The Returner

3. What have you summoned? (2)

“Are you really going? ”

I know that you are a real human being.

Yes, Lee Hyuk will definitely go.

“Phew! The Answerless Man! ”

Seo Ah-young suddenly changed it.

If it weren't for an emergency situation in the middle of the city, Seo Ah-young wouldn't have asked Lee Ji-hyuk to help.

If there is not enough rest, there is no proper treatment. She also knows that conditioning is a very important factor for NDF, where fighting for life is natural.

At the time she was working at KSF, she was also not angry once or twice because of unreasonable work requirements.

Changing that irrationality was one of the reasons why NDF was created.

“Hnng... ”

But still.

At least we'll see what comes out of there.

“Oh, I don't know. That's it!”

Seo Ah-young turns her head in frustration. Whatever comes out of the gate, she can fix it.

“Where are you going? ”

“Home.”

Lee Hyuk smiled brightly and replied to Jeonghae Min's question.

“What's coming out of there? ”

“I think so. ”

“But just go? Shouldn't we see what comes out and see if she can fix it? ”

“Huh?"

Lee Hyuk tilted his head.

“Why would I? ”

“There you go.”

Lee Hyuk smiled after seeing Jung's quick surrender.

I could have helped you if you'd listened nicely to me.

These things started to help, and now they're obviously pushing people around.

I thought I would be too busy in the first place, so I took the time and effort to train the NDF, but if I summoned myself to one of these things, what were all those times?

That's why I'm not helping.

It was never because it bothered me.

Jung Jae-min looked at Lee Hyuk and opened her mouth.

“So, where are you going? ”

“Home.”

“What about movies?"

“Huh?"

What kind of movie is this?

Can't you see the gate is open and we're in a commotion?

“What kind of movie is it when the gate opens? ”

“You said you were going home anyway. ”

“Yes.”

“Then what does it matter? ”

Lee Hyuk was cornered by what Jeong-min said.

On second thought, Jung-min's words were also not wrong.

“The theaters are all closed. ”

“Huh?"

Jung-min tilted his head.

I didn't really wonder why Lee Hyuk didn't think of it.

“I forgot who I am. ”

“Ah……. ”

And it turns out he had nothing to do with this, whether the gate was open or the bomb went off or Meteor fell.

“Want to go to Busan? Or cod?”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk closed his mouth.

No excuses. If I went home and said I wouldn't care about the gate, I had to go to the movies.

“Hnng... ”

Lee Hyuk shouted.

“You're not going to let a man talk you down, are you? ”

“I do that a lot. ”

“Not this time. I don't think so. Right?"

Jung Jeong-min smiled and pressured Lee Hyuk.

“Hahaha……. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled awkwardly and received pressure from Jeong-min.

“Do you want to see a movie, or do you want to solve that? ”

“If you solve that, don't you want to see a movie? ”

“Yes, I'll take care of it this time. You must be tired.”

Lee Hyuk sighed, then turned around and walked toward the gate.

Jung Jeong-min waved her hands as she watched the scene.

“Good luck with that. ”

“Phew.”

Jung Min-min smiled as she sighed deeply and watched Lee Hyuk walking to the gate.

‘Anyway, I can't be honest. ’

A little while ago, a person who was not resistant to going to see a movie suddenly said he doesn't want to watch a movie like that.

He pretended he didn't care about work, but secretly did.

The former resolutionist would have asked how a person could do that, but now he knows how to deal with Lee Hyuk because of the buildup of internal affairs.

Yeah? Yeah.

Why can't Jung-hoon do this?

It's a boy.

If a man does this, the buns will fly.

Lee Hyuk is secretly weak to women.

No, frankly, I was weak.

Everyone he was troubled or difficult to deal with was a woman.

“He's got a tender temper. ”

Jung-min inflated the ball.

“What the hell!”

“Oh, stop it. It's annoying, it's hard, it's pathetic, and I think I'm gonna cry. ”

“… I don't know what to say. ”

Seo Ah-young looked at Lee Hyuk with a silly face.

Why did Lee Hyuk, who was just running away joyfully, come back with a death wish?

“If that's the case, why did you go? ”

“N-don 't do it, but it's not important. ”

Lee Hyuk waved his hands because he didn't want to explain.

“What's the situation?”

“You see.”

Seo Ah-young points at the gate.

The gate is almost dented, and it looks like an unusual one has fallen over.

I couldn't handle the energy of the monsters coming through that big gate, so I became almost elliptical.

“Anywhere else? ”

“They're almost done. ”

“Hmm……. ”

By the time Lee Hyuk found the gate, a large number of monsters had already scattered. I saw it with Lee Hyuk's own eyes.

However, it was certainly a great accomplishment to organize the vast majority of those monsters in such a short time.

Countermeasures that have achieved remarkable growth.

“I guess you weren't fooling around. ”

“Are you playing? I told you to die. ”

I wasn't wrong.

