The Returner

“What the hell is going on? ”

Christopher stares at the screen dazed. That battle has already left his hand.

It was not a question of whether they could or could not apply. Not long ago, I couldn't understand what was going on there.

‘That crazy bastard……. ’

I don't know exactly, but I think Cho Jeong-hoon is supporting Barbados to fight Yi Hyuk.... I can't believe Humans and the Demon King are fighting side by side. What the hell is going on here?

Christopher was embarrassed by the strange heterogeneity and looked away from the screen and into the office.

‘Looks like you've come to the cinema. ’

Everyone in the office who had turned down the lights to focus on the screen was staring blankly at the screen with their hands down.

As usual, Christopher shakes his head without saying a word.

What can you do?

Christopher sighed deeply.

The feeling of powerlessness that ruled him was gone. All that reigned over him now was deep fatigue and emptiness. Those who have not experienced the feeling of pouring everything out and waiting for results will not know.

‘It's a feeling of prayer. ’

Although it has already been proven that there is no such thing as divinity in this world, Christopher has drawn a sign.

It doesn't matter if God does not exist. I just want to believe.

I hope this isn't the end.

I hope this isn't the last time.

Christopher prayed that humanity would not end here alone. Even if no one will listen.

Christopher, who saw an Asian man in a suit slipping through the screen, laughed nonsense.

‘Yes.'

If we have to pray, we have to pray to him, not God.

Christopher looked at Jung-hoon Choi with his eyes full of complexity. Who would have thought, just half a year ago, that that Asian man would lead humanity this far?

Christopher thought he admitted to being Choi Jung-hoon. Compared to what he's accomplished.

Evaluation of the best discipline of those who move the world was the arrogant Oriental who carried Lee Hyuk's back and escorted him.

In the meantime, Christopher's eyes, which he rated as being able to carry Lee Hyuk on his back, were quite accurate.

‘Precisely……. ’

Christopher settled the lawsuit.

If this were correct, there would be no inaccuracy in the world.

Christopher's assessment of Choe Jung-hoon was completely wrong. He was not the one who carried Lee Hyuk on his back, but a colleague who walked the same as Lee Hyuk.

And now he was the biggest opponent of Lee Hyuk.

‘Did he expect this? ’

Sometimes I felt from Lee Hyuk that he was a deep thought that could not be followed. It was unimaginable in the outward appearance of Lee Hyuk, but Christopher, accustomed to PTSD by war, knew that Lee Hyuk's appearance was not the only one.

To put it bluntly, Lee Hyuk has lived for thousands of years in this harsh world. There is no way that such a person can think shallow. Lee Hyuk chose Jung-hoon.

‘I should have known then. ’

At that time, I thought Lee Hyuk was just using Choi Jung-hoon beside him. Choi Jung-hoon was not incompetent, but he could not be compared to Lee Hyuk.

But it was a perfect misunderstanding.

The bigger the crisis, the bigger the plate, the more Jung-hoon unleashed his ability. In its prime, it is now leading humanity completely.

Christopher looked at Jeong-hoon Choi with a prayer.

‘I believe.’

And I have to believe it.

“Director.”

Christopher turns his head to the voice behind his back.

“Can we... can humanity win? ”

Christopher bites his lip. In the shadow of a country called the United States, I was asked countless questions that I could not answer.

But this was the first question that was as difficult to answer as this one.

“I don't know if I can win. ”

Christopher shakes his head.

Christopher collects glances, looking at his young underling.

“But why does it matter? ”

“… Yes? ”

“What if you can win, what if you can't win? ”

“ ……. ”

Christopher growled.

“If you thought the board was tilted, would you throw away your ticket and go home? Do you want to spend your last hour with your family? ”

“No, I'm not.”

“No, you're not. You shouldn't.”

Christopher took a low breath. It was an answer, but it was also something I said to myself.

Commitment like an answer.

“Even if you can't win, it won't make a difference. Even if you can win, nothing will change. All we have to do is trust them. I just pray that they will bring us the future of humanity. ”

“Yes.”

“We have no right to be disappointed if we don't bleed on the battlefield. Respect for the bleeding, respect for those who fight with the weight of humanity on their shoulders. ”

Christopher clenches his fist tightly.

“Don't stand in front and cry behind you when you can't even fight. ”

“Yes, sir! ”

Christopher bitterly bitterly asks as he looks back at his servant with a stiff face.

‘Even if I was ten years younger.... ’

Even if his body had been able to withstand the brutality of the site, he would not have been looking at this scene from this far away. As soon as it gets in the way of getting there, I know it's in everyone's best interest to abandon the idea and acknowledge their situation…….

‘Damn it.'

Deep smoke, Christopher shakes his head.

‘I wanted to be there. ’

The last burial chamber of humanity.

