The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 477

Roman Dmitry’s words hung in the air. They had gone too far.

Lee Tae-sung, who had been watching the situation from right behind, raised his voice, momentarily flaring up.

“How dare you—!”

Kim Jun-hyuk held up his hand, stopping Lee Tae-sung. “Direct subordinate leader,” he said quietly.

At the same time, with a low voice entering the conversation, Lee Tae-sung had no choice but to suppress his anger, even as he glared at Roman Dmitry.

To him, Kim Jun-hyuk was like the sky. As Lee Tae-sung, who had sworn allegiance to Kim Jun-hyuk through a special connection, Kim Jun-hyuk’s orders were more important than his personal feelings.

He took a step back.

Kim Jun-hyuk’s face became cold. His friendly smile was gone.

“That’s a very big request, Roman Dmitry,” he said, his voice now sharp.

Everything had changed.

Just moments before, it was simple. Kim Jun-hyuk had seen Roman Dmitry as someone special, someone useful. Like everyone else, Kim Jun-hyuk wanted talent for his group.

But now, Roman Dmitry’s words – wanting all of Incheon – changed everything. It broke the simple understanding between them.

Kim Jun-hyuk, who had thought of Roman Dmitry as simply an individual, now had to suspect the other party’s intentions.

Kim Jun-hyuk said.

“Until I came to this meeting, I thought of you, Roman Dmitry, as an individual not affiliated with any organization. Because you had lost your way, I hoped we could receive the help of a skilled individual in exchange for creating the environment you needed. But the statement that you want all of Incheon doesn’t sound pleasant. Your appearance in Incheon, the conflict with Red Moon, and even this meeting now. Are you saying you planned all of this?”

This idea of ‘intent’ was a huge change.

If the other party had an intention, Kim Jun-hyuk would not accept them, no matter how talented they were.

Roman Dmitry laughed.

“What kind of intention are you talking about?”

“That is the area that you, Roman Dmitry, must explain from now on. An individual with no intention has no reason to want a large city like Incheon. So please explain this situation clearly, so that I don’t suspect your intentions, Roman Dmitry. Why on earth do you want the Incheon government?”

It was chilling.

As Kim Jun-hyuk, who was just an ordinary person, lived as the head of a group, there were more than a few people who tried to use Incheon.

His wariness was natural.

If Roman Dmitry had made excessive demands for personal gain, Kim Jun-hyuk would have continued to smile and negotiate with the other party until the end.

But.

Talking about Incheon made Kim Jun-hyuk think Roman Dmitry had bad plans.

He drew a line.

Showing wariness, he watched Roman Dmitry’s reaction.

Roman Dmitry said.

“The reason I made the suggestion just now is simple. I want to form a force in the future. A force that does not receive instructions from specific groups such as the central government, but solves everything on its own. I thought of Incheon as the starting point. Of course, Mayor Kim Jun-hyuk would be doubtful. Why did I choose Incheon as the starting point among many cities?”

He leaned back.

Although he spoke while respecting the other party, the atmosphere that naturally flowed out put pressure on the other party.

“There is no particular reason. I chose it simply because I am in Incheon, and there is no reason why it must be Incheon.”

It was a perplexing answer.

He said he wanted Incheon.

But there was no reason why it had to be Incheon.

This was strange. Kim Jun-hyuk felt confused.

‘What on earth is he thinking?’

An A-grade Hunter.

It was clear that he was a great being.

However, Incheon had formed a large city, and no matter how great he was, it was not so ridiculous that an individual could covet it so casually.

In fact, if Incheon’s forces were mobilized, even an A-grade Hunter would not be able to withstand it.

He had to get up from his seat.

There was no longer any reason to talk, but for some reason, Kim Jun-hyuk could not get up from his seat.

‘This man in front of me is not even slightly flustered. Even when he utters absurd remarks, even when Lee Tae-sung reacts hostilely and steps forward. He showed a calm attitude as if it didn’t matter what problems arose. Because it completely deviates from common sense, I cannot simply dismiss this man’s proposal.’

It was paradoxical.

If the other party had added a plausible reason, Kim Jun-hyuk would not have continued this absurd conversation.

But.

Just because.

He wanted Incheon for no reason.

The fact that he wanted Incheon because he was in Incheon caused a stir in Kim Jun-hyuk’s heart.

“If I hadn’t confirmed the scene where Red Moon was annihilated, I wouldn’t have considered Roman Dmitry’s proposal at all. That doesn’t mean I’m going to hand over Incheon. There’s no reason for us, who already have a system in place, to bow down to an individual who hasn’t equipped anything to form a force.”

Incheon.

It is a city built with difficulty.

Even the central government wanted Incheon’s blind loyalty, but Kim Jun-hyuk maintained his stance that he could not do so until the end.

He did not use the position of Incheon Mayor for personal gain.

Because the lives of countless Incheon citizens were at stake in his words and choices, he could not do anything carelessly.

Paradoxically, for that reason, he did not get up from his seat.

Whether the other party was the central government or just an individual, he hoped to achieve results that would benefit Incheon in some way.

‘Roman Dmitry has created a radical result of massacring Red Moon alone. If he has the power to solve Incheon’s problems, his proposal can no longer be said to be absurd.’

He didn’t want to ignore the chance.

Kim Jun-hyuk said.

“In order to accept your proposal, Roman Dmitry, a verification is needed. The only thing that I and the Incheon government want is this. Give us the confidence that Incheon is safe if we follow you. If you give me that confidence, I will consider this ridiculous proposal positively.”

The meeting ended.

As Kim Jun-hyuk stepped down, Kang Min-ho asked with a somewhat stiff expression.

