Chapter 153: They Didn’t Find Me..(2)

When this idea—one Author-san deemed magnificent and completely flawless—manifested in "Author-san’s" mind, he didn’t hesitate for long, despite knowing with absolute certainty that doing so meant breaking the laws of the High Council of Universes once again! This would mark his second violation of cosmic regulations, directly earning him his second and final warning prior to expulsion!

Yet... as he gazed for a moment at his dreary cosmic office, the overwhelming boredom lurking in its corners, and the monotonous, hollow life he lived as a disgraced guardian... he decided to gamble everything!

In the dead of the dark night, "Author-san" descended secretly to Planet Earth. He employed forbidden optical spells and tracking techniques to trace the location of that Extreme Reader. Upon breaching the dimensions and shifting to his target coordinates, he was stunned to discover the reader lurking in the depths of a sealed dimensional cell, entirely isolated from the world!

The reader was sound asleep at the time...

After grueling attempts to extract his soul, "Author-san" was deeply astonished; this person’s soul was vastly stronger and far more resilient than what was expected of a mere ordinary human!

On the prisoner’s garments, he caught sight of a name inscribed in bold letters: Cain...

"Author-san" didn’t ponder long before this discovery, immediately storing Cain’s soul inside a tightly sealed soul receptacle. As for the body remaining in the cell, Author-san noticed something that astounded his senses; deep within the core of this body lay a radiant magical core—tranquil and partially shattered, yet still pulsing with life, extending across unique heavenly energy pathways!

This man possessed an extraordinary, heavenly magical talent... a talent that rivaled and equaled the talent of the legendary hero, "Hykes," in the novel draft!

"Author-san" thought with wild excitement: ’If I can preserve these exceptional pathways and core, and successfully transfer them into the new body housing Cain’s soul... I will forge the greatest, most formidable rival to Hykes, rather than a weak, cliché opponent that adds nothing to the plot!’

The paramount, near-impossible obstacle in transferring pathways, cores, and ultimate magical potential from one individual to another had always been the issue of Soul Compatibility; alien tissues were almost universally rejected by the soul!

However, these pathways and this core originally belonged exclusively to Cain himself! In this manner, there would be zero spiritual conflict or rejection whatsoever, allowing his overwhelming talent to be transferred seamlessly from his old body into his new vessel!

On that day, "Author-san" felt like an unparalleled, brilliant genius in the history of the Guardians!

Exerting his supreme cosmic authority immediately, he extracted Cain’s vacant body, condensing it alongside the core and pathways into a dense, luminous orb of pure mana...

Talent-stealing techniques were already well-known and established, but transferring them had always been impossible due to the soul compatibility dilemma. Because everything in this trial proceeded with mythical smoothness and none of the usual complications, "Author-san" interpreted this ease as a cosmic omen encouraging him to push through to the very end!

Indeed, "Author-san" swiftly returned to Universe 431, searching through the records of the "Sacred Academy" for anyone bearing the name Cain, until he located a student belonging to a prestigious duchy named: Cain Oster.

This discovery was the grandest of all; "Cain Oster" was the flawless vessel and the most suitable body for his Extreme Reader!

Infiltrating his chamber, "Author-san" utilized Cain Oster’s body to fuse the two souls together... The reader’s soul, Cain, was noticeably stronger and far more dominant than the faint, original soul of Cain Oster, allowing it to assert control as a primary, independent consciousness without the slightest resistance!

Once he verified that none of the duchy’s guards had noticed his covert entry into the duke’s son’s quarters, he thrust the other glowing orb—bearing Cain’s extraordinary magical talent—deep into the new body’s insides!

A wide, crazed smile stretched across "Author-san’s" face, resembling that of a twisted scientist gazing at the terrifying culmination of his forbidden invention!

He whispered as he slowly backed away:

"My dear reader... you must prove to be a worthy rival to my beloved hero, Hykes!"

An intense, sharp surge of emotion swept over him, drowning him in an overwhelming urge to burst into hysterical laughter. Yet he reined it in and stifled his chuckle, knowing it would look vulgar and expose his position!

Withdrawing through his dimensional portal, "Author-san" vanished completely from the chamber, waiting in his cosmic office for the dazzling result of his creation... a result he confidently envisioned as the "greatest literary plot and conflict in the history of the universes!"

Yet... instead of those epic events he had envisioned and embellished in his imagination!

"Author-san" fell into such profound regret that he wanted to weep and end his own life right then and there!

The events that transpired unfolded nothing like what he had designed or anticipated; Cain and that Yandere girl, Lucy, were ascending through magical power tiers and dimensions at a speed that was nothing short of insane and completely out of control!

Cain reached the Noble Level in a mere three short years!

Not stopping at this absurdity, the hero Hykes’s win rate against this custom-made rival plummeted to: zero!... A grand, absolute zero with zero hope!

"Author-san" searched frantically and hysterically for the underlying cause behind this miraculous surge. Following intense, meticulous observation, he noticed Cain communicating and conversing with a strange entity that called itself "The System"!

