The Returner

“… Lee Ji-hyuk? ”

Choi Jung-hoon asked without knowing himself.

What's wrong with that? ’

Unknown.

This is not the first time I've seen Lee Hyuk who has red eyes. Every time I used magic, I sometimes blushed Lee Hyuk's eyes.

But…….

I felt something different this time.

I don't feel any emotion toward him from those red eyes.

I didn't know if it felt that way because of his expressionless face or what really changed. You can't know a person's heart with your eyes.

But his instincts were chanting to him.

Don't come any closer.

He's not the man you knew all along.

“Lee Hyuk……. ”

At that moment, Lee Hyuk's body twitched.

Slowly, very slowly, Lee Hyuk turned around and looked at him with an expressionless face.

“... What's wrong with him? ”

Seo Ah Young was also not approaching Lee Hyuk, meaning that she felt something.

Intuitively, it's dangerous to approach what you're standing in front of.

Choi Jung-hoon said in a slightly trembling voice.

“Stand down.”

“Yes?”

“Slowly, very slowly, don't provoke me. Step back. Right now.”

“What's the matter? ”

“Do I have to explain this now? ”

Seo Ah-young said to Choi Jung-hoon who was in a hurry, but instead of asking any more questions, she started to step back. The others slowly moved back, following Choi Jung-hoon's words.

At that moment.

Lee Hyuk started to approach them with an expressionless face.

One step.

One more step.

I never took a quick step.

“Oh, he's coming. ”

“… damn it. ”

Choi Jung-hoon looked at Lee Hyuk with a contemplated face.

If that's what they're worried about, they won't be able to survive.

No, I don't.

That's not how it ends. Humanity was no exaggeration even though it was the end.

I begged them not to, but the next Lee Hyuk's behavior was telling them everything without an answer.

Even if I die, I'm not the one to shut up.

Where is more evident proof than that such a person has become silent?

“D-Run……. ”

“Don't make a scene. Unless you want them all dead. ”

Choi Jung-hoon silenced as he heard a cold voice from behind his back.

“Are you here?”

“You survived. ”

Erkana tapped Choi Jung-hoon's head with a light smile.

“Even so, it breaks my heart to look at Darling like a monster. On the same human subject. ”

Leaving that behind, Erkana approaches Lee Lee Hyuk.

Then Choi Jung-hoon sighed.

Hercana just said it was definitely the same person. If Lee Hyuk had become a Mage, he would not have said that.

If so, Lee Hyuk may not have become a perfect maestro yet. Now that Herkana is approaching Yi Hyuk, it means that she is confident to go back to the way things were.

However, unlike Jung-hoon who was relieved, Herkana was approaching Lee Ji-hyuk cautiously.

“Darling, what are you doing? Not to fit in. That face doesn't suit you. ”

“ ……. ”

In Herkana's words, Lee Hyuk did not react.

I just slowly looked at Herkana's face. As Herkana approaches her, she searches for life.

“Ah, I don't like it. Such eyes.”

Erkana shrugs.

“You have the worst eyes for a husband to look at his wife. I'd rather have annoying eyes like usual. You can't feel anything with those emotionless eyes. Isn't that right?”

Herkana never stops walking.

Lee Hyuk also glanced at Erkana with his expressionless eyes and approached her.

Choi Jung-hoon died.

I can't say that he trusts Herkana, but it is also true that Herkana is the most reliable person at this time. If she can't solve it, no one can.

A bizarre situation was happening in which humanity had to support the Demon King to survive.

“Let's go play a game. You did what you had to do. Isn't that right?”

Erkana smiles seductively as she approaches directly in front of Lee Hyuk.

“You look like you have a lot of cravings on your face, if you want to.... ”

At that moment.

Lee Hyuk's long-grown fingernails pierced Erkana's stomach.

Bloop.

Black blood flows backwards from Herkana's mouth.

“Ah……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon's mouth opened.

It's over.

Even that Herkana could not reverse Lee Hyuk.

Herkana glances at the claws that pierced her stomach and smiles lightly.

“What a joke. ”

“ ……. ”

“Come here. It will be confusing.”

Herkana takes a step toward Lee Hyuk just as his stomach was pierced, and hugs him as he hugs. Lee Hyuk was in Herkana's arms without resisting.

At that moment, after wanting to shine a little behind Lee Hyuk's back, a stiff expression appeared and carefully put his hands on Lee Hyuk's head.

After Herkana nodded and filled with a dazzling glow, Manga began digging into Lee Yi Hyuk's head.

“Ugh…. ”

“Good boy.”

Lee Hyuk tries to twist his body, but Herkana doesn't let him go without holding on tight.

