Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 155

The Three Kings’ Disciple (156)

155

Koo-oong!

The shockwave from the ground caused the players to lose their balance and stagger.

“B-Brake!”

The players were not ignorant of what was happening.

“There wasn’t any sign of a brake!”

They couldn’t understand the current situation.

The brake on Mars had occurred because the gate had been left unattended for a long time.

But the gates here were newly created, less than a month old.

Koo-oong!

It was too early for a brake to occur.

Moreover.

“It’s not just one!”

“Crazy! What’s going on!”

Multiple gates were collapsing all at once, as if they were one.

Koo-oong!

Another vibration.

“W-We need to evacuate!”

This time, even the Association seemed clueless, with its members running around in confusion.

Then it happened.

“It’s Dank!”

Dank’s members, who had gone inside, were coming out.

The players quickly supported them, looking exhausted.

“What on earth is happening!”

Dank could be trusted.

And the story that came from Dank’s member was shocking.

“He…”

There was betrayal in his tired voice.

“Ro-woon…!”

“Ro-woon?”

“He did it…!”

The players’ attention focused on Dank’s member’s words.

“He wasn’t the person we knew…!”

It was known that all of Dank’s members except Ro-woon had been replaced.

“He did something he shouldn’t have out of revenge.”

“What do you mean…”

“The gate brake that’s happening now is his doing!”

Koo-oong!

With another vibration, the players’ faces also shook.

An unbelievable story came from those they trusted.

“This entire area will disappear!”

The following words spread.

“Run away! Right now!”

Unbelievable.

“Dank… Ro-woon…”

They did this?

Dank and Ro-woon were hope for the players.

They always went their own way, steadfastly.

Birds that rose again after overcoming hardship and adversity.

For the players who had lost their world, for the people of Earth, Dank and Ro-woon were a glimmer of hope.

His unchanging appearance, even when trapped in the volcanic corpse disposal site, had stirred something great in the players’ hearts.

But.

Koo-ooong!

“You have to run away right now!”

It wasn’t true.

In the end, even that glimmer of hope had been brought to its knees.

Ro-woon had changed during his time on the volcano.

“That can’t… be…”

A pine tree that is always green gives a certain kind of emotion to those who see it.

But the moment the leaves of that pine tree disappear, it also brings a deep sense of loss.

“That can’t be.”

The players were beginning to see the light again thanks to the existence of the Galaxy.

And they could now understand what was about to happen.

‘Because of Ro-woon, part of Gyeonggi Province will disappear.’

The Galaxy would be furious.

No matter how gentle their policies were towards the players, they were still warriors.

That anger would be directed at Ro-woon, and beyond that, at the players.

They had barely seen the sun, but they would have to fall back into the mud again.

Heh.

Lost in the shock, the players didn’t see it.

The smile on the lips of Dank’s member.

“Let’s run away for now!”

Those who were trying to escape.

“No! I’ll stay! There’s no way he would do this!”

Those who believed in Ro-woon.

“Whatever it is, if a disaster happens like this, all the players in Korea will have to pay the price. Please lend me your strength. Let’s try to stop it somehow.”

Those who were trying to move forward.

It was chaos.

But then.

“…….”

The smile on the lips of Dank’s member disappeared.

“This can’t… be…”

He, who had been wearing a victorious smile, now had the same bewildered expression as the players.

“Why so fast…?”

The wave felt from afar.

Woo-oong!

The gate brake had already begun.

Originally, the gate brake caused by the gate fusion device would explode after a certain amount of time, unable to withstand the force of the gates merging.

According to the calculations, there was quite a bit of time left.

Faaa-aaaa!

Now it was being proven that the calculation was completely wrong.

The dust was rising from afar.

The massive magical power of the gates was exploding, creating a cloud of magical power.

“It’s too late…”

As one player said, it was already too late.

Soon.

Faaa-aaaa!

Everything would be covered in that dust and disappear.

Swoosh.

Dank’s members looked at each other.

In this sudden situation, there was only one thing they could do.

“I permit it.”

Someone’s command was given.

Pa-aang!

The players who had been supporting Dank’s members were thrown back.

“Deploy the barrier!”

Dank’s members, who had been on the verge of death just moments ago, gathered together and unleashed their power.

And it wasn’t the players’ magical power.

“Ki… Barrier?”

It was the power containing the internal energy of the Murim [martial arts world].

“What about them?”

One of Dank’s members said.

“They’ll all be swept away and die anyway. We’ll focus only on our survival. And if any of them are lucky enough to survive…”

The Ki barrier became even denser, blocking out their voices, but the players could clearly hear it.

“Kill them all.”

Faaa-aaaa!

The cloud of magical power was already right in front of them.

Clench!

Many players closed their eyes in the face of death.

Swaaa-aaaa!

The aftermath of the massive magical power covered them and passed by.

But as time passed, not a single scream was heard.

Swoosh.

The players slowly opened their eyes.

They could see it.

“Cheong-gwi…!”

The blue goblin fire was forming a barrier to withstand the storm of magical power.

***

Lee Shin-woo, who had the hidden job of an Intervener.

His ability was to borrow and control the power of the players.

