The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 173

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 173

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 173

Unique World (2)

Bathory and Tepes had quite a few things in common.

Aside from being figures from the Middle Ages, they were both high-ranking nobles and progenitors of vampires, Dracula.

Tepes actually demonstrated the performance of a true vampire ancestor.

Bathory also briefly suppressed Tepes’s blood power.

Lower blood cannot resist the will of higher blood.

Thinking about the stories they were talking about, I could somewhat guess their relationship.

However, Bathory remained silent until the battle with Tepes.

“…The reason you said you would come along on this expedition was also because of a personal grudge.”

“That’s not it. The only person who can stop Tepes’s blood power is…”

“Don’t talk nonsense. You couldn’t resist the blood power after deploying the Unique World. Jeanne would have been better in terms of compatibility.”

Vampires were essentially beings belonging to the undead category.

Therefore, if we were going to fight, it would have been better to bring Jeanne, who knows how to handle divinity, in terms of compatibility.

Yoosungwoo frankly didn’t care who came, so he allowed Bathory to accompany him.

I couldn’t guarantee that this wouldn’t happen again in the future.

Using the excuse of being an Ascender to have an enemy taken care of for personal grudges.

Tepes was indeed a guy who needed to be killed.

“Damn it, this is so complicated.”

Yoosungwoo felt his head spinning, so he erased all the unnecessary things and focused on one thing.

“I’m going to formally protest to the Witch Society about this. I did form an alliance with the Witch Society, but I didn’t intend to clean up after them.”

The aligned purpose of the Witch Society and Yoosungwoo was to suppress the Ascenders.

To break their foolish idea of dominating the world.

But if personal desires get involved, the meaning will inevitably fade.

It was Bathory’s unilateral decision, but she was the one representing the Witch Society’s intentions.

Bathory remained silent at his words, then took a long breath and confessed.

“I know that my reputation recorded in history isn’t very good.”

“……”

It was as she said.

Why is Bathory Erzsébet called a ‘witch’?

The actions of Bathory Erzsébet recorded in history were utterly horrific.

After losing her husband, Bathory Erzsébet became sensitive, and there were descriptions of her frequently resorting to violence as she aged.

And, while wielding violence, a maid’s blood splattered, and at that moment, the skin that the blood touched seemed to shine like white jade, eventually leading to the story of her bathing in the blood of young virgins.

The story of Bathory Erzsébet, who suffered from madness in her later years and committed massacres.

This was the story of how she came to be called a ‘witch’.

Isn’t there also a saying that the often-appearing torture device, the ‘Iron Maiden,’ was Bathory Erzsébet’s favorite item?

To squeeze out the blood of virgins.

“You may know this, but it’s all lies.”

“It was a lie?”

“Of course. Do I look like someone who would draw virgin blood and take a bath?”

“Well, I’ve seen worse guys.”

At Yoosungwoo’s words, Bathory pouted her lips and continued the story.

“…I first saw Tepes when I was fifteen years old. It happened on the day of my wedding to my ex-husband, Nádasdy Ferenc.”

Married at fifteen.

I realized once again that Bathory was a very old person.

“It was a grand wedding. Thousands of guests, and the gifts alone would have filled the mansion’s garden and more. And that night, it happened. A vampire who had sneaked in from somewhere bit my mother and took over her body.”

“And?”

“Everyone who came to the wedding died or became a vampire. Almost my entire family died, but I am one of the survivors.”

“The details don’t match up. Then what about the story of Bathory Erzsébet recorded in history?”

“I used a proxy. At that time, I barely escaped from the mansion and was just trying to survive.”

Bathory licked her lips and said that.

She licked her parched lips with her tongue and said calmly.

“The massacre of Bathory Erzsébet certainly happened. But it wasn’t me, it was Tepes, or another vampire, who put forward a vampire to clean up the situation.”

“Then how did you become a vampire?”

“It’s the story after I escaped from the mansion. I had only barely escaped, having grown up in a noble family since I was young, but I didn’t know how to do anything. The authority of the nobility no longer worked, and since I didn’t know how to do anything, I almost collapsed on the street and suffered terrible things, and even thought about dying… but I was taken in by a witch in the forest and barely saved my life.”

“Is that witch still alive?”

“No. I killed her.”

Yoosungwoo’s eyes narrowed.

To kill the one who saved his life. Such shamelessness…….

At his gaze, Bathory waved her hands, saying there were circumstances.

“She wasn’t a kind witch. Some call wise women who hide in the forest witches, but there are also those with malice. The witch who took me in was a witch who had touched forbidden things. She took me in because I had talent, taught me, and then tried to absorb me into her power. But in the end, she failed.”

“Hmm, it seems your talent was greater than that witch’s.”

“Yes. Rather, I ended up absorbing the witch’s power. I became a vampire after that. Using the witch’s secret arts, she injected me with vampire blood. It must have been a fairly… high-ranking vampire. She would have been able to walk around even under the sun.”

After that, Bathory told me all about her situation.

After becoming a vampire, she hunted other vampires to increase the purity of her blood.

