The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 468

Dust and smoke filled his nose as Roman Dmitry opened his eyes. This was a new world, but it felt old and broken.

Like the first time Roman Dmitry saw his new world, lots of things rushed into his eyes as soon as he opened them.

The sky was a heavy, grey blanket, pressing down on the broken city. Unfamiliar buildings, tall and ruined, stood like broken teeth against the gloomy sky. The air stung his nose with the sharp smell of burnt plastic and dust.

It was a ruin.

A dead land.

Even though he didn’t know much about this new world, it was easy to guess that much.

‘This is the world I will live in now.’

He controlled his breathing, taking deep, slow breaths.

It was different from his previous life.

When he began his life as Roman Dmitry from Baek Jung-hyuk, there was Hans, who could explain the memories and situations etched into his body.

Not now. A life where he had to learn everything on his own. A small knot of worry tightened in his stomach, but he pushed it down. Fear wouldn’t help him now. Before taking any action, Roman Dmitry calmly assessed the state of his body.

‘In the boundary of dimensions, I forgot the concept of time.’

To face what he didn’t know, he knew he had to control himself first, before trying to understand anything outside. All problems come after that.

Swoosh.

He drew up his mana.

Breathing deeply several times, he spread mana throughout his body.

It didn’t take long.

It was something even beginners were scared to try, but Roman Dmitry quickly checked his whole body. There was nothing particularly wrong.

Baek Jung-hyuk’s soul existed in Roman Dmitry’s body in this new world, and the same power as before crossing dimensions revealed a massive presence in his dantian.

It was the same.

If there was a slightly regrettable point, it was that the sword he had been using was lost while crossing the dimensional boundary.

He had no weapon.

But this didn’t mean danger for him.

In reality, in a fleeting moment, Roman Dmitry had finished all preparations to face the outside.

‘Someone is coming.’

Thud, thud.

The sound of something walking on two legs.

There was no hostility.

If it wanted to attack him, it would have hidden its footsteps, but it was walking openly. Roman Dmitry calmly waited for the other’s actions.

Even after noticing the presence, it took more than a minute for the person to appear.

It wasn’t that the person was walking slowly. It was that Roman Dmitry could feel someone coming from very far away, more than a minute’s walk.

Finally, the person appeared.

It was a middle-aged man.

The man had a messy beard and a big sword. When he saw Roman Dmitry, he started talking quickly, but Roman Dmitry couldn’t understand him.

”
#*$&*$&*#&$#$”.

It was different from his previous life.

The memories in Roman Dmitry’s body had immediately solved the language problem, but in this world, even language was holding him back.

The man talked for a long time. He seemed frustrated, even pounding his chest. But when he saw Roman Dmitry’s calm face, he sighed and rummaged through his pockets.

He was ready in case the man attacked.

No matter how the other person attacked from that distance, Roman Dmitry would blow their head off first.

Then.

He pulled out a piece of paper, folded into strange angles and marked with glowing symbols.

Then, he tore it apart, like he was showing what it could do.

Whoosh!

A bright light flashed.

When the scroll worked, a bright light flashed, and suddenly Roman Dmitry could understand the words.

“Hey! What are you doing here? This is not a safe place for someone like you!”

Kang Min-ho felt frustrated.

Finding Roman Dmitry was an accident.

He had received a permit and was hunting, when he saw someone, who looked like a civilian, blankly looking around in an area where monsters appeared.

At first, he thought it might be a monster disguised as a human. So, he was careful. But when he used the mana measuring device, there was no special reaction.

[Unable to measure]

The mana measuring device could only measure up to C-grade.

Then it was clear that he was a civilian.

He lowered his guard, and as he got closer to help, he saw what the other person looked like.

‘A foreigner?’

Black hair.

But he looked foreign.

He didn’t think he was Korean.

Then he wondered even more.

After the world became chaotic, the Republic of Korea was not a country that foreigners liked very much.

Of course, people who could protect themselves were different. But ordinary people like this didn’t come to Korea because it wasn’t safe.

South Korea had a low safety rating compared to other countries.

In fact.

He didn’t want to help if he didn’t have to.

