The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 345

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 344

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 344

The Strong (5)

There was no particular reason Veronica singled out her past self.

A desire to overcome her past self, at least once.

That was all.

The Veronica who was singled out looked down at “Ollett,” asking if someone like her could even be a match.

“What a cheeky brat. You seem decent, but daring to challenge me to a duel?”

“Yeah! I can take you down!”

Veronica was acting wild, thinking it was just a fantasy.

Yu Seong-woo, watching from the side, shook his head, unable to stop her.

The past Veronica twisted her lips and said,

“Is that so? Then let’s see. I’ll beat you to a pulp and make you my subordinate!”

(Old) Veronica raised the Jamyung Yoon Sword, while (New) Veronica picked up Griff’s greatsword from the ground.

“I’ll borrow this for a bit! Kid!”

Griff was still unconscious, so there was no reply.

However, (New) Veronica seemed to hear an unheard voice, shouting thanks and raising the sword.

“Hoo hoo, this will be quite a clash! Now, begin!”

With the middle-aged man’s declaration, the duel between the two began.

Veronica, facing her past self, took a long breath and swung the greatsword.

A battle against oneself.

It also meant knowing the opponent very well.

Veronica in her memory narrowed her eyes, watching the swung greatsword.

A familiar swordsmanship.

The same swordsmanship she wielded.

The two swords collided in the center, sparking.

Those with good eyes would have noticed.

That the two swordsmanships were completely identical.

The two sword strikes continued. The two greatswords, drawing completely identical trajectories, created beautiful arcs.

“You little punk!”

“Why, what’s wrong?!”

(Old) Veronica was momentarily flustered.

‘Did she copy my swordsmanship? No, that’s not it.’

If she had copied the swordsmanship, its perfection would be lacking, or the reaction would be a beat late.

However, the swordsmanship displayed by the little runt in front of her was clearly her own.

Rather, it was an even more advanced and perfected greatsword technique.

Feeling strange at that fact, she took a step back and revealed a fierce aura, saying,

“Where did you learn that swordsmanship!”

“Learn? I’m self-taught!”

“Don’t lie, you little punk! Using the exact same swordsmanship as me and saying you’re self-taught? Didn’t anyone teach you not to lie too much?!”

“My family education was lacking!”

The two stepped forward again, wielding their swords.

The dozens of sword trajectories drawn in the air collided in an instant, emitting shockwaves in all directions.

The battle intensifies.

However, there was no one who could stop them. Veronica’s martial prowess was among the top in the expedition.

(New) Veronica, who was facing such Veronica, showed no signs of faltering.

Rather, she gradually pushed Veronica back in terms of technical perfection.

“You little punk!”

(Old) Veronica, enraged, added variations to her sword.

However, that was (Old) Veronica’s mistake.

(New) Veronica had supplemented and completed her own swordsmanship.

“Our sword is not in change [transformation]. It’s about breaking through head-on with steadfastness. It’s about weight [power] and strength [force]!”

(New) Veronica’s sword shattered (Old) Veronica’s sword techniques.

As her swordsmanship crumbled, she gritted her teeth and stepped forward strongly.

Then, a clear purple aura emanated from her sword.

Similarly, (New) Veronica also drew out the same color aura from her sword.

Dozens of purple sword trajectories were drawn in the air.

A strong sword [powerful technique] with no compromise was unfolded until it was clearly etched in everyone’s eyes.

“Kuaaaaaaaaah─!!”

“Aaaaaaaaah─!!”

The two’s shouts intersected with their swords. The swords collided at their center, creating an explosion of aura, blowing away everything around them.

Veronica, who had been saying that the camp would be blown away, was now about to blow away the entire camp.

“S, Swordmaster!”

“She looks young, but she’s a Swordmaster?!”

The gazes of the expedition members, who had thought they were just a group of strange people, changed.

What (New) Veronica was showing was far beyond their imagination.

A new Swordmaster.

A Swordmaster of purple aura who had never revealed herself before.

Why hadn’t such a skilled person been known until now?

Moreover, surpassing Veronica, the leader of the expedition’s first division.

“Don’t, underestimate me─!!”

(Old) Veronica screamed and unleashed even more aura.

The aura emanating from her entire body tried to seize the space, as if trying to deploy her unique world [a Swordmaster’s personal domain of influence].

However, her unique world was incomplete.

If (New) Veronica deployed her unique world in response, she would be devoured.

However, she could not deploy her unique world.

Even if she could gloss over swordsmanship and aura, she couldn’t gloss over her unique world.

A unique world is a world that reflects the life one has lived.

The world that only some Swordmasters can unfold will never overlap, even by chance.

Because no one would have lived the exact same life.

However, just before the unique world was deployed, there was a red line that cut through the purple aura.

“Stop there.”

It was Yu Seong-woo who cut down the purple aura that had been seizing the space in an instant.

The wild and masculine past Yu Seong-woo mediated between the two, saying.

“Is a simple duel going to lead to deploying a unique world? Besides, with an incomplete one.”

After saying that, he chopped Veronica on the crown of her head with the edge of his hand, then turned to (New) Veronica and approached her.

Then, he narrowed his eyes and said.

