The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 307

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – 306

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace 306

The Holy City (16)

There are numerous Abyss dungeons in Sehyun City.

Some were already there, and some newly formed.

They are strictly controlled, with openings and closures decided as needed.

However, in setting up the ritual for this Holy City, there were a little over thirty Abyss dungeons in the path, which slightly hindered the ritual’s deployment.

So, the Witch Council tried to install the ritual by bypassing them.

“But that would reduce efficiency.”

“So, you’re saying you’re going to eliminate all those Abyss dungeons?”

“You understand well. It needs to be thorough, and we can’t be hindered from the start. Once the Holy City is established, no Abyss dungeons will form around the ritual anyway.”

Jeanne was momentarily stunned by the absurd statement, but Yoo Seong-woo was a man who kept his word.

He was also a man who somehow managed to pull things off… and for the sake of efficiency, this was the better decision.

She was just daunted by the prospect and regretting even considering it.

“Everyone’s probably gotten rusty from not experiencing real combat lately. A little Abyss patrol will loosen them up.”

“I feel sorry for those who have to go into the Abyss dungeons.”

“What are you talking about? You have to go in too.”

“Yes, yes? What did you say? I’m going into the Abyss dungeon too? Am I hearing things?”

“Yes. We’re sending in everyone who can go. There are thirty of them; how long would it take to clear them with just a few people?”

Yoo Seong-woo chuckled.

He couldn’t help but smile at the thought of the faces he would see after a long time.

Everyone has gotten stronger, so thirty Abyss dungeons should be nothing to them.

If those about to enter the Abyss dungeons had heard his thoughts, they wouldn’t have been smiling.

Usually, you need to rest for a week after clearing one Abyss dungeon, but continuous Abyss dungeon raids?

The Abyss dungeon isn’t an all-you-can-eat rib restaurant that gives you refills endlessly.

“Isn’t that too harsh of a schedule?”

“If you’ve been training well, it won’t be harsh at all; you’ll finish it with plenty of time to spare.”

Jeanne, who hated being worked hard, tried to change his mind somehow, but he had already made up his mind.

To work everyone hard and create the Holy City.

“And all of that will become a great achievement. It might even become a scene in the founding myth of the Holy City.”

“Alright! If you put it that way, I have no choice but to do it?!”

“Hehe.”

Then, he immediately summoned everyone.

The number of people who responded to his summons had increased significantly since the establishment of the Sword Soul.

“…There are quite a few, aren’t there?”

Far more than he remembered.

When the Sword Soul was first established, the official number of members was exactly two.

Yoo Seong-woo and Baek Woo-hyun.

But later, Choi Ah-yeon and her subordinates joined, and they recruited ordinary guild members separately.

And that number was now over fifty.

Judging by their aura, they were all Divers [individuals with supernatural abilities] who had surpassed B-rank.

And the most significant characteristic was that they all wore a sword at their waist.

It looked almost like a group of swordsmen cosplaying.

“Why are there so many?”

Yoo Wol, who walked out from the back, said in a triumphant voice.

“Guild Master, these are people who have been inspired by Seong-woo’s prestige. We have carefully selected them all.”

“They’re all carrying swords, though.”

“Since the Guild Master is a great Swordmaster, we had the most support from swordsmen.”

From confident applicants who wanted to follow in Yoo Seong-woo’s footsteps.

To those who had formally learned swordsmanship from somewhere.

Those with great ambitions joined the Sword Soul Guild with a sword at their waist.

“Ho.”

Yoo Seong-woo smiled as if he found it amusing, then stepped in front of them and opened his mouth.

“There are many faces I don’t recognize. Seeing you all carrying swords, it seems you’re all quite skilled.”

At Yoo Seong-woo’s appearance, all the guild members held their breath.

Overwhelmed by his real presence for the first time, no one could make a sound.

Although he seemed somewhat laid-back, the divine aura and powerful aura emanating from within made him seem like something other than human.

He continued.

“Swordsmen are those who choose where to use their swords. Only by wielding a sword without shame can you reach true mastery.”

It was a somewhat embarrassing thing to say, but when Yoo Seong-woo said it, it sounded cool for some reason.

Doesn’t the feeling change depending on who says the same words?

That was exactly the case.

Whether they were impressed by Yoo Seong-woo’s words, exclamations of emotion erupted from here and there.

There was even someone taking notes.

Yoo Seong-woo thought the reaction was quite amusing and turned his head to the original members who were standing in a different place from them.

Baek Woo-hyun and Choi Ah-yeon, Choi Ah-yeon’s subordinates.

Hong Seo-hwa and Yoo Ji-woo, the witches of the Witch Council.

Even Shua-nel, who was clearly showing that she didn’t want to do it.

“Let’s see how much stronger you guys have become.”

“We won’t disappoint you!”

“I’ll do my best to help too!”

The loud voices of Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa were heard.

Yoo Seong-woo divided the people into three groups.

A group to attack low-level Abyss dungeons and a group to attack high-level Abyss dungeons.

And a group to attack level 2 or higher Abyss dungeons with him.

After properly distributing the personnel, Yoo Seong-woo sent the people off.

The task of completely annihilating thirty Abyss dungeons over the next two days.

The start of an unprecedented Abyss dungeon cleaning operation in the world.

***

“Hehe, I’m going on a date with the Captain! A date!”

