The Returner
[545] 9. He's gone (5)
I didn't think Seo Ah Young would understand her. She just wanted to say it.
His story.
To someone…….
‘So that's what this is. ’
Aphedrice bows, his eyes closed.
I... I can't take it anymore.
As a dragon, she cannot understand him.
Understanding is like that.
Understanding other beings was almost impossible for humans with the same level of thinking. But how can she understand each other and Lee Hyuk, who are from different races in the first place?
I'm just guessing.
I will.
However, in the process of coordinating things that are not rationally understood, one thing must be accompanied.
contempt for the other.
The process of thinking, "If he was as rational and smart as I am, he would never do it, but he can do it because he can't."
The early appendages also did not escape from it. I could see why Lee Hyuk did it, but I thought it was just another expression of foolishness.
Disgust is the self of the moment.
Intimidation, self-esteem.
Pretending to understand without understanding at all, and making sense of the object of understanding because it is unacceptable to understand.
Seeing him like that for even a moment was making him insufferable.
Him.
It's just...
Just because you want to meet someone who understands you a little, you come back to this world at a risk that you may not be able to live an eternal life or die.
He who has not spoken to anyone for thousands of years and has lived without understanding anyone.
Ordinary people would have killed tens of thousands and hundreds of millions more. However, Lee Hyuk was not even allowed to die. What was allowed to him was to just endure and endure the loneliness that would not let him go for a single moment with an intact, unbroken mind.
What he feared the most was neither death, nor pain... and loneliness.
So….
So sad.
The fact that the person who has endured and endured loneliness has become the only person in the world who can no longer understand him.
"You're all alone again, you. ’
Appeldrich stared at Lee Hyuk silently and gazed at her again.
* * *
It's moving.
Lee Hyuk's hand began to move slightly.
Barbace glances at the scene as if bewitched.
‘Different.’
I can't feel Mana's flow.
It's strange.
Right now, there is a hole under Lee Hyuk's feet. And in that hall, enormous black magic was flowing into Lee Hyuk's body. However, I can't feel Mana's flow from Lee Hyuk.
That means that the red energy that is flowing from Lee Hyuk's body is not Mana, but something completely different.
‘Is that even possible? ’
It is not so new for one force to be transformed into another.
They also convert the negative energy generated by life into black magic.
However, I have never heard of it or seen it, making Mana into a third energy.
Is that possible because Lee Hyuk is a caster who fully understands Mana, or because he is a Horseman who has never existed before?
‘Well, you don't need to know. ’
What is important is not that you have created a new energy, but what you can do with it.
Lee Hyuk's red energy rushes into his hands.
Lee Hyuk's hand slowly lifted and pointed to where the Demon Kings were gathering.
“What are you going to……. ”
The Demon King nominated in Lee Hyuk's hand was just about to alert him.
Whoo-hoo!
On the ground, red lava-like energies soared above the sky.
Kwaaaahhhhhh!
It was like an explosion from underneath. The energy rising from the ground suddenly penetrates the sky and reaches the place where it can't reach. It disappears cleanly, as if it had never been before.
“ ……. ”
The heads of the Demon Kings move toward the place where the energy rises.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Even the floor that was pierced by the energy did not change a bit. as if what they just saw was an illusion.
But it can't be a fantasy.
Never.
It's all gone.
There was nothing there. There was definitely a Demon King. But the red pillar appeared and disappeared, as if the Demon King had never existed in the first place.
It's like hell's tongue grabbed the Demon King and dragged him to hell.
Even the Demon Kings have lost their words.
They absolutely believe in their own strength. However, this did not disqualify them for being stronger than they were. In front of them was already the same Demon King, but Barbacea of a different personality, and EZ-Hyuk who was human but surpassed them. I have seen how many times the strength should be called perseverance.
One…….
This is different.
This has never been different.
Barbace is strong, but we can see why he's strong. Lee Hyuk said he was strong, but he didn't know what his strength was made of. Even if you know, you just can't follow.
But now they had no idea how strong Lee Hyuk was and why he was so strong.
The inability to understand the opponent is now a feeling of fear, and they begin to absorb it.
Gone.
Their colleague.
For a moment, he did nothing like a mob, but disappeared without a single voice, without a single scream.
And the party who created that enormous thing was waving their heads away as if they didn't like it now.
