The Returner
[542] 9. He's gone (2)
“Jung-hoon Choi! ”
Seo Ah-young ran to Choi Jung-hoon and grabbed his arm tightly.
“This……. ”
Seo Ah-young, who tried to blame him for his reckless behavior, closed her mouth when she saw Choi Jung-hoon's eyes unfolding.
Dark emptiness.
His eyes were filled with such dark emptiness that he could not express just disappointment.
“... Jung-hoon Choi. ”
Jung-hoon, who heard Seo Ah-young's trembling voice, turned his head and looked at her.
“Lee Hyuk……. ”
Choi Jung-hoon smiled with an awkward face.
“Lee Hyuk is dead. ”
“ ……. ”
“He's not Lee Hyuk anymore. ”
Seo Ah Young bit her lip tightly.
That's what you know.
We all knew that a long time ago.
Lee Hyuk explained that much, and even before he arrived here, he caught my mind several times.
Choi Jeong-hoon even told Seo Ah-young that it was the way for Lee Hyuk.
But…….
Seo Ah-young grabbed Jung-hoon's shoulder.
“Don't cry. ”
“ ……. ”
“Don't cry... ”
I can't hurt him.
He's not the one you already know, so you can't just get angry and insult him by telling him not to do anything stupid.
How could you do something so cruel to someone who is crying like a child?
I couldn't help but understand.
Since Lee Hyuk returned to this world, the person who has spent more time together than his family is Jung-hoon Choi. Lee Hyuk, who had lived a life without loneliness, did not push Choi Jung-hoon who was coming secretly, and Choi Jung-hoon did not turn away from Lee Hyuk.
The bond they had built could never be shallow, even if it was a short time.
Lee Hyuk was a lonely person, and Jung-hoon was also a lonely person.
“Stop it."
“But……. ”
“Do you think I'd be grateful if Lee Hyuk was watching you right now? ”
“ ……. ”
Choi Jung-hoon did not answer.
His personality must have pissed him off. You don't do what I tell you to do, and you do the opposite. You're incompetent and stupid.
“If Lee Hyuk is conscious, he wants you to stop him. And who do you think should play the biggest role in that? ”
Choi Jung-hoon covered his face.
I can't.
I can't do it.
This was too cruel for him.
“For what? ”
Choi Jeong-hoon shouted with bloodfooted eyes.
“What do we have to kill Lee Hyuk with our hands? ”
“To live! ”
“Then I'd rather die! ”
Choi Jung-hoon pointed to Lee Hyuk, revealing this.
“Don't you see? All this time trying to protect us, and now it's like that. You want to survive killing someone like that? That's bullshit! If a human could choose his own death, I'd rather die here. What's the point of killing him and saving humanity? ”
“Brother!"
Soon after Seo Ah-young tried to scream, she heard a voice like a blade.
“Dream well. ”
It was the voice of the appendage.
Dream?
Dream of what?
“It's a fun idea to feel like you're about to die with Lee Hyuk, but it's no different now if you just kill yourself. That's not Lee Hyuk anymore. ”
The appendage said more calmly.
“If you're going to feel nostalgia because you look the same, look at Lee Hyuk's picture. Once again, that is a completely different being from the Lee Ji-hyuk Choi Jung-hoon knew so far. I don't care what you think, but do you think he thinks of you at all? ”
“ ……. ”
“And…. ”
Appeldrich says, killing him doesn't suit him.
“… I wish there was a way to kill it. ”
Seo Ah-young's eyes were shaking.
“Lee Hyuk was the nineteenth Demon King even when he was human. There was a benefit to immortality, but minus that, there was no shortage of the Demon King. But that person is now the best person to use black magic. ”
The appendage glows golden.
“How strong it will be... How strong it will be. It's all unknown. ”
Seo Ah-young asked with a trembling voice.
“Well, what should we do? ”
“Just wait and see. ”
“For now?”
The appendage whispers low.
“Maybe we should jump in. Maybe… there will be more of an Alliance target. ”
“Yes?”
Seo Ah-young didn't understand what she was saying, but Choi Jeong-hoon did.
There's only one thing left for them to handle here.
The Horsemen.
Aphedrice was saying that perhaps we should join forces with the Horsemen to deal with Lee Hyuk.
* * *
Barbacee was astonished to see Lee Hyuk come through Margie's whirlpool.
Margie's whirlpool is not all she can see. Each one of them was made together with the power and sharpness of splitting the mountain and splitting the sea.
However, Lee Hyuk is rushing towards the whirlpool of terrifying energy.
Why is that amazing?
What a surprise!
Lee Hyuk is basically a caster.
He also admits that Lee Hyuk was the one to process. I could not admit that I had reached him to the end, but at least I had to admit that I had risen firmly to the top of the horse system with human strength.
