The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 74

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 74

Pro Gamer Schua Nel

I never thought there would be such a crazy thing as a high elf going to a pro gamer tryout.

It felt like words that shouldn’t exist were combined.

Moreover, Yoosungwoo didn’t expect Yoo Jiwoo to allow this madness.

It was a blunder to postpone it, thinking that if Yoo Jiwoo, who seemed more mature, said no, she would listen. If she allowed it, he would accept it.

-Mom, where do babies come from?

-Ask your dad.

-Dad, where do babies come from?

-Ask your mom.

-Ugh! I’m so frustrated, I’ll find out myself!

…I was hoping for a development like that, but Yoo Jiwoo easily gave permission.

It was a situation that could only be described as insane.

When I told Yoowol, she gave the absurd answer, ‘Should we just buy a team?’, making me wonder if everyone had gone crazy.

A high elf, a pro gamer?

Is this real?

If you asked a passerby what they thought about an elf becoming a pro gamer, they would probably say, ‘Don’t talk nonsense.’

That’s how dumbfounded Yoosungwoo was.

The most annoying thing was that he had to act as Schua Nel’s guardian when she went to the pro tryout.

“I will definitely become a pro.”

“……It’s like something out of a manga.”

Yoosungwoo really wondered if Schua Nel was in her right mind. He felt even more guilty for introducing her to the game.

Anyway, Yoosungwoo and Schua Nel were currently in a building located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul [a wealthy district in Seoul, South Korea].

Schua Nel’s current appearance was different from before.

She had dyed her hair black with magic and rounded her pointed ears.

She looked completely human. Her doll-like beauty was still there, but she wore a hat and mask, so she didn’t attract much attention.

“Dad.”

“What the hell…….”

Schua Nel grabbed Yoosungwoo’s sleeve and said that, and Yoosungwoo was horrified to hear it.

What on earth was going on… He had to play the role of a guardian, which was not in his destiny.

First, Schua Nel decided to take the tryout under the name Yoo Schua.

“What kind of crazy thing is this…….”

Yoosungwoo, standing in front of the team building, still couldn’t believe it and looked up at the building once.

The team that had offered Schua Nel a pro contract was called ‘YA GAMING’.

In the midst of the Great Disaster where countless people died, many companies collapsed.

However, ‘YA GAMING’ was a gaming team that stood tall even as companies collapsed and took ‘Yeonam Group’ as its parent company, which worked hard for disaster recovery.

It was also a leading team that repeatedly performed well in world competitions.

‘But why is a place like this offering Schua Nel a pro contract? Isn’t the scout out of their mind?’

They already had the power to win the world competition, so why were they recruiting again?

No, logically speaking, it didn’t make sense to use her as a first-string player right away.

She had raised her ranking quite a bit at the amateur level, so maybe they scouted her to play as a reserve or on the second team.

“Let’s go in.”

“Tall building~”

Schua Nel was busy looking around Seoul, which she was visiting for the first time.

But it was a shame that she couldn’t wander around because she wasn’t here to play.

Yoosungwoo approached the front desk of the building and said.

“I’m here for the game pro tryout.”

“Ah, are you here for High Elf Schua Nel’s scheduled test?”

“No, it’s me!”

Schua Nel stood next to Yoosungwoo, raised her hand, and jumped up and down to show her presence.

Yoosungwoo said.

“I’m the guardian. She’s the one taking the test.”

“Ah, is she your daughter?”

“……Something like that.”

“Dad, that’s too much.”

Yoosungwoo resisted the urge to punch her. Could he imbue the power of spirits into his fists?

He thought he should learn spirit fist techniques.

Because you can’t swing a sword in the street.

Anyway, the employee at the front desk immediately contacted someone and said.

“The coach will be down right away. Please wait a moment.”

“Yes.”

Not long after, the sound of the elevator inside the building opening was heard, and a person rushed over.

It was a man with a cheerful impression.

He reached out to Yoosungwoo and said.

“Welcome! You must be High Elf Schua Nel?”

“I’m not.”

“Pardon?”

“High Elf Schua Nel is me.”

Schua Nel said from the side.

Schua Nel was completely invisible because Yoosungwoo was relatively large.

The coach realized he had made a mistake and bent his knees to match Schua Nel’s eye level and reached out his hand.

“Nice to meet you, High Elf Schua Nel. I’m Jung Joosuk, the coach of YA Gaming.”

“Yoo Schua.”

