intense threat, he didn't budge an inch . Seeing him act like this, something else slowly floated up on her expression .
"You . . . Can it be . . . . ?"
Yu Jung-Hyeok still didn't reply . Jeong Hui-Won began urging him in sheer disbelief .
"Is it true? Is it . . . . ??"

He finally replied while staring at his own attribute window floating before his eyes .
"I'm no longer the regressor . "
The category of [Regressor] no longer existed among his attributes . His Stigmata had vanished, too – both [Regression] and [Group Regression] . He didn't possess any Stigma to turn back the clock .
Winds began blowing in from somewhere . While letting the winds hit him, Yu Jung-Hyeok looked up at the clear skies of <star stream=""> .
He couldn't sense the gaze he used to feel all the time . No matter how much he sharpened his perception, he simply couldn't locate it like before .
⸢He was no longer the protagonist of the story . ⸥
His story came to an end when the lone reader went away .
Along with his final regression, too .
*
"We can cross over to another world-line . "
And then, someone said something like that .
"It doesn't really have to be a regression, does it? We cross the world-line, and enter the location of a different scenario . We then gather the fragments of 'Final Wall' one more time and meet [The 4th Wall] . "
It was a crazy plan .
What made it even crazier was the fact that the person suggesting it was none other than the usually-composed Yu Sang-Ah .
Han Su-Yeong replied . "That guy might not even help us . "
"Even still, we need to try . It's better than not trying, right?"


They had already done it once before . No reason not to try it again .
But why was this? Han Su-Yeong didn't believe that this was the right way to go .
What would happen to them if they fail this time, too?
Wouldn't they try to skip over the world-line again?
And just like that, they would cross the world-lines again, again, and again . By continuing that, they might end up no different from the 999th turn's 'Outer Gods' . Their lives might get damaged beyond repair .
The truly wretched thing was, despite knowing the truth she couldn't fight against the temptation .
"How will you cross the world-line, anyway? We can't regress anymore, remember? And we don't even have the 'Secretive Plotter' to help us in this place, either . "
"Have you forgotten? This world-line is different from the 1864th turn . "
It was at that moment something, a certain thought, brushed past Han Su-Yeong's mind .
⸢There was one more method . ⸥
Accompanied by the thunderous "Ku-gugugu!" noise, a gigantic shadow was cast upon Gwanghwamun right then . It came from a massive flying object large enough to completely blanket the main street and then some .
[Fufufu . Long time no see, everyone . ]
Bihyung was riding on that flying object .
He had become the Dokkaebi King of this world after the Bureau was completely ruined . And it seemed that this ruined world was exactly to his liking .
[Right, so you need this thing, is that it?]
That was the item only found in the 'last scenario' .
⸢The Final Ark . ⸥
Han Su-Yeong slowly approached the ark .
Without a doubt, using this would allow them to jump the world-line . Well, Dokkaebis and Constellations of the very last scenario were also planning to escape to another world-line using this vessel, after all .
Yu Sang-Ah spoke up . "However, if we use this . . . We'll end up being no different to Dokkaebis . "
"You should've raised such points before we used the group regression, you know . "
Han Su-Yeong reached the ark . That prompted Bihyung to issue a warning .
[Let me make this crystal clear . This ark is a lot older than it looks, so it can be used only once . ]
"Doesn't matter . "
Being able to travel to another world-line implied that they could use this ark in a similar capacity as Yu Jung-Hyeok's own 'regression' .
What if, they could move to another world-line's specific point in history? If they could do something like that, then they might be able to change world-lines in a far more efficient, effective manner than Yu Jung-Hyeok's regression .
Han Su-Yeong hurriedly shouted out . "Bihyung . The world-line we want to go to is . . . . !"
However, even before she could finish, a message came to her first .


[It's impossible to set sail to the applicable world-line . ]
Bihyung's expression became confused . [Mm? What's gotten into it? I don't think it has ever said something like this before?]
"What's wrong? Is it broken?"
[Call out a different world-line . ]
Han Su-Yeong spoke up again . That resulted in yet another message .
[It's impossible to set sail to the applicable world-line . ]
She repeatedly mentioned other world-lines . She spoke, then spoke again . However, the message floating up remained the same .
[It's impossible to set sail to the applicable world-line . ]
[It's impossible to set sail to the applicable world-line . ]
…
… . . .
[It's impossible to set sail to the applicable world-line . ]
Utterly flustered now, Bihyung began muttering out . [Passageways to all those world-lines have been closed off . It means the possibilities that used to be open between the world-lines have completely shut down . ]
"We can't go?!"
[Looks that way . Huh, can something like this even happen?]
All the world-lines related to the 'Ways of Survival', the ones she could remember, were blocked off .
" . . . . Does that mean we can't go anywhere?"
[No, there is one . ]
"Really? Which one?"
[But, it's a world-line with all the scenarios already concluded . ]
Bihyung displayed the entered route .
Surprisingly enough, the destination was a location they all knew quite intimately .
Yu Jung-Hyeok's 1864th regression turn .
The planetary system number 8612, where all the scenarios had already ended .
It was Earth . The one they left from .
<epilogue 4 . ="" the="" omniscient="" reader's="" viewpoint="" (6)=""> Fin .
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