His name is Kim Dokja.
Dokja, a name that could either means only son or reader.
He was Kim Dokja, an only son and a reader. Kim Dokja is 28 years old and taken. Kim Dokja's favourite thing to do was reading web novels on the subway.
There is a novel that he had been reading for thirteen years straight without missing a day.
Three Ways To Survive in a Ruined World, a feature-length fantasy novel that had 3,149 chapters. The shortened name was 'Ways of Survival'.
He had discovered this book when he was 15 years old and became attached to it until this day.
At the start of the novel, there are many readers. The first chapter got 12,000 views, but soon it fell on 120 when it reached the tenth chapter and then 12 at the fifty chapter. By the time the chapter reached a hundredth, there was only 1 view.
That one view is none other than himself. Occasionally, there was chapters that got 2 views, but it was likely from someone who pressed the wrong button.
The author of the novel, tls123, had published this novel and continued updating chapters after chapters despite the single view.
It was as if the story was only written for Kim Dokja alone.
Kim Dokja had read the novel during the time he was bullied back in middle school, he read them when he was placed in the military unit at the frontline, read them when he was still switching jobs over and over and he still read them now while working as a contractor at a large company.
But today, something's different.
[There are three ways to survive in a ruined world. Now, I have forgotten a few, but one thing is certain. The fact that you who are reading this now will survive.
-Three ways to survive in a ruined world]
A web novel platform filled the screen of Kim Dokja's old smartphone. He stared at it in disbelief, scrolling up and down multiple times as if he couldn't believe his eyes.
"Really? This is the end?"
He thought he was mistaken, but no, the word 'Complete' was unmistakeable, marking the story as finished.
The story was truly over.
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[Three Ways To Survive in a Ruined World]
Author: tls123
3,149 chapters.
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There was a weird feeling filled Kim Dokja. He had been reading this novel since the third year of middle school, from the end of his childhood to adulthood, for 13 whole years.
⟨Author's word: Thank you so much for reading 'Ways of Survival' up to here. I will come back to you with an epilogue!]
"Ah... the epilogue still remains. Then the next chapter will truly be the last."
Kim Dokja opened the comment box and type. He keep deleting then rewriting his sentences, trying to form the right sentences.
-Kim Dokja: Writer, thank you for everything in the mean time. I'm looking forward to the epilogue.
The sentences were sincere. The novel had been part of his life for 13 years, how could he not get attached to it?
The novel is not popular at all, considering how he was the only reader, but it was still the best novel for Kim Dokja.
There were many words Kim Dokja want to say to the author, but he couldn't write them, afraid that his careless words would hurt the writer.
-An average of 1.9 hits per chapter.
-An average of 1.08 comments.
That was the average popularity index of 'Ways of Survival'.
A new message arrived and Kim Dokja opened his messenger apps and smile when he saw who it was.
-Yoo Joonghyeok: Have you arrived?
-Kim Dokja: Almost. Are you done streaming?
-Yoo Joonghyeok: I just ended it. Mia-ya is sleeping over her friend's house. What do you want for dinner?
Kim Dokja was just telling Yoo Joonghyeok about wanting to eat his murim dumpling with chicken broth when another notification that a message has arrived.
-tls123: Thank you.
The message threw Kim Dokja out of guard. He replied hesitantly.
-Kim Dokja: The author?
Tls123, that's the author of 'Ways of Survival'.
-tls123: I was able to complete it to the end thanks to you. I also won the competition.
Kim Dokja blinked. What competition? Ways of Survival won a competition?
-Kim Dokja: Congratulations! What is the competition?
He decided to asked out of curiosity.
-tls123: You won't know it because it's an unknown competition.
Kim Dokja wondered if the author lied about it, but he wished it was true. Perhaps 'Ways of Survival' is a top hit in other platforms.
He is a little bit sad, but is glad that such an excellent story is spreading.
-tls123: I would like to send a special gift to you as a thank you.
-Kim Dokja: Gift?
-tls123: It is thanks to my dear reader that this story has came into the world.
The writer asked for an email address. Although Kim Dokja really should be suspicious, he had not hesitated as he give it to them.
-tls123: Ah, right. I got the monetization schedule.
-Kim Dokja: Wow, really? When will it start? This masterpiece should've been paid from the beginning...
That was a lie. The Ways of Survival was a daily series, so he would've had to spend 3,000 won a month.
Although he now have a financially stable lover who would not hesitated to buy anything for him (Not that Kim Dokja want to ask money from him), Kim Dokja doubt he would be able to pay it back when he was still struggling.
-tls123: The monetization starts tomorrow.
-Kim Dokja: Then the epilogue coming tomorrow will be paid?
-tls123: Yes, I'm afraid you need to pay for it.
-Kim Dokja: Of course, I have to pay! I will but the last one!
There was no reply from the author so Kim Dokja logged out of the site to tell Yoo Joonghyeok that he had arrived to his stop.
As he got out of the subway train, he wondered what the gift would be.
'Would he give a gift certificate? Money?'
He shake his head of those thoughts and instead his mind wanders to the dinner Yoo Joonghyeok made for them.
At that time, he was thinking naively. He, like many others, didn't know anything about what would happen to the world the next day.
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