238 Chapter 233: Final Chapter (2/2)
[General P.O.V.]
Inside Ryan's mental space, he noticed cracks appearing all around him. The rough beating the END suffered had managed to create a flaw in his defenses—The prison of Eternal Nightmare he created crumbled for a second, and it allowed Gwen's illusory figure to pass through.
"Ryan…!"
Broken and lost, Ryan was already an empty husk when Gwen found him. He heard a whisper, and he turned around slowly, his voice cracking slightly as he asked, "Gwen?"
However, as Ryan looked around, he still couldn't see her figure.
The whisper resounded again, "Ryan… It's fine… Your friend is coming to save you… But now… I need you to be strong, okay? Don't falter… It wasn't your fault."
Ryan began to tear up again. "But-"
"It wasn't your fault!" Gwen reiterates. Ryan fell to his knees sobbing, and suddenly, Gwen's figure started to materialize in front of him. "It wasn't your fault." Gwen hugged Ryan with all of her might.
Then she said, "Although I want to give you more time, we don't have the luxury to dawdle. We need to get you back in control as soon as possible. Or else we—... I… I will lose you. And I don't want that to happen."
Ryan, who was still in Gwen's embrace, finally started to return to his old self.
He realized that if he falters and succumbs to his sorrow right here, right now, all of his loved ones, the ones he laughed and cried with—his home… Would be gone.
Immediately, flames of anger and determination, but importantly—Hope, sprung up from the deepest pits of his soul.
"You're right."
He looked around at the cracks and said, "It might be troubling for me to unlock this cage all by myself…But, I think…I can reach my arms out."
"Attaboy." Gwen muttered with a smile.
…
In the real world, a reversal occurs when VampireKid (Michael Corvin: Underworld Movies Cinematic Universe) was fighting with END. He was the one suppressed by the demon king, unlike his other friends who came to support Ryan.
"What's wrong? Are you tired already? Or did you run out of strong fighters?" END grinned with a face full of blood, feeling more confident as time passed .
"Ugh. That fucking Primogenitor. Wait, give me 5 seconds." VampireKid held his hand to END as he asked for a little break.
"...What?" END stopped in his tracks and retracted his claws.
As VampireKid requested a brief break during his fight with END, everyone, including END, was left confused. The unexpected pause in the battle raised questions and piqued curiosity among the spectators
"Wait. Is asking for a break during a fight an option?" Tony Stark asked sarcastically but with a hint of admiration.
In Transylvania, the Vampire Primogenitor, Count Dracula, was trying to take control of the new, and the most powerful vampire he had ever seen in his long life. However, a bloody bat logo appeared on the floor underneath his throne.
Before he could even react, the giant blood bed emerged and swallowed him whole. Granted he wouldn't die because of his immortality, but he would be suffering there for a very very long time.
"Done." VampireKid said before urging END cockily, "Second round. Starts now."
"You little shit-" END cursed before lunging towards VampireKid and swiping his claws at him. VampireKid defended with his own claws, and they clashed for a few times before VampireKid's time here in the universe ended.
"Tag. you're it." Vampire Kid said mischievously before he jumped into his portal back to his universe.
"Again?!" END shouted in anger and he turned instinctively as he sensed someone standing behind him. A woman with 2 huge side buns on her head, wearing a white overall dress, and carrying a purple lightsaber tapped End's shoulder.
As their eyes met, Princess Leia, a.k.a Red Widow used the force to trick her adversary, "This is not the time for your tantrum."
END paused for a second, and when he had collected himself, he was already cut into half by the lightsaber. The allies didn't stop coming and they kept grinding down END's energy reserve. Connected to the Hell Dimension, END's energy was basically limitless, however he found himself unable to use that energy more and more.
Retired Mechanic came. Tony salivated as he watched the technologies being unleashed by the mechanic. A 50 meter talls giant robot was punching down on END, and it shook the entire city.
When Green Witch first appeared, she looked confused and out of place, making people think that she was there by accident. END saw an opportunity and struck her in the chest, ripping out her heart. However, her body turned into a plant spore, and numerous other clones of her appeared around END.
The Doctor appeared after the witch, and his ways of fighting brought horror to everyone who saw it. Hundreds of thousands of T-virus zombies appeared and mutated instantly until they became a 10 meters tall goliath, all of them targeting the same unlucky person.
Mephisto couldn't enter the universe without creating an incursion, therefore she appeared inside of the hell dimension and fought with the true demon Mephisto there, creating gaps for the Ancient One to push him back and return to earth.
