The Returner
[572] 1. Even if you die, you have nothing to fear. (2)
It was a long memory in retrospect.
And it was never a long memory.
In terms of time, the moment with Lee Ji-hyuk is never long. But that time was full. Even if I die, I'll never forget it.
Thinking that all those ties were broken here, there was a tingling sensation that seemed to cut off one part of the body.
I know.
That he couldn't come back.
Choi Jeong-hoon is not a child who cries and whines because he is dependent on impossible things. I knew there was something I couldn't do in the world, and I knew that it was a much more comfortable way of living to boldly cut off my stubbornness.
And yet you must be human because you can't stop fooling around.
On this battlefield, which seems less human than an ant, Choi Jeong-hoon realized more than ever that he was human. In a slightly foolish way.
The two meteors that were hit in the air fell to the ground, tangled with each other. It was too fast to call it a crash.
Kwaaaahhhhhh!
The tidal wave of the late hit Jeong Hun.
“Stop him!"
The shield surrounding them begins to emit a dazzling glow as the sound of Choi Jung-hoon's shout erupts.
Choi Jung-hoon bites his teeth tightly.
The barren tide of the late tide makes the bridge stagger just by looking at it. If you only see one high tide coming from Gathering, a decent person will pee.
However, what if we saw a huge tidal wave coming from the ground and rock, not made of water?
I wanted to turn around and run away right away. However, Choi Jung-hoon quickly stood up. If you cannot fight with your body, you must not lose your mind.
Kuaaaa!
The late tide rises in a milky, protective shield. The dome made of glass was covered in black water, and the piles of dirt and rocks that climbed up were taking away the reality from Choi Jeong-hoon.
‘If the shields were any weaker, they'd be buried alive. ’
Humans cannot survive where those monsters are fighting. Without the help of the dragons and the Beraphs, they would have been destroyed long ago.
Cough! Cough!
With thunder and lightning, the tide of the late tide rolls in a few times. The waves and the sambas were pushing the world away without being finished at once.
By the time the shaking had abated, even the light had disappeared thanks to a pile of dirt that was completely filled over my head.
“Reverse Gravity. ”
The pile of dirt that was covering the shield slowly rises into the air with the clean awning of the appendage. Choi Jung-hoon's eyes desperately found Lee Hyuk and Barbacee among the piles of dirt moving to the side.
“Hey……. ”
I see it.
A world that's been made whole.
A while ago, the perception melted by lava cooled down and the whole surrounding area turned to rocky places, but it had just shattered into a desert shape.
How many times has the land around here changed? ’
Perhaps if you looked down from above, Choi Jung-hoon would be standing on a giant crater that is visible to the universe. A crater that looks too big to be flat inside.
And in the middle of that vast space stood two men.
No, the word "oomph" might not be appropriate. No matter how strong they were, they couldn't say "dominant."
Barbacean's body is endlessly covered with tiny scars, like hundreds and thousands of sharp knives. It was all resurfaced and scarred, but the number of scars caused the black flesh to turn gray and white.
His body was proving how much fighting he had fought.
Meanwhile, Lee Hyuk…….
Duck.
The blood flowing from Lee Hyuk's fingertips falls to the floor.
The whole shoulder is torn off as if it had been ripped out by the right hand, and the underlying arm shows fake bones everywhere. There, the lower ship was about to be pierced and looked inside.
"It's not regenerating. ’
The size of the wound is not important. What was important was that Lee Hyuk, who had been regenerating at once even though his head flew away, was now unable to regenerate that wound.
The fact that he absorbed the magic power of Barbacee's wounds and is still unable to regenerate such wounds means that Lee Yi Hyuk has reached the end.
“Grrrrrr.”
A beast-like sound leaked from Lee Hyuk's mouth. Reddened eyes and blood-soaked teeth are telling me his condition now.
“I'm losing it.”
Barbacce's voice comes out.
It was not just the bass that was pressing people by listening until now. Even Barbacce's voice was tiring.
"I don't know."
Who's better off.
Barbase, who regenerated the wound on the outside, was better off, but they were not the ones to be seen as such.
“Who's... who's better?" ”
Turn your head and ask Apeldice. Apeldrich shakes his head quietly.
“I don't know.”
“… You don't know? ”
“I can't see. Like a mist. Now this place has completely reversed the wavelength of its magic. So I can't control it. And they're using a completely different system of energy than I know. I... I don't know who's better. ”
Choi Jung-hoon's face became tense.
