The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 297

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – 296

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Episode 296

Holy Shrine (6)

“Emperor, come out!”

Leaving the procession outside the Imperial Palace, Yuseong-u, Hong Seo-hwa, and Schuel, accompanied only by Koyuki, entered the Imperial Palace and headed towards the main hall with determined steps.

Kicking down the massive doors and stepping inside, the silhouette of the Emperor could be seen in the distance.

Several people stood beside him, guarding him.

“They are the Emperor’s children.”

The Emperor had three sons and two daughters, but one son and one daughter had died, leaving only three.

Yuseong-u looked at them and said,

“Seeing you protect this crazy father who plants crows in his children’s heads, your devotion is admirable, but not particularly touching.”

“How dare you insult His Majesty!”

“Indeed. You know it well. If this isn’t an insult, what is?”

His words filled the hall with murderous intent.

The Emperor’s children glared at Yuseong-u, their hands on the weapons at their waists, but Yuseong-u simply looked at them with a leisurely expression.

The silhouette beyond the doors, Emperor Seiji Kozumi, spoke.

“Rash and utterly rude. As expected of Joseonjins [people from Joseon, a historical Korean kingdom], they have always been like this, not knowing their place…….”

Koyuki glanced at Yuseong-u, wondering if he would kill even her just for being Japanese.

“I, I don’t think that way! I like Korean idols!”

“Who said anything? You’re acting like a guilty thief.”

“I love you! Republic of Korea! Dokdo is our… no, Korean land!” [Dokdo is a set of islets claimed by both Korea and Japan. Koyuki is asserting the Korean claim.]

Koyuki constantly emphasized that she was different from the Emperor.

Yuseong-u said,

“I’m glad I visited General Yi Sun-sin [a famous Korean admiral]. Now I can cut you down without hesitation.”

Even though he only saw the statue.

Yuseong-u grasped the Ilsaeng sword at his waist.

It seemed like they were preparing something, so he decided to play around with the guards for a while…

He wondered if they had prepared something that would satisfy him.

As Yuseong-u held the sword in his hand, the atmosphere in the hall changed drastically.

A sharp aura filled the air, making it difficult for anyone to move.

“It would be troublesome in many ways to delay any further, so it’s better to finish this soon.”

Yuseong-u lightly swung his sword.

Then, all the windows and curtains in the hall were sliced away, and sunlight poured in.

And the screen hiding the Emperor’s figure was cut into pieces and fell.

The Emperor’s appearance, revealed for the first time without any public activities, was now visible.

Beyond the screen was a pathetic, disheveled old man.

Yuseong-u smirked as he looked at Kozumi.

“I can roughly guess. The reason you joined hands with the Ascension Church was for longevity? You made a truly foolish choice, abandoning humanity for the sake of lifespan.”

“…What do you know to spout such nonsense? It is necessary to achieve a great and peaceful era. Why don’t you understand that a wise ruler like me is needed for the coming dark age of chaos?”

Yuseong-u burst out laughing at Kozumi’s words, who called himself a wise ruler.

How long had it been since the constitutional monarchy and monarchy collapsed? Seeing him dreaming such absurd dreams made him laugh.

Of course, it might have been necessary in this era.

Because it was so chaotic, a charismatic king could lead the era.

But in Yuseong-u’s eyes, Kozumi was not the right person.

He had seen kings many times, so he was sure of his judgment.

“Do you know what the Ascension Church takes in exchange for granting you longevity?”

“They are merely showing me the way.”

“That’s right. The Ascension Church steals the future. Under the name of ascension, they steal the futures of others to complete their own ascension.”

Yuseong-u twirled his sword.

Although there were many openings in his stance, the Emperor’s children could not rush at Yuseong-u.

Because they had just seen him swing his sword.

They saw it, but they didn’t truly see it.

That alone was enough to instill fear in their minds.

“What meaning is there in an ascension achieved by taking the futures of others? Shedding the skin of a human is something you must achieve on your own.”

“…….”

Yuseong-u understood the structure of ‘ascension’ as he achieved divinity.

He could also understand to some extent the ultimate goal of the Ascension Church, which repeated such actions.

That’s why he disliked it even more. What would change even if they did this?

Only those who lose their future would increase even more.

“Even so, if you want to achieve ascension, go ahead. I won’t stop you. I know what you have prepared in this land, and I know how you intend to achieve ascension. I will merely cut it down with my sword.”

At Yuseong-u’s words, Kozumi stood up from his seat.

The son of heaven, the emperor, looked at his children and Yuseong-u with a disheveled appearance.

Then he spat out.

“I will show you exactly how foolish a choice you have made.”

In the end, Kozumi did not change his choice.

Black wings spread from Kozumi’s back—the wings of a crow.

Then, the black energy that flowed out tightened around the surrounding children and dragged them away, and Kozumi’s mouth opened grotesquely wide, swallowing all the children.

Koyuki turned her head, unable to bear the sight.

Hong Seo-hwa and Schuel frowned.

Only Yuseong-u calmly watched and tightened his grip on the Ilsaeng sword.

A great energy flowed out from Kozumi, who had devoured all his children.

“Keuk, this is just the beginning.”

As Kozumi took a step, a huge magic circle appeared throughout the Imperial Palace.

