The Returner

4. What the hell happened? (2)

A massive black door appears in front of Borenza. Borenza turns his head and stares at Lee Hyuk, who has fallen down on Herkana once, revealing his threat and slowly enters the Black Gate.

Argoras also follows Borenza to the door.

“Huh? I can't... ”

Alpha scratches the cheek.

“Unlike the cool Mages, I have colleagues over here. I recruited you beautifully screaming," Be my partner, "and I get the feeling that if I get out of this situation alone, I'm going to get beaten to death. Hmm……. ”

Alpha looked at Jung-hoon and said.

“You're not planning on slaughtering any more here, are you? Then may I gather my colleagues and get out of here? ”

“That bastard……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon gritted his teeth.

“If not, we have to fight. It's this way and that way, and it doesn't look like much of a fight." ”

“Enough with the teleporting, will you? ”

“I've already solved that. ”

Choi Jung-hoon sighs and looks up at Herkana.

“I have to go to Korea. Lee Hyuk's treatment is urgent. ”

“Treatment?”

Erkana stares at Choi Jung-hoon as if to say something.

“Is there anything else you can do? ”

“Yes?”

At that, I turned my head and suddenly Lee Hyuk's heart was completely restored to its original shape.

“… Huh? ”

Until just a moment ago, I felt like I was still putting on weight, but when did it become so perfectly healed?

“Hmm. Well, good. But laying Darling on a cold floor like that is not something I want. ”

Woohoo.

Erkana opens the gate.

“If you go in here, you'll go to your office. I need to find out more, so take Darling back to Korea first. ”

“… Yes. ”

Choi Jung-hoon realized that the delay in his time here didn't change things, pushing people into the gate. Choi Jung-hoon asks Herkana, watching those who enter the gate with a shivering face.

“Why did he back down so gently? ”

“Who? Borenza? ”

“Yes.”

Herkana smiles like a cat.

“You're a curious human being. But stupid. That's why I stepped back. It's simple. I'm scared.”

“I'm scared.... ”

In Choi Jung-hoon's head, the power calculation quickly appeared.

“So you're afraid of Herkana? ”

“Hmm, what an idiot. ”

“Yes?”

“No matter how strong I am, I don't scare the Demon King. It wasn't me he was afraid of, it was Darling. ”

“… Yes? ”

Choi Jung-hoon couldn't quite understand Erkana's words. What are you afraid of, Lee Hyuk who is lying unconscious right now? The Demon King is going to go away.

“Humans won't understand. So why don't we move Darling first? ”

“Yes, I will. ”

Choi Jung-hoon picked up Lee Hyuk. Then Kim Da-som and Jeong-min got close to him on his left and right. Choi Jung-hoon, who was headed to the gate with Lee Hyuk, looked back.

A completely devastated Pyongyang and a whole new world down there.

‘What a complete loss.’

There was bitterness.

* * *

Everything in the world is beneath your feet.

You can destroy everything if you choose, or you can put everything under his control.

But he couldn't be happier.

Because he only wanted one thing, and even though he had the power to destroy the whole world, he couldn't get what he wanted.

Death.

Eternal rest.

As time passed, the twisted spirit made it sad that it had not yet gone mad, and cursed that it could not go mad.

Let's destroy the world.

The Demon King of the Magic Kingdom.

God's adversary.

Even though he had all the titles and authority, he could not be happier.

“Two thousand? Three thousand? ”

Now even the concept of time is ambiguous.

The time spent in this world can be roughly estimated through history. But that's it. The timing of the time spent in the Mahjong system, not in this world, is not part of the history of this world.

Then, how long have they lived?

A human who is bound together dies like an ant.

If you turn your head for a moment and look back, the human who was still alive is rotting away.

Infinite time.

And endless loneliness and endless pain.

His body and mind are immortal, but his soul is getting eaten away.

Stacked rooftops.

Lee Hyuk was just spending time.

Close your eyes...

With nothing to do, nothing to achieve, miserable despair.

“You look bored. ”

The Demon King whispering in my ear.

Lee Hyuk raised his head and looked at the Demon King.

Herkana.

She was with him from beginning to end. Because she is not human, she also lives a lifetime of terror like Lee Hyuk.

But she's a horse. She's the Demon King.

He was fundamentally incomprehensible to how he felt as a human being.

“This won't make a difference to a corpse. Of course, I would love Darling to be dead. ”

“ ……. ”

“Hmm, I feel like I'm out of breath. That's why it's important to have vitality. Darling, I've learned something very interesting... Interested? ”

It's annoying.

Everything is annoying and empty.

“Get lost, before I kill you. ”

This is a place where the living are forbidden to enter.

A place where those who are allowed to die cannot enter.

