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    <Regression number 13 is damn right, episode 334>

    Episode – Happy Ending

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    Ding- Ding- Ding─

    The countdown points to 24 o’clock and the broken bell continues to ring.

    As if announcing a turning point in fate.

    The door on the 88th floor scratched the floor.

    Kuuuu─

    The future that was tightly closed is opened.

    A future that I despaired of many times.

    A human being too small for the door walks through the corridors of the labyrinth.

    Inside the 88th floor hallway.

    The ending awaits him.

    The air in the hallway which I have breathed in many times feels new.

    When I first walked down this hallway I felt as if even the air was piercing my lungs due to the fear and tension of meeting the devil.

    However as the number of times increased I became more excited by the exhilaration of killing the Demon King and returning to Earth and I vowed to prevent destruction this time.

    A quiet muttering to myself was heard at the end of the hallway.

    ‘Hmm… that’s roughly how it happened.’

    ‘I finally understand.’

    The smell of blood is mixed with the familiar air.

    The fishy smell of body fluids and internal organs fills the tip of my nose.

    The end of the hallway we arrived at leaving behind a trail of blood.

    “Hey main character.”

    The 11th episode sitting on the Demon King’s throne waved to Joo Gong-hyeok.

    “Has it finally arrived? “Are you a little late?”

    Episode 11 grinned and rested his chin on the throne.

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    The black helmet from before was missing on his head.

    Joo Gong-hyeok looked down at the blood-stained throne.

    The corpses of the Future Man and the Demon King were strewn on the stairs leading up to the throne.

    “The devil and these guys. “Did you kill them all?”

    “Oh I killed him.”

    The 11th asked resting his chin on the throne.

    “What are you going to do now? “The Demon King is dead and the guys from the future are also dead?”

    “I get the ending I want.”

    Joo Gong-hyuk spoke calmly.

    “You still don’t understand. “Get off the throne.”

    “Well it could go off….”

    The 11th person sitting on the throne twisted his head.

    “There’s no need to lock everyone in a barbell right?”

    “Did you read it to Future People?”

    I spoke to the 11th episode who saw the selection of “14th episode”.

    “It’s just as you saw it. There is no return no return. “Humans will live in the world of humans and hunters will live in the world of gods.”

    “What are the exceptions?”

    “does not exist.”

    Round 11 tapped the handle of the throne with a bored expression.

    “That’s the ending you want.”

    “okay.”

    “Don’t you regret it?”

    “I never regret it.”

    “Is that correct? But why are you making that face?”

    Episode 11 said while looking at Joo Gong-hyeok’s face.

    “Look at that expression again. “Are you prepared for the ‘regrets’ and ‘suffering’ that will come in the future?”

    “…You don’t know yet.”

    Joo Gong-hyuk sighed.

    “I have learned as many lessons as the number of people I have killed and sacrificed. I am more complete than you. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t know for the rest of your life.”

    “Hmm… really? “What do you like?”

    The 11th episode gave a twisted smile.

    “You go back to Earth. “I’ll stay at Babel.”

    “What do you mean?”

    “I will pay for you the justice and ideals you have to pay.”

    “….”

    “You may not like it but you are the main character of this world. There are quite a few people who want to forgive you. “I came after hearing it.”

    Round 11 shook his head.

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    “The teacher Ryan Yeonsi Nathaniel and those guys whose names I don’t know all want to forgive you. and….”

    The 11th person sitting on the throne smiled and pointed to Joo Gong-hyeok at the bottom of the stairs.

    “I will forgive you.”

    “forgiveness?”

    “okay. You can thank me for my generous forgiveness. “I will bear your sins so you go to the future.”

    ‘To the happy future everyone is waiting for.’

    The 11th round lowered the finger.

    “As expected I hate the future you chose. Fuck the future that is just right. Return to Earth and become God. It doesn’t matter if it’s far-fetched or false. “Make a happy ending.”

    “There is no happy ending.”

    Joo Gong-hyeok answered emotionlessly.

    “Cinners must be punished. Just like ‘The 14th’ did.”

