Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 182

“Aaaaaaaah!”

As two of the wires supporting the tray from four directions snapped, the tray began to drift away from the building’s exterior, carried by the wind.

If you were to imagine how it would feel to lose your support 200 meters in the air and be tossed around by the wind, you could understand how terrified Jo Sang-pil was right now.

“Ugh! Ughhh! Ughhh! Shit! What are you doing! What is going on!”

Kang Jin-ho grabbed Jo Sang-pil’s shoulder.

“What? What is it! What!”

“Please calm down.”

“…Ah, shit.”

It wasn’t judgment but pride that brought Jo Sang-pil back to his senses. He couldn’t show himself acting like a child, flailing around when the person riding the tray for the first time was so calm.

Jo Sang-pil lifted his head, his face pale.

‘It’s still okay.’

Each of these wires can support more than a ton of weight. Even if you add up Kang Jin-ho, Jo Sang-pil, the tray, and all the miscellaneous items, it wouldn’t weigh more than 500kg. So, even one wire should be enough.

“Easy for you to say!”

But whether one can remain calm in that situation is another matter.

Moreover, who could maintain their composure when the tray was shaking so violently?

“Duck down.”

“What?”

“I said duck down.”

Kang Jin-ho grabbed Jo Sang-pil’s shoulder and pushed him down. Then, he craned his neck to look up.

‘Who is it?’

The moment the wire fell, he clearly saw it. If the wire had broken due to being old and worn, the end would have been frayed. But the end of the wire he saw was cleanly cut.

It was something that could never happen unless someone intentionally cut it.

Kang Jin-ho looked up.

At that moment, the wind changed direction, and the tray began to hurtle towards the building.

“Heeeeeek!”

Jo Sang-pil screamed and tightly gripped the handle inside the tray.

Crash!

The tray hit the building’s glass window like a cannonball and bounced back.

“Sturdy.”

Kang Jin-ho clicked his tongue.

If the glass had broken, he could have tried to enter the building through there, but it seemed the glass was quite thick, being a high-rise building.

Kang Jin-ho, holding onto Jo Sang-pil’s trembling shoulder, looked up at the rooftop.

‘Who is it?’

It doesn’t make sense to target Jo Sang-pil. So, if they were targeting someone, it would be him.

The cross-section of the steel wire, cut as cleanly as if with a cutting machine, proved that the person up there was no ordinary individual.

As he stared at the rooftop, someone poked their head out again and waved at Kang Jin-ho.

Thud!

“Kyaaaaaaaaah!”

Another wire snapped, and the tray was left hanging in the air, almost completely overturned.

The people who witnessed the scene were also terrified, screaming and backing away from the windows.

“What do we do! What do we do!”

“So-someone go up to the roof! Quickly!”

“We can’t! The rooftop door is locked! Deputy Manager Choi already ran up there earlier!”

“This is crazy! Then what are we supposed to do?”

One wrong move, and they would fall 200 meters to their deaths.

No one wanted to witness such a sight.

“Did you call 119?” [Emergency services number in South Korea]

“Yes, I did!”

“…But is this something that 119 can resolve?”

How could they rescue someone hanging on the exterior of a building? And not just any building, but someone hanging on this high-rise building.

“Are, are those people okay?”

Kang Jin-ho couldn’t help but fall into thought.

‘Should I release the safety line?’

The safety line that would normally protect their lives was, in this situation, more dangerous. If the tray were to fall as it was, the safety line connected to the tray would drag them down with it.

Normally, waiting for rescue would be an option, but with someone clearly and intentionally cutting the wires, waiting was nothing short of suicide.

“Try pulling this way.”

“Huh? Uh? Uhh?”

Jo Sang-pil was already in complete panic.

His face was covered in tears and snot. Kang Jin-ho patted Jo Sang-pil’s back.

In the past, they might have said a man shouldn’t show weakness, but he wasn’t like that now.

“Senior, try pulling your body this way.”

“Huh? Uh?”

When Kang Jin-ho realized that Jo Sang-pil wasn’t understanding him, he forcefully pushed him to the side and grabbed the safety hook connected to Jo Sang-pil’s waist.

“Ugh… Ughaaaa! What are you doing! What are you doing! What are you doing!”

Jo Sang-pil screamed and grabbed Kang Jin-ho’s arm. From his perspective, removing the safety hook, which was like a lifeline, was enough to make him scream.

“It’s more dangerous right now.”

“You bastard! Hey! Ughaaaaa!”

Jo Sang-pil desperately resisted, but he couldn’t overcome Kang Jin-ho’s strength. Kang Jin-ho took Jo Sang-pil’s safety hook from the tray and attached it to his own waist. This way, even if Jo Sang-pil made a mistake, he wouldn’t fall alone.

“Hey! What are you doing!”

‘This is annoying…’

Kang Jin-ho frowned.

It would have been easier if he had just fainted. He felt the urge to knock him out by hitting the back of his neck.

