The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 43

My Disciples

“So, what brings you here?”

Yoo Seong-woo frowned, looking at the two in the back seat through the rearview mirror.

Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa were not people with a lot of free time.

What were these S-class Divers, national key figures, doing here?

“We heard you were going to attack the Abyss, so we came to lend a hand.”

“What this guy says is a lie. Of course, we came to see if there’s anything we can learn from you, Yoo Seong-woo!”

Hong Seo-hwa retorted to Baek Woo-hyun’s words.

When Yoo Seong-woo asked her why she came, she confidently said,

“Why hide it? I came to receive guidance. Unlike that guy, I’m being honest.”

“So, it’s a combination of a sneaky guy and an honest idiot.”

Yoo Seong-woo spat out and sighed.

But he didn’t feel particularly bad.

It was a good thing that they came to ask for guidance themselves.

The world Yoo Seong-woo was in was a place where you had to become strong or die.

That’s why Yoo Seong-woo accepted their requests to make them stronger and gave them training when he had time.

All that was needed was the determination to become strong.

The determination to get stronger, to take revenge, and to kill them all.

If they had that, Yoo Seong-woo would teach anyone.

If they brought a sword commonly found on the battlefield where people died, he taught them combat skills suitable for it.

If they brought an excellent divine weapon, he taught them how to control it.

‘Those guys who gathered like that…….’

They stayed by Yoo Seong-woo’s side, nurturing their own disciples, or traveled the world with him, saving people.

They became a kind of mercenary group and eventually went to the land of the demons to defeat the Demon God together.

The Sword Soul Expedition.

A name given to them by the world, meaning those who entrusted their souls to the sword.

In the end, everyone died in the final battle, and only he survived.

“……Let’s go to the widest and most secluded Abyss left.”

“Are you perhaps going to train us?”

“I don’t stop those who come to me asking to be taught. Well…… they’re guys who are okay with getting their asses kicked.”

“I didn’t say that.”

“I’m okay with getting my ass kicked.”

“Actually, I’m okay with it. I can even die.”

Baek Woo-hyun was quick to grasp the situation, while Hong Seo-hwa was a beat late.

* * *

It wasn’t just a simple coincidence that Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa came together.

They heard the news that Meteor Industries was buying up Abysses that were of no use.

Baek Woo-hyun was a senior member of the Korean Sword Assembly, and Hong Seo-hwa was the master of the Red Dragon Guild.

Both of them were second to none when it came to information, so they thought when they heard the news of Meteor Industries’ purchase.

‘It’s him.’

‘Seong-woo must be planning something.’

They also knew that Yoo Seong-woo was strong.

They also knew about the Towol tribe who came to Korea.

The fact that the Towol tribe’s high priest moved himself meant that the fate of the tribe was at stake.

And soon after, they heard that the Towol tribe had disappeared from the world.

Neither of them was slow to figure out that Yoo Seong-woo had saved the Towol tribe.

Due to this series of events, Yoo Seong-woo’s perception was even more strongly rooted in their minds.

‘This is an opportunity.’

‘An opportunity to get noticed!’

It was an opportunity to prove to him how useful they were.

There was also the psychology that they might be able to help Yoo Seong-woo with his work and receive something in return.

Baek Woo-hyun wanted to refine and show him the Korean Sword he had shown at the Korean Sword Assembly before.

Hong Seo-hwa wanted to learn systematic swordsmanship from him.

She had been swinging her sword haphazardly until now, so she thought that Yoo Seong-woo, who seemed to have mastered the sword, might be able to help her.

That’s what she was thinking.

“Try harder. More, more, more.”

“Kuaaaaaaaak!”

“Shiiibaal-!!”

Yoo Seong-woo walked leisurely behind them, while Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa rolled around diligently in front.

Yoo Seong-woo didn’t just say that the dungeon they were in was the ‘widest’ and ‘most secluded’ of the remaining dungeons.

The danger of the Abyss is proportional to its width, and being secluded means that the danger is high and there are no people.

The Abyss they arrived at was rated as level 5.

It was a high rating among those on Yoo Seong-woo’s list.

Of course, it wasn’t that dangerous of an Abyss for the two S-class Divers, but Yoo Seong-woo placed one restriction on them.

‘If you use your abilities, you die.’

What he demanded was to defeat the enemy with pure magic power and body movements, excluding abilities.

Hong Seo-hwa’s Crimson Flame increased attack power through tremendous explosive power and encompassed the area with fire energy.

Baek Woo-hyun’s Lightning enhanced physical abilities through electrical stimulation and electric shock.

The two reached the realm of S-class based on these abilities.

Yoo Seong-woo excluded the things that were always alive and breathing in their bodies, as natural as breathing.

‘Was my body always this heavy?’

‘I can’t move as I please!’

Because of this, Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa were having a hard time.

Not using the things they always used when fighting made them feel heavy and unnatural, as if they were chained all over their bodies.

And above all.

“Sword going down. If it goes down any further, I’ll hit your elbow until I go back up. Raise it more.”

“Did you use your ability just now? You did, didn’t you? How many times have I told you not to use it since earlier…….”

“If you’re struggling this much with just this, how are you going to fight in the future?”

“You really fight terribly…….”

Mental attacks coming in real-time from behind.

It was the first time they knew that Yoo Seong-woo was such a talkative person.

