<h4>Chapter 694 - Egg (2)</h4>
[The leader of [Mch], Metatron is in utter shock and wants to know what you are thinking!]
[The leader of [L’Infernal], Baal, looks at you with an expression of shock!]
[The ck King wonders what his shadow is thinking.]
As beings of the Day, Metatron and Baal were thoroughly shocked by Yeon-woo’s decision. The two knew that Yeon-woo’s ultimate purpose was to regain his younger brother''s soul, so they were surprised by the sudden turn of events.
However, for Yeon-woo, it was a choice he made to be faithful to his purpose. After skimming through the remainder of Son Jae-won/Vivasvat’s legends, Yeon-woo understood the gist of the sh between Day and Night. Although he still did not know theplete story, he saw enough to understand the rough ‘plot’ of what went on. Thanks to this, Yeon-woo was able to unveil all the secrets from the time the universe was created to the establishment of the Tower.
[You have sessfully devoured 60.2% of yer Vivasvat’s legends!]
From the creation of the universe to the establishment of the Tower, the ck King had attempted to awaken several times. Each time the ck King attempted to awaken, the Heavenly Demon and those of the Day had been sessful in suppressing the ck King. However, with each sessive suppression, the Heavenly Demon and those of the Day had be weakened, so the Tower was established to develop a sessor, who would continue to suppress the ck King.
Originally, Son Jae-won had been selected as the sessor. However, although he had admired his father and wanted to follow in his footsteps, Jae-won had conflicted with the Day, leading his rtionship with those of the Day to fall apart.
As a result, the great division urred within the Tower, wherein the heavenly world and the lower worlds werepletely separated. At the center of this great division was Son Jae-won/Vivasvat, who was able to maintain the great division for a long period of time due to his title and power as ‘Allforone’.
Son Jae-won/Vivasvat had worked diligently in his own way to prevent the ck King from waking up. From the beginning, to prevent the ck King from using any tricks, Son Jae-won/Vivasvat removed in advance the candidates that could be the ck King’s sessor. Moreover, he had forcibly suppressed any beings that tried to exuviate and transcend, as they may then contact otherworld beings.
Maintaining the great divide and suppressing all options to wake the ck King became Vivasvat-Son Jae-won’s personal mission. However, for others, his actions were seen as violent oppression. In the end, theints piled up, and a character like Yeon-woo was born.
「‘There was no other option.’ This was the conclusion I reached after learning about the existence of the ck King and searching for possible solutions.」
「Thus, I conflicted with those of the Day. I argued that we couldn’t beat the ck King following the same ybook. Instead, we needed to find another way.」
「We agreed that the great divide could be a possible solution, but we were conflicted on how the great divide should be established and what it should represent.」
「I insisted that we should just let the ck King continue to sleep. To have the ck King fall into an even deeper sleep.」
「If needed, that should be our approach.」
「In turn…」
「I would carry all the responsibility.」
The remnant thoughts left by Son Jae-won/Vivasvat all contained a sense of deep despair, alongside fear and frustration. He despaired that it might be difficult to continually suppress and resist the ck King.
Son Jae-won/Vivasvat was born as a child of the Heavenly Demon, but he was initially born as a normal being, so his identity as a ‘human’ was firmly entrenched. Son Jae-won/Vivasvat was deeply dissatisfied with the gods who tried to treat humans like livestock. And that dissatisfaction only grew after he entered the Tower. Soon, his dissatisfaction became a deep hatred. Thus, when Son Jae-won/Vivasvat met the darkness, which even the gods were too scared to do anything about, he could no longer contain his anger.
If there was a huge existence that mere mortal creatures could not do anything about, this meant that the mortals had a fixed destiny. And if that were the case, what was the need for free will, and what good woulde out of nning for one’s future? Even if mere mortals tried to do something, in the end, if the higher existence coughed, all the mortals’ efforts would end up useless and just be an illusion. Hence, Son Jae-won/Vivasvat decided to take a stand all by himself.
If one meets Buddha, kill Buddha. If one meets one’s Master, kill the Master.
If I don’t go to hell, who will?
