Chapter 454: Chapter 454

The Ghost-Faced Demon, who vanished in front of Dan Woo-hyun, revealed his appearance at a place unknown.

Frowning for a moment as if tired, he felt a sense of relief at the fact that he survived.

His hand trembled finely.

‘So that is the Martial God?’

Smacking his lips, he recalled Dan Woo-hyun’s appearance once again.

He was a person who, the moment they met gazes, felt like he would be sucked in without even time to do anything.

Recalling every situation from the beginning one by one, he shined a bitter smile.

“Did you fail?”

“Yes, I failed. As expected, he is no ordinary fellow. The disguise was also perfect, and he did not seem to notice until I closed in, but…”

“I see…”

While saying such words to someone, the Ghost-Faced Demon shrugged his shoulders.

He only thought he could kill him with a perfect surprise attack. Since that kind of method was what the Ghost-Faced Demon had used since long ago, he also had confidence.

Even more, since he thought he captured Hong Won-chang, read his memories, and disguised perfectly to the extent that no one would notice, the shock did not easily fade away.

“If you give me just one more opportunity…”

“Forget it.”

“Hmm…”

The Ghost-Faced Demon scratched his head at the sound he heard.

Soon, slanting his gaze back, he looked at the figure confined in the darkness.

Even his gaze is not seen, and there is not even a presence.

If they clashed with blades, he would be helpless.

Even so, the Ghost-Faced Demon shined a laugh, wondering what was so amusing.

“Had I been together with Brother, I could have killed him, though…?”

“…….”

“Where did Brother go?”

“There is no need for you to know.”

It could not be but a truly odd matter.

Despite it being work of facing the Martial God under heaven, both of the Ghost-Faced Twin Killers did not step forward. If it was unprecedented, that was the situation, and also he did not even let him know where one person vanished to.

The Ghost-Faced Demon was curious about that, but kept his mouth shut.

No matter in what way he asked, he did not feel an answer would be heard.

“Return.”

“Understood.”

Though he did not like it, an order is an order.

As long as he was revived, he had to follow him. Though full of a twisted expression and dissatisfaction, the Ghost-Faced Demon did not show it and nodded his head.

‘I really do not like that human no matter when I see him.’

Feeling something disappear along with a gentle breeze, the Ghost-Faced Demon quietly watched the place where he had been.

“Had it not been for Lord Ryu Tae-seo, I would have…!”

Had it not been for Ryu Tae-seo’s order, he would have torn his limbs to shreds.

He thought he held a position higher than himself because he was lucky, and his skill would be equal or a difference of a single sheet of paper.

Holding such a resentful mind in his chest, he let out a sigh.

That he failed was that he failed, and the fellow he did not like was still not to his liking.

Since it was not that he could change the current situation by that, it was also his reality that he had no choice but to accept it calmly.

‘Anyway, where on earth did Brother really go?’

An anxious thought flashed through the Ghost-Faced Demon.

Because he had never once left his side until now, he came to harbor great anxiety and fear in moving alone itself.

Soon, clicking his tongue, he also turned his back.

* * *

“It seems certain that Hong Won-chang entered here, but…”

“You cannot find his trace?”

“Yes…”

Jang Sam-tae nodded his head with an embarrassed expression.

That he was in the midst of going up to Beijing after leaving Hunan seemed correct. However, at some point, whether he was switched, also where he was right now, his trace could not easily be found.

Although they were mobilizing the Hao Sect’s information power completely, they could not find any notable trace.

“Since the Hao Sect side even said they handed over the portrait of the one called Plague Demon, it seems unmistakable that he went to catch him.”

Dan Woo-hyun wrinkled his face with a reluctant expression.

Considering the Ghost-Faced Demon’s nature, there was a high possibility Hong Won-chang was already dead. Or he might have locked him up somewhere, but if so, he would not have deliberately spoken of the fact that he was dying.

If locked up, he could escape anytime if he had the capability himself, and he would not have erupted in such laughter while deliberately speaking of a dead person.

‘Then he is captured by someone else… is it about that?’

Dan Woo-hyun swallowed a short groan while looking at the sky.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through his head.

Then suddenly recalling one thing, he spoke.

“He went to catch the Plague Demon…?”

“He is a fellow about whom only rumors were thick; I never knew he existed in reality. The Hao Sect side also actually handed over the portrait, but said they could not be certain.”

“I see…”

Dan Woo-hyun first thought that the person called Plague Demon might be the older brother side of the Ghost-Faced Twin Killers. But that one more secret than a ghost revealed his face to such a thing as the Hao Sect of all entities was an impossible thing.

If so, it meant he was simply a living person, namely a martial artist.

He speculated that in the midst of moving to catch such a person, he became the Ghost-Faced Demon’s target and eventually became bound to be captured by the Plague Demon.

He put every situation from one to ten into his head.

“If it is the Plague Demon’s matter… would it not be faster to ask Tang Mun-hye instead? It was the Martial Alliance that tracked that bastard longer than the Hao Sect side, though…”

“The Martial Alliance?”

“Yes, since the Plague Demon is practically a martial artist, I know the Martial Alliance has investigated many things.”

At that time, Jang Sam-tae did not know well about the Jianghu.

When the situation itself of making a living right now was hard, what fun would there be in the Jianghu? However, he lived holding several stories in his ears, and one of them was precisely the story about the Plague Demon.

Although the Martial Alliance poured in countless numbers of personnel to capture him, they failed time and again, and eventually he vanished like a ghost, suddenly hiding his trace.

Just by listening, was it not ghost-like?

“The Martial Alliance loses the guys they chase every time.”

“…Well, does it not mean they are that incompetent?”

Jang Sam-tae broke into a cold sweat drop by drop.

