Chapter 111
Chapter 111
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 94
Chapter Title: From Beginning to End
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Like a psychopath from a thriller flick toying with his victim, I kept stabbing away at the eyeball that couldn't resist in the slightest.
But the evil god at the center of this torture seemed more comfortable than ever, not twitching a muscle.
My arm was the one starting to ache.
Your little peculiarity seems to have worn away a bit of my tale.
You're definitely delaying my descent, but that's all you're doing.
You can't stop it!
Shut up already. You can't move a damn inch, so why won't that mouth of yours stay quiet?
Not that the outer god had a mouth to speak of, anyway.
Haha—!
Didn't I tell you? Humans can never harm me!
I ignored the outer god's babbling and kept thrusting my blade into it.
Those four needed to reach the angel quickly.
It was putting on a relaxed front, but if things kept going like this, just as it said, it would complete its descent.
How much longer did I have to wait?
Maybe I should've just told it the exact amount needed.
As I waited for those four to succeed, the outer god's eyeball—which had been watching me powerlessly—began to quiver.
Its power was returning!
The body that had been just an eye started to swell.
An ominous liquid poured down like rain, the streams thickening bit by bit as they constructed new flesh.
This was absolutely impossible.
For the outer god to achieve a descent of this magnitude, it needed at least thirty more minutes.
It was literally impossible—like defying a 0% probability, a miracle beyond miracles.
Something that couldn't happen without some external force.
And I knew exactly what that external force was.
I couldn't stop my lips from curling into a grin.
The promise with the angel had been fulfilled.
Why the sudden smile?
Have you realized your despair and lost your mind?
Fine by me!
TWIST IN AGONY IN YOUR DESPAIR!
The outer god bellowed those words as it swung its now-massive body to smash into me.
By the way, there won't be any epic battles today. No dramatic twists either.
I ducked my head without even looking, dodging the attack perfectly.
Hah, you got lucky.
But that's just a fleeting stroke of fortune!
With those words, the surrounding buildings began to warp.
What had been called skyscrapers twisted into grotesque masses of unidentifiable flesh and rebar, then charged at me all at once.
And just like before, I kept my eyes fixed solely on the outer god, sidestepping a single pace to evade them.
Not giving me a moment's respite, the outer god transformed five pigeons flying in the sky into sharp spears.
Even as they morphed, the former pigeons cooed coo-coo before hurtling straight at my head.
But just in time, my tentacles there blocked every single attack with ease.
Accept your fate.
No matter how you resist, the outcome won't change.
Right, the outcome won't change.
I gazed up at its colossal form without spilling a single drop of sweat, having evaded every assault with minimal movement.
I still remember it. The time you ravaged the world. And the moment you turned into that giant eye, merely observing everything.
What the hell are you talking about?!
You could've wiped out humanity in an instant, but you left us alone just for your amusement.
I sidestepped another incoming attack and pierced the outer god's center with my tentacles.
Kraaaah—!
I had no idea. I thought you'd gone into hibernation using all your power. You never broke character, even when attacked.
How are you dodging every single one of my attacks like flowing water?!
I am the god of this world, ruler of all creation!
This is impossible—
So I'm going to play my role too. Acting strictly according to the script I've written.
I'd spent three years crafting this tale.
And the story I'd created gained binding force through the angel.
How are you even dodging attacks from your blind spots?!
After all the time I put into writing this, it'd be idiotic if I couldn't dodge.
Just as the outer god said, I evaded everything, landing lethal strikes in between.
Those blows piled up like heavy baggage on its body, and in a moment it didn't even notice, it crumbled into tiny fragments.
Ah, no!
There was no hope left for the outer god.
Its body ravaged by my relentless assaults, it felt its connection to this world fraying. The tale had been fatally destroyed, its recovery uncertain.
To think a lowly worm like you—!
The outer god cried out with all the malice of the world, but naturally, it had no effect.
The core still embedded in its flesh suppressed even the tiniest shred of its power.
Want me to tell you something interesting? You warped the buildings around us, so why didn't you warp me and go for a physical attack instead?
…
What did you just say?
And why did all the people who were swarming around just moments ago suddenly vanish?
What are you trying to say?!
That's how the script was written. Everything played out according to that script I penned long ago. You attacked exactly as I scripted you to, and the citizens fled in terror.
Ah.
Aaaaaaaaah—!
Humanity's evil god realized the full truth from my brief words and spewed forth its rage.
So that's how it was!
You dare toy with me—!
Now vanish.
Step by step.
My footsteps wove through the crumbling, burning buildings.
The outer god flaunted its pathetic wriggling and fled, all dignity lost.
This can't be happening. It can't—!
I can't die tricked like this!
The outer god despaired.
Having only ever inflicted pain on others, this unfamiliar negative emotion must have felt utterly infuriating.
Something reflected in the wailing outer god's eye.
It had to be hope, without a doubt.
Hahaha—!
You fool.
You didn't notice there's still a human around!
Even that 'scripted' tale of yours you boasted about must be over.
The outer god charged at the man walking through the ruins.
To absorb him and regain its strength, no doubt.
But.
Don't you remember what I said?
Haha, buying time out of panic, eh?
You never should've revealed that secret to me!
I'll spare you death and turn you into a doll suffering eternally!
My tale features a savior, a sacrifice, and four apostles.
Park Se-jin, Moon Woo-seok, and the Headquarters Chief are the savior's apostles. So who’s the fourth?
I told you. This story has no twists, no dramatic reversals.
As the outer god laughed mockingly and slithered forward like an eel, the man sensed something and looked up.
A man whose physical prowess surpassed even prime Hyeok Tae-jun.
Jin-seong… Thank you for saving my father.
It was Kim Do-hyun.
Wait, what?
Kim Do-hyun grabbed the outer god's charging flesh with one hand.
Is this human strength?!
Sorry, but there are people stronger than you, Do-hyun.
I said that as I slowly walked toward Kim Do-hyun.
The outer god couldn't escape that grip until I arrived.
The story had decreed it so.
Aaah, stay back!
Don't come any closer!
How horrific is despair crashing down right after hope!
I knew that pain well, so I couldn't wipe the smile from my face.
Kim Do-hyun, naturally, knew none of the details, but silently handed me the cursed fragments of the outer god.
It was destined from the start that the outer god couldn't flee, so this was only natural.
This is insane! Impossible!
I can't die to a mere human!
It's defying the laws, deceiving the world—!
I've been meaning to point this out. Sorry, but I'm not human.
To catch you while skirting the laws.
I abandoned that greatness called humanity.
A tale… one that buys and sells objects.
One who beats reality through transactions, like buying and selling goods.
One belonging to that fabricated tale of protecting humanity.
I am the Tale Merchant.
Shut up—!!!
My face reflected in the outer god's bulging eyes.
Soon, its gaze lifted higher—to the blade that severed tales, Pabrurum.
Farewell. It was a truly godforsaken, endless grudge.
The blade, breaking the sound barrier as it slashed down, cleaved the outer god's flesh—which had shrunk smaller than my fist.
Nooooooo!
It was the complete destruction of the tale. The erasure of a myth that had shared history with humanity.
The fall of the god that tormented me, and everyone in the world with me.
The conclusion of the duty that had kept me alive until now.
Shin Jin-seong.
I saw the five approaching me.
Good work.
But the word signifying 'the end' wasn't everything.
The sky-erasing mega-evil was gone, but look at that crimson sunset filling the heavens!
The city, filled with inexplicable deaths, was swallowed by the glow, all taking on the same hue of hope.
Yeah. Now it's just the beginning.