“I need to hear your story. The swordsmanship you just showed was Veronica’s. Why can you use that swordsmanship?”

Murderous intent rose from Yu Seong-woo.

It was a thick murderous intent that made his whole body shudder, even though it was a fantasy.

“…Ollett was the name. I’ve never heard of such a name. I knew she was strong, but to think she was a Swordmaster who could beat Veronica…”

It was a highly suspicious situation.

Moreover, the people she brought as subordinates were all those who had mastered swordsmanship that could not be easily dismissed.

As Veronica was wondering what to gloss over, the current Yu Seong-woo approached her and said.

“Veronica, repeat after me. That should convince my past self.”

When she nodded slightly, Yu Seong-woo spoke, and Veronica repeated it.

“The sword Veronica is holding, I’m the original owner of that sword.”

“The original owner of the sword?”

“Yes. You bought that sword a few years ago at a market in the countryside, right? From an old woman.”

“That’s right.”

“I’m the swordsman who had the sword before the old woman. I’m a half-elf, and I’m already over a hundred years old.”

At the words half-elf, the expedition members finally understood.

It was absurd to think that such a young-looking face was a Swordmaster… but if she was a half-elf who lived for a long time, like an elf, it was understandable.

“How will you explain the swordsmanship?”

“It’s not that I copied Veronica’s swordsmanship, but that Veronica obtained my swordsmanship! I engraved my swordsmanship on that sword.”

“Veronica.”

At her words, Yu Seong-woo received the Jamyung Yoon Sword from Veronica and examined it carefully.

Where was it engraved?

After examining it for a while, he soon realized and nodded.

“It’s definitely engraved. The traces of being wielded for an immeasurable amount of time… So, did you come to get the sword back?”

“That’s not it. The sword is already something that has left my hands… I heard you guys were doing something interesting, so I came to participate with these kids.”

“It seems that you came to join the expedition,” Yu Seong-woo said, but he did not completely dispel his suspicion.

The Otherworld was such a place.

A place where you couldn’t live without suspecting others.

A beautiful world where even the closest of friends were ready to stab you in the back at any time.

“…Celine!”

When Yu Seong-woo called Celine, she walked out of the tent leisurely.

Yawning with sleepy eyes.

She deliberately showed that she was tired, giving him a look to hurry up and say what he had to say.

“Celine, organize those five spirits, including Ollett, into a new squad. Since she’s a Swordmaster.”

“Okay.”

“From what I’ve seen, their skills aren’t bad. Send them out on the request tomorrow.”

“…Are you serious?”

“Yes.”

Yu Seong-woo said that far and continued, looking at the five people.

“Welcome to the Sword Spirit Expedition.”

The expedition heading to hell.

The four, excluding Veronica, took their first steps there.

***

It was night.

A time when everyone was asleep except for a few who were standing guard.

The five, who were excluded from guard duty as newcomers, gathered in one tent and talked.

“Aaaagh! I can’t believe I fainted! I was winning that fight!”

“Winning my ass.”

“I’m serious! If I had just gotten some sleep yesterday, I would have won.”

Hong Seo-hwa made an ugly excuse.

Baek Woo-hyun clenched and unclenched his fist, recalling the duel at that time, re-engraving the sensation.

“I couldn’t use my hands or feet. It was like reading the future.”

“That guy’s a bit like that, right? I can’t beat him with pure swordsmanship alone either. That’s a complete scam, that secret swordsmanship, you know?”

Veronica chuckled.

Whether she was happy to see the faces of her past comrades after a long time, she chattered about the expedition members.

“That middle-aged man who was in charge of the duel earlier, right? That guy’s also a Swordmaster. I heard he used to be the king of the arena.”

“Arena…….”

“But the arena was completely destroyed by the demons. That guy’s a Swordmaster, so he single-handedly slaughtered them all and escaped.”

“He was an amazing person.”

After that, Veronica chattered on and on.

Until the night grew deep.

From that sight, the four were reminded once again that Veronica was truly a person who had been reincarnated from another world.

Yu Ji-woo asked.

“But why did you follow Oppa [term of endearment for older brother or male friend]? If he said he would grant your wish, you could have been reborn there and lived a life of luxury.”

At her question, Veronica stopped chewing on her jerky.

Then she smiled brightly and answered.

“I thought it would be best to follow the Captain rather than live in such a crappy place again! All the good memories I had while living were with the Captain.”

After her death, Veronica met the goddess. A meritorious person who made a significant contribution to defeating the Demon God.

She thought about taking revenge with her wish, but in the end, she gave up revenge and followed Yu Seong-woo.

A stranger from another world.

He occasionally told her about his world, and she thought that if there was such a world, she wanted to live with him.

Forever, happily.

“But this world is also a mess. The Captain said it was a peaceful place.”

“It was peaceful 10 years ago. Who would have known that monsters would suddenly pop out of the Abyss?”

“That’s what I’m saying. Why has the world changed like this?”

Until 10 years ago, everyone was an ordinary student and lived peacefully.

Choi Ah-yeon, who had been listening quietly, asked curiously.

“…Everyone, how were you living 10 years ago? Before the world changed like this?”