A handsome beard and thick eyebrows. The thick lips that showed a unique, upright personality. The man who appeared from the darkness was exactly the same as when I met him three years ago.
漂亮的胡子和浓眉。厚厚的嘴唇显示出独特、正直的个性。那个从黑暗中出现的人和我三年前见到他的时候一模一样。
“Goryeo’s First Sword?”
“高丽的第一把剑?”
“I didn’t know we would meet in such a place, Kim Dokja.”
“我不知道我们会在这样的地方见面，KimDokja。”
A constellation of the Korean Peninsula, Cheok Jungyeong was on Reincarnation Island.
作为朝鲜半岛的一个星座，CheokJungyeong位于轮回岛上。
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I was indebted to Cheok Jungyeong from Dark Castle to the Demon King Selection. I swallowed down my pleasure. Cheok Jungyeong was a good constellation but his purpose here was unclear. It was time to look at the other person’s purpose. It would be difficult if his purpose conflicted with me.
从《黑暗城堡》到《魔王选集》，我都非常感激CheokJungyeong。我咽下了我的快乐。CheokJungyeong是一个很好的星座，但是他在这里的目的并不明确。是时候看看对方的目的了。如果他的目的与我相冲突，那就难办了。
“I was worried because you haven’t been sending any indirect messages.”
“我很担心，因为你没有发出任何间接的信息。”
“I have been refraining from broadcasting on the stream for a while.”
“我已经有一段时间没有在流媒体上广播了。”
On closer examination, Cheok Jungyeong’s entire body seemed much more refined than before. Something flashed in my mind. “Did you come to the island before the start of the scenario?”
经过仔细观察，CheokJungyeong的整个身体看起来比以前精致多了。有什么东西在我的脑海中闪过。“你是在剧情开始之前来到岛上的吗?”
“It’s been 15 years already.”
“已经15年了。”
15 years? At this moment, a sentence of Ways of Survival rose.
15年?此时此刻，一句生存之道升起。
「 Reincarnation Island is located in the Dark Fault. 」
“再生岛位于黑暗断层”
It might be three years in Earth hour but time within the Dark Fault was a few times faster. In fact, Kyrgios and the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint had also been here. At present, the time density of this island was around five times that of Earth.
地球一小时的时间可能是三年，但在黑暗断层内的时间要快几倍。事实上，基叔和破天剑圣徒也来过这里。目前，这个岛屿的时间密度大约是地球的五倍。
“The reason you are here…”
“你在这里的原因......”
Cheok Jungyeong shook his head. “It might be an outer god but I still wasn’t able to withstand it.”
CheokJungyeong摇了摇头，“这可能是一个外在的神，但我还是无法承受。”
There was a scene playing in my head. It was three years ago, the day when the 73rd Demon Realm was destroyed. Cheok Jungyeong lost his incarnation body while dealing with the disaster.
我脑海中浮现出一个场景。那是三年前，第73个恶魔王国被摧毁的日子。车俊英在灾难中失去了化身的身体。
The prideful Cheok Jungyeong was greatly shocked that there was such an existence in the world. Thus, it was even more amazing. The other constellations had their egos crumble at the mere sight of the disaster while Cheok Jungyeong was still trying to tear down the disaster.
骄傲的CheokJungyeong对于世界上存在这样一种存在感到非常震惊。因此，它更加令人惊奇。其他星座一看到这场灾难就自我崩溃了，而CheokJungyeong仍然在试图摧毁这场灾难。
Perhaps this was the theme of the constellation called Goryeo’s First Sword.
也许这就是高丽第一剑星座的主题。
“I felt that I had to train again from the very basics. This island is the perfect place for such training.”
“我觉得我必须从最基本的东西开始再次训练。这个岛是进行这种训练的最佳地点。”
Cheok Jungyeong spoke while looking at the people moving through the bushes in front. They had good mobility even in this hot and sticky forest. They were probably the forgotten people of this island.
CheokJungyeong一边说一边看着从前面的灌木丛中穿过的人们。即使在这样炎热粘稠的森林里，它们的机动性也很好。他们可能是这个岛上被遗忘的人。
One of them noticed my gaze and walked over. “You managed to survive. Usually, the constellations from the outside die in less than an hour. Ah, apart from that monster ‘Cheok’ over there.”
其中一个注意到了我的目光，走了过去。“你设法活了下来。通常，来自外面的星座在不到一个小时内就会死亡。啊，除了那个怪物‘Cheok’。”
“Thank you for your help. I am Kim Dokja.”
“谢谢你的帮助，我是KimDokja。”
I deliberately didn’t say my modifier. Among the first generation forgotten people, there were many people who considered the modifier to be pretentious.
