Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 362

“What’s that noise?”Kim Seok-il rose from his seat, his expression stiff. At his movement, the secretaries guarding the door rushed inside.

“Ch, Chairman!”

“What is it!”

“The, the Assembly! The Assembly bastards have attacked!”

“The Assembly?”Kim Seok-il’s face hardened instantly.

“Attacked? How many? How many of them are there?”

“That hasn’t been determined yet.”

“You incompetent fools!”Kim Seok-il kicked the table in front of him. The wooden table shattered, pieces flying everywhere.

“How can you not know that the Assembly was attacking this place! I clearly told you to keep a close watch for any movements, and it’s only been half a day since I heard there were no movements! And now what? The Assembly has attacked?”At Kim Seok-il’s lion-like roar, the secretaries trembled and bowed their heads.

Knowing how cruel the man they served as chairman was, they found it hard to even breathe in this situation.

“Where is Lee Hyun-soo! Where is Lee Hyun-soo?”

“…He’s probably on his way here.”

“That moronic bastard! I told him to properly monitor the Assembly, and he didn’t even know the enemy was in our house until they were already here?”No one could answer.

Of course, Kim Seok-il’s words weren’t meant to be answered. They were just words he spat out, unable to contain his anger.

“Damn it! Nothing is done properly!”Kim Seok-il huffed and then took a deep breath.

Getting angry was easy, but resolving the situation was difficult. Assigning blame could be done later, but if they didn’t stop the Assembly now, they wouldn’t even have the chance to assign blame.

“I’ll go out myself. Summon the heads of each division, and deploy the strike force!”

“Yes!”As he roughly headed out the door, Kim Seok-il’s face twisted. An undeniable suspicion was rising on his face.

‘How the hell did this happen?’

No matter how secretly the Assembly moved, and no matter how well Bang Jin-hoon concealed the truth, this didn’t make sense.

Yeongnam was under their influence. Even if they concealed it, how could no one have noticed the guys who entered Yeongnam until they arrived here?

That was absolutely impossible.

‘Lee Hyun-soo.’Kim Seok-il gritted his teeth.

The one who oversaw all the information coming into the Yeongnam Assembly was Lee Hyun-soo. This situation could not have happened unless Lee Hyun-soo intentionally omitted or concealed information about the Assembly coming into Yeongnam.

The most likely scenario was Lee Hyun-soo’s betrayal.

“I’ll tear him to pieces.”He had tolerated Lee Hyun-soo’s defiance because he was useful. He thought that no matter how much Lee Hyun-soo growled, he would never bite him.

Because a barking dog doesn’t bite.

Even if Lee Hyun-soo was dissatisfied with him, he thought that as long as he acknowledged his power and authority, he would never oppose him. That was why he had accepted all of his complaints.

But if he had shown his teeth, the situation was different.

Kim Seok-il, with the intention of killing Lee Hyun-soo in the most miserable way possible, stopped abruptly as he was heading outside.

‘Wait.’

But what was that shock from earlier?

“Surely they didn’t… use bombs or something, did they?”They wouldn’t use such a method unless they were planning to destroy each other. With the unresolved question, Kim Seok-il walked outside.

“…What the hell is that bastard saying?”What should he call this feeling? Bewilderment?

Or disbelief?

Kim Jin-young glared at the young man standing in front of the collapsed main gate, holding a sword.

“What the hell is that bastard saying?”

“…Isn’t he saying to step over him?”

“That’s a line from a movie.”

“Isn’t he saying that movie line right now? It sounds like he’s saying that you have to kill him to get out of here?”

“That crazy bastard.”Kim Jin-young looked at Kang Jin-ho with a dumbfounded expression.

Where was this place?

This was the Yeongnam Assembly. It was the largest martial arts force in South Korea, in name and reality. And yet, this guy had come here alone and was saying that they could only survive if they defeated him.

“That crazy bastard watched too many comics.”

“Even most comic book protagonists wouldn’t do something like that.”

“Right?”

“Oh? There, the director is coming out.”Kim Jin-young narrowed his eyes as he watched the man walking forward.

‘Director Yong Jae-sung.’

He was a director famous for being a radical within the Yeongnam Assembly. Unlike the chairman, who could be considered cautious, he was a radical and, accordingly, was known for his brash personality.

Yong Jae-sung, who had walked forward and stood in front of Kang Jin-ho, opened his mouth.

“…Did you do this?”Yong Jae-sung pointed at the main gate, and Kang Jin-ho smiled brightly.

“Is that even a question?”

“You little punk…”Anger rose on Yong Jae-sung’s face.

“You don’t think you can get away with this, do you?”Kang Jin-ho didn’t answer.

“Are you mentally ill? You’re a fearless kid. You didn’t come alone, did you?”That was the moment.

As if that word was a signal, martial artists from the Assembly wearing black suits jumped over the walls.

“Damn it…”Yong Jae-sung gritted his teeth at the sight.

“You fearless bastards, how dare you come here!”Yong Jae-sung’s eyes followed a familiar face.

“Lee Joong-geol! Did you bring them?”Yong Jae-sung glared at Lee Joong-geol, who was standing on one of the walls.