"Enough!" END shouted in anger and he stomped his feet on the ground. A huge magic circle appeared, and it encompassed the entirety of Washington. Then, the ground shook as the entire city rose to the sky! END wanted to smash the entire city onto the planet, destroying everything and everyone!
As the catastrophic scene unfolded, Mythic, the last defender, arrived on the scene. Clad in attire reminiscent of a handsome Chinese wuxia novel protagonist, he exuded an aura of mystical power.
Drawing upon his mastery of causality reversal, Mythic focused his energy on the swirling magic circle created by END. With a graceful wave of his hand, he channeled his abilities into the circle, disrupting its destructive force and halting the descent of the floating city.
The island, suspended in mid-air under Mythic's influence, remained frozen in its position, defying gravity's pull. Mythic's powers of causality reversal allowed him to manipulate cause and effect, ensuring that the catastrophic plan of END would not come to fruition.
Mythic glanced at Kai and Mr. Dawn, a mixture of concern and determination in his eyes. "I almost got an island dropped on my head again," he said with a wry smile. "Now… we have given you guys enough time, right?"
"Yeah. That's enough." Kai, his body transformed by the risky breakthrough to the Apocalypse realm, exuded a menacing aura. Standing at a towering 6 foot 11, his shirtless, tanned torso was adorned with black tattoos that seemed to writhe with power.
His jet black wings, not summoned but an extension of his own being, beat with a thunderous sound as he propelled himself towards END. In his hand, he wielded a jet black sword, a weapon of immense destructive potential.
In stark contrast, Mr. Dawn underwent a more serene transformation. His long green hair grew to extraordinary lengths, cascading to the ground and leaving a trail of vibrant life in its wake.
A mythical halo adorned his head, casting a gentle glow, while his eyes shimmered like stars in the universe. With each step he took, lush greenery sprouted from the barren ground, breathing life into the battlefield where heroes clashed against the end of the universe. "It's time for us to make our atonement for keeping it a secret from him."
Dawn gently flew into the sky as if he was air itself. The heroes who were broken and battered in the never-ending fight against END, muttered with worry. Tony shouted, "Don't hurt Ryan! Bring back Ryan Knight to us!"
"I will." Dawn said. "That was our plan all along."
"All along?" Tony muttered with disbelief.
In the sky, black ooze was coming from END's body, wriggling around him as if it was alive.
"No. I can't fail here! I need to go home! It's unfair! It's so unfair! Who decides which universe has heroes and which does not? It's unfair!" END said as tears were coming out of his eyes.
Kai slowed down and stood in front of END and looked at him with a pitiful expression. "What? Did you finally regain your humanity now? Don't forget, you reached out your hands to me!" END mocked him. "You're the reason all of this is happening!"
"All I want to do…is to help Ryan. That's all." Kai said.
"Liar. You want to break free. You don't want to be controlled. Nobody does!" END said venomously.
"Wrong." Kai said while sticking out his tongue. "I am him, and he is me. No one is controlling anyone." Kai slashed his swords downwards, but it was stopped by the black ooze coming out from END's body.
It made a shield to block the attack, but at this moment, Dawn arrived. He tapped END's body from behind him, without END even noticing him. His presence was like nature itself, and there was no way for END to react to his approach.
"Come out Ryan." Dawn said as he used astral projection magic to push out Ryan's soul from his body.
"NO!!!" END shouted desperately as he saw Ryan's soul floating in front of him.
"Wait. Venom?" Ryan asked with shock as he saw the current state of his body. "What the hell? When did it even happen?"
"Don't get it wrong Ryan. He's using his powers to imitate Knull, creating his own symbiotes as a weapon." Dawn explained.
"Right. Sorry. I can't sense everything in this state." Ryan said before he suddenly made a slapping motion to the air.
Kai: ???
Dawn: ???
END's right hand moved by itself, and it slapped himself in the face. The slap wasn't even painful, but it was humiliating for the wannabe primordial god.
"Give me back my body bitch." Ryan said before he used his left hand to slap the air, and in turn END slapped himself using his left hand.
Dawn smiled softly and said, "It looks like we're not the only ones fighting against him."
"I'll crack him down from inside, you guys do it from the outside. Don't worry about destroying my body. I have a lot of backups left."
"Mine too, right? My body won't be able to hold on much longer." Kai said as the air crackled from his explosive power. He lunged at END again, slashing him multiple times.