It didn't help much, but you confronted two Demon Kings.

It was an NDF that survived the worst.

It is possible because Park Sung-chan and Kim Da-hyun acted as Aces, but without their own strength, they would not have survived.

It wasn't Lee Hyuk who sweated his feet in the zombie apocalypse.

Did you push a little harder? ’

It is difficult to measure the precise strength.

Lee Hyuk was not very good at distinguishing the strengths of those weaker than himself from the ethers.

From the lion's point of view, it's like a rabbit or a raccoon, because you're not interested in which of these creatures is stronger.

“Hmm, so that's all we have to do. ”

Lee Hyuk looked at the gate.

Unlikely, you begin to see a dark shadow beyond the deformed gate.

A big black shadow that's tight enough to fit into that big gate.

Lee Hyuk narrowed his eyes.

Aren't only dragons or Giants enough to fill a gate like this?

They'll be a pain in the ass if they come through.

It's not a hassle because you can't organize it. It's a problem because this place is in the middle of the city.

“Huh?"

However, the monsters that appeared were those that Lee Hyuk had never thought of.

I can't say it's not quite right.

And technically, it wasn't wrong.

If you classify biologically, that monster belongs to the Giant family.

A gigantic humanoid body slapping a Giant.

Lee Hyuk might have liked it.

That monster is similar in size to a Giant, but it's relatively weak and easier to deal with than a Giant.

But not now.

It was a monster I'd never want to see again.

A massive gray fuselage, a lower body roughly surrounded by leather that doesn't know which creature it belongs to, and two muscular arms twitching like they're going to explode right away.

And…….

A single eye flashes, symbolizing the identity of the monsters.

Cyclops.

Lee Hyuk wouldn't be so embarrassed by a monster the size of a cyclops.

Never.

But now it's different. Now, I thought it would be easier if a dragon came out.

A giant mace in Cyclops' hand swings toward the ground.

“Oh, no! ”

Lee Hyuk freaked out and shouted.

God damn it!

I can't stop Mace from touching the ground.

Why are you so embarrassed?

That Mace is an artifact!

Accurately becomes an artifact when the cyclops swing that mace.

The Mace that Cyclops is carrying is called the Mace of the Earth...

The efficacy is…….

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

As the mace hits the floor, a massive vibration begins to erupt around the cyclops.

“We're screwed.”

Lee Hyuk's head bowed.

“Well, what is it! What the hell is going on? ”

“Well, I mean……. ”

What am I supposed to say?

Lee Hyuk's body began to vibrate with the floor.

“Well, that Mace is a enchanted mace. ”

“Magic? What magic? ”

“I don't know if I know it's Earth Square. ”

“Earthquake?”

Seo Ah-young tilted her head.

I think I've heard that word somewhere.

“What do you mean? ”

“It's an earthquake, to be exact. ”

“Oh, earthquake. ”

Seo Ah-young nods as if she knows, then screams with a tearing voice.

“Tse, earthquake? ”

“Yes.”

So, what, you're just shivering?

“Y-you mean this? Are you nervous? ”

“This is an anomaly. ”

“What about the real earthquake? ”

“Yes. They'll be here soon. ”

“Oh, do something! ”

“Well, it's impossible to undo magic that has already been activated……. ”

“No! ”

Wood Duck.

The ground trembles violently, and the ground begins to split in all directions around the cyclops.

“Crazy! This is the middle of the city! ”

“I know... ”

Lee Hyuk laughed helplessly.

“Is there a Dory? ”

“Gaaaahhhh!”

Rrrrrrrr!

A huge vibration starts spreading around the cyclops, turning the floor upside down.

Seo Ah-young looked at the scene with a desperate face. The skyscrapers fill the area with her eyes.

How many people will be in there, and how many will be sacrificed if those buildings fall.

Seo Ah-young's head turned white and bleached in her horrific prediction.

This is a really big accident.

“Do something! ”

“No, it's just me. ”

Lee Hyuk sighed deeply.

He knew we had to do something, but there was no way to stop the magic that was already triggered. But I can't keep my hands off her.

“Hnng... ”

Then maybe we should catch a straw.

Lee Hyuk gathered Mana with both hands.

Now is not the time to make a quiet noise when you are wasting Mana.

Lee Hyuk who lightly formed a Demibeast and created a magic circle in the air shouted.

“Open!”

The sorcerer radiates black light, and his mouth snaps open into the air.

“Huh?"

Seo Ah-young stares at the gate dazed.

“What did you do? ”

“Summon.”

“What are you summoning? ”

“Well, I don't know if this... works, but it's the best I can do in this situation. ”

“So what did you summon? ”

“Oh, so……. ”

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Molluscs?

A mascot of many games?

The most familiar monster you can think of?

Lee Hyuk uttered a single word that implied all of it.

“Slime.”

“Yes?”

Something steamy begins to pour down from within the gate with a black mouth.