Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1367

“Aaaaaaaargh!”

“Shut your mouth!”

“Ah, no! I! Uwaaaaaaaaargh!”

Lee Hyun-soo’s face contorted.

‘Screaming must be even harder.’

The wind pressure felt like it would tear his face apart, and yet, being able to scream amidst all that was quite something.

‘Well, it’s understandable and not understandable at the same time.’

Even Lee Hyun-soo, when he first experienced this situation, felt like his soul was leaving his body. If even Lee Hyun-soo, who could be considered a martial artist, was losing his mind, how could Jang Pil-jae, a normal person, possibly handle this?

It must be ten times scarier than the scariest roller coaster in the world.

“Hiiiik! No! Hiiiiiiik!”

He understands.

He really does understand.

But trying to hold down Jang Pil-jae, who was wriggling in his arms, felt strange.

He knew this wasn’t the time to be thinking such things, but the situation was…

“No! Don’t cling to me!”

“Who wants to cling to you! I’m about to fall off!”

“You won’t fall! You won’t fall off! I’m holding you!”

“Don’t let go! You absolutely can’t let go!”

“Ugh, seriously!”

He felt like throwing him off out of spite, but something about their bond held him back.

“Hiiik! Blood! Blood!”

Jang Pil-jae twisted his body in terror at the blood splattering on his face. Lee Hyun-soo, who was holding onto Jang Pil-jae tightly to prevent him from falling, yelled.

“Hey! What kind of informant makes such a fuss over a little blood!”

“What kind of informant sees blood, you idiot! If there’s blood, it means I’m already dead!”

“You idiot?”

Lee Hyun-soo slightly loosened his grip on Jang Pil-jae.

“Uwaaaaaa! I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I was wrong!”

Lee Hyun-soo gave a wry smile.

‘I’m crazy too.’

Doing this kind of thing in this situation.

He turned his head and saw the scenery passing by at an unbelievable speed.

‘It’s probably not that different from a high-speed train.’

But the scenery viewed from the safety of a train car and the scenery viewed while directly facing the wind could not be the same. Even if the speed was the same, the perception would change depending on the situation.

The fear of dying if they slipped and crashed tightened Lee Hyun-soo’s heart.

Moreover…

Fwoooosh!

Lee Hyun-soo bit his lip.

The person blocking Kang Jin-ho’s path was literally torn to pieces and scattered in all directions.

The front was dyed red with blood, then quickly brightened. When he turned his head, the blood, scattered like mist, was falling like rain.

‘I really can’t get used to this sight.’

Even though Lee Hyun-soo was more than familiar with Kang Jin-ho, he still couldn’t get used to the scenes Kang Jin-ho created. No, perhaps he would never get used to such scenes in his entire life.

If he became accustomed to this, it would be difficult to define himself as a human anymore.

Lee Hyun-soo slightly raised his head and looked at Kang Jin-ho’s back.

His back, running forward without looking back, was both familiar and strange.

He had seen him countless times not looking back once he set a goal, but that wasn’t the problem…

“Lord! Lord! The direction is wrong! Left! To the left!”

Kang Jin-ho abruptly turned to the side.

Crack.

The sound of a bone breaking could be heard. His neck couldn’t withstand the weight of his body, which had been bent so sharply.

“Aaaack! Blood rushing to my head!”

If he could, Lee Hyun-soo wanted to find a needle and thread and sew Jang Pil-jae’s mouth shut. Lee Hyun-soo was on the verge of breaking his neck trying to support the weight of two people, but this guy’s mouth just wouldn’t stop.

“L, Lord! Shoulder! Shoulder! Your neck will break!”

Kang Jin-ho instantly took his hand off Lee Hyun-soo’s neck and grabbed his shoulder. It felt like fingers made of steel were digging into his shoulder.

Lee Hyun-soo desperately gritted his teeth and suppressed a groan. Right now, they were just burdens to Kang Jin-ho. As burdens, they should just stay quiet.

He couldn’t increase Kang Jin-ho’s burden by making a fuss like Jang Pil-jae.

‘Damn it, how did they know?’

No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand.

Chinese surveillance?

That couldn’t be it.

If China knew that Kang Jin-ho was going to North Korea, they would have stopped him before he even entered North Korea. They wouldn’t have allowed him to go to a foreign country where it would be difficult to move around.

If that was the case, then North Korea knew something that even China didn’t know…

‘Does that even make sense?’

The intelligence capabilities of North Korea and China were incomparable. Of course, there were times when things happened by chance, but no matter how he thought about it, Kang Jin-ho and his group hadn’t given them any openings.

“They’re coming.”

Kang Jin-ho said calmly and increased his speed.

‘How many is this already?’

The encirclement didn’t disappear.

It wasn’t a massive encirclement of troops like they had experienced in China. However, the encirclement was endless. It was as if all of North Korea’s troops were trying to stop them.

Moreover…

Thud!

A light impact sound, unlike Kang Jin-ho, was heard.

At the same time, a person who had been blocking their path was sent tumbling to the side.

‘Damn it, it’s a kid!’

From what he could see, it was clearly a child who hadn’t reached adulthood yet.

“Damn it, are they just throwing anyone in the way! These bastards!”

The people who had blocked them in China were definitely trained soldiers. But the people blocking Kang Jin-ho here were all over the place.

