The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 359

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 358

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 358

May, Dragon Furnace (2)

In the past, as the age of myth drew to a close, many races retreated into the shadows.

Beings known as fairies or spirits overseas, and beings called goblins domestically.

As myth and the mortal realm separated, the power available to the gods greatly diminished, but some did not retreat into the shadows.

Like Daji, whom I faced in China, and the specters and spirits that occasionally appear in history.

Having maintained their lineage even in the age of myth, they possessed power akin to divinity. Medea believed that if she could bring them into their fold, they would become a great asset.

Thus, the Witch Society sought out passages to the otherworld to find them.

It wasn’t too difficult, as they had attempted similar operations several times in Europe to contact spirits.

However, the culture of ‘goblins’ was somewhat unfamiliar to them.

“Here…….”

Deep in Jirisan Mountain.

The entrance to the otherworld they found was filled with an eerie atmosphere. Crows perched on the *sotdae* [tall poles with bird carvings, often used in Korean shamanism], cawing, and the guardian posts guarding the entrance glared.

Three people came to the entrance: Jeanne, Baek Woo-hyun, and Knox, who was on a school holiday.

It was an unusual combination, so only Knox chattered about what had happened at school as they climbed Jirisan Mountain.

Arriving at the entrance, they fell silent, affected by the bleak atmosphere. They had heard that Korean goblins were simple and noisy.

But with such a chilly atmosphere emanating from the entrance, they couldn’t shake the feeling that something was going wrong.

Knox muttered.

“I, I’m scared…….”

Jeanne was about to say that she was scared too, but she quickly composed herself.

She was the oldest of them, so she had to act like an adult.

She had experienced this kind of atmosphere countless times during the religious wars of the past.

“Come here, Knox.”

She pulled Knox behind her, then pulled the indifferent Baek Woo-hyun as well, and confidently took the lead.

Then, the guardian posts suddenly stretched their bodies and blocked their path. At the sudden situation, she clenched her fist tightly.

The guardian posts opened their mouths.

-Great General of Heaven.

-Great General of the Underworld.

-You cannot pass here.

-You cannot set foot on sacred ground.

Jeanne’s grip on her fist tightened even more at the grotesque appearance of the guardian posts. As if she was about to lash out at any moment, Baek Woo-hyun stepped forward and said.

“We are visitors who have come to find the goblins. Guardians of this land, can you not open the way for us?”

Guardian posts are originally guardians that protect the land. There are not many places where they are erected now, but they used to be commonly seen.

Baek Woo-hyun, familiar with guardian posts since there was one at the Bonkuk Sword Society, requested the guardian posts to open the way.

Since they were guardian posts erected by goblins, they would understand if he spoke to them.

-Child of the Korean Peninsula.

-Why have you come?

“We have come to borrow the power of the goblins. Can you open the way for us?”

-…They left this land long ago. Even if you pass us, all you will see is desolate ruins.

-We have also fulfilled our roles, and our time to sleep is approaching.

“…Then, can you at least tell us where we should go? We need the power of the goblins. For the battles to come.”

The guardian posts seemed to like Baek Woo-hyun’s polite attitude, and after thinking for a moment, they returned to their original positions and shouted.

-Go north!

-Head to Pungak! The remaining goblins will be gathered there!

“…Thank you. Great General of Heaven, Great General of the Underworld. May you rest in peace.”

As soon as Baek Woo-hyun finished speaking, the two guardian posts closed their mouths in place as if nothing had happened.

Baek Woo-hyun bowed his head and said, looking as if they had exhausted their strength.

“Let’s go back. It doesn’t seem polite to go in.”

“What just happened…….”

“It’s a bit difficult if you don’t understand Korean shamanism. Those guardian posts are guardians that protect the territory.”

“I see. So, north… Where is Pungak? I’ve never heard of that place name before.”

The guardian posts said.

To go north.

Baek Woo-hyun knew where it was. A place now treated as a forbidden zone.

A rugged mountain infested with monsters due to continuous Abyss Breaks.

“Geumgang Mountain. I think we have to go there.”

***

The battle between Yoo Seong-woo, the Sea Dragon, and Behemoth continued for a long time.

Behemoth was an ancient dragon who had accumulated strength over thousands of years, and Yoo Seong-woo was a Swordmaster who had not even lived for a hundred years.

But if you only consider the history of struggle, Yoo Seong-woo and Behemoth would be on the same level.

Behemoth had lived a life of struggle from birth, and Yoo Seong-woo had not been able to rest for a single day since arriving in this world.

Struggle clashed with struggle.

Those who had fought to survive threw everything at each other above the sea, entrusting their lives to the waves.

Behemoth’s body twisted, and a tsunami that no ship could withstand swept in.

Yoo Seong-woo split several layers of the tsunami in half with a single sword, gradually approaching Behemoth.

Soon, he split Behemoth with his sword.

Behemoth’s scales scattered in all directions, and his body staggered greatly backward.

It wasn’t a fatal wound, but Behemoth seemed flustered by the first wound he had ever received, and he spat out a bizarre sound from his mouth.

