The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 129

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 129

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Episode 129

Black Bear (2)

“Shit, damn it…”

“Are there any injured?”

“Two minor injuries. They can move immediately.”

The Black Bear divers who followed to eliminate Yoo Seong-woo sustained injuries while dealing with an octopus they unexpectedly encountered.

The initial phase was a complete mess.

Yoo Seok-hyung assessed the condition of his guild members, provided quick treatment, and then hurried to pursue Yoo Seong-woo.

He traversed the eerie, desolate village, unsettling even in broad daylight, and approached the large hole.

“The trail ends here.”

At the cliff’s edge, they discovered where Yoo Seong-woo’s trail vanished.

Since it wasn’t a path leading to a normal route, Yoo Seok-hyung frowned and said,

“…He jumped down from here?”

“That’s absurd. Jumping from here is suicide… He’d be dead, wouldn’t he?”

“Impossible.”

Yoo Seok-hyung dismissed his subordinate’s words.

If he were the type to die from a jump like this, the government and the Ascension Church wouldn’t have joined forces to try and kill him.

He must have jumped with the confidence to survive, even from this height.

As that thought occurred to him, Yoo Seok-hyung was reminded of the caliber of the person he had to eliminate.

A diver who was clearly an unprecedented monster.

‘Damn it, I should have killed that bitch Yoo Ji-woo back in the day…….’

Meteor Industries.

Who knew that those guys, who started as small and medium-sized enterprises, would grow so big and become a threat.

More precisely, it’s Sword Soul under Meteor Industries.

“Let’s go.”

They opted to descend via the normal route.

Lacking the ability to survive a cliff jump like Yoo Seong-woo, they calculated that a swift descent via the normal route might allow them to intercept him below.

In any case, Yoo Seong-woo’s goal is to conquer the Abyss.

To venture into the depths of the underground, where no one has ever gone.

* * *

“This is convenient.”

Yoo Seong-woo dispatched the approaching ominous birds with swift slashes, sparing only one.

Then, he mounted the back of the ominous bird and began his descent.

He had always desired an aerial mount, even back in the other world…

‘Those stingy bastards, they didn’t even give me a wyvern or a flying dragon.’

Yoo Seong-woo, briefly reminiscing about the past, grew inexplicably angry and struck the ominous bird’s head with his fist.

“Kkuwang?!”

“Fly carefully.”

“Kkuwaaaak…….”

The four eyes rolled, and it began to descend even faster.

However, the ominous bird suddenly ceased flapping its wings and plummeted straight down.

Yoo Seong-woo realized that the gravity had abruptly increased and dismounted from the ominous bird.

“Thanks for everything.”

After a brief farewell to the ominous bird, he landed on a soft surface.

The ominous bird crashed into the floor, disappearing as if dragged into a swamp.

‘This terrain is… Is this the Aquatic Zone?’

At first glance, it resembles a meadow, but it’s actually a colony of living organisms.

Yoo Seong-woo is currently channeling Aura through his feet, preventing him from being pulled under.

“If it’s the Aquatic Zone, it seems I’ve skipped about two layers.”

He looked up at the sky.

Since sunlight was still penetrating, it couldn’t be that deep, even if it was the 3rd layer.

The exploration team estimated at least 20 layers…

For reference, the deepest layer reached by the exploration team was the 14th.

After that, they were forced to retreat due to limited visibility and dwindling food supplies.

Subsequent expeditions yielded no further gains due to the extreme environment.

Yoo Seong-woo tested his mobility and checked his equipment.

‘There’s not much of a problem.’

The sword might be slightly slower, but… to others, it would appear the same.

Anyway, they won’t be able to track it with their eyes.

Yoo Seong-woo took a deep breath and drew Samjeong [a greatsword made of concentrated green light].

He planted Samjeong into the ground and ignited flames.

“Burn it all.”

As he muttered, the green flames responded, gradually intensifying.

The ground began to tremble.

The Aquatic Zone colony, an aggregation of countless organisms.

Yoo Seong-woo’s flames consumed them as fuel.

The ground rippled, soon crashing like a wave.

However, it couldn’t even approach due to the intense heat and dissipated.

Standing amidst the flames, he amplified them, creating a hole in the floor.

He plunged through the hole, descending to the next level.

* * *

“Hah, hah… From here on, it’s the Aquatic Zone. The path changes every time, so you have to stick to a specific route…….”

“Have to?”

“But it seems like the path we need to take is cut off.”

The diver pointed in one direction.

To advance to the next level, they needed to head in the opposite direction first.

Because there was no way to descend from their current location.

However, the path they needed to take was completely severed.

A hole too wide to jump across.

The green flames continued to burn the Aquatic Zone colony.

Even though Yoo Seong-woo had long passed.

“…Damn it, is there no other way?”

“We could build a bridge using magic, but I don’t know if that’s a good idea…….”

“Do it anyway!”

At Yoo Seok-hyung’s command, the magic divers stepped forward and began casting a spell to create an ice bridge.

However, the moment they initiated the magic, the colonies that had been burning quietly surged like waves and engulfed them.

