Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 23

The Three Kings’ Disciple (24)

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“The most urgent matter is the elders,” Kang Han-cheol said, his voice serious.

“Due to the Blood Demon’s arrival, all the elders except for the First and Third Elders have died. While the protectors are negligible, the elders are different.”

This was a time to discuss the future of the Blood Cult.

The Blood Demon’s arrival was the name the Blood Cult members used for the day Lee Rowoon killed Baek Heol-soo.

“Each elder is responsible for a palace. The First Elder is in charge of the Blood Sword Palace, the Second Elder the Blood Gold Palace, the Third Elder the Blood Martial Palace… Each palace has a role, and the elders are the heads of those palaces…”

In short, that was it.

Even though the elders Lee Rowoon killed were the tumors that had rotted the Blood Cult, they had a role.

But now that all the elders were dead, there was no one to fulfill those roles.

“For now, promote the vice-palace lords in the palaces.”

“However…” Kang Han-cheol spoke with concern at Lee Rowoon’s words.

“The vice-palace lords are all but the confidants of the elders. They are nothing more than a group of rebels who dare not submit to the Blood Demon.”

Lee Rowoon’s eyes flashed.

“So, are you saying those guys can oppose me?”

The Blood Cult members were reborn through the blood bond.

Even if that weren’t the case, they couldn’t defy Lee Rowoon, who possessed the Blood Demon Divine Art.

“It’s not that. The rebels who have not submitted to the Blood Demon should be executed as an example…”

“That’s a matter that’s irrelevant now anyway.”

Executing the rebels as an example.

The reason was to show the terrible consequences so that no one would ever plot treason again.

But if no one could plot treason, it was a meaningless act.

“How many Blood Cult members reside in the Blood King’s Castle?”

“In total… there are less than ten thousand.”

Ten thousand, many if you think of it, few if you don’t.

If we consider that a typical high school in South Korea has about three thousand students, it’s only about the size of three schools.

That was the reality of the Blood Cult.

In the current Earth, or even just in that small South Korea, it was less than a single city.

‘The leaders squeezed that small number of people dry.’

Well, even in a school, there’s usually one bully in a class, so maybe it’s natural if you think about it that way.

Comparing the Blood Cult’s elders to bullies was absurd, but they had in common that they rotted their surroundings.

“But why kill more people? Just make the vice-palace lords the palace lords and abolish the position of elder.”

“B-Blood Demon Lord!”

“It’s not an era that needs elders. Right Protector, you should know that well, shouldn’t you?”

Kang Han-cheol’s wavering eyes calmed down.

“The Blood Cult is ruined. That’s an undeniable fact.”

The glory of the past was gone.

“But it can be revived.”

“That is correct. With the arrival of the Blood Demon God…”

“Right Protector.”

“Yes, Blood Demon Lord.”

Kang Han-cheol lowered his head at Lee Rowoon’s gaze.

“Become the Blood Cult Lord.”

“Yes. Ye…?”

But soon, he had to raise his head and widen his eyes.

“I said, become the Blood Cult Lord.”

“What does that mean! The Blood Cult Lord is…”

“The Blood Cult Lord is not the Blood Demon.”

“………”

“Didn’t you guys say that too? A blood descendant who hasn’t mastered the Blood Demon Art becomes the Cult Lord. If one masters the Blood Demon Art and achieves great success, they become the Blood Demon.”

The Blood Demon and the Blood Cult Lord were different.

In religion, the god and the cult leader are naturally different.

It was just that there had been no one to properly fulfill the role of the Blood Demon until now, but the two were completely different.

“They say the Kangha Group is going bankrupt, but it should have gone bankrupt from the start.”

From what he heard, the reason the Blood Cult was able to take over the Kangha Group was because the Kangha Group was extremely weak.

So much so that it was easily acquired by the Blood Cult, which had moved quickly.

“The Right Protector is the one who has protected that Kangha Group for decades.”

He wasn’t incompetent.

“However.”

“And you have more knowledge and affection for the Blood Cult than anyone else.”

They needed someone like that.

