The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 202

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 204

Celestial Alliance Fortress (12)

Just how many people were sacrificed to complete this ritual?

It couldn’t have been done with just dozens.

At least hundreds, if not thousands.

Perhaps even tens of thousands.

An ominous thought flashed through Yoo Seong-woo’s mind.

He realized that these kinds of guys usually don’t stop at just one thing.

“The entire Celestial Alliance Fortress was prepared for your ritual.”

As Yoo Seong-woo said this, pointing his iron sword, Cheon Woo-gong nodded, drew his sword, and pierced through the heart of Je Gal-woong-joo, who was next to him.

Je Gal-woong-joo made a gurgling sound of blood, glaring at Cheon Woo-gong with resentful eyes.

And as he breathed his last, Cheon Woo-gong threw his corpse towards Dang Young-young.

Then, something that looked like a ‘tail,’ formed by the red energy condensed from the ritual, sprang out and devoured Je Gal-woong-joo.

“I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time… If it weren’t for you meddling, it would have ended much more smoothly.”

Rumble….

The underground began to shake.

Something was happening above ground.

“Those above will also happily consider their noble sacrifice. And you all as well.”

Muttering to himself, Cheon Woo-gong stretched his sword forward, and the space around the three began to distort.

The space converged to a single point, and an immense energy gathered.

A terrifying force of attraction occurred between the point and themselves.

‘Abyss emergence.’

Yoo Seong-woo, who had experienced this sensation before, frowned.

What did he do back then?

He had Nox with him, so he hugged Nox and was dragged into the Abyss.

“Let’s meet in that place, all of you.”

Cheon Woo-gong said with a smirk.

However, Yoo Seong-woo had no intention of being dragged away obediently, so he quickly thrust the iron sword he was holding into the very center of the space.

The emergence of the Abyss cannot be stopped.

However, simply interfering with the space in this way could delay its manifestation and put a burden on the caster.

Yoo Seong-woo smiled and looked at Cheon Woo-gong.

As expected, blood was streaming down from Cheon Woo-gong’s mouth and nose.

The backlash from forcibly preventing the Abyss from emerging.

Yoo Seong-woo shouted at him.

“Yeah, you son of a bitch! Let’s meet over there! I’ll chop you into pieces!”

And the next moment, the three were devoured by the Abyss and disappeared.

Following them, Cheon Woo-gong and Dang Young-young also vanished.

Just like on the surface.

The small entrance to the abyss stood there as if nothing had happened.

***

The place Yoo Seong-woo arrived at after being sucked into the Abyss was a room somewhere.

Yoo Seong-woo looked around, confirmed that Heuksa-hyang and Young-myung were not there, and threw the broken iron sword on the floor.

As expected, it was impossible for an ordinary iron sword to withstand the pressure of distorting space.

‘It seems I entered the Abyss, but it’s a peculiar form.’

The place was surrounded by folding paper doors (similar to Japanese shoji screens).

Yoo Seong-woo approached a door and opened it, but the same room came into view.

Moreover, it was the place with the iron sword he had thrown away earlier.

“……?”

He opened and entered other folding paper doors. However, only the same result came out.

No matter where he went, he returned to the room he was in.

The room with the discarded iron sword.

“Annoying…….”

Frowning, he expanded his senses through his aura.

He grasped the structure of the room through his aura. A structure where dozens of identical rooms existed in addition to the room he was standing in.

If that’s the case, then even though he could clearly feel it with his senses, the fact that he couldn’t escape this room meant.

“Illusion magic, or a barrier technique…….”

Yoo Seong-woo’s magic resistance is quite high.

Basic magic wouldn’t work on him, and he wouldn’t budge from most magic.

If magic or a ritual were to work on him, it would have to be at the level of great magic.

Wouldn’t it be possible for the caster of the ritual covering the underground where those guys were?

Or the ritual in Seo Moon-je’s room.

However, considering that this is a special environment called the Abyss…….

“Is it related to Cheon Woo-gong saying he would create a god?”

Looking at the environment, it’s an artificially created Abyss.

The Abyss that Divers generally enter was closer to tearing off a part of one dimension.

But the Abyss Yoo Seong-woo is in now is closer to something someone artificially built up.

So.

“A kind of unique world…….”

Yoo Seong-woo chuckled in disbelief at the conclusion he reached.

A unique world is a stepping stone to becoming a god.

Expanding the concept of a unique world, it is no different from a divine domain.

Cheon Woo-gong said he would make Dang Young-young a god and opened the door to the Abyss.

He didn’t know what the relationship between the two was… but one thing was certain.

He had entered the belly of the owner of the unique world.

Creak—

The folding paper door opened.

Turning his head to check, he saw a muscular, golden fox standing on two legs, drooling as it walked in.

Its eyes gleamed with murderous intent, and its mouth was stained with blood, as if it had already eaten someone.

Yoo Seong-woo picked up the broken iron sword that had fallen on the floor.

If this place was someone’s unique world, someone would be watching from somewhere, so he was thinking of hiding his full strength as much as possible.

A long blade of aura soared above the broken sword.

It wasn’t the red aura he usually used, but a black aura.

He, who had changed his combat style and even the nature of his aura using the name Hyeonwol [meaning ‘Dark Moon’], rushed towards the fox that had begun to spew blue flames from its mouth.

Avoiding the flames that filled his vision, he jumped into the air, stepped on the ceiling, leaped down, and plunged the sword into the fox’s head.

About half of the sword penetrated the fox’s head.

However, the fox simply shook its head violently and nonchalantly swung its long hand to attack Yoo Seong-woo.

“Hmm.”

Withdrawing his sword and stepping back, Yoo Seong-woo examined the fox.

