The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 57

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 57

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully Episode 57

Iron Mountain (2)

The internal environment of a Special Abyss was harsh without exception.

If an ordinary person were thrown in naked, surviving for more than thirty minutes would be considered a long time.

That was what a Special Abyss was like.

A living hell that the living could enter.

A literal living hell.

Even just the Iron Mountain that Meteor Industry and several guilds’ mining teams were climbing was like that.

It was a place with rare minerals, but if you slipped, your skull would be crushed.

You couldn’t even open your eyes properly because of the iron dust mixed in the air, and it was hard to breathe.

“I’m so bored…….”

However, there was one person who was leisurely wandering around such a living hell as if he were taking a stroll around the neighborhood.

Everyone else was desperate to wear gas masks, oxygen tanks, and all sorts of protective gear.

But Yoo Seong-woo’s usual attire was no different.

“Um, do you really not need a gas mask?”

“I told you, I don’t need it. It’s not poison…….”

“They say it’s worse than poison.”

“You just need to protect your eyes and respiratory system with your energy. It’s not that difficult. You should try it.”

“……I’ll try it later.”

He didn’t want to end up dying from a disease caused by iron dust accumulating in his lungs.

How many divers who didn’t know anything at first came into the Special Abyss and died like that…….

Yoo Seong-woo had a history of surviving in even harsher environments, so it really was just a walk for him.

“He’s so relaxed…….”

Baek Woo-hyun, who was standing next to Yoo Seong-woo with a gas mask on, thought.

You’re probably the only one who thinks it’s relaxing here.

Like other Abyss, the Special Abyss was a place with particularly drastic changes.

The reason they were able to come to Iron Mountain to mine minerals was because after observing for a long time, they figured out the ‘dormant period’ when the monsters took a kind of break.

If they had come during a non-dormant period, they would have already been surrounded by the monsters of Iron Mountain and torn to pieces.

But even so, they couldn’t completely let their guard down, so everyone except Yoo Seong-woo advanced with a lot of vigilance.

“Have you been to the Special Abyss before?”

“I’ve been there a few times.”

“How was it then?”

“It was also during the monster’s dormant period, so it was similar to now.”

“What about you?”

“Me too. Entering a Special Abyss that’s not in a dormant period is almost suicide.”

Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa replied.

Yoo Seong-woo clicked his tongue as if he was disappointed and said.

“Do you know what’s the fastest way to improve your skills?”

“What is it?”

“It’s fighting until you die. If you keep crossing the line between life and death, you’ll get stronger even if you don’t want to.”

“I think that’s a very ignorant method.”

“Well…… that’s the fastest way to get stronger. And I think this place is a good place for that kind of training environment.”

At Yoo Seong-woo’s words, the two felt an unknown chill.

No, they might actually know.

The identity of the chill that suddenly rose from their backs.

But the two desperately ignored their intuition.

Training in the Special Abyss was ridiculous.

Even if it wasn’t because of a monster, it was a perfect place to die a lonely death somewhere.

“Can’t we train after we get a little stronger?”

And in the end, Baek Woo-hyun brought up that word.

‘This crazy bastard! If you say something like that, he won’t just let it go!’

Hong Seo-hwa had a shocked expression, but it couldn’t be seen because of the gas mask.

Yoo Seong-woo replied to Baek Woo-hyun’s words in a kind tone.

“Say something that makes sense. A weak guy trains to get stronger, but if a strong guy goes into a weak place to train, that’s just bullying, not training.”

“So, you mean…….”

“It means that now is the best time to see the greatest effect of training.”

“…….”

Hong Seo-hwa and Baek Woo-hyun’s faces turned pale.

Yoo Seong-woo patted them lightly on the back as if telling them not to worry and said.

“Don’t worry. I wouldn’t tell you to go fight in the middle of work, no matter what.”

“T, thank you?”

“Thank you…….”

Hong Seo-hwa punched Baek Woo-hyun in the side with a thud.

Even if she gave it a little strength, it was S-class [referring to their rank as divers], so the dull sound was no joke.

“We’ve arrived at the point. It’s C-3 mine. Life form reaction inside the mine confirmed. Zero, confirmed. We will start mining inside.”

The leader of the mining team confirmed the destination and headed to the pre-dug mine.

Now the escort team had to guard the entrance while the mining teams searched for minerals inside the mine.

In other mines, escort teams and mining teams dispatched from each guild would be starting the same work.

The mining team and miners went inside, and the three, including Yoo Seong-woo, remained at the entrance.

He leaned his back against the entrance wall, closed his eyes, and said.

“If something comes, you two take care of it. I’m going to rest a bit. I’m getting old, and my knees hurt…….”

“Understood.”

“Yes!”

The two, thinking that this was also part of training, answered energetically and stood at the entrance instead of Yoo Seong-woo, guarding the surroundings.

But because it was a dormant period, no monsters approached the mine.

How long had it been?

Just as the tension was about to ease, Yoo Seong-woo slightly opened his eyes and opened his mouth.

“One is coming.”

Even though he had his eyes closed, his reaction was faster than anyone else.

At his words, Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa drew their swords almost simultaneously.

And, they confirmed the appearance of a monster walking up Iron Mountain with a heavy sound.

“It’s an Iron Turtle.”

Iron Turtle.

One of the monsters that lived in Iron Mountain, a unique animal that lived by eating iron.

Its outer skin was made entirely of iron, like a statue, so it was impossible to make a scratch with most attacks.

It wasn’t a very strong monster among those that appeared in the Special Abyss, but it was annoying to deal with.

