The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 250

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – 249

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Stage 36.

Yuseongwoo had broken through Stage 35, which no one had ever conquered before.

The guy who appeared in Stage 35 was an angel who reigned over a world, just like the Axe Demon he encountered in Stage 32.

Was he the Archangel of the Fifth World?

His strength was similar to the Axe Demon, and he was quickly defeated.

“Once you reach a certain level, there’s a fixed point.”

A plateau of strength.

Once you become a ruler of a world, everyone is at a similar level, so the outcome is determined by the differences in compatibility.

The Heavenly Demon (天魔) [a powerful, often malevolent, celestial being] has the character ‘demon’ (魔) in its name, so it must harbor negative energy. It either faced the Archangel, who is its opposite, and was defeated…

Or it won, but stopped challenging due to fatal injuries that made it unable to fight.

Yuseongwoo took a breath and waited for his opponent in Stage 36.

-Ha, hahaha! You did it! Challengers! You are the first in all dimensions to challenge Stage 36! Your names will echo throughout all dimensions! Now, your next opponent will appear!

The iron bars open.

And slowly walking out from the inside was a figure exuding an ominous aura.

A knight clad in black armor, holding a long greatsword in one hand, walks out.

Shua-Niel, who immediately recognized its identity, said.

“It’s an Undead.”

Yuseongwoo nodded and gripped Ilsaeng tightly.

The energy flowing from the black knight was the energy of death.

Just walking makes you feel like the earth is slowly dying.

However, Yuseongwoo does not back down. A death knight who has defied the order of the heavens…

“I’ve caught a lot of them.”

Even though this one seems to be of a different class, he doesn’t feel like he’ll lose.

Just like he always has.

The black knight, who had been walking, increased his speed. He kicked off the ground and rushed towards Yuseongwoo, his spirit different from any enemy he had met so far.

“Hoo. Veronica, Shua-Niel, don’t step forward.”

“I wasn’t going to anyway.”

“Then I’ll take a little rest!”

Yuseongwoo also kicked off the ground.

He rushed in at a speed that the eye could not follow and clashed swords with the black knight in the middle.

The swords collided, creating a powerful shockwave.

Yuseongwoo, who had exchanged one blow, stepped back and looked down at his hand.

“Hmm.”

It tingles.

It’s been a long time since he’s faced a swordsman of this caliber.

Seeing his reaction, the administrator began to excitedly chatter.

-Indeed, Stage 36 is difficult even for challengers who have been on a winning streak! No wonder, the existence that the challengers are facing is a distinguished knight from hell! It’s Mordred!

“Mordred?”

It’s a name he’s heard before.

Certainly, it was in the legend of King Arthur.

Wasn’t he the famous parricide [one who kills a parent or close relative] who tried to kill his own father?

He had no idea why such a person was appearing here now.

“Interesting……”

If that’s Mordred from the story, isn’t this an opportunity to cross swords with a legendary knight?

Yuseongwoo’s lips curled up.

It’s been a long time since he’s met a worthy opponent. The guys he’s faced so far have only used strange abilities…

There hasn’t been anyone who has purely trained in swordsmanship, has there?

Mordred is a knight.

And he’s wielding a sword…

It’s been a long time since an opponent who will only compete in pure swordsmanship has appeared.

He, too, was a swordsman, though he was busy trying to survive.

He can’t hog this kind of opportunity.

“Veronica, should we take turns? It seems like a good opportunity.”

“Hmm, I’m a little hesitant… You do it alone, Captain! I’ll do it when a stronger guy comes out later!”

“Okay, whatever.”

Yuseongwoo took a deep breath and jumped in again.

Leaving a long red afterimage, he collided with the black knight, Mordred.

He doesn’t know if this guy is the real Mordred, but his skill is real.

You can tell by clashing swords once. How long he has trained and what he has put into the sword.

“You’re a tenacious guy. You too.”

He muttered and swung his sword.

Mordred blocked the diagonally swung sword with the flat of his blade, his blue eyes shining in his helmet.

At the same time, the two swords began to entangle wildly in the air.

The swords collide.

Mordred’s swordsmanship is tyrannical and filled with intense hatred.

On the other hand, Yuseongwoo’s sword is filled with the will to win.

Each time the swords of the two masters collided, the aftermath spread in all directions, destroying parts of the Colosseum.

-Not bad.

Mordred, who had been wielding his sword in silence, opened his mouth.

Yuseongwoo chuckled at the voice that sounded like scraping metal and replied.

“You too.”

And then the clash continues.

The legend of the past and the modern swordmaster swing their swords at a similar rhythm and collide.

“Hoo-eup [exhalation sound].”

The living (生者) who inhale.

And the dead (死者) who don’t need to exhale shared their swords, betting on each other’s existence.

Diagonally, horizontally, vertically, rotating once, they show off their skills without holding back.

Mordred, even though he’s an undead, seems to be getting excited, and the rhythm is getting faster and faster.

Yuseongwoo’s speed also gradually increases, and the swords they wield become invisible.

Even Veronica, who is in the same rank of Swordmaster, cannot see it.

She can’t help but wonder how they are wielding their swords.

-To achieve that level of martial prowess with a living body! Amazing, amazing, challenger!

The administrator shouted.

But his voice does not reach them.

Already lost in their own world, the two are just swinging their swords like crazy.

Until one of them falls.

Yuseongwoo and Mordred step back three steps as if they had made a promise.

And at the same time, they took a stance.

