The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 178

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 178

Unique World (7)

“Do you even know how difficult it is to interfere with someone else’s mana?”

“I know, that’s why I’m saying it.”

Kalli frowned deeply at Yoo Seong-woo’s retort.

Interfering with someone else’s mana was incredibly difficult.

Unlike atmospheric mana, controlling another person’s mana required both an understanding of mana and talent.

And it wasn’t just simple manipulation, but simplifying the mana circuits inside Yoo Ji-woo.

“You could die if I mess up. I don’t want to kill my sister with my own hands. Just make the elixir properly.”

“That’s why I’m saying it’s not efficient!”

“If you can make it with 10% efficiency, can’t you just feed her ten bottles?”

“Are you crazy? I have to make all of that! And it’s a foolish thing to do! If toxins accumulate in the body, mana and everything else will be ruined!”

“Are there toxins in the elixir? How disappointing; I thought you were a skilled alchemist…”

“Then, do you want me to mix all those ingredients together and produce something without side effects?! Does that even exist in the world! No, no, I shouldn’t get caught up in this argument. Anyway, you can’t drink too much elixir.”

“I see. Then, shouldn’t we create a new drug that works on both mana circuits?”

“It might take years to develop. This is a first for me. A few years is a short time for me, but it would be long for a human.”

“There’s nothing that can’t be done if you pour in money and manpower.”

“This can’t be done. Not unless it’s alchemy that touches the realm of the gods.”

“Hmm, is that so…”

With that thought, she frowned, feeling that she had to do it somehow.

Intervene in Yoo Ji-woo’s body and simplify the twisted mana circuits.

It was an incredibly difficult task, but if successful, Yoo Ji-woo’s skills would increase rapidly.

The efficiency of mana would increase exponentially.

If she mastered the aura, she would emit a strong aura, and she could also cast magic with less mana.

Glancing at her, Yoo Ji-woo was looking at him with an expression that said, ‘Please do something’.

It reminded him of when she was little, begging him to buy her just one ice cream.

Parents can’t win against their children, and older brothers can’t win against their younger siblings.

Yoo Seong-woo sighed deeply.

He was worried that Yoo Ji-woo would fail if she tried to simplify her mana circuits with her own talent.

It was like trying to enhance a weapon to +14 with only a 3% success rate.

And if it failed, the destruction probability was 100%.

After a moment of contemplation, he finally opened his mouth.

“Okay, I understand. I’ll try my best for now. I’ll give up immediately if it doesn’t seem like it’s going to work.”

***

Wizards make every effort to awaken their mana.

There are no wizards who cannot feel or manipulate mana.

Talent for magic, that was the most important thing for those who walk the path of a wizard.

And ironically, swordsmen also needed that talent.

The ability to manipulate mana was crucial for mastering the aura.

No matter how much you train your swordsmanship and body, if you can’t draw out mana, your limits are set.

Mana is a kind of key to transcendence.

Such mana circuits are engraved in the body following the most familiar flow.

This was similar to a habit, and trying to fix it later required tremendous effort and talent.

“Even if it’s you, Oppa [term of endearment for an older brother in Korean], it’s a little embarrassing. But if I have to do this…”

“Just shut up and stay still.”

Yoo Ji-woo was sitting in front of Yoo Seong-woo with her back completely exposed.

When she was very young, they used to take baths together, but…

“You’re not having any lewd thoughts, are you? I’ll kill you.”

“You should know that I’m enduring the urge to gouge out my eyes the moment I saw your body.”

Anyway, they were siblings.

If you get excited seeing your family naked and dangling around in the house, you’re a crazy bastard, not a human being.

The first thought that comes to mind is wanting to kill them; that’s family.

Yoo Seong-woo sighed deeply and placed his hands on Yoo Ji-woo’s back.

Kalli had already provided guidelines on how to simplify the tangled mana circuits.

Yoo Seong-woo’s role was to guide and merge Yoo Ji-woo’s mana according to those guidelines, and to stabilize the mana circuits.

“I’ll say it again: your will is the most important thing in this process. It will be painful, but don’t lose consciousness and feel the flow of mana. It’s about making the many paths of mana into one.”

“I’m tired of hearing it.”

“I keep saying it because you could become an idiot or a cripple if something goes wrong. I don’t want to see my sister become an idiot who can’t even walk around.”

“You worry too much, Oppa.”

Yoo Ji-woo said that so confidently, but he could feel the tension in her slightly trembling back.

It would be strange if she wasn’t nervous, trying something unprecedented that could kill or drive her crazy.

Yoo Seong-woo recalled that she had been very timid since she was young.

It seemed to be the same now.

The coward of her childhood had grown into an adult who hid her fear with anger.

“…I’m starting.”

Yoo Seong-woo said that and slowly raised his aura, injecting it into Yoo Ji-woo.

The aura spreading from her back into Yoo Ji-woo’s body moved along her mana circuits, exploring them.

Yoo Ji-woo, who had accepted Yoo Seong-woo’s aura, was also surprised.

Because the aura dwelling in her body was so powerful.

