Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 298

Clang, clang, clang!

The teeth that sprouted from Yu Un-hak’s belly were fiercely rotating like saw blades, having bitten down on Anger.

Sparks and fragments flying from Anger were cutting into Lee Rowan’s body like throwing knives.

Smirk.

Yu Un-hak was smiling.

Looking at that, how could one think he was the leader of a righteous sect?

And also, how could one think of him as a human?

“You have abandoned humanity.”

“What nonsense are you spouting?”

He says.

“This is what it means to transcend humanity, a new human species.”

Clang!

Anger was eventually flung out.

However, what was cut and shattered was none other than Yu Un-hak’s teeth.

In the end, he too could not break Lee Rowan’s Anger.

“If everyone in the world were like that, it would be disgusting.”

“It’s something everyone must accept.”

Yu Un-hak’s aura changed.

If he had been emitting the refined aura unique to the righteous sect, the aura he was now emitting was extremely rough.

Furthermore.

Whoosh!

It was surging ferociously.

The red, flickering energy was distorted like the shape of a monster, covering everything.

Thud.

His figure shot up like a bullet.

Lee Rowan once again thrust out the blood orb and Anger simultaneously.

The result was the same.

The blood orb could not withstand the mutation mixed in his aura and fell.

Clatter!

Anger, embedded in his arm, was swallowed by the newly grown teeth again.

“Indeed, a magnificent sword.”

Yu Un-hak admired the Anger created by Lee Rowan.

“However, I have already ‘understood’ its nature to some extent.”

Understood.

Therefore.

Crunch!

He can mutate.

Slight scratches began to appear on Anger, which he couldn’t even make a dent in before.

Lee Rowan tried to pull it out by putting strength into the hand holding Anger, but Yu Un-hak seemed to recognize it and clenched Anger even more fiercely.

Moreover, the teeth and tentacles that were surging out were about to engulf Lee Rowan.

Whoosh!

Lee Rowan also unleashed his aura.

Red blood droplets gathered on the floor and surged up, flowing over Lee Rowan’s body, blocking Yu Un-hak’s attacks.

Shimmer.

As if neither would yield, their confrontation continued.

Though neither had taken a step.

Whoosh!

Waves were rippling and spreading out beside the two standing still.

It was truly a close call.

It was a moment as if there was no difference in power.

Smirk.

Once again, the corners of Yu Un-hak’s mouth curled up.

That bizarre smile seemed to show that he had some scheme.

“You’re still naive.”

Yu Un-hak spoke as if he were coaxing a child.

It was at that moment.

Swoosh!

As a sword strike came from behind, Lee Rowan quickly extended his other hand to create a blood barrier.

Clang!

Lee Rowan turned his head for a moment at the sound of the collision.

Standing there was an enemy soldier wearing crimson attire.

They had surrounded the area.

Lee Rowan thought he hadn’t missed their presence for even a single moment.

Also, there was no one who could approach Lee Rowan by deceiving his senses, which had returned to their peak.

Clang!

But this person had arrived and swung his sword.

Also, the energy imbued in that sword was by no means ordinary.

Clang, clang!

The blood barrier was torn and crushed.

That was also its power.

[Mutation]

It mutates the nature of the blood barrier, the nature of the swung sword, and the inner energy contained within it.

The nature of corrosion and destruction.

Crack!

Just as Lee Rowan’s blood barrier finally burst, and his sword was about to touch Lee Rowan’s shoulder.

Thwack!

However, just as Yu Un-hak had done, the iron spheres Lee Rowan had created with blood succeeded in repelling the opponent.

It wasn’t a major injury, but.

Drip.

Lee Rowan was eventually injured.

The good news was that the opponent who had deceived his senses and approached him had been riddled with hundreds of blood orbs and would never rise again.

The bad news was that.

Clang, clang!

There were other enemy soldiers who had already appeared and were swinging their swords at him.

They were the same.

Swish.

The nature of mutation was imbued in their swords, mutating the blood barrier he had created for protection.

Crack!

And they were breaking through that defense.

Lee Rowan had blocked them in the same way, but this time, more than five were approaching and attacking.

‘An item?’

Could it be a sword imbued with Kwon Cheol’s power?

It wasn’t impossible.

Blacksmith-type players create items through their special skills and imbue them with power.

Items made by master-level players even had unique abilities.

However.

Clang, clang, clang!

Creating even one of those was by no means an easy task.

But if there were.

Clang, clang, clang!

If there were several, dozens, it could be said to be impossible.

Also, if they all had the same power…

Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang!

Lee Rowan was surrounded by dozens of enemy soldiers, blocking them.

With one hand, he gripped Anger, which was held by Yu Un-hak, and with the other, he used the Blood Demon Energy to defend against those attacking with blood barriers and blood orbs.

“…Possessed troops.”

It was the moment Lee Rowan’s dry voice spread.

Smirk.

One by one, or almost simultaneously, all the corners of their mouths curled up.

“That’s correct.”

“That’s right.”

“That’s the answer.”

Though they had different ways and voices, Lee Rowan could tell.

It was all one person.

Kwon Cheol.

“Is it possible to possess multiple people at the same time?”

Lee Rowan’s eyes were looking back at Yu Un-hak.

Looking at him smiling, he could be sure.

Kwon Cheol was possessing Yu Un-hak, moving his body, and also possessing other enemy soldiers, moving them.

