Disciple of The Three Kings [EN]: Chapter 77

The Dark Blood Unit and the Blood Sword Unit were fully prepared.

However, he had no intention of taking all of them.

“But…”

Jung Chi-soo and Kang Eun-ha argued that it was for the Hyeolma’s safety.

“Then, I’ll just move alone.”

Ro-woon’s words, which sounded like a threat, left them no choice but to accept.

Only a portion of the Dark Blood Unit was selected.

“Whew. Not bad.”

A killer from the Ghostly Sound Valley.

“He’s skilled at hiding his presence, and his energy flow is well-organized!”

A man named Lee Yong-jin said, looking at the assassins of the Dark Blood Unit.

“……”

At that sight, everyone’s gaze turned to Lee Yong-jin again.

“Why, why?”

“I don’t think you understand your situation?”

Kang Eun-ha’s cold voice.

“Why are you being so harsh? It’s not like I harmed anyone, and I’m even guiding you all to the Ghostly Sound Valley.”

He had been begging for his life just moments ago, but his change of attitude was incredibly fast.

“Don’t worry. I’ll guide you to the Ghostly Sound Valley safely and surely!”

With his bright greeting, the prepared vehicle departed.

The Dark Blood Unit followed behind.

Even though he seemed foolish, Kang Eun-ha’s lips twitched, as if she was somewhat pleased that a killer from the Ghostly Sound Valley had acknowledged them.

Thud!

“Why, why are you doing this?”

Lee Yong-jin said, flustered, as Ro-woon’s hand suddenly grabbed his shoulder.

“I have something to check.”

“We already checked for poison and all that!”

Ro-woon ignored Lee Yong-jin’s words.

“Kuhuk!”

He pushed the flames of the Sacred Fire into his body.

“Stay still.”

The Sacred Fire flowed through his blood vessels.

The flames illuminated the path in his blood vessels, revealing everything about Lee Yong-jin.

“As I thought.”

Ro-woon said, taking his hand off Lee Yong-jin.

“Kehek! Kehek!”

Lee Yong-jin was grimacing in pain from the Sacred Fire flowing through his blood vessels.

“I’m so frustrated…”

He had been cooperating with Ro-woon with all his heart, but the reaction he was getting was not to his liking.

“Then, do you want to really die?”

“I kind of like being frustrated.”

However, at Ro-woon’s next words, Lee Yong-jin changed his attitude again.

He was definitely a unique individual.

Before they knew it, the vehicle stopped at the address Lee Yong-jin had given them.

“Seriously…”

Kang Eun-ha said, looking at Lee Yong-jin with a dumbfounded expression.

“This is the Ghostly Sound Valley?”

Kang Eun-ha’s eyes turned to a brightly lit neon sign.

[Ghostly Kill PC Bang]

It was a PC bang [internet cafe].

***

Tatatatatatak!

The sound of keyboards echoed from all directions.

“No! Why did I die!”

Angry shouts were heard from all over.

A PC bang.

“Huh.”

He couldn’t even remember when he had last been to a PC bang.

Jung Chi-soo and Kang Eun-ha stood at the entrance of the PC bang with extremely serious expressions.

“I, I’m here.”

Lee Yong-jin stood there with an awkward expression, and Ro-woon with a dumbfounded one.

“Oh, Yong-jin?”

The owner, who was sitting at the counter eating snacks, glanced at him.

“Did you get caught?”

At the owner’s words, Kang Eun-ha and Jung Chi-soo stepped forward and drew their swords.

The Dark Blood Unit, having received the signal, also secured the perimeter.

“That guy…”

He had said that while looking at Lee Yong-jin.

Kang Eun-ha was about to speak to Ro-woon, but.

“He’s an assassin.”

Ro-woon answered first.

“And a top-tier one at that.”

Ro-woon had already sensed the energy emanating from inside before entering the PC bang.

There were clearly many people, but their presence was strangely unusual.

At the same time, he felt the same energy from them as he did from Lee Yong-jin.

“Did you get a request?”

The owner ignored Ro-woon and Kang Eun-ha and spoke to Lee Yong-jin.

“Not an official request, just a chore from the Valley Lord.”

“From the Valley Lord?”

The owner’s eyes lit up.

