No Kyunghwan took one step forward at a time.Since he could no longer see, the world before him was nothing but darkness.Pushing deeper into that darkness, he murmured,“What kind of scene is it now?”He hadn’t really expected an answer—but someone replied.—It’s a field of flowers, Mister.The voice was distant, so faint he couldn’t tell who it belonged to.Hearing it, No Kyunghwan pictured the unseen landscape in his mind.And then, in that darkness, flowers began to bloom one by one.Red spider lilies, spreading everywhere.The flowers that would kill him.“It’s beautiful,” No Kyunghwan said quietly.He thought of his wife—the woman who had died when the meteor struck.To die while thinking of his wife who had died in a field of flowers.If his life were a novel, this would be the place where its final line was written.A novel.He thought of the one his daughter had loved.If only this, too, could be just a story.If someday his daughter could read it and smile—if he could look at her and say,See? Your dad showed up in the book you liked.He gave a wry smile.But perhaps Ji-yoon was already dead.Like her mother before her—dead inside this ridiculous lie of a world.He thought about his daughter’s last moments.How much she must have suffered.How alone she must have been.No Kyunghwan forced his legs to move once more.He would see his wife and daughter soon—but to do that, he first had to finish the story of “Lee Dansu.”I am Lee Dansu.The name he’d been given in this new world.What kind of life had the body’s original owner lived?He didn’t know.He only knew that the body was at its limit,and his consciousness kept drifting.He had lost too much blood.[The power of the Star Jewel strengthens your body.]If not for that last remaining jewel, he would have collapsed long ago.The Lesser Dragon’s breath grew closer.The dizzying scent of flowers hung heavy in the air.Dansu thought of one man’s name.I’m sorry, Inho.And at that moment——Mister.The voice became clearer.—You can hear me now, can’t you?The same voice that had called this place a flower field.Dansu knew whose it was.“Inho?”—Yes, it’s me.Though he couldn’t see, Dansu’s head turned as if searching for me.His voice trembled.“How are you awake? You shouldn’t be here. You have to go back to the platform—”—I’m safe. What matters now is you.“I’m finished.”The voice of someone who had already let go of life.His eyes were gone, his body half-decayed.Muscles in his limbs had sloughed away in chunks.But that wasn’t why he wanted to die.“Why is the world cruel only to me?”I didn’t know what to say.What would Yoo Joonghyuk have said?‘There was a boy who died the moment the scenario began. Who’s more unfortunate—you, or him? What’s the point of measuring misery here?’What would Han Sooyoung have said?‘All misfortune is ordinary. It only looks special because it’s been caught in a story.’But I couldn’t speak like them.That wasn’t what he needed to hear.“I don’t want to live anymore.”If I wanted Dansu to live, that would only be my selfish wish.—Mister.I knew it too. Even if he survived this, his misery wouldn’t vanish.He would have to keep living.In a world without his wife or daughter.What meaning could that hold for him?Could I give that meaning to him?Did I even have the right?And yet—I couldn’t stop the impulse.I want to write.In some unseen theater, I wanted to show the next pageto a reader out there praying, like me, for this man to live.I began to write.What kind of person was Dad?Dansu flinched, raising his head toward the empty air.Mom died when a meteor fell, and Dad got cancer.His lips trembled again and again.Are we a cursed family?Even though he couldn’t see, he could hear the sentence.“What… what was that?”He stammered, incredulous.“Ji-yoon?”—Yes.“Ji-yoon… you’re alive?”I hesitated.The truth would strip away his final hope.But would a lie like that be unforgivable?I blinked slowly.And thought—not of truth or lies, but of a single heart.‘Please, save my dad, Kim Dokja.’A daughter’s wish for her father to live.I chose the line that carried that wish.—Yes.This world was the Star Stream.A world born from author, reader, and protagonist alike.Here, the dead could rise, time could be rewritten,a person could be reborn as another.At least here——Yes, she’s alive.It wasn’t a lie.—But for that, you have to survive first.The spores were spreading fast now.In less than thirty seconds, they would fill the entire area.“B-but how—”His voice shook with panic.I took a deep breath—and dove into his body like plunging into the sea.[“Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint,” Stage 3, fully activated!]Light flooded his eyes.In the empty sockets, new pupils of radiance formed.“I—I can see!”They were my eyes.—Run!Together, we sprinted through the spore field,dodging the blossoms that could bloom beneath our feet.—Coat!He snatched up a white coat that had fallen earlier—mine.