-Krrrroooooo…….

-You seem flustered.

Yoo Seong-woo was convinced that the dragon in front of him was experiencing this kind of fight for the first time.

He had sunk countless ships and drowned humans, but he knew at a glance that he was facing a human like himself for the first time.

Even if it wasn’t a human, he could tell at a glance that he was flustered. It seemed like it was the first time he had been wounded.

As Yoo Seong-woo took a long breath, the raindrops falling around him changed their trajectory and soared back into the sky.

The aura flowing out from him was changing the air currents.

-Let’s end this.

He would catch a cold if he kept getting rained on.

The crimson aura gathered on the sword Yoo Seong-woo held with both hands, and soon it condensed into one, emitting a terrifying murderous intent. Behemoth looked down at the small human with a force that seemed to split the sea.

-You little bastard!

He turned his body and fled into the deep sea. Yoo Seong-woo quickly poured out his sword energy, but it was so fast that he only managed to cut off his tail.

A dragon running away. Yoo Seong-woo had seen many dragons, but this was the first time he had seen one like this.

If it was a dragon, it would fight to the death because of its pride.

“Hahahahaha!”

Yoo Seong-woo, who had been watching the two’s battle, laughed loudly. He was really dumbfounded at that time.

It was the first time he had seen a dragon run away, and he had to return without any gain.

Looking back at it now, it was just funny. A proud dragon running away with its tail between its legs.

Yoo Seong-woo, who had missed his prey, had no choice but to call the ship back and return, and Behemoth did not come out of the deep sea.

He was afraid. He was afraid of humans. Humans were something that would be swept away with a couple of his wriggles, but a human had pierced his scales and inflicted the first wound.

What Behemoth felt at that time was definitely the fear of death.

For a while, Behemoth did not come out of the deep sea. He was afraid that he would encounter that human again if he went out of the water again.

Several years passed since Behemoth disappeared into the deep sea. During that time, Behemoth wandered through the deep sea, recovering his body and growing stronger by eating whatever he could catch.

So that he could win even if he faced that human again. He occasionally went out to the surface and attacked humans to restore his pride. He drowned all the humans he encountered and made them his food.

After repeating this several times without encountering Yoo Seong-woo, Behemoth came back to the surface and wreaked havoc.

And Yoo Seong-woo, who heard the news that Behemoth was wreaking havoc again, took a ship out again and faced Behemoth above the sea.

-You bastard, it’s been three years? This time, I’m definitely going to slice you up.

“I was really angry at that time. I vowed that if I met him again, I would chop him up and sell him at the butcher shop.”

He would have chased him if possible, but Behemoth couldn’t. No matter how much of a Swordmaster he was, it was impossible to chase him to the deep sea.

So, the second battle. Behemoth rushed at Yoo Seong-woo, believing in his stronger body. But Behemoth wasn’t the only one who had grown stronger in three years.

Yoo Seong-woo’s sword, which had been sharpened even more, split the sea and once again wounded Behemoth’s body.

It was a deep wound, so deep that Behemoth’s blood was sprinkled on the sea and dyed it.

And, as his body ached here and there, Behemoth let out a huge roar as if he was about to rush in.

He turned his body and fled into the sea. Yoo Seong-woo shouted that he would not let him go this time and fired sword energy, but cunningly, Behemoth summoned lightning to block the sword energy and ran away.

So, Yoo Seong-woo had no choice but to return without any gain again.

-That damn bastard…….

It was a moment when he was so dumbfounded that he couldn’t even laugh.

And, several years passed again. Their fight continued for a very long time. Behemoth always ran away with his tail between his legs when he thought he was going to die.

The methods of running away also evolved more and more each time they met again.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at Behemoth’s appearance and felt something. The Sea Dragon, who had lived in solitude, no longer felt lonely.

To him, all creatures were fleeting. Once he bit them, they died, and twice he bit them, they went into his stomach.

It was the same with any creature. He could kill anything with his strong teeth.

But Yoo Seong-woo was not like that.

He doesn’t die even if he goes to the surface and does his best. Rather, he came to kill him with even stronger power.

The Sea Dragon, Behemoth, the overlord of the five seas, was so happy.

During the time he was healing his wounds, he researched how to deal with that human, and he thought about how to escape.

It was a happy time. He was so happy that he wanted to live like that for the rest of his life.

But the dragon’s brilliance instinctively realized that if there was a beginning, there was also an end.

When it had been 12 years since he had fought with Yoo Seong-woo, Behemoth knew that the end was approaching. Yoo Seong-woo had become much stronger than in the past, and he realized that he could now cut him down with a single sword.

-…12 years, 12 years. You crazy dragon. Let’s end this now.

As Yoo Seong-woo prepared to cut down Behemoth in one blow so that he could not escape, Behemoth’s mouth opened for the first time.

-…It was fun, human. It was fun…….

It was the first time Behemoth had conveyed his feelings to Yoo Seong-woo.

In order to convey his feelings to him, he picked up and learned human language, and finally spat it out.

It was the Sea Dragon’s heart.