The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 147

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 147

Hetris (7)

“Oh, Heavenly Demon, it seems we’ve arrived at our destination. That spire over there is the place the priest mentioned.”

Ironically, the Black Sky Dragon took a detour along the way.

And that place was where the giants’ spire stood.

The Black Sky Dragon’s people, barely able to breathe the thin air, were intimidated by the towering spire.

Only Black Sunwoo and Black Sahyang looked up at the spire, burning with fighting spirit.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes, Heavenly Demon.”

Black Sahyang took the lead, and the others followed her into the spire.

The priest said that the spire was the land of the ‘giants.’

They could only enter the interior after climbing to the top of the spire using the external stairs and defeating the giant guardian.

They climbed the large stairs on the outer wall, seemingly made for giants.

Each step was so high that it took a long time just to climb the stairs.

And then.

“Uwoooooooo-!”

A giant about 4 meters tall blocked their path.

The giant wielding a greatsword was fast despite its size, and the swiftly swung greatsword fiercely cut through the air.

Black Sunwoo stepped forward and unleashed a double palm strike with internal energy [qi or chi] imbued in both hands.

The greatsword and the double palm strike collided, creating a shockwave. Black Sunwoo, pushed back by the terrifying force, realized his hands were tingling and said,

“It might take some time to deal with him, Heavenly Demon.”

“We don’t have time to waste.”

Black Sahyang muttered and stepped in front of Black Sunwoo, then swung her hand greatly.

Then, black energy soared from her hand and became a sword aura, colliding with the giant’s greatsword.

The giant’s greatsword, which collided with the black sword aura, cracked at that moment and soon shattered into pieces.

The giant seemed flustered, and Black Sahyang seized the opportunity to rush in and unleash a large sword aura with her hand.

Then, the giant’s body split in half and scattered into ashes.

She quickly dealt with the giant, dusted off her hands, and began climbing the stairs again.

They quickly arrived at the top of the spire. They looked for the guardian giant there, but all that remained were the traces of a terrible battle.

“The guardian is not visible, and judging from the traces of battle here, someone has already defeated the guardian.”

One of the Black Sky Dragon’s divers reported the analyzed facts to Black Sahyang.

She examined the traces with an indifferent face.

There were several collisions of power.

At first, they were evenly matched, but at some point, the balance was broken and one side was pushed back.

The pushed-back side would have fallen helplessly and met its death.

The guardian who should have been there was gone, and only a few spears were lying around at the end of the spire.

Black Sahyang felt an ominous premonition from somewhere.

She quickly moved into the spire.

The other divers followed her inside, and they descended to the lowest level of the spire, where blue torches flickered.

They found a pile of giant bones.

“A basement haunted by the deaths of giant beings… This seems to be the place the priest mentioned……”

Black Sunwoo couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

It seemed certain that this was the place the priest had mentioned, but nothing resembling a mirror was visible.

“There are traces of digging here……”

Someone searching through the pile of bones said that.

Black Sahyang rushed over and checked the traces. There were indeed traces of the bone pile having been dug up recently.

“That’s strange. There shouldn’t have been any martial artists who came up the same route as us.”

“Judging from the traces, it hasn’t been long. At most, half a day ago, or a day ago at the latest.”

“…Was there a way to go higher up from this spire?”

“No. I know that the spire is the end, Heavenly Demon.”

“Then where did the Heavenly Demon Scripture go……”

They didn’t see anyone coming down while they were climbing up.

Then where on earth did the Heavenly Demon Scripture disappear to?

She closed her eyes, inhaled the foul scent of the basement, and continued to think.

The giant who seemed to be a sentry when they were climbing the spire was alive.

But the guardian who should have been at the top of the spire was gone, and only traces of battle remained.

The outsider who took the Heavenly Demon Scripture did not climb the spire via the stairs, but infiltrated the top of the spire from the outside.

It made sense in terms of the situation, but it was impossible to know if it was practically possible.

Black Sahyang, who had been thinking deeply, opened her eyes and said,

“We’re going down the mountain. It’s impossible to recover the Heavenly Demon Scripture, so we’ll just have to ask the person who took it.”

“Who are you talking about?”

“Yuseongwoo. You said that he was a master who had reached the realm of transcendence, so it wouldn’t be impossible for him to infiltrate the spire from the outside and take the Heavenly Demon Scripture.”

“Understood, Heavenly Demon.”

Yuseongwoo’s face came to Black Sahyang’s mind.

At Hraesvelg’s Perch, when they parted ways at the entrance of the rocky mountain, he had clearly looked at her.

As if he knew she was the Heavenly Demon.

* * *

“…Something’s coming! Northwest!”

Yuwol, who had opened her ears wide and was guarding the surroundings, shouted, and at the same time, the people quickly turned their bodies.

At the same time, something large soared through the air with a whoosh and crashed into the ground.

A deafening explosion was followed by a cloud of dust.

“Is it an attack?!”

“Prepare for battle!”

They quickly drew their weapons and finished preparing to fight.

But they didn’t have to wield them.

A gust of wind blew away the dust, and the face that appeared from within was one they knew well.

Yuseongwoo, who had disappeared somewhere and returned after several hours, said,

“No one died.”

“Oppa!”

“Guild Leader!”

