Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 417

Nidhogg, witnessing the chaotic energy emanating from Yggdrasil [the World Tree], called it father.

But it wasn’t strange.

‘Because it’s the truth.’

The reason why the masterpiece called Nidhogg could be born was not only because the materials were excellent and the surgeon was Lee Ro-woon, but also because Lee Ro-woon knew there was another cause.

‘Chaos.’

That was what had influenced Nidhogg.

Just like with Kang Eun-ha, chaos had influenced the souls that Lee Ro-woon had confined.

However, it was different from the time with Kang Eun-ha.

What was needed then was Kang Eun-ha herself.

Even if Kang Eun-ha, who was corrupted by chaos, had been resurrected, she would have continued to be consumed by chaos and would eventually have become a puppet moving according to the will of chaos.

But Nidhogg was different.

-Chaos is my father.

The guy who had spoken so presumptuously.

-So… that means… you’re my master…?

Soon, he had no choice but to acknowledge Lee Ro-woon.

Lee Ro-woon was also one who harbored chaos and was the jailer who confined it.

Also, even if Nidhogg was influenced by chaos and consumed, Nidhogg was a being born and bound by Lee Ro-woon.

‘Rather, I’ve gained control over a guy who received the power of chaos.’

That’s why it’s understandable that Nidhogg calls chaos his father.

-Welcome, my father.

However, the being in front of him, Elk, was different.

He knew that the guy had been consumed and eaten by chaos.

“Why am I your father?”

The chaos that dwelled in him was not derived from Lee Ro-woon.

Ssshk.

Elk’s mouth twisted strangely, stretching up to his ears.

Jijik, jijijik.

His face distorted like static.

“The chaos you possess isn’t mine.”

-How could that be?

Elk said.

-The great Kron who has taken over my body.

It seemed that Elk’s will was no longer present.

-Since you are the being from whom I was born, aren’t you more than qualified to be called my father?

“Kron was born from me?”

To be precise, it would be chaos.

-You know nothing.

Elk moved as if dancing and spoke.

-Kron is unique. There are many Krons under the true Kron who is the origin.

“…….”

Lee Ro-woon’s eyes narrowed.

-Many yet one, one yet many.

Elk stopped moving.

-But since what you possess is great, you are my father.

Lee Ro-woon curled up his lips, feeling bitter that he understood the guy’s crazy talk.

“So, in the end….”

The guy’s words were simple.

“Chaos is many, and they are all the same. The boundary that divides them is, how much chaos one possesses?”

He humored him since information about chaos was rare.

-Well, you could say it’s similar.

Elk was approaching.

-So, you see.

Thud.

He had stopped right in front of Lee Ro-woon, stretching his mouth even wider.

Ssshk.

The guy’s blurry arm moved.

-Wouldn’t I be able to become the true Kron if I devoured you?

Elk’s arm pierced through Lee Ro-woon’s stomach.

“……!”

“No!”

Ramang and Balak were surprised by Lee Ro-woon’s appearance and shouted.

-After all, you can’t even use your true power.

However, Elk smacked his lips as if he was disappointed and withdrew his extended hand.

Ssshk.

Lee Ro-woon’s figure, which was clearly standing, moved like a flickering static.

And then.

Whoosh!

Lee Ro-woon, who had appeared behind Elk, was already grabbing Elk’s head, with a blood-red tattoo drawn on his body.

“Go ahead and try.”

Crack!

“Do it.”

Elk’s head burst like a ripe watermelon.

* * *

Kuuuuu!

Black storm clouds filled the high sky, and a storm was raging.

Flames soared from the falling lightning, and everything seemed to be blown away by the raging wind.

“……!”

The Mount Hua Sect was barely holding on.

The battle had already been going on for dozens of days.

“This… shit.”

Chung In-woo said, twisting his lips.

They hadn’t even been given time to properly meditate due to the endless fighting.

“What the hell is this now?”

The storm raging in the sky was unusual at a glance.

Kukukuku!

His dantian [energy center] was bubbling and raging with the surging energy.

If Chung In-woo was like this.

“Cough!”

The Mount Hua Sect warriors were coughing up blood, spitting out handfuls of dead blood.

It was fortunate that the Mount Hua Sect’s support had arrived, otherwise, most of them except for Chung In-woo would have been annihilated.

Even now that support had arrived.

“What the hell is this mess?”

Seven-tenths of the Mount Hua Sect’s forces had already died in battle.

SS-class gate.

They were warriors who were overconfident, thinking that gates were no longer a threat, but this place was different.

A living hell.

The Dark Elves who kept rushing in were like hungry ghosts and demons.

Moreover, if this place where even their energy couldn’t stabilize wasn’t hell, then what was it?

“Can’t you see?”

Chung In-woo said to Choi Woo, who had approached.

Choi Woo and the Mount Hua Sect warriors behind him were a sight to behold.

They looked like beggars, not members of the Mount Hua Sect.

“It’s a mess.”

“…….”

In-kyung also approached and looked up at the sky.

“Where…”

Where was the end of this hell?

A hell where even the escape route was blocked.

They had come to hunt demons, but they were being hunted by things other than the demons they had targeted.

“It seems like it’ll be settled soon.”

Chung In-woo said, his eyes turning red as if he had sensed something.

“What do you mean?”

“Can’t you tell?”

Chung In-woo looked at Choi Woo with a mocking gaze.

“This gate, it’s going to be settled.”

Chung In-woo could clearly feel the flow of this energy.

‘They clashed.’

The destruction and collision that had been felt from somewhere in the large gate.

It meant that Lee Ro-woon was moving to attack the gate.