"So, will I be the only one left? Don't worry, I will make sure to revive you guys afterwards." Dawn said teasingly before he raised his arms up to END's direction. A huge beanstalk appeared from the ground and it shot up to the sky. It penetrated the still meteorite in the air, and it branched out into multiple stalks while inside the meteorite before bursting out and pierced through END's body.
"AGHH!!" END shouted. But before he could do anything, Ryan finished his spell. Magic circles appeared inside his eyes. He waved his hands counterclockwise and said, "Time Rewind."
The branches disappeared, but before END could collect himself, he was stabbed again by the branches. Taking the opportunity, Kai pointed at END's heart and shouted, "Soul Slash!"
He converged all of his Ki to a single point, that was the tip of his sword. The sword managed to penetrate the flimsy symbiote layer on END's chest, and it cut through his entire heart.
"Pffft-" END coughed out blood, and he finally stopped. With his body still impaled on the sword, Kai, Dawn and Ryan made a tripartite formation around him.
"You're over." Ryan said with a sad expression. "My desires." He exposed END's true identities.
"My regrets."
"My wish."
"My past."
END smiled sadly and said, "All I want. Is to go back home."
"I know." Ryan said sympathetically. "I wanted that too…in the beginning."
"But now…this universe…" Ryan placed his hand on his heart.
Gwen finally woke up from her soul walking and she looked towards the sky.
"The friends I've met…The family I never knew…The love of my life…They made this place, my home."
END scoffed and said, "Just spare me the emotional speech and kill me already."
"I can't." Ryan replied with a disgruntled expression. "Boy, do I want to. But if I destroy you, then I will no longer be human."
"You'll be a god." END said with a bloody grin. "That's the whole purpose of this entire charade."
"I realized that now." Ryan replied again. "But I really don't want to."
END furrowed his face and said, "You know you'll only get this one chance."
"I know."
"But you're not going to do it?" END asked disdainfully.
"Yeah." Ryan replied. "I'd rather be me."
END closed his eyes as he accepted his fate. Ryan absorbed the excess energy from the Hell Dimension END was connected to, and he created a dodecahedron shaped prison around the three of them.
"With your own energy powering this prison, your existence is the lock to the prison itself. You won't be able to escape as long as you exist."
"Yada-Yada-Yada. Just finish it already." END said sarcastically while digging his ears.
Ryan smiled softly and he compressed the prison to a size of a heart. He gave it to Dawn and said, "Place this inside my new body. Then, I'll continue to be human."
"You still need to do one last thing." Dawn said suddenly. Kai continued, "You need to use this energy to send a message back in time to the day you created us."
"I know. He's not here anymore, so we're connected again." Ryan said. "I'll close the dimensional fracture he opened. You better go back down and explain your decision to her." Ryan pointed at Natasha Romanoff who was running in their direction with a desperate look on her face.
Kai sighed and said, "Time to face the music huh?" He laughed at his own joke before slowly descending down to the ground to meet Natasha.
Ryan turned to Dawn and said, "You know, if you use this energy, and add yours, you easily tear apart Hela's prison."
"I don't really have to. She has been digging through the locks with her own power. It's only a matter of minutes before she's free." Dawn replied casually. "Or else, that old bastard Odin would've already come here to join the fight. Instead of helping the mortals, he decided that his daughter is more dangerous–" Dawn's words were stopped when a space fracture suddenly appeared again, but this time, it was connected to the underworld.
Hela's black attire had changed into black and white. Panting hard, she glared at the sky where Dawn and Ryan were standing, making both of them flinch.
"Oh hell, Another enemy?" Tony Stark said while trying to turn his suit on. "My juice is almost empty."
The disheveled Thor looked closely at Hela and widened his eyes in bewilderment, "Why does she feel so familiar to me– Wait, she's asgardian."
"And also your big sister you little shit." Hela snapped at Thor before she flew towards Dawn. All the Avengers other than Natasha reacted to it and were prepared to go to battle again, but they were startled to see Hela grabbing Dawn's chin and giving him a sloppy kiss.
Wanda Maximoff closed her eyes with her fingers, but she still peeked at the scene in front of her. "Um. Do we still need to fight?"
Captain America finally let his guard down, and he flopped to the ground. Tiredly, he said, "I don't think we have to anymore. It's over. We won."
Tony said excitedly, "We prevented the end of our universe."
Hulk grunted and said dissatisfied, "By wasting time!"
Tony turned to Hulk and said, "No, No Big Guy. We bought time."
"I just want to go home." Thor said while stretching his back, "I need to take a long hot shower after a desperate battle like this."
