Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 439

“Nooooo!” Shin-gae cried out.

He despaired, and despaired again.

From Lee Ro-woon’s outstretched hand, something that should not happen was unfolding.

A tear in the dimension, revealing a fierce energy.

There.

“What are you doingggg-!”

The door to the Open Sect Archive was opening.

The door to the Open Sect Archive, which had not been closed due to the rage Lee Ro-woon had unleashed, appeared there.

It was impossible; it should not be happening.

To be able to enter the Open Sect Archive, to be able to open the door of the Open Sect Archive.

“How can you-!”

It was only possible for the master of the Open Sect, the Open Sect Leader.

Yet, Lee Ro-woon had summoned that door here and opened it.

Kwaaaah-!

The crimson light pouring out through the greatsword.

Crack!

It was forcibly tearing apart the closing door of the Open Sect Archive, opening it wide.

Even if the door was open, one could not enter it anyway.

Fwoosh!

Shin-gae threw himself towards Lee Ro-woon.

Golden light poured over Lee Ro-woon’s entire body, but.

Kwaang!

That light was ultimately swallowed by Lee Ro-woon’s crimson aura and vanished.

Shin-gae could no longer be certain.

Fwoosh!

That Lee Ro-woon would not be able to enter the Open Sect Archive.

Shin-gae’s figure, launched towards Lee Ro-woon, moved in the air, executing the next move.

A strike that seemed to tear through the atmosphere and split the sky.

Paang!

However, it was also deflected by Lee Ro-woon’s swung hand.

“……!”

Shin-gae became desperate.

With his eyes wide open, he stood right in front of Lee Ro-woon.

His hands and feet moving again.

Looking at himself….

“……!”

Those languid eyes.

In that instant.

Twitch!

Shin-gae trembled and involuntarily flinched.

“…Ugh!”

The chilling fear felt just by being looked at.

‘This can’t be happening.’

He had reached the realm that martial artists dreamed of and longed to step into.

The highest realm a martial artist could reach, so everyone should kneel before him.

‘This can’t be happening.’

What was Lee Ro-woon that he could overwhelm and shrink him with just his gaze?

Moreover, Shin-gae was not the only one who was frightened.

“How….”

The Open Sect Archive, linked to Shin-gae and providing him with immense power and information.

That non-living entity was becoming frightened of Lee Ro-woon and was ceasing to lend its power.

“This can’t….”

It was too late.

Swoosh.

Lee Ro-woon took a step as if he no longer needed to deal with Shin-gae.

When the despair that Lee Ro-woon was going to show was deeply felt.

Paang.

Lee Ro-woon stepped into the Open Sect Archive again.

Hwaaaah-!

Just like before, a torrent of blue light poured out, blue chains of light trying to bind Lee Ro-woon once more.

Lee Ro-woon should have been caught by it again and unable to step into the Open Sect Archive.

Clang-!

Everything that had been targeting Lee Ro-woon shattered in an instant.

No more.

“This is impossible!”

The Open Sect Archive’s defense system could not block Lee Ro-woon.

“I can.”

One more step.

It was the moment when Lee Ro-woon’s figure completely entered the Open Sect Archive.

Paah-!

Shin-gae once again kicked off the air and rushed towards Lee Ro-woon.

The moment the two of them entered the Open Sect Archive, entangled.

Thud-!

The Open Sect Archive closed its maw, spewing out its rage.

* * *

It was all blue light.

Even Lee Ro-woon, who was not hindered by ordinary light, almost closed his eyes and fell asleep for a moment.

A world filled only with brainpower and thunder.

“Hoo.”

This was the Open Sect’s treasure and the Silver’s vault, the Open Sect Archive.

It was said to be the place where all of the Silver’s information had been gathered and stored since the past.

A place where even breathing was difficult.

A vault should contain books, but.

Hwaak!

In his regained vision, no such books were visible.

Only blue currents.

Flicker! Flicker!

They were only embroidering the scene before his eyes, blurring his vision.

But it was strange.

The blue currents did not seem to be moving without any rules.

It was as if they had a purpose, as if they were moving to find something.

Swoosh.

Lee Ro-woon slowly reached out his hand.

Fwoosh!

The blue current wrapped around his hand.

“…….”

Soon, the blue current flowed through Lee Ro-woon’s entire body, and then settled into his eyes, emitting a blue light.

This was it.

This was….

“The Open Sect Archive.”

The books of the Open Sect Archive.

The blue current was delivering countless pieces of information to Lee Ro-woon.

An amount of information that an ordinary human could never withstand.

But Lee Ro-woon was different.

“How….”

At the voice from behind, Lee Ro-woon, emitting blue light from his eyes, turned around.

“How can you withstand it?”

Shin-gae was standing there.

He seemed to have been injured by the attack he had launched at Lee Ro-woon before entering the Open Sect Archive, his entire body shaking in various places.

“The successors of the Open Sect learn special martial arts from a young age.”

Shin-gae said.

“It is a martial art that pushes the brain’s information capacity to its limit, and it is a martial art that can handle the Open Sect Archive.”

Though those who learned it did not know it.

“Even if they devote their entire lives to it, they cannot open the Open Sect Archive, and they cannot use the Open Sect Archive.”

It was made so that only the Open Sect Leaders could use it, but even then, not all Open Sect Leaders could borrow the power of the Open Sect Archive.

In the past, it was possible because the amount of information accumulated in the Open Sect Archive was small, but as time passed….

