The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 252

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 251

Remains (7)

Phylie, the owner of the Grade 1 Abyss, the Tomb of the Warrior, possessed a special ability.

It was the ability to assess an opponent’s strength.

What do those who visit the Colosseum want?

Fierce battles.

While watching someone’s overwhelming skill can be enjoyable, they prefer intense, tooth-and-nail fights between evenly matched opponents.

Therefore, Phylie selected opponents for the challengers based on his ability.

The American government believed it was random, but it was not random at all.

Phylie personally assessed the challengers and sent out monsters tailored to their level.

Enemies that were not quite at their level but had a strange compatibility.

-Now, the next stage begins! This time, the champion to face the challengers is an army boasting an iron defense from the Dark Continent!

With Phylie’s shout, enemies appeared before the divers [those attempting to clear the Abyss].

Walking out of the iron cage were forty soldiers wielding shields and swords.

They were clearly formidable.

“Damn it, how are we supposed to deal with those guys again?!”

Yoo Ji-woo grumbled.

Since the enemies appearing in each stage were different, they had to come up with new strategies on the spot.

Phylie smiled as he watched the challengers start racking their brains.

‘It will be difficult to handle!’

He had never failed to match the difficulty level before.

In his previous life, he had used this ability to lead the Colosseum to its golden age.

He turned the defeated into challengers of the Colosseum again and attracted new challengers to prosper.

That was Phylie’s essence and way of life.

‘But what is that guy? I can’t even analyze him?’

However, recently, there was an instance where he failed to analyze someone’s strength.

It was the man sitting sprawled on a chair next to him, indulging in alcohol and meat.

When he first entered the Colosseum, Phylie immediately tried to analyze his strength, but he couldn’t grasp the exact numbers.

He quickly figured out the other two who came with him, but no matter how much he used his ability, he couldn’t figure out Yoo Seong-woo’s stats.

So, he sent out enemies based on the two he had analyzed, but after passing the 20th stage.

Feeling something was wrong, he sent out what could be called the ultimate weapon in each stage.

Yet, Yoo Seong-woo shattered them all and reached the 39th stage.

‘I’ve never seen anyone with this much power!’

So, he really wanted to make him the champion of the Colosseum…….

In the end, far from making him the champion, he had his position as the owner taken away.

He hadn’t handed over the authority, but looking at this situation, it was clear who was the guest and who was the host.

“This is good. It doesn’t taste like the meat on Earth.”

At Yoo Seong-woo’s words, the wraith serving him bowed as if to express gratitude.

The wraiths were also being influenced by him. At this rate, it seemed like the position of the Colosseum’s owner would really change.

‘But that won’t happen! You damn invader!’

He had even signed the contract, but Phylie’s treasure vault, filled to the brim, had items that could nullify that contract.

To do so, however, he had to meet a few conditions…….

If he could escape from this terrible situation, he would meet those conditions no matter what!

-…The next challenge begins! Cheer! A bloody battle will unfold!

Phylie shouted, suppressing his shame.

Even though he was a wraith who had died long ago, it felt like tears were flowing.

***

Yoo Seong-woo, taking a bite of a large piece of meat, watched Phylie and the divers fighting below in turns.

Phylie must have led such a Colosseum in his previous life as well.

‘The Abyss is a small world of someone…….’

Anyone who understands that proposition would quickly realize why a high-grade Abyss possesses such density and dimensional waves.

How much immense will is contained in this world.

In that respect, how much faith did Phylie gather in his previous life?

Faith does not only mean worship towards a god.

Intense enthusiasm towards a certain object.

Madness-like shouts. That is also similar to faith.

And the Colosseum was, above all, the place where such things gathered the most.

Enthusiasm and madness, cheers and devotion towards champions and challengers.

The place where those things came together and were born is the small world called ‘Tomb of the Warrior.’

The world of those who could not escape the Colosseum even in death.

This place was such a world.

‘The Abyss Core… I can’t see it here, so it must be in the treasure vault.’

Yoo Seong-woo indulged in alcohol and meat while thoroughly examining the inside of the Tomb of the Warrior.

He had forced Phylie’s actions with the contract, but he didn’t know when this guy would change his mind.

There might be something among the treasures coming out of the Tomb of the Warrior that could nullify the contract.

‘I don’t think Dantalion’s contract is that weak, but…’

It’s never bad to be careful.

Anyway, the divers in the Colosseum were doing well.

They were struggling to defeat the monsters walking out of the iron cage.

The difficulty was so well-adjusted that there were several close calls.

The wraiths were ecstatic.

It was different from when Yoo Seong-woo fought.

He had overwhelming martial prowess, so he showed a boring fight that was almost too easy.

But now, the divers fighting in the Colosseum were facing their enemies with all their might.

A fight is no fun if you just knock them down unilaterally.

“Here they come again!”

At Baek Woo-hyun’s shout, the divers unleashed everything they had learned and mastered.

It was a good combination.

There were quite a few people, so it was a bit shaky at first, but as they passed the stages, they seemed to realize where they were needed.

It was only the 10th stage.

There were still 6 stages left before the American record.

And when they went two more stages further and started challenging the 12th stage, Yoo Seong-woo got up from his seat.

“I need to go to the bathroom. I’ll need an escort.”

