The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 67

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully – Episode 67

Swordmaster Wants to Live Peacefully 67

High Elf (2)

The time was just past evening, before the complete arrival of night.

In a dark room, a girl was diligently tapping away at a keyboard.

HighElfShuaNel: lol you’re so bad at this game. Why don’t you just quit?

YeonAm: lol I’m better than you

HighElfShuaNel: lol my damage is six times yours~

HighElfShuaNel: Did you run away because you were scared?

HighElfShuaNel: Hey

HighElfShuaNel: Beta male

YeonAm: Give me your number

HighElfShuaNel: I don’t have a phone lol

[‘HighElfShuaNel’ has left the game.]

High Elf ShuaNel.

She was an excellent gamer who locked herself in her room, enjoying games for about 15 hours a day, and spending the rest of her time eating and sleeping.

The reason she became addicted to games was simple.

High Elves are creatures that live so long they have the prefix ‘high’ attached to their name.

They are the longest-lived among the long-lived, creatures who live long enough to get bored with life.

The characteristic of such long-lived beings was that their emotions became dull over time.

It was like how a game becomes boring if you repeat the same grind without any new content every day.

ShuaNel’s tension was slightly higher when she came to Earth because everything was new and fascinating to her.

But that didn’t last long either.

After a week, she experienced various things, and by the second week, she had adapted.

Her body had become accustomed to the thrill of the sweet new civilization she had tasted.

She was lacking stimulation.

Her mind craved catharsis, but she had no way to obtain it.

It was then that Yoo Seongwu suggested online games to ShuaNel.

It was a competitive battle royale game, a type of FPS [First-Person Shooter] game where characters from various races gathered from different worlds and battled until a winner emerged.

She chose a reasonably expensive computer.

She had more than enough money to spare now.

The only modern electronic device was placed in ShuaNel’s eco-friendly room filled with vines and blue leaves.

It was a sight that didn’t match the atmosphere of the room.

“Okay, this is a click.”

“Click…….”

Yoo Seongwu, recalling his past gaming experience, taught ShuaNel how to play the game.

At first, he played in a party with ShuaNel and enjoyed a few casual rounds.

But Yoo Seongwu quickly got bored.

His reaction speed and physical abilities, which transcended human limits, made him the winner every time he played.

What fun was there in continuing to play a game he could always win?

Others thought he was using hacks, and his account got suspended.

Yoo Seongwu, who didn’t bother to ask for it to be unsuspended, quit the game.

But ShuaNel was different.

The dazzling graphics created by humans and the catharsis created by the battles in the game.

The joy she felt every time she defeated an enemy and the never-ending game.

Each round provided continuous growth and new experiences, making it the best source of catharsis for ShuaNel.

It was the best battlefield for a High Elf who had grown tired of everything else.

“……Oppa, why do I understand the feelings of parents who have a shut-in child? This is really driving me crazy.”

“I like it because you don’t bother me.”

“What if your child becomes like that later? You’ll go crazy, right? Never leaving the house, just eat, game, eat, game…….”

“But she’s good at ranking up, right? As expected of a High Elf. She has the basic physical abilities.”

“That’s not the problem! Are you going to make her a pro gamer?!”

“Well…… wouldn’t that be okay? A High Elf pro gamer.”

Yoo Jiwoo had a headache.

Her brother had led ShuaNel down the path of becoming a game addict.

Yoo Jiwoo, with her common sense, couldn’t understand ShuaNel, who played games for more than ten hours a day.

Doesn’t she get tired of playing games like that?

Unfortunately, ShuaNel didn’t get tired of the game.

“……I’m sad. ShuaNel doesn’t play with me.”

Nox also tried to play the game to enjoy what ShuaNel liked, but it was too difficult, and he quickly gave up.

Yoo Jiwoo was really glad that even Nox hadn’t fallen into the game.

-Dieeeee-!!

A loud voice came from ShuaNel’s room.

It was a sound that had been heard frequently since she started playing the game.

“Why don’t you make her a streamer since she’s like that? I think she’d be good at broadcasting.”

Her voice is cute, and her face is cute.

She’s also good at the game, so she might quickly become a popular internet broadcaster.

The moment Yoo Jiwoo was about to retort at Yoo Seongwu’s casual remark, the lights on the ceiling went out.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

The lights were quickly restored.

However, Yoo Jiwoo sensed something and took out her smartphone to check something.

Then, she frowned and said.

“The main power is cut off, and it’s running on auxiliary power now.”

The main power was cut off.

Yoo Jiwoo’s apartment had its own power supply, so the electricity was restored with auxiliary power.

Places without their own power supply would be completely without electricity.

“Sister…….”

In the meantime, ShuaNel staggered out of the room.

She clung to Yoo Jiwoo, her large, almost leather-like oversized t-shirt fluttering.

“The computer suddenly turned off…… the game is ruined…….”

“Why did the power suddenly go out? Oppa, turn on the news.”

If the power outage affected the entire city of Sehyun, it would definitely be on the news.

Yoo Seongwu, who was lying on the sofa, picked up the remote control and turned on the television, and the news began to play.

-Breaking news. An incident occurred where a transmission tower responsible for the power supply near Sehyun City collapsed. Currently, a recovery team and an investigation team have been dispatched…….

