I Am the Only Non-Returner

161 – Who is the monster?

“Lulu!! Lala!! Let’s go!!”

“Wow – I was wondering when it would come out, but it ended sooner than I thought?”

Lulu was holding the limp Lala with difficulty and was flying in place, flapping her wings hard.

“··· Give Lara here. It would be better to just put it in my space.”

“Please do that.”

Lara, who was in my arms, opened her eyes for a moment and looked up at me and said.

“I hope the lighting is placed in a cozy place…”

“I just want you to know that I’m not doing this so you can grow up comfortably. But try your best.”

“Oh… Of course, a butler.”

Gooooo~

I could see the dimension distorting as it pleased. It felt like the existing world itself was crying out as the huge presence of the sentinel was forcibly pushing in.

“I think we’re almost there. We really have to fight something like that.”

“Don’t worry. If I have to, I’ll send you to my space too.”

“Would you just put it in now?”

“It’s a bit scary if you go alone.”

“······.”

G-profit-

I cut the space lengthwise downward and threw myself and Lulu into the rapidly rotating dimensional gap.

* * *

“hahahaha… Really. I have never been this angry since I was born.”

“Really?”

Jin bound Bellai, who was trying to escape the space following Eun-gyeon, and threw him into the space, and Bellai, who was thrown to the floor, was laughing helplessly.

“Jin. I guess that was a new name you made up after coming to this world?”

“How did you know?”

“Unless it’s an independent dimension, all the information that happens within it is collected by me, the leader of the explorers. With a being of your caliber, there’s no way I wouldn’t know about it, no matter how negligent I am at work.”

“So, are you worried? Should you follow that guy or not?”

“hehehehe – Well, a split-second of hesitation ultimately led to this result. Still, I am satisfied with an opponent of your level. After all, there was nothing I could do with Eun-gyeon’s existence.”

“He’s a fun guy. But I don’t really have any intention of playing with you either. I’m sorry, but if I don’t go out and help, I’ll be subtly pushed out.”

“hahahahaha, what should I do? It will be even more difficult if I leave.”

Jin tilted her head left and right a few times and then took a step toward Bellai.

“Hey, did you say Bella? Do you know what I’m most angry about right now?”

“hehehe – I don’t know. I really have no idea what you’re thinking. Can you tell me? Why would someone like you be so angry?”

“What I don’t like most is that I have become a spectator who can only watch because I didn’t inherit the blood of chaos, which is the damn right thing to do. Huh? Do you know what I mean? He kidnapped my wife at will. “I want to rip off the top of their head and rip it off. I’m not qualified. It’s f*cking ridiculous.”

“Uh… Huh? What is this…”

Huuuk ㅡ

Space settles down. Endlessly down and down.

Belai recalled.

This is because I have often felt this pressure.

The feeling he felt when facing the Sentinel, the guardian knight of the primordial beings who created him.

The feeling of helplessness caused by the overwhelming difference in rank and the faint hope that people would look after me even just a little.

I have become such an insignificant being, like a dog desperately wagging its tail at its owner. The feeling of being reduced to an infinitely shabby existence.

Dudeddddddud-

The space that Gyeon had cut out and compacted suddenly shrinks towards herself and her Jin.

“I’m sure you’re strong, Bella. I really don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve felt the sensation of my magical power being consumed. How long have you been gathering strength? A million years? Ten million years? Is it in the hundreds of millions? At that point, I even remember what your beginning was like. It won’t come out, right?”

“Ikeek!! I didn’t think I could endure it!!”

Belai truly did not think he would be pushed. Even at this moment, his body is slowly crumpling.

However, magical power, the smallest unit of material that makes up the dimension, was being absorbed only by Jin, as if he were the master.

“Khehehe-kehehehehe-grrrt”

Bela Yi realized at some point that he couldn’t move. He couldn’t possibly be there. As Jin said, how long was this strength built up? Once absorbed, only a small amount of power increases, but the power accumulated over a long period of time does not work at all? It was nonsense. What on earth is this monster that suddenly appeared?

Jin smiled while looking at Bellai, who was crumpled, and spoke after calming down his slightly rough breathing.

“Phew… So… What I want to say is, I’m really angry, so you should at least vent my anger. Huh? What should I do if I’m already drying up like that? Okay. Let’s start again from the beginning. Let’s begin.”

And like a lie, everything that was crushing Belai returned to its original state in an instant.

“hehehehe… Haa… Do, what on earth are you?!”

“Okay, let’s start again. This time, I’ll try to tighten it a little faster. I still have about half of my magic power left, right?”

Quad Deuk-

“Kehehehehe!!!”

“Let’s suffer a little until my anger subsides even a little.”

Spooky-

Belay was finally able to feel emotions that he had never felt in the eons since he became aware of his existence.

Fear

Jin was a person full of darkness, frustration, and despair, and it was I who was fully accepting it. I was so scared that I couldn’t bear that fact.

Many living beings who had knelt down and begged for their lives passed by like a flash of light as they repeated the pain of extinction of existence and the fear of recovery and new beginnings.

“Shall we chop it little by little?”

And then my gaze met Jin’s endlessly sunken eyes, and I entered into an eternity of pain that would never go away.

* * *

“You will encounter him within 1 minute.”

