Descent of The Demon Master [EN]: Chapter 890

“What in the world is going on?” Lee Myung-hwan stared blankly at the ship. They had arrived alongside the passenger ship a while ago. However, they were having trouble getting on board. They couldn’t get on.

“What should we do?”

“…Just wait a moment.”

“No, there’s nothing to wait for…”

“Just wait, damn it! I’m confused too.”

Lee Myung-hwan pouted.

‘Even when he says the same thing, he always says it like that.’ Seeing Lee Hyun-soo, one could understand the saying that the mouth is the root of all trouble. That man knows how to make people feel bad even when saying the same thing. It was questionable whether he said things like that on purpose to get people riled up.

But, well…

‘I understand today.’ Lee Myung-hwan also understood Lee Hyun-soo’s feelings. Even if he were Lee Hyun-soo, he wouldn’t be able to make a decision easily in this situation.

Why?

Because anyone would think the same thing if they saw that.

People were jumping off.

The ship was like a popcorn bucket in the hands of someone watching a horror movie. Inside, popcorn… no, people were mixed up and jumping into the sea. Endlessly. To someone who didn’t know, it would be an absurd sight. But the people here could easily guess why this was happening.

It would be foolish not to know.

‘He did it again.’ You could tell just by looking at the faces of those jumping off. People who heard the news that a lion had escaped from the zoo would probably leave the zoo with faces like that. It was obvious that they were running away from Kang Jin-ho.

‘Even so, this is the open sea…’

They had already experienced something similar. Didn’t the demons swim across the sea to get on the ship? The stamina of martial artists is different from that of ordinary people. Ordinary people would be exhausted after swimming only 4-5 km, but martial artists can swim several times that distance.

But even that has its limits. The maximum distance Lee Hyun-soo calculated was about 20 km. Even if the demons were weaker than them, they couldn’t swim ten times further than the demons. Calculating the distance from here to Japan, even the shortest route would be at least 200 km. To jump into the sea to swim that distance?

It was crazy. But he understood. He had to understand. Even if it were Lee Myung-hwan, he would do the same. Rather, because it was Lee Myung-hwan, he could perfectly understand them. If he were on that ship, he would have made the same choice. To fight against Kang Jin-ho, or to jump into this dark sea and bet everything on a sliver of hope. The choice was too obvious. He would have jumped into the sea without any hesitation.

Lee Myung-hwan looked up.

‘So, how should I time our entry?’ The fact that they were jumping into the sea like that meant that the situation on the ship was going well. So, he couldn’t help but wonder whether they should enter now or not. If they, who were relatively weak in combat, went up to help, they might just get in the way.

“Still, isn’t it better to try to enter?”

“Wait.”

“What’s worse than dying?”

“Do you think I’m worried about you guys dying?”

“Aren’t you?”

“…To think you believe your lives are worth that much, your self-admiration is too much, isn’t it? Are you a narcissist? Go to the hospital.”

That bastard…

Lee Myung-hwan’s face trembled. Indeed, that bastard had a talent for making people feel bad even when saying the same thing. Was there anyone in Korea who could make people feel worse than him?

“It’s a relief if you die. What if you get taken hostage?”

“Well, then we’ll just bite our tongues and die.”

“Biting your tongue won’t kill you.”

“…Really?”

He didn’t know that.

“No, I don’t think the Guild Leader would hesitate just because we were taken hostage…”

“I thought so too. But my mind changed after you guys were taken hostage in China this time. Do you know how much we lost because of you?”

“…I didn’t know that.”

“You should have just died. It’s embarrassing to be taken hostage and cause damage. You trash.”

Wow!

He said that right to their faces. People are sensitive to profit. In fact, people say that human life is more precious than anything, but if you asked them to pay a year’s salary to save someone on the other side of the world, everyone would say you’re crazy. The value of another person’s life that humans think of is not that high. The value changes depending on how much they are related to you and how much they care about others. So, if Lee Hyun-soo didn’t feel close to them, he might think that money was a waste.

‘No, does he usually say that to people’s faces!’ It seemed that consideration for others did not exist in that man’s heart. Lee Myung-hwan, who already knew it, realized it again.

“Then are we just going to watch like this?”

“For now…” Lee Hyun-soo looked sharply at the ship.

“It’s true that we should try to enter soon…”

“Are we going?”

“Wait.”

Lee Hyun-soo turned his head. The ships of the Alliance and the Demonic Cult were approaching from behind. To reduce the risk, it was right for them to go up together. If they went up carelessly, they would be defeated individually. Even if Kang Jin-ho and Bator protected them, they would be tied down. That was not good. It was better to surround the ship on three sides and go in all at once…

“Team Leader.”

“I said wait.”

“No, Team Leader.”

“Ah, you bastard! What are you hearing? I said wait!”

“…I want to wait too.”

“What!”

“It doesn’t seem like a situation where we can wait.”

“Why! Is it that hard to wait?”

“No. It’s not that it’s hard to wait, but it seems like it’ll be hard to stop them?”

