The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 470

Life in Incheon seemed normal, but inside the government building, people were arguing loudly.

“The President remains steadfast. He has drawn a line, stating that the safety of the shelter is the top priority, and it is impossible to dispatch troops to each government.”

“Damn it!”

Kim Junhyuk, the mayor of Incheon, reacted irritably.

“Yes, it’s the same pattern every time. Dispersing troops is dangerous. They are not unaware of the difficulties in regions other than Seoul, but if Seoul falls, there is no future for Korea. They are only thinking about themselves! They talk about Korea’s future, but they only care about Seoul. It’s clear they don’t think people outside Seoul are important.”

After the Great Disaster, Korea changed. The President created a central government in Seoul. Areas outside Seoul had to manage themselves.

It sounded like a good idea to keep people safe. But those who knew better understood the truth: the central government was just passing the problem to others.

It meant surviving on their own.

They had to unite under the name of the central government when necessary, but when the Great Disaster actually struck, they were forced to survive independently until the safety of the shelter was secured.

That was why it was called the Incheon Government. Kim Junhyuk, the mayor of this place, held all of Incheon in his grasp, but no one considered it power.

He was the mayor, and that meant he was responsible for everything.

Thinking about the future ahead, Kim Junhyuk couldn’t calm his emotions.

“Several years have passed since the 5th Great Disaster. The longer the cycle, the more the Great Disaster has always exceeded our expectations. This time will be no different. If we prepare at the same level as we did years ago, the people living in Incheon will not be able to escape death.”

“Lately, there have been warning signs. The 6th Great Disaster will strike in the near future.”

“No one is unaware of that fact. Not only us, but the whole world knows that the 6th Great Disaster will strike. But we have no choice. The central government of Korea is gathering powerful figures around Seoul, and local governments like Incheon have long been out of their sight. Only after many people die will the President belatedly try to take care of the people’s livelihood.”

His head ached.

The storm ahead.

He didn’t have the confidence to stop it.

When the Great Disaster swept through Incheon years ago, Kim Junhyuk witnessed countless people who followed him die.

He looked out at Incheon. Buildings stood tall, cars moved in the streets – it looked like life was back to normal. But Kim Junhyuk knew it was a lie. Underneath the surface, the city was still wounded.

“Every time a disaster strikes, the city becomes a wasteland. The White-Robed Wizard uses restoration magic to turn it back as if nothing happened, but the scenery we are looking at now is actually just a graveyard made up of countless corpses piled up. So, this won’t do. We must find a way. We cannot face the 6th Great Disaster in the same way as the 5th Great Disaster.”

The mayor’s seat.

What he wanted was not great power.

He wanted to create a space where people could live in this chaotic world.

Knock knock.

“May I come in?”

“Come in.”

It was his secretary.

Unlike the aide who had just reported, the secretary with a stern impression spoke.

“I have something to report about an unidentified person who entered the city today. According to the person who guaranteed his identity, he is a Peak Hunter without affiliation.”

Peak Hunter.

His expression changed.

Kim Junhyuk looked at his secretary and said.

“A Peak Hunter without affiliation? Call the guarantor right now. I will confirm that fact myself.”

It was a rare opportunity.

Kang Minho, who was meeting the mayor of Incheon for the first time, briefly introduced himself and then spoke about the situation he had experienced.

“Meeting him was a coincidence. I was wandering around an E-class hunting ground…”

From beginning to end, he didn’t bother hiding the truth. Because Roman Dmitry had allowed it, he had to highlight the facts in order to increase his value.

“To be honest, I’m still dazed. I was convinced he was an ordinary person because he wasn’t detected by the mana measuring device, but he instantly slaughtered five soldier ants with just a twig. Only then did I realize that he was a hunter of Peak rank or higher. Judging from his ignorance of Korean culture, it seems like there are special circumstances, but his skills are real.”

“To kill a group of soldier ants with just a twig. Are you sure he handled them with just a twig?”

“I’m sure.”

Kim Junhyuk was impressed.

Soldier ants were quite tricky monsters. It was known that their hard exoskeletons and habit of using tunnels exerted even more destructive power when they formed a group.

But to deal with such soldier ants with just a twig was impossible to understand with common sense.

‘If what the guarantor says is true…….’

He swallowed hard.

A skilled person who defied common sense.

There was no other way to explain it.

Kim Junhyuk said.

“As you know, skilled people of Peak rank are talents that each government wants to recruit. Of course, if this fact becomes known, the central government will approach him, but the Incheon government also desperately needs a Peak Hunter. So, if it’s not too much to ask, could you act as a bridge between us and him?”

“It’s impossible right now.”

“Does ‘right now’ mean it’s possible later?”

“Yes. He warned that no one should contact him for the next month. It doesn’t mean he’s cutting off communication with the government. However, he seemed to need time to adjust to this place. If anyone violates the warning and approaches him, he said he couldn’t guarantee what would happen afterward, so if the Incheon government intends to recruit him, it would be best to keep a distance for now.”

It was sincere advice.

The problem was that a month was too long for the Incheon government.

‘From the moment he came to me and mentioned the Peak Hunter, it’s clear that information about the Peak Hunter will be leaked in some way.

The central government and various hunter guilds will approach the Peak Hunter. But is it right for me to wait a month?’

