Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 445

The world was changing.

Back to its original form, its original shape.

Thud.

Lee Ro-woon walked through the changed world.

Of course, that didn’t mean that conflict and hatred had disappeared from the world.

“Come here, you little brat.”

Just as it had been in the past, some things remained the same.

It was human nature, revealed no matter how much the world changed.

But what was definitely different was….

“What are you doing there?”

“Damn it. Run!”

That some form of restraint was being exerted, and that restraint was being consistently maintained.

“You did this.”

Ignoring the voice, Lee Ro-woon walked on.

It was the time given while Lee Shin-woo was occupying the Gaeshin Library.

-Wouldn’t you like to rest a little?

His heart always felt the same.

There was only one thing Lee Ro-woon desperately wanted.

“I want to sleep to my heart’s content.”

A light nap, a deep night’s sleep.

To fall into a deep sleep and rest.

He had regained quite a bit of his original power.

Many things had changed because of it.

But Lee Ro-woon still couldn’t fall asleep.

Swoosh.

His eyes closed on their own.

-Yes, go ahead. You can sleep as much as you want.

Lee Ro-woon opened his eyes at the sweet, whispering voice.

The world had changed.

But Lee Ro-woon’s world had not yet changed.

The maddening drowsiness, but the moment he gave in to it, something that should never awaken would awaken.

-Whenever… give in to your body.

“Shut up.”

Ignoring the voice, Lee Ro-woon walked on again.

“How can you keep going without sleeping?”

Those who had reached the realm of a master, those who had touched the realm of transcendence, could live for days without sleep.

Even a moment of drowsiness could relieve all fatigue, allowing them to function as usual.

But even so, it wasn’t that they didn’t sleep.

A moment of rest, even that was necessary.

But Lee Ro-woon wasn’t even allowed that.

“How long haven’t you slept?”

Finally, Lee Ro-woon stopped.

“A year….”

No.

“Two years?”

He didn’t know.

He didn’t even know how much time had passed since he returned to Earth.

“You haven’t slept a single day since you came back?”

“Yeah.”

“Crazy….”

Not even a wink of sleep.

“Can you endure that?”

An impossible feat, even for those who had reached the realm of a superhuman.

“It’s a promise.”

At first, there were times when he wanted to give up everything and fall asleep.

But this was a promise.

-Lee Ro-woon, I will remember.

His masters.

It was an achievement they had made by giving everything, and his two eyes were the gatekeepers who protected it.

So he wouldn’t sleep.

For the sake of the world, and for the sake of the promise.

‘And for myself.’

He thought he was just burnt ashes, so he could be scattered by the wind at any time.

But he came back….

-Blood Demon Lord.

He met the Blood Cult.

-Jincheon.

He met the Black Corp.

-Thank you.

Players, he built new relationships.

It wasn’t by choice, and he didn’t try to give his heart.

But without him realizing it.

Whoosh!

It was as if a spark had ignited in the ashes he thought were completely burned.

Now, he had a little bit of greed.

The changing world, himself standing in that world, and even the people around him who would be with him in that world.

“That’s a good thing.”

Lee Ro-woon walked on again.

“Then don’t give up even more.”

The voice was faint, but at the same time, it was as if it was whispering in his ear.

“See and experience what you have achieved. Compare it to the past. It’s….”

Lee Ro-woon looked at the owner of the voice.

-Because it’s something only you can do.

A group of dispersing smoke.

It was the image of Dank, his former colleague, Lee Sae-rom, Seo Ha-neul….

And other precious memories.

“…….”

He tried to erase Dank, he tried to forget Dank.

And now, he accepted Dank.

-I’m sorry.

The disappearing memories of the past.

The place where Lee Ro-woon was standing was….

“Are you a player?”

It was in front of a certain gate.

* * *

“Are you a player?”

Even the way he spoke was different.

The badge on the suit the person who approached was wearing.

‘Association.’

It was a badge indicating that he was an employee of the Player Association.

“What is your affiliation?”

Lee Ro-woon was wearing casual clothes, but the other person seemed to have noticed his unique aura and the faint scent of magic power.

‘He has good senses.’

Lee Ro-woon was also releasing a very faint aura to avoid unnecessary trouble, but it wasn’t at a level that ordinary people could easily notice.

‘His level is around 50 or 60, and he doesn’t seem to have any special skills….’

Lee Ro-woon was assessing the other person as a habit.

‘He just has good instincts.’

Just as he finished his assessment.

“Are you not a player? This is currently a designated tutorial gate. If you are not a participating player, please leave.”

At the polite tone, Lee Ro-woon quietly stared at him.

-Tutorial.

The association had clearly implemented such a policy.

When they first became players, it was to educate them so that they could survive as players.

But.

-Players can never beat Murim people [martial artists].

What they did was brainwashing education.

-Hahaha! Look at that mess.

Insults and contempt that were close to humiliation.

-Thanks to that, my stomach is full. I’m off today.

-Thank you!

They only saw it as an opportunity to receive kickbacks and fill their wallets.

What they could learn there was how insignificant and pitiful the existence of a player was.

Also, that becoming a player was a terribly cruel fate.

There were no heroes they had dreamed of.

There were only branded slaves.

“I’m a player.”

Lee Ro-woon said, recalling the voice.

-See it for yourself.

The words that the members of the disappeared Dank had conveyed.

