Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 434

“Reporting to the Beggar King.”

Yoo Do-hyung began to speak, his head bowed deeply.

It was the main hall of the Beggar Sect’s headquarters.

Present were Shin-gae, the Beggar King’s disciples, and even the elders of the Beggar Sect.

Only one person was permitted to speak here at this moment.

“As the Beggar King commanded….”

It was Black Mutt, Yoo Do-hyung.

“I have returned after completing the mission.”

Finally, Yoo Do-hyung raised his head.

There was something overwhelming in the surroundings.

They were lined up, dressed in black suits.

Tattoos covered their bodies, and scars marked their faces.

Who would think that these were the Beggar Sect, once called beggars?

“Oh ho.”

Shin-gae smiled at Yoo Do-hyung.

“So, did you bring what I wanted?”

Yoo Do-hyung flinched slightly.

‘The Black King.’

Shin-gae was asking if he had brought the Black King’s head.

But he already knew.

‘Failure.’

He had failed to bring the Black King’s head.

If the Black King had been assassinated, the world would already be in an uproar.

Even if the Black Market or the Silver Sea tried to hide the fact that such a big figure as the Black King had been killed, Shin-gae would have known.

But Shin-gae had not heard anything.

‘Because he didn’t die.’

Lee Ro-woon did not hand over the Black King.

After hearing everything.

-Couldn’t you at least give me a fake?

He asked to impersonate the Black King’s corpse and spread the news of his death.

However.

-Impossible.

The answer was no.

The Black King’s significance was too great, and it was his will not to use his subordinates as bait.

He was angry.

Wasn’t he his subordinate?

His life was on the line, and he was risking everything, yet no one was even trying to help.

Just as he was wondering if he had boarded the wrong ship.

-But I’ll give you something that Shin-gae might be interested in.

Lee Ro-woon gave Yoo Do-hyung an answer.

“Your words that you completed the mission better not be a lie.”

Shin-gae said with a chuckle.

His eyes were like a child wanting candy.

“It’s hard to find good kids these days.”

“Hmph.”

Even the threat that he would be killed if it wasn’t something that Shin-gae would be satisfied with.

“You will be satisfied.”

“Alright, let’s hear the reason for your confidence.”

Yoo Do-hyung’s report began.

“Ho ho.”

The location of the Blood King’s Castle, which only Hwasan knew.

The organization chart and relationships within the Silver Sea.

“Huh, to think that the Wudang Sect is subordinate to the Blood Cult!”

Even the relationships between the Nine Great Sects, including Wudang, and the Blood Cult.

Even Cheong In-woo’s betrayal.

The elders sighed, but.

“…….”

Shin-gae’s expression did not change.

‘He already knew.’

It was clear that Shin-gae already knew this information.

Cold sweat ran down Yoo Do-hyung’s forehead.

He realized that his life was hanging by a thread.

A move that would change Shin-gae’s expression.

“You probably know, Shin-gae, that the Blood Demon is actually Lee Ro-woon of the past Dank.”

“……!”

The elders’ eyes widened.

“Could it be that the rumor was true?”

“He’s a player?”

“Is it even possible for a player to be the Blood Demon!”

“It is true.”

The hall was in an uproar again.

It was only natural, as he had confirmed a story that was just a rumor.

However.

‘Not yet.’

Shin-gae remained unchanged.

He knew.

“Then you must also know this, Beggar King.”

Yoo Do-hyung stood up.

Since ancient times, there was a weakness that was fatal to most people.

Family.

“You’re not going to say that Lee Shin-woo of the Azure Dragon Unit is his brother, are you?”

Yoo Do-hyung trembled at Shin-gae’s words.

Could it be.

‘Did he even know that?’

Many linked Lee Ro-woon of Dank and Lee Shin-woo of the Azure Dragon Unit, but no one thought they were family.

Brothers.

Blood is thicker than water.

This was also true in the Silver Sea, and even most demonic figures did not ignore their brothers or family.

This was a definite weakness.

