From Today, I'm a Player

Chapter 264. Ragnarok Pt. 6

“The Demon King had reached a level that even the Sponsors couldn’t withstand. He killed all of the Sponsors that had taken over.”

They wondered how painful it must have been.

‘Maybe he couldn’t feel the pain anymore.’

His experience was different from others. Even if others died, he would come back to life. It was an endless hell, so long that he may have become dulled to existence.

“He really thought that at that point, it would have been the end.”

He really, truly, had been waiting for this.

“When he had defeated the Sponsors, he had made it so that Hunters didn’t exist anymore…”

It was a result he had wanted.

“There were no more monsters, nor anything that shouldn’t belong, but there was nothing left at that point.”

“What is that supposed to mean?”

“The battle with the Sponsors was devastating. The Sponsors who had resurrected, and the strength that they had restored after their resurrection…”

All of them froze. It couldn’t be.

“It was enough to destroy the Earth.”

“How could that…”

“If he didn’t kill the Sponsors, then the future would repeat itself. But if he killed the Sponsors, then the Earth would be destroyed.”

In a last-ditch effort, before they died, the Sponsors had destroyed his home so that he wouldn’t be able to find rest.

“Just like that, he regressed once again. He tried to change the outcome over and over again. But, the result was always the same.”

He was, once again, trapped in a hell.

“The deaths of the Sponsors weren’t enough to free him.”

“Just how far…what more could he have done?” Jeong In-Chang said, his hands clenched tight from the rising anger.

Rage toward those devil-like bastards overcame him. They had completely ruined a person’s life and had even made it impossible for his soul to be saved.

“He tried to give up on everything again. But then, he found a possible way out.”

The story was reaching its end.

“The powers of the source had begun to awaken within him, who had repeatedly regressed and hunted down the Rulers and Sponsors alike.”

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“Even though he had awakened the powers of the source, nothing had changed. No matter how strong he got, the problem stayed the same. Unless he were to obtain all of the powers of the source, nothing would change.”

If he were able to fully awaken the powers of creation that had created the universe, then he would have been able to reach the fate that he had wanted.

“But finding the complete powers of the source was too difficult. That wasn’t something that could be done on a single planet. He had to go through the broken dimensions. It would have only been possible if he searched through them all.”

“But if he wasted his time like that…”

“That’s right. His search for the powers of the source led to the destruction of the Earth.”

They felt like they couldn’t breathe, mired in an inexhaustible hell from which there was no escape.

‘How…just how…’

That question was the only thing that engulfed his mind.

“But he found a way.”

“What is that?”

“Raising successors,” Heimdall stated.

“But even if he raised successors, that doesn’t seem like they would be of much help.

It was a reasonable prediction. Even if he were to find someone who could inherit his power, the Earth would still be destroyed. It would have been useless.

“That was where his abilities shined through. The powers of the source, and…”

“Either way…”

It was a result that had already been decided.

Lee Jun-Kyeong muttered to himself as he stood in front of Gehenna, “If I run away…there would only be destruction.”

He wondered why Heimdall, Seong-Gu Hyung, had asked such a question. After all, it had already been decided. He couldn't run away.

‘I have to go in.’

Either he was killed within Gehenna, or he died after fulfilling his purpose. It was something that couldn’t be helped. Jeong In-Chang approached as he mused to himself.

“Mr. Lee.”

Lee Jun-Kyeong’s expression changed as he looked at the Hunter. As the corners of his mouth were about to curl up, Jeong In-Chang said, “You don’t have to go.”

“...”

“I know. That if you run away, the end results would be horrid. But you still have the right to choose, Mr. Lee. I won’t blame you even if we face destruction. It’s just another battle in the end,” said Jeong In-Chang sincerely.

Lee Jun-Kyeong lowered his head for a moment. “Thank you.”

“We feel the same.”

Zeus.

Merlin, Arthur, Horus, Ungnyeo, and all of the others.

Before he knew it, everyone was standing before him. They all had the same expression. None of them could erase the shock that they had received after hearing the true story of the Demon King.

“If you want to fight together, we will fight.”

Their faces were all full of determination. Lee Jun-Kyeong looked behind them, toward Seong-Gu Hyung. The man was looking at him with a guilty expression.

‘It’s okay,’ Lee Jun-Kyeong mouthed at him.

Seong-Gu Hyung, Heimdall, had said something to him. ‘I haven’t told you the whole story.’

How did he know all of this? How had he regressed like he did? Why was he now helping the Demon King?

There were many things that Lee Jun-Kyeong had wanted to ask. But the Hunter didn’t tell him.

His eyes just seemed to say, ‘Come back alive. Then, I’ll tell you everything once again.’

If he was curious, then he needed to do his best to come back alive somehow. Only then would he tell him.

Lee Jun-Kyeong laughed. “I’ve already made my decision. Nothing has changed.”

All that had happened was that he had simply discovered that the fairy tale that he had known was actually just a part of someone’s horrifying tragedy.

“Mr. Jeong,” Lee Jun-Kyeong called.

Jeong In-Chang nodded with a stern expression.

“As my shield, please protect anyone. Until you determine if I come…” Lee Jun-Kyeong stopped before continuing, “Until I return.”

“I’ve…accepted your orders,” Jeong In-Chang answered like one of his Familiars.

Thud.

Heimdall approached Lee Jun-Kyeong. “You obtained a title, right?”

It was the only thing that hadn’t been said yet. Everyone started listening again to Heimdall as Lee Jun-Kyeong slowly nodded. It was the title that he had been waiting for so long.

“Ragnarok.”

“Ragnarok…”

“That’s my title.”

Heimdall said with a small smile. “Then, please come back safe, Ragnarok.”

Lee Jun-Kyeong slowly turned around.

The Underdog—no, Ragnarok.

“I’ll be back,” he said as he stepped past the threshold of the black gate, Gehenna.

1. The author forgot that he called it a Transcendental-graded gate earlier and is now calling it cosmic-level. ☜

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