Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1112

A lowered head.

A powerless voice leaks from the neck, limp like a corpse.

“I am the one who kidnapped Lee Hyun-soo. Please… please release him. It was me, I… I am the one who did it.”

It feels like being drained of color while still alive.

Knight Bellinger thought that something was leaving him at this moment.

Perhaps it was his fighting spirit, or maybe his youth. Or it could be his will to protect the Round Table [a legendary group of knights].

At this moment.

He had lost everything.

But it was okay. He didn’t need any of those things anymore anyway. The dead need nothing.

“Hoo, hoo! Hoo!”

Knight Kramer breathed heavily.

From his perspective, it must have felt like he had crossed the threshold of death and returned.

“I will take all the blame. So… please stop now. I… I have lost.”

The knights’ gazes were fixed on Knight Bellinger.

Various gazes.

Resentment, anger, pity, and sorrow. How could they look at him with just one emotion?

They had gone through so much because of what Knight Bellinger had done.

But they couldn’t just be angry at Knight Bellinger and curse him because… they knew what he was feeling when he did this.

And it ends here.

As Knight Bellinger collapses, no one will be left at the Round Table to oppose Kang Jin-ho. They will now have no choice but to watch Kang Jin-ho swallow the Round Table whole.

If only….

If only they had joined forces to oppose him from the beginning, the outcome might have been a little different.

But now they cannot resist.

They had learned to fear Kang Jin-ho. Now, those who were here would not even dare to make eye contact with Kang Jin-ho. That’s what fear is like.

“S-save me! Please save me! It wasn’t me! It was him! Knight Bellinger ordered me to do it! Not me!”

Knight Kramer, regaining his senses, desperately shouted and screamed. Kang Jin-ho’s hand was still gripping his face. Like someone with their neck on the guillotine, Knight Kramer babbled incoherently with a terrified face.

Knight Bellinger felt responsible.

Rather, after speaking, he felt at peace. His obsession with living had disappeared. The most agonizing time for a human is when they have to make an impossible choice. Those who have already made a choice no longer have to agonize.

Even if it was Knight Kramer who instigated Knight Bellinger, it was Knight Bellinger who acted on that instigation and created the situation.

That’s what responsibility is.

If you were going to shift the blame to others, you shouldn’t have started in the first place.

“Take my head.”

Knight Bellinger rose from his seat.

“And release him. He was just following my orders. He will never oppose you again. Lord, please end it with my life. Haven’t you achieved everything you wanted?”

Kang Jin-ho quietly looked at Knight Bellinger.

His appearance, having shaken off all confusion, even felt relaxed.

The corners of Kang Jin-ho’s mouth curled up.

Kang Jin-ho, who had been looking at Knight Bellinger without a word, slowly opened his mouth.

“I know.”

And the moment they thought everything was over, everything started again.

“Kkkyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!”

Knight Kramer convulsed, letting out an animalistic scream.

“What!”

Knight Bellinger was horrified and shouted.

Wasn’t it already over?

Hadn’t he said that he would take the blame?

He had confessed that he was the one who kidnapped Lee Hyun-soo. Then, shouldn’t he just be killed?

But why! Why!

Is he just trying to torment them?

Is he just trying to kill them?

“Didn’t you say to kill me! Me! Kang Jin-hooooooooooo!”

Knight Bellinger’s shout and Knight Kramer’s scream mixed together, echoing through the hall.

Kang Jin-ho, who was gripping Knight Kramer with one hand, bared his teeth and laughed.

“You’re not very bright.”

“P-please, stop…”

“What did I say?”

Knight Bellinger’s eyes trembled.

What did Kang Jin-ho say? What did Kang Jin-ho say?

“B-bring Lee Hyun-soo…”

“You know.”

Crack.

Strange bone sounds began to emanate from Knight Kramer’s face. Knight Kramer, who could no longer even scream, trembled. His limp body split and tore apart, spraying blood everywhere.

“But what are you doing?”

“I, I…”

“Nothing has changed. I never said to bring the culprit. I only said to bring Lee Hyun-soo. So why should I stop?”

This man is a devil.

A devil.

A devil who plays with people’s minds.

“It’s strange. I tell them what I want and even give them conditions. But all these supposedly wise people come up with strange answers. Isn’t it interesting?”

He couldn’t say anything.

“Do you want to save this guy? Then you better hurry. If Lee Hyun-soo arrives quickly, maybe he can be saved.”

Kang Jin-ho, covered in blood, smiled as if he was having the time of his life.

“Get up.”

“Huh?”

“We’re going back to the Round Table. Get up.”

“Ah, yes, well…”

Lee Hyun-soo nodded listlessly.

“Looks like things worked out well.”

“I said get up!”

“But what should I do?”

Lee Hyun-soo lay down on the bed.

“I don’t really feel like going anymore.”

Wilhelm’s eyes were bloodshot.

“Right now!”

The hand that reached out to grab Lee Hyun-soo’s collar stopped in mid-air.

