Disciple of the Three Kings – Chapter 7

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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“Rowoon, just watch my back.”

Kim Shin-hong was a member of Dank, the small elite guild that Lee Rowoon had created, and its main tank.

‘Rowoon…’

However, Kim Shin-hong had failed to perform the role of a proper tank.

He had been full of doubts, had been very timid, and had feared pain more than anyone.

Even so, because he was a friend, and because he was a founding member of Dank, Lee Rowoon had trusted him and had gone with him.

“It seems like there’s no one who can step up for you now, is there?”

That guy hadn’t changed.

He had become a Raid leader of the Hwasan guild in exchange for selling himself out, but his gaze was the same as it had been in the past.

A weak and wavering gaze.

A heavy voice and tone to hide it.

“You’re going crazy, aren’t you?”

Lee Rowoon had said, curling up the corner of his mouth.

“How I have this kind of power, how the Black Plum Blossoms died. What my skills are, what my level is…”

Smirk.

“You’re going crazy because you don’t know anything.”

He wouldn’t move without definite information.

He always waited for others to engage the enemy, and would only move after the enemy had been analyzed to a certain extent.

‘Leave it to me!’

That was the kind of guy Kim Shin-hong was.

Still, he had leveled up together with him for a long time, and his level before he betrayed him had been in the 130s.

A ranker.

After that, he had become the company commander of the Hwasan guild and had grown with the full support of the Hwasan guild, so it was certain that his level had surpassed 150.

“It seems like you’re the same way, though.”

Kim Shin-hong spoke as if he were relaxed.

“You probably don’t know how much my level has increased, or what other abilities I’ve gained. So, just try doing what you used to do.”

He was also smiling.

“Try rushing forward and crashing into things without even paying attention to your surroundings!”

“Is that so?”

Lee Rowoon, with his eyes half-closed, reached out his hand.

“I was going to do that anyway.”

Paa-a-a-ang!

The black blood cells that extended from his palm shot towards Kim Shin-hong, creating a sound of splitting the air.

Tang!

Kim Shin-hong had planted the huge greatsword he had been carrying on his back into the ground and had used the blade’s surface to deflect the black blood cells.

“Kuh!”

However, Kim Shin-hong was pushed back from the impact.

Boom! Ta-ta-ta-ta-tang!

The black blood cells exploded, causing secondary damage, but Kim Shin-hong, as befitting a ranker, had blocked all those attacks.

“……!”

Kim Shin-hong had tried to turn around at the belatedly perceived presence.

“It seems like your level-up hasn’t been as significant as I thought.”

A voice came from right behind Kim Shin-hong.

He had blocked his vision with black blood cells and in the meantime, had moved his body to take a position behind Kim Shin-hong.

“Back Shield!”

Almost as soon as Kim Shin-hong’s voice had finished, a loud sound echoed and a giant shield had risen from the ground, blocking Lee Rowoon.

Blocked by the large shield, Lee Rowoon extended his palm and fired black blood cells once more.

Puh-uh-uk!

The black blood cells penetrated deeply into the Back Shield.

Boom!

Once again, the black blood cells exploded, increasing the destructive power, but ultimately, it had failed to break through his shield.

Lee Rowoon, after creating some distance, said,

“Is it only natural? The Hwasan, who call themselves a prestigious clan, would have been hesitant to nurture a traitor who sold out his comrades, much less make him a Raid leader.”

“Shut up!”

Swish!!

Kim Shin-hong’s large greatsword slashed towards where Lee Rowoon was.

The moment Lee Rowoon was about to dodge the greatsword by bending his waist,

Fwosh!

The flow of air shifted.

The greatsword, which was slashing, was now aimed at Lee Rowoon with its flat side.

Tang!

The black blood cells that Lee Rowoon had fired hit the flat of the greatsword and changed its direction.

“How… how did you gain this power?”

Kim Shin-hong said, glaring at Lee Rowoon.

“You definitely lost the power of a player! But how!”

“I told you, I was lucky.”

“Shut up!”

This time, the greatsword thrust forward.

“Shield Wall!”

