The Second Salvation Myth of a Retired Returning Hero

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Enoch Roosevolnik. he saved the world

17 deaths, 17 returns, 18 lives. In the end, he subdued the Demon King.

Although he was born with insignificant talent from a slash-and-burn villager.

Although it started as an insignificant life, dying of hunger on the street.

The end was grand.

However.

The opponent is the demon king who has reached the level of a demon god right in front of him. She was an existence that escaped Enoch’s expectations until the very end, when a knife was stabbed in her heart.

I was prepared for both the return of friendship and the curse of mortal death. The malice that the existence of the demon king pours out at the moment of death. Enoch never took it lightly.

I did…

‘…I really never thought about dimensional banishment.’

The Demon King exiled Enoch to another dimension, even giving up his own life. It was a completely unexpected number even for him who had lived only on the battlefield for hundreds of years.

The original body was torn apart by the impact of the dimension shift, and only the soul was safely transported. So, Enoch was reborn on Earth.

‘Well… it wasn’t too bad.’

The earth of the 21st century was the most ideal, peaceful world he had dreamed of in the original world.

Parting with precious ties was forcibly weathered. It was a survival method from stress learned through 17 regressions. If you cling to the ties of your previous life and suffer, you’ll go crazy someday.

I thought of it as my own vacation given after hundreds of years of bloody struggle, and lived comfortably.

The question remained as to why the demon king expelled him even while ignoring his own life… but he didn’t think deeply.

‘Cause now it’s all over You must be very angry

However, the Demon King was a being who played outside Enoch’s expectations until the very end.

‘…So you were hiding this kind of ulterior motive.’

No way, I thought he was making plans for his future generations.

One day, Enoch was suddenly teleported to a strange room. No, it’s not a teleport. I’ve felt this feeling before.

That feeling 25 years ago, when I was forcibly transferred by the demon lord. It’s a dimension shift.

Then, a translucent message window appeared in the air. It was like the interface window of a game you enjoyed on Earth.

Calling itself a ‘system’, it said.

[100 years ago, the mighty warrior Enoch defeated the demon king. However, the demon king’s daughter who appeared later ascended to the throne as the new demon king, threatening the peace of the continent once again.]

“What?”

new demon king? The devil’s daughter?

Enoch was shocked and angry that the world he had saved was being threatened again.

I wasn’t surprised at the point of 100 years ago. It was a hypothesis that I had heard in my previous life that the speed of time could be different for each dimension.

[However, there are no more heroes. The hero was a fellowship with the demon king, and he sacrificed his life for the continent until the end.]

Wait a minute.

‘Have you come together?’

Who did you associate with?

‘It was my… victory!’

It’s not a draw. I put a knife into the devil’s heart.

But when I returned to my hometown, history remembered it differently. Enoch’s heart sank.

‘My colleagues… think I’m dead?’

At the last moment, although no one could stand with Enoch in the mayhem, there was a god.

It was believed that the gods would watch over all the duels from the sky and communicate the results to everyone. Even if his colleagues are momentarily shocked by the news of the dimension banishment, ‘Enoch will live well in another dimension.’ and praying goodbye I was hoping for such a warm ending.

However, it seems that even that god did not see through the dimension banishment, the demon king’s conversion blow.

‘…’

Do-yoon was in shock and stood there in a state of fascination.

Guild members like family who have built up relationships over several rounds. And many people who believed in them.

Obviously, a lot of people cried.

[This system was created to train new warriors to succeed Enoch, the first warrior. It is a divine blessing optimized for the growth support of the apostles. The apostle Han Do-yoon. Please, become stronger with the power of the system, defeat the demon lord and protect the continent.]

The voice of the system that follows.

Doyoon came to his senses and raised his head toward the air.

“…god. are you listening I am Enoch Roosevolnik.”

[We will move you to the ‘Challenge’ for your adaptation. Survive for 5 days or defeat the boss monster.]

There was no response. Only artificial voices, as if pre-recorded, were heard in my ears.

‘…Let’s meet and talk.’

I will meet you in person and tell you. I am Enoch Roosevolnik. that he did not die and came back alive. It will make amends for their 100 years of sorrow.

Of course, with the exception of long-lived species like elves, the living would count them on their hands. Because 100 years have passed.

But even so, Doyoon’s determination did not change.

Do-yoon subdues the Demon King again. And he will make his name known on the continent and declare that he is the reincarnation of Enoch Roosevolnik. The continent will tremble at the hero’s return.

If so, the souls who mourned Enoch’s death even in the afterlife. I can even soothe their spirits.

After saving the world once again and enjoying a peaceful life, later, when ascending to the sky. I will meet the dead guys and release Hoepo.

[Good luck, warrior’s lumber.]

Doyoon made up his mind and accepted the light that surrounded him.

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4 days have passed since then.

“Mr. Doyoon! Stay still and run! That’s a monster!!”

Day 4 of the Crucible. Time remaining until the end, 3 hours.

The team members met in the arena of trials run away in complete confusion.

It deserves it. To those who have just been summoned to this world, it will look like a terrible monster that can’t be helped.

Doyoon tilted his head calmly, leaving them running away.

‘Still, isn’t it a place to test new chicks? It’s a boss monster, but I brought in a very bloody one.’

A giant praying mantis with a body of 7 m. That would be the boss monster the system said.

However, facing such a monster, Doyoon did not feel the slightest tension.

‘I’m really back to my hometown.’

Rather, he even felt the joy of encountering a large monster that was not found on a peaceful planet called Earth.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve tasted my hands.’

I walked towards the boss monster, dragging my rusty longsword across the floor. Contemplative team members pass by him.

Compared to his previous life, his body is at an inferior level. Danjeon is empty without a drop of mana.

On the other hand, that monster’s scythe is sharp enough to cut Doyoon’s waist in two, and its lower jaw is strong enough to break Doyoon’s skull.

But it’s okay. A sword was clutched in his hand, what was he afraid of?

‘In my previous life, when Geomwang Busker broke through enemy lines with a single branch, it was so cool.’

Footsteps that did not carry the slightest bit of tension.

‘Well… A rusty sword has its own mood.’

No matter how low the body specs were, such a large insect was not the slightest threat to Doyoon.

Enoch Rougevolnik, the great hero who subdued the demon king, was such an existence.

The team members who were running away hesitated and looked back at Doyoon.

“What, what… is he crazy?”

“I can’t do it, Doyoon!”

“Sister, leave me alone! We have to live too!”

No matter how extraordinary he was during the tutorial, he led the team.

That monster is so desperate. Team members thought so.

“long time no see…”

A murmur of remorse and composure flowed down the dull blade of the sword.

Doyoon raised his longsword at an angle.

“It’s my hometown after 26 years.”

The rusted, brittle longsword with no luster shone sharply in the warrior’s hand.

At that improbable phenomenon, the 7m giant flinched. Do-yoon’s teammates were also fascinated by the luster, and stopped to stare blankly at it. And then I was astonished.

A sharp longsword cut through the air.

It was the return of Enoch Roosevolnik, a retired warrior.