When someone else’s mana enters the body, a reaction usually occurs, but even that reaction didn’t happen.

Yoo Seong-woo’s aura was so strong that Yoo Ji-woo’s mana didn’t even react and subsided.

Thanks to that, Yoo Seong-woo was able to trace the mana circuits in her body more easily.

After completing one cycle of circulation with his aura, Yoo Seong-woo closed his eyes and drew Yoo Ji-woo’s circuits in his mind.

A path that was nothing but complicated.

Such a complex circuit took time to draw up mana and had poor efficiency.

“You said you first learned magic at the Magic Tower? How did they teach a child to make the circuits like this?”

“I just learned as they taught me…”

“The level of the circuits is too low. Complex circuits may have high firepower, but they are not cost-effective. If you use swords and magic at the same time like you do, the efficiency will be poor.”

Yoo Seong-woo raised his aura again. His aura explored Yoo Ji-woo’s circuits in detail once more.

He had to be careful since he had to rewrite the mana circuits.

After completing two explorations, he muttered.

“I’m starting.”

At the same time, a more intense aura than before began to race through her entire body.

Yoo Ji-woo clenched her teeth at the sudden surge of pain.

As if to show that what had just happened was truly just exploration, the aura rummaging through her entire body ruthlessly battered her mana circuits.

Pain followed pain.

The pain that bit its tail seemed like it would continue until she lost her mind.

However, if she lost her mind, she didn’t know what her mana, which had lost control, would do, so she had no choice but to grit her teeth and control the pain and mana.

“You don’t have to hold back the screams.”

“Kkyaaaaaaaaaa-!!”

A scream that burst out immediately at Yoo Seong-woo’s words.

Yoo Ji-woo’s scream filled the room in the underground training hall of the Sword Soul Guild building.

The screams would lessen if the pain subsided even a little, but the pain continued.

Yoo Seong-woo’s aura continued to destroy Yoo Ji-woo’s useless mana circuits, pulling them together into one place.

Destroy all unnecessary paths and create a straight circuit.

Simple but powerful.

That was the gist of the guidelines that Kalli had presented.

Wizards preheat mana through complex circuits and unleash powerful firepower at once, but…

Swordsmen didn’t need to do that. They always had to be able to surround their entire body with mana, and when explosive power was needed, they had to unleash it at once.

Yoo Ji-woo’s body had two circuits of that kind…

“Kkeu, kkeuaaaaaaaaaa…”

It felt like her mind was really going to fly away. But if she gave up here, everything would be in vain.

I want to get stronger.

Even if she couldn’t stand shoulder to shoulder with Yoo Seong-woo, she wanted to get strong enough to follow behind him.

That’s why she had to endure.

As Yoo Seong-woo said, she would lose a lot if she was weak.

How did she raise Meteor Industry?

If she hadn’t been an S-class Diver [a high-ranking adventurer], she wouldn’t have grown like this.

The only way to prove oneself in this era was power.

It was a world where you would be eaten if you didn’t get stronger.

With superhuman mental strength, she endured Yoo Seong-woo’s aura, which was destroying and connecting her body.

But even in the midst of that, she learned what she could.

How Yoo Seong-woo moved his aura, how his aura was made up to show off such strength.

What kind of flow did it have that it could easily suppress her mana?

“Focus. I’m going to stabilize the circuits.”

Yoo Seong-woo’s voice was stuck in her mind.

Thinking that it was almost over, Yoo Ji-woo squeezed out her mental strength and sent her mana flowing after Yoo Seong-woo’s moving aura.

Mana flowed quickly according to Yoo Seong-woo’s guidance.

The path Yoo Seong-woo was guiding was Yoo Ji-woo’s newly constructed mana circuit.

It was to engrave the path on her body so that she could generate mana along this path next time.

From the beginning to the end of the path.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had circulated his aura along the mana circuit that circulated around her entire body, realized that the circuit was stabilized and withdrew his aura.

Yoo Ji-woo rotated her mana along the path he had shown her and drew up her concentration.

She had to not forget this feeling so that she could operate smoothly afterward.

Just as Yoo Ji-woo filled the path where the aura had left with her mana, the pain that had been pounding her entire body disappeared and only comfort remained.

And she closed her eyes as it was. The comfort that felt like she would fall asleep at any moment filled her head.

But she wasn’t asleep.

She was simply taking a trip into her deep inner self.

As a wizard, as a swordsman.

To organize it since she had reached a new realm.

Yoo Seong-woo was briefly flustered when he saw her suddenly close her eyes, wondering if something was wrong, but soon realized that everything was normal and breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed like she had found her own way to a new realm, so he wondered if he should congratulate her when she returned from her short trip.

Then, he draped the coat he had thrown next to her over her shoulders and muttered.

“…Growth starts after facing yourself. You’re trying to walk the right path.”

He was also a little curious.

What would his sister see and gain by contemplating her inner self?

If a clear image was established within, her unique world would also unfold based on that.

He chuckled and decided to wait for his sister to return.

Based on experience, it wouldn’t take that long.

“…I hope you see something fun in the sea of your inner self.”

For example, your brother’s dedication.