I’ll rewrite the world.

The moment my eyes met Cheon Inho as he said that, instinct told me I had to get out of here. But I had no choice.

Just like Cheon Inho, with 『Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint』 in his hands, had no choice but to read the story even while knowing the tragedy that would unfold, maybe I was the same.

[Your resonance with the Recorder of Terror ‘Sophist of Evil’ is extremely high.]

Maybe it was because I, too, had lived through the history of the 40th turn. And so I, too, had become curious. As a reader before I was a writer—what on earth was it that the extra Cheon Inho wanted to “rewrite”?

“Kim Dokja.”

The extra who had reached the end of the world called my name, and I lifted my head as if answering him.

His voice, carrying the merciless power of [Agitation], was making a declaration.

“From now on, you are me.”

The last thing I saw was a single person’s worth of footprints we had walked together.

“I am you.”

My world disappeared.

*

Anna Croft opened her eyes beneath a flickering light. When cold breath rushed in, the sensation of being “alive” finally woke her whole body with vivid clarity.

‘The room of the time stratum.’

When she sat up, the memories of the ‘40th turn’ she’d experienced until just now flooded into her head. There, she had entered the Final Scenario together with Cheon Inho, and the Tyrant King.

‘We really reached the end of the scenario.’

Cheon Inho… no, what he, who had possessed Cheon Inho, said was right.

Even if it had been a virtual worldline, the experience itself had been real.

With that, they had gained the “experience” of seeing the end of the scenario.

[You have acquired a new fable!]
[You have acquired shares in a new giant fable!]

And what she acquired this time was, unbelievably, a ‘giant fable.’ It seemed the fable’s name hadn’t been assigned yet due to <Star Stream> system lag, but it was a giant fable obtained from seeing the end of the ‘Final Scenario.’

With this fable, seeing the end once again in the 41st turn wouldn’t be something completely impossible.

‘Coming to the Domain of Terror was worth it.’

More than anything, the biggest achievement was that she’d gained a small bond that could stand together against the constellations.

If, in the 41st turn as well, she could perform the scenarios together with Yoo Joonghyuk—and Cheon Inho…

Wait. Come to think of it, where did Cheon Inho go?

No matter how she looked around, she couldn’t see Cheon Inho.

The last thing she remembered was the back of Cheon Inho as he ran toward the Ark’s engine room.

Could it be that Cheon Inho failed after that? But if he failed, there was no way she would’ve safely returned to the ‘room of the time stratum,’ would there?

“Cheon Inho?”

The moment she muttered that name without thinking, dozens of pillars of light shot up at once nearby.

“Ah.”

The Transcendents who had been possessed in the 40th turn were returning. She finally let out a sigh of relief. As expected, that damned ‘Sophist of Evil’ had succeeded in seeing the end of the 40th turn.

“Kh. Damn. This time I really almost died.”

“It was truly an ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) incredible adventure.”

“Any of you punks get new enlightenment?”

“That bastard Ender really did it this time, huh.”

Leaving behind the Transcendents chattering noisily all over, Anna Croft pushed through the crowd of incarnations and went looking for Cheon Inho.

“Cheon Inho!”

She couldn’t see him. Worried something might’ve happened, she even activated [Future Sight], but the skill didn’t take properly.

This had happened a few times before, too. Especially when incidents deeply related to ‘Cheon Inho’ were involved, there were many cases where the future couldn’t be seen—strangely so.

How long had she wandered like that? Then, with a newly appearing pillar of light, a familiar back finally caught her eye.

“You made it back, Cheon Inho!”

A coat that had turned darker, almost blood-red, than before.

The villain she’d been searching for was there. But why? The moment Anna Croft grabbed Cheon Inho’s thin shoulders, she felt the balance of the world creak. All at once, her stomach turned, and the world spun. An alarm bell that something was wrong rang unceasingly in her mind.

But what on earth was wrong?

The time stratum had been cleared safely, and the Domain of Terror hadn’t met its end yet.

So why…?

