Ch. 55-「 I don't exist. 」

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[What have you done? Release this wall! This, this is...!]

The perplexed Nirvana looked at the wall. A blinding light emerged from the letters on the wall.

「 If this world continues to be reborn, we can clear it. 」

[This... don't tell me...!]

Nirvana stared at the pages that contained his truth.

「 Yoo Jonghyuk, I can take you to the end of this world. 」

[H-How do you have this?]

Kim Dokja looked at the perplexed Nirvana and spoke. 

"You don't need to see the end of this world." 

Every time letters appeared in the world, Nirvana's huge body started to disintegrate. Nirvana's body split into countless letters and started to be sucked into the Fourth Wall.

"You will meet your true death here, Nirvana Moebius."

An unknown emotion-filled Nirvana as his soul disintegrated. On the wall, words were being written in real-time.

「 At last, the reincarnator Nirvana reached a 'single life' after hundreds of years of wandering. 」

He laughed to himself. 

[Ha, hahaha. Ha!]

「 He greeted his real 'death.' 」

Nirvana's expression was jubilant.

「 This is... dying. 」

[I see. This is it.]

「 At that moment, Nirvana realized what he had long been waiting for. 」

It had been hundreds of years. He reached the end after countless incarnations. Nirvana closed his eyes at this long-awaited moment. Despite closing his eyes, Nirvana's inner thoughts were still written on the wall.

「 Then why? This is what I've been hoping for. 」

His whole body was covered in minor cracks, and it was all being sucked into the wall. 

「 Why am I feeling afraid? 」

He felt the fear of death for the first time. One of the only things separating him from the rest of the humans. The concept of death, not being able to move, think or feel his own existence. 

「 I don't exist. 」

Nirvana's eyes flashed open for a moment.

「 Don't... I don't want to! 」

No one would hold a philosophical view when fated to die. All beings were helpless before death.

Kim Dokja read Nirvana's thoughts and actions through the wall. For him, it was like watching the end of a character in a novel. 

「 In his last moments, Nirvana repeated the words he hated the most. 」

「 I don't want to die. 」

Soon, Nirvana's soul had fully disappeared.

[The Fourth Wall has eaten the character 'Nirvana Moebius.']

[The Fourth Wall is smiling with satisfaction.]

It was fine for the wall to kill Nirvana. However, Kim Dokja still didn't understand the existence of the wall. 

[The Fourth Wall is looking at you with greedy eyes.]

The Fourth Wall wriggles like it was alive. The pages turned and flowed around him.

Suddenly, Kim Dokja felt a presence behind him. Misty cloud started to pour in and surround himself. At first, it looked as if it was trying to devour its prey before the wall. However, if you looked closely, you could see that its protection was set up against the wall that was looking at Kim Dokja with greedy eyes.

[...Kim Dokja?]

The voice sounded like it was right next to his eats even though there was nothing there. The familiar voice was recognized instantly by Kim Dokja.

It seemed as though it was time for Yoo Jonghyuk to wake up. 

Kim Dokja smiled sadly at Yoo Jonghyuk's appearance.

"...Did I betray your trust, Jonghyuk-ah?"

[...]

The voice only returned silence.

"I don't want to make excuses for myself Jonghyuk-ah. Right now, lend me your power." 

[...Kim Dokja, what did you do?]

Kim Dokja's expression was like an explanation in itself. Although barely conscious, Yoo Jonghyuk understood Kim Dokja's heart. 

Instantly, Kim Dokja sensed the overflowing power. Maybe it was because of how they had become one that this process as possible. However, what mattered more was that it worked. 

"Jonghyuk, thank you."

「 At this moment, Kim Dokja thought, 'I will surely come back to you.' 」

[108 Worries has been disabled.]

Kim Dokja's vision started to return to its original state. The wall, Nirvana, Yoo Jonghyuk. It was as if nothing had happened from the beginning.

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