◈ The 103rd top lord (1)
My head went numb. The character I had raised was facing me.
“Surprising.”
Now that I see, the equipment that Top-joo is wearing is also the final item from the final battle. Maybe that was the reason I was used to it for some reason.
However, there was a slight difference from the last time I saw it.
‘How much time has passed?’
If my character is the same person, it would be safe to say that the current worldview is a ‘future story’. What is certain is that a lot of time has passed since the Jin ending.
The atmosphere flowing through the playable character wasn’t the way it was until I saw the end credits.
His face was exhausted and his eyes were dark. Although the evil-minded people, the appearance of Park Noah has disappeared.
Suddenly, the 103rd top owner, Noah Park, snapped his finger. Then, the familiar effect wrapped around her body and the outfit she was wearing changed.
It is an outfit that is close to a suit that can be worn as a top owner. I think he wore that kind of equipment to confirm who he was.
“I wore old-fashioned clothes for fear of being confused with ‘Seondae Top Master’. Otherwise, it will take a long time to convince you, right?”
“…it took a long time. You talk like you know me well.”
For reference, the ‘103rd Top Master’ cannot be distinguished from the outside. This is because the 103rd leader of the squadron has the same appearance as Park Noah. This is the final twist of the game.
The child of the tower, Noah Park, is a consumable accessory that is replaced every time the life of the owner reaches the end. It is a being with perfect potential created by TOP for that purpose.
Topju said with a snort.
“You have no choice but to know? I have seen and experienced it myself.”
While Top-ju was speaking inexplicably, he gently touched the holy sword, but there was still no response. If the ‘pause’ I just said is true, it means that the world has stopped except for me and myself.
It sounds absurd, but I know it is possible. This is because the will of the 103rd Top Master functions as an absolute.
‘It was because of this that the predictive dreams were cut off.’
I was not clearly aware of the fact that I was killed by the black salt by the manager’s bait. Now that I see it, it was because time stopped right there.
It must be obvious why Top-ju has now appeared. It’s just to meet me, the player.
‘Is it possible that I alone defeat the 103rd Top Joo is my own ending condition?’
Even if the world stopped, reason quickly returned to see if the perks were still active. Perhaps now I am in the greatest crisis. Although he does not show any hostility from Tapju yet, considering that he has a ‘evil disposition’, it was not strange at any time to change.
‘If it’s like this, I’ll have to fight my playable character.’
It was not clear whether the perks system that had always come to mind had stopped, but the characteristics did not disappear. I can feel my mana moving at my will. You could still fight.
Topju smiled as if he had even recognized my heart.
“If you want to have a blast, I won’t stop you. Maybe it could be faster.”
“Ts. You’ve been speaking bluntly since before.”
There is no chance of winning any other magic.
If the magic of the wind attribute, which is not recorded in the system, is used as [above the essence search]…
“Do I hate that?”
After raising my mana by surprise, I reached out to the top master.
Whoa! The blue line drawn on the back of his hand flashed at high speed. A magic circle was formed, and the wind in the form of an invisible spear blade came pouring out of it. But Topju did not avoid it.
It also didn’t stop.
Whoa! Even though it was being hit by the sharply forged wind, there was only the sound of a bouncing sound like a hard metal, rather than cutting the skin.
I soon realized what the top owner was in. It is ‘immune’ from external shocks. No matter how much I attacked, it was useless, so I lowered the hand that was demonstrating magic. The blue line drawn on the back of the hand disappeared.
When the harsh wind stopped, Top Joo swept up her tousled black hair.
“If you think you are in ‘magic immunity’, you can swing the holy sword.”
You can’t win by fighting against the top lord. It was clear. When he rolled up his tail, Top Master shrugged his shoulders.
“look. Because this is faster.”
“Can I ask you just one thing?”
“Why did you bring me into this world? Do you want to take revenge on the player?”
It was the starting point of everything and the source of my doubts.
What the hell is ‘my own ending’? And what was it that you tried to draw me in just because you saw the lost ending?
“Ahahahahahahahaha!!!”
Then, for some reason, the 103rd Top Joo burst into laughter. I laughed for a while, enough to bring tears to my eyes, and then wiped the moist corners of my eyes to see if they calmed down.
“Oh sorry. The repertoire is always the same.”
“repertoire?”
“It has to be. Every time you see me, that question has already been asked more than 300 times.”
…More than 300 times. What do you mean?
“If you answer me the same way.”
Before I even thought about the meaning of those words, Topju said.
“I wasn’t the one who brought you from ‘Earth’.”
It was an unexpected answer.
…No, more than that, how do you know about Earth, and how do you know that I was a player?
“Is that what you think? All the knowledge I was talking about right now, you said it yourself, Seo-Han.”
“shit. What the hell?”
Unpleasant goosebumps ran through my body, leaving me with an impression. I couldn’t show any reaction to the 103rd Top Joo who spoke as if reading my head.
