The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 122

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 122

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – 122

Sword Spirit (5)

Yoosungwoo and Jeanne’s journey was not easy.

No, to be precise, it was only Jeanne who was having a hard time.

Yoosungwoo was used to this kind of journey. The environment of the other world he had been in was even more barren than this.

The Demon World where the Demon God resided was no different from hell.

Still, the biggest problem was her bodily functions.

They were eating about 20 days’ worth of combat rations.

When they sustained themselves with those rations, the inevitable need for restroom breaks would arise.

The two couldn’t be far apart.

Yoosungwoo didn’t care, but Jeanne needed to stay close.

No matter how strong she was, she would be helpless if surrounded by monsters in a Special Abyss [a particularly dangerous and monster-filled area].

Moreover, humans are most vulnerable while relieving themselves…….

Because of this, Yoosungwoo had to stand guard nearby at all times.

“Ugh…….”

“Are you done? Let’s go.”

Trundling along, Jeanne and Yoosungwoo started walking again to cross the forest.

Moreover, crossing the forest was not the end.

Even after the forest, there were numerous terrains to cross.

Perhaps by the time they arrived at their destination, they would be in rags.

Thinking about that, Jeanne felt depressed for some reason.

* * *

Hetris, who had safely infiltrated the Special Abyss, looked around.

The environment of the Special Abyss that came from China was not so barren.

Whether it was true that China cleaned it periodically, there were no monsters inside the abyss, and only dozens of steep stone mountains existed.

Hetris hid inside the stone mountains and wandered around, meeting other survivors.

They were also people who had escaped from the Murim Alliance [a martial arts alliance].

They thought they had nowhere to escape, so they risked their lives and fled to the Special Abyss.

The people were holding out in a small cave in the stone mountain.

“How long do we have to be stuck here…….”

Someone muttered.

Everyone was thinking the same thing. Would salvation come?

According to the information before entering the abyss, China had begun a blockade.

Since it was impossible to go out or come in, there was no guarantee that they would be rescued.

It would be fortunate if they didn’t die in the Special Abyss before that.

They had entered the Special Abyss desperately…… but humans didn’t want to die.

Food was also running out.

They tried to get food from the stone mountain somehow, but all they could find were bugs crawling in the cave.

“…Hetris, will the rescue team really come? China has blockaded it, so the only way left is to come through the Special Abyss.”

“Don’t talk like that. Your boss is said to be loyal, right? Then he will try to save you even by dispatching a rescue team.”

“But…….”

During their cave life of several days, Hetris became close to a pharmacist.

A pharmacist dispatched from a company called ‘Meteor Industry’ in Korea.

The other colleagues who came with her also tried to escape, but she was the only one who could escape.

“If the only way is to come over the Special Abyss, our company doesn’t have the ability to do that. And it’s not easy to find a diver who can cross the Special Abyss somewhere…….”

Choi Miyoon, a pharmacist from Meteor Industry, had entered China before the news about Yoosungwoo was widely known, so she didn’t know much about him.

Of course, the story about the establishment of Sword Soul as well.

So, she had to rely on Yoo Jiwoo, the only S-class diver, to break through the Special Abyss, but she didn’t think that the company’s CEO would risk his life to save her.

She thought it would be better to abandon her than to take such a dangerous gamble.

Other people felt similarly.

Only time for frustration continued, with everyone saying that they had been abandoned.

“But we can’t give up hope. Someone will come to save us, so we have no choice but to bet on that…….”

Hetris muttered this, but she calculated the probability of survival in her head.

No matter how hard she racked her brains, it was only a single digit.

Waiting for rescue in the Special Abyss was the best option, but there was no guarantee that they could continue to survive in the Special Abyss.

Even if one monster that smelled them broke into the cave, the people here would be annihilated.

‘Even if they come through the Special Abyss… it will take at least 2 weeks, even if I take it short.’

That’s on the premise that S-class divers break through in groups.

There is a possibility that the S-class divers of each guild will unite to save people…….

That possibility was also infinitely low.

Despair leads to despair.

Is there really no way to survive? Just as that thought began to linger in her head.

-Weeing, weeing-!!

The siren started to sound.

The alarm magic installed near the cave by a diver who knew how to use magic was activated.

Two were installed separately for monsters and humans, but the siren sound that is heard now was the siren for humans.

As soon as people heard the siren, they jumped up from their seats and moved to the back of the cave.

There was a side path leading to the opposite side inside the cave, so it was easy to escape.

“Quickly! Run quickly!”

“Kuh, damn it! I only ate bugs for a few days, so I have no strength!”

The people ran quickly to the side path.

Hetris and Choi Miyoon also ran inside together, and in the process of running, they heard voices from the cave entrance.

“They’re running away! Chase them!”

Chinese words reached her ears.

The people squeezed out the strength they had and began to escape, safely reaching the side path.

Hetris felt something strange in the process.

She felt like they were letting them go on purpose.

Without chasing with all their might, it seemed like they were deliberately allowing them to escape…….

