1019 Episode 62 Snowfield Kim Dokja (9)

The Guardian of Gray.

Ji Eunyu, who had become a 'Recorder of Fear', understood the entire situation the moment she saw that story name.

"Metatron! This is not a matter for you <Eden> to interfere in!"

Killer King's soul flickered as if about to fade away. Meanwhile, the records of [Fate] governing his incarnation were becoming more vivid.

A direct contract with a giant nebula.

It was obvious what kind of fate a mere incarnation would face if they committed such an act.

Metatron spoke, looking down at Ji Eunyu with a haughty gaze.

Acting President. Ji Eunyu knew exactly what weight was contained in that declaration.

"Are you out of your mind? How could those so-called Archangels—"

Metatron had made his choice. He believed that now was the moment for the Nebula <Eden> to be recorded in the grand narrative of destruction. That it was time to borrow the pen known as Killer King and record their stories.

Ji Eunyu manifested the power of a 'Recorder' She had to change [Fate] somehow. She could not let Killer King die here. No matter how much he stood on the side of 'Snowfield Kim Dokja', he was not someone who should have died in a place like this.

However, even with her power, there was no way to change [Fate].

Ji Eunyu shook her head time and time again, trying to find a different development. She was an editor. The only being who could interfere with the direction of a story when a writer wanted to write it. The person who could advise on a better development, a better plot. However, the author of this story was not here, and all she could do was helplessly read the sentences being mercilessly written down.

"Ji Eunyu."

Killer King called her name for the first time. At the same time, Ji Eunyu also recalled Killer King's name.

"Cha Seongwoo-ssi."

"Perhaps this is my last page."

Cha Seongwoo had a calm gaze, like someone who had already accepted his fate.

But meeting those eyes, Ji Eunyu felt her heart tighten.

It was only at that moment that Ji Eunyu realized what kind of being she had perceived Killer King to be.

One as a reader, and the other as an editor.

Although they had reached this point playing different roles within this story, their faith in it was the same for both of them.

"I wanted to read this story forever."

Even after enduring such horrific events, neither of them could hate the story.

Even as they nearly died time and time again and again, and lost loved ones, they lived this story. They executed the next scenario, and the one after that.

It is the destiny of those who have fallen in love with a story.

Standing before the conclusion of that story, the reader who had read this world alongside her was speaking.

"'Reading together' ends here."

Now, only one of the two can read the next page.

"Come at me with all your might."

The moment the grandeur of the Great Election surged from Cha Seongwoo's entire body, Ji Eunyu turned around and summoned the incarnations.

"Bang Cheolsoo! Mujeong and her daughter!"

"I obey your command!"

As if he had been waiting, Bang Cheolsoo of Geumho Station appeared at the center of the Disaster camp with his squad members.

"Charge!"

He, who was once a gangster boss, was now fighting against the constellations with the scenarios coming to an end.

The excited 'Lord of the Ruffians', the sponsor behind Bang Cheolsoo, also sent an indirect message. It seemed to enjoy the thought of its incarnation getting beaten up once again.

However, this fight was not going to end with just getting beaten up a bit.

Yophiel, having read Bang Cheolsoo's sins with the [Eyes of Sin], reached out his hand. Immediately, an explosive red mist poured out from the Archangel's palm.

The red mist swept through the camp like a swarm of bees, engulfing Bang Cheolsoo and his party.

"Aaaaaaaah!"

The horrific screams of the humans filled the battlefield. The Holy Soul of a High-Ranking Archangel. It was a power that a mere human incarnation could not withstand.

However, Yophiel's expression remained hardened. Through the red mist, the shimmering shadows of the incarnations spoke.

"...Did you think I was going to say that?"

A moment later, Bang Cheolsoo and the Inho squad members emerged from the fog. Armed from head to toe in pitch-black full plate armor, they appeared to have survived the [503 Unit] raid without sustaining any major injuries.

That couldn't be right.

They blocked the stigmata with just a single piece of full plate armor?

"Is this all? You damned constellations."

Yophiel's eyebrows furrowed. Upon closer inspection, the full plate armor of the incarnations was imbued with stories.

