The Returner

In the car returning to Seoul, Lee Hyuk looked outside the car window in a strange manner. Seo Ah-young and Choi Jeong-hoon's eyebrows twitched in the response that seemed to be going on a picnic.

“Y-yeok Lee. ”

“Yes?”

“Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital? ”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head.

“Why are you going to the hospital like this? ”

‘Ordinary people are dead, you lunatic. ’

At least a few dozen tons of potential monsters are pinned to the arm with power. If you were a layman, you wouldn't be dead, you'd be a squid.

“organ damage is very dangerous. Why don't you stop by now? ”

“I'm fine.”

“But……. ”

“It's okay. I know my body. ”

Actually, I don't know.

You should have seen it. I've never been hurt.

To be precise, there were many injuries, but the phenomenon of "injuries" had never lasted longer than 3 seconds.

So I don't know, maybe it won't hurt, right?

Then why did you......

“Can I open the window? ”

“Yes? Of course. Are you happy?”

“No. I'm not feeling stuffy. I feel like I'm getting seasick... Ugh! ”

Choi Jeong-hoon slowed down the car after he became nauseous as if Lee Hyuk was eating. I thought I'd have to calm down on the road first.

“Lee Hyuk! That's blood! ”

Seeing the blood flowing from Lee Hyuk's mouth, Seo Ah-young freaked out and shouted.

“Huh? That's weird. Why is she bleeding? ”

“That's why I'm going to the hospital! ”

Choi Jung-hoon was angry and stepped on Excel.

* * *

“Well, I mean……. ”

The doctor tilted his head.

“The symptoms themselves were suspected of gastric perforation, but CT and endoscopic findings suggest gastric ulceration. ”

“Stomach ulcers?”

Choi Jung-hoon said as if it were ridiculous.

“Does the ulcer sometimes accompany that much bleeding? ”

“No. Usually if you're bleeding that much, it should be a perforation, not an ulcer, but a real endoscopic examination of the ulcer, which is hard for me to say. ”

“Well, could it have been perforated and improved? ”

“You wouldn't be human if you had that much resilience. No, but... ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

‘I don't know what you're saying, so I should just stay put. ’

The doctor looked at Seo Ah-young and Choi Jung-hoon for a moment, then listened to the chart.

“A recovery system would do that. Let's see, but the ether level is... Well, the ether is 970. It's subtle, but even if you have the ability, you won't want to recover that much with this amount of ether... ”

Knng.

At that moment, Seo Ah Young grabbed the doctor's shoulder tightly.

“How many?”

“Yes?”

“Ether!”

The doctor looked at Seo Ah-young's burning eyes and replied.

“970. What's wrong? ”

“970……. ”

“You're up.”

Seo Ah-young and Choi Jeong-hoon meaningfully exchanged their eyes and slowly turned their heads to look at Lee Hyuk.

I want to share the good news with Lee Hyuk.

“What?"

Lee Hyuk replied with a sullen face.

“Blah, blah! Shit!”

They turn their heads back.

It's nice to have some numbers up, but come to think of it, what does that mean?

First of all... I'm a little scared, that guy.

“So we're good? ”

“You just need to take your medicine. Don't drink. ”

“Yes, thank you. ”

Lee Hyuk, who came out of the hospital, tilted his head.

Shame on you? ’

I knew that the Aether was the Mana of this world. And it wasn't that it wasn't very ineffective.

Gynecology and physical methods cannot be used unless Mana is built inside the body, and Lee Hyuk, who purifies the external Mana, naturally learned how to use ether to use these methods.

However, the sheep were so minimal that the techniques used in the flesh could not exceed two classes.

But the ether grew.

‘No, it's natural to think about it. My body isn't fixed anymore. ’

If you think about it, you might be able to find a way to become stronger through the ether. Even if we don't find it, the stronger the ether, the stronger the body becomes, and the more techniques we can use that we can't use without learning.

We are preparing for melee warfare by temporarily surrounding ourselves with Mana, but there are limits to the amount of destructive power we can inflict.

That's good news...

“Is that really necessary in this neighborhood? ”

I'm not leaving the battlefield.

Good cars are different.

Different from the driver's seat and the jewelry, but the comfort of the back seat was different as we went to the luxury car. Lee Hyuk enjoyed the comfort of the elite generation of Choi Jeong-hoon.

“I see.”

“Yes.”

“How do I increase the ether? ”

Choi Jung-hoon tilted his head and looked at Seo Ah Young.

“I've never heard of a way to increase it. Usually, it grows naturally. ”

“I see.”

“So Lee Hyuk will be over 1,000 soon. And that makes you an extraordinary ability. ”

“Oh, I see. ”

Lee Hyuk nodded.

“Isn't that great?”

“Of course.”

“Really?"

“Good. I'm really good, but I'm thinking it might be better if the people who know about it disappeared. ”

“Ha-ha-ha. ”

Seo Ah Young smiled awkwardly.

That doesn't sound like a joke.

“Lee Ji-hyuk. ”

“Yes?”

Choi Jung-hoon said in a serious voice.

“I'm not kidding. I think you should think about it now. ”

“ ……. ”

“As you've seen so far, we're not so bad. We are fully considering the welfare of our talented people and we are fully supporting the way we live in society. ”

“Is that so?"

“There have been no major problems, because Lee Hyuk has not been very active up until now, but there is no avoidance of any problems in living forward. ”

“Trouble?”

“The gaze of ordinary people looking at competent people is more callous than Lee Hyuk thinks. ”

Lee Hyuk made a sound.

I had a rough idea.

The wizards and knights who practiced magic in Beraf were the target of the guards.

They were the dominant races, so they were the object of fear, but what about in this world?