“A player…, you’re a bit short on words.”

The employee seemed offended by Lee Ro-woon’s tone, but he soon took out a tablet and asked.

“Please tell me your name and affiliation.”

“Lee Jin-woo. Unaffiliated.”

At Lee Ro-woon’s words.

“Confirmed. Uh, but….”

It seemed like a red window popped up.

“This has never happened before….”

Lee Jin-woo.

It was a gift from Kim San-tae.

-I will give you an identity that you can use when you need it. I will provide you with convenience.

A player identity that Lee Ro-woon could use when he needed it.

But he hadn’t checked how that identity was applied.

“Hmm….”

Just as the employee, who kept checking, was about to call another employee.

“Just do it.”

Lee Ro-woon’s voice.

“That’s not….”

But at Lee Ro-woon’s gaze, the employee shut his mouth.

And.

“……!”

He widened his eyes as if he had felt something.

“Y-you are…!”

He certainly had good senses.

He had suppressed the other person’s perception with his aura, but he had broken through it and recognized him.

“I don’t want to make a fuss.”

“Ah…! Ah….”

As if terrified, as if in a trance, the employee could only make moaning sounds with his mouth open.

“I just want to watch.”

“Ah, I understand.”

“However, I’d like it to be raw.”

He was saying not to pay any more attention because of him.

Swallow.

The sound of the employee swallowing echoed like thunder.

To the employee who had recognized Lee Ro-woon’s identity, Lee Ro-woon was nothing less than a grim reaper.

Even so, he was still hesitant.

Chuckling.

Lee Ro-woon smiled at that.

Indeed, the world seemed to have changed.

“Don’t worry. I won’t cause any harm.”

The employee seemed worried about what he might do in the tutorial.

“Thank you.”

He finally said with a relieved face.

* * *

The tutorial was nothing special.

A designated lowest-difficulty gate.

The players, who seemed to have already received theoretical training several times, were moving quickly and following the instructors’ instructions well.

“Goblins are….”

The content of the training was also nothing special.

The types of monsters, how to deal with them, and their mindset.

Things that could be called the basics of the basics.

“When wielding a weapon….”

Also, they were guiding the players who had entered the field so that they wouldn’t be afraid.

“Try fighting them.”

They were definitely thinking about the safety of the players.

They were obvious things.

They were nothing special.

-See it for yourself.

But not for Lee Ro-woon.

Memories of the past came to mind.

Those that were too harsh and cruel to be called tutorials.

“Now….”

Lee Ro-woon muttered to himself.

“Now, something is finally flowing properly.”

It wasn’t a bad feeling.

Not all of the world had changed yet.

The influence of the Milky Way.

Also, the changes that were taking place in some areas of South Korea where the association’s power was strong.

But that was….

Chuckling.

He was secretly pleased.

“Hey, you.”

A pot-bellied man who approached spoke to Lee Ro-woon.

“What are you spacing out about?”

The man, who seemed to have already hunted a goblin, had blood on his sword.

“You’re awfully quiet. If you’re a player, you should be talkative and have a lot of trouble. As a lone wolf who doesn’t know when he’ll leave alone….”

Thud.

Lee Ro-woon ignored the man and walked on.

“W-wait, let’s go together.”

But the pot-bellied man soon clung to Lee Ro-woon.

“Oh, you’re so prickly.”

“…….”

“Don’t be like that, I’m going to make you a good offer.”

It was then.

Suddenly.

Lee Ro-woon, who was walking, stopped.

A memory came to mind.

-I’m going to make you a good offer.

He had the same experience.

The snake-like people who would say these things, whether in tutorials or elsewhere.

-If you just give me some money….

-If you just listen to me….

The voices of scammers who would dig into the hearts of good people and corrupt their souls.

At that, Lee Ro-woon’s face slowly contorted.

He thought things had changed, but had not much changed yet?

“Woah, woah.”

The pot-bellied man quickly distanced himself from Lee Ro-woon and said.

“I, I knew it.”

The man smiled instead.

“You’re quite the fighter, aren’t you?”

“……?”

“Don’t be so wary. It’s not a strange offer.”

“Speak.”

At the finally heard answer, the pot-bellied man frowned.

“It’s good that you’re skilled, but it’s a problem that you’re short on words. Well, it doesn’t matter. It’s just that….”

Swoosh.

A hand reaching into his pocket.

It was a moment that he would have been nervous about in the past, but Lee Ro-woon calmly looked at the other person.

Pop!

A small piece of paper was held out in the hand that popped out like a surprise box.

“I’m Jung Ji-yeol from the Libam Guild!”

A business card.

“Your potential seems promising, how about joining the guild?”

Libam, huh?

‘I don’t remember it.’

Well, there was no reason to remember every guild.

“It’s a newly created guild, but the treatment won’t be bad.”

“Is it related to a Murim guild?”

That was usually the case with this kind of approach.

Things that Murim guilds’ affiliated guilds did to make Murim slaves.

“No way!”

Jung Ji-yeol said.

“We are pure players. Ah, of course, there are Murim people, but they’re not the guild leader.”

“…….”

“Our dream is to grow and become a guild like the Milky Way.”

A dream.

“…….”

Lee Ro-woon closed his mouth at that word.

“How about it, isn’t it a killer dream?”

A dream, huh?

“Is it a world where you can dream?”