‘Rabbit hunting……?’

One word flashed through Hetris’s mind.

And this is what they faced when the two escaped the side path.

“Finally, everyone is popping out.”

It was people with blades.

A few divers who seemed to have been dispatched from the Murim Alliance were cut down, and a few were knocked out. They looked at the two women.

There was no way to live either way.

Despair settled on Choi Miyoon’s face, and death loomed on Hetris’s face as well.

Unless someone came, they, without combat jobs, would either die or be dragged away – one of the two.

‘It’s only been 5 days since I entered the Special Abyss… there’s no rescue team that will arrive within that time.’

There is no hope.

Even if the sky falls, there is a hole to escape, but now even that hole has been filled.

Hetris bit her lip and took out a vial from her bosom.

To try one last resistance, even if she died.

However, she did not throw the vial.

“They’re the ones who can be killed.”

A voice was suddenly heard.

And, a large figure suddenly appeared behind the divers of the Murim Alliance and knocked them down.

It was an instant.

The divers’ heads were bent to one side, and they fell down like dolls with their strings cut.

Without leaving a single person.

People trembled in even deeper fear as they looked at the unidentified man who suddenly appeared.

The men in front of them were divers from the Murim Alliance, but the man who suddenly appeared was an unknown strongman who killed the divers of the Murim Alliance in an instant, so even more so.

People tend to be frightened the moment they face the unknown.

“L, let’s go together~!”

However, people were able to relax a little more at the refreshing and lively voice heard from behind.

The witch’s hat and robe, panting and gasping, were characteristics of the Witch Society that anyone could recognize.

The face revealed under the witch’s hat was a famous face.

“The Witch Society’s… Saintess Witch?”

“Heuk, I’m out of breath…….”

She, who had barely chased Yoosungwoo, took a breath for a moment, catching her breath, and then opened her mouth.

“I’m Jeanne, the Saintess Witch from the Witch Society. I came to rescue you.”

“You came from the Witch Society?”

“Not really…….”

Jeanne looked at Yoosungwoo next to her, with a look containing the meaning of introducing him quickly.

This was a good opportunity to imprint the guild ‘Sword Soul’ on them.

“I’m Yoosungwoo, the guild master of ‘Sword Soul,’ a guild under Meteor Industry. A helping hand from Meteor Industry.”

Choi Miyoon raised her hand.

“Yeah, I came to save you at my younger sibling’s request. And other people as well. But why are you alone? I heard there were three of you.”

“T, the other two were caught and dragged away while escaping together…….”

“Is that so. Then we have to save them too.”

Yoosungwoo said so and said to Jeanne, who was treating the wounded.

“It would be good to protect people here. The cave looks okay, so spread a barrier there.”

“Okay.”

“There are no traces of monsters in this area, and I’m going to sweep away all the people, so nothing will happen.”

When Yoosungwoo, who said that, was about to leave.

Hetris raised her hand and said.

“P, please take me with you! I think you’ll need a guide, and I’ve memorized all the roads in the area. And the inside of the lab.”

“That’s not very useful. I’m good at finding my way.”

Hetris was filled with a burning desire to help.

Because she was overflowing with hatred for the Chinese bastards who dared to make her a slave, she volunteered to follow Yoosungwoo.

She felt like she could do anything to get revenge on them.

But after hesitating for a moment at Yoosungwoo’s answer, she added a word.

“I know the medicine warehouse very well, where they gathered medicinal herbs to make elixirs. I heard that Meteor Industry is also related to pharmaceuticals? Then it will be a big help.”

“That would be useful.”

It’s kind of a side income.

Yoosungwoo considered Hetris’s offer and decided to take her with him.

Even though there were several enemies, he could infiltrate the bastards’ headquarters with just one person.

“Then come here.”

Hetris approached Yoosungwoo’s gesture, and Jeanne looked at her and said.

“Good luck…….”

“Yes?”

Hetris was placed on Yoosungwoo’s side as it was.

Unlike Jeanne, she was a rather large adult woman, but she was lifted so easily.

“W, what is this?”

“Let’s go. Hold on tight.”

“Where am I supposed to hold on?!”

And, Yoosungwoo’s figure disappeared. The aftermath swept through the place where he had been, messing up the hair of those around him.

Jeanne finished treating the people and prayed for Hetris’s soul.

She prayed that her stomach would be safe, as she would likely throw up a bowl.

“B, but Saintess. When will the rearguard arrive?”

“Yes? What rearguard?”

“Meteor Industry is a Korean company, but seeing that you arrived so early, you must have brought great people with you… but there are only two of you.”

“Ah~ that’s, there is no rearguard.”

“Yes? Are they behind?”

“No, I said there isn’t.”

“Ah, are they scattered in other places and searching…?”

“No, I said there isn’t? We’re all there is.”

“Yes……?”

“But don’t worry.”

Jeanne added with a benevolent smile.

“Because it’s a rescue team made up of the best power in the world.”