The Returner

3. Do I look like a great person? (5)

Kuaaaa!

Black Mana races through the blue sky and begins to make a black mark in the air.

“Shhh!”

Mana, who rushes out of his body, gives him hell. A foul gush of blood leaks out from the teeth while enduring the pain.

I'm sick and tired of it.

But you can only learn one lesson.

Humans are not accustomed to pain.

The threshold of pleasure rises and repeats, saying that there is not much pleasure in small pleasures. The pain is not dull at all... Humans are designed to be uncomfortable.

“Hic!”

Blood flows from his clenched fist. The fingernails were digging through the palms and tearing the skin.

After escaping the flesh, Mana embroiders the air, then darkens the sky.

In broad daylight, darkness filled the world.

“… this? ”

Seo Ah-young stared at the sky dazed.

What the hell is this?

I didn't think it would be surprising what Lee Hyuk had shown me so far, but the sight was different from what it had been until now.

“Has day and night changed? ”

I don't think so.

That doesn't make any sense. This is not possible unless you flip the Earth upside down in an instant.

Then something.

How do I explain this place getting darker and darker?

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Zombies begin to wander around, wondering if they realized the darkness was coming.

Some zombies start screaming, shivering to see if they're affected by the dark Mana filling their surroundings.

“What's going on? ”

Choi Jung-hoon turned around with a puzzled face.

Now the sun completely hides behind the darkness, and an invisible black sky stares down at them.

Necrosis.

It was certainly surprising.

But what are we gonna do with that?

What does that have to do with making the world dark and solving zombies?

At that moment, Lee Hyuk lowered his hand.

The Vale of Darkness.

A darkness filled with the sky slowly falls down.

“Oh, my God.”

Choi Jung-hoon felt his legs relax as he watched the scene. If his will had been any weaker, he would have sat on the floor by now.

The sky is coming down.

The darkness that had literally filled the sky was falling down, not falling down.

I feel like I'm gonna fill the whole world with darkness.

At that strange sight, Choi Jung-hoon instinctively felt fear.

I felt goosebumps all over my body.

“What the……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon's big open eyes turned to Lee Hyuk.

What the hell is he?

I keep finding out and finding out.

It shouldn't be strange if he thinks about his time and abilities, but considering all of them, he always exceeds his imagined abilities and is embarrassed in this way.

‘So it's out of control. ’

How can I control an unknown being?

When Choi Jung-hoon was once again appalled about Lee Hyuk, the darkness finally settled to the ground.

Glug?

The zombies lift their heads and look at the darkness that settles on them.

“Huh, huh? ”

Seo Ah-young, who was unable to escape from the settling darkness, retreated in terror and was surrounded by darkness.

“What?”

Seo Ah-young's eyes were filled with embarrassment.

It's dark.

The sword.

But it wasn't just that.

Nothing?

I can't see my hands. No, I don't see anything.

A perfect darkness, invisible to at least a single speck of light, surrounds her.

“ ……. ”

I made it clear that there was no one there.

I screamed out, "What's going on?"

But I can't hear you.

I couldn't even hear her scream.

Not only did I see it, but even the sound was completely consumed by darkness.

I can't see anything, I can't hear anything.

‘No way... ’

I tucked my hand around my body.

‘… no tactile feeling? ’

Visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile….

Taste has no way to confirm it, but four of her five senses aren't working right now.

Absolutely nothing.

A world where nothing exists.

She was trapped in a world she wasn't sure existed either.

"What the hell?! ’

Thanks to Lee Hyuk, I was tired of the world that was crumbling.

But this was a different dimension.

I had no choice but to realize how terrible it was for a human to be deprived of his senses.

Can't see, can't hear, can't touch.

Then I just had to stand firm in that position.

Without touching my feet, I felt like I was floating through the air.

The strange camouflage that surrounds her body with a river of darkness has driven her mad as if it were continuing to flow somewhere.

What are we gonna do?

What the hell am I supposed to do?

Seo Ah-young instinctively gathered ether in both hands.

Fear that even if her body is attacked, it can't be noticed drives her into a panic.

Before being attacked like this....

“Ah!”

At that moment, the darkness surrounding her disappeared.

Fluffy.

Seo Ah-young sat down.

I have no strength in my body.

When I woke up, my thick coat was soaking wet.

“Tsk.”

Lee Hyuk kicked his tongue to see Seo Ah-young like that.

“Why are you hanging out there? ”

I used to yell at people and blow up a ball of fire because I couldn't aim enough to do something about it, but I couldn't do it now.

I wanted to scream, but I couldn't get the words right.

I felt like I had only a minute left.

You know, people are exhausted.

“What the……. ”

I wanted to ask what you did to me, but my tongue felt stuck.

“You okay?"