“What are you going to do? Are you going to launch a preemptive strike?”

Usually that’s the best.

“First of all, I need to check whether I also have that qualification.”

“Um, aren’t Lala and I going to be able to go in?”

“I can just put it in my inventory. It might be a little frustrating for you guys.”

Wooow ㅡ

After passing through a mess of twisted and tangled dimensional passages in the new place, the sense of space suddenly began to expand endlessly.

I feel as if I have become infinitely smaller and no more than dust.

A soft purple light filled the space, and even if you moved just a little, the light appeared brightly like a firefly.

“It’s beautiful…”

[······ Is that so?]

ㅡ!!

Is it because we have entered infinite space? It was unbearable to feel the blood rushing out of my throat due to the heavy sound that made my entire body’s blood boil.

“Yes, you…”

I wanted to ask confidently, but at that moment I wondered if I was saying it right.

“Are you… The sentinel of the beginning?”

·········

I couldn’t hear the answer to my question, but the cluster of lights spread out in the infinite space in front of me slowly moved upward in an arc.

Spookyㅡ

“f*ck….”

[··· Are you afraid? I?]

“Stop the damn thing!! Show yourself!!”

[··· If I were qualified, I would be able to see myself, but I guess I can’t?]

“······.”

[··· hehehe. Was it just this much…]

The guy started laughing as if he could no longer hold back his laughter.

“Ugh, Butler… No more, I’m…”

Her Lulu next to her turned into a pure white face, her face hardened, and without any help, she enveloped her with her magic and pushed her into her inventory.

[··· Those who are not qualified have nothing to face anymore…]

“Who said you can’t see it?”

[······.]

“······ This entire space is inside you, right? You have to observe it from a long distance to be able to see it, but you can’t act like it’s amazing.”

My words stopped the trembling for a long time, and soon the watchman’s voice rang out again.

[······ Come in.]

Kkieeeik ㅡ

I could hear the old door creaking from below, and in fact there was a small wooden door underneath that was open.

And in front of the door, an endless curtain stretched across the horizon, and as I passed through it, a message appeared.

– The person who inherited the power of chaos has been confirmed.

“······ Weren’t Lulu and Lala needed at this time?”

As soon as I asked a question, the curtain blocking me was lifted, and as I reached the door, a thread of magic quickly wrapped around me in the inner space and pulled me in.

.

.

.

······?

“Sit down.”

“······.”

When I came to my senses, there was a very well-maintained garden spread out, and there was a circular wooden table in the middle.

Then I saw a doll with a familiar silhouette sitting on one side of the table, and without hesitation, I walked towards it.

“Nice to meet you. In the records, it is called ‘the sentinel of the beginning.'”

“Silver dog.”

I answered simply and sat down on the chair across from him.

“Listen.”

A very strange situation in which a being who literally only has a human shape, with none of the eyes, nose, mouth, or fingers clearly drawn, offers tea.

And before I knew it, a liquid with an old-fashioned flavor filled the tea cup in front of me.

“That’s interesting. Do you drink coffee too?”

“Anything humans do.”

‘This is what humans do…’

Slurp-

I put a little bit of coffee in my mouth and rolled it around, and after confirming that there were no harmful ingredients, I started drinking the tea.

‘It’s delicious…’

Clatter-

Tak-

We had tea time like that for a while, and I thought it was strange that I, who had come expecting an urgent battle, was staying so leisurely.

“There are no tricks or maneuvers. You can tell that much with your abilities.”

“Of course. But I’m curious. What on earth is your plan?”

I don’t feel any trap or special malice. As I realized that I was a being without any emotions, my tension began to soar.

‘It’s dangerous…’

The entity that launched the invasion with so many explorers at its head cannot do this calmly. Is it an illusion that the corners of his mouth look slightly raised?

Wooow ㅡ

I began to raise my magical power from the deepest part of the abyss.

Kkumteul-

Of course he noticed that, but still he just stared at me. As if to say, if you can try it, give it a try.

The more relaxed the enemy is, the more nervous the opponent becomes. But I was strongly convinced that I wouldn’t be able to get a meaningful response from him if I didn’t give it everything I could.

Shaaa-

A long mouth was torn horizontally from the guy’s face.

Dozens of something that looked like a snake’s tongue or a monster’s tentacles emerged from it, writhing in creepy curves.

(Why don’t you just close your eyes?)

The first time I came up from the abyss, I comforted myself.

I followed his advice and closed my eyes, awakening my abilities to the fullest extent possible.

[Integration]

Nila from a distant dimension responded to my gesture and extended her hand.

(It’s been a really long time!!)

His excited voice seemed to calm my mind a little. And Nila’s voice could no longer be heard.

This is because complete fusion occurred and the distinction between him and I disappeared, and even the consciousness from the first session that had comforted me just a moment ago had disappeared somewhere.

Huuu…

“······Are we done?”

The watchman in front of me, who was drooling dirty saliva and wriggling his tongue here and there, finally couldn’t hold back and asked me.

I nodded quietly, and soon I could hear the watchman’s mocking laughter.

“Fuke Knkk Big Big-Fuhahahahaha !!

From a face distorted in its own way, creepy laughter pours out in various tones and pitches, breaking my heart.