Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 140

The Three Kings’ Disciple (141)

140

A gentle breeze.

The warm sunlight.

It was a sensation he hadn’t felt in a long time, and his whole body relaxed, his muscles taking a rest.

It felt like clouds were enveloping his body, floating around.

It was like the feeling he had when he came home from school, opened the window, and took a nap.

A cozy warmth he never wanted to wake from enveloped his entire body.

Swoosh.

Lee Ro-woon lifted his heavy eyelids from within it.

The place that had been a battlefield just moments ago had vanished without a trace, and a lush green meadow and dense trees welcomed Lee Ro-woon.

Rustle.

Once again, the leaves rustled in the gentle breeze, creating a pleasant white noise.

“Haa.”

However, Lee Ro-woon looked exhausted.

“Haa….”

He let out another rough breath and barely took a step.

If he let his guard down even for a moment.

‘I’ll fall deeper.’

It was obvious that he would surrender his entire body to this terrible curse of sleep.

“Shin Yeo-wool….”

Lee Ro-woon murmured as he moved forward.

“Siegkhardt….”

The names of his masters.

“Verzena….”

Calling their names, he remembered them.

“Masters….”

The people to whom he had things to repay.

If he surrendered his entire body to this coziness, he would never see them again.

-It’s okay.

It was as if he could hear his masters’ voices.

-Isn’t that enough?

Lee Ro-woon bit his lip tightly at the voice rummaging through his head.

Drip.

Bitter blood seeped out and flowed down his mouth.

-You have done well.

The voices echoed again.

Now, illusions flickered before his eyes.

“Come here. I’ll hug you as always.”

Verzena, his seductive and alluring master, stood among the dense trees, reaching out her arms.

How much comfort had he received in her embrace?

How much he missed that warmth.

“Shit… it’s disgustingly persistent.”

He knew.

That all of this was a dream.

That it was a scheme to prevent him from waking up.

Knowing that, it was a terrible trap that he wanted to surrender to.

“Not yet….”

Lee Ro-woon swept back his disheveled hair.

“Not yet.”

The moment he fully lifted his heavy eyelids.

Whoosh.

The vast meadow and dense forest had vanished without a trace.

The place where Verzena had been was also different.

Verzena had disappeared.

Swoosh.

Instead, a young boy was seen crouching down, hugging his knees.

The boy looked up at Lee Ro-woon.

Thump.

It felt like his heart was sinking.

Even so, Lee Ro-woon smiled and looked at the boy.

“Get lost.”

A small smile bloomed on the boy’s expressionless face.

Crack!

With that, the world began to shatter.

***

He couldn’t even dare to count how long it had been.

It was the first time since he had returned that he had fallen into a deep sleep, even for a moment.

It was only a fleeting moment, but having fallen asleep for that short time, his whole body felt refreshed as if he had been reborn.

Swoosh.

Lee Ro-woon lifted his eyelids.

The problem was that he was the only one who felt refreshed.

“Cough!”

“Huuuuh!”

“Ugh… ugh.”

Groans were heard from all directions.

Several blades were touching Lee Ro-woon’s entire body.

A long sword was embedded in his arm, which he didn’t know when it had been extended.

“Cough!”

The one spitting blood in front of him.

It was Cheon Jong, who had consumed the elixir he had prepared in advance.

The Tai Chi symbols that had appeared on his shoulders were glaring at Lee Ro-woon, and the Tai Chi symbol that had appeared above his head was already broken.

“Did….”

A voice full of blood was heard from beside Lee Ro-woon.

“Did you… return?”

Kang Eun-ha.

She spoke to Lee Ro-woon with a bloodless face.

“How long has it been?”

Lee Ro-woon’s voice was languid.

“Fiv….”

Kang Eun-ha replied in a dying voice.

“Five… seconds.”

The time it took to fold five fingers.

Only that much time had passed.

Lee Ro-woon scanned his surroundings.

Kang Han-cheol, Do Mu-seong, Han Do-baek, Jeong Chi-soo, Kang Eun-ha.