“A transmission tower collapsed?”

-According to additional information, the location of the transmission tower is a place presided over by Elves who have an agreement with South Korea, and it is said that there is a high possibility that the Elves are involved in this incident.

-In addition to Sehyun City, the power has been cut off in several other cities, and the collapsed transmission towers are also located in forests presided over by Elves.

“Oh…….”

According to the news report, all of this was done by the Elves.

Yoo Seongwu exclaimed softly, and Yoo Jiwoo frowned in disbelief.

And ShuaNel.

“Those damn Elves…….”

She was filled with anger.

She seemed to realize that those guys were to blame for her favorite game being turned off.

She looked at Yoo Seongwu with an angry expression and said.

“Yoo Seongwu, take me to where those guys are right now. As a High Elf, I need to give those young branches a piece of my mind. I absolutely have to.”

“Hmm.”

“Those guys are interfering with my enjoyable hobby. Countless others must have been affected besides me. As a High Elf who was the highest branch of the Great Mother Tree, I must give them a lecture. Otherwise, this natural fury will not be appeased.”

Yoo Seongwu had never seen ShuaNel talk so much.

That meant she was really angry about what the Elves had done.

Why, wasn’t there such news in the past?

The incident where people turned off the power while people were playing games in PC cafes [internet cafes].

The absurd article that gaming increases people’s violence with the obvious infuriating incident.

But Yoo Seongwu thought it seemed somewhat credible.

ShuaNel, who had been showing a detached appearance as if she had seen everything in the world, was showing such a passionate reaction.

‘I think I might have done something wrong.’

He shouldn’t have introduced her to online games.

At that time, he was annoyed by her clinging to him and wanted to divert her attention to something else.

“……Okay, let’s go. I’d be in trouble if the electricity was cut off, to be honest.”

As Yoo Seongwu got up from the sofa, Yoo Jiwoo looked at him with an expression that asked if he was really going.

He added.

“Jiwoo, Nox, you guys come too. Let’s take this opportunity to see what kind of existence a High Elf is.”

“……Okay.”

“Yes!”

Yoo Seongwu was also seeing a High Elf for the first time.

He needed to know more about their abilities.

So, the four of them headed towards the forest where the collapsed transmission tower was located in the car driven by Yoo Jiwoo.

It was a place away from the center of Sehyun City, where people had been dispatched for recovery.

“Let’s go that way.”

Yoo Seongwu saw many vehicles and people stopped in front of the forest and told her to go somewhere else.

Yoo Jiwoo didn’t want to stand out either, so she parked the car a little further away and got out of the car.

“It seems like people can’t enter the forest?”

“It seems the Elves are refusing entry. Look, here too.”

Yoo Seongwu looked at the dense forest and tapped his finger.

Then, ripples spread in the air.

An invisible, transparent wall.

It was clear that it was a barrier set up by the Elves, so he was convinced that this was a planned event.

“I didn’t know what they were planning, but it seems like coming was the right answer.”

Yoo Seongwu took out Ilsaeng to break the barrier.

But before that, ShuaNel stepped forward and said.

“There’s no need to swing your sword.”

She stepped forward, took a long breath, and muttered.

“Open the way. The branch of the Great Mother Tree has come.”

The High Elf’s muttering.

Then, a hole was created in the barrier that blocked their path.

ShuaNel confidently entered the hole first, and Yoo Seongwu followed behind, thinking it was amazing.

The other two also carefully entered the hole.

It was a dark forest, so Yoo Jiwoo tried to light a fire with magic, but there was no need.

Naturally, clusters of light approached ShuaNel and illuminated the path.

It was the light of the spirits.

High Elf ShuaNel, a race favored by God and a friend to all spirits.

Even if she doesn’t say it, all spirits move for her.

ShuaNel took off the boots she was wearing, as if they were cumbersome, and walked barefoot.

Every time her foot touched the ground, new flowers bloomed, and sprouts grew into vines that wrapped around her.

Yoo Jiwoo and Nox exclaimed at the miracle that only a High Elf could show.

“Wow…….”

“It’s so beautiful.”

“Your impressions are at an elementary school level.”

“I am an elementary school student?”

“……That’s right.”

And another strange thing was that the plants in the direction ShuaNel was heading cleared the way for her.

The trees laid their bodies to the side, and the grasses also moved their bodies to the side.

ShuaNel moved her steps so as not to step on them.

And at some point, she stopped, and Yoo Seongwu quickly realized why she had stopped.

It was because of the numerous presences.

The Elves of the forest were looking down at them, standing on the trees and branches.

“Who are you, how did humans enter our forest?”

“Listen to those bastards. How long have they been in Korea to call it our forest? It’s ridiculous.”

“Oppa, please speak nicely? The kids are listening.”

“Should I put a heart after my words?”

“I shouldn’t have said anything.”

While the two siblings with the surname Yoo were bickering, ShuaNel stepped forward and spoke.

Her voice spread gently through the forest.

“I am ShuaNel, who has stepped from the land of the Great Mother, the highest branch. Where is the highest branch of your kind?”

A pleasant voice.

A gentle tone. But what was lurking inside was unmistakable anger.

ShuaNel twisted her lips and continued.

“Tell those who can hear my voice to come out immediately. Before the wrath of the spirits overturns the forest.”