Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 339

The Three Kings’ Disciple – 340

Volume 14, Chapter 15

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The difference in power between Eunha and Haenam.

Fortunately, Haenam didn’t collapse and managed to regain its balance.

Thousands of warriors rushed in, forming a proper line, which stopped their retreat.

Even so.

“Kuh!”

The advantage was clearly established.

“We can’t retreat!”

They were momentarily shaken by the unexpected outcome.

But now, Haenam had regained its footing and was reigniting its fighting spirit.

Still.

‘There is hope.’

In the struggle between sects, many things are important.

But more than anything, what matters most is ultimately.

-The battle of the masters.

Eunha’s officers were clashing with Haenam’s Four Seas Sword Unit, and above all, the commanders leading the war, Great Cloud Sword and Great Sea Sword, were.

Wooong!

Fighting the Blood Demon within that red sphere.

-Blood Demon.

That was the key.

“If Great Cloud Sword and Great Sea Sword can defeat the Blood Demon… this war will end.”

For the demonic sects like the Blood Cult, their symbols and leaders were crucial.

Since they were a demonic group that suppressed everything with power and kept everything below them, it was obvious that everything would collapse the moment they lost their leader.

Also.

“Demonic arts have limitations-!”

A widely known fact.

“Drag it into a war of attrition!”

Demonic arts were an excellent method for drawing out destructive power, but they also had their drawbacks.

The influence of demonic energy corroding the mind was one, and the impure internal energy damaged the body, shortening one’s lifespan.

But beyond that, there was also the issue of sustainability.

Pure internal energy was very efficient.

Even with the same amount of internal energy, unlike pure energy which could be used for a long time despite its lower power, demonic energy was….

“They won’t last 30 minutes anyway!”

It would rapidly deplete the stamina and internal energy of the warriors.

In fact, the warriors at the forefront of Eunha’s side had changed.

They had retreated because they couldn’t withstand the depleted internal energy.

Moreover, Eunha was facing an overwhelming numerical disadvantage compared to Haenam.

‘We must endure.’

If they endured and dragged it into a war of attrition, Haenam would win.

And the time they had to endure was.

Wooong!

That red sphere.

“Great Cloud Sword and Great Sea Sword will defeat the Blood Demon!”

It was the timing when the battle taking place inside would end.

“If the Blood Demon falls, Eunha will fall too! Endure-!”

The fierce battle began to even out as time passed.

And then, the moment Haenam had been waiting for arrived.

Crack!

The red sphere that had swallowed a certain space began to crack.

“……!”

It meant that the battle taking place inside had finally come to an end.

Crack!

The crimson sphere, which was cracking even more.

Craaaash-!

Finally shattered completely, scattering fragments in all directions.

“Kuh-uk!”

“Kkeuek!”

Each fragment scattered by the crimson sphere had destructive power greater than that of a strong aura.

The red sphere exploded in the middle of the battlefield.

“Form a defensive formation!”

“Form a defensive formation!”

Both Eunha and Haenam retreated, changing their formation to focus on defense rather than attack.

Kwaang! Kwang! Kwang!

The things hit by the scattered fragments exploded.

Hwaaa-!

The shockwave from the explosion swept everything away, creating a thick cloud of dust.

The battlefield was in chaos, with things collapsing everywhere.

Cheok!

The leading warriors on both sides raised their hands and clenched their fists.

“Standby.”

“Standby-!”

Saaa.

A suffocating silence descended.

Everyone knew.

What was about to unfold before their eyes.

Gulp.

It would determine the victory or defeat of this war.

Chalbark.

The sound of stepping on blood-soaked ground.

Paaaa.

The wind spreading out with internal energy pushed away the dust, clearing the view.

There.

“……!”

The Blood Demon, Lee Rowoon, stood.

Haenam’s warriors frantically rolled their eyes.

The person who should have been there.

“Noooooo-!”

The corpse of Lee Taegyeom.

And.

“Kuh…uk….”

Oh Jinkyung, bleeding and slumped down.

“Charge!”

It was the moment Haenam was about to rush in again.

* * *

The grand battle finally revealed its outcome.

The victor was the Blood Demon.

Lee Taegyeom’s body was lying on the ground, and Oh Jinkyung was on the verge of death with indescribable injuries all over his body.

In contrast, the Blood Demon only had minor scratches on his body.

The result was clear.

“The Blood Demon….”

Shouted the Eunha side.

“Has won-!”

And.

“Charge-!”

It was the moment when the enraged Haenam rushed in to save Oh Jinkyung.

Kooong!

Lee Rowoon stepped on the ground without hesitation.

Kwakwakwaka!

The massive ground surged up.

It spread out, encircling the front lines of Haenam in a circular shape.

“……!”

As Haenam’s warriors, who were instantly surrounded, retreated.

“Let’s stop here.”

Lee Rowoon’s voice echoed.

“……?”

Haenam’s warriors couldn’t hide their bewilderment.

“Is there a need for Haenam and Eunha, or rather the Blood Cult, to fight like this?”

A nonchalant, languid voice.

Only the sound of swallowing could be heard.

“I only responded because you attacked. So, let’s stop here.”

“Eeeek!”

Someone let out an angry voice.

“You killed Haenam’s warriors, and now you say that! Demonic fiend!”

Flinch.

The eyes of the Eunha warriors behind him narrowed.

But Lee Rowoon raised his hand to stop them and said.

“Didn’t you also trample and kill those who attacked you?”

“…Ugh.”

“When the players protested fiercely, you took their lives for the reason that they attacked you.”

“That never….”

