Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 1

The world’s invasion.

It was an event where imaginary worlds from novels merged with Earth.

The world of martial arts seen in wuxia novels [Chinese martial arts fiction], Eun.

The world of swords and magic seen in fantasy novels, Ainhardt.

The land of monsters and demons, rightly called the demon realm, Gehenna.

And along with them came the invaders, the monsters from the gates.

‘Ahem.’

‘Ahem.’

‘Ahem.’

And the three people standing before my eyes now.

It was an unbelievable story, even after hearing their words.

‘The Three Kings.’

They each claimed to be the masters of three worlds.

Legends that remain as forgotten history in the three worlds.

Of course, they are just legends, and there are no kings of the three worlds now.

‘Hey, what’s wrong with this guy? His eyes are completely glazed over?’

‘……’

‘That part… I like it.’

A withered old man who looked like he was about to die, a muscular but somewhat dim-witted man, and….

Gulp.

I thought I had lost my sexual desire while being a slave, but the lost desire surged up at the sight of the beautiful woman.

But.

These people are the rulers of three worlds?

‘No. Maybe he didn’t expect to meet us.’

‘…Agreed.’

‘Most humans lose their ability to think clearly when faced with high-ranking supreme beings.’

Watching them chatter messily at me, I got up.

‘Okay. Show some respect… Huh? What are you doing?’

I walked past them.

The huge message visible in front of me.

[Pass through here and become the Vessel of Chaos.]

I moved, only looking at the message.

‘Hey, hey, heyyy!’

‘……!’

‘You can’t go there yet!’

Swoosh.

They blocked my path before I knew it.

‘……’

I looked at them with empty eyes and tried to take another step.

The Three Kings?

That’s a joke.

What kind of Three Kings are they if they can’t even stop me, who has no power, from taking a step forward?

According to their claims, the King of Eun, the Martial King, conquered the continent with a single fist.

The Sword King of Ainhardt is said to have split the sky with a single sword.

And what about the Demon King of Gehenna?

‘The God Slayer.’

Wasn’t he said to be a powerful being who killed a god and destroyed even its divinity?

But what kind of Three Kings are they if they can’t even stop me, who has lost all power and is no better than a slave?

It’s clearly nonsense.

‘Is it revenge?’

I stopped walking at the Sword King’s voice, who had been silent.

‘Do you desire the destruction of the world out of revenge?’

Them blocking my path again made them look different.

Calm eyes, eyes like a burning sun, eyes that seemed to pull you into the abyss just by looking at them.

‘What… does it matter to you?’

‘If you were chosen as the Vessel of Chaos and came here, the story is simple. You desire the destruction of the world.’

‘……’

‘If you go in there, you will become the Vessel of Chaos as you wish, and the world will be destroyed.’

That’s exactly what I want.

‘But if that happens, the one who carries out the revenge will be Chaos, not you.’

‘……?’

‘You will be deprived of your body and mind, and you will only receive a message that the world has been destroyed.’

The eyes turning towards me.

‘Do you truly desire that?’

The Martial King’s question.

‘Also, entrusting yourself to Chaos means that even the smallest thing you thought was precious will disappear. Is your revenge truly directed at them as well?’

The Sword King’s question.

‘True revenge… is thrilling.’

The Demon King’s question, which seemed to have a screw loose.

‘Then what do you want me to do? Will you take my place?’

I answered.

‘We are bound to this chaotic dimension; we cannot physically interfere with the world.’

I took another step.

‘Then get out of my way.’

They can’t help with anything, yet they only give advice.

‘I’m sick of it.’

There was no reason to talk to them anymore.

What stopped my steps was.

‘Power.’

The Martial King’s voice.

‘I will give you power.’

‘I will give you influence.’

‘I will give you everything…’

Swoosh.

‘Do it with your own hands. That revenge.’

‘……?’

‘Become…’

They said.

‘Become our disciple.’

***

According to what they, who called themselves the Three Kings, said.

When a certain period comes, the world seeks a vessel to contain chaos, and chaos descends, leading the world to destruction.

The Three Kings wanted to prevent that.

‘If you accept chaos unprepared, complete chaos will descend.’

‘But if you lead to perfect preparation…’

‘You will be able to contain chaos within your body.’

The sealing of chaos.

That was what the Three Kings wanted.

‘Become our disciple. We will give you everything. Take that power and overcome chaos.’

Me?

‘Do not doubt it.’

‘Either way, the result will be the same if you go in there.’

‘If there is even a shred of possibility, isn’t it better to gamble? If you succeed…’

To become an unprecedented being who has inherited all the teachings of the Three Kings.

But if I fail.

‘Wouldn’t that be okay too? It’s the world you were going to destroy anyway. The result is the same.’

It seemed like an offer with nothing to lose.

‘Time…’

I answered.

