My fingertips trembled violently.

A “no way—” kind of thought crossed my mind.

Maybe the reason Han Sooyoung made so many avatars was…….

「Scenario 95. ‘Return of the Apocalypse Dragon’.」

The screen switched, and the scenario began flowing in real time right in front of my eyes.

“Captain, are we really going to be okay?”

Along with Kim Namwoon’s worried voice, I heard the sound of the seal sphere in the sky wriggling.

Three days until the seal was fully released.

「“Just because the Apocalypse Dragon has been freed doesn’t mean everything’s over. You know that too, right?”」

Han Sooyoung agreed with Kim Dokja’s words.

“I’m telling you in advance, but there’s no way ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) we can fight the Apocalypse Dragon head-on and win.”

The Apocalypse Dragon returning this time was the calamity that had destroyed <Eden> during the Holy Demon Great War. There was no way humans could stop a calamity that had even erased a great nebula.

“But there is a way for everyone to live.”

Han Sooyoung said as she looked back at the group.

“We just have to abandon Earth.”

‘Return of the Apocalypse Dragon’ was a scenario whose objective, in the end, was ‘Apocalypse Dragon’s Liberation’.

If they simply moved to the next scenario region in advance before it awakened, they could survive.

And that wasn’t all.

They had liberated the Apocalypse Dragon, so now they could receive the reward too.

A Great Fable, 「Liberator of the Apocalypse Dragon」.

It was truly an enormous reward.

They could probably satisfy most of the conditions needed for “setup, development, turn, and conclusion” with the ‘Great Fable’ they gained this time. And in the Final Scenario, they would be able to contend with the great nebulae as well.

But for that, they had to discard the cards that needed to be discarded.

“Don’t worry. We’ll bring all the comrades at headquarters too.”

The comrades looked doubtful. The first to raise an objection was Lee Jihye.

“Captain. Even if we move, it’s not like everyone can go.”

“What about the Korean Peninsula’s constellations.”

Lee Hyunsung nodded and added.

Unlike Han Sooyoung, who had become a constellation herself, all the comrades were in a state of having contracts with their sponsor constellations. Even if the incarnations crossed into the next scenario, their sponsor constellations were in a different position.

“War God of the Seas and the Bald Militia Commander are all constellations whose origin fable region is Earth. If Earth disappears because of the Apocalypse Dragon……”

Constellations that lost the place their fables originated from could be placed in danger of disappearing.

And that wasn’t the only problem.

“There are also people who didn’t receive this Main Scenario.”

People who couldn’t cross into the ‘next scenario region’, including the craftsmen.

“Captain, we’ll be fine.”

“Thank you for leading us this far.”

The incarnations who hadn’t been able to participate in the Apocalypse Dragon’s liberation because they didn’t have scenario qualifications.

If the group crossed the stage like this, everyone left behind would be abandoned. And if they were unlucky, they would be swept up in Earth’s annihilation and scatter into a handful of fables.

Han Sooyoung bit her lip hard.

She couldn’t save everyone. 「Predicted Plagiarism」 wasn’t omnipotent.

She knew that too.

But even knowing that, the reason it still made her agonize this much was.

「“I hope there’s a story where no one dies.”」

Was it because she had ended up hearing those words from Kim Dokja?

「Scenario 95, Hypothesis 1575 ‘Apocalypse Dragon Resealing’ discarded.」

「Scenario 95, Hypothesis 5612 ‘Use One Enemy Against Another’ discarded.」

Han Sooyoung thought, and thought again.

「Scenario 95, Hypothesis 9413 ‘Seal Sphere Reinforcement’ discarded.」

「Scenario 95, Hypothesis 18563 ‘Yophiel’ discarded.」

…….

In real time, she destroyed countless worlds inside herself, searching for a method, and searching again.

As a result.

「Scenario 95, Hypothesis 88875 ‘Grand Banquet’.」

She arrived at one hypothesis.

「Success rate under 30%.」

A hypothesis is only a hypothesis as long as it stays inside your head. The moment that hypothesis comes out of your head, even as a single sentence, the hypothesis becomes reality.

「If it fails, main-grade characters annihilated.」

A failed plan immediately leads to the end of reality. A writer who knew that well should never speak this plan out loud.

And yet.

“Just one.”

After a long silence, Han Sooyoung opened her mouth.

“If there’s a way to defeat the Apocalypse Dragon and protect Earth too…… will you try it?”

If it were the usual Han Sooyoung, she wouldn’t have brought up something like that to the group.

A plan that takes on that level of risk can’t be called a “plan”.

But Han Sooyoung was different that day.

“If we fail, we might all die.”

She took time to explain the plan. When she explained the danger, she paid even more detailed attention. She explained for a long time, and explained again, that it was the act of leaving behind the safe path and deliberately walking into the abyss of hell, that we didn’t need to make this choice—she explained, and explained again.

The group listened carefully to Han Sooyoung’s words.

And finally, when the story ended, Lee Jihye asked.

“Why didn’t you say earlier that there was a way like that?”

For some reason, the group looked happy. Even though it was a plan with a success rate that didn’t even reach 30%, even though it was a plan where everyone here could be annihilated if things went wrong, the expressions of the group who had heard everything were strangely bright.

“We were waiting for you to say it, Captain.”

“Now we can finally fight properly too.”

Looking at their faces, Han Sooyoung also realized, a beat late.

Being stirred up by Kim Dokja—or by the fables he left behind—wasn’t something only she had experienced.

“Thirty percent is an extremely high success rate. And Captain, that plan isn’t something you carry out alone, is it.”

The plan was established.

But not long after that, Han Sooyoung came to think.

「That plan had to remain a ‘hypothesis’.」

The moment I swallowed my breath without realizing it, the scene changed once again.

