Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 379

Creak, squeak.

The elevator doors, which looked unstable just by looking at them, opened again.

The elevator, which had been a mess, wasn’t even given time to heal its wounds.

Thud.

Yi Rown walked out from within.

Swoosh.

Already, the warriors of Mount Hua were there, glaring at Yi Rown with their plum blossom swords drawn.

Thud.

Yi Rown stepped forward as if he didn’t care about such things, and the warriors of Mount Hua, as if frightened by his steps, backed away.

Their murderous gazes were pouring towards Yi Rown without hesitation.

In between them, Yi Rown was walking out with languid eyes.

“…….”

There were countless warriors holding swords and emitting sword energy.

In contrast, Yi Rown was alone.

But no one, not a single person….

Thud.

They couldn’t rush towards Yi Rown.

The place Yi Rown was heading to now was the Sect Leader’s office.

The warriors of Mount Hua knew that the plum blossom sword masters were there.

Even so.

Gulp.

Yi Rown was walking back down, just as he had gone up, without a single scratch.

Whoosh.

No one rushed towards Yi Rown.

But they didn’t back down either.

“Is that the paltry pride you have?”

The warriors of Mount Hua bit their lips as if their pride had been hurt by Yi Rown’s words, but.

“Don’t act rashly.”

They were people who didn’t move easily.

Pfft.

Yi Rown smiled and walked through them.

-Mount Hua.

Mount Hua, which the entire Asian region feared, and whose name was stained with terror even in the Western world beyond.

The image of Mount Hua, which he himself had once regarded as a god and was the sky for many, now seemed ridiculous.

It wasn’t that Mount Hua had changed.

It was he who had changed.

Thud.

Now, Yi Rown passed through the secret passage and entered the lobby.

It was the same there as well.

Whoosh.

Numerous warriors of Mount Hua stood there, waiting for orders, with their swords drawn.

There would be only one thing they were waiting for.

-Kill him now.

An order to capture and kill Yi Rown.

However, the order they were waiting for didn’t seem to be coming down easily.

Yi Rown continued to walk.

Perhaps his previous warning had worked, as no one spoke or even opened their mouths easily.

The warriors of Mount Hua were blocking the exit.

“Move.”

Yi Rown said to them in a low voice.

They were biting their lips again.

The hands holding the plum blossom swords were trembling.

Between pride and fear, what they chose was fear.

Swoosh.

In the end, the warriors of Mount Hua lowered their swords and stepped aside.

Yi Rown stepped towards the exit without hesitation.

His back was completely exposed.

If they were to target him, there would be no better opportunity than now.

Before entering the revolving door, in that instant.

Behind Yi Rown’s back, countless swords were aiming only at Yi Rown.

But in the end, Yi Rown squeezed himself into the revolving door and came out like that.

He had entered Mount Hua alone, and he had come out alive.

The outside was the same as well.

Numerous warriors of Mount Hua.

However, only a few were wary of Yi Rown, while the others were looking elsewhere.

They were surrounding the large building of Mount Hua.

“Have you arrived?”

Ha Se-min and the warriors of Eunha were standing there, emitting a fierce aura.

Knowing that Yi Rown had gone to Mount Hua alone, they had followed him belatedly.

If something were to happen to Yi Rown.

Whoosh.

That would be the starting point.

The distance between Mount Hua and Eunha.

Was it about 100 meters?

The space between them was as if it were a vacuum, with nothing existing.

The only being walking through that space was….

Thud.

It was Yi Rown.

“You’re doing useless things.”

“We couldn’t just stay still.”

They answered with a smile to Yi Rown’s words.

Behind them.

Swoosh.

Finally, the warriors of Mount Hua were trying to move.

If they crossed that line now and returned to Eunha, it wouldn’t be easy to find such an opportunity.

Although the order from the higher-ups hadn’t come down yet.

‘Attack?’

If they attacked Yi Rown now and gained that merit, wouldn’t everything change?

Although the aura of Eunha surrounding Mount Hua was fierce, they were still no match for Mount Hua….

-Let him go.

Six Harmonies Heavenly Sound [a technique that projects the user’s voice with immense power].

A voice that echoed throughout this vast space.

It was the voice of Baek Jin, the Sect Leader of Mount Hua, Ji Hwe-ju.

The warriors of Mount Hua, who were about to move, trembled and stopped.

Even so, they hadn’t lowered their swords.

“I said, let him go.”

At the voice of Cheong In-woo, who had appeared out of nowhere, they finally lowered their swords.

Cheong In-woo’s face was sunken.

Yi Rown looked at him for a moment, then finally stood beside Eunha.

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Cheong In-woo’s voice.

“What you’re preparing, what you’ll accomplish.”

At that voice, Yi Rown quietly took a step forward.

Whoosh.

A car stopped in front of Yi Rown.

Squeak.

Ha Se-min opened the door and said.

“Get in.”

* * *

The events of that day were not something that could be hidden.

The location of Mount Hua was in the center of Seoul, and numerous troops of Eunha had crossed their sphere of influence and headed to Mount Hua.

Such things could never be hidden.

“Still, Mount Hua is Mount Hua, I guess.”

No news, broadcasts, or anywhere else reported the events of that day.

Even though a war had broken out in the center of Seoul, and countless people had died and were on the verge of becoming ruins, that fact was not reported.

Thorough media control.

That was what Mount Hua and those who were doing it were doing.

“Mount Hua is the axis of the Assembly.”

As it was a public setting, Lee San-hoo spoke respectfully.

