Chapter 82: Complete Bond

Seawater flowed into it according to the laws of gravity.

Gushing like water draining into a sewer.

The two of them contributed to lowering the sea level in that way.

But it didn’t last.

The King of Hatan, who had been helplessly taking hits, released a shockwave from his entire body.

He instantly unleashed the vast power he had gathered while being treated like a drill, blowing away everything around him.

Even Seyul couldn’t ignore this and fell back.

A cavity spanning several tens of meters was created in the middle of the Earth.

The King of Hatan was trying to create a space advantageous for him to fight in, but it was the wrong choice.

Because seawater immediately flowed into the cavity.

As the cavity filled with seawater, Seyul smirked.

The fight would begin again in a space overwhelmingly advantageous to Seyul, a Melusine.

Hatan wasn’t a typical creature, so his activity wasn’t hindered in the water, but his movements were definitely slowed.

Even his speed fell behind Seyul, and he was unilaterally toyed with.

‘It’s about time to end this.’

I’ve fought enough.

While attacking, Seyul slowly gathered mana to prepare for the final blow.

But at that moment.

‘What is this?’

Past memories flooded Seyul’s mind.

Everything that had happened in the other world.

Only regrettable things.

I should have done this back then.

I shouldn’t have done that back then.

Why did I do that?

The emotions he felt when he regretted those things later also vividly resurfaced.

He suffered from depression for a while after returning to his homeland because of the regret.

In the end, that led Seyul to start gaming.

Now that these regrets suddenly surfaced, it was natural that it would interfere with the fight.

[If it were me before]

But it’s different now.

Seyul remained calm and unperturbed.

[Is this the hidden trump card you’ve been hiding? How pathetic.]

He sent a telepathic message to his opponent with a calm but cold tone.

Since he couldn’t speak aloud in the water, he mocked the opponent’s intentions by speaking through telepathy.

The reason Seyul suddenly recalled old memories was because of what the King of Hatan had done.

As a last resort, he tried to seize victory by stimulating Seyul’s trauma.

But there was a miscalculation.

[I won’t be bound by the past anymore. I still regret what happened in the other world, but it’s just the past now.]

It was just a game.

Instead of returning to the other world, Seyul was able to move forward while soothing his mind by playing games.

[Do you know about virtual reality games? I tried it, and it was fun. It’s much better than being unable to do anything because you’re regretting the past. Even if you regret it, if you waste your life because of it, that’s a life worse than virtual reality. That was the insignificant lesson I learned.]

So,

[No matter what you show me, I’m going to kill you here and end everything.]

[Wait…!]

Seyul opened his mouth.

The King of Hatan tried to say something through telepathy, but as declared, he ignored it.

The dragon’s strongest weapon, its breath, was unleashed from Seyul’s small mouth.

It was a different level of power than the Dragon Breath he had used so far.

The opponents he had used it on until now were either small fry or beings like Vanessa, who he didn’t need to fight seriously.

But now, the opponent was someone who was somewhat on his level and had to be killed.

There was no need to hesitate or hold back, so he unleashed it with all his might.

At that moment.

The Earth shook, albeit on a local scale.

“Huh?”

“It’s Seyul!”

Vanessa and Kamael, who were waiting for Seyul in the Arctic, reacted simultaneously.

There was no way that two skilled individuals like them could fail to sense the unusual tremor.

“It’s over.”

And they grasped the situation.

They were both certain that Seyul had defeated the enemy, and that was indeed the case.

“Sorry to keep you waiting.”

Seyul emerged above the sea.

Vanessa and Kamael rushed to him.

Seyul dismantled his armor and stood naked.

His body, dripping with water, seemed to have no injuries.

“Kamael, clothes.”

“Here.”

When he asked for something different instead of the torn clothes from before, Kamael made an identical set and even dried his body.

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah.”

He replied nonchalantly to Kamael, who was worried.

“You’re late. What took you so long to deal with a guy like that?”

“Hey, he wasn’t someone you could call ‘a guy like that.’ It’s just that you and I are stronger than him.”

He shook his head at Vanessa, who was speaking primly.

He had been strong, so he had put in extra effort to completely annihilate him.

“I killed him, but I guess that’s okay, right?”

“Well, it’s not that there aren’t any problems at all.”

Kamael said with a subtle expression.

The Hatan were a powerful race and were responsible for one axis of interdimensional power.

But now that their king was dead, their power would shrink.

And other villains would surely take advantage of that gap and rise up.

But that was none of Seyul’s concern.

With this incident, the Hatan would completely withdraw from this world.

In any case, a great evil had disappeared, so Zechros also benefited.

