The Returner

“Oh?”

Lee Hyuk smiled as he watched Choi Jung-hoon approaching him.

“Jung-hoon Choi? I think I hurt myself back there. Are you okay? Have you been treated?”

“… Lee Ji-hyuk? ”

Choi Jung-hoon looked a little confused, and Lee Hyuk patted his chin.

“Hmm, that's not it. It's obvious in memory... It's not easy to accurately follow the tone and voice of the day. ”

The appendage grins.

“A fake can't follow a real one. ”

“Fake?”

“Yes, it's fake. ”

“Hey, Apeldiche. ”

Lee Hyuk glanced at the appendage with red eyes.

“It's not me, it's Lee Hyuk from before. Lee Hyuk, who was barely breathing on a life preserver thanks to the body of a dead person. In the natural course of things, he vanished into thin air, and I should have shown up. So maybe I'm a little more real. That's what your head is saying. ”

“No.”

Appeldrich insists.

“I have no intention of arguing with you about anything meaningless. You're not Lee Hyuk for any reason. It's a fake.”

“That's not a dragon's word for rational eating. You can't even call yourself a dragon anymore? ”

Appeldrich shakes his head.

“That doesn't mean you and I are alike. I look like someone else, and you're just corrupt. ”

“Well?”

Lee Hyuk died.

“From the perspective of your people, that would be corruption, too. ”

“Maybe so. But I'm not shunned by those who look like me. Unlike you. It's a false limit.”

“Denial won't change anything. Lee Hyuk is no more. I'm all that's left. ”

“No.”

Appeldrich said calmly.

“You're not the only one left. Just a new one. Just because you have his memories doesn't mean you inherited something from him. That would be meaningless to you. ”

“ ……. ”

“Maybe you can be real. Because he's alive and breathing. But that's it. You may be real, but you can't be real Lee Hyuk. Never.”

Yi Hyuk's eyes slightly shaken in the Declaration of Appeldrich.

“Maybe so. ”

However, Lee Hyuk quickly regained his original face.

“But what does that mean? It doesn't affect me that I'm not Lee Hyuk. ”

“Unfortunately.”

Aphedrice looks at him with a slight look of grief.

“You're the only one obsessed. Others have already admitted that you're not Lee Hyuk. You're the one who's most obsessed with it and wants to be recognized. ”

“ ……. ”

“Even being like that... you're all alone. ”

Lee Hyuk nodded his head.

“Well? The old Lee Hyuk might have been a little shaken up by what you're saying now. He was weak inside. But what am I supposed to do? I can't seem to get my emotions right now. Maybe the emotion inside of me is all gone except hatred and anger. ”

“Let me ask you. ”

Appeldrich insists.

“How does it feel to see you now? ”

“I did.”

“What about you? ”

“ ……. ”

“How do you feel about who you are? Are you satisfied with your changes? ”

“Don't be stupid. ”

Lee Hyuk laughed.

“What a central story you have to tell about who I am. I've been like this from the start. I've only just been born. You're denying Lee Hyuk's connection to me, and you want me to have a remnant of Lee Hyuk. Your wish, silly dragon, will not come true. I'm not Lee Hyuk, but Lee Hyuk, and I won't miss me at all. ”

The appendage looked at Lee Hyuk with cold eyes.

This is clear.

This is Lee Hyuk, but it is not Lee Hyuk. Lee Hyuk has already disappeared.

The red, fluttering membrane bursts as the appendage is about to shoot coldly through its lips.

Shhhhhhhhh!

The red energy that was just filling up the inside comes out of the top like blood.

“Hmm……. ”

When Lee Hyuk gripped his finger, the energy rushed towards Lee Hyuk.

“ ……. ”

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

At first glance, the ominous and sticky energy goes through Lee Hyuk's nose and mouth. The amount of energy that could not be fully drunk, even if it was air, was entering the body well.

Am I mistaken?

The more I accepted the energy, the more I felt alive in Lee Hyuk's body. It makes me wonder if my body is slightly swollen.

“What a mechanism. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled as if he was satisfied.

There are limits to all living things. It's natural to think about it. No matter how hard you train, no matter how hard you try, your creatures will never be stronger than the limit.

No matter how much the rabbit trains, will it become stronger than the lion?

It's never possible.

Humans are the same.

Since the birth of the ability of Ether, we have mistaken our efforts to become stronger, but there are limits to how strong we are.

It was a law that no demon, human, or dragon could escape.

But right now, Lee Hyuk was out of the law. The energy of the things he killed was absorbed by his Blood Qi and is now being pushed straight into the body of Lee Hyuk. Of course, they can't make their own power 100% efficiently, but this is enough.

Killing becomes stronger.

And the more you fight, the stronger you get.

