The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 160

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 160

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace 160

The Returner (3)

“Is it coming from here?”

Getting closer, I could feel it more clearly.

Just how far Shin Chang-soo’s detection range extended.

A radius of 10km centered on Shin Chang-soo.

An enormous reconnaissance ability.

“He must be quite the coward.”

Yoo Seong-woo chuckled and stepped into the range.

Then he said,

“I’ll go in first, so check the barrier installation and follow me.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared. Without a trace, he moved to a place beyond sight in an instant.

The remaining Divers split into several groups and began installing the barrier.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had rushed ahead alone, leaped over buildings and headed toward the center.

The closer he got to the center, the more debris there was compared to intact buildings.

A scene of utter devastation.

And, as he went further in, a horrifying landscape unfolded.

Blood and flesh were scattered everywhere, staining the ground with dark red as if painting with blood.

He slowly reduced his speed.

The closer he got to the center, the more horrific the mountain of corpses became.

A mountain of corpses, a sea of blood.

A phrase that perfectly described the deeds of Shin Chang-soo.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had stopped walking, made eye contact with Shin Chang-soo, who was sitting atop the mountain of corpses and looking down at him.

Shin Chang-soo’s detection range was vast. He knew that Yoo Seong-woo had entered, and that others were rushing in from all directions.

However, he couldn’t deal with them because of Yoo Seong-woo.

Approaching with an overwhelming presence from 10km away, he acted as if he was a king receiving tribute. [This implies arrogance and a sense of entitlement.]

It was confidence born from the belief that the ignorant people of Earth could not harm him, no matter what tricks they played.

Yoo Seong-woo looked up at Shin Chang-soo, who was looking down at him, and said,

“Hey, punk, no manners looking down from up there? Come down here, you bastard.”

“…Ignorant fool. You lack even basic human decency.”

“I don’t think I should be hearing that from you. If you’re Korean, act like a Korean, Chang-soo. Where did you learn that messed-up way of speaking?”

Yoo Seong-woo clicked his tongue and continued,

“You think piling up corpses after killing people is scary? You’re just doing what pathetic necromancers would do.”

It’s not like I haven’t seen more corpses than this before.

There was no way I would be intimidated or scared just because people were killed and piled up like a mountain.

Unless they were people who had never seen such a gruesome sight.

Shin Chang-soo frowned at Yoo Seong-woo’s scathing words.

“I don’t know how a coward like you lives with the guilt of killing people.”

Having a wide detection range meant he was that much of a coward.

An extreme safety-first advocate who had to perfectly grasp the surrounding situation.

How many things must have been making him mentally uneasy.

Yoo Seong-woo snapped his fingers.

His aura spread in all directions, disrupting Shin Chang-soo’s magic power and interfering with his detection.

Shin Chang-soo, provoked and with his detection interfered with, distorted his expression and lunged at Yoo Seong-woo.

He rushed in with great speed and swung his sword, but Yoo Seong-woo didn’t even think it was worth dodging.

*Thwoom-*

He deflected the sword with an aura armor created by concentrating aura on the point where Shin Chang-soo’s sword struck.

Shin Chang-soo’s eyes widened as his sword was deflected, and he quickly created some distance.

Then he narrowed his eyes and glared at Yoo Seong-woo.

“…Who are you?”

“I’m here to catch you. You messed-up bastard, you were dragged away when you were a high school student, and you still haven’t gotten rid of your high school mindset? What’s with the king act? Don’t you think you’re being treated like an idiot for saying such messed-up things?”

Messed-up, messed-up with every word… Shin Chang-soo felt his heart pounding at Yoo Seong-woo’s tone.

An uncontrollable impulse.

A strong defense mechanism that demanded he eliminate anything that made him uneasy.

Shin Chang-soo swung his sword at Yoo Seong-woo again.

Faster and more powerful than the last swing.

A faint blue aura rippled around the sword, swung with the intent to kill.