Story metal forged from the metal of the planet 'Oz'.

All members of the Inho squad were armed with the hardest metal in this world.

"Charge—!"

Watching Bang Cheolsoo, Kamael, who had been observing from the sidelines, gestured.

With the Archangel's gesture, the Nine Wind Angels, the main force of <Eden>, poured out of the portal.

A massive wave of angels reminiscent of the Holy War.

As if to counter that wave, the girl perched on Bang Cheolsoo's shoulder shouted.

"Mom!"

At the girl's signal, her mother, who was running beside Bang Cheolsoo, also shouted.

"Dayoung!"

"Yes!"

The mother and daughter leaped simultaneously. As if they had been waiting, the Nine Order Angels thrust their spears toward the mother and daughter.

At the same time, an ominous aura emanated from the entire bodies of Mujeong and her daughter.

Recognizing their power, the Nine Order Angels shouted.

The otherworldly deity contracted by Mujeong and her daughter is 'Shadow of the Seabed'. By the standards of the Fear Realm, it was a 'Disaster-level fear', but in combat against humans, it was an Outer God possessing combat power comparable to a 'Natural Cataclysm-level fear'.

The figures of the mother and daughter slipped right into the shadows of the Ninth Order of Angels.

The moment the startled Ninth Order of Angels burst into astonishment.

The daggers of the heartless mother and daughter, sprang from the Archangel's shadow, severed the angels' ankles. The severed ankles were sucked straight into the shadows on the ground. Along with a crunching sound, the sound of something inside the shadows devouring the angels' ankles could be heard.

Frowning, Kamael shouted as if to encourage the lower-ranking angels.

However, before the Nine Rank Angels could even regroup, another group of incarnations appeared.

"Slay them all!"

They were the incarnations on the Japanese side, led by Asuka Ren.

Appearing riding small demons belonging to the White Demons, the incarnations wielded their long swords in unison and clashed with the Nine Wind Angels.

The heads of the Nine Rank Angels were severed by the incarnations' sword strikes, and their bellies were pierced by sharp spears.

Anna Croft also swung her sword amidst that pandemonium. Previously, she only had to worry about Cha Yerin, but as the situation turned into a chaotic melee, blind spears and swords rained down from all directions.

Attacks that could not all be read by her unreliable [Future Sight]; the moment she stumbled backward, one of the Nine Rank Angels lying on the ground aimed his spear at her. It was a man in a long fur coat who deflected that unavoidable blow instead.

"What a pathetic sight, Prophet."

A long fur coat and a T-shirt with a skull on it. An incarnation Anna Croft knew well was there.

"Magician."

Jacob Martinez.

The King of Northern Las Vegas and the incarnation who had helped Kim Dokja during the 'Star Ladder' scenario.

He fired a few shots from his pistol at the head of the Ninth Order Angel lying on the floor, then put a cigarette to his lips.

"Bite them, you dogs of the North."

At Martinez's signal, the Northern mercenaries let out shouts and charged at the angels.

Anna Croft nodded in thanks and spoke in a somewhat grim voice.

"I thought you wouldn't get involved."

"I owe her a lot."

Glancing briefly toward Ji Eunyu, Martinez swung his palm at the charging lower-ranking angels. The upper body of the lower-ranking angel, caught in his [Severing Magic], tumbled across the floor.

Before long, the alliance of incarnations from various nations was gradually pushing back the forces of the angels. Outer Deities, sensing the raging stories sweeping across the battlefield, roared from all directions.

A roar announcing the arrival of a new giant story.

Bang Cheolsoo shouted.

"That's it! Push this far! We're clearing the way!"

Before long, the battle lines were pushed back right in front of the archangels. At this rate, the victory of the incarnations was certain.

It was then that Cha Seongwoo, who had remained silent, made a move.

"Activate the main controller."

With Cha Seongwoo's low voice, a radiance surged from his entire body.

A large controller appeared before Cha Seongwoo's eyes. Even amidst the flashing spears and swords, Ji Eunyu, standing at the forefront of the battlefield, saw the scene clearly.

