Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 671

‘What is with this guy?’

Dabao’s eyes, watching Kang Jin-ho, were filled with tension.

He had already guessed that this was no ordinary man.

Guo Liqin was a man who was recognized within the organization. Dabao himself admitted that his position and skills were not as good as Guo Liqin’s.

How could the man who made Guo Liqin disappear without a trace be ordinary?

However, when they came here, they were absolutely confident.

Because there were four of them.

Dabao alone could not handle Guo Liqin, but the four of them could easily take down three Guo Liqins. Therefore, the fact that the opponent might be a strongman who killed Guo Liqin did not bother them much.

But….

‘Something’s wrong.’

A chill ran down his spine.

There were several signs.

Even though they were blocking his path, the guy showed no sign of tension. It was as if he was just swatting away annoying flies.

And….

‘There’s no wavering.’

Dabao had been exuding his aura to the fullest since a while ago.

Even if the opponent was a great master, they would not be able to completely ignore Dabao’s aura. However, this Korean guy, Kang Jong-in or whatever his name was, was acting as if the aura Dabao was emitting didn’t exist in the first place.

Was it a bluff?

Dabao chuckled.

Aura is intangible, but it is also tangible.

If you face a martial artist’s energy head-on, your muscles will tighten and you will feel suffocated. If you cannot resist, you can die just from receiving the aura.

To be able to bluff while receiving such an aura?

Then it’s not a bluff. It means he can remain calm even while receiving the aura.

‘Should I have listened to the orders?’

The order they received was to move to Chengdu and wait. They roughly knew what was going on, but they were not given the freedom to move on their own.

It was Dabao who ignored the order and suggested that they quickly finish the job and return.

If they had succeeded, they would have received some criticism, but they would have been recognized for making the job easier and acting independently.

However, the situation did not look good to him now.

Perhaps Dabao would pay a heavy price for disobeying orders today.

“You know who Guo Liqin is. Dabao, I think this is the guy?”

Of course, it’s him, you idiots.

Dabao’s face contorted.

The opponent had been taking Dabao’s aura as if it was nothing since a while ago. Just by looking at that, you could tell that this guy was no ordinary man.

All the circumstances matched, so what more did they need to confirm?

He was disgusted by his colleagues who couldn’t even figure out this simple thing. But he couldn’t show it.

‘I can’t handle him alone.’

Now was the time to join forces. There was no need to make things awkward by getting annoyed.

“Probably.”

“Ha, Guo Liqin was defeated by this bookish-looking guy?”

Bookish?

Dabao’s head turned to the side.

Looking away from a guy like this in front of you was like committing suicide, but he couldn’t help but turn his head now.

‘These guys, do they really know nothing?’

The guys, who he didn’t even want to call his colleagues, all had confident faces. It was as if they just needed to scoop up a fish they had already caught with a net.

‘Damn it.’

It seemed that Dabao was the only one who knew what situation they were in right now.

‘We’ve walked into the tiger’s mouth, you morons!’

When he heard that Guo Liqin was defeated without even being able to contact them, he should have been more careful. While acknowledging Guo Liqin’s skills, he was impatient to take Guo Liqin’s place if he could handle this matter well, and that was the problem.

‘What should I do?’

Cold sweat began to trickle down Dabao’s back.

‘It seems too late to run away.’

“Dabao?”

Dabao was startled by the voice calling him and turned his head.

“Why are you like that? Like you’ve seen a ghost.”

‘I’d rather it be a ghost.’

Dabao raised his hand and wiped his forehead. His sleeve was soaked with sweat.

“What’s wrong with you?”

“…Be careful.”

“What?”

“He’s not ordinary, that guy.”

The response to Dabao’s warning was not a serious voice, but a faint sneer.

“Are you scared?”

“Hey!”

“To be scared of such a bookish guy. Dabao’s gone soft!”

Dabao pursed his lips.

He wanted to tell these idiots the reality right away, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it. He also had a hard time understanding his own state right now.

‘Why am I so scared right now?’

Of course, the opponent is strong.

But wasn’t that already a known fact?

The person who subdued Guo Liqin couldn’t be weak. He was a strongman that he could never handle alone. That’s why the four of them came.

Is he such a strongman that even the four of them can’t handle him?

What did he see to come to that conclusion?

“Hoo-ooh.”

Dabao took a deep breath.

‘Let’s stay calm.’

Maybe these guys are right.

Dabao was overly nervous right now. The opponent would naturally be strong. But he couldn’t be as strong as Dabao was feeling right now.

Of course.

Why would a guy that strong be crazy enough to come to this remote area of Sichuan and mess around? If he was strong enough to easily defeat Guo Liqin and beat all four of them, he would have to be at least a high-ranking executive in the organization.

Would such a big shot have nothing better to do than to be here?

‘It’s so obvious when you think about it.’

Thinking that far, he felt ridiculous at how frozen he had been until just now.

The only reasons he could feel that the opponent was strong were that he had overcome his aura and that he had an unsettling atmosphere. He already knew that the opponent was stronger than him. So, was he thinking of running away just because of that atmosphere?