However, even when Lee Hyuk was immortal, Lee Hyuk was a wizard.
There was a time when he had to come back to this world and use the flesh when he was unable to exert his power properly, but not since Lee Hyuk was able to use Mana properly, he had never strayed from the nature of being a wizard.
However, Lee Hyuk is now entering his body as a weapon.
Barbatch bites his teeth tightly.
‘Idiot.’
Though I thought that Lee Hyuk's existence was completely different, I had not completely deviated from his image until before. While preparing for battle, I only assumed that his actions would not change significantly in the fighting style of Lee Yi Hyuk so far.
No one in the world can blame Barbatch for this judgment. Lee Hyuk was moving differently than expected.
Kaga, Kaga, Kaga, Kaga!
Barbacean Margaery clumps her body with Lee Yi Hyuk's body dozens, hundreds, and thousands of times in a heartbeat. But no energy could reach around Lee Hyuk.
"That one?"
The invisible energy that revolves around Lee Hyuk's body bounces off Barbados.
Even Barbatch did not understand how that phenomenon was occurring.
“Profit!”
Just as Barbacee was about to strengthen Margie and build Lee Yi Hyuk's body, Lee Hyuk disappeared from Barbacea's sight as if he were about to disappear.
As Barbace opens his eyes and looks around, he hears a low voice in his ears.
“Slow.”
Wood Duck.
An overwhelming force grips his arm. Without giving you a chance to resist, a powerful blow lands on your waist. A huge shock that seemed to have vanished momentarily from beneath your shoulders to near your thighs swept through Barbados' entire body.
“Rrrrgh!”
Barbacae bounces off the ground at the same speed as light on impact to process.
Kuoooo!
How strongly they bounced off the ground, and Barbacean's body drilled through the floor, digging underground and underground for a long time.
“Ahhhh!”
As the earth erupts, Barbagne rises, covered in dirt.
“Eeehhhh!”
Barbacae, whose arm was ripped off, stares at Lee Hyuk with a fierce anger like never before.
However, Lee Hyuk threw his arm on the ground, holding it in one hand as if he didn't even care, and stepped on it lightly.
“That's pathetic. ”
I snapped his neck with Lee Hyuk's left and right.
At first, his eyes, which were glowing red, were completely black with Margie's full body influence. The distinction between my eyes and white disappeared, and my eyes were suddenly black, making me feel strange like never before.
“Hmm……. ”
Lee Hyuk swept his chin a few times and nodded.
“Here's the thing. ”
Lee Hyuk looked up at Barbacce and said in a deep tone.
“It's quite uncomfortable being a Mage. ”
“Ew……. ”
“If you think about it, the Horses are far too unique to be associated with the same species. With the same Mana, some of them use flesh and some of them are strong in magic. If the uneducated Horseman chooses the direction that suits him best, he instinctively knows which direction he's getting stronger. Right?"
Barbacce doesn't answer.
His head is now full of rage and confusion.
I was careless.
It must have happened out of carelessness.
But…….
Could it have prevented the blow a little while ago if he wasn't careless?
I wanted to say yes, but his rationality was not allowed. No matter how prepared you are, the previous blow was never easily prevented.
“Lee Ji-hyuk.”
Barbatch has almost lost himself in anger.
And on one side of that rage, he was captivated by the unprecedented excitement and tension.
“Hehehehe. Yes! That's it, that's it! This is the moment I wanted. That long, lonely moment that I hoped for and hoped for! ”
Lee Hyuk glanced at Barbados and turned his head. It's as if he's already not interested in Lee Hyuk.
“Hmm…. ”
What caught Lee Hyuk's eye was the horses who were breathing in front of the great event of the two Demon Kings' collisions, among other things, the horses who followed Lee Hyuk.
“Hehe hehe.”
Lee Hyuk reached out to the horses.
What are you trying to do? ’
The moment everyone's gaze became suspicious.
Kuoooo!
A sudden shock wave appeared, and the horses began to be drawn towards Lee Hyuk like water in a bathtub that opened a drain.
“What, what! ”
Seo Ah-young was frightened and screamed.
Aaaaaaaaah!
Kraarak!
Wagons scream.
The magicians, who do not seem to know that they are never afraid, struggle like puppies to see the culprit. I put my claws into the ground, protested with a bloody cry, but it was all for nothing.
The flesh of the beasts that flew into the sky flew towards Lee Hyuk's hand and began to become entangled between them.
With a terrible scream, the beasts' flesh condenses and twists, diminishing gradually.
The sound of bones breaking, the sound of flesh exploding, and the sound of strange screams mixing together to create the Devil's music that makes your ears twist.
“Hahahahahaha!”
Lee Hyuk built a photon shop while watching the scene.
And Choi Jung-hoon had to admit.
‘No.'
That's not it.
That's definitely... not Lee Ji-hyuk.
Never.