“It'll be over soon. It'll be over soon. You should thank me when you wake up in pain. You'd be cool to be a Horseman... But I don't like it. ”

Lee Hyuk's convulsions slowly subsided, and then began to sag. Aefeldrice lifted Lee Ji-hyuk into the air and sighed.

“Not next time. ”

“Of course.”

Herkana says as if it were nothing big.

“Not next time. There's no turning back now. But this fool will say good next time, and that's it. ”

Herkana frowns.

“If I'm weak, I'll be forced to restrain him, but unfortunately, this man has already left my hand. I can't control it. ”

Choi Jung-hoon approached them with a stiff face and asked.

“Are you okay? ”

“Yeah, I'm fine. His head was completely frozen by Black Magic, and now even with just simple magic, he would have turned into a Horseman. The pain will be inflicted just by breathing, but fortunately, I won't become a Horseman and destroy the world. From your point of view, everything is perfectly fine. ”

Herkana was excited.

“No, I won't be able to use him next time, so I can't say it's perfect. So what are you gonna do, human? Darling didn't lose his temper completely, so will you ask for more? ”

“Herkana. ”

The appendage holds, but Herkana does not stop.

“All a trifle can do is groan behind a hotshot. All right, look. This is the result. You made Darling look like this. Are you feeling better now? ”

Choi Jung-hoon glanced at Lee Hyuk and said in a firm voice.

“So it's no longer possible to fight? ”

“If possible?"

“Then we'll have to ask them to fight. ”

“Human, if Darling had opened his eyes, you would be dead by my hand now. ”

“I still think it's cheap.... ”

Choi Jung-hoon shrugged.

“It's better for one Yi Hyuk to suffer than for humanity to perish. If you don't want to do the math, you have to do the math. I'm not a romantic enough to say," Now that you've gone through so much, I'm going to stand up and protect you. "”

“So you're going to keep pulling them out? ”

“Yes, if you can. ”

Herkana stares at Choi Jung-hoon silently.

And Seo Ah-young pulled up a bunch of ether so that she could jump at any time.

Given what you just said, there was nothing strange about Erkana blowing his head off right now.

I was sick of the audacity of Choi Jeong-hoon being able to say such things in front of Herkana, even if I did not want to say it correctly or incorrectly.

“Does that make sense? ”

“Yes.”

Choi Jung-hoon boldly replied.

“Even if I'm not Lee Hyuk, of course I'll do it. And that's what you have to do. ”

“For what? ”

“Because I want to live. ”

“ ……. ”

“If we don't win, we will all die anyway. You can't just say," Since you've been through so much, let go and die. "Humans struggle to the very end. That's human.”

“Hmm……. ”

Herkana nods as if she understands the horrendous aura so far.

“Surely a human being named you is worth talking about. I like that there's no useless rhetoric. ”

“I appreciate the compliment. ”

“Unfortunately, Darling can't fight any more than this. Even if you're willing to fight, you have to stop them now. Unless you want to inflict more destruction than the Horsemen invasion. ”

“… is that all? ”

“I did some research on you. You're headed for destruction, but you tend to think it's okay. You're running out of fossil fuels to power your development, and you say you need to save them, but you don't seem to save them at all. ”

“ ……. ”

“So is Darling. That's why I warned you so many times. But what did you think was gonna happen? I'm sorry, but it's over. If Darling uses Black Magical Power anymore, he'll die or become a Horseman. I haven't seen you in over a thousand years, have I? Isn't that right?”

Herkana knocks a hole through her belly.

“I won't be the only one with this blade next time. I warned you.”

As Erkana turns around, Apeldrice casts a teleport with Lee Yi Hyuk.

Choi Jung-hoon looked around a little with his empty eyes.

Half of Seoul, which was blown away, greeted them.

“… Is it over? ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled and said to Seo Ah-young's question.

“Yes, it's done. ”

Humanity.

Choi Jung-hoon didn't really put a hind word on him.

I lost Lee Hyuk, and half the capital flew away. With this, they had only eliminated one of the Demon Kings who had dozens more.

With a few more exchanges like this, there will be nothing left of the human city.

And even worse... Humanity has now lost its only means against the Demon King.

Lee Hyuk can't fight anymore.

Choi Jung-hoon looked around with a puzzled face.

“What happens to us now? ”

Choi Jung-hoon did not respond to Yoon Hyuk-gyu's words that came through the core. He can't answer what he doesn't know.

“For now……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon opened his mouth low, watching the rangers running from afar.

“I'll be back for now. And then you have to think about it. about what to do now. ”

Victory is nothing but a wound.

There can be no better explanation of the current situation than that. Choi Jung-hoon bit his lips.