Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 121

The Three Kings’ Disciple (122)

121

Two weeks.

The events of those two weeks unfolded with the speed of lightning.

It was as if Geumgae was declaring war on the Beggars’ Guild, throwing everything away.

Geumgae publicly announced that he would hand over all his businesses to Eunha and Yoo Do-hyung, and he actually did it.

But there was a hidden side to this that the world didn’t know.

“The real assets were absorbed by the Black Lion.”

The Black Lion, Ha Se-min, had absorbed some of Geumgae’s businesses amidst the chaos.

These were things hidden in the deep darkness, not even visible on the surface of Geumgae’s operations.

Deep secrets of Geumgae that even the Beggars’ Guild wouldn’t know.

‘Blood Soul Stealing Technique.’

That was what Lee Rowan named the technique he had used on Geumgae.

A technique that steals the soul and spirit from the blood.

It was a martial art unique to him, primarily using the Blood Demon Divine Art to steal all the memories and information contained in the blood, with the aid of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Geumgae had all his hidden secrets stolen by Lee Rowan and passed on to Yoo Do-hyung.

So, everything had to be revealed without anything to hide.

“Geumgae has quite a few secrets from the Beggars’ Guild. And that’s not all.”

Ha Se-min said.

“It was known that Geumgae was demoted to branch manager, but Geumgae still held all his authority, including his shares, by circumventing the system.”

Desire.

It was due to his desire for wealth and his desire to live.

Geumgae had struggled to avoid being deprived of what he had built and to avoid being discarded and killed when he was no longer useful.

But in the end, it only benefited Lee Rowan.

“Eunha, the Beggars’ Guild branches, the Black Lion…”

Ha Se-min shook his head as if he was dumbfounded.

“Even so, a third of it remains.”

The wealth that Geumgae had accumulated with the Geumgae Group was that immense.

His businesses in his homeland, North Korea, and China were largely untouched, and their scale was enormous.

Yet, what remained…

“You’re here?”

He was going to deal with it from now on.

A man was leaning against the door, shaking his head as if he was dumbfounded.

“I heard the story.”

Lee Shin-woo carefully approached and sat down.

He had maintained contact with the Qing Army through Kang Cheol-woo.

Lee Rowan had called Lee Shin-woo in.

“Did you really… beat Geumgae?”

“Why are you so surprised?”

“I’m not talking about that Geumgae.”

The immense power that the name Geumgae held.

He was talking about the Geumgae Group.

“What on earth did you do to make that Geumgae throw everything away? He’s bound to die.”

Lee Rowan didn’t bother to mention that the real Geumgae was already dead.

Instead.

“I called you because there’s something you need to do.”

He was about to say something that would make Lee Shin-woo’s heart stop.

“Something to do?”

At Lee Shin-woo’s question, Ha Se-min piled up documents the size of several encyclopedias in front of Lee Shin-woo.

“Read it.”

“What the heck is this…”

Lee Shin-woo’s eyes widened as if they would tear as he was about to complain about the documents that were suddenly thrown at him.

Swish, swish, flutter!

The speed at which he flipped through the documents increased rapidly.

Now, Lee Shin-woo was looking at the pile of documents as if he had forgotten everything else in the world.

Only after a long time.

Thud.

Lee Shin-woo was able to put down some of the documents.

Behind his glasses, Lee Shin-woo’s pupils were shaking violently.

“W-What are you trying to do?”

The documents that Lee Shin-woo had seen.

“Geumgae… had this much hidden?”

“We took the rest, and that’s about a third of it.”

“A, a third…”

Lee Shin-woo felt like his head was spinning.

Written in the documents was the entire list of Geumgae’s hidden assets, including slush funds.

The amount far exceeded the budget of a decent-sized country.

Amounts that Lee Shin-woo, a poor righteous army soldier, had never imagined.

“Throw it all away.”

At Lee Rowan’s words, Lee Shin-woo felt like a stone had fallen on his heart.

