The Returner

1. Why is it hot? (2)

“You've gathered quite a bit. ”

Argoras takes the orb from the Alpha.

Seeing the beads breathing out dark as if they were being sucked through black, his soul felt like they were running together.

An artifact filled with minus cleansing.

“So what are you going to do with this? Is that his gate again? ”

“Yes.”

“Isn't it already proven that the Demon King can't handle any of Lee Hyuk? ”

“You've been watching the situation and you're saying something else. Humans have a tendency to appease themselves with strange sarcasm. ”

“Hmm……. ”

Alphas stares at Argoras as if they didn't like it.

“How many times have I explained that not all Demon Kings are the same Demon King? ”

“That's right."

Alpha nods.

That's a story I've heard many times.

And I've already heard that the one who came to Earth was inferior to the Demon King.

The low-ranking Demon King devastated the United States and nearly killed Lee Hyuk.

Eventually, Lee Hyuk and others won, but without someone's intervention, Lee Hyuk would have died.

“So this time there will be a better Demon King? ”

“Yes.”

“Hmm……. ”

Alpha tilts his head.

“You seem to be more interested in the Earth than you think in the magic system you speak of. The Demon Kings say he's got a heavy ass, and he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it, he's got it good, he's got it good, he's got it good. ”

“I don't know what you get out of pissing me off with that. Let's quit because such childish provocations don't work. ”

“You're not funny. ”

Alpha gazes at Argoras quietly.

Devil.

As an alpha, I decided that I would get something out of working with them, but recently, that idea has become a little blurry.

There are no guaranteed rewards at all.

“So when am I going to get that reward you mentioned? ”

“It's almost time. ”

“I don't know how many times I've heard that. Like you said, demons don't lie about contracts. You can't let the demons tell you the truth. Did I fool you? ”

“… you. ”

Argorah's face distorts.

The Devil's contract is sacred.

Contracts are the source of evil.

Suspected of the authenticity of the contract was a great insult to the devil.

“It's not hard to give what I promised you now. With the things you've gathered, it's possible. But if you open the gate with this, you can get more than you ever wanted. ”

“I don't know about that either. ”

“The choice is yours. I'll do whatever you say. ”

“Hmm…. ”

Alpha gives you a brief contemplative look, and then opens his mouth.

“Well, okay. Open it, the gate. ”

“Do you trust me? ”

“You?”

Alpha grins as if it's ridiculous.

“Funny how humans trust demons. I'm sorry. Thinking about you being in this world is no different from me falling into hell.... I should have thought you might be a little crazy by now. ”

“That's what I thought. ”

“Huh?"

“I saw that the human mouth, Lee Hyuk, didn't rest for a while. Humans are so chatty. But I didn't think it was generalizable because of individual traits, but I can conclude that you are a chatty human being in this world. ”

“Hehe hehe.”

Alpha smiled and said as if it were amusing.

“Good. Well, what I've done for you so far isn't a big deal. I can do as much as it takes to get back and forth to where a lot of people died. There were a lot of places to go because of this. ”

“Easy and unimportant. It only matters whether or not you did it. ”

“Yes. Let's open the gate this time. You can claim your reward right now, but I'd actually like to open a gate and see what kind of Demon King I can get this time. ”

“I don't know if I'll say I won't disappoint you or if I'll regret it. ”

“Regret?”

“Yes, I regret it. The one who will come this time is not as gentle as the last one. ”

“Are you gentle?”

That lizard monster is gentle?

Do all crazy people live in a place called Mahjong?

How can the word "gentle" come out of your mouth?

“… I'm excited. ”

Alpha giggles, smiling and turns away.

As Argoras watches his appearance, he starts blowing Mana into the artifact in his hand.

“Take your time. ”

We don't know what the Alpha is thinking to help itself.

Maybe he believes in contracts.

But there was one Alpha that overlooked.

Even if he does everything he wants, if the world itself falls to the ground, it all becomes meaningless.

“Human limits. ”

Argoras turns her attention away from the Alpha and starts focusing on opening the gates.

Del Karan.

He's coming.

When he comes, the world will realize and worship what a true Demon King is.

“Fun.”

Alpha walks out, his head twitching to the left and to the right.

“How long are you going to listen to those strange things? ”

“Isn't this fun?"

Alpha smiles brightly.

“The battle between man and man is sad. So if I'm being honest, I don't want to create a human fight between us, would you believe me? ”

“No.”

