Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 268

The Three Kings’ Disciple – 269

Volume 11, Chapter 19

269

Thud!

The Guardian Wolf, hanging limply from the massive black lion’s neck, shook its head.

The black lion was several times larger than the already huge Guardian Wolf.

Kuh-heong!

Just as it roared and raised a paw to strike the Guardian Wolf, it happened.

Taat!

The Guardian Wolf moved with surprising speed for its size, releasing its hold and retreating.

Trickle. Trickle.

Black blood flowed from the black lion’s neck, soaking the ground and beginning to flow like a river.

Krrr.

The Guardian Wolf bared its teeth, its face contorted in a grimace.

The two sized each other up for a moment, a brief reconnaissance, before clashing again.

Kwaang!

The Guardian Wolf was launched backward with a booming sound, and the black lion raised its front paw again, as if to swat it down.

The impact of that massive paw falling was like a meteor crashing, sending shockwaves in all directions.

The two were so fast it seemed they would collide and explode.

Paang!

The Guardian Wolf kicked off the air, changing its trajectory, and after several course corrections, it launched itself again.

Kwaduk!

The Guardian Wolf once again latched onto the black lion’s neck.

“….”

Everyone, including Lee Ro-woon, watched the scene with astonished eyes.

It was just a fight between two beasts.

It was just a clash of bodies.

However, if the bodies they possessed were those of calamity-level monsters, the situation was different.

Kwaaaa!

The clouds that had filled the sky vanished without a trace.

The clouds were torn apart by the power the two were emitting, and the sky was ripped open.

Kukukuku!

The ground was shaking, causing earthquakes, and it seemed as if it would split open and spew lava at any moment.

“Calamity….”

Monsters known as calamities in the world.

They were referring to beings like Balrogs or dragons.

People called transcendent monsters that could not be judged by human standards calamity-level monsters.

“This is….”

The Guardian Wolf, the black lion.

“A calamity-level fight…!”

This was the first time they had truly witnessed a calamity-level fight.

The battle with the Balrog had ended before it even started, and the battle with the Guardian Dragon was ambiguous.

Also, they had never seen a calamity clash with another calamity.

Kkwaaang!

They could understand why they were called calamities.

A natural disaster that destroyed everything.

It was a fight that would leave nothing but a handful of dust.

However.

Kwaaang!

Even in that fight, the advantage was gradually becoming apparent.

“The Guardian Wolf is being pushed back.”

As Lee Shin-woo said, the Guardian Wolf was gradually receiving more injuries from the black lion.

The Guardian Wolf was recovering from its injuries at a rapid pace, but it was receiving even bigger injuries even faster.

The red blood of the Guardian Wolf, which had split and flowed out, formed another river.

“It was an obvious outcome from the start.”

Ha Se-min continued.

They had already seen the Guardian Wolf before.

It was a being that was frightening just to look at and possessed immense power, but they could clearly feel it.

-It’s dying.

The Guardian Wolf was dying.

The injuries it had sustained in the battles with the black lion.

What had accumulated in the fight between the one who destroys everything and the one who tries to protect many things had weakened the Guardian Wolf.

Already….

“The Guardian Wolf had a premonition of defeat.”

That was why the Guardian Wolf had reached out to Lee Ro-woon and asked for help.

“But why are you stepping in?”

Lee Yong-jin said, as if he didn’t understand.

“Why….”

A fight where defeat was certain, where death was certain.

Kuh-heong!

The Guardian Wolf, in a battered state, was roaring and baring its teeth without retreating.

“Why is it going so far?”

It had asked Lee Ro-woon for help, and he had stepped in.

Then, everything would be resolved if it just stayed still.

Even if Lee Ro-woon failed, the Guardian Wolf could have a better fight if it stepped in afterward.

But why?

“Because it’s a king.”

Lee Ro-woon was sitting cross-legged.

Whoo-oong.

Lee Ro-woon’s voice continued from within the red haze rising from his entire body.

“It wants to show something.”

The Guardian Wolf wants to show everyone.

“What a king is, the will and dignity a king possesses.”

It was very clear to Lee Ro-woon.

“It wants to show the duties of a king.”

“To the Orcs?”

That’s right, the Orcs.

But also, the Guardian Wolf wants to show it.

‘To me.’

To Lee Ro-woon.

Kuh-huh-huh-heong!

The cries of the wolf and the lion.

Listening to those sounds, Lee Ro-woon closed his eyes.

“I won’t step in.”

No matter what the outcome of that fight, Lee Ro-woon would not step in.

Right now, he would just.

Kududuk.

Focus on suppressing the energy that was running wild inside his body.

The life he had taken from the black land.

That power was expanding as if it would explode, circulating inside his body.

Also, the power close to the essence of the black lion was stimulating what was inside Lee Ro-woon, trying to draw it out.

He would suppress this.

‘Stay quiet.’

Not yet.

‘It’s not your turn.’

* * *

Thud.

Blood and flesh were pouring down, forming rivers and mountains.

The Black Orcs were clenching their fists, their eyes red as if they would burst.

If the fight between the wolf and the lion was just a clash of calamities to Ha Se-min and the others, to the Orcs, it was their king and god who was protecting them.

“Woo!”

The warriors’ cries continued.

Kwaaang!

The wolf mustered its strength and charged at the lion again.

“Woo-woo!”

