Chapter 99: You Are Unfit to Be King!

Su Ming's face turned grim.

The ethereal Narrator, bearing a compassion that looks down upon all beings, resonated through the Theatre once more.

"A hero's rebellion is the most soaring note in a tragedy."

"Futile struggle only makes the tragedy appear more magnificent."

"Ha!"

Su Ming laughed, his laughter filled with cold malice.

He doesn't believe this evil!

Boom—!

The power held back not an iota, erupted again.

The Soul Dagger, wrapped with a will capable of tearing everything apart, pierced the endless sky!

Crack—!

The false sky shattered in response.

Then, it reassembled again.

The third time!

The fifth time!

The tenth time!

Su Ming fell into a maddened demon, mechanical and unwearied.

Again and again, he charged at this false sky!

"Where exactly is the breaking point?"

He could only watch with his eyes wide open.

At first, when he transformed into a streak of light tearing the sky.

The subjects beneath the throne erupted in thunderous cheers!

Soldiers raised their weapons, roaring his title!

The children looked up at him with the utmost reverence, as if they saw a savior deity!

That hope was scorching hot, nearly burning his soul!

Yet when the sky shattered and reassembled for the tenth time...

When those people were forcibly pulled back from the void for the tenth time...

The cheers grew sparse and hesitant.

The frenzy on people's faces was replaced by bewilderment.

The weapons the soldiers raised began to tremble.

They did not understand...

Why, after the dawn of victory, does an even deeper darkness always follow?!

Twenty times.

Thirty times.

Fifty times.

The cycle of reincarnation descended a full hundred times!

No more cheers.

The entire kingdom fell into dead silence.

The populace, like soulless puppets, stood numb in place.

When the world shattered again under the King's assault, they didn't even blink an eye.

After returning, they gazed with hollow eyes, quietly watching the king on the stage who repeatedly performed futile heroic deeds.

Gradually, within that void, a different emotion sparked.

No longer hope.

No longer despair.

But... hatred!

They began to hate the hope that was repeatedly given, and to hate the despair that was repeatedly taken away!

They hated the king who constantly dragged them into a cycle of death, making them taste destruction's pain over and over!

The white‑haired elder who once cheered for him now silently bowed his head, his murky eyes devoid of any light.

The child who once looked at him with pure reverence now hides behind his mother.

Pointing at him with a finger, they whispered two words—

"Demon!"

"Enough! I beg you, stop resisting..."

The Queen beside him knelt on the ground, desperately pulling Su Ming's royal robe.

"Why didn't you choose?!"

"Your actions only make our subjects endure the pain of destruction with you, over and over again!"

"You are not a savior! You are a demon that brings cyclical disaster!"

"You are unfit to be king!"

The Queen suddenly changed her wording, her temperament shifting dramatically!

The people's curses converged into an invisible torrent, washing over his mind.

Su Ming's heart, from its initial fury and madness, gradually cooled.

He... really messed up?

Really unworthy?!

"I... am the disaster‑bringing demon?!"

He stared at his own hands, an unprecedented sense of defeat and soul‑deep fatigue surging in like a tide.

He finally halted all attacks.

Staggering back two steps, he clutched the icy Soul Egg to his chest, his gaze hollow.

He understood.

He had entered the game.

In this game, there is no violent outlet.

It is an unsolvable prison woven from Human Heart and Emotion!

How to solve it?!

Seeing Su Ming finally abandon his struggle, his eyes turned deadly still.

The queen, who had always played the mournful role, finally had her emotions completely collapse!

Begging?

No!

She sprang to her feet, emitting a shrill scream, born of the same ethereal Narrator yet filled with endless resentment and fatigue!

"Why?! Why won't you make a choice?!"

"But... it's useless!"

"Hahaha... even if you choose, it's useless!"

Stage lights and shadows shifted wildly, scene after scene flashing rapidly.

Countless kings from different planes had all once stood here.

Some chose to save their mother, bearing the curse of the masses, and went mad in remorse.

Others chose to save the people, collapsing in the agony of parricide, ultimately assimilated by sorrow.

No matter the choice, it's a loss!

The image finally freezes—

the female protagonist herself!

She is the queen trapped here in countless cycles!

She watches, eyes wide, as different kings make choices and fall into the same abyss!

Below the throne, the countless numb, hateful populace.

Along with the Empress Dowager and the people's representative, their silhouettes began to dissipate like smoke.

They turned into streams of despair and hatred, all converging toward the center of the stage!

The female protagonist's figure merged completely with the Narrator.

She spread her arms, greedily absorbing the endless negative energy accumulated over countless cycles!

At this moment, the momentum surged, reaching its peak!

The entire theater became part of her power!

"Give up..."

On that exquisitely beautiful face was a hint of godlike release, a hint of contemptuous pity, as she extended a hand toward Su Ming.

"Become my eternal king, and with me, sink into this perfect tragedy..."

Just as the Karma of Altar No. 4444.

She is the tragic female protagonist of eternal cycles!

She cannot escape!

And Su Ming, the man she has chosen, is also destined to become her eternal male lead, staying by her side forever!

"Become king..."

Su Ming murmured softly, his hands inexplicably lifting of their own accord.

His consciousness is about to be assimilated and devoured by this endless tragedy!

But at this very moment!

At the instant his two hands were about to meet!

Roar—!!!

A roar erupted, booming from Su Ming's Dimensional Reduction Warehouse!

It was not the howl of a beast!

But a warrior's battle cry, emanating from the deepest part of his soul!

It was Chi Hong, upon sensing the king's downfall, burning everything with rage!

"King, you should not linger here!"

"Soldier, born for the king, dying for the king, for the king... crushing all obstacles ahead!"

"This path is impassable!"

"Take another route, fight again!"

Boom!

Without receiving any orders!

Chi Hong forcibly tore the dimensional barrier and burst out on his own!

A towering, sturdy frame stood heavily in front of Su Ming.

From head to toe, the surging war‑fire blazed fiercely!

He…

I will protect the master!