Chapter 720: I Believe (1)
“He can get up.”
‘You have to get up.’
-Hang in there, you bastards! Keep your position!
The situation deserved to be called the worst. Anyone would’ve thought that there was no hope for mankind.
-Wake up, Hero of Altanus! Then I will present you with a future!
Angels were slowly narrowing down their space while having them completely surrounded. Mankind resisted them so nobly that tears came out.
In terms of the return of the hero, there could be no better timing than that. There was an opportunity and enough preparation. It wasn’t without an element of anxiety, however.
‘If you don’t wake up, it will all be over.’
I wanted to continue sending quests, but even that wasn’t possible. If Alps hadn’t come, the quest couldn’t have been delivered to Kim Hyunsung.
He was certainly responding to the voice. The ever-fluttering spell was proof. I thought it would definitely happen, but frankly, I wasn’t sure. I had no choice but to watch the situation nervously.
I wanted to shout “go, go!”, but I felt nervous enough not to make such a joke.
If it didn’t happen at the right moment, it was over. It was the last dice I’d thrown in my book.
‘No, let’s not assume that. I’m sure he’ll get up.’
He’d wake up. The future hadn’t changed. Yuno Kasugano was still saying that the future hadn’t changed.
Since she was still looking at the same picture, that meant Kim Hyunsung would inevitably jump out of his slumber.
Kim Hyunsung would be revived, stab Lee Kiyoung in the stomach, and eventually remain in the ending together.
‘Let’s go, Hyunsung. Let’s go! Please. Please.’
He had to get up before it was too late. The troops were getting mixed up. The wizards were running out of magic, and there the priests no longer had any divine power left.
The faces of the soldiers seen were dyed with despair. They looked like there was no hope anymore.
That was the last resistance of those who already knew that that would be their final resting place, and the situation was flowing as if that really was going to be the case.
It was then that the embattled Alps pushed the message in and opened their mouths once again.
‘That one.’
There hadn’t been any miraculous impact. It wasn’t like gray light fell from the sky, and it didn’t have any different effects around him.
It all went quiet.
I felt like the battlefield, which had been noisy just before, had fallen silent. The atmosphere seemed to be sinking, and the fog centered around Kim Hyunsung was fading.
-Oh… oh…
The first thing I noticed was the new guild member of Blue Guild, who was sitting next to Kim Hyunsung.
-Oh…
She had to be watching Kim Hyunsung’s body wriggle.
‘Stop shaking off your wings and moving your fingers.’
Like an animal awakening from a long hibernation, the black hero moved his body carefully.
I thought it could happen, but it seemed to me to be an unconventional sight. It looked like he could never move. I couldn’t believe he was moving, even at that moment. It was so unusual to see such a sight that I felt like I was dreaming.
“Are you sure he’s alive?”
I believed it. Damn it.
The allies that were screaming ‘wake up’ earlier also fell quiet.
Those who were blocking the incoming attacks with shields, the archers who were continuing to shoot arrows, and the wizards who were chanting began to look behind them one by one.
They were all top adventurers. There was no way they didn’t realize that things had changed.
I was looking at something I’d never seen before, moving slowly.
I noticed a soldier rubbing his eyes and opening his mouth while maintaining his line.
-Really… He’s really alive.
-He’s really come back to life. Ha… ha.
-Guil… Guild… Master?
-It’s the sunset hero. The sunset hero has been resurrected. I was counting on you, damn it!
‘Don’t believe me, you bastards.’
It was embarrassing to see a man with a face that was obviously tinged with despair shouting such cliche lines.
Still, my lips began to curve into a smile as well. I was the one who believed in Kim Hyunsung. I knew for sure he wouldn’t end like that.
-Guild Master…
Kim Hyunsung looked around and gave a very small nod.
Then he stopped, looking towards Alps. The mask hadn’t been broken yet.
Alps trembled at the sight. Her delight at the unbelievable miracle disappeared almost as soon as she felt it.
His body trembled. It had received enormous malice, corrupted magic, and even received the energy of the Holy Warrior, after all.
However, that, too, soon started to fade away. Kim Hyunsung wasn’t sending hostility to Alps.
-…
He lifted himself up, and I looked around with a rather bewildered face at the same time. There was no expression on his face, but he seemed embarrassed.
-Woo…
Soon, he looked up at the sky and began to roar.
‘Can he still think properly?’
No, he wasn’t completely irrational. Kim Hyunsung wasn’t sending hostility to the people around him. At least he wasn’t gone as far as we could tell.
It wasn’t known what maintained Kim Hyunsung’s spirit, but he couldn’t help but nod at the voice he soon heard.
-The… The future.
I didn’t even think he knew what it meant. He had slurred its pronunciation and spoke in a completely cracked voice.
However, he definitely muttered the word.
‘Okay, Hyunsung. Sh*t. That’s it. The future. It’s the future.’
-The future.
‘Let’s go to the future. We’re going to the future. What are you doing, Alps? You have to help me.’
-Yes… Yes, Guild Master. We can move on.
-Future. The future.
-Yes. It’s the future.
