The Returner

4. Expect, Lizard (5)

“White?”

Appeldrich yells in surprise.

Mana of Lee Hyuk is black magic and black magic is black.

It was not a skill or will that could be changed.

Then, what is the identity of the white energy emanating from the body of Lee Hyuk?

When the surprise calmed down, the identity of the energy came to mind in the head of the appendage.

That's the power Lee Hyuk had from the beginning.

Unlike the Veravs, Mana creatures, the power that was hidden in Lee Hyuk.

However, the power that was so weak that it could not be used is now being released.

When?

When did that energy get so big?

The amount Lee Hyuk had was clearly not enough to use...

Of course, we know that Humans here use that energy like Mana. Everyone around Lee Hyuk did.

But it was possible because they had so much energy that they couldn't compare it to Lee Ji-hyuk. Lee Hyuk's energy was no different from that of ordinary people.

However, the amount of energy Lee Hyuk emitted was definitely comparable to that of that woman, Seo Ah-young.

How did you do that?

‘Ah……. ’

Appeldrich's eyes saw the energy emanating from Lee Ji-hyuk's body being amplified by the amplifier.

It is true that the energy itself has increased, but the identity of this force seems to have been inflated through the amplifier.

Then why?

No matter how much energy is gained through the amplifier, that energy will only last for a few days.

What good is that weak energy for Beltretchee who can't even attack Yi Hyuk with all his might?

At that time, the energy emitted from Lee Hyuk's body began to be sucked back into Lee Hyuk's body at a rapid rate, as if the time had reversed.

And…….

“Ah!”

The appendage was frightened.

Lee Hyuk's right arm swelled up, covered in black and white light.

"Enough!"

I can see a vortex of enormous energy whirring through the flesh of Lee Hyuk without any time to shout from his mouth.

“Beltreceae!”

Beltretch also pulls all of Manat into one hand, tense and strengthened his body, noticing something unusual.

“Ahhhh!”

His fist hardens like steel with excessive Mana.

Lee Hyuk and Beltretch shot at each other.

Lee Hyuk's swollen arm and the belt trench's arm clashed together.

Kuaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Huge boom.

The thunder and shock waves that seemed to consume everything in the world shook the entire desert like mud.

“Gaaaaaaah!”

Kim Da-hyun gripped her teeth as Jung-min who was caught in the shock wave flew away.

“You okay?"

“Oh, yeah. ”

While answering, Jung-min's eyes couldn't help but look for traces of Lee Hyuk that had been covered with dust.

Finally, the dust settled....

“Ah……. ”

I was relieved of Jung-min's body.

Lee Hyuk was lying on the ground, covered in white dust.

His whole body twists and his right arm disappears without a trace, severing from his shoulder.

Blood was spilling out like a faucet on the cutting edge.

“Ji-hyuk... ”

Jung-min's face turned white.

I have to go there...

At that moment, her eyes saw a surge of oil rising from the floor.

“Ah……. ”

I don't know what happened, but his whole body was also covered in blood.

I think I did something at the moment of impact because my back was severely torn, but I don't know now.

He touched Lee Hyuk's mouth with his trembling hands that rose from the floor, and tore his clothes and closed the wound.

“What about the Demon King?”

Jung-min also suddenly regained consciousness and looked around because of Kim Da Hyun's urgent voice.

In the corner!

Kim Da-hyun's eyes curled up on the ground and found the body of a fallen belt trench.

“Dead... me? ”

The whole body cracks open and falls down in a pool of blue blood.

A man can die a hundred more times.

However, I was not relieved to see the Demon King who had fallen down.

“Finish it!”

Seo Ah Young shouted at Kim Da Hyun.

“Puff it!”

As soon as all the remaining spiritual powers start releasing the ether towards the collapsed pit of the belt trench.

Kuaaaaang!

Kuaang!

Several detonations, several detonations.

With every drop of ether left in your body, the attack continues.

“Healer!”

His desperate cry penetrated people's ears.

Choi Jung-hoon shouted before he even felt the tightness of Dogayun shouting.

“Chris! Chris! Healer, come on! ”

Even in his eyes, Lee Hyuk's condition was not unusual.

“Jimmy!"

Chris urgently asked for a healer.

“Get out of the way!"

Appledrice pushes the profits away and examines Lee Yi Hyuk's condition.

“... Not good. ”

It was odd that the visible trauma didn't kill him, but the internal condition was actually worse.

The right arm blown away by the explosion, and all the cells died from the shoulders. Moreover, seeing that there was no Mana left, the body that had been stabbed by the Black Magic Power was causing a tremendous mutation.

“Oh, no! ”

At this rate, the existence of Lee Hyuk will disappear.

