The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 356

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Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace 355

Jade Emperor Palace

Gods are beings who look down upon humans. They watch over them and sometimes even give them trials.

That’s what people thought. Those who believe in gods say that even if adversity befalls them, it is the will of God, and they will overcome the trials.

Even though the gods themselves have no such thoughts.

The relationship between gods and shamans is a kind of business relationship. In return for the shamans offering respect and sacrifices to the gods, the gods lend them their spiritual powers.

A relationship that would be severed if shamans no longer believed in the gods or offered sacrifices.

The relationship between gods and humans was exactly like that. A pastime for the gods, pawns in a game.

Humans were nothing more than that to them.

“I didn’t expect a cadre from the Five Colors Shaman Association to come in person.”

The guest who arrived at Geomgye was Kim Yun-ju, the Heavenly Fortune Seonnyeo [a celestial maiden associated with fortune], one of the cadres of the Five Colors Shaman Association.

A shaman from Bukhansan, with the ability to channel the Heavenly God.

Yu Seong-woo had received help from her a few times.

Yu-wol, who greeted her, tilted her head and said.

“I assume you know why the Five Colors Shaman Association hasn’t been able to establish a branch within Geomgye until now.”

After Geomgye became independent from South Korea, the first to move were the guilds of South Korea.

There were so many guilds based in Sehyun City, and guilds in other regions also wanted to have branches in Sehyun City. Yu-wol set strict conditions and only allowed guilds that met those conditions to be in Sehyun City.

However, there was a guild that could not enter Sehyun City even if it met those conditions. That was the Five Colors Shaman Association.

The Five Colors Shaman Association was the guild most closely associated with the gods. Moreover, with the gods of the Jade Emperor Palace rooted in Korea.

The Jade Emperor Palace had not yet shown a clear reaction to Geomgye.

Whether they wanted friendship or hostility. Since they had been attacked once, they would have to swallow their pride if they wanted friendship.

However, neither Yu Seong-woo nor Yu-wol thought that those arrogant beings would lower their pride.

Kim Yun-ju said with a grim face.

“…That’s why I came to tell Geomgye that the positions of the Five Colors Shaman Association and the Jade Emperor Palace are different. I know it’s a great privilege just to be allowed into Geomgye.”

Because the Five Colors Shaman Association was so closely associated with the Jade Emperor Palace, they could not be allowed into Geomgye.

The shamans of the Five Colors Shaman Association were those who followed the will of the gods.

However, the cadre of the Five Colors Shaman Association who came to Geomgye expressed their intention to defy the will of the gods.

“A guild that serves the gods is taking a position against the gods? That’s amazing.”

Yu-wol was also a shaman of the Towol tribe.

As one who served Luna, the god based on the moon, she could not be unaware of what it meant to turn away from the gods.

“Even if the Five Colors Shaman Association follows their will and works with them, they will only return to dust.”

The Five Colors Shaman Association knew its place well. They had been living their whole lives understanding their place as a shaman.

If you are a shaman who serves the gods, you can’t help but understand your place the moment you see Yu Seong-woo. The divine power overflowing from him should not exist in the human world.

A living god. Something that never existed in Korean shamanism, a collection of unreality that transcends causality and does not follow common sense.

A being who transcends the principles of yin and yang and the five elements, builds a world with a single sword, and cuts through fate.

Anyone could see that there was no point in confronting such a being.

“The Five Colors Shaman Association does not want death. Humans are born from dust and return to dust, but there are still so many days left before we return to dust. We only hope that his anger does not turn to the Five Colors Shaman Association because of the Jade Emperor Palace.”

Yu Seong-woo had transcended humanity and gained a divine power that could stand alongside the gods of the Jade Emperor Palace.

In the past, when he dealt with the elves, he had not been able to transcend humanity, but in a short period of time, there had been many changes.

The one who was human built his own world with a single sword and transcended humanity, gaining the power to cleave a continent with a single swing of his sword.

Even though he had such power, he did not hesitate to become stronger, so the Five Colors Shaman Association, which had to face him directly, had no choice but to surrender.

It was certain that the entire Five Colors Shaman Association would be swept away by Yu Seong-woo’s single sword.

“…Hmm. That won’t happen. Our Seong-woo is a generous person. I promise that if the Five Colors Shaman Association doesn’t take a hostile attitude, everything will be fine.”

“In that case…….”

“But your words alone seem a little insufficient. No matter how much of a cadre of the Five Colors Shaman Association you are, can’t an intangible promise be broken at any time?”

Yu-wol said.

If you want to guarantee the safety of the Five Colors Shaman Association, give up anything.

Kim Yun-ju felt a chill down her spine. She had heard that there was an amazing strategist in Sword Spirit.

The Towol tribe’s strategist, who now openly reveals her ears without needing to hide them.

Even though she was not from Earth, she adapted to Earth more perfectly than anyone else, and contributed to the massive growth of Sword Soul as Yu Seong-woo’s right-hand man.

People who know her usually say that Yu Seong-woo is not the only one to be feared in Sword Soul.

The moment Kim Yun-ju realized that Yu-wol had come out to face her, she immediately thought of giving up everything she had.

Yu-wol was definitely not an easy rabbit.

Even if she is a rabbit, she is a high-level Rabbit Princess.

Yu-wol’s eyes lit up. Kim Yun-ju, who was staring at it, swallowed hard and slowly nodded her head.

“…I will provide anything.”

***

“The tables have completely turned.”

