The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 192

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – 193

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Episode 193

The Heavenly Martial Fortress

The reason Meteor chose the Mount Hua Sect as its next target after the Wudang Sect wasn’t simply because a branch of the Mount Hua Sect was involved.

It was more about luring the Mount Hua Sect, knowing that the current Martial Alliance Lord was the former Sect Leader of the Mount Hua Sect.

Like the surprise attack on the Wudang Sect the day after occupying it, they occupied the Mount Hua Sect by placing the Sect Leader of Mount Hua and Yoon Bu-mun at the forefront.

The news of the Mount Hua Sect also spread rapidly. The fact that the Wudang Sect and the Mount Hua Sect, both prominent members of the Nine Great Sects, had their leaders replaced in just one day, intensified the vigilance of other sects and families.

“Is there any movement from the Martial Alliance Lord?”

“Not yet. They still seem to perceive it as an internal conflict, perhaps because our information hasn’t been exposed.”

“I thought the Martial Alliance Lord, being the former Sect Leader of the Mount Hua Sect, would be more proactive.”

“It also feels like they don’t have much affection for the Mount Hua Sect anymore.”

Yoo-wol nodded at Yoo Seong-woo’s words.

After occupying the Mount Hua Sect and the Wudang Sect, he was using them to integrate all the branch sects in the Earth Region [one of the three regions of the Heavenly Martial Fortress, the other two being Sky and Abyss].

It was to create a large foothold to eventually bring down the Sky Region.

“And rumors are slowly starting to circulate on the Deep Web. Although I’m the one who spread them.”

“Good job.”

One of the key points of this operation was to instill the idea within the Heavenly Martial Fortress that there was an enemy within.

Since countless pieces of information floated around on the Deep Web, those with information networks couldn’t help but investigate.

Yoo-wol released information about the Mount Hua Sect and Wudang Sect incidents from an anonymous source, leading those who received the information to suspect one thing.

That the incidents at the Wudang Sect and the Mount Hua Sect were by no means coincidences and that someone was orchestrating them.

However, they wouldn’t even imagine that Yoo Seong-woo was behind it.

They would likely suspect the Evil Sect or the Demonic Cult.

“The Four Evil Heavens [a group of powerful villains] were quiet after the coup and the name change to the Silent Sky Society, but it wouldn’t be surprising if they resumed external activities.”

“I wonder if Woo-hyun is doing well. I think he would have contacted the Silent Sky Society by now.”

“From what I’ve gathered, there’s a newly emerging Black Hall sect called the Lightning Sword Sect that is rapidly expanding its power.”

“Lightning Sword? That must be Woo-hyun. Looks like he’s doing well.”

“But at this rate, it seems like he’s going to unite the entire Evil Sect….”

“That wouldn’t be bad either. It would take that much to bring down the Heavenly Martial Fortress. Honestly, I’m more worried about Choi Ah-yeon, who went to the Demonic Cult.”

Shua-nel wasn’t too worried. She had the skills to escape no matter what happened.

After thinking for a moment, Yoo Seong-woo shook his head.

On second thought, Shua-nel was the most worrying.

She might be fighting the cult leader right now…….

“Well, she’ll manage on her own. And did you find out what I asked you to find out?”

“Yes. I’ve secured the location. The internal atmosphere is chaotic, so it’s possible even tonight.”

“Alright.”

Yoo Seong-woo rose from the railing he was sitting on.

Unlike the Wudang Sect, the buildings of the Mount Hua Sect were clustered together, forming a landscape that symbolized Mount Hua [a sacred mountain in China].

He stood on the highest peak among them.

He looked down at the scenery he had gained after killing the Sect Leader of Mount Hua and turned his head towards the center of the Heavenly Martial Fortress.

The buildings of the Mount Hua Sect were high, and because they were close to the center, the Martial Alliance headquarters in the innermost part could be seen from afar.

An incongruous building in the Sky Region of the Heavenly Martial Fortress, which was full of high-rise buildings.

A Chinese-style building with only three floors was firmly located in the very center.

“Then let’s go do some righteous thievery.”

And, also grab the betrayer who spilled everything by the collar.

***

The underground prison of the Martial Alliance.

A place devoid of warmth, it was where the Martial Alliance imprisoned captured criminals.

The most recent inmate was the Blood Hand Demon, a super-master who had reached the realm of transcendence and was caught after attacking a sect in the Abyss [a dangerous, monster-filled area].

In other words, an A-class Awakened [a person with supernatural abilities] who didn’t join a guild and was causing chaos in the Abyss before being apprehended.

“If I get out of here, I’ll kill you all! I’ll tear you apart and use your intestines for jump rope!!”

The Blood Hand Demon, full of vigor, screamed at the top of his lungs shortly after being captured.

The Blood Hand Demon’s voice echoed in the desolate underground prison.

At his outburst, the prisoners who were imprisoned here and there offered their commentary.

“Good strength…….”

“Anyone want to bet how long that guy will keep that up?”

“Two days.”

“Four days.”

“You were caught gambling, and you’re still gambling even after being thrown in prison. You have a serious gambling addiction…….”

“Hmph, funny. I’ll bet my left arm that I’m not a gambling addict.”

“Crazy bastard. You’re betting something you don’t even have?”

The prisoners’ frivolous voices echoed, and the one who had been quietly listening to it all spoke.

“Stupid bastards… They’re chattering away without knowing what’s going to happen to them. That’s why they’re cannon fodder.”

“That bitch is starting again. Shut up unless you’re going to give it up!”

At the man’s words, the prisoners burst into vulgar laughter.

When their laughter subsided, the prisoner who had retorted, Je-gal Cheon-hwa, said.

