The Returner
[579] 2. The last one is like a movie. (4)
It's white.
Everything was white and uneven.
He was floating alone in a white space with no boundaries in the world.
What is it?
Recognition begins.
He recognized where he was, and opened his eyes quietly.
The moment I realized the world, I began to understand myself. He looked around slowly and ‘perceived’ who he was.
“Alive? ”
The one who was called Lee Ji-hyuk in his lifetime.
“No, I can't live... ”
Reminds me of my last moments.
He must be dead. Then this place…….
“The afterlife……. Terrible. It would be better for me if there was no afterlife. ”
Given the sins he committed in his lifetime, he had nowhere else to go but hell. But this place was too bright and empty for hell.
And hell doesn't matter.
No matter how terrible the hell, it won't be as painful as his past life.
It's a pity that you can't rest forever....
At that moment, my memories began to dig into the mind of Lee Ji-hyuk.
“… this? ”
It's his memory.
But it's someone else's memory, not his.
To be precise, after his death, he began to drift back into the memories of his body.
I don't know why I came to this memory, but there was only one impression of it.
“Stupid……. ”
Lee Hyuk remained motionless for a while. I just closed my eyes.
What do you believe?
What the hell.
He's already dead. It's not him who's out there. What do you want from him? He can't do anything anymore...
“Stupid……. ”
That's all he can say.
“But it was the best thing for her. ”
Lee Hyuk turned his head.
There was another creature in one white space. Moaning came out of Lee Hyuk's mouth as he slowly saw his coming towards him.
“Appledrice?”
“No.”
A creature with a shape that can only be thought of as an appendage shakes its head.
Lee Hyuk also noticed at that moment.
This woman is not an appendage. Apparently, it was the Appelldrice, but it wasn't her. It felt completely different. It looks like an appendrite, but not an appendrite……. More sacred and majestic than that.
Lee Hyuk's face slightly distorted.
I think I know.
Who's this guy?
Lee Hyuk's face was filled with hate.
The one who must hate.
The one who messed up Lee Hyuk's life and left him in eternal pain.
“Latrel!”
The man with the face of the appendage grins.
“Yes, I am Latrel, Lee Hyuk. ”
Lee Hyuk clenched his fist tightly.
At this moment, if he could, he would have torn Latrel to shreds. But there was nothing he could do here.
“I thought it would be easier to die.... Damn it, if I'd known you were in charge of the afterlife, I would have tried not to die. I'm not even from your world. I don't see why I have to look like this. ”
Apeldice, no, Latrell, shakes his head still.
“No, it's not.”
“No?”
“Yes. First of all, this is not the afterlife. This is the space that I created. ”
“I'm dead. ”
“Yes. You're dead. But your body isn't dead yet. So you're only half dead. ”
“... whether to be happy or sad. ”
Lee Hyuk scratched his head.
“No, you should be sad. That means I wouldn't have to see your face if I was dead. ”
“I didn't make this face. It shapes the memories that remain most intense to you. It's a little surprising that it exists in Apeldiche. ”
“That's not what I meant, you idiot! ”
Lee Hyuk grabbed his head.
I felt frustrated when I first met the appendage. After all, the Veravs make him sick one by one.
“Enough nonsense. More importantly, why did you show up before me? I'm telling you, this situation I'm facing with you, I really suck, so I need you to get it over with. ”
Latrell blinks.
No one has ever cursed her before, nor ever will be. But she fully understood Lee Hyuk's reaction. If you think about what she did to Lee Hyuk, you should be treated with kindness even if you are killed right now.
“I wanted to apologize. ”
“An apology?”
“Yes, an apology. ”
Lee Hyuk smiled.
“No… Look, I don't know if you have the concept of a normal perception, but you and I are not the kind of relationship that can be solved by who apologizes to whom. I thought you were smart because you're God, but you're too stupid. ”
“I know. You will never forgive me. But you have to apologize. This... might be the last time. ”
Lee Hyuk frowned, looking at Latrel's face.
“Apologize, let's hear it. ”
“Yes.”
“Why did you do that? ”
“ ……. ”
“Why on earth did you try to tie me to that world? To a mortal who can neither live nor die. Why do you call me the Throne of Destruction and make me hostile to everyone? ”
“One is the intention, and the other is the mistake. ”
“A mistake?”
