Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 458

The Divine Demon.

A name forgotten in Eun [a fictional ancient kingdom], most martial artists did not know about the name, and even the name of the Martial King was not remembered.

It was a name that was thoroughly concealed and tabooed.

But that name was not completely erased.

For the apexes of Eun, that name remained like an indelible brand.

The Nine Great Sects.

The Five Great Families.

They spoke when generations changed and new leaders took power.

-The Divine Demon.

That name.

-Remember it well.

About the Divine Demon.

-He is the only king who ruled Eun in the past, and also the emperor who founded Eun.

The truth.

-But in the end, he was the evil that would lead the entire Eun to destruction, so deny his existence and be wary of him.

Also, a warning.

A name passed down in secret.

And it was the same even after Eun was separated and sealed, becoming fragments of the world.

A world that had already been destroyed.

Even so….

-The Divine Demon.

That name remained constantly, passed down to the leaders of each faction.

The evil that would lead the world to destruction.

-He will return someday.

Also, a prophecy that he, who existed in the early days of Eun, would return.

If this story were told to ordinary martial artists, they might have scoffed.

However, the story was told by the leaders of the factions, and it was passed down by the sect leaders and family heads, so the story was never ignored.

But even as time passed, each had their own thoughts and….

‘Desires are different.’

Their desires were different.

Among them, some.

-The Divine Demon….

Sought to surpass the great name of the Divine Demon.

-The Divine Demon.

Sought to take the power that the great name possessed.

-The Divine Demon.

Began to worship him, thinking he was the true heaven.

Time passed with everyone harboring different desires, and those desires continued and grew stronger with each generation.

In the world that had been separated and confined, doors began to appear.

New opportunities arose for those who were helplessly waiting for destruction and extinction.

The factions that met again.

That was.

-The Divine Demon.

It was to reawaken the desire for that name.

By chance, they found traces of the Divine Demon.

No, it was fate disguised as chance.

Around the time when Eun established itself and began to dominate Asia, even before that….

-Our purpose is to find the Divine Demon.

Their purpose in deciding the meeting was one, to find the Divine Demon.

-The Divine Demon is the power we must eventually overcome. Like the prophecy that he will bring destruction to the world, it may be that the world has already been destroyed because of him, or it may be destroyed in the future.

Someone said that.

-That power will once again make Eun prosperous and prevent the same thing from happening.

Someone said that.

-His power will protect us.

Someone else said that.

Different reasons.

Different desires.

But the goal was one, to find the Divine Demon.

And so.

-There is a way to find the Divine Demon.

To find the Divine Demon, they gathered again and joined forces.

“……”

Lee Ro-woon’s hand was gripping Baek Jin’s head.

“Keureuk, keureureuk….”

Baek Jin, foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

He resisted fiercely at first.

A martial artist who had lived for a long time and devoted himself to martial arts.

He also had an obsession-like desire, and it did not end there, but he had a strong spirit as a martial artist who had worked tirelessly for his own desires.

But that too eventually collapsed.

“So….”

Lee Ro-woon looked down at Baek Jin with languid eyes and said.

“All of that….”

Driving stakes into the world to suppress players, dominating Asia, and plunging countless people into the abyss.

“All… of that.”

Selecting someone among them and giving them endless trials.

“……”

All of that, all of that….

“Was it because of Master?”

To bring his master, the Divine Demon, back into this world.

That was what Zhuge Shin-jae of the Zhuge Family, who had read the heavens, had intended to do.

Those who wanted to bring the Divine Demon back into the world again with their own desires.

Shin Gae of the Beggars’ Sect wanted to directly surpass such a Divine Demon and become a new legend himself.

And Baek Jin before his eyes.

The sect leader of Hwasan, he….

“Keureureuk….”

Dared to covet his master’s power and tried to take it.

Long-term experiments and training.

He had mastered the method of handling the power of the Blood Demon Divine Art by using the disciples of Hwasan, and dreamed of merging it with the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

-Baek Jin is my master and sect leader, but also my senior brother.

Before his master came to the world, Baek Jin had selected disciples of Hwasan and trained them separately in martial arts.

The spirits of the Heavenly Demon and Blood Demon that had been collected during the long battles with the Demonic Cult and the Blood Cult in the past.

He had learned their martial arts by taking the demon spirits as his masters.

And when the Divine Demon descended, he had trained to properly handle that power.

At the end.

“Jin Mae-hwa.”

Jin Mae-hwa was the process for Baek Jin’s final goal.

To put a huge spirit into his body and obtain a way to use that power.

That was.

“You were an experimental subject to contain Master’s power.”

Before Baek Jin could contain his master’s power, it was the result of research on how to maintain and control the ritual.

“Keureureuk….”

Of course, the result was as seen.

Baek Jin eventually failed.

Baek Jin, who had been driven into a corner by himself, tried to contain the spirit of the Divine Demon in himself even though he judged that it was not yet complete, and was eaten by his master’s will.

And.

“Shaolin punished Hwasan for daring to steal the Divine Demon and try to fulfill their purpose.”

What he wanted to know.

“I know everything.”

It was time to go back now.

* * *

While Lee Ro-woon was interrogating Baek Jin.

Thud.

There was a being walking in this vast inner world.

Gulp.

Swallowing hard.

“Here is….”