Originally, it was impossible.

A human’s consciousness is one, and in the end, there is only one being that can be possessed.

It would be possible to move that body, but to move dozens at the same time was impossible by common sense.

There was another secret to the power Kwon Cheol possessed.

That secret was.

“You matched the wavelength.”

Wavelength.

“Oh ho.”

Yu Un-hak widened his eyes as if it was unexpected.

But soon, he spoke as if he was proud.

“These are the new human species.”

The leader of the enemy soldiers, the director of Saebom Orphanage.

Kwon Cheol could be said to be manipulating and controlling the beings that belonged to him to his liking.

Torture and education.

It was brainwashing.

-You are…

He imprinted Kwon Cheol’s thoughts, ideals, and even habits.

When a day, a month, a year, and several years passed, they became beings similar to Kwon Cheol.

That was what it meant to match the wavelength.

If that were possible…

“I will become the god of the new human species.”

Kwon Cheol could move them simultaneously.

It was both possession and control.

It was Kwon Cheol, and it was not Kwon Cheol.

Truly.

“You filthy bastard.”

It was a filthy and disgusting act.

Erasing personalities and overlaying them with Kwon Cheol’s personality.

As a result, Kwon Cheol could possess only a part of his consciousness, use that power, and control them.

“Are their wills not important to you?”

At Lee Rowan’s question, Yu Un-hak, Kwon Cheol, made a face as if he couldn’t understand.

“A unified will is the truth and providence. What’s wrong with that?”

A face that showed he didn’t understand at all.

“I taught them true justice and ideology and gave them the opportunity to think correctly. That has become their will.”

A person who couldn’t be reasoned with.

It was when he was once again realizing that it was Kwon Cheol.

Clang!

The offensive began again.

“Don’t worry.”

A voice was heard.

“You too will become like them, you too, as a new human species…”

Smirk!

“…will live eternally as the body of a god.”

It was when he was spouting that terrible sound.

Even more enemy soldiers were rushing at Lee Rowan.

It was like a blood-stained tidal wave.

* * *

Thud.

Huans collapsing.

Black pupils were not visible in their eyes.

Their consciousness had turned off, and the ego that had been moving them had disappeared.

It could be said to be very cruel, but.

“Hoo.”

Considering that they were living bombs.

Also, considering what would happen when they exploded, it was unavoidable.

“How many is this?”

“Six.”

Lee Yong-jin answered Ha Se-min’s question.

“I didn’t ask.”

“I just answered.”

Unlike their relaxed conversation, beads of cold sweat were forming on their faces.

They could already be said to have reached a high level.

They were skilled enough to easily subdue an ordinary martial artist of the Mystic Realm without having to exchange blows for long.

“How many are left?”

“…”

This task was just as difficult for them.

A bomb that could explode at any moment.

They had to control and adjust the power contained within it.

They had to pour all their strength and spirit into it, and it was difficult for one person to defuse even one bomb.

“I asked a question.”

When Ha Se-min spoke irritably, Lee Yong-jin finally looked at Jeong Sang-ho and Lee Shin-woo, who were sitting down exhausted.

“Four… four left.”

Jeong Sang-ho, who was the source of this Red Bomb.

He was able to find the hidden Red Bombs, and Ha Se-min and others were breaking the barriers that hid the Red Bombs, striking down the enemy soldiers, and defusing the bombs.

Now there were four Red Bombs left.

“Those are the real ones.”

They were defusing them in order.

And as the order went further back, the power imbued in the bombs became even stronger.

The source of the Red Bomb was ultimately the negative emotions of humans.

It was natural to suppress and control it with power, but.

“It’s burdensome.”

The negative emotions of humans that were imbued in them during that process were enough to make even Kang Cheol shudder.

“He created all of it.”

Jeong Sang-ho said.

“The humans who became Red Bombs were those who had already experienced unbearable trials.”

For example, seeing their family torn to pieces and killed in front of their eyes.

However, they were the ones who had seen it not for a moment, but for a day, several days, and months.

Such stress drives people crazy.

But they couldn’t even go crazy.

Everything was accumulated moderately and slowly, settling within them.

That was another ability that Kwon Cheol possessed.

An ability he had since he was a human, not a player.

“That trial…”

“He created it.”

They think that all those trials came from the absence of God or from evil people.

But in fact, Kwon Cheol had used tricks on those who had been secretly selected through thorough verification.

“Once that first stage is complete, the second stage begins.”

“What is the second stage?”

“He instills hostility in them…”

Jeong Sang-ho smiled bitterly.

“Do you want to hear more?”

“I don’t feel like hearing anymore.”

Without hearing it, one could imagine how cruel and vicious the process would be.

Just hearing the story was enough to accumulate negative emotions.

And then.

Whoosh!

The surging energy was splitting the sky.

Where Lee Rowan was.

“Is he… alright?”

Jeong Sang-ho asked worriedly.

He knew that the current Lee Rowan was very different from the past.

But because he was Jeong Sang-ho, he knew how scary Kwon Cheol was, so he was worried.

“He’s a monster.”

A monster in the true sense of the word.

Everyone saw Jeong Sang-ho with that distorted face.

And they said.

“Don’t worry. If there is a monster…”

The law of the world.

“There must also be a hero, right?”

Lee Yong-jin said, clasping his hands behind his head.