The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 218

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 222

Guild Training Camp (4)

Following Yoosungwoo’s instructions, Hong Seohwa turned around and backtracked through the Abyss, managing to reunite with several students.

However, some students were too far away and couldn’t be found even after searching nearby.

“These goddamn corpse bastards!”

Hong Seohwa swung her sword, creating flames.

The wave of fire swept through the abandoned mine, turning the undead swarming towards them into ashes.

‘Still, the number of undead is decreasing. Master must have done something.’

Having joined up with students and other guild members, their defense became much easier.

However, they still hadn’t found a way out of the Abyss.

The divers sent for reconnaissance hadn’t returned yet either.

‘It’s been quite a while since the Abyss expansion occurred, so rescue teams should be coming in soon….’

If they just held out, they would surely be able to get out safely.

But they hadn’t rescued all the students yet….

‘When the rescue team arrives, the priority should be to send the kids out first and then proceed with the raid.’

As the master of a large guild, she assessed the situation calmly.

The most important thing was the safety of the students.

Even if they died, they had to ensure that the young students were safely evacuated, so after wiping out a wave of undead, she made a decision after much deliberation.

“I’ll go take another look around. So, take good care of the kids! Don’t let them get hurt!”

“Understood! Captain!”

***

The group of students with Kwon Suhyun was growing increasingly exhausted.

Endless waves of undead.

It wasn’t that they couldn’t handle them, but the sheer number was gradually draining their stamina.

To make matters worse, one of the students on the front lines, enduring the undead wave, was injured.

There was someone among the students who could use healing magic, so they treated him, but the wound was quite deep, and it would take some time before he could move again.

During that time, Kwon Suhyun had to hold the front line alone.

She gripped her sword tightly and focused her concentration.

‘I have to hold on.’

The number of skeletons swarming towards them was increasing.

Since they had a habit of hunting those with vitality first, it seemed they were swarming even more because there was an injured person.

‘To endure….’

She poured more magic power into her sword and recalled Yoosungwoo’s movements.

The movements she had seen at the academy, in videos, and in the Abyss.

A mysterious movement that she could never imitate.

A sword technique that seemed to be created solely for defeating opponents.

Eliminating unnecessary parts, his sword, thrust towards the vital points along the shortest path, must have been perfected through numerous real battles.

That’s why she couldn’t follow him. His sword was at too high a level….

Her sword would only be a standardized swordsmanship learned at the academy.

‘So….’

If she could follow his sword even a little, even by a toenail’s worth.

She was sure that she could break through this situation.

Exploding with a concentration she had never had before, she slowly took a step forward.

Giving meaning to each step, giving meaning to each sword strike.

Reducing unnecessary movements and imbuing meaning into every action.

How did Yoosungwoo swing his sword, what steps did he take to aim for the enemy’s life?

“Haaaah!”

She roared, covering her entire body with magic power, and charged into the skeleton horde, moving her sword.

Pulling it back to her chest and thrusting it in fiercely, crushing the skeleton’s spine.

Ducking her head to avoid another skeleton’s attack, she swung her sword diagonally, smashing its skull.

Her sword path continued. She even grasped the subtle air currents created by the skeletons and incorporated them into her calculations.

Putting more strength into the tips of her toes on the ground, she bisected a skeleton with her sword.

‘His sword was a sword that never stopped. Like a flowing river….’

The skeleton’s old weapon grazed her leather armor, leaving a mark.

If it had been a little deeper, blood would have surely splattered.

Fear seethed in her mind, but she used it as a driving force.

The tip of her sword drew a graceful arc, cutting through bones and collapsing their center.

A spear thrust by a skeleton grazed her side.

Tearing her school uniform in an unarmored area, inflicting a wound.

But Kwon Suhyun didn’t stop. If she stopped at this level of injury, the flow would be broken.

“Kuaaaaaah!”

She roared again, drawing the skeletons’ attention.

She swung her sword until her arms and legs ran out of strength, defeating the undead.

Chasing Yoosungwoo’s sword, which she had only imagined in her mind, in a trance, taking a difficult step.

How many had she defeated like that?

But even so, there was no end in sight.

‘Damn it!’

I can’t fall here.

If she fell, the students behind her would be attacked.

Kwon Suhyun somehow put strength into her right leg, which was about to collapse.

Thanks to that, she was able to avoid falling, but the flowing swordsmanship stopped.

The skeletons’ weapons rushed towards her, taking advantage of the gap.

“Ah, no!”

“Suhyun!”

Other students provided support from a distance, but the number was woefully inadequate.

Kwon Suhyun closed her eyes tightly, seeing the skeletons’ swords and spears approaching within inches.

“Who told you to close your eyes while fighting?!”

However, Kwon Suhyun was not stabbed to death by their spears and swords.

Hong Seohwa, who had accelerated from afar, exploding flames, swept away all the undead in the area.

Then, she immediately grabbed Kwon Suhyun by the scruff of her neck, pulled her up, and shouted.

“Get a grip! I’ll clear a path from now on, so follow me!”

Hong Seohwa swung her sword greatly, scattering flames in all directions.

The flames engulfing her entire body and sword swirled along with the sword’s movements, soon becoming a large dragon’s head, sweeping through the straight abandoned mine.

