Chapter 149 | Omni Tales

“Yes. Not anymore. He is no longer alone,” sighed the great shade.

“Because she appeared.”

”…”

This part was not covered in the education of District 34. It was literally a mythical tale, and the problem was that this myth was unfolding in real-time.

“A being equal to the Creator… has been born?”

“I don’t know. Whether they are equal, weaker or stronger… How can insignificant beings like us determine such things?” The highest-ranked God, with almost no equals across the entire macrocosm, laughed bitterly.

“As a result, ‘He’ stopped managing the Great Crossing Over that He created. The dimensions which were strictly managed were abandoned, and the Unnamed recovered its consciousness after being deeply sealed. This led to chaos in the macrocosm.”

It was the story of the Great War that swept through the entire macrocosm around 500 years ago. It involved the Unnamed, celestials, demon race, grotesques, Reisen, Transcendents, gods, and more—a chaotic mess on a macrocosmic scale.

“Is it all because of ‘Her’?”

“Well, with the appearance of a truly equal existence, His interest in creations decreased. The problem… Initially, she only cared about ‘Him’, but then her attention turned towards these creations.”

Well, it was obvious. After all, for a child (?) who hadn’t been born long ago, toys were more visible than adults.

I summarized his story. The Creator lived alone for countless ages and created the world to overcome loneliness. Naturally, he managed it with affection. However, ‘She’ appeared—the only other being who might be equal to the Creator. Ironically, ‘Her’ presence led the Creator to neglect managing the macrocosm as ‘She’ became interested in the world ‘He’ had created.

“Then what is her purpose? To create a new world?”

“That can’t be called her goal. She has already been creating madly?”

This led to the recent monster crisis. She was indiscriminately copying game worlds and their monsters, scattering them throughout the Great Crossing Over realm.

“What…what is the purpose of all this?”

“I’m not entirely sure either. However, my speculation is that…Mrs. Sellner wants to create beings like us. And everything happening now is part of her process.”

“Beings like us?”

“The highest-rank gods,” Ming Han calmly explained.

Although one might believe we live with free will in the Creator’s dream or a novel-like world, in reality, our actions align with his concepts. The Creator’s “scenarios” function akin to destiny.

“There exist abilities capable of deciphering these scenarios.”

”…Divination.”

“Yes. It’s the power to peek at scenarios.”

However, if someone transcends their fate and reaches Transcendence, they can evade divination. This is why predictions cannot be trusted entirely in the world of Transcendents. It also explains how Lucky Strike, the grand mage and headmaster of Destiny Magic Tower, ended up making disastrous stock investments despite his foresight abilities.

“But even that level isn’t complete transcendence. To put it another way… Yes, there’s a common trope in literature, right? Characters acting differently than what the author intended or deviating from the planned storyline.”

It’s a familiar narrative. While authors write stories from beginning to end, few have complete control over every aspect of their tale.

“But that doesn’t really mean the character is alive and moving on their own.”

“It’s the limitation of low-rank Transcendents. Even for middle or high ranks, there isn’t much improvement… However, it changes when reaching the highest realm. A supreme God becomes ‘Pure Being’. They can break through fundamental limitations and completely escape from the ‘scenario’.”

It was difficult to understand these words. Completely escaping from a scenario?

“Does this mean they are entirely immune to divination?”

“It goes beyond that. Pure Being can escape the very essence of the scenario itself.”

This statement came as a complete surprise.

“The macrocosm…no, outside the Great Crossing Over, it is considered the void (무), with no concept of existence?”

“It is because they can exist even in such a place that they are ‘Pure Ones’. In this way… it becomes possible for the highest ranked God to go beyond the Great Crossing Over and confront ‘Him’.”

“If you wrote a novel… then the character emerges in reality?”

The great shade nodded at my words. “From His perspective, yes. In fact, for quite some time, His goal was to increase the number of highest ranked Gods. The reincarnators, saviors, and humans were the results of such attempts. Even if not equal beings, they could alleviate loneliness to some extent. However, it seems everything stopped once she appeared.”

Reincarnators and Saviors were very famous entities on Earth as well.

The enlightened Buddha and Jesus Christ, the savior of mankind—until recently, Earthlings believed they were born on their planet without question… In truth, these cosmic beings have manifested themselves across numerous civilizations throughout history.

Anyway, moving on.

The great shade’s words were clear:

“So, after witnessing the emergence of the highest-ranked God, she wants to create her own…”

“But it isn’t going well.”

“That seems likely.”

In the endless void, the Creator struggled with loneliness for eons before creating this world. Despite being such a magnificent entity, could crafting a universe truly be easy?

In some ways…this world might be the product of madness born from loneliness.

‘But what about her?’

The newly-born ‘her’ was not alone. There was ‘him’, and numerous other pure beings, the highest-ranked gods.

‘There is no reason to completely create anew from scratch.’

I recalled Ardenia. Its history was written by story writers, while the world was crafted by map editors. Characters were designed by character designers, and abilities/stats created by developers.

‘She took these elements roughly and formed this world.’

Her existence transcended norms, allowing Transcendents to emerge merely through her creation. However, she hadn’t yet manifested even intermediate-level gods, let alone the highest-ranked ones.

”…”

Well, it was strange from the beginning. No matter how much cultivators opened their small universes within themselves, having Ardenia inside me was clearly not normal. Even if one compares a small universe to a world, certain conditions must be met for its existence. It made no sense to freely live, meet numerous people, and even acquire abilities within that small universe.

Moreover, there’s more?

The designation of apostle by the highest ranked god didn’t affect me. In other words,

“I am… her creation?”

“Not exactly.”

”…”

Impolitely, I wanted to punch him right then. “Then what’s the point of everything you’ve been telling me so far? You started with ‘In the beginning, there was the Void’! Typing all this would already amount to thousands of characters!”

