My declaration caused unrest among the crowd. Reporters ceaselessly snapped away with their cameras; lower- and mid-rank Dokkaebis reporting the situation on their own channels were now carrying astonished expressions on their faces.
我的声明在人群中引起骚动。记者们不停地拿着相机拍摄，中低级别的多卡比斯在自己的频道报道情况，他们的脸上现在带着惊讶的表情。
[Many Constellations find your statement quite interesting!]
(许多星座都觉得你的说法很有趣!)
[Great Dokkaebis are closely listening to your statement.]
[伟大的多卡比斯正在密切地聆听你的陈述]
[Every Dokkaebi from the <Bureau> is focusing on your words and actions!]
[局里的每一个Dokkaebi都在关注你的言行!]
- What do you mean by that?!
你这是什么意思?！
- Representative Kim Dok-Ja-nim!
-金德仁议员！
It was truly something else to witness the Constellations, Incarnations, and even the Dokkaebis carrying the exact same expressions.
看到星座、化身，甚至是多卡比斯都有着完全相同的表情，真是另一回事。
With a friendly little smile on my face, I opened my mouth once more. [It's exactly as I said. I simply can't see the reason to save you all.]
脸上带着友好的微笑，我再次张开了嘴。正如我所说的。我实在看不出有什么理由来救你们
- Are you saying you will throw away Korea?
-你是说你要扔掉韩国？
- In that case, what will happen to all the Incarnations that supported you until now?!
在这种情况下，到现在为止支持你的所有化身将会发生什么?！
Support, was it?
支持，是吗？
[How did they support us, then?]
[那他们是怎么支持我们的?]
Agitation spread out in an instant. My quizzical tone of voice caused the reporters to shoot up from their seats and start yelling at me. As expected, the power of media seemed to be mighty enough to even oppose a Myth-grade Constellation's Status.
骚动瞬间蔓延开来。我古怪的语调使得记者们从座位上跳起来，开始朝我大喊大叫。正如所料，媒体的力量似乎强大到足以反对神话级星座的地位。
- Who do you think has been overlooking the <Kim Dok-Ja Company>'s tyranny?!
-你以为是谁忽视了金道子公司的暴政?！
- Didn't everyone go along with your wishes until now?!
到现在为止不是每个人都同意你的愿望吗！
Overlooking the tyranny, was it….?
忽视暴政，是不是...？
Before I could respond, though, Constellations chimed in first.
然而，我还没来得及回答，星座就先插话了。
[A portion of Constellations are mocking the reporters' statements.]
(一部分星座嘲笑记者的声明。)
[Korean Peninsula's ancient Constellations are in lamentation!]
[朝鲜半岛的古代星座在哀叹!]
[Constellation, 'Goryeo's First Sword', is glaring at the descendants.]
[《星座》，《高丽的第一剑》，正在怒视着这些后代。]
Never mind whether it was a tyranny or not, I didn't even know what exactly they had been 'overlooking' so far. Wasn't there demonstrations against <Kim Dok-Ja Company> taking place every single day on the devastated Yeouido even now?
不管这是不是暴政，我甚至不知道他们到目前为止究竟忽略了什么。即使是现在，每天都有反对金道子公司的示威活动发生在被摧毁的Yeouido，不是吗？
I quietly stared at the various shouting reporters, before asking them. [And what exactly were my wishes?]
我静静地盯着那些大喊大叫的记者，然后问他们。(我的愿望到底是什么?)
- That is….!
-那是...！
[Have I ever asked any one of you to do something for me?]
我有没有要求过你们中的任何一个人为我做些什么
Right there and then, the reporters shut their mouths and glanced at each other. Dokkaebis were now forming expressions of genuine interest. To them, even things like this should prove to be an entertaining Fable. Well, it was an event of the 'Demon King of Salvation' forsaking his own land, after all.
就在那时，记者们都闭上了嘴，互相看了一眼。多卡比斯现在正在表示真正的兴趣。对他们来说，即使是这样的事情也应该是一个有趣的寓言。毕竟，这是‘救世魔王’放弃自己土地的一件大事。
What rescued the reporters falling into the pit of confusion was a group of Incarnations biding their time on the side of the [Industrial Complex].
拯救掉入混乱深渊的记者们的，是一群在(工业园区)一边等待时机的化身。
- It's only natural for the one possessing great power to shoulder the responsibility. And you are abandoning that responsibility right now.
