The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 112

Thomas de Torquemada

“I’m going down first.”

“We’re six kilometers above ground, you know?”

“It’s the perfect height for skydiving. Open the door.”

At Yoo Seong-woo’s insistence, the plane door opened.

It was a plane with a rear hatch, perfect for jumping out.

“You guys follow when you see fit.”

And he immediately jumped out of the open back door.

Without a parachute.

He began his free fall under the blue sky.

Enjoying the freedom as he took the wind head-on, he finally focused his body’s aura as the ground grew closer.

When a person falls from the sky, their falling speed reaches a terminal velocity [the maximum speed an object can reach during free fall] at some point.

So, if you have the ability to withstand that amount of impact, it doesn’t matter if you fall from several kilometers above.

His landing point was the center of St. Peter’s Square.

Yoo Seong-woo deliberately emitted an intense aura as he fell from the sky.

So that everyone in the Vatican could see him.

Those who saw him falling quickly moved away from the square.

‘Jeanne told me not to kill the laity…….’

He planned to sweep away all those who attacked.

Yoo Seong-woo held Ilsaeng [his sword] in one hand and looked at the people who began to gather around him.

They were not laity, but those capable of combat.

Fanatics of the Catholic Church, composed of divers [individuals with supernatural abilities].

“They said it wouldn’t escalate into an international issue even if I killed them all…….”

Before accepting this job, Yoo Seong-woo received confirmation that the Witch Society would take responsibility for everything that happened in the Vatican.

So that Yoo Seong-woo wouldn’t be brought before an international court for indiscriminately killing people.

‘In the first place, the world is a mess right now…….’

The Vatican, located within Italy, is a powerful force for Italy.

Whether they are fanatics or not… they were an effective force in eliminating the Abyss [monstrous creatures].

That’s why Italy couldn’t interfere with whatever they did.

The Witch Society must have finished negotiations with the Italian government.

“Heathen, how dare you bring your filthy, dirt-covered feet here!”

“Is dirt-covered feet a problem in a place where cockroaches gather?”

It was clear at a glance that Yoo Seong-woo was hostile to them, so armed divers gathered one by one.

Yoo Seong-woo narrowed his eyes as he looked at them.

‘I can feel a faint divinity.’

Is that Thomas’s power?

Turning people into fanatics.

‘If I kill Thomas, does that divinity scatter and return them to normal?’

If so, he couldn’t kill him rashly.

He would only render them incapable of fighting, and if they didn’t return to normal after he killed Thomas, then the Witch Society could take care of it.

Yoo Seong-woo slightly twisted his sword.

Not with the blade, but with the flat side.

‘I just need to break their arms and legs.’

People are gathering.

Yoo Seong-woo didn’t back down; instead, he moved forward and swung his sword.

The sword, swung dozens of times per second, shattered the arms and legs of all those who approached.

The number of people lying on the floor like puppets with severed strings gradually increased.

It happened in just a few seconds.

But people didn’t stop running even in the face of such a sight.

They were truly fanatics.

The sight of them rushing in, even knowing they might die, was reminiscent of running zombies in a movie.

Yoo Seong-woo personally broke the arms and legs of those who rushed in madly to stab him even once.

He made sure to break both legs so they couldn’t stand even if they were healed, and he broke their shoulders so they couldn’t crawl.

After hitting them like that for a while, Jeanne and the witches who came down late clicked their tongues at the sight that unfolded.

“No, what happened in the meantime…….”

“You’re late.”

“We came down on broomsticks. Witch’s broomsticks.”

It was a parachute called a broomstick.

To follow Yoo Seong-woo quickly, the three jumped out of the plane with parachutes on.

They used magic to control direction and landing.

Yoo Seong-woo knocked down one person who was rushing in from the side again and said.

“I’m going straight to the Vatican. It seems like he’s there. Keep up so you don’t fall behind.”

“Okay.”

With those words, Yoo Seong-woo kicked the ground hard in the direction of the Vatican.

With a bang, the ground caved in and pieces of stone scattered in all directions.

The speed was so fast that Jeanne, left alone, shouted with a bewildered face as she watched his back gradually moving away.

“How are we supposed to keep up with that─!!”

* * *

“How many intruders are there?”

“Four. Three are witches, and judging by the fact that one is a man, he doesn’t seem to be affiliated with the Witch Society…….”

“It seems Jeanne has come. Judging by how noisy it is outside… she’s in the top three in terms of combat power within the Witch Society.”

“That’s right. But the one rampaging right now isn’t the witch Jeanne, but the diver they brought.”

At his subordinate’s report, Thomas wore a puzzled expression.

What kind of diver is rampaging in the middle of their camp?

The names of divers that flashed through Thomas’s mind were the prominent S-class divers from each country.

But Yoo Seong-woo’s name was not among them.

The news of the birth of a powerful S-class diver in the East had not yet reached the Vatican.

The information they thoroughly marked was heresy, other religions in Europe, and the Witch Society.

“Then who is that heretic? If he’s a diver with that much skill, he couldn’t possibly be unknown.”