Reacting to the magic power, they sought to devour it.

It was the second disaster to befall the Black Bear.

* * *

Scenic View, 15th Floor.

Now a place beyond the reach of sunlight.

Yoo Seong-woo, having descended the scenic view without pause, prepared to rest for the first time.

He retrieved various camping tools from the ‘absorbing bag’ [a bag with seemingly infinite storage space] he had received from Yoo Ji-woo.

A quickly assembled A-shaped tent, a brazier and firewood, etc.

They were top-quality products, suitable even for the Abyss.

‘Even without sunlight, there’s enough ambient light, so I don’t need a fire.’

An area devoid of sunlight.

Instead, the 15th floor was inhabited by creatures that emitted their own light.

Glowing bugs crawling on the walls and floor, and luminous mushrooms.

Light sources were abundant, providing ample visibility.

Of course, he didn’t need a light source, but it was better than nothing.

He quickly pitched the tent and took out a retort-packed spicy pork bowl from his bag.

And a vacuum-packed chicken leg. He had been craving it since he fell into the hole.

He used Aura to heat the spicy pork bowl and the chicken leg.

He began eating as the spicy aroma of the pork bowl and the crackling sound of the chicken leg oil stimulated his senses.

‘…To have a proper meal in a place like this, science is amazing after all.’

When Yoo Seong-woo went on expeditions in the other world, one of the most difficult things was eating.

Storage space for food was limited. Therefore, the food taken was always dry food.

Even jerky would have been better, but meat was scarce, so most of it was dried grains.

It barely satisfied hunger and was simply terrible food.

“…I wanted to feed those guys properly too.”

Sweet and spicy pork bowl, juicy chicken leg.

It was a touching taste he couldn’t experience in the other world.

It tasted even better in a place like this.

After quickly finishing his meal, he roughly cleaned up, left the scraps behind, and lay down in the tent.

Dark, small tent.

There, he thought of his past comrades.

Where did the dead comrades go?

Was their soul guided to a good place, a place where they no longer had to fight?

‘I died doing good things, so wouldn’t that be the case?’

If I had known this would happen, I should have talked to the goddess one more time before returning.

He felt a pang of regret for not being with them until their true end.

Yoo Seong-woo closed his eyes.

Normally, sleeping in a place like this would be an invitation for monsters.

However, his heightened senses indicated no immediate threats.

Besides, he would immediately detect any approaching hostility, so he went to sleep without hesitation.

* * *

“Damn it, how did that bastard break through here?”

“…There are traces of a hole in the floor. It seems he broke through the relatively weak ground and went down.”

Around the time Yoo Seong-woo began to sleep comfortably, the Black Bear divers were still wandering around on the 6th floor.

They were avoiding combat as much as possible and moving along the shortest route, so they were making good time, but they were still far from catching up with Yoo Seong-woo.

There was still a difference of nearly 10 floors.

To catch up with him, they couldn’t afford to sleep.

In the first place, this was an environment where it was difficult to sleep.

Isn’t there a saying? If you sleep when others are working, you won’t be able to catch up with the guys in front.

The Black Bear’s situation was exactly like that.

Yoo Seok-hyung gasped for breath and checked his condition.

As he descended to the 6th floor, he felt his body growing heavier.

The gravity was intensifying.

He had brought artifacts to lighten his body, but the increased gravity was overwhelming.

Even an S-class diver like him was struggling, so the others must be suffering even more.

Yoo Seok-hyung had to make a decision.

‘…Even if it’s that guy, he probably hasn’t reached the deep layers yet. It might be best to rest here and then continue.’

They had to go further down. To do that, it was important to manage their condition, so Yoo Seok-hyung found a suitable place and ordered a rest.

However.

“A monster from the hole…!”

A monster from the lower level crawled up from the hole that Yoo Seong-woo had created.

The monster, resembling a caterpillar with dozens of legs, attacked the Black Bear, baring its toothed maw.

“Damn it! Take care of that bastard first!”

“Front line! Raise your shields!”

“This damn son of a bitch! How many traps did you set up?!”

Curses flowed freely. The only trap Yoo Seong-woo had set was the octopus at the entrance.

That was all, but all the traces of Yoo Seong-woo’s passage acted as traps for them.

It was because the maintained ecosystem was brutally disrupted, and the circulation loop had gone awry.

This was the third… no, the sixth disaster to strike the Black Bear.

* * *

Scenic View 21st Floor.

Yoo Seong-woo had now reached an area completely devoid of light.

The gravity was immense. Pressure was applied even when breathing.

‘…Hoo.’

To put it in terms of feeling, it felt like he was moving with a 5-ton sandbag strapped to his body.

The sensation of being plunged into the deep sea with bare hands.

Yoo Seong-woo decided it would be a good workout and spent a few days in that state, exercising.

He could afford to do that because the end was near.

The energy of a strong presence emanated from below.

’23? No, the 24th floor must be the end.’

It wasn’t far.

What could be down there?

After finishing his training, Yoo Seong-woo, in peak condition, resumed his descent.

And finally reached the 24th floor.

What he encountered there was an unimaginable being.