拥有强大力量的人承担责任是很自然的。而你现在正在放弃这个责任。
An old man wearing a shabby hat suddenly stepped forward and said that out aloud. Shady, cunning glare in his eyes could be seen beneath the crooked rim of his headgear. I couldn't immediately remember who it was, but that line, it also appeared in the 'Ways of Survival'. I heard Yi Ji-Hye's voice coming from behind.
一个戴着破帽子的老人突然走上前来，大声地说出了这句话。在他歪歪扭扭的头饰边缘下面，可以看到他眼中阴暗、狡猾的光芒。我不能马上记起那是谁，但是那句话，它也出现在《生存之道》中。我听到后面传来了易智慧的声音。
"What the hell. That geezer also showed up here?"
“管他呢，那老头也来了?”
It seemed that the group belonged to the alliance down in Busan. The hidden movers that took over the alliance while we were away from the Peninsula had finally revealed themselves, in other words.
这个团体似乎属于釜山的联盟。换句话说，在我们离开半岛的时候，那些接管联盟的秘密行动者终于暴露了他们自己。
Behind them, the clearly-visible flags of the veteran's association waved by the ones wearing blue headbands. And then, alliance members from the countryside stood left and right of this group and angrily raised their voices.
在他们身后，戴着蓝色头巾的人挥舞着清晰可见的退伍军人协会旗帜。然后，来自农村的联盟成员左右站着，愤怒地提高了他们的声音。
- Demon King of Salvation, you must uphold the duty of the strong. Are you not the sole 'Myth-grade Constellation' active within the Korean Peninsula?
-救世魔王，你必须坚守强者的职责。难道你不是朝鲜半岛唯一活跃的“神话级星座”吗？
Some emphasized what my duty was, while…
有些人强调我的职责，而.....。
- I beg of you, do not abandon the Korean Peninsula! If you behave like this, what will the poor citizens of this land do in turn
-我求求你们，不要放弃朝鲜半岛！如果你这样做，这片土地上的穷人们又会怎么做呢？
….Some tried to appeal to my sympathy.
有些人试图博取我的同情。
- Please, take us with you to the Final Scenario! Everyone who managed to survive until now has the right to be rewarded properly!
-请带我们一起去最后的场景！每个设法生存到现在的人都有权利得到适当的奖励！
- No one among us wanted to become a part of the 'scenario'! Are you planning to abandon all these innocent people? Can you even claim to be this Peninsula's Constellation, then?!
-我们当中没有人愿意成为”情景”的一部分！你打算抛弃所有这些无辜的人吗？那你还敢说自己是半岛星座吗?！
In a certain way, they were right. No one among us wanted to be a part of the scenarios. Not initially, anyway.
在某种程度上，他们是对的。我们当中没有人愿意成为这些场景的一部分。至少一开始不会。
[I see that the various heads of the alliances are present as well. That's good.]
(我看到联盟的各个领导人也在场，这很好。)
However, was the story still the same even now?
然而，这个故事到现在还是老样子吗？
[I wanted to ask you all something. Just what exactly have you been doing until now, when the 'Final Scenario' is just around the corner?]
我想问你们一些事情。你到底一直在做什么，直到现在，当“最后一幕”即将来临?]
The alliance members all looked at each other when they heard me.
联盟成员听到我的声音时都面面相觑。
- We, we…. protected the Peninsula while you were away…!
-我们，我们......在你不在的时候保护了半岛......！
- Are you looking down on all the hard work the alliances have performed?! It was us that protected our Peninsula during your absence!
-你看不起这些联盟所做的艰苦工作吗?！是我们在你不在的时候保护了我们的半岛！
I already knew what they had been doing, anyway. Meanwhile, I spotted a few alliance members exchanging glances with reporters.
不管怎样，我已经知道他们在做什么。与此同时，我发现一些联盟成员与记者交换眼神。
⸢Publish the article - let everyone know that the 'Demon King of Salvation' is giving up on the Korean Peninsula.⸥
发表这篇文章——让每个人都知道“救世魔王”正在放弃朝鲜半岛
Most likely, they were inciting the mass media.
最有可能的是，他们在煽动大众媒体。
⸢The 'Demon King of Salvation', revealing his true colours of a demon king.⸥
《救赎之魔王》，揭示了魔王的真面目
I could imagine the headlines already without even asking them. I knew why they were willing to go this far, of course.
