Chapter 725 – Return of the King (2)

There must be a situation for him too.

Su-yeon did not give Saku any objection to the conversation that had just occurred.

This is not to avoid a terrible criticism, such as not wanting to argue with someone who knows nothing.
Only. I’m sick of Saku worrying about things like that.
That was Suyeon’s intention.

-Wheeeee!!

What if there are circumstances?

If he is right, is what we are doing evil?
Just because we know the circumstances, does that mean we can forgive Lee Si-heon for his actions?

“Soo-yeonsang.”
“Know… Let’s go.”

Suyeon couldn’t understand Saku’s emotions that came from the flower garden on her head.

No matter what his circumstances were, the fact that he made Saku miserable didn’t change. He had no intention of listening to the circumstances of the man who did such a thing.

In the first place, Lee Si-heon wouldn’t even feel the need to talk about the situation.
This is a person who has already crossed the line.

‘… ‘No personal feelings.’

Rather, I think highly of him.
He even felt nobility in the act of sacrificing his life before anyone else.
He is such a good person that it is rather embarrassing to judge him. He really thought so.

It is true that when he learned that Lee Si-heon had died, he was caught up in idle thoughts for several days and could not do anything.

After. Knowing that he survived.
It’s time to put the ordeal that occurred in Seoul to rest. The reason why I rushed so desperately to disaster was probably due to another reason…
Soo-yeon felt a belief in Si-heon at the time that went beyond reason.

‘… ‘I felt the same thing as you.’

There is no way Suyeon doesn’t know what Saku realized.
If I had the chance, I would have liked to meet him more seriously.

‘So?’

But it’s late.
Lee Si-heon’s actions were already a sentence to them.

The ridiculous and coercive idea of ​​trampling everything and building a new one, ignoring all those who want to change from within.

In the process of destroying the society of the woodman system. There was no way the man didn’t know how many people would die and precious people would disappear.

‘… ‘The environment made it that way.’

Nevertheless.
There are ways that cannot be respected.

Soo-yeon wants to change everything, but I can’t respect his way.
There is not a single honorable person in this collapsed society. As much as he belonged to this corrupt group, he knew Soo-yeon well.

And how many people have turned away from the world because of that ‘environment’.

Is it possible that Lee Si-heon is still the same person?
It’s absurd to think that someone you just met will not lose his courage until the end and become a light that will save the whole world in a shitty environment.

-Thud!

The difference is in method.
It just stops the idiots who try to change the world in ways they don’t understand.

-Thud… !

If you look at it from the outside, you end up doing stupid things.

Not just Suyeon, but Sakudo. Perhaps even the women who admired him were doubting him.
Even the person who has been by his side since the first meeting is not sure, so the person who fell away must be miserable.

Therefore.

Her guess was only half correct.

-Kwajik!!

An inexplicable roar that echoed even inside the hospital room. When Saku and Suyeon finally arrived at the battlefield, the two froze and could not say anything.

– Coo coo coo coo!

Instinctive fear spread from your toes.
Magical energy was pouring out in ten thousand waves across the two people’s field of vision.

Not a smooth flowing wave, but a hacked-up form of magical power.
The movement of magic power assigned to each atmosphere is distorted abnormally. At the end, the world even seemed distorted.

If you accept that magic power.
Can that magic power harmonize with the dantian he possesses?

The brilliant spirit of one person who broke the sun.

There was no light anywhere in the sky of this fortress, and only empty holes and wide darkness covered the land.

The owner of that magic power is-

“Siheon… Award… ?”

Saku’s legs, unable to hold on, collapsed at once.

Soo-yeon urgently helped her up and checked her condition.
Thick blue veins stood out on his knees and legs.

Muscles become thin and skin becomes necrotic.

‘… This.’

Internal mana began to distort due to excessive external pressure.
Mana other than the dantian that makes up the body tissue is not deformed to the extent that it can be called a permanent organ.

“Sigh. Sigh. Ugh… !”

Saku’s breath could not rise through his airway due to the heavy pressure. Even breathing became uncomfortable.

Changes in mana lead to changes in the body.
The mana inherent in the entire body engages with external waves, causing muscles to contract and blood flow to accelerate.

A fatal power for Saku, who had been weak to Danjeon for a while.

-Oooooh!

Fortunately, the external pressure stopped shortly afterwards.

However, the ground was still cracked, the house was tilted, and the air was distorted.

Su-yeon, who saw that Saku’s complexion had returned, quickly took out her emergency potion and put it in Saku’s mouth.
Lifting her head, the air still heavy.

The fortress and outpost that was supposed to protect the castle had been devastated by inexplicable pressure.

-Thud!!!!!!

Magic?
If not, what about authority?
It is clear that Lee Si-heon, who obtained the crown, has crossed the border, so it was not strange for something like this to happen.

After trying hard to rationalize, Su-yeon carried Saku on her back and moved towards her higher ground.
My instincts tell me not to get any closer than this.

My skin trembled. The body, which had shrunk from the external pressure from before, aggravated the bloody fear.
An unsettling presence that can be felt even without being seen.
The presence beyond the fortress that I had not yet seen was not only strong, but also felt crazy.
Su-yeon remembered what Saku said just before she fell.

“Siheon.”

