The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 390

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 389 (End)

Epilogue

Yuseongwoo raised the sword in his hand high, reaching the highest point of the Sword Realm, the boundary between the earth and the universe.

There, Yuseongwoo, having gathered all divine powers, firmly grasped Ilsaeng [his signature sword] and looked down once before raising his head again.

His eyes met the brilliant stars. The galaxy wandering through the universe returned his gaze.

“Otherworld.”

At his call, the Otherworld, which had been drifting in the void, shattered and permeated into Ilsaeng.

“Samjeong.”

The same was true for Samjeong.

The swords all knew what Yuseongwoo was about to do. They were eternal partners, connected by soul.

-I, I hate ittt─!!

Heuksa [another sword], who was next in line, screamed, but Ilsaeng seemed to speak in one voice and quietly disintegrated.

Next were Owoldo, Yukmangdo, Geochildo, and Palseongdo [more swords].

His seven swords permeated into Ilsaeng, dyeing the red blade with iridescent colors.

He pulled Ilsaeng, now infused with various powers, to his chest and closed his eyes, clearly recalling what he had to cut down.

“The gods who came down to earth, both in the past and now, their unorganized faith will eat away at humans.”

The power of God is not necessary for humans to live. They are beings who can stand on their own, so the existence of God is unnecessary.

The end of the Ascendant Church Leader was ugly, but his separation of the earth and the divine realm as a human was the right thing to do.

Humans are not beings who can only stand with someone’s dependence.

Just like he did….

“Lend me your strength, so that I can wield the sword one last time.”

How many gods are currently on earth? How many are in the Holy Castle….

Yuseongwoo, contemplating the numbers for a moment, chuckled and muttered.

“It probably doesn’t matter.”

As he gripped the sword hilt tightly, Ilsaeng’s blade gradually lengthened. The endlessly lengthening blade soon surpassed the length of Geochil’s main body and reached the universe.

The sword became a brilliant beam of light that crossed the universe.

Mercenary King.

Demon Butcher.

Demon God Slayer.

Seeker of the Sword.

Adversary of the Demon King.

Universally recognized as the best swordsman on the continent.

The world’s best sword that cut down heroes, and the universe’s best sword.

The Flash Swordmaster who cuts down illusions.

Yuseongwoo decided to draw a long meteor shower, befitting his titles and name.

The divine seats of the universe, realizing what he was about to do, urgently shot out hostility, but Yuseongwoo’s sword had already been swung.

Yuseongwoo Style Swordsmanship Ultimate

Yuseongwoo (流星雨) [Meteor Shower]

Following the trajectory of the sword he swung, countless stars fell.

The brilliant afterimage of light cutting through the universe became a meteor streaking across the cosmos.

Those who suddenly looked up at the sky from the ground wondered where that meteor shower had suddenly appeared from, and where it was flowing to.

The moment the beautiful scenery filled their eyes, the angels who had been filling the surroundings of the Sword Realm disappeared into a handful of ashes.

The dragons that had appeared were dealt with by Nox, who had been reborn as an adult with the power of the ancient dragon… the war ended in the Sword Realm’s victory.

The change was not only that.

Divinity began to scatter from the gods who had set foot on the ground.

The gods quickly retreated to the Holy Castle before their divinity completely scattered, and those who did not retreat completely lost their divinity and became human.

What Yuseongwoo cut down was the relationship between gods and humans.

He severed the bond that was the subject of faith, cutting off the connection of worship.

As long as gods and humans exist, the bond will be reconnected someday, but at least as long as Yuseongwoo is alive, that will not happen.

And Yuseongwoo, who had achieved such a great feat, was looking at the falling meteor shower from the top of the Sword Realm with his sword lowered.

“…Is this enough?”

He wasn’t sure what the results of what he had done would be. A human world without gods.

The era of mythology that had arrived did not last long and came to an end again, and the true era of humans began.

Ah, he could feel the divinity fading away.

It was a single sword he wielded with all his divinity, so having exhausted all his divinity, he was now neither a god nor anything else, but a human.

