Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 133
Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 133
Black Bear (6)
“I know you’re watching. Is this all you’ve prepared? Andro.”
Andro felt a chilling sensation the moment he heard his name.
He couldn’t grasp what was happening.
He had been observing the situation through long-distance magic installed on Yoo Seok-hyung’s clothes.
Everything was going as he wanted.
He anticipated that Dark Demise Dragon wouldn’t be able to kill Yoo Seong-woo. Through Dark Demise Dragon, he summoned an ancient deity with a faint ego, now forgotten.
Yoo Seong-woo’s journey ends here.
Andro was certain that his journey would end here.
‘He was strong, but he couldn’t escape the ancient deity.’
The ancient deity was based on darkness. An embodiment of greed, trying to devour everything voraciously…….
Andro saw all of this through Yoo Seok-hyung.
Even a part of the deity is something humans cannot handle.
Moreover, Yoo Seong-woo had only just entered the ranks of transcendents, hadn’t he?
Therefore, Andro thought there were no variables.
Yoo Seong-woo would fall into despair and die here, and no one would save him.
However, there was something he didn’t consider.
Yoo Seong-woo’s growth, which he thought was complete.
He didn’t know that Yoo Seong-woo was someone who constantly strives forward.
Never giving up, even in the most desperate situations, and taking another step.
Ordinary humans choose to retreat in fear and despair.
The unknown fear paralyzes thought and stimulates the instinct to flee.
But Andro didn’t know that Yoo Seong-woo was someone who took a step forward in such fear.
“If not… then wait. I’ll be there soon.”
In the dark cavity.
A small light flickered, illuminating Yoo Seong-woo’s back.
And soon, the magic shattered, and the connection was severed.
‘Coming soon?’
Andro scoffed in disbelief.
Does he even know where this is to say he’s coming?
He bit his lip, contemplating the losses of this endeavor.
The Black Bear is nothing.
There are plenty of guys like that. Besides, weren’t they the ones Min Jong-ho moved, not him?
However, the Dark Demise Dragon was quite a significant loss.
He had used the resources with the certainty that he could kill Yoo Seong-woo, but far from killing him.
Didn’t he rather lead Yoo Seong-woo to a higher level?
‘…No, is it a good thing, rather?’
Perhaps it was.
With this, Yoo Seong-woo’s soul has advanced a step further, so hasn’t he become closer to ascension?
Andro consoled himself and racked his brain.
This incident was a major mistake, but also an event with another possibility.
Because the existence of Yoo Seong-woo has advanced another step, becoming a sacrifice for transcendence, for ascension.
“……!”
As he pondered, Andro opened his eyes wide and looked up.
A strange flow of magic.
A large barrier was unfolding in the place where he was now.
* * *
“You’re late to notice, you lowly and uncivilized trash humans.”
He was so deep in thought that he didn’t even run away while the barrier was being perfectly deployed.
Shua-nel, the one who deployed the barrier, spat out those words as she looked down from a tall building.
“…I’m surprised you can deploy such a solid barrier.”
“It’s impossible for humans who live short lives.”
Shua-nel replied briefly to Jeanne, who helped deploy the barrier, and then stood on the railing, taking a deep breath.
This Earth is very similar to the world she lived in.
Except that the trees are made of iron instead of green trees.
The buildings built with steel frames were densely packed like a forest, but many of them had lost their light.
That’s why the night view, lit up here and there, looks more beautiful and desperate.
‘…The forest I lived in was like that too.’
Shua-nel heard many stories while with Yoo Seong-woo.
Why did such a monster appear in the forest where she lived?
Why did the ancient monster, with no known connection, sink its teeth into the roots of the World Tree and suck its divine power…….
Even the young branches were brutally dying.
‘I have to avenge the children properly. To commemorate the children who died…….’
She would not hesitate to kill her enemy, Yoo Seong-woo’s enemy.
Jeanne, who was watching her from the side, felt a chill.
The people gathering around Yoo Seong-woo all had a chilling emotion somewhere.
“Seongwoo Seongwoo said just to hold him… I should play games until Seongwoo Seongwoo comes.”
After saying that, Shua-nel plopped down in her seat and took out her portable game console.
And the game that starts is titled ‘Falling Men’.
A survival game where you race through various obstacles and survive to the end…….
As Shua-nel started the game, Jeanne also sat next to her and stared blankly at her playing the game.
Then, she seemed interested and said.
“Is it… fun? I want to try it too. I’ve never played computer games in my life…….”
“Here.”
Shua-nel lent her a spare game console.
The two girls started playing games on the roof of a tall building on a dark night.
* * *
Yoo Seong-woo predicted many possibilities.
He also predicted that if he entered the Abyss, the enemies would follow, and that something would happen inside the Abyss.
Summoning a deity by sacrificing a dragon was a bit unexpected.
And also, the magical aura emanating from Yoo Seok-hyung’s body.
To sacrifice the dragon at the right timing, he would have to be watching from somewhere.
There was no such trace inside the Abyss, and the only thing felt was Yoo Seok-hyung.
Yoo Seong-woo predicted this and instructed Shua-nel and Jeanne before entering the Abyss.