“Then…”

“I got caught, but I’m a guest.”

At Lee Yong-jin’s words, the owner crossed his legs again and started eating snacks.

In that short moment.

“Hoo.”

The atmosphere had changed.

Kang Eun-ha and Jung Chi-soo seemed to feel it too, but not as much as Ro-woon.

“Interesting.”

While everything was going on as usual, he felt the assassins’ killing intent converging on one point.

If Lee Yong-jin hadn’t said that, the assassins would have attacked from all directions.

It was real.

This was the Ghostly Sound Valley’s hideout.

“Go inside.”

“Okay, bro.”

Lee Yong-jin said that and winked at Ro-woon.

It meant to follow him.

“What the heck…”

Kang Eun-ha seemed utterly dumbfounded by the situation.

She had already felt that Lee Yong-jin was a bit off, but this place was even more so.

The people they passed were all focused on their games, with their hair matted.

“Die!”

The assassins were killing characters in the game, not people.

They didn’t look like top-tier assassins at all.

Gulp.

However, Kang Eun-ha noticed that she was unconsciously tensing up and being wary of her surroundings.

“The Ghostly Sound Valley hasn’t taken many requests for a long time.”

Lee Yong-jin said as he walked down the hallway.

“Everyone’s just lazing around, so they need something to do, right? They just play games. There are more places like this.”

Lee Yong-jin was casually revealing what could be the Ghostly Sound Valley’s secret.

“Earth is like heaven for us. There’s so much to do.”

Lee Yong-jin seemed sincere.

“You don’t take requests?”

“The Ghostly Sound Valley hasn’t taken requests well since the beginning. Unless it’s a special case.”

Lee Yong-jin said, waving his hand at the people sitting there.

“Let’s play together tomorrow. I have something to do today. Ah, that’s why they say we’re considered one of the mysterious sects.”

A killer sect that doesn’t take requests.

“Then why does the Ghostly Sound Valley raise assassins?”

Jung Chi-soo asked Lee Yong-jin.

“Why do we raise assassins, you ask?”

Pfft.

Lee Yong-jin’s lips curled up at Jung Chi-soo’s question.

“Because there are people we need to kill, of course.”

There are people they need to kill.

That’s why the Ghostly Sound Valley continues to raise assassins, even though they don’t take requests.

And top-tier assassins at that.

“Here it is.”

Lee Yong-jin stopped in front of what looked like a wardrobe where customers would store their clothes.

“It’s a bit cramped, so come in one by one.”

Lee Yong-jin opened the door without hesitation.

Swoosh.

As the wardrobe door opened, a blue light swirled inside.

“Crazy…”

When Lee Yong-jin said he would take them to the Ghostly Sound Valley, they thought he would just guide them to one of the branches.

But the place Lee Yong-jin had brought them to was.

“This is the Ghostly Sound Valley.”

It was the world of the Ghostly Sound Valley.

Lee Yong-jin, who had half his body inside the wardrobe, disappeared.

“……I’ll go first.”

Jung Chi-soo began to put his body into the wardrobe first.

* * *

Whoosh!

The wind rushed in.

It was a canyon.

With long cliffs on both sides and a river flowing between them.

Whoosh!

The wind blowing through the gap sounded like a ghostly wail.

“It’s brutal, right?”

Lee Yong-jin spoke in a very relaxed tone.

He was smiling, having stabbed a dagger into the edge of the cliff.

“……”

Only then could Kang Eun-ha and Jung Chi-soo fully understand.

“A top-tier assassin…”

To be so relaxed in this cliff.

Kang Eun-ha and Jung Chi-soo had stabbed their long swords into the wall and were standing on them.

“This is a creepy place.”

Ro-woon was standing on a small rock on the cliff.

“It’s a bit like that. Well, it’s our hometown, so please don’t think too badly of it.”

Ignoring Lee Yong-jin’s words, the three of them took in the scenery of the Ghostly Sound Valley.

The story of the Ghostly Sound Valley, which they had heard like a legend.

Indeed, if one were born and raised here, they would become a monster.

The Dark Blood Unit had decided to guard the entrance outside.

“We have to go a bit further. Are you okay with that?”

