The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 142

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – 142

Hetriss (2)

The Divers, having traveled by car from Raksel, located right next to the airport, immediately began discussions.

Everyone was eager to explore the Abyss, so the discussions were quite heated.

A total of eighteen people gathered in the conference room, including the Guild Master and one aide from each guild.

“Of course, Norway is in Europe, so it’s only right that European guilds have priority, isn’t it?”

“You’re talking nonsense! The Norwegian government hasn’t said a word about that!”

The guilds based in Europe seemed to have coordinated in advance, insisting that they should attack first, while Black Heaven Dragon and Titan opposed them.

Sword Soul and Shooting Star listened to their arguments without showing much reaction.

As the meeting grew increasingly contentious, Shooting Star took out his Otherworld sword and slammed the handle onto the table.

Otherworld made a whooshing sound as it cleanly pierced the table, embedding itself halfway. The magic power radiating from the sword immediately drew everyone’s attention.

“What are you trying to do?”

“Everyone, calm down. There’s an easy way to settle this, so why are we wasting time talking?”

*Aren’t they all powerful people?*

Instead of arguing endlessly, they could have exchanged a few blows and reached a decision already.

It was certainly the easiest method for Shooting Star.

“Who would use such a barbaric method…!”

“Not a bad idea.”

“We agree.”

The European guilds tried to refute Shooting Star’s suggestion, but Titan and Black Heaven Dragon defended him.

Everyone seemed confident in their abilities.

Shooting Star glanced at the representatives from Titan and Black Heaven Dragon.

Titan’s representative was a large man with blond hair, and Black Heaven Dragon’s was a strikingly beautiful man with long black hair.

“Did we even need to sit here and talk in the first place? If you want to monopolize the Abyss that badly, settle it with force. Isn’t this an era where power is everything?”

Shooting Star casually said, putting his feet up on the table and crossing his legs.

*Didn’t they say that only scared puppies bark?*

He narrowed his eyes and stared at those sitting across from him, continuing, “Looking at you guys barking like that, you really do look like scared puppies. If you want to monopolize it, do it with your skills. No one will say anything even if you chase everyone else out and take it all.”

“What an extremely rude thing to say!”

“If you’re not confident, get out of this seat. You pathetic cowards……”

At Shooting Star’s words, a young man from the European guild side stepped forward.

He was the aide to the representative of Odin, which had brought the largest force.

“In that case, it seems like the Guild Master of Sword Soul is just as confident.”

“Stop it.”

“But Master, they’re saying things like that. Shouldn’t we prove them wrong? There’s no way we’d lose to them.”

The middle-aged man who seemed to be the Guild Master of Odin tried to stop the young man, but the man came out aggressively with a triumphant look.

He accepted Shooting Star’s suggestion and proposed a competition of strength.

“Oh dear, would it be okay to have European lands taken by those who came from abroad? The sacred land of our ancestors’ myths!”

“You’re talking nonsense.”

Shooting Star chuckled and responded, “Then is it decided? Let’s roughly determine the pecking order. The Guild Masters can come out, or you can put forward a proxy. The method of fighting is… up to you. I shouldn’t have to decide even that, right?”

Having said that, Shooting Star simply stared at them with his legs still crossed.

If they just argued with words, it seemed like it wouldn’t be decided even after a week.

If they dragged it out, only troublesome things would happen.

Shooting Star threw a spark into the firewood and watched the situation, hoping it would blaze up.

* * *

Black Heaven Dragon and Titan were delighted with Shooting Star’s proposal.

They were confident they wouldn’t lose to those European guilds.

Now, discussions were held on how to determine the order.

The European guilds, with Odin at the center, decided their order, and the remaining three guilds roughly decided with rock-paper-scissors.

Of course, Shooting Star won.

Rock-paper-scissors wasn’t just a simple game of luck, but a battle of dynamic vision and speed for those who were superhuman.

Therefore, the European guilds and the three guilds who wanted to occupy the top ranks clashed.

“Woohyun, you go out.”

Thus, the first match between Odin and Sword Soul was set, with Baek Woohyun representing Sword Soul, and the young man who had argued to fight in the conference room representing Odin.

“I’ll give it a try.”

Next to the Raksel conference room was a large open space, so the match was held there.

“Do you know who that is?”

“I heard he’s a newly recruited S-class Diver by Odin. Judging from the lack of information, it seems like he’s a secret weapon.”

“I’ve never seen a proper ‘secret weapon’ actually be effective…”

Shooting Star narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Diver standing opposite Baek Woohyun.

The blond, handsome young man held a sword in one hand, hanging down, and looked at Baek Woohyun with a confident expression.

Baek Woohyun faced him and drew the navy blue sword from his waist.

*Anyway, no one would recognize him overseas….*

“I am Tonia Evan, an S-class Diver affiliated with Odin. Please, call me Tony.”

“I am Baek Woohyun from Sword Soul.”

“It seems like your Guild Master isn’t coming out? Is he scared…….”

“He must have thought that you’re enough for me to handle. Our Guild Master is too strong… even if everyone gathered here ganged up on him, they wouldn’t be able to beat him.”

Baek Woohyun smiled slightly at Tony’s childish provocation and replied.

It was such a good-natured smile that it seemed like he was provoking the provoker.

