Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 151

The Three Kings’ Disciple (152)

151

After the Mars gate break incident, Dank and Ro-woon’s fame skyrocketed like a rocket.

The doubts that had poured out about the reappearance of Ro-woon.

‘He’s a fake.’

‘There’s no way the Mount Hua Sect would let him go.’

‘Ro-woon was trapped in Mount Hua’s corpse disposal site, so they wouldn’t release him for fear he’d leak information about the place.’

Therefore, the current Dank and Ro-woon must be someone impersonating them.

‘Then he must have kneeled [surrendered].’

Also, even if he is the real Ro-woon, it’s impossible to think of him as the same person as the Ro-woon of the past.

Could Ro-woon, who spent more than five years in the corpse disposal site, be the same as the Ro-woon of the past?

The reason he was released must be that he completely kneeled to Mount Hua and became their dog.

The Ro-woon who has reappeared now will be no different from a servant of Mount Hua, unlike in the past.

‘I can’t accept it.’

People who couldn’t accept Ro-woon, who was once seen as a small hope for South Korea.

-It’s really Ro-woon.

However, after the Mars gate break incident, Ro-woon’s evaluation was changing.

-It’s real.

Those who were at the scene that day all speak as if they had agreed on it.

His back as he headed into the break site.

His appearance of not backing down while confronting the Association.

-You should have seen it.

That day, that appearance was clearly the Ro-woon of the past, himself.

“It’s an honor.”

Now, no one dared to reach out to Ro-woon as he passed by.

Instead, they bowed their heads with small voices.

“Keep doing what you have to do.”

People just threw out a word.

That was the Ro-woon of the past.

“…….”

Ro-woon, who was nothing but prickly to everyone except the members of Dank.

People didn’t belittle or curse such an appearance but respected it.

When they came out after clearing the gate.

“You’ve worked hard.”

A small greeting was conveyed.

“…….”

Seo Ha-neul bit her lip at that sight.

The past she wanted to erase kept coming back to her mind.

After the Mars gate break, Seo Ha-neul did not have a separate conversation with Ro-woon.

-This body now, it’s Ro-woon, right?

Now, she couldn’t take those words as a joke.

And it felt like the suspicion that had sprouted in her heart would be exposed.

Moreover.

-Let it be. He’s doing better than we thought.

Even those who were the only ones who could put a brake on Ro-woon were satisfied with the current situation.

“Today’s schedule ends here.”

After clearing the last gate, Seo Ha-neul said in an emotionless voice.

“Then you can go back and rest.”

The changed Ro-woon no longer needed to have bothersome meetings with the players.

Just as Ro-woon and the members of Dank were about to return.

Thud!

A sound of air being lightly pushed away was heard.

Swish!

Seo Ha-neul quickly turned her head, and the other members of Dank tried to move quickly, but.

“It’s no use.”

The situation was already settled.

“Kuh!”

Seo Ha-neul, groaning, knelt on one knee.

“Keok!”

The other members of Dank also collapsed, unable to support their bodies.

Shudder.

The muscles all over their bodies were trembling finely.

A body that wouldn’t listen.

All they could do was barely breathe in and out.

“Poison….”

Seo Ha-neul, realizing that this was a symptom of poisoning, looked at Ro-woon with horrified eyes.

Swoosh.

The tip of the sword already touching Ro-woon’s neck emitted a cold light.

“No….”

Even if she groaned and spoke, the opponent didn’t seem to care about Seo Ha-neul’s voice.

A hooded figure said.

“Who are you.”

It was a voice that conveyed a deep emotion that could not be expressed in words.

***

The sword touching Ro-woon’s neck.

It was a short dagger.

At a glance, it looked extraordinary, as if boasting that it was the best of the best.

Normally, they would be surprised and amazed to see such a dagger, but its tip was touching Ro-woon’s neck.

“Who are you.”

The question was asked again.

Swish.

As Ro-woon moved his head, the blade of the dagger cut his neck, and blood flowed.

Flinch.

The hooded figure flinched as if surprised for a moment.

“Don’t even think about doing anything useless. You’re already poisoned.”

Poisoned.

Seo Ha-neul’s eyes trembled finely.

‘When the hell…?’

She had never felt any suspicious signs.

Moreover, the other members of Dank were the elites of the elites that those people had assigned.

However, none of them felt the hooded figure poisoning them.

That meant one thing.

‘A master.’

That hooded figure was a strong person, a master who could not be ignored.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Ro-woon’s voice.

“Why are you pretending to be Ro-woon?”

The hooded figure said in an even sharper voice.

“I am Ro-woon.”

“Bullshit!”

Eventually, the hooded figure shouted.

Even though the voice echoed loudly, no one came.

It was also because a barrier had already been set up.

‘He’s not alone.’

The hooded figure’s companions were also controlling this place.

“Ro-woon is…!”

The hooded figure spat out a voice mixed with complex emotions.

“Ro-woon is dead.”

A firm and confident voice.

“Ro-woon definitely died in Mount Hua’s corpse disposal site.”

At that voice, the corners of Ro-woon’s eyes, who was looking at the hooded figure, curved strangely.

The news of Ro-woon’s death was not something that could be easily known.

The news of the accident at Mount Hua’s corpse disposal site was widely known, but the details were not known.

It was Mount Hua.

No one could easily ask them anything or find out anything.

“Don’t try to deceive me again. Just keeping your neck attached is already pushing my patience to its limit.”

But the hooded figure knew the situation exactly.

“Who are you? Why the hell…!”

