The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 471

In the past few days, the Red Moon guild had been buzzing with activity. They were checking every detail and verifying every rumor. It all started with a report.

Inside the Red Moon headquarters, a serious voice spoke, “We’ve confirmed it. E-rank hunter Kang Min-ho entered Incheon. And he wasn’t alone. He was with someone… an ‘unidentified individual’.”

Another voice added, “Just a few days ago, Kang Min-ho got permission to hunt in an E-rank area. That place sometimes has D-rank soldier ants. Kang Min-ho is too weak to fight a soldier ant alone. But get this – he sold soldier ant parts at the Hunter Market. One or two, maybe he got lucky and leveled up. But six? Six parts? No way. This ‘unidentified individual’ must be helping him.”

“The unidentified individual is staying at the villa where Kang Min-ho lives. There has been no other movement since then.”

Red Moon, as a hunter guild based in Incheon, quickly gathered information related to Roman Dmitry.

Go Sang-ho, the head of operations for Red Moon, visited the Hunter Market on the guild leader’s orders. The Incheon government was also involved in this case.

They knew they shouldn’t act too quickly without knowing the facts. Acting too fast could cause problems with the Incheon government. First, they needed to know if this unknown person was a ‘Peak Hunter’ – someone at the very top level of skill.

The method was very simple. If they could confirm the byproducts of the soldier ants that the unidentified individual was presumed to have dealt with, they could at least figure out whether he was skilled or not.

“…What is this?” Go Sang-ho’s eyes widened.

The Hunter Market manager, seeing him look closely at the soldier ant carcass, said, “I was also surprised when I first saw it. Soldier ants have tough exoskeletons, so people usually hack at them to cut them open. But this one’s exoskeleton was cut so cleanly it’s amazing. Mr. Go Sang-ho, you know this well, don’t you? This level of skill is at least B-rank or higher. The problem is, just seeing the carcass doesn’t tell us for sure how powerful the person who did this is.”

“Where on earth did such a skilled person come from?” Go Sang-ho was a C-rank hunter.

As an experienced hunter, he knew that the opponent was much stronger than him just by looking at the soldier ant’s carcass.

Then there was no reason to wait. A Peak Hunter was someone they had to recruit, even if it caused trouble with the Incheon government, and he immediately told the guild leader this.

Then, an order was given: “Recruit the unidentified individual by any means necessary. We have to recruit him before anyone else does, no matter what.”

And now, following the guild leader’s orders, Go Sang-ho went to Kang Min-ho’s villa, where the unidentified individual was thought to be staying.

The front door opened, and Go Sang-ho was surprised to see Roman Dmitry.

‘He really is a foreigner?’

In the information they had, it said that the unidentified individual was a foreigner. It was strange.

Talented people who were B-rank or higher were valuable, and other countries would never let them go easily. So, he didn’t understand why a foreign hunter was found as an unidentified individual.

What was clear was that the opponent was a skilled individual who wasn’t connected to any guild. No matter what their nationality was, the fact that they were skilled was enough reason to recruit them.

Go Sang-ho said, “Nice to meet you. I am Go Sang-ho from the Red Moon Guild.”

He held out his hand and smiled warmly, offering a handshake, but Roman Dmitry looked at the hand, then back at Go Sang-ho’s face, without moving. His eyes were like ice.

This was unexpected. He thought he would be curious about the name Red Moon, but Go Sang-ho awkwardly pulled back his hand and said,

“…I apologize if you’re upset that I came without notice. I’ll get straight to the point. Red Moon is *the* hunter guild in Incheon. We’re getting ready for the upcoming great chaos, and we’ve joined forces, led by our B-rank hunter guild leader. I’m sure that there’s no guild in Incheon better than Red Moon right now. What do you say? If you join Red Moon, we’ll make sure you’re safe here in South Korea. Our guild leader is not like other B-rank hunters. He already got his B-rank qualification five years ago and will soon try to get promoted to A-rank.”

He puffed out his chest slightly as he spoke about Red Moon. He believed in their guild, and he believed in himself.

Red Moon was a great guild. Most skilled people were in Seoul, but Red Moon’s guild master had set up a base in Incheon and built a strong force.

A guild led by a Peak Hunter. The hunters in Incheon were naturally interested, and soon after the guild was started, it became well-known in Incheon.

Now, Red Moon had about a hundred hunters in it. Go Sang-ho had reason to be proud.

Before Roman Dmitry could answer, he added with a confident look, “Come to Red Moon. If you’re a Peak Hunter, we’ll treat you well.”

He thought it was perfect and that the other person couldn’t refuse, but Roman Dmitry calmly picked up his phone.

He was calling Kang Min-ho.

Click.

[What’s the matter?]

“Someone has come to see me. Is this your doing?” He said coldly.

Kang Min-ho immediately knew that something was wrong.

[No, sir. I did report to the Incheon government, but they promised they wouldn’t contact you for a month, like you asked. It seems the information got out. I am very sorry.]

“Then I’ll ask just one thing. How does this world deal with people who come onto someone else’s property without permission?”

