The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 358

May, Dragon Light

The deep sea was the Sea Dragon’s entire world. A deep, dark abyss where not a single ray of light could penetrate.

The Sea Dragon, reigning as the supreme ruler there, devoured all creatures with just one sharp, hard tooth.

That was what a dragon was.

A solitary being, destined to be aloof. Fated to be so as the apex of its species.

The Sea Dragon, roaming the deep sea alone, spent hundreds of years in a monotonous existence.

Sleeping when sleepy, eating when hungry.

Sometimes, it would sleep for decades at a stretch. As the Sea Dragon continued its utterly monotonous life, it suddenly grew curious.

What could be above?

The Sea Dragon’s world was the vast ocean, but that was precisely why it felt so limited.

The daily repetition couldn’t help but make even a dragon feel bored.

Thus, the Sea Dragon decided to explore a wider world. Hesitant to go straight to the surface, it left its nest in the deep sea and swam in a straight line.

How long had it been swimming? A new world appeared before the Sea Dragon.

Different water temperatures, creatures it had never seen before.

The creatures that originally lived there bared their teeth at the Sea Dragon from another region, but the Sea Dragon simply chewed them all up and made their corpses its nest.

The Sea Dragon rested for a while, about 20 years, in the new area, then swam again in search of a new world.

It was the moment when a dragon, having left its nest, encountered all sorts of things and grew.

The sea that the Sea Dragon passed through was filled with countless enemies and prey.

There were fish with sharp teeth and huge bodies, and octopuses similar in size to the Sea Dragon.

It was almost dangerous at times, but the Sea Dragon continued to move forward, defeating the enemies it encountered.

After wandering through all sorts of deep seas for hundreds of years, the Sea Dragon finally decided to rise to the surface.

The Sea Dragon, which had long reigned as the ruler of the five seas and the deep sea, stirred the waters violently and swam upwards.

Its speed was like a ray of light, creating a huge whirlpool in the sea just by swimming.

As the Sea Dragon swam frantically, it felt the world gradually brightening.

Light. Sunlight pouring down from the sky permeated the sea, showing the Sea Dragon an increasingly bright world.

The Sea Dragon stared at the increasingly bright surface, spurring its speed with the thought that it was not far away.

In an instant, the Sea Dragon leaped above the surface with a huge pillar of water and saw the sky and the sun for the first time.

And what it felt was fear of the unknown. It was deeply terrified of what was floating in the sky and what the wind that wrapped around its skin was.

It was something that did not exist in the deep sea, and the powerful heat and magic pouring down from the sun were something it could not handle.

The Sea Dragon, which had come to the surface for the first time, twisted its body and plunged back into the sea, creating a huge wave as a result.

The huge wave in the middle of the sea became a tsunami and swept through the nearby coastal city.

Before the tsunami hit, people saw the huge dragon soaring into the sky and trembled in fear, calling it the dragon’s wrath.

It was the moment when the legend of the Sea Dragon, the ruler of the five seas, was born.

And at the same time.

It was a moment when the Sea Dragon experienced loneliness again.

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The Sea Dragon, which had experienced the land for the first time, hid deep in the sea and then came back to the surface.

Curiosity was stronger than fear of the unknown.

This time, the Sea Dragon slowly looked around the land. It turned its head away from the sun and followed the flying birds with its eyes.

Then, it jumped high above the surface, swallowed the birds, and returned to the water.

It was the first creature it had ever tasted.

The Sea Dragon, which had crunched and chewed the birds, enjoyed the taste for a while and then discovered a creature it had never seen before.

A streamlined, hard-looking body floating on the surface.

And small creatures were running around on the huge body.

It was the appearance of another creature it had never seen before. Curious about what it tasted like, the Sea Dragon subtly approached and swallowed it in one bite.

Crunch! The sound echoed loudly, and the creature shattered in the Sea Dragon’s mouth.

This time, it was a strange taste. It was hard here and there, and there was not much meat.

The Sea Dragon, which had ruined its appetite for no reason, returned to the deep sea and devoured the creatures of the deep sea.

And after that, such things were repeated dozens, hundreds of times.

The Sea Dragon was cowardly but curious, so it would touch everything that passed by.

And when it was bored, it would jump up and down from the sky, causing great damage to ports and coastal cities.

That was the Sea Dragon’s life.

Eating when hungry, sleeping when sleepy. Causing tsunamis when bored.

Unlike other dragons, it did not learn anything, but it instinctively knew how to control water, sometimes causing great floods that turned the world black.

Yoosungwoo watched the Sea Dragon’s life. For hundreds, thousands of years.

The Sea Dragon was the ruler of the five seas, and if another dragon entered its territory, it would fight fiercely and win.

It pierced dragon scales and even broke bones with its one and only sharp tooth.

It hunted several dragons and became an object of fear among dragons, called the ‘Mad Dragon.’

It was a dragon with a lack of social skills and could not communicate. Its body was huge, but it was like a child.

And still, even after hundreds, thousands of years, the Sea Dragon was lonely. It was the result of not trying to understand others, and the result of acting only out of curiosity.

If there is pure evil, this is it.

