Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1700

Vroom, vroom, vroom.

Lee Hyun-soo’s foot, pressing down on the accelerator, had a slight spring in its step.

‘This is a completely different driving experience.’

He knew it in his head, but actually driving it was a completely different feeling from a regular sedan.

When he drove Kang Jin-ho’s car, he couldn’t drive as he pleased because it was Kang Jin-ho’s car, but this car was his, so he could drive it a little more freely.

‘Is it because it’s smaller than the Chief’s car? It feels like the response is faster.’

The exhaust sound every time he stepped on the accelerator was also incredibly…

“Sounds like a ricer.”

Lee Hyun-soo turned his head, eyes trembling.

“A ricer, you say!”

“No. I mean, why is it so loud? It sounds like those thugs who remove their mufflers.”

“No, that’s when they drill through the muffler, this is just naturally loud!”

“Then isn’t that worse? It means the muffler isn’t made properly.”

Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes twitched.

To have such an absurd reaction after hearing this luxurious exhaust sound!

“This, this makes a man’s heart race!”

“A woman’s heart doesn’t race, so don’t say meaningless things and go to a car center to get a muffler.”

“Understood?”

“……Yes.”

Lee Hyun-soo slumped back against the sofa, dejected.

“But…”

“Yes?”

“Why are you using honorifics?”

“……Me?”

“Yeah. You suddenly started using honorifics, it’s creepy. Are you trying to get me to do something again?”

“Ah, no. I didn’t. You must have misheard.”

“Should I check the black box? Why are you lying again… No, it seems like I misheard.”

Seeing Lee Hyun-joo’s fist on her lap slightly clench, Lee Hyun-soo quickly changed his attitude and smiled brightly.

‘I need to survive.’

The moment that fist connects with his jaw, he’ll be saying goodbye to this world.

What? Truth?

What does that matter, life is what’s important!

“I’ll sell this car later.”

“It’s a gift from the Chief!”

“It’s a two-seater.”

“So what? It’s just the two of us anyway.”

“What if we have a kid? There’s no place to put a car seat, and a stroller won’t fit!”

Lee Hyun-soo turned to Lee Hyun-joo with a dumbfounded look.

Lee Hyun-joo, slightly flustered by his intense gaze, avoided his eyes.

Her face was slightly flushed.

This smart but dense human being realized her acceptance…

“Why do you need a stroller! You’re someone who can carry a person with one finger! Even a gorilla would call you ‘noona’ [older sister]…”

Thwack!

“Ugh…”

The sports car, which was driving down the road, swerved violently from side to side.

Lee Hyun-soo’s consciousness briefly faded and then returned from the fist that had dug into his side.

“People need to think before they speak.”

“……Yes.”

Lee Hyun-soo’s face turned pale.

‘Is this really going to be okay?’

If he married this woman, wouldn’t he really have to risk his life every day?

Should he reconsider now…

‘No. It’s too late.’

The die is cast. If he changes his mind now, he’ll really be killed.

Lee Hyun-soo, glancing at Lee Hyun-joo’s expression, saw the smile on her lips and couldn’t help but smile himself.

“But are you really going to be okay?”

“About what?”

“Marrying a guy like me. There must be a lot of things that bother you.”

“It’d be faster to find things that don’t bother me.”

Lee Hyun-soo turned to Lee Hyun-joo with a disgruntled look.

“Is, is there that much that bothers you? I haven’t said it out loud, but I think I’m a pretty good catch.”

“Huh? Who? You?”

A subtle look of contempt appeared in Lee Hyun-joo’s eyes.

“Are you out of your mind?”

“When it comes to husbands, you guys are the worst catches, you couldn’t find worse even in North Korea.”

“Why us?”

“There’s no end to it if I start listing them. Both of you are workaholics, neglecting your families, and you won’t be home before midnight more than twice a week.”

“Both of you are terribly oblivious, so even if someone gets upset, you won’t understand why, and you’re both so nosy, always rushing out whenever something happens, even if it’s not your business, and you’ll be awkward with kids and won’t play with them properly! If you look at it one by one, you guys have no redeeming qualities!”

“We, we make good money.”

“I have plenty of money too, you idiot! The Director has plenty too!”

Ah, that’s right.

They’re rich.

Choi Yeon-ha was rich to begin with.

And Lee Hyun-joo can also be considered wealthy now. Kang Jin-ho returned Lee Joong-gul’s house to her from the assets he had seized.

‘How big was that house?’

If she sold it, she would get enough money that an average office worker would have to work their entire life to earn.

Lee Hyun-joo tried not to accept the house, but to be honest, when has Kang Jin-ho ever done anything that wasn’t his way?

In the end, she had no choice but to accept it.

So, Lee Hyun-joo and Choi Yeon-ha are not people who lack money.

“So don’t have any weird pride. We’re the ones taking you guys in.”

“Yes, thank you.”

Lee Hyun-soo, who was confident that he could win any argument with logic, knew that he couldn’t argue in this area.

In fact, it was clear that both he and Kang Jin-ho had quite a few subtle deficiencies when viewed as human beings.

“Still…”

Lee Hyun-soo glanced sideways, and Lee Hyun-joo, her gaze fixed on the window, muttered.

