Round 2 Starts With 990,000 Points

109 – Ending (Complete)

Absorbing the darkness was not easy. So it took a lot of trial and error. I tried many times to absorb the guy while my body was frozen like a statue, and through that process I was able to compress the guy as much as possible. Now the guy is smaller than my fingernail.

However, in the end, I failed to completely absorb the guy. I absorbed all of the guy’s energy and abilities, but I was unable to absorb the guy’s fundamental existence.

The guy was persistent. Like a poison that makes you vomit when you eat it, the guy never got absorbed into my body. Every time I absorbed it, my body would violently rebel. Like oil and water that don’t mix, I was content to seal the guy inside my body.

If you think about it, there’s no need to kill that guy.

Anyway, if I seal it inside my body, there won’t be any disaster… .

I decided to finish my work here and release the changes in my body that had become hardened. I was so focused on my internal world that I fought the guy that I didn’t notice any changes in the external environment. I didn’t even realize how much time had passed. I heard later that I had been in a stone state for over a month.

Perhaps the time difference was caused by a misalignment in space and time while inside the passage, but I’m not sure.

Anyway, when I gave up absorbing the darkness and properly recognized reality, I was standing like a stone statue in Gwanghwamun. I couldn’t figure out why I was like this.

I struggled to return my body, which had been hardened to compress the darkness, to its original state, and as I did so, I realized the situation I was in. It seemed that people were treating me like a statue, like a hero’s memorial.

Yudaye came and muttered, Itor came and muttered. After that, Yumunchang and Gimyeolchang came and grumbled, and Hayeonsi came and sighed.

When Choi Ji-sung and the kids came, I was happy. So I did my best to return my body to its original state that I had hardened, but it wasn’t easy because my body had been stiff for a long time. This is the first time I’ve been in a state of imitation for this long.

When Mo Yeji came and told me she was pregnant, I was really surprised. Only then did my hardened body finally start to return to its original state.

I broke open my hard shell and emerged like a baby bird breaking open its egg.

“You, you, you… .”

I first conveyed my surprise to the surprised Mo Ye-ji.

“Are you really pregnant?”

“huh.”

“her….”

There was no need for the foolish question of whether it was my child. I was just confused. In all my years of living, I had never once thought about becoming a father to a child.

“You, you’re still alive and well. That’s a relief. I never thought you’d die….”

At that moment, Mo Yeji hugged me. I also hugged her in a panic. In the midst of confusion, I hugged her for a long time.

I’m going to be a father… .

I’m dumbfounded.

* * *

I made the fact that I was alive widely known through the media. It was not difficult to appear on TV. Everyone was interested in me, so they welcomed my appearance with open arms. I explained to people what I should and should not say.

“The place I came out of the sphere was like a monster den. So I fought and struggled with the monsters there.”

The announcer listened to me and then asked a question.

“I heard that when you were discovered, your body was frozen like a stone statue. What is the reason for that?”

“I judged that if the monsters inside the passage were to pour out, they would pose a threat to humanity. There were so many of them. That’s why I had to use the ability to explode.”

“It had explosive capabilities.”

“Yes. However, since the power of the explosion is great and it is difficult to control the range, I had no choice but to harden my body like a stone statue. Both abilities are abilities that I do not normally use, so they tend to deviate from my intentions.”

“So even after being discovered, his body remained frozen like a statue for a long time.”

“yes.”

“Have all the monsters disappeared?”

“Just by looking at the passageway that has disappeared, we can see that all the monsters inside the passageway have disappeared.”

“thank god.”

“Yes, that’s good.”

Anyway, I am the only one who knows what happened in the passage. Therefore, my words are the most important and reliable.

Knowing that fact, I did not want people to be anxious, so I announced that I had completely eliminated the darkness that was the source of the disaster.

It wasn’t a wrong statement. Now that the passage has been closed, there will be no more disaster attacks.

People believed me. In fact, the disappearance of the monster anomaly seemed to have had a positive effect.

While I was living such a busy life, Yudae came to see me.

“long time no see.”

She used to speak to me politely, but suddenly she started speaking informally to me. It seems like she had a change of heart.

“Have you come to give me the reward you promised?”

“Before that, I have something to ask you. I would like you to tell me the truth.”

“what?”

“Are you sure you killed that guy?”

She looked confused.

“I definitely killed him. Why?”

“But why… why aren’t the restrictions lifted?”

Something seems wrong. But it’s none of my concern. My goal is to prevent the destruction of the world, not to grant her wishes.

Besides, if she regains her omnipotence, there is a possibility that she will break her promise to me and turn the world back. So, the current situation is actually beneficial to me.

“When will the compensation be paid?”

“Ha, I’ll tell you now.”

She repeated the question, “Why?” and then, as promised, she told me the secrets of the world. She explained to me the method and said that in order to actually create a world, training was needed. She also said that training was needed to leave this world and return to Earth.

I haven’t thought about it yet, so I just figured out how.

After she left, I was left alone and muttered.

“Now everything is finished.”

What do we do now?

The disaster is sealed inside my body. So the world will not be destroyed. So now I can live the way I want. Like before, in the first round.

Yeah, let’s live leisurely like that.

But before that, there was something I had to do. I returned home and looked at Mo Ye-ji who was sleeping.

* * *

The wedding was held in a small wedding hall. There were not many guests. We are both orphans, so we have no parents, no siblings, and no family. We sent the invitations only to people we knew.

I wanted to hold the wedding quietly, but somehow representatives from government agencies, the Korean Association of Hunters, awakening groups, and various private hunter groups attended the wedding as guests. That’s why the wedding hall wasn’t so quiet.

Unlike in the past, weddings today tend to be quick. The ceremony is short, so the time spent taking pictures is actually longer.

The wedding ceremony just ended and I was out of my mind, so I was taking a quick breath when Ha Yeon-si approached me.

“how are you feeling?”

“what?”

“I heard Moyeji is pregnant. How does it feel to be a father?”

“I’m still not sure.”

“okay?”

“okay.”

She tapped my shoulder.

“I’m glad you’re alive. And my demands are always answered.”

“What do you want?”

“If you ever get tired of Moyeji, come find me.”

“You’re talking nonsense.”

“I’m serious.”

She said that and left. I shrugged.

You’re talking bad from the first day of your marriage, what the heck?

So after the wedding, Mo Ye-ji and I boarded a plane to our honeymoon destination. We were thinking about going to Hawaii or Guam for our honeymoon, but we thought we’d be tired, so we decided to just go to Jeju Island.

After boarding the plane, I just sat there blankly, thinking.

“What are you thinking about?”

Mo Ye-ji, who was sitting next to me, asked. I covered her stomach with a blanket and said.

“Just. What’s next. What should I do, things like that.”

“What do you want to do?”

I took out what I had in mind.

“I’m thinking about setting up a group like a guild.”

“Guild?”

“After all, it’s better to work with several people than to work alone.”

There were many organizations that tried to recruit me. However, working under someone else doesn’t suit my personality. When you work under someone else, there are times when you have to do things you don’t want to do. The reason why being self-employed is good is that you don’t have to do things you don’t want to do.

“Do you have a guild in mind?”

“Should we make it an information guild…?”

“The Information Guild doesn’t make as much money as you think. It’s hard work.”

“is it.”

“okay.”

“Then what guild should I join?”

“Think about it slowly. A normal hunting guild would be fine too.”

Well, being ordinary is the best.

Isn’t this a world where square things get hit by stones?

“You’ll be busy from now on.”

I gently patted Mo Yeji’s belly. From now on, I will do my best to live my life, not to protect the world, but to protect this ordinary daily life.

(Complete).