He had been human from the beginning, so he had regained his original form.

He fell from the highest point of the Sword Realm. All kinds of winds wrapped around him, and ominous sounds brushed past his ears.

“…I guess I can rest now.”

Now, he wanted to live peacefully.

His mental strength reached its limit, and he closed his eyes. At the same time as he felt his consciousness flying to a distant place, someone supported his falling body.

Reaching out and groping, he felt something hard, like scales.

Yuseongwoo chuckled softly and muttered.

“You’ve grown a lot… Nox.”

* * *

A world without gods.

The gods who had set foot on the ground were driven back to the Holy Castle, and the gods who remained on the ground lost their divinity.

The channel through which faith was supplied was closed, so they could no longer wield divinity. They were reduced to mere humans, wandering the streets.

Well, most of the gods who remained on the ground were living luxurious lives by freeloading off the Sword Realm.

Moreover, even if they lost their divinity, their wisdom and skills did not disappear, so they lived quite well.

“Human life is quite enjoyable!”

Persephone, holding a wine glass in one hand, shouted with a drunken smile.

Persephone was one of the gods who remained on earth. She had come to support the Sword Realm and was caught up in what Yuseongwoo had done.

She deliberately stayed to enjoy human life once. When she died, her soul would return to the underworld. Tens of years were a short time for a god, so it could be seen as a brief amusement.

Only Medea, who was pouring wine next to her, was attached as her servant, making her pitiful.

Medea looked out the window at the high sun and muttered.

“Daytime drinking is so peaceful…….”

* * *

Several weeks after the war in the Sword Realm ended, the situation was resolved, and the whole world began to function again.

The Abyss no longer appeared. The Ascendant Church Leader’s barrier created a gap in the dimension due to separating the divine and human realms, causing the Abyss to appear.

Yuseongwoo filled all the gaps with the divinity he possessed, so the Abyss did not appear.

Meteo Industries had been preparing to shut down the Abyss business in advance, so it returned to being a normal pharmaceutical company.

In addition, it was also preparing to be reborn as the Meteo Group by engaging in various manufacturing industries.

Before long, it would become the largest group in the Korean Peninsula.

“Oppa! Wake up now!”

And Yuseongwoo became unemployed.

He was lying in bed when he flinched at Yoo Jiwoo’s voice and opened his eyes.

Having killed the Ascendant Church Leader and severed the relationship between humans and gods, he had achieved the life of a bum he had longed for.

It was a perfectly peaceful life, with the perfect combination of eating, sleeping, and relaxing.

“You told me to wake you up early?”

Yoo Jiwoo stretched out Yoo Seongwoo’s cheek, who was lingering in bed.

Only then did Yoo Seongwoo fully open his eyes and raise his upper body.

Yoo Jiwoo glanced at the largest scar on his shoulder. He said that the scar, which she had never seen before, was inflicted by the Ascendant Church Leader.

A wound that could not be completely healed even with Yoo Seongwoo’s formidable healing power.

It was also a burden he would have to carry for the rest of his life. Yoo Seongwoo got out of bed, washed roughly, and put on his clothes.

Only then did he look presentable, and he yawned again and said.

“…Where’s Nox?”

“He went to school. He’ll only attend roll call and come right back after leaving early.”

“I see…….”

Yuseongwoo, who had returned to earth, was originally laid-back, but he had become even more so.

Was it because he had let go of everything?

“Then let’s go.”

When they went down to the parking lot, Seo Yeonjeong had a black SUV waiting.

The god who had resided in Seo Yeonjeong when the boundary between gods and humans was divided had also disappeared. However, Seo Yeonjeong’s appearance remains unchanged.

She was and always will be Yoo Jiwoo’s secretary.

Yuseongwoo glanced at Seo Yeonjeong and got into the back seat of the car.

When Yoo Jiwoo got into the car, Seo Yeonjeong smoothly drove out of the parking lot and onto the road.