‘There are too many eyes watching…’

But right now, people were swarming behind the glass like a pack of dogs. Showing such a sight in this situation could be a burden later.

Kang Jin-ho took a deep breath and looked up at the rooftop.

The person looking down at him from the rooftop moved their lips.

Because of the distance, he couldn’t understand what they were saying just from their lip movements, but it wasn’t hard to guess what they were saying.

They were probably saying goodbye.

The way they were waving their hand so cheerfully made it clear.

The man slowly lowered his hand, then took out something shiny and long and placed it against the wire.

Before, they had cut the wire from a hidden place, but this time, they seemed to be planning to show him the wire being cut directly.

Kang Jin-ho watched the scene, pulled Jo Sang-pil close to his side, and held him tightly.

“Laugh all you want now.”

Because soon, you won’t be able to laugh again.

Snap.

Kang Jin-ho seemed to hear the sound of the wire breaking.

Soon, the wire snapped, and as the tray began to fall helplessly to the ground, Kang Jin-ho climbed onto the railing of the tray and kicked the tray, flying towards the building.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Jo Sang-pil’s voice, screaming at the top of his lungs, was deafening. But right now, there was no time to worry about that.

Even if it was Kang Jin-ho, if he fell from a height of 200 meters, he would surely die with his limbs torn apart. Even if he was a martial artist, it would be hard to withstand that level of impact.

Unless it was Kang Jin-ho when he was the Heavenly Demon Lord.

Thud!

He managed to stick close to the building thanks to the recoil from kicking the tray, but there was nothing to grab onto.

The building, completely covered in glass, had no small protrusions.

Whoosh!

The wind rushed past his ears like crazy.

If the wind was blowing sideways at this speed, he would have felt refreshed, but right now, Kang Jin-ho was feeling the wind blowing upwards from below.

Falling.

Kang Jin-ho, with Jo Sang-pil in one arm, fell down, and down.

“Hoo.”

There was no time to think long. Kang Jin-ho took a light breath and focused his inner energy into his right arm.

This might be his only chance.

‘I don’t want to die here.’ Not after how he regained his life.

Kang Jin-ho, focusing his inner energy into his right hand, activated the Asura Technique. As the domineering demonic art began to operate, Kang Jin-ho’s right hand momentarily turned black.

“Ha!”

Kang Jin-ho shouted and thrust his hand into the building’s glass.

Clang!

With a sharp sound, the surrounding glass shattered and flew towards Kang Jin-ho.

The shattered pieces of glass sparkled, surrounding Kang Jin-ho like scattering dew. It was a beautiful sight, but Kang Jin-ho had no time to appreciate it.

Kang Jin-ho, his eyes flashing, grabbed the railing where the glass had broken.

Crack!

A strange sound came from his arm.

It seemed that his muscles were strained from instantly taking the energy of two strong men falling with one arm. Still, because it was Kang Jin-ho, he couldn’t let go.

“Uwaaa!”

Jo Sang-pil, unable to withstand the sudden recoil, was thrown downwards. Kang Jin-ho reached out and grabbed Jo Sang-pil’s arm. Even though their safety lines were connected, it was too dangerous to rely on that alone in this situation.

“Th-there!”

“He caught them! He caught them! They didn’t fall!”

The people who had been watching the situation shouted. But they couldn’t bring themselves to run towards Kang Jin-ho.

Because the altitude was so high, the wind was blowing outwards when the window broke. No one wanted to go there and fall together.

‘Now, all I have to do is climb up…’

If he was alone, he could easily climb up with one hand, but with one arm practically unusable, it wasn’t easy to pull himself up with just one arm. It wasn’t a matter of strength, but a matter of posture.

Kang Jin-ho finished his quick calculation and was about to exert his strength when.

Swoosh.

A sharp sound of air being cut approached Kang Jin-ho.

Kang Jin-ho gritted his teeth and sharply tilted his head upwards.

Whoosh!

Something shining in the sunlight was rapidly rushing towards Kang Jin-ho. Kang Jin-ho, realizing what the shining object was, gave up on climbing and let go.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaah!”

As Kang Jin-ho let go and flung his body to the side, the onlookers all screamed.

The high-pitched screams unique to women were the loudest, piercing Kang Jin-ho’s ears.

Kang Jin-ho, having lost his support and starting to fall again, struck the back of Jo Sang-pil’s neck, who was struggling and flailing. With Jo Sang-pil unconscious and limp at his side, Kang Jin-ho began to gather his inner energy in his legs.

Whoosh.

As he gathered all of his remaining inner energy, the inner energy in his legs vibrated and responded to his will.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The shining objects began to fall again.

Three daggers, shining in the sunlight.

Sharp daggers with dragon-carved handles, exuding an extraordinary inner energy, flew towards Kang Jin-ho.

Grind.

Kang Jin-ho gritted his teeth as he watched the scene.

“So, you want to play?”

It was an attack that clearly showed their intention not to let Kang Jin-ho escape alive.

Kang Jin-ho kicked off the air lightly, using the inner energy he had gathered in his legs.

Thud!