#orv novel chapter 413

[pttucker]

– Are you 'Kim Dokja' from the future? Some time ago, Yoo Joonghyuk had asked that question to a certain someone. He asked that because he initially thought that only Kim Dokja knew of the story extending as far as to the 1863rd regression turn. However, now he thought back to that moment, he realized how stupid that question was. A being who knew all the stories right up until the 1863rd turn. A being who understood a story the best was not the 'reader' who had read it, but the 'character' that actually lived through that very story.

I KNEW IT!!!!

Secretive Plotter is FREAKING JOONGHYUK!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Okay, but he can't be from the original TWSA worldline because I swear that Joonghyuk's sponsor, who I think is Oldest Dream, is Dokja. So he has to be from this future, right? Because this worldline has Dokja and TWSA doesn't.

Not to mention Secretive Plotter so hardcore knows Dokja and has from the very beginning. Which is what made me originally suspicious of him waaaay back in the sub-100 chapters.

That or there's actually multiple worldlines that do have Kim Dokja just like there's multiple worldlines that don't.

I just keep coming back to the fact that when Dokja went into the Library he saw versions of TWSA that he didn't remember and I'm not certain if that's because Oldest Dream is him and is adding to his Library without him knowing it or if it's because Dokja as the reader is connected to multiple worldlines and so he's able to unconsciously connect to the worldline that Oldest Dream came from (and maybe vice versa) and thus the books end up in one singular Library.

Which basically boils down to the same thing at the end of the day, but is slightly different in the question of: is this our future Joonghyuk who knows our future Dokja or a different future Joonghyuk who knows a different future Dokja?

[immortal-tale]

I don't know why, but this scene really surprised me. I only "shipped" Junghyeok and Dokja but not as serious as now. This scene...wow...

I can't help but think that Joongdok may actually be canon...

(Though I already know it isn't 😭)

Another post, another proof of joongdok.

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Yu Jung-Hyeok grasped the [Dark Heavenly Demon Sword] tightly as he crossed the vast emptiness.

He was able to cross the fog of darkness he couldn’t possibly traverse with his own powers alone with the aid of Jeong Hui-Won and Han Su-Yeong.

[Grace of the Constellation, ‘Demon-like Judge of Fire’, is permeating into you.]

[Grace from the Constellation, ‘Abyssal Black Flame Dragon’, is permeating into you.]

Even then, his magical power reserve continued to fall. The density of the fog grew heavier and the starlight grew fainter in turn. Yu Jung-Hyeok gritted his teeth.

He needed a sharper, keener, more accurate story.

A Fable that could pierce through that fog of Calamity somehow….

[Fable, ‘the One who Opposes the Miracle’, is continuing with its storytelling.]

There it was. Right there in the path of emptiness he was gazing at, the history he lived alongside Kim Dok-Ja lay scattered like the Milky Way. Yu Jung-Hyeok ran on that path.

[Fable, ‘One Who Murdered an Outer God’, is continuing with its storytelling.]

He ran on one of the Fables, and….

[Fable, ‘Giant’s Liberator’, is continuing with its storytelling.]

And, as he ran on yet another Fable, his Incarnation Body began moving faster and faster. Soon, gentle rays of golden light enveloped his entire figure. Transcendence level two, then three…. The moment he surpassed level four, his body transformed temporarily.

Wu-dududuk.

Bones all over his body screamed, and as if it had been completely overhauled, his appearance changed to become even more agile than before.

And eventually, into Transcendence level five.

[Fable, ‘Comrade of Life and Death’, is continuing with its storytelling.]

He saw a star dying alone in the distance. But to him, that guy no longer looked like a Constellation now.

Kim Dok-Ja.

It was still not too late.

The Fables they remembered still remained, and the people who remembered him were still alive. The story he so wanted to create, it was still alive and kicking in this world.

[Fable, ‘Kim Dok-Ja Company’, is continuing with its storytelling.]

You mustn’t die in this place.

[Incarnation Body’s durability has reached its limit!]

[The ‘Ark’ is calling out to you!]

Yu Jung-Hyeok suddenly felt a powerful suction force pulling him from behind. That power was preventing him from getting closer to Kim Dok-Ja.

[Constellation, the ‘Guardian of the Mandala’, is calling out to you.]

