1 The Returning Hero Dreams of Revenge During His School Days.

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A boy who was walking on a crosswalk was unable to avoid an oncoming truck and collided with it.

Anyone could see that it was a truck that was running strangely, but the boy who was walking dazedly hit it and his body was thrown into the air.

Did you say that at the moment of death, the life up to now passes through one's mind like a flash of light?

A normal person would think that he didn't want to die, but Kim Do-hyung, who was hit by a truck, didn't think that way at all.

Memories of shapes passing by…

When I think back on the memories of the 17 years I have lived so far…

My memories of the past year were so terrible.

He didn't do anything wrong, but he was subjected to school bullying non-stop for a year.

The behavior started out as a small joke and gradually became more severe. He was glad that he could die now because he did not even treat him like a human being and even had thoughts of wanting to die because of the perpetrators.

'Ah, I'm finally escaping from this hell…'

For him, who did not even have the courage to commit suicide, the current accident rather felt like an opportunity to escape from hell. Dohyeong closed his eyes and tried to face his own death.

It was a moment when he believed that he would soon hit the ground and die, but no matter how long he waited, he did not feel the ground and he carefully opened his eyes.

'Uh, where on earth is this?'

Kim Do-hyung had apparently been hit by a truck in the middle of the city and realized that he was currently in a pure white space with nothing in it.

'Ah… I'm glad. Have I finally died and come to the afterlife?'

It was a moment when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief as he accepted his own death.

"No, you're not dead yet."

Kim Do-hyung was startled by the sudden voice and turned around.

There was a dazzlingly beautiful woman looking down at him.

"Hello. My name is Calia, the goddess who protects the world of Adriatic."

"Uh… Ah, hello?"

Looking at Kalia, who bowed her head to her and introduced herself as her goddess, Dohyeong reflexively stood up and bowed her head. Until now, it had been a conditioned reflex that I had to react in some way because of the bullying.

"You don't have to be so afraid of me."

Calia seemed to have read Do-hyeong's mind and smiled gently, telling him not to be afraid, but Do-hyeong Kim's heart was still full of fear.

"Hmm… There are people who have filled your heart with fear. But don't worry. Unlike those people, I am on your side. Rather, I have come to ask for your help."

"Help?"

"Yes. My world is in danger now. The only way out of that danger is with the help of a hero. And you are that hero."

Dohyeong found it difficult for his mind to keep up with the current situation. She suddenly introduced herself as her goddess, Kaliana, and that she was a warrior who would save the world, but it all felt like a lie.

"Um, is this also a hidden camera? Jiana, Taehyun told you to do it and you're trying to see my reaction right now? Are you filming me believing your words and behaving ridiculously?"

Dohyeong, who knew that all the bullying so far had been recorded on video, could not believe Kalia's words. Because the only person she could trust was her own mother.

"Hmm… Then I guess I just have to prove that I am a goddess."

Calia clapped her hands lightly as she looked at Dohyeong who did not believe her. Then, the pure white landscape instantly changed into the sky.

"Aaaaahhh!"

Suddenly, the landscape changed to the sky and Dohyeong, who saw the ground far below his feet, realized that he was floating in the sky and moved his body in a hurry.

But she soon realized that she was not falling, but was just floating in the sky.

"This… What the hell…"

"Below is the continent of my world. So, shall we go?"

As soon as Calia finished speaking, Dohyeong felt himself and Calia change direction in the air and fly. As she watched the wind passing by her face and the birds flying around her, it was a shape that made her wonder if this could really be created artificially.

It was rather strange that she prepared something like this just to make fun of herself, so I gradually began to believe Calia's words.

Calia took her figure and stopped at a certain place. It was truly a battlefield where her blood splattered.

Her figure couldn't believe the reality was happening before her eyes. The monsters I saw for the first time, and the countless humans fighting the monsters, bled to death.

"Now my world is in danger due to the invasion of that monster. I need your power to overcome this crisis."

Calia whispered, looking at herself pitifully. But she knows very well that she is just an ordinary student…She is just a student. She doesn't even have proper fighting skills or exercise, so can she take down that monster? She knows very well that she never does.

"Don't worry. Your body has the hero's protection. If you come to my world and use that power, you will definitely be able to do it."

Dohyeong realized that he could read Kalia's own mind, knowing exactly what she was thinking without even saying it out loud.

"I can become stronger… I have the power to defeat that monster? If what the goddess said is true, does that mean I really have the power of a hero?"