Yoo Seong-woo headed to the level 2 Abyss dungeon with Veronica first.

It would have been fine to send Veronica alone, but she insisted on coming together, strongly stating that she didn’t want to be alone.

“Where did you learn such words?”

“I know everything I need to know. Do you think I’ll be a child forever?”

“You’re still a child in my eyes, though.”

Veronica, who only knew how to slay demons with a greatsword, had grown up like this before I knew it…….

I’m so moved that tears are blurring my vision.

“Oh? I really know everything now. I used to be too busy killing demons, but now I have plenty of time.”

“Is that so? So, did you make a boyfriend or something?”

“I wouldn’t even think about dating unless it’s a man like the Captain!”

Is this the declaration of a daughter who wants to meet a man like her father?

Yoo Seong-woo nodded.

He wouldn’t even think about giving Veronica to someone who wasn’t like him.

Isn’t it a father’s heart to want to marry his daughter off to the best place possible?

“Let’s go in.”

As they were talking, they arrived at the Abyss dungeon before they knew it.

A black hole boasting an enormous size befitting a level 2 dungeon.

As they stepped into the familiar hole, what unfolded before them was a pure white plain.

A white land covered with snow.

It was the level 2 Abyss dungeon, ‘White Snowfield.’

Standing on the pure white field and exhaling, Yoo Seong-woo muttered.

“…This scenery, I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before. Don’t you think so, Veronica?”

“I don’t know. It’s cold!”

“Whatever.”

Yoo Seong-woo took out a winter coat from the bag at his waist and handed it to Veronica.

Yoo Wol had packed it, saying it would be necessary.

Yoo Seong-woo had reached a state where he didn’t particularly feel cold or heat anymore, so he looked around in just a shirt.

The White Snowfield was a level 2 Abyss dungeon and was also judged to be impossible to clear.

Snow falls heavily at regular intervals, erasing everything.

If you don’t leave traces, you can’t find the way, but even those traces are erased.

And you have to defeat enemies that come from nowhere to find the core of the Abyss dungeon.

The enemies are not very strong, but the environment is special, so it was judged to be level 2.

Yoo Seong-woo patted Veronica’s head, who was wearing a winter coat, and continued.

“The situation is similar to that time. When we went on an expedition to the Gelin region, the plains were all covered in snow back then.”

“Gel…lin? Ah, right! That’s right! When we went to catch that demon called the Eternal Frost or something, right?”

“Eternal Snow White, maybe. It was probably a name like that. The situation is similar to that time.”

At that time, they were suffering from a chronic shortage of supplies.

All the rations they had brought were gone, and they couldn’t find any animals.

They were all buried in the falling snow and frozen to death.

But they couldn’t turn back, so at the end of the death march, they killed the demons while starving and stopped the falling snow.

If it were the current Yoo Seong-woo, he would have blown away all the snow, but he was still weak back then.

‘Somehow, I miss my old comrades more with this scenery.’

He closed his eyes for a moment, reminiscing, then opened them and said.

“Veronica, shall we bet on who finds the Abyss dungeon core first?”

“Is it a bet I can win?”

“I’ll count to five hundred and walk. Even if you find it within that time, you win.”

Veronica, who had been calculating in her head for a moment at Yoo Seong-woo’s words, nodded as if she thought it was worth a try.

“Okay! The loser has to grant one wish! Then, start!”

She set the terms of the bet as she pleased, and the start was also as she pleased.

Watching her disappear far away into the plains, kicking off the ground in an instant, Yoo Seong-woo chuckled.

“What wish does she want me to grant that she’s so eager for?”

There’s no need to run far.

Yoo Seong-woo roughly counted to five hundred and then took a few steps on the snow at a leisurely pace.

Then, he raised his hand and made a sword with his hand, then swung it lightly.

Then, beneath his feet, the frozen plain cracked, and something revealed itself from within.

It was a human, curled up and sleeping inside a transparent ice block.

“No, is it not a human? It looks closer to a demon or something like that than a human.”

A chunk of ice buried quite deep.

It was quite close to the entrance, but that’s why no one could find it.

Yoo Seong-woo carried the ice block with his aura to near the entrance and waited for Veronica to return.

Before long, Veronica, covered in snow as if she had been rolling around in the snowfield, trudged back with a hollow look.

Then, seeing the ice block next to Yoo Seong-woo, she pointed at him, stuttering as if she couldn’t speak.

“I think I won the bet.”

“Wh, where did you? Where did you find it?! I couldn’t find it no matter how much I searched!”

“It was buried near the entrance.”

“That’s cheating! You knew where it was and suggested the bet!”

That was the correct answer.

Yoo Seong-woo knew where the Abyss dungeon core was the moment he entered the Abyss dungeon.

But is that important now?

What’s important is that he won the bet.

“Then, let’s hear the story before we take this out, Veronica. What wish did you want to make?”

Yoo Seong-woo, sitting on the ice block as if it were a chair, crossed his legs and asked.

Veronica is currently the next Swordmaster after Yoo Seong-woo.

She was also the closest person to the divinity of the newly established Holy City, so it was necessary to know for sure this time.

What Veronica wants.

What she truly desires.

Yoo Seong-woo narrowed his eyes and asked Veronica again.

“Tell me, Veronica. What is your wish?”