-Future…
Kim Hyunsung began to spread his large wings. I had no choice but to relay an order.
“Dominions, come back. Pull back the troops.”
I had to send a message to Dominions who was fighting against Cho Hyejin. From the foreign media’s point of view, it was best to push back the troops. However, it was nothing but minimizing damage.
Sure enough, Kim Hyunsung began to move. With his heavy wings spread out, he shot off in an instant.
With one swing of his claws, the bodies of the angels surrounding mankind were torn apart.
-…
They let out grueling screams and as he continued to tear up the bodies of those with white wings.
It was a glorious moment, and it was sublime. However, Kim Hyunsung’s appearance seemed a bit miserable.
Of course, Kim Hyunsung would be seen as a god somewhere in the eyes of those who were on the verge of death.
Whatever the form, whatever the energy, he was a hero. Except for the subjective lens, his appearance was heroic enough.
-That’s…
-I can’t believe it. He wiped them all out. Yeah. Hahaha.
-The Sunset Hero.
-He’s really… He’s really been resurrected. Hahahaha, he’s alive! God damn it!
-Is there still hope, after all? Benignore hasn’t abandoned us yet!
- It is the same as what the Honorary Cardinal, the Son of God, prophecized.
Those who expressed surprise at pure force and those who felt strange anxiety cheered for Kim Hyunsung.
I was constantly sending a voice to bless the hero who came back from the dead. The responses of officials were no different. Cho Hyejin, who suddenly lost her opponent, was looking around with trembling eyes.
-Guild Master?
Kim Hyunsung was moving his body in a hurry, perhaps because he felt that he had resurrected.
After running for a long time with tears in her eyes, she soon looked at Kim Hyunsung, who was engaged in a fierce battle. She then moved once again.
-Guild Master. Ugh… Guild Master.
‘Yeah, Hyejin. You’ve done a lot.’
What was Cho Hyejin thinking while looking at that scene?
She was probably glad. Whatever the condition, the fact that Kim Hyunsung was still alive would help her endure the current situation.
-Hyung, I think I did it.
Our supporting actor, Raphael, who worked hard to complete the mission, had a mysterious expression, but it didn’t seem to be negative.
‘Yeah, you grew up. Really.’
He was the only one that had the divine power to restore Kim Hyunsung. The gray color that constantly regenerated Raphael’s body was also effective for Kim Hyunsung’s body.
If it weren’t for Raphael, he wouldn’t be able to move even if he woke up. I should at least give him a bonus later.
The same went for Park Yeon-joo and Choi Young-ki. I was just staring blankly at the enemy, who was disappearing in a daze.
It didn’t take long for the battle to end, which seemed to have gone on forever.
The angels were pulling the troops back and the fog lifted. After so long, the light began to illuminate the entire place.
Nature’s light reflected the most corrupted hero. It shone down on the fallen hero who climbed into a ruined space alone after the battle and babbled.
He looked sorrowful, but the scene was so sacred that I couldn’t say anything about it. Instead, it made my body tremble without realizing it.
“It’s worth a look.”
“Are you here?”
“I’ve been here for a while. I moved right after I heard the return order. Why? Did I come too early? Do you want to appreciate it a little more?”
“No.”
“But… how should I report this?”
“Do you have anything else to report? This is not an accident we caused, but an accident caused by Seraphim. He’s the one who didn’t handle the fallen hero properly, so why do we have to take responsibility? It’s rather a good opportunity. I’ve prepared a way to bite back. It’s our position to press, not his.”
“Hmm… You might think so. Humans are amazing, by the way. Who would’ve thought they’d cheer like that? Kim Hyunsung might’ve attacked them… At least he was a little sane. What’s the point of saying he was still in his right mind? It was more likely that anger and hostility would move him instead.”
“It doesn’t matter. If he moves, I’ll thank you. Turn it around. Think slowly. It’s quite a big achievement. Now I feel like I know a little bit about how things would work out, how the puzzle fits, and what I have to do.”
“What do you mean? Maybe that’s why you look so happy.”
“Who? Me?”
“Then who do you think it is? I guess I’d be happy, too. How happy are you to see that you thought it was delisted back to the surface? I think it was just yesterday that I watched you going crazy.”
“…”
“How could you? Was the continent really a bunch of crap that you were going to cut off after everything was over? You’re funny, Oppa.”
“…”
“How do you like it? You’re glad I’m here, right? Would it have changed a little if I didn’t come?”
“Well, I don’t know that either. Why are you talking about something that didn’t even happen? Tell me something else. Hyejin, do I look okay?”
“Well, you looked very tired. I wanted to hug you without realizing it. Just close your eyes and send a message. Or should I give it a try?”
“That’s a questionable situation. How can you do that?”
“That’s true, but… Oh… I’ll have to think about this over slowly. Anyway, let’s go back. If it’s too late, you might raise suspicion again.”
“…”
“…”
“More than that, Noona…”
“What is it?”
“There was something that I wanted to ask you.”
“What is it?”
“How’s she doing?”
Dominions in front of me could be seen raising the corners of her mouth.
“That’s awesome.”
She did so with a really trashy look on her face.