“T-Throw it away? W-Where to…”

Lee Rowan, who was leaning further back on the sofa as if he was falling asleep, replied.

“Throw it to those who have been robbed by Geumgae.”

“You…”

Lee Shin-woo’s eyes changed.

“Weren’t you not interested in righteous army activities?”

What Lee Rowan was trying to do now was, in a way, being a Robin Hood.

It was the story of finding the wealth that had been stolen from the people by corrupt officials and returning it.

“It’s not like that.”

“……”

“We lost almost half of the Geumgae Group’s assets. What will the Beggars’ Guild do?”

There was no need to say it twice.

“They’ll try to get it back.”

No matter what the cost.

They were the Beggars’ Guild, and they were the kind of people who would think nothing of starting a war to find Geumgae’s money.

In fact, the Beggars’ Guild’s movements were already unusual.

“We can’t digest it all anyway. If we throw it all away and return it, we’ll have a cause.”

And one more thing.

“If Geumgae himself comes forward and admits his own sins and the sins of the Beggars’ Guild.”

Now, Lee Rowan was looking at Lee Shin-woo.

“The Beggars’ Guild won’t be able to easily try to take everything back.”

He would reveal how Geumgae had made his money and return the ill-gotten gains to society.

The Beggars’ Guild would likely ignore that, but.

“For now… they won’t be able to move.”

Not long after the peace treaty was signed, the Council would not let the Guild do anything that would undermine Eun’s reputation.

Even if the Beggars’ Guild was a major pillar of the Council, the other pillars still existed.

“Will Geumgae really do that?”

It was an act of throwing away everything he had.

His life, or rather, living would be like hell.

Would Geumgae, who had lived so desperately, really throw away his life in an instant?

“What about Geumgae handing over his businesses to Eunha?”

“……”

“Does that make sense?”

“Could it be…”

Lee Shin-woo said as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Is it fake?”

He was asking if the current Geumgae was fake.

Everyone in the world had that suspicion.

However, the actions that Geumgae had shown were things that only Geumgae could do, and even his martial arts were said to be real.

“Don’t ask useless questions, are you going to do it or not?”

And one more thing.

“The Qing Army can have the scraps. If they work harder, the attention will be diverted.”

Lee Shin-woo’s choice was obvious.

“I’ll do it.”

If he missed this opportunity, he wouldn’t be qualified to use the title of righteous army soldier.

***

An event that would shake the entire Asian continent had occurred.

Geumgae, who had already been showing unbelievable behavior, had done something that was incomparable to anything he had done before.

-I, Geumgae, have been working with Lee Shin-woo of the Qing Army against the tyranny of the current Eun and the Beggars’ Guild.

The story that a big shot like Geumgae was engaged in righteous army activities.

It was a story that was too unrealistic.

-Therefore, I will certify that I am Geumgae myself.

It was content that was uploaded to all video sites under the name of the Qing Army.

-I want to expose the wrongdoings of the Beggars’ Guild and the Geumgae Group.

The content that followed was intimate stories that no one but Geumgae himself could possibly know.

In addition, he even demonstrated the Yellow Dragon Eighteen Palms, which only Geumgae, among the disciples of the Beggars’ Guild leader, had learned.

For a martial artist, martial arts are everything.

People had no choice but to believe these unbelievable things.

-I will return what I have taken, and the Beggars’ Guild must do the same.

A video that lasted over two hours.

It was impossible for all of it to be fabricated.

-Do not look for me. I will no longer be a person of this world because I fear the Beggars’ Guild and Eun.

Geumgae, who had hidden to avoid the pursuit of the Beggars’ Guild and the Council.

It was a story that could make one sense his fate.

It was only a moment before all the videos were taken down, but the videos had already spread.

Following that, the internet went wild.

-The Qing Army will return what Geumgae and the Beggars’ Guild have taken from the victims of Geumgae.

Massive amounts of money were being deposited into tens of thousands of bank accounts.