It was a dilemma.

There was nothing more ridiculous than waiting out of consideration for the other party, only to have another force snatch the Peak Hunter first.

“I understand. I will not approach him for a month.”

Kim Junhyuk stepped back.

The skill to knock down a group of soldier ants with just a twig, and the way he knew about the rules and quickly set boundaries…

It was instinct.

He had an instinctive feeling that things would not go well in the future if his relationship with him went wrong.

But he didn’t intend to just sit still.

“Here is my number. If you need the government’s help in Incheon, or if you want to talk about anything, call me. While he is in Incheon, the government will take care of everything he needs, so he’s comfortable. Don’t worry about asking. If you can set up just one meeting, in one month, I will make it worth your time.”

Just one meeting.

It was a minimal request.

Kang Min-ho also thought it was perfectly reasonable.

“I understand. I will do that.”

“Thank you. But… may I ask for his name?”

A moment.

Kang Min-ho’s eyes widened.

Now that he thought about it, he didn’t yet know Roman Dmitry’s name.

The news spread quickly. Days later, Roman Dmitry was alone in the villa.

On the cold, grey stone stairs of the government building, a man pulled out his phone and made a call.

“I just heard a scoop. An unidentified person entered Incheon today, and he is supposedly a Zenith Hunter. And an unaffiliated one at that!”

[An unaffiliated Zenith Hunter? Are you sure?]

“Absolutely. When have I ever lied with this kind of information? A report call came into the Incheon government, and Mr. Shinwon and Kim Jun-hyuk are having a private meeting to confirm the facts. If the Incheon Mayor is moving personally, it’s clear that he’s no ordinary person.”

[I understand. If that information is true, our Red Moon Guild will not forget this contribution.]

“Thank you! Thank you!” The man’s face lit up. *This could be my big break,* he thought, imagining the rewards from the Red Moon Guild.

He was one of the many informants working for the Incheon government.

In the upcoming great chaos, forming ties with major guilds in Incheon like Red Moon was a tremendous achievement.

However.

There was a fact he overlooked.

Kang Min-ho’s warning.

Since he couldn’t directly hear the private conversation between the Incheon Mayor and Kang Min-ho, he couldn’t report Roman Dmitry’s warning not to approach him for a month.

Even if he had known, it wouldn’t have been a problem.

It was a simple matter.

In the process of acquiring a talented individual, no force would ever wait a month.

Roman Dmitry spent time alone.

A month.

The reason he informed Kang Min-ho of that time was to fully understand the world he would be living in.

‘I can’t solve the language problem with magic forever. Language will be a problem sometimes, but I can’t just blame others. I need to learn. Understanding the new world. To live in the future, I must accept the new reality.’

The first step of adaptation.

It was learning.

It was different from his previous life.

Back then, he solved many problems with memories imprinted on his body, but now, greater effort was required.

Of course.

Unlike then, he possessed powerful force from the start.

He was confident he could defeat any enemy he encountered, but Roman Dmitry did not allow any element of carelessness in any situation.

He had crossed the boundaries of dimensions. If he couldn’t predict the future in an unknown world, he needed to prepare perfectly within the scope of what he could do himself.

That was.

Roman Dmitry.

After asking Kang Min-ho for various materials needed for learning, he didn’t step outside the villa even once.

Knowledge accumulated rapidly.

A body with the upper Dantian opened.

The brain developed dramatically.

In just a few days, he absorbed an unimaginable amount of knowledge like crazy.

In the midst of this.

Roman Dmitry had a question.

‘God said he would return me to my original world. Since that’s the only way my soul won’t cause any more problems, this world I exist in now must be the distant future of my previous life. But there are no records related to the Murim anywhere in this world. The fact that the world is discussed as a fantasy means that they perished after I disappeared.’

The destruction of the Murim.

It was a shocking future.

In the past, the imperial family had implemented a policy to exterminate the Murim, but Baek Jung-hyuk existed, so their plan was thwarted.

It was a problem to be learned slowly in the future.

Although no lingering attachments remained in the past, it was necessary to find out the background of the collapse of the Demonic Cult he had built.

Strangely enough, martial arts existed in this world.

It did not originate from the Central Plains Murim, but was a branch derived from a system that made people stronger.

People called it a skill.

Roman Dmitry had not experienced the system, but he planned to study them gradually, just as he had mastered the ways of the Salamander Continent.

This life.

It was not yet organized.

How to live, what the goal of life is.

In the unstable flow of life, Roman Dmitry gained knowledge and maintained his center so as not to be shaken.

That day was the same.

As he read the books he had received from Kang Min-ho one by one, he heard the sound of an unfamiliar visitor knocking on the door.

Knock knock.

“Are you there?”

Voice.

Footsteps.

It wasn’t Kang Min-ho.

An uninvited guest.

As if forcing his presence, the other party knocked on the door once more and said.

Knock knock.

“Hello? I’m from the Red Moon Guild. We heard you were staying here, and we wanted to introduce ourselves.”

Judging by the voice, it didn’t seem like they would just back down.

A tone that notified of a meeting.

It was irritating.

Roman Dmitry got up from his seat.

Tearing the spare translation scroll that Kang Min-ho had given him, Roman Dmitry opened the front door with a cold face.