This was a part of an ancient memory.
这是一段古老记忆的一部分。
– Scribe, for how long am I supposed to repeat this war? A war that doesn’t have any victors….
-抄写员，我还要重复这场战争多久一场没有胜利者的战争..。
The times when he threw that question out, or how many times he asked it - he couldn’t recall them.
他抛出这个问题的次数，或者问了多少次，他都想不起来了。
– Michael, there’s no need to ponder too deeply about this.
迈克尔，没有必要深思熟虑。
The Metatron of his memories would always return the exact same smile. For several hundreds of years, or maybe even for thousands of years.
梅塔特隆对他的回忆总是以完全相同的微笑回报。几百年，甚至几千年。
Metatron continued to carry that grin from the far side of time that Michael couldn’t even remember anymore.
梅塔特隆继续带着那个来自遥远时空的笑容，迈克尔甚至已经不记得了。
– Please, focus on hating the ‘Evil’ in front of your eyes, instead. That is your ‘scenario’.
-请专注于憎恨你眼前的“恶魔”，那是你的“剧本”。
‘….My scenario.
我的剧本。
Just how long have I been hunting down the demons?’
我追捕恶魔到底有多久了
Michael, for a long time now, could no longer remember his birth.
迈克尔已经有很长一段时间不记得自己的出生了。
[The power of ‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ is going berserk.]
[“善恶果实”的力量正在发狂。]
His memories were always incorrect, incomplete. All he could remember were the final words of the Demon Kings dying at his hands.
他的记忆总是错误的，不完整的。他所能记得的只有那些死在他手上的恶魔国王的遗言。
– How lamentable, oh, the pitiful disciple of <Eden>. Do you really need to go this far?
多么可悲啊，可怜的伊甸园信徒。你真的需要走这么远吗？
That was from the master of the 21st Demon World.
这是来自第21个恶魔世界的主人。
– Uwahahahahat!! You are now the same as us! Finally, Metatron has gone mad!!
-哇哈哈哈!!你现在和我们一样了!终于，梅塔特隆疯了!！
And that was from the master of the 9th Demon World.
这是第九恶魔世界的主人说的。
– Which ‘number’ Michael are you?
迈克尔，你是第几号？
And finally, from the lips of the master of the 4th Demon World.
最后，从第四恶魔世界的主人嘴里说出来。
Past the faces of the Demon Kings with names he’d forgotten, he could see the dead Archangels, his comrades, that fought alongside him.
透过那些他已经忘记名字的恶魔国王的脸庞，他可以看到那些死去的大天使，他的战友们，与他并肩作战。
– Michael, you must regain yourself. Please…. This, this is wrong.
-Michael你必须重新振作起来拜托...-这样不对。
An Angel and a Demon, that’s what he was.
一个天使和一个恶魔，那就是他。
Faces breaking down like debris scattered away in tens of thousands of puzzle pieces, before gathering back together to create one giant form.
人脸像碎片一样分散成成千上万的拼图碎片，然后再聚集起来形成一个巨大的形状。
‘Good’ and ‘Evil’, in conflict against each other for eternity itself. And Metatron’s face, the one who had managed to endure all those years, continued to carry the exact same smile for thousands of years.
“善”和“恶”，在永恒中彼此冲突。而梅塔特隆的脸----这个努力忍受了这么多年的人----几千年来一直保持着同样的笑容。
– You need to be careful about one thing. When using this power, you must never….
-你要小心一件事。当使用这种力量，你绝不能..。
[The power of ‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ is going berserk!]
[“善恶之果”的力量正在发狂!]
All of his memories were swept away in one go; Michael was enveloped in horrifying pain akin to his head being ripped to tiny shreds.
他所有的记忆一下子全部消失了;迈克尔被可怕的疼痛包围着，就像他的头被撕成碎片一样。
Aaaaaaaaah-!!!!