What if one day someone passes by who can set me on fire in a second?

A friend who was laughing and chattering turned out to be someone who could literally turn me into a lump of meat when I got angry?

Will I still be able to live like I used to?

An uncontrolled force is like a bomb.

So Lee Hyuk did not deny KSF. The side effects of not having KSF will be twice as big as the side effects of not having KSF.

“I wanted to ask you something.... ”

“Yes.”

“Are there any crimes committed by skilled men? Ordinary people break windows and shop windows and beat people to death, but it's even weirder that there's not one or two of them out there. ”

“I can't tell you much... ”

Choi Jung-hoon said low.

“Of course you can't. I'm trying to make it go away. ”

“But people don't seem to know.... ”

“It's under control.”

Press, not people.

Lee Hyuk nodded, understanding roughly.

“I see.”

“South Korea is a place of great control. Since before Black Monday, security has been top notch. But even in Europe, power crime is prevalent. It's a growing trend in recent years. ”

Ironic.

An undisclosed problem was pouring out upside down as society stabilized during a bloodbath battle before the Great Gate Act was established.

“I don't just want to use Lee Hyuk as a power source. Lee Hyuk must also be protected. ”

“Me?”

“Yes, you should be protected. Lee Hyuk still doesn't know his place in this society. I'm sorry to say this, but Lee Lee Hyuk is a bomb in the view of the Korean society. It will be chaotic if we find out about the existence of a bystander. Lee Lee Hyuk is standing in such a sensitive place. ”

“No, I didn't do anything wrong...”

“That's why it's a problem. I've done nothing wrong. Can you handle the pressure of doing nothing wrong? ”

“ ……. ”

“If the pressure comes on one by one, Lee Hyuk will cross the line at some point. From then on, there is no end. ”

Jung-hoon Choi said with all his heart. It's not just a diversion. This was a warning and a request.

“Eventually, this society will be disbanded and Lee Hyuk will have to be reorganized or Lee Hyuk will die. I'm afraid of that. Either way, there won't be a lot of blood. ”

“Hmm……. ”

“We've prepared a lot to make Lee Ji-hyuk feel welcome. I had a lot of options, and I was going to go a little further... but I felt it today. It's all useless. I realized that conditions and treatments were not important. After all, it's Lee Hyuk who makes the decision. I knew that Lee Hyuk was still talking about those who were not interested. ”

“Is it you who got your father fired? ”

“No, that was... unfair. I was trying to catch a tax evasion. ”

“I'm sorry……. ”

“No, you don't have to apologize. But I'm telling you the truth. Believe us, I think the way to come to us is also the best choice for Lee Ji-hyuk's future. I'll make it. Lee Ji-hyuk! ”

Choi Jung-hoon said, pulling up on the road.

“Won't you join us? ”

It's like...

The passionate confession this man makes to this man.

Lee Hyuk said with a somewhat shaky face.

“But I've always wanted to say something. ”

“Yes!”

“I keep trying to take me, but to be honest, I'm a little worried about you, but seriously.... ”

“Yes, tell me! ”

“No, I think you're just going to take him... Can you handle it if I go?" ”

“… Yes? ”

“Then you'll have to keep working with me from then on. ”

The Kingdom of Carro.

Lud Brencia, the core of the Karo Kingdom, who stretched out his power to overthrow the Holy Empire and is a remnant of the continent's history.

The prestige of Iron Blood, also known as the Master of Management.

Even after I got involved with Lee Hyuk, I couldn't cope with the stress.

Without Lee Hyuk, the Kingdom of Carro would have changed the history of the continent. But even such talent could not cope with Lee Hyuk.

And you are?

You're staying with me?

“How dare you? ”

After Lee Hyuk's last words, Choi Jung-hoon's eyes shook.

And then...

You want me to keep working with him and get him involved?

With her?

Choi Jung-hoon's face changed at a certain point, and soon he smiled again and quietly replied.

“Then why don't you do this like it never was.... ”

“Erai!”

Jung-hoon Choi was serious.

Lee Ji-hyuk, who got out of the car with an intense escort, walked toward the house and asked for a cigarette.

‘That's not wrong. ’

I know. No, maybe more than anyone else in the world. I was bored with how extraordinary humans were banished.

Of course, you don't have to be banished like you are from that world. The whole world won't run to kill one of its own.

But there was no guarantee that something similar would not happen. It was not like I had never tried to change my appearance and live as normal as possible.

But eventually it pops out.

Just as blocks are inserted in different sizes between blocks, they eventually pop up without being mixed.

‘Will it happen here? ’

No, it's different.

I've been here before. I will not attempt to create a new enemy until it is gone.

“But after that? ”

There is no guarantee that that gate will last forever.

What happens if the gate disappears?

Lee Hyuk shook his head.

Not yet. It doesn't matter.

So far…….

At that moment, Lee Hyuk's eyes shook.

“What is that? ”

The air waves.

Like throwing a stone into a calm lake, the ripples begin to appear in the air, and something blue and mirror-like begins to appear inside.

“Gate?”

Now you show up at my doorstep?

That's not surprising at all. As far as I could have predicted.

Whoo-hoo

Along with resonance, other gates began to emerge in the form of surrounding Lee Hyuk.

“... not one? ”

Gates appear to besiege him.

Lee Hyuk's eyes became sharp.

“Let's do this, shall we? ”

I wanted to stay calm.

I wanted to live as peacefully as possible because the reactions were so severe.

But we have no choice if we don't let people stay here.

I don't know who.

I still don't know who's doing this. But…….

Lee Hyuk said the same thing to Choi Jung-hoon.

“Can you handle it? ”

Me.