Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1650

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”Lee Hyun-soo screamed at the top of his lungs.Kang Jin-ho frowned at Lee Hyun-soo, as if he was being too much.“Calm down.”“How can I calm down right now? Those crazy bastards! Seriously, do they even have a brain?”Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes rolled back.It was a relief that they didn’t just launch air-to-air missiles, but the autocannon fire was more than enough to shoot down a fighter jet. And it wasn’t just warning shots, they were aiming directly.What if even one plane gets shot down?“Aren’t those bastards scared of Puchar [a reference to a powerful figure or entity]?”“Tsar versus the Emperor… That would be a great match.”“This isn’t the time for jokes!”Lee Hyun-soo watched the fighter jet formation move away with trembling eyes.‘Are they really crazy?’If what he saw a moment ago was correct, the autocannon hit the fuselage of the fighter jet. This could really escalate into a war. But those guys were circling back as if they didn’t care, aiming at them again.“Crazy bastards!”Lee Hyun-soo, who had never thought he lacked expression, couldn’t find any other words to say at this moment.What else can you say about a crazy person other than that they’re crazy?“How far are we?”“Almost there! Yes! We’re almost there!”“Hmm.”Kang Jin-ho glanced down.“I don’t want to damage the borrowed plane, so shall we go down a little faster than planned?”“No! That little bit could put us 100 km off course. This fighter jet is going at 1 km per second!”“…That fast?”“If we deviate just one minute early, someone who should land in Seoul will end up in Daejeon!”Lee Hyun-soo licked his lips as if they were parched.“We have to hold on! Even if a damn war breaks out, the Tsar and the Emperor can handle it. We’ll hang on until the very end, even if we die.”“Oh, by the way…”“Yes?”“…You might actually die, you know?”What is this guy talking about?Just as Lee Hyun-soo was about to glare at him, Kang Jin-ho reached into the subspace [a pocket dimension or storage space] and pulled out Red Tear.Then, he swung the sword behind Lee Hyun-soo.Clang! Clang! Clang!The sound of something being deflected rang out, as if tearing his eardrums.Lee Hyun-soo’s back was drenched in cold sweat as he realized he had almost been turned into a pincushion.‘If I ever come up with another crazy plan like this, I’m not human.’How can things always go to the worst possible scenario?“How much time left?”“Not yet!”“No, I mean, how much time is left?”Kang Jin-ho asked calmly, and Lee Hyun-soo regained his composure. Lee Hyun-soo looked at the watch on his wrist, narrowed his eyes, and quickly calculated the time.“One minute! Just one more minute!”“Then there’s no need to wait.”Kang Jin-ho’s eyes gleamed.One minute is 60 km. He could cover that distance with his legs. It was a hundred times easier than fighting fighter jets in the air.Kang Jin-ho swung his sword into the air.Whoosh!His sword energy soared, illuminating the surroundings.At the same time, Kang Jin-ho cut the wire rope without hesitation, detached from the fighter jet, and began to descend.“Ah, aaaaaaah! Parachute! Paaraaaachuuuute!”Lee Hyun-soo screamed in terror.Just in case, he had tied the wire rope to his body along with the parachute.“Cut this off! Quickly! Cut it off quickly!”Kang Jin-ho smiled wryly at Lee Hyun-soo’s desperate struggle.‘Maybe I shouldn’t have brought him.’ I brought him to help, but he’s just dead weight.“We don’t need it.”“Huh?”“If you open that, you’ll be a pincushion.”Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes widened. But soon, he understood that Kang Jin-ho’s words weren’t wrong, and he shook his head like a madman.“T-then, what are you going to do?”“It’s okay. I won’t die.”Seriously?Anyone can see that you’re going to die, right?Have you been watching too many cartoons?Kang Jin-ho glanced up. The Chinese squadron that had been chasing the fighter jet couldn’t follow Kang Jin-ho who had detached.It was almost impossible to find and pursue two people falling in this darkness. Especially with fighter jets flying at that speed.That meant they didn’t have to worry about the top anymore.Kang Jin-ho’s gaze turned downward.“Shall we go a little faster?”“Yes?”Kang Jin-ho grabbed Lee Hyun-soo by the collar, kicked off the air, and increased his speed as if diving down.Whoooooooosh!The wind rushed past his ears like crazy. The speed was so fast that the wind pressure made his face hurt.“o}o}o}o}o}o}o}o}o}| o] You crazy baaaaastard!”Lee Hyun-soo was almost out of his mind. Kang Jin-ho chuckled as he watched him.He didn’t do it to torment him, but seeing Lee Hyun-soo lose his mind made him feel like a decade-old indigestion had been relieved. He knew this wasn’t the time to enjoy it, but he couldn’t help but smile.“I told you, you won’t die.”“You won’t die, Master! You’re the type who would rip off the King of Hell’s head even if you fell into hell! But I’m weak!”