Somehow…….

At that moment!

Paaaaaaaaah!

Along with the sound of the ripping atmosphere, a series of prodigals bounce back and forth like a string of broken kites.

“Ah!”

The pupils of the appendage flutter.

Despite the horrifying conflict she saw…….

Beltretch rises up and aims at Apeldice and Lee Hyuk with its yellow eyes.

His whole body is splitting apart like a spider web, and his left arm is split in two to reveal a hollow bone... He is standing, and Yi Hyuk is down.

It was a clear defeat of Lee Ji-hyuk.

“Ehhh… Yi Hyuk…. ”

However, he also bent his body and placed his hands on the ground, making sure that his condition was not intact.

“You drove me all the way out here! ”

Beltretch has correctly diagnosed his condition.

Magic power is not recovered but is consumed.

It was damage to the processing, as if the source had been broken.

At this rate, he too will soon perish without keeping the flesh.

“But I won. ”

Beltretch declared with certainty.

Then I raised my hand and laid it on the floor.

“Open!”

You gather all the remaining Mana to open the gate.

The black pupil opens its mouth like a demon.

“Hehe hehe.”

He's a Horseman.

Someone who can restore flesh and life anytime, anywhere, as long as it is Manawa.

As long as I can reconnect with the magic system, it's nothing like restoring a wound like this.

Besides, he left his half in the barn.

It was not that hard to open the gate by accepting the warmth full of this desert and the negative energy of the air.

And a gate small enough to pass through energy that is not real!

I don't need much. You just need to draw a small amount of magic to restore the body.

“I've finally beaten you. ”

Beltretches declare victory as they feel the dark magic trickling out from the open gates beneath their feet.

The dark magic burrowing through his flesh, restoring his body at a rapid rate.

“Heave-ho!”

Lee Hyuk has no means of recovery, and as long as he has means of recovery, the battle is over.

With joy in his eyes and despair in the eyes of the Aphedric, who knows the situation.

“I'll end it now. ”

With a united face, Aefeldrite blocked Lee Hyuk's way.

Togayun and Jung-min who were approaching were also standing in front of Lee Hyuk who had fallen.

The belt stretches out its long tongue and licks its face in front of the seemingly weak resistance.

You can't change the joy of being able to resist and achieve your goals.

Hmm?

But Beltretch couldn't stay happy.

What is it?

The incoming magic is strange.

More magic is flowing in than he opened.

"Really?"

No, it's not.

Lee Hyuk is still unconscious. And there's no movement around his body.

So Lee Hyuk wouldn't have done anything, and if it wasn't for Lee Hyuk, there wouldn't be anyone in the world who could handle black magic.

And this sensation was different from that.

It's like...

Not this way, but the feeling of forcibly holding the gate open on the other side?

“What the hell!”

As Beltretch looks down, he hears a voice.

[Dare…….]

The voice that pierces your ears and sticks into your brain.

A voice that is captivating, yet captivating, that shakes the heart of everything that exists.

As soon as I heard that voice, the eyes of Beltretchee were filled with horror and despair.

His mind reminded him of the name of his being.

“Ah! No! ”

As the belt trench moves away, a white, translucent hand protrudes from the gate floor, like a ghost, and grabs the leg of the belt trench.

“Rrrrgh!”

The leg of the belt trench, which was as thick and firm as that of an elephant, spurts blue blood as if it were made of paper.

The arm grabs the leg and slowly pulls the belt trench to the gate.

“Why! Why, you! Why?”

You are dragged away, but Beltretch screams endlessly with a face of horror.

“He's not him anymore! Why are you protecting him? Why?”

His desperate cries return with a low voice.

You're not asking because you don't know, are you?]

The voice that rings directly through your head.

Hearing that mesmerizing voice, Beltretch was able to feel death more clearly than ever before.

That half-excited voice is always bringing out more deadly anger than anything else.

“Sa, please save me! Help me! Thirteen... ”

Ugh!

Beltretch's flesh drifts from below. His body languishes as if his insides had been emptied, leaving only his shell.

“Ahh…… ”

The yellow eyes of Beltretch fade away.

At last, the body of Beltretch falls flat on the ground, leaving only its shell.

Everyone looked at the scene without saying anything.

The Demon King was helplessly defeated by an unknown being even though he had all the power he could use and even flew one arm and fought.

Everyone lost their words in front of the overwhelming impact of the unbelievable.

The appendage trembles at the sight of their presence beneath the Black Gate.

Worst Demon King ever.

There is something in front of her that I would never want to face.

[Apeldice.]

The appendage calls out as it hears itself calling.

[Bring him here.]

She was calling Lee Hyuk right now.