Lee Si-heon.

A man who tries to do absurd things in a wrong way.
Sooyeon’s guess was generally correct. The existence before my eyes had long since surpassed that general category.

-You need to hear the circumstances.

Suyeon’s voice trembled.

“… Lee Si-heon.”

Entrance to the fortress.
At the end, the man’s environment that Su-yeon witnessed.
It was not something that could be filled with speculation or imagination.

-Tick.

Broken branches move like a huge fortress.
Above the fortress. The face of the man wearing the crown was very pale, and his expression was emotionless.

A crude form of natural mass created by weaving together bubbling melted earth, weeds, and trees.

Taishan (泰山).

A disaster so terrible that even the magic-heavy fortress of Cheolongsanseong Fortress appears to be a mere sight.
Rather than a landslide, it seems to have transported the entire mountain.
The roots and branches that fell and collapsed on their own without a steep slope wriggled in a disgusting way, like monsters.

-Dead, knock!

– Coo coo coo coo coo coo!!!!

Who could have imagined?

To Lee Si-heon, this world was created by the repeated interference of countless transcendental beings who interfere with fate. It is the borderline between despair and abandonment.

He did not give up and turn his back on the world.
He or he did not lose everything and despair.

“…”
“…”

If you blow out the wick of a lamp, black soot will eventually form on the lamp.

How could a man who had to push himself to the point of burning his own lamp not have great strength?

What strength did the circumstances he overcame give him?
And to overcome it, how much hero’s blood will be needed.

“… Good.”

In a thoughtless voice where even pessimism disappeared… There was no resentment left.

‘Ah.’

Sooyeon remembered.

The reason I couldn’t remember anything about the face of the man I saw that day was because the colorless eyes and nose and mouth couldn’t be compared to his previous appearance.

Because I couldn’t imagine what on earth someone would have to go through to change like that.
Since we had already come a long way, we concluded that we would not be able to understand.

Even Su-yeon knelt down and bruised him.
Can we fight something like that and win?

Si-heon’s face, which she saw for the first time one day, looked very tired, so Su-yeon muttered inadvertently.

‘From then. Already.’

I was being tormented by something I couldn’t describe.
Suyeon turned her creaking neck and quickly looked at the hunters around her.

What I decided I couldn’t deal with. Funny enough, it seemed he wasn’t the only one.

* * * * * * * * * * *

-Aaaaah!!! Siheon laughed!! So cute!!

If you have the talent to surprise people, those three talents may be the ones you value the most.

When a person’s face changes, why make such a fuss about how much it changes?

【Awesome! It’s done!! Hurry up because it hurts!! Please finish it quickly!! 】
‘Stay still.’

It’s still being coordinated.
You know how easy it would be to subdue an army by yourself.
It wasn’t easy to come up with a magic trick to use in the first room.

‘The output… ‘It’s more than I thought.’

A black dragon cloth blowing in the wind.
I looked down at the outpost from the top of the mountain I had carved myself.

Strictly speaking, the currently unfolded mountain was a branch handled by the king of trees, but it was identical in arrangement and structure to the king’s body.
In the past, it could only be used partially due to the lack of cooperation from people, but is there anything that cannot be done in this state?

I stretched out my hand, gathering the magic power of the pulsating crown.

【 2nd fairy tale 】

Starting next to the elbow, the raised bark quickly covers the back of the hand.

Human blood vessels that had fallen from the torn skin were randomly combining with the bark, throbbing in time with the heartbeat.

There is no pain.
Although its appearance was ruined, it was the most suitable structure for injecting magical power in my current situation.

-Oooooh!

Black magical power ejects and gathers in the palm.
The jet-black magical power that had shrunk into a dot shook off the light like an ember. It expanded in an instant and took the shape of a sword.

There is no need to worry about the back of your head.
An impregnable army was placed on standby within the castle.

Even if Flower attacks, it is possible to withstand it.
The penalty for weaker forces has been resolved, so you don’t have to do everything alone.

Moreover, Hongyeon is much more qualified than me when it comes to commanding the military, so leaving her seat so that she doesn’t get noticed could actually be a way to increase her power.

I grabbed the blazing black blade and slashed horizontally.

-Slap!

A feeling that cuts through the air.
A transparent aura without foreshadowing destroys the fortress.

To the far end of the horizon, a thin scar was created on the continent. Then, a storm of black magic exploded and rushed in the direction of the sword strike.

-Quaaaaa!

A fortress that has lost its function and is falling into disrepair.
As I held onto the creaking crown and gave the command, Taishan began to collapse.

Tree branches and roots wriggled like tentacles and hid between buildings, and bright red melted dirt engulfed the walls and roofs.

Rather than attacking something. It looks like it’s being swallowed up.
As if a flood had burst and swept over the city, no matter how well-built the castle was, it had become nothing more than a part of the passing mountain.

How long did she think she could decide the battlefield herself?

If you do it alone, you can create a mess without any preparation.
A misconception that is extremely arrogant. Now I decide the method.
It is engraved into the bone so that it cannot invade again.

-Suddenly, suddenly!

The bark covering his entire body wriggled as if responding to his will.

A fortress that has become a ruin without a single ray of light.
There was no one who knew how to properly look at the crown that was the only one emitting red light.