Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 509

“What….”

Hasemin’s voice was filled with bewilderment as he surveyed the area they had arrived in.

Clang!

The sound of weapons clashing echoed through the air.

Kwaaang!

Explosions, screams, and cries filled the chaotic scene.

The central area of the Empire they had entered was…

“Waaaaah-!”

Already a raging battlefield.

The combatants were all knights, mages, and soldiers of the Empire.

They weren’t fighting against external enemies, nor were they battling monsters within Yggdrasil [a mythical tree in Norse mythology, often used in fantasy settings].

Kwaang!

They were fighting amongst themselves.

“Ah….”

Hasemin’s bewildered expression gradually calmed as he began to understand the situation.

“It’s Krim.”

Hasemin’s voice was directed towards Lee Rowoon.

“It’s Krim.”

He repeated, emphasizing the name.

-Krim.

The full name was.

“Krim Vladimir.”

The Blood Duke, a figure of immense power, was clearly the commander of one of the warring factions.

“Krim….”

Lee Rowoon also remembered him.

The Blood Duke, once renowned as one of the Five Great Dukes of Einheart [a fictional kingdom or region].

One of the absolute beings and powerful figures that Einheart boasted.

However, that was just a superficial title.

“Blandiro Petus.”

His true identity was Count Petus, who had been robbed of everything by the Blood Duke.

Lee Rowoon, having defeated the Blood Duke, had allowed Petus to live, taking on the mantle of the Blood Duke.

And now.

“Was this something that was discussed?”

He was waging war here.

Lee Rowoon’s question was direct.

“No, it wasn’t.”

Hasemin replied.

They had prepared for a final battle, but there had been no prior discussions with the Blood Duke’s side.

“Five years ago, after the Divine Devil disappeared, contact with the Blood Duke’s side was also cut off.”

The Blood Duke had sworn allegiance not to the Divine Devil Alliance, but to Lee Rowoon, whom he considered his Emperor.

So, after Lee Rowoon disappeared, the Blood Duke’s side had severed contact with the Divine Devil Alliance without any explanation.

“I did hear news later. After the ascension of the absolute Emperor to the new position, the Blood Duke had dealt with and absorbed the Five Great Dukes who had lost their power and had their forces taken away….”

The power of the absolute beings had been consolidated into one.

“After that, I heard stories that he was gathering an army to resist the Empire, but the news was vague.”

So they had forgotten.

Whether he had betrayed them, or if he had been captured by the Empire and died.

There was no reason to save him, nor the capacity to do so.

But now.

“Charge-!”

He had reappeared and was waging war to seize the Empire’s territory.

The war situation was.

‘Not bad.’

It wasn’t leaning heavily towards one side.

If anything, the Blood Duke’s side seemed to have a slight advantage.

Above all.

“They look like Blood Cultists.”

Lee Sanhoo, who had arrived later, pointed out that the knights and soldiers following the Blood Duke resembled Blood Cultists.

As he said.

Flicker.

Redly glowing eyes.

Blood energy surged with every swing of their swords.

Their magic and movements showed similarities to the Blood Cultists.

However.

“It’s different.”

Lee Rowoon stated that they were different from the Blood Cultists.

“What they possess is not the Blood Demon Divine Art.”

What they wielded was…

“Blood Contract.”

Blood Contract.

It was a contract and subordination of blood.

The current Blood Cultists also had something similar, but their source was different.

“In the past, they were called this.”

Lee Rowoon said with a satisfied smile.

“Vampires.”

Swoosh-!

Flying swarms of bats transformed into the shapes of knights and horses, stirring up the battlefield.

The Blood Duke, Vladimir, had awakened the true power within that blood.

He had defeated the Five Great Dukes, absorbed their power, and reached the transcendent level…

-Progenitor.

He had become the progenitor of a race that had been destroyed in the past, and had resurrected the destroyed race.

“…….”

Lee Rowoon and some of the elite members of the Divine Devil Alliance who had arrived.

They were merely observing, not yet intervening in this fierce battle.

“What are you going to do?”

Whether to wait for them to fight amongst themselves.

Or whether they should also join the battle.

“The Blood Duke’s intentions are not yet clear.”

He had already cut off contact with the Divine Devil Alliance once.

It was unknown whether the war he was waging now was to pledge allegiance to Lee Rowoon upon his return, or if he had other intentions.

Therefore.

“Let’s watch.”

Lee Rowoon answered.

It sounded as if he couldn’t trust the Blood Duke.

“He can be trusted.”

Lee Rowoon already trusted the Blood Duke.

Thump! Thump!

The blood flowing in his heart spoke.

-My Lord-! My Lord-!

The sound of the Blood Duke’s cry.

-My God!

The sound of him calling out to him.

That’s why.

“Because he wants me to watch.”

Lee Rowoon had said to watch.

The Blood Duke wanted to show his lord and god, who had finally returned, the power he had painstakingly built and created.

