Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 158

The sun rose behind Ro-woon.

*Paat!*

Jang So-young’s red sun shattered mercilessly, and the blood-colored arrows that had been fired changed their trajectory, rushing towards the black sun.

It looked as if the blood-colored arrows were desperately trying to survive, fleeing in fear.

*Goo-oong.*

However, the blood-colored arrows couldn’t even scratch the black sun.

Instead, the black sun devoured the arrows, growing in size.

When the world, which had been as bright as day, was once again swallowed by the night.

“…….”

Jang So-young’s expression was a sight to behold.

Her face, which had been shocked when Ro-woon matched her speed, now looked utterly blank, as if she had given up on all emotions and thoughts.

“How….”

That was the word she uttered after a long time.

“The flames of the Holy Fire….”

Listening to her voice, Ro-woon replied leisurely.

“I wasn’t surprised. Now that I see it, it seems like every Tom, Dick, and Harry has the power of the Heavenly Demon.”

The best of Jeomchang, Jang So-young, the Heavenly Earth One Slash.

The power of the sun and the Afterimage Four Directions, the ultimate technique of Jeomchang, that she had shown were not the complete power of Jeomchang.

It was the manifestation of Demonic Transformation, the essence of the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

‘Cheong In-woo.’

The power that that guy from Hwasan also had.

It turned out that the power of the Heavenly Demon was something that every Tom, Dick, and Harry had.

However.

“Well, is it your first time seeing the real thing?”

Ro-woon, who could see through the power they possessed.

‘It’s definitely the Heavenly Demon Divine Art, but…’

The power they possessed was clearly the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

Not the degraded Blood Demon Art like the Blood Cult, but the Heavenly Demon Divine Art that only the true Heavenly Demon could learn.

However, their limits seemed clear.

“It’s not the complete power.”

It was understandable that the power of the Heavenly Demon was overflowing.

It didn’t matter if the Blood Demon Divine Art was treated like mackerel in a marketplace [a common and cheap fish].

“You….”

“I told you.”

But that power, which was close to perfection.

It was not the power of a Divine Demon.

“The righteous soldier, Ro-woon.”

Ro-woon spoke again.

“I was the guild leader of Dank, and later I found out that the reason I ended up like that was because I found out something important about Eun. That was….”

He smiled coldly with languid eyes.

“The Heavenly Demon Cave, or something like that.”

“You…!”

“Why do you think I wouldn’t have obtained that power?”

Serendipity.

It was something that all martial artists dreamed of, a miracle that they all wished for.

The Heavenly Demon Cave was an unparalleled, ancient serendipity for martial artists.

“I got it too.”

Of course, not in the Heavenly Demon Cave.

But in the end, it was a power he obtained through that connection.

At first, he didn’t want it, and he had just given up on everything.

‘Coming back here, I keep realizing what was important.’

Power.

“Remember it well.”

It was not a word for Jang So-young.

It was a word for everyone who would survive this place.

“I am Ro-woon.”

A name that could be a great disaster for Eun, or a hope for the players.

He didn’t care what they thought of it.

“Spread it far and wide.”

In any way.

So that it could reach everyone’s ears.

*Whirr!*

The heat rising from the black sun was about to engulf the world.

Ro-woon’s gaze shifted.

*Whoosh!*

A figure broke through Cheongwi’s wall, ignoring the storm of magic.

It was faster than Jang So-young, throwing a sword and stomping his feet.

What caught Ro-woon’s eye, more than his disappearing figure, was the sword that flew towards the black sun.

*Clang!*

The black sun seemed to be shocked for the first time, distorting.

And then.

“Stop. That’s enough.”

A playful voice was heard.

“You are…?”

Jang So-young, with a pale face, looked at him and spoke.

“Red Plum Blossom?”

***

“This is a real mess.”

Ro-woon said, as if he was dumbfounded.

Not only did the Heavenly Earth One Slash intrude.

