Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 498

Whirr-!

Even now, the alarm in the situation room was ringing like crazy.

However.

Clench.

The reaction within the situation room was different.

Everyone had their fists clenched, eyes wide open, staring at the situation panel that showed the battlefield of Yggdrasil.

‘Why….’

At the very top, Ha Se-min was staring at it with even more bloodshot eyes.

Lee San-hoo and Dang Hwa-young were the same.

‘Why couldn’t I believe?’

What he regretted was his lack of faith.

“Shinma.”

His belief in Lee Rowoon.

How he was after returning after five years, and what state he was in.

He was regretting his arrogance, which he had shown because he worried about him, respected him, and followed him.

He was the same in the past and now.

“Shinma….”

A being that could be trusted and followed.

A being that always opened the way and never lost.

“There’s no need to blame yourself so much.”

Dang Hwa-young said, looking at Ha Se-min.

“I was the same.”

In a way, Dang Hwa-young had known Lee Rowoon even before Ha Se-min.

The only time she could be happy, when she was bound to the Dang family and couldn’t even go outside easily, was when she heard stories about Lee Rowoon from Dank.

He walked his own path without being swayed by the people around him or any oppression.

“When you think about it, it’s true.”

Dang Hwa-young said.

“The situation back then was even more desperate than now.”

The war between Eun and Einheart was ongoing, and both Eun and Einheart treated players as mere consumables.

They were practically slaves.

They were treated as less than human, and their fate was such that they could be beheaded at any time if they didn’t please them.

“Even then, Shinma fought.”

Lee Rowoon fought.

“He didn’t give in.”

He didn’t give in.

“He moved forward.”

And.

“That’s how he opened the way.”

Lee San-hoo said.

“It was a dark time when we couldn’t see ahead.”

Lee San-hoo had the spirit of the Honbaek Shinui [a divine spirit], but he had lived as a player for a long time.

And the memories that make him up now were those of a player, not of the Honbaek Shinui.

The bleak past of the players.

And it was Lee Rowoon who opened that path and shone a light on it.

“So….”

Clench.

Lee San-hoo clenched his fist even harder.

“I can understand them, but I can’t forgive them.”

His eyes were directed towards District 21.

Where Oh Jin-kyung was fighting against the player force, Rebellion.

“Shinma tried to find salvation for them, and he did find it.”

The disappearance of the gate and the depletion of resources were no longer a problem.

Under the leadership of the Shinma Alliance, the world would have found order again.

“It’s not that I don’t understand their anger.”

But the oppression and suppression they had to endure.

“It’s not that I don’t understand their fear.”

In the end, it was the Shinma Alliance that created the new order.

Most of them still didn’t believe that Lee Rowoon was a player in the past, that he was Dank’s Lee Rowoon, and in the end, whatever.

-Eun’s warrior.

Many people only recognized Lee Rowoon as the Blood Demon, the head of the Blood Cult.

So they were afraid that the new order and the world could become a world where players were oppressed again.

Even so.

“Even so, they should have talked. They should have watched.”

Instead of taking the lives of others to increase their own power because of that fear.

“They should have united among themselves and gone slowly, even if it was slow.”

They should have gained strength by hunting monsters in the area given to them in Yggdrasil.

But in the end, they rebelled against Lee Rowoon, who had liberated them.

“So now they must realize.”

Lee San-hoo spoke as one player.

“What kind of being the god who changed the world is.”

And.

“They’re clashing-!”

A loud voice was heard.

Blue dots began to invade among the red dots.

But that was not District 21, where Lee Rowoon was headed, but somewhere else.

* * *

“…….”

It was still hard to come to his senses.

He had lost his hometown in an instant and had to settle in a new land.

And that land was not a complete paradise, but a world where order and civilization had already been established.

He knew how difficult it was to settle in such a place.

And that was.

-It’s up to you.

He knew that it was not something that could be solved by relying on someone.

Just because their king and their king were the same, it didn’t mean that they would become comrades or allies.

The species were different, the time they had lived was different, and everything they had was different.

In harmony with that.

‘To the King….’

Not to cause harm to their king was.

“We must show our resolve to our king.”

Forzia was reaffirming their role.

Their war.

-It won’t be easy.

It was a story he had heard while heading here.

-The areas divided in Yggdrasil are not simply divided by area.

The invasion of Einheart, the existence of a new Elk [a powerful, mythical creature], and the absence of Lee Rowoon.