“Shut up!”

Yu Jung-Hyeok resisted against all those forces and advanced forward. Kim Dok-Ja was right in front of his nose. Ten steps away, nine, eight…. He endured against sparks tearing into his body and continued to march on.

Five steps away, four….

He reached out.

He reached out towards the ends of Kim Dok-Ja’s clothes drifting aimlessly in the emptiness. The moment his hand was about to touch the fabric…

[manwtv]

Notes I made while binging ORV [SPOILERS]

WARNING: Spoilers, direct quotes from the novel, nonsensical titles for events that may be completely incomprehensible. Basically my personal notes for when I want to revisit certain moments in the novel. Can’t guarantee every moment is in there. And have I mentioned SPOILERS

You have been warned

Especially you, @acequinz  (￢‿￢ )

- ORV Death Counter: 

Chapter 54 Flames of Igneel 

Chapter 101 Floods of Disaster+"He is my companion" 

Chapter 137-140 "Hit me" "No, kill me now"+Bonus Depressed Sunfish (On Technicality) 

Chapter 144 The Ultimate Sacrifice 

Chapter 169 Shitty Cheap Ambush 

Chapter 188 The Demon King of Salvation 

Chapter 224 Asmodeus(On Technicality) 

 Chapter 265 Demon Duke's Defeat(On Technicality) 

 Chapter 281 [The constellation ‘Demon King of Salvation’ doesn’t exist in the Star Stream.] 

Chapter 409 ⸢Kim Dok-Ja thought to himself. This is the only way to stop the Apocalypse Dragon.⸥ 

 - Some Proof ORV is a BL: 

+ Hand feeding "Acting like a wife" [Chapter 80] 

+ Matching coats "Are you a couple?" [Chapter 93] 

+ "I have a companion already" [Chapter 135] 

+ Rooftop Co-Existential Crisis's [Chapter 141] 

+ Yoo Mia Knows What's Up[Chapter 157] 

+ 「Incarnation Kim Dokja will be killed by the person he loves most.」[Chapter 158] 

+ “You had a very trusting expression" [Chapter 166] 

+ ‎ “My name is Kim Dokja.” [Chapter 168] 

+ "I need him. He will be my companion and he will see the end of the scenario.” [Chapter 173] 

+ “Release your hand and get lost, you damn son of a bitch.”‎[Chapter 178] 

+ ‎Promise to not give up [Chapter 184] 

+ ‎"In this round, that guy doesn't exist"[Chapter 222] 

+ ‎ He wanted to believe what this person was saying.[Chapter 234] 

+ ‎ “…Our nebula?”[Chapter 236] 

+ ‎YooJoonghyuk!Persephone[Chapter 238] 

+ ‎Worried Sunfish Messages[Chapter 259] 

+ ‎"I can save you!”[Chapter 269] 

+「We are life and death companions.」 [Chapter 270] 

+ ‎“Where do you plan to die alone?” [Chapter 320] 

+ ‎ It ‘d b een be tter if I sac rificed myself ins tead.⸥ [Chapter 380] 

+ ‎ A Totally Straight Description Of Your Bro, [Chapter 428] 

 - Other Moments: 

+ ‎ "That friend is the Demon King of Salvation.”[Chapter 247] 

+ ‎ 「 I’ll do anything. If you die, I’ll die. If you are going to sit still, I’ll sit still. Please don’t do this! Please!」[Chapter 283] 

+ ‎ 1863rd Regression!YJH[Chapter 284-299] 

+  ‎Best Olympian Couple Adopts Rat Bastard[Chapter 335]  ‎ 

+ ‎Good Or Evil [Chapter 352] 

+ “You are characters of a story.”[Chapter 354] 

+ ‎Called Persephone "Mom" [Chapter 388] 

+ ‎ "You aren’t going to resort to another weird method, right?”[Chapter 406] 

+ ‎ “That man is the world I wish to save.” [Chapter 409] 

+ ‎Secretive Plotter Reveal [Chapter 413] 

+ ‎KDJ×Multiple Chibi!YJH [Chapter 416] 

+ ‎Journey To The West Remake [Chapter 425] 

+ ‎3rd(?)! YJH [Chapter 444-446] 