The main figures of the Blood Cult.

“You’ve… awakened.”

Cheon Jong, the head of the Wudang Sect, and the elders of Wudang, as well as those who had preserved their strength.

Thud, thud.

They, who seemed to have one or two limbs cut off, were looking at Lee Ro-woon with pale faces.

“Crazy… bastard.”

Behind Lee Ro-woon.

Baek Cheong’s voice was heard.

When he turned around to look at her, she was in a terrible state.

Her clothes were all torn, barely covering her vital areas, and her once white body was stained with bright red blood.

One of her eyes was also closed tightly, as if it had been injured.

Thump.

She finally collapsed and let out a rough breath.

Next to her.

“I… didn’t die.”

Ha Se-min said, letting out a rough breath.

He had a fist-sized hole in his stomach.

The gushing blood was flowing down his mouth.

“I almost… died….”

He smiled faintly and lowered his head, fainting.

Lee Ro-woon’s gaze turned to a slightly more distant place.

“……….”

A truly miserable sight.

Those who had fled to survive and those who had fought back.

They were all gathered together, heads lowered.

Fortunately, it seemed that no one had died.

Crumble.

The collapsing buildings came into view.

It was a scene as if a large meteorite had fallen.

This was what had happened in just five seconds, the time Lee Ro-woon had fallen asleep.

However, a smile formed on Lee Ro-woon’s lips.

“You’ve done well.”

To end with just this much, they had done better than he had expected.

The Blood Cult members’ strength had grown more than he had thought, and the Wudang Sect had the power of exorcism.

But more than that.

“You can rest now.”

It could be said that it was the result of Lee Ro-woon himself restraining and suppressing it.

Suppressing the chaos that was awakening.

Lee Ro-woon was satisfied with that.

“Cough….”

It took less than five seconds for everyone to faint, starting with Jeong Chi-soo.

***

Chew, chew.

Lee Ro-woon, with a flower bun in his mouth, chewed.

“Ugh….”

Groans were heard from all over the place.

The Blood Cult members, who had been called in, were moving the patients inside and cleaning up the surroundings.

“It’s….”

Someone approached Lee Ro-woon and spoke.

“It’s over.”

Ha Se-min.

He approached and sat down, clutching his stomach, which was wrapped in bandages.

“You look okay.”

At Lee Ro-woon’s words, Ha Se-min’s face contorted as if he was about to cry.

“I really thought I was going to die.”

Ha Se-min, he was the Black King who led the Black Corps and the man who was slated to be the next leader of the Hao Clan.

A martial artist of the Heaven level, and a master of the Mystic Realm.

Until now, he had never truly felt the fear of death.

“…….”

Ha Se-min’s face hardened.

It wasn’t the fight with Hwang Geon that he was thinking about.

“I really… thought I was going to die.”

He was thinking about Lee Ro-woon, who had closed his eyes.

Lee Ro-woon, who had closed his eyes.

The change was immediate.

His entire body had collapsed as a result of wielding the sword.

The time it took to recover was barely two seconds.

If even that hadn’t happened.

‘Everyone would have died.’

The result might have been completely different.

Lee Ro-woon’s arm, which had recovered, reached out, and soon, the terror began.

It was only after everyone had rushed in, determined to kill Lee Ro-woon, that they were barely able to stop his advance.

Even that….

‘Jincheon restrained himself.’

He knew that Lee Ro-woon had controlled himself in the realm of unconsciousness.

If that hadn’t happened, the result would have been even more terrible.

“Want one?”

“My stomach hasn’t fully recovered yet. I don’t want to waste a potion on just one flower bun.”

“You should be grateful that you only need a potion.”

Ha Se-min flinched once again.

His face hardened again.

He looked like he wanted to ask something, but he didn’t.

Swoosh.

In the meantime, someone was being supported as they passed by in the distance.

“She was the first to rush in.”

Baek Cheong.

