The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 158

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 158

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 158

The Returnee

The Sword Demon, who had left for Northern Europe, returned to Korea.

Experts predicted that the Sword Demon would not achieve any visible results overseas.

The Sword Demon, and the meteor shower, had shown unprecedented and unconventional actions so far, but it was said that it was only possible domestically.

Of course, that was just talk from those who didn’t know any better.

Yoosungwoo had already proven his skills overseas with the Elf and Towel Clan affairs.

However, the reason why there were still opinions that he would not be able to exert his power due to large overseas guilds was probably because Sword Demon was still a newborn guild.

Even though the Witch Society and several guilds supported him, there were still plenty of people who looked at him with displeasure.

However, those opinions were all overturned in this Sword Demon’s expedition performance announcement.

The events that took place at the end of Northern Europe have not yet been revealed.

European guilds were ashamed and did not speak, and the Demonic Cult [a secretive martial arts sect] was closed off.

In the end, Sword Demon, who had accomplished everything, had no choice but to open the floodgates and reveal some information.

-Sword Demon, Expedition Performance Announcement.

-Sword Demon successfully attacked a Class 1 Abyss [a dangerous, monster-filled dimension] alone. The material collected is a monster that appears in mythology…….

Solo attack.

This one word caused a huge ripple effect.

In a place full of fierce competitors, he attacked the Abyss alone.

It was news that gave strength not only to Yoosungwoo’s ability alone but also to Sword Demon itself.

Furthermore, the bombshell statement from Titan in the United States.

-Titan testifies that the Abyss in Northern Europe was not an ordinary Class 1 Abyss. At least equivalent to a Special Class…….

-Guild Odin’s secret weapon, defeated by Baek Woohyun…….

As if on cue, the story of Tony, who fought against Baek Woohyun, was leaked from Europe.

The news that Tony, a promising player recruited by the Odin Guild and an S-class diver [a high-ranking explorer of the Abyss] called the descendant of Thor, was brutally defeated in a sparring match with Baek Woohyun, caused national pride to exceed the lethal dose.

“Well, I’m embarrassed to say this.”

Baek Woohyun scratched the back of his head as if he was embarrassed, saying that.

The news was all over the news all day long for winning a sparring match once…….

“Yes, you should be embarrassed. Just winning that once…….”

Guild members gathered at the Sword Demon’s guild building after a long time.

The materials they collected were entrusted to Meteor Industries for processing.

Hetris went straight to the lab with Hraesvelgr’s [a giant eagle from Norse mythology] tail feathers and locked himself in…….

Jeanne said she would take a break and returned to the Korean branch of the Witch Society.

Most of the guild members were on vacation, so there were only four or five people in the building.

“It feels a little eerie that we are the only ones in this big building.”

Choi Ahyeon, who couldn’t stand the silence, said after a moment of silence.

At her words, Yoosungwoo twitched his eyes and said.

“Do you believe in ghosts? No, that was a bit of a stupid question. In an era where shamans are rampant [referring to the prevalence of spiritual practices]…….”

“What do you want to ask?”

“…It’s a story about the existence of the human soul and its reincarnation. It’s a ridiculous story, but.”

“I believe it.”

It was Baek Woohyun who answered Yoosungwoo’s words. He nodded a couple of times and continued.

“Isn’t reincarnation a concept that originated in Buddhism? My parents are Buddhists, so I went to temples a few times when I was young. That’s why…….”

Baek Woohyun paused for a moment.

He licked his lips and parted them with some difficulty.

“Only if there is reincarnation, my deceased parents will be able to gain a new life and live a happy life again.”

“Oh, there was such a… back story. Then is this an orphanage meeting?”

Yoosungwoo said and laughed. His parents had been dead for a long time.

Baek Woohyun’s too, had been a long time.

Yoowol, needless to say… was too.

Choi Ahyeon raised her hand slightly and said.

“My parents are still alive and well, but…….”

“Traitor.”

“Ha, but I haven’t been in contact with them for a long time. They are not even like parents.”

“Then I’ll recognize you as a semi-orphan.”

“Thank you…….”

There was no one in this place without a story. Yoosungwoo smiled again as he watched Choi Ahyeon, who was relieved, and opened his mouth.

“When I was in another world, I had colleagues. It was an expedition team of swordsmen, and I was the leader of that expedition team. I was half-pushed into it.”

Yoosungwoo had rarely told others about his colleagues.

Baek Woohyun and Choi Ahyeon listened to the story for the first time.

“The name of the expedition team was Sword Demon. It meant those who put their souls into their swords, and our souls were one with the sword.”

“…That’s romantic.”

“It would have been really nice if it had remained romantic. But they all died in the last battle…….”

“Ah, I’m… sorry.”

“There’s no need to be sorry, but sometimes I think about it. Where do the souls of my dead colleagues go, and where do they sleep… Someone said that the souls of dead colleagues might be born and living in another world.”

When he heard that story, Yoosungwoo thought that he might be able to meet his old colleagues again.

Their appearance may have changed a lot, or they may not remember the past…….

I just wanted to say I’m sorry.

I want to apologize for making you die because I was an incompetent leader.

Yoosungwoo lay down on the sofa and continued to speak.

“In that sense, I wish reincarnation was true. I regret not doing what I couldn’t do when I could speak.”

“…Master.”

“What’s with the depressing story? Loosen up your expression.”

“Seongwoo, oh? Did I come at the wrong time?”

“No.”

