The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live A Normal Life [EN]: Chapter 61

“Accident in Sector E, Mine Shaft 8!” The shout ripped through the mine.

Morkhan pushed through the dusty, panicked crowd. The air was thick with the smell of earth and fear. He could hear the shouts and cries of the miners. “What happened?!” he yelled.

“Morkhan! Mine Shaft 8 – it’s collapsed!”

“What?!”

Sector E. A new area. Morkhan knew they were drilling fast and miners were about to start working there. An accident? But there was no earthquake.

This was strange and bad. Morkhan quickly tried to understand what was going on. A worker, face as white as chalk, stammered, “Mine Shaft 8… it went down suddenly. We checked everything! The ground, the machine to carry things down – all fine. Then, boom! A wall broke, and everything fell in. The machine and… and a worker was down there. Lunchtime, so only one person. But no sound since. He might be buried.”

“This is terrible.”

A collapse. Always a danger in mining. Even with checks, surprises happened. Ground could shift, rain could weaken things. A worker was trapped. His life was in danger.

‘What to do?’ Morkhan’s mind raced. The way down was gone. Too dangerous to send rescuers now – more rocks could fall. Only one way: make the ground safe again, then use ladders. Slow and safe.

“We have to hurry!” the worker cried. “He’ll die if we wait!”

Just then, before Morkhan could speak, Roman stepped forward. “Lead me to the accident. I’ll go down.”

Morkhan and the worker stared, shocked. This was crazy! “Absolutely not, Young Master!” Morkhan grabbed Roman’s arm. “You’re a Dimitri! If you got hurt rescuing someone… we’d be punished! We need to check everything first, then…”

“Too slow,” Roman cut him off. “The machine down there weighs tons. If he’s under that, every second counts. Your way is safe for us, maybe. But not for him. We need someone strong, someone who can use mana. I can fix this.”

Aura Swordsman. A human living in the realm of the superhuman. As Roman said, directly rescuing the injured worker was a good method.

“It’s not that we don’t know that, is it? What I’m worried about is the off chance. I know that Roman is an Aura Swordsman and how amazing he is, but we can’t help but worry about the worst-case scenario.”

“Morkhan.”

“Yes, sir.”

“I told you why I came to the iron mine.”

As Roman spoke, Morkhan’s eyes widened for a moment.

“Those who bear the name of Dimitri must fulfill their responsibilities. A leader is not someone who reigns above others, pursuing only comfort and personal happiness. This is also a duty that I must bear. A member of Dimitri has suffered a collapse accident, and I, who can resolve it, happen to be at the scene. If I turn a blind eye to the danger and run away, I am not worthy of living as a Dimitri.”

Roman. No, Baek Jung-hyuk. He had lived as a leader his entire life. Even though he had seen much blood in the process of conquering the Murim, Baek Jung-hyuk’s Murim had entered an era of peace and prosperity.

That was the result of Baek Jung-hyuk’s values. Just as he had always been at the forefront on the battlefield, Baek Jung-hyuk received the loyalty of his subordinates as a leader, but he never took the weight of the name of leader lightly.

If necessary, he stepped forward himself. He took responsibility and braved the danger. The values of the Heavenly Demon.

Having always lived as a ruler, Roman knew how to act when faced with danger in reality.

‘If I run away, the people below me will lose trust. In order for people to devote everything under the name of the Heavenly Demon, under the name of Dimitri, I must show that I myself am worthy of receiving such loyalty.’

The injured worker left underground. A stranger whose face he did not even know. Risking his life to save him was not a practical choice, but Roman thought differently.

If he saved the injured worker, people’s attitudes would change. The miners would become favorable to Roman, which would allow him to proceed with his future plans more smoothly.

This was a kind of performance. A golden opportunity to fulfill his duty as a leader and gain the trust of the common people.

If the cause and the ideal aligned, there was no reason not to step forward.

“Young Master…”

Morkhan was speechless.

He did not know Roman’s true intentions. However, he was deeply moved by the decision to risk his life for the injured worker while speaking of Dimitri’s duty.

Roman Dimitri. He was the real deal. He was so regretful that he had once ignored him.

“…Please be careful. You must come back safe.”

“I will.”

There was no more time to delay. Roman left Morkhan behind and quickly moved to the area where the accident had occurred.

The passage leading down to Mine Shaft 8. An ordinary person would need a ladder to go underground, but Roman leaped as soon as he arrived.

Tap tap. Light Foot Technique. Roman’s movements were like those of a nimble beast. He quickly descended, scaling the walls like a mountain goat descending a cliff, and was able to set foot on the ground in an instant.

