The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 153

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 153

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 153

Hraesvelg (6)

Phase 1: Humanoid.

Phase 2: Monster.

Phase 3: Monster Rampage.

A very familiar setup.

Yuseongwoo chuckled and looked at Hraesvelg, saying,

“It looks like you’ll have to come down from there now. It’s taking off.”

Some were still positioned on Hraesvelg’s body.

If Hraesvelg took off like this, the rapid pressure change would cause abnormalities in their bodies.

At his words, the Sword Soul divers quickly evacuated.

And Yoo Jiju, who quickly rejoined Yuseongwoo from below, said,

“This doesn’t seem worth it?”

Is it worth going through all this trouble for just one of Hraesvelg’s tail feathers?

The opponent isn’t just a normal boss monster, but a being from mythology.

They also felt it while attached to Hraesvelg’s body.

How enormous its magic power was and how it handled it.

Jeanne said with a serious expression.

“It’s nature itself. When it gathers magic power, it naturally draws in the magic power of the atmosphere.”

“Is that so? I wondered why it had so much magic power. It’s not really worth it.”

To tear off that thing’s tail feathers to make a Philosopher’s Stone [a mythical substance believed to grant immortality] with unknown effects.

Yoo Jiju, thinking as a businessman, had reason to dislike it.

“Hmm.”

Yuseongwoo pondered for a moment.

Whether to continue the attack as is, or retreat once and come back.

Hraesvelg flapped its wings and flew high, gradually becoming a star in the sky.

With its large body.

If they retreated now, they could safely escape the mountain and pass through the portal.

But somehow, his gut feeling told him that if he missed this opportunity, there wouldn’t be another.

“The attack continues.”

Now was the time to move forward.

Clearly.

Yuseongwoo looked up. A strange sense of déjà vu he had felt since Hraesvelg revealed itself.

Someone was watching this place.

It seemed like they were only watching now, but he even felt an atmosphere that they would intervene at any time if something happened.

The calculation that he had to kill Hraesvelg before those guys made a move first.

That way, he could keep his promise with Dagaz.

Yuseongwoo took a long breath and continued.

“From now on, you guys focus on defense until it comes down from the sky. If that thing crashes down again mindlessly, that would be a disaster.”

Its human form was already that strong.

If it crashed into the ground in that form, it would be worse than a nuclear explosion.

Even a superhuman would have a hard time enduring it.

But that was unlikely since Hraesvelg would also suffer great damage.

“Those who can attack from a distance, intercept from maximum range. The ones going with me to hunt that thing are… Baek Woo-hyun, Choi A-yeon. Follow me.”

Yoo Jiju and Jeanne were left behind.

Jeanne could use a powerful shield, and Yoo Jiju could use attack magic.

The remaining melee divers were likely to lose their footing in a fierce battle even if they were brought along.

There was that much of a difference between A-rank and S-rank.

“Jeanne, is spatial movement possible? No, levitation would be better. Maximize the output and release it after 5 seconds.”

“What are you going to do in the air?”

“I have a plan.”

At his words, Jeanne cast a spell as if she didn’t understand.

The levitation magic, instantly cast by the high-level mage, was applied to Yuseongwoo, Baek Woo-hyun, and Choi A-yeon, and they soared into the air in an instant.

Like a rocket being launched, the three rose hundreds of meters into the air in an instant.

“Check your condition first.”

It wasn’t that high, so the penalty due to the pressure difference wouldn’t be significant.

After the two finished checking their condition, Yuseongwoo summoned Otherworld and created one for each of them as a foothold.

Yuseongwoo’s foothold was Samjeong.

In other words, he took out four swords and used three of them as Igi Swords [swords controlled by the user’s will].

He had never tried it before, but it went well.

Now, all that was left was to not mess up the controls and throw the two down below.

“Use it as a foothold until you get on its body.”

“This is a bit difficult.”

“I’m fine.”

“I think I’ll adapt in 3 seconds.”

Yuseongwoo chuckled as he watched the two competing over something useless and said.

“Okay, then try it.”

Saying that, Yuseongwoo looked up. Hraesvelg, who had soared into the sky, was slowly descending.

Numerous stars were twinkling within the wings it spread.

A sign that something was coming.

“Dodge on your own.”

Yuseongwoo said briefly and raised Ilsaeng.

Then, countless feather spears began to pour down.

Baek Woo-hyun and Choi A-yeon acted quickly as they had prepared themselves.

They ran around on Otherworld, deflecting spears with their swords, and twisting their bodies to dodge.

Their movements were somewhat flashy compared to Yuseongwoo, who dodged with minimal movement.

The three, who had avoided a shower of feathers, rose even higher on their swords.

When they were almost at the same eye level as Hraesvelg, who had begun to descend slowly, Yuseongwoo sent the two flying towards the top of its head.

After confirming that the two had landed safely, he released the summoning of Otherworld and focused more on the manipulation of Samjeong.

‘Doing this makes me feel like I’m snowboarding.’

When he thought about it carefully, he had never snowboarded.

If he did, wouldn’t it feel like this?

Yuseongwoo, who flew towards Hraesvelg across the sky, swung his sword greatly.

The aura contained in Ilsaeng burst out at once, drawing a red line in the air.

Hraesvelg countered it by firing a magic beam.