Then Barbace opens his mouth quietly.
“Do you see it?”
“ ……. ”
“Your last. ”
“ ……. ”
Lee Hyuk's eyes became redder.
“Glug.”
The cry of the beast flowing from the neck. I never thought about it with Lee Hyuk until now.
“You're losing it. The glorious reason, the will to never give up under any circumstance, that made me see a human creature again. ”
Barbace stares at Lee Hyuk with a slightly pointless face.
“You were so strange to me. He was colder, more rational, dumber and more emotional than anyone else. The Horsemen turned the world upside down with unimaginable ideas and became obsessed with the idea of goodness and threw themselves into a position like God. Being incomprehensible, you were being incomprehensible to me. That's why it was glowing. Because you were the one who made me do things I could never do. ”
Barbacce's voice grows more frequent.
Choi Jung-hoon's voice sounded a little sad.
Not necessarily.
There's no way that cruel Demon King will ever feel grief.
“I wanted to watch. ”
Barbatch's eyes are bloodshot.
“You were like salvation in this long, boring, insignificant life. You jumped into my world and turned everything upside down. I was so afraid and excited to see what you'd do next. Yeah, you were. ”
Sounds lonely.
I knew it couldn't be, but Choi Jung-hoon had to feel it.
“But now you're gone. ”
Barbace looks around quietly.
“This is the world you need to see. ”
“ ……. ”
“You're destroying the excessive power you've been given. Lee Hyuk was also able to become stronger. If I had been there for power, even I would have jumped beyond ridicule. But he didn't. At the time, it felt more and more foolish to see you. Strength... isn't everything. ”
“ ……. ”
“It's over, Lee Hyuk. There are no happy endings. ”
Barbatch chuckles.
“Even if I win, all I have left is to save the Demon King and the few that have survived." Now we're dealing with this body that's become a mop, and a rapidly decreasing lifespan. If you win, you will destroy everything. Not the world, not the dimensions, not yourself. You're such an idiot. ”
Barbace growls.
“This is the most boring and annoying fight I've ever had. At least when I fought Lee Hyuk before, I was able to enjoy the situation even if I died. For the first time since I was born, I have had enemies who can fight with all their might. That would be a blessing to me. But if that opponent is you, there is no more curse. In the end, I didn't have a god. ”
Lee Hyuk opened his mouth.
“… Barbacce. ”
“Do you still remember? ”
“Not yet…. Yeah, not yet. ”
“Asshole. ”
Barbatch's face is distorted.
He was feeling it.
The more I fought, the more I fought, the more I lost everything. Memory, purpose... All that remains of him is his instinct to destroy everything he sees.
A bloody cruel fate.
This is the last place anyone who's been hurt or hurt has ever been. Although Lee Hyuk had already disappeared, he could not even forbid his sympathy to the remaining remnants of Lee Hyuk.
“Maybe you're a god. God is something that can never be achieved. You're the one who has the power to destroy the dimension that no god dares attempt. ”
Then the birth of the poor god.
Barbatch smiles bitterly.
“I saw your future. You're just destroying everything with an instinct to destroy nothing. It's too harsh a future. So let's end this here, Lee Hyuk. The last thing I can do for you is kill you. ”
Lee Hyuk's mouth slowly opened.
“Barbacce.”
“Tell me. I've got a clear message. ”
“Can you kill me? ”
“Of course.”
“Can I end my life? ”
“Of course.”
Lee Hyuk's mouth began to twitch.
Smile.
A bright smile I had never seen before was put on the mouth of Lee Hyuk.
“I wish I could. ”
Lee Hyuk's eyes suddenly turned dark red.
Barbatch grips his teeth.
“I knew it. Asshole! ”
Barbatch rushed to Lee Hyuk with all his might. It was a speed that had never been entered. Barbase, who ran beyond the laws of the world, clenched his fist at the neck of Lee Hyuk.
Quadruple!
The torn bones and flesh bounce back, like pieces of stone caught in an explosion.
“Hic.”
Invincible flesh.
Lee Hyuk's mouth, with a large hole in his neck and upper chest, bleeds out.
“Stop……. ”
Choi Jung-hoon reached out without even knowing it.
Knng.
Seo Ah-young and Appeldrich gripped Choi Jung-hoon who was about to approach Lee Hyuk.
“No, no, no. ”
“Th……. ”
“I can't! ”
It's coming down.
Blood.
And tears.
There's a long fight going on here right now. With the blood of Lee Hyuk.