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Shields appeared from all directions around Lee Rowoon, enclosing him like a prison.
Small gaps between the shields

Kim Shin-hong’s greatsword pierced through the gaps.

“Haa, haa.”

Kim Shin-hong exhaled roughly.

The black orbs that were extending from Lee Rowoon’s hand, they definitely held absurd power.

But it was clear.

Smirk.

He was only capable of shooting those black orbs.

Otherwise, there was no reason why he would have shot black orbs instead of a different attack when he had gotten behind him and close.

“This is the end.”

He was trapped within the walls of shields, and his sword was penetrating the gaps.

This was a new skill that he had gained, one that even that guy didn’t know about.

“Weapon Bomb.”

Crack! Crack!

Cracks began to form from the tip of the greatsword.

Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom-boom!

The greatsword exploded, scattering thousands of shards along with the blast.

It was powerful even in a wide-open space, but trapped inside a wall of shields like this, there was absolutely no way to avoid it.

This was the growth he had strived for all this time.

“Still, I feel good about ending you with my own hands.”

Kim Shin-hong said ,smiling and releasing the Shield Wall.

“……!”

Kim Shin-hong’s face twisted horribly.

“H-how…”

The collapsed Shield Wall revealed one of Lee Rowoon’s eyes.

Surrounded by a black membrane, the shards of the greatsword were embedded all over the black membrane.

Damn it, he hadn’t died.

Just as he was about to draw another sword from his waist,

“Too late.”

Lee Rowoon moved.

Wham!

Lee Rowoon’s black hand grabbed Kim Shin-hong’s head and slammed it directly into the ground.

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Honestly, he had been curious.

How much power he had gained from the power that he had learned from his masters.

As a player who had only learned and used skills, he had been curious about how powerful this new strength was.

Of course, if he had been in perfect condition or had grown to a certain extent, he wouldn’t have even hesitated.

As someone who had almost become a high ranker, he had felt how amazing his masters’ teachings were.

But it was the very foundation and starting point of his masters’ teachings.

‘Blood Demon Divine Art.’

He had been curious about how much he could do with just that level of achievement.

It wasn’t a matter of converting the power he felt in his body into an objective level.
He was curious about how well it would work against humans, not his masters.

That was why he had intentionally stalled and tried to fight a bit longer.

“But…”

Lee Rowoon said, pressing down on Kim Shin-hong’s head that was buried in the ground.

“This is too easy.”

A ranker that he had worked so hard to become.

Of course, Kim Shin-hong hadn’t been a high-ranker level, and considering his timid personality and skill, it was ambiguous to even call him a proper ranker.

But in any case, a ranker over level 150…

“Is this right?”

He had overwhelmingly subdued him.

If this was possible with just the Blood Demon Divine Art alone, he couldn’t even imagine what it would be like when he regained his other powers.

Of course, there were many strong individuals in this world who couldn’t be compared to the likes of Kim Shin-hong.

But without a doubt, Lee Rowoon was sure of it now.

‘I won’t lose.’

It wouldn’t take too long before there would be no existence that could stand against him.

Not even the guild leader of the Hwasan guild, nor even ‘them’ behind him.

Or even the existences of Einheart and Gehenna.

And lastly…

‘One Hand.’

Even those standing at the very peak of the world.

He was confident that he would be able to catch up to them without it taking too long.

‘Honestly, I was curious.’

Lee Rowoon thought, looking at Kim Shin-hong, who was struggling under his palm.

‘A hundred years of revenge.’

The revenge he had vowed and vowed every day when he had been a worker at the corpse disposal site.

The revenge that he had had no choice but to dream about even though he knew it was impossible.

But during the hundred or so years that he had been chosen as a vessel, he had thought that the flame of revenge had grown dim and died out.

So, he had been curious about how he would feel when he returned and met them again.

Would he feel nothing, with the extinguished flame as it was?

Or would it reignite and spew out a blaze like karmic fire?

And now, at the point of his first revenge, Lee Rowoon’s heart felt neither of the two.

“It’s just… like this.”

The flame of revenge hadn’t blazed up.

But it hadn’t completely died out either.