Was it like this when he first returned to Earth, riding in an SUV driven by Seo Yeonjeong and looking out the window?

The scenery outside the window was very different from then. Roads broken here and there, and the land of goblins visible in the distance.

Above all, the biggest difference was the giant tree that had grown in the center of the Sword Realm.

The World Tree that Schuel had created using her body as a medium.

It was also where they were headed.

After driving for a while, they arrived in front of the World Tree. The vicinity of the World Tree was full of life, and new trees and flowers grew almost every day.

As a result, dozens of green parks were created around the World Tree, becoming famous in just a few weeks.

Yuseongwoo, Seo Yeonjeong, and Yoo Jiwoo parked their car nearby and walked into the deepest part of the park.

The deepest part of the World Tree, which was unknown to others and even had a barrier set up.

When they crossed the barrier, spirits fluttered around, giggling, and then guided the way inside.

They reached right in front of the trunk of the World Tree and waited for a while, and then several people came in along the path they had entered.

Baek Woo-hyeon, Hong Seo-hwa, and Choi A-yeon.

And some witches they knew… Nox, who was a little taller, also ran over with Yuwol, dangling his schoolbag.

“Uncle!”

Nox immediately hugged Yuseongwoo. He smiled gently and stroked Nox’s head a few times, then looked up at the World Tree.

When he reached out and touched the roots that had sprung up from the ground, it felt like he could hear Schuel’s voice.

Yuseongwoo closed his eyes for a moment, placed his hand on the root, and opened his mouth.

“…It’s too peaceful these days, so I’m getting a little tired of it. Schuel, I need to get you out of there.”

And as he reached out his hand, Ilsaeng, with its red blade, was grasped in his hand.

He had lost his divinity, but everything he had learned was not lost. In the first place, he was a strong human even without divinity.

“It’s time to wake up from your sleep.”

He plunged the sword into the trunk of the World Tree. While resting after returning to earth and recovering his strength, he had investigated everything about how to get Schuel out with the help of the witches.

Yoo Jiwoo asked him as he vertically split the trunk and pulled out the sword.

“Then is today the last day for the World Tree too?”

“No. It won’t wither as long as Schuel is there.”

It also meant eternity.

Yuseongwoo looked at the gap in the trunk that he had split. There, an elf with a familiar face was fast asleep with her eyes closed.

Perhaps because all the equipment she was wearing had been converted into divinity, she was naked, without a single thread on her body.

Yuseongwoo covered her body with a blanket he had prepared in advance and took her out of the trunk.

Then he stared at Schuel’s face. Her face, which was hard to believe was hundreds of years old, looked only young, but it had become a little more mature.

Was it because she had even used up her seemingly infinite lifespan?

Yuseongwoo fiddled with her face, which was not waking up, with his fingers, and then hugged her and said.

“Now that I’ve taken care of everything, get lost.”

At his words, Yoo Jiwoo hit him in the back of the head, and then gritted her teeth at the tingling in her own hand.

What kind of nonsense is this to the guests who gathered after a long time?

While Yuseongwoo was rubbing the back of his head and showing the sleeping Schuel to Nox, Yoo Jiwoo said.

“Thank you for gathering today. It’s already been almost a month since the war with the Ascendant Church ended, so as a way to commemorate the peace, let’s have a festival together…….”

“Oh! A festival! Is it a banquet!”

Persephone, who was among the witches, shouted with a wine bottle in one hand.

Medea and the other witches laughed as if they couldn’t stop her.

Those who were watching him couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

How long has it been since they all gathered together and laughed like this? Until now, instead of laughing, only difficult things had continued.

Starting with Yuseongwoo’s return, there were battles with numerous enemies, and eventually, gods set foot on the ground, and the world was swept away by the wings of angels.

But all those battles and the end are over. All that remains is a fun festival of eating and drinking.

Yuseongwoo looked around at the laughing people and laughed along. This was the scene he wanted.

It was a truly peaceful sight.

What he had been hoping for.

Such a scene.

-The End-