Yoowol intervened when the atmosphere was about to become more serious.

She was holding a tablet in her hand.

“What you asked me to find out last time has finally been summarized. Would you like to check it out?”

“Give it to me.”

Yoosungwoo took the tablet from Yoowol and checked the contents.

It was about whether there were any cases like what happened at Yeonam Private Elementary School.

‘Double Abyss’, where two Abyss appeared with a slight time difference.

The contents written on the tablet were about the double abyss phenomenon that appeared in each country.

As Yoosungwoo expected, the double abyss did not only happen in Korea.

The double abyss occurred in several countries, and most of them were in the middle of the city.

High-level Abyss opened in succession, and breakouts occurred at the same time, making it difficult to respond.

The result was disastrous.

Numerous casualties.

Not only divers but also many civilians died and were injured.

“…The dates when the double abyss occurred are mostly similar.”

“Experts speculate that the dimensional waves are very unstable. The Magic Tower says that the boundaries between dimensions seem to be shaking.”

“Not a certainty, but seems like…….”

“Dimensional magic is very difficult magic. It’s fortunate if there is someone who understands it.”

I see.

Even in the other world where Yoosungwoo was, there was no one who could handle dimensional magic.

The dragons seemed to be messing around, but that was only to the extent of breaking down the boundaries between the present world, the heavenly world, and the demon world.

They couldn’t reach completely different dimensions.

The reason why Yoosungwoo was able to return to Earth was also due to the incomplete dimensional movement that sacrificed the heart of the Demon God.

‘…The fact that Valkyries [female figures in Norse mythology who choose who may die in battle] appeared in the Abyss is also like that.’

He didn’t know much about dimensional magic.

He didn’t know how dimensions were maintained…….

There would be no one on Earth who understood it.

He licked his lips and returned the tablet because he had no answer to offer.

“Contact Jeanne. I need to see her.”

“What should I tell her?”

“Tell her to contact the Witch Society. After contacting her, find out the recent trends of the Seungcheon Church. The Korean branch has been destroyed, so look overseas.”

“Yes.”

Yoosungwoo got up from the sofa after finishing his words.

Then now.

It was time to play with the kids.

* * *

During the Great Disaster, the number of people who disappeared as if they had evaporated was quite large.

Such people would return one day after several years, or they would never return.

The number of such returnees amounted to tens of thousands worldwide.

Yoosungwoo was one of them, and he was one of the very rare cases who returned on his own.

How many people returned from another world on their own?

Returning to Earth from another world means crossing dimensions.

The only being with that kind of ability is God, so the case of achieving great achievements in another world and returning with the power of God was less than ten fingers among thousands of returnees.

Such returnees were either on par with S-class divers or had strength that surpassed them.

Every time such returnees appeared, they brought great repercussions.

Most of them were in an unstable mental state due to their long life in another world.

If such people caused terrorism in the city, it would be a living disaster.

“Keu, keuha, keuhahahaha…….”

A crazy laughter echoed in the middle of the city.

A disheveled boy appeared in the center of Seoul.

The boy, with long, dirty hair, looked around with sparkling blood-red eyes.

Familiar streets, familiar air.

There were some changes, but it was definitely his world.

For a long time, and longing for…….

The boy, who suddenly appeared, felt the gazes surrounding him.

‘What, what? He suddenly appeared.’

‘Is he a returnee? Shouldn’t we report him?’

The eyes of people full of anxiety.

The boy looked at those people and asked.

“Why, why are you looking at me like that?”

And, the blaring horns.

Bbang- bbang- bbaaang-

The place where the boy appeared was in the middle of the city, a large intersection where tens of thousands of cars pass every day.

As traffic was paralyzed by the suddenly appearing boy, horns were honked from all over the place.

The lights of the car flicker, followed by the horn.

The light flickers and rings loudly in the ears.

The boy found it difficult to endure the light and sound that stimulated his clear senses.

Perhaps because he was used to the environment of another world, it was difficult to breathe, and he felt like he was losing strength in his body.

Thump. The boy sat down on the spot, grabbed his head with both hands, and picked up the sword next to him.

Only then did the noise seem to subside a little, but his head was still dizzy.

“-Alive, -okay?”

“What-? Why is the car -moving- here?”

People who came to the boy to check what was going on were talking.

One of them reached out to the boy, and the boy reflexively shouted and shook off the hand.

“Don’t touch my body-!!”

And at that moment, the body of the person who could not withstand the magic power contained in the boy’s voice swelled and shrank.

The body of a weak human being hit by a strong body shattered.

Blood and flesh scattered and scattered.

The being that had been human until just now was reduced to a mere lump of meat and could no longer be called human.

Terror came to the people who saw it in front of their eyes.

A person was crushed in an instant.

The eyes of the people change.

From vigilance to ‘fear’.

Looking at the boy with fearful eyes, they turn their bodies and run away.

So that they don’t become the boy’s next target.

The boy, seeing the people running away from him, wanted to reach out, telling them not to run away.

He lowered his hand at the feeling he felt from them.

“Heuaaaht-!!”

A man jumped towards the boy. He was a passing diver, trying to stop the boy from moving.

However, the boy crushed the man on the floor with a flick of his finger.

Two lumps of meat were made.

The boy muttered, holding the sword in his arms.

“…Yes, this is not a place where I should be either.”

Then, there is no choice but to make them accept it.

The savior and hero of another world.

And the worst returnee.

Shin Changsoo drew his sword from its sheath and moved his steps.