    “Didn’t you hear what he said?”

    “Don’t do anything you’ll regret.”

    The 11th said:

    “If you sit on this throne you will live a painful life of regret. Be honest too. Even if you say it was wrong part of you wants to be forgiven. You say you don’t regret it but you regret it. You say it’s natural but it’s painful. “You prayed for the ‘14th’ to be forgiven right?”

    “…What on earth are you talking about?”

    I’ve never prayed or anything.

    Joo Gong-hyeok was slowly getting tired of the bullshit from the 11th episode.

    However in the 11th episode he looked down at Joo Gong-hyuk and said something.

    “Me too. I forgive you. “Embrace your guilt and live a happy life.”

    “….”

    “If you refuse a happy ending. “I will make it happen.”

    “under.”

    Joo Gong-hyeok said with a tired face.

    “No more bullshit.”

    The Ascendant clenched his fists.

    Kwasik-

    A bursting sound rings out from the ceiling of the 88th floor.

    Soon the ceiling exploded like leather.

    The only thing that can be obtained by those who seek the ideal is the ideal.

    Those who wish for justice can only get it.

    No one can pay the price for justice and ideals.

    Joo Gong-hyeok raised his right arm which was made of a tower.

    “Speak all that bullshit in hell.”

    Kwaaaaaa-!

    Storm and wind.

    The remains of the corpse and the red carpet were blown up by the whirlwind and Joo Gong-hyeok’s hair was flying.

    The shadow of a huge fist covers the 88th floor.

    It’s so huge that I can’t even feel it.

    Joo Gong-hyeok loaded the “Barbell Punch.”

    “If you can’t understand I’ll destroy it.”

    “wow-!”

    Episode 11 opened my eyes wide.

    “Seeing it in ‘real life’ definitely feels different.”

    The 11th sitting on the throne grinned.

    “Then shall I show you too?”

    The thunderbolt of “Ascension” struck the 11th round of the throne.

    Qarring──!!

    In the 11th round a string of lightning patterns was engraved on his entire body and blue-white lightning spewed out from his eyes.

    Appearance of the “Forerunner.”

    The power of the “Seer” requested by the Demon King descended on the body of the 11th.

    Thus in the 11th episode we were able to see Joo Gong-hyeok’s future once again.

    “It’s also not right.”

    The 11th said in a flash of lightning.

    The current Joo Gong-hyeok could not see his future.

    Because he is a normal person who cannot see a future that he did not predict.

    The sacrifices of the Hyperdimension Machine Vaccine Synthesis avatars were all events that went beyond what he expected.

    Therefore Joo Gong-hyuk could not see his future and had no choice but to be imprisoned in the ‘Prison of Ascension’.

    But the 11th episode is different.

    The “Temporary Precursor” authority grants only the power the user can handle and shows the future they can see.

    The future confirmed by Joo Gong-hyeok.

    The 11th episode which exists in only one path was able to understand Joo Gong-hyeok’s entire future the moment he received the power of the seer.

    “I don’t understand either.”

    Rumbling ──

    Episode 11: Joo Gong-hyeok rose from the throne scattering lightning.

    Joo Gong-hyeok who raised his fist in ascension froze.

    ‘Same “Ascension”.’

    The 11th time Ascension descended opened its mouth.

    “It’s different from the guy you were talking about but I also talked to someone right?”

    “With whom?”

    “I don’t know. Is it eight? “Nine?”

    Round 11 grinned.

    “Guys. I want to send you back home. “That’s right.”

    “That’s not right….”

    Joo Gong-hyeok said with sad eyes.

    “Understand my choice.”

    The only one who can save the world is yourself.

    Joo Gong-hyeok has thought that way for a long time.

    A decision made by the most perfect savior. Hunters only see what’s right in front of them but returners see further away. I see more problems behind the joy.

    No one can stop Joo Gong-hyeok.

    But that also applies to the 11th episode.

    After the 11th episode the shadows of Ascension appeared.

    Those who want him to be happy.

    “Well this is Babel right? The words of a powerless man are worthless.

