Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 1784

Munch, munch.

“Haaam~”

Kang Eun-young’s eyes twitched.

‘That’s definitely not our brother, no matter how I look at it….’

What kind of person was Kang Jin-ho?

He was someone who, for a time, made her see all other men in the world as squids. Of course, as she got older and got to know Kang Jin-ho better, that feeling disappeared, but still.

For Kang Eun-young, the sight of Kang Jin-ho sprawled on the sofa, munching on snacks, was not easy to accept. At first, she thought, ‘There are days like that,’ and brushed it off, but as the days passed, nothing seemed to change.

“It’s really strange.”

Kang Eun-young frowned and looked at Kang Jin-ho.

Below Kang Jin-ho’s rolled-up shirt, his abs were visible.

‘Why isn’t he gaining weight when he’s just lying there eating snacks?’

If Kang Eun-young were to lie down like that and inhale snacks, her belly would have ballooned like crazy, but that man doesn’t even move from the sofa, just keeps eating snacks, and his abs definition doesn’t disappear.

Even if the world is an unfair place, isn’t this going too far?

“Eun-young.”

“What?”

“Get me a cola from the fridge.”

Kang Eun-young’s mouth dropped open.

“Seriously, is this brother of mine crazy? Is he really just going to lie there and breathe?”

“……Please?”

“Huh.”

Kang Eun-young blinked.

“Brother.”

“What.”

“I won’t nag you for always wearing tracksuits, so please get up and go outside……”

“So, the cola.”

“Ugh! You damn man!”

Kang Eun-young rushed at Kang Jin-ho and smacked him on the back.

“Ouch! What kind of person has such a hard back?”

But her attack power couldn’t break through Kang Jin-ho’s defense. Only her hand hurt.

“Tch!”

Kang Eun-young turned away and took a cola from the fridge, handing it to Kang Jin-ho.

“Here!”

“Thanks.”

“……Brother.”

“Yeah?”

Kang Jin-ho, who had opened the cola while lying down, glanced at Kang Eun-young.

“How long are you going to play around?”

“……I’ve been thinking about it?”

Ugh.

Hmm.

“What do you think is the reason people work so hard?”

“What are you talking about? Isn’t it to make money?”

“Right?”

“Of course.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded as if to say, ‘See?’

“But I have a lot of money.”

“You couldn’t spend it all even if you stayed like this for the rest of your life.”

“Then why should I work?”

Kang Eun-young’s lips trembled.

‘He’s so annoying.’

It was so annoying that she wanted to flip out, but the fact that she couldn’t argue back was even more frustrating.

“Brother.”

Hmm.

“I know you’ve worked really hard all this time. I know it’s weird to nag you for lying down for a few days, but……”

“Yeah.”

“The problem is that you’re not resting, you’re just lazing around!”

Kang Jin-ho waved his hand as if annoyed.

“Ugh, nagging.”

“……Is this man really crazy?”

Kang Eun-young’s eyes blazed, but Kang Jin-ho neatly turned away, avoiding her gaze.

“May you get a boil on your back!”

As Kang Eun-young stomped into her room, Kang Jin-ho slowly raised his head and got up from his spot. He took the cola can and went into his room, sitting on the bed.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho lightly scratched his cheek with one hand.

“I don’t feel motivated.”

He thought that once he hit rock bottom, his motivation would return. Even he thought he had pushed himself too hard.

In the fight with the Sky King, he almost died. And it wasn’t like he hadn’t faced life-threatening situations before. Including his previous life, how many times had he crossed the line between life and death?

So, he thought it was natural that he didn’t feel motivated, but….

Thud.

Kang Jin-ho lay down on the bed.

Then he stared blankly at the ceiling.

‘It doesn’t feel like it’s because I’m tired… If that’s the case, there’s only one cause.’

“Is it him….”

The Black King.

A man who suddenly appeared and spoke as if he knew him very well. And….

‘A guy who might be the Azure Demon.’

His head was a mess.

“A returnee….”

The Sky King had said that returnees were absurd beings. That they were beings that should have disappeared from the world, but suddenly returned to the present era, disrupting the balance of the world.

‘He’s not wrong.’

Kang Jin-ho was someone who had originally taken his own life.

If he hadn’t returned to the past and lived a new life, he would have ended up dying alone without having any impact on the world.

How much has the world been twisted because Kang Jin-ho lived as the Heavenly Demon Lord and returned to the modern era?

He could understand the Sky King’s roar. If Kang Jin-ho were in that position, would he have been able to tolerate the absurdity? If another returnee were to twist his life now, Kang Jin-ho would surely be furious as well.

Kang Jin-ho’s gaze blankly stared at the ceiling.

“I….”

“I’ve already twisted the world.”

The General Assembly, which was originally supposed to have its owner decided by the match between Lee Joong-geol and Bang Jin-hoon, became his, and the Yeongnam Association, which had a high probability of becoming the ultimate winner of the Korean martial arts world, collapsed.

The Round Table came under his control, and the Japanese martial arts world completely collapsed.

Now, he was not only influencing China but also shaking the outside world under the name of MK.

The fact that the Prime Minister himself came out to greet him when he returned home was something that could not have been imagined in the past.

‘It’s not like I started it first.’

He wanted to live a normal life. Quietly.

Very quietly.