"Author-san’s" head dropped into his hands in utter disbelief; he had no idea how to step in or handle the situation... He had ruined his own plot and world with his own hands!

He couldn’t intervene directly to alter the course without being detected by the High Council of Guardians...

Now, he was left with no choice but to sit and watch helplessly as his hero, Hykes, was crushed and dismantled in every encounter! All while "Author-san" was bombarded with a torrent of insults and profanities in the readers’ comments section—as readers suddenly realized that Cain was the true protagonist of this story, not Hykes!

The calamity did not end there; the ultimate catastrophe struck when the second severe warning from the High Council of Guardians arrived!

It came after the "Lesser God of Light" submitted a formal, stern complaint against him upon discovering what "Author-san" had done—how he had imported an alien entity from another world and planted him into their universe, completely disrupting and destroying the natural flow of Fate!.

Here is the raw, high-intensity web novel translation crafted with cinematic prose, flawless web novel action terminology, and strict adherence to grammar and spelling:

That "Lesser God of Light" was the primary magical patron who had bestowed his cosmic blessing upon Hykes—the Blessing of Light, which was supposed to make him the destined protagonist of this planet!

When this obese deity witnessed the mentality of his beloved hero and favored champion deteriorating to the lowest possible rock bottom following consecutive defeats and psychological trauma suffered at the hands of this adversary, Cain—whose very existence and actions fell entirely outside the scope of divine foresight—he flew into a rage!

The Lesser God of Light attempted time and time again to curse Cain or strike him down with divine lightning, only to be horrified upon discovering that a mysterious, unknown cosmic authority was shielding Cain, deflecting every divine spell directed at him—exactly as detailed and penned in his complaint report submitted to the High Council!

That foolish god believed "Author-san" was the one wrapping Cain in this protection and manipulating fate in his favor, even though Author-san had done no such thing! In fact, he swore sincerely and pleaded with that irritating, fat deity that he was heart and soul on Hykes’s side, and that the last thing he desired in this universe was to see Cain emerge victorious!

Yet that obese lesser god didn’t believe a single word of his pathetic excuses and explanations! Instead, he went further, attempting to push a final complaint to the High Council demanding Author-san’s mandatory dismissal and the revocation of his authority—all because, absurdly enough, Author-san had failed to seek permission or secure the copyright and registration for the "Adventures of the Hero Hykes" directly from him!

That god claimed that, as the official and sole patron per his contract with Hykes, he held the exclusive copyrights to every detail regarding the hero’s life and plot line, asserting that no Cosmic Guardian had the right to monetize or write about it without his consent!

"Author-san" sat in his office tearing his hair out in sheer frustration, genuinely contemplating whether he should summon a cosmic weapon and erase this fat god from existence entirely before he dragged him into a catastrophe far worse than his current predicament!

Neither the news nor the wait took long...

The door to his cosmic office was slammed open with violence that shook the foundations of the dimension! The High Entity, Morzoth, stepped inside with heavy strides oozing terrifying majesty, seating himself on the couch facing "Author-san’s" desk, gazing at him with sneering, malicious contempt!

Morzoth began hurling the foulest insults at him, shouting in his face that he was nothing short of a true disgrace to Cosmic Guardians, and that appointing him as his successor in this universe was the single greatest and worst mistake he had ever committed in his entire eternal existence!

Then Morzoth unleashed the full brunt of his rage, barking that instead of utilizing his position to win the loyalty and favor of the High Council of Guardians to his side, he was now being subjected to humiliating copyright demands and formal warnings over a complaint filed by a worthless, insignificant "lesser god"!

At that decisive moment, Morzoth laid out two clear, distinct options before "Author-san" with no third alternative: either tender his immediate resignation as a Cosmic Guardian—in which case Morzoth would kill him himself without spiritual torture—or remain in his position and assume full responsibility, buying time to rectify all the chaos and destruction he had wrought upon this universe as swiftly as possible!

Cold sweat poured from "Author-san," and he instantly decided that he desperately needed to fix everything and reset the scales!

He initiated his emergency plan by swallowing his pride and officially purchasing the copyright from that fat lesser god. Through that divine communication channel, he funneled numerous hidden gifts, legendary gear, and secret weapons to Hykes to bolster his strength and close the gap!

Yet... despite all this support and biased favoritism... Hykes continued to suffer defeat after defeat at Cain’s hands!

"Author-san" felt profound sorrow and utter disgust, realizing that his wager on Hykes had been a losing, doomed bet from the start; the original hero was far too weak to match the cunning and absolute strength of the Extreme Reader, Cain!

However... ever since the blueprint of that mysterious "System" reached his ears...

"Author-san" resolved that he would not abandon his literary passion; rather, he would continue fighting this battle to the very end! Though, as was customary with all his prudent choices, it was painfully obvious that this decision would be no better than the previous worst choices of his life!