“Too bad. Too bad. ”

Alpha smiles joyfully, saying, "Sorry for your words."

“Why are you helping them? ”

“I thought you said it was fun. ”

“I'm just curious why. ”

“Hmm……. ”

Alpha has stopped walking.

In front of his eyes was a man who could be called his right arm.

“Vito.”

“Yes.”

“If you keep being so serious, it's not funny. ”

“I'm sorry."

“Well, it doesn't fit. ”

Alpha shakes his head and opens his mouth.

“We need more chaos. ”

“You mean chaos? ”

“Yes. We need the chaos of monsters, not the chaos of human hands. ”

Vito was a face I didn't understand.

“It's time to realize the contradiction. ”

“Contradiction.”

“Some may feel more victims through monsters. This world is being sustained by sacrifice. Then someone will bounce off. There will be more people who won't take any more sacrifices. ”

“... It's hard. ”

“It's not that hard. ”

Alpha laughs, then takes another step.

“Until then, how well those demons and the guardians of humanity fought. ”

“Lee Hyuk? ”

“Yes, that's him. ”

“Did you give up your appeal to him? ”

“I gave up on refueling. ”

Alpha did not describe the phrase.

Why he could not be reasoned with was not something that could be explained in words.

If I try to move in the direction I want, I'm the one who bounces the other way around, so there's no way I can make it.

No matter how hard you try to hold your head together, it will never move the way you want it to.

Then it is better to leave it alone.

Then someone else will touch him and see the blood.

The Alpha can enjoy it.

“I don't know yet. Be enemies, be friends... Let's wait a little longer. ”

“I understand.”

Alpha taps Bito on the shoulder and walks out to the ground.

The light leaking through the old iron gate is irritating.

The beam of light seeping through the dark space stimulates his trauma.

‘There's no need to rush. ’

Someday everything he wants will come true.

Until then, I'll have to continue with this funny fiddle.

“Is this Korea? ”

Stefan Bosch expressed dissatisfaction by rubbing his sore shoulders.

“Of course.”

“I don't like this place. ”

First, I was annoyed by the cold. Born in California, he didn't like cold places. Moreover, if I had been halfway drifted instead of coming to such a place, I wouldn't have liked it even more.

“Damn MacLaren. ”

I couldn't figure out what to do when I came to this small country.

Build your skills?

Why haven't you done that so far if you're going to be raised to want to enhance your abilities?

I tried to react violently, but I couldn't say anything about seeing the powers of the NDF through your eyes.

He's got eyes.

When I dealt with the damned daemon, or when the zombies were infested, the ones who solved it were not the proud American powers, but the Korean ones.

It was destroying Stefan's pride.

“Damn it.”

“Don't get too hot. ”

“Don't I look feverish? ”

It's annoying to be pushed by small eastern people.Now I have to ask them to bow down and teach me.

What the hell is this before technology?

No, it would be better before the technology.

That's what you're exchanging.

When did they become subject to the protection of a great nation called the United States and ask foreign figures to bow their heads?

“The monkeys. ”

“Stefan!"

“... I'm sorry. I was excited.”

“If you say something racist one more time, I'm gonna get you out of there somehow. ”

“Tsk.”

Stefan Bosch turns his head to an annoying young face.

His friend was black, so he was sensitive to racism. Normally, even black people would laugh at the Asian scorn, but this one seemed to have an obstruction about it.

‘I can't even get angry. ’

I was constantly irritated.

“But when are you coming? ”

All those who chose to receive training in Korea, not training, arrived in the first place. But I didn't see anyone to greet them.

Thanks to this, they stood at the battalion commander of the army they had chosen to join.

“They will.”

His friend Wardy sits down.

“Damn it.”

I hate coming all the way here, but I can't wait for the late ones.

Once I started getting annoyed, everything started bothering me.

I didn't like this cold weather, the moisture it felt on the cold topics, and even the narrow soldiers.

“Here she comes.”

Luckily, the NDFs arrived before they became even more annoyed.

Stefan looks at them with sharp eyes.

Three.

Two men and a woman.

‘Seo Ah Young.’

She knows it well.

A woman who is judged to be a World First Aid Competent born in Korea.

Flame location. Seo Ah Young.

And that handsome man must be Deputy Choi Jung-hoon.

By the time I got here, my familiarity with important people was based on the basics.

So I could recognize it.

Lee Hyuk is the protagonist whose face is covered with virtue, walking in the middle.

Lee Hyuk and Stefan's gaze met in the air.