There were no problems worth worrying about, so Seyul felt relieved.

“Then there’s only one thing left to do.”

Seyul closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and waved his hand in the air.

He activated magic without incantation, and the space split in two.

As if opening a door, he appeared in another place through the gap.

“Huh?”

“Uh…”

The two people in the other place connected to them widened their eyes at the sudden event.

“Excuse me.”

Seyul entered the other place.

Vanessa and Kamael quickly followed.

“Oppa…”

As Seyul’s group all entered, one of the two people in the other place, the one with the better figure, Semi, looked at Seyul, broke out in a cold sweat, and muttered “Oppa.”

That’s right.

This was Haeri’s house where Semi was staying.

Seyul had come here in an instant with magic.

“H-How did you get here?”

“I’ve known you were here all along.”

Seyul calmly replied to his sister, who was dumbfounded at how he knew.

“Did you really think I would completely ignore you after you ran away from home? I just didn’t bother to go find you, but I was constantly aware of where you were.”

Even while spacing out at home, he was always checking her movements.

When he said that, Semi, who didn’t know, flinched.

Haeri was also dumbfounded at the thought that his house was being monitored.

For Semi, it was an unexpected reunion with her brother.

Of course, she wasn’t prepared for it.

She was hesitating, trying to choose her words, but.

“It’s okay.”

Seyul stopped her.

“I already told you. You don’t need to make excuses or apologize.”

“No, I can’t do that…”

“If you’re really sorry, just listen to me. Let’s go home. To ‘our’ home.”

A firm voice.

Semi was speechless for a moment, then opened her mouth.

“…But let me say this. Oppa, I hated that you were still talking about the other world even after you came back after all those years. It felt like you were going to leave us again.”

“Is that so.”

“Maybe the reason I created something like an internet broadcast was to keep you from leaving. If I became famous here and achieved something, you wouldn’t leave for another place. It was all my greed. I’m sorry.”

Semi lowered her head.

“I won’t leave you. Not ever again.”

Then Seyul quietly said this.

Without any particular scolding or reprimand, he took his sister’s hand.

“Now, let’s go home.”

A few days later.

“I’m home.”

Seyul, who had gone out for a while, came home and announced his presence.

“Oh, you’re back?”

“Come or don’t come, whatever.”

Kamael and Vanessa, who always dropped by the house, reacted first when Seyul arrived.

“Where did you go?”

Then his sister, Semi, reacted.

They had been awkward when she first came back, but now they were fine.

Semi pointed to the bag in her brother’s hand.

“What’s that?”

“A game.”

Seyul replied casually.

In contrast, the others were surprised.

“Are you going to play games again?”

Kamael asked cautiously, subtly watching his reaction.

She didn’t know what Seyul was thinking, starting again after taking a break from gaming for a while, so her attitude was naturally cautious.

“I’m just doing it because I want to do it again. You don’t have to worry about it.”

Seyul, who guessed his girlfriend’s thoughts, said nonchalantly.

But the women couldn’t help but be surprised once again at what he said next.

“Oh, Semi. Before I start, mess with my device a bit and bring up the chat window.”

Semi’s eyes widened at the unexpected request.

It wasn’t that he was telling her to stop the internet broadcast, but rather that he was telling her to look at the chat window.

“Are you serious?”

“The broadcast is already on, so it’s awkward to turn it off now. Now that it’s come to this, I want to see with my own eyes what they’re saying. Please.”

“O-Okay.”

Semi was bewildered by her brother’s calm words, but she couldn’t refuse his request.

She changed the device’s settings so that Seyul could also check the viewers’ chat.

“Seyul, I came all the way here, and you’re still playing games?”

“Unnie, just a moment.”

“Just leave him alone.”

His older sister came home in the middle and complained, but Semi and Kamael blocked her.

They instinctively knew that this was important to Seyul right now.

[He started!]

[It’s been a while!]

[What have you been doing all this time?]

[You’ve been holed up for so long without a word!]

[I’ve been waiting]

[Did something happen?]

[The hunter industry is in an uproar right now]

[They say a strange hunter has appeared]

[His name is Seyul, isn’t that amazing?]

[Is it true that the rumored EX-class hunter is you?]

[Tell us clearly!]

[Answer us!]

As soon as the broadcast started, viewers who had been waiting for this swarmed in like angry bees.

Why had he been resting all this time, and was he the hunter who had become a rumor in the hunter industry, and so on.

They bombarded him with questions.

But Seyul didn’t answer.

There was something he had to say before answering the questions.

There was something he should have said first.

“…”

Seyul paused for a moment, prepared himself, and then.

“Nice to meet you.”

He gave a memorable first greeting.