Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 253

The war against the enemy forces ended as if it were all a dream.

The total time of the battle was barely an hour.

The result was.

“Thank you.”

A great victory for the Yusan Sect, with only a few dozen injured and less than ten dead.

On the other hand, the enemy forces were, to put it simply, annihilated.

Over five thousand lives were lost in less than an hour.

And all by a single person.

“…….”

Lee Rowoon simply sat on a nearby, undamaged spot, scanning his surroundings.

Those who were watching cautiously began to move.

Post-war cleanup.

Now that the battle was over, they moved to take care of the necessary tasks.

Swoosh.

Lee Rowoon raised his head.

While everyone was avoiding him, the one who approached him was.

“Are you okay?”

It was Lee Shin-woo.

“About what?”

“…….”

He struggled to speak, finally opening his mouth.

“I’m just asking if you’re okay.”

Lee Rowoon chuckled.

He knew what Lee Shin-woo wanted to say.

-Five thousand lives.

Among them, there were more than three Blood Demons and orphans from the Saebom Orphanage.

He had taken their lives in an instant.

He was asking if he was okay after unleashing such power.

“I’m fine.”

He was asking if he was okay from the stress of it all.

“How about you, hyung?” [Hyung is a Korean term used by males to address an older brother or close older male friend.]

Are you okay?

Lee Rowoon asked.

“Honestly….”

Lee Shin-woo had formed the Blue Army and engaged in righteous warfare.

However, unlike the enemy forces, the Blue Army only used force in unavoidable situations.

To grow stronger, but not to use it.

That was Lee Shin-woo’s intention and direction.

But now, Lee Rowoon had taken five thousand lives in an instant.

“It’s complicated.”

Lee Shin-woo sat down next to Lee Rowoon.

In the meantime.

Swoosh.

A group appeared and was seen talking to Yoo Shin-haeng.

Bowing.

She also bowed her head towards Lee Rowoon and Lee Shin-woo.

It was Ansa, one of the leaders of the Philippine resistance.

She had contacted Yoo Shin-haeng to help with the post-war cleanup after the battle.

After talking for a while, they nodded and began to move together.

“I always thought that violence begets more violence, and revenge begets more revenge.”

Lee Shin-woo said.

“But I was also getting tired.”

No matter how hard he tried, the world didn’t acknowledge him.

Lee Shin-woo, who had pursued peaceful methods for peace, had not brought about significant change.

So.

‘The enemy forces might be right.’

Perhaps violence.

Perhaps great power was the means to bring change to the world.

And Lee Rowoon had shown it.

Something that no one else could easily do.

“Look.”

Lee Shin-woo said.

“The players and martial artists are moving as one.”

It was just post-war cleanup, but they were working together without pushing each other away.

“It’s because of you.”

Lee Shin-woo said.

“Under your existence, they feel themselves….”

A truth that was hard to say.

“As mere insects. Whether they are martial artists or players, it’s meaningless to divide them. It’s like two mayflies of different species realizing they are both mayflies.”

As long as Lee Rowoon existed, they would not be in conflict.

Whether it was for Lee Rowoon or to oppose him, they would unite.

“So, this might be the answer.”

Lee Rowoon quietly nodded.

“In the past, colonization was rampant on Earth.”

He had said this while teaching the spirit of the righteous army at the orphanage.

Powerful nations dominated and controlled smaller nations.

It was no different from Eun dominating Earth.

“Colonies fought back. With force, with spirit.”

It was the same as now.

They resisted with guns and swords, and others like Lee Shin-woo resisted with their national flags.

“But in reality….”

Lee Rowoon said.

“What brought freedom to the colonies….”

“Was war.”

Lee Shin-woo had heard this story many times.

“A larger war, where the outcome was decided, and the defeated nation gave up control of the colonies. A greater force crushed and dismantled them, rather than the voices of those who cried for peace.”

Kwon Cheol had taught the orphans at the orphanage that way.

“The powerful nations that gained greater benefits, the victors of the war, no longer needed colonies and gave up control.”

“Because everything was already under their influence anyway.”

Peace.

“Comes from power.”

Lee Rowoon stood up.

It wasn’t just Earth.

‘Eun, Ainhart, and Gehenna too.’

They resisted with power.

The only thing that brought results was greater power.

“Yeah. You might be right. I might have been wrong all along….”

“But.”

Lee Rowoon said, looking at Lee Shin-woo.

“Power without will or justice is just violence.”

“…….”

“I don’t really have will or justice.”

It was similar now.

This was all just a kind of venting.

There was no real desire for peace or a spirit to liberate from oppression.

“You do it, hyung.”

“What?”

“You take on the will, establish justice. You’re still you, after all.”

Lee Rowoon moved.

“If it’s your words, they’ll listen quite well.”

His back was moving away.

His back felt enormous.

But within it.

“…….”

He could also see the image of his younger brother, Lee Rowoon, who had stood before him in the past.

Swoosh.

Lee Shin-woo also stood up.

The will and morale that had hit rock bottom.

It was surging.

“Okay.”

Lee Shin-woo said, though Lee Rowoon might not hear him.

“You do what you can. I’ll do what I can.”

Lee Shin-woo headed towards where Yoo Shin-haeng and Ansa were.

* * *

The post-war cleanup was over.

There was all sorts of resistance.

It wasn’t from the enemy forces, as they were annihilated, but from players and civilians who sympathized with the enemy forces, creating small disturbances.

But the real problem wasn’t them.

“Sect Leader….”

It was what had happened among the martial artists of the Yusan Sect.

“Are you sure you won’t regret this?”

