Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1732

It’s a pure white room.

The spotless wallpaper, the ivory-colored furniture, and the black electronic devices placed here and there as if to add a touch of accent, all seemed to clearly show the personality of the person who used this office.

And inside that office, a man dressed in a dark navy suit sat with a composed posture.

“So…”

And in front of him, a man with his hair neatly styled back with pomade carefully reported.

“The General Assembly seems likely to attack China within a few days.”

The man.

Sky King slowly raised his head and looked at the person who had reported.

After staring at the reporter for a while, Sky King’s gaze returned to the documents he was holding.

“Asking if it’s certain would be a pointless question, wouldn’t it?”

“The information has been verified.”

Of course.

The person who taught them how to obtain information and how to distinguish the truth from the information obtained was none other than Sky King himself.

Humans make mistakes, but those mistakes cannot appear comprehensively in such diverse information.

In other words….

“An attack…”

Sky King looked at the reporter with a strange expression.

“Ask.”

“Yes.”

The reporter straightened his back.

“Do you think they have a chance of winning?”

“No, they don’t.”

“Yes, I suppose not. Then, what is the probability that they have misjudged their chances of winning?”

“Lee Hyun-soo and Chai Ke-chang are not that foolish.”

“That’s true. Then…”

Sky King tapped the report.

“Why do you think they are doing this?”

The reporter hesitated, unable to answer easily.

“Liang Qian.”

“Yes.”

“Answer me.”

Liang Qian’s lips trembled slightly.

“I don’t know if this is the right answer, but I don’t think it’s necessary to understand the other party’s intentions.”

“Why?”

Liang Qian swallowed hard.

“How many people would quietly wait for defeat, knowing they will lose? Humans are not that rational.”

“Hmm.”

Sky King let out a short sigh and stared at Liang Qian.

“It’s not a rational action?”

“The probability is high. Basically, people don’t fight battles they know they will lose. But if they can’t avoid the fight, wouldn’t they resist in any way they can?”

As if that wasn’t enough, Liang Qian quickly continued.

“They would consider surrendering if their positions were guaranteed, but that’s not the case. A cornered rat will bite a cat.”

Sky King nodded slightly.

But his expression was still blank.

“Liang Qian.”

“Yes, please command me.”

Sky King, who had been staring at Liang Qian, opened his mouth.

“We have heads for a reason, don’t we?”

“…That’s right.”

“It sounds plausible. But basically, when humans face an enemy they can’t handle, they try to delay the battle as much as possible. The possibility of a counterattack only arises when I discover some possibility. Isn’t that right?”

Liang Qian nodded vigorously.

“The important thing is this. If there is no chance of winning, they would have tried to buy time. The countries are different, and the peninsula is optimized for defense. In other words…”

Sky King snapped his fingers.

“Korea is like a giant fortress. They can wage a siege warfare while receiving supplies.”

“Sky King is right.”

“But if they are going to starve to death anyway, they abandon the fortress and attack? That’s something a madman would do. It’s not logical.”

Liang Qian’s lips twitched slightly.

Isn’t it always the case that illogical things happen in war? But it’s difficult to make such a rebuttal. The opponent is none other than Sky King.

Besides….

‘The enemy is not a madman.’

Sky King also acknowledges Chai Ke-chang’s intellect. And isn’t that Lee Hyun-soo the one who thoroughly humiliated the Sky King realm this time?

If the few strategists in the world are working together, would they do something foolish?

Then there are two possibilities.

Either they both became idiots, or we are completely failing to grasp their intentions.

A fool who thinks the former is more likely cannot dare to have a conversation with Sky King.

“What could it be?”

Sky King tilted his head back a couple of times as if amused.

“So, are they seeing a battlefield that I can’t see? Seeing a possibility that I can’t see?”

“T-that can’t be possible, can it?”

“Hmm.”

Sky King smiled with interest.

But Liang Qian knew that the smile did not come from joy.

Sky King doesn’t like to show his emotions. The only thing he knows is that when Sky King actively expresses his emotions, it means something is going wrong from the start.

“Hmm, I don’t know.”

Sky King wore a strange smile.

“It’s either too obvious that I’m suspicious, or they’ve really prepared something that exceeds my expectations. I’d be disappointed if it’s the former.”

“Could it be that they think we haven’t obtained this information?”

“They’re not that stupid.”

Sky King cut him off as if it wasn’t worth considering.

“We are looking at their information. And they are probably looking at our information. This is a war with radars on. It’s not about where you move. It’s about whether there is a justification for moving in that direction even if the opponent is watching.”

Liang Qian frowned slightly.

Once it gets to this point, his abilities can no longer comprehend Sky King’s thoughts. He can interpret and understand the words he hears, but understanding the implications hidden within those words is impossible for him.

‘It’s like watching masters play Go from the sidelines.’

He can clearly see where the Go stones are placed, but he can’t understand why they are placed there.

Liang Qian thinks that sometimes.

The way humans understand God might be similar to this.

