The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 130

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 130

Black Bear (3)

The nature of dragons has been a topic of ongoing discussion for a long time.

Massive bodies exceeding tens of meters, membranous wings and sturdy scales, sharp claws, and psychic powers…

The fact that they could fly with such enormous bodies defied scientific explanation.

Dragon scales were harder than any mineral existing on Earth, impenetrable by any weapon.

The conclusion reached by experts was that since they are fantastical creatures, only fantasy could defeat them.

Flying disasters, colossal monsters that cannot be resisted.

Once used as symbols of greatness, dragons have now become taboos, not to be mentioned.

Dragons in fantasy novels have been demoted from great beings to mere power-level measuring tools for dispensing justice, and several groups hating dragons have emerged.

This was largely because many people lost their families to dragons during the Great Disaster.

During the Great Disaster, it wasn’t just one dragon that appeared in the world; the number of casualties was close to hundreds of millions.

After creating such a catastrophe, they vanished in an instant.

Many believed they had disappeared completely, never to be seen again, but some said they remained on Earth, biding their time.

That was the dragon as known to people, but the dragons known to Yoo Seong-woo were beings at the pinnacle of life who didn’t even bother to move.

If you have power, you can use it however you want, but.

Their standard of ‘mind’ was terribly skewed.

Stupid creatures who wouldn’t move from their nests even as the world was collapsing…

Wise but not intelligent lizard babies…

Perhaps because he had suffered a bit, he couldn’t bring himself to think of them favorably.

Even when he first picked up Nox, he had tried to cut off its horns first.

“…But I didn’t expect there to be a dragon here.”

Scenic beauty, 24th floor.

Reaching the deep abyss where there was no further way down, the place resembled a nest.

One might call it the Nest of the Abyss.

In the dome-shaped space made of dark purple minerals, vines climbed the walls, forming a small light source at the dome’s ceiling.

Beneath it, curled up with bright yellow eyes, staring at him, was unmistakably the form of a dragon.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at it and then, as if realizing something, raised one corner of his mouth in a sneer.

“…No, you weren’t born here. You have nothing in common with the creatures that lived here.”

He could definitely sense the energy of the Abyss Core from it.

But it wasn’t a creature born here.

Living beings are usually derived from the environment in which they are born.

He hadn’t seen any reptile-like creatures while coming down here, so how could a dragon suddenly appear at the end and be a creature born here?

That meant it could only be a gift someone had prepared for him.

“Where did you come from?”

“…You’ve come faster than I expected. You must be the one called Yoo Seong-woo.”

The dragon raised its massive body.

The cavern echoed with a thudding sound, and the light source in the sky flickered.

At the same time, the cavern they were in gradually grew larger, completing a space like a vast arena.

The dragon’s echoing voice reverberated once more.

“You will die more painfully than anyone else here. You will not find rest.”

“Bullshit… Did the Ascendant Church send you? It’s amazing that a dragon listens to humans.”

“Human, I commend you for reaching this place, but you will not leave here alive! By me, the Dark Annihilation Dragon!”

Dark Annihilation Dragon.

The dragon, introducing itself as such, spread its wings wide and took a deep breath to unleash a breath attack as a preemptive strike.

Yoo Seong-woo, knowing that it was the prelude to a breath attack, immediately drew Ilsaeng and charged towards it.

Pushing off the ground, he instantly reached the top of its head, grabbed the irregularly protruding horns (which resembled minerals), held the sword in reverse grip, and plunged it into its forehead.

Clang-!!

With a violent sound, Ilsaeng bounced back in the opposite direction.

He hadn’t expected to be able to plunge it in properly, but it was unexpected that it bounced back completely.

‘…It’s an old one.’

Is it a high dragon?

Judging by its size and energy, it seemed like it had lived for well over thousands of years.

‘In that case…!’

Yoo Seong-woo poured even more Aura into Ilsaeng.

The sword’s blade turned even more intensely red, as if burning, and became even sharper.

As he plunged it into its forehead again, the tip of the sword shattered the Dark Annihilation Dragon’s head scales and dug in.

“Get away from me-!!”

However, before the tip of the sword reached the inside of its head, it unleashed a powerful fear.

A dragon’s words carry will.

Just as swordsmen imbue their swords with will to repaint the world, a dragon rewrites the world with just a word.

The Dark Annihilation Dragon’s voice, filled with such will, pushed Yoo Seong-woo away and slammed him into the ground.

Yoo Seong-woo clicked his tongue and looked up at the sky while pinned to the ground.

The Dark Annihilation Dragon had already flown up to the ceiling of the cavern and was taking another deep breath.

The prelude to a breath attack.

“This fucking…”

Yoo Seong-woo cursed and got up from his spot, taking a long, deep breath.

Gravity still pressed down on his body, and the energy emitted by the high dragon, the Dark Annihilation Dragon, weighed down on his mind even more heavily.

However, he knew well how to not give in under these circumstances.

He had been in these kinds of fights hundreds of times… and he knew how to hunt dragons.

In the blink of an eye, the Dark Annihilation Dragon’s chest swelled greatly, and the surroundings were filled with magic circles.

