#outer god arc

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🤣🤣🤣🤣 YU JUNGHYEOK SHIELDING HIS BOYFRIEND!!! (ps. To new readers, this is just a ship that I wish was canon T v T)

Another post, another proof of Joongdok

-------------------------------------------------------We defeated countless Yogoes and also faced off against the Constellations from <Emperor> that showed up to retrieve those creatures afterwards.

[Those Yogoes that you subjugated earlier were creatures that I raised in my backya…..]

“Scram.”

Yu Jung-Hyeok kicked them away instead of me. Seemingly wanting to avoid fighting the ‘Conquering King’ Zhu Bajie, <Emperor>’s Constellations went away willingly even though they expressed their dissatisfaction over the matter.

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Yu Junghyeok probably already knows this is Kim Dokja and he made a bonding moment for just the two of them, aww~ 🥰

Another post, another proof of joongdok 😎

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I felt my right wrist getting numb so I took a look, only to see something rather horrifying happening there.

“You’re just as weak as that bastard. What’s the matter with your Incarnation Body?”

Yu Jung-Hyeok was holding my right wrist with enough force to pop it like a balloon while feeling for my pulse. Now that I thought about it, this guy possessed the next best medical skills after Yi Seol-Hwa in our group.

He scowled deeply as he continued to observe my condition. “Not a single blood vessel in your internal organs is intact. It’s a miracle that you even managed to participate in this scenario.”

“….Is that so.”

“It’s rare to see a Constellation ending up in such a situation. Are you being chased by someone?”

I looked at him with a bit of surprise.

There was no way he’d ask me that out of concern, so…. Seeing how he was firmly grasping the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] with his free hand from a while ago, I could more or less figure out what he was planning to do here.

...

Yi Ji-Hye, watching that, spoke to me. “My Master, no wait, my Senior Brother is really cool, isn’t he? Even though he’s saying that, he was the first person to recommend using elixirs on you.”

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...foreshadowing...

Also, this is...for some reason, this stabbed me right through my heart...

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[A portion of abandoned Yogoes are now following you.]

Yu Jung-Hyeok addressed me. “You know that this is a meaningless action, right?”

“….”

“The <Emperor> Nebula will retrieve them once this Fable chamber is complete.”

“I’m aware of that.”

“Something like that has happened thousands of times to them. Your kindness means nothing to them.”

“I’m also aware of that.”

“They will perform the exact same roles in the exact same scenario in the future, and forget all about you. They won’t be able to remember anything about you.”

“Do the ones that can’t remember anything….” I stared straight at Yu Jung-Hyeok and replied. “….also forget about their sorrow, too?”

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🤣🤣🤣 Yi Gilyeong openly trying to piss off < Emperor > is just 👏👏👏👏👏👏❤❤❤❤ and the fact that it did exponentially angered them shows how immature they are 🤣🤣🤣

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They discovered us overtaking them and began shouting in our direction. Yi Gil-Yeong flipped them a middle finger, instead. “Why don’t you munch on this!”

[Nebula, <Emperor>’s Lords of the Nine Stars, are descending to the scenario!]

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All the people who loves reading and writing the most, I respect you all. Like how Kim Dokja can't understand Yu Jungyeok's determination, I can never dream to understand your determinations.

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I recalled the sight beyond the Wall – the Library shrouded in forlorn yet cosy darkness, as well as the Librarians that greatly cared about the place.

The important story of the ‘Ways of Survival’ that contained every Yu Jung-Hyeok regression turn had been recorded there, and….

….Even the unimportant life of ‘Kim Dok-Ja’ was recorded there, as well.

⸢That Library was recording everything about Kim Dok-Ja, even in this very moment.⸥

⸢Kim Dok-Ja’s breaths, his appearance, his laughter, and his manner of speech.⸥

⸢The food Kim Dok-Ja likes and the ones he dislikes. Songs he hummed occasionally. Expressions he makes when he’s sad or happy. His habit of muttering to himself when he’s not feeling confident, and the ensuing self-deprecation.⸥

⸢His habit of leaning his head slightly when worrying about the kids. The slight twitch of his eyelids as he closes his eyes after thinking about his mother. The smile he makes whenever he’s talking to Yu Sang-Ah. His arcing eyebrows and naughty smile whenever he’s making fun of Han Su-Yeong. The guilt when he thinks about Yi Hyeon-Seong. And….⸥

⸢The glint in his eyes when he recalls the story he loves.⸥

That was why I could say it openly like this.

‘I can just read from the beginning again.’

⸢B u t⸥

‘From the moment the subway arrived, all the way up to when I arrived here in the Journey to the West. I can just read them all again.’

The shell made out of light, fired from afar, landed near my feet.

I was swept away in the explosion of light and sunk into the water below. I flailed about and grabbed hold of a piece of nearby floating debris.

[Damage to your Incarnation Body is critical!]

[Outer God transformation rate: 99.3%]

I stood up and ran again.

I really had only a little more remaining.

‘Because I love reading the most in this world, after all.’

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Characters that made him live, that protected him, that saved him from reality, and so, he owes them his life. Truly an undeniable truth that seperates Kim Dokja from other constellations. Its his will and morals for the ones who saved him, for the ones he cares about.

But—because his OUR portagonist, it burns my eyes...

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‘I know what I’ll have to pay.’

In that case, why….!

‘Because… I have to do it.’

I replied with a simple grin.

I slowly blinked, and during those short moments of darkness, the figures of the ‘Outer Gods’ brushed past my mind.

[AhAhAhAhAhAh]

[SavemeSavemeSavemSavemeSaveme]

[MymemoriesMymemoriesMymemories]

The Outer Gods.

Creatures born out of all the countless world-lines where Yu Jung-Hyeok had failed.

The worlds that allowed me to live on until now. The traces of the worlds that I loved so much.

‘How can I make any other choice after seeing the truth?’

Especially so, when I could still clearly hear them even now?