Chapter 213. The Greatest Hero (2)
“You did well, Kang Yujin.”
After defeating Forneus, commander of Pandemonium’s Eastern Region Third Command...
Kang Yujin was listening to Joo Minha’s praise from the rear.
“Thanks to you defeating Forneus, the enemy’s morale has completely collapsed. Now all that remains is to sweep away the rest of the demons.”
“So I just wait around now?”
“Yes. The other members of the Golden Ram Order need more real combat experience if they’re going to grow.”
“Got it.”
Seok Taejun might be the leader of the Golden Ram Order, but Joo Minha was its brain.
She handled all the detailed training and development plans, so it was probably best to follow her instructions.
“Besides, fighting small fry is no longer meaningful for you.”
“Really?”
“No matter how many weak enemies you defeat in your current state... your skill won’t improve even a little.”
“That’s true, but...”
“And we can handle most small fry without you. So from now on, you only need to deal with truly dangerous enemies, such as Demon God-class demons.”
“Do we really need to separate things that strictly? Then I won’t have much to do.”
“If allies are in danger and need saving, then of course it doesn’t matter if the enemies are weak.”
“But during ordinary combat, there is no reason for you to step in personally.”
Joo Minha spoke in a calm voice.
“It would diminish your dignity as a savior.”
“I told you not to say that.”
“My apologies. I’ll be more careful.”
“You’ve been saying it more often lately.”
“That is because lately you’ve been becoming more and more like the savi...”
She stopped herself.
“More like the person I always expected you to become.”
"..."
“You stopped tyrants like Cheon Sangwoon and Saionji Keito, defeated demons like Phenex and Asmodeus, drove Pandemonium out of East Asia, and returned lost land to the people.”
“You truly are someone who gives people hope.”
“I didn’t do all that by myself.”
“Especially lately, none of it would’ve been possible without the Golden Ram Order supporting me.”
The Golden Ram Order, which had been formed while Kang Yujin was away in China, had become exactly the kind of organization Seok Taejun promised.
At the very least, reclaiming North Korea and advancing all the way into the Russian Far East had only been possible because they supported Kang Yujin in every way.
Thanks to them, Kang Yujin barely had to worry about anything.
All he had to do was crush whatever enemy appeared in front of him.
“Hearing you say that makes all the effort we put into growing the organization feel worthwhile.”
Joo Minha smiled faintly.
For someone whose expression rarely changed, that smile was unusual.
“Then, Joo Minha, I’m going to make a quick round of the area.”
“I’ll check the rear while I’m at it.”
“A cooldown walk, then. Go ahead.”
With Joo Minha seeing him off, Kang Yujin left the encampment.
Joo Minha really never changes.
Passing through an abandoned area with no one around, Kang Yujin fell into thought.
I’m always grateful for her help, but...
Sometimes, it felt a little burdensome.
She didn’t seem to look at Kang Yujin as merely a comrade.
There was something more in her gaze.
That’s just the kind of person she is, so I guess it can’t be helped... hm?
Kang Yujin sensed a presence and stopped.
Someone was coming down from a nearby mountain.
A demon?
At first, he thought it was one of the surviving demons.
The man’s body was far larger than an ordinary human’s.
No. That’s...
He was human.
But he was well over two meters tall.
If you rounded generously, he might even be close to three.
His entire body was covered in solid muscle, but he wasn’t grotesquely bulky like Sama Yun or Guo Yunzhao.
Even so...
Kang Yujin could feel it.
This man possessed greater physical strength than anyone he had ever met.
“Who are you?”
"..."
The enormous man stared silently at Kang Yujin with large eyes.
“What are you doing here?”
"..."
Kang Yujin asked again.
Still no answer.
He’s not normal.
Kang Yujin had fought all kinds of powerful people.
Cheon Sangwoon.
Saionji Keito.
Yang Weizheng.
Arthur.
And yet...
this man looked far stronger than all of them.
No. Maybe...
The image that came to mind was Asmodeus in China.
The Demon God-class demon who had been modified through Ha Mina’s Vessel technique and gained monstrous power.
This man might even be stronger than that Asmodeus.
What the hell is going on?
There was no clear evidence.
At first glance, the man was simply huge.
And yet Kang Yujin instinctively knew.
He was overwhelmingly strong.
“You seem to have a good eye for judging another person’s ability.”
The man finally spoke.
“I’ll at least acknowledge that much.”
“If you can do that, you won’t hold others back on a battlefield.”
“Who the hell are you?”
“Before I answer, let me ask you one thing.”
“What?”
“Are you tougher than a concrete wall?”
"...?"
Kang Yujin had no idea what that meant.
Then the fist came.
BOOOOM!!
He couldn’t react.
Kang Yujin was blasted backward and slammed into the wall of a nearby building.
The concrete collapsed with him, and he was thrown inside.
“Good.”
“Looks like you’re tougher than concrete.”
"..."
Kang Yujin bit his lip and forced himself upright.
He had been sent flying through a wall with one punch.
It was hard to believe.
“Next question.”
“Are you tougher than steel?”
“What...?”
Immediately afterward...
the man picked up a steel locker lying inside the building and hurled it at Kang Yujin.
"...!"
It struck him directly.
Again.
It was simply too fast to dodge.
