Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 203

The free time given to the squad members passed in a flash.

Today was the day the squad members were supposed to meet again.

However.

“Maintain formation!”

The squad members were in a situation where they couldn’t even think about joining up yet.

The squad members were cornered in an alleyway.

Clang!

Weapons like swords and spears came crashing down on them.

“Fire Strike!”

Even magic.

KWA-BOOM!

The squad members were in the midst of a fierce battle.

This messed-up situation was due to a rumor that had started circulating not long ago.

-Viper has disappeared.

Viper, one of the Five Kings who was said to exist in the lawless zone.

The king who ruled the lawless zone where the squad members were currently located was him.

The king, who was the reason why some semblance of order could be maintained in the special place called the lawless zone, had disappeared.

At first, people cautiously tried to figure out the truth of the rumor.

-It’s real.

The huge fight that broke out yesterday became the proof.

Two guilds, who usually looked at each other with disdain and sharpened their swords, had clashed.

Their fight grew larger than expected, to the point where it destroyed a part of the city.

-Viper really disappeared.

Viper, who should have appeared when such a commotion occurred, did not show up.

Unlike the other Five Kings, Viper’s power was terrible.

Unless he stepped in, the fight would not end.

“Kill them all-!”

“Kuhahaha! It’s a plunder!”

“Kill and kill again!”

“We are the kings!”

The fight grew endlessly and reached this point.

The outlaws.

The runaways and the unranked, they had no reason to hate blood and slaughter.

Especially in this kind of chaos.

Smirk.

Isn’t it that any action is forgiven?

Even in the lawless zone, the existing order had now been broken.

“Kuh!”

The squad members were also caught up in the mess.

The 3rd squad members were cornered.

“Damn it… I thought we had gotten stronger.”

They had experienced a new realm thanks to Lee Rowan, and they were able to feel the results during their free time.

They were secretly satisfied with that, but.

Swish!

It was still far from enough.

“At this rate… it’s over.”

There was no way out.

“They’re wearing some pretty decent gear, aren’t they?”

“Some of the men and women are even quite good-looking.”

Smirk.

The 3rd squad members were surrounded by burly men with lecherous smiles.

It was at that moment.

KWA-BOOM!

With an explosion, the formation surrounding the 3rd squad members began to collapse.

“What… !”

The neck of the one who shouted was separated from his body and rolled on the floor.

“Are you alright?”

Standing behind the fallen figure was.

“Captain!”

The captain of the Special Task Force, Number 1, Baek Cheong.

Also, behind her, the 1st and 2nd squads were gathered.

“It took a while to gather everyone, but you held up well.”

“Thank… you.”

The 3rd squad members felt a deep sense of humiliation at their own situation of having to be helped, along with the joy of being saved, and they frowned.

“You don’t need to make that face.”

Swish.

Baek Cheong shook the blood off her sword in the air and turned around.

“Just surviving this mess without any injuries is enough for you to have done your part.”

A mess.

“It’s nothing short of a riot.”

The 1st and 2nd squad leaders, also looking disheveled, spoke from behind Baek Cheong.

It was clear that they had also gone through quite a chaotic scene.

WHOOSH!

The city was burning, and the sky was covered with dark clouds.

“But…”

Baek Cheong said.

“Where is the 3rd squad leader?”

Lee Rowan was nowhere to be seen.

***

“Break through.”

Baek Cheong and the 1st and 2nd squads.

With their joining, the 3rd squad members had become completely different beings.

Although they were in a state where they couldn’t use martial arts, their combat experience was still there.

Also, reaching a higher realm was like awakening one’s nature and being reborn.

Those who had reached a higher realm with Lee Rowan’s help.

“Yes, ma’am.”

They were not opponents that could be taken lightly just because they couldn’t use martial arts.

SWISH!

Blood splattered as a path was opened.

After all, this place was the middle of a chaotic battle where neither friend nor foe was defined.

SWISH!

Killing everything and opening a path was the only thing they could do.

“Damn it, there’s no end to this.”

Baek Cheong sighed as she saw the enemies constantly pouring in.

“Where the hell is he?”

Anyone else might have abandoned him.

But this was Lee Rowan.

They couldn’t leave him behind now, as the time they had agreed to part ways had not yet come.

‘There’s no need to worry, though.’

She was just worried that he might be doing something reckless somewhere.

“Do you know where Number 2 is?”

The 2nd squad leader asked Baek Cheong.

Number 2, the deputy commander, his skills were also top-notch.

In a battle of superhumans, one master could turn the tide of the war, so if only Number 2 joined, it would be fine.

“Number 2 is…”

SWISH!

Dozens of enemies were slaughtered and fell.

“He’s coming over there.”

Baek Cheong had already made contact with Number 2.

In the current situation where they had to find the squad members, Baek Cheong and Number 2 had decided to split up and search.

“He’s like Zhao Zilong himself.”

Number 2, wielding his spear and advancing, was facing dozens of enemies alone without taking a single wound.

She knew his hidden skills, but it was still amazing.

‘At that level…’

Just by the power he was showing, he was at a similar level to her.

“Is everyone safe?”

Number 2, who had finally arrived, asked.

“We’re safe.”

“That’s a relief. What the hell is going on?”

“Did you arrive in the lawless zone today?”

“I arrived yesterday, but I was outside. The inside didn’t seem right, so I thought it would be troublesome if I got caught up in it.”

“You did well.”

Number 2 had joined as well.

“But…”

Number 2 looked around.

He had also noticed.

“Where is Number 5?”

The 3rd squad leader, Lee Rowan, was nowhere to be seen.

“That’s the problem. He’s not here right now.”