Although it was a word sorry to Namgung Cheon, Jang Sam-tae agreed with Dan Woo-hyun’s thought.

In the first place, had the Martial Alliance not been incompetent, they would have caught most of the fellows Dan Woo-hyun captured, let alone the Plague Demon.

Since such a Plague Demon incident would have no way to break out if it had been so, the saying that the Martial Alliance was incompetent is by no means incorrect.

“What will you do?”

“Bring Tang Mun-hye.”

Jang Sam-tae nodded his head.

Although they had come out considerably far from the inn, with his legs, it would not take long to drag Tang Mun-hye over.

Remaining alone for a moment, Dan Woo-hyun took a seat on a nearby rock and fell into thought.

The Ghost-Faced Twin Killers.

The subordinates of the Blue Flame Emperor directly targeted Dan Woo-hyun.

That they approached and closed in disguised as Hong Won-chang can be said to be practically a situation no different from a declaration of war against Dan Woo-hyun.

‘Eventually, is it that we should go to the end?’

Thinking of that, Dan Woo-hyun shook his head.

No, in the first place, they were existences that could not live under the same sky as Cheon Mu-je from the very beginning.

In that kind of part, he might be thought of as the same class as the Blood Demon, but Cheon Mu-je is meticulous, planned, and also strong, unlike the Blood Demon.

Considering the point that he had faced numerous martial artists but there was no one as difficult as Cheon Mu-je, there was no figure as dangerous, and if there was someone who could kill Dan Woo-hyun, there would be no other but him.

“She must be safe…”

Dan Woo-hyun closed his eyes gently and thought of a child.

She might come to experience a rough event.

Although it was why he moved first, from Dan Woo-hyun’s standpoint of not knowing Cheon Mu-je’s mind, he worried about Dan So-mi’s safety more than his own.

Because Cheon Mu-je is different from the Blood Demon, who pounces looking only at Dan Woo-hyun without caring about anything.

‘Just what are you trying to do.’

Dan Woo-hyun, who opened his eyes slowly, looked at the empty air where no one was.

The moment a person’s face flickered and passed through, he frowned without realizing it.

“M… Manor Lord! I brought her!”

“Kyaaaak! Put me down! What on earth are you doing?!”

Suddenly, a clamor was heard.

Dan Woo-hyun, who had been soaked in thoughts, frowned and raised his head.

Soon, the moment he looked at the scenery seen by his eyes, he wore a dazed expression without realizing it.

Tang Mun-hye was there.

She indeed was.

But what she had been doing, her moistly soaked white clothes were half wet, and even her hair was damp so water was dripping.

Unmistakably, she seemed to have been taking a bath.

Such a woman was being dragged over while slung over Jang Sam-tae’s shoulder.

It was a situation where one wonders if it should be called kidnapping rather than being dragged.

Dan Woo-hyun grabbed his throbbing glabella.

“I brought her!”

“Kyaak!”

Jang Sam-tae put down Tang Mun-hye with a triumphant expression.

Frowning as she thumped her buttocks on the floor while falling to the ground. Even without this, she was a beautiful woman if you excluded her personality, and her moistly wet appearance looked like anyone would fall in love at a glance.

However, whether Tang Mun-hye was ashamed, covering her chest with both hands, she glared sharply at Jang Sam-tae.

“What on earth is this act!”

“No, it is because you did not come out quickly when the Manor Lord called.”

“Even so… how…”

Tang Mun-hye had tears in her eyes.

She received such humiliation for the first time since she was born.

Even though she said, ‘I will go out soon. Wait,’ who would have known he would throw open the door, step inside, and kidnap a person?

It was not an act a person in their right mind would do.

Killing intent as if she would kill him right away lingered in her eyes.

At that moment.

Dan Woo-hyun took off his outer robe and threw it toward Tang Mun-hye.

“Wear it for now. Since it is embarrassing to watch…”

“…….”

Tang Mun-hye wore Dan Woo-hyun’s outer robe while trembling her body. Thanks to the clothes being considerably large, covering her entire small body was not even work.

Then suddenly, she felt Dan Woo-hyun’s scent coming from the outer robe.

Sniffing it, it was a good scent unlike a man’s.

“Are you a dog?”

“…….”

“Ugh?! D-Don’t think strange thoughts!”

Jang Sam-tae looked at Tang Mun-hye with a dumbfounded expression. Her face had turned bright red to the extent that being a woman called the Asura Rakshasa of the Sichuan Tang Family was put to shame.

A feeling like seeing Namgung So-hye yet mixing Zhuge Yeon in.

Since all women could not have the same personality, this was amusing in its own way to him.

“A fully grown girl like you should not do such things. Even if the age to marry has passed, though.”

“I said no?!”

Tang Mun-hye gritted her teeth and stood up from her seat.

Had there been even a single dagger in her chest, she would have gouged out Jang Sam-tae’s eyes right away.

That she could not do so was a regret among regrets.

“Enough. Stop bickering.”

“Ugh… Just… what on earth is the matter?”

Tang Mun-hye calmed her anger and folded her collar one by one. Even so, she did not adapt somewhat to the wind that came in refreshingly.

She looked at Dan Woo-hyun with a flushed face and bowed her head.

“If there is something you know about the Plague Demon, speak.”

“Haa? The Plague Demon? Why that fellow again…?”

Tang Mun-hye wore an expression of being sick and tired.

Despite the Martial Alliance exerting efforts to capture him for a long time, they could not find his trace. It was to the extent that rumors circulated whether he was already dead.

But in the end, though she came to know he was alive due to the incident that broke out in Beijing some time ago, she could not care much because of the North Sea matter.

Tang Mun-hye looked at Dan Woo-hyun with a peculiar expression.

However, without resolving her doubt, he merely shined a smile and asked back the same words once again.

“Speak.”

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