Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 878

“Director Lee.”

“Yes, Director.”

“Keep a close watch on the situation. Secure the communication lines.”

“Yes! I will, sir.”

“Tsk, to be doing this at my age.”

Wiggins’s lips curled up.

“Feels exciting after a long time, doesn’t it?”

That was the end of it. Wiggins also threw himself out without a moment’s hesitation.

‘It’s like a real movie.’

The difference is that in movies, they usually jump with parachutes, while these guys are jumping completely bare-bodied, right?

The fact that they can fall from this dizzying height with their bare bodies is proof enough of their abilities.

Compared to those on the passenger ship now, they are an incredibly small minority, but they are not people who can be overwhelmed by numbers.

Those guys also have the power of superhumans….

“Hey, Director Lee.”

“Ah! Yes!”

Come to think of it, there was one more.

“I’ll get out of the way!”

“What do you mean, get out of the way, you idiot!”

“Yes?”

“Give me a parachute, a parachute.”

Bang Jin-hoon said, full of annoyance.

“No, those guys… did they watch too many movies? What are they doing, just jumping from this height? Ugh, scary.”

Ah, well….

This is normal, this is.

Lee Hyun-soo handed the parachute he was holding to Bang Jin-hoon.

“How do you use this?”

“Yes. So… Pilot! Please make a turn! We need to go back up there! Director, listen carefully!”

“…Okay.”

An impromptu training session was beginning.

“Get on board quickly!”

“You bastards, your feet are showing! Didn’t I say time is of the essence!”

Lee Myung-hwan was in a hurry.

‘Damn it, why are we last!’

The support team was divided into three groups.

The elite of the Demonic Cult, led by the elders of the Demonic Cult.

It’s ridiculous to call those morons elite, but anyway, the ship carrying the relatively bigger seeds among those husks had already departed.

And the ship carrying the elites of the General Assembly had also left a little while ago.

“Why are we last! Damn it!”

He looked like he was about to breathe fire.

This was no ordinary situation.

Japan was invading.

“These damn Japs have gone crazy!”

If China had invaded, he wouldn’t have felt this way. But the fact that it was Japan again that was invading made Lee Myung-hwan furious.

“Think we’re easy, huh, you bastards.”

Korea wasn’t a pushover, and these bastards attacked every now and then. And every time they attacked, Korea had to suffer severe pain.

They couldn’t let that damn history repeat itself again, could they?

Even though this invasion wasn’t an invasion of Korea but an invasion of the Korean martial arts world….

‘It’s the same thing, what’s the difference.’

The martial arts world was still part of Korea.

In that sense, the decision made by the Assembly Leader was very pleasing.

He would sink all those Jap bastards before they even set foot on Korean soil.

Kuh!

Wasn’t he a man?

To Lee Myung-hwan, Kang Jin-ho was a very complex and subtle being.

Within him, respect, concern, trust, and dissatisfaction for Kang Jin-ho were mixed haphazardly.

But even considering all those complex emotions, he had to admit that Kang Jin-ho sometimes did things that were unbelievably refreshing.

So, Lee Myung-hwan had to take on one of those roles….

“Get on board quickly!”

“Alright! Don’t rush me!”

“Hey, where do I sit?”

“Sit? What do you mean sit, you bastard! Just cram yourself into a corner!”

“I’m going to throw that bastard overboard later.”

Even while grumbling, the martial artists climbed onto the ship one by one. They were just as impatient as he was.

Kang Jin-ho had already left by helicopter. Considering the speed difference between the helicopter and the ship, the difference in arrival time would surely widen.

“This….”

At that moment, his cell phone rang.

Lee Myung-hwan quickly answered the phone.

“This is Lee Myung-hwan!”

[Are you ready?]

There was static, but it was easy to understand the words. Thinking that satellite phones were not bad, Lee Myung-hwan opened his mouth.

“No, why are we last! We are the strongest force, shouldn’t we be at the forefront?”

[You idiot, you guys are on a speedboat! Even if you leave last, you’ll be the fastest.]

“Still!”

[Ha, you bastard, you’ve only gotten bigger.]

“We’ll depart as soon as we’re on board.”

[Okay. Do as you please.]

“We’ll be the first to enter. That bastard Chun Tae-hoon, he went off all smug! That bastard doesn’t know the world has changed!”

[…Don’t fight, you bastards. Please.]

Lee Hyun-soo’s sigh could be heard from the other end.

[Anyway, depart as soon as you’re ready.]

“Yes!”

The call ended abruptly.

“Tch.”

Lee Myung-hwan, who roughly shoved the phone into his pocket, looked out at the open sea.

“I wanted to be the first to make a move.”

It was a shame that he couldn’t make a move, but what made Lee Myung-hwan most regretful was something else.

‘I wanted to see their reaction.’

He wanted to see with his own eyes Kang Jin-ho jumping out of the helicopter and landing on the ship. And he wanted to see the reaction of the Japs who saw that.

It was a great pity that he missed that unforgettable sight.

“Get on board quickly, you bastards! We have to go!”