One Sword (一劍) – Life and Death (生死與奪) [a sword technique focused on decisive strikes]

Reverse Sword (逆劍) – Opposition (反) [a sword technique focused on countering attacks]

Red energy expands from Yuseongwoo’s sword and spreads in all directions.

Its shape was like a tree branch, and soon it engulfs the area.

Black smoke rises from Mordred’s sword, forming a large shape.

A black blade forged by mixing unclean energy and hatred.

Mordred’s One Sword, which concentrates the mysteries of legend, poured down on Yuseongwoo.

‘Head-on? Or…….’

After a brief moment of consideration, Yuseongwoo decided to take it head-on.

He doesn’t avoid it. Mordred was the same. They feel the threat from each other’s swords, but their battle was not at a level to be judged by skill.

Starting with skill, and eventually with pure power.

That’s what a swordsman’s fight is like when they reach a certain level or higher.

Which side has a stronger will.

Which side has a stronger fighting spirit.

The two burning wills soon collided, and a powerful shockwave soared from the ground to the sky, creating a pillar of mixed colors.

“This crazy……!”

Shua-Niel, who had been lying down, was blown away by the storm created by the shockwave.

Veronica immediately stuck her greatsword into the ground to withstand it.

Soon the storm subsides.

“Captain─!!”

Veronica called out to Yuseongwoo.

The state of the two people who appeared in the receding dust was not normal.

Mordred’s black armor was cracked here and there, making it look ugly.

Yuseongwoo’s shirt was completely torn, no longer functioning as clothing, and was covered with scratches, with red blood flowing down.

He opened his mouth with an evil smile on his face.

“Mordred, I heard you were stabbed to death by your father. How did it feel?”

-What do you know. Stop with the ridiculous provocation. After all, what we have to prove is…….

Mordred raised his sword.

Yuseongwoo also raised his sword and took a breath.

They instinctively realized that this attack would be the end.

So he swings his sword with all his might again.

The only thing contained in the sword is the will to defeat the opponent.

And the conclusion was reached in an instant.

The legend of the past falls. The magic sword in Mordred’s hand breaks in half, and Mordred also kneels down.

-It’s my second defeat…….

Leaving a short word, he slowly turned to ashes and disappeared.

And just before his existence was completely extinguished, Mordred said.

-Don’t… get eaten.

“Get eaten.”

I’m thinking of eating you.

Yuseongwoo shook his sword and looked up at the administrator.

It’s a blurry ghost.

What is felt from such a guy is embarrassment.

A reaction that he really didn’t expect Yuseongwoo to defeat Mordred.

Yuseongwoo said.

“Okay, next. I’m going to Stage 37.”

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-The one who appears this time made the seven hells tremble…….

-T, this time! The best black magician on the continent will defeat you…….

-This time it’s a legion! A legion of immortal knights will take your lives…….

Stage 40.

He cleared Stages 37, 38, and 39 in rapid succession.

Yuseongwoo, who was properly heated up after fighting Mordred, continued the battle quickly.

To the extent that Veronica and Shua-Niel were not given a chance.

And Stage 40.

He was waiting for a monster to come out of the iron bars, but when no monster came out, he turned his head and looked at the administrator ghost.

“I said next.”

-……All the challenges prepared have been exhausted. Come again tomorrow.

“Bullshit. If I come tomorrow, you’ll be gone, right? What am I supposed to believe and leave?”

Yuseongwoo leaped to where the guy was.

The audience ghosts stirred and made a fuss at his appearance.

-Where is there a fighter who enters the audience seats!

“Here.”

As the ghost said, an invisible barrier blocked his progress.

However, Yuseongwoo’s specialty is ‘cutting through things’.

He swung Ilsaeng and cut through the barrier, creating a hole big enough for him to enter.

“If you don’t have anything else to offer, shouldn’t you fight directly?”

-Get out!

The administrator shouted.

Whether there was a special power in his words, his body was briefly restrained.

‘It’s a word spirit [a technique that uses words to influence reality].’

A high-level technique that manipulates reality with words alone.

It was a technique similar to ‘Dragon Language’, but lower than that.

It wasn’t difficult for him to break through the word spirit, as he had broken through Dragon Language before.

Baleen changed his sword from Ilsaeng to Heuksa and pointed the sword at the ghost.

“This sword also eats soul bodies. Stage 40, is there none?”

-D, didn’t I say there wasn’t!

The ghost raised both hands and continued to speak as the sword was pointed at his neck.

-Today’s struggle is over! Get out of here! And why doesn’t the word spirit work…….

“Even Dragon Language can’t do anything to me, why are you so surprised at the word spirit? So, there’s no Stage 40?”

-Th, that’s right! There isn’t! There is no existence to place in Stage 40!

Yuseongwoo narrowed his eyes at the ghost’s words.

Was that what he meant? Mordred.

Those words not to be eaten meant…….

“I want to do Stage 40… Hmm, then there’s no choice. I have no choice but to stay here until Stage 40 comes out.”

-Wh, what?!?

First-class Abyss, ‘Tomb of the Fighters’ was a closed-type Abyss.

An Abyss in which the entrance is closed until a party enters, leaves, or dies.

So, if Yuseongwoo doesn’t leave here, no one can come in or out.

Eternal isolation.

The ghost, who understood what he meant, frowned.

Yuseongwoo smiled and continued.

“If you don’t like that, then sign here.”

Then he held out a contract in front of the ghost’s face.