“Huh?”

Lee Hyun-soo lowered his head. Then he saw the situation.

“…Huh?” Something completely unexpected was happening. Those who had jumped into the sea to escape Kang Jin-ho were not swimming towards Japan. Nor were they staying in place.

‘Uh, so…’

What were those who jumped into the sea thinking? They had escaped Kang Jin-ho’s grasp. Their survival was secured. But the moment they jumped into the sea, they must have felt despair. They wouldn’t die right away, but they would slowly die. The option of swimming to Japan was reckless. It was not easy to swim that distance, but realistically, even if they had the stamina to swim to Japan, they would die of hypothermia before that. The sea is not so easy for humans. In the midst of that…

‘They would see it.’ This place. This ship. A ship without Kang Jin-ho. Then what would they do?

Splash!

Bubbles rose. The Japanese martial artists who had jumped into the sea all started swimming towards this place. It was like a school of dolphins moving all at once.

‘It’s a spectacle.’ Yes, it was a spectacle. But the only unfortunate thing was that the place those who were creating that spectacle were aiming for was right here.

“Shit! Stop them!”

“How do we stop them!”

“Stop them from getting on, damn it! Stop them!”

“Damn it, you Japs!”

Lee Myung-hwan shouted and went to the bow of the ship.

“Stop these bastards from getting on! Turn them all into fish food!”

“Hey! There are too many! How do we stop them!”

“If you don’t stop them? Do you want to die?”

“Stop them, you bastards! Stop them!”

The Flame Demons stood at the edge of the ship. If they got on the ship, they would die.

‘We’re screwed.’ Lee Hyun-soo’s face was filled with despair. He never thought that those bastards would aim for here. It was only natural. Who would have imagined that a situation would occur where they would jump into the sea before arriving here? Even if there were people who were pushed off, he thought it would be a small number. But thanks to Kang Jin-ho doing something ridiculous, a huge number of people jumped into the sea, and that huge number was rushing towards their ship all at once. Even if they were the remnants who had fled from Kang Jin-ho, that was from Kang Jin-ho’s perspective. From their perspective, those guys were like grim reapers. They were the elites carefully selected even in Japan, which had an overwhelmingly higher level than Korea. They were an expeditionary force that had been sharpening their swords to overturn Korea. It was obvious what would happen if they got on the ship.

“Hey! They’re going over there too! Over there!”

‘Over there?’ Over there?

Lee Hyun-soo’s head snapped around.

“You crazy bastards!” The ship they were on was a speedboat. As a speedboat, it was not very large. It was impossible for so many people to get on. Knowing that, some of them were changing direction. They were starting to swim towards the approaching ships of the Alliance and the Demonic Cult.

“Hey, shit! Stop them! We have to stop them!”

“How do we stop them! Should we jump into the sea and grab their ankles?”

“Damn it!”

Lee Hyun-soo grabbed his head. They were in a better situation. Even if there were a lot of people coming, they could somehow deal with them. Although he always scolded Lee Myung-hwan, the people on this ship were the Flame Demons. They were the strongest force of the Alliance in name and reality. But the people on the ships of the Alliance and the Demonic Cult that were approaching now were not at that level. Elites? The Japanese were also elites. They could be crushed in an instant.

“Hey, at least contact them quickly! Tell them we’re coming! That’s the only way they can stop them!”

“No, the team leader has the radio.”

“Ah, that’s right!”

Lee Hyun-soo stepped back and pulled out the satellite phone. Seeing that, Lee Myung-hwan sighed deeply.

‘How did the situation turn out like this?’ He had been driving the ship like crazy to protect Kang Jin-ho, but now he had to protect his own life, not Kang Jin-ho. Well, it was a fight against Japan, so it couldn’t be that easy.

“Hey, guys.”

“What?”

“It’s better this way. If we finished the job without doing anything properly, we would have felt uneasy. Now that it’s like this, let’s show those Japs who we are properly. Let’s show them who we are.”

Lee Myung-hwan straightened his shoulders. The Flame Demons smiled at his confident words.

“What is that bastard saying?”

“Leave him alone. He’s gone crazy these days. He thinks he’s some kind of general.”

“Should we take him down once?”

“I’m waiting for the chance. He won’t come to his senses until he dies.”

Lee Myung-hwan’s shoulders slumped again.

“Don’t talk nonsense and stand in front, you bastard. What makes you think you can give orders from behind?”

“Yes. I’ll go now.”

Lee Myung-hwan, who received the sharp gazes, narrowed his shoulders and ran forward. And he made eye contact with a Japanese martial artist who was about to climb onto the ship. Lee Myung-hwan grinned.

Whack!

Lee Myung-hwan, who kicked the face of the person climbing the ship and knocked him down, whistled.

“You should be glad, you bastards. At least there’s no Admiral Yi Sun-shin here.”

“Someone shut that guy’s mouth. It’s annoying.”

Lee Myung-hwan quietly closed his mouth.