Yujiu and Baek Woo-hyun greeted him, and Yuseongwoo waved his hand casually and said,

“There won’t be any more javelins. I went and killed the guy who was throwing them.”

“How on earth?”

“I flew there on a spear and came back. It flies very well.”

He muttered and tapped the spear stuck next to him.

Then, he took out a mirror from his subspace bag and threw it to Hetris.

She tilted her head, having received the mirror in a daze.

“It’s a mirror that was in the giant’s spire where they were throwing spears. It seems they were using that mirror to track our location.”

“T, that means it’s an artifact! I felt an unusual power from it!”

“Analyze it as much as you can.”

“Okay!”

He entrusted the analysis of the mirror to Hetris, looked around, and continued to speak.

“I saw it while flying, but it seems there’s another village up above. It looked pretty interesting.”

“There’s another village?”

“Yeah. Look forward to it.”

Yuseongwoo raised the corners of his lips slightly and smiled, and the people trembled with unease.

* * *

They went further up and discovered a strange terrain.

It was a huge bridge that ordinary people wouldn’t use.

The bridge, which seemed to be carved out of stone, was connected to the inside of the rocky mountain, and there were clearer traces of civilization than what they had seen before.

“What Oppa saw is……”

It wasn’t uncommon to find traces of civilization inside the Abyss.

After all, the elves and Towol tribe all came from civilizations inside the Abyss.

But if that civilization was hostile, a war would break out, so a new race that emerged from the Abyss was an object of caution.

“Giants……”

“Are they the Jotuns from Norse mythology? The guardian of the spire that the Guild Master defeated is also……”

“Yeah. He was a giant. But those guys are smaller than him.”

The giant Yuseongwoo killed was close to 8 meters tall, but the two giants holding large spears on the bridge were only about 4 meters tall.

The giants on the bridge shouted as soon as they saw the Sword Soul’s divers, pointing their spears at them.

“Mumble… Get lost!”

“Who… are you!”

An awkward tone heard through the power of the Abyss’s translation.

The giant in the spire couldn’t speak, but the giants in this village could.

Yuseongwoo found that part fascinating and stared at the giants as he replied. He knew very well that it was better to be strong in situations like this in another world.

“We’re travelers. We want to stop by the village, so why don’t you open the way for us.”

“Travel… ers?”

“Th, this is the giants’ territory… Go back… If you don’t want to die……”

“You’re picky guys. Let’s take a look around. Just a look.”

Yuseongwoo, who was at the very front, came out fiercely, and the Sword Soul’s divers behind him were slightly intimidated.

The atmosphere emanating from his sharp tone felt like he had done it more than once or twice.

The giants also felt the combative atmosphere emanating from him, and their hands holding the spears tightened.

“Open the way.”

“Th, there, Guild Master, a little more peacefully.”

“Peace is a word to use when the other party isn’t holding a weapon.”

Yuseongwoo had entered many villages using this method.

There was a bit of physical conversation, but anyway, he had entered.

“Then I’ll have you open the door.”

Yuseongwoo drew Ilsaeng and aimed it at the giants.

If he opened the floodgates, they would pop out from the inside, so he was thinking of entrusting his guild members to deal with them.

However, before he could swing his sword, the village’s large stone gate opened, and a giant about 6 meters tall walked out, making a loud noise.

The giant, holding a long stone staff in one hand, stood in front of the guards and opened his large mouth and said,

“Welco… ome to the Weathered Monolith. Travelers……”

“Who are you?”

“Chief of the monolith… Dagaz. Come in… Welcome, I do……”

The giant who introduced himself as Dagaz turned his body and slowly gestured for them to follow him.

Since he didn’t seem hostile, Yuseongwoo followed him first, and the remaining people followed him.

As they entered the large stone gate, the open door closed and the interior scenery was revealed.

Large houses carved out of stone and giants walking between them.

A small village of giants that felt desolate but also dignified welcomed them.

“Thish way……”

Dagaz guided them to the largest house.

The giants didn’t seem to care much that Yuseongwoo and his party had entered the village.

Dagaz entered the large house, sat on a large stone seat, took a long breath, and opened his mouth.

“Gueshts… It’sh been a long time… I thought it would be weathered and dishappear shoon……”

“I was surprised too. I thought there were only monsters, but I didn’t know there would be giants who could talk. Can I ask you a few questions?”

“Ashk away.”

“Hetris, if you have any questions, you ask them.”

“Th, perhaps are you giants Jotuns [giants from Norse mythology]? The enemies of the Aesir and Vanir gods [two groups of gods in Norse mythology]……”

“That ish correct. To hear that name again……. But we are the looshers who eshcaped the war.”

“Losers who escaped the war? Then how did you get here……”

“Thish place, ish a prishon.”

“Prison?”

“An exile for thoshe who eshcaped……”

Dagaz continued to speak with a face full of sorrow.

This place was a prison and exile for those who escaped the war, and a place of punishment where even death was not allowed.

They could not leave this place until their bodies were weathered and disappeared, and if they left, a spear from the sky would fly and pierce their bodies miserably, returning their souls to this place again.

Yuseongwoo, who was listening to Dagaz’s story, twitched his eyebrows and said,

“If you’re talking about the giant throwing spears from the spire, I killed him.”