The Returner

[486] 3. You've taken your first step. (1)

Choi Jung-hoon's eyes widened.

“Hey, is that? ”

Choi Jung-hoon's voice trembled.

Chaikan's expression did not change at all. But I couldn't say it wouldn't change anywhere else.

“Enough!”

Choi Jung-hoon gripped his fist tightly.

Cheikhan's goal was more than he could have imagined. The wing and the arm next to it were already crumpled beyond recognition, and the large torso was dug deep into the recesses and was bleeding blue blood.

Besides, his body is half scorched and turned into charcoal.

Choi Jung-hoon trembled with joy.

“Ugh... ”

I wanted to scream loudly, but I couldn't get my voice right. After a long time, we can finally see the historic moment when the human has been properly struck by the Demon King.

“Hoho?”

Lee Hyuk was also looking at the scene with an interesting face.

“Looks like you've been cut in half, too. ”

“... This isn't the end, is it? ”

“It's not over because you're not dying. ”

“No, it's not like that... ”

I felt anxious about Choi Jung-hoon's face.

“You know what? The law of horror films? There's always a trap when you want a powerful enemy to fall easily. ”

“I guess you had time to see a movie? ”

“Before work……. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

“This is not a movie. ”

Lee Hyuk narrowed his eyes and examined the details of Cai Khan.

‘You're ruined. ’

Should I say more than I expected, or should I say as I expected?

The goal was to raise the NDF to a level that would be able to deal with the Demon King, and that was why I wanted to be that level.

If Lee Hyuk's calculations are correct, the Demon King should be able to handle it.

“You're holding it better than I thought. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

Even though the Demon Lord had built up enough power to catch him at any time, it was still not easy to deal with the Demon King. Of course, I thought I was going to suffer, but seeing how easy it is to catch it, I feel proud that the hard work has not been in vain.

“Hey, what's going on? ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged.

“Haven't you seen catching monsters before? ”

“Mo, a monster? That's the Demon King.”

“Big cockroaches don't mean they're not cockroaches. The Horsemen are a kind of monster, and the Demon King is a kind of monster. That's what I've been doing. ”

“… is it that simple? ”

“Why not? ”

Jung In-su glances at Cheikhan with a vague face.

The Demon King has reigned as a terror to humanity.

In the midst of the battle with the monsters, there was always a fear that everything would end as long as the Demon Kings stood up. Even the elite, who had risked their lives and jumped into a backward commotion, could not escape that thought.

But the Demon King can only be built by NDF that doesn't include Yi Hyuk.

“… I was hoping for a situation, but I don't know why I feel so threatened. ”

“It's nothing. It's just poisoning the pesticide. ”

“I would be less stressed if I could think so simply. ”

Jung Myung Soo shakes her head.

How peaceful the world would be if everyone could think and live like Lee Hyuk.

“Ugh.”

At that moment, you start to hear the voices of the Kaikan as you shoot from a distance.

“How dare a human being……. ”

“Oh, I'm bored. I'm bored. ”

Lee Hyuk scratched his arm like a chicken.

“How dare you! ”

Chaikan seems to be trying to make more of a connection, but he falls down, exhausted.

"Is this okay? ’

Jung In-su could not overcome the feeling of camaraderie.

That's what it is.

The stronger the opposing Pokémon, the more fierce the battle.

The process of defeating each other at the end of a gunfight after a battle is overturned...

“Isn't this a little awkward? ”

“That's a dangerous thing to say. ”

“No. Well, I don't want our side to suffer any more," he said. ”

Jung Myung Soo scratched his head.

“But the name is the Demon King, and it seems to be resolved too easily. ”

Lee Hyuk kicked his tongue.

Too easy? ’

I didn't know what the NDFs had been trained to do, so I could say that. That's why Choi Jung-hoon and Jung In's reaction were different.

Choi Jeong-hoon was purely happy to capture the Demon King because she knew what training they had done. However, I was surprised to see the people who had just disappeared for three months slapping the Demon King in an instant.

It's actually not three months.

“Well, I guess it's time to hit it anyway. ”

Lee Hyuk looked at the NDFs approaching Cheikhan.

“Is he down? ”

“You look like a slut. ”

“Really? Can I go finish that?" ”

Even the NDFs were confused.

If a person who always scored 30 on an exam gets 100 points on his or her transcript one day, he or she doubts the error rather than rejoicing in his or her improvement.

I tried.

I tried hard enough to die.

Instead of just saying that, I tried to think that it would be easier to die than to train like this.

You should be confident that you've worked that hard, but you know how powerful the Demon King is.

While Lee Hyuk was fighting, it was no wonder that the current situation was unbelievable for those who had experienced their lives flying by his side several times.

“Is he weak? Of the Demon King?”

