Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 501

It was something that could be described as experience, or perhaps genius.

But before that, there was something that best explained this sensation.

Shudder.

Starting with the tips of their toes, which began to tremble minutely.

Shudder.

This sensation that made their whole bodies tremble was none other than.

‘Instinct.’

They were feeling it, the primal instinct of humans.

Wriggle.

Suppressing the trembling, they barely managed to lift their heads and look at Lee Rowoon.

Lee Rowoon’s appearance was not much different.

He was just standing there, looking at them with his red eyes flickering.

However.

“Haa!”

Blue Dragon, who had let go of his consciousness and entrusted his body to instinct, eventually screamed and retreated.

“Mo, monster….”

The fear that even awakened the consciousness he had lost.

Appearance was not everything.

Something contained within.

No.

“Wh, what the….”

Something that could be called the thing itself.

“Yo, you are…, what are you?”

Phoenix also spoke to Lee Rowoon in surprise.

What they knew about Lee Rowoon was that he was once a player, a special being who became a martial artist one day.

Also, he was the head of the Blood Cult, which could be called the predecessor of the Galaxy, and was called Shinma [a title for a great martial artist], the great martial artist most revered in the Galaxy.

They acknowledged that he was a great and magnificent being just from that.

But they did not know of any specialness beyond that.

Shudder.

Their trembling bodies seemed to speak of his specialness.

Thud.

Each small step Lee Rowoon took.

Thud-!

Became thunder in the ears of Phoenix and Blue Dragon.

“Why are you like that?”

Lee Rowoon’s voice sounded like that of a grim reaper.

“Is there nothing more to show?”

The feeling they had felt while fighting Lee Rowoon.

“It, it was serious.”

That feeling, as if he was testing them, was not a guess but a fact.

“You really… were just testing us?”

It was the moment they fully realized that he was just evaluating them, the two leaders of the Rebellion, known as the Three Great Commanders.

Shudder!

The trembling was only getting worse.

-I hope his eyes do not reach you.

Those last words left by Oh Jin-kyung, who had collapsed in a faint.

Those words that they had just scoffed at….

“It was real….”

It was the truth.

“Ah….”

The trembling eventually turned into a groan.

“Aaaah-!”

And it burst out as a scream.

“I was going to see what kind of power the Awakened have. It’s more than I thought.”

Lee Rowoon’s tone was as if he was praising them.

“But, it’s different from what I expected.”

Although he was daring to evaluate the Awakened, the highest-ranking players, and even the Three Great Commanders of the Rebellion, Phoenix and Blue Dragon could not say anything.

“Is there nothing more to show?”

Lee Rowoon’s voice.

And when he took another step.

“Uwaaaaaaah-!”

Blue Dragon screamed again and unleashed all his power.

Rumble!

A roar of thunder echoed, and dark clouds appeared in the sky.

Kwaaang-!

The blue current that erupted from Blue Dragon became a pillar and reached the sky, and it was dyeing all the dark clouds again.

“Huuu.”

Phoenix was no different.

He also burned flames all over his body, and behind his back, the huge wings of a phoenix appeared.

Instinct says.

Lee Rowoon is a beast that should not be touched.

That is why instinct recognizes Lee Rowoon as a fearful being and tells them to run away.

But also, instinct, experience, and genius say.

“Dieeeeeee-!”

If they cannot run away, they must squeeze out everything and attack.

To struggle to survive, to survive….

Flames! Rumble!

To give it their all.

The explosion of all their power, something they had never done even in countless crises.

All the magic power, spirits, and the power of the divine beasts burst out, dyeing all directions.

The burning flames and blue currents covered everything of Blue Dragon, Phoenix, and Lee Rowoon, and were falling from the sky towards Lee Rowoon.

It was like an inevitable end.

The light of destruction that overturned the ground and burned all life.

And at that moment.

Woong-!

A wave spread out from Lee Rowoon.

“…….”

The powers that seemed like they would explode at any moment were just silently still.

Time….

“It’s not bad, for sure.”

Stopped.

The only being that could move in the stopped time was only one, Lee Rowoon.

Lee Rowoon walked slowly, as if taking a stroll in the yard.

The spheres of flames that seemed like they would erase their existence if they touched him were pushed away and began to split when they touched Lee Rowoon’s body.

The flames that split like that.

Thud thud….

Collided with the current and resonated, slowly beginning to emit an even brighter light.

Finally, when Lee Rowoon arrived right in front of Blue Dragon and Phoenix.

Tap.

The stopped time began to flow.

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang-!

It was the moment when a magnificent explosion swallowed everything.