“You won’t die, you won’t die. It’s okay.”Kang Jin-ho looked down with a calm face. The ground was rushing towards him at light speed.It would be safer to open the parachute and go down, but there was a high chance that the enemy would find their location.So, jumping down without a parachute was the right choice right now.Whoooooooosh!Tears streamed from Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes as he looked down.He wasn’t crying. It was just that the excessive wind was getting into his eyes and stimulating his tear ducts…“P-please, save meeeeeee!”“Tsk.”Kang Jin-ho pulled Lee Hyun-soo towards him as if he was annoyed, then grabbed Red Tear with his other hand.“It would be a hundred times safer to open the parachute! If we fall like this, it’ll sound like a bomb exploding!”“You talk too much.”Kang Jin-ho, who had descended to a point where the ground was clearly visible, swung Red Tear downwards.Whoooooooosh!At the same time, a sound like air colliding echoed madly, and their speed began to decrease exponentially.“Huh? Huh?”Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes widened in surprise.“What is this…”“You’re the one who took it for granted that you could block the wind coming from the front, so why are you overreacting when falling down?”“Ah…”Lee Hyun-soo nodded unconsciously.Kang Jin-ho’s Qi Barrier [a protective energy field] could even block the fierce gusts of wind. And the principle of a parachute is to reduce speed by using air resistance.If he deployed the Qi Barrier downwards, it would naturally have an effect greater than a parachute.‘Why didn’t I think of that… No, damn it. It’s natural that I didn’t think of it.’If you could think in that situation, would you even be human?Anyway, fortunately for Lee Hyun-soo, the two of them landed on the ground.Thud! Thud!Unlike Kang Jin-ho, who landed lightly, Lee Hyun-soo lost his footing and rolled on the ground.“Ughhh.”Lee Hyun-soo groaned and got up.Then, with a subtle expression, he glanced down at his lower body.“…Huh? Maybe?”“No! Don’t misunderstand anything!”It felt like something might have leaked a little… It must be sweat.Lee Hyun-soo, still not over the shock, looked around and shouted in surprise.“W-what about the other directors! Director Bang or Bator wouldn’t be able to do something like this…”That’s when it happened.Whoooosh.With a strange resonance, Wiggins, Bator, Bang Jin-hoon, and Jang Min appeared in front of them.Lee Hyun-soo stared at them blankly.“H-how did you guys get down?”“You’re asking the obvious.”Wiggins looked at Lee Hyun-soo as if asking why he was asking such a thing.“We teleported in the air to join up, then teleported down.”“And then we just found the Master and moved. Isn’t that obvious?”“…Teleport?”“Yes.”“Oh… so the four of you didn’t fall?”“That’s right. But how did you come down? It didn’t look like you opened a parachute.”Should I tell them?Should I tell them what happened with my own mouth?Me?Lee Hyun-soo couldn’t speak, his mind blank. Wiggins shrugged and said to Kang Jin-ho.“According to the GPS, we are 3 cm north of the target point. It would be better to correct our direction and enter Zhangjiakou directly.”Kang Jin-ho nodded.“However, we have to make a choice here again. Our goal is not to destroy the Changwang Realm, but to rescue Hongwang. Hongwang’s location is not specified, and we cannot contact them. So, we have to decide whether to find Hongwang quietly or to make a commotion and make Hongwang come out on their own.”Kang Jin-ho glanced at Wiggins.“Choice?”“Yes, Lord.”“That doesn’t seem like something we should be doing.”“Yes?”Kang Jin-ho looked ahead and curled up the corners of his mouth.“It seems like Changwang has prepared a lot. They welcomed us with fighter jets from above, and they’ve laid out people like a pack of dogs below.”Wiggins’s face hardened at those words.“Have we been discovered?”“It seems so.”Kang Jin-ho said in a low voice.“Even if we go to Zhangjiakou, there’s no guarantee that we’ll find Hongwang’s location. We can’t even find Changwang, so we’re no different.”“That’s true.”“So, we’ll go with the latter.”Wiggins smiled wryly.“I thought you would say that.”“Everyone…”Kang Jin-ho turned his head and looked at the directors.“We’re going to Zhangjiakou by the shortest route. We’ll kill and destroy everything that gets in our way.”Bator grinned, revealing his teeth.“It’s been a while since I’ve had a proper chance to loosen up.”Jang Min bowed his head.“My Lord, I will pave the way for you.”Wiggins shrugged.“If possible, I’d like to conserve my magic by providing rear support. For later.”Bang Jin-hoon spat on the ground.“If we’ve come this far, this is how it’s going to be. We came prepared anyway.”Kang Jin-ho smiled as he looked at the directors, who didn’t flinch at all. However…“…Me too?”Why did he bring that guy?Kang Jin-ho shook his head as he looked at Lee Hyun-soo, who was cowering.“If you can’t do it, just go back.”“…He’s not even human, not even human.”How could he go back alone in the middle of China? He would be captured and subjected to the 108 tortures that the public security had prepared with care before an hour had passed.“Can I tell them everything?”“Leave your mouth behind.”“…I’ll do my best to fight.”Kang Jin-ho shook his head and looked ahead.He could feel the presence of the warriors approaching them from the front.“Let’s go wild.”Black demonic energy slowly began to emanate from Kang Jin-ho’s body.Seeing the eerie smile on his lips, the directors each steeled their resolve and began to charge forward.