    The 11th spoke with the shadows on his back.

    “Shall we make a bet?”

    “….”

    “You follow the words of the guy who won. how is it?”

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    As the 11th person raised his finger each floor of the Tower of Babel rotated.

    It spewed out blue-white smoke like a god’s fist linked with Joo Gong-hyeok.

    The challengers remaining in the barbell are gathered into one tier and kicked out.

    “I will defeat you and become the leader of this future.”

    The 11th round ready to fight without any worries pulled back his fist full of lightning.

    “I’ll let you hear the story even if I have to knock you down.”

    Crack-!

    Joo Gong-hyeok gritted his teeth and let out the flame of ascension.

    “It’s still a hundred years away. “You bastard.”

    Heat waves and thunderstorms rose from the top of the tower.

    The lightning-spewing barbell of the seer turned into a palm and blocked Ascension’s fist.

    “What is that….”

    Hunters who had evacuated outside Babel looked on in shock as the Ascension and Transcendent Towers collided.

    The barbell grinds like a drill giving a shock that seems to tear apart the void.

    They are on a different level from those who fought cutely in Babel.

    Even a tiptoe is no match for him.

    The towers crashed into each other making a loud noise and sparks and sparks exploded in a grand manner.

    A blue-white flash exploded the tower was torn apart and the Ascendants and Precursors within it also struck each other’s bodies countless times.

    This kind of durability is disadvantageous in a fight….

    Wow!

    White blood and internal organs came out from the golden wound.

    The cracks on the body from the wounds engraved by Yahuhan are gradually widening.

    But Joo Gong-hyuk held back and threw a punch.

    I can bear it.

    For the ending you want.

    I can endure it for the right ending.

    However the same goes for “The 11th Joo Gong-hyeok”.

    「Joo Gong-hyeok」 never loses the opportunity to win once he has exploited his opponent’s weakness.

    The light that broke the barbell gradually faded away.

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    “Don’t act like you’re strong enough to endure anything.”

    The 11th episode spoke to Joo Gong-hyeok whose limbs were reduced to nothing but his chest and head.

    “You are weak.”

    “…Weak?”

    “You regretted it. “If it’s me I won’t regret it.”

    Episode 11 looked at Joo Gong-hyuk and grinned.

    “I will force you to have the ending I want. I will bear your sins for you. “Because that’s the main character’s job.”

    When the 11th person snapped his fingers the broken dimensions returned to the form of a tower and aligned.

    Combined into one Babel.

    “I will become the ‘tyrant of Babel.’ “You go back to Earth and become a god.”

    “…don’t say anything disgusting.”

    Joo Gong-hyuk distorted his face.

    “I don’t want to become the God of Earth or the eternal ruler of the Earth.”

    “Then you should have won the bet.”

    Episode 11 hit Joo Gong-hyuk’s heart hard.

    “Now the main character is me. “Just watch the ending.”

    widely-

    Round 11 snapped his fingers once more and all of Babel’s hunters appeared on the 88th floor which was being restored.

    “what?”

    “Two Joo Gong-hyeok?”

    “Then the fight we had earlier….”

    A tense look was evident on the hunters’ faces.

    The 11th round was announced to them.

    “You bastards of humanity. “Don’t you think you’re too strong to return to Earth?”

    “…?”

    The hunters were silent.

    I’m afraid my head will suddenly explode like when I met Cluesti on the first floor.

    The 11th episode laughed at the intimidating sight of the hunters.

    “Sigmund. from now on.”

    In an instant Sigmund was summoned to the throne.

    “What’s going on?”

    “Show them the past. So that you can understand what’s going to happen.”

    For the first time a smile appeared on Sigmund’s expressionless face.

    “indeed. All right.”

    When I spoke at the square with Alphard I opened the ‘passage’ for all hunters.

    “I will exclude small children.”

    “Whatever you want.”

    When Sigmund waved his arm the hunters’ vision turned white and the story began from one person’s perspective.

    An ordinary third-rate hunter on Earth. The story of Joo Gong-hyeok.