“We’re still investigating. If he’s a diver we haven’t identified, he’s either a diver who has recently emerged or… a returnee [someone who has returned after a long absence].”

“I see. Then… mobilize all the Holy Knights. No matter how strong he is, he’s just an S-class, kill him somehow until I finish preparing to sortie.”

“I will obey your command! Cardinal Thomas!”

At Thomas’s command, Belen, one of the Vatican’s five Holy Knights, bowed deeply.

Then, as he backed away, Thomas closed his eyes.

“Heretics are gathering more and more.”

It is a holy war.

Thomas had been preparing for a long time to wipe out all the heretics.

Foolish guys who believe in other religions, including the Witch Society.

He had been building up his strength to exclude the rotten heretics who believe in gods other than the Catholic Lord.

He made S-class divers into believers and gathered divers.

“But it will be a good opportunity. Since the bugs are gathering on their own… it will be fun to exterminate them.”

He had been preparing for a really long time.

With only one purpose: to purify the corrupt world…….

It was now right before his eyes.

By the power of that being, everything in the world will kneel and obey.

Thomas imagined the sight of countless people kneeling before him.

Just thinking about it made him laugh.

“Soon the world, the world will be in my hands!”

The ensuing laughter mixed with madness echoed throughout the empty Papal Palace.

He stood alone under the stained glass, raising the power given to him.

It was the power given by that being.

To pacify this world.

To save the chaotic world.

* * *

“I think that’s enough of the small fry…….”

How many did he knock down?

He broke over a thousand arms and legs.

The sound of bones breaking still vividly remained in his ears…….

Crack!

“It’s not a hallucination; it’s still ongoing. Now my body automatically breaks bones.”

Several people fell around him again.

He had reached the level of reflexively breaking the bones of anyone who approached.

He also realized how to break bones effectively while breaking them.

“I usually just cut them, so I didn’t know how to break them, but I’m learning a lot today. Also, breaking them here hurts more…….”

“Kkeuaaaaaaak─!!”

The screams also come out effectively.

Yoo Seong-woo kicked the writhing person and turned around.

Jeanne and the witches were running up breathlessly, belatedly.

Yoo Seong-woo realized that their movements were somewhat unnatural and soon realized why.

‘A large barrier was set up throughout the Vatican.’

It seemed to be a barrier that cast debuffs on specific targets.

Perhaps the targets were the witches.

Yoo Seong-woo was not a witch, so he was less affected by the barrier, and the power of the barrier was not strong enough to suppress him.

“Can you even fight properly in that state?”

“Huk, huk… don’t worry. The barrier will be resolved soon. Because Master Yoo Seong-woo is going too fast.”

“You guys are slow.”

“…Yes, we’re slow.”

Jeanne let out a long sigh.

It seemed like only useless arguments would continue even if she refuted.

Yoo Seong-woo turned his head elsewhere.

“The real ones are coming.”

From the Papal Palace, there were things walking out one by one.

They were knights armed with heavy armor.

The knights, holding shields in one hand and swords in the other, walked towards Yoo Seong-woo with shields engraved with crosses.

“They’re the Holy Knights. Probably all divers above A-class…….”

“They’ve made all sorts of crap. That’s why Westerners are no good.”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“They’re stuck in strange old-fashioned cultures like knight orders… and the crazy guy inside the Papal Palace is trying to revive the medieval witch hunts in modern times.”

“…That’s not wrong.”

Jeanne couldn’t refute this time either. Because his words only listed facts.

“But isn’t China like that too? They also have sects and stuff…….”

“I’m Korean. Don’t tell me you’re calling me Chinese right now?”

“No, the same Asian region…….”

“Don’t you know Asia is terribly wide? Wouldn’t you feel bad if you were called a German?”

“…That’s right. I was wrong.”

“That’s right. Step back.”

At his words, Jeanne took the witches and stepped back, dealing with the remaining fanatics.

Yoo Seong-woo walked towards the Holy Knights alone, raising his aura.

A thick murderous intent settled in the air, making the atmosphere heavy.

“Holy Knights, let’s see your skills. It seems like it won’t end with just arms and legs this time… you’ll have to concentrate if you don’t want to die.”

“What are you babbling about as a heretic! We are the Holy Knights! We will not be swayed by the whispers of Satan!”

It was the moment he was officially recognized as Satan by the Holy Knights.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had become the officially recognized Satan Swordmaster, muttered as he watched the Holy Knights advancing like berserkers, even though he was surrounded by thick murderous intent.

“They’ve all gone mad. This must be the influence of divinity.”

…That damn divinity.

No one on this land had yet properly grasped what that divinity was.

Anyway, Yoo Seong-woo took another step.

With explosive speed, he drew a line in the air and jumped into the middle of the Holy Knights.

“Yeah, I’m Satan! You X-like bastards! Taste some Satan!”

With a bang, several Holy Knights were thrown into the sky by the shockwave alone.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had created a large crater, opened his mouth, dripping with red aura from his whole body.

“…Satan descends.”

From now on, he is not just a Swordmaster, but a Satan Swordmaster.