Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 418

“Hurry!”

Chung In-woo’s sword moved.

A diagonal line was drawn through the dense forest in an instant.

Kukukung!

Hundreds of trees began to tilt and collapse.

The trees, falling in a specific pattern, blocked the retreat and formed a kind of wall.

In the meantime, the Red Plum Blossom Unit was moving forward at a rapid pace.

“Kuh!”

They moved forward, groaning from their injuries and chewing on elixirs.

“I’ll take the rear.”

Chung In-woo roughly wiped his blood-stained face and took charge of the rear, advancing with them.

“That’s a relief.”

Chung In-woo said, moving with light footwork at a rapid pace.

Chung-woo’s death, Baek-sol’s injury, and the deaths and injuries of other key elites of the Red Plum Blossom Unit.

But the fortunate thing was.

‘Is this your doing?’

The Dark Elves’ attack had completely stopped at some point.

Fwaaah.

After checking the surroundings with his spread-out energy, there were no Dark Elves approaching them. Rather, they were rapidly moving towards somewhere else.

Even with the great injuries they had sustained, if the Dark Elves had continued their attack, the Red Plum Blossom Unit would have faced an even greater crisis.

“Where to….”

One of the Red Plum Blossom Unit members said in an exhausted voice.

“Where should we go? Captain.”

A clearly exhausted voice.

At that, the footsteps of the unit members slowed down for a moment.

They all knew.

How desperate this situation was.

At this moment, they were at odds with the Mount Hua Sect, and the Dark Elves, like a pack of hungry beasts, were everywhere.

Moreover, the retreat was blocked, and.

Kwaang!

Chasing them from afar were monsters that even their always reliable captain, Chung In-woo, could not handle.

“Where to….”

“Can’t you see?”

Chung In-woo said, shouldering his sword.

“There are plenty of guides over there, what are you worrying about?”

Far away, the sound of rustling.

It was the sound of the Dark Elves rushing towards somewhere.

“……?”

“We’re going where the Dark Elves are going.”

“……!”

Their pupils shook at that.

“Why, don’t you trust me?”

As Chung In-woo said with a playful smile, the tension on the faces of the unit members eased a little.

“How could that be?”

“No, sir!”

They were bright voices.

Red Plum Blossom, Chung In-woo.

To some, he was a figure of terror, to others, a troublemaker, and to others, a sworn enemy, but to those who bore the name of the Red Plum Blossom, he was different.

To the Red Plum Blossoms, Chung In-woo was a father and a brother.

-Will you come to the Red Plum Blossom?

Those who were marginalized.

-Come to the Red Plum Blossom.

Those who were ignored.

-From today, you are a Red Plum Blossom.

Chung In-woo embraced and raised those who were being used and killed.

If it weren’t for him, more than half of the Red Plum Blossom would not be alive in this world.

Also, in the face of danger that always befell the Red Plum Blossom, Chung In-woo was always at the forefront, acting as a shield to protect everyone and a sword to open the way.

“Do you resent me?”

Chung In-woo also said playfully.

The Red Plum Blossom was also cornered in the fight he had started.

If they had abandoned Chung In-woo, if it weren’t for Chung In-woo, they might not have been in such a difficult situation now.

“What are you talking about?”

“Who would resent the Captain?”

The voices of the Red Plum Blossom Unit grew louder.

“We are all lives that would have died anyway if it weren’t for the Captain.”

“We are lives that would have died even without the Captain.”

At the voices filled with firm belief, Chung In-woo frowned.

“You fools.”

Even so, the smile on his lips grew even thicker.

“Then what are you doing, you idiots? Move!”

The footsteps that had slowed down as if exhausted were getting faster.

“Move like your butts are on fire and get out of here!”

Chung In-woo, standing at the very rear, swung his sword again.

“So that you can survive. You morons.”

Kang!

Sparks flew, and the sword energy emitted by Chung In-woo was deflected.

Kwaaang!

At that, one side of the forest exploded and collapsed.

“Captain-!”

The unit members called out to Chung In-woo urgently.

“What are you doing, I told you to get out of here.”

However, Chung In-woo only urged the unit members as if it were natural.

“Hwang Il-soo.”

Chung In-woo called out to one of the unit members who was nearby.

He was also one of Chung In-woo’s close aides, like Chung-woo and Baek-sol.

“Yes, Captain.”

A unit member who was risking his life with Chung In-woo at the rear.

“Take the kids and follow where the Dark Elves are going.”

“Captain!”

“If you keep a certain distance, I think those crazy things won’t attack.”

Hwang Il-soo bit his lip.

“When you arrive, stay far away and wait until the fight is over.”

Chung In-woo, as if he knew what was happening.

“Then everyone can survive.”

Kadeuk.

Hwang Il-soo bit his lip.

“Why, do you want to die with me?”

Chung In-woo said playfully.

“Who said that? I will live.”

Hwang Il-soo said with a smile.

“I’ll live and see the Captain die with my own eyes.”

“Is that so?”

“So….”

Hwang Il-soo said, forcing his red eyes open.

“Please come back alive.”

“Enough with the melodrama. Get lost.”

At Chung In-woo’s words, Hwang Il-soo quickly used his light footwork.

He, who had been at the rear, stood at the front.

“Move-!”

He shouted at the unit members.

Just like Hwang Il-soo’s bloodshot eyes, the eyes of the unit members were the same.

They wanted to stay here and fight with Chung In-woo.

However, they knew that it was not what Chung In-woo wanted, and that it would not be helpful.

One.

“Baek-sol.”

“…….”

Baek-sol stood by Chung In-woo without any answer.

“You’re going to die with me. Is there a problem?”