The one who was in shock at this vast space was Lee Shin-woo.

He was brought along when he brought Baek Jin here.

Originally, his consciousness should have been temporarily asleep by Lee Ro-woon.

The reason he was able to wake up and walk around like this was the power of the Gae Shin Library [a powerful artifact or ability].

And.

“……”

It was the intervention of someone.

It wasn’t certain, but he could feel it instinctively.

Goo-oong.

That something was calling him.

Also, it was.

“Haa. Haa.”

Emitting an unbearable power and guiding him.

Thud.

He slowly took a step.

It was true that he was worried.

This power was not simply waking him up and calling him.

Goo-oong.

It was blocking Lee Ro-woon’s senses with that power.

So that he wouldn’t feel that he was walking around in his inner world right now.

That meant that Lee Ro-woon did not know that he had woken up and was walking around in the inner world.

Thud.

It was something that could harm Lee Ro-woon.

“Haa.”

Even so, Lee Shin-woo continued to walk.

This place was truly an astonishing space.

Everything was darkness, but a faint light was illuminating his vision.

Even though he had entered the belly of the Gae Shin Library, it had not made him feel the same fear and power as this place.

This was somewhere beyond even the transcendent Gae Shin Library.

It was a space that was impossible to even dare to define.

Thud.

Lee Shin-woo continued to walk.

He didn’t know the destination, and he didn’t even know the flow of time.

The thought that had filled his head at some point was.

‘I need to know.’

Only the thought that he had to meet the one who had called him and find out what it was.

Stop.

Lee Shin-woo stopped.

Slowly, his gaze went from the ground, to eye level, and finally.

Swoosh.

It continued to rise into the sky.

“……!”

It was an iron cage.

Iron bars that soared high as if piercing the sky.

A prison that seemed to have something locked up.

At that moment.

Jjeo-eo-eo-eong-!

The iron bars rang, and a deafening roar that seemed to tear his eardrums echoed.

“Heup!”

Startled, Lee Shin-woo quickly backed away.

And what he saw was a small hand sticking out between the huge iron bars.

A hand that was similar in size to a human.

“…….”

The gap between the huge iron bars was large.

But it seemed that it could only reach out its hand.

“Are….”

Lee Shin-woo slowly opened his mouth.

“Are you the one who called me?”

The overwhelming power he felt made him speak respectfully.

At that voice, the hand that had been extended slowly disappeared.

“Are you….”

Lee Shin-woo swallowed hard again and said.

“Are you Chaos?”

Slowly, shadows began to form between the iron bars.

“I wanted to see you.”

A voice echoed.

“Lee Shin-woo.”

The shape of a face slowly began to appear between the iron bars.

* * *

He had learned everything he wanted to know from Baek Jin.

With a small vibration, the world began to collapse.

When he opened his eyes.

Swee-e-e-ek-!

They were standing back in the place where they had disappeared.

At the top of the collapsed Hwasan Tower.

Still held in place by Lee Ro-woon’s power.

“Heok! Heok!”

Lee Shin-woo gasped for breath.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Lee Ro-woon’s voice was heard, the place where they were standing, their posture.

Everything was the same as before it disappeared.

Lee Ro-woon approached Lee Shin-woo, who was kneeling and breathing heavily.

“……!”

Lee Shin-woo’s eyes widened as if he was flustered.

But Lee Ro-woon soon reached out his hand to Lee Shin-woo.

“How long are you going to stay like that?”

“…….”

“We have to see the end.”

Lee Shin-woo slowly nodded at Lee Ro-woon’s words.

“I know everything I wanted to know.”

In the end, the two stood together, holding Lee Ro-woon’s hand.

The two of them turned their gaze to Baek Jin.

White hair.

Eyes that had lost focus.

“Ah…. Ah….”

He seemed to have become completely idiotic.

In his regretful eyes, it seemed that what he was feeling and thinking was visible.

“Hell….”

The time spent in the inner world is not absolute.

It was not equal and fair to anyone, and the time they felt themselves became the truth.

How much time had Baek Jin spent there?

Also, what had Lee Ro-woon done to him during that time, and what had he felt?

“It’s not the end of everything yet.”

Lee Ro-woon said.

“But I’ve thought about what would be fitting for the end of Hwasan.”

Hwasan.

That great name.

After the world’s invasion, it had covered all of Asia, and it was the name that had held South Korea in its hand and shaken it.

Their end, which had caused countless people to shed blood and tears and was a symbol of fear and terror.

Lee Ro-woon thought that it was the scene of Hwasan collapsing at the hands of the players.

Although there was Shaolin’s intervention.

Swoosh.

In the end, it was the players who defeated and destroyed Baek Jin.

Du-du-du-du-!

The world would know.

The association’s helicopter, which had been talked about in advance, was filming this place from beyond the gaping hole in the wall.

“It will be a more miserable ending than you think. That’s what suits Hwasan.”

Lee Ro-woon said.

“Everyone will know that those who call themselves martial artists are not as great as they thought, and that they are the same as everyone else.”

Superhumans, rulers.

Their end, who were the same humans but were like a dominant species.

Swoosh.

Baek Jin stood up like a puppet.

He slowly walked forward.

“Uh….”

It was already too late when everyone looked at him and realized something was wrong.

The gaping window.

Baek Jin stood in front of it.

Thud.

He jumped.