“If that’s all….”

Shin-gae stood up.

Whoosh.

The aura that Shin-gae emitted enveloped the hall.

The elders, who had been murmuring at Yoo Do-hyung’s report, closed their mouths.

“Huu!”

The Beggar King’s disciples gasped.

At this moment, Yoo Do-hyung’s life was as good as decided.

Everything was something Shin-gae already knew.

Yoo Do-hyung.

“You failed to complete the mission.”

In the end, he had failed.

But at that moment.

“Then do you also know about this?”

Yoo Do-hyung finally played his trump card.

From the start, he had no intention of bringing up Lee Shin-woo’s story.

What he wanted to say.

-I’ll tell you one of my secrets.

What Lee Ro-woon had offered was.

“Do you also know about the Blood Demon’s betrothed?”

Finally, Shin-gae stopped.

“Betrothed?”

A smile formed on his lips.

* * *

“Jincheon.”

Ha Sae-min bowed his head towards Lee Ro-woon with a respectful attitude.

“The news is that Black Mutt has arrived and entered Shin-gae’s main hall.”

Ha Sae-min had eyes even in the Beggar Sect.

“By now….”

Click.

Ha Sae-min said, looking at the ticking second hand of the clock.

“He would have started reporting to Shin-gae.”

He had already heard everything from Yoo Do-hyung.

And the countermeasures for it.

“I guess so.”

Lee Ro-woon said, moving his hand as if grasping something.

“Shin-gae…, Gaeshin Library [A secret library of the Beggar Sect].”

The Beggar Sect’s secret.

The Silver Sea’s repository, said to contain a vast amount of information that could even predict the future.

“Probably.”

Lee Ro-woon said.

“Shin-gae already knows.”

“That’s likely.”

If the Gaeshin Library’s abilities were true.

“That Yoo Do-hyung is on my side, not Shin-gae’s.”

Shin-gae probably knew everything.

That everything he was throwing out was bait.

-Tell him about the Blood Demon’s betrothed.

Even about the information he had given.

-The betrothed, you say?

Yoo Do-hyung was surprised to hear his words.

And.

“A betrothed, I was surprised.”

Ha Sae-min was the same.

Lee Ro-woon’s betrothed.

In fact, she was the matriarch to Ha Sae-min, and someone that the entire Blood Cult should serve.

To only find out about such an existence now.

-Could it be.

But they seemed to have noticed.

Lee Ro-woon’s lover from the past.

-Lee Sae-rom.

About Lee Sae-rom.

Lee Ro-woon, who was the leader of the guild called Dank.

They were all friends, and one of them, Lee Sae-rom, was Lee Ro-woon’s lover.

However, Lee Ro-woon was betrayed by Dank and imprisoned in Hwasan’s corpse disposal site.

He was supposed to die there, but Lee Ro-woon, who had returned, took revenge on them all.

They were already considered nothing more than keys to enter the Heavenly Demon Cave, so revenge was meaningless.

But one of them, Lee Sae-rom, was an exception.

-Her traces could not be found anywhere.

She, who could not be found.

“I made such a promise.”

He had dreamed of becoming a high ranker.

-If I become a high ranker….

Yes.

-Marry me.

Such a sweet dream.

But she had plunged a dagger into him.

He wanted to pretend he didn’t know, but it seemed that was not his fate.

“She is no longer important to me.”

A promise of betrothal, but now meaningless.

However.

“Will Shin-gae be shaken?”

As if to ask if he would be moved by just a betrothed.

“He will be shaken.”

Lee Ro-woon was certain.

“How so?”

He asked about something he didn’t know.

“Lee Sae-rom….”

Lee Ro-woon opened his eyes even more languidly.

“I’ve already found her.”

“…What does that mean?”

“As I regained my power, I found my ability.”

The Emperor’s Ring, and even the power of the Magic Stone.

Part of the Demon King’s power had such a thing.

To find those who were bound to him by soul.

A bond was a promise.

