Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 505

A world enveloped in silence.

In a world where intense light had devoured everything, the world was slowly regaining its original light.

Swoosh-!

Something heavy fell, creating a whirlwind.

Thud-!

The falling object collided with the ground, creating a booming sound.

Acrid smoke.

Flap-!

The smoke scattered with the flapping of wings, revealing the battlefield.

Goooh.

The surging energy slowly began to subside, and no more disturbances occurred.

The end.

It was a moment that could be called another ending.

Whoosh-!

The massive body slowly settled on the ground, quietly waiting for someone.

Thud.

Lee Rowoon stood before Nidhogg, who had landed.

-Hmph.

Nidhogg snorted, as if still not over its anger.

Its body was also covered in minor wounds, but it was different from the other one, which had fallen and breathed its last.

The Demonic Dragon.

A guardian dragon that once protected Einheart and the Empire, respected and revered by many, and even considered sacred.

But now, the Demonic Dragon, having lost its reason, rationality, endless knowledge, and wisdom, had fallen there.

Saaah-!

Light began to emanate from the Demonic Dragon’s corpse.

It was not a prelude to another battle.

Dragons were originally beings like nature, a kind of spirit, or even a spirit god.

They lived for countless ages, but upon death, they returned to nature.

Even though it had fallen, the Demonic Dragon was the same.

All the power that made it up scattered, returning to where it originally belonged.

Whooong.

A pillar of light rose.

It bent in an instant, opening a path to another force that had settled in Yggdrasil [the World Tree], the Empire.

But that was not the end.

Saaah.

Fine particles.

The fine particles, which felt sacred just by looking at them, lingered around without leaving.

As I said.

-Dragons die and return to where they originally were.

The power that made up the dragon originated from the Empire.

Most of the power that made up the dragon was heading towards the Empire, but these remaining ones.

Srrr.

Were being absorbed into Lee Rowoon.

“……!”

Partisan’s eyes widened as he watched the scene.

He knew that Lee Rowoon had the power to take away the power of other beings.

If he wanted, he could easily absorb even a dragon.

Also, when a dragon met a special death, it could sometimes remain as a corrupted dragon, not returning to nature.

However, this was the former, not the latter.

-Return.

It was returning.

That meant that a part of what the dragon had was derived from Lee Rowoon.

And that power was.

“Chaos….”

It was the power of chaos, as Lee Rowoon’s small voice said.

Swoosh.

Lee Rowoon raised his head.

He had already returned to Yggdrasil and seen the fragments of chaos.

-Rebellion.

Chaos was embedded in the power of awakening that only special individuals among them gained with the liberation of the players.

And now, he had found the same traces in the Empire as well.

Saaah.

Lee Rowoon’s eyes calmed down.

There was much he had found out, and much he needed to find out.

But for now.

“Let’s go back.”

It was time to return.

* * *

It was an overwhelming victory.

With the capture of two of Rebellion’s leaders, Rebellion would now be on the path to collapse.

Oh Jin-kyung, the Sea King of Haenam, was about to start pursuing and eliminating the remaining leader of Rebellion, and Oh Jin-kyung, who had grown stronger from the enlightenment of that day, would be able to successfully complete such a mission.

Even if there were awakened individuals, it was obvious that Rebellion, having lost all its leaders, would collapse.

In the first place, Rebellion was not a group with any purpose, but was born out of the emotion of revenge and dominated by power.

-It’s a very encouraging victory.

It felt like a thorn that had been bothering the Shinma Alliance for a long time had been removed.

The Shinma Alliance, which had been at a disadvantage in the three-way power struggle, would be able to breathe, and the Shinma Alliance, which could utilize the forces that had been fighting Rebellion….

-We are not inferior to the Empire.

They would gain a force that was not inferior to Einheart, the Empire.

Considering even the forces of Rebellion that they would absorb in the process, the Shinma Alliance could be said to have truly breathed.

In that case.

-The Dragon Knight is dead. And that too….

Another overwhelming victory.

-The Black Knight, that is.

The Black Knight, the most vicious and aggressive of the Empire’s knights, had died, shaking the battlefield.

A pillar of the Empire, a transcendent, had fallen.

The rest of the forces were almost annihilated by the demons of Gehenna, and the knights, who had lost their heads and the power of their contracts, had no choice but to fall helplessly.

Even the Empire had a limited number of transcendents.

“Overwhelming….”

It was truly.

“An overwhelming victory.”

They did not even cheer at the tremendous achievement.

It just felt as if everything was something that should have happened.

Now.

