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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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The invasion of the world.
It referred to an incident where the imagined worlds of novels were mixed with Earth.
The world of martial arts that was only seen in martial arts novels, Eun.
The world of swords and magic that was seen in fantasy novels, Einheart.
The land of monsters and demons that deserved to be called the demon realm, Gehenna.
And with them came the invaders, the monsters of the gate.
“Ahem.”
“Ahem.”
“Ahem.”
And the three people standing before my eyes right now…
It was an unbelievable story even after hearing their words.
‘The Three Kings.’
They claimed that they were each the masters of the three worlds.
Legends that remained as forgotten history in the three worlds.
Of course, they were just legends, and kings of the three worlds did not exist now.
“Hey, what’s wrong with this guy? His eyes look completely gone?”
“……”
“That part… I like it.”
A withered old man who looked like he would die any moment, a middle-aged man whose muscles seemed about to burst but looked somewhat dim-witted, and….
Gulp.
I thought I had even lost my sexual desire from the life of a slave, but this was a beautiful woman whose appearance made my lost desires surge.
However, These people are the rulers of the three worlds?
“No. Perhaps they didn’t expect to meet us.”
“…I agree.”
“When facing beings of high status, most humans’ judgment becomes clouded.”
Watching them babbling disorderly towards me, I raised my body.
“Yes. Show some respect… Huh? What are you doing?”
I walked past them.
The huge message in front of me.
I moved while only looking at the message.
“Hey, hey, heyyy!”
“……!”
“You can’t go there yet!”
Swoosh.
They blocked the path in front of me before I knew it.
“……”
I looked at them with empty eyes and then tried to take another step.
Three Kings?
That’s a joke.
How could they be the Three Kings when they couldn’t even stop me, who had no power, from taking a step forward?
According to their claims, the King of Eun, the Martial King, had pacified a continent with just one fist.
The King of Einheart, the Sword King, was said to have cleaved the sky with a single sword.
And what about the Demon King of Gehenna?
‘Godslayer.’
Wasn’t he said to be a powerful being who killed a god and even destroyed their divinity?
But, how could they be the Three Kings when they couldn’t even stop me, who had lost all my power and was no different from a slave?
It must be nonsense.
“Is it revenge?”
I stopped walking at the Sword King’s voice, who had been silent until then.
“Do you desire the destruction of the world out of revenge?”
Them blocking my way once again looked different.
Calmly settled eyes, eyes like burning suns, and eyes that seemed to pull you into the abyss just by looking at them.
“What… does it matter to you?”
“If you were chosen as the vessel of chaos and came here, the story is simple. You want the destruction of the world.”
“……”
“If you enter there, you will become the vessel of chaos as you desire and the world will be destroyed.”
That is exactly what I want.
“But if that happens, it won’t be you who takes revenge, but chaos.”
“……?”
“You will simply receive a message that the world has been destroyed while your body and mind are taken from you.”
The eyes turned towards me.
“Do you truly desire that?”
The Martial King’s question.
“Also, entrusting yourself to chaos means that even the slightest thing you considered precious will disappear. Is your revenge truly directed at them as well?”
The Sword King’s question.
“True revenge is… thrilling.”
It was from the Demon King, who seemed to be missing a few screws.
“Then what do you want me to do? Are you going to do it for me?”
I answered.
“We are bound to this chaotic dimension, and we cannot physically interfere with the world.”
I took another step.
“Then get out of the way.”
They couldn’t help with anything and just offered advice.
‘It’s so annoying.’
There was no reason to talk to them any longer.
What stopped my steps was.
“Power.”
The Martial King’s voice.
“I will give you power.”
“I will give you influence.”
“I will give you… everything.”
Swoosh.
“Do it yourself. That revenge.”
“……?”
“Become our…”
They said.
“Become our disciple.”
According to what they who called themselves the Three Kings said, that was the case…
The world, at certain times, seeks a vessel to contain chaos, and when chaos descends, it leads the world to destruction.
The Three Kings wanted to prevent that.
“If you accept chaos unprepared, complete chaos will descend.”
“But if we lead you to complete preparation…”
“You will be able to confine chaos within your body.”
The sealing of chaos.
That was what the Three Kings desired.
“Become our disciple. We will give you everything. Use that power and overcome chaos.”
Me?
“Do not doubt.”
“Either way, if you enter there, the result will be the same.”
“If there’s even a slight possibility, isn’t it better to take a gamble? If you succeed…”
Becoming an unprecedented being who has inherited all the legacies of the Three Kings.
But if I fail…
“Wouldn’t that be alright too? After all, it’s the world you intended to destroy. The result is the same.”
It seemed like a proposal with nothing to lose.
“Time…”
I answered…
“I don’t have time.”
According to them, the time I would need to train was long and vast.