Ryan finally finished his job, and all of the Icy Hell energy spread out to the world was retracted back to their own dimension. A circular , soft glow purple energy enveloped the entire world before it dissipated. With that, Ryan's soul also disappeared.
…
Natasha held Kai's face as tears streamed down from her eyes. "Why did you do that?"
"It's all part of a plan. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you sad." Kai said as he reached his fingers out to wipe down Natasha's tears, but his fingers crumbled into dust before he could do that.
"KAI!" Steve saw that and shouted anxiously. He ran towards where Kai was standing. Dr Strange, who has recovered, saw the scene, and asked Kai with a sympathetic look, "Do you want me to bring your children here?"
"Skye and Doreen? It's okay. It's better for them not to see this." Kai said as his left leg crumbled into dust. He managed to stay up with one leg, and he said to Natasha, "Sometimes, this isn't what it seems."
"Shut up. We need to get you to a doctor right now." Natasha said desperately. Suddenly, Gwen held Natasha's shoulder. She said, "No doctors can help him now. But don't worry. He'll be back, along with Ryan."
"Huh?" Natasha turned and asked anxiously, "Where's Ryan?"
Tony grabbed Dawn's collar as he gently flew to the ground, "You told me you'll bring him back!"
"I will." Dawn replied flatly. "And you better let me go. I'm quite patient but my lover isn't." He said, pointing to Hela who had drawn her necrosword.
"Damn it!" Tony cursed and released Dawn before he released his pent up frustrations to the ground. "GOD. FUCKING. DAMN IT!" Tony cursed. All of the Avengers members were desolate, and some of them even started crying.
Natasha turned towards Kai again, and before she could say anything, Kai kissed her on the lip. As he was crumbling into dust, he said, "Believe in Dawn. He'll bring me and Ryan back."
"Kai–" Natasha reached out her hand to Kai, but it was too late for her. As tears were streaming down her face, Dawn suddenly muttered, "Ingall."
He used a resurrection magic together with the materials– Ryan and Kai's cloned bodies, also making some modification on Ryan's body, before resurrecting them both as babies. One of them has blonde hair, and one of them has black hair.
Avengers: ∑(; °Д°)
"What the hell did I just see?" Tony rubbed his eyes in shock.
The blonde baby suddenly opened his eyes and saw Gwen. Gwen reached out and grabbed him with a smile on her face.
"Ryan's son?" Thor asked with shock.
Suddenly the 1 day old baby talked. "I'm Ryan Knight, Thor."
Thor: (｢ ⊙Д⊙)｢
"By Odin. This is even weirder than the entire Asgardian history." Thor muttered.
Dawn gave the black haired baby to Natasha, who received it with a shaky hand. Kai opened his eyes slowly and said, "Yo!"
"You little shit!" Natasha became violent and pinched Kai's chubby cheek. Kai shouted, "Ryan do something."
"Hold on, I'm still gathering magic." Baby Ryan said.
"NOW! Or she'll kill me!" Baby Kai shouted repeatedly.
"If I do it now, we'll be stuck in our form for at least a month."
"HURRY!" Kai shouted in desperation as Natasha kneaded his cheeks.
Ryan sighed and used maturing magic, and also dress-up magic at the same time, prompting him and Kai to grow up till they were 7 years old, complete with a suit on their body.
"We're back." Kai and Ryan said at the same time.
…
After the battle was over, the Avengers disbanded and went their separate ways before they were needed once more.
Tony and Steve handled the aftermath of the battle, with them speaking in front of the media to explain what had just happened.
{"So you see, this Ikhtalon…thing, he's an extra dimensional being, and he wants to invade our world. He thrived on stagnation and he hates changes. So when the world unification project was almost completed, he decided that he didn't like that and he wanted to put our world back in the ice age. But, we managed to fight him off, and even kill him." Tony bragged to the media.
One reporter asked, "What is President Knight's condition?
Steve replied, "He's in recuperation. He will be back after a month. In the meantime, the safety of the world depends on all of us."}
Inside Ryan's house, a group of people were watching the news of Tony handling things. The Ancient One who had finished her battle with Mephisto and was sipping tea beside Ryan.
"Are you sure Kamar Taj doesn't need to wipe everyone's memory about this?" Ryan asked with a childish voice as he placed a lot of sugar into his tea.
The Ancient one shook her head and said, "We can. But it's not necessary anymore." She then added, "Besides, there's no way for us to reverse the trace of the battle. No matter what magic we use, the meteorite will always float there."
