The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 111

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 111

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Chapter 111

The Witch Council (3)

“How did it go?”

“They seem to have some connection, but they don’t interact frequently. As we investigated, witches are reclusive and rarely leave their territories, only appearing for special events like this gathering. I’ll prepare a detailed relationship chart later.”

“Shua-Nel.”

“During the meeting, there were six attempts to use magic on you. Your inherent magic resistance blocked them all, so I didn’t intercept them…”

“I see. A shady bunch, as expected.”

In the Murim [martial arts world] world, they say to be careful of the old and the young.

Of course, you also have to be careful of those with swords, and women too…

This isn’t Murim, but being in enemy territory is no different.

Besides, the witches were both young and old, so weren’t they three times as dangerous?

“What did you eat to develop such strong magic resistance? It seems like you could withstand most spells…”

“There’s a saying: ‘magic resilience’.”

Just as your toughness increases the more you’re hit, your magic resistance increases the more you’re hit by magic.

Of course, that was just Yoo Seong-woo’s theory. He was the only one who had survived being hit by so much magic.

Shua-Nel, understanding, slightly opened her mouth in disbelief and said.

“You ignorant…”

“That’s how I survived. Anyway, the witches must be having a hell of a meeting right now.”

“It must be a real headache. They wouldn’t have expected Seong-woo to set such conditions.”

“If they’re having such a big meeting over just that, the Witch Council’s bond isn’t that strong.”

“It’s a group gathered for survival. If individual survival is threatened, division is likely. If they had solidarity, they’d stick together, but they don’t seem to have much.”

“Let them rack their brains…”

Yoo Seong-woo chuckled and leaned back in the limousine heading to the hotel.

* * *

“How effective was the magic?”

“It doesn’t work. I’ve tried various methods, but his magic resistance is so strong that mental magic is ineffective.”

“What else?”

“Exploration and tracking magic are nullified. He’s unbelievable…”

“Unbelievable…”

Medea closed her eyes.

Somehow, Yoo Seong-woo had to be brought over to their side.

A swordmaster who slays gods with a human body? Such a person has never existed before.

There have been several beings in mythology who slay gods, but they were all born with divine bloodlines, like demigods.

Humans cannot reach God.

This is a major premise that has stood for tens of thousands of years.

“Was this the prophecy of a being who will shake history? What about the others?”

“The escorts are the same. The fairy’s guard is too strong. They might have detected our magic…”

“Are they that outstanding?”

“She’s no ordinary fairy. Since the magic on the escort side was detected, we’re lucky he didn’t cut us down on the spot.”

“That won’t happen. He needs us. The force he’s built is still weak and not enough to face the Ascendants [beings who have transcended humanity].”

He wouldn’t be able to face all the Ascendants alone.

As time goes by, the connection between gods and humans will become stronger, and the number of Ascendants will increase.

Considering the impact they will have on Earth, Yoo Seong-woo would continue to form alliances.

If they failed to win him over with magic, they could draw him in with other things.

“Are you really going to accept those conditions? It seems like too much…”

“We have to accept them. They’ve conceded, so it’s our turn to concede.”

As a condition for Yoo Seong-woo’s cooperation, he requested that they formally affiliate with the guild he would create and dispatch witches.

At least two elders.

The idea was that since there were no mages in the guild, it would be good to dispatch witches to cooperate.

He set other conditions as well, the result of prior consultation with Yul and Sa.

“…At least they’re more trustworthy than the Europeans. The Western gods have started stirring up Europe.”

Medea closed her eyes and thought before speaking.

“Jeanne and Kali, I’d like you two to do the work.”

“Okay, Medea. I’ll go. But you’ll have to explain in more detail later.”

“Of course. Kali, how about you?”

“…I don’t care.”

The alchemist witch, Kali, who had been dozing off since the meeting began, waved her hand.

Medea nodded and ended the meeting.

* * *

“Thomas is active around the Vatican. He’s slowly increasing his power while pretending to be a devout religious person. He has about two thousand followers.”

“Are they all combatants?”

“Not all, but they’re fanatics who would jump into a fire if Thomas told them to. I hope you don’t kill the laypeople.”

“I’ll try.”

After the Witch Council made its decision, Yoo Seong-woo decided to get to work.

He was going to take a plane to the Vatican.

“So that’s why you told me to come to Italy.”

“I can’t deny that.”

Jeanne followed as the guide for the Witch Council, Walpurgis [a council of witches].

Besides her, there were two escort witches.

They weren’t elders, but they were the most combat-capable mages.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had closed his eyes on the plane to the Vatican, muttered.