我甚至不用问他们就能想象出头条新闻。当然，我知道他们为什么愿意走这么远。
⸢No need to be scared. The Demon King of Salvation is still a human in the end. He's just another Korean, okay?⸥ ⸢As long as he's born in this land, there are some things he can't go against.⸥ ⸢Even if he now possesses great power and fame….⸥
没必要害怕。救世魔王最终还是一个人。他只是另一个韩国人，好吗？只要他出生在这片土地上，有些事情是他不能反对的。即使他现在拥有巨大的权力和名望..。
They still believed in the system. They believed in the story of ⸢democracy⸥ upheld by humanity for a long time, the Fables like ⸢rationalism⸥ and ⸢institution⸥, or even something like ⸢majority decision⸥.
他们仍然相信这个体制。他们相信人类长期坚持的民主故事，相信寓言中的理性主义和制度，甚至相信大多数人的决定。
[Ancient Fables are now looking at you.]
[古老的寓言现在正在看着你。]
I could see it now; everyone believed they held a share in these Fables, but in reality, no one did. Even before <Star Stream> arrived on Earth, this place had been under the rule of a Great Fable. And those believing in this Great Fable were under the impression that they couldn't be wrong. The alliance members continued to shout.
我现在能看出来了;每个人都相信他们在这些寓言中拥有股份，但实际上，没有人这么认为。甚至在星流来到地球之前，这个地方就已经被一个伟大的寓言所统治。而那些相信这个伟大寓言的人们却认为他们不可能是错的。联盟成员继续喊叫。
- Didn't <Kim Dok-Ja Company> monopolise the scenarios from the very start?! What can we be expected to achieve under such unfair competitive conditions?!
-kimdok-ja公司不是从一开始就垄断了这些场景吗?！在这样不公平的竞争条件下，我们能期望得到什么?！
[But, the Industrial Complex's door is always open to you? All the skills and Fables we acquired are all publicly available, aren't they?] - No, but, because you people entered the scenarios first…..!
但是，工业园区的大门永远向你敞开？我们学到的所有技能和寓言都是公开的，不是吗?]-不，但是，因为你们是第一个进入这个场景的...！
[There are plenty of people from other countries who entered the scenarios belatedly. Divisions led by Fei Hu or Ranvir Khan are home to many who have joined only a few months ago, but now find themselves in the latter half of the scenarios.] - That's the story for other countries! Our situation isn't the same!
许多来自其他国家的人才姗姗来迟地进入这一阶段。由胡或者兰维尔汗领导的部门是许多几个月前才加入的部门的所在地，但是现在他们发现自己处于后半部分的情况中-这是其他国家的故事！我们的情况不一样！
[They don't have the 'Industrial Complex'. Their support structure is focused on extremely few individuals, too. However, what is it like for Seoul?]
他们没有工业综合体。他们的支持结构也集中在极少数人身上。然而，首尔是什么样的呢?]
I snapped my fingers and Biyu created a panel in the empty air above. A shot of the [Industrial Complex]'s interior was displayed on it.
我打了个响指，碧玉在上空的空气中创建了一个面板。上面展示了(工业园区)内部的一张照片。
[We publicly made available the methods to clear the lower-ranked scenarios, and even released the list of 'Great Fable scenarios' as well. And we didn't hold back with our support to those willing to diligently enter the scenarios, too. We didn't place any restrictions on sex, age, race - none of those. Because what we were looking for were brave people willing to fight alongside us.]
[我们公开提供了清除排名较低的场景的方法，甚至还发布了“神话场景”列表。对于那些愿意努力参与的人，我们也没有退缩。我们对性别、年龄、种族都没有任何限制。因为我们要找的是愿意与我们并肩作战的勇敢的人
The panel now displayed Incarnations going through repeated harsh training regimes, and my mother commanding them. The faces of both Jo Yeong-Ran and Yi Bok-Sun working as instructors could be seen next.
现在，面板上展示的是Incarnations经历了反复严酷的训练制度，由我母亲指挥。接下来可以看到JoYeong-Ran和YiBok-Sun作为教练的面孔。
And so, they reached this far after going through hellish training and earned their own Fables.
所以，他们在经历了地狱般的训练之后走到了这一步，并赢得了他们自己的寓言。
[I'm talking about these people right before you.]
我说的就是你面前的这些人
There were Incarnations possessing indomitable air and vigorous Statuses guarding the centre of the conference venue. They were none other than the 'wanderers' my mother had raised. The heroes that helped my mother stop the tsunami waves by the eastern shoreline were these very people.
在会场中心有着顽强的气质和活力四射的身影。他们不是别人，正是我母亲养大的‘流浪者’。那些帮助我母亲阻止海啸冲击东部海岸线的英雄们正是这些人。
[Is there anyone among you present today that received worse support than these people?]