啊啊啊啊啊啊啊!!!！
All ‘Good’ in the world cried out in sorrow. From the blades of grass to trees; from small insects to every type of ‘Good’ living in Creation fell into a state of sorrow and cried out in grief.
世界上所有的美好都在悲伤中哭泣。从草叶到树叶，从小昆虫到创世纪中的每一种“善”生活，都陷入了悲伤的状态，悲伤地呼喊着。
[You have directed a fatal attack at an opponent on the side of Absolute Good!] [Fable, ‘Evil that destroys Evil’, is roaring out in bitter sadness!]
[你已经将致命的攻击指向了绝对好的一方的对手!][寓言，‘毁灭邪恶的邪恶’，在痛苦的悲伤中咆哮!]
[You have broken the taboo!]
你打破了禁忌
[You have been handed a terrible penalty!]
你被判了一个可怕的刑罚
A grey-coloured angel covered in blood was smiling at Michael.
一个浑身是血的灰色天使正对着迈克尔微笑。
*
The moment I bit into the [Fruit of Good and Evil], the view of the world changed.
自从我咬了一口[善恶之果]，世界观就改变了。
[You have consumed a forbidden ‘Star Relic Fruit’.]
[你吃了一个被禁止的‘星遗物水果’]
[You are currently a ‘Demon King’.]
[你现在是‘魔王’。]
[The power of ‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ has whispered the secret of the ‘Absolute Good’ to you.]
[“善与恶的果实”的力量向你耳语了“绝对善”的秘密。]
As the ginormous storm of magical energy raged around me, my ears were inundated by the continuous stream of messages.
当巨大的魔力风暴在我周围肆虐时，我的耳朵被源源不断的信息淹没了。
[You have experienced all facets of ‘Good and Evil’!]
[你已经经历了‘善与恶’的所有方面!]
[You have achieved an impossible accomplishment!]
你已经取得了不可能的成就
[You have acquired the Possibility of a brand new Fable!]
[你获得了一个全新寓言的可能性!]
[<Star Stream> is stunned by your accomplishment.]
[星流被你的成就震惊了。]
[<Star Stream> is pondering what your second Modifier should be.]
[星流正在考虑你的第二个修正值应该是多少]
I felt the sensations of being a Constellation, the one I couldn’t feel for a long time after becoming a Demon King, once more.
我感受到了成为一个星座的感觉，这种感觉在我又一次成为恶魔之王之后很长一段时间都没有了。
[‘Demon King Transformation’ has been cancelled.]
[《魔王变形记》已被取消]
[<Star Stream> has completely restored your constellation.]
[星流完全恢复了你的星座。]
I saw a beautifully sparkling star high up within the pitch-black sky above. That was my star.
我看见一颗美丽的星星在漆黑的天空中高高闪烁，那就是我的星星。
[‘Angel Transformation’ is activating.]
[“天使变形”正在激活。]
My body began to glow brightly after receiving the starlight. The feathered wings dyed in black morphed into pure white ones, and the demon’s horns growing on top of my head withered away. Warm, pure energy filled up the entirety of my Incarnation Body.
在接收到星光后，我的身体开始明亮地发光。染成黑色的羽毛翅膀变成了纯白色的翅膀，恶魔长在我头顶上的角也消失了。温暖、纯净的能量充满了我道成肉身的全部。
Unfortunately, I wasn’t permitted enough time to relaxedly enjoy the ‘Status of an Angel’. The [Judgement Field] had shrunk down around me and had begun crushing my body.
不幸的是，我没有足够的时间来放松地享受“天使的地位”。审判场在我周围缩小了，开始压碎我的身体。
Kwa-dudududuk!!
夸杜杜杜克!！
My new wings were crushed and folded as I felt this horrifying pain. My arms and legs, that couldn’t endure against the pressure of the compacting space, got crushed helplessly.