The executives of the Yusan Sect said to Yoo Shin-haeng.

“I won’t regret it.”

Yoo Shin-haeng’s will was firm.

“We were all destined to die today anyway. Does anyone disagree with that?”

No answer came.

Before Lee Rowoon appeared, they had already seen the power of the enemy forces.

The terror of the players, whom the martial artists had so despised.

When those who were called butchers truly became butchers, the martial artists became livestock before them.

“Then, is there anyone who can stop him?”

Silence fell once more.

Yoo Shin-haeng smiled bitterly.

“This is reality.”

A thought he had held for a long time.

“It’s not just the players and the residents of Earth who are dominated by Eun.”

Yoo Shin-haeng said.

“We are the same.”

Forces that were not part of the Nine Great Sects or the Five Great Families.

They discriminated against and despised the players, but they were also.

“No one came to save us. Even Jeomchang remained silent.”

They were beings ignored and despised by the Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families.

Just accessories.

Flags to fill the numbers for Eun.

That was their reality.

What was the difference?

“It’s something I’ve thought about for a long time. If someone I truly want to follow appears, I will follow without hesitation.”

“Sect Leader! But!”

The executives said.

“He himself claimed to be a demon!”

What Lee Rowoon had said.

-I am a Blood Demon.

-I am a Heavenly Demon.

He had called himself a demon.

“It is natural for those who belong to the righteous faction to distance themselves from and oppose demons….”

How could they be with a demon?

That was what they were asking.

“What is a demon?”

Yoo Shin-haeng said with a bitter smile.

“I have pondered this for a long time.”

“Sect Leader….”

“Weakness is the demon.”

“Sect Leader!”

“Do you truly not know? That a demon already lurks deep within our council.”

“…….”

They knew.

“They embrace the demon, gain power, and say they establish justice with it.”

If so.

“Why can’t we do the same?”

They should have died.

They should have been destroyed.

But they survived.

So.

“Those who want to leave, leave. Those who want to resist, resist.”

Swoosh.

“I will follow my own will.”

Now, he would live as he wanted to live.

He would no longer be bound.

“…….”

Silence fell.

But no one easily approached Yoo Shin-haeng.

Yoo Shin-haeng smiled bitterly once more and put his sword back into its sheath.

“From now on, there is no turning back. Those who want to leave, leave. Like the other sects did.”

He turned and walked away.

And he bowed his head.

“Is it over?”

Lee Rowoon.

He said.

“Yes.”

Yoo Shin-haeng, who had led the rather large Yusan Sect, was extremely polite to Lee Rowoon, which was quite unusual for a sect leader.

“Then, let’s go.”

Yoo Shin-haeng led the way.

Lee Rowoon and Lee Shin-woo followed behind him.

And.

“…….”

The executives also began to follow.

In the end, they decided to follow Yoo Shin-haeng’s will.

“No one helped us.”

They said, as if making a vow.

“Remember who helped us.”

The banner of the righteous faction was not only about opposing demons.

“Do not forget favors or grudges. If you receive a favor, you must repay it.”

Lee Rowoon had saved them all, so they had to follow him.

And finally, a large gate appeared before their eyes.

A large but dilapidated gate.

It was the gate of the Yusan Sect, and it seemed to represent the sect.

Creak!

The gate opened.

The group entered.

“The rest of you stay here.”

Yoo Shin-haeng led only Lee Rowoon forward.

“Go ahead.”

Lee Shin-woo also stayed there and nodded.

Yoo Shin-haeng and Lee Rowoon.

“This is the place.”

They were able to reach the core of the Yusan Sect.

The essence of the Yusan Sect that maintained the world and gave it power.

Lee Rowoon approached it without hesitation.

Gulp.

Yoo Shin-haeng swallowed hard, watching the scene.

-I need to see your world’s divine object.

He didn’t know the reason why.

He also knew how dangerous this was.

Yet, he had brought him here.

Gratitude.

And the thought of following him.

That was enough.

Whoooom!

The treasure of the Yusan Sect’s core and Lee Rowoon’s hand began to resonate.

Whirr!

The wind blew.

It was invisible to Yoo Shin-haeng’s eyes.

Ding. Ding. Ding.

Numerous system messages appeared endlessly before Lee Rowoon’s eyes.

Until now.

“World merging.”

Lee Rowoon had only been merging worlds.

Strengthening the dilapidated and weakened Blood Cult, or subordinating the Nine Great Sects to his world.

He merged worlds and created the Eun of the past.

That was what Lee Rowoon had been trying to do.

However.

[You can destroy the fragments of Eun.]

The message that appeared to him was something else.

Merge or destroy.

It was something he had been contemplating.

He had thought that simply merging was the best path.

But as a result.

‘Eun and Earth can never be mixed.’

Although they were in the same space, if they did not share the same world, how could they unite?

The residents of Earth wanted liberation.

But that also meant they wanted to be equal.

The residents of Eun wanted a place to live and a world they could protect.

If so.

“I will fulfill all of that.”

There was only one answer.

Ding.

Now, only one message appeared before Lee Rowoon’s eyes.

“Yoo Shin-haeng.”

“Yes.”

“What is a sect?”

Yoo Shin-haeng, startled by Lee Rowoon’s question, composed himself and bowed his head.

“Is a sect a world?”

“No, it is not.”

Yoo Shin-haeng said, raising his head.

“A sect is….”

The hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of sects that existed in Eun.

Their essence was.

“People, intentions, and will.”

If so.

“Then this dilapidated world is not needed.”

Yes, the answer was clear.

“I will destroy the fragments of Eun.”

Crack!

The world began to split apart.