I Ended Up Becoming The Heavenly Demon’s True Best Friend, Even Though He’s Shy Around Others

Chapter 50

There would be those who would look at our formation of a force with a worried gaze.

No, the word 'worried gaze' is not entirely correct.

Perhaps they would see this as a challenge to their vested interests.

After hearing those words, I wondered if the reason Pae Maseong had not come to us until now and had stayed around the Heavenly Demon was because of that.

To know the Heavenly Demon's heart accurately because he knew that the Heavenly Demon was paying attention to us?

To find out what the Heavenly Demon was going to do to us and to give us the necessary news?

At first, I thought, 'no way,' but the more I thought about it, the more it seemed to be right.

If it weren't for that, it wouldn't have taken so long for Pae Maseong to return to us.

If he had been in constant contact with Pae Maling.

And his appearance when he came to us was not like that of someone who had finally been able to release what had been piling up for a long time.

Rather, it seemed that Pae Maseong himself had wanted to come sooner, but had not been able to due to other circumstances.

"Pae Maseong, could it be that you."

As if he had noticed what I was about to say, Pae Maseong just smirked.

"Seeing how other people made judgments in their respective situations, I realized how different you were. The way you make decisions, no one else could imitate that. And it's not like you don't have money. Rather, you don't even have a greed for money, but money follows you."

"Ah, that. You're mistaken, Pae Maseong. I don't have any money now."

At that, Pae Maseong laughed out loud.

"Looking at the kids, it seems so. Seeing that those young children already have more than 30 years of internal energy, I realized that you must have fed them a lot of elixirs. And all their weapons were good ones."

"That can't be helped. I don't know when we'll have to fight a battle where we have to risk our lives, so I can't send them out with rusty swords."

At those words, Pae Maseong laughed.

"Yes, to you, that would be something that can't be helped, but other people don't think so. They think that not being able to do so is something that can't be helped."

Then Pae Maseong sighed deeply and said.

"Anyway, I have decided to become your closest aide from now on and assist you. And I'm going to see how far you go. Go high for my sake. As high as possible. That way, I, who am under you, can also become a plausible person, right? If you are satisfied with a mere family, I will at best be an elder of the family. But if you aim for a higher place than that and eventually rise to that position, I will also change."

Pae Maseong's eyes shone.

A mere family.

A higher place.

I looked at Pae Maseong, wondering what he was talking about.

Is he telling me to become a Heavenly Demon now?

Pae Maseong?

Pae Maseong, who is supposed to become a Heavenly Demon in this novel?

As I looked at him with a bewildered face, Pae Maseong had a relieved face, as if he had finished saying what he had wanted to say.

"I've been practicing the Heavenly Demon Divine Art. I was allowed to practice the Heavenly Demon Divine Art even before I joined the Heavenly Demon Force. I knew that the Heavenly Demon Divine Art would be helpful to me, so I thought I would stay there until the Heavenly Demon Divine Art reached the sixth level. When the Heavenly Demon Divine Art reaches the sixth level, it seems that there will be no one in the Heavenly Demon Sect that I can't defeat."

Pae Maseong said that and waited for my reaction.

He seemed to have said it, thinking that I would say that he was being too arrogant.

But I knew that his words were true.

I don't know if the standard of reaching the sixth level with the Heavenly Demon Divine Art is necessary, but I knew that in a short time, there would be no one in the Heavenly Demon Sect who could defeat Pae Maseong.

Just because one's individual martial prowess is the strongest does not mean that that person will obtain the Heavenly Demon Sect, and from now on, it would be more important to gain a force and expand and operate it solidly.

But at least in terms of individual martial prowess, Pae Maseong would stand at the forefront.

So overwhelmingly that no one could follow.

"Well, if it weren't for you, that would be the case."

I had never imagined that such words would come out of Pae Maseong's mouth.

So I couldn't even properly ask what he had said.

"It's strange when I think about it. What's different about you, Socheong? It's not like you've practiced a martial art that I don't know on your own, and it's not like you've eaten more elixirs than me. It seems that I've obtained everything more, but I couldn't understand why you were stronger than me in a real battle."

The only real battle I had fought with Pae Maseong.

The one and only fight where we had clashed with the determination to kill each other.

At that time, I had thought that if I didn't stop Pae Maseong, I might lose Yeon Cheongha and the children of Nether Shadow Valley because of him.

I had thought that if Pae Maseong confronted the Cho family for his revenge, the people who were precious to me would inevitably fall to the swords of the Cho family's martial artists.

Although I had eventually stopped him then, I had not known that Pae Maseong would have had such thoughts about that.

It must have just happened that way.

It doesn't seem that the result of that day was because of my skills.