“Red Plum Blossom…!”

Even Red Plum Blossom had intruded.

Red Plum Blossom, Cheong In-woo.

“Save the introductions for later? If we’re not careful, Heavenly Earth One Slash, you and I might all die?”

As he said that, Cheong In-woo looked at the black sun.

“Young Master!”

With another hand, he grabbed Dang Hwa-young and pulled her.

“You’re not stupid enough to think that’s been broken, are you?”

The black sun that Ro-woon had created was distorted.

But it neither broke nor disappeared.

“……!”

Only then did Jang So-young properly recognize the situation.

“Stop there.”

Cheong In-woo looked at Ro-woon again and said.

“Either way.”

He pulled Dang Hwa-young’s body closer.

At the same time, his eyes scanned somewhere.

“If I see even the slightest suspicious movement over there, I’ll slit their throats.”

Cheongwi.

A shadow was also attached to Lee Shin-woo.

“Well, if necessary.”

He stomped his foot.

*Koo-oong!*

The ground flipped over, creating a wall.

The wall seemed to have trapped the players.

“I can kill them all.”

Unlike his confident voice, his eyes seemed full of tension.

“So let’s stop here.”

“Why?”

“Why…?”

Ro-woon said.

“Why should I?”

“Didn’t you hear? I said I’d kill them all?”

“That’s why I asked why.”

Ro-woon said.

“Kill them.”

At that, Cheong In-woo’s lips twisted.

“Do you think they’d live without that much resolve? They were all about to die anyway. Kill them. But instead….”

A glint in his eyes.

“All of you will die too.”

“Damn it. I forgot that he doesn’t understand words.”

At that moment, Ro-woon’s eyes twitched.

“That’s enough.”

Cheong In-woo roughly pushed away Dang Hwa-young, whom he had been pulling.

“Young Master!”

The Dang family’s guards rushed to her, but Dang Hwa-young refused their help.

“Well, I know that this kind of thing won’t work on you.”

Cheong In-woo took out a second sword from his waist.

*Swish.*

The light was unusual, and it was clear that it was not a clumsy famous sword.

“Then how about this?”

Cheong In-woo said, ready to draw his sword at any moment.

“Eunha.”

“…….”

“Six Hwasan assault teams are heading to Eunha. Well, Eunha now might be able to stop them once. But can you handle what comes after?”

Cheong In-woo.

“What’s with that expression?”

He said.

“Did you think we wouldn’t know forever? Ro-woon.”

Who was he talking about when he said Ro-woon?

“Hey. That expression is disappointing. You didn’t know?”

Cheong In-woo lowered his sword.

He no longer seemed to have any intention of fighting.

“That we were the ones who moved Jeomchang.”

“What are you….”

At Jang So-young’s words, Cheong In-woo looked at her.

“You stupid woman. Do you think you’re the head of Jeomchang just because you’re the best of Jeomchang? It’s easy to take advantage of the fact that Jeomchang wants to get out of those damn islands.”

They had used Jeomchang.

They had used Seo Ha-neul and Kim Jong-soo, who were in Jeomchang.

‘They revived Dank.’

Jeomchang thought that it was just to defeat the rising players and to check the growing Eunha, but.

*Smirk.*

“Thanks to that, I was able to confirm it properly.”

From the beginning, the goal was only one person, Ro-woon.

“Dank’s Ro-woon, or rather.”

Cheong In-woo said.

“Should I call you Eunha’s mysterious guild member?”

“……!”

They had found out.

“So?”

But as expected, Ro-woon’s reaction was indifferent.

Eunha, and even Ro-woon’s true identity.

“I guess so.”

It didn’t seem very important to Ro-woon.

“Then how about this?”

The smile disappeared from Cheong In-woo’s face.

Now he was about to reveal his hidden card.

“Divine Demon.”

“…….”

It was the first time.

Ro-woon’s face showed agitation.

Rather than the joy of finding the answer, Cheong In-woo pushed Ro-woon even further.

