The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 335

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 334

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 334

Samjeong (2)

While a fierce battle raged below, Yoo Seong-woo focused his mind on the Sword Realm above.

“…Why don’t you want to show me your memories? Samjeong.”

-Haven’t you treated me too harshly until now? I think you will continue to do so in the future.

*He’s* not some adolescent going through puberty.

At Samjeong’s absurd words, Yoo Seong-woo clenched his fist tightly and briefly considered punching him.

However, if he did that, there was a high possibility that Samjeong would sulk even more and refuse to cooperate.

Seeing him act like this, it seems he’s grown a bit smarter.

But.

“I won’t do that in the future.”

-You won’t use me as a shield?

“Yes. Because you are a sword, not a shield. I am sorry for using you like a shield until now.”

-…Really?

He hasn’t had a self for very long, so he is no different from a child.

He’ll come around if I coax him a little.

Samjeong, not realizing Yoo Seong-woo’s hidden intentions, seemed to ponder for a moment before floating in front of him and spinning around.

-A sword exists to cut, not to block.

“I know that well.”

-I don’t think you know.

“I told you I know. So please cooperate. You don’t want to stay like this, do you?”

-Don’t I? I like it?

*Is* this bastard for real?

I never thought I would be playing push and pull with a sword. If Samjeong was like Heuksa, I would have just beaten him up,

but I couldn’t do that to Samjeong.

Because he was Veronica’s sword, and a sword that had worked hard until now.

He’s on a different level than someone like Heuksa.

…He’s on a different level than someone like Heuksa.

Before he treated Samjeong the same way as Heuksa, he reached out and placed his hand on Samjeong’s blade.

‘…It’s amazing how each sword has a different personality.’

Unilateral emotional exchange won’t work. To know the other person’s heart, you also need to convey your own heart.

Yoo Seong-woo raised his aura and injected it into Samjeong, hoping that his feelings would reach Samjeong.

Samjeong, having accepted his aura, was silent for a moment, then spoke.

-I will show you my memories. Yoo Seong-woo.

***

When he opened his eyes, he was in a forest. What he saw before him was a giant tree that seemed to have lived for thousands of years.

The giant tree, full of lush green leaves, exuded tremendous vitality. Yoo Seong-woo looked up at the tree and remembered something.

“World Tree……”

There was a being called the World Tree even in the Otherworld.

However, it only remained in records, and he had never seen it in person.

Then, does that mean that this era is when the World Tree still existed?

Is this even further in the past than when the Otherworld was created?

The records of the World Tree appeared at least hundreds of years ago…….

‘Was the past of Samjeong that I knew only a part of it?’

It’s so old that no one remembers it; that’s how far back it goes.

Yoo Seong-woo looked around.

The existence of the World Tree means that there is also a race that manages the World Tree.

In his memory, there was only one race that managed the World Tree.

‘Those damn elves.’

Race name: Elf.

A race that appears as a mainstay in fantasy and has a strong image of loving nature.

Yoo Seong-woo thought of them in that sense, but the elves he actually met were living a life somewhat detached from reality.

Both the lands of humans and the lands of elves were being destroyed by the demons, but they hid deeper in the forest instead of cooperating.

They even refused to talk, as if it was none of their business.

That’s how they perished.

They refused to communicate and ended up self-destructing.

They had a high pride in their race, were arrogant, looked down on demons and humans, and did not share their power with others.

People called such elves ‘a race that chose its own end.’

“I tried to talk to them several times, but I was turned away every time.”

I fought them a few times too.

They were crazy bastards who wouldn’t budge even after losing every time.

The fact that Schuel is considered to be on the more social side among elves is truly absurd.

Is it because she is an elf from another world?

Yoo Seong-woo turned his head.

The elven village could be seen from afar, on the opposite side of the World Tree.

Is Samjeong’s origin an elf, or even the World Tree?

I can’t figure it out at all.

Yoo Seong-woo sat under the World Tree and waited for time to pass.

Because if he waits a little, Samjeong’s first memory will begin.

Not long after, a little elf ran towards the World Tree, held out a small flowerpot, and said.

-Great Mother! I bloomed a flower for the first time!

Did she come to show off the flower she grew for the first time?

The little one chattered for a long time, then transplanted the flower she had grown next to the World Tree and said.

-Please embrace this child so that it can grow well, Great Mother! I’ll come see it every day!

“Isn’t she just abandoning it because she’s too lazy to raise it?”

Yoo Seong-woo, who looked at the world with a cynical [crooked] perspective, muttered, and the little elf seemed to flinch for some reason, even though she couldn’t have heard him.

And still, not a trace of Samjeong could be found.

If this is the first memory, there should be some form of Samjeong somewhere.

Yoo Seong-woo looked up at the World Tree.

“Could it be…….”

Is the World Tree Samjeong?

Yoo Seong-woo thought for a moment, then shook his head.

That can’t be.

There’s no way that such a childish guy could be the wise World Tree who has lived for so long.

Time flows.

Time passed so quickly that the boy became a young woman.