“She’s also the most severely injured. Her limbs are fine, but her dantian [energy center] was almost destroyed.”

She had rushed towards Lee Ro-woon without hesitation, drawing out the power of the Heavenly Treasure and being the first to stop Lee Ro-woon.

In return, the injuries she sustained were fatal.

Swoosh.

Baek Cheong, as if sensing Lee Ro-woon’s gaze from afar, turned her head.

It was only for a moment.

“Let’s have a talk sometime.”

Her face was clearly filled with fear.

She also seemed to have felt it, as she lowered her head and passed by.

“Later.”

Lee Ro-woon chewed on the flower bun again.

His gaze reached a certain place.

Swoosh.

Everyone lowered their heads.

Those who were not yet members of the Blood Cult were more terrified or lowered their heads with reverence than the Blood Cult members.

It was inevitable.

“Was that… Jincheon?”

Beyond human comprehension.

Beyond the heavens.

Because they had witnessed a power beyond common sense with their own eyes.

“No.”

At Lee Ro-woon’s answer, Ha Se-min also barely composed himself and nodded.

“What about Wudang?”

“Most of them are in critical condition. It seems that there have been continuous losses in the war with Hwang Geon. It seems that the reason for sealing off Guangzhou was to hide the current situation of Wudang, as well as the Heavenly Demon and Hwang Geon.”

Wudang was in critical condition.

“Most of all, the head of the sect is in critical condition.”

Cheon Jong.

He had already exceeded his limits several times.

The Heavenly Demon, or rather, what he had sealed was a fragment of chaos.

From the beginning, it was an impossible task that he had accomplished with the great name of Wudang.

In return, Wudang had lost more than half of its forces.

In particular, Cheon Jong had even had his body taken away.

“I think you should see him.”

A man who should have died even if he had died.

It was a miracle that he was still alive.

“Later.”

Lee Ro-woon gave the same answer.

Thud.

Footsteps were heard.

Thud.

Cautious yet confident footsteps.

“What are you doing here with your injured bodies?”

At Lee Ro-woon’s words, they lowered their heads shyly.

“We greet the Blood Demon.”

The Blood Cult members.

Kang Eun-ha was the first to greet Lee Ro-woon.

“We greet the Blood Demon.”

Kang Han-cheol and his group greeted him again, bowing their heads.

They slowly raised their heads.

A subtle smile spread across Lee Ro-woon’s lips without him realizing it.

“You’ve done well.”

While everyone else showed terrified faces, only these people were different.

“Together….”

Faces that clearly showed pride and satisfaction.

There was fear, but it was fear of the position of the Blood Demon, and there was reverence, but it was reverence for their ruler.

They had the same look in their eyes before and after witnessing the power of chaos.

“It was an honor to stand on the battlefield.”

Kang Eun-ha said.

Although they had fought alongside Lee Ro-woon, they had not felt like they were standing on a battlefield where they were sacrificing their lives.

But this time, they had poured out everything they had.

“Was there anything lacking?”

Kang Eun-ha asked cautiously.

“Lacking.”

At Lee Ro-woon’s immediate answer, a shadow crept over her face.

“I will… strive harder.”

Kang Eun-ha, who had changed a lot, was now the same as when he had first seen her.

“I will work harder to ensure that there is nothing lacking someday.”

Even after seeing such power, she showed enthusiasm and passion.

Not as a martial artist, but as a member of the Blood Cult, with the thought that she had to be of help to the Blood Demon.

“But….”

Lee Ro-woon said.

“You were better than I expected.”

Swoosh.

The heads were raised again.

Their eyes were shaking.

“You had the skills to not be ashamed of the name of the Blood Cult.”

That was enough.

They lowered their heads again.

It was a feeling as if all the pain and patience of the past had melted away.

The feeling of being recognized by the ruler they truly desired was something that those who had not experienced it could never know.

“Blood Demon, long live!”

Kang Eun-ha shouted.

“Don’t do that.”

Lee Ro-woon said, clenching his teeth.