“Martial King.”

Those two words.

*Twitch.*

Ro-woon’s eyes twitched.

*Twitch.*

The black sun twitched along with him.

*Goo-ooo-!*

The world trembled, and an indescribable power pressed down on everyone.

In that pressure, Cheong In-woo had the face of someone who had found the answer.

“I’d like to catch you right away and hear your story, but you know as well as I do, right?”

The time they had spent together was short.

But during that time, they had learned a lot about each other.

“You won’t be able to get it by force.”

“…….”

“Let us go.”

Cheong In-woo said again.

“I won’t touch Eunha. Your identity won’t be revealed either. Furthermore, I promise not to antagonize you for now.”

An agreement that was all advantageous to Ro-woon.

“So how about letting that stupid junior sister and us go?”

He called Jang So-young his junior sister.

Jang So-young was a disciple of Jeomchang, not Hwasan.

Realistically, it didn’t make sense for the two of them to be master and disciple.

“I’d like you to do that….”

Cheong In-woo went a step further.

“Master and disciple.”

A strange silence enveloped the surroundings.

* * *

“You crazy monster.”

Cheong In-woo said, as if he was fed up.

*Shudder.*

His whole body was trembling, and his muscles were screaming.

They hadn’t even crossed swords.

They had just faced each other.

“Hoo.”

He had felt the gap before, but now it was even clearer.

That was not an incomplete monster.

‘A complete monster.’

It was just hiding its appearance for some reason.

Like a sated beast, dozing off languidly.

It was absurd to confront that thing now.

‘Of course, he can’t control all of that power, but…’

Just having that power was enough reason to be wary.

Just like how the possession of nuclear weapons on Earth before the gates opened deterred war, the power that Ro-woon possessed made even the will to fight disappear.

But at the same time, it was thrilling.

‘Because that power is not something that should just be watched.’

That was why.

That was why he could afford to be so relaxed.

“Red Plum Blossom, why are you calling me junior sister?”

Jang So-young looked at Cheong In-woo with a dazed and resentful look.

“You have the luxury to talk?”

Cheong In-woo mocked her.

In Red Plum Blossom’s mind, this place was not yet a safe zone, but she was already relaxed, which was annoying.

“…….”

Jang So-young also noticed the situation and shut her mouth.

-That’s a pretty plausible story.

Ro-woon’s voice that she had heard earlier.

-I’ll let you go.

How relieved she had been at that word.

-But you’ll have to give me good news in the near future.

Cheong In-woo, who smiled slightly at Jang So-young’s dejected appearance, said.

“We learned the same thing, and we learned from the same person, so aren’t we junior sisters?”

Jang So-young’s eyes widened.

What he was talking about was not the teachings of Jeomchang.

*Whoosh!*

A flame rose on Cheong In-woo’s finger.

A flame that was too thick and pure white to be called Samadhi Fire [a pure and powerful flame in Buddhist cosmology].

“Since we both obtained the power of the Heavenly Demon, I should call you junior sister.”

Cheong In-woo also spoke to Ro-woon.

‘Master and disciple.’

That was an undeniable truth.

The black sun that she had witnessed with her own eyes.

It was a distant realm of the Holy Fire for Jang So-young, who had not even reached the stage of Pure Fire.

“There’s still a lot you don’t know, junior sister.”

Cheong In-woo said with a joyful expression and quickened his pace.

“From now on, this wonderful senior brother will teach you one by one, so serve me well. By the way, I’m the senior brother.”

Cheong In-woo’s eyes gradually began to take on a serious look.

“Anyway….”

The dark clouds that had been gathering in the sky for some time.

“The storm is finally showing its face.”

The approaching storm was revealing its form and beginning to rage.

From now on, it would be different.

Everything that had been hidden had to reveal itself.

To survive, and to become the storm itself.

*Swish.*

Cheong In-woo, who glanced back once, increased his speed a little more.