“So this is what it felt like.”

Was it because of his voice that a chill ran over her whole body?

“Truly… it’s air I’ve missed.”

She reflexively tried to pull her hand away from Cheon Inho’s shoulder. But faster than that, Cheon Inho snatched her wrist and asked,

“Prophet. What do you see in [Future Sight]?”

“…….”

“Do you see nothing at all, perhaps?”

“You—”

“Of course. From now on, no ‘revelation’ will work on this body.”

Anna Croft forcefully shook off his hand and glared.

“You… who are you.”

“You don’t know who I am? Haven’t you been coming to find me all this time?”

Anna Croft stumbled back, lips trembling.

Goosebumps rose.

The prophet’s senses were telling her. They were foretelling exactly who the man in front of her was. But Anna Croft didn’t want to accept it.

Why—why now, of all times?

“Where… where did he go?”

“He? Who are you talking about?”

“The soul that was inside your body—”

Anna Croft still didn’t know his name. She didn’t know what the possessor who had given her the nickname Kim Anna was truly called.

And so she could only say the name everyone used.

“What happened to Kim Dokja?”

“Kim Dokja. So you finally got yourself to say that name.”

As if he found that fact immensely amusing, Cheon Inho let out a big laugh.

“I’m Kim Dokja now.”

“What did you say?”

“Open your eyes wide and look closely, Anna Croft. Nothing has changed.”

Then, from somewhere, fable began to be heard.

「Anna Croft felt her heart gradually becoming calm.」

Where did that sentence come from?

Anna Croft didn’t know.

「Nothing has changed. Everything has merely returned to its original place.」

The man in front of her was Cheon Inho.

All that had happened was that Cheon Inho’s soul had returned to Cheon Inho’s body.

“Do you remember? We decided to live through the 41st turn together. I came to keep that promise. You’re doing well, and I’m going to help you.”

It was just as Cheon Inho said. She just had to keep doing what she’d been going to do. Clear the scenarios, and fight the constellations.

That was all she had to do, and yet—

“I—”

Anna Croft felt her vision waver without meaning to.

Cheon Inho’s expression subtly changed as he looked at her.

Just as Cheon Inho was about to speak again, a voice carrying an ominous level of authority rang out.

“Who are you, you bastard.”

When she turned her head, Cheok Jun-gyeong was standing there.

“Where did my disciple go?”

The moment she heard Cheok Jun-gyeong’s voice, color returned to Anna Croft’s face. Maybe if it was Cheok Jun-gyeong…

“Can’t you even recognize your disciple’s face now?”

When Cheon Inho answered in his usual slick tone, Cheok Jun-gyeong strode forward.

“You—”

His huge hand seized Cheon Inho’s shoulder hard enough to crush it.

“You are not my disciple.”

An enormous pressure began to bear down on Cheon Inho. A constellation of fable grade, a Transcendent—authority worthy of the captain of the 3rd Division of the Transcendent Alliance.

And yet, astonishingly, Cheon Inho was taking it without so much as twitching an eyebrow.

[Fable. ‘Successor of the Eternal Name’ begins a story.]

The power of fable flowing from his entire body was protecting him.

“This puts me in a difficult position, Master.”

Cheok Jun-gyeong flinched, then manifested his authority even more strongly, but the fable power pouring from Cheon Inho’s whole body began to grow in response, as if resisting Cheok Jun-gyeong.

A quake shook the area two or three times, and sparks that leapt up swallowed the view around them.

When the sparks finally vanished along with the hazy dust, a shocking scene was revealed.

Cheok Jun-gyeong, captain of the 3rd Division, was kneeling in front of Cheon Inho.

Pressing down hard on Cheok Jun-gyeong’s shoulder, which had been burned black, Cheon Inho looked around and said,

“Everyone, stay quiet.”

It was only a single sentence. But at that one sentence, every Transcendent froze, as if they couldn’t move.

Anna Croft realized what power Cheon Inho had used just now.

[Agitation].