“It feels like things are returning to their place.”

It even felt like everything was returning to normal.

“If we reclaim the areas that Rebellion has taken, Elk’s power will be strengthened.”

If they broke and pulled out the barriers and stakes they had driven into the areas, those areas would naturally belong to Elk, the god of Yggdrasil.

“If the restoration of the areas that Einheart has taken begins….”

The Shinma Alliance.

“Will have an even larger territory than it had at the beginning.”

And in this land, or rather, the Shinma Alliance that possessed Elk.

“Will have the most powerful force.”

They would have more advantages than they thought.

“…….”

A five-year battle.

It was a war that felt like a quagmire with no end in sight.

But everyone was feeling that the end of that war was finally revealing itself.

That was why they did not cheer.

It felt like their sweet dream, and they were afraid to break it.

However.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Those who knew Lee Rowoon, those who had been with him, were different.

This was not a sweet dream, but a natural order.

They felt that it was something that should naturally happen, like a truth.

“How much are the troops prepared?”

Lee Rowoon finally asked.

“…That much.”

It was not a large number.

“There are forces that have been deployed to completely annihilate Rebellion, and there are still many forces deployed in local battles.”

Also, the defense forces to protect the territory.

Even the forces to stop the offensive that was happening on Earth.

“That’s how it is for now, but we’ll have more leeway soon.”

The more time passed, the more definite advantages they would have.

“So….”

Ha Se-min spoke based on what he had discussed with Lee San-hoo and the other leaders of the Shinma Alliance.

“One month. Can you wait just one month?”

After that one month.

“We will have the leeway to face the Empire. So….”

Please wait.

But Lee Rowoon’s answer was firm.

“No.”

Rejection.

“One week.”

It was the same as when he liberated the Philippines from the occupation.

Unfavorable conditions were meaningless.

“We move in one week.”

“That’s….”

Compared to a month, it was too short of a time, and considering this war where one move could create unpredictable results, it was like gambling.

However.

“I understand.”

It was Ha Se-min.

He had already been with Lee Rowoon on countless battlefields and had seen his power up close more than anyone else.

“After all, this battle is not decided by the number of troops.”

“Transcendent….”

The battle of transcendents.

“The troops are just there to keep my hands from getting more blood on them.”

When the war was over, everything would remain as it was.

The traces of destruction, disappearance, and burning.

“The troops we’ve gathered are just there to focus on stalling for time, so you don’t need to think too much about it.”

“Then we don’t even need a week.”

Ha Se-min said.

“Three days, please give us three days.”

* * *

Three days had passed.

‘Chaos.’

During that time, Lee Rowoon had been handling the chaos he had obtained while facing the leaders of Rebellion and the Demonic Dragon.

Now, the power of chaos was no longer foreign.

Saaah.

Rather, it felt like the inner energy he had used the longest, or like the magical power called the power of nature.

Goooh-!

Filling the magic core.

[…Zzzzt. Zzzzt.]

It was even imitating the power of the players.

Chaos was.

‘It is that kind of power in the first place.’

Because it could become anything, it was chaos.

And also.

“Someone….”

Some someone.

“Is scattering chaos.”

It was not a natural occurrence.

Some kind of intervention was scattering chaos into the world.

And that was having a huge impact on the world.

‘Those who do not contain chaos will not know.’

But those who contain chaos would know.

“The world is rushing towards destruction.”

Chaos was a great power.

Perhaps it was the only power that could be called a god.

The fact that it was being scattered so much and used indiscriminately in countless battles was the current reality.

All of that would affect the world.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

Elk, the god of Yggdrasil, who had lost her voice.

Lee Rowoon praised her for her hard work.

Saaah.

The blowing wind felt as if it was thanking Lee Rowoon for his recognition.

Elk, she had been enduring the chaos that was affecting the world alone.

That was why she was constantly losing power and not progressing properly.

However.

“That hardship is over now.”

It would not be difficult anymore.

“The last.”

Lee Rowoon said.

“It’s the last. If you hold on a little longer, it’s really the last.”

Saaah.

The wind blew again, and it seemed as if she was bowing her head towards Lee Rowoon.

Swoosh.

Lee Rowoon ran his hand over Yggdrasil, the World Tree, and finally turned around.

The being that was scattering chaos into the world.

The being behind all of this.

He knew what it was.

It was.

“Master.”

The last remaining master.

It must be the Sword King.

Also, behind that….

-The Martial King, the Demon King.

That all of their masters’ intentions would be there.

Swoosh.

Lee Rowoon took a step forward.