The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 245

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 244

Tower Lord Meeting (10)

Having achieved his initial goal, Yoo Seong-woo returned to Korea by plane with Seong Cheon-gyeon.

“Thank you, Mr. Yoo Seong-woo.”

“For what?”

“Thanks to you, I was able to slip away naturally. If I had stayed there, I would have been stuck in meetings handling the aftermath. Haha.”

Seong Cheon-gyeon was telling Yoo Seong-woo he was glad he didn’t have to deal with the troublesome fallout.

He seemed completely unconcerned, as if he hadn’t been facing death just moments ago.

Yoo Seong-woo rested his chin on his hand and looked out the window as the plane began to taxi, saying,

“This is a one-time favor. There won’t be a second time.”

“…Thank you. I will make sure to put in a good word for you.”

Seong Cheon-gyeon smiled gently and nodded.

He knew what Yoo Seong-woo was overlooking.

Seong Cheon-gyeon’s subordinate, Reina.

The Namsan Tower Lord’s secretary and a high-ranking mage, she was in another section of the plane due to her injuries.

A mage who didn’t die this time but managed to survive.

“It doesn’t seem like the Ascendant Church, but there’s a strange divine energy lingering, so it’s best to be careful.”

“…As the distance between gods and humans physically decreases, these things happen.”

The False Dimension was a kind of shortcut located behind the dimensions.

It was also a boundary that crossed between the Divine Realm and the Mortal Realm, so physically, it was a place closer to the Divine Realm than the Mortal Realm.

That’s why it was possible for Maximum to receive magic power from the Ascendant Church leader.

And in that False Dimension, he discovered traces of divinity in Reina.

At first, he thought she was a member of the Ascendant Church and was going to kill her, but she was not cooperating with the Ascendant Church.

It must have been a trace of divinity that approached Reina without permission.

Of course, whether Reina agreed to it or not was unknown.

‘There were many watching eyes.’

Perhaps because it was the False Dimension, the boundary was weaker than in the Mortal Realm.

Perhaps the divine seats of several Sacred Temples were watching the fight.

The Earth was their game board, and they must have been looking for someone to use as a pawn.

Quite a few gods were approaching Seong Cheon-gyeon as well, and he was aware of it to some extent, so he was expressing his gratitude to Yoo Seong-woo for not killing Reina right away.

It was difficult for an ordinary human to resist the temptation of the gods.

“You should also be careful. Even more so in the future.”

Those who become strong by borrowing the power of others will collapse when they realize that it was not their own power.

Yoo Seong-woo knew this all too well.

He had seen it countless times, and he had defeated such people countless times.

At his sincere advice, Seong Cheon-gyeon closed his eyes and nodded silently.

Thus, the journey of the Namsan Tower Lord and the Swordmaster of Korea began to draw to a close.

***

A few days after Yoo Seong-woo returned from England.

The Magic Towers were institutions that played a significant role in each country.

By training and producing mages, they became a great force for various guilds.

They realized miracles that could not be achieved with ability and power alone under the name of ‘magic.’

So, it was only natural that there was chaos when three Tower Lords died overnight.

The deceased were Sharon Collie, the Empire Tower Lord of the United States, Garrot Simon, the David Tower Lord of Israel, Jerusalem.

And finally, Salome Tuin, the Pisa Tower Lord of Italy.

The details of their deaths were not fully known, but the Clock Tower [an international organization of mages] stepped forward to explain that they had died in an unforeseen accident.

Various countries with Magic Towers protested, but the Clock Tower only returned with macro-like [pre-scripted] answers.

Bertrand did not want to make the situation even more chaotic by revealing the truth about the Ascendant Church.

“A wise choice.”

Yoo Seong-woo nodded in agreement after hearing the information from Yoo-wol.

Bertrand’s response was wise.

The Ascendant Church was mixed in with various countries. They had been moving to expand their influence for a long time.

If the Clock Tower stepped forward and defined them as enemies, there was no telling how they would react.

They might suddenly rush out into the streets and kill people.

‘They must be planning to drive them out through the back door [secretly].’

Perhaps all the Magic Towers would define the Ascendant Church as enemies only after they had made a plan to drive them out.

There was no guarantee that more Tower Lords would not fall to the Ascendant Church during that process….

Still, it was the best result in that it instilled a sense of alertness in influential figures.

“Perhaps the Magic Towers will announce countermeasures regarding the Ascendant Church around next year.”

“Next year….”

Yoo Seong-woo realized anew that quite a bit of time had passed since he returned to Earth.

When he was in the other world, every day was a war, so his sense of time became dull, but after returning to Earth, his sense of time became strange due to laziness.

‘Peace is really good.’

And the fact that he had to work hard to protect that peace made him angry.

Without even mentioning how many things were to come in the future….

“This Tower Lord meeting is just the beginning. Yoo-wol, gather as much information as possible. Let me know immediately if there’s anything strange.”

“Understood.”

The Ascendant Church had never directly stepped forward until now.

Andro had been indirectly working without revealing himself, and Dalgi had not shown himself until the very end.

The Orc seemed to be just a moron, befitting his appearance.

As far as Yoo Seong-woo knew, Maximum was the first to send a blatant terror warning and actually attack.