Ryan nodded in agreement to her and said, "Do you want me to apologize?"
"No. You did well. Considering that you're carrying that burden inside of you, maybe I should be the one to apologize to you." The Ancient one said. Ryan placed his hand over his heart and smiled.
In Kai's apartment, Doreen and Skye were in disbelief when they saw that their father had turned into Doreen's age. But Doreen gets over that quickly when she realizes that she has a playmate inside the house at the moment.
Time quickly passed by, and a month has passed since the whole incident. Ryan used his maturing magic again to return to his age, and signed the world unification document. The world was finally united, and under Ryan's leadership, humanity prospered.
But before they could do all of that, they needed to do something first.
On top of the Avengers tower, Ryan in his tuxedo, and Gwen in her bride's dress, were standing facing each other as they prepare to exchange rings for their wedding.
On the groom's side, Kai, Dawn, Thor, Steve, Tony, Peter Parker, Stephen Strange, Bruce Banner, were picked as Ryan's groomsmen. Ryan's dad, Tim Knight and his old butler Hiddle, who was crying as he watched the ceremony, were sitting at the groom's side of the audience.
On the Bride's side, Wanda, Natasha, Skye, Hela, the girls from the island, were standing beside Gwen as her bridesmaid, with Natasha being the maid of honor.
"Do you, Gwen Stacy, take Ryan Knight as your husband, to live together in matrimony, to love him, to honor him, to comfort him, and to keep him in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?" The Hulk asked while wearing a priest's robe.
"I do." Gwen said as she placed a ring on Ryan's finger.
"Do you, Ryan, take Gwen…um, same thing?" Hulk said. Tony retorted,
Hulk come on!"
Ryan just smiled, his focus was entirely on Gwen. "I do." Ryan replied.
"I now pronounce you. Husband and Wife. You may kiss the bride." Hulk said excitedly. Ryan wrapped his hand around Gwen's waist and leaned her back before kissing her.
-The End-
Next chapter: Epilogue– Peter Parker Diaries.
Group Chat Characters:
Red Widow: Princess Leia (Star War)
GreenWitch: Leaf (Release That Witch)
RetiredMechanic: Reynold (The Legendary Mechanic)
VampireKid: Michael Corvin (Underworld Movies Cinematic Universe)
KickBaal: Raikas (Diablo game series)
Mephisto: MagiX (Marvel)
QueenElf: Ayrenn Arana Aldmeri (Skyrim)
Mythic: Luo Hua (Swallowed Star)
TheDoctor: Luther West (Resident Evil)
Proofreader Note/Editor (Nikujiu):
HI! First, thank you for staying even after the long pauses of this series(btw sorry I was also the cause of some of them lmao), second, piggy put his soul into this work, I know because I was also there since almost the beginning, but in the latest chapters he was running on fumes, sleepless nights, bad health, writer's block, marvel fucking shit up you name it, but this work was always on his mind and finally it has ended, and with that I say goodbye thank you piggy for letting me be part of this adventure and you readers for following it, see ya!
Proofreader/Editor Note (GabbyTheKind):
Well… Hey there, everyone.
Been a while, huh? This story already ended?! Thought it'd be longer… but this is fine too.
First off, just like Niku—I wanted to thank you all for your continued support for Piggy and his works, you mean everything to him and his novels and without your guys' support and his creativity and passion to bring this all to life—without all of us—none of this peak would've happened… so, again.
Thank you.
Second off… You guys might've forgotten about me, but I was the original first Editor and the Head Admin in Piggy's server (Which you totally need to be in, will shamelessly plug the link later). I helped him set up this server and a few basic things, and look how far we've gone, huh?
Some… Things happened in real life which hindered my ability to help edit for Piggy, and this is no excuse for not being here and finishing all of it with him staying committed. But what happened happened… and I just wanted to clear up some things. And to apologize that I couldn't continue helping consistently.
Anyways, I'm not gonna hold you off any longer. I just wanted to say that I'm proud of being able to edit and proofread this final chapter for Piggy and all of you guys.
Drumroll please…
Author's Note (ALittlePiggy):
Before I get into it, I feel it's important to shed light on what could have been.
Following the Clone Wars, which now concludes the final chapter based on the MoonKnight storyline, there were supposed to be several main arcs with each focusing on one of the avatars. In this arc, the spotlight was meant to be on Kai. He was the mastermind behind it all, symbolizing Ryan's past by adopting the names of two significant figures from Ryan's former world.
