I could only stare at the buck-naked man in sheer stupefaction.
This situation was proving to be really difficult to comprehend.
“I asked you whether you are the <> or not.”
“….No, hang on a minute. I'm the one with questions here. Just who are you? And what is this <>?”
“It seems that you are not the <>. But, how did you break past the Time Fall and enter here? Besides, what is this train? A subway… Is this yet another type of Tower of Nightmares? How does it even operate?”
This guy, words were obviously not getting through to him.
To think, he'd damage someone else's train and barge inside, only to start yapping on and on about his own stuff.
I activated the [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint] right away. And then, bore witness to a message I had never seen before.
[Applicable individual is a 'Character' from a worldview you are not familiar with.]
….A 'Character' from a worldview I wasn't familiar with?
Almost at the same time, bright light suddenly shone out from the naked man's eyes.
[Someone is activating a power not registered with the system!]
Circular disks were vigorously spinning above his retinas.
[An existence of another dimension is spying on your true nature!]
[Warning! This power cannot be fully blocked by 'The 4th Wall'!]
….Wha?
Tsu-chuchuchut!
Along with the sparks going wild in front of my eyes, all the Fables within me exploded forth as if to resist the opposition's power. The ones that reacted most viscerally were…
[Stigma 'Regression's' essence is writhing.]
[Fable, 'Hellscape of Eternity', is baring its fangs!]
In an instant, a portion of subway's interior transformed into the view of the hellish landscape Yu Jung-Hyeok had lived through. The naked man looked at the world submerged in crimson hue and formed a stunned expression.
“This 'inherent world' is… Could it be, you're a regressor?”
….Inherent world?
I was about to throw a tackle, saying that that sounded like what Kim Nam-Woon might say. But then, the man's black sword suddenly began quivering with hatred.
“You are a bastard that turned his back on reality. So, die.”
Just as the chilling light permeating within his blade edge moved towards me…
[The train is re-entering its normal tracks.]
[The authority of the 'Most Ancient Dream' is activating!]
[The system is ejecting the foreign matter found within!]
Along with the 'Shu-wuwuk!' noise, the man pointing his sword at me was rapidly sucked out towards the exit.
“You dare!”
However, he stabbed his sword into the exit and held on, resolutely enduring the train's acceleration.
It was right at that moment that my body was transferred to another section of the subway.
[Emergency combat system is activating!]
[A portion of the subway used in the ejection will be discarded.]
I looked back to discover the tail section of the train that naked man was clinging onto had separated from the rest and was now drifting away into the universe. And the furious man began dashing in my direction next.
That figure of the man, with the muscles in his entire body ballooning up, gave me this sense of inexplicable terror.
“Hurry up! That bastard is coming after us!”
⸢Don t wo rry that g uy ca n't es cap e fr om the ti me a x is⸥
That man chased after the subway at a frightening turn of speed, but was unable to climb aboard again. It was as if a transparent wall existed between him and the train. He continued to diligently run on the train tracks, but from a certain moment on, he stopped his pounding steps and glared quietly in this direction.
Only after that dude's figure had grown very far away was I able to breathe a sigh of relief.
“….Just what was that?”
⸢But ch er of Mo nar chs Jae hwan⸥
“We are heading out. Call on the Constellations.”
Chapter end
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