Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1435

Lee Hyun-soo liked this side of Kang Jin-ho.

Usually, Kang Jin-ho was endlessly rigid and boring, but sometimes he would throw out such funny jokes.

‘Kuh, our Lord. Your humor is alive, humor!’

Kang Jin-ho looked at Lee Hyun-soo with a sulky face.

‘Don’t talk nonsense and get out.’

‘••••••Me?’

‘Yeah.’

‘Where to?’

‘Over there.’

‘Me?’

‘Yeah.’

Lee Hyun-soo smiled brightly.

‘Kuh, Lord. Your humor……’

‘Don’t talk nonsense and get out.’

Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes shook as if there was an earthquake.

‘No, it’s been over ten years since I’ve fought! I’m a non-combatant!’

‘I know.’

‘Objectively speaking, aren’t I the weakest martial artist in the entire Assembly! Even ordinary Demonic Cult members are stronger than me!’

‘I know.’

‘I might even lose to an ordinary person!’

‘That’s a bit much.’

Oh, right. That was a bit much.

But half of it is true!

‘You want me to fight those guys? Their shoulders are like the Grand Canyon!’

Kang Jin-ho couldn’t help but laugh.

‘Stop exaggerating and get out there quickly.’

‘No, it’s not exaggerating, it’s……’

‘You can win.’

Lee Hyun-soo clicked his tongue.

Lee Hyun-soo, who seemed hesitant to say something, sighed deeply.

‘Ah, I really don’t want to do this……’

However, Lee Hyun-soo was too smart.

He knew better than anyone who needed to go out and win to make the most solid evidence.

‘Ha, you have to buy me an expensive meal when we get back today.’

‘Alright.’

‘Ah, no matter how I look at it, this is a losing battle……’

Lee Hyun-soo shook his head as if he was very displeased, but he still trudged forward.

Watching him, Willie was startled and said urgently.

‘Is Lee Hyun-soo going out?’

‘Yeah.’

‘B-But, Lee Hyun-soo is a non-combatant, isn’t he?’

‘It’s okay.’

Kang Jin-ho replied as if it was nothing, and Willie became even more agitated.

‘What if he gets hurt? Those guys don’t know how to hold back!’

‘It seems like you don’t understand……’

‘Yes?’

Kang Jin-ho replied indifferently.

‘Those half-wits are enough for Lee Hyun-soo. Lee Hyun-soo is also a half-wit, but he’s a slightly better half-wit.’

‘Hey, I can hear you! Do you have to talk behind my back so openly?’

‘Yeah, yeah.’

‘Ugh.’

Lee Hyun-soo sighed and stepped forward.

‘Anyone, come out.’

Then, he calls out to his opponent with a swaggering posture. Jimmy’s face, who had been watching the whole process, turned bright red.

‘These bastards!’

There’s a limit to how much you can look down on someone!

‘Barton!’

‘Yes!’

‘Fight him! Show him reality!’

‘Yes!’

A white man named Barton stepped forward and faced Lee Hyun-soo.

‘Oh my, his shoulders are huge. Lord, I think I’m going to die?’

Kang Jin-ho sighed deeply. Wiggins also clicked his tongue.

‘How can a person be so frivolous?’

‘He wasn’t like that before.’

In the past, when Lee Hyun-soo was in the Yeongnam Assembly, he was still a charismatic person. He was so overly cold that it was almost a flaw.

However, after the saying that a position makes a person was applied too negatively, he became a useless human being.

‘Can I use a weapon?’

Lee Hyun-soo asked, looking at Jimmy, who frowned.

‘Do as you please. We don’t mind.’

‘Then I won’t use one.’

Jimmy shook his head.

It would be better to quickly crush that man and not associate with these crazy people.

‘Barton!’

‘Yes!’

The white man standing in front of Lee Hyun-soo lowered his stance and glared at Lee Hyun-soo.

‘Ha, really.’

Lee Hyun-soo shook his head and looked at the man.

As the two began to guard each other, Jimmy spoke to Kang Jin-ho in a low voice.

‘We approach combat assuming every situation is real. Even if someone loses their life, don’t blame us. I’ve made that clear.’

‘Whatever.’

Kang Jin-ho replied indifferently, and Jimmy gritted his teeth.

‘What the hell is this?’

He has eyes too.

No matter how you look at it, the difference between that Lee Hyun-soo and Barton is huge. Even with a conservative estimate, at least five Lee Hyun-soos would be needed to face Barton.

No, there’s no need for Barton to even step up.

I can confidently say that there is no martial artist weaker than Lee Hyun-soo in this H27 area. Even a newbie who just got assigned could play with Lee Hyun-soo with one hand.

But they’re sending such a person to face Barton?

‘Could it be a ploy to deliberately get seriously injured to gain an advantage in negotiations?’

Do they think such a trick will work against them?

Jimmy shook his head.

‘Crush him!’

They need to break the noses of these Orientals.

Barton, who understood Jimmy’s signal, muttered in a low voice.

‘Don’t hold any grudges, kid.’

‘I’m older than you, you bastard!’

‘Here I come!’

Barton quickly rushed towards Lee Hyun-soo. Although he was clearly bigger than Lee Hyun-soo, his rushing stance was even lower than Lee Hyun-soo’s.

Swish! Swish!

His left lightly brushed past Lee Hyun-soo’s face twice. The moment he noticed that Lee Hyun-soo couldn’t react, Barton’s right straight landed squarely on Lee Hyun-soo’s face.

Thwack!

Lee Hyun-soo failed to react again and was hit directly by Barton’s fist.

‘What? It’s nothing……’

That was the moment.