当我感到这种可怕的疼痛时，我的新翅膀被压碎并折叠起来。我的胳膊和腿承受不了压缩空间的压力，无助地被压碎了。
[Great Fable, ‘Torch that swallowed the Myth’, is protecting you.] [Great Fable, ‘Demon World’s Spring’, is protecting you.]
[伟大的寓言，‘吞噬神话的火炬’，是在保护你][伟大的寓言，‘魔鬼世界的春天’，是在保护你]
I was able to barely hold on against that enormous pressure, powerful enough to almost crush me in an instant, with the aid of my Great Fables.
在我伟大的寓言故事的帮助下，我勉强顶住了巨大的压力，这种压力足以让我瞬间崩溃。
[‘The 4th Wall’ is protecting your mental state!] [Probability of 2nd generation is weakening the ability of ‘the 4th Wall’!]
第二代的概率正在削弱第四代的能力
It felt like several bolts of lightning were going off in my head. I thought that I’d blackout at any given moment, and my vision darkened before reverting back a few times, too.
感觉就像有几道闪电在我的脑海中闪过。我以为我会在任何特定的时刻停电，我的视力在恢复几次之前变暗了。
However, I endured. I simply had to. So that I could grasp that one and only chance soon to be coming my way.
然而，我忍受了。我不得不这么做。这样我就可以抓住那个即将到来的唯一的机会。
「As the price for being strong against ‘Evil’, the ‘King of Corrupted Angels’ possesses one weakness.」
「堕落天使之王」是坚强对抗「恶魔」的代价，只有一个弱点
The power of the [Judgement Field] crushing and wringing my body was gradually weakening. The only weakness of this frightening monster capable of destroying all ‘Absolute Evil’, was….
[审判场]压碎和绞碎我的身体的力量正在逐渐减弱。唯一的弱点，这个可怕的怪物能够摧毁所有的’绝对邪恶’，是..。
「The ‘King of Corrupted Angels’ cannot attack an opponent leaning towards the ‘Good’ spectrum.」
“堕落天使之王”不能攻击倾向“善”的对手
If he broke this rule and attacked ‘Good’, then….
如果他打破了这个规则，攻击了“好”，那么..。
Craaaaack!!
该死!！
The absolute Stigma [Judgement Field], capable of crushing a Demon King to death, began splintering into pieces. Like a moth escaping from its cocoon, I destroyed this barrier and spread out my wings.
绝对的耻辱(审判之地)，有能力压死恶魔王，开始分裂成碎片。就像飞蛾从茧中逃脱一样，我破坏了这个屏障，展开了我的翅膀。
Michael squatted down on the ground and grasped his head with both of his hands while screaming at the top of his lungs.
迈克尔蹲在地上，用两只手抓住他的头，同时大声尖叫。
[Demon King, ‘King of Corrupted Angels’, is writhing in great pain!]
[魔王，‘堕落天使之王’，正在巨大的痛苦中挣扎!]
This was my only chance.
这是我唯一的机会。
“Anna Croft!!”
“安娜·克罗夫特!”
As soon as my words resounded out in this forest, a blonde woman ran towards the rear of Michael. Her eye was now dyed in that crimson hue. She had seen something through [Precognition] and was now in full sprint while unleashing all of her Status.
我的话刚在树林里回响起来，一个金发女人就朝迈克尔的后面跑去。她的眼睛现在染成了那种深红色。她已经通过[预知]看到了一些东西，现在正全速冲刺，同时释放出她所有的状态。
Meanwhile, I gathered my remaining strength into my two legs and dashed forward as if I was falling over. Now, normally, killing Michael with only this much combined firepower was impossible, even if he had been rendered defenceless like right now.
与此同时，我把剩下的力气集中在两条腿上，向前猛冲，好像要摔倒似的。现在，正常情况下，只用这么强大的联合火力杀死迈克尔是不可能的，即使他像现在这样毫无防御能力。
However, the story would be different while we were on this island.