It was a bit ambiguous what gender she was when she was young, but she was a girl.

The elf youth came to see the flower every day as she said, and as time passed, the flower became a beautiful tree.

It was much smaller than the World Tree, but it was a good-looking tree.

Perhaps because it shared the energy of the World Tree, it grew much better than ordinary trees.

-Great Mother, I have finally become able to do my part. As a guardian of the elves, I will do my best to protect everyone.

Guardian of the elves.

Yoo Seong-woo clicked his tongue at the words of the elf youth.

I know that it is impossible to become a guardian of the elves unless you have superior talent and strength than other elves.

So the fact that she took on the position of guardian means that she has the skills to do so.

‘But what does that have to do with Samjeong?’

A sense of unease that something was about to happen crept up his spine.

Samjeong’s memory will begin from now on.

What on earth is going to happen that Samjeong is born?

And, not long after, it happens.

The clear sky darkens.

The sudden climate change. It was not an environment created by nature, but an artificial one caused by magic.

A storm rages, and dozens of tornadoes ravage the forest.

The trees break, and the forest gradually deteriorates.

Yoo Seong-woo watched the scene and stared at the silhouette hidden in the dark clouds.

‘An existence that can cause such great magic. And that silhouette is…….’

It’s a dragon.

Why are those guys attacking the elven village?

It was strange.

Originally, dragons are a race known for being arrogant and lazy.

They usually stay holed up in their lairs and don’t come out, so why would they bother attacking an elven village that has nothing to do with them?

Since they don’t live in groups, the six or so dragons in the dark clouds were definitely strange.

“…What the hell is going on?”

Even one of them can easily destroy a country, so seeing them flocking together like that means they are definitely going to destroy the elves.

‘Did the elves do something to offend the dragons?’

Judging from the way they flocked together like that, I can roughly guess that they stole their eggs and ran away, or broke the eggs and ate them as fries… or destroyed their lairs.

Or they killed their own kind.

A lot of them.

The race wouldn’t unite just because one or two died, so at least ten or more.

“But the elves don’t have the ability to hunt that many dragons.”

They don’t have the ability to do that either.

Elves live for a long time and train in spirit magic or archery, so it is difficult for a skilled person to emerge who can hunt dragons, who are the masters of magic.

Even if she is a guardian.

It might be different if she was a high elf like Schuel, but why would the guys who live in nature poke a hornet’s nest?

The exact cause was still unknown. As he rolled his eyes under the World Tree, wondering what was going on, a roar was heard.

-Damn bugs! I have come to avenge the grudges of my brethren! I will burn the forest to ashes and devour even your guardian god!

I never thought it would be the latter.

Yoo Seong-woo was slightly surprised. Are the elves of this era a little different?

Was it not the time when they were hiding in the forest like hermits, but the golden age of elves when dragon slayers were springing up like mushrooms?

Yoo Seong-woo shook his head because he honestly couldn’t believe it.

If there was such an era, the elves would have already conquered the continent.

“Hmm.”

While he was pondering, this time a voice echoed from the forest, as if trying to talk to the dragon.

-I’m telling you we didn’t do it! How could we possibly massacre dozens of dragons?

-Do you think I’m a fool! I saw you elves brutally slaughtering my brethren with my own eyes!

-I told you it was a misunderstanding! None of our elves have the ability to do that!

What that elf said was probably not wrong. No matter how strong the elves are, they are not strong enough to massacre dragons alone.

‘Even I would have a hard time.’

In the first place, dragons are a race that hunts one with many, and above all, they have ‘Dragon Words’ [powerful, ancient magic] that ignore the laws of causality.

That means they are not guys who will die so easily…….

However, dragons were wise, but they were also guys who would do anything if they lost their temper.

No matter what the elves say now, they won’t listen.

They are now full of the idea that they must burn the elven forest.

The dragons’ anger shakes the forest. Firebolts fall, and dozens of streams of breath pour down.

The elves try to fight back with magic, but the barrier to protect the forest is broken in an instant, and the magic scatters due to the dragons’ powerful magic resistance.

Even the elf guardians mobilize the great spirits. One dragon would be manageable, but the dragons’ anger was not something they could handle.

The lush forest turns into a sea of fire in an instant.

The elves’ screams erupt, and ashes scatter in the storm from all directions.

The place where the World Tree is located is far from the village, and it is still protected by the World Tree’s own barrier, so it has not been burned.

However, if the dragons decide to attack this side, it will soon turn into ashes.

“It’s over.”

It was a fight that didn’t need to be watched for long.

Since dragons are the closest race to God, even if God came down, they could not guarantee victory against them.

The only ending left for the elves is destruction. Yoo Seong-woo was momentarily expressing his doubts about the appearance of Samjeong, who had not yet appeared.

He narrowed his eyes at the sight of one person approaching this way.

Skin burned and stretched out here and there due to burns. It was obviously a serious injury.

It didn’t take long for Yoo Seong-woo to recognize that it was the young woman who always came to check on the flowers.

The guardian of the elves; she knelt down in front of the World Tree and muttered.

“Great, Mother……”