Disciple Of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 398

The body he held. From Kang Eun-ha’s body, a black substance flowed into Lee Ro-woon’s mouth and nose.

Twitch.

Lee Ro-woon’s skin trembled, and veins bulged across his body. The fragments of chaos that had escaped him were merging with Kang Eun-ha’s soul, returning to Lee Ro-woon.

“Hoo.”

A tremendous power surged within him. It was as if a part of himself had returned, yet Lee Ro-woon had also grown stronger. He felt like he had reclaimed something chaos had stolen.

Whoosh.

Subtle waves emanated from Lee Ro-woon, pushing the air away. The change was complete in mere seconds.

Swoosh.

Lee Ro-woon gently laid Kang Eun-ha’s body down.

“Someday….”

Kang Eun-ha had crossed a point of no return. Her life from now on would be akin to hell. Moreover, it was a hell with no escape.

“Someday, I will pull you out of that hell.”

Lee Ro-woon vowed for her sake. If the day ever came when he could.

‘Chaos.’

It would be the day that entity no longer existed anywhere in the world, or within himself. The thing he had given up on. The desire to erase chaos and become whole was rising again. He had always lived with the thought that he could give up at any time, but now it was different.

“It seems our fight isn’t over yet.”

Lee Ro-woon had thought his battle with chaos had ended when he sealed it away.

“Someday, we’ll have to see the end.”

It wasn’t a truce, but a ceasefire. He knew that someday he would have to continue this war and fight until either he or that entity was annihilated.

Thud.

Lee Ro-woon walked away.

Rustle.

Her body, which had been lying down, began to turn to dust and scatter. A body that had been inhabited by chaos. Not just her soul, but her body had also been contaminated.

Rustle.

A swirling vortex. What was once Kang Eun-ha’s body began to merge into the rage that had appeared on Lee Ro-woon’s back. The greatsword, Rage, which was as tall as a normal young man. But as Kang Eun-ha’s body merged with it, changes began to occur.

Screech.

Rage seemed to be wailing. Its size began to shrink little by little. Instead, it became more solid and smoother. It was as if it was representing Lee Ro-woon’s current rage. If the huge and bloated thing was the rage Lee Ro-woon had possessed until now.

Swoosh.

The rage that Lee Ro-woon now possessed was like something that had been refined and polished.

Finally, Lee Ro-woon left the room where Kang Eun-ha had been.

“You’ve arrived.”

Everyone who had spoken with Kang Eun-ha was waiting for Lee Ro-woon there.

Nod.

With slightly drowsy eyes, but with a bit more life in them, Lee Ro-woon spoke.

“The priestess is no more.”

Kang Eun-ha would not return, at least not in their lifetimes.

“But she will always be with me.”

She would reside within Lee Ro-woon and fight for him forever.

“That is….”

Kang Han-cheol stepped forward and said.

“It’s what Eun-ha would want most.”

Everyone nodded at his words. While Lee Ro-woon was with Kang Eun-ha, they had not all been waiting idly. Especially Lee San-hoo.

“Where is Lee San-hoo?”

He had something else to do.

“He is waiting.”

Ha Se-min approached and said.

* * *

“Je Gal Shin-jae.”

Ha Se-min and Lee San-hoo had been working tirelessly even while Lee Ro-woon was with Kang Eun-ha. Especially Ha Se-min, who had to find out about Je Gal Shin-jae, known as the ghost and secret of the Hwasan Sect.

“As you know, he is a member of the Je Gal family.”

Currently, there were hardly any people in Eun who used the surnames of the Five Great Families, except for the families themselves. For a long time, they had been confined and exiled, and surnames were no longer mixed there. If someone used the surname of one of the Five Great Families, it was generally accepted that they were a member of that family.

-Je Gal Shin-jae.

Those who had betrayed Eun and left with the Dang family. They were people who were not easily observed even in Einheart.

“There is no information left in the Black Market either.”

“Even in the Black Market?”

Even the Black Market, which competed with the Beggars’ Union and handled all of Eun’s information, could not find the name Je Gal Shin-jae.

“Yes. That’s why….”

Ha Se-min said.

“I asked the Supreme Sect Leader.”

The Supreme Sect Leader of the Black Market. No. -Hao Moon. The Supreme Sect Leader of Hao Moon. Currently, Ha Se-min had inherited the position of Sect Leader of Hao Moon and had become the new master of Hao Moon. But before that, there was someone who had protected Hao Moon for a long time, and that was Ha Se-min’s teacher and the Supreme Sect Leader of Hao Moon.

“Ha Jin, is it?”

It was Ha Jin. The owner of the Mind’s Eye [a power that allows one to read the hearts of all things] and the immortal. She was now quietly resting in a corner of Hao Moon, as if receiving the reward for the long years she had lived.

Squeak.

A large door opened. The world of Hao Moon was also connected to the Blood King’s Castle. The revealed scene.

“It’s been a while.”

It was Hao Moon. A place where the styles of Eun and Earth were appropriately mixed.

Lee Ro-woon stepped back into the place where many people lived together.

“The Supreme Sect Leader wishes to see you in person.”

To talk about the name Je Gal Shin-jae. The place where lightning had struck in the past. The center of Hao Moon where she had fought to take in Ha Se-min.

“It’s been a while since you’ve come to Jincheon Tower.”

Lee Ro-woon and Ha Se-min entered the huge tower built in the center of Hao Moon.

“We greet the Sect Leader.”

The Hao Moon disciples greeted Ha Se-min. And they also paid even deeper respects to Lee Ro-woon.

“We greet Jincheon.”