What was born from all of that mixed together was the existence of the area.

-The total amount of power that can be used in each area is different, and also, what kind of power exerts greater power in that area.

The area was not just a simple division, but actually played a role.

And that was the power of the Elk, the power of the dragons, the influence of special skills or barriers.

-You guys….

The demons of Gehenna [a place of torment or hell].

-It’s unknown what kind of influence you will receive in the area. Are you still okay with that?

It was a force that could not be converted into numbers, but it also meant that this force could be lost in an instant.

And it also meant that they could not use those whom Lee Rowoon had brought carelessly.

However.

-It’s okay.

Forzia said firmly.

And now, he was standing in this place.

Clang! Clang!

The noise of the battlefield in the distance.

Swoosh-!

The scent of blood, the smell of the battlefield was flowing in.

“We don’t know this world yet.”

There were demons who had gone out of the gap and settled down, but most of them had not even seen the outside.

However.

“It’s the same for this world, it doesn’t know us either.”

The demons, the demons who had gone out of the gap, were losers and fugitives.

They were small enough to squeeze through that narrow gap.

Also.

‘They must have given up a lot while crossing the unstable gap.’

So.

Thud.

They were different.

Swoosh-!

Dark magic rose from Forzia’s body.

The moment the pure white armor was dyed black.

Thud-!

Finally, Forzia stepped into the battlefield area.

Thud-!

It was as the human lord had said.

“Ugh!”

A huge pressure that pressed down on his whole body.

Boom-!

Behind Forzia, some of the demons of Gehenna who followed were having parts of their bodies explode from the huge pressure.

And that was.

Crack-!

The more he stepped forward, the stronger it became.

Just this alone reduced the range of movement, and his whole body felt heavy.

But that wasn’t all.

Zzz-! Zzz-!

The huge power that existed in the area was pushing Forzia and the demons of Gehenna away with their whole bodies, resisting.

The dark magic was burning.

“Kuh!”

The burning dark magic was felt as pain.

Even so.

Blink!

Forzia opened his eyes even wider.

They didn’t know this world.

But that was the same for them.

“We.”

The demons of Gehenna.

“We were born to fight, and we live fighting our whole lives.”

Even in Forzia’s territory, Gehenna, which was said to be the most peaceful, fighting was their play, and hunting was their life.

Not to live, but to enjoy.

When they fight to live.

Whoosh-!

They become a completely different form, a different appearance.

The demons of Gehenna began to change.

The demons of Forzia’s territory, who were only lower and lowest class.

“Krrr….”

They began to shed their shells and take on the form of monsters.

But even so, the huge pressure felt in the area was pushing them away.

This is.

‘This is my role.’

Before being the king’s vassal, he was the lord of his subordinates who followed him.

A lord can use and command his people, but he also has a duty to protect them.

Thud!

The ground under Forzia’s feet began to sink a handful.

Boom-!

The cracks that had burst out became even more violent.

Crack-!

It made Forzia’s radius of forty meters sink.

What Forzia was doing now was.

“I am your lord.”

Bearing the huge pressure that the demons of Gehenna were receiving alone.

Thud!

The sound of Forzia’s flesh bursting all over his body.

Trickle.

Blood was flowing from his nose.

When red tears flowed from her eyes.

Boom-!

Another explosion was heard.

“Haa-!”

A breath that burst out.

Forzia, there was something she had forgotten as well.

The demons of Gehenna, those called demons among them, lived with titles.

And above them.

-King.

The existence of a king was vacant.

“Aaaah-!”

What the existence of a king was.

To the demons of Gehenna, the king was not just a ruler who commanded them.

“Aaaaaaaah-!”

A role like a central body that gives power through direct connection.

The fact that the king, who had been vacant for tens of thousands of years, had returned meant.

Whoosh-!

It meant that there was a target to fulfill the role of such a king.

Forzia, who was pure white, had her armor dyed black with dark magic, and now.

Drop, drop.

It was tinged with blood-red energy.

Some of the melted armor soaked into the ground below.

The full plate armor now looked like a hunter’s light armor, but it seemed to have something more dangerous and powerful.

Swoosh.

His sword was the same.

Forzia opened his mouth as he took it out.

“Haa….”

A small breath, but different from before.

Not enduring pain, but joy.

“Let’s go.”

It was a sigh that burst with joy.

That day, the demons of hell invaded the battlefield.