Thud.

Lee Rowoon’s foot touched Lee Taegyeom’s dead body.

“Shall I list the atrocities this guy committed?”

“…….”

Haenam’s path of advance.

Haenam’s warriors saw it.

-I don’t like it.

They all clearly saw the atrocities Lee Taegyeom had committed.

The blood spilled on the path they had taken, the short distance to Eunha, was enough to form a small stream.

“Are you going to say it’s because the Blood Cult is a demonic path that must be destroyed?”

Lee Rowoon said.

“The Assembly is staying still. This must have been Haenam’s unilateral action.”

Lee Rowoon swept back his hair.

His languid gaze turned slightly sharp.

“There’s no need to fight unnecessarily.”

“But…!”

“Or else….”

A clear red light.

A pressure that was so intense it was suffocating.

“Will you all die?”

At his casual words, the warriors tightened their grip on their swords.

At that moment, Oh Jinkyung, who seemed to have fainted, stirred and raised his body.

“Great Sea Sword-!”

They let out a voice of hope.

The Great Sea Sword was about to move to save him on the Eunha side, but he couldn’t move easily because of the Eunha warriors who were pressing him.

“His….”

A parched voice.

A voice that sounded exhausted and burnt out came out.

“His words are right.”

“Great Sea Sword!”

“The Blood Demon’s words are right.”

He was so exhausted that he looked like he would collapse at any moment, so Haenam looked at the Blood Demon’s reaction.

“…….”

Lee Rowoon stood back with his arms crossed, as if he would leave it alone.

“There is no reason to continue fighting….”

“What do you mean! Great Sea Sword!”

Oh Jinkyung was injured, but his eyes were still alive.

“They are not the same demonic group we know.”

At Oh Jinkyung’s words, the warriors’ eyes widened.

“The Blood Cult, the Heavenly Demon Cult, have we ever seen them directly?”

“……!”

“We’ve only heard stories about them.”

Oh Jinkyung stood up straight.

“This fight was to confirm whether they are beings that Eun should fear and despise.”

Oh Jinkyung said.

“But I saw it while leading the troops.”

He was pushed away from the position of sect leader by Lee Taegyeom, but his influence on Haenam was still immense.

“The true demonic group….”

Swoosh.

Oh Jinkyung clenched his fist and raised it.

“Was not them, but the rotten ones.”

“……!”

“Who is the demonic one?”

Oh Jinkyung asked.

“Is it them who spared me despite being the enemy and didn’t use killing moves against us?”

“What are you….”

“Or is it us who scattered blood as we advanced?”

“What are you saying!”

Eunha didn’t use killing moves?

If so….

Tatat.

Some warriors rushed towards the fallen ones.

They knew how dangerous this was, but they felt like they had to check it right away.

“Alive….”

Their chests swelled.

“They’re alive!”

The warriors they thought were dead were still breathing.

“Here too!”

This side, that side, it was the same.

The number of dead among Haenam’s warriors was almost non-existent.

“The war ends here.”

Oh Jinkyung’s words were like a declaration.

Urrr-!

The earthen wall that Lee Rowoon had erected collapsed, revealing the battlefield.

Those who were waiting, not knowing what was happening inside, could see Oh Jinkyung, who was spewing something in front of the retreating Haenam warriors and the Blood Demon.

“Haenam, put down your swords-!”

Oh Jinkyung shouted.

“The war is over.”

* * *

Not everyone listened to Oh Jinkyung’s words.

There were those who rushed in without understanding, like the Four Seas Sword Unit who had been assisting Lee Taegyeom.

But when Lee Rowoon reappeared.

-No way.

The Eunha officers who were fighting them changed.

The moment their eyes turned crimson, the outcome was decided.

Kwajik.

They fell and writhed.

Not only did they see the overwhelming difference in skill.

Hwaaa-!

When Lee Rowoon stretched out his greatsword and pointed it at the sky, the warriors could be sure.

-The end.

It was as Oh Jinkyung had said.

The moment the massive energy emanating from the greatsword carved the character for ‘blood’ into the sky, this war was as good as over.

Thud, Clatter. Thump.

The warriors put down their weapons and retreated.

-I promise you.

Lee Rowoon drove the wedge in for those who were still hesitating.

-I will spare you.

That was three days ago.

Haenam suffered an indelible humiliation at that time.

Lee Taegyeom, who was a candidate for sect leader, died, and Oh Jinkyung was critically injured.

Haenam’s masters also suffered injuries that would require at least a month or two of recuperation.

But what was truly chilling was.

-Twelve deaths.

That in that fierce battle, there were only twelve deaths.

It wasn’t Haenam’s doing.

Gulp.

Eunha.

It was the moment when their true power, which they had hidden and concealed, was revealed.

-Disperse.

The warriors who had followed Haenam scattered at Oh Jinkyung’s words.

-Go back.

It took a long time for Haenam’s warriors to reach Eunha, but it took them only two days to return to Busan, which could be called their base.

Oh Jinkyung.

“…….”

Remained in Eunha.

He and the Haenam leadership were detained in Eunha.

No matter what the outcome, they were the ones who started the war.

Moreover, now that Haenam had lost, their treatment was up to Eunha.

Knock knock.

At the sound of knocking, Oh Jinkyung slowly opened his eyes.

“Don’t worry too much.”

He heard a voice.

Choi Yeseul, she had been allowed to return, but she was still staying by Oh Jinkyung’s side.

“Everything will be alright.”

“Yes.”

Oh Jinkyung replied in a quiet voice.

“Everything will be alright.”

More than she was worried about.

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