Descent Of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 477

Kang Jin-ho’s voice was cold.

But at that moment, Elena felt a flicker of hope. The oppressive feeling that had weighed her down before was gone.

‘Just a little more.’

The thought that she might be able to change his mind if she persuaded him a little more made Elena lift her head sharply.

“I’ll do anything… anything I can.”

“Anything, you say…”

Kang Jin-ho looked at Elena with a strange expression.

Elena couldn’t help but flinch at that moment. But soon, her eyes became resolute.

“Yes, anything! I’ll do anything.”

“Not bad.”

Kang Jin-ho nodded slowly.

Elena bit her lip and stood up.

It was a relief that Kang Jin-ho was satisfied, but now she had to endure humiliation.

“…Here?”

Kang Jin-ho stared at her for a moment, then gestured with his chin as if annoyed.

“Move.”

“…Pardon?”

“I said move.”

Seeing the annoyance on Kang Jin-ho’s face, Elena immediately stepped aside.

It was clear that the negotiation had worked. If Kang Jin-ho had intended to kill them, he would have chopped off Elena’s head without telling her to move.

But the fact that he was telling her to move meant that he was interested in something else…

“You.”

Kang Jin-ho, having made Elena step aside, pointed at Bangsang.

“Stand up.”

“Yes?”

When Bangsang asked back, not understanding Kang Jin-ho’s words, Elena immediately translated.

“He said to stand up. Quickly!”

Bangsang immediately stood up.

“Put your sword away.”

After hearing Elena’s translation, Bangsang, not knowing what was going on, put his sword into his subspace [a pocket dimension or storage space].

“Take it out.”

It felt like a dog training session, but what could he do? Bangsang quickly drew his sword from his subspace. Kang Jin-ho watched the scene quietly and then opened his mouth.

“How do you do that, that thing?”

“Do it again.”

The atmosphere was getting a little strange.

“Ha…”

Elena, with dead fish eyes, stared at the boiling water.

A pot was placed on a portable gas burner, and the pot was filled with water containing instant rice and 3-minute curry.

Elena slowly raised her head and looked into the distance.

‘What is this feeling of emptiness?’

She had prepared herself for a lot.

But this was just a chore.

Elena turned her head and saw Bangsang in front of Kang Jin-ho, diligently putting his sword into his subspace and taking it out again.

The Chevaliers [knights or warriors] standing behind Bangsang were fidgeting, not knowing what to do, and watching the scene.

“Ha…”

The concept of storing a sword in subspace and taking it out when needed seemed very strange to Kang Jin-ho. Like throwing a goat to distract a Tyrannosaurus, Bangsang had succeeded in capturing Kang Jin-ho’s interest with it.

Bangsang repeated the same action over and over again, and Elena, feeling sorry for him, tried to chatter and translate more often, but the only thing she got back was:

“Go cook some rice.”

And so, here she was.

If she was told to do it, she had to do it. There was no other way.

Whether it really meant to cook rice or just to get out of his sight, she didn’t know, but she did her best.

Maybe, just maybe, after eating this rice, that crazy bastard’s mood would improve even a little.

Seeing Bangsang sweating profusely as he put his sword in and out, her eyes started to water. The old man was repeating the same action to the point of exhaustion. She was worried that he might collapse.

‘It’s a relief that I’m worried about that.’

Just a little while ago, they were all worried about whether they would all die or if even one person could survive.

The current situation, where they were worried about one person collapsing from exhaustion, was like heaven.

‘But why do I feel so shitty?’

It was that kind of feeling.

The feeling of being defeated by that trivial subspace.

‘Like a dead fish.’

What would an Easterner with different aesthetic senses know? That’s why they would learn such techniques from such old men and pass up such good opportunities.

‘No, the woman who was with him last time was so beautiful that even I was stunned…’

She was not just an Eastern beauty, but a beauty that could slap a Hollywood actress across the face. If that person were taken to Europe right now, she would paralyze the streets.

“The more I think about it, the more pissed off I get!”

Elena, who had unknowingly shouted, shrank back when she saw Kang Jin-ho’s gaze turn towards her.

It was better not to stand out.

Elena, who was shrinking and looking down at the floor, sighed without realizing it.

‘This is my fate.’

Was this how the soldiers felt when they ate rice with their comrades’ corpses in the middle of the battlefield?

Elena’s feelings as she heated up instant rice in a place where dozens of people had died just a moment ago were also strange.

‘This is no time for jokes.’

The speedboat was no longer usable. She had made a hole in the bottom of the boat while rushing it in. And the motor was also broken.

In the end, they had to wait until others brought a boat, but how would they know when that would be?

That meant they had to stay on this island with Kang Jin-ho without any schedule.

And Kang Jin-ho was a man who could kill everyone here in an instant if he didn’t like something.

Elena, newly aware of that fact, looked at Kang Jin-ho with tense eyes.