And [Agitation] that had reached the extreme was binding the Transcendents like chains. And through that, Anna Croft realized that Cheon Inho had regained the authority that had been his original nature.

Cheon Inho, who had been the ‘Sophist of Evil’ and ‘One Who Deceived the Stars.’ Cheon Inho, who had seen the end of the world as the last human being, had appeared in this 41st turn.

But even with his authority, he couldn’t restrain every Transcendent.

“Sophist of Evil. Did you reclaim your body.”

“Despair God.”

Cheongheo, Commander-in-Chief of the Transcendent Alliance. And Ryunade and Carlton, who guarded him, blocked Cheon Inho’s way while giving off a savage aura.

Cheon Inho shrugged lightly.

“I have no intention of fighting you.”

“Aren’t you the one who caused trouble first?”

“Well, I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Letting go of Cheok Jun-gyeong’s shoulder, Cheon Inho rubbed his wrist.

Cheongheo clicked his tongue.

“If you took that body, then it seems you’ve achieved your purpose. Leave this place already.”

“You’re impatient, Commander-in-Chief. I haven’t achieved my purpose yet. And… this isn’t the time for you to be stopping me.”

With a boom, the door to the upper level of the time stratum exploded.

A few Transcendents, startled, moved to resolve the situation.

“The door broke!”

“Stop them! If it’s now, we can reverse it!”

Outer Gods from the higher worldline were breaking the stratum and trying to cross the threshold.

Looking up at those Outer Gods, Cheon Inho said,

“The end hasn’t ended.”

While the story of the 40th turn unfolded, the end had been postponed for a moment—but it was continuing now. In a form even more violent than before.

“The King of Terror is grieving. Probably because he read my fable.”

“I’ll handle that myself.”

“You can’t enter the ‘big house,’ can you?”

“…….”

“To stop the end, someone has to go soothe him. And it seems there’s only one person here who has the qualification.”

Cheongheo, the Despair God, let out a light sigh and gave the captains a small nod. The captains stepped aside and opened a path for Cheon Inho.

Cheon Inho offered a brief, polite nod and began climbing the stairs installed in a corner of the time stratum.

Watching him, Cheongheo said,

“The young man who used your body was a good friend.”

“…….”

“A truly good friend.”

“Is that so.”

After answering, Cheon Inho turned his head and looked at Anna Croft.

“Prophet. Aren’t you curious about the end of the Domain of Terror?”

Cheon Inho smiled and held out a hand toward Anna Croft, who jolted in surprise.

“Come. Let’s go meet the King of Terror together.”

*

The books in the library were vibrating all at once. Letters that had been fixed to the pages lost their places and burst out, and fables that overflowed between torn pages dripped down.

[Fourth Wall] was shaking.

「(You damn it… Youngest! Answer me! Youngest!)」

First Kim Dokja—the Demon King of Salvation—clung to the shaking desk and shouted. But no matter how many times he called, the Youngest didn’t answer.

The problem wasn’t simply that he wasn’t picking up. Even whether he was alive or dead was unclear.

The proof was the name inside the book in front of him. In the slot where the Youngest’s name had been displayed until now, everything was being filtered out—and now, another name was trying to be written there.

Cheon■■ho
■inho
Cheon In■
….

It was obvious what was happening.

He had to find the Youngest immediately.

But no matter how he shouted, his voice was nothing more than a sentence trapped inside [Fourth Wall]. It couldn’t reach the Youngest.

The little Kim Dokjas trembling with anxiety were crying or screaming here and there. Fortunately, the little Kim Dokjas with selves—starting with Goo Seonah—were calming them down, but if they kept leaving the situation unattended, it was obvious even [Fourth Wall] would break.

The eyes of the little Kim Dokjas looking up at him as if asking if there was no way.

Kim Dokja let out a silent sigh.

「(Kids.)」

In the end, the only person who could help the Youngest right now was probably one person.

And so the Demon King of Salvation made a decision.

「(Should I go take a little look outside?)」