Okay here is what I understood and my theory
The data recall, ---> probably means it was in his memory without his knowledge. Kinda like storing important info into someone else's brain without telling them ( definitely saw this plot in some movie). Proves it more cause the creator tell him it's inside him. I think it was planted when he got the system but I could be wrong
In the data recall ---> all monsters VS silver soldiers (it's war)-- silver soldiers are too strong -- shadow monarch shows up -- monsters starts to fight back -- Baran ( demon king ) betrays ( this means that Baran was supposed to be on the monster's side ) -- shadow monarch enraged -- kills Baran
Now in this, 1st scene Jin-woo witnesses this from 3rd Pov as a phantom. There are s rank gates in the sky. He even comments on how the shadow monarch is much stronger than him. But at the end of it when shadow monarch questions Baran why he betrayed, Baran says something but Jin-woo doesn't understands it ( this is the part where the speech bubble had wingdings written in it). But after this It changes from 3rd Pov to 1st Pov i.e. Jin-woo sees himself as the shadow monarch and notices the black heart. End of recall. Jin-woo punches the ugly statue (creator).
The creator intended for the king to take over but things didn't go his way and Jin-woo maintained his ego. And the system claims that "The power has acknowledged you as it's owner" and gives a +100,000 MP (why cause our mc wasn't op enough 😂) jokes apart I think our mc was too strong and resisted the take over and the power he got acknowledged him as the owner so I think he's gonna be the shadow monarch now hmm.... maybe kinda like a successor
@Haiuli
About the system, I think the creator made it to make the player stronger. ( to make a suitable vessel for for the king) Which is why the system didn't allow the creator to delete the progress because it was against the primary objective of the system. I think Jin-woo used this loop hole.
Kinda like how you make an AI to save the world but then the AI concludes that it must kill humans to save the world. Not what u intended. It won't let u stop it cause saving the world is its purpose even if u r the creator.
And that's how the system pulled a big middle finger at the ugly statue (creator)
Also if what he saw in the data recall was the past but not the future then,...... what's happening to the humans now is what happened the monsters in the past (⊙_⊙)
If it was the future the the monsters from the dungeons over took the Earth and are against the silver soldiers. It's scary cause there's no human in it
Or this whole thing could be an illusion made by the creator to let his king take over Jin-woo's body
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