Go Sang-ho was annoyed and tried to hide his anger at seeing him talking to someone else in front of him.

“Someone who came without permission? I did come suddenly, but it’s hard to say I’m trespassing.”

“Answer,” Roman Dmitry said, ignoring Go Sang-ho.

He urged Kang Min-ho on the phone.

Kang Min-ho hesitated for a moment, then spoke carefully, [After the Great Chaos, coming onto someone else’s property without permission is seen as a threat. If the person doesn’t leave after a warning, then you can punish them as you see fit for self-defense.]

Thud.

He hung up the phone and looked down at Go Sang-ho with cold eyes.

“Choose. Will you leave and never come back, or will you cross that line and invade my territory?”

Go Sang-ho was instantly annoyed.

He wasn’t a salesman trying to sell bad products. He had come to recruit the other person for the Red Moon Guild.

But he was being treated like this. He was losing his patience.

Even if the other person was skilled, Red Moon didn’t have to bow down to him.

“You seem to be confused. Red Moon’s offer is good for both of us. Peak Hunter? Yes, I know how skilled you are. But Red Moon already has a strong force that everyone in Incheon knows about. You are just one person, but we are a big group. So think carefully. The Great Cataclysm is coming. In that chaotic world, do you think you can face every threat alone, even as a Peak Hunter? It’s impossible.”

The Great Cataclysm was a scary reality.

Even the strongest person can’t survive a huge disaster alone.

“Countries are rushing to build shelters because one person alone can’t do everything,” someone said. “I don’t know why you’re here, but Red Moon is offering to help you. In Incheon, you should trust Red Moon more than the government.”

This was Goh Sang-ho, the leader of Red Moon’s action team.

Goh Sang-ho often saw this when he tried to recruit talented people.

Some people thought they were very strong. They acted without thinking, trying to seem important.

He had to break their arrogance.

Red Moon didn’t need to be polite to get new members.

Tap.

Goh Sang-ho stepped inside, his eyes hard. “You want to test us? Go ahead. Red Moon is—”

“Ack!”

A scream cut him off. Goh Sang-ho’s eyes went wide with shock.

As he crossed the doorway, he saw his own leg fly through the air.

Kang Min-ho hung up the phone and hurried to the villa.

He had just arrived to move the luggage.

‘The information leaked out.’

He was angry.

He had promised Roman Dmitry he wouldn’t tell anyone except the Incheon government. But somehow, the information had leaked out anyway.

It wasn’t the Incheon government’s fault. Even Kim Jun-hyuk had warned him that information could leak even if they were careful.

Kang Min-ho hurried forward.

He didn’t want to ruin his relationship with Roman Dmitry.

He arrived at the villa and froze. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

“Huh?”

His eyes widened.

Red blood splashed across the floor.

A man was clutching his leg in pain.

It was Goh Sang-ho.

Kang Min-ho’s voice trembled as he asked, “What happened here?”

“Just what you see. This guy came onto my property without permission, so I cut off his leg,” Roman Dmitry said.

The phone call flashed through Kang Min-ho’s mind.

He never thought self-defense would look so terrible.

Roman Dmitry didn’t have a weapon, but Goh Sang-ho’s leg was cut off cleanly, as if by a sword.

Roman Dmitry’s hands were covered in blood, and Kang Min-ho felt goosebumps.

If Roman Dmitry could do this with his bare hands, he was even more dangerous than Kang Min-ho had thought.

Roman Dmitry asked, “That man said he was from Red Moon. What do you think they’ll do?”

“I know him. That’s Goh Sang-ho, the leader of Red Moon’s action team. They’ll definitely attack you to protect their reputation in Incheon. This is different from the self-defense I mentioned. The law might say you’re okay, but in a world ruled by violence, no one can let an attack go unpunished. They’ll see this as an insult to Red Moon.”

“I see,” Roman Dmitry said calmly.

Goh Sang-ho screamed, his face pale. “You son of a bitch! You think you’re safe now? Red Moon is done offering you a job! We’re going to tear you apart!”

Roman Dmitry was at a crossroads. He hadn’t decided what to live for, but one thing was clear.

To reign.

He wouldn’t let anyone who threatened him live.

Thwack.

Goh Sang-ho’s head flew off.

Roman Dmitry had used a hand blade to kill him in one blow. Goh Sang-ho’s head flew off with the same angry look on his face, as if he didn’t even know he was dead.

Thud.

Roll roll.

Kang Min-ho stared at the head rolling on the ground. A cold voice said, “I don’t think I’ve told you my name yet.”

Baek Jung-hyuk.

Roman Dmitry.

Two lives, two names.

“My name is Roman Dmitry. Take me to Red Moon’s headquarters. I’m going to show everyone what my words mean.”

Roman Dmitry.

He would live with that name.

Unlike Baek Jung-hyuk, who had given up everything, Roman Dmitry would hold onto his life.

And like in his previous life, Roman Dmitry wouldn’t back down.

“Lead the way,” he demanded.

Kang Min-ho was stunned. He had brought someone even more dangerous than he had realized into his home.