Suddenly, something hazy appeared in front of Barton’s eyes.

‘What?’

The last thought that Barton had was that the hazy thing looked like a human fist.

Wham!

Barton was thrown back and crashed into the wall. Thud!

Then, he fell to the floor and convulsed.

‘Ah, damn it!’

Lee Hyun-soo kept spitting on the floor. His spit was mixed with bright red blood.

‘Ah, it feels like it’s shaking. Ah, it’s annoying.’

Kang Jin-ho chuckled and said.

‘What about your nosebleed?’

‘Huh…… Nosebleed!’

Lee Hyun-soo grabbed his nose and shook it slightly. Fortunately, it didn’t seem like his nose was broken.

‘I got bloodied!’

‘You got off cheap.’

‘Aish, this is why I didn’t want to do it……’

Lee Hyun-soo grabbed his nose with an annoyed face and returned to his spot. Willie and Jimmy watched the scene without blinking.

‘What, what the hell is this……’

‘What just happened?’

It wasn’t that complicated. Barton landed a straight on Lee Hyun-soo’s face, and Lee Hyun-soo, immediately after being hit by Barton, threw a punch and sent him flying.

But who wouldn’t know how absurd this story is?

Barton is a trained martial artist. His fist can pierce through an iron plate. And yet, he gets hit by that fist and then counterattacks?

‘T-This is something wrong……’

Jimmy stopped talking mid-sentence.

He realized how pathetic he was acting.

‘It could be wrong.’

However, Kang Jin-ho kindly accepted his words.

‘But you were the one who said you’d do it like a real fight. There are no second chances in a real fight.’

Kang Jin-ho turned his head and looked at Willie.

‘Do you understand?’

‘……I don’t understand why this result came about.’

Kang Jin-ho took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth. Then, he gestured to Lee Hyun-soo with his chin.

‘You want me to do it? My nose is bleeding, my mouth is all torn, and my teeth are shaking! My teeth! You’re not even going to support my implant costs, and you want me to explain it?’

‘You speak well.’

‘Ughhhhhh……’

Lee Hyun-soo, who was glaring at Kang Jin-ho with a face that said he would definitely take revenge, turned to Willie with an annoyed look.

‘Those guys will die immediately if they go into a real battle.’

‘Yes?’

‘They’re not martial artists, they’re soldiers. They have almost no real combat experience, right?’

‘They haven’t been deployed in operations. Instead, they’re doing training that simulates real combat.’

‘Training that simulates real combat is still training. It can’t be real combat. That’s why they can be like that.’

‘……Honestly, I don’t understand what you’re saying.’

‘Modern martial arts are basically techniques created without the premise of using mana, or what you call mana. Do you know the difference between martial arts and martial studies?’

‘As you said, isn’t it whether you can use mana or not?’

‘What’s the difference?’

‘Well……’

Lee Hyun-soo quickly continued, as if he was tired of waiting.

‘Destructive power.’

‘Ah……’

‘A martial artist’s fight isn’t about feinting, throwing jabs, and inserting attacks into the right gaps. Because if you’re not careful, you can die even if you’re just grazed. But those guys attack as if they’re doing a point-based match.’

‘Then their attacks become obvious. If you lower your hand appropriately and cover the center line, they’ll naturally try to hit the face. Then I just need to gather my energy and block my face. It was incredibly painful because they’re ridiculously strong, but I endured it, and then one hit to the defenseless enemy. Okay?’

Willie was finally able to understand how all of this had happened.

‘Ha, but!’

However, Jimmy still didn’t seem convinced.

‘If they had weapons! If they had knives, they wouldn’t have been able to counterattack.’

‘Stop talking nonsense. If they had knives, my response would have been different. This isn’t a matter of method, it’s a matter of fundamentals. Do you understand?’

Lee Hyun-soo said as if declaring it.

‘The modern system and methods you’re talking about have actually made them weaker. You should be grateful that you found out now. If you had put them into real combat without knowing that, they would have been annihilated.’

Jimmy’s eyes shook.

‘……Our method is wrong?’

It’s unbelievable.

I can’t accept it.

He was the one who said he would accept the results. But no one in the world could calmly accept it in Jimmy’s current situation.

‘I cannot accept it!’

Kang Jin-ho stared at Jimmy and chuckled.

‘Well, I guess so.’

It would be cool if he showed a manly side and kept his promise, but honestly, it’s too harsh to deny a lifetime of work based on this short match.

However, the problem is…….

‘If you don’t accept it, you’ll suffer even more……’

Lee Hyun-soo’s words were full of pity.

As if to make those words a reality, Kang Jin-ho took a step forward.

‘Is it difficult?’

Jimmy’s eyes trembled.

Kang Jin-ho nodded slowly.

‘If it’s hard to understand, I’ll make it easy.’

Kang Jin-ho curled up the corners of his mouth. Kang Jin-ho, who had taken the cigarette out of his mouth with his hand, turned his body.

Step.

Step.

Kang Jin-ho walked leisurely and stood in front of the lined-up men.

‘Hoo.’

Kang Jin-ho, who slowly exhaled cigarette smoke, quietly looked at the lined-up soldiers. Then, he slowly opened his mouth.

‘Come at me all at once.’

‘I’ll make you understand your place.’

Anger surged in everyone’s eyes.

Lee Hyun-soo, who was watching the scene, sighed and shook his head.

Thinking about how those eyes would change a little later, he couldn’t bear to watch.

‘Instead……’

Kang Jin-ho said with a subtle smile.

‘It’s better to come at me with the resolve to die. I’m not good at controlling my strength.’

He clearly warned them.

Though it probably wouldn’t sound like a warning to most.