Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 156

The Three Kings’ Disciple (157)

156

Cheonji Ilseom.

That was the title of Jeomchang’s greatest master.

“Cheonji Ilseom, Jang So-young….”

The best of Jeomchang, and the woman who was slated to be the next sect leader.

And the mastermind behind all of this.

Sreuk.

Her beautifully grown hair flowed down her shoulders.

Sshee-ik.

She smiled.

She was the shadow Seo Ha-neul had met, and she was the one who had taken Seo Ha-neul and Kim Jong-soo.

“This is a Jeomchang event.”

At Jang So-young’s words, Dang Hwa-young trembled.

She never imagined that she would appear here.

“You….”

Jang So-young and Dang Hwa-young were not meeting for the first time.

Being of similar age, the two forces, which had opened their doors relatively early, had built a strong friendship from the early days of the world’s invasion.

-I’m Jang So-young.

She had seen her several times when she visited the Dang family with the Jeomchang sect leader.

Dang Hwa-young was excited at that time.

It was one of the few opportunities to step out of the Dang family’s gates and into a new world.

“Why you…!”

Jang So-young was one of the few people she could call a friend.

Dang Hwa-young knew that Jeomchang was behind this incident.

But she never thought that Jang So-young was involved.

“Too much time has passed, Dok-hwa.”

-I’m going to be a great martial artist.

To Dang Hwa-young, it was as if she could hear the voices of the current Jang So-young and the past Jang So-young at the same time.

“You can’t live as a naive kid forever, can you?”

-You and I will become the best martial artists.

She had gone into seclusion a few years ago.

After that, there was no news.

“Step back, Hwa-young. This is not something you can take responsibility for.”

She never thought she would meet her again like this.

That she would be the one leading this shameless and dirty work.

“Anyway….”

Leaving the ashen-faced Dang Hwa-young behind, Jang So-young looked at Ro-woon and said.

“I was going to praise you for catching a big fish.”

Cheong-gwi and Dok-hwa.

Ro-woon, who had brought out those two big shots.

“You’re not that butcher, are you?”

But Jang So-young could tell as soon as she saw Ro-woon directly.

He was different from that guy, who was unpleasant just by his existence.

Jjeorit.

The strange tension felt just by making eye contact was not something that such a guy could give.

“Who are you?”

Jang So-young asked Ro-woon with sharp eyes.

***

Before hearing the answer to the question.

“If we….”

Dang Hwa-young said, regaining her composure.

“If we go down the wrong path.”

Now she was looking at Jang So-young with clear eyes.

“We decided to stop each other.”

At Dang Hwa-young’s words, Jang So-young smiled bitterly.

“The Dang family will not stand idly by. So-young.”

“You’re still living in a dream, as always.”

Jang So-young’s bitter smile soon turned into a sneer.

“The Dang family will not stand idly by?”

“Of course. As the young master of the Dang family, if I have to be at odds with Jeomchang….”

Dang Hwa-young said, holding a dagger in her hand.

“I will lose for my friends.”

“Tsk tsk. Hwa-young.”

Jang So-young said, clicking her tongue.

“I heard the news that you became the young master of the Dang family.”

A voice spreading in a cold sneer.

“Do you really think you can represent the Dang family?”

Goo-ooo.

“You don’t know anything, now or then….”

“Don’t know?”

Jang So-young looked disgusted.

“Do you think the Dang family is unrelated to this?”

“……What are you talking about.”

“You must have seen it inside.”

Dang Hwa-young’s eyes widened.

“Do you think we secretly stole the Dang family’s things?”

She knew what she was talking about.

‘Gate Fusion Device.’

A thing that the Dang family had made at Eun’s request, and a failure that had ended in failure.

A thing that had been discarded in its entirety, and whose manufacturing method had been erased.

It had appeared.

“If you block me, it’s not on behalf of the Dang family.”

Even though she held the position of young master, Dang Hwa-young could not represent the Dang family.

“It’s your own decision.”

Because she was someone who didn’t even know what the Dang family was doing.

“What….”

“Cheonji Ilseom is right.”

Dang Hwa-young’s escort, who had been silent until now, said with a stiff face.

“Uncle, could it be….”

“This matter is out of the young master’s hands.”

It was confirmation.

That Jang So-young’s words were all true.

“…….”

That the Dang family was secretly doing something behind the young master Dok-hwa’s back.

“Cheonji Ilseom. We’ll step aside.”

In front of the young master Dang Hwa-young, a mere escort spoke on her behalf.

“So I hope there is no misunderstanding.”

“Good. I prefer that too.”

Jang So-young said, looking at the dazed Dang Hwa-young.

“Hwa-young’s anger needs to be vented elsewhere.”

She had been crazy about Ro-woon.

‘I don’t know who that is, but.’

She would have to lose the person she thought was Ro-woon once again.

She had become the young master to prevent that from happening again, but.

‘That’s the limit after all.’

The power she had was only that much.

Because of what had happened, her anger would turn towards herself, but soon the target of her anger would change.

‘The Dang family.’

The Dang family, who had done things behind her back.

And other things.

Jang So-young now held her sword and let it hang down.

She had gotten everything she wanted.

The situation was a little different, but it was within the expected range.

“Let’s get rid of the dirty pig bastards first.”

Cheonji Ilseom.

Even in Jeomchang, which was famous for its thrusts, her thrust was special.

Her sword, known to pierce the sky and the earth with a single thrust, was drawn like a taut bowstring.

