Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 330

The Three Kings’ Disciple

Volume 14, Chapter 6

331

Clang!

The moment the swords clashed, sparks flew.

Bang!

The massive shockwave spread out in all directions like a tidal wave.

“Ugh!”

Ordinary players or martial artists were often swept away by the aftereffects, their skin torn, and they would collapse.

Clang! Bang!

Such collisions occurred dozens of times in just a few seconds.

Lee Tae-gyeom, the Great Unyielding Sword of Hainan, and Kim Chang-il, a high ranker, were clashing.

However.

Smirk.

It was different.

Lee Tae-gyeom was smiling, wielding his sword with a relaxed posture, as if mocking his opponent.

“Kuh!”

Kim Chang-il was barely blocking Lee Tae-gyeom’s attacks, repeatedly retreating.

The power within Lee Tae-gyeom’s sword strikes was truly immense.

‘No way… I didn’t expect it to be this much.’

High rankers.

They were the apex among players.

Rankers beyond rankers.

The strongest who even rankers couldn’t dare to handle were the high rankers.

They were not ignored by martial artists and had a strong influence on the Assembly.

But because of that.

“Have you ever mixed martial arts with swordsmanship?”

“……!”

They were misunderstanding.

Lee Tae-gyeom spoke, his voice echoing as their swords clashed, sparks flying behind him.

“There’s no way you high rankers have ever clashed swords with a martial artist.”

“What… what are you talking about…”

Kim Chang-il was retreating, his feet tearing through the ground.

Even amidst the pain that felt like his whole body was breaking, Lee Tae-gyeom’s voice was as clear as a devil’s whisper.

“You high rankers…”

Smirk.

Lee Tae-gyeom’s smile was clearly etched into his mind.

“Are nothing more than pets raised by the Assembly.”

Clang!

The sword strike slammed down, and Kim Chang-il’s body was driven into the ground.

He was like a nail, unable to avoid it.

“You think you rose to that position because you are great, but how arrogant is that thought?”

“What…”

“From the start, you were chosen and raised by the Assembly.”

Lee Tae-gyeom smiled and struck down again.

It was just a linear attack, but the subtlety and effectiveness within that sword technique were so advanced that it was hard to imagine.

A massive wave.

“They chose the docile ones and allowed you to become stronger.”

That was contained in the straight strike.

“And yet.”

Smirk.

“You dare to bite your master, so you have no choice but to pay the price.”

Clang!

Kim Chang-il’s sword, a treasure that had received a unique grade and was worth a great deal anywhere.

That sword, which had been with Kim Chang-il for countless hours and had never broken, began to crack.

“Know your place, you vermin.”

Lee Tae-gyeom’s wave crashed down again.

“You are offended by being called butchers, but know this as you die.”

Another wave.

“You are not even butchers, but merely livestock being raised.”

Crack!

The moment the cracks in Kim Chang-il’s sword connected.

Crack, crack, crack!

The sword shattered and broke apart.

The wave crashed down.

“How dare you bite your master?”

Lee Tae-gyeom’s voice echoed as if reverberating.

But there was no sound returning.

High ranker, Kim Chang-il.

He had dominated the player world for years and was respected by many.

To some, he was even called the savior and hero of humanity. His once whole body was now split in two, lying scattered on the ground.

Flicker.

Lee Tae-gyeom’s eyes flickered, having tasted blood.

“Are the Four Seas Sword Unit here?”

The moment Lee Tae-gyeom finished speaking, martial artists began to appear by his side.

Drip, drip.

Blood droplets flowed down their arms and faces.

Soon.

Thud.

It was flowing so much that it formed a puddle.

What was surprising was that despite the massive amount of blood they were shedding, there wasn’t a single scratch on their exposed skin.

-The Four Seas Sword Unit.

They were an unknown special force from Hainan.

Directly under the sect leader, they were the strongest force in Hainan that Lee Tae-gyeom had borrowed.

All of them were worthy of the title of ‘real’ and had reached the Profound Realm [a high level of martial arts mastery].

“All of them…”

They didn’t even listen to Oh Jin-kyung, only obeying the words of the sect leader and Lee Tae-gyeom, who would become the next sect leader.

“Wipe them out.”

At Lee Tae-gyeom’s smiling words, they slowly took a fist salute.

“Yes, sir.”

They had appeared suddenly.

And they disappeared just as suddenly.

And then.

Smirk.

Sparks and blood began to erupt from all directions.

* * *

It had been a long time since martial artists and players had properly clashed.

There had been times when the Azure Army had exposed and punished the conspiracies of martial artists, which they had advertised publicly.

There were also stories of the Crimson Army rampaging and annihilating sects.

However, many people had never seen a battle between players and martial artists, and they didn’t even remember it.

That was the extent of the gap that had formed, and it was history.

It led to a fear of martial artists, which became a reason not to challenge them.

“N-no way…”

At the same time, it also became a reason to forget that fear.

The unknown was both fear and a stimulus for the desire to challenge.

These people were the same.

They had lived as players and had suffered countless oppressions.

They had always feared martial artists.

“No way…”

But at the same time, the standard for the strength of martial artists had become blurred.

During the Blood Cult’s rampage in the Philippines.

According to rumors spreading in the dark web and the shadows, the players’ performance was quite encouraging.

Also, in the incident where Eunha revealed that they were the Blood Cult, there were even stories spreading that the players who were attacked by the sects had fought quite evenly.

So, doubts and convictions arose.