“It was my intention to tie you up. But it wasn't against you. I just gave you my trust that one day you would bring destruction to the world and that you would have to keep it in Beraf to prevent that from happening. But the trust that I put in my creatures doesn't fully reflect my intentions. So it became a little bit spoiled. ”
“Well, I mean... I sent you a letter, and all it said was that I was going to destroy the world with a little tear in the middle of it? ”
“Something like that."
“Then you should have done AS! You crazy bitch! I've been through so much for that! Nowadays, even if you go to the service center, you give us three years of AS for free, and you let a god go to the wrong message once? This is insane! ”
Lee Hyuk shouts with a burst of fire from his mouth, but Latrell doesn't react much.
“Trusting my creations is not as simple as you think. because God can move the world, but he shouldn't interfere with the free will of the creatures. Getting involved indirectly through the Trust is also a huge burden. ”
“Burden? Boo ~ wall? Do you want me to tell you what the pressure is? This is a woman - This is a bad day, isn't it? ”
“ ……. ”
“Oh dear, tell me this is God. That's Danny Beraf. You honestly don't have a conscience? You run that world like shit, and it hasn't improved for thousands of years. Can't you see the Earth this time? ”
“Progress is not necessarily good. It's how happy the creatures are. ”
“So you think the people of Beraf seem happy? Hey, that's hell, you crazy bitch. No human rights, human rights! I tried to kill him a few times in Beraf. ”
“Only in the case of humans. But the rest of us live in Beraf. ”
“Well……. ”
“Beraf would have been conquered by the humans by now if he hadn't imposed restrictions. By your standards, we would not have survived anything similar to humanity, monsters, and higher life. Otherwise, humanity would have been wiped out by the response of those in crisis. ”
“Mmmm... ”
Lee Hyuk felt that he needed to say something for a moment. In fact, that's what he was thinking. Humans don't know what satisfaction is. If Beraf's humanity had evolved like Earth's humanity, Orcs and Elves would be slaves if they were freed, or extinct if they were freed badly.
Dragon? Dragons are treated as good items...
“Well, anyway, let's move on. I didn't mean to distract you from the way you operate. ”
“Yes.”
“What's the point of tying me up? ”
“That's something I owe you an apology. But I couldn't help it. ”
“Why?”
“To perish.”
Lee Hyuk distorted his face.
“Are you still saying that shit? It wasn't me who drove Beraf to ruin, it was you. Even if you didn't do such a dog.... ”
“No, that's not what I said. ”
Lee Hyuk opened his eyes.
What is she talking about?
“I'm not talking about you destroying Beraf. It's just the destruction of Beraf. ”
“What?"
“There are limits to every world. It's time for Beraf to come to an end. Soon, darkness will come upon Beraf, and all life in it will perish. The world is doomed. ”
“So, Beraf is doomed? It doesn't matter to me? ”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I'm out of life. Just like life, there's life in the world. ”
“No, I don't understand that you've exhausted your life force. It's not like the stars are gonna explode. ”
“It's not like you. When Mana vanishes, the source of Beraf's preservation, all life will naturally follow. ”
“Ah……. ”
Lee Hyuk finally understood Latrel's words.
Obviously, if Mana is gone, so be it. All the beings in the world are tied to Mana.
“I understand. But the reason I'm holding it against you isn't a match. ”
“I couldn't give up. ”
Latrell frowns.
“The end of the world is something that God should take for granted. But I couldn't accept that. that my creatures, my children, should embrace death. ”
“… So? ”
“We needed a world where everyone could live. ”
“Is that what Earth is? ”
“Yes.”
Lee Hyuk's face distorted.
I could understand what Latrell was saying.
“Fairy tales.”
“Yes."
Latrell nods.
“You know, you need a huge Mana to open the door to another dimension. But there's something more important than that Mana. It's a vector.”
“ ……. ”
“It's impossible to open a giant door by passing Mana across a wall of many dimensions. And in order to do that, we need to mediate with our compatriots. ”
“That's why you have it. And that's why you needed to live forever. I, the other dimension, would need a tremendous amount of time to fully assimilate into Beraf's Mana. ”
“Yes. And before the work was complete, you found a way back. ”
“So you tried to stop me. ”
“Yes, but I couldn't stop it. ”
Lee Hyuk gripped his fist.
“You're talking nonsense. ”
Anger, hatred... has been building up for thousands of years.
“Did you think I would understand and understand that 'there was a reason’? What does that have to do with me? ”
A crier burst out.