Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 481

Grand Duke Pajira.

He was the second in command of the current Gehenna.

The hierarchy of the demonkin, regardless of their power or lineage, was determined by only one thing.

Kwaang!

As it was determined by the power they possessed, Pajira was powerful.

The Colossus retreated.

-Kuaaaak!

It repeatedly screamed.

Even so.

“……!”

It did not stop its counterattack against Pajira.

‘Impressive durability.’

The Colossus, whose magical power was so immense, continued to regenerate even as it was sliced and crushed by Pajira’s greatsword.

Pajira’s attacks seemed to contain a deep demonic energy that suppressed regeneration, but.

Kwaduk!

The Colossus, called a Demon God, seemed to devour even that, accelerating its regeneration even further.

All the Balrogs had already fallen.

-Kieek.

The demons who had formed the army were also annihilated by Pajira’s forces.

What remained was.

Kwaang!

The fight between Pajira and the Colossus.

Pajira’s forces seemed hesitant to enter the battlefield where their lord was fighting, and everyone was watching Pajira’s battle.

“That’s a battle-honed sword style.”

Lee Rowoon made an assessment of Pajira.

A sword that had no form or style, yet maintained a certain rule.

It seemed to be a battle-honed sword style that could only be created through long practical experience.

‘He has already reached the peak.’

In the field of battle-honed swordsmanship, Pajira had already reached the peak.

As a martial artist, Lee Rowoon could tell by looking at the sword.

How much combat Pajira had experienced, and how many times he had stood at the crossroads of life and death.

Kwaaak!

What kind of time Pajira had spent to create such sharp and spiteful sword strikes.

This was.

“He doesn’t disappoint.”

My teacher’s children.

The essence of Gehenna.

However.

“It seems like he’s shown everything he has.”

Lee Rowoon spoke as if telling him to end it now.

“There’s no need to drag it out any longer.”

At Lee Rowoon’s quiet voice.

Swoosh.

Pajira turned his head and nodded.

“He was dragging it out… ?”

Partisan seemed unable to understand.

“He must know. That I am a martial artist.”

Lee Rowoon said to Partisan.

Pajira recognized that he was not just a successor to the Demon King, but someone like Pajira….

‘A martial artist.’

A martial artist who had honed his sword and martial arts on the battlefield.

Pajira was showing his own martial arts, his own will, to such a person.

However.

“Did you forget?”

Lee Rowoon said, as if scolding him.

“This is Gehenna.”

“What does that….”

Partisan’s eyes widened.

He had been reminded of a fact that even he, a dragon, had momentarily forgotten.

Swoosh.

Partisan looked at Pajira.

There was no need for Lee Rowoon to explain any further.

“The world of demons.”

Also.

“The world of magic.”

In Einheart, magic was a legacy created by dragons, and a privilege that only a few gifted individuals could inherit.

However, here in Gehenna, it was different.

Even the low-ranking demonkin, even Forzia.

Those who possessed intelligence and were called demonkin.

Woo Woong!

Anyone could use magic, and it was the main power of this world.

Pajira was not just a simple martial artist or swordsman.

Kwaaaaaaaa-!

A master of absolute magic.

A huge vortex of demonic energy was swirling above the sword that Pajira had raised.

“Hup!”

Even the grown-up Forzia was surprised and gasped at the enormous amount of magical power.

“Since the King has ordered the end.”

The moment Pajira’s sword was slowly aimed at the Colossus.

“I will end it.”

Kwaaaang-!

Nothing remained above the Colossus’s head.

* * *

The Colossus’s huge body began to collapse.

Koo Woong!

At the shockwave caused by the impact with the ground.

Kwaaaa-!

The earth rose like a tidal wave and began to spread in all directions.

The moment Pajira’s forces blocked it.

The dust cleared, and the shape of the battlefield was revealed again.

The earth that had been broken and torn apart.

The earth that had been destroyed by the battle between legions.

“……!”

It had returned to its original state, just as it had first appeared.

“This is Gehenna.”

It was a moment when they felt anew what kind of place Gehenna was.

Things that had been destroyed and disappeared were regenerated.

And.

Saaa-!

The demons that Pajira’s forces had defeated were turning into dust and disappearing.

Some of them seeped into the ground and vanished, while others sublimated into light dust and scattered.

The traces of battle were converted into the lives of the defeated.

However.

“That is….”

Pajira, who had approached them, said.

“The root cause that is rotting Gehenna.”

The Colossus.

Its huge body began to be sucked into a small bead.

A tiny bead.

“……!”

However, those who saw its true nature could not help but be shocked.

Wheeeeing-!

A huge vortex was spinning inside that small bead.

“After demons die, they return to Gehenna.”