At Lee Yong-jin’s words, Kang Eun-ha and Jung Chi-soo nodded.

“Even if we’re not top-tier assassins, this much is enough.”

“Of course.”

“Then, let’s go.”

With those words, Lee Yong-jin pulled out a dagger from his chest.

Whoosh!

The dagger, attached to a thin thread, was embedded in the other cliff.

Whoosh!

His body began to be pulled in as if being sucked in.

“Then, I’ll go first.”

As Kang Eun-ha finished speaking.

Swoosh.

Her sword began to be pulled out of the cliff.

In the meantime, her eyes took on an even deeper red hue.

Paeng!

A black thread wrapped around her sword.

The high viscosity of the Blood Demon Art’s inner energy, especially the stage Kang Eun-ha had reached.

‘Black Blood.’

The Black Blood’s energy was connected like a thread, linking Kang Eun-ha and her sword.

Whoosh!

As the sword was pulled out, Kang Eun-ha began to fall.

However, in that instant, she spun her sword and swung it wide.

Whoosh!

Her sword, like Lee Yong-jin’s, shot out.

The sound of it cutting through the wind was loud, as if its weight could be felt.

Clang!

It was embedded deeply into the cliff.

Kang Eun-ha had also been moving with the Black Blood thread for a long time.

“I’ll go too.”

This time, Jung Chi-soo spoke, and his sword was pulled out.

Whoosh.

However, he did not fall like Kang Eun-ha.

He was hanging on, holding his sword.

‘Sword Control Technique.’

A miraculous martial art that was only possible after reaching the realm of the Mystic Stage, completing the union of sword and self, and reaching the later stages.

The Sword Control Technique, which allowed one to wield a sword like their own limbs and even cut through the air, was unfolding at Jung Chi-soo’s fingertips.

Whoosh!

He also arrived at the opposite cliff where Lee Yong-jin had arrived, along with the sword he was holding.

Now, only Ro-woon was left.

Lee Yong-jin, Kang Eun-ha, and Jung Chi-soo, who had arrived on the other side first, were looking at Ro-woon.

And.

Crack.

Ro-woon’s foot pierced the cliff like tofu.

Kwaaaang!

At the same time, as he kicked off, the cliff exploded.

“Do we really have to go this inconvenient way?”

“……!”

Before they knew it, Ro-woon had arrived beside them and was standing on a rock again.

“Ha, haha…. Y-you guys are indeed amazing.”

Lee Yong-jin’s voice trembled.

“But there’s no easy way to go. Even though it looks like this, the path to the Ghostly Sound Valley is affected by the formation…”

Whoosh!

The wind blew.

“If you take the wrong path, you can’t get out.”

The entire canyon was affected by the formation.

That’s why, if those who knew the way didn’t move in order, they would be trapped in the canyon and become lost forever.

Whoooooosh!

The ghostly wail was heard again.

“It seems to be a formation made of wind.”

At Ro-woon’s words, the corners of Lee Yong-jin’s eyes, which had shown no change, twitched slightly.

“Then it’s simple.”

“Yes?”

Thud.

Ro-woon kicked the rock he was standing on again and floated into the air.

“Hyeolma-nim!”

Kang Eun-ha’s eyes widened as she shouted at him.

“Air Walking!”

Ro-woon was standing in the middle of the canyon.

There was nothing supporting his feet.

Ro-woon was literally standing on the air.

“W-what are you trying to do?”

Ignoring Lee Yong-jin’s words, Ro-woon pulled back his fist.

Come to think of it, it was the first time.

‘Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Blood Demon Divine Art.’

It was the first time he was properly using his power since completing the gears of Master Shin Yeo-ul.

Kooong!

The sound of the space trembling and collapsing.

It was the moment when a thick, blood-colored mist formed at the tip of Ro-woon’s feet.

Paah!

Ro-woon extended his right fist and struck the air.

Krrrrrrrr!

The canyon began to shake from the impact.

Thud thud!

Parts of the cliff collapsed and fell to the ground.

Those who were surprised by the impact of the fist that had cut through the air opened their mouths wide, but they soon realized something even more surprising.

“The ghostly wail…”

The sound of the wind that had filled the canyon.

“It stopped?”

The ghostly wail had stopped.