你们中间今天在座的有谁得的支持比这些人还差呢
No one replied. They were all overwhelmed by the fighting spirit emanating from the 'wanderers' right before their noses.
没有人回答，他们都被“流浪者”散发出的战斗精神淹没了，就在他们的鼻子前面。
People faltering and biting their lips started shouting again.
人们摇摇晃晃，咬着嘴唇，又开始大喊大叫。
- It's not like we kicked back and enjoyed ourselves all this time! We, we've been preparing for various things! Maintaining the systems and infrastructures, and getting ready to rebuild our nation once you finish the scenario and come back… [But, why are you getting ready for that? Do you even know what kind of 'Conclusion' is waiting at the end?]
我们又不是一直在享受生活！我们，我们一直在准备各种各样的事情！维护系统和基础设施，并准备重建我们的国家一旦你完成了方案，回来...[但是，你为什么准备那？你知道最后会有什么样的“结论”吗?]
- What
什么？
[Why do you believe that this world's 'Conclusion' will be peaceful?]
[你为什么相信这个世界的“结局”将是和平的?]
This world had changed a lot from the one found in the 'Ways of Survival'. Yu Jung-Hyeok, Yi Hyeon-Seong, Yi Ji-Hye, Shin Yu-Seung - everyone had changed somewhat from what I used to remember.
这个世界与《生存之道》中的世界相比已经发生了很大的变化。于正赫，李贤成，李智慧，申玉升——每个人都和我记忆中的有所不同。
However, some things didn't change.
然而，有些事情并没有改变。
⸢Everyone Yu Jung-Hyeok had met all wished for things to go back to how they were.⸥
于重赫见过的每个人都希望一切能回到原来的样子
Fluster was quickly dyeing the people's expressions. Expressions of being betrayed by that one hope they had been holding onto. I knew very well what they wanted, of course.
慌乱的人很快就把人们的表情染上了色彩。表示被他们一直坚持的那个希望所背叛。当然，我很清楚他们想要什么。
⸢However, there were none among them that truly desired for 'everything' to go back to how they were.⸥
然而，他们中没有一个人真正渴望“一切”回到原来的样子
What this crowd wanted wasn't peace for everyone, but for 'individuals'.
这群人想要的不是每个人的和平，而是个人的和平。
They had experienced hellish scenarios and managed to survive. And those who experienced such ordeals definitely didn't want to see everything go back to 'how it used to be'.
他们经历了地狱般的情景，并设法生存下来。而那些经历过这种磨难的人肯定不希望看到一切回到“过去的样子”。
Because the hell they lived through had become a part of their stories now.
因为他们所经历的地狱已经成为他们故事的一部分。
⸢….It'll be fine as long as the Final Scenario is over. I now possess power. At the bare minimum, I'm now in a position to act like a boss among the Incarnations.⸥ ⸢I can't go back to how it was. Just how hard did I struggle to get this far….⸥ ⸢If only the <Kim Dok-Ja Company> wasn't around….⸥
只要最后一幕结束就没事了。我现在拥有了力量。在最低限度上，我现在处于一个位置，可以像化身中的老板一样行事。我不能回到过去。我费了多大劲才走到这一步...要是没有金道子公司就好了..。
As the countless desires seethed under the surface, I slowly turned my head and looked at the outer edges of the conference venue.
当无数的欲望在表面之下沸腾时，我慢慢地转过头，看着会场的外围。
The alliance members, and certain folks standing even further away than the reporters, were looking up at this side. Ordinary Incarnations covered in dust and wearing shabby, dirty clothes and equipment were standing there.
联盟成员，还有一些比记者站得更远的人，都抬头看着这边。普通人站在那里，满身尘土，衣衫褴褛，衣衫褴褛。
Among them, I saw a young girl. She was only as tall as Shin Yu-Seung during the initial stages of the scenarios. She was so young that it must've been a miracle for her to survive this far. And while standing in that place that cameras and channels didn't even pay any attention to, she whispered to herself in a voice that only I could hear.
在他们中间，我看见了一个年轻的姑娘。在剧情的最初阶段，她只有申玉升那么高。她那么年轻，能活到现在一定是个奇迹。当她站在摄像机和频道根本不注意的地方时，她用只有我能听到的声音自言自语。
⸢Does that mean…. we are all going to die?⸥
这是不是意味着......我们都会死
The cameras and their shutter flashes continued to go off, but I only stared at that girl for a long time.