"Of course. I can say this with my very existence."

Despite Calia's words, her figure's heart was still full of fear. When a person living in modern society is suddenly told to fight a monster because he or she has the power to defeat it, she wonders how many people would easily say yes.

Those are her words, risking her own life.

Dohyeong wasn't that great of a person. So she tried to reject Kalia's words. Even though she had such great power, she thought that she was just a coward and a useless weakling.

It was inevitable that Do-hyeong would think like this right away, as his self-esteem had plummeted after being bullied and gaslighted for a year.

It was the moment when Dohyeong was about to say something to reject Kalia's offer.

At that time, a thought occurred to Dohyeong's mind.

"Is it possible for me to get rid of those monsters and return to the original world? With the same strength as before."

"If you want, it is possible. For me, I wish the hero who saved my world would remain."

The moment Dohyeong heard Calia's words, an emotion began to fill his heart. It was a very dark and evil feeling.

'With the power to kill that monster… You can return to the original world?'

There were only two words that came to Kim Do-hyung's mind.

Plural.

His desire to take revenge on those who had harassed him for a year gradually grew.

Of course, Calia read the mind of the evil figure that was now being created. But she didn't talk about it. As long as the anger didn't reach his world and the monsters were defeated, it didn't matter what happened after that.

"Now… Then do you want to do it?"

"Oh, of course I should. No, let me do it. And… Send me back to the original world with the power to kill monsters."

At Calia's words, Dohyeong nodded her head.

A smile appeared on Dohyeong's face, who had not smiled properly in almost a year. It was a very happy yet evil smile.

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One day, about 10 years after Kim Do-hyung went to the Adria World, a large magic circle appeared on the rooftop of a building in Korea, and a person jumped out.

"Have you finally come back?"

The figure rolled around the world of Adriatic for about 10 years, defeating monsters. Whether it was an alien creature invading from another dimension or whether it was actually a human from the world of Adriatic who had called it, it didn't matter to Dohyeong.

For 10 years, he lived with only one thing in his heart that he never forgot.

And I finally came back to achieve that.

To get revenge on those who bullied him…

When I checked, I found that the time in the original world had passed in the same way as the time spent in Adria.

Of course, 10 years later, he was declared dead after Dohyeong was reported missing in the world. It is said that his mother, his only family member, died in a car accident while looking for Do-hyeong, who suddenly disappeared.

When Kim Do-hyung heard that fact, he was sad.

I was so sad that tears flowed like a waterfall from my eyes.

Angry at himself for leaving his mother behind, driven by revenge.

However, the direction of the anger that was directed at oneself soon began to gradually return to other people.

'If it weren't for those guys, would I have gone to another world and become a hero?'

Dohyeong confidently answered the question he was asking himself.

'That's absolutely not!!!!!'

In the battle against endless monsters, Dohyeong almost died countless times. There were times when he slightly regretted accepting Calia's offer. But there was only one thing that made it possible to survive in such a world.

Plural.

With this, the shape endured.

'But you're going to that world without any desire for revenge? It can never happen.'

The inside of Dohyeong's heart becomes even darker.

'If I hadn't gone to this world, my mother wouldn't have died. And if it weren't for them, I wouldn't have gone to this world… In other words, they even took my mother away!!!'

As soon as he reached that absurd conclusion, the corners of Dohyeong's mouth rose to the point where it was hard to hear.

'Now there's even more reason to seek revenge?'

Do-hyeong's face had an eerie, conflicting smile along with the tears flowing from his eyes.

What Dohyeong did after escaping from his mother's charnel house was to save a huge amount of money. It was very easy to make money through magic that was already available in this world.

At the same time, I also gathered information about the people I needed to take revenge on.

Dohyeong was curious about how those guys were living now, about 10 years after he left for this world.

Dohyeong never thought that they would ever atone for him. No, I would rather not have done it.

Because he believed that only then would his revenge be even more justified.

Soon enough, the person Dohyeong needed to seek revenge on obtained all the information.

1. Retired female idol Lee Ji-ah

2. National Taekwondo athlete Ji-seon Kwon

3. Moon Tae-hyun, son of a member of the National Assembly

4. Han Eun-ji, daughter of a chaebol family

As expected, all four were doing well.

Moon Tae-hyun and Han Eun-ji were even married and living together.

Seeing everyone living happily, Kim Do-hyung…

I laughed.

In fact, seeing them happy made me feel even better.

Because true despair must be dropped when you are happiest…