To search for traces of magic, focusing on the Seoul metropolitan area and Sehyun City.
Except for the Magic Tower and authorized institutions in Korea, there are not many traces of magic, so it wouldn’t be difficult to identify.
Especially for magicians like Shua-nel and Jeanne.
And if they found it, they were told to put up a barrier and hold him.
Until he arrives.
‘I will definitely kill him.’
I won’t miss him this time.
If they dug a trap, we have to dig a trap too.
Revenge is natural.
If you’ve been wronged, shouldn’t you return it many times over?
Yoo Seong-woo cooled his anger as he climbed up the cliff.
Refined anger is an excellent driving force. I’ve also gained a clue to a new power this time…….
Deciding how to kill him was the first thing he had to do.
“I’ll never let you die comfortably.”
Thinking of that bastard’s face made his steps to climb the cliff stronger.
He felt like his energy was soaring.
He chewed on the convenience food in his bag while walking.
The jerky seemed sweeter at the thought of killing Andro.
* * *
“I can’t get out.”
Andro tried several methods to escape outside the barrier.
However, he could neither break nor bypass the barrier with his magic.
He tried to teleport out, but the coordinates were forcibly distorted, and the magic was broken.
‘Extensive and precise composition… a barrier deployed by a great mage.’
Andro frowned.
He didn’t want to know who deployed the barrier for what purpose, but he had no choice but to know.
It was a barrier that was deployed with Yoo Seong-woo’s words that he would come to find him.
This must be a barrier deployed by his companion.
‘…I heard that there is a high elf among Yoo Seong-woo’s companions. I didn’t know that would act as such a variable. I thought she wouldn’t come forward because of her reclusive personality.’
Andro frowned and touched his mask.
He could break the barrier if he used a lot of power.
But if that happened, he would no longer be able to operate in Korea.
Korea was an important base.
It was a good place to advance to other countries, and it was a pity to give up because he had already conquered part of the government.
The moment he caused a commotion, Yoo Seong-woo would designate him as a ‘traitor’ like he did to the elves and go on a hunt until he killed him.
He would dig up everything connected to him and cut off their heads and display them in Gwanghwamun [the main public square in Seoul].
But he couldn’t get out of here now, so Andro’s thoughts turned to one place.
‘I will kill Yoo Seong-woo myself.’
It’s a matter of killing Yoo Seong-woo.
Anyway, he is now attacking the cliff and dealing with the Dark Demise Dragon.
Moreover, he must be very tired from dealing with the ancient deity.
The situation is clearly different from last time.
Even then, it was after defeating the corrupted World Tree, but this time, the corrupted World Tree was incomparable.
Surely even that monstrous swordmaster must be very tired, so Andro made a plan to kill him.
‘…I will create the despair of an advanced and sublime soul with my own hands.’
Andro suppressed the laughter that was about to come out and moved his steps.
Yoo Seong-woo will arrive here before long.
For him, Andro decided to prepare a grand welcome.
The maximum preparation he can do inside without going outside the barrier.
* * *
“Are you here?”
“I’m here. Where is he?”
Yoo Seong-woo answered Shua-nel’s words as he got off the Meteor Industries helicopter on the roof of the building.
The place where Andro was was not far away.
It’s darkest under the lamp, and Andro was setting up a base in the Gyeonggi area, in Suwon.
It was also where the branch of the Ascension Church was located, so it was a city where he wouldn’t feel guilty even if he smashed everything.
“It looks like he’s doing something inside.”
“He must be very scared.”
Yoo Seong-woo loosened his body here and there.
He came straight to Suwon on a helicopter waiting as soon as he came out of the cliff, and he tapped his stiff body here and there with his aura-clad fingers.
It’s called fatigue recovery technique learned in another world, but it’s read as doping [enhancing performance through artificial means].
He wouldn’t feel tired for about two hours with this.
No matter how tired his body is.
“Are you really okay with that body?”
“That’s right. Are you okay? You’re just coming from attacking a Class 1 Abyss. Shouldn’t you rest a bit?”
“Yes. The barrier is okay, so recover a little more.”
“No, I don’t need it. I’m in a very good mood right now.”
Yoo Seong-woo slightly raised the corners of his mouth at the two’s words.
It was a smile he didn’t show often, but that smile was so eerie.
Isn’t it a true murderous smile…….
“Why are you in a good mood?”
“At the thought of tearing him apart and killing him. Concentrate the barrier on the place where he is. In a way that minimizes civilian damage.”
“Okay.”
“Then…….”
As he walked forward and reached out his hand, a bright red sword was held in his hand.
A sword that makes you feel chilly just by looking at it… a sensation as if a blade is being held against your neck makes you feel goosebumps.
The sword also emitted sharp hatred, as if revealing Yoo Seong-woo’s murderous intent.
Yoo Seong-woo, who was standing on the railing, took a long breath and threw himself down.
Dawn before the sun has risen.
Yoo Seong-woo threw himself into the night view, and Jeanne and Shua-nel looked at his back.
“…Hey, witch.”
“……Yes?”
“Are you cold? Why is your face so red?”
“Did I play too many games……?”
“Bullshit…….”