“I’ll take the right side.”

“Okay, then I’ll automatically take the left.”

And they started the battle.

Both Hong Seo-hwa and Baek Woo-hyun ran to the right.

“What the hell are you doing?!”

“I said I’ll take the right side!”

“Then you have to go the other way!”

“You stupid bastards…….”

A happening that occurred because they didn’t decide whether it was based on people or monsters.

Yoo Seong-woo clicked his tongue as he watched the scene.

The thing that Yoo Ji-woo had said when he was teaching Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa was happening exactly as she said.

That S-class divers were all so individualistic that they wouldn’t get along well.

Yoo Seong-woo now realized why she said that.

Well, it was their first time fighting together in a real battle.

Before, when he made them fight monsters, he had restricted them in various ways.

But now it wasn’t like that, so they seemed a little excited.

“Do it right.”

When Yoo Seong-woo spat out a word, they finally came to their senses and began to fight one Iron Turtle.

Because there was no one watching, Baek Woo-hyun took out the Azure Sword and unfolded the Korean Swordmanship.

Not the Korean Sword that the Korean Sword Association taught, but the Korean Sword that Yoo Seong-woo had fixed.

The Korean Sword, which had improved its completeness, showed its true value against the Iron Turtle.

‘Yeah, that’s it.’

The Korean Sword that the Korean Sword Association had restored was only half of it after all.

You could see it from Baek Woo-hyun’s appearance now.

Looking at him running around excitedly against the Iron Turtle, it showed how free the Korean Swordmanship was.

A sword that wasn’t bound by a frame.

That was the perfect word to describe it.

And Hong Seo-hwa…… there wasn’t much to say.

Just the basics.

She faithfully carried out the basics of the Red Dragon Flame Dance Sword, hitting the Iron Turtle’s legs.

Rotating as if dancing, keeping the top and bottom as her space, and constantly hitting the enemy.

The flames wrapped around the sword doubled its destructive power and explosive power, so the swaying flames looked like a dragon.

“Hmm.”

Looking at the situation, it seemed that one Iron Turtle would die soon.

No matter how hard it was, the ones dealing with it were two S-class divers who had become a little stronger.

Instead of assigning three people to the escort team, Meteor Industry turned the remaining troops to the other side.

Thanks to that, the other team’s strength was increased, so they would be holding out well.

“Hoo! It’s nothing!”

Hong Seo-hwa was now standing on the back of the Iron Turtle that she had knocked down, exhaling.

But even so, it was hard to breathe properly because of the gas mask.

Baek Woo-hyun, who had unfolded the Korean Swordmanship through the Azure Sword, stared at the tingling lightning remaining in his hand and clenched his fist.

“Not bad.”

Yoo Seong-woo commented that as he watched the two’s battle.

At first, they seemed a little lost, but soon they were gradually matching their moves, which wasn’t bad.

If they were too individualistic, the role of the coordinator was to beat them up to find the middle ground.

‘The compatibility between the Korean Sword and the Red Dragon Flame Dance Sword isn’t that bad either.’

Perhaps because the Korean Sword was a sword that could blend in anywhere.

It felt like Baek Woo-hyun was 맞춰주는 [matching/adjusting] to Hong Seo-hwa, who was running wild.

But it wasn’t a bad combination.

It also felt like he was watching his old disciples.

“Since it’s an Iron Turtle of this size, it seems like it will be worth quite a bit.”

Baek Woo-hyun was roughly estimating the value in front of the fallen Iron Turtle.

Everything that came out of the Special Abyss was precious.

The Iron Turtle’s outer skin was hard, so it wasn’t enough to be used as a weapon or armor, but it was flexible, so it sold well as a new material.

“How much is it?”

“If it’s this size…… even if you subtract the dismantling cost, transportation cost, and everything else, it will still be in the hundreds of millions of won [equivalent to hundreds of thousands of US dollars].”

“……That’s pretty good? But why isn’t anyone coming to catch it?”

“Isn’t it because life is more important than money? They roam around in groups when it’s not a dormant period.”

Yoo Seong-woo nodded slightly at Baek Woo-hyun’s explanation.

Baek Woo-hyun and Hong Seo-hwa struggled to move the Iron Turtle’s corpse to the side and took a long breath.

They wanted to take off their gas masks and breathe, but they couldn’t take them off because they didn’t know what would happen if they did.

“……Hmm?”

In the meantime, Yoo Seong-woo narrowed his eyes and looked in one direction.

Hong Seo-hwa and Baek Woo-hyun’s gazes also turned to follow his gaze.

They could see a human figure approaching.

A person wearing a gas mask, running breathlessly.

“H, help me! Please help me!”

“It seems like something happened.”

“Calm down, what’s wrong?”

Huff, huff.

The man, who had been running non-stop, took a quick breath in front of Baek Woo-hyun, who had quickly approached, and opened his mouth.

“I, I’m a miner from the B-2 mine. The B-2 mine is in a critical condition right now! Please help me!”

“If it’s the B-2 mine, isn’t that under the jurisdiction of the White Lily Guild? What exactly happened?”

“Iron Spider, an Iron Spider came out! From inside the mine!”

“You said it came out from inside the mine? Are you sure you finished scanning for life forms before entering?”

“Of course! We confirmed that there were no life forms and entered, but the Iron Spider appeared from inside the mine! By digging tunnels! T, the escort team is fighting now, but there are too many, so it’s not enough! Please send support!”

Hong Seo-hwa and Baek Woo-hyun’s expressions changed seriously at the man’s words.

Despite paying attention, something had happened after all.