Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 499

“At that speed….”

A voice filled with disbelief echoed in the situation room.

“The forces of Ainhardt are disappearing…!”

From Ainhardt, a full five-star and six-star knight order had moved.

It was clear that they had finally made up their minds, deploying their cherished elite forces.

The six-star knight order included Dragon Knights who had stepped into the realm of transcendence [a state beyond normal human limits], a formidable force that even skilled masters and large armies could not easily contain.

Beep!

Along with the mechanical sound echoing in the situation room.

Beep beep beep!

The red dots were rapidly disappearing.

Pushing them back and erasing them were the newly deployed blue dots.

“The demons of Gehenna…!”

They were the demons of Gehenna.

‘Was it a misjudgment?’

Ha Se-min felt complicated emotions as he looked at the situation map.

In the past, he knew how fearsome and terrifying the demons of Gehenna were.

Ha Se-min had faced such demons of Gehenna several times.

However.

‘I thought it wouldn’t work anymore.’

The world had changed after the Great Cataclysm [a major disaster that altered the world].

Of course, the overall power had decreased significantly, but those who could be called masters had become even stronger, and because many had lost their power, research into how the weak could fight the strong was at its peak.

Moreover.

‘They didn’t show any destructiveness.’

The demons of Gehenna who came with Lee Rowoon were different from those he had seen before.

They exuded a destructive aura, proving they were demons, and expressed how dangerous they were with their entire bodies.

But the demons who came with Lee Rowoon this time did not show that.

“It’s usually the timid beasts that bare their teeth.”

Lee San-hoo.

Having been inseparable for five years, he spoke as if reading Ha Se-min’s mind.

“Those are….”

Beep beep!

The enemy forces were disappearing even faster.

“The real deal, I guess.”

The area of Yggdrasil [a mythical tree representing the world], new orders and new laws.

Ignoring all of that.

“Transmitting the screen-!”

Kwaaaang-!

They were sweeping away the enemies.

“Demons….”

The demons of the battlefield, no, they were beings who deserved the title of demons more than anyone else.

Sweeping away the knights of Ainhardt, burning the mages.

If they were the enemy.

Gulp.

The Shinma Alliance might have had to face another crisis, or so it seemed.

It was a sight that even made him think it might be the biggest crisis yet.

However.

“They are not the enemy.”

Ha Se-min.

“They are also followers of that person.”

He said with a confident voice.

“They are not fighting in someone else’s battlefield for nothing.”

What they wanted to show.

He said it with the hope that Ha Se-min would feel it even more clearly.

“Because they are like us.”

Because they serve that person, Lee Rowoon.

Because they want to protect that person’s land.

‘Because they are with us.’

Standing on the battlefield for those they had just met.

Poong-!

Fighting desperately, risking their lives.

“Do not forget.”

Ha Se-min was telling everyone not to forget.

“We shouldn’t.”

Dang Hwa-young said.

“We’ve bought ourselves some time with this.”

The demons of Gehenna were not deployed in just one area.

At the same time, in several areas, with the strong members of the Shinma Alliance already stationed, the support of the demons would be more reliable than anything else.

The problem was.

“How is area 21?”

“It’s not good!”

Area 21, where Hae-nam was.

It was a barrier guarded by the super-strong Sea King, Oh Jin-kyung, but.

“Phoenix….”

Phoenix, one of the three leaders of Rebellion.

And….

“Blue Dragon has also been spotted!”

Another master of Rebellion, Blue Dragon, was also heading there.

Oh Jin-kyung had made countless contributions in the battles against Rebellion so far.

He had defeated more than four digits of Rebellion players, and it seemed Rebellion was determined to take down Oh Jin-kyung this time.

However.

“Arrival?”

The reaction in the situation room was not the worst.

Rather.

“Rebellion’s barrier is strong, so it seems it will take some time….”

Jjeoeong-!

“It seems he will arrive soon!”

Because the one who headed there was.

“It’ll be fine.”

It was Lee Rowoon.

* * *

“Kuh….”

Oh Jin-kyung staggered, his sword planted on the ground.

His entire body was covered in black burn marks.

Pajit! Pajijit!

Blue currents were sparking around him.

Phoenix of Rebellion, who could be called his rival.

He seemed to be the incarnation of fire, repeatedly knocking down Oh Jin-kyung’s water dragon with powerful flames, and even suppressing Oh Jin-kyung’s water energy.

But the bigger problem was.

“Blue… Dragon.”

Another strongman of Rebellion, Blue Dragon.

If Phoenix was Oh Jin-kyung’s rival, then Blue Dragon was….

‘A bad match.’

He was an opponent that Oh Jin-kyung had avoided as much as possible because he was judged to be a bad match that he could not win.

His other name was.

“How about calling me the Thunder God?”

Thunder God.

Using skills that summoned lightning, he could even flow through Oh Jin-kyung’s water energy and.

Pajijijit-!