“Idiots… Your heads must be attached to your lower bodies, so you can only say things like that. There’s no way a normal conversation can take place because the intellectual level doesn’t match. Bastards who just have heads on their shoulders because they’re empty…….”

Mutter mutter mutter…….

Je-gal Cheon-hwa muttered countless times after that. Most of them were curses and swear words.

It wasn’t easy to survive in this cold underground prison, eating only the meager dog food that was given.

Now, she didn’t respond even when called, so it was clear that she wasn’t in her right mind, and the prisoners lost interest and fell asleep or started circulating their energy [a practice to cultivate internal power].

Just when everyone had become quiet, footsteps began to be heard in the hallway.

Footsteps that were neither heavy nor light.

The footsteps that didn’t grate on the nerves didn’t belong to a guard.

The footsteps stopped abruptly at some point.

Je-gal Cheon-hwa raised her head at the presence felt in front of the prison.

There stood a large figure covering its entire body with a black robe.

As soon as she saw the red glow shining from within, she widened her eyes, then closed them and muttered.

“You’ve finally come to kill me… I’ve been waiting. Keep your promise by beheading me. Oh, Martial God.”

“Martial God. You ask too much of me.”

“I’ve never seen anyone like you. Even the Lord of the Heavenly Might Palace, who is called the strongest in the Heavenly Martial Fortress, would be nothing more than a mayfly before you.”

Yoo Seong-woo, who had lightly infiltrated the underground prison that no one in the Heavenly Martial Fortress could easily invade, chuckled as he looked at the broken Je-gal Cheon-hwa.

So this was the reason why she had spilled the beans even though he had warned her not to.

It seemed they had ruined a talent who should have been used carefully with torture and forced her to spill.

From Je-gal Cheon-hwa’s point of view, being killed by Yoo Seong-woo was probably more of an atonement than dying from torture.

“I’ve always felt that my head was good, but how does it feel to be in such a miserable state even with that good head?”

“…Do you need to know how someone like me feels?”

“I thought it would be okay to hear it.”

At Yoo Seong-woo’s words, Je-gal Cheon-hwa closed her eyes.

Since she was going to die anyway, she would spit everything out and go with a relieved heart.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment. After the meeting with the Martial God, I tried to keep my promise, but I couldn’t keep it in the end, and I ended up trapped in this cold underground prison.”

How long had it been since she was trapped here?

It must have been at least a few months.

“Why don’t they listen to me? Why don’t they understand? There’s a valid reason for not speaking, and even if they do speak, they’ll end up facing an enemy they can’t handle.”

“So?”

“Now I hate them. Those who should be acting righteously under the code of the Jianghu [the martial arts world] are no different from a pack of wolves seeking only their own interests…….”

“So, what do you want to do to them? Do you want to tear them all apart and kill them? Do you want to bring down the Martial Alliance? Tell me. What is it that you want the most?”

Yoo Seong-woo was thinking of taking Je-gal Cheon-hwa and using her as a hostage to bring down the Je-gal Clan.

This woman…….

“I want to completely destroy the Martial Alliance, and furthermore, this Heavenly Martial Fortress. I want to give the bastards who threw me into this underground prison to the stray dogs in the back alleys of the Earth Region as food.”

“And?”

“I can only think of exterminating the three clans, no, the nine clans of those who have set foot in the Martial Alliance, and giving even their bone powder as fertilizer to the fields, and exposing the Martial Alliance’s disgrace to all the people and dropping them all into hell.”

She had become a sharp dagger tempered by the cold in the underground prison.

A very useful one at that.

With this level of venom, she would do more than imaginable no matter what task he entrusted her with.

Yoo Seong-woo opened his mouth.

“Well… then.”

He drew the iron sword he had hanging on his waist and swung it.

Then, the lock on the prison door that was holding Je-gal Cheon-hwa was cut off in an instant.

It was a special metal brought from the Abyss that even an S-class Diver [a high-ranking explorer of the Abyss] couldn’t easily break without a weapon.

As Yoo Seong-woo opened the prison door and took a step inside, Je-gal Cheon-hwa closed her eyes.

She waited for him to take her life.

However, instead of beheading her, Yoo Seong-woo reached out and grabbed her neck.

Then, he cut off even the restraints that bound her hands and feet and said.

“I’ll borrow the life I was going to take for a while. Become a dagger to bring down the Heavenly Martial Fortress. From now on, you are my tool. Is that okay with you?”

Red aura overflowed from Yoo Seong-woo, dyeing the surrounding colors.

The cold and dark underground prison of the Martial Alliance, where no light existed, was filled with a bleak energy like a well-honed sharp sword.

Je-gal Cheon-hwa opened her eyes at the sensation of her neck being grabbed and looked at Yoo Seong-woo.

The pair of red eyes gleaming in the robe seemed to be forcing her to answer.

And of course, there was only one option.

“…I will follow.”

Je-gal Cheon-hwa closed her eyes again.

If she could become Yoo Seong-woo’s dagger and stab the heart of the Heavenly Martial Fortress, she accepted the fate given to her, willing to do so.

Yoo Seong-woo slung Je-gal Cheon-hwa over his shoulder and moved his steps out of the prison.

Even though he was walking confidently and making noise, no one noticed him.

Neither the imprisoned criminals nor the guards guarding the prison.

Je-gal Cheon-hwa closed her eyes, thinking that it was one of the miracles that Yoo Seong-woo was showing.

When she opened her eyes after closing them, her world would surely be changed.

In a direction she could never have imagined before.

And Yoo Seong-woo, who was taking her out, thought.

‘It feels like collecting Pokémon…….’

Yoo Seong-woo obtained ‘Je-gal Cheon-hwa’!

Thus, Je-gal Cheon-hwa’s figure disappeared from the Martial Alliance’s impregnable underground prison without a trace.

As if it had evaporated.