The Returner

“I don't know what to call this. ”

Lee Hyuk was troubled when he saw those who were plunged into the barracks.

Nearly three thousand people disappeared from the sky. It was a very disappointing thing to do.

However, it was encouraging for a third of the people to risk their lives.

“But isn't this enough? ”

Choi Jung-hoon nodded at Lee Hyuk's words.

“If someone tells you to risk your life, you just have to show that kind of willingness, but if Lee Hyuk tells you to bet your life, it's true. That's what everyone's going to notice. ”

“... Really? ”

Given that, it was also great to have this much left. Moreover, there was something really great to say.

“Looks like all the alpha kids are still there. ”

Alpha smiles and replies.

“We're disappointed when you compare it to the clumsy ones. This is the right angle. This is the right angle. ”

Lee Hyuk said with a fat face.

“Aren't you afraid you'll run away and die by your hands? ”

“That's what I'm talking about. ”

Denial was an alpha that did not.

“Anyway, don't you think you should get started? ”

“I'm trying not to rush you. ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged.

“I think only those who have the courage are left, but shouldn't I say something? ”

“No.”

Choi Jung-hoon cut Lee Hyuk's words neatly.

“I don't think we should do this. ”

“But at the level of fraud earlier.... ”

“When Lee Hyuk speaks, he will not increase morale, but fall, so he would rather not…. ”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk's face turned red and blue.

“No! I'm not bluffing, I'm just saying I'll say something nice, and that doesn't make me feel bad! ”

“Then try it in front of me. So let me think about whether I should translate or not. ”

“It's nothing. I just want to say, thanks for being prepared for death, so I'll try my best to drive you to your death. Well, sort of. ”

“Dismissed!”

“Why!”

“You don't know, or you don't know? Everyone knows that. Why don't you know Lee Ji-hyuk? Just don't talk! Don't open your mouth if you can! ”

“Gosh, look at the devil. ”

“A bad joke is a bad joke when someone's talking! ”

Lee Hyuk lowered his head with a broken face.

Then Choi Jung-hoon shouted with a burst of fire from his mouth.

“What's wrong with him all of a sudden! ”

“That's it. Let's get to work. ”

Lee Hyuk reached out his hand and summoned Michael who was hiding among the tribes like a ghost.

“Come here! Come here!"

“Phew……. ”

Michael shakes as he sees Lee Hyuk calling out to himself, smiling refreshingly.

‘That little bastard in there. ’

Obviously, it is because there is still bad feelings left, so I keep calling myself up. Otherwise, there was no way to find and summon the ghost of who was hiding among these many.

“What are you doing?"

“ ……. ”

However, there was no way I could not leave unless I knew enough. If we're going to survive here, we'd better run last night.

“Shhh.”

Michael stumbles forward, groaning. People make way for him and look at him with their sad faces.

I don't know what will happen in the future, but I had enough sympathy just because Lee Hyuk called him.

‘Why did you do that? ’

Michael sighs deeply, accepting the saddened eyes.

"Who knew he was so poisonous? ’

I thought it would be okay to open things up a bit because it was so blatant. If I had known that death was going to pile up, I would never have noticed it.

Michael climbs up to the top of the statue like a cow being dragged to the slaughterhouse, looking at Lee Hyuk with his pathetic eyes.

“Don't you think you see a lot these days? ”

Michael, who heard the interpreter, sharpened his teeth.

Is that what he's gonna do when he calls me?

“I see. Very nice to meet you. ”

“Well, it's not very nice to meet you. ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged his shoulders and said.

“You should be more sorry than happy. I don't know what's gonna happen now. ”

Lee Hyuk laughed and laughed.

“I've never actually done it before, so I don't know what's going to happen. But I warned you not to blame me if you die. ”

“… wait a minute. ”

“Huh?"

“Prepare yourself. ”

As Michael gripped his chest and breathed deeply, Lee Hyuk shook his head.

“Didn't you want to get stronger sooner or later? ”

“That's true……. ”

Michael's face twists miserably.

“I wanted to be strong from the dead line if I could, but seeing the way things are going, I think I might die. ”

“Bingo.”

Lee Hyuk clapped his hands as if he got it right.

Michael trembles because his hands look like demons.

“Can you live? ”

“Oh, you don't think I'm going to make you so violent? ”

“Yes.”

“That was quick. ”

Seeing Lee Hyuk smiling as funny, Michael looked back with a sad face. Everyone was looking at Lee Hyuk and Michael with a nervous face.