When I blinked, the first thing that came into view was a splendid chandelier hanging from the ceiling.

I was standing in a banquet hall.

Several constellations’ incarnation bodies came over and bumped into me as I stood blankly. The moment I lost my balance and staggered, someone grabbed my hand.

“I told you to keep your head on straight.”

It was Lee Seolhwa.

Along with music flowing from somewhere, Lee Seolhwa naturally took both of my hands. We began to dance together.

Moving my steps to the beat, I answered.

“I’m sorry.”

“If you don’t read the fables properly, the fables will read you.”

After nodding, I took a light deep breath and asked.

“What is this banquet hall?”

When I looked around, I occasionally spotted familiar faces.

It wasn’t only Lee Seolhwa. Lee Hyunsung, Lee Jihye, and Kim Namwoon were each occupying a table in the banquet hall.

There were incarnations who came from overseas too. China’s Feihu, India’s Ranbir Khan, Japan’s Asuka Ren.

And next to them, what I could see were the constellations’ incarnation bodies. War God of the Seas, Bald Militia Commander, Number One Sword of Goryeo, Supreme Horseback Archer.

I could also see incarnation bodies of fable-grade, or myth-grade constellations of great nebulae.

The stars’ pressure was tremendous, to the point the vast hall felt cramped.

Lee Seolhwa, who had looked them over with me, asked.

“You said you wanted to know the truth of the world, right?”

With a smile that looked a little sad, Lee Seolhwa said.

“Then from now on, look properly.”

I could see Han Sooyoung stepping up onto the podium in the center of the hall.

“Thank you for gathering.”

Han Sooyoung standing on the podium opened her mouth.

「Scenario 95. Hypothesis 88875 ‘Grand Banquet’ executed.」

It had been a while since I’d heard oratory on that level. Clean, with nothing to add or subtract, but with the necessary parts appropriately emphasized. If you were a being with ears, there was no way your heart wouldn’t be moved.

The content of the speech was simple.

「Let’s create ‘one single fable’ shared by all stars.」

When the speech ended, a big reaction arose in the banquet hall.

[Constellation, ‘War God of the Seas’ joins intentions with ‘Director of the False Epilogue’.]

[Constellation, ‘Bald Militia Commander’ nods and cheers.]

[Constellation, ‘Number One Sword of Goryeo’ sympathizes with ‘Director of the False Epilogue’.]

…….

But not all stars were favorable to her.

[Constellation, ‘Savage War God’ asks if you called them to say that kind of nonsense.]

[Demon King, ‘Lion of the Black Mane’ claims it’s rubbish not even worth hearing.]

[Constellation, ‘Almighty Sun’ shakes his head.]

[Nebula, the constellations of <Asgard> prepare to withdraw.]

To those constellations, Han Sooyoung coldly warned.

“You guys, if you run away like that now, you’ll never be able to turn back.”

[Some constellations ridicule the words of ‘Director of the False Epilogue’.]

[A few myth-grade constellations say they don’t need to take on this kind of risk.]

“Yeah, you myth-grade constellations would. But what about the ones below you? What are you going to do about the constellations that couldn’t enter the Final Scenario? If the Apocalypse Dragon starts tail-wagging, those guys are all going to die off.”

[Some constellations ask if that’s true.]

[A few myth-grade constellations fall silent.]

“You haven’t tried it.”

The solution to some scenarios is very simple. But because that solution is simple enough for anyone to think of, no one thinks of it as the solution.

“Up until now, not even once, have all the stars ever fought together against a single calamity.”

Han Sooyoung’s plan was clear.

The Apocalypse Dragon begins ‘tail-wagging’ the moment it resurrects. If they could just endure the Apocalypse Dragon’s ‘resurrection disaster’, the stars also had a chance.

“It’s possible. You know it too. That in this <Star Stream>, there is no scenario that is ‘truly impossible’.”

At her words, the stars wavered.

Han Sooyoung continued.

“If everyone dreams the same fable, it’s possible. If everyone wants the same scenario, Plausibility is enough. Because—”

After a brief pause, Han Sooyoung finished.

“Because you guys are <Star Stream>.”

A plan the usual Han Sooyoung, who didn’t trust the stars, would never have executed.

「Holding one single ‘Grand Banquet’ and unifying the stars.」

And yet, the reason Han Sooyoung adopted that plan was probably because the one who changed her mind was also a star.

[Nebula <Olympus>’s stars prepare to withdraw from the scenario.]

But the stars had lived for far too long to be persuaded by a short speech. Their choice had been decided.

[Nebula <Veda>’s stars prepare to withdraw from the scenario.]

In front of the catastrophe draping over them, Han Sooyoung smiled as if she had even expected that.

“Yeah, I figured you would. But anyway, you won’t have a choice.”

[From now on, ‘scenario withdrawal’ is restricted.]

“Because.”

[Warning! The resurrection of ‘Apocalypse’s Final Dragon’ is imminent!]

In order to gather the constellations in one place and borrow their power, Han Sooyoung made a radical choice.

“Because the calamity has already started.”

「It was bringing ‘the Apocalypse Dragon’s resurrection’ forward by several hours.」

A roar rang out from the sky. The entire banquet hall seemed to sway precariously, and through the broken seal sphere, the Apocalypse Dragon began to stick its head out.

“From now on, we’ll make <Star Stream>’s final fable.”

Han Sooyoung’s plan was perfect.

To pull in the constellations, and make all of them oppose the ‘Apocalypse Dragon’ at the same time.

But as always, a perfect plan doesn’t necessarily guarantee success.

「Scenario 95, ‘Return of the Apocalypse Dragon’.」

That day, when <Star Stream>’s night sky shone brightly by the hand of a single director.

「Scenario clear failed.」

The universe of the 1,863rd round returned to primordial darkness.