‘It became a monster on its own.’

The Open Sect Archive had become a monster with an amount of information that could not be expressed in words.

To the point where even the Open Sect Leaders could no longer use it.

It was too late when they realized the problem.

They had to use the Open Sect Archive to solve the problem, but they could not use the Open Sect Archive.

In the end, what they chose was to wait.

Flicker.

The blue current flickered.

And soon, it began to gather and take shape.

“The past Open Sect Leaders….”

Shin-gae said.

“They sacrificed themselves to open and use the Open Sect Archive.”

The blue currents gathered and took shape.

It was.

“The Open Sect Leaders.”

The past Open Sect Leaders.

They became living sacrifices to handle the Open Sect Archive, which had become impossible to enter or manage due to the immense amount of information.

With the special martial arts they had learned, they.

“They became their own processing units.”

They became devices for processing the Open Sect’s information.

They divided and contained the vast amount of information, becoming a device themselves.

Also, this was.

‘This was the lock of the Open Sect Archive.’

It also became a lock that did not allow intruders into the Open Sect Archive.

The Open Sect Archive itself was made of the consciousness of the Open Sect Leaders.

So, as soon as an unwanted target stepped into the Open Sect Archive, it would attack the intruder and not allow them access to the information.

“It is the first time that someone who is not an Open Sect Leader has stepped into the Open Sect Archive.”

Even now, Lee Ro-woon was being attacked.

But just like a skilled hacker seizing control, Lee Ro-woon was also forcibly seizing control of the Open Sect Archive and imprinting himself on it.

“But….”

Shin-gae, who had been flustered.

“Now that you have stepped into this place, there is nothing more you can do.”

Shin-gae’s fluster, which had been caused by Lee Ro-woon stepping into the Open Sect Archive, had disappeared.

His connection with the Open Sect Archive was reactivated, and he was receiving countless pieces of information.

And the Open Sect Archive was.

‘It gave me the answer.’

It must have given Shin-gae the answer he wanted.

Hwaaaah!

Light was being emitted from the blue figures that filled all directions.

“However, that alone was not enough.”

Shin-gae was talking so much not only to buy time, but also because he was confident.

The only opportunity to boast to others about everything the Open Sect had built up.

To tell the descendants of the Demon God, who was once the ruler of the Silver, about everything the Open Sect had.

“As time went on, the amount of information increased exponentially, and even with the sacrifices of the Open Sect Leaders, the amount of information in the Open Sect Archive could not be controlled. Fortunately….”

“The world was disconnected.”

In the separated world, the Open Sect no longer needed to acquire information.

That bought them some time, but even during that time, the use of the Open Sect Archive was impossible.

However.

“We found a way.”

The door opened, and the world invaded.

At that time, the Open Sect Archive squeezed out its last bit of strength and gave an answer.

Fwoosh. Fwoosh.

Blue light flickered as if torches hanging on the wall were being lit.

The secret of the Open Sect Archive, hidden within this feast of countless information.

“There were those who could imprint more information than anyone else, absorb it, and handle it.”

“…….”

Lee Ro-woon’s eyes twitched.

The scene he had seen before entering the Open Sect Archive.

It was….

-Lee Sae-rom.

It was the figure of Lee Sae-rom, his former lover, who had been confined in a state that was no different from a corpse.

The current scene was the same.

Fwoosh! Fwoosh!

The figures that were appearing as if lighting torches were.

“Players.”

“Players.”

They were the players who had been confined and had become part of the Open Sect Archive.

-Player Core.

That which had given the residents of the ordinary Earth the power of a superhuman was still a transcendent artifact whose identity and secrets had not been revealed.

However, one thing was certain: that the Player Cores, which appeared by chance, gave ordinary humans power close to that of a superhuman.

“The power to accumulate and handle experience and knowledge, and to grow.”

Shin-gae’s voice.

“The power to further develop oneself.”

That was.

“Player Core.”

And that was also….

“The new books of the Open Sect Archive.”

It was the Open Sect’s secret to newly maintain and handle this Open Sect Archive.

If the Open Sect could truly handle the power of the Open Sect Archive, it would have already become the best of the Silver long ago.

The reason they had not been able to do so was because completely handling the power of the Open Sect Archive was close to impossible, but now.

“The Open Sect has found a way to completely handle the Open Sect Archive through the Players.”

The Open Sect had become able to completely handle the Open Sect Archive.

Swoosh.

Lee Ro-woon ignored Shin-gae and scanned his surroundings.

The blue flickering flames.

Each one of them was a person who had been a player.

The number was one thousand.

“……….”

Ten thousand.

One hundred thousand, it was countless.

“Now, the Open Sect is not limited to collecting information within the Silver.”

The world.

“It has the power to process all information…, and that is.”

Shin-gae.

What he had so desperately wanted and spoken of.

“Wouldn’t that be a god?”

Hwaaaah-!

The countless blue figures that had been sucked into Shin-gae exploded as if they were bursting, pushing Lee Ro-woon’s body away.

Intense light that blurred his vision once more.

This was a power on a different level, incomparable to the ability that Yggdrasil had shown.

It was being read.

“……!”

Lee Ro-woon felt that he was being read every moment.

-The Open Sect Archive….

A large blue figure, something that could no longer be called human, spoke to Lee Ro-woon.

-We will devour you and acquire the Demon God.

The only information the Open Sect did not have.

That they would obtain the Demon God.

Then.

-……!

The blue figure began to flicker.