-Maybe it’s not as bad as we thought.

That it was just a fear ingrained over a long time.

That perhaps martial artists were not beings that they had to fear so much.

They were strong, but they were also just humans whose skin could be torn and crushed.

“No way!”

But it was a delusion.

Swoosh!

The sound of flesh being cut.

“Ugh, kkeuk… !”

They were dying without even being able to scream properly.

“Please!”

Players were begging and pleading.

Swoosh!

And the martial artists were killing them without any emotion, as if they were butchering livestock.

The scene was like a scene from hell for the players.

“This is…”

It was also a scene that was very familiar to the players.

Something unavoidable, like a daily routine, since they became players.

“It’s a hunt.”

They were realizing that there was no difference between monsters being hunted in the gate and them being hunted.

Their words were not wrong.

Their attitude was not wrong either.

Martial artists.

They were hunters, just like the players.

But on the contrary, the players were not hunters, but prey.

“Surrender…!”

The one who shouted surrender.

Swoosh.

A red line was drawn on his neck, and he collapsed.

Pshooosh!

Blood fountains erupted from all directions, and the blood-soaked figures continued their hunt.

“Please!”

They shouted.

“Save me!”

They begged and pleaded.

But there was no way such words would work on a hunter.

It was the reality that even if a monster screamed and begged for mercy, the players would not listen.

To them, players were just beings that could talk and be raised like livestock.

“Ha… hahahaha.”

While those who had lost their minds were laughing and crying as they died.

“Vermin.”

Lee Tae-gyeom smiled, letting his sword hang down.

Those who dared to challenge him.

As he punished them, a sense of pleasure surged from deep within his chest.

“Tsk.”

How could he not feel exhilarated?

They were the ones who had given them the chance to live and helped them, yet they didn’t even know that grace and dared to challenge them. It was only right to punish such livestock.

“All of them…”

So today, he would unleash everything that had been building up.

“Kill them all.”

Even his personal anger that had been building up towards Oh Jin-kyung.

Lee Tae-gyeom, who had become a blood-soaked figure, raised his sword.

He was about to move towards another prey when it happened.

-Stop it-!

A lion’s roar filled with inner energy echoed through the place that had become a hunting ground.

* * *

-Stop it-!

A lion’s roar, filled with immense inner power, echoed.

“Ugh!”

The players who were wielding their swords covered their ears and collapsed.

“Kuh!”

The martial artists who were hunting the players frowned and staggered.

A voice that had simultaneously subdued hundreds, even thousands of people.

“Senior Brother.”

It was a shout from Oh Jin-kyung.

“Stop it.”

Oh Jin-kyung stood in the center of the battlefield between the players and martial artists.

Many martial artists were approaching and standing by his side.

They had returned after rescuing and helping the civilians who had been harmed by the explosion.

“What are you doing?”

Lee Tae-gyeom said as he approached Oh Jin-kyung.

“They have surrendered.”

The players, as soon as Oh Jin-kyung finished speaking, dropped their weapons and began to sit down.

It was the surrender and pleas for mercy that they had already shouted dozens of times.

“So stop it.”

But the martial artists had not listened.

Finally, a way to live had appeared.

“Senior Brother, they are the ones who targeted Hainan.”

“I know.”

“Their hands have taken the lives of our fellow disciples, and the lives of our compatriots.”

Over a hundred martial artists had died in the explosion.

Although the number of Hainan martial artists among them was small, they were not absent.

“But…”

Lee Tae-gyeom’s figure stretched out and stood in front of Oh Jin-kyung.

“Are you telling me to stop?”

His eyes flickered with a bloodthirsty light.

There was madness in them.

“Yes. Stop it.”

“Senior Brother.”

“They are the ones who have already surrendered.”

“Senior Brother.”

“As a member of the righteous faction, is it right to slaughter and massacre those who have surrendered?”

“Senior Brother.”

“Stop it.”

Their eyes met.

“Their punishment will be carried out. They will have to pay the price for the blood they have shed. But.”

Oh Jin-kyung said.

“Not like this.”

This was.

“They are not the ones who should be hunted.”

It was not humans punishing humans, but merely a hunt.

And it was not for the reason of slaughtering livestock to obtain food, but merely to vent anger.

“Senior Brother.”

“Hainan is a righteous sect. A prestigious righteous sect. How can you commit a massacre in the name of the righteous faction?”

“Senior Brother. How can you be so…”

Lee Tae-gyeom said.

“Weak?”

A bitter sneer was on his lips.

“Do you see them as the same as us?”

“Great Unyielding Sword.”

“They are livestock.”

“Lee Tae-gyeom!”

“Step aside.”

Lee Tae-gyeom’s hand moved.

The sword he was holding moved diagonally, unleashing a sword aura.

Swoosh.

At the tip of the sword that moved as if flowing, were the players.

Clang!

The sound of an explosion erupted.

But the explosion was not where Lee Tae-gyeom had expected.

Flutter.

Right in front, Oh Jin-kyung’s sword was blocking Lee Tae-gyeom.

“I told you to stop, Lee Tae-gyeom.”

“Senior Brother. No…”

Lee Tae-gyeom’s eyes were flickering even more bloodily.

“Oh Jin-kyung.”

Lee Tae-gyeom’s tone and eyes had changed.

“How long are you going to try to teach me?”

“……”

“If the blood of those beasts is more important than the blood of Hainan, then fine.”

Whoosh.

“I will spill your blood as well.”

Clang!