“No.”

Seo Ah-young said.

“We're counting. ”

There was no such thing as a weak Demon King. Even the lowest of them all, the Demon King is the Demon King. The Demon King is not appointed. The title "Demon King" was given only by those who proved their strength and captured it. That's why there was no such thing as the weak Demon King.

“Hard, to be exact. ”

“... I tried to curse Lee Hyuk my whole life if I wasn't strong enough. ”

“Speaking of which, now that we're together, isn't it worth talking to Lee Hyuk? ”

Kim Da-hyun distorted his face.

“I don't think he's going to take on a bunch of foolish shooters like that one. As soon as we start, we'll be halfway there. ”

“… so would he. ”

They already have enough experience in combat to know how shallow and mean Lee Hyuk is. I wanted to fight the Demon King, but I didn't want to fight Lee Hyuk.

“Enough nonsense and let's get this over with. ”

“Hmm."

Seo Ah-young walked up and stood in front of Cheikhan.

“… Hey. ”

Chase raises his head and looks at Ah-young. Though the factions differ and look different, you can feel vivid about the emotions that come to mind on the face of the Kaikan.

Despair and anger.

Seo Ah-young just realized that.

I got you.

You really caught the Demon King.

“Human themes……. ”

“What are you talking about? ”

Seo Ah-young turned her head and looked at Lee Hyuk.

“On a human subject." ”

Seo Ah Young smiled as Lee Hyuk interpreted it.

“How does it feel to have a wife like that? ”

Cheikhan reveals his teeth. I didn't understand Seo Ah-young, but I thought I could understand her.

“I admit. I've been defeated by you. But this was not defeated by the Horsemen. I was just beaten by your numbers. ”

“Interpretation.”

“Bite.”

Lee Hyuk distorted his face as if it were annoying, but this time, he gave a stubborn interpretation.

Yoon Hyuk-gyu who heard the interpretation smiled.

“I don't think those people who were trying to get us killed by a shoal of horses meant to be. So you wanted us to fight fairly one-on-one? I can't believe this guy just barged in here and worked his ass off in front of this crowd. ”

“I'm not translating that. It's too long."

“Wow……. ”

I looked at Yoon Hyuk-gyu as crazy, but Lee Hyuk said, 'What should I do?’ I stretched out my stomach with my face.

I don't know what to say to a human like that.

Yoon Hyuk-gyu shakes her head.

“Let's end this. ”

“Hmm."

Kim Da-hyun came forward with a sword, said Seo Ah-young.

“... You see the guy who didn't do anything? ”

“If you didn't do anything, you'd have to do something about it! It's not like I'm giving you any experience, so why don't you give me a Machete! ”

Kim Da Hyun shouted. Everyone looked at Kim Da-hyun with a pitiful face.

“Why! Well, well! ”

“Hit it, hit it. Makta.”

Kim Da-hyun drew his sword and approached Cheikhan.

Cheikhan sighed and stared at Kim Da Hyun. The humiliation of being the first Demon King ever to be defeated by humans made him unbearable.

“You will all face the end. He started to move. As He has said, you will meet the end in three days! In hell... ”

“Whatever!”

Screaming!

I cut my throat so easily.

Even Kim Da Hyun, who thought he might have to hit a few times, looked back at Lee Hyuk, alternating his sword with his throat.

“A poem or a sword? ”

“... A sword, you idiot. ”

Lee Hyuk supported me.

“The Horsemen are Mana creatures. What, are you so tough because your body's made of metal? Manaro is always protecting his body, so the attack won't work. The Demon King who lost Mana is a category of life, even though it is a little hard. I cut him with that knife, but he can't be fine. ”

“Ah!”

Kim Da-hyun trembled at the dreadful glare and looked at the head of Chaikan who fell to the ground.

“... I caught a Demon King. ”

“I see.”

Is this real or not? I'm nervous.

However, Lee Hyuk restored them to a neat reality.

“It's about to start. ”

“Start?”

“Reality is cruel. You don't think the Demon King's gonna show up one by one and stick his neck out for you, do you? ”

“ ……. ”

“The Demon King is a proud folk who want to win. Maybe it's time for the swarm to show up. ”

Distance?

I've only got one.

Seo Ah-young's face distorted. Two is dangerous, and three is critical. If you can't concentrate your firepower, it's not easy to hit.

“Well, you should be happy now. Look."

Lee Hyuk pointed behind him.

With a furious retreat, the Black Swarm-looking soldiers now look away from their necks and look this way.

“I saved it. ”

Seo Ah-young sat down.

My legs are relaxed and I'm losing my mind. It's because I used all the power in my body at once, or because I was relaxed.

“You've taken your first step. ”

The Horses and Humans. The first step towards the end of that long war is finally here.