The hooded figure shouted.

“Why are you impersonating that poor person again?”

A voice filled with clear anger and hostility.

Swish!

It was when Seo Ha-neul, risking the poison, moved to reach into her pocket.

If Ro-woon died like this, the mission would fail.

If that happened, even if she survived, only a terrible future awaited her.

Even if it wasn’t that.

‘No…!’

The thought that it might be him made her unable to leave Ro-woon to die.

Even if her life ended, she had to save him.

Whether it was Kim Jong-soo or Ro-woon.

It was such a moment.

“Who’s impersonating who?”

Following the voice and.

“What are you talking about…!”

At the hooded figure’s unknown mutterings, she stopped the hand she had put in her pocket.

The scene she barely saw again.

Shudder.

The hooded figure was trembling.

‘Why?’

And after a while.

Swish.

The dagger that had been touching Ro-woon’s neck fell down.

“How….”

A shocked voice.

Wham!

The hooded figure suddenly hugged Ro-woon.

***

Dank was a small, elite guild that didn’t even have ten members.

The members of Dank had rarely decreased or increased.

But there was one time when one person was added to Dank.

‘A guest guild member.’

A player who had formed a connection by chance.

It was someone they had met during a gate raid, and they couldn’t leave him alone, so they moved together.

But he was quite skilled.

-I like him?

He even received the attention of the members of Dank.

The raid at that time was prolonged, and he and Dank had many exchanges.

As the gate raid was about to end.

-Ro-woon.

The members of Dank proposed to Ro-woon for the first time.

-Hey. Can’t we go with him?

It was to accept him, whom they had met by chance, as a member.

But Ro-woon was firm.

-No.

It was a refusal.

-Don’t you know our situation?

Why Dank was small.

And why they didn’t increase their members.

About that reason.

-I know, but….

Even so, the members of Dank constantly wanted it.

-I can do well!

He also wanted to become a member of Dank.

-It’s not like we’re asking you to decide right now! Even if it’s just for a while….

When they said that much, Ro-woon had no choice but to give in.

Ro-woon had also received a lot of help from him, and the entire Dank had escaped danger with his help.

Since he had received a clear favor, he had to repay it.

-If it’s okay to be a guest member….

-Great!

That’s how he became a guest member for a while.

For a while, he worked with Dank and lived together.

In particular, he had become very close to Ro-woon.

-I’ve heard a lot about you.

Expressing admiration for Ro-woon.

-I think you’re cool.

He had expressed his liking for Ro-woon.

Then one day, he disappeared without a trace.

-……….

Of course, the members of Dank were in an uproar.

The actions he had shown so far were clearly sincere, so Dank thought that something had happened.

Ro-woon didn’t show it, but of course, he was worried about him.

Eventually, the members of Dank began to look for him.

And.

-……He’s not there.

The result was shocking.

-He’s not anywhere.

They couldn’t find the disappeared him.

Not only that.

-That kind of person doesn’t exist in the first place.

His existence itself did not exist from the beginning.

The player with that name was not the friend they knew.

A guest member who appeared like a mirage and disappeared like a mirage.

Even after a long time had passed, everyone in Dank could not forget him.

“If you’re really Ro-woon….”

And now.

“Keep the promise of that day!”

The hooded figure shouted.

“You said you’d accept me as a full member, right?”

The hooded figure shouted as if in a fit of anger.

Seo Ha-neul’s eyes trembled.

She also couldn’t control the emotions that were welling up.

There was no way she wouldn’t know.

“You…!”

Because she was also a member of Dank.

“Ahn Do-bin…?”

At Seo Ha-neul’s voice, the hooded figure slowly took off the hood.

“So you were really Dank.”

The hooded figure said.

Swoosh.

The hair that flowed down from the hood passed over her shoulders and reached her waist.

It was as if a single flower had bloomed in the place that had been filled with darkness, hidden by the hood.

That flower brightened the world, crying and laughing.

“You were really Dank….”

She pushed away the Ro-woon she had been hugging and looked at him.

“You were a woman…?”

At Seo Ha-neul’s voice, she nodded her head.

“I’m sorry for deceiving you. I had my reasons back then. I’m sorry for disappearing suddenly.”

It was a face that seemed to have a reason.

“I couldn’t keep it back then, but let me keep it now. Make me a member….”

And before her words were finished, Ro-woon’s answer was heard.

“No.”

It was a firm answer without any room for argument.

* * *

Seo Ha-neul rubbed her forehead.

“How the hell am I supposed to deal with this situation?”

It was already a complicated situation.

The situation was already far from the plan.

With Kim Jong-soo’s sudden actions, Seo Ha-neul had already lost control of the situation.

That alone was an uncontrollable situation, but.

-I know you must be disappointed in me. But it’s okay if I’m nearby, right?

Another unexpected situation had occurred.

The one who had suddenly appeared and poisoned everyone.

‘Ahn Do-bin.’

The former guest member of Dank had appeared.

It was surprising that he was a woman, but she had not left Dank’s side since that day.

She had reported the sudden situation to those people, but the answer she received was even more surprising.

-If you have gained her attention, try to win her heart as much as possible.

It wasn’t to eliminate her or to get rid of her.

Rather, it was an order to accept her.

“What the hell….”

Seo Ha-neul asked with a nervous look.

“Ahn Do-bin, may I ask what her identity is?”

Seo Ha-neul, who was completely prostrated on the ground, barely raised her head and asked.

The shadow standing in front of her said.

“Dok-hwa.”