But they didn’t leave him alone. To protect his own life, he had no choice but to step forward and fight. To stop fighting anymore.

But….

‘If I go any further, it’s just an excuse.’

He doesn’t have to fight anymore. He doesn’t need to pursue strength to protect those around him, and he doesn’t need to push the General Assembly members.

Yet, maintaining the same way of life would be admitting that he had been creating situations to fight himself.

The proposition that kept Kang Jin-ho from moving was one thing.

‘What did I really want?’

The moment he faced the past, someone inside Kang Jin-ho asked.

Did you really want to live a normal life? Are all the things you are doing now really for that?

“Hmm….”

Kang Jin-ho scratched his head.

Well, it wasn’t that intense of a thought. He didn’t need to be intense anymore, and he didn’t need to push himself so hard. He was just leisurely reflecting on the thoughts that wouldn’t leave his head.

Until a conclusion was reached someday.

But….

Unfortunately, there were too many people in the world who didn’t want his peace.

Bang!

“Brother!”

“……Don’t you know what knocking is?”

“What knocking? Come out. You have a guest.”

“Huh? A guest?”

Kang Jin-ho tilted his head and got up from his spot.

Lee Hyun-soo looked at Kang Jin-ho with a face that was not only sullen but also mixed with annoyance.

Messy hair and a stretched-out tracksuit….

‘He looks like a bum.’

The head of the General Assembly and the chairman of MK was wandering around like a neighborhood bum….

“I’m just asking just in case.”

“……What.”

“Did the director say he wouldn’t meet you anymore?”

“He seemed happy to be playing around?”

“……Then it’s not a breakup.”

Lee Hyun-soo eliminated one of the reasons and sighed.

“Are you comfortable?”

“……I was comfortable until you came.”

“Then please be uncomfortable.”

Kang Jin-ho sighed.

To suddenly barge into someone else’s house without a word and then act so brazenly. It was so like Lee Hyun-soo that he didn’t even feel like arguing.

“Let’s go out for a bit.”

“Just talk here.”

“Don’t you need to smoke?”

“……Let’s go out.”

Lee Hyun-soo shook his head and got up from his spot.

“I’ll be back in a bit.”

“Okay. Please go out, please.”

With his sister’s enthusiastic support, Kang Jin-ho left the front door with Lee Hyun-soo.

Click.

Kang Jin-ho, who had settled in a suitable alley, put a cigarette in his mouth and lit it.

But….

Shhhhh.

Lee Hyun-soo, who was facing him, was sucking on a strange machine-like thing in his mouth.

“……Did you get asthma or something?”

“It’s an e-cigarette, an e-cigarette!”

“……What kind of cigarette is electronic?”

Lee Hyun-soo closed his eyes tightly. It wasn’t new that Kang Jin-ho was weak with modern things, but seeing him talk in this state made the word ‘pathetic,’ which he shouldn’t even think about, come to mind.

“So… have you rested enough?”

“I haven’t exactly rested.”

“Then what?”

“I just haven’t done anything.”

Kang Jin-ho thought that Lee Hyun-soo’s expression had become very colorful. Lee Hyun-soo used to have almost no expression, but now he clearly conveyed many emotions with just his face.

The problem was what those emotions were.

“Ugh.”

Lee Hyun-soo scratched his head vigorously.

He had a lot to say, and he desperately wanted to yell, but he felt like he shouldn’t do that.

And it was only after that thought that Lee Hyun-soo realized one thing.

‘It really suits him.’

As a martial artist, Kang Jin-ho was like a blade.

He always fought against the enemy at the forefront and showed no mercy.

He never stopped whipping himself and was extremely harsh on those who followed him.

But that was Kang Jin-ho the martial artist.

What would Kang Jin-ho have been like if he wasn’t a martial artist?

Lee Hyun-soo felt like he was seeing the answer now.

That’s right.

Sometimes when he joked around with him, when he met Choi Yeon-ha, and when he drank with his friends, Kang Jin-ho showed this side of himself.

A little dazed and bland.

Lee Hyun-soo thought that maybe this was the real Kang Jin-ho, the one who hadn’t become a martial artist.

‘It’s nonsense, but.’

“Head of the Assembly.”

“Hmm?”

Lee Hyun-soo quietly looked at Kang Jin-ho and opened his mouth.

“I’ve thought a lot about what to say. All sorts of stories, and answers to those stories. And how to persuade you, Head of the Assembly.”

“But looking at you now, it seems like it’s all meaningless. Instead, another question comes to mind.”

“What is it?”

Lee Hyun-soo quietly looked at Kang Jin-ho and opened his mouth.

“Are you thinking of stopping now?”

“….What?”

“Being a martial artist.”

Lee Hyun-soo quietly looked at Kang Jin-ho and said.

“Looking at you now, I think that you’re not resting, you’re not tired, you’re just going back to your original place. You don’t need to be involved with the General Assembly, and you don’t need to succeed to protect your family, just as Kang Jin-ho the human.”

Kang Jin-ho stared at Lee Hyun-soo with a blank look.

As if he had never even thought of receiving such a question.

Was that why?

The answer didn’t come easily.

Lee Hyun-soo looked at Kang Jin-ho and sighed.

“I understand one thing.”

His eyes narrowed slightly.

“How much you’ve been pushing yourself all this time.”

The cigarette smoke that Kang Jin-ho exhaled slowly dissipated.