我故意不说我的修饰语。在第一代被遗忘的人中，有很多人认为这个修饰语是自命不凡的。
The man laughed as if he liked my answer. “I have long forgotten my name. That is what everyone does when they’re here.”
那人笑了，好像他喜欢我的回答。“我早就忘了我的名字了。这是每个人在这里的时候都会做的事情。”
The man spoke and moved ahead. The forgotten. They were those who forgot their names after numerous reincarnations. However, they didn’t really forget their names. It was just that reminiscing on the past became too painful.
那人说完就往前走了。被遗忘的人。他们是那些在无数次转世后忘记了自己名字的人。然而，他们并没有真正忘记自己的名字。只是对过去的回忆变得太痛苦了。
An old scent was felt from the bodies of the forgotten who were opening the path. A very strong, curved and hardened story.
那些被遗忘的人的尸体散发出一种古老的气味，他们正在开辟一条道路。一个非常强大，曲折和坚硬的故事。
Lee Jihye whispered, “How are they so strong?”
李智慧低声说:“它们怎么这么强壮?”
It was natural to be curious. The forgotten people themselves didn’t feel particularly great. Yet they used a single strike to kill the troll we struggled with.
好奇是很自然的。被遗忘的人自己也感觉不是特别好。然而他们只用了一击就杀死了我们对抗的巨魔。
“The quantity and quality of their stories seem better than us…”
“他们的故事在数量和质量上似乎都比我们好......”
“No matter how good the stories, it is useless if they can’t take advantage of it properly.”
“不管这些故事多么精彩，如果他们不能恰当地利用这些故事，它们就毫无用处。”
Lee Jihye stared at me with questioning eyes. The moment I tried to speak, I was interrupted by Cheok Jungyeong.
李智慧用疑惑的眼神看着我。我刚要开口说话，就被谢俊英打断了。
“He’s right. Even if there are 10 swords, humans could only hold two swords properly.”
“他说得对。即使有10把剑，人类也只能正确地握住两把剑。”
Goryeo’s First Sword. His body was a sword, his heart was a sword, his story was a sword.
高丽的第一把剑。他的身体是一把剑，他的心是一把剑，他的故事是一把剑。
Lee Jihye looked down at her hands like she gained profound enlightenment. In the meantime,
李智慧低头看着自己的手，好像得到了深刻的启示,
Cheok Jungyeong stared at me with a deep gaze. “You have collected many great stories. You won’t fall behind the top rated constellations right now.”
CheokJungyeong深深地凝视着我。“你收集了很多很棒的故事。你现在不会落后于顶级星座。”
“You’re overpraising me.”
“你过分夸奖我了。”
“By the way… you’ve accumulated too much in a short period of time. Do you know what state you are in right now?”
“顺便说一句......你在短时间内积累了太多东西。你知道你现在是什么状态吗?”
I closed my mouth. In these eyes, I was currently in a very precarious state.
我闭上了嘴，在这双眼睛里，我现在处于一种非常危险的状态。
[The giant story ‘Torch That Swallowed the Myth’ is aiming for your incarnation body.] [The story ‘Person who Opposes the Miracle’ is doubting your qualifications!] [The story ‘One Who Killed an Outer God’ is dissatisfied with you.]
[巨人传说《吞噬神话的火把》的目标是你的化身身体]“反对奇迹的人”这个故事是在质疑你的资格[《杀死外神的人》这个故事对你不满意。]
It was the same in practice. I raised the giant stories wrong and almost had my life snatched away by the stories. If that happened, I would become the same as the constellations I met at the Duet Between Good and Evil.
在实践中也是如此。我错误地提出了巨人的故事，我的生活几乎被这些故事夺走了。如果那样的话，我就会变成我在善恶二重奏中遇到的星座。
“Don’t forget. After an existence creates a story, the story creates an existence.”
“别忘了，一个存在创造了一个故事，故事也创造了一个存在。”
I already knew. I came to this island knowing it.
我已经知道了，我来到这个岛上就知道了。
“I will keep that in mind.”
“我会记住这一点。”
Not long afterwards, we arrived at the village.
不久之后，我们到达了村庄。
[You have arrived in the first safe zone!]
[你已经到达了第一个安全区!]
[You have met the conditions to clear the main scenario of the 133rd Small Island!] [You have met the conditions to clear the hidden scenario!] [You have received additional compensation for killing a competitor.]
[你们已经满足了清除第133小岛主要情景的条件!][你已经满足了清除隐藏场景的条件!][你因为杀害竞争对手而获得了额外的补偿]
[Additional compensation is being prepared.]
[正在准备额外的补偿]
The village was peaceful. After passing through the main entrance, there was a lifestyle that revolved around a huge hearth in the centre. It was different from city life.