“Alright, you idiot!”

The martial artists grumbled and jumped onto the ship.

“A helicopter?”

The scene that Lee Myung-hwan wanted to see was unfolding on the ship.

Nakata Yuji’s eyes widened.

‘They’re sending a helicopter?’

Are they out of their minds?

It was incomprehensible.

Of course, they could approach the ship by helicopter. But that helicopter could only be for reconnaissance. A helicopter with limited personnel could never be a suitable means of transportation in this situation.

Yet, they were sending a helicopter?

‘Are they not thinking straight?’

If Nakata Yuji were on the Korean side, he would never do something as stupid as sending a helicopter to the ship. If they had information, they should use it.

There was no need to tell the enemy, ‘We know you are coming to Korea.’ That was the most foolish self-display in the world.

“They are doing something crazy, indeed.”

Nakata Yuji chuckled.

Whether it was Kang Jin-ho’s order or the order of some guy under Kang Jin-ho, this one thing showed how pathetic the General Assembly was.

“Were you chased out by those kinds of guys? You must be something.”

“Those kinds of guys?”

“Yes. The guys who send out reconnaissance unnecessarily and reveal their information.”

It could only be reconnaissance.

It wasn’t easy for a helicopter to fly over the sea. Just looking at the fact that there were always marine helicopter accidents despite the low frequency of reconnaissance, one could tell.

But the fact that the helicopter came this far meant that they moved to find them on purpose. That meant the General Assembly was using the message Nobuo sent.

Dealing with a situation was difficult when one didn’t know how the opponent would react. If they knew each other so well, there was nothing difficult.

“Reconnaissance?”

Lee Sung-hwi smirked.

“What’s so funny?”

“Didn’t I say that those who pride themselves on being smart always fall into their own traps? They only think about what’s happening in their own heads. They never consider that something beyond their imagination might happen. How foolish. That’s why the term ‘pseudo-intellectual’ exists.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Does that look like reconnaissance to you?”

Nakata Yuji closed his mouth.

“If you have eyes, you can see. Whether those guys are that stupid, or so ignorant that they appear stupid. I think it’s the latter?”

Nakata Yuji’s eyes twitched slightly.

This arrogant Korean’s words were touching his pride. But now was not the time to get angry about that.

‘Could it be….’

Nakata Yuji’s eyes turned to the sky.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tak!

The helicopter was approaching with a roar. A dizzying height. But even from that distance, it was clear that the helicopter was not just for reconnaissance. It was too big to be a reconnaissance helicopter.

No.

It couldn’t be.

Unless they were shot in the head, they wouldn’t think of jumping onto this ship with just the personnel on that helicopter. Even if they gathered personnel from a hundred similar helicopters and launched an assault, they would have to endure an absolute numerical disadvantage.

But the helicopter approaching now was just one.

What were they going to do with the personnel that came down from that one helicopter?

“Crazy….”

It was absurd.

“Even so….”

If someone really came down from there and approached the ship, he would have to acknowledge Lee Sung-hwi’s words. Those guys were not thoughtless, nor were they stupid.

They were literally insane.

And at that moment.

The door of the approaching helicopter opened. Although it was dark, the scene was clearly visible to Nakata Yuji.

He couldn’t say anything.

At this moment, Nakata Yuji was a complete spectator. He could only stare blankly at the absurd events unfolding before his eyes.

Response? Countermeasures?

Who could think of such things now?

If a person goes up on a bridge and tries to jump, one can respond. One can report to the police, or try to talk to them. The answers are all different, but one can find their own countermeasures.

But what if the person on the bridge poured gasoline on themselves, lit it on fire, and jumped?

Wouldn’t one just stare with their mouth open?

That was exactly how Nakata Yuji felt right now.

And at that moment.

Someone jumped out of the open door.

“That….”

He was speechless.

The person who jumped out of the door spread their arms.

The dark night sky, filled with clouds.

The pitch-black sea, where no end could be seen no matter how much one looked around.

A person falling with their arms spread wide against the dreamlike scenery where the sky and sea met.

The helicopter’s laser-like lights were turning this place into a giant concert hall.

The person with their arms spread wide flew towards the ship. As if flying through the air.

Nakata Yuji’s mouth dropped open at the incredible sight he would never see again in his life.

Thud!

Although the explanation was long, the actual time was not that long. The man who jumped out of the helicopter quickly fell and landed on the deck of the ship.

Nakata Yuji looked at the man.

Short hair, and ordinary clothes.

He was a young man who looked completely ordinary to anyone. Of course, anyone who saw this scene would not dare to call this young man ordinary.

Although it was impossible to identify him from his appearance alone, Nakata Yuji knew who this man was. He couldn’t not know. How could he not know?

Nakata Yuji asked without realizing it.

“Are you….”

He swallowed hard.

“Are you Kang Jin-ho?”

The man who had landed on the deck.

Kang Jin-ho smiled brightly.

It was the moment when the Demonic Lord revealed his usual smile again on the vast sea, dyed in complete darkness.