然而，当我们在这个岛上的时候，情况就不一样了。
[Character, ‘Anna Croft’, has activated ‘Physical Sword Aura Lv.9’!]
[角色“安娜·克罗夫特”激活了“物理剑光环4.9”]
As if we had a prior agreement, she unleashed several strands of powerful energy from the tip of her shortsword like clockwork. I unsheathed [Unbreakable Faith] with my tattered right arm.
就像我们事先达成的协议一样，她像时钟一样从她的短剑尖端释放出几股强大的能量。我用我破烂的右臂拔出了“牢不可破的信仰”。
[Fragment of a Fable, ‘Right Arm of a Pitiful Sword Master’, has activated!]
[一则寓言的片段，‘一个可怜的剑师的右臂’，被激活了!]
I had no clue that a Fable acquired through the special attribute of [Lamarck’s Giraffe] once upon a time would come in handy like this. (ED: Lamarck’s Kirin → Lamarck’s Giraffe. TIL this is a real thing.)
我完全不知道从前通过拉马克的《长颈鹿》的特殊属性获得的《寓言》会像这样派上用场。(ED:拉马克的麒麟→拉马克的长颈鹿。直到这是一个真实的东西。)
[Probability of 2nd generation has reinforced your aptitude!]
[第二代的可能性增强了你的才能!]
The explosive magical energy of [Purest Sword Force] extended by over ten-plus metres from the tip of [Unbreakable Faith]. (TL: “White Pure Star Energy” → “Purest Sword Force”)
最纯净剑力的爆发性魔法能量从不可摧毁的信仰的顶端延伸了十多米。(TL:“白色纯星能量”→“纯剑力量”)
I managed to barely hold the sword level as it sunk about half-way into the left side of Michael’s neck. Almost at the same time, Anna Croft’s shortsword sliced into the right of his neck.
我勉强把剑举起，剑差不多落到了迈克尔脖子的左边。几乎就在同一时间，安娜·克罗夫特的短剑刺进了他的脖子右侧。
A fountain of blood shot up into the air and Michael’s severed head flew up.
一股血喷涌而出，迈克尔被砍下的头也飞了起来。
[You have killed the 176th Incarnation Body of ‘King of the Corrupted Angels’.]
你已经杀死了‘堕落天使之王’的第176个化身身体
[You have acquired a Myth-grade Fable.]
[你得到了一个神话级别的寓言。]
[<Star Stream> is stunned by your accomplishment!]
[星流被你的成就震惊了!]
[You have brought the ‘Fake Revelation’ to reality.]
你把“假启示”带到了现实中
[You have achieved an unbelievable accomplishment!]
你已经取得了一项不可思议的成就
[You have acquired an ungradable Fable.]
[你已经获得了一个无法读取的寓言。]
[You have acquired the Fable, ‘Architect of Revelation’!]
[你已经获得了寓言《启示录的建筑师》!]
As the stream of messages cascaded down, my barely-maintained consciousness finally let go and scattered away.
随着一连串的信息如瀑布般落下，我那勉强维持的意识终于松开了，散开了。
*
When I reopened my eyes, I found myself all alone within a white space. A single sentence was floating up in the empty air.
当我重新睁开眼睛时，我发现自己在一片空白中孤独一人。一句话飘浮在空中。
「The being who consumed the ‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ will face the truth he had been avoiding.」
“食用了“善恶之果”的人将面对他一直回避的真相。”
‘….Where am I?’
“我在哪儿?”
Before I had a chance to ask that, images suddenly popped up on the left-hand sidewall. Those were scenes from ‘Ways of Survival’.
我还没来得及问这个问题，左手边的侧壁上就突然出现了一些图像。这些是《生存之道》中的场景。
It depicted Yu Joong-Hyeok and his companions clearing out various scenarios. That was the world of ‘Ways of Survival’ where I didn’t exist. The companions who didn’t buckle under all sorts of hardships and continued to defeat their enemies… existed there.