Her appearance, instantly wiping out the monsters they had struggled so hard against, seemed to show the class of an S-rank [the highest rank for adventurers or guild members].

“Run!”

With someone’s shout, the students ran after Hong Seohwa.

There was no need to worry about the undead’s attack.

Hong Seohwa’s flames had become a high wall, making it impossible to even approach.

After running for a while, Hong Seohwa was able to lead the students and rejoin the original group.

As soon as they joined, the students collapsed, as if all the strength had left their bodies.

Kwon Suhyun’s gaze did not leave Hong Seohwa.

‘…Certainly.’

Hong Seohwa’s sword, swung on the front lines, resembled Yoosungwoo’s.

It must be related to the fact that Hong Seohwa occasionally called Yoosungwoo ‘Master’.

Hong Seohwa, who was looking around again, met her gaze.

Hong Seohwa walked towards Kwon Suhyun, who was sitting down, put her hand on her shoulder, and said.

“That was amazing! As expected, you need that kind of spirit to be a diver. The Sword Soul Guild Master said you’d die early, but in my opinion, someone like you will live a long time.”

“…T, thank you.”

“Yeah, so I’d really appreciate it if you’d join our guild….”

“…….”

***

Yoosungwoo sat on the fragmented corpse of Azaha and let out a long breath.

His body was burning due to the scratches all over his body, but soon a cold wind blowing from somewhere cooled the heat.

The battle with Azaha ended quickly.

What would change even if a born magician grew spider legs and engaged in close combat?

Rather, the reaction speed slowed down due to the messed-up thoughts, and the number of spells he cast decreased.

He was simpler than the Azaha of the past, so he was defeated by being cut into pieces until he couldn’t regenerate.

After taking a moment to recover, Yoosungwoo reached into the corpse and picked up the crown that served as the core of the Abyss.

‘…It was brought from the outside.’

He wasn’t a magician, so he couldn’t know its origin, but what he felt from the crown was intense thought.

Perhaps it was the original of Azaha’s crown.

He must have used the thought of the crown, which was no different from an artifact, to expand the Abyss into a single world.

Yoosungwoo approached the orc shaman he had knocked out earlier.

Then he kicked him.

Thud!

A sound that made him wonder if such a sound could come from kicking a lump of flesh.

The intense pain awakened even the dead spirit, and the orc shaman opened his eyes wide at the pain felt in his abdomen.

“Keuheok…….”

“Get up, you bastard.”

Yoosungwoo kicked the struggling orc shaman once.

Only then did the orc shaman barely raise his trembling body and mutter something.

“This bastard.”

He immediately grabbed the orc shaman’s head with one hand and slammed it into the floor.

“You were chanting a spell just now, weren’t you? Weren’t you, you bastard…….”

“N, no…….”

“What do you mean no? I know bastards like you very well, you dogs who pocket extra money even if I give you a little leeway…….”

No, since he’s an orc, is he a pig bastard?

Yoosungwoo slapped the orc shaman on the cheek and continued.

“Then tell me. Why did you expand the Abyss?”

“Do you think I’ll tell you! Kill me!”

“You’re making things unnecessarily complicated…….”

He put the orc shaman down on the floor, stretched out his foot, and stomped on his hand.

Crushing it with his heel, making it into pieces.

“Kuaaaaaaak!”

“Honestly, it doesn’t really matter if you don’t tell me. It’s just that it would be a little easier if you did, that’s all.”

He could ask Dantalian about the whole story.

If it was her, who collects all the records, she would know why this happened.

Yoosungwoo put more strength into his heel.

Then, following the bones breaking, the skin, fat, and muscles were crushed, and bones popped out everywhere.

“Euh, euheo, heoeok…….”

The orc shaman rolled his eyes at the tremendous pain that came, but Yoosungwoo did not allow him to close his eyes.

If he closed his eyes due to pain, he would make him open them with even greater pain.

“Keu, keueo…….”

Finally, when he was close to being a corpse, Yoosungwoo reached out and retrieved the Black Serpent with his aura, and said.

“I’m really curious… You’re not a bishop-level [high-ranking cleric], and you don’t have a strong backing… How can you cause such a ruckus in the middle of the city?”

Moreover, in the place where he was.

The Church of Ascension would know.

Who killed the bishops.

Yet they were trying to do something in Sehyun City so brazenly.

“Ah, is that it? Two bishops died, so you’re trying to take their place and cause trouble?”

Twitch.

It seemed that was the correct answer.

Because of that, the academy students almost all died.

It wasn’t something that couldn’t be solved since there was Dantalian’s warning.

But he didn’t know how many people might have died or been injured while he was coming.

Yoosungwoo, who had completely crushed the orc shaman’s hand, this time placed his foot on the orc’s neck.

Then the orc shaman, whose face was covered in tears and snot, began to utter curses.

“Keu, keuheuhe… N, not much time is left for you to be so rampant. G, gods will descend and begin the conquest… That will be the time of true ascension…….”

“I’ve heard that somewhere before…….”

Of course, all the guys who said that died.

There was nothing more to hear.

Yoosungwoo put strength into his foot and separated the orc shaman’s head from his body.

With the sound of flesh being crushed, the orc’s head rolled.

“……?”

Kooong─

With a roar, a familiar power began to fill the entire Abyss.

It was definitely ‘divine power’.