There were martial artists who emitted a surprising amount of energy, and there were also ordinary soldiers who hadn’t received any training. There were even children who still had baby fuzz on their faces, blocking their path with trembling eyes.

‘Damn it!’

That’s why Kang Jin-ho’s burden was increasing.

Kang Jin-ho was a person with clear standards. He kills those who block him. But whether those who block him do so of their own will was another matter.

Those who were forced to take steps to avoid being killed for disobeying orders and those who were running to kill Kang Jin-ho were not the same.

‘It would be much easier if he just killed them all.’

Even while moving at high speed, Kang Jin-ho was distinguishing between martial artists, soldiers, and civilians disguised as soldiers.

He thoroughly crushed the martial artists who blocked him, leaving no trace of their bodies, and tried to resolve the soldiers by knocking them unconscious. And he was doing his best to only knock out civilians and children without hurting them.

How difficult would it be to instantly distinguish and respond differently to the incoming enemies?

‘Even if it’s Lord, his stamina aside, his mental strength won’t last.’

Lee Hyun-soo quickly checked the GPS.

‘Damn it, the distance is still…’

Even at this speed, it would take another 30 minutes to reach the place he had promised Wiggins.

He didn’t think Kang Jin-ho would collapse at this level, but this place was full of variables. Anything could happen at any moment…

Kwaaaaaaaah!

At that moment, Lee Hyun-soo heard a loud roar.

And he also heard Kang Jin-ho sucking in air. Before he could even grasp the situation, he felt like his body was floating into the air.

At the same time…

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A huge explosion erupted.

Lee Hyun-soo reflexively looked down. The place where they had been standing just a moment ago was exploding with a loud bang.

‘These crazy bastards!’

There were people.

There were people mobilized here to stop Kang Jin-ho. And yet, they fired artillery without even knowing how close their own allies were.

It was something that people who thought of others as people could never do.

“H… Hmmm?”

Lee Hyun-soo turned his head at the unfamiliar voice that pierced his ears. A person wearing an army uniform was held in Kang Jin-ho’s hand.

“Th…”

A youthful face.

A child with a face blackened by soot, whether it was intentionally smeared or naturally there, had a blank look on his face.

Even amidst the explosion, he had grabbed the child who had been blocking his path and soared into the air.

Grind.

A low sound of teeth grinding could be heard.

Lee Hyun-soo had no doubt that the sound came from Kang Jin-ho’s mouth.

Fwoosh!

Kang Jin-ho, who had landed on the ground, pushed the child to the side. Before the child, who had fallen to the ground with twisted legs, could even come to his senses, Kang Jin-ho started running again.

It was becoming real.

‘This is North Korea.’

Was it particularly more dangerous?

Or was there something great here? No.

Even so, the reason why the word North Korea was repulsive was because this place was still a land of barbarism.

A place where they casually rejected what everyone accepted as common sense. A place where the priorities of society were reversed.

The moment he realized that, the air felt heavy.

‘I have to get out of here.’

Lee Hyun-soo gritted his teeth.

Now, he didn’t want to set foot on this land for a different reason. He just wanted to return to South Korea as soon as possible.

“Lee Hyun-soo!”

“Yes!”

“Direction!”

Lee Hyun-soo quickly checked the GPS.

“R… No! Left!”

And Kang Jin-ho started running again without any hesitation.

Kwaaaaaaaah!

Kwaaaaaaaaaaah!

The sound of something tearing through the air pierced his ears, and then explosions began to erupt continuously from behind.

“Damn it, what the hell is this!”

“What do you think it is! It’s the damn magic wand of Allah!”

Lee Hyun-soo’s face contorted at Jang Pil-jae’s hysterical answer.

“How can these penniless bastards fire so many shells!”

“It’s not that they can’t fire because they don’t have money, it’s that they don’t have money because they buy this kind of stuff!”

“You’re so damn logical in the middle of all this!”

Experiencing artillery shells exploding behind him was enough to make all the hairs on his body stand on end, but from a cold perspective, it wasn’t a big threat. Shells flying at that speed could never catch Kang Jin-ho.

With Kang Jin-ho’s reflexes, it wouldn’t be difficult to see them coming and dodge them.

The problem wasn’t that.

‘How many are they mobilizing?’

China still had to at least be mindful of its residents. They couldn’t help but feel burdened by mobilizing firepower within their own country.

But North Korea was different.

North Korea, the only completely controlled country on Earth, was a country where they could conduct nuclear tests within their own territory without any backlash.

There would be no problem if a few shells exploded. That meant they could fire even greater firepower that China couldn’t mobilize. Like bombers or tanks.

‘If anything is working properly, that is.’

The only thing to rely on was the fact that their outdated equipment wasn’t working properly. He hoped that their lack of money would hold them back…

It was at that moment.

Suddenly.

A black hand suddenly burst out of the ground. And then, with a knife in its hand, it aimed for Kang Jin-ho’s ankle.

Kang Jin-ho kicked the hand holding the knife at the same speed he was running.

Crack.

With a dull sound, the arm was torn off and flew into the air. But thanks to that, Kang Jin-ho’s speed had to slow down a little.

“Up, up!”

Lee Hyun-soo’s head was reflexively thrown back as if it was being bent.

At the same time, Lee Hyun-soo saw it.

He saw dozens of shadows descending to the ground, obscuring the moon in the sky.