The Absolute Throne
Boom—!
“Whoa… that’s brutal.”
“Wow… when did Dokja get that strong?”
Right now we were watching Dokja and Yoo Joonghyuk fight with pure entertainment. Opportunities to see Yoo Joonghyuk get overwhelmed like that were rare, after all.
Bang, bang—!
What is this, pinball? A person shouldn’t bounce around like that.
“She’s still alive, right?”
“Well… Yoo Joonghyuk won’t die that easily.”
The moment Yoo Joonghyuk blacked out, the massive dome imprisoning the kings began to fade.
“Well, fine. Results are results.”
“Now, I announce to every incarnation in Seoul. Just now, a new master of the Absolute Throne has been born!”
Talking so grandiosely for no damn reason.
“Hold on.”
“…What is it?”
“You’re being too hasty. I haven’t even sat on the throne yet and you’re already declaring it?”
“You’ll sit now, so what does it matter?”
I wonder about that.
Absolute power is nice and all, but…
“It’s just too ridiculously good of an ability. Enjoying absolute power over the land I rule.”
“Isn’t it natural to receive a reward after all that hardship? A throne reached after surviving death so many times…”
“So this throne can pull that off without any probability constraints?”
No way.
Absolute power always comes with a matching price. Especially in a place like the Star Stream.
“Let’s drop the tiresome debate. We need to end the scenario now.”
“Come, sit on the throne. Spout any more nonsense and I might just smash the Absolute Throne.”
“Ah. About that.”
“Do whatever you want.”
“What?”
Look at that bastard’s face.
“I will not ascend this Absolute Throne.”
With Dokja’s declaration the whole area fell silent, rain whipping through the air.
“What… did you just say.”
Dokja turned toward the visibly furious dokkaebi and spoke.
“I said I’m not sitting on the throne.”
“I don’t understand why you’re being so contrary. Just accept the reward obediently. Without the power of the Absolute Throne, Seoul Dome will never survive the Fifth Scenario.”
“The throne can give you more than you desire. Merely sitting on it will birth your Fable, and the Constellation contracted with you will rise in status.”
“And I warn you in advance—I am different from the low-grade dokkaebis. Don’t think some clumsy trick will work on me.”
As the dokkaebi said, failing to obtain the Absolute Throne would make clearing the Fifth Scenario considerably harder. But if anyone used the Absolute Throne even once, they would never reach the ending of the scenarios.
“No, why the hell won’t you be king?!”
“That’s what I want to ask. What makes you trust me enough to make me king?”
“What?”
“What if after I become king, I kill you?”
An undeniable, clear fact. They were trying to crown her solely because Dokja had beaten everyone.
“You’re all the same. Have you already forgotten?”
“We didn’t originally live in a kingdom. So why are you already acting like subjects of one?”
Those who followed the scenarios just to survive, just to cling to life a little longer, no longer questioned the scenarios at all.
“And I don’t want to become a king representing ugly humans like you.”
“So I won’t sit on the Absolute Throne.”
“I don’t want filthy Constellations as my sponsors either.”
Not only the incarnations—Constellations who watched these situations as mere entertainment, or casually sacrificed their own descendants just to raise their status.
“But I also won’t allow anyone else to sit on the throne.”
“…You’d best stop there. My patience isn’t that good…”
“How long are you going to be dragged around helplessly by the dokkaebis’ scenarios?!”
“Do you have any idea what it means for someone to sit on the Absolute Throne?!”
Handing their entire fate over to someone else.
“Constellations of the Korean Peninsula, you’re the same. I know not every Constellation is equal. Some have low status, some high.”
“But isn’t this enough already?! How long are you going to turn this land into a battleground for unfortunate great figures?!”
“You struggle to build history to become Historical-grade Constellations, pile up Fables to become Fable-grade… then what next? After becoming a brighter star in the high heavens?”
“How many more of this land’s descendants must you use for your own selfish desires before you’re satisfied?”
Constellation, ‘One-Eyed Maitreya’ groans.
Constellation, ‘Plum Blossom Absolute’ falls silent.
The Constellations couldn’t even answer Dokja’s words.
“I can no longer stand by and watch.”
A new ‘Sub Scenario’ has arrived.
Throne Seizure
📂 Category: Sub
⚠ Difficulty: B
📍 Clear Condition: Subdue the incarnation Kim Dokja who refuses to sit on the throne, and seize the throne in her place.
⏱ Time Limit: 30 minutes
🎁 Reward: 6,000 Coins
💀 Failure: —
The moment the sub scenario arrived, people’s eyes changed.
I knew this would happen.
Whoosh—
“Hayeon?”
“Dokja. Is this the answer you believe in?”
She was silent for a beat, then opened her mouth with a look of pure resolve.
“Yes.”
“That’s enough.”
E.G.O Equipment Equipped.
“No matter how this story ends, I’ll walk the path you believe is right together with you.”
“So never hesitate.”
Solemn Lament (WAW)
Starting with me, the companions began to gather one by one.
“Sometimes the representative seems more like the protagonist than Yoo Joonghyuk.”
“Even Yoo Joonghyuk doesn’t pull crazy stunts like this…”
“No matter how the world changes, there are values we must never forget. I firmly believe such things exist.”
The forces of the Maitreya King and the Beauty King joined us as well.
“We’ll help just this once.”
“Judging by my Insight Technique, that was a persuasive speech.”
“The vermin are playing nicely.”
The voice of a thoroughly enraged dokkaebi.
“What are you all doing?! Drag her out immediately!”
Well then.
Click—
Let’s begin the funeral.