‘I thought it was just a promise in name only.’

Such a promise was actually something that left a deep mark on the soul.

Unforgettable even after a hundred years, or even more.

“Was she alive?”

As Ha Sae-min said, she, whose life or death was unknown, was alive.

“Could it be…!”

Ha Sae-min widened his eyes in shock.

Click.

Ha Sae-min’s clock hand ticked again.

“It will start soon.”

Lee Ro-woon’s voice.

“Prepare.”

Lee Ro-woon rose from his seat.

* * *

“Betrothed?”

Shin-gae said.

“Did you just say betrothed?”

“That’s right.”

Yoo Do-hyung answered confidently.

“Lee Sae-rom of Dank, she is the Blood Demon’s betrothed.”

And.

“Kekeke…. Kaha ha ha!”

Shin-gae burst into laughter.

Yoo Do-hyung thought that Shin-gae did not believe his words.

“It is already known that the two of them are lovers.”

This was something Shin-gae also knew.

“But their relationship is deeper than that.”

“Black Mutt, Black Mutt.”

“I also know that Dank plunged a dagger into the Blood Demon, and that Lee Sae-rom, who claimed to be his betrothed, did the same.”

And.

“I also know that the Blood Demon took revenge on everyone in Dank.”

However.

“But who among Dank survived?”

That was it.

“There is only one place where the Blood Demon’s hand did not reach, and that is Lee Sae-rom. Do you think it’s because he couldn’t find her?”

No.

“He still values Lee Sae-rom. Even if that’s not the case, her value is enough.”

He had to drive the wedge in.

“This is a fact that the Blood Demon himself told me.”

It was certainly a reasonable statement.

“Hmm.”

Information that was worth saving him, even if it was difficult to make him his successor.

That was enough.

‘For now, I’ll survive.’

The opportunity would come soon.

As long as he was one of the Beggar King’s disciples, the opportunity would come even if he wasn’t the successor.

After all, the Beggar Sect….

‘Will collapse at his hands.’

It was then.

“Will collapse at his hands.”

At the words that came out of Shin-gae’s mouth.

“……!”

Yoo Do-hyung was so surprised that he felt like he would faint on the spot.

‘How…?’

“How did you think I knew?”

The surroundings were silent.

It was as if only Shin-gae and himself were there, in a place that was clearly filled with the Beggar Sect’s elders and disciples.

“Do you know what you’ve done?”

“Wh-what….”

“You have merely announced the Blood Demon’s achievements in front of everyone.”

That the Blood Cult was actually in league with some of the Nine Great Sects, including Wudang.

And that he had even embraced Cheong In-woo.

“Do you know what you brought?”

“…….”

“It’s trash.”

Shin-gae smiled.

“Betrothed?”

A chuckling sound.

“If you really didn’t know anything, there might have been value in saving your life. But!”

Shin-gae said.

“That is nothing more than worthless trash.”

“B-Beggar King…!”

“You’re more outstanding than I thought. How did you know?”

The words he spat out later were clearly not directed at him.

“I thought I didn’t know that woman’s location…. Ahem.”

Ignoring Yoo Do-hyung, Shin-gae seemed to be deep in thought.

His heart felt like it was about to stop.

“Well, it doesn’t matter. Black Mutt.”

“Y-yes…!”

“It’s a pity.”

Swish.

Shin-gae’s figure disappeared.

“You were also abandoned by the Blood Demon.”

“……!”

“As a final gift, I’ll teach you something interesting.”

Shin-gae reached out his hand.

Zzzzt.

The air cracked open, and a blue light began to appear from there.

At first, he couldn’t see anything because of the bright light, but when Yoo Do-hyung regained his sight, his face contorted in shock.

“The Blood Demon’s betrothed you spoke of….”

Thud!

It was the moment when Shin-gae’s hand entered Yoo Do-hyung’s chest.

“Is in my hands.”

Beyond Shin-gae, in the opened dimension.

There was Lee Sae-rom, chained and looking like a corpse.