‘The outside world.’

And.

‘The Blood Cult.’

He had to understand both the Blood King’s Castle and the outside world in detail and change with the changing world.

“It’s the law. Write it down.”

“Yes!” Kang Eun-ha quickly moved and took something out.

“The Blood Demon reigns, but does not rule.”

Tap tap tap.

That was Lee Rowoon’s thought.

‘The Blood Cult is necessary.’

Otherwise, Lee Rowoon wouldn’t have looked for the Demonic Cult so urgently.

No matter how much he wanted to repay his masters, he would have looked for them after becoming a little stronger and more prepared.

But the reason he went straight to the Demonic Cult was because he needed either the Blood Cult or the Heavenly Demon Cult right now.

‘To regain my power, I need a force.’

A force to protect his still lacking self.

‘I also need a force for revenge.’

The guild members of Dank who betrayed him.

And the forces of Eun who used them.

It would take quite a long time for him to face them alone.

The Blood Cult would shorten that time.

More importantly.

‘I have to find my masters.’

He had sealed the chaos within his body, and his masters had divided the fragments.

Because of that, the dimension of chaos was broken, and his masters, who had been sealed, were scattered somewhere in this world and were sleeping.

Finding them alone was a distant task.

He needed a force.

“Right Protector, you will be the Blood Cult Lord from now on.”

Kang Han-cheol’s eyes, which had been bewildered and shaking, began to calm down little by little.

He wasn’t so stupid that he couldn’t understand Lee Rowoon’s words.

“I will produce results worthy of this heavy responsibility.”

Look, wasn’t he saying what Lee Rowoon wanted to hear the most?

“Anyone have any complaints?”

“Everything is…”

“As the Blood Demon wills.”

Lee Rowoon, who was smiling with satisfaction, looked at Kang Eun-ha and hardened his face.

Tap, tap, tap.

She was trying hard to write down every word Lee Rowoon said without missing a single one.

“Is that perhaps…” Lee Rowoon said, as if dumbfounded.

“A laptop?”

“Yes… Yes? That’s right. It’s a new one from this year’s Oseong…”

The world’s invasion.

It wasn’t strange since martial artists were roaming around.

Pfft.

“Interesting.”

It was quite an interesting sight since he had never been so close to the world of Eun.

***

The Blood Cult’s financial situation was the worst it could be.

The problem was that there was nowhere to get money in the Blood King’s Castle.

Whether it was Eun, Earth, or Einheart.

Since ancient times, the world where humans live is all the same.

‘Money is the best.’

It was ridiculous.

But it was also reality.

It was the same when looking at Earth’s history.

In the days when tribal chiefs existed, there had to be plenty of food, and from the time when kings existed, there had to be plenty of money.

Only then was the country prosperous, could the army be raised, and could the people smile.

It was the same even when considering the nature of a group.

Whether it was an art group, a military group, or even a religion, money was needed.

It was natural for humans to eat and live and focus on something.

It was even more so with the world’s invasion.

‘Money.’

Without it, the inhabitants of the invaded world couldn’t even maintain their world.

The Blood Cult had run out of that money.

‘The crisis starts next month.’

It was ridiculous and frustrating, but that was the reality.

A cold reality.

There were even those among the forces of Eun who had lost their worlds for that very reason.

‘That’s why Baek Heol-soo and the elders were in such a hurry.’

It wasn’t strange.

“Would you leave it to me?” It was Kang Eun-ha.

“I don’t know as much about the Blood King’s Castle as my grandfather, no, the Blood Cult Lord does. However, I know the outside world well.”

She was born as a priestess and learned about the Blood Cult, but not as much as Kang Han-cheol, who had experienced and grown up in it.

However, she had been listening to news from the outside world even while confined in the Blood Cult.

It was Kang Han-cheol, her grandfather, who had told her about Earth as if telling old stories.

“That’s why I met the Blood Demon Lord this time. It’s embarrassing, but I’ve been called gifted since I was young, and I wanted to help the Blood Cult Lord with management. If the Blood Cult Lord focuses on the Blood Cult, I would like to take charge of the outside world.”