If he hadn’t promised himself to be a good father to his only daughter, Kang Min-ho would have ignored Roman Dmitry and left. Kang Min-ho sighed. Another problem. He was tired, and this stranger looked like trouble. *Just ignore him,* a voice in his head said. *You have your own hunt.* But then he thought of his daughter, and the promise he made to be a good father. He couldn’t just leave someone in danger, even a strange foreigner.

Anyway, he ended up talking to him. When he saw that the man couldn’t understand even simple English, he held back his frustration and used a magic scroll.

‘How much did this cost?’

It was for when he met a foreign hunter.

It was a translation magic.

When the scroll worked, a bright light flashed, and suddenly Roman Dmitry could understand the words.

“Hey! What are you doing here? This is not a safe place for someone like you!”

Kang Min-ho’s words.

Roman Dmitry stared at him without a word.

Civilian, unsafe area, danger.

Several keywords made him realize that this was not a place where humans lived safely, and that Kang Min-ho’s body, which faintly used mana, was similar to his previous life.

Of course, the culture would be different. However, the way they used mana to get power seemed to mean that this world also had its own system.

No answer came back.

Kang Min-ho seemed annoyed and repeated himself.

“I don’t know how you ended up here, lost or whatever. But you can’t just stand around! Monsters will come. People like you, who aren’t hunters, are in big trouble here. So…”

“Are you talking about that thing coming now, calling it a monster?”

“Yes? Thing coming?!”

Kang Min-ho was surprised.

A thing coming?

Kang Min-ho hadn’t felt anything at all. He quickly raised his sword and looked around. It was strange. He couldn’t see anything. Just in case, he used his mana, but still couldn’t feel anything moving.

He suddenly felt weak. What was all the fuss about?

He was almost ashamed for being worried about the words of someone who was just a civilian, maybe even crazy.

He turned his head.

Just as he was about to say something, Kang Min-ho felt goosebumps all over his neck.

‘Hostility?’

It was certain.

At the same time as feeling the hostility, he raised his greatsword and swung it with all his might towards the unknown thing coming at him.

Wham!

Rumble!

It was a fierce hit. Kang Min-ho gritted his teeth and let the impact flow through him. As the dust settled, he saw what it was.

Grrrr.

‘A soldier ant?’

The soldier ant was huge, its black body gleaming like wet stone. Its mandibles, like giant, curved blades, clicked open and closed, and its many eyes glittered with hunger.

It was certain.

A D-grade monster that was too much for him, classified as a general hunter, was glaring at him.

The grading system is simple.

You get that grade when you defeat a monster of that grade. A general hunter meant someone who had dealt with an E-grade monster.

In short, a D-grade was a difficult opponent for Kang Min-ho, who was a general hunter.

It was something he should absolutely avoid when choosing this hunting ground. He planned to run away immediately if he saw a soldier ant.

But.

‘Damn it.’

Behind him.

There was a civilian.

Kang Min-ho couldn’t run away. He was worried that the civilian might be in danger if he left.

Kang Min-ho stared. This was truly awful.

Grrrr.

Right in front of him, the ground cracked open. A soldier ant crawled out. It was as big as a dog, with jaws like sharp knives. They snapped open and closed, ready to bite.

He didn’t know how normal people knew soldier ants. But he didn’t have time to think about that now.

He had to choose. Flee, or face the soldier ant head-on.

‘I was planning to take the D-rank assessment anyway. Might as well consider this practice in a real-world scenario.’

Tight.

He gripped his sword tightly.

He couldn’t abandon the person.

He stopped thinking. The ant attacked.

Kraak.

Tap tap tap.

The soldier ant charged.

Despite its massive size, it moved with surprising speed, its razor-sharp mandibles promising to tear human flesh to shreds.

Kang Min-ho rushed towards the soldier ant. As they got close, he quickly used mana.

‘Dash.’

Whoosh.

He plunged into the enemy’s reach.

As they fought face to face, he swung his greatsword upwards.

Clang!

‘Oh dear.’

It was tough.

The force of the impact sent his hand jolting back, and he quickly twisted his body to dodge the sweeping attack of its massive foreleg. A stinging pain shot through his forearm.

Blood splattered as he suffered a shallow cut, but such a minor wound was of no consequence.

‘If I lose momentum, it’s over.’

If he were pushed back.