    Screams and groans came from everywhere and the hunters collapsed.

    “Roughly this is why you can’t return to Earth. Do you understand?”

    Even as the 11th episode laughed the painful flashbacks continued.

    Some people fell down and vomited.

    “Gonghyuk….”

    Christina held her eyes and shed tears.

    “Give it time. 3 days. Will I lose everything and return to Earth? Should I stay at Babel? “Choose your own ending with your own hands.”

    Round 11 snapped his fingers.

    More than 1 million hunters returned to the city in an instant.

    In the 11th episode he spoke to Joo Gong-hyeok who was crushed under his feet.

    “Now everything is my fault. “But that doesn’t completely justify your murder.”

    You may be able to ‘understand’ at least.

    But understanding murder does not make it not murder.

    Even after seeing everything there are those who ultimately see him as a psychopathic killer who cannot be understood.

    There will be those who ask why they did not do better and why they were bullied.

    “If the Hunters go back to Earth and are unhappy you make them happy.”

    “What kind of god are you asking me to be?”

    Joo Gong-hyeok pushed off the foot in the 11th round with his recovered hand.

    “Are you telling me to take away all of the other guys’ abilities and go down to Earth alone and become the ruler of the Earth?”

    “It’s something you’ve always done right?

    “It was because I couldn’t help it!”

    Joo Gong-hyuk gritted his teeth.

    “If you leave the hunters alone in Babel they will come down one day! Because that was the only thing I could do! But not anymore!”

    Joo Gong-hyeok stopped talking and glared at the 11th turn.

    “There’s so much we can do now. I will be the ruler forever. “I will become an eternal God of Earth who cannot tolerate other people’s misfortune and things that do not fit my definition.”

    What if it was unfair for the hunters who went down to Earth to starve and live a wasted life as all their abilities were taken away?

    So if you have to make them happy.

    Is it right for the people of Earth to live a life where they are starving suffer unfortunate accidents for no apparent reason and are sacrificed by the advent of Babel?

    Of course like hunters they must be rescued fairly.

    No one should be hungry no one should be abused no one should fight no one should live a happy life.

    Joo Gong-hyuk is a god.

    How far should the almighty Joo Gong-hyeok go?

    How far should we go to make ourselves happy?

    In the past there was no reason to worry about that.

    Because we were anxious to prevent the destruction that was right before our eyes.

    But now it’s different.

    Joo Gong-hyeok became ‘omnipotent’ by human standards.

    It is possible to satisfy every human need and to bind every human will.

    It is possible to eliminate all discrimination and strife.

    But what will happen to humans then?

    What will the future of humanity be like?

    What would 『GM』 think?

    “Ruler as you please.”

    The 11th spoke leisurely.

    “Instead of GM you become the god of mankind. When you do anything you may make mistakes. But then what? “What girl was talking about?”

    Episode 11 lowered his head and faced Joo Gong-hyuk closely.

    “If you make a mistake you can correct it. “There is no God who doesn’t make mistakes.”

    “….”

    These were the words of Hayeonsi who disappeared.

    “Try to control it first. Even if you make a mistake if you keep correcting yourself and working hard… the world might be better than you think right?”

    Episode 11 placed a hand on Joo Gong-hyeok’s chest.

    “Do what you can and die. Should I at least give it a deadline?”

    Deeply-

    The hand dug into Joo Gong-hyeok’s stigmata and grasped the authority of “Ascension”.

    With a popping sound Joo Gong-hyeok’s “Ascension” became material and entered the hands of the 11th.

    “I set a time limit. But I won’t tell you. “Roughly 100 years?”

    Joo Gong-hyuk’s consciousness deprived of most of his ascension was immersed in deep darkness.

    “You have fully fulfilled your responsibilities. “This is the reward.”

    “I am….”

    “You don’t have to be responsible for the destruction of humanity forever. “Live as best as you can while you’re alive.”

    ‘And die satisfied as a supporting role. Leave the Babel to the “main character.”

    The image of the 11th person saying that disappeared outside the closing eyelids.

    And when I opened my eyes again.