“Inquisitor… brings back old memories. I fought them a lot.”

“Have you had experience dealing with Inquisitors before?”

“Not Inquisitors from Earth, but from another world, but I have experience.”

They were terribly annoying.

Yoo Seong-woo’s existence was like a heresy that denied God to them.

So they tried to track him down and kill him, drawing their weapons as soon as they saw him.

“But I killed them all.”

Besides, there was also someone who joined the expedition from the Inquisitors.

He was an inquisitor who, after seeing the good deeds Yoo Seong-woo did, could no longer believe in God and joined the expedition as a swordsman.

‘Rebo… he was a really nice guy.’

But other than muttering prayers every time he ate, saying he couldn’t break the habit.

He was good at handling greatswords, and if he had continued to improve, he might have reached the realm of Swordmaster, but he died in the last battle.

“…Inquisitors are vicious. I almost got hunted down too.”

“When?”

“A long time ago. It’s a story from hundreds of years ago. I don’t know how many gathered to catch me. If it hadn’t been for Elder Medea, I might have died.”

Jeanne’s eyes were filled with melancholy as if she was reminiscing.

Yoo Seong-woo stared at her for a moment and then crossed his arms.

Who wouldn’t have a story in this situation?

Besides, he roughly knew who the witch next to him was.

At first, he was doubtful, but if he didn’t know after hearing the name Jeanne, the heavy equipment, and the spear-flag, he was blind.

“You must have gone through a lot. Though not as much as me.”

“I appreciate you recognizing that. Most of the people in the Witch Council have had that experience. So, could you be a little… kinder to them?”

“You’re too nice. You are.”

Yoo Seong-woo spat out those words and then closed his mouth.

You shouldn’t be too nice, even if you’re a good person. As many good people gather, it’s easier to get backstabbed.

He had bitterly understood that the world doesn’t only run on goodwill, so it was difficult for him to agree with Jeanne’s words.

‘Even though she herself has suffered that much humiliation, she’s saying things like that.’

How much must she trust her colleagues to be like that?

Yoo Seong-woo sighed inwardly and didn’t say a word until they arrived in the Vatican.

That was the same for Jeanne.

* * *

“Cardinal Thomas! The heretics have begun to move! News has arrived that a plane that departed from Venice will arrive in the Vatican soon!”

“Brother, do not worry. No matter how many heretics flock, they are merely pests like flies to me.”

Tomás de Torquemada.

Born in 1420, died in 1498.

His official record was like that. A fanatic of the Catholic Church, an Inquisitor, a witch hunter…

It seemed like he had lived a long life and died in that era, but that was not the reality.

He had used the mysterious power of the witch to extend his lifespan and increase his power.

Then, the witches who were being hunted succeeded in killing him with traps and ingenuity at the cost of their lives, and he disappeared into the annals of history.

He, who was called by many names, was reborn in modern times and rose to the position of a self-destructed Catholic cardinal, building a vast power.

He accepted devout believers and made them his servants, and hired five S-class divers [super-powered individuals] as knights.

In addition, with hundreds of combat-capable personnel, it was a huge force that was difficult to touch in Italy.

What made him able to do that was the help of his God.

God answered him as he prayed, and at the same time awakened his memories of his past life.

By having the memories of his past life as an Inquisitor who hunted witches and tried to enjoy eternal life by bathing in the blood of witches, he realized what he had to do.

It is to hunt down heretics and re-establish the Lord’s will.

“No matter how many heretics flock, they are heretics. In front of my faith, they will eventually be converted and return to the Lord’s embrace. So don’t worry.”

“Ah, ah! Cardinal! Thank you for awakening me to my ignorance, who once thought I had to run away!”

“The Lord will forgive you too. Besides, there are also paladins in the Vatican, aren’t there? How can heretics use their power in front of their power.”

The Vatican is a sanctuary.

It is a place where cockroaches called heretics cannot even dare to approach, so Thomas smiled brightly.

He was wondering how to hunt down the heretics, but they came to him.

He could already feel himself getting excited about the witch’s power he would take after a long time.

He calmed his rising mouth corners and said.

“Tell the paladins to prepare for the holy war.”

“I understand! Cardinal Thomas!”

“And I will go out myself. You never know what the heretics will do, so I will protect my brothers and sisters.”

“How can you be so benevolent! The Cardinal is clearly the prosperity of Catholicism! Catholicism will rise again and spread the gospel to the world again!”

“Haha, of course it should. Its power has diminished a lot now, but everyone will recognize the Lord’s will again.”

And, as they moved out of the Vatican to prepare for battle.

The sound of the entire Vatican shaking was heard.

Along with people’s screams.