The great shade laughed at my outburst. “Calm down. Even if she didn’t create you, there is still a connection. You…are somewhat like her apostle. That’s why I wasn’t appointed as your apostle.”

I calmed down and asked about his words, “Originally, I am from this dimension but gained these abilities after becoming her apostle?”

“It is just speculation; I don’t know the details.”

“Then…couldn’t there be many people like me? If they can make them arbitrarily like this.”

When I thought about it, not all monsters were from Revenge alone. There were monsters from Blade & Magic, Dark Star, etc., various games.

It wouldn’t be strange to have as many game ability users as there were monster types.

“Twelve.”

“Oh, you’ve already found them all?”

“You’re the first one I’ve personally seen. Not just in District 34 but throughout the entire Leonhardt Empire, there is only you. The presence of ‘Her’ is too immense, making it difficult for her to perceive within the Great Crossing Over clearly. Even if she tries to keep close, the distance would still span several galaxies apart.”

“How do you know the number of people involved?”

“Haven’t you forgotten who I am? Although I can’t interfere directly, since this involves games, I naturally have that information. However… including you, there are only three survivors.”

In other words, nine individuals had perished.

“But why…?”

“No, why wouldn’t it be normal for ordinary people to die when suddenly entering a game world? Even if she marks someone as her apostle, their communication with mana in this world is completely blocked.”

”…No, wait a minute.” My head became cold. “Could it be that extreme mana affinity…?”

The great shade nodded. “Not just anyone can become her apostle. Only those with transcendent talent, possessing ‘communication’ abilities sufficient to become a Transcendent chakra holder, can connect with her beyond the Great Crossing Over. After her talent was fully unleashed…”

Suddenly, thunder struck from the sky, and the face of the great shade distorted while he was calmly explaining.

“Ah, that stupid grotesque can’t hold on and is already ringing. I need to go out there. Do you roughly understand my explanation?” The great shade waved his hand through the air.

Flash!

Suddenly, we were outside of the inner world.

“W-Wait a minute! Wasteful mana attribute…”

“The appointment as apostle has been made. Unless you are borrowing money from somewhere, just accept it. Ah, and an apostle should have a divine item.”

There was a flash, and a luxurious watch appeared on my arm.

“A transcendent weapon, Zero-Sum. From what I see, luck seems to be your important stat. It isn’t numbered because it’s a new product but still quite decent. It is growth-type. You will have to feed it a lot, so think of it as taxes paid to me.”

After finishing his words, the great shade took one step back and ‘Perspective’ was released, returning my field of view to its original state.

“Apostle designation! In this world!”

“Surprising…”

“I never thought I would actually see him…”

The scene became increasingly noisy but the great shade just smiled.

“Well then. I am busy so…” Hmm?”

He turned around before stopping abruptly.

‘What? He seemed urgent yet has more to say?’

That’s what I thought, but he wasn’t looking at me. His gaze was directed towards Sungjae.

“You, what is your name?”

“Yes, yes! My name is Lee Sungjae! Age 52 years old! Blood type O, and although it isn’t much, I am an actor! It is an honour to meet you, Game Master…”

“It has been a while since watching TV… What? Why do I feel familiar with…”

As the great shade muttered with narrowed eyes, the surrounding noise gradually quietened down.

The great shade narrowed his eyes as he muttered, causing the noisy surroundings to gradually become quiet.

“What is it? Is there some problem?”

“Who is that person?”

“He is a famous actor. Don’t you know Lee Seong-jae?”

People started whispering amongst themselves until…

“Ah!”

With this exclamation, the great shade’s mouth opened wide. His expression transformed into something indescribable, and finally, all traces of relaxation vanished from his face. However, it wasn’t due to anger.

“Ah, ahaha! Ahahahaha!” He burst out laughing uncontrollably, breaking into a huge grin. The great shade faced Sungjae, laughing madly.

“No way, seriously? This can’t be… Bwa-ha-ha! Ah-ha-ha! Oh my goodness!”

His inexplicable laughter froze everyone around him. The highest-ranked God, the Savior of District 34, was in fits of laughter.

“Ahaha! You, you really are handsome? Puhaa! Oh my god… Haha! Truly handsome!”

‘No, what is this guy doing? Is he on drugs?’

The situation was too unexpected, and I could only stare blankly at him.

Finally, the great shade’s laughter subsided, tears streaming down his face as he calmed himself.

“Ah, it’s been ages since I laughed so hard. Coming here was definitely worth it. Puha!” With one last chuckle, he began to walk away.

Then, turning back once more with visible effort to suppress another laugh, he said:

“Hehe… Handsome fellow.”

With that final remark, he disappeared.

”…”

Everyone stood dumbfounded: the reporters covering the event, President Yoo on the podium, and even the actors and staff lined up for their awards. The ceremony came to an abrupt end.

Naturally, all news channels went crazy that evening:

[The Game Master Descends! The Place is the Presidential Commendation Ceremony!]

[Birth of the Apostle of the Game Master!]

[Who is Han Jae-yeon?]

[What Are the Powers of the Second Apostle?]

[Kang Boram Says ‘Defeating Two Transcendents with a Non-Transcendent Body’…]

By the way, there was one more place where chaos erupted: the entertainment department.

[Beauty Recognized by God! Universe’s Strongest Handsome Man!]

[Who Is Lee Seong-jae?]

[Witness the Beauty Acknowledged by God!]

[Tandem Shot of the Apostle of the Game God and the Universe’s Strongest Handsome Man.]

[Kang Boram Says ‘I Don’t Want to Admit It, But He Is Indeed Handsome’]

Once again, my life experienced another upheaval.