What if the target of my revenge dies during that time?
In the end, my rage would become meaningless.
“When you crossed over here, the second hand of the clock in your world stopped. If you succeed, you will be able to return to the exact moment you came here.”
All that is left of me is ashes, all burned down.
But if there was even a sliver of remaining embers, that was the embers of revenge.
‘I will take revenge with my own hands…’
Having already lost everything, what more was there for me to lose?
“If you still have even a little bit of a human heart left, then follow our words.”
A human heart…?
“I am already completely broken.”
I replied.
“Not only do I not have the power of a player, but I can’t even move a single speck of magic. What can I possibly do with this?”
It was a roundabout way of telling them to give up on me.
Smirk..
What I saw was their smiles.
“You don’t need petty power like that.”
“We…”
“We will slowly change you.”
The time for choice.
“What should I call you?”
“Master.”
“From now on, call us ‘Master’.”
And so, I became the disciple of the Three Kings.
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First, I received teachings from the Martial King.
“Geez. How can something be this messed up?”
He called himself an emperor who unified all the continents of Eun and the master of a place called the Shinma Sect. The Heavenly Demon, and the Blood Demon.
And what I was going to learn were the martial arts of the Heavenly Demon and the Blood Demon.
“Don’t worry. I will change everything from the very basics. If you undergo a complete transformation about three times, you will at least have a usable mind and body.”
A body that couldn’t even feel a single speck of magic.
But the Martial King changed it as he pleased.
“It’s called qi. Feel it.”
He forcefully injected it into my body and made me do everything against my will.
I experienced pain that felt like death, and I even experienced shocks that actually led me to the verge of death several times.
“Don’t worry. There is no death in the chaotic dimension. Moreover, you are the vessel of chaos, so worry even less.”
I couldn’t even die.
After the Martial King’s teachings ended, the Sword King’s teachings began.
“I am the sword king of Einheart, and all weapons are no different from my limbs.”
I learned how to handle weapons with my completed body.
Swords, spears, bows, and dozens, hundreds of other weapons I didn’t even know existed.
Of course, the training method was not normal.
“Weapons, by nature…”
Thud!
“You can learn in more detail by experiencing them firsthand.”
Training that was more like torture.
If it weren’t for the Martial King’s teachings, my mind would have collapsed first even if I couldn’t die.
The Sword King’s teachings were not limited to simply handling weapons.
Thus, while handling weapons, my body became even stronger, and my soul continued to grow.
Also, the Sword King gave me the teachings of an emperor.
My mind and body became one, and I achieved rapid growth.
“It’s the last one… I’ve waited so long.”
The last one was the Demon King’s teaching.
Lick.
Although I had been receiving teachings from one master for a long time, it wasn’t like I hadn’t interacted with the other masters.
The Martial King and Sword King, they were definitely the biggest weirdos in the world, but…
“……Why are you so scared?”
It could be said that the Demon King had a mental world that was truly difficult to even describe.
“Don’t worry! You already know from experience, right? You can never die here?”
A seductive smile that would make your mind spin just by looking at it.
Beauty is tormenting.
“That means it’s okay for me to do whatever I want!”
It wasn’t that beauty was tormenting, but that the one facing beauty was tormented; I could truly realize that.
What the Demon King taught me was all the black and white, and the magic that had mastered all of that.
Perhaps it was due to the long period of teachings.
“You’re actually… quite talented?”
The last teaching was finished.
My mind and body, which had become completely one, had moved into the realm of transcendence.
I stood before the large message I had seen the day I first came to this place.
“I have done everything I could.”
“If it still doesn’t work…”
“Then there’s no other way, I guess.”
The masters were seeing me off.
The beginning and the end; crossing over there would decide it.
“Disciple.”
“Yes, Master.”
I gave my last greeting to the voice that called me.
“What is your name?”
“Are you… asking that now?”
A question about each other’s names that had never been asked in the nearly one hundred years we had spent together.
“If we knew each other’s names, wouldn’t we become attached? We might never see each other again, so why ask?”
“Then why are you asking now?”
“Even without knowing names…”
The Martial King laughed.
“I guess we have become attached. We’ve been here for too long. I was called a heartless, ruthless ghost. Geez.”
I laughed too.
“My name is….”
I slowly walked towards the message, towards the place where chaos was, and said.
“Lee Rowoon.”
A name my parents gave me, hoping I would benefit the world widely.
“I will hear your names after I return.”
I had already stepped halfway into the maw of chaos.
“Okay…”
“Come back safely.”
“Disciple.”
It was a matter where victory or defeat could not be easily guaranteed.
But if I had to make a guess, the chances of failure were 9 out of 10 or higher.
“I have returned, Masters.”
I succeeded in containing chaos within myself.
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