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Eternal Cycle: The Reader Who Became the Final Boss

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Riven Cross was just an ordinary man in an unremarkable world—an office worker by day, a lone reader by night. His only escape? A web novel called "Dungeon of Realms: Rise of the Tarot King"—a sprawling epic of dungeon crawls, Tarot-wielding warriors, reincarnated heroes, and a world governed by fate. He had followed every chapter religiously. He knew every plot twist, every dungeon, every villain, every system bug… until the day the story ended with Chapter 999. But for Riven, that was not the end. That night, as he closed the final chapter, he was pulled into the novel itself—not as a hero, not even as a side character, but as the Final Boss—the one who was never supposed to appear until the very last page. Now trapped inside the very narrative he once read, Riven finds himself armed with the Meta Reader System, a broken interface that lets him manipulate scenes, peek into future events, and alter characters’ destinies—at a price. Each use brings him closer to losing his identity, or worse... becoming part of the story forever. To survive, he must conquer the 108 dungeons, outsmart Tarot-bound Lords, defy the divine plot, and rewrite a fate written in blood and betrayal. As the original protagonist begins to lose his mind, and secret organizations rise from the shadows, Riven must become more than a reader—he must become the author of destiny itself. But how far will he go to change a story he was never meant to enter? And in the end... Will he save the world? Or become the monster he once feared?
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Chapter 1 - The Last Chapter Wasn't the End

"You've reached the end."

That line stared at Riven Cross from the glowing screen like a goodbye letter. He leaned back in his worn-out chair, blinking against the sudden stillness in his mind. After 999 chapters of blood, betrayal, dungeon clears, and Tarot awakenings—Dungeon of Realms: Rise of the Tarot King had finally ended.

"…That's it?"

The air in his dim one-room apartment felt colder than usual. Outside, rain fell in lazy sheets, tapping his window like impatient fingers. Inside, Riven felt… hollow.

For the last three years, the only constant in his life wasn't family, friends, or fortune.

It was this novel.

And now, it was gone.

He closed the browser tab, powered down the laptop, and lay back on his creaky bed. Shadows clung to the ceiling. He stared up into them with wide, tired eyes.

"How poetic," he muttered. "A story ends. So does my reason to stay awake."

Then the room went black.

Not from sleep.

From something else.

Something wrong.

[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]You have unlocked: "Last Reader Privilege – Cycle Initialization."

[Warning: This is your final incarnation.]

[Initializing Plot Insertion...]

Riven's eyes snapped open. But there was no ceiling above him now—no room, no rain, no fan buzzing overhead.

He stood in the middle of a silent, massive marble hall.Above him, thousands of floating Tarot Cards spun in slow orbit. Each card was a massive slab of silver light, taller than towers and etched with ancient runes.

[Welcome to the Prologue Realm.]

A calm, mechanical voice echoed through his bones.

"You are the Reader."

"You are now the Final Boss."

"You are the plot twist."

Riven's breath caught in his throat. He stepped forward, but his foot met nothing. No floor. Just a never-ending void of twilight fog. And yet, he didn't fall.

In the center of the space floated a single card. Unlike the others, this one flickered between symbols—The Fool, The Devil, The Emperor, The Hanged Man.

He reached toward it, compelled beyond reason.

The moment his fingertips brushed the card's surface, everything changed.

[System Upload Initiated]📜 New System Installed: Meta Reader System🎮 Skill Acquired: Narrative Override Lv.1📈 Hidden Trait Awakened: Infinite Reincarnator⏳ Time Remaining: 999 Chapters🧠 Objective: Rewrite fate, survive all endings, and complete the Eternal Cycle.

He gasped as images and memories not his own exploded inside his mind.

Sword fights in burning cathedrals.

A woman with crimson hair weeping over a shattered Tarot deck.

A dungeon collapsing into a sea of stars.

A masked man whispering, "You were never meant to read this far."

And then... a black screen.

A loading bar.

And—

CHAPTER 1 – BEGIN

Riven jolted awake.

He was lying in a bed, but not his bed.

It was larger, cleaner, and covered in velvet sheets.

A strange circular HUD hovered before his eyes, listing unread messages, stats, and something called "World Integrity Score."

Footsteps echoed beyond a stone hallway. He could hear voices—loud, arrogant ones.

"Did the orphan awaken yet?""No class detected. Another trashborn.""Pitiful. Just erase him."

His fingers tightened around the sheet.

So, this was it.

He wasn't the hero.

He wasn't the villain either.

He was something new.

A reader reborn to break the story.

With no class, no stats, no blessings... except one:

He already knew how the story ends.

And he was about to change it.