村子里很平静。穿过主要入口后，有一种生活方式，围绕着中心的一个巨大的壁炉。它不同于城市生活。
A stay at home woman in scruffy clothes was feeing a cow while a bearded man was doing laundry. There were also children who seemed younger than Gilyoung and Yoosung. It was an incredibly rural village where the first generation forgotten people lived.
一个穿着邋遢衣服的全职太太在洗衣服，而一个留着胡子的男人在洗衣服。还有一些孩子看起来比吉英和Yoosung还要年轻。这是一个令人难以置信的乡村，居住着第一代被遗忘的人。
「 (…It is really amazing here.) 」
“(...这里真是太神奇了)”
‘Yoo Sangah-ssi?’
“柳善雅-西?”
「 (Ah, sorry. Did I surprise you?) 」
“(对不起，我吓到你了吗?)”
‘It’s fine. Is it okay to talk now?’ 「 (Yes, it is break time. The wall is also busy.) 」
“没关系，现在可以讲话了吗?”“(是的，现在是休息时间，墙也很忙”)
For some reason, Yoo Sangah’s voice felt closer than usual. The Fourth Wall had become thinner, making her activities more convenient.
出于某种原因，柳桑加的声音比平时更近了。第四道墙变得更薄了，使她的活动更方便了。
「 (This village is like a mural that many artisans painted over the years…) 」
“(这个村庄就像是多年来许多工匠所画的壁画...)”
I was inwardly amazed as I heard Yoo Sangah trying to find the right words. It was apparently ordinary but as Yoo Sangah put it, the reality of this village was never ordinary.
当我听到YooSangah试图找到正确的词语时，我内心感到惊讶。这看起来很普通，但是正如YooSangah所说，这个村庄的现实从来都不普通。
I might be a visitor but I could tell by the sight of the residents living their lives as usual. They looked bored, as if they had seen this hundred of thousands of times.
我可能是一个访客，但我可以告诉看到居民的生活像往常一样。他们看起来很无聊，好像这种情况已经见过成千上万次了。
[Shit, I almost died.]
妈的，我差点死了
[This crazy island… are they really orcs?]
[这个疯狂的岛...他们真的是半兽人吗?]
I looked up at the true voices and saw a group of constellations appearing at the opposite entrance of the village.
我抬头看着真实的声音，看到一群星座出现在村子对面的入口处。
I quickly looked at the faces of the group. Unfortunately, the faces of my party members couldn’t be seen. Instead, I saw an unpleasant guy.
我迅速地看了看这群人的脸。不幸的是，我的党员的面孔无法被看到。相反，我看到了一个令人不快的家伙。
[Demon king ‘Eyes that See the Forbidden’ is looking at you.]
恶魔之王“看到禁区的眼睛”正看着你
The demon king with fiery eyes in the shape of a black panther. He was one of those I saw when I visited the 1863rd round.
黑豹形状的有着火热眼睛的魔王。他是我参观第1863轮投票时见到的人之一。
The master of the 61st Demon Realm. Eyes that See the Forbidden, Flauros. He was the one who died from Yoo Jonghyuk’s fist in the 1863rd round.
第61魔界的主人。看到禁忌的眼睛，福楼罗斯。他就是在1863年的第三轮比赛中死于柳永玉拳头的那个人。
The demon king followed me to this island. Flauros stared this way with strange eyes before turning his attention elsewhere. It was obvious even without reading his face. He probably judged that this wasn’t a favourable place to fight.
魔王跟着我来到了这个岛上。福楼罗斯用一双奇怪的眼睛盯着这个方向，然后把注意力转向别处。即使不看他的表情，这也是显而易见的。他可能认为这不是一个适合打仗的地方。
Cheok Jungyeong standing next to me would’ve surely noticed it. I glanced at Cheok Jungyeong beside me. “What did you have to say?”
站在我旁边的CheokJungyeong肯定会注意到的。我瞥了一眼身边的CheokJungyeong。“你有什么要说的?”
“It’s nothing.”
“没什么。”
…They were really strong and reliably shoulders. I was envious.
他们真的很强壮，肩膀很结实，我很羡慕。
[Is this the end of the scenario? Hey, NPCs. Guide me!]
[这就是这个场景的结局吗?嘿，npc们，指引我!]
The constellations entered and the village became a bit crowded. One of the residents frowned at the turmoil occurring everywhere and responded. “This is the end of the small island.”
星座进来了，村子里变得有点拥挤。一个居民对到处都在发生的骚乱皱起了眉头，并作出了回应。“这是小岛的尽头。”
[There is no sincerity in your words. Well, the scenarios are all created by the dokkaebis.]
[你的话里没有诚意。好吧，这些场景都是多卡比斯创造的。]
Now that there were no monsters, the constellations were regaining their spirit.
现在已经没有怪物了，星座又恢复了他们的精神。
[The story ‘Weak Against the Strong and Strong Against the Weak’ has started.]