“Well… it’s not like the Director or I are idiots, that’s why we’re with you guys.”

Seeing Lee Hyun-joo’s slightly flushed face, Lee Hyun-soo smiled brightly.

“What are you talking about?”

Lee Hyun-joo, who turned her head and stared blankly at Lee Hyun-soo, muttered.

“No. I think I am an idiot.”

Lee Hyun-soo coughed awkwardly and stepped on the accelerator a little harder without saying anything.

Lee Hyun-joo shook her head as she watched Lee Hyun-soo.

‘Can I really have a child with this guy and live with him?’

Thinking about it, it was a bit scary.

If their child got into a fight, a normal person would go to the child’s parents or teach their child not to fight, but this guy would teach their child ninety-nine ways to torment the kid who hit them without using violence.

‘And he’d teach them something incredibly petty.’

Whether a child could grow up normally under this guy was something to think about.

However…

‘Well, it’s not like this guy will be raising the child alone… I just need to do well.’

He might be a terrible parent when it comes to childcare…

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No. It’s nothing.”

“Huh?”

“…It’s just that I was thinking that maybe you could be a really good dad.”

“…What are you talking about?”

Lee Hyun-joo chuckled.

“I guess I’m wearing rose-colored glasses. I’m even thinking things like this.”

Lee Hyun-soo, thinking that he shouldn’t make any clumsy jokes here, drove in silence.

“But that was true, right?”

“What?”

“That you’ll reduce your workload after this is resolved.”

“It’s not that I’m reducing my workload…”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled bitterly.

“It’s that I won’t have any work to do.”

“…How can you not have any work to do? You guys are the type to create work.”

“That’s…”

How should he explain this?

“The reason why the Chief and I are working so hard is ultimately to make the Assembly stronger.”

“That’s right.”

“But the moment we no longer need to become stronger, there’s no need to create work. Other sects have a goal in becoming stronger. They want to achieve a certain level of success, or something like that?”

“…And?”

“The Assembly doesn’t have that.”

Lee Hyun-soo smiled bitterly.

“The reason we’re desperately reforming, training, and trying to become stronger is ultimately for survival. But the moment that survival is guaranteed, there’s no need to be so intense.”

“But you’ll still train, right?”

“That’s a personal matter.”

“Hmm.”

Lee Hyun-joo tilted her head.

She understood, but she didn’t understand.

“Well, you’ll see when the time comes.”

Lee Hyun-soo leaned back slightly in his seat.

Both he and Kang Jin-ho were practical people when you thought about it.

Of course, Kang Jin-ho would still pursue the ultimate goal of martial arts even after conquering China…

‘That’s all there is to it.’

There would be no need to divide his time to make everyone around him stronger like he was doing now.

The Assembly would be fine with just the directors, and MK would take care of the business.

‘I’ll become a jobless loafer, wandering around aimlessly.’

Lee Hyun-soo laughed.

He understood why the person sitting next to him was reacting strangely. They had never seen him like this before.

And Lee Hyun-soo was also curious.

What would he and Kang Jin-ho be like when they had nothing to do?

It was still a distant future, though.

‘There aren’t many cars around.’

Perhaps because they had gone to a deserted coast, there weren’t many cars on the way back either. It felt like he had the entire road to himself in the completely dark night.

The echoing exhaust sound and the subtle vibrations of the car made him feel a little excited…

“What!”

At that moment, Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes widened.

He had discovered something in the middle of the road in the pitch-black darkness. Before his head could give the order, his hands moved first, violently turning the steering wheel.

Screeeeeech!

The tires rubbed against the ground, creating long skid marks. It was a change of direction at a speed that would have easily caused a normal car to lose its balance, but somehow, perhaps because it was a sports car, it managed to suppress the tailing and regain its posture.

“No, why is that crazy bastard in the middle of the road…”

“Oppa!”

“Huh?”

At Lee Hyun-joo’s words, Lee Hyun-soo reflexively turned his head.

At the same time, the world began to slow down momentarily.

‘A martial artist?’

He clearly saw a blade, too large to be called a dagger, being drawn from the waist of the person standing in the middle of the road.

Slowly, so slowly.

Then…

Whoosh!

In the world that had slowed down, only the man’s movements as he swung his blade were violently fast.

The blue blade energy that was emitted from the blade flew like a missile towards Lee Hyun-soo’s car, which had barely changed direction.

‘Ah, no…’

Lee Hyun-soo’s eyes widened as he saw the blade energy flying towards the driver’s seat.

Crack!

The blade energy pierced the car. The blade energy, which cut through the steel like paper, pierced through the driver’s seat and the passenger seat, splitting the car in half.

Screeeeeech!

The two halves of the car, having lost their direction, bounced wildly left and right, spewing sparks like a fountain on the road.

Boom!

Boom!

The car, which had crashed into the guardrail, was unable to overcome its speed and bounced violently.

Whoosh!

Then, another wave of blade energy flew in!

Boom!

The fuel tank, which had been split in half, caught fire, causing a huge explosion in an instant.

The burning wreckage of the car began to illuminate the dark road.

The man.

Wang Yan-hong stared at the burning car.

“Dream in hell, Lee Hyun-soo.” A bitter smile appeared on his lips.