“Do you think you can stop me with that?”

Yuseongwoo overlaid another sword energy on top of the sword energy he had fired.

Horizontal and vertical.

The cross-shaped sword energy, drawn in a straight line, shattered Hraesvelg’s magic beam and struck its head.

A deafening roar echoed once again, and Hraesvelg shook violently.

Yuseongwoo shouted loudly.

“Is this all you’ve got! Hraesvelg!”

There was no way that a being from mythology would only have a huge body.

Yuseongwoo provoked Hraesvelg and continued the battle.

Meanwhile, Choi A-yeon and Baek Woo-hyun roamed around on its body, accumulating damage.

Lightning struck on its body.

A gruesome cracking sound echoed.

The two knew very well what they had to do.

Even though it was insignificant compared to Yuseongwoo, the two made good use of their strengths.

-Die, die, die-!!

Hraesvelg fired magic beams in all directions as if it had gone berserk.

It wasn’t aimed at anything, so the power was weak, but it was still threatening.

Yuseongwoo received the beams with the sword face of Ilsaeng and observed Hraesvelg’s condition.

What could be seen from Hraesvelg was impatience.

Was it because it still couldn’t defeat the insignificant humans?

Or was it filled with embarrassment at being driven into a corner?

Either way, it was good news for those hunting Hraesvelg.

Hraesvelg would soon fall to the ground.

In a miserable state.

* * *

This can’t be.

Why are these insignificant humans so strong?

The sound of lightning is heard from the back.

It doesn’t hurt that much.

But more than anything, the sound of lightning falling was irritating.

Ragnarok [a series of events leading to the destruction of the world in Norse mythology].

The great war in which the Nine Worlds were destroyed, and countless gods and Jotun [a race of giants in Norse mythology] died.

It was Odin and Thor’s lightning that killed many Jotun there.

“What are you thinking so hard about?”

While recalling the tragedy of the Great War, a human appeared before his eyes.

Yes, now he had to focus on the human in front of him rather than the lightning.

He had never met a human.

The ones he had defeated so far were gods or Jotun.

Humans were just insignificant beings of Midgard [Earth in Norse mythology] who were swept away by the flames of the Great War.

But, but…….

The human with the red sword was different from them.

Even though he was injured, it was absurd to be pushed back by a human.

Once again, the human’s sword was swung.

The sword, filled with intense will and conviction like the gods, emitted a fierce red light and struck his beak.

It hurts, it hurts…….

He didn’t know how long it had been since he felt this way.

This human was deliberately striking only his beak.

As if trying to test whether his sword was stronger or his beak was stronger.

He was carving numerous scars on his beak and staring at him with his displeasing red eyes.

He had to kill him.

He had to kill him in this place.

The swordplay that seemed to be probing him incited murderous intent, so he gathered and unleashed magic power from his entire body.

To tear off the guy in front of him and, at the same time, tear off the guys attached to his body.

But those guys stubbornly clung on and didn’t fall off.

“I can hear you thinking. Don’t you know that it’s useless to think with a bird brain?”

The human, who had split the unleashed magic power with one sword, leaped into the air and stuck to the top of his head.

Then he raised his sword high.

Dangerous.

He had only raised his sword, but perhaps because he had been hit so many times, his body reacted on its own.

The fear that he could no longer allow it.

That constricted Hraesvelg.

Hraesvelg quickly tried to shake his head, but he heard Yuseongwoo’s voice saying that he wouldn’t let him.

“I told you, it’s just a bird brain no matter how much you think.”

He felt a terrifying magic power above his head.

A different level of cohesion from what he had shown so far.

He rolled his eyes.

What he saw at the edge of his vision was the guy’s red eyes and the raised corner of his mouth.

He was smiling.

He was looking at him with the same face as those gods who only saw him as prey and brought down his sword.

Inevitable death was approaching.

He had avoided it even in that Great War.

Kwaaang-!!

Red magic power filled his eyes with the shock.

The sensation of his head being split in half. The sensation that started from his head soon spread throughout his body and shook his mind.

His head was lifted.

The vision that had been looking straight ahead looked up at the sky, and the fluttering wings stopped.

The large body could no longer fly and began to fall.

Ragnarok.

Like then.

* * *

“Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

“Me too.”

When Hraesvelg fell, Yuseongwoo summoned Otherworld and received Choi A-yeon and Baek Woo-hyun.

It fell down below.

With a face that he never knew he would really fall.

Yuseongwoo, who was standing on top of the already summoned Samjeong and quietly watching Hraesvelg fall, turned his head and looked at the sky.

“Oh.”

At his small exclamation, Choi A-yeon and Baek Woo-hyun also turned their heads to see what was going on.

And they witnessed an unbelievable sight there.

“W-what is that?”

“What the…….”

In the sky that should have been darkened by the storm created by Hraesvelg.

There was a golden door shining.

What appeared from the golden door decorated with all sorts of ornaments were armed warriors.

Armed with golden weapons and fluttering white wings, they all emitted an intense aura.

The group that suddenly appeared by opening the door in the sky looked like angels, but the aura they emitted was extremely fierce.

A fierce spirit that showed no benevolence.

Yuseongwoo looked at them and recalled a story he had heard from Hetris.

“Valkyrie…….”

Odin’s warriors have arrived at this place.