“It can be said to be the most important axis. In the past, when they dominated the entire Asian region, the ones who moved were the Rakshasas of Shaolin [a group of powerful monks] and the Plum Blossom Sword Masters of Mount Hua.”

The total number was not more than twenty.

With just that, they overthrew the ruling class of Asia and solidified their existence.

That time didn’t even take long.

Just one week.

That was the time it took for Asia to fall into the hands of Eun and the Assembly.

“In fact, South Korea is….”

Lee San-hoo spoke, not Ha Se-min.

Ha Se-min was ultimately an outsider, while Lee San-hoo was a party involved.

“It’s no exaggeration to say that it’s under the control of Mount Hua.”

Lee San-hoo continued to speak.

“Even if the spheres of influence are divided, whether it’s Hainan or Eunha, or whatever was there before, what ultimately holds and controls the entire South Korea is Mount Hua.”

The name of Mount Hua could be found everywhere.

“The business world.”

Numerous companies located in South Korea were under the protection of Mount Hua.

However, the protection they spoke of was not protection from others.

It was protection that they could be safe in the hands of Mount Hua.

If the companies currently in the hands of Mount Hua were to receive orders from Mount Hua, South Korea itself could come to a halt.

“The political world.”

The influence of Mount Hua reaches eight out of ten seats in the National Assembly.

They legislate the bills that Mount Hua wants and bite at the targets that Mount Hua chooses.

Those who had succumbed and submitted to the money and power of Mount Hua.

If they dreamed of rebellion and resistance, their end was only elimination.

“The media.”

Thorough media control.

There was no reason why Mount Hua, which had already taken control of the political and business worlds, could not control the media.

However, Mount Hua went further, controlling even telecommunications companies and satellites, censoring everything.

Lastly….

“Even the Association.”

The Player Association.

A world that had been turned upside down by the invasion of the world.

As if to counter that, superhumans called players had appeared.

The place that was created to manage, unite, and protect them was the Player Association.

In the beginning, when they dreamed of coexistence while interacting with Eun, the association fulfilled its role.

Mediation, protection of rights, etc., they fulfilled a clear role in the reason for their existence.

However.

“The current chairman of the Player Association, no, the entire Player Association is nothing more than a puppet of the Assembly, Mount Hua.”

As soon as a player awakens their power, the association comes to find them.

They also register the players and record everything about them.

That information….

-Goes to Mount Hua, to the Assembly.

Those who had the potential for resistance, those who could gain such power, could always be found by Mount Hua.

This was the reality of South Korea and Asia.

“Hainan has tried to break through that gap.”

Oh Jin-kyung of Hainan, located in Busan, said.

“In the end, in order to overcome Mount Hua, they had to touch their influence, and for that, Hainan spared no effort.”

To escape the fate of being the eternal second-in-command.

However.

“In the end, they realized that they couldn’t do it unless they occupied Seoul.”

Seoul was the center of South Korea.

Even the large corporations with huge scales, the National Assembly and the Blue House [South Korea’s presidential residence], the famous media companies, and even the headquarters of the Player Association.

“They are all in Seoul.”

They were all located in Seoul.

It was not easy to find a way to contact them, and what Hainan could touch were only the branches or the lower ranks.

That’s why Hainan aimed for Gyeonggi Province.

To slowly narrow in like a net and create a connection that would easily lead to Seoul.

“The easiest way to fight against such Mount Hua is….”

Lee San-hoo said based on the information he had calculated so far.

“A full-scale war.”

Just clashing and fighting.

“Before the Assembly moves, before the other Nine Great Sects intervene, lead all of Eunha’s forces and strike Mount Hua. And immediately dismantle Mount Hua’s influence and have Eunha take its place.”

This was the easiest way to deal with Mount Hua.

“However, if that happens….”

He had heard about the power of Mount Hua from Ha Se-min.

Ha Se-min said that it wasn’t even all of it.

They had to calculate even the hidden power of Mount Hua.

“Seoul will become a sea of fire.”

Everything would turn to ashes.

“More than eighty percent of Eunha’s forces will also be lost.”

That was even when calculated positively.

“Even so, if you want a full-scale war, we will wage it.”

That was the will of Eunha.

Mount Hua was a cancer eating away at South Korea.

In order for South Korea to live, even if it was a part of a large organ, it had to be torn out.

“However, if that happens….”

Then someone entered the conference room and said.

Eunha’s conference room was not a place where just anyone could easily enter.

Only those who were qualified could enter.

“South Korea will not exist.”

Lee Shin-woo.

“There will be no more strength to stand up. In the end, it will be Eunha, not us, who will have ended that mess.”

Lee Shin-woo, whom he had met after a long time, had a rather tired face.

“In the end, no matter what the result, it will only be a power struggle of Eunha. South Korea, the players, will fall into extreme lethargy.”

A spirit that had already collapsed.

It was no different from completely shattering it into pieces.

“Is that what you want?”

Lee Shin-woo said to Yi Rown.

“If that’s what you want, I won’t stop you.”

There was no way to stop him.

However.

“If you want to destroy Mount Hua more thoroughly, completely erase even their traces, and trample on their prestige and reputation….”

Lee Shin-woo, he slowly stood in front of Yi Rown and politely bowed.

“I am Lee Shin-woo, who is in charge of the Cheong-ui Army, though I am not very capable.”

A completely different voice and attitude.

“I request of the owner of Eunha and the leader of the Shinma Alliance.”

Shining eyes.

“Can Eunha become a spark of hope, not a spark of war?”