+ ‎ [[Why, why is it not me, but you??]] [Chapter 446]

+ ‎SP vs Squid's Company, Starring Sunfish [Chapter 448] 

+ ‎Uriel vs Uriel [Chapter 453] 

+ ‎The Mandatory Slice Of Life Episode [Chapter 455]

[pttucker]

I want to save him. I definitely want to save him. Han Sooyoung bit her lips hard enough to draw blood and thought to herself over and over again. [Constellation, 'Demon King of Salvation', is currently activating 'Will to Live Lv.1'.] Anyone who heard that message would think the same as her. It wasn't from just anyone, but from that Kim Dokja.

Kim Dokja finally wants to live so they must save him at all costs. They can't let him down when he's counting on them for his own sake. 😭😭😭

And she just absolutely grills Joonghyuk. They're literally standing in the middle of Indescribable Distance getting torn apart but she has to make certain he's going to save him no matter what and if he can't he'd better just drop dead and move onto the next turn.

This from the person who tried to convince Joonghyuk to kill Dokja all those many, many chapters ago.

[immortal-tale]

All teachers should be like this, BUT DON'T DIE!!!! You can die because of old age.

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For some extraordinary reason, though, what appeared in my mind wasn’t the contents of the ‘Ways of Survival’, but my life during my middle school years. Memories of me sneakily using the PC without the knowledge of my cousins to read the ‘Ways of Survival’, or when I was doodling on the corners of the school textbook. Memories, when I transcribed the contents of the novel on a notebook, or when I drew up the chart of the power scale of all the characters.

– Dok-Ja, would you like to become a writer when you grow up?

A teacher asked me that after discovering my doodling. I replied that what I wanted to become wasn’t a writer, but a reader. The teacher formed a strange expression after hearing that, but eventually smiled back at me.

– That’s not such a bad idea. Because a book needs a reader to be complete, you see.

That teacher-nim who said that to me passed away four days later due to a car accident.

That was life.

[immortal-tale]

🤯...

I thought SP was going to kidnap Kim Dokja at chapter 417, turns out my memory was wrong...

Wow...

I suddenly remembered a text I read a while ago. It said "Even if I knew what will happen, orv never fails to surprise me," or something along the lines...

That person was right...

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When he regained his wits, he realised that someone was grabbing his wrist. A firm, strong hand was holding his wrist, not letting it go.

And it happened to be a very familiar hand.

[Incarnation Yu Jung-Hyeok’s Sponsor is greatly shaken up.]

The entire world was trembling; noises of the Apocalypse Dragon and the Outer God clashing resounded out, and in the distance, the island and its dimension disintegrating could be seen. But what Yu Jung-Hyeok saw just then was far, far more shocking than those sights of the apocalypse itself.

Past the ‘chaos’ that was endlessly ominous and impossible to determine how far it extended, a white coat exactly the same as Kim Dok-Ja’s danced in the space.

This being now carried the unconscious Kim Dok-Ja under his arm.

[immortal-tale]

I saw a spoiler edit for the Epilogue arc. When Yu Junghyeok said the reason why he wants to "find" Kim Dokja. The reason was to find out what should he do where the star stream no longer existed.

Unpopular opinion, but I really like spoilers. It makes me notice this kind of scenes that I would have never known before knowing the whole story.

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“I know that the two of you went through all sorts of crappy scenarios and built up some sort of a bond in the process. But, separate from all that, there is something I still can’t wrap my head around, you see.” Unlike what she said earlier, she didn’t activate [Lie Detection] during her speech. “You originally didn’t have any allies and stuff like that. But, you’ve changed so much after entering this regression turn.”

“…”

“That’s why I can’t trust you. You used to forsake your allies all for your great cause, so why are you trying to rescue Kim Dok-Ja now?”

Yu Jung-Hyeok’s gaze met Han Su-Yeong’s.

He replied to her. “Once these scenarios come to an end, there is something I must confirm with Kim Dok-Ja.”

[immortal-tale]

Foreshadowing....

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Sakyamuni must’ve predicted this moment as soon as I appeared in his radar.

To him, the flow of time wasn’t in a straight line but actually, one giant circle. He might not know of the detailed information on the future, but through the events of the past, he was able to read the present.