Choi Jung-hoon, who noticed that Seo Ah-young's condition was unusual, approached and raised her.

“… Yes. ”

Seo Ah-young nods, trying to say something.

It was too difficult to explain what she was going through.

The feeling she felt for a moment was something she would never know without experiencing.

Is it a feeling of having to explain to a person how the sky feels?

Seo Ah-young turns her head and looks back at where she was.

“What, this? ”

A great sphere of darkness appeared in her eyes.

Like a dome, the entire barricade is surrounded by zombies.

Am I in there? ’

If you're in there, you'll lose your senses.

What if we get attacked while we're at it?

They'll die without knowing what's happening to them.

After realizing that it might be effective even if it is not a direct attack, she looked at Lee Hyuk with fresh eyes.

“Hmm……. ”

However, Lee Hyuk was not yet satisfied.

“That's one step... ”

Even zombies, the base is human.

I see with my eyes, feel with my hands, hear with my ears, smell with my nose. Blocking all that will make an unreasonable zombie unable to cope.

Even Seo Ah-young didn't catch a single rib, but zombies are worse.

At least Seo Ah-young's protective instincts are still alive, so she tried to attack her surroundings, but zombies with extremely limited protective instincts wouldn't even think of it.

How can you be sure?

I tried, already!

You've never seen a zombie before!

I've seen it a lot.

I've done all kinds of experiments.

In this case, the zombie way is very simple. I can't see it, but I'm going somewhere.

So...

“Suck.”

Lee Hyuk's excellence began to hold Mana again.

It was clear that only once the Mana had been replaced with a pure one, even a small amount of Mana could produce magic compared to the past.

“Rise!”

Lee Hyuk raised his hands and the earth shoved up from the ground.

Quadruple!

Rrrrrrrr!

With the sound of thunder and lightning, the earth shoves up and completely surrounds the giant dome.

“Hehe.”

Lee Hyuk will wipe off the sweat on his forehead and look at the giant dome he made.

“What do you think?”

Choi Jung-hoon gave an honest look at Lee Hyuk's question.

“The Mo commentator is going to love this. ”

I'll make a dome court in no time.

“What are you talking about? ”

“No, I'm not.”

Choi Jung-hoon looked at the giant dome and shook his head at Lee Hyuk.

“Is it over? ”

“Once the quarantine is over, all that remains is a simple matter. ”

“Something simple? ”

Lee Hyuk pointed to the black hole in the corner of the dome.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes?”

Lee Hyuk did not answer, but looked at Roavel and said.

“You know what to do? ”

“I know, but.... ”

Roavelle said, disgusted by the sight of bugs.

“I can't wait to get close to that dark place. ”

“Will you put it inside? ”

“... it is the duty of the High Septon to cleanse the darkness. ”

Seo Ah-young gave me an honest impression.

“Are you much different from what I know, Elf? ”

Lee Hyuk nodded.

Different, very different. Especially not her.

Roabel sighed, then approached the passageway Lee Hyuk had made. Then I started drawing something in front of the walkway, and then I sat down.

“What are you doing? ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged and said.

“Zombies never stand where they are, so they'll just keep crawling inside. And then it pops up. ”

“Yes?”

“Look at me. ”

As the zombies stagger out of the darkness, Roabelle unleashes divine power upon them.

“Huh?"

“Now all you have to do is just clean up and transport the kids out there. Then it's over. If you want to reduce the number a little later, you can narrow it down a bit. ”

“Ah……. ”

It's so easy…….

I can't believe you went through that trouble!

Choi Jung-hoon wiped the moisture off his eyes.

I was not stupid enough to understand that the basic stats were different, so I could do it differently. Nevertheless, I couldn't erase the feeling of being damaged somehow.

“So... it's over? ”

“As long as they clean up. ”

Lee Hyuk pointed to one side.

There were zombies with abilities that were beyond the reach of Yonkedo Lee's darkness.

“Usually they're in their rightful place, but they seem to have some sense of reason. ”

Is it because of the Aether?

It's a little different than normal zombies.

“Hoho?”

Seo Ah-young woke up with a smile.

I felt dirty, but I felt like I had just received the right amount of anger.

“Now I can do whatever I want, right? ”

“Well, well. ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged.

“Suit yourself. ”

“Lazer.”

Lee Hyuk fills his tongue as he looks at Seo Ah-young approaching the zombies as she raises the flames.

That's why he hasn't married yet.

Who's going to save him?

“Oh, why do my ears itch? ”

When Choi Jung-hoon scratched his ear and started to wait, Lee Hyuk felt eerie and looked at him.

“Oh, really? ”

“Yes?”

“No, no, no. ”

That can't happen! You can't do that, brother-in-law!

“Yes?”

Choi Jung-hoon, who didn't know English, kept tilting his head.