Primitive magic circles, haphazardly constructed in response to the dragon’s call.

But that made them all the more dangerous.

The Dark Annihilation Dragon’s mouth opened wide, and a dense breath of black flames began to pour out of its mouth.

Yoo Seong-woo gripped Ilsaeng with both hands and focused his mind.

A dragon’s breath is primitive magic with extremely concentrated magic power.

In terms of mass, it was more than enough to cast a great magic spell, so facing it head-on would melt him without leaving a single bone.

“…Ilsaeng, we’re going to split that apart. Can you do it?”

Of course. It all depends on you.

Ilsaeng’s voice traveled up his wrist.

Since Ilsaeng awakened its ego, it often answered like this.

Hearing the sword’s reply, he took an upper stance.

And then, he slashed down.

Aura compressed to the extreme met with skill honed to the limit, creating a red world in an instant.

One Sword – Sky Cleaver

His sword energy, sharpened and flowing out, advanced and split the breath in half.

The breath’s hot heat enveloped him, but the breath that didn’t directly touch him was only warm.

Yoo Seong-woo swung his sword again to push away the aftermath of the breath and said.

“Dark Annihilation my ass… you couldn’t even grill an egg. You pathetic lizard bastard.”

“Tremble-!!”

The Dark Annihilation Dragon shouted loudly.

Then the earth and the ground, the air vibrated, making the world even heavier.

Yoo Seong-woo’s feet sank deep into the ground.

His already heavy body became even heavier.

“Be buried in darkness-!!”

As the Dark Annihilation Dragon shouted again, darkness came to his vision this time.

All he could see was himself and the still bright red Ilsaeng.

‘…Vision blocked.’

It wasn’t just dark; he had been deprived of his vision itself.

If it were just darkness, he could pierce through it by concentrating Aura in his eyes… but this was a higher level of world’s will.

“You use troublesome techniques.”

If it were the old Yoo Seong-woo, it would have taken him a while to adapt to this sensation, but now he didn’t even need to adapt.

His Aura control ability had become more meticulous, and there was also a sword that could become his eyes.

As he poured Aura into Ilsaeng and spread it in all directions, he could see everything even though he couldn’t see anything.

A wind blew from the Dark Annihilation Dragon.

-It’s coming.

“I know.”

Silent magic continued to unfold around the Dark Annihilation Dragon.

Hundreds of primitive and destructive magic circles were created, all pouring down on Yoo Seong-woo alone.

Black streaks of light and black fireballs.

Yoo Seong-woo took a step, dodging the streaks of light, and swung Ilsaeng to split the fireballs.

Seeing this, the Dark Annihilation Dragon emitted energy even more fiercely, but also thought it was absurd.

‘Should I not have underestimated humans? A human, but not human… to think there was another human like him.’

He had been too dismissive, thinking it was just a human.

The Dark Annihilation Dragon began to deploy magic at an even faster rate.

Even more streaks of light and fireballs poured down.

The will to melt the entire interior of the cavern was directly implemented, covering everything.

“Stop-!!”

The Dark Annihilation Dragon’s dragon word reverberated again.

Yoo Seong-woo’s movements stopped abruptly, as if time had frozen.

The Dark Annihilation Dragon’s magic poured down on him, who had stopped, causing a massive explosion.

However, he couldn’t be sure of his death. Yoo Seong-woo’s energy still remained vividly within that explosion.

And at that moment, a red light flashed in a cross shape from within the dust of the explosion.

At the same time, a cross-shaped sword energy of red Aura flew towards the Dark Annihilation Dragon and collided with it.

“Kuhuk-!!”

The Dark Annihilation Dragon, flying in the air, shook violently as it collided with the sword energy.

“Finally…”

The Dark Annihilation Dragon barely regained its balance in the air, but in that brief moment of shaking.

Yoo Seong-woo was right in front of it.

“Finally, I can land a proper hit.”

The voice of a small being piercing into its massive body.

The chilling voice, which had never known fear until now, engraved the emotion of…

‘Terror’ for the first time on the Dark Annihilation Dragon.

“Get away-!!”

The Dark Annihilation Dragon’s fear-mixed dragon word echoed loudly in the cavern.

However, Yoo Seong-woo did not fall. He simply shone red all over and swung Ilsaeng.

One Sword – Life or Death

The Aura extending from Ilsaeng reached the Dark Annihilation Dragon.

It stirred up the Dark Annihilation Dragon’s soul and shook its foundation.

The Dark Annihilation Dragon felt its mind go blank for a moment.

Since it was a dragon and possessed a strong soul, Yoo Seong-woo’s one sword did not shatter its soul.

However, it could not prevent its mind from momentarily fading.

Yoo Seong-woo then rotated one more turn, swinging his sword from top to bottom.

Clang-!!

With a clear sound, the defensive magic that had been layered on the Dark Annihilation Dragon’s body shattered completely, and it crashed to the ground.

Yoo Seong-woo, having returned what he had received, landed on the ground and spat out the blood that had pooled in his mouth.

“You damn lizard bastard. I finally caught you.”