“I was just for a moment……”

At that moment, Kang Jin-ho opened his mouth.

“A dilemma.”

It wasn’t a voice with any particular force. It didn’t even sound like he was saying it for anyone to hear. It was just a voice as if he was muttering to himself.

Yet, the voice strangely drew people in.

“Normally, I wouldn’t even think about letting you live….”

Kang Jin-ho glanced behind him.

Han Eun-sol and Choi Yeon-ha were staring intently at this place.

It was a burden that Han Eun-sol, who had nothing to do with this world, was watching this place, and it was also a burden that Choi Yeon-ha, who had repeatedly asked him not to kill anyone, was staring with wide eyes.

And another problem was….

‘I strangely don’t feel any killing intent.’

Benevolent.

He didn’t know why, but perhaps Kang Jin-ho was in his most benevolent state since the day he fell into the Central Plains [a fictional martial arts world].

Perhaps if Kang Jin-ho had returned to this world with the same feeling, he might have been living the life of an ordinary citizen, working part-time at his father’s cafe and going to university.

If there was nothing in the world to make him angry, what would be the problem?

“It might be a whim, but….”

Kang Jin-ho chuckled and opened his mouth.

“I haven’t verified everything Guo Liqin said yet, so I’ll let you live until then. But don’t be relieved. You’ll probably see me again soon.”

“…What are you talking about?”

Wang Fujing, who was listening to Kang Jin-ho’s words, stepped forward and glared at Kang Jin-ho.

“It seems like you don’t understand the situation….”

Wang Fujing growled.

“If you hand over Guo Liqin right now, and kneel on the ground and beg, I might end it with just cutting off one of your arms. Of course, if Guo Liqin is dead, you should give up on the idea of surviving. I’ll kill you horribly.”

Wang Fujing held the greatsword in his hand in front of Kang Jin-ho’s face.

Kang Jin-ho, seeing the sword held in front of his neck, slowly curled up the corners of his mouth.

The moment he saw that smile, a chill ran down Wang Fujing’s chest.

‘What kind of conversation are they having?’

Han Eun-sol strained his ears.

‘Damn Chinese.’

Han Eun-sol had no talent for English. He was someone who struggled even with simple conversations in English. He was confident in Korean, but English just didn’t suit his temperament.

And coming to China this time, Han Eun-sol realized that it wasn’t that he had no talent for English. He had no talent for foreign languages in general.

Others learn Japanese by watching anime, and pick up Chinese by watching Hong Kong movies, but Han Eun-sol invested all his free time in studying Chinese and could barely manage simple conversations.

Thanks to several months of desperate effort, he was now able to understand some of what was being said, but it was impossible to understand complex Chinese.

Especially when there was a triple whammy of distance, difficult words, and low voices, like now.

Han Eun-sol focused all his attention on his ears, like a high school senior taking the English listening section of the college entrance exam. But just like a high school senior who didn’t study, he could only understand a few words here and there.

Other than that, he was just guessing based on the atmosphere and circumstances.

Fortunately, the atmosphere between Kang Jin-ho and those thugs was not bad. They weren’t raising their voices at each other, nor were they getting angry. They were just having a conversation with friendly smiles on their faces.

And the few words he could hear were… well, like….

Kill. Cut off an arm. Head. Horrible.

What the hell! This is serious!

Ugh! Why is the situation like this!

Han Eun-sol was horrified and gripped the steering wheel tightly. If the situation turned out to be strange, he was planning to ram the car into those guys and rescue Kang Jin-ho.

“That’s why I told you not to get out! Don’t get out! Ugh! I told you not to get out….”

At that moment, a guy who looked like a real mountain bandit held a large sword in his hand to Kang Jin-ho’s neck.

‘Heeeeeek!’

This was not good.

He couldn’t take it anymore.

If Kang Jin-ho were to die, not only Choi Yeon-ha, but also Han Eun-sol would have a hard time living with a sound mind.

Just as Han Eun-sol was about to step on the accelerator and ram the car!

Thump.

Kang Jin-ho calmly raised his hand and grabbed the sword that was aimed at his neck.

Hiccup!

A loud hiccup came out of Han Eun-sol’s throat at the sight.

Still, it was a relief that a hiccup came out. If it hadn’t, his heart would have jumped out instead.

Han Eun-sol quickly came to his senses.

The courage to grab a sword aimed at his neck with his bare hands was admirable, but the situation had not improved. There were two more guys with weapons, and it was not a situation where he could be sure that he had completely blocked the sword. So, he was about to ram the car….

That’s when it happened.

Just as Kang Jin-ho’s arm seemed to move slightly, the body of the guy who was holding the sword floated into the air.

‘Floated?’

No, it was more like he was flying rather than floating.

But flying?

Where to?

“Aaaaaaaaah!”

With a desperate scream that tore through the ears, the body of the guy who was threatening Kang Jin-ho with the greatsword floated up and was flung off the cliff.

Hiccup!

Han Eun-sol’s throat kept hiccuping as he watched the figure of a person completely disappear below the cliff.

Hiccup!

Han Eun-sol could no longer be relieved that his heart hadn’t jumped out instead.