Lee Hyun-soo smiled and grabbed his own neck.

“I may be a bit pathetic for a martial artist, but I can always hurt myself. So, I’d appreciate it if you’d back off a bit?”

Wilhelm’s eyes wavered.

The order he received was to bring Lee Hyun-soo back without a single scratch. If Lee Hyun-soo hurt himself, he would not be able to fulfill that order.

No, before that….

How could he react like this?

Lee Hyun-soo couldn’t have heard his conversation with Knight Bellinger, so how could he do this? It’s not like he can read minds.

“Did you expect this to happen?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m just feeling twisted right now.

You kidnap me as you please, and then tell me to go back as you please. Isn’t that annoying?”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled.

“So, I’m just trying to screw you over. I don’t know if it’ll work, though.”

Gritting his teeth, Wilhelm clenched his jaw.

“Still, you can guess. By now, the Lord is probably tearing the Round Table to shreds. You should have done your research properly. The reason he left the Round Table alone wasn’t because he was weak.

What do you think is the reason for raising dogs? Dogs that try to bite their owners are put down.”

“You…”

Wilhelm suppressed his anger.

He wanted to kill him.

He wanted to rip that cunning bastard’s head off right now. But he knew. He knew he shouldn’t.

“What should I do?”

“Hmm.”

Lee Hyun-soo shrugged.

“At this point, you shouldn’t be threatening me, you should be asking me for a favor. But don’t you think you’re holding your head too high for someone asking for a favor?”

“I told you, I’d crawl on the floor like a dog to survive. Can you do that too?”

Wilhelm’s knees buckled. Thud.

Wilhelm, kneeling on the floor, placed his trembling hands on the ground and lowered his head.

“Please…”

“Hey, you’re making it too easy. It’s no fun.”

Lee Hyun-soo got up from his seat.

“It’s no use tormenting someone who’s just following orders anyway. Let’s go.”

“…It was worse than I thought.”

Lee Hyun-soo shuddered as he looked at the state of the Round Table.

He had roughly expected it. Just by looking at their desperate appearances, he could guess what Kang Jin-ho was doing.

But the scene before his eyes was a little different from what Lee Hyun-soo had expected.

There weren’t as many dead as he thought, and unlike his expectation of a sea of blood, there was only a moderate amount of blood.

But….

‘Can I really say that this is a small amount of damage?’

Of course, there weren’t as many dead as he thought.

Even if everyone on the floor was dead, there were only four. Considering Kang Jin-ho’s skills, it could be said that very few had died.

The problem wasn’t the dead, but the living.

The Knights.

The core of the Round Table, filled with the most outstanding martial artists from each country.

Their condition was extremely strange.

It was as if their life force had been sucked out.

What on earth did he have to do to make them all look like this in just a day or so?

Even the Master looked like he had aged ten years in that short time.

Lee Hyun-soo shook his head and approached Kang Jin-ho.

Then, he bowed his head in front of him.

“I’m sorry for making you worry. I apologize.”

“It’s okay.”

“I’ll be more careful in the future.”

“Do that.”

After speaking, Lee Hyun-soo went and stood behind Kang Jin-ho.

“What will you do with the rest?”

At Lee Hyun-soo’s question, Kang Jin-ho turned his head. The knights, half out of their minds, came into his view.

“Is it necessary?”

“Definitely.”

Lee Hyun-soo gave a bitter smile.

In the end, the knights are just people who are selected. Even if they were all killed in this place, new knights would just be created. Of course, since they would have to be filled in suddenly, the quality of the talent would be lower, but it wouldn’t be to the point where they couldn’t fulfill the role of a knight.

Then it would be better to keep them.

They would never be able to oppose Kang Jin-ho again.

‘It didn’t go as expected, but the results are better than I thought.’

None of the scenarios Lee Hyun-soo had drawn could have created such a shocking ending. If it was a blessing in disguise, it was a blessing in disguise.

Before Lee Hyun-soo could finish his thoughts, Kang Jin-ho got up from his seat.

Then, he slowly walked towards Knight Bellinger.

‘…I didn’t realize.’

The man was kneeling on the floor.

Everyone else was sitting in chairs, but he was the only one doing that, so he stood out, but Lee Hyun-soo didn’t realize that he was Knight Bellinger.

He was so different from how he looked before.

His hair had turned completely white, and his face was wrinkled.

And his shoulders were slumped.

Knight Bellinger’s appearance, with all his spirit and vitality gone, had changed so much that he couldn’t even recall his past self.

He couldn’t even imagine how much a person had to go through to change so much in a single day.

Step, step.

Kang Jin-ho approached Knight Bellinger.

Then, he stopped in front of him.

Knight Bellinger’s head slowly lifted. His eyes, which had lost all their vitality and were hazy, stared at Kang Jin-ho.

Kang Jin-ho looked at Knight Bellinger and chuckled softly.

“It was quite fun.”

Kang Jin-ho patted Knight Bellinger’s shoulder and turned around.