The rules of the match were simple: test each other’s strength, but don’t kill.

They came here to explore the Abyss, not to die.

“I’ll yield the first move.”

Baek Woohyun said, holding the navy blue sword and taking a stance.

It was a form full of arrogance, telling him to attack anytime.

Tony frowned at Baek Woohyun’s provocation and muttered, “I’m sorry, but I’ll have to defeat you quickly because I have to face other people too.”

The moment Tony said those words, his body was instantly enveloped in blue electricity, and he became lightning, rushing towards Baek Woohyun.

The Odin guild members who were watching thought the match was decided at that moment.

Literally, *Divine Lightning (神雷)* [referring to a technique or ability].

The result seemed obvious, as Tony’s sword, now the lightning of God, was swung at an uncatchable speed.

However, their expectations were shattered.

Baek Woohyun, who they thought wouldn’t be able to react, perfectly reacted to Tony’s sword, parried it, and even counterattacked.

Tony dodged Baek Woohyun’s sword by a hair’s breadth and quickly stepped back, frowning.

“…Just now, what did you do?”

“What are you talking about?”

“How did you react to this speed!”

“I don’t even know who you’re swinging that slow sword for……”

Baek Woohyun shrugged with a nonchalant face as if he really didn’t know.

The Sword Soul people who saw that thought he was starting to resemble Shooting Star more and more.

In the sense that his talent for pissing people off was increasing.

At Baek Woohyun’s words, Tony gritted his teeth and charged again.

Having become blue lightning, he scattered electricity from his whole body and swung his sword several times, but Baek Woohyun reacted to every single strike.

The flashing sword light was swung several times per second.

Tony was going crazy every time he swung his sword.

His sword was definitely faster than anyone else’s. It was a sword wrapped in the lightning of God, so there was no way a human could handle it.

However, every time his sword was swung, Baek Woohyun’s eyes unfailingly followed the tip of the sword and moved.

He didn’t seem to be creating any energy, but he moved to where the electricity was heading as if he was reading the future.

“Aaaaaaaaaa-!!”

Tony even screamed and swung his sword, mixing in all sorts of feints.

He feigned striking down from above, then bent to the side and struck the middle, then seemed to soar from below, then rotated once and aimed for the back.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

However, Baek Woohyun’s sword was also swung like a ray of light and collided with Tony’s sword without fail.

Tony, who had stepped back to adjust his pace, looked at Baek Woohyun with the eyes of someone looking at a monster.

Baek Woohyun’s gaze towards Shooting Star was now mirrored in Tony.

“It seems like your speed is lacking.”

When Tony was catching his breath, Baek Woohyun also created electricity from his whole body.

The electricity, which had a darker blue color than Tony’s, wrapped around his body and scattered sparks everywhere.

“Then I’ll go.”

The moment Baek Woohyun muttered and leaned his body forward, Tony hurriedly raised his sword and took a defensive stance.

And the next moment, Baek Woohyun moved at twice Tony’s speed.

He didn’t display any particularly skillful swordsmanship.

A straight line.

He just charged straight ahead with all his speed.

Baek Woohyun’s sword, leaving a long heat ray at the destination several meters away as if he had teleported, was swung.

Speed soon became power, knocking Tony’s sword away and sending him flying into the sky.

The sword spun around in the sky and was 그대로 박혔고 [Korean: embedded as is], Baek Woohyun’s sword was touching Tony’s nape.

Baek Woohyun, who had sheathed his sword, squatted down and whispered to him, “If you show off your strength recklessly, this is what happens. Remember that.”

He sheathed his sword and trudged back to where Sword Soul was.

Shooting Star looked at him with an amused face and said, “You have a face that says you don’t know what to do with excitement. It looks like you had a great time relieving stress.”

“…Can you see all that? It feels good to beat someone up after getting beaten up every day.”

“Is that so. Hmm, then who should I send out next…….”

Shooting Star thought for a moment, as if he was choosing which Pokémon to send out next, and said, “Jiwoo, you’re next.”

“…Yes, yes.”

At his words, Yoo Jiwoo sighed and stretched his body, and soon the match with another guild began.

The other guilds didn’t perform as well as Tony.

Whether they were holding back, or that was their full strength.

Yoo Jiwoo and Choi Ahyeon won in succession, and Sword Soul was decided as the first guild to explore the Abyss.

The other guilds’ matches were also worth watching.

Titan had a new S-class Diver who was expected to win, but he lost in the subsequent match.

The decided rankings were Sword Soul in first place, followed by Black Heaven Dragon in second place.

The handsome man from Black Heaven Dragon personally stepped up and handled everything.

His skill in overwhelming other S-classes was worthy of being called ‘Heavenly Demon’.

It wasn’t for nothing that China was making a fuss about the Demonic Cult [a common trope in Chinese fantasy, often associated with immense power and unorthodox methods].

Odin was third, and Titan was fourth.

Except for Odin, the European guilds couldn’t surpass the other guilds.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that they had given up half of it, though their ulterior motives were unknown.

The order was decided after about a day.

That evening, Shooting Star was invited to dinner with the Titan Guild Master.

He was annoyed, but he didn’t think it would be a bad idea, so he went to the dinner, and the handsome man from Black Heaven Dragon was there too.

*What kind of combination is this?*

A foreign combination?

Is that what it is?