“…Are you really going to accept Kim Jun-hyuk’s proposal?”

A moment ago, Kim Jun-hyuk said.

“I will tell you my conditions. Recently, there have been reports that soldier ants are causing trouble around Incheon. Soldier ants are D-grade monsters. The Incheon government can handle it sufficiently, but the problem is that two queen ants were found in the soldier ants’ habitat. As you know, queen ants are monsters with a danger level above their grade. Although B-grade is assigned to individual force, the area where queen ants exist does not allow human access because they produce more than 100 ants a day.”

Recently.

The Incheon government set out to exterminate the queen ants.

If it had been as simple as the information identified in advance, it would have been a simple problem, but the situation became complicated when two queen ants were discovered.

Ants originally only allow one queen ant.

I don’t know why, but the two queen ants coexisted, and as a result, the number of ants rapidly increased in a short period of time.

In fact, they could have been exterminated if they had made up their minds.

Kim Jun-hyuk felt a knot in his stomach. He looked at the horizon, the sky was dark.

Incheon had a big problem: ants. Thousands of them. And with something even worse, a disaster, possibly coming, these ants were a real worry for the government.

These ants lived underground, making combat difficult. After thinking about it a lot, Kim Junhyuk decided to keep things as they were by just trying to reduce the number of ants.

He gave that job to Roman Dmitry.

He had two reasons for doing this.

Kim Junhyuk had a plan. If Roman Dmitry came with his own army to fight the ants, Kim Junhyuk would say no to him.

Why? Because an army would mean Roman Dmitry was lying.

He said he just wanted to help, but an army meant he wanted power in Incheon.

And second,

it was a chance to see how good Roman Dmitry really was.

If he could handle a problem that a group would struggle with all by himself, there would be no reason to doubt Roman Dmitry’s abilities.

When a disaster is coming, having a strong person around is very important.

If Roman Dmitry was good enough to trust Incheon to, then they would need to seriously think about working with him in the future.

It was a smart move.

Since the offer was good for the Incheon government, Kang Minho felt he had to say something against it.

“Kim Junhyuk is using you! He just wants you to fix his ant problem. If you fail, he doesn’t care. Say no! I’ll find another way.”

“There’s no need.”

“…Are you thinking about accepting it?”

Kang Minho was surprised.

Kim Junhyuk’s idea was strange.

Kim Junhyuk probably thought he would say no, but Roman Dmitry didn’t seem worried at all.

“I don’t need to prove myself to the mayor. I could leave, like you said. But I want to see what’s so dangerous in this world that everyone talks about.”

He was curious.

What dangers were hiding outside the safe zone.

He didn’t really understand yet about ranks and power in this world. He needed to see for himself what was so hard about these ants that even the government struggled.

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason he accepted Kim Junhyuk’s offer.

Kim Junhyuk.

He was interesting.

He thought about things that other people would think were silly, and he thought they were worth considering for the good of Incheon.

He was special.

He was likeable.

At first, he didn’t have a reason to choose Incheon, but now, Kim Junhyuk was the reason.

Roman Dmitry said,

“The ant colony will be taken care of in a month. Before that, I want to teach you something.”

“…Yes?”

The word ‘teach’.

Back then, Kang Minho didn’t understand what it meant.

They went to an empty place.

A place with no people around.

Roman Dmitry said,

“Hunters use skills, right? Show me your skills.”

“…Understood.”

It was a sudden order.

He had questions, but he did what Roman Dmitry said.

Kang Minho took out his sword.

“I don’t have as many skills as other hunters. I started late, and I don’t have any special connections, so I learned the skills on my own. First, I’ll show you Dash.”

Whoosh!

Pop!

Mana moved a little.

Kang Minho ran forward and swung his sword hard at an imaginary enemy.

“Force Strike.”

Wham!

The ground was dug up.

Kang Minho showed more skills. They were basic, using mana to make his moves stronger.

That was it. He was just an ordinary hunter, an E-rank, and this showed why.

Roman Dmitry watched Kang Minho calmly as he did all of this.

‘When Kang Minho uses a skill, the mana moves fast, like it’s following a set path. That must be why he doesn’t understand how skills work. People in this world don’t really understand the system, they just learn it with their bodies. They easily use power through the system. It’s a fast way to get strong, but if they don’t understand the basics, they won’t be able to get much better.’

Kang Minho used skills for a while.

Finally, he put his sword away and said, breathing hard,

“Haa, haa. That’s all.”

It was sad.

Skills.

It was like poison.

His body wasn’t made to use skills, and using them so much seemed to have hurt Kang Minho’s body.

Seeing that, he understood why Dmitry’s inheritance was so special.

For people who had been living so easily, the power of inheritance would have given them a very different kind of strength.

Roman Dmitry said,

“The way you are now, you’ll just get in my way. From now on, I will teach you how to get strong without using the system.”

He took out his sword.

He slowly raised his mana, looking at Kang Minho, who was confused.

“This is called the Asura Sword Technique, the Asura Mind Technique.”

“A-are you saying you’ll teach me Dmitry’s techniques? That’s an inheritance ability, so it should be impossible…”

His eyes opened wide.

Asura Sword Technique and Asura Mind Technique.

They were famous.

Cha Dongcheol wasn’t the only one who knew about Dmitry’s soldiers, and everyone knew that those techniques existed in Dmitry.

That’s why he was so confused.

How could he teach such great techniques like Dmitry’s, especially the inheritance abilities that were known to be impossible to teach?

Roman Dmitry showed the Asura Sword Technique and said,

“Trust me. From now on, you will learn the real Asura Sword Technique and Asura Mind Technique, not just a weak copy.”