“Hmm.”

However, Yoo Seong-woo grabbed Shin Chang-soo’s sword with just the aura concentrated on his fingers.

It was to show him the vast difference in their levels.

“Kugh!”

Shin Chang-soo tried to pull out his sword, but it wouldn’t budge from Yoo Seong-woo’s firmly grasped hand.

He let go and swung the sword again, but Yoo Seong-woo didn’t even draw his own sword.

He deflected the sword several times with his aura-covered hand and said,

“I don’t know what hardships you went through in the other world, but if you’ve lived as long as you have, act like an adult.”

“You, what do you know about me!”

“I don’t know anything. But I didn’t go around killing people like you, you messed-up bastard.”

Yoo Seong-woo muttered and took a step forward.

He skillfully avoided Shin Chang-soo’s swinging sword, closed the distance, and threw a punch.

Yoo Seong-woo’s fist landed in his stomach like lightning.

Shin Chang-soo flew backward and crashed into the mountain of corpses.

“I hit him gently.”

Shin Chang-soo jumped out of the mountain of corpses and swung his sword like a demon.

The overflowing blue aura illuminated the sky.

“Hmm.”

Was one hit not enough?

Yoo Seong-woo twisted his body to avoid the sword and then punched Shin Chang-soo in the jaw again.

With a thud, his head snapped back, and he was buried in the pile of corpses again by the follow-up attack to his stomach.

The military said it was okay to kill him if I could.

Yoo Seong-woo had no intention of killing Shin Chang-soo right away.

The best time to improve one’s skills is when fighting a stronger enemy than oneself.

The battle with Hraesvelgr wasn’t bad. But giant monsters and humanoids are different.

Hitting monsters and hitting people are separate skills.

Yoo Ji-woo, Hong Seo-hwa, and Baek Woo-hyun have been diligently hitting monsters so far.

Thanks to that, their stamina and strength have increased a lot, but there was a bit of stagnation in terms of skill.

He was thinking of raising their skills using Shin Chang-soo.

‘I could do it myself, but…’

The difference in skill was too great.

Besides, since the thought that they wouldn’t die was unconsciously ingrained in them, they couldn’t step into the realm of the death line.

A realm where you have to choose between death and life.

“Kuh……”

Shin Chang-soo groaned and got up from the corpses.

He still had a look of disbelief on his face.

Clearly, he had gained powerful power in the other world, and he could wield it.

There was no one who could stand against him, and he had even personally crushed the Sword Masters of the kingdom.

But, but…….

“Why? Why? Who are you to have such power…….”

He couldn’t believe it.

An enemy whose attacks had no effect.

Even though he had gathered a lot of aura, he couldn’t make a single scratch.

He had been hit several times and was all red and blotchy.

Yoo Seong-woo looked exactly the same as when he arrived.

“I’ll kill you, I’ll definitely kill you!”

“Come on. Your level is too low, it’s hard to even play with you properly.”

Yoo Seong-woo muttered and looked up at the sky.

Then, golden light poured out from the outskirts, forming a dome shape and covering the sky.

“Barrier?! When did you…….”

“From the beginning. Now you can’t even run away…….”

Yoo Seong-woo was worried that Shin Chang-soo would use teleportation magic to escape somewhere.

That’s why he had the mages install a barrier to block teleportation.

With Shin Chang-soo’s power, he would just break through any mediocre physical barrier.

‘It’s best to just block the magic.’

And next, the Divers would flock to the center.

To kill Shin Chang-soo.

Yoo Seong-woo said.

“Do you want to live?”

The words, do you want to live.

Shin Chang-soo gritted his teeth, unable to figure out what his intentions were.

One thing was certain: the man in front of him had enough ability to kill him.

“Chang-soo, I asked if you want to live.”

The second question.

At his pressing question, he nodded his head without realizing it.

Then Yoo Seong-woo added.

