Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 405

A deeply hollowed pit.

Lee Ro-woon stood above it.

Beside Lee Ro-woon, arrows were densely packed.

Lee Ro-woon was.

Squeak.

He was picking something up and lifting it.

“Cough! Cough!”

The thing grasped in Lee Ro-woon’s hand was groaning.

That was the monster that appeared in this gate.

It had a similar appearance to a human, but its body was slender.

Also, its black skin emitted a light similar to obsidian, but it was only acting as scales, and inside was ash-gray skin.

“Khehehek!”

He had heard of such beings.

Crack!

The sound of a neck bone breaking.

The life held in Lee Ro-woon’s hand drooped and fell to the floor, slowly turning to ash and disappearing.

The biggest characteristic of these things.

That was their pointed ears.

“Elves.”

He had heard that some of the different races that existed in Einheart, or some of the demons of Gehenna, were from the elf race.

Among them, those with these characteristics were a subspecies of elves.

“Dark Elves, then.”

Dark Elves.

They were the monsters that appeared in the SS-class gate.

Originally, elves were said to have the same intelligence as humans, or even far superior intelligence, and they loved nature and lived in harmony with it.

Their affinity for mana and their spirit power were also said to be outstanding.

Among them, Dark Elves referred to a species that had the characteristics of elves but were more physically developed.

Swish!

Arrows flew again.

The blood membrane that sprang up from under Lee Ro-woon’s feet blocked the arrows.

The power carried by the arrows was so strong.

Paeng!

Even though it was blocked by the blood membrane, the arrows continued to spin.

They were excellent hunters.

Thud!

Dark Elves, using the arrows to obscure vision and divert attention, rushed in.

Lee Ro-woon lifted his foot and.

Wham!

Slammed it into the ground.

At the same time, the blood from the mountain of corpses that Lee Ro-woon created overflowed, becoming spears that pierced the Dark Elves.

The Dark Elves, who had rushed in with great fanfare, became skewers and remained as corpses or scattered as ash.

“It’s different.”

It was different from the stories he had heard about elves and Dark Elves.

Clearly, their hunting methods were created based on superior intelligence, yet no intelligence was felt.

It was as if he was watching machines moving with memories accumulated in their bodies and souls over a long period of time.

He already knew about such beings.

‘Monsters.’

They were clearly beings that had the appearance of a different race and had intelligence, but they had become complete monsters.

“…….”

Silence.

Did the Dark Elves know that targeting Lee Ro-woon was impossible?

‘They’re retreating.’

The surrounding mana felt through the Emperor’s Ring was visualized like a map.

The Dark Elves, made up of red dots, had surrounded Lee Ro-woon but were starting to retreat.

But this would not last long.

“If they are truly just monsters, they wouldn’t retreat here.”

They would target him somehow and attack again.

Of course, next time they would attack with a more certain method and will.

The important thing was that he had been given some time.

“I need to investigate.”

Lee Ro-woon planned to use that time to satisfy his curiosity.

* * *

There was a limit to examining the gate from outside the gate.

It was impossible to examine the total mana of the gate, and it was just a form of examining the mana of a specific part of the gate, calculating the whole, and assigning a grade.

Of course, there was also a method of sending advance teams or scouts to examine the inside of the gate.

In fact, most of the current gates were often used by the Association’s players to collect information about the gate in this way.

However, this gate was SS-class.

It was a place where even entry was not free.

“Hmm.”

They had sent an advance team, but no one returned, and the Association did not even care about the deaths of those players.

Even when Eun-ha examined the gate separately, she could not find any peculiarities.

No, everything was so peculiar that it could only be known by experiencing it directly.

-Please examine as much as you can.

Lee San-hoo asked.

-The discovery of a new grade of gate is not just something to be used politically. It may be a problem directly related to the security of the entire Republic of Korea and the world.

He was not worried about the world.

He was just worried about the great threat that would come to this land where they lived.

And Lee Ro-woon was the same.

He was not thinking about the safety of the world.

‘SS-class gate.’

He was just curious about this place.

Woo-oong.

The Emperor’s Ring spread out.

It had been a full day since Lee Ro-woon had been rooted in that spot, activating the Emperor’s Ring.

Since he did not sleep and could use an almost infinite amount of mana and internal energy, he did not need rest.

Woo-oong!

He was just spreading the Emperor’s Ring more widely and precisely, working on drawing a map.

If he used some of the remaining systems, it seemed like he could create a mini-map through this.

“…….”

Slowly opened eyes.

The brilliant golden light stopped, and Lee Ro-woon returned to his original red eyes.

“This much is….”

The map that came to his mind.

There were bright parts within the dark parts.

“It’s almost the size of the Chinese continent.”

He felt that this gate was larger than he had imagined.

It was also a credible hypothesis that the size of the gate was determined by the grade of the gate.

In fact, the amount of mana contained would increase depending on the size of the gate.

However, a scale of this size had never been discovered before.