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho suddenly stood up.

‘Gasp!’

Then he reached out into the air.

“N-no way…”

Elena watched the scene in horror.

There seemed to be a small ripple in the air, but it didn’t last long and disappeared.

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho looked at his palm with a dissatisfied expression. But Elena and Bangsang had faces that looked like their hearts were about to jump out of their throats.

‘He’s copying that after seeing it a few times?’

Elena looked at Kang Jin-ho with horrified eyes.

How could she explain her surprise?

From an Eastern perspective, it would be like seeing a Western magician who had never handled a sword suddenly draw out sword energy after picking one up.

Mana [a form of magical energy] was not something that could be acquired in just a day or two. It took at least five years to feel and utilize mana.

But Kang Jin-ho had succeeded in manipulating mana just by watching its movements for about an hour.

Even though Kang Jin-ho was said to have reached the pinnacle of Eastern martial arts,

it was unbelievable that he could learn a completely different system of martial arts at such a speed.

“H-how…”

Elena, who had barely calmed her trembling heart, was certain.

This man was someone she should never antagonize. She had to establish a friendly relationship with him at all costs. Even if it meant enduring any kind of damage in the process.

Elena cautiously approached Kang Jin-ho.

“Um…”

Kang Jin-ho, who had been looking at his hand with a dissatisfied expression, turned his head. The moment she saw his indifferent eyes, Elena flinched.

“I, I can explain it better.”

“What?”

“About mana. And about magic.”

“The techniques you guys use?”

“Yes. There will be limits to just watching like you are now. So, I’ll teach you.”

“Hmm.”

Kang Jin-ho scratched his chin.

‘Not bad.’

There was no other reason why he had spared them.

It just didn’t seem interesting.

It was like how, after eating a strong-flavored dish, you can’t taste a light-flavored dish as well.

To Kang Jin-ho, who had already faced the Nanahoshi Group and killed them all, the Chevaliers were nothing more than annoying beings that he had to kill, but weren’t particularly fun to fight.

In the midst of all that, thanks to Elena’s negotiation,

he was able to realize one thing.

‘I need to learn this.’

Kang Jin-ho was someone who inevitably had to use the Red Dew and Blue Dew [likely referring to special weapons or techniques]. But in modern times, there were too many eyes everywhere, and it was too difficult to carry such weapons.

Even this time, he had to endure the hassle of sending the Red Dew and Blue Dew to this island first because he was worried about raising suspicion.

If he could learn this technique instead of killing these people who weren’t even fun to kill, it would be a good deal.

Of course, he had no intention of letting them go easily. The fact that they had come to target him was a sin worthy of death. His life was too valuable to exchange for just one technique.

“So, when the boat comes, please send us…”

“One thing.”

“…Yes?”

“You should know your place when you try to play tricks. Do you think I spared you because I’m a nice guy?”

Elena immediately shut her mouth.

There was no way that was the case.

The heat of this white sand beach had not cooled down yet. The heat from the corpses buried under the sand was still heating up the beach. How could she see this man as a nice person while feeling that heat?

Kang Jin-ho looked at Elena quietly and opened his mouth.

“I’ll let you live. But will surviving be such a good thing for you?”

Kang Jin-ho smiled brightly.

“It’s funny that you’re acting like you’re doing me a favor by teaching me. You better know your place. You won’t be able to leave this place until you’ve poured out everything you know and everything you have. I needed some practice partners anyway, so this is perfect.”

“I spared you. But from now on, you’ll have to survive.”

Elena stepped back, startled. She was reminded once again.

That this man was not going to be easy. For a moment, things had gone too well, and she had been mistaken.

“I, I…”

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho turned his head.

In the distance, a boat was slowly approaching. Kang Jin-ho chuckled as he saw Bang Jin-hoon waving his hand from the bow of the boat.

As the boat stopped at a suitable distance, Bang Jin-hoon jumped into the sea without hesitation. Then he swam straight towards Kang Jin-ho.

“…That, that temper.”

Elena confirmed that Kang Jin-ho’s expression had completely changed. The cold and eerie expression he had shown her and the Chevaliers had disappeared, and a smile that even looked a little gentle was on Kang Jin-ho’s face.

“Wow! Mr. Kang Jin-ho!”

Bang Jin-hoon shouted as he came up onto the white sand beach.

“How could you do this without me?”

“I didn’t exactly leave you out. I just did as I was told.”

“That bastard Lee Hyun-soo, I’m going to catch him one day and roll him down a mountain. That rude bastard. I even gave him sashimi!”

“Don’t you think that’s why you were left out?”

“Stop poking at my sore spots.”

Bang Jin-hoon looked around and clicked his tongue at the bulging sand.

“I knew those bastards would end up like that. But why are these guys still alive?”

…How could he ask why they were alive in front of them?

That man was not normal either.

“They use interesting techniques.” Kang Jin-ho answered calmly.