The magic circle drawn along the outskirts of the Imperial Palace emitted a bright yellow light, rewriting the laws of the world.

The scenery of the Imperial Palace changed.

The distorted scenery of the Imperial Palace soon took the form of a shrine, and only one person recognized it at once.

“Ise Grand Shrine! It’s the head shrine that enshrines Amaterasu Omikami!” [Amaterasu Omikami is the Japanese sun goddess.]

Kozumi’s appearance, with the Ise Grand Shrine as the background, also changed.

The disheveled appearance changed to a neat one, and the wings on his back became larger and glossier.

The old face transformed into an intermediate form between a crow and a human, regaining youth.

This was the rejuvenation he had long planned.

From the time he joined hands with the Ascension Church, it was the completion of a plan that had been slowly progressing in preparation for complete ascension.

[Unique World]

[Heavenly Child Black Crow Divine Palace]

“I am different from the other dead bishops. There are no loopholes in the plan, and I have completed the ascension.”

Kozumi said.

That he had become a complete god.

Yuseong-u looked at Kozumi, who was on the boundary between human and crow.

He felt divinity.

It was the divinity of a complete god, but it was not the divinity that Kozumi had achieved.

If it was not a divinity achieved directly, it was something he had received or borrowed from someone.

Judging from various circumstances.

“You artificially inflated and wore the shell you received from the Ascension Church.”

There could be no other answer.

In some ways, he was the most foolish and worst kind of guy.

The bishops of the Ascension Church he had faced so far had achieved divinity based on what they had built up.

Although there were sacrifices and offerings in the process.

At least the foundation was in themselves.

But Kozumi didn’t even have that, so what a pathetic divinity it was.

“You can only say that now! Die!”

Kozumi spread his wings wide and unleashed his divinity.

Then, light poured out from the wings and flew towards Yuseong-u and his party.

In the face of the laser-like attack, Yuseong-u spread his aura wide to create a barrier and said.

“…That was, sunlight.”

At his words, Kozumi laughed as he incessantly poured out sunlight.

It sounded like the laughter of a bird.

“Yes! This form is the power of Yatagarasu [a mythical crow], the messenger of Amaterasu! It signifies not just a simple messenger, but the sun god itself!”

“Hmph.”

Yuseong-u maintained the barrier of aura with a relaxed expression, walked towards Koyuki, and pulled out a fox from her arms.

“Kyang! Kyaeng!”

“Watch carefully, Inari. This is the first step I take.”

Yuseong-u put Inari on the floor, moved the others behind him, and held up the Ilsaeng sword.

And swung it.

With a single swing, he swept away the pouring sunlight and stood confidently in front.

As if he didn’t need to unfold his world, silently holding only a sword.

When all his light disappeared, Kozumi once again unleashed his divinity.

Rays of light poured down from the sky.

The merciless rays falling from the sun in the sky aimed for Yuseong-u’s life.

Kozumi was sure of his victory.

No matter how strong he was, he was just a living, breathing human.

He couldn’t be faster than light, and how could he withstand the light of Amaterasu, the highest god of Japan?

Although he was Yatagarasu, the messenger of Amaterasu, what he wielded was undoubtedly the sun of Amaterasu.

However, there was someone in this place who predicted the opposite result from Kozumi.

Inari saw it.

Yuseong-u swinging his sword at the pouring light.

The sword, swung at a speed far beyond human perception, refracted the light and returned.

However, the others would not have recognized the gap and would have thought that the light had missed Yuseong-u.

It seemed that Kozumi was also bewildered that his light did not reach Yuseong-u.

“What did you do!”

“I’m just swinging my sword.”

Kozumi doesn’t know that Yuseong-u went to Takamagahara [the High Celestial Plain, a mythological place in Shinto] via hell.

The only ones who know that are Yuseong-u, his companions, and Koyuki.

Inari doesn’t know exactly what happened to Yuseong-u in Takamagahara.

She roughly heard about the Hell Great Revolution and the meeting with the Three Oni [demon-like creatures in Japanese folklore].

And the bloody battle with Susanoo [a Shinto god of the sea and storms].

‘Could it be that he also met Amaterasu…….’

It was unlikely, but.

Perhaps Yuseong-u was capable of it.

The light that Kozumi poured out all missed Yuseong-u.

It only seemed that way, but Inari was the only one who knew that Yuseong-u was deflecting it all.

She watched Yuseong-u, who was deflecting the light and taking one step at a time, and muttered.

“Kyang, kyaeng…….(What kind of monster has he become…….)”

One step at a time.

Yuseong-u, who had been narrowing the distance, finally stood in front of Kozumi.

Kozumi transformed part of his body into light and slammed in a fist of swiftness, but Yuseong-u lightly twisted his body to avoid it and held his sword to his neck.

The Emperor resisted a few times as if he couldn’t believe it, but the result was the same.

No matter how many times Kozumi poured out his fists, feet, and rays.

Yuseong-u thwarted them all and brought his sword to Kozumi’s neck dozens of times.

As if he wanted him to admit his defeat.

When Kozumi’s resistance disappeared, Yuseong-u opened his mouth.

“Did you achieve what you wanted by wearing a shell borrowed from others? It doesn’t seem like it to me.”