“Then people will be coming here soon. If you kill them all, I’ll let you live.”

“…You’re not lying, are you?”

“Do I look like someone who would lie?”

Shin Chang-soo couldn’t deny that he looked exactly like someone who would lie.

He might get killed on the spot if he annoyed him for no reason.

When he remained silent, Yoo Seong-woo waved his hand, saying it was okay, and waited for the others to come.

And not long after, a group of Divers approached.

A group led by the Sword Soul Divers.

As many as eight S-class Divers gathered in one place.

This was probably the first time such a number of S-class had gathered.

They frowned at Shin Chang-soo and the mountain of corpses behind him.

They were the people who died just because they were there on the day Shin Chang-soo returned.

They were all massacred, regardless of gender or age, and piled up in one place as if to show off.

A sight too terrible to have been committed by a human.

Yoo Seong-woo stomped his feet as he felt their bodies stiffen instinctively.

The aura that spread from him awakened the people’s minds.

“Baek Woo-hyun! Yoo Ji-woo! Hong Seo-hwa! Choi Ah-yeon! Come forward!”

At his cry, four S-classes stepped forward.

“Draw your swords.”

The four drew their swords.

As Shin Chang-soo frowned and gripped his sword tightly, Yoo Seong-woo continued.

“I won’t interfere. The four of you will face Shin Chang-soo. Of course, with the determination to die. Because this guy will try to kill you, too.”

With that, he took a few steps back.

Further back than the four of them.

Then he added a word.

“The opponent in front of you is strong. Keep that in mind as you fight. And if you lose, you’ll either die at that guy’s hands, or at my hands. It’ll be one of the two. Start.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Shin Chang-soo gritted his teeth and shouted.

“-Do you think I’m a combat power measuring device?!”

Shin Chang-soo’s body blurred as he instantly reached the front of the four.

He was planning to cut off the heads of all four of them in one fell swoop.

However, one person reacted to his speed.

It was Baek Woo-hyun, who had the fastest speed of the four.

From the beginning, he was using his full power, and he swung his Azure Lightning Sword to meet Shin Chang-soo’s sword, with blue electricity crackling around him.

*Kaaaang-!!*

As the clear metallic sound rang out, the remaining three, who had finally come to their senses, moved.

It was a stage created by Yoo Seong-woo, but they realized that they only had one life to live on it.

Also, they were spurred on by the murderous intent of Shin Chang-soo, who had become an enemy to fight on the same stage.

The worst returner, Shin Chang-soo, raised murderous intent and aura from his body and swung his sword.

The rapidly swung sword created scratches on Baek Woo-hyun’s body, scattering blood.

“He can’t hold on for long alone!”

“This son of a bitch!”

Hong Seo-hwa joined in, swinging the Red Dragon Sword, and Choi Ah-yeon hid in the blind spot, concealing her presence while holding her twin daggers tightly, waiting for an opportunity.

While Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa held Shin Chang-soo in place, Yoo Ji-woo created waves with magic power.

Four swordsmen raised by Yoo Seong-woo swing their swords at one returner.

A scene unfolds where magic power collides and aura overflows.

As he watched such a scene, Sung Woon-ryong, Baek Woo-hyun’s teacher and an S-class Diver of the Korea Sword Assembly, approached Yoo Seong-woo and asked.

“…Why are you doing this? Why not just kill him right away? Your skills should be more than enough.”

“If I wipe them all out by myself, what will happen when I’m not around? The remaining guys will have to handle it, but it doesn’t seem like they can handle it at their current level.”

“Heo, is it part of training?”

“What those guys need now is not training, but a life-or-death struggle that risks their lives. A realm that can only be approached by those who have crossed the line of death and chosen life several times at the boundary of choice.”

Yoo Seong-woo licked his lips and added.

“You should watch carefully, too. See what kind of swordsman your disciple has become. You’ll be able to learn a lot.”