“haha. I think I’ll get angry if I keep dragging it. I’ll explain it step by step, so don’t make a face like that. Do you know that ‘Topju’ has the power to reset the world?”
The 103rd top master has the power to control the world at will. Therefore, in the true ending, ‘Park Noah’ ended with such a nuance that it would start from the beginning in order to complete a world where everyone is happy.
“Then it’s that simple, isn’t it?”
As if he had an answer, Topju said lightly.
“Every time I cycled through this world, you appeared too.”
“In other words, you and I are spherical even if I am first.”
“Then I’ll explain it to you so don’t stop talking.”
In response to Seo Ji-han’s dismayed answer, the 103rd Top-ju started talking. I wonder if it was true that I said countless words, even though it was a long sentence, I said it slowly without twisting my breath.
Seo Ji-han heard Tap-ju’s story and realized that she was right.
‘Now this world is not a new world line.’
To be more precise, ‘every round’ of the worldview that saw the true ending.
This is a sequel to the story that saw the true ending. As proof, Topju remembered everything.
The playable character ‘Noah Park’, who became the top owner, wanted a happy ending. A happy ending to everyone, both the dead, the victims, and those who are displaced.
But it was too late to undo these wrongs.
So I chose
to start from scratch.
But I couldn’t completely undo everything. The world was reset with only him who became the ‘103rd top owner’ ‘corrected’.
When I looked down at everything from the 100th floor of the tower, I could see myself at the time when I knew nothing. ‘Noah Park’, who was once ‘me’, was nothing more than an idiot.
At first, it failed again.
Since he became the 103rd tower owner, it was impossible to ‘return’, and if he tried to intervene in detail at the top of the tower, the erosion attacked the ground as a reaction to it. So, I had no choice but to watch.
All they can do is use erosion to change the tower’s situation. But not all of those butterfly effect theories could have a happy ending.
After that, after repeating the regression dozens or hundreds of times, a third person appeared one day.
It was the first change in a world where there was no point of change.
“That’s the irregular you are. Seo Ji- han.”
Having said that, Topju pointed to Seo Ji-han. Seo Ji-han turned his gaze away from the finger pointing to him and met Top-joo’s gaze.
“Did I suddenly appear?”
“okay. I didn’t even know it appeared at first. ‘Cause soon you’ll be dead However, in some episodes, he even appeared in front of me.”
It was the reason why Top-ju was well aware of Seo Ji-han and the Earth. This is because the Seo Ji-hans of the previous episode also succeeded in reaching the front of Tap-ju like the current episode’s ‘Seo Ji-han’.
‘By the way, that means…’
It meant that I failed to see ‘My Own Ending’ even though I met Top Joo. Seo Ji-han asked, feeling anxious.
“How was I back then?”
“I killed him.”
Topju cut his neck with his thumb.
“All of a sudden they say this world is a game, etc.”
chuck. When Seo Ji-han raised the holy sword in a panic, Top-joo let out a sigh.
“I’m tired of that reaction now. player.”
“Oh yeah···.”
to suck
“But even after resetting, you came to me again. And I said the same thing. Whether this world is a game or many other factors.”
It’s not strange to die since I told the Absolute Being that this is a world made through a game. However, Seo Ji-han did not understand himself in the previous episode.
‘I wouldn’t be able to say such a stupid thing.’
It was clear that there must be some reason that the top owner did not know.
“Anyway, as this is repeated over and over again, I realized that it is not something to ignore. Even because you were something I didn’t know. With that in mind, when I reset it again, I realized something I had not been aware of in the next episode.”
Just right. Instead of answering, Topju snapped his finger. Then, the background on which he was standing changed in an instant.
‘Here.’
It is ‘outside’.
From the 49th floor where the battle takes place, they moved to the ‘outside’ area full of erosion. Seeing that the village could not be seen, it was clear that the Nether was full of erosion.
“You would know where this place is.”
“Isn’t it a blank slate? If I bring it all together, how do I know where this is…”
Seo Ji-han grumbled and looked around, then closed her mouth. As Tap-ju said, he knew very well where this place was without anything.
It was the ‘end’ of the map implemented in the 103rd tower. Beyond this, despite the presence of a background, it was blocked by a transparent wall. Seo Ji-han looked back at Top-joo slowly.
“You said If you don’t believe what you’re saying, find another ‘Tower’.”
Topju said as he approached the end of the map.
“It wasn’t a bad idea. Everyone knew there was another tower in another area, right? So I gave up on that episode to meet another top owner and tried to find it myself. When I came down to the earth, the erosion was rapidly encroaching on the world.”
“But it was in vain. There was no such thing as the 42nd or 99th tower. At first, the ‘outside’ was smaller than the world I was aware of.”
Topju slowly reached out his hand.
Blocked in empty space. Even the absolute could not get beyond this.
“What did he say about this?”
“···’avatar’.”
“okay. It was not implemented.”
Because this ideal was an unrealized world.
