Why is 'else' demanded?

I have a problem. Why is there always else key word in a language? Since I can use return to stop the process of a flow. I hate to see else statement and I see I can never use else statement that only increase the complexity of program.

A if statement stands for a condition that should be unique, and it should has no relation with anything else. So a language does not need else and it should not appear in a program.

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