The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 388

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – 387

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 387

Affinity (7)

Nox walked through the meadow holding his mother’s hand. It was the first time he had ever held his mother’s hand.

The two walked in silence for a while.

Neither knew what to say.

They had so much to say, but that made it even harder to start.

Their heads were so full of words that they couldn’t find the first one to say. They were afraid that if they opened their mouths, they would spill out everything, both good and bad.

In that silence, Nox spoke first.

“Mom, what’s your name?”

“…Pfft. Now that I think about it, I never told you. We were separated when you were too young.”

The Black Dragon stopped, hugged Nox, sat down on the meadow, and whispered her name before smiling.

“Nisha. My name is Nisha. Our Nox, it looks like you’ve been doing well.”

Once the conversation started, it flowed smoothly. Nox told her everything that had happened since he woke up from his long nightmare.

Meeting Yu Seong-u during the meteor shower.

Meeting Shua-nel and Veronica.

He also talked about the friends he had made while attending school.

Nisha listened to the stories, constantly stroking Nox’s hair and kissing his head.

As if trying to pour out all the affection she hadn’t been able to give.

Nox liked Nisha’s gestures.

“You’ve met good people. My baby. I’m sorry……”

“Don’t say that. I’m more curious about… your story, Mom. Why did I end up in such a place, and where have you been all this time? And why… are you attacking?”

“That requires a lot of explanation… I need to start by explaining the Ascendant Church Leader’s identity. The Ascendant Church Leader is a primordial human and a traveler who wanders through dimensions.”

“Dimensional… traveler?”

“Yes. He is also a destroyer who wanders through various dimensions, collecting faith. It started a long time ago… when he came to our dimension.”

Nisha began to tell a story from the distant past. A story from a time that was not short even for a dragon.

“That human was a solitary wanderer through many dimensions. He took in those he liked, and he was also a destroyer who would bring the world to ruin if necessary. I still don’t know his purpose. To save you, I ended up making a contract with him.”

Long ago, when Nisha began to carry an egg made by carving out her own magic, the Ascendant Church Leader came to her.

He was a bold human who had found the dragon’s lair alone, but Nisha could not ignore him.

Even though he was human, there was no end to his power. How long had he lived, how much power did he possess?

He was a god, yet he was human.

A being with duality, he offered Nisha to come under his command, but she refused.

However, the Ascendant Church Leader, who had recognized Nisha’s special nature, did not give up.

He came to Nisha for days, trying to persuade her, but Nisha refused, using her egg as an excuse.

A dragon born from the night.

They guarded the night and lived under the night sky, and they were also people who enjoyed peace.

The Ascendant Church Leader, tired of the continued rejections, used force. He used his power to take her away by force.

“…Unfortunately, I couldn’t beat him. The transcendent with the power to cross dimensions was powerful, and in the end, he stole the egg. You, who hadn’t even hatched yet……”

Nisha, recalling that time, hugged Nox tightly. Nox also hugged Nisha more deeply and closed his eyes.

It smelled like night.

It was faint and warm, and it felt like the smell of stars.

“I had no choice but to follow him to save you. He took my soul, placed restrictions on me… and obeyed his words, deprived of my will. But Nox, my baby, you went through such a thing……”

Tears flowed from Nisha’s eyes and fell on Nox’s head.

What was going on? The mother was held hostage as a slave with her soul and daughter as collateral, and the daughter was held captive and exploited for the dragon’s infinite magic.

Nisha lamented her powerlessness to protect her daughter, and Nox quietly buried his face in her arms and closed his eyes.

After a while, Nisha said to Nox, who had opened his eyes.

“Before he took my soul, I sealed a fragment of my soul deep in my subconscious. The Nisha you are talking to now is that fragment.”

“Mom……”

“I did it with the hope that I might be able to meet you again someday… I’m so lucky to be able to see you again at the end.”

Tears began to flow from Nox’s eyes, one by one. There was no way he didn’t know what Nisha was saying now. Especially since he was smart.

“I, I don’t know. I don’t know anything like that!”

“I’m sorry, my baby. I finally met you again after a long time, but I won’t ask you to forgive this mother who will be leaving on a journey to the night sky.”

Nisha grabbed Nox’s cheeks with both hands and met his eyes. She stared at his crying face for a while, as if trying to engrave it in her mind, and then kissed his forehead.

“I will give you all the power, magic, flesh and blood, soul… and language that I have left. And give rest to the other children fighting outside. They are all in the same situation as me……”

“No, Mom! No! Don’t go! We just met again, are you leaving me again?!”

“I’m sorry, I’m really sorry. But know one thing. I really, really… love you more than anyone else in this world, more than the number of stars in the night sky. Nox. My baby……”

He knew there wasn’t much time left.

Even though this was a world within consciousness, it was not a place with infinite time. Nisha’s appearance, hugging Nox, gradually faded.

Soon, her figure completely disappeared, and Nox, left alone in the night sky meadow, cried out loud.

But that was only for a moment, as light began to flood in from somewhere.

Turning his head, he saw a red sun slowly rising from the distant horizon.

It was a light that resembled the color of a meteor shower.

The intense red light of dawn mixed with the night sky, creating a new color.

“…Beautiful.”

Ah, it’s beautiful.

Even though he had just said goodbye to his mother, Nox was captivated by the sight.

It would have been nice to see this scenery together… It was a pity that he wasn’t allowed a little more time.

Nox stared at the beautiful scenery for a while. Then, he wiped away the tears that were flowing down his sleeves and closed his eyes.

Then, he put his hands together and muttered.