He didn’t feel bad.

“Rowoon…, Lee Rowoon!”

Kim Shin-hong struggled and opened his mouth.

He had probably tried everything to escape from his hand, but hadn’t been able to.

Because his hand was now taking everything from him with the Blood Demon Absorption technique.

“S-save me….”

In the end, those were the words he had uttered.

“Please… I betrayed you… I had no choice!”

“You had no choice?”

“If not, we would have all died!”

Kim Shin-hong shouted.

“If we were to live…, if you were to live too, I had no choice…”

Lee Rowoon laughed.

“Can you even say that a slave at the corpse disposal site is ‘living’?”

“That’s…”

“You became a Raid leader of Hwasan, and I became a slave, feeling pain that made me feel like I would die every day. And you’re saying that was for me?”

Lee Rowoon’s eyes gradually gleamed.

‘Intent to kill!’

The symbol of a martial artist, and the aura that a player could never use, had begun to be emitted.

How he had gained that power was not important now.

He had to live.

That was all that was in Kim Shin-hong’s mind.

How had it come to this?

“The other guys…, I’ll tell you… where they are…!”

“……!”

The members of Dank who had betrayed Lee Rowoon.

Among them, only Kim Shin-hong had been revealed.

The rest were all hiding somewhere, concealing their identities and positions.

“So…, save me… I’ll help you with your revenge!”

The intent to kill disappeared from Lee Rowoon’s eyes.

Just as Kim Shin-hong, thinking it was a sign of affirmation, was about to breathe a sigh of relief,

“You betray me, and then you talk about betraying again.”

“That’s…!”

“It doesn’t matter anyway.”

Lee Rowoon’s palm that was pressing down on Kim Shin-hong opened.

“……!”

Now, he couldn’t possibly not know what was going to happen.

“It’s better this way. Everyone will hear the news of your death, right?”

“Rowoon! Lee Rowoon-!”

“And they’ll either wait, trembling, or they’ll struggle to live.”

“Please! One more time…!”

“Not bad. I wasn’t planning on going to find them right away anyway.”

“Save me…”

“Go ahead and wait for me first, Kim Shin-hong.”

Ughk!

A black blood cell that had sprung out of his palm.

It lodged itself into his mouth.

Boom-squelch!

Kim Shin-hong’s pathetic screams could no longer be heard.

“Hoo.”

Lee Rowoon stood up.

He slowly scanned his surroundings.

The workers of the corpse disposal site were trembling, lying prostrate like dead rats.

A fate where they couldn’t even escape because of the slave mentality ingrained in their bodies for years, and the slave mark etched into their flesh.

‘I too…’

He should have been one of them.

But on that day, everything had changed.
The corpse disposal site, where there wasn’t a single good memory.

Slaves who found even living a single day to be painful didn’t have any reason to make friends or have conversations with each other.

There was no reason to save anyone.

Swoosh.

Lee Rowoon stretched out his hand, palm open.

Those people were just witnesses.

“S-save…”

Seeing that, the slaves, shocked, lowered their bodies even further and trembled.

After all, if they were left like this, they would die anyway.

They would suffer as slaves, they would be massacred for having stood by while the Raid leader died, and for the excuse that Hwasan’s reputation had fallen.

So, he would put an end to it.

“Please…!”

Pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pa-pat!

Dozens of black blood cells shot out and exploded simultaneously.

“Keuk!”

“Kkeu-eueueuk!”

“Kkeuak!”

Black blood cells lodged into most of the slaves at the corpse disposal site.

The slaves were already foaming at the mouth and trembling as if their heads had exploded.

Lee Rowoon clenched his fist.

He had naturally thought that a series of explosions would erupt from all sides, but no sound was heard.

Only then did the slaves, feeling something was off, raise their heads and look at Lee Rowoon.

Covered in blood from the aftermath of the battle, with his eyes half-closed as if he were exhausted.

“You’re free.”

Only then were the slaves able to realize.

“The slave seal…!”

“The seal is gone!”

The slave seal that had been binding them had disappeared.

When they tried to look for Lee Rowoon again, he was nowhere to be seen.

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