The Heavenly Demon Can’t Live a Normal Life

in sweat from the heat in the forge, and his muscles could be seen glowing red as if they consisted of lava.
This was a unique sight—Normal blacksmiths usually wear protective gear on their bodies.
Understandably, it is to protect their body from this scorching heat inside the furnace and also to protect the body from the hot flames of pieces of steel that might jump up from the hammering.

Hendrick was the same.
He came to the shop and got ready to work like that, but Roman was now hammering the steel in front of the flames and wasn’t wearing anything other than trousers.

Obviously, he knew it too—This was dangerous.

However, making a sword was another way for Baek Joong-hyuk to not only make suitable weapons for himself but practice martial arts simultaneously.

Crackle!

Wheikkk!

The flames continued to burn.
The suffocating heat was hard to accept, but Roman, who had continued to take deep breaths, made his body accustomed to it.

Infernal God Art.

Instantly, Roman’s body was engulfed in flames. The usage of the martial arts which controls fire, a martial arts of a demon who was called Infernal Demon2.—In the common sense of the world, two different kinds of Mental Methods cannot exist at once.

It is common knowledge that people who use the Heavenly Demon God Art cannot use the Infernal God Art.
However, Baek Joong-hyuk was a Heavenly Demon who had raised his affinity to all attributes to the limit.
As a result, it was possible for them to coexist while taking a toll on the body.
The Heavenly Demon God Art took place in the dantian and took control of everything, and even if other attributes entered the body from the outside, nothing horrifying would happen.

Coexistence—Roman absorbed it.
He gradually took the heat rising up around into his dantian so that it could nourish him.

‘The training of the Infernal God Art is rather the best one out there.
If it is used frequently, though, it will damage the internal organs along with the lungs, but now that everything has been prepared in the same way as the past, my body can withstand the flames in here.’

Kaang!

Kaang! Kanng!

He swung the hammer again.
For the act of making the sword, facing the flame in the hearth, Roman calmly and meticulously began to examine his body condition—The extension of the arm, the strength used, the amount of qi being used—As he calmly checked the state, he thought of the shape he wanted the sword to take.
The sword made with sweat pouring down like rain cannot be used for more than 2 years.
Thus, a shape suitable just for him.
Also, Roman thought 2 years was a good enough time for a sword.

At the same time, mana moved in the dantian.

The enemies he recognized till now—Considering the size of Barco and the mercenaries they hired, actually, even with his current level, it wasn’t a problem for him.
However, variables are invisible to naked eyes.

Obviously, the scale of Barco that the Intelligence Guild found out was rather normal, but it was impossible to fully understand what preparation they had done in the process of conquering Lawrence.

Murim always spoke about hiding the main skills.
In a world where all kinds of people run rampant, fully revealing one’s skill was a shortcut to our death.

Barco—They, too, must have hidden something, and Roman knew such a variable could cost his life.
Thus, he hoped for the strength to oppose such variables.

In the process of subjugating the Murim, the brains of the Jegal family’s head put Baek Joong-hyun into a corner due to the variables that man created.
Nevertheless, with overwhelming force, he overpowered him.
When one doesn’t fully understand the opponent’s power, having enough power to overpower or prevent the variables often works.

‘I haven’t fully grasped the working of this world.
The strongest person I came across was the commander of Knights Templar, Johnathan, and he said that the status of 3-Star is recognized by the kingdom.
However, there are 4-Star, 5-Star, and even 6- Star swordsmen, as well, in this world.
Also, there are unknown beings who use the power of magic which I never experienced.
Even if I can overwhelmingly defeat Captain Johnathan, there is no certainty that I can deal with all the unknown beings who might come in my way.’

He took a deep breath.
Taking in the mana, he slammed the steel.

Kaang!

He had to train—Because he was accepting new people into his fence, because he had no intention for people like Hans, who are under him, to be taken down.

Like that, one day, two days, …, time passed.

Roman’s body had turned one with the sword.
As if he was making himself a sword, he accepted the flaming heat and trained the body.

Thus, ten days passed.

Tuk.

The sound of hammering came to a halt.

The first sword—For a person, the first is very special.

Roman looked at the sword shining in the sunlight, and gradually, a smile bloomed on his face as he looked at the slowly dying heat.

‘This sword is perfectly suited to me.’

The forging period was short.
Still, even though ten days wasn’t enough time, he succeeded in producing a sword at a level like this due to his passion and experience.
It wasn’t an ordinary sword sold in markets, but it was able to accept mana better than a lump of steel, and it met all the conditions Roman wanted.

With this sword, my preparation is done.

Noticing his dantian boiling due to heat, Roman gave the sword a name.

“Naming you after this world, I will call you Salamander.”

He held the sword.

Now, it was his turn to dispatch and expose the true face of Barco.

This was previously translated as skeletal metamorphosis. 

Demonic Sect members are known as demons.