* * *

The Seven Stars Knights were deployed.

The area where the war was taking place was already where the Seven Stars Knights were stationed, and they immediately entered the battlefield.

-Crusader Knights.

A knight order created by the Empire by absorbing the Holy Knights of the Church, they were one of the groups of transcendents that the Empire boasted.

Usually, they were a defensive force that did not show themselves much or deploy to the battlefield.

However.

Kwakwakwa!

As such, they could be said to be specialized in defense.

The power of transcendence increased by the magic circle.

Their warhorses emitted a holy light and began to trample the soldiers of the Blood Duke’s side.

Just twelve knights.

The time it took for the twelve knights to slaughter thousands of soldiers didn’t even take ten minutes.

This was the power of the transcendents.

But then, something amazing happened.

Kwaak!

The horse that a Crusader Knight was riding faltered, bitten by something.

And….

Kwaang!

An explosion occurred.

“This is….”

“A necromancer.”

Lee Rowoon said.

Vampires, a race that existed in Einheart and Gehenna [a fictional realm or world] in the past, had become extinct and completely disappeared one day.

It was then.

That the school of magic known as necromancy, one of the magic schools that existed in Gehenna and Einheart, disappeared.

In Gehenna, the lineage still remained, and thanks to the Demon King Berzena, who could be called the progenitor of magic, necromancy was maintained.

“Undead!”

In Einheart, however, the lineage was completely cut off.

That necromancy was now.

“Arise, you dead-!”

It was being unfolded again from the hands of the Blood Duke.

And not only that.

Swaaa-!

A black wave.

Those who appeared to be the Blood Duke’s close aides also poured out a blood-colored aura, which soon transformed into a black wave and swept across the battlefield.

The corpses that had fallen and died.

Those that had been torn to pieces.

Uooooh-!

They rose again and began to hunt their comrades, the living.

The types were also diverse.

Zombies, skeletons, dullahan [a headless rider in Irish folklore]…

In addition to these, powerful undead rose and began to sweep across the battlefield.

Pububububung-!

When they met death again, a large explosion would occur.

Also, the power that the vampires possessed was not all of this.

Their specialty, blood magic.

Similar to Blood Demon Art, but their magic, which exerted greater and more powerful force on the battlefield, was detonating every moment, and they began to regain the upper hand.

“He has worked hard for five years.”

He had to admit it.

The five years it took for the Blood Duke to fully awaken the power of the Vampire Lord and draw out the potential within him would have been too short.

Nevertheless, the Blood Duke had continued to fight the enemy and also fight himself, awakening that potential.

Now.

-Look!

He could be said to be putting on a performance.

Only one.

-Look-!

His performance for Lee Rowoon.

He was pouring out everything he had prepared for five years in this place.

In the end, the Crusader Knights also turned their horses away from the meaningless enemies they had defeated.

They knew that it was meaningless to fight against things that never ended even if they were killed.

The direction they turned their horses was.

Gooo-!

The one who was exuding the greatest presence in this vast battlefield.

Swoosh.

It was where the Blood Duke was.

The Seven Stars Knights.

They were a knight order created around a Dragon Knight who had merged with a guardian dragon.

It could be said that they forcibly transcended those who were close to transcendence but had not transcended, creating a huge group.

It originated from one, but its power was never one, but many.

Conversely.

“It seems that there are only two transcendents on the Blood Duke’s side.”

He could feel that only the Blood Duke and one knight who appeared to be his close aide had entered the realm of transcendence.

Two versus twelve.

Even in a normal fight, two would be at a disadvantage.

In the case of a fight between martial artists or ability users, the outcome would vary depending on their level.

However, this was.

-A clash between transcendents.

The level of transcendence would be the most important, but it was clear that the situation of two having to face twelve was disadvantageous.

“If we are going to help, we must help now.”

Even with the words he heard, Lee Rowoon did not budge.

It was as if he was.

“Let’s wait and see.”

He was waiting for the predetermined outcome.

Hee-ing-!

The Crusader Knights were rapidly approaching the Blood Duke’s side.

“Burn them-!”

They were wielding their maces, emitting flames and holy light.

At that moment.

Thud.

Everything seemed to stop.

It was not a matter of time in the realm of transcendence.

Literally.

Kwaaaaa-!

The Blood Duke’s side, who had been fighting, completely stopped, creating a storm.

Kwaang!

The Crusader Knights finally collided.

But what they collided with was not the Blood Duke.

A huge blood barrier appeared in front of him.

And within it.

Shwaaa-!

Blood flooded out, and a huge hand appeared.

It grabbed one of the Crusader Knights.

Puh-ung!

It didn’t take long to explode him.

“……!”

The Blood Duke, who had instantly defeated a Crusader Knight who had reached the realm of transcendence.

It was only one, but it was just the beginning.

“It’s going to be fun from now on.”

The real performance had begun.