The surroundings were difficult to see due to the dust and darkness. This was because the transport device had fallen and destroyed all the torches, but it was not a big problem for Roman.

Hwa-ak. He concentrated mana in his eyes. Even if it wasn’t as bright as broad daylight, he was able to grasp the surrounding situation to some extent.

‘The injured worker…’

He looked around. The surroundings were a mess due to the collapse. Most of the mine shaft that had been painstakingly created had collapsed, and large stones were piled around the transport device that was stuck in the ground.

If someone had been under this, they might have died instantly. Fortunately, such an unfortunate event did not occur.

Upon checking around the transport device, he found a young man lying on the ground. He was unconscious. When he checked his pulse, he was able to confirm that he was still alive.

‘It’s a relief.’

In the disaster where the sky was falling, the man was fortunately not buried underneath. His head was bleeding from being hit by stones falling from all directions, and his legs and arms were broken one by one, but it did not seem to be a major threat to his life.

People’s fates were truly interesting. This man had experienced a disaster where a bolt of lightning fell from a clear sky, but fortunately, there was a being like himself who could solve the problem, and he happened to be nearby.

‘You are not destined to die.’

Firmly. He carried the man on his back.

And then.

Tap. Tap tap. Roman immediately climbed up the cliff in the same way he had come down.

“Woo-ooo.”

“Wow!”

“Young Master Roman saved the injured worker!”

As he came outside, a large crowd gathered. They had heard the news that Roman was going to rescue him himself.

So they were waiting anxiously, and before long, Roman succeeded in rescuing the injured worker. It was a sight they could not believe even after seeing it with their own eyes.

It would take a considerable amount of time just to go underground and come back up, but Roman quickly appeared carrying the injured worker on his back, making the people’s fussing seem small.

Tap. He put the injured worker down.

The cheering people. Now was not the time to pay attention to their reactions.

Roman checked the condition of the injured worker and then ordered a worker who happened to be next to him.

“Bring something that can be used as a splint.”

“Yes?”

“Hurry!”

The worker was startled by Roman’s shout and ran off. Although there was no danger to his life, the broken arms and legs seemed to require immediate attention.

Roman examined the injured worker’s body and then sent mana into it. After suppressing the pain and stopping the bleeding, he manually massaged the injured area to roughly align the bones.

Crack, crack. The eerie sound was enough to make those with weak hearts turn away from the unpleasant sight, but Roman continued the treatment as if it were nothing.

At that sight, Morkhan, who was trying to help Roman, could not help but be surprised.

‘To be so skilled.’

The act of treating injuries. It was not an easy task. In particular, Roman was not simply applying medicine, but was showing the boldness of manually aligning the bones.

That was impossible without confidence in oneself. Roman’s appearance looked different.

Going down to the mine shaft to rescue the injured worker, and even the way he treated him, was a series of reversals. In fact, Roman was familiar with this kind of treatment.

In the dog-eat-dog world that was like walking on thin ice, injuries were like everyday life. In order to survive, Baek Jung-hyuk had directly aligned broken bones and had many experiences of saving dying subordinates.

It wasn’t that he had learned medicine. The experience accumulated in actual combat taught him how to deal with emergency situations, and the injuries suffered by the man who had fallen before his eyes were nothing.

In his previous life, Baek Jung-hyuk had even had the experience of directly pushing his intestines, which had been torn and burst open, back in and sewing them up. Of course, his healing touch was bound to be skilled, and the cheering people were now only uttering exclamations.

The worker brought a splint. Only after applying it and securing it firmly did Roman look up at Morkhan and say,

“Take the injured worker to the healer right away. I’ve done some simple first aid, but he’ll need professional treatment to avoid problems later. And if they say they need a potion for treatment, I’ll pay for it, so tell them to give him the best possible treatment.”

“I understand.”

Morkhan gestured. Other workers rushed over to take care of the injured worker, and they quickly put him on a stretcher and took him to the healer.

A situation that unfolded in an instant. Morkhan’s heart was still pounding. An accident occurred. Roman rescued the injured worker himself. And even treated him.

Perhaps because he had experienced too much at once, he stared blankly at Roman with a confused look.

Then, Roman got up from his seat and said to Morkhan,

“I think what happened today is the ‘safety issue’ you were talking about. Even if you prepare thoroughly, you can’t do anything about a sudden disaster. From now on, as a member of the Dimitri family, I intend to try to solve the difficulties you are experiencing by any means possible. It probably won’t take too long.”

At this moment, Morkhan felt an emotion that could not be expressed in words. Whether he solved the problem or not was not important.

The fact that he listened to the voices of the miners. That alone made Morkhan think that he would respect Roman Dimitri in the future.