This was a kind of declaration of war.

It was the Ascendant Church’s declaration to move in earnest and devour power.

‘Ascendant Church leader, what on earth do you want?’

He had hunted down several bishops of the Ascendant Church, but he still couldn’t figure out the Ascendant Church leader’s intentions.

Was he simply a person who moved to ‘ascend’ in order to become a god?

He didn’t think that was all there was to it.

Looking at him opening dimensions and picking up various beings from other dimensions, he must have already reached godhood.

And that too, a long time ago.

‘There’s definitely something besides ascension. Perhaps, something that could overturn this game board….’

Yoo Seong-woo slowly closed and opened his eyes. He didn’t think the fight with the Ascendant Church would take this long.

After all, it wouldn’t end unless he found and killed the Ascendant Church leader.

Still, he had gained some clues from the Maximum incident.

The Ascendant Church leader was currently unable to move and was observing the bishops.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to strengthen Maximum with such good timing.

‘From now on, I should ask about the leader before killing them. I’ve been killing them too indiscriminately.’

He never thought the day would come when he would think about killing someone.

In this respect, the other world was easier. The problem was solved by killing until there were no more to kill.

It was truly a savage world.

Nox jumped onto Yoo Seong-woo’s lap as he sat on the sofa, deep in thought.

She had been coming directly to Yoo Seong-woo to play with her because he hadn’t been playing with her lately.

The scary older sister (Veronica) who used to scare her had also disappeared.

When Yoo Seong-woo stared at Nox on his lap, Nox smiled brightly.

“Hehe.”

“…Compared to you, I haven’t changed at all.”

Yoo Seong-woo grabbed Nox’s head with both hands and ruffled her hair.

As Nox’s head shook back and forth and her hair became a mess, Yoo-wol, who was sitting next to her, tidied it up.

While getting her hair tidied, Nox asked,

“Uncle, what did you just say?”

“I didn’t say anything. Are you going to school well these days?”

“Of course! I’m also very popular with my friends, you know?”

“Then all you have to do is study well now. Would that be difficult for a dragon?”

It was about learning the knowledge of human society. There might be parts that are difficult for a dragon, who could be called the pinnacle of the race, to understand.

Worried about that, he asked, and Nox smiled brightly and said,

“It’s so much fun! I never knew learning something could be so enjoyable!”

“It’s a fun time. The joy of learning doesn’t come easily, so it looks good to enjoy the present.”

Yoo-wol echoed Nox’s words.

Usually, young children don’t like learning things they don’t understand, do they?

Nox’s comprehension was different because she was a dragon, and she seemed to enjoy the act of learning itself.

Listening to the two, Yoo Seong-woo reached out and placed one hand on Nox’s head and the other on Yoo-wol’s head.

Then he stroked them as he said,

“I’m glad you’re both doing well. This place isn’t entirely a foreign land for you.”

Even if they had spent a long time, this was not their land.

Yoo-wol had given up the place she had to return to and stayed here, and Nox had come to Earth due to the malice of others.

Seeing them doing well without complaining, how could he not be happy?

He thought these emotions had died long ago, but it seemed that emotions he didn’t even know were still there remained.

‘And there’s also the Rowelf who’s holed up in her room and adapted too well.’

She’s really in a serious condition now.

She’s not some dopamine addict… How can she play games for twelve hours a day?

He often sends her out to Abyss Closings so that her skills don’t rust or she gets too engrossed in the game.

Yoo-wol, who was fluttering her ears and receiving Yoo Seong-woo’s caresses with a happy face, suddenly tapped on her wearable device as it rang.

After checking the contents of the sudden contact, she tilted her head and said,

“A designated request has come to Sword Soul [Yoo Seong-woo’s organization]. From Italy and the United States. A request to attack a Class 1 Abyss.”

“Hmm.”

Yoo Seong-woo stroked his chin and thought for a moment.

What was the reason for the Italian and American governments to request an attack on a Class 1 Abyss at this point?

‘It must be related to the Magic Towers.’

There was nothing else that could explain it.

Salome Tuin, the Pisa Tower Lord of Italy, betrayed the Tower Lords of other countries and attacked them as a follower of the Ascendant Church.

This was a clear fact, and if this had happened publicly, they would not have hesitated to wage war.

That was the power that the S-class Diver and ultra-high-level mage ‘Tower Lord’ possessed.

Bertrand must have informed Italy of the outline of this incident and Salome’s betrayal, and the Italian government must have been horrified.

The mage Salome, who was close to being a pioneer, was a traitor, and she had done something that turned all the other Tower Lords into enemies.

The government judged that it would be difficult to cope if they incurred the wrath of Yoo Seong-woo, who was currently the strongest Diver, while the Pisa Tower, the Italian Magic Tower, was not functioning properly.

“They’re contacting us to be friends. The same must be true for the United States.”

Sharon Collie, the Empire Tower Lord of the United States, died due to the betrayal of Salome and her companions.

She had argued at the Tower Lord meeting that Yoo Seong-woo should be killed, so it was no wonder that the US government was horrified.

Yoo Seong-woo smiled and said,

“You sons of bitches, hear their conditions and tell them we’ll do it.”