“Captain. I know we shouldn’t, but at this rate, there’s no answer.”

The 2nd squad leader said.

“Wouldn’t it be better to get out of here first and wait for him to join us separately? After all, that 3rd squad leader wouldn’t die in this mess, would he?”

That was true.

But there was another problem.

“It’s not as easy as you think.”

It wasn’t just the problem of abandoning Lee Rowan, but another problem.

That’s why it was important to gather all the squad members first…

SWISH.

Shadows approached.

“Damn it.”

Baek Cheong’s voice sounded as if she was dumbfounded.

The other squad members also seemed to have noticed, and their faces turned sour.

“It’s those bastards.”

They were surrounded in the middle of the city.

“Those bastards killed thirty of our guys.”

“Ours too.”

“We lost a hundred.”

A chaotic battle where the enemy was unclear.

The squad members who had shown outstanding performance in it…

“We’re targets.”

They had become targets.

The enemies that had gathered were countless.

Even if they counted for a moment, it seemed to be over five hundred.

They could break through if they wanted to.

“The rear is in danger.”

The rear was more dangerous than the front line.

“Captain, please stand in the front. I will stand in the back.”

Number 2 said that Baek Cheong should take the front and he would take the rear.

But that shouldn’t be the case.

Knowing Number 2’s true identity, there was nothing more dangerous than entrusting the rear to him.

“It seems like we have opponents that we need to be wary of.”

THUMP! THUMP!

Heavy footsteps echoed.

KWA-BOOM!

The enemies that had gathered were swept away as if a typhoon had passed through.

“What… is that?”

A squad member said in surprise.

It was no wonder, as what had appeared before their eyes was a giant who was at least twice the height of an average person.

“A monster?”

“No.”

Baek Cheong said firmly.

The kings of the lawless zone.

But even if they weren’t kings, there were beings that were comparable to them.

There was a fact she had learned while investigating the lawless zone.

There was a player who had killed at least thousands in Ainhardt and escaped.

And that was.

“Gigantes.”

A high-ranker player.

Even that he was in Viper’s territory here.

And another one.

“Whew. I’ve found an interesting opponent.”

A man appeared from the opposite side.

A skinny man holding a large greatsword as if he was hugging it.

Around him.

“Gulp, gulp…”

Only the severed heads were scattered.

He was also a well-known figure.

A person who appeared in Silver but did not belong to the Assembly.

“Greatsword Warrior.”

Those who came from the land that was considered heretical even in Silver.

She had heard stories that those who could not withstand the persecution of the Assembly, or those who were caught by the Assembly, were sent to the battlefield.

And some of them survived and returned, and some disappeared there.

The Greatsword Warrior was one of those who had escaped.

Rather than escaped.

‘He disappeared.’

He had cut down fifty warriors who were guarding him and escaped.

Presumably, he was.

-There are two masters of the Mystic Realm.

He was known to be a master of the Mystic Realm.

Gigantes and the Greatsword Warrior.

Baek Cheong, who was close to the peak of the Mystic Realm, could easily handle one of them.

-Is martial arts still forbidden even in this situation?

The current situation was not good.

-Yes. You can’t use martial arts.

Baek Cheong transmitted the order through telepathy.

Martial arts should never be used in the current situation.

If their identities were revealed here, everything would go wrong.

-I’ll try.

They exchanged glances.

“What are you talking about so excitedly?”

With the Greatsword Warrior’s laughing voice.

SWISH!

The space began to split.

KWA-BOOM!

Behind it, the surface of the earth was turned over.

* * *

The strong who had been hiding while watching Viper’s movements had revealed themselves when Viper disappeared.

And they were.

“It seems like there are no others who will greatly hinder us if you guys are gone.”

They were targeting the Special Task Force members who had shown the most activity.

SWISH.

As the greatsword was pulled out of its sheath, the squad members’ bodies were scratched.

Even if they tried to block it in the middle, they couldn’t.

“What the hell is that…”

It could be said to be swordsmanship that transcended space.

An unblockable attack.

What Number 2, who was facing him, chose was.

SWOOSH!

It was an attack.

Not giving the opponent a chance to attack at all.

Number 2’s spear tip quickly rotated and tried to pierce the Greatsword Warrior’s neck, but.

“……!”

Number 2 had to stop and retreat due to an ominous feeling.

The Greatsword Warrior’s greatsword was slightly sticking out.

DRIP.

Blood was flowing from Number 2’s forearm.

“Too bad. I was going to cut off your arm.”

The Greatsword Warrior was smirking.

“He’s like a dog.”

The Greatsword Warrior’s skills were indeed not just rumors.

The same was true for Gigantes behind him.

KWA-BOOM!

He did not budge from his power struggle with Baek Cheong.

KWA-BOOM!

Rather, the power that threw Baek Cheong away was the real deal.

The squad members were being pushed back.

Moreover, those who seemed to be their forces were also greatly surrounding and pressuring them.

‘If only I could use martial arts.’

But Baek Cheong was forbidding the use of martial arts, as if she was afraid of something.

At this rate, they might be defeated.

‘Should I just use it?’

She was agonizing over and over again.

SWISH.

Baek Cheong, who had been thrown away, wiped her mouth and said.

“You’re late.”

“……?”

A smile spread across her lips as she got up.

“I thought you’d come if I did this. I kept stalling for time and sending signals, so you shouldn’t have failed to notice, right?”

No way.

Just as that thought crossed her mind.

CRUNCH!

The sound of an animal biting a person was heard.

From the far end of the encirclement, behind them.

“It’s Viper-!”

Screams and shouts began to mix.