—Inside pocket. Brown vial.He found it immediately.Powdered Horn of the Anti-Poison Rhinoceros.A consumable with detoxifying effects.—Spores ahead! Dodge right! Grab that book next to it!A small booklet lay on the ground where I pointed—dropped by one of the dead king’s followers.[Item acquired: Donguibogam – Miscellaneous Illnesses (Vol. 3)]So that group had cleared the five-man dungeon “Chapters of the Donguibogam.”[Item acquired: Donguibogam – Acupuncture Volume.]Nine total volumes lay scattered around.[Item effect “Incomplete Donguibogam” activated.]When eight or more volumes were collected, they granted temporary Poison Resistance.[Your body temporarily manifests an innate Poison Evasion ability.]I could feel his breathing steady a little.But it would only buy time.Even with the horn powder and the Donguibogam synergy,he couldn’t last thirty seconds in this miasma.“Ugh.”The spores touched his skin; it turned brown.Grrrrrr—The dragon had noticed the anomaly—its “annihilation phase” hadn’t killed him, so the next pattern began.It bellowed and unleashed a toxic rain.“Inho!”His face went pale at the sight.—It’s fine. You can live. Run!“Do I deserve to live?”—You have to see Ji-yoon again!He said nothing, only gasped for breath.That silence was enough.He already knew everything.“Even if I survive, I’ll only weigh you down.”A burden.So that’s how he saw himself.—Mister.Killer King, who’d seen him with the Eyes of Sin, had said it:that Dansu’s soul shone pure white—as if he were wearing a white coat.I could see that soul’s footsteps now.‘Could you teach me how to catch bugs, too?’The ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) man who had slain insects in the subway to prove his worth.‘Do we really have to kill?’The man who kept his convictionswhile everyone else slaughtered each other for survival.‘I won’t kill. I won’t kill.’Even after eating the Star Jewel and becoming a monster,he never once killed a human being.—None of us have lived like you did.In this world, a single life could become a legend.[Constellation “Demon of Fire’s Judgment” gazes upon Incarnation “Lee Dansu.”][Constellation “Prisoner of the Golden Goe” watches Incarnation “Lee Dansu.”][Constellation “Sea War Deity” cheers for Incarnation “Lee Dansu’s” history.]But to have that legend acknowledged,you needed proof—qualification.[Constellation “Insidious Strategist” nods approvingly.]And that qualification was lying right there on the ground.—Run! Pick it up—hurry!At my shout, he grabbed the brown flag.Light flared around his entire body.[Incarnation “Lee Dansu” has seized the Brown Flag.][“Path of Kingship” begins!]Acid rain poured from above—the kind even the horn powder couldn’t neutralize.[Brown Flag effect: activating defensive barrier.]A shield spread overhead, blocking the breath.We scanned the area—eight flags total, all dropped by fallen kings.To complete this worldline’s Path of Kingship,he had to reach the Black Flag.—Pick them all up!Each flag changed his aura’s color:brown, pale violet, violet, deep violet, and finally—Thud.He tripped on a rock and rolled across the floor.Spider lilies burst beneath him, releasing clouds of spores that clung to his skin.“Ah.”Flowers sprouted from his body.The lilies bloomed endlessly, their fragrance suffocatingly sweet.His mana was draining fast.[Incarnation “Lee Dansu” has attained the Black Flag.]His breathing slowed.I could feel his fear.He understood now.What was coming next.And what my plan had been all along.[Core condition of “Path of Kingship” unlocked.]Even I didn’t know if this would work.“Thank you.”He smiled through the petals that engulfed him.This was a path only Mr. Dansu could take.And for it to work—he had to die once.Death.I didn’t know what that truly was.Maybe he didn’t either.Was it something one could experience?What happened after?—Mister. Don’t worry.No one knew except Kim Dokja.—I’ll stay with you.Soon, we would know too.“Friend.”His last word.Then the vision dimmed.Darkness swallowed everything.A black, empty void.A page still unwritten.I called him again and again,but there was no reply.[“Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint” experiences an abnormal reaction!]Was I alive?Was I dead?Or neither?■Maybe I was just staring at a wall.A wall of endless symbols—██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████I ran my fingers along it, desperate to find a single readable letter.And then—□A sudden pull,light flooding in.I was back inside the labyrinth.[A new King has been born.][You made a decisive contribution to the birth of the new King.][ re-evaluates your legend.][A new “Vanishing” is recorded upon the Final Wall.]Between the drifting petals, a blinding light rose.Within it, the body of Mr. Dansu was being reconstituted.And thus, a new King of the Undying was born.

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