Kang Min-ho stood his ground, trading blows with the soldier ant.

Clang!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

His body rocked violently.

It was difficult to withstand the brute force of the soldier ant head-on, and despite his efforts to endure, he couldn’t prevent himself from being gradually pushed back.

Yet, even amidst this, Kang Min-ho’s gaze remained unwavering. Kang Min-ho became a hunter later in life than most people.

Having relentlessly toppled monsters and honed his skills, he was all too familiar with such situations.

For him.

He had a purpose.

To build his skills as a hunter and enter the shelter, a privilege reserved for a special few, alongside his one and only daughter.

He couldn’t die.

Though wounds appeared on his body, Kang Min-ho relentlessly sought an opening.

Kraak.

Crack! Crunch!

The soldier ant charged, tearing up the ground.

In that fleeting moment.

Kang Min-ho’s eyes changed.

‘Power Strike.’

A fierce surge of red energy.

As the soldier ant’s foreleg slashed at his chest, Kang Min-ho’s greatsword smashed into its head.

Whack.

Crunch.

Its head shattered.

But seemingly, that wasn’t enough to kill it, as the soldier ant lunged forward, attempting to tear Kang Min-ho’s body apart.

He desperately clung to his sanity, swinging his sword repeatedly.

Each time the sword struck, he watched the soldier ant’s head being pulverized, swinging madly until the opponent’s movements ceased.

Whack!

Whack, whack!

The boundary between life and death.

He risked everything. His last strike hit hard. Just as the ant’s jaws were about to reach him, its body went limp and fell.

Thud.

Rumble.

“Haa, haa.”

He had won.

Kang Min-ho, unable to revel in his victory, grimaced in pain, panting heavily. It had been a truly perilous fight.

If he hadn’t prepared for the D-rank assessment all this time, if he hadn’t boldly exploited the opponent’s weakness, it would have been himself, not the soldier ant, lying on the ground.

One thing was certain.

He had survived.

Kang Min-ho quickly rummaged through his pockets, pouring a healing potion, prepared for such moments, onto his wounds.

Sssssss.

“It’s not over yet.”

From behind.

He heard the voice of an ordinary person.

He didn’t understand at first.

It wasn’t over yet?

But then, a despairing reality unfolded before Kang Min-ho, one he couldn’t possibly withstand.

Kraak!

Grrrr.

The ground trembled as a presence emerged.

They were none other than a swarm of soldier ants.

A swarm of soldier ants.

His mind felt paralyzed.

He knew soldier ants lived in this area, but their nests were far away.

So, it was known as a hunting ground where the occasional 1-2 ants that strayed from the group were dangerous.

He knew it was a little dangerous here, with a few ants sometimes. But he never thought there would be a swarm.

‘…Min-ah.’

His one and only daughter.

She came to mind.

If his daughter, not yet an adult, were left alone, how on earth would she survive in this harsh world?

He absolutely couldn’t die. He couldn’t die like this.

He was hurt. He couldn’t run away now, so Kang Min-ho gritted his teeth and rose, intending to face all the soldier ants.

He knew it was an impossible situation.

But.

He couldn’t give up.

As he watched the approaching swarm of soldier ants, he once again heard the voice of the ordinary person.

“I’m about to offer you something.”

Tap tap tap.

Crack!

Several soldier ants charged from all directions, displaying an intense murderous intent as if to tear Kang Min-ho apart.

Then, the ordinary person, Roman Dmitry, spoke again.

“These ants are not the only danger right now,” Roman Dmitry said.

“I will take care of them all and take you to a safe place. However, there is a condition. One month. Help me learn about this world for one month.”

“What on earth…”

Kang Min-ho didn’t understand.

How could an ordinary person, who didn’t even emit mana, possibly handle a swarm of soldier ants?

And what was he talking about adapting?

“Choose.”

Hearing the question again, Kang Min-ho had no time to think deeply.

To survive, he had to grasp at any straw.

The soldier ants were closing in.

Kang Min-ho shouted urgently.

“Alright! If I can survive here, I’ll help you with anything!”

As soon as those words were spoken.

Roman Dmitry, passing by Kang Min-ho who was standing with difficulty, began walking alone towards the soldier ants.

“It’s a deal,” Roman Dmitry said.