Yu Seong-woo chuckled after hearing Yu-wol’s report. Originally, he could have gone to the meeting himself, but he deliberately sent only Yu-wol.

If they were still backed by the divine authority, they would have been angry.

If they had opposed their will, they would have accepted it quietly.

“It’s kind of funny that the arrogant bastards from before are now groveling.”

Is it that the gods are far away and the sword is near?

In the past, the Five Colors Shaman Association fought monsters with the power of the gods, so they were treated differently from other divers [awakened individuals].

Reading the heavens and manipulating the climate.

Perhaps because of the power that differed from the awakening abilities of ordinary divers, divers belonging to the Five Colors Shaman Association tended to be regarded as superior to other divers.

“They’re always fighting with the gods they serve, but now that the situation has changed, they’re watching the humans. So what are they going to give up?”

“The Five Colors Shaman Association says they will help with anything they can. It’s practically an act of betraying the Jade Emperor Palace. If the Jade Emperor Palace finds out about this, won’t they cut off all the power they lend?”

“Maybe. Or they might select only those who follow their will from among the Five Colors Shaman Association. They will need shamans to wield their power.”

Yu Seong-woo thought that the Jade Emperor Palace would definitely do that.

They were so dogmatic that they didn’t even listen to his opinion at their first meeting and tried to incorporate him into the Jade Emperor Palace, and their personality couldn’t have changed in such a short time. They must have lived like that for thousands of years.

‘I didn’t want to fight if possible…….’

In the end, it’s going to be like this.

Fighting against the Seongsinjeon [divine sanctums] of the Korean Peninsula was somehow resistant. Among the gods belonging to the Jade Emperor Palace, there were also great men who sacrificed their bodies to protect the country.

Yu Seong-woo took a long breath. When he slowly closed and opened his eyes, Yu-wol’s face, which had come close before he knew it, was filling his vision.

“What’s wrong?”

“Just a little…….”

Yu-wol’s ears fluttered. Yu Seong-woo knew what that meant. It had been quite a while since he had been watching her.

As Yu Seong-woo slowly reached out his hand, Yu-wol closed her eyes tightly. Looking at her face with her eyes closed, he smiled softly and stroked her hair.

Yu-wol, who had been expecting something for a moment, thought to herself, ‘I knew it,’ and opened her eyes. Yu Seong-woo’s lips brushed past her cheek.

Perhaps a little embarrassed after doing it himself, he stood up from his seat, smiled awkwardly, ruffled Yu-wol’s hair, and left the room.

She, who was left alone, stood blankly for a moment and then touched her cheek. Then, after pinching it once, she couldn’t control the corners of her mouth that were slowly rising.

“…Kyaa.”

It was a small exclamation.

The exclamation of a winner, of someone who has achieved something, that no one else could hear.

She clenched her fists tightly, shook her arms, and danced. Then, she straightened her posture at the sound of someone approaching and cleared her throat.

It was Jeanne who knocked on the door and came in.

Feeling the strange atmosphere flowing in the room, she twitched her eyebrows and asked.

“Seong-woo seemed to be going somewhere in a hurry, did something happen?”

“No. Nothing happened. What brings you here, Jeanne?”

“Something happened that you should come out and see. Seong-woo is heading there now too.”

“What on earth is it?”

“A guest has come from the Jade Emperor Palace. Not a god, but a human. But the atmosphere is strange, so I came to call Seong-woo.”

“A human with a strange atmosphere……. I should go too.”

Yu-wol hurriedly began to move her steps. Following the path Yu Seong-woo had walked.

***

A reception building outside Geomgye.

Yu Seong-woo, who arrived there ahead of time, faced the envoy of the Jade Emperor Palace who was waiting for him.

The envoy sent by the Jade Emperor Palace was not a divine being, but a human. There was a trinket symbolizing the Five Colors Shaman Association on his chest.

It hadn’t been long since Kim Yun-ju, who had conveyed her intention not to cooperate with the Jade Emperor Palace, had come and gone.

Yu Seong-woo smiled at the envoy of the Jade Emperor Palace. Seeing the divine power deeply embedded in him, he thought that it was just like the Jade Emperor Palace.

“If you have something to say, say it quickly. It must be difficult to maintain the possession of a god.”

“…Yu Seong-woo, I will deliver the final warning of the Jade Emperor Palace. If Geomgye does not submit to the Jade Emperor Palace, it will destroy Geomgye at the cost of everything.”

“That’s ridiculous.”

He knows that Geomgye is an eyesore to the Jade Emperor Palace. Two Seongsinjeon in the same Korean peninsula.

The Jade Emperor Palace must have been very annoyed to have to fight for a piece of the pie in such a small land.

“Do you think other Seongsinjeon will stand still if the Jade Emperor Palace touches Geomgye? You must know that there are Seongsinjeon that have formed an alliance with Geomgye.”

“You’re the one telling an interesting story. You’re going to bring in external Seongsinjeon because you can’t stop them with Geomgye’s power alone.”

“Well, I have to. Just like our ancestors brought in foreign powers to invade other countries.”

Yu Seong-woo had also studied history to some extent. War on the Korean Peninsula was something with a very deep history.

Before it was called Joseon, before it was called Goryeo, beyond the Later Three Kingdoms and the Three Kingdoms period, even before the Proto-Three Kingdoms.

From the Gojoseon period.

It was something that had not stopped even when it was South Korea.

Yu Seong-woo, who had twisted the words once, smiled and continued.

“Okay, let’s have a war.”