* * *

Blue Dragon and Phoenix, who had roamed countless battlefields and become the object of fear for many.

The kings of the players who had taken thousands and tens of thousands of lives and reigned over them….

“Cough!”

Were just lying there, like living dolls.

Their whole bodies were burned and blackened.

The transcendent recovery power was no longer working.

All the recovery power they had….

Thump!

Was only being used to maintain their lives and keep their hearts beating.

Even that was slowly being depleted as they pushed back the death that continued to seep in.

Their death had become an absolute law that no one could defy.

Swoosh.

A figure in front of them looked down at them.

Too different from the dying duo, he was perfectly fine.

It was Lee Rowoon, who was only slightly scorched on his collar.

“Are you resentful?”

Lee Rowoon said.

And….

“Resentful… I am.”

Blue Dragon said.

“Why….”

He shouted at Lee Rowoon, even though he knew that his life was burning away faster by uttering those words.

“Why!”

It was a scream.

“You were a player too!”

A clear voice echoed in the empty battlefield.

“You liberated us!”

Many players did not believe it, and the Rebellion did not teach it that way either.

They must not know that their liberator was the Shinma of the Shinma Alliance.

However, the leaders of the Rebellion, called the Three Great Commanders, and the executives knew the truth.

-The reason why the limits of the players were liberated and they were able to awaken was because of Lee Rowoon. Thanks to him.

That Lee Rowoon was the one who liberated them.

“But why!”

“…….”

Lee Rowoon listened to Blue Dragon’s words.

“Didn’t you also suffer our sorrows and oppression! But why! Why did you side with the martial artists!”

It was a voice like a child’s tantrum.

“Why give us freedom….”

Fading away.

“Why take away our freedom….”

The flame of life was rapidly going out.

“You can think that way.”

At the answer that was finally heard, Blue Dragon looked at Lee Rowoon with his blurry eyes that had even lost their vision.

“You can say why I gave you freedom and took it away. You can say why I sided with the martial artists who oppressed the players and why I protect the martial artists.”

“Yes….”

“Because it wasn’t for you.”

“……!”

Blue Dragon’s eyes widened.

“I was just fighting for myself. I was just using my power for those near me, those important to me. Other than that, they were just enemies.”

Lee Rowoon said.

“My enemies are not martial artists or players. They are just those who block my path.”

“Such….”

“But all these words are unnecessary. You should know best.”

“……?”

Lee Rowoon bent his knees slightly to meet Blue Dragon’s eye level.

A hand slowly reaching out.

It was the moment it touched Blue Dragon’s heart.

“Because I have the power. That’s why I do it. Didn’t you take countless lives to gain that power? Were they all martial artists?”

“Ah….”

“It’s a pointless question. A useless question. So….”

Swoosh.

It was like a chopstick piercing a pudding.

Lee Rowoon’s hand was touching Blue Dragon’s heart.

And.

Boom-!

Blue Dragon, who was called one of the Three Great Commanders of the Rebellion and even called the demon of the battlefield, ended his life like that.

And next to him.

“You don’t have such a strong smell of blood. Does that mean you kept your faith?”

Lee Rowoon looking at Phoenix.

Phoenix closed his eyes as if he had sensed his fate.

Saaa-!

What he felt was that the intense pain and strange power that had been pressing down on his whole body were disappearing.

When he opened his eyes again.

“The power of awakening….”

A recovered body.

“It’s gone?”

But he had to feel a great sense of loss.

“Uwaaaaaaah!”

* * *

It was unbelievable.

Even though they were watching the battlefield in real-time, looking at the situation board.

Gulp.

It was a sight that no one could believe.

The sight of the two leaders of the Rebellion dying helplessly was unbelievable.

When the two leaders of the Rebellion unleashed all their power to confront Lee Rowoon, they thought that Lee Rowoon was also in danger.

And.

Beep beep beep-!

The explosion was so loud that they could still hear the ringing in their ears.

When the situation board went off for a moment due to the explosion that was heard from that far away, they thought that it was really over.

However.

Beep.

The situation board reappeared thanks to Elk’s power.

Flicker-!

The scene when the broken and flickering screen returned to normal was.

“Kuhh….”

It was an unbelievable sight that they could only watch while stopping all breathing and physical activity.

The two leaders of the Rebellion were lying there, like breathing corpses.

And Lee Rowoon was standing in front of them, perfectly fine.

The only damage he had suffered was a small scorch on his collar.

“Haa…. Haa….”

It was an unbelievable sight, even though everyone had seen it.

However.

“Wh… what are you so surprised about?”

This is exactly.

“It’s just the return of the king.”

It was the return of the king.