‘I don’t have time.’

According to their words, the time I had to train was long and arduous.

What if the target I wanted to take revenge on died during that time?

In the end, my venting would become meaningless.

‘By crossing over here, the clock of the world you belong to has stopped. If you succeed, you will be able to return to the exact time you came here.’

I am nothing but ashes, with everything burned away.

But if there was even a spark of fire left, it was the fire of revenge.

‘I will take revenge with my own hands…’

What more could I lose when I had already lost everything?

‘If you still have even a little bit of human heart left, follow our words.’

A human heart….

‘I’m already completely broken.’

I answered.

‘I don’t have the power of a player, and I can’t even move a speck of magic. What can I do like this?’

I was indirectly telling them to give up.

But.

Smirk.

What I saw was their smiles.

‘You don’t need that kind of power.’

‘We will…’

‘Slowly change you.’

The time for choice.

‘What should I call you?’

‘Master.’

‘Call us master from now on.’

That’s how I became a disciple of the Three Kings.

***

I first received the teachings of the Martial King.

‘Tsk. How can it be such a mess?’

He said he was the emperor who unified all the continents of Eun and the master of a place called the Sinma Cult [a fictional martial arts sect].

A Heavenly Demon and a Blood Demon.

And what I would learn was the martial arts of the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon.

‘Don’t worry. I’ll change everything from the basics. If you undergo metamorphosis about three times, you’ll at least have a usable mind and body.’

A body that couldn’t even feel a speck of magic.

But the Martial King changed it as he pleased.

‘It’s called Qi [life force or energy]. Feel it.’

He forcibly injected it into my body and made me do everything by force.

I experienced pain that felt like death, and I actually experienced shocks that led to death several times.

‘Don’t worry. Death doesn’t exist in the chaotic dimension. Besides, you are the Vessel of Chaos, so don’t worry even more.’

I couldn’t even die.

After the Martial King’s teachings ended, the Sword King’s teachings began.

‘I am the sole king of Ainhardt, and all weapons are like my limbs.’

I learned to handle weapons with a completed body.

Swords, spears, bows, and dozens, hundreds of other weapons I didn’t even know existed.

Of course, the training method was not normal.

‘Weapons are by nature…’

Stab!

‘You can learn more by experiencing it directly.’

Training that was right to call torture.

If it weren’t for the Martial King’s teachings, even if I didn’t die, my mind would have collapsed first.

The Sword King’s teachings were not just about how to handle weapons.

Therefore, while handling weapons, my body became stronger, and my soul grew and grew.

Also, the Sword King also gave me the teachings of an emperor.

My mind and body became one and achieved rapid growth.

‘It’s the last one… I’ve waited too long.’

The last one was the Demon King’s teachings.

Lick.

Although I had been taught by one master for a long time, it wasn’t that I had no interaction with the other masters.

The Martial King and the Sword King were definitely the craziest people in the world.

‘……Why are you so scared?’

The Demon King had a mental world that was truly hard to explain.

‘Don’t worry! You already know from experience, right? You can never die here?’

A bewitching smile that made my mind dizzy just by looking at it.

Beauty is painful.

‘It means it’s okay no matter what I do!’

It wasn’t that beauty was painful, but that the one who faced beauty was painful, and I could truly realize that.

What the Demon King taught was all the black and white, and the magic that had mastered all of it.

Was it because of the long teachings?

‘You’re quite… talented?’

The last teachings were over.

The mind and body, which had become completely one, had moved into the realm of transcendence.

[Pass through here and become the Vessel of Chaos.]

I stood in front of the huge message I had seen the day I first came here.

‘I’ve done everything I can.’

‘If it still doesn’t work…’

‘It can’t be helped.’

The masters were seeing me off.

The beginning and the end, it would be decided if I crossed that place.

‘Disciple.’

‘Yes, Master.’

I gave my last greeting to the voice calling me.

‘What is your name?’

‘Are you… asking that now?’

We had never asked each other’s names in nearly a hundred years.

‘If we know each other’s names, we’ll get attached, won’t we? We might never see each other again, so why ask?’

‘Then why are you asking now?’

‘Even if we don’t know the name…’

The Martial King smiled.

‘I guess we’re attached. I’ve been here for too long. I was called a heartless ghost with no blood or tears. Tsk.’

I smiled too.

‘My name is…’

I slowly walked towards the message, that is, the place where chaos was, and said.

‘Lee Rowoon.’

A name given by my parents, wishing me to benefit the world widely.

‘I’ll hear your names after I come back.’

I was already halfway across the maw of chaos.

‘Okay…’

‘Go and come back.’

‘Disciple.’

It was something that was hard to guarantee victory or defeat.

But if I had to guess, the probability of failure was more than 90%.

‘I’m back, Masters.’

I succeeded in containing chaos within me.