“Why are you so lonely? It’s the result of your choice.”

Yoosungwoo showed the deeply sleeping Sea Dragon and muttered so.

He knew that May, Dragon Light, was the Sea Dragon itself. It was the memory of a dragon that had been fighting loneliness for a long time.

“Not all dragons have bad tempers, but you have a particularly bad temper among dragons, so you couldn’t make friends.”

Yoosungwoo chuckled and watched the Sea Dragon spinning around in the water.

It was having fun now, but Yoosungwoo knew that such peace would not last long.

Because the time was coming.

They could not just leave a dragon that was constantly causing damage to the surroundings.

The sea route was blocked because of the dragon, and trade was suspended. There were more than one or two countries that would go bankrupt if the sea route was not restored as soon as possible.

Numerous humans set out on ships to hunt the Sea Dragon.

A well-known archmage [powerful magic user] froze the sea coldly, and a warrior wielding a huge axe approached, splitting the sea.

Numerous humans gathered on dozens of ships to kill one Sea Dragon.

They shot arrows and harpoons from the ships.

Merchant ships gathered by mercenaries and warships of a certain kingdom also came to subdue the Sea Dragon.

But the Sea Dragon did not die. It may have been slightly injured, but it broke the ice with its body and caused tsunamis to drown all those who came to subdue it.

Numerous warriors participated in the subjugation for honor and wealth because of the Sea Dragon’s atrocities, but no one could defeat the Sea Dragon.

The ruler of the five seas was a ruler who had fought against the strong in the deep sea and seized territory, and was a king who had never been defeated by anyone in the sea.

When the Sea Dragon twisted its body once, a tsunami covered the ship, and when it roared loudly, lightning fell on the sea.

The ruler of the sea drowned all the enemies who came to kill it and solidified its position.

It reigned as the ruler of the sea and learned what ‘humans’ were. Enemies to be defeated. Creatures filled with hatred that rejected them.

Since then, whenever the Sea Dragon saw a ship floating on the sea, it chased after it and sank it all. It ate them all, as if it would not let a single human survive.

Hundreds of people sent to catch the Sea Dragon were drowned in the sea and could not return.

From what I have seen so far, I wondered if there was a human who could defeat the Sea Dragon.

Yoosungwoo knows. Now, very soon, a human will come to defeat the Sea Dragon.

“…Finally coming.”

In the distance, a ship came into view. A sky full of dark clouds. A ship approaching through the waves on the rough sea with strong winds.

Until now, humans had brought dozens of ships and hundreds of humans to hunt the Sea Dragon.

But the ship that is slowly approaching now has only a few humans on board.

Yoosungwoo narrowed his eyes and stared at the man standing at the bow of the deck, glaring at the Sea Dragon.

The man was holding a red sword in his hand. The energy emanating from the sword was clearly Aura [a powerful life force or magical energy].

It was an intense energy that would frighten even the Sea Dragon.

“You’ve come.”

The man was none other than Yoosungwoo. He was Yoosungwoo, who had come to catch the Sea Dragon after receiving a designated request as a mercenary.

Originally, he was going to refuse, but it was such a big deal that he could not refuse.

It was also a request from someone who had a connection with him in many ways.

So Yoosungwoo headed to the sea with only one ship to take him back and forth.

-This is enough. Go back and come back to pick me up when the sea is calm.

The sailors asked him several times if he was really okay, but Yoosungwoo jumped into the sea with the word okay.

Then, a strange sight appeared. Yoosungwoo stood alone on the rough sea, looking at the Sea Dragon that had appeared.

As soon as the Sea Dragon appeared, the ship quickly turned around and ran away, and Yoosungwoo, standing on the sea, pointed the tip of his sword at the Sea Dragon.

-It’s my first time catching a sea serpent… I have no choice. I have to work as much as I get paid.

The season is May.

Hae Ryong, Behemoth, has reigned as the ruler of the Five Seas for hundreds of years, and it is the most troublesome month.

The sea in May is full of strong winds and lightning, so sailors never set sail in May. But Yoosungwoo deliberately aimed for May.

If the state of the sea depends on the Sea Dragon’s mood, it would be easier to deal with when it is feeling uncomfortable.

The Sea Dragon stared at Yoosungwoo standing on the sea with its bright yellow eyes.

The Sea Dragon’s pure white scales glistened and wriggled, and dark clouds poured rain, bringing heavy rain to the sea.

Yoosungwoo held his sword in the heavy rain and met the Sea Dragon’s eyes. He had heard many rumors about the Sea Dragon. The ruler of the five seas, and the ruler of the sea who had drowned even the powerful navy, the archmage, and the brave warrior.

But Yoosungwoo, who faced such a ruler, did not feel like he would lose.

The Sea Dragon also felt something unusual from Yoosungwoo. A clearly different momentum from the humans who had gathered until now.

How could the small piece of metal in his hand look so threatening?

The small human standing in front of the Sea Dragon’s huge body, which causes tsunamis every time it moves, muttered with a blank face.

-Well, shall we start hunting the sea serpent? [Sea serpent is another name for Sea Dragon]