It was a pleasure that could not be expressed to say that the limit had grown indefinitely without existence.

It would be unfortunate for other beings.

“Rrrrghhhhh!”

Lee Hyuk filled his tongue when he heard the loud shout.

“Without refinement. ”

Kuaaang! Kuaaang!

With a loud bang, Lee Hyuk's huge film began to explode. Lee Hyuk smiled as he watched.

I didn't think it would end with that one anyway. Barbacee and the Demon Kings are not worthy of such opponents.

“But fuck you, though. ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged his shoulders and looked back.

“Wait. I'll be right back. We'll talk about it later, of course, but we won't speak quietly next time. ”

Lee Hyuk dashed forward, and Choi Jung-hoon sat down.

“Ah……. ”

His feelings were hard to express in words.

‘Nothing.’

Nothing.

I know that Lee Hyuk has become something else. Jung-hoon Choi is a smart person, and I've been bored to this day. There was no confusion.

What he wanted to check was whether Lee Hyuk had changed. I wanted to see if there were any remnants of Lee Ji-hyuk from the past.

But I don't see it.

I made it clear to Lee Hyuk's words and expressions that he felt meaningful. There was really no Lee Hyuk left.

Choi Jung-hoon shrouded his face.

‘There really isn't one. ’

Despair was overwhelming Choi Jung-hoon. As you already know, it was cruel to see it with your own eyes.

“Don't bow your head. ”

Seo Ah-young grabbed Jung-hoon's arm and raised him up.

“It's not like you. Don't keep showing weakness. ”

“... I hope so. ”

“If Lee Hyuk is watching, think how much he's laughing at you right now. ”

Choi Jung-hoon smiled low.

I don't know

After spending so much time, Seo Ah Young did not understand Lee Hyuk at all. If Lee Hyuk had seen the look of Choi Jeong Hoon now, he would have been blubbered, but his heart would have hurt inside. Lee Hyuk is like that.

He's the kind of guy who spits out poison on the outside to hide his weakness.

But there are no such people anymore.

It was draining his strength from Choi Jung-hoon's body.

“Hmm.”

Lee Hyuk was wearing his tongue as he watched the dome collapse.

“You got out earlier than I expected. ”

There are many dimensions in the world. However, if those dimensions were to be lined up with the logic of power, the machinery would be worthy to stand at the forefront. They're proving it now.

“Ehhhhhhhh!”

In the midst of a bloodshed of red energy, Barbados is unleashing a fierce rage against Lee Hyuk.

“Chuckle.”

Lee Hyuk smiled joyfully as he watched the scene.

Barbacean's eyes turned more red as he saw Lee Hyuk's smile. The torn arm regenerates, but its torn pride never returns.

Wagons were also sacrificed by more than half of the anglers. And most of the Horsemen were injured, and not even the Demon Kings were safe.

More than 20% of the power was lost in a single strike.

Barbace had to realize the power of Lee Hyuk. Lee Hyuk's strength was different from that of the usual Demon King's strength.

Lee Hyuk, who peaked as the Mado Man and climbed to the top as the Demon King, thought he would use his power well. Even with less than a tenth of the power, it is Lee Ji-hyuk who has taken care of the other Demon Kings except Barbacee. So how strong is Lee Hyuk now?

“You've done well. ”

Lee Hyuk shrugged.

“Isn't that what you wanted? ”

“ ……. ”

“You said you were lonely. I said I missed being equal or stronger than you. ”

Lee Hyuk laughed at Barbacee.

“Now, how's it going? ”

“Are you saying you outdid me? Cocky bastard!”

“Ah……. ”

As Lee Hyuk flicked his finger, a cigarette popped out of Choi Jung-hoon's pocket, staring at him, and flew to Lee Hyuk. Lee Hyuk, who caught a flying cigarette, lit a cigarette on his mouth and smiled.

“If you still don't know, you can let me know. And……. ”

Lee Hyuk deeply smoked a cigarette.

“Phew... ”

Lee Hyuk, who slowly emitted a cigarette, said.

“I don't understand you being lonely with Orloth standing alone in the world. This is so much fun. There are so many things to catch, kill, and tear... Why is it so lonely? ”

Barbace gripped it and looked at Lee Hyuk.

That's not a threat or a bluff. Lee Hyuk was really thinking about it.

“I tried to create the Horsemen, but they created the Destroyer. ”

Sometimes there was such a thing in the world. Those who only use destruction as a driving force for action....

However, until now, the dystrophies that have appeared were not as strong as Lee Hyuk. That is why the world was able to be kept.

‘Maybe I should call you the God of Destruction……. ’

Barbatch realizes he's the first person to stand guard since he was born.

We have to stop the devil himself.

“Well, let's start again. ”

Lee Hyuk slowly walked towards Barbados with a demonic smile.