Lee Joong-geol shrugged at the look.

“If the Yeongnam Assembly’s information isn’t that slow, you should know that I’ve lost my power. You shouldn’t be asking me.”

“I guess so. Then…”Yong Jae-sung’s gaze turned to the opposite side.

“Then it must be you, Bang Jin-hoon.”Bang Jin-hoon, who was sitting on one of the walls, sighed.

“Well, it’s fine that you’re paying attention to me, but this isn’t the time for that.”

“What?”

“If you have ears, you would have heard. We’re not moving an inch from here. We won’t go past that point, so either get out that way. But you shouldn’t even think about going behind us.”

“Are you trying to play games with me?”

“I wish it was a game.”Bang Jin-hoon grumbled, and Yong Jae-sung looked at Kang Jin-ho with a dumbfounded expression.

“So…”Yong Jae-sung tried to organize his confused thoughts.

“You’re saying you’ll fight us alone? And those guys are just going to watch?”

“You could say that.”

“…Seriously.”Yong Jae-sung laughed in disbelief.

What did this guy think the Yeongnam Assembly was?

Normally, Yong Jae-sung would have thought that this guy was a crazy person and would have lightly cut off Kang Jin-ho’s head. But now, he couldn’t move so easily. What made him hesitate was that Bang Jin-hoon and Lee Joong-geol were cooperating with this crazy act.

It was as if they were faithfully following this man’s orders.

“You think you can…”Just as he was about to say something, Kang Jin-ho raised his hand and beckoned him.

“Come here.”

Yong Jae-sung’s face hardened.

“Wh…”

“Here.”At first, he was dumbfounded and angry. But the moment Kang Jin-ho repeated the same words, Yong Jae-sung found himself closing his mouth.

‘What is this?’

It felt like the temperature around him had suddenly dropped. It was as if the saying that your blood runs cold wasn’t just a saying.

‘Am I feeling fear right now? Me, Yong Jae-sung?’

It was incomprehensible. And it was something that should never happen.

He, who had lived on a sharp blade since the beginning of the Yeongnam Assembly, was feeling fear at the sight of a young man who probably hadn’t even lived half his life?

The inexplicable fear triggered his defiance.

“You little brat!”Yong Jae-sung clenched his fists.

And at that moment, Kang Jin-ho’s sword slowly began to move.

‘What is he doing?’

Kang Jin-ho slowly extended his sword to the left.

‘Is he really crazy?’

The distance between him and Kang Jin-ho was at least 10 meters. Unless Kang Jin-ho’s arm was that long, there was no way he could reach him by swinging his sword from there.

Or was he planning to leap from that position?

‘He doesn’t know how to fight.’

Yong Jae-sung gathered his inner energy in both hands.

In a small fight, it might not matter, but in a war between groups, the momentum was the most important thing. He was determined to seize victory by suppressing this fight, which could be considered the first battle.

But that determination was just empty words.

Whoosh!

A black aura, like a crescent moon, flew from the tip of Kang Jin-ho’s sword, which had been drawn from left to right.

The moment he recognized it with his eyes, the aura had already reached Yong Jae-sung’s neck.

A speed that was impossible to believe even after seeing it.

‘This is a cheat…’

Yong Jae-sung’s thoughts didn’t continue.

Because a person whose neck has been cut off can no longer think.

Thud.

Yong Jae-sung’s head rolled and fell to the ground like a ball dropped by a child.

A chilling silence.

Shock and fear swept through the area.

No one could open their mouths, and no one could understand the situation.

None of the people in this place could clearly understand how Yong Jae-sung’s neck had been cut off.

It was like magic.

Swoosh!

Blood gushed out of Yong Jae-sung’s severed neck like a fountain.

Thump.

Blood flowed out of Yong Jae-sung’s neck, which had collapsed to the ground, like water gushing from a broken hose.

Glup.

The sound of someone swallowing could be heard.

“Hoo…”A low breathing sound.

The gazes that had been focused on Yong Jae-sung’s corpse turned in unison, following the source of the breathing.

Kang Jin-ho, feeling the gazes on him, quietly opened his mouth.

“Next.”Only then could they understand.

This was not a joke.

That guy was really planning to fight the entire Yeongnam Assembly alone.

And that was probably not reckless bravado.

Kim Jin-young felt that the huge wall that had protected them had turned into a cage. Inside this huge cage, they were nothing more than sheep peacefully grazing.

And a wolf had invaded it.

The wolf, having tasted blood, was baring its blood-soaked teeth and glaring at them.

“Shall I go?”It was a voice mixed with laughter.

And it didn’t end with words. Kang Jin-ho, who had lightly flicked his sword, began to slowly walk towards them.

“It’s going to be a long night. So, it’s best to prepare yourselves now.”Kang Jin-ho’s body began to tremble.

‘No.’

It wasn’t trembling. What seemed to be shaking wasn’t Kang Jin-ho’s body. Something reddish was emanating from around Kang Jin-ho’s body.

As red as blood, as black as darkness.

Kang Jin-ho, surrounded by an ominous aura that made one’s legs tremble just by looking at it, began to rush towards them.