How much worse could it be? “

Even the training I have undergone so far has not been easy. No, not that it was easy, but that it crossed the threshold of death several times a day.

If a person is shocked and foamed and collapses, it's normal to call an ambulance and see. More than a thousand people rolled through the floor, foaming at the same time, and I was amazed that there were no victims.

But if we want to get out of here more, does that mean that people can survive?

There's a lot of anxiety, but there's nowhere to run.

Do I have to die? ’

No, come to think of it, I could have died. After changing the route from 'Shall I die' to ‘Shall I die once or twice’, Michael took a deep breath and took a step toward Lee Hyuk.

“I'm ready.”

“Oh!”

I nodded as if I liked Lee Hyuk.

I thought he was mouth-breathing, but he seemed to have some improvement in his rebellion.

Just as the word "country" in his mouth was not just a word, Michael had a splendid will in his eyes.

“Good.”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

“Just don't blame me if I die. I made it clear it was either dying or getting stronger. ”

“… of course. ”

I can't say for sure.

Lee Hyuk reached out and grabbed his head.

“Oh, I told you beforehand... ”

“Yes?”

“If you feel Mana in the middle, don't think I'll stop you. Honestly, if you stop halfway through it, it's hard to start again, so whether you succeed or not, you have to go all the way. ”

“… wait a minute. What's that supposed to mean? ”

“Well, you know how it is. My mouth aches to explain everything. ”

“ ……. ”

I couldn't believe it immediately because my mouth ached like Lee Hyuk. It means it's vague to explain something.

Michael felt anxious about running away, but running away here was the same as killing his personality.

“Ugh…. ”

Michael, who was desperate, accepted Lee Hyuk's hand. Michael's eyes were filled with disbelief and anxiety as he looked at Lee Ji-hyuk's hands on his head.

“Well, let's get started. ”

Lee Hyuk flinches his hand on Michael's head and opens his mouth.

“I'm probably not going to die. ”

“That's a relief. ”

“But I have to think about whether that's good for you. Maybe I'd rather be dead if I wasn't. ”

“… Yes? ”

“If the body is fine, but the head dies, it's not alive. Well, it's definitely in the interest of not dying anyway. Right?"

As Michael was about to scream, Mana flowed out of Lee Hyuk's hand, holding his head, and began digging into Michael's flesh.

Michael clenches his fist in panic and rolls his eyes.

What is it? ’

But something was wrong.

Until now, I still felt no pain in my body, even though I had a clear feeling of Mana entering my body.

Was he bluffing?

I thought it might not be a bluff, but it was just to scare Michael.

Manat's sheep, which he dug in the flesh, was different even though Michael felt it. It's not just mango digging, it's clear that Mana is flowing through the veins of the body.

It's as if, when you swallow something incredibly hot, you feel your body descend on your esophagus. The location of unconscious blood vessels was such a vivid experience that it felt clear through Mana.

‘Different.’

I could see that it was significantly different.

Until now, I felt Mana and Lee Hyuk's actions were nothing but to stab Mana, which caused terrible pain into the flesh. But what Lee Hyuk is doing now is clearly making him feel the different ways that Mana flows and Mana gives him.

‘A little more……. ’

I felt like I could feel it.

I knew very well how ignorant this was. It is like putting your hand into a lively flame to understand that it is fire.

I don't know if I can improve my understanding of the substance of fire more clearly than any other method, but I will definitely be harmed more than any other method.

However, this was the exact moment I thought I would feel something about Mana.

Wood Duck!

I heard a very strange sound.

Michael realized the sound was coming from his legs… not because he heard it from below, but because his body began to fall rapidly.

What is it?

Michael looks down.

His leg was broken at will. The skin of the broken leg bursts out and spurts blood like fountains.

At the same time…….

“Shhhhhhh!”

There was a pain I had never imagined. His body is literally crumbling in proportion to the flow of Mana that feels so vivid.

“I'm not dying, I'm not dying. ”

Lee Hyuk chuckles and starts shoving his heel into Michael's body.

The broken flesh is restored in an instant. At the same time, other places burst out again.

The process of the body being broken and restored to the heel was repeated dozens of times in a short period of time.

“Growl!”

The blood in your esophagus is keeping your words from coming out. I couldn't even scream properly.

All I feel is pain and pain.

Then Michael understood what Lee Hyuk said.

Says he doesn't have to die to lose his mind.

His mind starts to scream.