Lee Ji-hyuk, who was blinded by the splendor of the Limited Paths, was his castle that allowed him to enjoy the fair happiness of death to all living things.

“That's harsh. Bad men are nice, but it's hard to live with them. ”

Erkana smiles and sits on Lee Hyuk's head.

“Don't be so ticklish. You brought me something that you're really interested in? Maybe after hearing this, you'll be too happy to hold me and go straight to bed. ”

“... I said fuck off. ”

“Really? You're gonna regret this. ”

Mana began to gather in Lee Hyuk's hands.

I've been with the Horseman for a long time, so I'm taking care of things for a while, but if I bother him any longer, I have no reason to let him live.

It's been a long time since the word fate meant anything to him.

Erkana opens her mouth urgently, noticing Lee Hyuk gathering Mana.

“Found it.”

“ ……. ”

“How to get back to your world. ”

Lee Hyuk's closed eyes slowly opened. I slowly began to revive his eyes, which were soaked in nothing and nothing.

“Coming back?”

“Yes, Darling. Please tell me you did a good job. ”

“If that is a lie, I will not let you die. Tell me, Herkana. How do I get back into my world? ”

“Well, this is a little hard to explain.... Simply put, Darling has been using magical powers to find his way back into the world. ”

“Yes."

“Even though Madosa, about the size of Darling, has been studying this for a long time, she can't find a way. On the contrary, she could be wrong from the start. What if divine intervention wasn't a magical problem? ”

“… Divine? ”

“Latrel.”

Lee Hyuk's face began to distort.

“That self-righteous bitch of a god has been standing in my way? ”

“Correct.”

Herkana applauds in a peculiar fashion.

Lee Hyuk slowly got up on the throne. The dust that had been piled up on his body for decades fell to the ground.

“Then tell me. Can we tear Latrell to shreds? ”

“Hmmm, that's a way I don't recommend it. The existence of God is like antifluids, so we can't kill them physically. So I suggest you get your hands on a vessel that can harness the power of God. ”

“Vector?”

“Yes, you've heard of it. Latrel's Eye.”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head.

“Latrel's Eye? ”

“I'm tired of Latrell in Derra Latrell. It's a religious object with Latrell's power gathered, but I've investigated... using that eye, you can see the world beyond dimensions. ”

“I see.”

Lee Hyuk was able to understand Erkana's words.

Dimensions are infinite variables.

The reason I simply cannot move my body to a dimension is because there is a chance that I will become Mia forever. Even if she becomes Mia in a world where Mana is not supplied, she will become a body that cannot live or die alone for a lifetime.

However, if we can see the world beyond the dimension and move on, we can choose the correct dimension.

“So where is the Eye of Latrell? ”

“I'm in Derra Latrell. But, Darling, you have to be careful. Latrell's eyes are on Latrel, so the whole world will try to stop Darling. And Latrell will stop you, too. ”

Lee Hyuk burst into laughter.

Quiet at first.

However, his smile soon became a frenzy and began to rumble through his castle.

“Stop me? Stop me? ”

Lee Hyuk's feet fell off. In decades.

“If you can stop him, tell him to stop him. I'm going to destroy the world itself. ”

The throne of destruction slowly begins to break off.

* * *

Lee Hyuk slowly opened his eyes.

"Ceiling?"

I can see the familiar ceiling.

His house.

Lee Hyuk turned his head and looked around. Kim Da-som and Jeong-min were sleeping on the chair, and I felt the touch of patting his head in front of his head.

“Where have you been? ”

“I've always been there. ”

“Tsk.”

Lee Hyuk opened his mouth as he looked up at the appendage stroked his head.

“I was just wondering. ”

“Yes.”

“Why did Latrell stop me? ”

“ ……. ”

“It would have been better for me to disappear quickly from that world in her position, but I don't understand why she would have stepped down to the trust and stood in my way. You sacrificed too much to stop me from taking Latrell's eyes with me because of one boredom. ”

“Who would have guessed his will? ”

“You don't even know who Latrell is closest to? In a sense, you're more understanding of Latrell's will than a saint. ”

“God doesn't explain. ”

“ ……. ”

“I'm just watching. ”

“That's bullshit. ”

Lee Hyuk slowly got up.

“Then we'll see to the end. I don't know why we stopped them. ”

The appendage smiles lightly.

“But you came to this world through his will. Isn't that enough? ”

“Who said that? I'm just curious. ”

“If you're so curious, why don't you meet him and ask him yourself? He wouldn't refuse to see you. Would you like to go to Beraf?”

“Bullshit.”

The moment Lee Hyuk was about to shoot something, Choi Jung-hoon came inside because the door opened.

Lee Hyuk frowned, looking at Choi Jung-hoon with a stiff face.