“Thank you, Mom. I love you too. I don’t hate you… Thanks to you, I survived and met good families.”

At that moment, the beautiful world began to collapse.

* * *

Veronica, still falling in the air, widened her eyes at the sight unfolding high above in the sky.

Nox and the Black Dragon stuck together for a few seconds. The next moment, the Black Dragon’s massive body unraveled piece by piece.

As if slowly unraveling a wad of paper in water, the Black Dragon’s body hovered in the air, turning into letters he had never seen before.

And when all the bodies had finally turned into golden letters, they all simultaneously seeped into the small dragon, Nox.

Nox absorbed all the letters in the air and began to change his appearance.

The small body gradually grew larger, the horns grew larger, and the teeth and claws became sharper.

The scales became stronger, transforming into a complete dragon.

The Dragon of the Night Sky, who slowly opened his golden eyes, opened his mouth wide and roared.

-KRUAAAAAAAAAAA─!!!

The roar that shook the earth and sky.

The roar of a will stronger than any dragon in this place shook the world.

The angels lost their wings and fell to the ground with just the roar, and the dragons attacking the Sword Realm turned their gazes.

Nox, who had awakened as the complete Dragon of the Night Sky, met their eyes and shouted.

It was neither the language of humans.

Nor the language of gods.

It was the language of the dragon that determined causality [cause and effect].

The world changed.

Centered on Nox, who was flapping his wings, the night sky filled with stars and the galaxy covered the sky of the Sword Realm.

And at the end of the night sky, the burning sun peeked out.

He cut out the scene he had seen in the unconscious world and brought it into reality.

The brilliant night sky and dawn created a landscape that could not be mixed together.

Nox declared there.

[Unique World]

[Midnight Galaxy Dawnscape]

-Come! Your pain, the dragon of the deep night sky, I, Nox, will take it all!

* * *

My body is heavy.

It’s not because I’ve been overdoing it.

My body condition was the best it’s ever been, so all I had to do was swing my sword and cut it down.

Nevertheless, the reason why I can’t move is simple. The god’s unique world in front of me was too much to handle.

“…It’s terrible.”

Yu Seong-u smiled.

The Ascendant Church Leader’s unique world was a world made of arrogance and self-confidence. It is a world of overconfidence that only he is the right god.

It was also a monotheistic world that did not tolerate any gods other than himself.

In that respect, it was similar to Yu Seong-u’s unique world, ‘Black Night Annihilation Realm’.

The difference was that Yu Seong-u’s world was a world where wills competed in an equal world, but the Ascendant Church Leader’s world was one where only he was the best and others were crushed like bugs.

Therefore, it must consume an enormous amount of divine power just to unfold it.

It is an arrogant world that is only allowed to those who have the power to suppress other divine powers.

All that exists is emptiness.

All that faces him is the god in the emptiness.

The Ascendant Church Leader, surrounded by radiance, held the Longinus [the spear that pierced Jesus] in one hand and a thick book in the other.

Probably the Bible and the Quran.

Either way, it is a sacred object of a religion based on monotheism.

“…Let there be light.”

The Ascendant Church Leader muttered.

Then, a brilliant light burst out from the emptiness. Yu Seong-u swung his Lifelong, but this time he could not cut the light. Because he did not have the divine power to support him.

Yu Seong-u, burned by the primordial light, swallowed a groan of pain and stared at the Ascendant Church Leader.

He looked down at Yu Seong-u with the eyes of looking at a bug. He looked as if he truly hated the fact that his path had been blocked by someone like him.

‘The burned body is not recovering……’

This is not good.

Since all the divine power has been suppressed, there is no way to resist the Ascendant Church Leader’s light. The Ascendant Church Leader’s unique world existed to kill other gods and achieve monotheism.

A being that Yu Seong-u could never defeat if he existed as a god.

Literally, “Heaven above and earth below, I alone am the honored one” [a Buddhist phrase expressing enlightenment and uniqueness].

A being who has everything above and below the sky under his feet.

But even so, Yu Seong-u laughed.

It was not a laugh that was driven mad by despair. It was not because the fact that he had rushed at him and unfolded his unique world first made him laugh.

It was just, really just.

It was so funny that he had made a big mistake.

“Keu, hahahahaha!”

He opened his mouth, which was burned and thickly matted, and laughed. The Ascendant Church Leader clicked his tongue at his laughter and opened the scripture.

Then, he pointed at him with the end of the Longinus and said.

“Fall into the abyss of disaster and perish. The fires of hell will burn even your soul……”

However, the Ascendant Church Leader could not finish his words. Yu Seong-u’s eyes did not burn even though they were directly hit by the primordial light.

They were still flashing with red fighting spirit.

Yu Seong-u said.

“…It is only possible for humans to revere and blaspheme gods. I was never a god in the first place, so what do I have to fear?”

Nothing has changed.

The divine power in his body has disappeared, but he is still human.

And humans are beings who make the impossible possible.

He cut down a god with a human body, so why can’t he do it twice?

The situation is very different from then, but it is also the same.

Eight swords floated around Yu Seong-u.

Lifelong, Otherworld, Three Purities, Black Death, Fifth Month, Six Mangs, Rough, Eight Stars.

From one to eight.

Eight swords containing the principles of all things in nature and the five elements, encompassing even death and birth, resonated with Yu Seong-u’s will.

Yu Seong-u, who accepted the resonance of the eight swords, took a long breath.

The task at hand is clear.

All he has to do is what he has been doing. Hold his will and take up his sword.

And cut.

Yu Seong-u has lived that way, and he will do so until the end.

He opened his mouth and said.

“─Unique World Deployment.”