When Ryan's actions inadvertently lead to Kai's demise, overwhelmed by guilt for the havoc he unleashed upon the world, Ryan was meant to disappear, entwined within the spiderwebs and the vastness of the Spider-Verse.
From MCU's Spider-Man: No Way Home to the "What If Zombies" scenario, Ryan would traverse multiple universes, encountering various iterations of Spider-Man, before ultimately finding himself in the Miles Morales Spider-Verse (First Movie). It is during this journey that he would come to comprehend the weighty phrase, "With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility," and subsequently return to his own universe.
However, I made the decision to change and eliminate the entire Spider-Verse arc in order to bring this story to a close. I also introduced Gwen earlier to aid in the restoration of Ryan's sanity, which forced me to reevaluate my plotlines, as I simply couldn't find it within me to continue writing this story until its originally planned 400th chapter.
Next was the Dawn Everstar arc, the Battle of the Gods. Following Dawn's ascension to a celestial elf, Odin, fearing Hela's return, and Zeus, grieving the loss of his son Ares, would join forces to eliminate Dawn. Naturally, this conflict would fracture the gods into factions, with Loki making a return, alongside the dark elf, resulting in an extended arc spanning numerous chapters.
Thor would confront Hela in battle, only to realize her disinterest in Asgard. He would come to understand that Hela had already moved on, and the true root of the problem lay in his father's fears. Odin's provocations were the catalyst for the war, causing Thor to reevaluate his perception of his father.
Caught between a desire to protect his father from Hela's vengeance and his own loyalty to Dawn, Thor would find himself in a difficult predicament. Hercules would remain steadfastly by Dawn's side, unwavering in his belief in him, along with Aphrodite.
In the final battle, after the Valkyries of the Island repelled the demigods of Olympus, Dawn would finally uncover traces of Hades. He would clear his name and launch a surprise attack on Hades to prove his innocence and rescue Ares's soul.
Simultaneously, while Dawn ventured into the Underworld, Hela would challenge Odin to a duel to the death. However, with Thor and Loki absent, Odin would have to face the challenge alone.
Just as the duel reached its climax, Dawn would return, employing a hidden reward from an earlier, unrevealed quest—a skill known as "Life's Kiss." The concept behind it was a life offered in exchange for another, and Dawn would administer this kiss to Hela just before her demise, sacrificing himself in her place.
Hela, taken aback by the depth of Dawn's love for her, would finally embrace the concept of life and death, ascending to the status of a true goddess, becoming a concept within the universe. I can't help but feel that Marvel's "What If" series may have drawn inspiration from this particular idea in my mind, haha.
As you know, Dawn could be resurrected from within Ryan, rendering him unaffected by these events. There will be a short Dormammu arc here where Ryan went to save Gaia who was held prisoner by Dormammu, and joined Stephen Strange in saving the world.
The final arc would center around Ryan, featuring the Galactus and Black Winter storyline. With Ryan safeguarding the Infinity Stones, Thanos would be unable to collect them, resulting in the absence of the Infinity War and Endgame plotlines. Instead, they would face the multiversal destroyer, alongside Nemesis, culminating in the ultimate battle that would conclude the entire story.
As I continued writing, I became aware that the plot had grown excessively convoluted and increasingly difficult to comprehend. Coupled with Marvel Studios dampening my enthusiasm for the universe, I found myself unable to continue penning the story any further.
Please understand, it is not a lack of love for Marvel stories, but rather a loss of passion that compelled me to make this decision. I started this story as a means to practice and develop my skills as a full-time author, to explore the nuances of crafting a web novel. And I must say, I have indeed learned a great deal through this experience. Some of them were painful, some of them were blissful experiences.
Drawing upon the knowledge and experience gained, I embarked on my other work, "RELIFE with Karmic Gacha" (Modern Family), which has been met with relative success.
Nearly a year has passed since I found myself at a standstill with my Marvel fic. I had no other recourse, as I simply couldn't summon the physical or emotional energy to continue. The guilt weighed heavily on me, to the point where a lot of my hair turned white—quite a comical sight—and even took a toll on my health. Hence, I resolved to bring the story to a close, no matter what!
I am immensely grateful for the support you all have shown me throughout my journey. The encouraging comments and constructive criticisms have been invaluable, especially during those solitary moments when I embarked on this endeavor during the lowest moment in my life.
From the depths of my heart, I extend my heartfelt gratitude to each and every one of you who took the time to read this novel.
Thank you.
Farewell.