[“弱者对强者，强者对弱者”的故事已经开始了。]
The voices of the stories were flowing from the eyes of the constellations. As expected, Cheok Jungyeong was correct.
故事的声音从星座的眼睛里流淌出来，不出所料，CheokJungyeong是正确的。
There were no exceptions, whether they were constellations or incarnations. If we didn’t live the stories properly, the stories would live instead of us.
没有例外，不管它们是星座还是化身。如果我们不能恰当地生活这些故事，这些故事就会代替我们生活。
[Are there no additional rewards here?]
这里没有额外的奖励吗
[Should we search through the houses? There might be some hidden pieces.]
我们要不要搜查一下这些房子?可能有一些隐藏的碎片
The residents felt tired and replied in a voice that found the situation troublesome.
居民们感到很累，用一种使局势变得麻烦的声音回答说。
“There are no such things. The small island scenario is over. Those who want to go to the next scenario should enter the hearth in the centre of the village. It is the portal.”
“没有这样的事情。小岛情景已经结束。那些想进入下一个场景的人应该进入村庄中心的壁炉。这是一个入口。”
Some of the constellations frowned at the cold tone and Demon King Flauros stepped forward.
一些星座对着冷冰冰的声音皱起了眉头，恶魔国王福楼罗斯走了过来。
[The NPCs are really noisy. It is up to us when we want to leave here.]
[npc们真的很吵。我们什么时候离开这里由我们自己决定。]
Perhaps he was looking for an opponent to go against as he suddenly raised his status.
也许当他突然提升自己的地位时，他正在寻找一个可以与之对抗的对手。
[I have found a village like this. It isn’t bad to rest for a while. Bring out some drinks and food! This body is very hungry.]
我发现了一个这样的村庄。休息一会儿也不错。拿出一些饮料和食物！这个身体非常饥饿
The violent words caused the other constellations to laugh. Lee Jihye frowned and came forward. “That―”
这些激烈的话语引起了其他星座的笑声。李继慧皱着眉头走了过来。“那——”
“Just wait.”
“等着瞧吧。”
Perhaps there was no room for us to intervene in this fight.
也许我们没有空间干涉这场战斗。
In fact, the villagers weren’t fazed at all by the threat of the demon king. The man washing his laundry yawned with boredom. “NPC, always NPC… These days, the kids think of life as a game.”
事实上，村民们并没有因为恶魔王的威胁而感到不安。洗衣服的人无聊得打哈欠。“NPC，总是NPC......这些日子，孩子们把生活当成一场游戏。”
An old man carrying a Korean A-frame said. “It is a strange fate today… I have no enthusiasm and passion.”
一位老人拿着一个韩国a字架说，“今天的命运很奇怪......我没有热情和激情。”
The woman feeding the cows also added some words. “Spit. This is why I was against opening our island. No matter how urgent the need for coins, do I have to watch these snobs entering? It is better to raise a few cows.”
喂牛的妇女还加了几句话。“吐口水。这就是为什么我反对开放我们的岛屿。无论多么迫切需要硬币，我都要看着这些势利小人进来吗？最好是养几头牛。”
The flowing words were heard clearly. The situation headed in a strange direction and the constellations started to notice.
人们听得清清楚楚，形势朝着一个奇怪的方向发展，星座也开始注意到了。
Flauros let out a roar. [Why are these group of bugs…?]
福楼罗斯发出一声吼叫。(为什么这些虫子......?)
The little boy sucking candy in front of them said, “You are the bugs who haven’t lived for a thousand years.”
小男孩在他们面前吮吸着糖果说:“你们是一千年没活过的虫子。”
Flauros’ mouth dropped open. He was the one who reigned over the 64th Demon Realm and it was natural for him to react like this. It must be the first insult he had ever received. A wicked expression flashed across Flauros’ face.
福楼罗斯的嘴张开了。他是统治第64个恶魔王国的人，这样的反应对他来说是很自然的。这一定是他第一次受到侮辱。福楼罗斯的脸上闪过一种邪恶的表情。
[The scenario didn’t tell me not to kill NPCs.]
[这个场景并没有告诉我不要杀npc。]
The demon king let out a powerful status. The moment he roared and revealed his fangs, all the residents of the village gazed at Flauros in unison.
恶魔王释放出一种强大的地位。就在他咆哮着露出尖牙的那一刻，村里所有的居民都异口同声地凝视着Flauros。
The man doing the laundry. The woman placing food and water in the trough. The old man carrying the A-frame.
男人在洗衣服，女人在水槽里放食物和水，老人拿着a字架。
It looked like the whole world froze. The constellations sensed the strange air and faltered. The same was true for Flauros. He was a fairly keen demon king and must’ve noticed something weird. Perhaps he was thinking this way.