If God does something and a certain result emerges, can humans understand the purpose and arrangement of that action?

Just as a dog raised at home cannot understand all of a human’s actions, humans cannot understand God.

And if that’s the case, isn’t it natural that he can’t understand Sky King’s thoughts?

“What about the Red King realm?”

“They will move. There is no movement yet, but it’s only a matter of time.”

“Don’t stray, Liang Qian.”

A voice devoid of emotion pierced Liang Qian.

“I-I’m sorry.”

“Again.”

Cold sweat instantly broke out on Liang Qian’s forehead. A subtle sense of resistance seemed to have taken hold of his heart.

“They are crouching down, not showing any movement at all. We have attacked several times to see their reaction, but they are thoroughly focused on defense.”

“I see.”

Sky King nodded quietly.

“It’s faster than expected, faster than expected. Then what is the factor that accelerated this timing?”

Sky King’s face subtly hardened.

A very small discomfort.

It’s just a very small discomfort. When he thinks about it calmly, none of their attacks can work on him. But a subtle impurity that slightly shakes that near-perfect situation made Sky King uncomfortable.

“Release all the agents. Extract all the information you can get.”

“We’re already at the limit…”

“There’s no need to hide their identities. It doesn’t matter if they get caught. Even if we lose all the informants we have infiltrated into Korea and the Red King realm, it’s fine. Tell them to report everything, even the smallest details!”

“Understood!”

Liang Qian bowed his head.

When Sky King didn’t say anything more, Liang Qian turned and left the room.

But as Liang Qian left the room, a subtle unease crept into his heart.

‘Every single small detail?’

Of course, it’s the right choice. Only Sky King can find the connections between those small pieces of information and deduce their overall movements and intentions.

But….

‘No, that can’t be it.’

That’s too much of an overthinking.

“Release more.”

“Here?”

“Yes. Release everything. Even the fact that Elder Jang Min seems to be losing hair these days.”

“…Chief, you don’t have two necks.”

“Then exclude that.”

Lee Hyun-soo said indifferently.

“Don’t leave out a single small detail and spill everything. Tell the kids to talk about even the most trivial things if they see anyone around them who seems to be related to them.”

“…Is that really okay? Then those guys will know all that information?”

“It’s okay.”

Lee Hyun-soo grinned.

“That’s the goal.”

Park Hee-tae tilted his head, as if he didn’t understand.

“But Chief, why are you doing this?”

“They’re going to be scrambling to get information right now.”

“That’s right.”

“So, we have to give them information. Everything, down to the smallest details.”

No.

That’s not why he’s asking.

Lee Hyun-soo chuckled, reading Park Hee-tae’s expression.

“The biggest victim of an absolute monarchy is the king.”

“…The emperor, I guess.”

“Same thing. Anyway, the biggest weakness of the Sky King realm is very simple. It’s that Sky King is too great of a human being. This is the same problem that Lord Hui-ju experienced before.”

“…Could you explain it in simpler terms? At my level, you’re also a great human being, Chief. Please take that gap into account.”

Lee Hyun-soo sighed deeply.

“A person who isn’t outstanding trusts others. Because they think that the results won’t be much different even if they do it themselves. But an outstanding person can’t trust anyone. Because no matter what anyone does, the results will be inferior compared to what they would do themselves.”

“…That’s true.”

“Then, they have no choice but to do what they think is important themselves. Because they can’t trust anyone. Especially someone like Sky King, who is a monster.”

Park Hee-tae nodded.

“It seems like you’re not much different, Chief.”

“That’s right. But that guy is a perfectionist who is several times worse than me. He’s an obsessive-compulsive patient who can’t live without having all the possibilities in his head.”

Lee Hyun-soo chuckled.

“In other words, it’s like a very capable person doing a group project with over twenty team members. The work is the amount that twenty people should do, but when they look at the data that the assigned members have researched, they feel like they want to smash the monitor. What will happen then?”

“…They’ll do it themselves.”

“That’s right.”

Lee Hyun-soo curled up the corners of his mouth.

“So, I’m going to help them. If they do a sloppy job of researching, their workload will decrease, so I’m going to increase the amount of data so that they can really think carefully about everything. If the information increases, the possibilities increase, and there will be more to think about.”

Lee Hyun-soo waved his hand.

“So, go and blabber everything you can. Let’s see if Sky King’s supercomputer breaks down first, or if we get exposed first.”

Park Hee-tae looked at Lee Hyun-soo with a renewed gaze.

‘Is this the kind of idea a sane person would have?’

From what he’s heard, Sky King doesn’t seem like an ordinary human either, but even he wouldn’t be able to understand Lee Hyun-soo’s craziness.

“What are you doing?”

“Ah, I understand.”

As Park Hee-tae hurried out, Lee Hyun-soo watched him and smiled.

‘You might be a spy, you never know.’

But it doesn’t matter.

Sky King won’t be able to tell if what he’s saying is true or false right now.

No, he will think about both the true and false situations.