Wealth was being returned to numerous victims not only in South Korea but throughout Asia.

Even though the Beggars’ Guild had hastily moved to block the bank’s computer system, it was useless.

Everything was flowing out through his bank where Geumgae had kept his slush funds.

The result was utter chaos.

People praised Geumgae and denounced the Beggars’ Guild.

Even though they were both sinners, the treatment of a sinner who had atoned was different.

“I-Isn’t the scale getting too big?”

Yoo Do-hyung, who had Geumgae’s face, spoke, even forgetting Geumgae’s way of speaking.

Many of his things were already returning to normal.

Swish.

As Lee Rowan reached out his hand towards him.

Whoosh!

Yoo Do-hyung had a blank look on his face as he watched the sacred fire burning.

Swoosh!

The blood energy and sacred fire that had been dwelling in his body escaped and returned to normal.

Clench.

When Lee Rowan clenched his fist.

“Huk… Huk…”

The original Yoo Do-hyung was in that spot.

Yoo Do-hyung, who was exhausted from the loss of the immense power and memories that had existed in his entire body.

As he sat down as if collapsing, Lee Rowan said.

“The opponent is the Beggars’ Guild.”

Even if he didn’t know Geumgae, he wouldn’t ignore the Beggars’ Guild.

Because he didn’t even know their true nature yet.

“We need to divert their attention for now.”

Lee Rowan was kindly telling him the story because he had worked hard.

“It has to be this big of a scale to make them lose their minds.”

An event that was so noisy that the entire Asian continent was losing its mind.

“That way…”

Lee Rowan said with a smile on his face.

“We can stab them with a dagger.”

He didn’t ignore the Beggars’ Guild.

However, he didn’t think they were an insurmountable evil.

Everything was to create an opportunity to properly cut off their breath.

“I, I…”

Yoo Do-hyung, who had barely caught his breath, said.

“What should I do?”

Yoo Do-hyung, who had escaped from the role of Geumgae, was even more terrified.

“I-I’m going to die.”

Geumgae had entrusted Yoo Do-hyung with his businesses in Korea.

Because of that, there were rumors that Yoo Do-hyung was also a spy who was in contact with the righteous army.

In the first place, whether he was in contact with the righteous army or not.

‘The Beggars’ Guild will take it all back.’

Yoo Do-hyung didn’t have the power to protect it.

Yet, the reason why he had entrusted everything to Yoo Do-hyung was.

“Say you were a spy.”

“……!”

“Geumgae approached you first because you were a player, and you were in contact with Geumgae. But.”

Lee Rowan reached out his hand again.

Whoosh.

The sacred fire that flared up once again.

“You were just afraid of Geumgae, and you were preparing everything for the Beggars’ Guild.”

The sacred fire flared up and covered Yoo Do-hyung once again.

“Return everything you received to the Beggars’ Guild, and in return…”

The Blood Demon energy hidden within the sacred fire.

All of that changed Yoo Do-hyung once again.

What he was going to change this time was not his body.

His memories.

“Go deep into the Beggars’ Guild. The secrets the Beggars’ Guild has hidden.”

Information that could not be found even in Geumgae’s memories, deleted information.

“Find the entrance to the Beggars’ Guild.”

That was the new mission he was giving to Yoo Do-hyung.

It would be a hellish time.

He would have to prove everything and endure countless tortures and pains.

Lee Rowan stood up from his seat.

He placed his hand on Yoo Do-hyung’s head and said.

“If you’ve lived like a dog, do something good. I’ll help you not die.”

Yoo Do-hyung, whose eyes had lost their soul, returned to his original appearance and said.

“I will keep that in mind…”

He would prepare a sharp dagger to cut off the Beggars’ Guild’s breath.

No one knew whether it would be a dagger or a greatsword.

The Mount Hua Sect and the Beggars’ Guild.

‘I’ll get rid of the Beggars’ Guild first.’

If they had all of Eun’s information, they would know the exact location of his master.