Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 178

“This far.”

A figure appeared with the sudden voice.

Twitch.

Namgoong Chun, the head of the Namgoong family and the Heavenly Assembly, trembled at his presence and spoke.

“Maju…”

The title used to refer to Lee Ro-woon had changed.

Master of demons.

He, too, had learned about what Lee Ro-woon was hiding based on the information that had come out of Mount Hua.

Blood Demon, Heavenly Demon, and True Demon.

A being with all the names called ‘Ma’ [Demon].

Therefore.

“I greet the Maju.”

Maju.

Apart from Namgoong Chun, the Zhuge family was also on edge.

What they were seeing was not Lee Ro-woon.

Gulp.

A towering figure stood next to him.

A being with beautiful white hair whose gender was indistinguishable.

“Could it be…”

As the Zhuge family with insight, they seemed to have a vague idea of what that being’s identity was.

“Moyong will not advance any further.”

Lee Ro-woon said, ignoring those voices.

It was a matter that Moyong Hu, the head of the Moyong family, should decide, but Lee Ro-woon was speaking instead.

“……”

However, neither Moyong Hu nor the Moyong family refuted him.

That meant.

‘He already has it.’

It also meant that Lee Ro-woon had completely taken over the Moyong family.

Apart from the issue of deciding the head of the Moyong family, Lee Ro-woon had become the master of the place where the Moyong family and the world of Partisan had merged.

Also.

-Moyong does not forget grace.

It was Lee Ro-woon who had saved the Moyong family, who should have been annihilated.

In exchange for changing their fate, which should have led to their deaths, he was able to easily take everything from them.

“You’ve changed a lot.”

Namgoong Chun said, regaining his composure.

Lee Ro-woon, whom he was observing now.

He felt it even more clearly because he had seen him once before.

‘Back then, he was clearly struggling against me.’

He had received his energy and had been recognized by Namgoong Muhon, the Namgoong family’s divine artifact.

He had shown a bold appearance with an indifferent face, but Namgoong Chun could tell that Lee Ro-woon was struggling.

But now it was different.

‘Just how much has he grown in that short time?’

Lee Ro-woon’s aura, which was quietly pressuring everyone, explained a lot.

Before, he was a step below him, but he had resisted through a special power.

‘Now he’s the same as me.’

Now, Lee Ro-woon seemed to have reached the same level as him perfectly.

But considering that he had shown the ability to transcend realms before….

“You’re a monster.”

He was no different from a master who was above him.

Fake martial artists achieve rapid growth regardless of time and effort through special elixirs like the Ghost Soul Pill. [A pill that enhances power but has side effects]

But their limits were clear.

On the other hand, real martial artists without limits require time and effort, no matter how talented they are.

Because there were necessary conditions for the human body and its interior to change, no matter how talented they were.

But Lee Ro-woon’s growth was ignoring all of that.

That was.

‘Is it because he is the master of demons?’

Or.

‘Is it because he already had everything and is reclaiming it?’

It was unknown.

What was important now, and what could be known.

“……”

It was taken away.

The great power to move and control the situation was in Lee Ro-woon’s hands, not his own.

“What is it that you want, Maju?”

Namgoong Chun asked.

It was not good to fight Lee Ro-woon now.

Slightly.

Like the Zhuge family, Namgoong Chun was also sensing the towering figure.

“There will be no oppression of Moyong. Also, the Five Great Families congratulate Moyong’s revival and will provide reasonable compensation for their past hardships….”

“I don’t need that.”

Lee Ro-woon stepped forward and spoke in a confident voice.

His languid eyes and atmosphere.

It devoured everything.

“Moyong will not return to the Five Great Families.”

“……!”

Namgoong Chun’s eyebrows twitched.

“The Moyong family….”

Lee Ro-woon grinned.

“As of today, they will withdraw from the Five Great Families and join the ‘Ma Alliance’.”

It was a unilateral notice.

***

My master is over there.

‘Now….’

It’s certain.

There was no room for doubt.

“Master Muwang has awakened.”

I can feel it.

I can faintly feel my master’s energy, with whom I have spent so many years.

I hadn’t felt it until I joined the Moyong family, but now I can feel it clearly.

‘Partisan.’

Lee Ro-woon had not destroyed Partisan’s body in vain.

The power and mana that body possessed.

The most important and promised part.

“To absorb the Dragon Heart….”

Partisan looked at Lee Ro-woon as if he was dumbfounded.

Lee Ro-woon had absorbed the power of the Dragon Heart while destroying Partisan’s body.

As a result, the Ring of the Monarch grew two stages at once, mastering the realm of the Water King.

The Dragon Heart of the Guardian Dragon was a great power, but it was also impossible to grow the Ring of the Monarch at once with a massive amount of mana.

“Also, absorbing only a part of it is something even we dragons cannot do.”

Lee Ro-woon had absorbed only a part of the Dragon Heart.

An understanding of mana that was close to the ultimate.

And meticulous control ability.

It was thanks to having a body that surpassed the limits of humans, comparable to a dragon.

“Thanks to that, you kept your promise.”

Absorbed by Lee Ro-woon, and also the remaining Dragon Heart.

The meaning of these two things was significant.

First, Partisan and Lee Ro-woon were connected.

Partisan.

“As long as I don’t die, you won’t die.”

He would share his life with Lee Ro-woon.

Second.

“How is that body?”

The remaining Dragon Heart was connected to the body that Partisan had made of ice.

Originally, it was just a puppet that moved only with mana.

“Not bad.”

Now that body had become similar to Partisan’s main body.

“You’d better get used to it.”

“I guess I should. That’s how I’ll be able to find my memories.”

The Dragon Heart was something that was incomparably important to humans, like a heart.

The essence of a dragon, and everything about a dragon.