He gave them advice every time they swung their swords, and the advice wasn’t wrong, so they couldn’t say anything.

“It seems like it’s roughly organized now.”

Moreover, what they faced were solid golems.

If they didn’t cut accurately, they wouldn’t cut properly and would often bounce off, doubling their suffering.

“Heo, heo…….”

“Heua, ssiipal, I thought I was going to die.”

Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa both collapsed on the floor, exhausted, and took a breath.

The two of them had defeated nearly a hundred golems, so the amount of stamina they had consumed was enormous.

All the 잡몹 (japmob, small fry) had been dealt with, so all that was left was the boss with the Abyss’s core.

But the Abyss they were in was a place that had been abandoned because it was worthless and the Abyss’s boss could not be found.

“Then, I’ll start the lesson now. Get up from your seats.”

“Can’t we, can’t we have some time to rest…….”

“You die if you rest even for a second on the battlefield. Build up your stamina more. Get up.”

“Ju, just a moment. But isn’t this near the place where the boss is? There’s a risk that a boss who might be anywhere will appear…….”

“I’ve already figured out where it is, so get up without playing tricks.”

“Yes.”

“Yep…….”

Only then did the two stagger to their feet.

They had used so much stamina that it was difficult to even stand, let alone hold a sword.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at the two of them, who were like pork that had been beaten just right, and opened his mouth.

“Your strength is moderately depleted.”

‘Moderately?’

‘Is this moderate?’

“I’ve been watching you, and you don’t know how to use your bodies at all. One is too systematic and stiff, and the other is too reckless and a mess. It means I don’t know where to start.”

“…….”

Hong Seo-hwa, who had taken quite a heavy blow, had a gloomy expression.

Baek Woo-hyun was slightly surprised to see her like that.

Was she someone who could make such an expression, always cheerful and high-spirited?

“But it’s okay. I’ve taught guys who were worse than you.”

When Yoo Seong-woo raised his hand, a group of lights gathered in his hand to form the shape of a sword.

A bright red, blood-colored sword.

The eerie sword seemed to show even the lingering energy of how many enemies it had cut down.

“How did it feel to fight with your abilities restricted?”

“……My body felt heavy. It was like moving with stones tied all over the place.”

“It was very uncomfortable because my body didn’t move as I wanted.”

“That’s right. Until now, you’ve been fighting while relying on your abilities, haven’t you? If you rely on your abilities, you’ll only be swayed by the sword.”

A swordsman is someone who wields a sword.

Not someone who is swayed by the sword.

“And swordsmanship will also help to draw out abilities efficiently. If your total strength is 10, the sword is 3 and the ability is 7. That means it’s not harmonious.”

Yoo Seong-woo drew two people on the dirt floor as the end of his life.

His drawing skills were so pathetic that it was hard to call them people, but…….

Anyway, they were people.

“I’m going to raise your sword to 5 and balance it to 5 to 5.”

“Is that…… possible?”

“You’ll have to do it if you don’t want to die.”

It was a famous saying, so Baek Woo-hyun nodded.

What couldn’t he do if he didn’t want to die?

“I’ll beat everything from the basics to the advanced into that body of yours.”

* * *

Yoo Seong-woo really taught them swordsmanship diligently.

It reminded him of the old days.

It was like meeting his dead comrades again, so he taught them even more harshly.

Perhaps because Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa had many similarities with his comrades…….

Even more so.

“Still, they listen better than those guys…….”

“Who are you comparing us to now?”

“There are. There are such kids.”

Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa were in a horse stance with their knees bent halfway and their arms extended forward.

Their swords were on top of their arms.

“Concentrate more. Your start begins with flowing magic power throughout your body.”

“What does that have to do with the horse stance?”

“Don’t argue about everything. It’s because of kids like you that it’s a horse stance.”

“……Yes.”

Yoo Seong-woo, who had silenced the noisy Hong Seo-hwa, examined the two of them, who were sweating profusely while holding their swords in front of them.

The two of them were complete in their bodies.

Their bodies had evolved to withstand it by using magic power and abilities for a long time.

He also wondered if they had made efforts such as doing health separately, as solid muscles could be seen everywhere…….

What the two of them needed was not physical training, but control of magic power and technique.

That’s why Yoo Seong-woo made them fight monsters with their abilities restricted.

What they don’t feel because they’re always full, they’ll be able to feel better by emptying it.

Yoo Ji-woo was halfway a magician, so he was skilled in controlling magic power, so he didn’t make him do things like this…….

“You should be getting a sense of it now.”

Magic power that fills the bodies of the two who have emptied it cleanly again.

Their empty bodies would be able to clearly feel the magic power flowing in newly from the outside.

That was the first step.

‘Their talents aren’t bad.’

S-class Diver. The reputation and name were not obtained in vain.

He had set his own standards through the Divers he had seen so far.

The criteria for judging S-class and A-class were based on the amount of magic power that the body allowed.

How much magic power can be released instantaneously.

What is the recovery rate of magic power?

The solidity of the vessel.

Those things came together to form an S-class Diver.

Yoo Seong-woo looked at the two of them, who were still sweating profusely, and smiled slightly.

For the first time in a long time, talented people who were worth raising properly rolled in on their own.

Or.

Guys who wouldn’t break even if they were rolled to death came on their own.