“……!”

In an instant, the players’ faces turned pale.

Clearly, Jang So-young’s sword tip was pointing at the empty air, but.

“R-Run….”

For some reason, they felt that the sword tip was pointing at them.

“Run away!”

But it was already too late.

Paang!

Jang So-young’s single sword thrust, which was released with a sonic boom.

With that, the players scattered and ran away like cockroaches fleeing from medicine.

And at that moment.

Swee-ek-!

Red arrows were falling from the sky onto the heads of the fleeing players.

Hwareuk!

Blue flames rising and.

“Young master…!”

A thick poisonous fog blocked the red arrows.

“Keuek!”

Lee Shin-woo’s suppressed groan echoed.

Because of the aftermath of the magic storm, he had distributed his power to save the players.

“Kul-luk!”

The burden on the player core was caused by the power exceeding its limit.

“I….”

And one more person.

The pale-faced Dang Hwa-young said, holding a dagger while spraying a thick poisonous fog with both hands.

“I’m going to stop you. So-young.”

Her eyes were shining again.

* * *

‘Militia.’

A soldier who rose up with a purpose.

It was a word he had heard countless times as a child, but there was another word that was used with the same meaning.

‘Hero.’

He always heard it.

-They are the heroes. Those who have a deep purpose in this damned world are the ones who deserve to be called heroes.

They, who had not received proper elementary education.

Instead, the orphanage taught them about the militia, mercenary tactics, and combat techniques.

-You are the children who will become heroes.

Under the teachings of Kwon Cheol, who was the director, they all thought that Kwon Cheol’s words were all correct.

‘I’m going to be a militia.’

That was everyone’s dream and future.

But as they got older, they began to feel a little strange.

‘Noona, hyungs, aren’t they coming?’

That those who graduated from the orphanage never came back to the orphanage.

At first, he thought that they just didn’t like this place and didn’t come, but one day he saw the news and realized.

[The terrorists who attacked the association were all killed. They are….]

That they were not not coming, but that they could not come.

‘Director.’

He had looked for Kwon Cheol in shock.

No, he was already preparing to gather them and talk.

-Today, our wonderful brothers also made a noble sacrifice to achieve their purpose.

The face of that day, unable to hide his overwhelming emotions.

-With this, we are one step closer to achieving our purpose.

Looking at his face as he spoke excitedly, the young self thought.

‘It’s strange.’

Something was wrong.

It wasn’t that he was afraid of death.

-Death is the greatest thing to achieve one’s purpose.

That was what he had heard countless times since he was younger.

But something was strange.

A feeling of a needle stuck deep in his chest.

As the years passed, the number of needles increased, and the pain also worsened.

‘No.’

Only then did he realize.

‘This isn’t it.’

That all of this was wrong.

So he talked to his close friends, and he talked to his closest brother.

At first, they didn’t listen to him, but for their own reasons, they began to join him.

They left the orphanage.

-I’m going to be a militia.

The brother eventually chose the path of the militia.

-The director is wrong. But it’s true that the militia is needed in this era.

The brother left, but the friends remained.

Some of them were just those who ran away because the orphanage’s training was too hard, some wanted to enjoy the freedom of the world, and some just followed him.

As they became Dank, Ro-woon thought.

‘There shouldn’t be a militia.’

That’s why he kept his distance from them.

It wasn’t because of Kwon Cheol.

‘It’s an act of driving them to death.’

A world where those with a purpose are killed.

To tell them to have a purpose was no different from telling them to head to their deaths.

He kept his distance from the militia and went his own way.

He didn’t have a grand purpose to change the world, but he didn’t feel bad that his way was an example to someone.

That was the case.

It was a distant memory now.

It was something he had forgotten.

Sseuek.

Ro-woon quietly opened his eyes.

“Militia.”

He thought that he would never become a militia.

He didn’t want the title of militia to be attached to his name in any way.

But.

“Let’s try it once. Why not.”

He now pulled out the emotions that had been burned out.

The sights he had seen when he returned.

The oppression of the players?

‘I don’t care.’

Such things didn’t even give him any emotion.

‘The Player Association’s meeting tyranny.’

That was a bit annoying.

‘Shamans, Yellow Turbans.’

At that time, he felt the emotion of anger again after a long time.

But after a long thought, there were two reasons why Ro-woon made this decision.

“The thing you guys were most wary of and hated.”

That he, who had received the attention of many people, would become a militia.

Eun had shown him a lot of generosity to prevent that from happening.

And one more thing.

“Now I’m pretty….”

Pa-aaaa!

“Because I’ve found my strength.”

The inner energy emanating from Ro-woon’s body spread in all directions.

“It wouldn’t be bad to let those people somewhere hear my name.”

My masters.

He had exchanged names with them at the end.

Just as he remembered their names, his masters would also remember his name.

So, if his name spread in any way, his masters, who might be awake, would follow that name and come to him.

That’s why.

“I don’t have any damned purpose.”

The scene in front of him came into clear view.

The eyes of everyone looking at him.

The murderous intent to run away and kill, and Lee Shin-woo and Dang Hwa-young who were blocking it.

Ignoring all of that.

“Dank, and Ro-woon….”

Ro-woon’s figure scattered and disappeared.

“From now on, I’m a militia.”

Ro-woon, who appeared in front of Jang So-young.

Kwaak!

He grabbed Jang So-young’s neck.