It wasn’t a simple creature.

It was highly likely that this was also a being created from illusions, so he poured more aura into his sword.

If it’s a being made of illusions.

All he had to do was make it unable to maintain even that illusion.

Once again, he kicked off the ground and ran towards the wall this time.

He burst through the tightly closed folding paper door and slipped into the fox’s blind spot.

The fox swung its long claws, but they couldn’t reach Yoo Seong-woo’s body.

The attack continued.

Yoo Seong-woo’s long black aura sword cut off the fox’s neck.

The split neck of the fox stretched out to reattach, but he proceeded to cut off even those.

At the same time, the aura emitted from the sword invaded the fox and melted it away.

Illusion magic could also be seen as an aggregate of thoughts.

It was the manifestation of intense thoughts molded into the form of magic.

Therefore, it was bound to collapse if a stronger thought was hammered into it.

“…I wonder if the others are okay.”

When he expanded his senses earlier, he detected the structure as well as the presence of people.

He couldn’t grasp the exact number because the energy inside the Abyss was strong, but the fact that there were others besides Heuksa-hyang and Young-myung meant that everyone on the surface had been dragged in.

He didn’t know all of Cheon Woo-gong’s plans.

However, judging from the way he spoke and his atmosphere, he was probably planning to use everyone in the Abyss as sacrifices.

Divers with strong powers would definitely be good sacrifices.

‘I have to find and kill that damn Cheon Woo-gong, or kill Dang Young-young before she awakens as a real god.’

He felt a little sorry for the Dang family head.

He said he would find his daughter, but if he didn’t kill her, they would all die.

Yoo Seong-woo took a long breath and moved his feet towards the folding paper door.

Knowing that he couldn’t escape this room with ordinary methods, it was time to use a different method this time.

Covering his whole body in black aura, he slowly took a step forward.

The boundary of this ritual is based on the folding paper door.

Using the act of passing through the folding paper door as a trigger, the barrier is activated, causing him to return to the original room.

If he were trapped here, he would have to face the strange fox until he died, as he had just seen.

‘Therefore…….’

He breaks through the barrier while covering his body with aura.

In order to cast magic on someone with strong magic power, one must have magic power that surpasses them.

The level of the barrier installed in this Abyss is great, but it is impossible to allocate a lot of cost to one person.

Otherwise, the barrier would collapse.

He had experienced this kind of magic before, so it didn’t take him long to find a solution.

Covering himself with a level of magic power that the barrier couldn’t handle and jumping over it.

That’s how Yoo Seong-woo was able to move to the next room.

“…It worked.”

It was easily possible by applying the Aura Armor. He smiled and moved his feet again.

***

Those who were fighting in the Cheon area of the Celestial Alliance Fortress were all dragged into the Abyss.

The people who were not dragged in were those in the Ji and Hae areas.

“Yeah… this is screwed.”

“What should we do?”

And Batory and Schuel, who hadn’t been dragged in because they were waiting in the back, came to check what had happened and were dumbfounded.

The huge hole that suddenly appeared in the Cheon area was exuding an ominous energy.

It easily surpassed even a 1st class Abyss in appearance.

“I can’t even sense the Guild Master. I think he’s probably inside the Abyss.”

“Seong-woo will probably survive on his own. Or maybe he’s already started the conquest.”

Schuel said and sat down on the spot.

Then, tree roots grew from the spot where she sat and took the form of a low chair.

Then, she took out a game console from her pocket and started tapping it.

“As expected, the internet is good in the central area.”

Batory stared at her for a while, sighed, and sat down next to her.

What supported her body was a chair made of blood.

“We should block access.”

Batory said and flicked her finger, and a huge barrier was formed, covering even the Abyss, which was larger than a high-rise building.

Since the size of the Abyss was so large, it seemed like there was nothing they could do even if the two of them went in, so it would be wiser to wait here for Yoo Seong-woo to come out.

Batory stared at Schuel playing the game and asked.

“Is that fun? Can I try it too?”

“No.”

“Don’t be like that, just once.”

“Enjoy your death.”

***

“Haa, haa… how long are they going to keep coming?!”

“How would I know that!”

“…Just swing your sword before you die!”

Baek Woo-hyun, Choi Ah-yeon, and Yoo-wol were fortunate enough to fall into the same place.

This was because Baek Woo-hyun and Choi Ah-yeon, who were S-class Divers and experienced with the Abyss, immediately rushed towards Yoo-wol and hugged him.

Thanks to this, the three fell into the same place, but they were too busy dealing with the foxes that were opening the folding paper doors and entering, let alone escaping from the room.

The burly, muscular foxes didn’t die easily even when they were cut.

So far, three had entered, but only one had disappeared.

Even that one only disappeared after being killed about ten times.

“What the hell are these things that don’t die easily…!”

Baek Woo-hyun swung his sword violently.

Lightning flowed along the sword strike, electrocuting the foxes, but the effect was minimal.

However, what Baek Woo-hyun was aiming for was not electrocution, but a path for himself to move along.

Following the lightning, he became a streak of lightning and moved his feet, climbed onto the fox’s head, plunged his sword into it, and released electricity.

The fox, which emitted electricity from its entire body, melted away and disappeared.

Now there was only one fox left.

Hope rose that he could rest a little if he caught that one, but he heard the sound of the closed folding paper door opening.

“Damn it! Another fox!”

“…It’s not a fox?”

“Then is it a tiger?!”

Baek Woo-hyun, who had been busy dealing with the fox, turned his head towards the opened folding paper door, and there, instead of a fox.

Was Yoo Seong-woo.

“Do I look like a fox to you?”