The warriors’ shouts grew louder, and the silver mane of the Guardian Wolf was drawing patterns with the red blood it had spilled.

“Woo-woo-woo!”

The moment the Guardian Wolf’s silver fur stood on end at the sound like a song.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

It shot out shockwaves, and the Guardian Wolf revealed itself from within.

Its fangs seemed to have doubled in size, and its front paws had become even larger.

It was about to strike the black lion’s head and tear off its neck again.

Kwaaang!

A loud explosion and a large cloud of dust rose.

The shockwaves that were overturning the ground covered everyone, so they quickly deployed their protective aura and lowered their bodies.

Even in that chaos, Ha Se-min and the others quickly moved forward and stood to protect Lee Ro-woon.

Swaaaaaaa!

Dust and debris were shooting out like hidden weapons.

“Kuh!”

It was quite some time before they could open their eyes, having endured the impact.

They could sense it.

Swish.

Brushing off the dust that clung to their bodies, they could see the scene that awaited them.

“In the end….”

What they had expected.

“It’s over.”

The Guardian Wolf was being crushed under the black lion’s front paw, its breath fading.

The wolf’s eyes, flickering as it burned its last life, turned towards them.

“Woo…!”

The Orcs let out the warriors’ cry again at that sight.

“Woo-woo!”

The Guardian Wolf would soon die, but the Orcs did not step in.

Gooo!

They were just releasing their killing intent and watching.

And finally.

-Please.

The wolf’s voice spread far and wide.

-I ask you.

The eyes were becoming blurry.

With that.

Crack!

It was the moment the Guardian Wolf’s breath was cut off.

Kuh-heo-eong!

The lion’s roar shook the space.

The fight was over.

Now, all that remained was the victor’s monopoly.

Kwaduk! Kwaduduk!

The lion was devouring the wolf’s corpse without hesitation.

It was chewing and swallowing, roaring.

At the same time, the wolf’s body was turning into dust, being absorbed into the black lion.

A beast of destruction.

The one who takes the lives of everything it destroys and kills.

A calamity-level monster was devouring another calamity-level monster.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaa!

It continued its evolution.

The black lion had been greatly weakened due to the life of the black land that Lee Ro-woon had devoured as he advanced.

However, now it was regaining all the power it had lost.

Kududuk!

It gained even more power in an instant.

The already large lion’s body swelled up and grew even larger.

The black mane hardened and stuck to its body, and the face and body that had been in the shape of a lion began to transform.

The swollen body was being compressed.

Swaaaaa!

It was sucking in all the surrounding air and magic, and a vortex began to form.

Puk!

Ha Se-min and the others dug their feet deep into the ground, and the Orcs formed a wall, mingling with the wolves.

Wheeing!

Dozens of vortexes were crashing in from all directions.

“It’s like the day of destruction….”

Kang Han-cheol said, bowing his head.

“It was a fight between calamities, so it’s understandable. However….”

Everyone’s eyes were on the black lion.

Gooo!

It was no longer something that could be described as a black lion.

The huge mass that had swelled up had shrunk.

As if it had been compressed.

“It’s incredible.”

Its size had decreased, but the power emanating from it was even more intense.

Now, it was so powerful that it was hard to even face it.

“Did it devour it…?”

The lion had devoured the Guardian Wolf and taken its life and power.

When it was in its completed form.

Kuh-heo-eong!

Its roar was shot out like a cannon, covering the group.

“……!”

They were momentarily taken aback by the immense power.

Swish!

There was a sound of something splitting and being cut.

“Shinma-nim!”

“Ro-woon!”

Lee Ro-woon, who had been sitting cross-legged, finally stood up and moved his rage.

Kwaaang!

The severed roar fell behind, splitting the ground in half.

“….”

They were surprised by the destructive power, and they were also surprised by Lee Ro-woon, who had cut through the roar.

Also, they naturally had no choice but to realize.

Swish.

That they had no room to intervene in this fight.

Their role was over.

Leading Lee Ro-woon and the Orcs to the black lion.

Summoning the Guardian Wolf and making the two clash.

Witnessing the result.

Now.

“It’s my turn.”

It was time to witness another king’s fight.

Swish.

Lee Ro-woon’s rage moved once again.

Swish!

The moment a sound that seemed to cut through something unknown rang out.

Hwaaaak!

The lion’s momentum that had been covering them instantly scattered.

Not only that, but the intense momentum that had been weighing down their bodies also scattered.

Swish.

Once again, rage moved and cut through something.

Red letters began to appear in the sky.

The red aura that Lee Ro-woon had shot out remained in the air, taking shape.

Woong!

They resonated with each other, repeating the process of connecting.

Hwaaaak!

They became a wall, enveloping everything like a dome.

-Krrr.

The lion was baring its teeth, looking at Lee Ro-woon.

No, the black thing, now somewhere between a lion and a wolf, was wary of Lee Ro-woon.

The one that had killed the Guardian Wolf without a moment’s hesitation.

“It’s scared…?”

It was not acting rashly towards Lee Ro-woon.

Swish!

Once again, rage cut through something.

Everyone was focused on what was about to happen, but at the moment when no change occurred.

Trickle.

Blood was seeping from Lee Ro-woon’s back.

Saaa.

The red mist spread out.

It became a haze and scattered, then soon began to grow explosively.

“Let’s begin.”

Lee Ro-woon, with his red eyes flickering, began to move within the red haze.

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