Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 44

The Three Kings’ Disciple (45)

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Docheon and Haenam clashed in the East Sea.

The news spread quickly.

In a world with the internet, information naturally traveled in real-time.

It wasn’t just the East Sea.

Haenam, which had been holding the front lines, began to push forward as if they had been waiting for this moment.

Battles broke out everywhere.

The results were decided before the day was over.

“The Iron Sword Alliance has won.”

The Iron Sword Alliance had succeeded in pushing back Haenam’s forces.

Although both the Iron Sword and Haenam were considered among the three major powers of South Korea, people thought the Iron Sword was at a disadvantage.

Yet, the Iron Sword had won?

“That can’t be all there is to it.”

At Lee Ro-woon’s words, Ha Se-min nodded and said,

“The East Sea is isolated.”

They had succeeded in pushing them back, but the East Sea was isolated.

“They must have been aiming for the East Sea from the start.”

Haenam’s front lines were actually a disguise.

What they had been continuously aiming for was the East Sea.

Battles started everywhere, and the main force clashed with Docheon in the East Sea.

Docheon, with Docheon-hoo himself present, temporarily pushed back Haenam but became isolated.

“What about the Iron Sword Alliance?”

“The other side also suffered significant damage, so it seems they can’t move their troops right away.”

They must be flustered.

‘Haenam.’

The Iron Sword Alliance must have thought they were on equal footing with them for a long time.

People called them the three major powers, and the territories they occupied were vast, so it was a natural thought.

However, the Nine Great Sects [a powerful group of martial arts clans], Haenam, were not an easy opponent.

They suffered enormous damage even though it wasn’t their main force, and the East Sea was unexpectedly isolated.

If Haenam attacked the East Sea like this, Docheon would suffer irreparable damage.

“They must have been aiming for the East Sea from the start.”

It was because of influence.

Haenam, which had occupied the East Sea for a long time, would not be able to stand by and watch it be taken away.

If they left the East Sea taken away, complaints would inevitably arise from Haenam’s other territories.

It was Haenam’s turn to show their strength.

The starting point would have been the East Sea.

“So?”

Lee Ro-woon said expressionlessly.

“Docheon has requested reinforcements from the Iron Sword Alliance.”

***

“Damn it!”

Docheon-hoo roared.

“Reinforcements can’t come?”

The Iron Sword Alliance had no troops to move right now, so they were just told to hold out.

South Korea was a small land.

Even by car, it wouldn’t take long, and they could come even by using light footwork [a martial arts technique for fast movement].

But was distance important?

“Haenam has set up a formation.”

A silver formation.

“Even magic circles… The East Sea is sealed off.”

They had mobilized magic-type players to create a barrier.

That’s why reinforcements couldn’t come.

For reinforcements to enter, they would have to break through all the formations, and it would be difficult to pull out someone skilled enough to break through the formations from the front lines right now.

“Those heavy-bottomed bastards… I didn’t think they’d go this far.”

He didn’t expect Haenam’s full-scale offensive to proceed so quickly.

The Nine Great Sects and the Five Great Families, the rulers of the Silver World [a world of powerful martial artists].

Had they ever acted so aggressively before?

Although they had sharpened their blades against the Iron Sword Alliance, he thought it would end with a power struggle.

‘That’s why I moved quickly.’

It was just a war of attrition anyway.

What Haenam wanted was some areas of Gyeonggi, including Incheon and Bucheon.

If that was the case, he thought Haenam would give up the East Sea.

If the war was going to unfold like that, Docheon would quickly take the East Sea while holding the justification, and that was the picture Docheon-hoo had drawn.

He thought that Haenam would negotiate with the Iron Sword Alliance over Docheon’s control of the East Sea, but…

“There’s no negotiation?”

Haenam had rejected the Iron Sword Alliance’s proposal itself.

‘Something’s wrong.’

It was as if they were really trying to erase the Iron Sword Alliance.

“Damn it.”

