Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 153

The Three Kings’ Disciple (154)

153

Ahn Do-bin.

No, Dok-hwa, Dang Hwa-young, is a princess of the Dang family.

To them, a family known for being reclusive and valuing blood relations above all else, Dang Hwa-young was like a flower that could never be broken.

Even though the world had opened up, Dang Hwa-young had never been able to go out into the world.

-The place called Earth, it’s a place that the young lady would like.

All Dang Hwa-young could do was imagine, listening to the stories her family members told her.

-Mother.

There were times when she was captivated by those stories and wanted to go out.

-Call me the head of the family.

She went to the head of the family, her mother, and begged.

-I want to see the world.

Everyone cherished her, and they would grant her any wish.

She thought that day would be the same.

-Who are you?

That cold gaze.

-Who put such ideas in your head?

But that day, Dang Hwa-young had to lose the attendant who had been telling her stories.

Dang Hwa-young never tried to go outside again.

She was content just to secretly listen to stories from the outside.

-In a place called South Korea, near Japan where we are located.

Listening to such stories was the only thing the head of the family allowed.

-A place called Dank is famous these days.

Then she heard one story.

-A player guild?

According to her family members, players were like lowly butchers.

They had no understanding or knowledge of martial arts, and they were only specialized in hunting monsters.

Most martial artists looked down on players, though the Dang family members were less so.

-Why is that?

-The Association is keeping an eye on them.

Dank.

-Why?

-I heard there are various reasons, but they seem to have a talent for leading people.

She heard that story.

-Tell me more.

From that day on, Dang Hwa-young became fascinated with Dank.

They acted as they pleased, without worrying about the Association.

But that was why they were safe.

Players protected them, and some of the Silver Union’s martial artists also wanted to protect them.

‘Why?’

She pondered countless times alone.

While listening to the stories, she realized.

-Righteousness….

The most important value in the Silver Union.

-Isn’t that righteousness and cooperation?

Doing what one believes is right without hesitation is not a wrong action.

When someone tries to help others, that someone also wants to help them.

-They are players.

The family member who told her the story thought that players did not understand righteousness and cooperation, but Dang Hwa-young thought differently.

‘Interesting.’

Dank, and Ro-woon who led them, were like the heroes of the Silver Union she had heard about in her childhood.

Also, the more she listened to the stories, the more Dang Hwa-young felt a strange sense of kinship.

‘The Dang family.’

Ro-woon was similar to the people of the Dang family.

They repay kindness twice over and revenge tenfold.

They valued their guild members the most and were not afraid to sacrifice their lives for them.

Dang Hwa-young grew older and yearned even more.

-I want to see him.

She was different from her past self.

There would be no more family members disappearing because of her.

That was how she secretly escaped the Dang family.

She came to Korea and met him.

And.

“He’s the one who saved me.”

For the first time in her life, she felt freedom.

“Seo Ha-neul.”

Ahn Do-bin, no, Dang Hwa-young, warned Seo Ha-neul with cold eyes.

“Don’t do it.”

***

Two women with complex emotions were looking at each other.

Seo Ha-neul and Dang Hwa-young.

“Don’t do it.”

Dang Hwa-young warned her again.

Her eyes, already like a cat’s, were raised sharply.

“You already betrayed me once.”

Dang Hwa-young was a member of the Dang family.

-Tell me about Dank.

Even when she was locked up in the Dang family again, Dang Hwa-young tried to get news about Dank.

Although the head of the family interfered, she could not overcome her stubbornness.

The news she heard then was.

-Dank… has been disbanded.

It brought unbearable sadness to Dang Hwa-young.

-Ro-woon has been imprisoned in the Hwasan corpse disposal site for the crime of murdering his comrades.

It felt like the sky was falling.

Also, it didn’t make sense.

-Ro-woon?

That couldn’t be.

At first, they didn’t tell her the truth, but eventually, she found out.

-It seems Dank touched something they shouldn’t have.

Something that no one, even those friendly to Dank, could defend.

-What about the Dang family?

The answer to Dang Hwa-young’s question was.

-It’s an issue that even the Dang family can’t touch.

That was why she wanted to know the truth.

“You know how Ro-woon thought of you.”

A vulgar and low story.

“Especially you, Ha-neul….”

It was about betrayal, the story that Dang Hwa-young hated the most.

“Stop it.”

Seo Ha-neul said to Dang Hwa-young.

“Don’t say anything.”

A voice full of venom.

“Your identity is that of a Dang family princess, right?”

“……..”

“Dok-hwa.”

Dang Hwa-young did not deny it.

“You, who were born with everything, wouldn’t understand.”

A feeling as painful as death.

“If you can have everything just by reaching out….”

An unquenchable thirst.

Someone like Dok-hwa wouldn’t know.

“No.”

But Dok-hwa answered.

“I know better than anyone.”

Her unwavering gaze shone.

“You have to fight to get what’s precious. You can’t get it just by reaching out.”

Seo Ha-neul shuddered, but that was all.

“Bullshit.”

Seo Ha-neul and Dang Hwa-young.

The places where they stood were too different.

That was why they could never understand each other.

“It’s because of you.”

Seo Ha-neul said, reaching deeper into her pocket.

“If you hadn’t appeared….”

Once again.

‘I might have had hope.’

But she appeared, and a crack formed in Seo Ha-neul’s heart.

‘I was going to pay for my sins.’

At the very end, she wanted to be of some help.

“Sorry.”