It's true that on that day, it seems that a power beyond what I had was exerted, but was it to the extent that Pae Maseong would acknowledge my superiority in our relationship?

Pae Maseong finished his words and patted my shoulder.

"I feel so relieved now that I've said everything. Let's go now."

For some reason, my heart was pounding.

The situation had completely changed from a moment ago.

I kept thinking about what Pae Maseong had said, 'a higher place'.

'Heavenly Demon?'

Does Pae Maseong think that I will become a Heavenly Demon?

I had never wanted to become a Heavenly Demon.

I don't think I had ever thought that I could become a Heavenly Demon.

'Ah, I don't know.'

Since it wasn't that that position would be given to me right away just because I wanted it now, I shook my head and shook off the thought.

For now, it was important to finish what I had to do first.

Starting with saving the children who were trapped in the second Nether Shadow Valley.

* * *

If I relied on and entrusted it to Pae Maseong, the work would be easily resolved, but this was also an opportunity for the children of Nether Shadow Valley.

I was realizing to some extent that in a battle that must be won, a skill beyond what one usually had was exerted, and a potential power also came out.

That's why I wanted to entrust this battle to the children.

I also told Pae Maseong that, and I said that we should just support them from behind so that the children don't get hurt.

Pae Maseong also nodded, saying that that would be good.

I gathered the children and said only one thing.

"Think that Pae Maseong and I are not here. Think that you are alone and rescue the children. You also have to eliminate the instructors and the Valley Lord. I don't know if there will be an underground cave and poisonous creatures here, but you also have to decide how to dispose of them. From now on, I will not say a single word."

The children seemed to be flustered, but they nodded as if they understood my meaning.

Then, as if it were natural, they looked at Dan Yujong.

At that, Dan Yujong called Jeok Soju, and the two of them discussed and made a plan.

There were so many loopholes in the plan that I had a hard time holding back from saying that they shouldn't do it like that.

Even if they failed, that would become a stepping stone for the children.

In life, the time when you can fail is not very long, and these children were still in that process.

So it seemed best to experience the failures that could be experienced at that time even one more time and rise up.

Soon, the children's operation began.

Watching that, what I newly realized was that if the power one possessed was overwhelmingly strong, it was not a big problem even if the plan was sloppy.

Even if they were discovered in the middle of secretly approaching and launching a surprise attack, the act of subduing the enemy itself could succeed.

The children were like that.

Although they were still immature in hiding their presence and their bodies were stiff, revealing their tension, once they were discovered, they became even more daring and somehow obtained the result that had been decided at the beginning.

It seemed that one or two failures were making the children more and more daring and sophisticated.

The children quickly realized why they were failing and supplemented those things.

The attacks of the children who were eliminating the instructors changed from moment to moment.

A smile also spread on Pae Maseong's lips, and I, forgetting that we were secretly watching, wanted to boast that those guys were my junior brothers.

The children would stealthily approach, twist the instructor's head to break his neck, or knock him down with a roundhouse kick and then stab a dagger into his unconscious body.

As a result of the fifty-seven people moving in unison in their respective positions, it didn't take long for the work to be finished.

The Valley Lord was not there at that time.

It must have been a great stroke of luck for the Valley Lord.

He was a man with a long lifeline.

After killing all the instructors, the children ran around each building and checked if there were any survivors.

And after confirming that everyone had been dealt with, they returned to me.

Since they had faces that asked what they should do now, I smiled and said to the children.

"Until we rescue the children from this place and leave, I will not say a single word to you."

At that, the children, as if they had realized again that they had to do the rest of the work on their own, moved busily.

The children who had been gathered seemed to be in the process of being tamed after being captured there.

They were in a state of being completely steeped in fear without having received proper training.

When I had first rescued the children of Nether Shadow Valley, these children had been in a state of being somewhat refined and made.

Through numerous life-and-death battles, they had unintentionally killed people, experienced murder, and had a fighting instinct.

But the children now had none of that and knew nothing but to cry quietly after being captured in a strange place.

If I took them with me, they would not be of help to us, but as they were, it would be impossible for them to live a normal life.

The memory of this place would come to mind no matter what they did in the future, and they might even become addicted to alcohol and waste their lives as ruins.

I decided to watch what decision the children would make.

The children divided their roles quite well.

They went around various places and stole wealth, and they also searched everywhere to see if there were any places where poisonous creatures were hidden.

In the meantime, the other children gathered the children who had been captured there.

There were also children who explained who we were to the scared children and comforted them, saying that they would be safe now.

"The person over there is our Senior Brother, and the person behind him is Senior Brother Pae. You can also call them that from now on."

No, where is it that you connect junior brothers in that way?

(End of Chapter)