His power was determined by the number of players around him.

And now, there were over a thousand players gathered here.

Whirr!

He was in a state where he could exert the power of several hundred players alone.

‘In the end, I only have to stop a part of it.’

Lee Shin-woo smiled bitterly as he looked at the scene before him.

“I knew he could do it, but I didn’t think he’d do it perfectly.”

Ro-woon had succeeded in completely eliminating the aftermath of the gate brake.

He had neutralized the power of several gates merging and exploding in a way that Lee Shin-woo couldn’t even understand.

It was as if he had moved the explosion somewhere else.

How that was possible was something to be figured out later.

What was important now was.

“…….”

Everyone here had survived, and they had seen him.

And.

Step.

A figure walked out of the storm.

“Ro-woon!”

It was Ro-woon.

Most of them looked happy to see him.

But the ones who looked the happiest were.

“You’ve caught a big fish.”

Dank’s members.

They had been shouting that Ro-woon had betrayed them just moments ago, but now they were welcoming him with open arms.

Moreover, they had revealed that they were Murim by deploying the Ki barrier.

“Dok-hwa and Cheong-gwi too.”

They weren’t flustered at all.

“The plan is ruined anyway.”

The one at the front said.

“What the hell are you talking about!”

A player who couldn’t stand it anymore shouted.

The situation before their eyes was clear.

Dank’s members had hidden their true identities and framed Ro-woon as a traitor.

The same as in the past.

But the difference was.

Chae-eng!

They were here now.

“In the end… it was you guys!”

The players shouted.

“We were all played by you!”

If Cheong-gwi hadn’t appeared, they would have disappeared into a cloud of dust in that magical storm.

If they had survived by some miracle.

-Kill them all.

They wouldn’t have left them alone.

Swoosh.

The players surrounded Dank’s members, who were forming a barrier.

But.

Heh.

The smiles on their faces only grew deeper.

“What difference does it make if the butchers know the truth?”

Pride as Murim.

“In the end, they’re just butchers who cut meat.”

The gap between players and Murim.

But it was hard to believe that they were relying on that, given the difference in numbers.

Moreover.

Whirr.

That blue goblin fire, Cheong-gwi, was also here.

No matter how skilled they were, it was a threatening situation.

“There’s no reason to play with you anymore.”

Twitch.

The players trembled at the Ki wave they felt.

“……!”

Behind them.

A presence was felt.

“Things always have to be cleaned up neatly.”

Murim in black uniforms.

There were over fifty of them.

They were the ones who had been hiding their presence from the beginning.

They were the ones who had prepared to cause even greater chaos in the aftermath of the brake.

Although the situation had changed and their mission had changed.

“Damn it… there are too many.”

It was rather what they wanted.

Although there were overwhelmingly more players, their opponents were Murim.

Moreover, if they were Murim who could deploy a Ki barrier, they were at least masters of the Hwagyung realm [a high level of martial arts mastery].

On the other hand, how many of the players could be called rankers?

“Stop-!”

Then, a beautiful woman with her hair flying in the wind burst in with a voice.

A poisonous gaze.

She glared at the Murim and spoke.

Saaa-aaaa.

The mist scattered and spread.

“Kuh!”

Everyone quickly covered their mouths and noses.

The green mist was undoubtedly poison.

“If you cross the line any further.”

The woman who had burst in, Dok-hwa, stood there, protected by the Murim of the Dang family, and said.

“Know that the Dang family and Jeomchang will be completely at odds.”

Jeomchang.

That was their identity.

***

Dok-hwa, Dang Hwa-young.

The name she had uttered was Jeomchang.

She already knew that their identity was Jeomchang.

‘Seo Ha-neul.’

The disbanded members of Dank.

And the Silver forces that had taken them away.

Among them, Seo Ha-neul had gone to Jeomchang.

Even if that wasn’t the case, it wasn’t difficult for Dok-hwa to see their identity just by looking at the way they held their weapons.

“The Dang family will no longer stand idly by.”

Dang Hwa-young said with a venomous look.

‘How dare they.’

Because of the relationship between the Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families, she had not revealed it even though she knew the truth.

They must have recognized her as well, so she thought that they would restrain their actions.

But in the end, they had crossed the line.

“It’s the Seven Deadly Poisons. If you move without my permission…”

Chii-ik.

The asphalt melted and emitted a poisonous smoke.

“You’ll feel what it’s like to have your whole body melt away.”

The players trembled at the chilling warning, but.

“……?”

The Murim of Jeomchang, disguised as Dank’s members, were different.

Their faces were still smiling.

At that sight, Dang Hwa-young bit her lip and tried to reach out her hand, but.

“Stop it.”

She had no choice but to stop her actions at the voice she heard.

It was a familiar voice.

“It’s been a while, Dok-hwa.”

“You are…”

She knew that the opponent was Jeomchang.

But that didn’t mean she had expected this situation.

The fifty Murim who had appeared late.

The one who appeared from within them took off his bamboo hat and spoke.

“Is the Dang family going to be at odds with Jeomchang?”

Looking at his face, Dang Hwa-young said.

“Cheonji Ilseom…”

The appearance of the greatest master of Jeomchang.