“…….”

Baek-sol drew her sword without answering.

At her consistent appearance, Chung In-woo twisted his mouth.

“Well, then….”

It was a similar face to when he was dealing with the unit members earlier.

A face full of playfulness.

However, his two eyes were endlessly sunken and heavy.

“Should I say thank you?”

Swoosh.

The shadows appeared in front of Chung In-woo.

“For saving the unit members.”

Chung In-woo said to the three shadows.

He already knew that Baek Jin was trying to abandon him.

‘No, since I was going to betray him in the first place, is it not a betrayal?’

Either way.

‘Choi-woo and In-kyung are dead.’

It was different from the original plan.

The original plan was to wait until the Mount Hua Sect’s forces gathered.

‘Let’s find out.’

To figure out what hidden dagger Baek Jin of Mount Hua had hidden.

After that, he was supposed to meet with Lee Ro-woon and get things done.

However, Chung In-woo did not wait for Lee Ro-woon.

‘I have my pride.’

He couldn’t just rely on that guy.

If he wanted to live and ask for help, he had to show that much sincerity.

That was why.

He changed the plan, took the risk, and moved to bring out the hidden dagger that Baek Jin had hidden.

He had taken care of Choi-woo and In-kyung in an instant, but as expected, there was a hidden card.

“They are all going to die anyway, what’s wrong with letting them breathe a little longer.”

The shadow said, revealing its form.

“It’s disgusting to hear you talk like an old man with a kid’s face.”

A boy who looked to be around sixteen years old.

They were white-haired boys and girls.

These were the ones.

“Hehe, you have no respect for your seniors. Boy.”

It was Baek Jin’s move.

“Come here and kneel. Who knows? If you do, maybe we’ll spare your disciples that you care so much about.”

They looked very relaxed as they smiled.

However.

Oso-so.

Chung In-woo was getting goosebumps.

As he said, these were the move that Baek Jin had prepared.

And….

-The hidden masters of Mount Hua.

Their young appearance was not because they had returned to their youth.

Their original bodies had already rotted away and turned to dust.

Their bodies were the bodies of disciples raised in Mount Hua.

-Possession.

The hidden masters of Mount Hua, the sword masters, had taken the bodies of their disciples and appeared here.

If that was all, it would have been fine.

Kukukuku.

Even though they were old masters of Mount Hua, Chung In-woo was confident that he would not lose.

However, the bodies they possessed were.

Hwareuk!

They were not just ordinary bodies.

“Today, I will teach my junior a lesson.”

Flickering flames.

They were bodies covered in demonic energy.

This was.

“That crazy bastard Baek Jin is finally unleashing monsters.”

Baek Jin’s move.

“And you know what?”

Woong!

Chung In-woo’s plum blossom sword was emitting a dark red sword energy.

“If it’s about saving my disciples, I don’t want that?”

“Hmm? I thought you cared so much about your disciples, but was that not the case?”

“No.”

Taat!

“My disciples are not my unit members, but that bastard Baek Jin.”

Kakakang!

Chung In-woo’s sword and the boy’s sword collided, creating sparks.

“Wouldn’t it be better if you just killed my disciples?”

A twisted smile.

Chung In-woo thought as he emitted an even more intense sword energy.

‘Keep your promise.’

To Lee Ro-woon.

* * *

Kwajijijik!

A wound was created on the massive trunk of Yggdrasil [the World Tree in Norse mythology] with a single blow.

A sharp wound as if cut by a blade.

Ujikkeun!

At that, a sound of thunder came from Yggdrasil.

Kwaaaang!

The tilted Yggdrasil began to collapse.

Kwajik! Kwajijijik!

It was.

“Ah….”

A fight that was beyond imagination.

Kwaang!

The energy that surged with a single blow exploded, erasing the clouds in the sky.

Kwaaang!

By swinging his arm, he left a scar on the world tree that supported the world.

Kwaaaang!

The wounded world tree was collapsing due to their fight.

Elk and Lee Ro-woon.

The fight between the two was a fight between transcendents that was hard to even imagine.

Jiiing!

A black, swirling great bow was formed in Elk’s outstretched hands.

The arrow aimed at the large bow, which was like a forced gathering of light, had a darkness and deep power that seemed to suck in the world itself.

Guung.

The moment all the noise in the world stopped.

Kwaaaaa-!

Elk’s great bow shot out an arrow, erasing everything with a single blow.

However, the fortunate thing was that Lee Ro-woon was no longer there.

Kwaang!

A foot appeared behind Elk, striking him down.

Elk’s right arm exploded like that.

Jijik.

Elk’s arm regenerated with a distorted, flickering light.

“That’s why….”

Lee Ro-woon said, stepping back as if annoyed.

“Those things called chaos are annoying.”

There was a fight that felt like a distant past, yet came to mind every moment.

A fight where counting the years was meaningless.

That fight, where he had risked everything, was always vivid in Lee Ro-woon’s mind, like it was yesterday.

However.

Kwaaang!

He could not fully feel that emotion and agitation.

He just thought about it like a passing film, like a memory.

He thought he would never feel the sensation and emotion of that time again.

That’s why.

“This is fun.”

A faint smile appeared on Lee Ro-woon’s lips.

The most intense stimulation he had ever felt since he was born.

The sensation of that time, when he risked everything and fought endlessly against an opponent he could never win, had returned.

Kwaaang!

Elk’s arm exploded, but the arm that grew back blocked Lee Ro-woon’s greed.

Facing each other.

Elk was also smiling.

-Ah, I can feel it. Your emotions.

A voice that echoed as if rejoicing.

-But….

Elk’s face distorted.

-What on earth are you mistaken about?