The power of a dragon was imbued in it, and its memories and authority were imbued in it.

Partisan had been sealed for a while after having a part of the Dragon Heart absorbed by Lee Ro-woon and being placed in a new body.

But once he got used to the new body and the Dragon Heart, he would regain everything.

-Siegheart von Demian.

He would be able to hear about the Sword King master.

“By the way….”

It was when Partisan was about to open his mouth.

“……”

“……”

As if it was a lie, Partisan closed his mouth, and Lee Ro-woon cast his gaze.

-We have a guest.

Hase Min’s telepathic message rang in Lee Ro-woon’s ear.

“Please excuse me for a moment.”

Partisan left his seat.

His figure disappeared like steam.

“Let them in.”

With Lee Ro-woon’s words, the door opened.

And what came in was.

“I greet the Maju.”

It was Namgoong Mu-jin, the young head of the Namgoong family, who took a fist salute with a cheerful face and voice.

* * *

The military force in Eun.

The heads of that military force were skilled individuals who could wield more power than several large guilds combined.

Namgoong Mu-jin, he was the head of the Azure Dragon Unit among those military forces.

“It’s been a while.”

They had already met once before.

Before, Namgoong Mu-jin had regarded Lee Ro-woon as a subordinate.

“I was so surprised.”

Now, he was speaking respectfully to Lee Ro-woon and being cautious.

At that time, Lee Ro-woon was just someone who was supported by the Black Lion King.

“The backer was not the Black Lion King, but the Maju.”

He knew that Lee Ro-woon was above the Black Lion King.

“You didn’t come here to talk nonsense.”

“I have committed a discourtesy.”

The Namgoong family and Lee Ro-woon.

-I will step back.

On the day the Four Great Families attacked the Moyong family, Namgoong Chun had led everyone away.

It was the first time the Namgoong family had moved since then.

“Today, I have come to see you not as the head of the Azure Dragon Unit, but as the young head of the Namgoong family.”

Lee Ro-woon nodded at Namgoong Mu-jin’s words.

“The family head asked what it is that the Maju truly desires….”

Namgoong Mu-jin.

He had clear eyes even in front of Lee Ro-woon, who had changed so much from before.

“And what the purpose of the place called the Ma Alliance is.”

Indeed.

“That’s the Namgoong family head.”

On that day, the Namgoong family had come to the Moyong family to see the fate of the Moyong family, but the reason for seeing Lee Ro-woon was also significant.

Already, the Namgoong family and Lee Ro-woon were in a situation where they had to be at odds with each other because of the Dang family.

A situation where they would have to clash if they could not agree.

The Namgoong family was thinking of meeting Lee Ro-woon again to gauge their chances of victory.

“Does the Namgoong family think they will lose?”

Twitch.

Namgoong Mu-jin trembled.

As the Namgoong family was called invincible, he could not help but feel offended by the words that belittled his family.

“The family head said.”

It seemed that Namgoong Chun had already told Namgoong Mu-jin about this.

“He said that he cannot guarantee victory, but he also cannot guarantee defeat.”

Grin.

A story that they still didn’t know.

‘The Namgoong family also has secrets.’

What they had revealed was not all of their power.

There must be a reason why they were able to sit at the head of the Five Great Families and take the position of the Heavenly Assembly.

“I’ll give you an answer.”

Lee Ro-woon said.

“What I want is the Dang family. The young head of the Dang family has a personal friendship with me. So I can’t refuse his request.”

“……I will convey that.”

“And the goal of the Ma Alliance is.”

The Ma Alliance.

It was a group that he had never thought of before.

He had no interest in belonging to somewhere or creating a group.

But his master was in the Assembly.

‘Cheong In-woo.’

Also, it was clear that he was doing something in the Assembly.

Power against power.

The fact that his master was not showing himself could mean that he was telling him to reach him in a different way.

That’s why he thought about it and created it.

“To erase the Assembly from the world.”

“……!”

“The main force of Eun will be the Ma Alliance, not the Assembly.”

Namgoong Mu-jin closed his eyes tightly.

And after a long time, he opened his eyes and said.

“I will convey that.”

* * *

The Namgoong family’s main hall.

There were only two people in the large main hall.

Namgoong Chun, the head of the Namgoong family.

And Namgoong Mu-jin, the young head of the Namgoong family.

“The goal of the Ma Alliance was to erase the Assembly, he said.”

Namgoong Chun closed his eyes at Namgoong Mu-jin’s words.

“……”

When he saw the Maju, who seemed to have no interest in power, create a force called the Ma Alliance, he had already expected it.

What had changed his mind?

He had a guess.

‘The Assembly.’

The Assembly’s movements, which even he, the head of the Heavenly Assembly, did not know about, were increasing.

And he knew that Mount Hua was at the center of it.

Shaolin, the Beggars’ Sect, and other prominent sects as well.

Namgoong Chun knew that even those who had raised the banner against the demons were turning their backs and joining Mount Hua.

“Has the balance already been broken?”

The place that embraced the demons and the place that rejected the demons.

He had thought that the two were maintaining a balance.

“There is no place for us to stand.”

It had become clear that there was no longer a place for them, who had raised the banner against the demons.

One side was those who were being consumed by demons.

The other side was those who were called the master of demons.

Even if they tried to fight either side.

“Do we have to join hands with demons?”

It seemed that they could never escape the word ‘demon’.

“Now is the time.”

The time to choose where to stand.

And that would even determine the future of the Namgoong family, which had protected its long history.

“Mu-jin, you may leave.”

“Yes, family head.”

It was when Namgoong Mu-jin went outside the main hall.

“Now, please show yourself.”

A shadow flickered in the empty space.

“Cheonhye.”

There stood an old man with a hunched back, Zhuge Gak, the Supreme Elder of the Zhuge family.