Docheon-hoo’s voice lowered even further.

Then, he had made a mistake after all.

What he thought was an opportunity was actually like putting his body into the mouth of a snake.

“No, no.”

Docheon-hoo shook his head.

“If they’re going to erase the Iron Sword Alliance anyway, then I wasn’t wrong.”

He had to bite their necks before they boiled him to death.

“What’s the method?”

“We just need to hold out.”

They had to withstand Haenam’s offensive in the sealed-off East Sea.

“The vice guild leader is leading the Docheon and Cheonin troops that were supposed to come as support and is breaking through Gangneung. We just need to hold out until they arrive.”

“How long?”

“Three days… We just need to hold out for three days.”

It was easier said than done.

Haenam wasn’t stupid.

They would try to recapture the East Sea in some way within those three days.

“We can hold out.”

Docheon-hoo said so.

“Because I’m here.”

A master who had surpassed the wall called a superhuman.

That was Docheon-hoo.

In the current world, one superhuman was a greater force than hundreds of troops.

A being like an unbreakable wall.

That’s why the Silver World overwhelmed Earth’s forces in the early days and occupied their leadership.

The same was true now.

The problem was that guy.

“…….”

The existence that was almost equal to him in the previous battle.

Haenam’s elder was the problem.

Not a mere elder wandering outside the world, but a real elder with a heavy bottom [a powerful and influential figure].

Moreover, the Blue Squad, which could be called Haenam’s elite swordsmen.

Even if he blocked the elder, the rest was a battle they couldn’t withstand.

‘Damn it.’

They hadn’t lost in the battle of the East Sea.

From the beginning, they had retreated to prepare to completely finish them off.

“Guild Leader!”

The reporting voice was loud.

“Reinforcements are coming!”

“Reinforcements?”

“It’s the Galaxy Guild!”

Docheon-hoo’s face contorted.

He had already heard of the Galaxy Guild before.

Even though it was a new guild, it was expanding rapidly, which was an eyesore to Docheon-hoo.

“Are they crazy?”

However, they were showing a subtle presence in Docheon by making achievements rather than kneeling.

He just thought they were lucky, that’s all.

Just jackals waiting for an opportunity in Docheon’s shadow.

But such a Galaxy Guild was coming to support them?

‘A bear?’

A dull-witted bear.

That’s why they miscalculated the benefits and put their necks on the line?

Even if the Galaxy Guild’s power had grown rapidly, they were still new.

A new guild that still lacked experience and resources.

Even if all of them came to support, the situation wouldn’t change much.

‘Still, that brat Kang Eun-ha was quite something.’

He could only expect support from one or two masters.

At that moment, a chilling thought flashed through Docheon-hoo’s mind.

‘A fox?’

What if they were a fox, not a bear?

Docheon-hoo, who was thinking that, chuckled.

“I must be cornered. Thinking useless thoughts.”

Docheon-hoo said, picking up the large greatsword leaning against the table.

“Well, it’s not bad that they’re coming to support us. Even if they lure just one axis of Haenam by using their lives as bait, it will be easier for the support from Gangneung to break through.”

Moreover, the offensive against them would also decrease a little.

It was then.

Bang!

With the door opening violently, a member of Docheon shouted.

“We’re under attack!”

* * *

In a forty-five-seater bus, martial artists wearing black uniforms were packed.

“You shouldn’t be annihilated so easily.”

The man with his arms crossed and half-closed eyes in the front seat said.

“Because you’re still useful.”

Lee Ro-woon.

The identities of the martial artists packed in the bus were the Galaxy Guild.

To be precise, they were the Blood Cultists.

They had decided to support the East Sea and moved immediately.

The speed of the bus, which was speeding along the dark highway, was far above the speed limit.

“Blood Demon.”

Kang Eun-ha, who was next to him, spoke cautiously.

“Is there a reason why we have to go to support them?”

Lee Ro-woon smiled slightly at her question.