    “You woke up. “Oppa.”

    He was laying his head on Hayeonsi’s lap.

    Nathaniel squatted down on Joo Gong-hyeok’s stomach.

    “Sleeping Prince~ Are you awake~?”

    “Is this…?”

    The surroundings are full of hunters with fierce looks.

    And also eyes with compassion.

    “….”

    Edgar who was looking down at him with complex emotions quietly turned his back and disappeared.

    Whisper-

    The disc the hunters rode separated from Babel and headed toward Earth.

    In that disk Joo Gong-hyeok made eye contact with the 11th person looking down at him from the top of the 88th floor.

    He said with a short smile.

    ‘It’s not bad to have a future like this right?’

    The image of the 11th episode gradually became distant and disappeared.

    The disk fell to Earth and separated humanity’s dimension from the roots of Babel.

    * * *

    Kklik- Kklik─

    Christina was pulling a wheelchair in a remote area of ​​the unique city of Deus.

    She smelled the roses on the wall.

    Then he took a petal and brought it to the nose of the man in the wheelchair.

    “It’s a rose. “How does it smell?”

    “….”

    The man had no answer.

    She came down to the position of ruler for the man who killed countless hunters and said as she pushed the wheelchair.

    “The weather is nice today too. Gonghyuk. The laundry will dry well. yes?”

    Bright sunlight illuminated the third session with Christina.

    * * *

    Liang Xian wearing a cape and turban made his way through the desert sandstorm.

    A disciple carrying seven swords followed her.

    “Let’s go a little upstairs.”

    “Do it in moderation Master. “If you keep doing this you’ll die.”

    “Don’t complain. “There is still a long way to go before we can meet the ascendant of the 88th floor.”

    “…When I traveled with you in the past it was quite leisurely and fun.”

    Liang Xian who was walking ahead turned his head.

    She smiled like her other past self.

    “I remember too. “Even though I’m not who I am now I’ll try to give off the vibe I had back then.”

    “…What comes first alcohol? “Smoking comes first?”

    “You come first.”

    The teacher and student laughed and went up against the sandstorm.

    * * *

    Shoot ──

    A beach with gentle waves.

    Joo Gong-hyeok sat on an old chair on the sandy beach and blankly watched the rippling water.

    When the waves hit the sandbank white foam rises and is sucked back into the sea.

    This encounter between waves and sandbanks will continue.

    Even if you die.

    And after you die you don’t have to take responsibility for what happens afterward.

    Everything doesn’t go back to the beginning again.

    After you die you don’t have to take responsibility for anything and just live your real life to the best of your ability.

    It has been his hobby these days to go to the beach and experience that feeling when he has free time.

    “Instalments!”

    A child who was playing house on the sandy beach came running stepping heavily on the sand with his sandals.

    “I built a tower! “Look at that!”

    “…okay.”

    Joo Gong-hyeok turned his head and looked at the sand tower.

    Joo Gong-hyeok smiled as he watched the sand tower rolling up and going up.

    Without realizing it I remembered the white ivory tower and now the time has passed when I can laugh it off as a memory.

    “ruler! The installment plan is now old and I can’t play with it! “Let’s play with aunt!”

    “Kyaa-!”

    Nathaniel picked up the child and flapped his wings.

    Joo Gong-hyeok who was looking at this blankly felt like he was popular.

    “It feels like a lie because I’m saying this right? Something like regression. Babel and things like that.”

    “okay….”

    Hayeonsi sat next to me.

    “How was it when you had to go through regression 13 times?”

    “…That was damn right.”

    Joo Gong-hyeok gave a short answer and continued speaking a moment later.

    “But I think this is okay.”

    “Do you want to tell a story?”

    Hayeonsi smiled.

    “You’ve never heard it from your mouth right? “I miss you too Teacher Christina.”

    “What if you know everything…”

    Even as he said that Joo Gong-hyeok smiled and started talking.

    The story of a third-rate hunter on Earth who dreamed of becoming an ideal hero who would save everyone…

    Episode – Happy Ending

    It’s damn true if there are 13 regressions.

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