As he had always chanted to himself throughout his lifetime, Son Jae-won/Vivasvat decided to take on all the responsibilities himself. No one else needed to know his true intent. All they needed to do was walk their own path without any worries. Even if others pointed a finger at him without knowing the truth, Son Jae-won/Vivasvat would handle it. This was what he thought.
So, Son Jae-won/Vivasvat became Allforone from then on. He tried to keep the bnce of the Tower by blocking the gods and demons and sheltering the lower beings.
Son Jae-won/Vivasvat was thus able to maintain a status quo. By allowing everything to continue within their designated ces, the ck King’s ‘dream’ was prevented from turning violent. From one perspective, he could be called a great hero, but his intent and actions were not made public, so he garnered no recognition, only constant criticism. In the end, his efforts failed. In front of the ck King’s great presence, Son Jae-won/Vivasvat was nothing more than a firefly that could easily be snubbed out.
You’re no different from me…
In the end, you’ll be thrown away…
We’re nothing but pawns on a chessboard…
In the end, the letters left by Son Jae-won/Vivasvat seemed to convey hisst will.
[In the process of reassembling the letters of the devoured legends. Sections that have heretofore been hidden are being revealed.]
[Part of the revtions that you have never seen before have been revealed!]
[The interpretation of the revtions has begun.]
[Fail.]
[Fail.]
…
[Sess.]
…
[You have obtained 1 page of the revtions.]
[You have obtained 3 pages of the revtions.]
…
Taking all this in, Yeon-woo came to a certain conclusion. ‘I must break all these absurd chains.’
There should be no more victims like himself, his younger brother, or Son Jae-won/Vivasvat.
Even if Yeon-woo was not able topletely break the chains, and even if he could not put the ck King to sleep forever… Yeon-woo could at least make it so that things did not cycle and repeat. Therefore, this time around, he was thinking of carrying the load, all the responsibilities, himself. But in apletely different way from Son Jae-won/Vivasvat, who had failed.
If I don’t go to hell, who will?
From the start, Yeon-woo was not under the illusion of bing an extraordinary hero like Son Jae-won/Vivasvat. In the first ce, if Yeon-woo had been the kind of person to sacrifice himself for other people he didn’t know, he would not have climbed the Tower to avenge his younger brother.
There was only one thing Yeon-woo wanted: to get his brother back. And to realize that goal, Yeon-woo would use his life as a tool… He did not feel that this was a loss. Thus, for that reason, there was one option remaining for him.
『…dumb bastard.』Kronos, who had guessed his son’s thoughts and intentions, uttered a small whisper.
Whoosh!
[yer Cha Yeon-woo looks up at the ck King’s true body.]
Yeon-woo felt the ck King’s gaze, and he stared straight back.
Meanwhile, the bondage mechanisms that the ck King put on Yeon-woo were getting stronger. The chains that bound Yeon-woo’s hands and feet grew thicker, and the darkness that had encroached on the seventy-seventh floor became even darker. Moreover, the presence of the ck King gradually became clearer. Once Yeon-woo chose Night, Yeon-woo’s exuviation was taking on more of the darkness characteristic.
[A new foreign substance intervened during the exuviation process. Newponents are being added to your exuviation.]
[Your exuviation is progressing noticeably slower. 44, 45%…]
[Your soul, which was in the Divine Spirit state, has changed. Current Status: Darkness-coated Spirit.]
Although the fundamental change of Yeon-woo’s soul meant that Yeon-woo was gradually bing part of the ck King, with no way to escape…
‘On the other hand, it also means I can kick up a storm from the inside.’ Yeon-woo reached out towards the ck chains with his hands and held them tightly.
[The ck King looks puzzlingly at his shadow.]
Yeon-woo smirked at the ck King, who was still observing Yeon-woo closely. Then, Yeon-woo started pulling the chains inward towards his body.
[The ck King tilts his head, not knowing what his shadow is thinking.]
It was impossible for Yeon-woo to draw out the ck King, who could be considered the entire emptiness itself, with his current power. Thus, the chains only became tauter, as the other end did not budge. However, the moment Yeon-woo called out someone’s name, the story changed.
[‘Summon of the Dead’ has been activated.]
[Who do you want to summon?]
“The Monkey King.”