“That's subtle.”
Lee Hyuk frowned at the sight he created.
I don't have the control yet. Lee Hyuk was born with four legs from the time the baby deer was born in the mother's stomach, but he was adapting to his new body just as he had to go through several trial and error to get up on that leg.
There's only one problem.
‘You're overly sensitive and sensitive. ’
I thought that even if we put together this much power, we would be able to blow up a building. However, as his Mana Control ability increased unmatched in the past, he created an explosion that would only fit one person.
Of course, that power is nothing compared to a massive explosion.
“More power than you can imagine. It won't be easy to control the body. ”
Lee Hyuk smiled.
But what do you think?
Stronger than weaker, a thousand times more efficient, and 10,000 times better than less efficient.
Lee Hyuk wiped his hands.
‘Now, what do we do? ’
Once upon a time, there would have been only one way he could fight. He's a caster, a wizard and a summoner.
His preferred way of combat was to spread the barricades of his dominion on the front, and the large magic in the back.
But that doesn't mean much anymore.
The reason I've had to use it so far is very simple.
Because he's a wizard? Because he's weak?
You're welcome.
Lee Hyuk from the past was immortal. In the flesh alone, even Lee Hyuk can't deal with Lee Yi Hyuk's past. Lee Hyuk, who had a body that never collapsed and regenerated quickly, didn't have to be afraid of injuries and attacks.
He had to use such a method not because of the robustness of the body, but because of the free casting time. No matter how strong he gets, he's human. Like the Horsemen, it was impossible to use magic directly to attack.
But those constraints are gone now.
Lee Hyuk felt like a child with a funny toy.
There are numerous ways of attacking that have not been able to think and execute with their heads only.
“What shall we start with? ”
Lee Hyuk's eyes glowed darkly.
“Start with the classics. ”
Lee Hyuk's superiority went up over his head.
“Huh?"
Choi Jung-hoon rubs his eyes.
Something's happening.
But I didn't know exactly what was going on.
‘Red.’
The world feels a little red.
It makes me think I'm mistaken.
No matter how much power Lee Hyuk has, he cannot change the color of the world.
However, after a while, Choi Jung-hoon realized that he was not mistaken. And the world wasn't red.
In front of Lee Hyuk, a fine stream of red energy was scattered. He thought the world was red because it was so wide and big.
“What are you going to... …. ”
In Choi Jung-hoon's head, I slowly remembered the scenery.
That's...
Seo Ah-young gripped Choi Jung-hoon's arm tightly.
“You've seen it, right? ”
Choi Jung-hoon nodded silently.
A huge hemisphere.
A hemisphere that looks so massive that it just splits the world in half covers the front.
Kara, Kara, Kara!
Aaaaah!
The horses begin to panic at the enormous red sphere that surrounds them. This is a phenomenon that has never been seen in the Magic System.
Darker.
It's getting darker.
At first, the red hemisphere, which was a level of transparency, gradually added redness, and became a clear membrane that could not be pierced by sight.
If you look from the inside, the whole world will be red.
It's like being inside a giant dome stadium and all the walls are painted red.
The problem was that this wasn't a stadium, and that red wall was never a paint job.
Disappears.
Vision, and light.
Lee Hyuk's huge film of red energy began to suck out everything in the world. It was only the deep darkness that could be placed where the light could not enter.
Darkness like darkness.
No, it was a vivid red darkness.
“What a flimsy thing! ”
When the Demon Kings tried to penetrate the wall that surrounded them, it happened.
The Demon Kings' bodies flicker.
I hear you.
Sound.
Unlike the roar of the beast…….
It was as if the world was swallowed up in a giant snake again and heard the heart of that snake. It was horrifying and absolutely terrifying.
Threatening sounds.
Screaming.
And the sound of pain.
Scream, music, threats.
The eyes of the Demon Kings begin to fester with embarrassment.
“What the hell is going on? ”
Darkness could not have been feared. They are the Horses.They have been with the Darkness since the beginning. However, Lee Hyuk dominated, and the darkness that Lee Hyuk created was a little different from the darkness they knew.
A little darker, a little worse.
And the Demon Kings saw it.
Something is protruding from the wall that is so dark that it cannot be found at the end of the line.
It's awkward.
Freaky.