"Multi-control switch."

A faint bundle of links surged from Cha Seongwoo's entire body. Soon, the links connected with the Archangels.

Kugugugu.

At the same time, the Archangels, who had been observing the battle from the rear of the front line, moved.

The first to receive the order was the Archangel floating in the sky.

With Cha Seongwoo's signal, cumulus clouds covered the sky. The moment the incarnations raised their heads at the shimmering story beyond the sky, a pure white thunderbolt poured down through the cumulus clouds. A lightning strike of light that could neither be predicted nor avoided.

Kwakwakwakwak!

The center of the battlefield was reduced to ashes by the bombardment of light that indiscriminately struck both allies and enemies. Raphael yawned as if bored while looking at the pile of ashes.

Following this, the Archangel Raguel also moved.

Bright orbs of light flashed from her hands. The incarnations, having already witnessed the Archangel's power, shouted as if in warning.

"Kill that angel first!"

But before the incarnations' swords could even move, Raguel's orbs flashed. [Punishment of Luminous Radiance]. The moment the Holy Energy Wave of the Great Warrior Raguel enveloped the battlefield, the incarnations facing the light screamed and covered their eyes.

"Aaaargh!"

The Archangel's power to blind those who face it. Incarnations shedding tears of blood before the apocalypse were wailing. Only a select few—those who turned away from the light or activated their own spells in an instant to dodge it—were witnessing that scene of hell.

Watching the blinded incarnations die, pierced by the spear of the Ninth Order of Angels, Cha Seongwoo moved an Archangel once again.

Gabriel, standing beside Cha Seongwoo, grasped his holy relic.

A pure white serpent climbing up a sack. The moment Ji Eunyu confirmed the cross-shaped spear impaled in the serpent's mouth, she shouted.

"Everyone, get out of the way!"

With a vision that seemed to tilt the world in an instant, two scales appeared. On one scale stood the Archangels, and on the other—

The incarnations stood there.

"No—"

Light swept across everything on one of the scales. An overwhelming storm of flashes purifying all the evil in the world.

Where the remnants of the light vanished, a massive path opened up. Neither the incarnations equipped with story metal nor those riding White Yao were to be seen. Bang Cheolsoo, having barely escaped the flash of wind, sat slumped there dazed, having lost an arm.

Deep despair settled upon the shoulders of the surviving incarnations. Even though their opponents were Archangels, they thought they had a chance this time. They believed the incarnations had grown strong enough, and that the gap between the stars and humans had narrowed. But the stars were still high, and humans could only look up at them. Even in this final scenario.

Archangel Kamael, having spotted Ji Eunyu from afar, was approaching. Watching the Archangel, who was coming to pronounce her death while gripping a pure white sword, Ji Eunyu suddenly recalled the words of her writer.

Her writer, who loved ominous jokes, spoke in her mind.

From a distance, Cha Seongwoo, wielding the power of the Presidential Election, was staring at her.

Ji Eunyu slowly clenched her fist. With the very hand that had tapped the keyboard countless times, turned the pages of books, and held the pen.

"You cannot win."

Cha Seongwoo's voice sounded as if he were convinced that the ending was already written. But Ji Eunyu slowly shook her head.

Ji Eunyu began to read.

Cha Seongwoo's gaze wavered slightly as he confirmed the story surging in her hands.

"Are you trying to summon an Outer God?"

If the Leader of the Apostles, Ji Eunyu, were to stake herself on summoning an Outer God, she could certainly summon one that surpassed the level of a natural disaster.

However, even if such an Outer God were to arrive, it could not change the course of the battlefield this time.

Because <Eden> was here right now.

Ji Eunyu did not stop despite Kamael's dry warning.

Kamael frowned and swung his sword.

At the same time, stories flowed from Ji Eunyu's entire body. And the moment they heard the first sentence of the story, Cha Seongwoo and all the readers there realized what kind of 'catastrophe' she was about to summon.

With the end of a world approaching, possessing the only probability of succeeding to that end—and thus, the name that this <Star Stream> can only call 'catastrophe'.

Kim Dokja Company.