Phylie was busy broadcasting the Colosseum battle and didn’t give him a glance.

That was even better.

Yoo Seong-woo, guided by the wraith, headed to the bathroom, but soon turned his steps towards another place.

The wraith was flustered and chased after him, but Yoo Seong-woo’s speed far exceeded the wraith’s speed.

‘Is it this way?’

Yoo Seong-woo ran based on the internal structure he had grasped by spreading his aura.

The place he was heading to was the treasure vault somewhere in the Colosseum.

His aura touched every corner of the Colosseum, but there was one place.

A place that was not touched.

As if artificially blocking access, the aura was cut off there.

‘Those who keep valuable things usually want to hide them well.’

Yoo Seong-woo moved quietly, following the traces of the aura he had left behind.

Avoiding the wraiths wandering inside the Colosseum, he stepped onto the stairs leading to the basement, suppressing his presence.

‘Why do these guys like the basement so much…….’

Every time he goes to steal something, he always seems to go down to the basement…….

Is it a characteristic of those who want to hide something?

Yoo Seong-woo checked for traps and moved his steps.

‘I don’t think I can go from here.’

Then he encountered a powerful barrier.

This was what prevented his aura from going any further.

It would be good to take out the sword and split the gap in the barrier to enter, but that would take some time.

Besides…….

‘If I steal everything now, I won’t be able to get the rewards for the fighting guys.’

He had to restrain his greed a little now.

There will definitely be a chance to steal everything later.

Yoo Seong-woo turned his body and headed back up.

Following the map in his memory, he returned to the VIP seats.

As he plopped down on the chair, Phylie looked at him and said.

-You’re late. Where have you been? The maid said you suddenly ran out!

“I was in a bit of a hurry.”

Yoo Seong-woo, who vaguely glossed over it, ate alcohol and meat again.

Alcohol and meat that never run out no matter how much you eat…….

At least until the divers of the Colosseum reach their limit, it will be an unlimited refill.

***

“Hu, huuk, huff…….”

“Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy…….”

The divers’ murmurs and breaths, blood and sweat, mixed into the madness of the Colosseum.

The wraiths’ cheers surrounded them. It was the wraiths’ enthusiasm that was not there when Yoo Seong-woo fought.

The result of a too fierce battle, a battle where life and death went back and forth, grabbing the wraiths’ interest.

The stage they reached was the 20th stage.

They had long surpassed the highest stage that the United States had reached, the 16th stage, and went four stages further than that.

Now it was time to challenge the 21st stage.

Yoo Ji-woo looked back at the others.

Everyone was exhausted, making faces that they couldn’t do it anymore.

Even Baek Woo-hyun shook his head as if begging not to go to the next stage.

Requests to give up poured out from everywhere. Even Shua-nel and Bathory, who had used a lot of magic, had gaunt faces.

Just as Yoo Ji-woo opened her mouth to end the challenge.

“I, I’ll end the challenge…….”

“Keep going.”

A voice telling them to keep going was heard.

Yoo Ji-woo hurriedly looked around to see which crazy bastard was saying that, but everyone shook their heads, saying it wasn’t them.

Then where is this voice coming from?

Yoo Ji-woo raised her head and looked at the VIP seats.

There, Yoo Seong-woo, holding a glass of alcohol in one hand and a large piece of meat in the other, was looking down.

He said.

“Keep going. Until you hit your limit. Until you’re too tired to move anymore. You can’t say that’s your limit with just that.”

At Yoo Seong-woo’s declaration, Yoo Ji-woo wanted to scream, but she didn’t even have the strength to scream.

No, if she screamed, she would lose even more strength… so she’s not screaming.

She rationalized it that way and grabbed the sword she had half-released again.

If Yoo Seong-woo says that much, no matter what she says, it won’t work.

Everyone who knew that took up their weapons.

“Yeah, it’s a good opportunity. Experience the limit and cross the line of death. Overcome the limit and broaden your horizons.”

Yoo Seong-woo looked at those who showed their will and raised the corners of his mouth.

The wraith next to him, Phylie, felt uneasy for some reason.

‘This, this bastard, is he thinking of my Colosseum as a source of experience?!’

Phylie’s thoughts were accurate.

In Yoo Seong-woo’s view, this Colosseum was a really good structure to overcome the limit.

Phylie, smiling as if satisfied, thought inwardly, suppressing his anger.

‘Let’s see how long you can smile. Because there’s not much left now!’

The conditions are gradually being met.

If he meets a few more conditions, he was going to tear up the contract right away and kick Yoo Seong-woo out.

As Phylie was thinking that, Yoo Seong-woo spoke to him.

“Hey, wraith.”

-D, did you call? I’m busy. Isn’t a great challenge just beginning now! I have to broadcast, broadcast!

“I can hear you scheming. You’re probably just looking for a chance to break the contract and kick me out, aren’t you?”

Hiccup!

Phylie hiccuped for the first time since he died.

He barely squeezed out his voice and made excuses.

-T, that can’t be! I’m bound by a strong contract, so how could I betray you?

“I’ve seen those guys once or twice. So, I’m warning you in advance, if you do something like that, I’ll feed you to my sword right away.”

Hiccup!

For some reason, it felt like the hiccups wouldn’t stop today.