It seemed impossible.

The emotion that had struck her once before would not disappear anymore.

It was better to be tortured by the Silver Union.

The thirst and desire that never disappeared were something that humans could not control.

“No….”

Dang Hwa-young shouted, reaching out her hand.

“No way-!”

But.

“It’s already too late.”

The sound coming from Seo Ha-neul’s pocket.

Click.

With the sound of a small device moving and interlocking.

Whoosh-!

A huge energy began to spread in all directions.

* * *

“Why….”

Dang Hwa-young was looking down at Seo Ha-neul with a tearful face.

“Why did you do that….”

Seo Ha-neul was lying on the floor.

Half of her body was melting away with purple poison.

The poison that Dang Hwa-young had quickly thrown was melting her.

“Why!”

She knew that she was under someone’s orders.

But if it was to live, she shouldn’t have done that.

Seo Ha-neul would know too.

That the moment she crossed the line, she would die at Dang Hwa-young’s hands.

“If you wanted to live….”

“I don’t… want to live.”

Seo Ha-neul said in a cracking voice.

Cough.

She coughed up blood.

“I don’t have anything left… anymore.”

Neither Dank nor Ro-woon existed.

“Ro-woon…!”

“It’s not Ro-woon.”

Seo Ha-neul said.

“Kim Jong-soo….”

She had suspected it.

That Ro-woon was not Kim Jong-soo, but the Ro-woon of the past.

“That’s impossible! Surely…!”

“Even if it’s true, nothing will change.”

Seo Ha-neul was calm.

Even though she was in the pain of her whole body melting, she was at peace.

“I no longer have Ro-woon, nor memories to share with Ro-woon.”

Rather.

‘It can’t be.’

The thought that the current Ro-woon might be real tormented Seo Ha-neul.

How could she see him again?

She had betrayed the one she had loved so dearly.

Because of that, he had fallen into hell.

“How can I….”

It must not be true.

If it was, she would fall into hell even more.

She was running out of breath.

“Why….”

Dang Hwa-young murmured, looking at her.

She no longer thought of blaming her for her wrong choices.

Woo-oong!

The energy was spreading.

It was already too late to stop it.

What Dang Hwa-young was asking now was something else.

“The Dang family’s item….”

Dang Hwa-young couldn’t not know what had exploded from Seo Ha-neul’s pocket.

One of the weapons secretly being made by the Dang family.

‘A gate amplifier.’

An item that amplifies the energy of the gate and causes a break.

But if it was just a simple break, there might not be a problem with her being here, but that was not just that kind of item.

An item that was discarded by the Dang family because of its danger.

Its original purpose was different.

-A gate interlock.

Something even deeper.

“A gate… fusion device.”

That item, which was forbidden to be made even by the Dang family, had exploded here.

There was no way to stop it now.

Woo-oong!

The fusion device and the core had already begun to amplify each other, and the waves were spreading.

Dang Hwa-young looked at Seo Ha-neul again.

Swoosh.

A dagger was pulled out from her pocket.

Seo Ha-neul was still breathing because the poison hadn’t worked properly.

If this continued, she would continue to suffer and die in hellish pain.

“I don’t like it, but….”

Dang Hwa-young said, bringing the dagger to Seo Ha-neul.

“You were once a member of Dank.”

She was going to give her peace.

“Don’t do it….”

But Seo Ha-neul said.

“Leave it as it is.”

“If it stays like this….”

“I have to receive that much punishment.”

At her voice, Dang Hwa-young slowly withdrew the dagger that had touched her neck.

It wasn’t because of her will.

“Okay.”

Dang Hwa-young turned around.

“Your end is not my job.”

A man was walking towards them from there.

Woo-oong!

The waves were spreading.

It was almost impossible to move freely in a situation where the gate’s energy had been amplified several times, but he was moving freely.

“……..”

The man passed by Dang Hwa-young.

Ro-woon stood in front of Seo Ha-neul.

“……..”

Seo Ha-neul looked up at Ro-woon.

In her blurry vision, for some reason, only Ro-woon’s face was clear.

“Shit….”

Seo Ha-neul smiled bitterly and cursed.

Only now, at this moment, was she sure.

“This is my punishment.”

It was real.

“This is my….”

She was sure that it was the real Ro-woon.

“Seo Ha-neul.”

“……..”

Seo Ha-neul couldn’t dare to answer.

“You’re as stupid as you were back then.”

“Please….”

“You’re a fool then and now.”

“Please don’t….”

She didn’t want to hear it.

“I have nothing more to say.”

Ro-woon looked down at Seo Ha-neul.

Clench.

In the end, Seo Ha-neul closed her eyes, which she hadn’t closed even in the midst of terrible pain.

The emotions that were swirling were more terrible than the pain caused by the poison.

“I can’t forgive you. I don’t even think about it.”

She wanted to cover her ears at the voice, but her arms wouldn’t move.

“Actually, even that anger has long since faded.”

“Sorry… I’m sorry.”

“But I’ll show you mercy.”

“I’m sorry.”

It seemed like something was moving.

“Because I learned something thanks to you.”

Thud.

The sound of something being pierced.

“Thank….”

And Seo Ha-neul’s last cry escaped.

Now, there were no longer three people there.

Only Ro-woon and Dang Hwa-young remained.

“We have to move.”

Dang Hwa-young said, looking at Ro-woon with complex eyes.

“Let’s go together.”

What was about to happen.

Ro-woon would not be able to handle it alone.