It was normal.
Kim Dokja's story was just a small apocalypse among the few thousands apocalypses that existed in this world.
If just a little bit of good will was shown to him, he might've endured it all.
However, what had gone wrong anyway?
That bastard... He was always like this.
Everything was story to him. Everyone was a character to him. Everyday was a single page of novel to him.
And he used to read the story about these characters who didn't actually exist in books.
Then again, did someone ever read Kim Dokja's story?
Wait... Can that squid actually be a main character of a story...?
That was the moment Han Sooyoung realized.
What actually existed for Kim Dokja was the 'Reality' that he hated the most.
Dokja wanted to escape that reality.
He wanted to read a story.
A story where he could be the main character.
Then perhaps...
Tears roll down from Han Sooyoung's cheek. She didn't even know why she was crying. She dazedly stared at her both hands.
The way to... save Kim Dokja.
She opened the word processor and started typing immediately, while thinking about a certain reader who'd breathe, eat and do whatever it takes to endure his own apocalypse.
「There are three ways to survive in a ruined world. I've forgotten a few by now. However, one thing is for certain. The one you who is reading these words will get to survive.」
This story is about a reader.
「My name is Kim Dokja. My hobby was to read webnovels... pathetic, right? That's who I am... Yoo Joonghyuk, who are you?」
A reader who'll be the protagonist of the story.
She kept writing until Kim Dokja woke up.
Countless worlds were destroyed by her hands.
And countless characters died because of her.
「Kim Dok-Ja, who didn't know anything about the apocalypse about to happen.」
「Kim Dok-Ja, who'd get to live on the expansive world of the 'Ways of Survival'.」
「Kim Dok-Ja, who'd get to meet the protagonist he so longed to become.」
「Kim Dok-Ja, who'd become the 'Demon King of Salvation'.」
「Kim Dok-Ja, who'd sacrifice himself multiple times for the sake of his companions, and as a result, came to the 1863rd turn and met her.」
「Kim Dok-Ja, who was destined to become the 'Most Ancient Dream', the price he paid for loving a certain story too much.」
And so, the story of a reader that reached 551 chapters started in this manner.
Even so, Han Sooyoung wanted to tell him.
「To tell him that he was definitely not at fault for this story being born. And to tell him that the things he was about to experience were not his sins.」
Because, her past 4 years existed solely to say those words to him.
「To say that, though you have grown up while reading a story, there's no need for you to become it.」
Someone will definitely get to read this story.
「This story is just for that one reader.」
"What is the name of that new story you wrote?"
"..."
"Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint."