Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 33

The Three Kings’ Disciple (34)

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[You have made contact with a fragment of Ainhart, Armo.]

[You can register as the owner of Armo.]

A blue window appeared before my eyes.

This was undoubtedly the power of the players.

“System window….”

It was a system window.

This was absurd.

I had clearly lost the power of a player.

‘Magic core.’

What players called a magic core or system core, which was created at the same time as their awakening.

Mine was destroyed by the Plum Blossom Sword Technique.

That’s why I lost all my power and was stuck in the Hwasan Guild’s monster carcass disposal site, living like a slave.

I hadn’t seen a system window since then.

No.

‘I have seen it.’

The system window I saw when I was chosen as the vessel of chaos.

And I definitely saw a system window in the dimension of chaos as well.

“……”

My eyes sharpened.

‘There’s definitely no system core in my body.’

I knew my body well after two rebirths.

After returning from the dimension of chaos, it was as if the hundred years I had spent there had been reversed, and I was back to my slave-like state.

But how could I see the system window?

I had a guess.

I gently brushed my chest.

‘Chaos.’

The only commonality between then and now was the presence of chaos.

I was chosen as the vessel of chaos back then, and now I have chaos within me.

‘I need to think about this.’

There was nothing I could know right now.

I looked at the system window.

There was something else that bothered me.

[You have made contact with a fragment of Ainhart, Armo.]

[You can register as the owner of Armo.]

This message was like something a dungeon lord would receive.

A dungeon lord was a term for the owner of a dungeon, the king or leader of that dungeon.

‘This isn’t how it’s supposed to be.’

I had never heard of them registering as dungeon lords through the system window.

The only information I had was that they could access the core of the dungeon and use some of its power.

“Bondenno.”

“What is it?”

“Have you ever received a message about registering as a dungeon lord at the core of a dungeon?”

“A message?”

Bondenno looked at me as if I was talking nonsense.

“I’m talking about the system window.”

“How would I see that? Have you forgotten? I’m a resident of Ainhart, not a player.”

I see.

“Then, is there any ritual when becoming a dungeon lord?”

“There is.”

Bondenno pointed to the broken magic circle.

“By offering my blood to the magic circle, I can be recognized and use some of the dungeon’s power. So….”

Bondenno spoke with a frustrated expression.

“Even though I lost everything, I can use power again.”

I could roughly understand.

As a player, I didn’t know much about the fragments of the world, the dungeons.

That was the same for my masters, the Three Kings.

‘Being recognized as the owner of a dungeon is a provisional contract.’

Through that, you can use some of the rights.

But what appeared before my eyes now was.

‘Is this a formal contract?’

I didn’t know why this was possible.

Was it because I was a player in the past, or was it really because of chaos?

It was hard to confirm because I hadn’t heard any rumors of players accessing the dungeon core, but it was probably the latter.

“In the end, I have to experience it to know.”

“What are you….”

Before Bondenno could finish his sentence.

“I’ll register.”

As soon as I said that, the old book began to glow.

Ding! Ding! Didi-ding!

Along with the noise that only I could hear, several system windows appeared.

[You have been registered as the owner of Armo.]

[Armo is….]

[…….]

[You are qualified to be the owner of the Silver Fragment, Blood King Castle.]

[Do you want to become the owner of Blood King Castle?]

After listing what I could do as the owner of Armo, a system window about Blood King Castle suddenly appeared.

‘I had already made contact with the core of Blood King Castle.’

The Blood Pond.

But it seemed that the message hadn’t appeared back then because some qualification hadn’t been met.

“I’ll register.”

[You have been registered as the owner of Blood King Castle.]

Once again, a loud noise rang in my head, and my vision blurred.

But I smiled as I looked at one system window.

“Bondenno.”

“Wh-what’s going on?”

“Armo.”

I said, looking at Bondenno.

“We don’t have to abandon it.”

I said that and looked at the message again.

[You are registered as the owner of two worlds.]

[You can merge the two worlds.]

[Which world would you like to set as the main world?]

There was no need to say it.

“Blood King Castle.”

Whoosh!

The light that erupted from the old book swallowed everything.

“Rowoon-!”

“Blood Demon Lord!”

Bondenno and Jeong Chi-soo rushed to protect me in that light.

Poof!

The world went dark.

***

“Rowoon!”

Bondenno, who was nearby, quickly built a magic circle with one hand and ran towards me.

“Blood Demon Lord-!”

Poof!

Jeong Chi-soo, who had all his attention on me, also threw himself forward.

Jeong Chi-soo, who was farther away, arrived first.

He moved instantly, using the Blood Demon Energy that was forcibly breaking through the restrictions, and covered me.

Then came Bondenno.

He spread a protective magic circle with one hand and mixed in between me and Jeong Chi-soo.

“What are you doing?”

A cold voice.

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

Jeong Chi-soo and Bondenno raised their heads at the same time.

Jeong Chi-soo was holding my waist and crouching, and Bondenno was holding one of my calves.

When they turned their heads, fully tense.

“……”

Everyone was looking at them.

The mages of Armo, the players we had left behind.

“Ahem, ahem.”

The Blood Sword Unit, disguised as members of the Dark Shadow Guild, coughed and carefully turned their heads.

“Hah.”

Jeong Chi-soo quickly inhaled and straightened his posture.

He stood as if protecting me, raising his sword.

“What are you doing! Protect the Blood Demon Lord right now… hmm?”

Jeong Chi-soo, who was saying that, immediately shut his mouth.

“……”

There, too familiar faces were standing, exuding a strong aura.

“How did you get in here! Do you even know where this is!”

Someone there was shouting loudly, creating flames in his fist.

The flames in his fist.

“Flame King Fist…?”

“Huh? Blood Sword Captain?”

They stopped, looking at each other.

“Lord….”

“B-Blood Sword Captain, why are you suddenly here? Then….”

Perhaps even the martial artists’ senses were messed up by the change that occurred when the world was switched.

It was only now that they could come to their senses with their senses returning.

“Blood Demon Lord!”

This was Blood King Castle.

And in the very center of Blood King Castle.

The Blood Cultists, who had noticed the commotion, had quickly come here and surrounded them.

When the world’s barrier, which had been blocking everything with pure white, disappeared, they noticed each other.

“Okay, everyone’s done with their greetings, right?”

I pushed Jeong Chi-soo and Bondenno away and stepped forward.

“We greet the Blood Demon Lord!”

Thud!

Led by Kang Han-cheol, who had become the Blood Cult Lord, everyone who was surrounding us knelt down at the same time.

“Blood Demon Lord, may you live ten thousand years! Blood….”

“Shut up!”

I stood in front of Kang Han-cheol, annoyed, and everyone standing there was looking at me.

The Blood Cultists would accept everything just by the existence of the Blood Demon, but.

“What… what is….”

The mages and players of Armo, who had suddenly been transported here, were naturally confused.

“Let’s all greet each other again.”

I said, walking past them.

“From today on, they are our new family.”

I headed towards the Blood Demon Palace.

Jeong Chi-soo and the Blood Sword Unit members quickly followed behind.

I stopped, and looked at Kang Han-cheol, passing by those who were still dumbfounded and unable to speak.

“Put those guys under restrictions.”

“Understood!”

The Blood Cultists finally got up.

The mages and players could only tremble, not knowing what was going on.

***

Deep within the Blood Demon Palace, at the Blood Pond.

I and Kang Han-cheol were standing there.

When he was a Guardian, Kang Han-cheol could not enter the Blood Pond, but as the Blood Cult Lord, he was allowed to enter.

“Wasn’t the core of Blood King Castle the Blood Pond?”

“Ah, that is.”

Kang Han-cheol quickly bowed his head and said.

“The Blood Pond is a passage connecting the sacred object and Blood King Castle. The sacred object is separate.”

I nodded and walked towards the Blood Pond.

Even the small world of Armo had thorough defenses to protect its core.

There was no reason for the larger world of Blood King Castle to be any different.

“Only the priestess knows how to open the passage. I have contacted the priestess, so….”

“There’s no need for that.”

I reached out my hand towards the Blood Pond.

Whoosh.

The Blood Pond resonated.

‘It was inside there.’

A formation that could even deceive my eyes for a moment.

It was truly a legacy of the Blood Cult that remained in Blood King Castle.

But there was no need to open the passage and approach the sacred object right now.

The Blood Pond was the passage.

It was enough here.

[You have made contact with the main world, Blood King Castle.]

The system message appeared again.

[Blood King Castle and Armo have been merged.]

[Would you like to deploy Armo?]

I nodded, and a blue light flickered before my eyes.

What appeared was a three-dimensional map of Blood King Castle.

Without moving my hand, I looked at it, and another light flickered.

[Armo]

What appeared before my eyes was clearly the appearance of Armo, where Bondenno was.

A small world that was less than one-hundredth the size of Blood King Castle.

I looked at the outskirts of Blood King Castle.

[World expansion is possible.]

[Would you like to expand?]

World expansion.

‘I need to ask the Black City King for more information about the Silver World as well.’

Of course, excluding the information he shouldn’t know yet.

“I will expand.”

The moment I finished speaking.

Kukukukuku.

I felt the ground shaking.

[Armo has been placed.]

Perhaps the dark zone that had been broken and disappeared had expanded, and the entrance to Armo had appeared.

Indeed, the map of Blood King Castle before my eyes had changed.

‘So this is how it is.’

A part of the dark zone had expanded.

A flat plain, and there was an entrance to the underground dungeon, Armo.

I tried to see if there were any other functions, but they were all useless.

There didn’t seem to be anything I needed to pay attention to.

Just as I was about to turn around, as if I had finished my business, the message sound rang again.

[You can designate a dungeon keeper.]

Dungeon keeper.

“Dungeon lord… no. It must be like a boss monster.”

The explanation that followed.

It seemed to be talking about being able to draw some of the dungeon’s power, like the ritual Bondenno had done.

[Please designate a dungeon keeper for Blood King Castle.]

[Please designate a dungeon keeper for Armo.]

Keepers for two dungeons.

‘What about me?’

That’s what I was thinking when.

[The owner of the world cannot be a keeper.]

The system informed me with a message, as if it had read my mind.

‘Can the keeper go outside?’

The answer to that question also appeared.

[A price is required for the keeper to go outside the dungeon.]

It was clear that they would have to consume the world’s nutrients, dungeon cost.

If that was the case, the choice was simple.

“I designate Kang Han-cheol as the keeper of Blood King Castle.”

And one more person.

“That old man is lucky.”

The only person I knew by name in Armo besides Bondenno.

“I designate Jikil as the keeper of Armo.”

The change was immediate.

“L-Lord!”

A blood-like light was emanating from Kang Han-cheol’s body, who was standing behind me.