He even had the ability to electrocute Oh Jin-kyung.

“Kueeeuk!”

Electric currents surging through his body.

On top of that, the overflowing fire energy beyond the disappearing water energy.

Paang-!

Even so, Oh Jin-kyung did not back down and exploded his energy.

Hae-nam was behind him.

The hometown where he was born and raised.

There was a time when he resented Hae-nam and almost hated them, but in the end, they were his brothers, sisters, and family.

Now, they were the ones he had to lead.

“Fall back!”

To protect them.

“Fall… back.”

Also, beyond that, to protect the land of his master, who he had been waiting for.

Kwarurureung-!

Oh Jin-kyung once again summoned a water dragon, trying to attack Blue Dragon and Phoenix at the same time.

“It’s useless.”

But a voice was heard.

The overflowing firebird.

“You’re already exhausted.”

Blue Dragon, with blue lightning, simultaneously attacked Oh Jin-kyung’s water dragon.

Oh Jin-kyung’s water dragon fought back, but.

Peoeong-!

It eventually burst and scattered, and yet, Blue Dragon, who had not lost his power, opened his mouth and approached Oh Jin-kyung.

Kwarurureung!

Blue Dragon, colliding with Oh Jin-kyung, made a huge thunderous sound.

Pasuseut.

Smoke rose from Oh Jin-kyung’s body.

The deeper burns were so severe that even Oh Jin-kyung’s wounds, which had incredible healing power due to reaching the realm of transcendence, could not heal.

‘The end….’

The moment he had thought about several times was approaching.

“Is this… my end?”

Oh Jin-kyung was sensing it.

The countless ends he had experienced as a warrior of Hae-nam and….

“If there’s one regret….”

The things he had experienced after meeting that person.

The past five years.

The end he had felt and sensed countless times was truly approaching this time.

“It’s a shame I couldn’t meet him again.”

For the past five years, Oh Jin-kyung had also been fighting non-stop.

Especially as a master of the Shinma Alliance, he had participated in almost every battle, and he had no time to even take a proper rest.

Even if he had entered the realm of a superhuman, transcendence, the battles had caused a lot of strain on Oh Jin-kyung’s body.

Creak.

His body had already reached its limit.

Even so, he could not back down and had come to the battlefield.

“But there is no regret.”

Born as a warrior, dying as a warrior.

How could that be regrettable?

“Damn it, he’s cool.”

Blue Dragon’s voice.

“But don’t be too sad. You can think of it as you paying the price for the world that warriors have dominated.”

Psh.

“And that person… was it?”

Oh Jin-kyung’s eyes twitched at Blue Dragon’s voice.

“Well, I admit that human is great. But he’s not here now, is he? And if….”

Blue Dragon was twenty-two years old.

When Lee Rowoon was active, he was a child and just a high school student.

“Even if he comes back, I’ll send you to his side soon, so don’t worry.”

“That’s a childish thing to say.”

Oh Jin-kyung quickly regained his composure, grabbed his sword, and said.

“If you ever meet him, do you think you could even blink an eye?”

“What?”

“If you ever meet him….”

It was that moment.

For some reason, he couldn’t understand it.

He could only call it a feeling.

The end he thought was approaching him was moving away.

And….

“Just hope and pray that he doesn’t cast his gaze upon you.”

For some reason.

Jureuk.

He couldn’t understand why he was crying.

“What, old man, are you crying?”

He didn’t know.

He was born a warrior and had never shed tears.

He thought he would never weaken at anything, but why at this moment.

“Is the old man also afraid of dying?”

No.

It wasn’t that.

This was….

“Ah.”

Senses that had reached their limit in the realm of transcendence.

Everything was being deceived, hidden, and approaching, but.

“You’ve come.”

He had realized it.

“What nonsense….”

At that moment.

Swish-!

A chilling cutting sound came from Blue Dragon’s body as he spoke.

Pshuuuuuk!

A fountain of blood erupted from his arm.

Blue Dragon, flustered, quickly retreated and tried to unleash his power.

“No way…!”

Far away, in the visible range that only those who had reached the realm of transcendence could see.

“He was aiming at me from there?”

Everyone could feel that a figure had appeared.

“It’s already over.”

Oh Jin-kyung’s voice.

“Since he has cast his gaze upon you….”

Oh Jin-kyung, the warrior he respected and acknowledged the most.

And a person.

“Your end is decided.”

Lee Rowoon had come.

Kwaaaang-!

A blast echoed between Oh Jin-kyung and Rebellion.

He had arrived in an instant, crossing a vast distance.

“It’s been a while, Oh Jin-kyung.”

Just by seeing his back, he could tell.

“Welcome, my master.”

The man who had abandoned even the pride of a warrior and decided to follow him.

The man who protected his collapsing family and gave them the power to protect themselves.

The man he had wanted to see again at the end.

“Yeah.”

Flicker.

Lee Rowoon’s red eyes flickered as he looked at Oh Jin-kyung.