It was a great improvement.

Kang Eun-ha had hardly asked any questions before.

If the Blood Demon decided, she would just follow.

That was the thought deeply rooted in the minds of the Blood Cultists.

Of course, she wasn’t asking out of suspicion now.

“I think it would be helpful to the Blood Demon’s plan if all of Docheon’s forces in the East Sea were wiped out.”

She was trying to improve.

To know Lee Ro-woon’s thoughts, and to move as Lee Ro-woon thought.

She was trying to learn so that she could move on her own without Lee Ro-woon having to give orders.

“What do you think is the picture I’m drawing?”

At Lee Ro-woon’s words, Kang Eun-ha paused for a moment and answered.

“Isn’t it the mutual destruction of Docheon and Cheonin?”

Lee Ro-woon had found the entrance to Docheon’s world and learned of Docheon’s weakness.

And it was related to Cheonin, another force of the Iron Sword Alliance that divided Gyeonggi Province.

When the time came, he would leak information to make Docheon and Cheonin clash.

Even though it was a war, considering the personality of Cheon Su-geol, the head of the Cheonin Gate, he would surely fight Docheon even if he left the Iron Sword Alliance.

The Galaxy Guild would become a substitute, replacing the mutually destroyed Docheon and Cheonin.

The domination of Gyeonggi Province.

That was the picture Lee Ro-woon was drawing, she thought.

“That’s right. But those two are not enough.”

“Then…?”

Lee Ro-woon didn’t answer.

There was a limit to what could be learned through words.

Lee Ro-woon knew that seeing, hearing, and experiencing were faster than any words.

Thump.

The bus shook violently and entered a dark tunnel.

Except for the instrument panel, there were no lights in the bus.

“It is forbidden to release the restraints during this war.”

Lee Ro-woon’s voice echoed through the bus.

“Do not draw out your demonic energy.”

It was not yet time to show their teeth.

“However.”

Lee Ro-woon slowly stood up from his seat and stood in the center aisle of the bus.

Lee Ro-woon smiled as if satisfied with the intense gazes coming towards him.

“Show overwhelming power.”

The Silver World martial artists had made tremendous progress since the worlds had mixed.

They had reached the realm of superhumans with martial arts alone, and as if that wasn’t enough, they had been seeking growth.

Now, the ruling forces of the Silver World were mass-producing martial artists.

They were churning out first-class and top-tier martial artists, and with a little effort, they could even create masters of the Hwagyeong realm [a high level of martial arts mastery].

They had also been strengthening their forces through appropriate weapons.

‘On the other hand…’

The Blood King Castle, the Blood Cult, had been regressing.

They had been trapped inside the Blood King Castle, stagnant and rotten.

Although there were ten thousand cultists, the number of martial artists among them was barely over five hundred.

Among them, the number of masters of Talma [a martial arts style] could be counted on one hand, and the number of masters of Geukma [another martial arts style] did not exceed both hands.

Compared to the ordinary Silver World, it could be said that they were not a bad force, but compared to those called the ruling forces of the Silver World, they were in terrible shape.

Even so.

‘Not bad.’

The Blood Cult had its own advantages.

The fact that they were real martial artists, not created ones.

The fact that they had been cooped up in that confined world, only training.

And now, they had broken out of their shells and gained experience.

“Do you understand?”

They were not weak at all.

They had grown even more through the Blood Demon Absorption Technique.

The Blood Cult, which had been trapped for a long time, had to see how the martial artists of the world had changed.

‘They are the same.’

The world also had to realize what kind of beings the martial artists of the Blood Cult were.

Lee Ro-woon turned around.

The bus had already left the tunnel.

In the slowly emerging light.

“Understood.”

A firm voice was heard.

Kwaaaang!

It was the moment the bus flipped over with an explosion.

“Don’t make me look bad.”

In the bus that was shaking and overturning, the martial artists who had already regained their balance began to move, revealing their killing intent.