Third Elder Han Do-baek had the Cold Tiger Guild in the outside world, but it was in terrible shape.

The Blood Cult had gone so far that they sent out the Third Elder, thinking that it was better to do something and die than to suffer and die.

As a result, they barely managed to establish a foothold, but there was no further development.

“Give me a week, just a week.”

Lee Rowoon accepted Kang Eun-ha’s request.

‘I don’t know much either anyway.’

Even though he was originally a resident of Earth, Lee Rowoon had only managed a small guild called Dank.

It was hardly even management, just a small party.

Moreover, there was nothing in his masters’ teachings that was suitable for the ways of Earth.

He could use them if he tried, but.

‘Why bother?’

He had no intention of struggling to live again.

From the beginning, he had intended to watch the flow of things, whether it was revenge or anything else.

But since things had turned out this way.

“I’ll give you full authority.”

It would be a good thing if Kang Eun-ha stepped forward.

He would have to step in if things went to the worst of the worst even after leaving it to her.

And a week later.

“I’ve liquidated the Kangha Group. All the remaining shares and businesses have been sold for a good price,” Kang Eun-ha reported.

It was a bit unexpected.

He knew that the Kangha Group was weak and full of problems, but was there a need to sell it off?

“A considerable amount of shares had already been transferred. If we were to grow the Kangha Group as it is, it would only benefit others.”

“Indeed.”

“If we wait any longer, it will be difficult to even get the right price. To revive the Kangha Group, a huge amount of capital would have to be injected…”

“And we don’t have that money.”

“So, I liquidated it.”

It was a bold decision and not a bad choice.

“The role that the Kangha Group had to play is already over anyway. We’ve sealed the entrance to the Blood King’s Castle and created a way to maintain our identities.”

Kang Eun-ha continued her report.

“I’ve also disbanded the Kangha Guild. But it’s not a complete disbandment, and we’ve retained the qualification to establish a guild. However, the guild house was quite generously priced…”

“Good job.”

“We’ve also started disposing of the Cold Tiger Guild. The Cold Tiger Guild’s performance wasn’t very good anyway. Elder Han Do-baek’s skills weren’t that great.”

“I see.”

“The biggest problem is… there’s a high possibility that the Cold Tiger and Kangha have been exposed. The Mount Hua Sect has moved.”

At the name of Mount Hua, Lee Rowoon’s eyes sank.

‘Not now.’

There were things he had to repay those guys for, but it wasn’t the time yet.

The Mount Hua Sect was a huge force that couldn’t be compared to the current Blood Cult.

Even when considering individual abilities.

The reason he was able to take over the Blood Cult was largely due to the correlation between the Blood Demon Divine Art and the Blood Art.

Of course, he could still face a high-ranker level powerhouse, but the scale of Mount Hua was too large.

“They probably smelled something. Now that the Blood Cult has found its master, I thought it would be good to start anew.”

She had been given full authority, but her handling of things was extremely bold.

However, Lee Rowoon was genuinely pleased.

“Now, there’s almost nothing left for us in the outside world.”

But.

“To maintain the Blood King’s Castle, activity in the outside world is essential.”

“So?”

Lee Rowoon smiled.

“Anyone can point out a problem. The Blood Cult can last for a few years, but if we don’t find a solution, it’s over.”

She was quite an interesting kid from the first time they met.

“What’s the solution?”

Click.

Kang Eun-ha said.

“We’re going to create a guild. A completely new guild, with a completely new identity, from the beginning. I know it’s almost impossible and reckless now that many forces have already established themselves. But…”

She grinned.

“We’re new too. The Blood Demon Lord and the new followers. I think it’s enough.”

Click.

Interesting.

She was smart and not bad.

And one more thing.

“When did you learn how to do a PPT?”

“I learned it when I was bored in the Blood Cult!”

A PPT presentation with a beam projector in the Blood Demon Hall.

Lee Rowoon let out a hollow laugh at that moment.

Click.

A new name appeared.