Whoosh! At that moment, a plume of darkness bloomed behind Yeon-woo, revealing the Monkey King’s exuviate.
『You punk! I’ve been waiting for you to call me!』It was the Monkey King’s exuviate, whom Yeon-woo had absorbed in the Five Element Mountains. The Monkey King’s exuviate stood with a cynical smile on his face and his long white hair fluttering about him.
Next to the Monkey King’s exuviate was a giant dragon that glowed indigo blue, Sheng. Sheng, a being who was once the Heavenly Demon’s familiar and the ego of the Ruyi Bang, was the source code that became the basis of the Tower’s system.
『Do you have any regrets about your choice?』 The blue dragon, Sheng, guessed the thoughts of Yeon-woo, since Yeon-woo was the incarnation of the Tower’s system, so Sheng asked for reconfirmation before executing Yeon-woo’s order.
“None!”
『Not one?』
“No! Hurry it up!”
Once Sheng confirmed that Yeon-woo did not waver, Sheng quietly closed its eyes and nodded.『Good. If you, the new operating system, have made that choice, I will execute yourmand.』 At the end of those words, the giant dragon shattered into pieces and nestled into Yeon-woo.
No, to be precise, the giant dragon melted into the chains connecting Yeon-woo and the emptiness. In ce of where Sheng’s light burst out, all that remained were the Divine Iron fragments of Ruyi Bang. These were the traces left by the disappearance of the blue dragon, Sheng, and were also the keyponents that made up the Tower.
[The highest-level order has been given.]
[Executing themand.]
[Executing themand.]
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[All system functions are being focused on the divine iron!]
[The ck King btedly realized what his shadow was trying to do. The ck King gave a light sigh.]
Yeon-woo clenched his jaw while looking at the ck King, who was still smiling confidently. Wondering how much longer the ck King would have a smile on his face, Yeon-woo kept pulling tighter on the chains that connected him to the ck King. As he did so, Yeon-woo felt the ck King’s presence grow clearer.
[A Channel with the ck King has been created!]
[A Terminal has been created.]
[Outgoing status is good.]
[Reception status is good.]
[It is now possible to recognize the ck King more clearly.]
[A hotline has been opened to directlymunicate with the ck King.]
…
[You’ve sessfully detected parts of the ck King’s true body!]
Thanks to his efforts, Yeon-woo seeded in finding the ck King’s true body. This also gave Yeon-woo a confirmation. ‘Now the ck King can’t cut me off.’
Since the Tower’s system was focusing all its functions on reinforcing Yeon-woo’s connection with the ck King, if the ck King tried to force Yeon-woo away, the ck King would have no choice but to take a huge counterblow. This was because Yeon-woo represented the Tower itself. It was as if Yeon-woo himself had be a restraint that restricted the ck King.
[Power, ‘Hades’ Spirit Eating Sword’ bares its vicious teeth!]
[The Philosopher’s Stone (Superbia·G·Luxuria) is eagerly trembling.]
[The number of legends is too vast.]
[The number of legends is too vast.]
…
[The nature of ‘Superbia (pride)’ is running rampant…]
[The nature of ‘G (gluttony)’ is savagely…]
[The nature of ‘Luxuria (lust)’ is cating…]
…
There was no way that Yeon-woo could defeat the ck King by himself. If the powers he possessed originated from the ck King, Yeon-woo would not be able to go against the origin. But that also meant that, conversely, Yeon-woo could reach the origin.
Furthermore, even though the ck King was preparing to wake up from his ‘dream’, the ck King was not yetpletely awake. Also, even if he woke up, it would take him some time topletely awaken and release himself from the Castshe was bound to.
What was more, the current ck King was not a standalone being with its own ego but a ‘clump’ of thoughts and concepts. The ck King was aware of this fact, so he had prepared two sessors who wouldpete to wake him up from his ‘dream’.
Yeon-woo aimed for this very point, since his current status was that of the ck King’s shadow. This also meant that Yeon-woo could be the ck King’s ego at any time.
[Assimtion with the true body is urring!]
Just like what Vieira Dune did to Mother Earth, Yeon-woo would be the ck King’s ego, and end things once and for all.