And finally, something enormous revealed itself.

Osooso.

Something that couldn’t be seen or was not close was making their whole body tingle just by exuding its presence.

These morons….

“This is….”

They were now looking serious as if they had finally realized it.

“It must be the boss of the gate.”

The boss that had to be hunted to close the gate had appeared.

And that meant that Lee Ro-woon had begun to fight that boss.

“…….”

Choi Woo’s face became serious.

“This won’t do. We have to move.”

The purpose of their coming to the gate was not to survive against the endless waves of Dark Elves.

It was to hunt the Blood Demon, Lee Ro-woon, and take his head.

“Move the troops immediately.”

Choi Woo shouted at the Mount Hua Sect warriors.

“But, Commander!”

A warrior who looked like a mess said to Choi Woo.

“It’s impossible to move now!”

They had fought the Dark Elves just a few hours ago and hadn’t recovered.

Moreover, moving out of the base now, with the black storm raging, was no different from suicide.

And the price for that was.

Swish!

It was the warrior’s neck.

In-kyung’s sword, which had moved in an instant, had cut the warrior’s neck.

“Is there anyone else who will disobey the commander’s orders?”

“…….”

“If we move, we move.”

In-kyung spoke as if he was Choi Woo’s sword.

Pfft.

Chung In-woo scoffed at the sight.

“He’s not wrong.”

They hadn’t been able to leave the base for dozens of days.

But now, they were forcing themselves in the worst situation, not the best?

“Are there any bigger morons than these?”

“What did you say?”

“Or.”

Chung In-woo said, looking at Choi Woo.

“Do you have a trump card?”

“You….”

It was that moment.

Sweeek!

Chung In-woo’s plum blossom sword moved at a rapid speed, heading towards Choi Woo’s neck.

Clang!

However, sparks flew from Chung In-woo’s sword.

The sword stopped without being able to cut off Choi Woo’s neck, which was its target.

It was In-kyung.

“You’re finally showing your true colors. Traitor.”

In-kyung was smirking.

“Did you just realize that now? You idiot.”

“Chung In-woo. We already knew your purpose.”

Even Choi Woo spoke with a glare at Chung In-woo’s words.

However.

“If you knew that, you should have moved sooner.”

Chung In-woo only smiled more deeply.

“……!”

In-kyung’s eyes began to tremble.

The two plum blossom swords were clashing.

Chung In-woo’s and In-kyung’s swords.

Shudder, shudder!

They were trembling like aspen trees.

Chung In-woo’s enormous inner force was flowing through the sword into In-kyung, starting an inner force battle.

“You!”

The most vulnerable time during an inner force battle was external interference.

Choi Woo tried to move his plum blossom sword without hesitation, but.

Thud!

It was already too late.

Chung In-woo’s sword, which had unleashed a crimson burning sword aura, cut through In-kyung’s sword.

Swish!

In the end, it succeeded in lodging itself in Choi Woo’s neck.

“Do you know why I’ve been staying still until now?”

Chung In-woo said.

Until now, Chung In-woo had seemed to be at the forefront of the Dark Elf attacks, but he had deliberately let them through and created the situation.

So that Choi Woo and In-kyung would continuously lose their inner force.

On the other hand, Chung In-woo was.

Whoosh!

He was absorbing the inner force of the Dark Elves with the Blood Demon Art, and for a moment, he was holding an explosive inner force in his body, though it was impure.

The moment it all burst out.

“You… bastard….”

Choi Woo, who had grabbed the sword with his hand that had unfolded his aura before his neck was cut.

Boom!

His head burst.

“Cough!”

In-kyung, who had been hit by Chung In-woo’s inner force, was coughing up blood, having suffered internal injuries.

Flicker.

Chung In-woo’s red eyes flickered as he looked at In-kyung.

The disposal of Choi Woo, who was called the third-in-command, was too easy.

Now, all that was left was to deal with In-kyung, who was called the butcher.

Even this was.

“It’s so easy, I’m about to yawn.”

It was at its end.

While no warrior could interfere in this sudden situation, Chung In-woo raised his plum blossom sword without hesitation and struck down.

* * *

“Chung-woo. Are you okay?”

Chung In-woo said with a bitter smile.

“…….”

But the answer that should have been heard was not heard.

“Damn it. He’s dead.”

Chung In-woo laid down the corpse of Chung-woo, whom he had been carrying on his back.

Chung-woo, who was like Chung In-woo’s right-hand man in the Red Plum Blossom Unit, had his arms and legs cut off, and even his upper body was cut diagonally.

Chung In-woo had carried Chung-woo, who might not even be able to be saved even if there was a medical practitioner, all the way here.

“You’ve worked hard. Your revenge….”

Chung In-woo said, closing Chung-woo’s eyes.

“Someone else will take care of it.”

Chung In-woo’s eyes, which were speaking playfully, were burning.

“Baek-sol.”

“…….”

A shadow appeared from Chung In-woo’s back.

Baek-sol.

Her condition was also terrible.

Thanks to Chung-woo, she had avoided serious injuries, but her whole body was covered in small wounds and bleeding.

“Everyone.”

Also, behind Chung In-woo, the Red Plum Blossom Unit was standing.

“Are you all okay?”

No answer was heard.

Chung In-woo, who had turned around, could also see their appearance.

They were in even worse shape than after the last battle with the Dark Elves.

And this was.

Crunch.

“Baek Jin, that crazy bastard, I didn’t think he’d prepare such a move.”

It was caused by Baek Jin’s hidden trump card.

Kwaang!

The Mount Hua Sect’s temporary base was burning in the distance.