Jincheon. The god that Hao Moon revered and the true master of Hao Moon. Hao Moon was also a place that was created by the touch of the Demonic God, a place that was once part of the Demonic God’s Church. It was because Hao Moon was a place that strived to follow the true sky and become its messenger.

“Please, follow me.”

The women of Hao Moon began to guide Lee Ro-woon and Ha Se-min. And finally, they arrived at the top of Jincheon Tower.

“Welcome.”

A white-haired being who was neither a girl nor a boy. A red jewel embedded in the forehead, revealed in the short bob. -Mind’s Eye. A type of power that could read the hearts of all things and examine their deep inner selves. She was the guardian deity of Hao Moon and the Supreme Sect Leader of Hao Moon.

“It’s been a while, Ha Jin.”

It was Ha Jin.

* * *

“Do you know?”

Ha Jin said, moving with quick steps as if showing her quarters.

“The ones who appeared when the doors first began to open.”

The invasion of the worlds. Eun, Einheart, Gehenna. They invaded Earth by opening doors at different times. But even among them, the times when the doors opened were different.

“In the case of Eun….”

Ha Jin said.

“Hwasan, Shaolin….”

The doors of Hwasan and Shaolin were among the first to open in Eun.

“Do you know which door opened first?”

Ha Jin asked.

“Shaolin.”

Ha Se-min and Lee Ro-woon answered at the same time. Shaolin. It was known to the world that their door had opened the fastest.

“That’s what’s known.”

At that moment, the red jewel embedded in Ha Jin’s forehead shone.

“But it’s not true.”

The scene that unfolded before their eyes. It was Japan.

“It’s Je Gal.”

“Je Gal?”

“Yes.”

And also in the scene that the Mind’s Eye unfolded, there was someone who looked somewhat familiar. A middle-aged man in a scholar’s robe. A man with a delicate and sharp impression stood out among the busy Japanese people.

“And Je Gal is the founder of the Assembly.”

“……!”

It was a story they were hearing for the first time. The founders of the Assembly and the starting point of the Assembly, as known to the public.

“Wasn’t it Hwasan, Shaolin, and Namgoong?”

They had heard that they were the current Assembly leaders.

But.

“No.”

Ha Jin was firm.

“The founders of the Assembly and the starting point are….”

An even more resolute voice. And the scene that the Mind’s Eye was showing changed.

“This is…!”

Ha Se-min seemed to recognize where it was.

“The Imperial Palace!”

The Imperial Palace of Japan. And the scene that followed was. Thud, thud. The middle-aged man in the scholar’s robe was standing there, having cut down everyone there.

“Je Gal immediately seized the Imperial Palace of Japan.”

Ha Jin said.

“And then, he moved the Emperor to summon the Japanese cabinet.”

The next scene was not shocking. The middle-aged man was sitting on the throne of the Imperial Palace, looking down with his eyes lowered. In front of him, all the Japanese politicians were kneeling and trembling.

“No one knew.”

Ha Jin’s voice.

“That Je Gal had already taken over Japan.”

* * *

The founder of the Assembly. The planner of the Assembly. And the invader. The beginning of all of that was not Shaolin or Hwasan, but Je Gal. It was a shocking story. But it was not that important to Lee Ro-woon.

-So, who is this Je Gal Shin-jae?

-It’s the person you saw.

As expected. That middle-aged man in the scholar’s robe, the one who moved hidden in the darkness of Je Gal, was Je Gal Shin-jae.

-And he is the one who laid the foundation for the Assembly.

Je Gal Shin-jae seized Japan and prepared. When other worlds began to invade and mix with Earth, Je Gal moved in the shadows. And he began to dominate Asia by joining forces with Shaolin and Hwasan.

-When the Martial Arts Alliance was finally formed, they tried to promote those who had contributed to the position of Assembly Leader, but….

But the problem was after that.

-They disappeared and vanished without a trace.

And all records of them disappeared as well. From the beginning, they were people who had infiltrated the darkness and moved within it. So, there was no way that many stories about them would remain.

-Why is there no information left in the Black Market?

Ha Se-min seemed curious about that. The Black Market was not an organization belonging to the Assembly. Rather, even before meeting Lee Ro-woon, they had been in conflict with the Assembly and were the ones who uncovered and managed the secrets of the Assembly. If she didn’t know, she wouldn’t know. If Ha Jin, who was the Sect Leader at the time, knew this information, why didn’t she leave it behind?

-It was too dangerous.

Ha Jin said, as if trying to persuade Ha Se-min.

-And also, that is….

This was also a secret of the Black Market.

-It was a requirement of the Assembly.

-A requirement, you say?

-The price for condoning and tolerating the Black Market was that I had information about Je Gal Shin-jae and the founders of the Assembly.

Ha Jin. -Because I knew the secrets they held.

Secret. From the beginning.

-Did you know?

Ha Jin knew the secret.

-Then why…!

Why didn’t you say it?

-It’s a restriction.

Just as Ha Jin looked at Lee Ro-woon through the Mind’s Eye, Lee Ro-woon also examined her through the Mind’s Eye. He couldn’t do it in the past, but now he could. In her abyss, he saw chains. A powerful restriction that could bind her, the guardian deity of the world.

-If I broke the promise, the Assembly would have targeted the Black Market. The Black Market at that time would not have been able to withstand their attacks.

Je Gal Shin-jae.

“He definitely has a secret.”

Lee Ro-woon said, looking ahead. There was a grotesque man undergoing Lee San-hoo’s resurrection procedure.

“Kuhhh….”

Je Gal Shin-jae was slowly opening his eyes.