The closer she got to a pureblood vampire, the stronger her magic and powers became.

The reason that was possible was also thanks to the witch’s secret art of absorbing the power of others.

Bathory, who had gained power close to that of a true ancestor, tried to take revenge on Tepes several times, but failed.

Compared to Bathory, who had no subordinates, Tepes had an enormous number of subordinates, and his power had not declined.

The only opportunity, when Tepes was asleep, was too secure to find him.

Hundreds of years passed like that, and when Tepes reappeared in the world, she felt it was an opportunity.

An opportunity to kill him, an opportunity that would never come again.

She had accumulated power for a long time to kill him, and the Witch Society had a strong ally who could kill him.

Even if something went wrong, there was someone who could handle it.

“…I won’t deny it. I planned to use you to kill Tepes. So I secretly hoped to find traces of chaos in Tepes.”

Bathory fiddled with the cup in her hand. Then she took a long sigh and said.

“You can take my head if you want. I was definitely going to use you to kill Tepes, and now that I’ve achieved that wish, I think it’s okay to die.”

“You’re lying.”

At her words, Yoosungwoo narrowed his eyes and glared at Bathory.

She said it was okay to take her head? The reason she can say that is clearly.

“It’s because you know I’m not the kind of person who would do that. You’re cunning to the end.”

“……”

In a short time, Bathory grasped Yoosungwoo’s personality.

He is ruthless to those he considers enemies, but shows quite a bit of tolerance to allies as long as they don’t cross the line.

She turned her head away and said in a loud voice.

“I’ve lived like this. From the past until now. I’ve jumped at opportunities and deceived people thousands of times. That’s why I’m called a witch.”

“Are you protesting for me to slice you up right now? As I said before, what’s done is done. There’s something else I want to hear from you.”

“……”

Yoosungwoo summoned an Otherworld Sword and stuck it straight into the table.

A sword filled with murderous intent emitted energy and settled between them.

“Now that your enemy has died with his subordinates, there’s no one left to take revenge on. You’ll have plenty of time left over.”

“…Is that so?”

“Well, I think you know what I want to hear. Judging by how thoroughly you’ve grasped my personality.”

Bathory watched his expression and straightened her posture.

She had been rambling on until now, but there was one word she hadn’t said.

Whether it was her last bit of pride, she couldn’t open her mouth, but judging from Yoosungwoo’s atmosphere now, it seemed like he would really blow her head off if she didn’t say it.

She barely opened her mouth.

The shame of having to say these words herself turned her face red.

“I’m sorry for causing such a great inconvenience, Yoosungwoo-nim [Mr. Yoosungwoo]……”

“And?”

“Th, and?”

“And.”

Yoosungwoo glared at Bathory as if to say more.

She struggled to open her mouth after racking her brain about what answer he wanted.

The shame of having to say these words herself turned her face red.

“I, from now on, with all my heart, for the rest of my life, I will spend it for Yoosungwoo-nim.”

“…The nuance is a bit strange, but I’ll accept it.”

Yoosungwoo just wanted an answer that he would cooperate as much as he could for the rest of his time.

Bathory, who had suddenly rushed in, had given her whole life.

Yoosungwoo, who had gotten more than he wanted, nodded and returned the Otherworld Sword that he had stuck in the table.

Then he picked up the slowly cooling meat and warmed it through the frictional heat of his aura.

As steam rose from the meat again, Yoosungwoo tore it off and ate it, saying.

“It seems like the preparations to return home are complete. Call the Witch Society.”

***

Romania would not be able to function properly for a while.

Tepes died and disappeared with countless subordinates.

As Bathory said, the resistance regained power, but it would take a long time for them to fulfill their role.

But that was none of Yoosungwoo’s business, so he returned to Korea.

The negotiations with the Witch Society ended in a unilateral form.

Bathory spat out what she had been hiding about this incident, and he received compensation including that.

And Bathory, one of the twelve elders of the Witch Society, began working as a magical advisor for Sword Soul.

The contract period was until the end of Bathory’s life.

The salary was one-third of the salary she should receive at her level.

Even that was an enormous amount…….

Anyway, it was a great benefit from Sword Soul’s point of view.

A powerful archmage surpassing even Schuel had become a force.

And Bathory was dragged into the Abyss as soon as she entered Korea.

Of course, it wasn’t just her.

All the S-ranks around Yoosungwoo, including the Sword Soul guild members, were dragged into the special Abyss.

The purpose was training.

This time, it wasn’t about facing the Iron Spider.

Special Abysses are dangerous everywhere, and the environment is terrible, but Yoosungwoo went back and forth inside and found a place that was good for training.

“Isn’t it perfect for concentrating? Twenty times the gravity…….”

A nearby cave.

There were few monsters there, and the light-emitting stones embedded in the walls provided sufficient light, but.

The magic was distorted, so the gravity was twenty times stronger.

Yoosungwoo made a noise, looking at the divers behind him who couldn’t take a few steps.

“Walk. What’s so hard about just twenty times the gravity?”