No matter what form it took, the power that the demon had possessed became smaller than before.

Because some of the remaining power was transferred to the one who hunted the demon, or the power was simply lost and disappeared.

However, since some time ago, those things called Demon Gods.

Wheeeeing-!

They took the form of such small beads, preserving all the energy they had left behind as they died.

And.

“I tried to stop it, but.”

Pajira extended his sword and surrounded the small bead with a magic circle.

It was not as powerful as the one that had blown off the Colossus’s head, but it was a magic and power that was not inferior to it.

Ggrrrk-!

However, the shape of the magic circle began to collapse and break down.

“The candidates who tried to stop it in the past eventually had to disappear.”

Pajira said.

“I also tried to stop it, and I should have lost an arm.”

Although he had recovered over time, Pajira quietly placed his hand on the spot where his lost arm had been, as if the wound was throbbing.

“What is that?”

“We call it the essence of the Demon God.”

The power that creates the Demon God, the Colossus.

“The essence of the Demon God absorbs all the power of the Demon God and then disappears. We don’t know where it goes, but….”

Gehenna had been given countless hours.

And there were things that they had come to know through that time.

“It gives birth to another Demon God.”

“……!”

It meant that Demon Gods who could match Pajira could be produced infinitely.

“B-but still….”

Partisan said, unable to hide his bewilderment.

“In the end, the number of Demon Gods is the same… no, it’s not.”

However, he also realized.

“The fact that such a mutation was born in the first place means that other mutations are being born.”

And the bigger problem was.

“Do multiple essences of the Demon God merge into one?”

The essence of the Demon God.

“Yes.”

The power of an entity that had matched Pajira with just one was now combined with several others.

That would be a disaster.

“…….”

A more dangerous and serious matter than they had thought.

Silence filled the area.

“It’s dangerous.”

He could understand why the candidates, Forzia, and Pajira had said that Gehenna was being destroyed.

Gehenna was a world that could be simply described as.

“A world where time has stopped.”

In the world of Gehenna, everything was maintained and did not change.

The death of something was just the birth of something else.

That absolute value never changed.

However.

‘Demon God.’

Only the things called Demon Gods grew and merged.

The only things that evolved in a world that had stopped.

However.

“The real danger isn’t that.”

Lee Rowoon opened his mouth.

Pajira was looking at him.

“As expected….”

Pajira seemed impressed.

“You have realized it.”

He had only encountered a Demon God once.

However, Lee Rowoon.

“The Demon God is not the problem.”

He had realized the essence and the problem of Gehenna.

“There’s no way I wouldn’t know.”

The small bead created by the Demon God.

That was.

‘The Demon King’s Magic Essence.’

It had a similar aura to the Demon King’s Magic Essence that he had received from Berzena.

So he could also know what its identity was.

“It’s an entity created by my teacher.”

The Demon God was created by Berzena.

And.

“Yes.”

Pajira said to Lee Rowoon, who had answered correctly.

“The truly dangerous thing is….”

The reason why the teacher created that.

“The other demonkin in the gaps of the world.”

“What does that… ?”

“They believe that advancing to other worlds is the only way to save Gehenna. They believe that in order to evolve and develop further in this place where time has stopped and resources are limited, they need the power of other worlds.”

However, it was not.

“That is leading Gehenna to destruction.”

Balance.

This was a created world, a world made of perfect balance.

And the moment that balance was broken.

-Kwang.

The world would collapse and shatter in an instant.

Berzena’s Demon God was just a device created to forcibly maintain that balance.

However, too much time had passed.

If the gaps in the world were completely opened like this.

“The balance will be broken and Gehenna will be destroyed.”

Or another.

“An uncontrollable Demon God will be born and destroy Gehenna.”

That was why.

“Yes, my King.”

Pajira wanted to show him.

What the current state of Gehenna was, and also….

“Please, save Gehenna.”

“…….”

Lee Rowoon did not answer.

He quietly took a step forward, and the advance began again.

* * *

Kwaaaaaang-!

A huge Demon God fell, and a shockwave spread out.

However, the scenery that was revealed as the dust settled was no different from when the battle had begun.

However.

Twitch.

Even in that scenery, there was a change.

Not everything was restored, and some parts were broken and collapsed as they were.

“Already….”

A quiet voice.

“The balance has already been broken.”

He was the one who had defeated the Demon God alone.

A black bead was created in the place where the Demon God had fallen.

Large and powerful looking.

And.

Kwaa-!

The black bead disappeared somewhere with a roar.

The one who was left alone.

Sway.

The veil covering her face fluttered in the breeze.

“It’s almost time.”

She quietly turned her steps.

The place she was heading to was….

Kwaang-!

The place where another roar was echoing, the gap in the world.