* * *

It was like the world was falling apart.

Choi Jung-hoon was getting a torn gust of skin all over his body.

‘Keep your eyes open. ’

Blood flows from the torn eyelids. However, Choi Jung-hoon stood firmly on his legs and stared at everything with those eyes.

Of course, we can't follow. It is impossible for a human being to see with his own eyes what is happening.

Suddenly, the world seemed to flash, and the earth rose to the sky and the sky fell to the earth.

The rising lava falls like rain, and the earth that cannot bear the energy they emit floats in the sky.

‘Hell is no different. ’

Choi Jung-hoon smiled unknowingly.

We should be thankful they're fighting here. If we move around and fight, the Earth will be spared. If this battle is over, even if you survive, you will need to redraw the map.

If only I could survive.

Whoo-hoo!

The black meteor was plunged into the ground.

A solid floor shatters like water. The perception was pushed out like a wave, and the floors that did not overcome the impact force condensed down and down.

‘Isn't that... going to Mantle? ’

I wondered how hard it would take to process it, and I thought that would be enough to penetrate the Earth.

The terrain changes with a single blow.

A black shadow rises from the center of the backflowing lava through the hole in the floor like a fountain.

Kuaaaaaaang!

The black shadow flies towards Lee Hyuk, who is floating in the air. Something appeared and a huge shock wave erupted from the air.

One more, one more, one more!

Every time a shockwave exploded, the pressure seemed to distort my body.

What level are you on? ’

A chunk of land that has turned into a giant crater rises up and mingles with the recesses.

The floor was dancing at the same time as the battle. Choi Jung-hoon laughed as he watched the scene.

"Amazing, really. ’

I'm not digging the floor. They're not interested in the terrain. Nevertheless, it's like torturing the ground just by fighting on the ground.

I'm worried that the Earth will survive that hot mistreatment.

Choi Jung-hoon stared straight through the air.

‘I don't see it. ’

Nevertheless.

It's happening over there.

The last battle of humanity.

It's a little awkward to leave that last lead to the Demon King, but what about anyone?

Livestock is also a tamer. There's nothing wrong with using the Demon King.

Kuoooooo!

At that time, an enormous shockwave swept through the world.

Choi Jung-hoon suddenly felt his body soaring into the air. if you can describe it as flying.

The body bounces off before it even regains consciousness. And what brought back the flying spirit was a terrible pain that could not be expressed in words.

“Ugh.”

It was the first time Choi Jung-hoon opened his eyes.

The black sky.

Did the sun go down? ’

You seem overly focused. I didn't realize the world was dark.

Choi Jung-hoon, who recognized his arm and leg that had been broken, stood up with a groan.

‘I think I've flown 300 meters……. ’

You survived.

If it wasn't for the shield the priests put down, it would have been separated into cell blocks at the moment of impact. That's the level of fighting right now. It was a fight that the weak human body couldn't even see.

“Jung-hoon Choi! Are you okay?"

Choi Jung-hoon distorted his face when he saw Seo Ah-young flying in together.

“Don't come! ”

“ ……. ”

“Wake up! Is this a time to worry about me? Rebuild the Magic Cube! Now!”

“Yes!”

Seo Ah-young pounces on her lips, rushing her fallen comrades and starting to regroup. Choi Jung-hoon, who saw the scene, stood up with strength on his unbroken leg.

I felt the pain of digging gums out of my remaining limbs with a drill, and my whole body soaked with blood, but Choi Jung-hoon didn't blink.

This is not the time to cry.

This is a battlefield where everything takes place.

Choi Jung-hoon bites his teeth tightly as he looks at the NDFs gathering in a weary face.

“I know it's hard. ”

Choi Jung-hoon's voice burst out.

“I know it's hard, so don't cry! I'd rather die of exhaustion! It's better than dying by his hand! ”

I hated the eyes of those who heard Choi Jung-hoon's voice.

“Almost there! I will! I will kill you! ”

“Roger!”

Choi Jung-hoon opened his bloodshot eyes and stared at Lee Hyuk, who was confronting Barbatch.

"Right?"

Not for long.

I mean it now.

Whether Lee Hyuk dies or they die, it will be concluded now.

“Thinking about it……. ”

Choi Jung-hoon opened his mouth low.

“I didn't do anything right. ”

He forced the one who wanted to rest to work, and he calmed the one who wanted to stop fighting and threatened him into the battlefield.

The end of Lee Hyuk's return to reality was that he died fighting, fighting, and fighting.

That made it unbearable to Choi Jung-hoon.

It's too sad to be the end of those who have suffered for so long.

“So!”

Blood burst from Choi Jung-hoon's neck.

“I'll do whatever it takes to kill me!" You must! ”

Choi Jung-hoon's voice resounded to the world.