‘I’ve learned a lot.’

Lee Ro-woon organized what he had learned.

“The scale of the gate is beyond imagination.”

Also.

‘The level of the Dark Elves, the monsters of the gate, is not that high.’

Could it be said to be at the level of the Black Orcs he had taken in the Philippines?

Of course, the Black Orcs were also beings that could be called a disaster when their colonies gathered.

However, a single individual did not have the strength of a disaster or an absurd level of strength.

And also, a part of the map that had not been revealed.

‘I can feel an enormous amount of mana.’

The huge mana density that Lee Ro-woon felt when he entered the gate.

The huge point that supported this enormous world was visible.

“Hmm.”

Lee Ro-woon also thought about the difference between dungeons and gates.

In simple terms, the difference between the two was simple.

Gates disappear or mix with the world.

Dungeons are another world that exists on its own.

And this place was.

“It’s a completely new concept.”

It could be said to be both.

If the gate was left as it was, part of the gate would mix with the Earth, pouring out Dark Elves.

But even so, the entire gate would not disappear.

‘The bright spot.’

The supporting part of this world would remain as a dungeon.

It was an interesting world.

If the main reason he first stepped into this world was to make the Association move for sure, now another curiosity was the main reason.

“I might have to spend more time than I thought.”

What he had already learned from his examination was that the flow of time inside and outside was different.

But even so, the humans outside might have to wait for him longer.

‘Eun-ha is ready.’

Ready to face the Hwasan [a martial arts sect].

Even without him, they would not easily collapse.

But if it was just that, it could be dangerous.

“They’ve come.”

The lights that were revealed on the map in Lee Ro-woon’s mind.

He could feel that the blue lights, different from the red dots of the Dark Elves, were gradually increasing.

As expected, this place was a trap.

‘Hwasan.’

Their trap.

They would have sent troops to capture him for sure, and while they were away, the outside would be safe.

Also, when this gate raid was over.

“It’s time for Hwasan to fall.”

Step.

Lee Ro-woon took a step.

* * *

“Hoo!”

The martial artists inhaled as the huge mana density slammed down on their entire bodies.

“Heop!”

The mana, which pressed down so massively as if tearing their entire bodies apart, even felt as if the world was rejecting them with all its might.

As if proving that assumption was true.

Boom!

The body of one martial artist swelled up like a balloon and exploded.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Such explosions did not end with just one, but several times.

It only ended after several martial artists were covered in their comrades’ blood.

“Regulate….”

The suppressed voice gradually found its strength and spread.

“Regulate your breathing-!”

At the urgent voice, the martial artists closed their eyes.

“Maximize your protective aura and focus on regulating your breathing!”

The one who shouted also immediately began to regulate his breathing.

“Haa…. Haa….”

The suffocating breaths turned into small groans.

Only after a little time had passed did the one who had given the order quietly open his eyes.

Boom!

Even though he thought they had dealt with it well, he could not prevent a few more martial artists from exploding and dying.

The man quickly reached out to the back of another martial artist.

“I will help guide your inner energy, so regulate your breathing as it is.”

With the man’s help, another martial artist survived and opened his eyes.

“Same.”

There was no need or time to speak at length.

The martial artist who had regained his senses with the man’s help immediately ran to another comrade and placed his hand on their back.

In that way, those who had regained their senses one by one began to help other martial artists.

“Hoo.”

A sigh of relief began to be exhaled.

“Report on personnel….”

At the man’s words, who was staggering as if exhausted, the martial artists who seemed to be in better condition ran up and spoke.

“Total of two hundred….”

Two hundred had entered this gate.

“Seventy injured.”

Seventy people were injured just by entering.

They were those whose blood vessels were damaged or whose muscles had melted due to not being able to withstand the mana density of the world.

The good thing was that most of them would recover if they stopped and focused on treatment, such as regulating their breathing.

However, some of them had their blood vessels completely melted, destroying their dantian [energy center], or their muscles were completely damaged to the point that they could not be treated inside the gate.

“The medical staff should examine the injured.”

Even so, as if they had prepared, the medical staff who had been waiting began to move with pale faces and take care of the injured.

The problem was.

“Fifty-seven deaths.”

The number of deaths was high.

They were those who had exploded and died because they could not withstand the pressure of mana.

Some of them left corpses, and the rest were so fragmented that they could not even be recognized.

“The bigger problem is that most of the dead are support personnel, including the medical staff.”

Most of the medical staff, barrier experts, or those with special skills to support the martial artists had died.

The reason was that their bodies were not as strong as the martial artists, or that they had less internal energy in their dantian.

“Was it called the first SS-class gate?”

The man sneered, twisting his lips.

“It certainly lives up to its name.”

The man now had a calm face, as if he had completely adapted to the world.

“It’s not something that can be done by rushing anyway.”

The man said.

“Wait for a while, reorganize, and then depart.”

The man, no, Red Plum Blossom Cheong In-woo.

The Three Kings’ Disciple