画中描绘了余重赫和他的同伴们清理各种场景。这就是我不存在的生存方式的世界。那些没有在各种艰难困苦中屈服，继续战胜敌人的伙伴们......就在那里。
[‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ speaks to you. ‘That story was your life, wasn’t it?’]
[“善恶之果”对你说，“那个故事就是你的生活，不是吗?”]
I nodded my head. Indeed, that story was my life. I grew up while reading those events.
我点了点头。的确，这个故事就是我的生活。我是在阅读这些故事的过程中长大的。
[‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ speaks to you. ‘However, this is also definitely your life, too.’]
[“善恶之果”对你说，“然而，这也绝对是你的生活。”]
The right-hand sidewall rippled and a new screen appeared there. It now showed a boy, around 15 years old. He was looking at a computer monitor while inputting something with the keyboard.
右边的侧壁起了波纹，出现了一个新的屏幕。现在显示的是一个15岁左右的男孩。他一边看着电脑显示器，一边用键盘输入一些东西。
– What will happen to Joong-Hyeok next? Is he going to die again?
-接下来重赫会怎么样?他还会死吗？
This was back when Yu Joong-Hyeok was going through his 164th turn. I was in the 3rd year of middle school, and in love with Yi Ji-Hye back then. And I was busy typing a comment. (TL: Lee Jihye → Yi Ji-Hye) – Argh…. Really… I’d like to stop chomping on the sweet potatoes now, please. (TL: Sweet potatoes = Korean slang for being frustrated/stifled)
那是在余重赫(YuJoong-Hyeok)第164个转身的时候。我当时在读初三，爱上了伊姬惠。我正忙着写评论。(译者:李智慧→易智慧)-啊..。真的...我现在不想再吃红薯了，拜托。(红薯在韩国俚语中是沮丧/窒息的意思)
And then, when Yu Joong-Hyeok was going through his 488th turn. I was in the 2nd year of high school, around the same age as Kim Nam-Woon; again, I was typing a comment within the screen.
然后，当余重赫(YuJoong-Hyeok)第488个转身的时候。那是我高中二年级，和金南云差不多大，我又一次在屏幕上输入了一条评论。
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As Yu Joong-Hyeok went through more and more regressions, I too, grew older and older. While reading about his deaths, my beard began sprouting. I graduated from high school while spectating on his sacrifices.
随着余重赫越来越多的退化，我也越来越老了。在读到他的死讯时，我的胡子开始发芽。我高中毕业时，旁观他的牺牲。
And again, as I read his story….
再一次，当我读到他的故事..。
– Wouldn’t it be fine for him to just die during this turn, instead?
-他在这个转弯的时候死了不是很好吗？
….Wait, did I ever write a comment like that before?
等等，我以前写过这样的评论吗？
– The story is going down the drain, so maybe it’s time to go back? ㄱㄱ
-故事即将被淘汰也许是时候回到以前了
Now, it was Yu Joong-Hyeok’s 662th turn.
现在是余重赫的第662个回合。
I was a university student by then, still typing away on a keyboard.
那时我还是个大学生，还在键盘上打字。
– Joong-Hyeok is going to die again, yes?
重赫又要死了，是吗？
The words I committed to record were in full display here. All those words that I spat out under the excuse of being hurt by life and exhausted by living itself, they were coming back inside my brain.
我承诺要记录的文字在这里得到了充分展示。所有那些我以被生活伤害和活得精疲力尽为借口吐出的话，都回到了我的脑海里。
– Please, can you skip the earlier scenarios? It’s getting repetitive.
拜托你能跳过之前的情节吗?越来越重复了。
….I couldn’t say anything, not anymore.
我什么都不能说，再也不能说了。
[‘Fruit of Good and Evil’ speaks to you. ‘That is the total worth of the story you told as if it was your entire life.’]