“She lived abroad and her Korean is a bit clumsy. I’m Yoosungwoo, here as her guardian.”

“Yoo Schua-nim [Korean honorific], Yoosungwoo-nim, I look forward to working with both of you. Let’s go upstairs then. Let’s take a look around the facilities and talk.”

The coach, Jung Joosuk, didn’t seem very embarrassed, as if he was used to seeing a girl with such a young appearance taking the test.

Or maybe he was too immersed in society to be embarrassed by such things.

Of course, neither was true.

When Jung Joosuk got off the elevator, he was intimidated by Yoosungwoo.

Was the person using the nickname ‘High Elf Schua Nel’ such a huge man?

But what surprised him even more was that the ‘High Elf Schua Nel’ was not the huge man, but a girl who was a little less than half his size.

‘Is this real?’

‘High Elf Schua Nel’ was the nickname of a famous ranker in the game.

‘Apex Hero’, an ability-based FPS [First-Person Shooter] game that YA Gaming focused on, was a battle royale genre where three people form a team to win.

A game where you can only climb up if you have reflexes, judgment, and physical skills.

But why was ‘High Elf Schua Nel’ famous? It was because she was the only ‘solo ranker’ among the top rankers who steadily accumulated points.

Most rankers form teams of three to raise their rankings.

Because it’s a global game, there are communication issues, and it’s easier to raise points with trustworthy teammates.

However, ‘High Elf Schua Nel’ repeatedly took the top spot with her own operations and judgment without communicating with teammates.

YA Gaming’s players happened to have played a game with ‘High Elf Schua Nel’ and said that her physical skills weren’t that great.

Instead, they concluded that her instantaneous judgment and operational level seemed to surpass humans.

That’s how Jung Joosuk decided to scout her.

“By any chance, are you an Awakened [people with supernatural abilities]?”

Jung Joosuk asked while introducing the facilities such as the cafeteria and training room.

“Can’t Awakened people be pro gamers?”

“Ah, that’s right. Awakened people have different reflexes from ordinary humans. Of course, there are people with extraordinary reflexes even among ordinary people. Besides, these days… E-sports’ reputation has declined a lot. Awakened people’s sports are more flashy and fun. So, we tend to avoid Awakened people joining pro gaming.”

“I see.”

“I’m not an Awakened.”

Schua Nel cut in before Yoosungwoo could say anything.

When you think about it, Schua Nel wasn’t an Awakened.

She was a high elf born that way.

Yoosungwoo didn’t know whether to consider this a denial or to allow it.

“Then we’ll have a test match later. Academy players and second-team players will be your opponents… Is that okay?”

“No problem.”

Schua Nel entered the training room and sat in front of the computer.

She took out her keyboard and mouse from her bag, skillfully installed them, put on the headphones that were hanging there, and gave a thumbs up.

And after a while, the custom game started.

Schua Nel’s teammates were two academy students.

They weren’t rankers like Schua Nel, but they were students who could play professionally if they gained more skills.

Yoosungwoo quietly watched Schua Nel from behind.

And after ten minutes, Schua Nel said.

“They’re so bad, seriously…….”

It was the sound of Schua Nel’s cursed mouth starting up.

Yoosungwoo sighed deeply and looked out the window.

“No, why are you stuck there and not coming out? If you’re stuck there when you need to push, you’re obviously going to get hit and die, you stupid bastards!”

As befitting Gangnam, many people were passing by outside the window.

There were many cars and many people.

Seoul was where the most people died during the Great Disaster in the past.

Seoul was the city rebuilt on death.

“How can you win a game with guys like this? How can I win with guys who can’t even hold their positions? Did you see how I barely survived and came in third?”

“Ah, no, coming in third is good…….”

People seemed to have forgotten the deaths of that time and walked with bright faces.

It was a good thing.

If you can’t escape from death, that place becomes a dead land.

Literally, a place where not a single blade of grass grows and undead rampage.

“If you guys had done a little better, we would have been first, you bastards!”

Ah, the mouth of hell…….

Anyway, Yoosungwoo looked down at the peaceful street and hoped that this peace would continue.

“C-calm down…….”

“If this was a real war, you would have died three times! How many times do I have to save you, you bastardsaaaaa-!!”

Schua Nel’s clear voice echoed beautifully in the training room.

Yoosungwoo, who couldn’t stand it any longer, intervened, grabbed Schua Nel by the scruff of the neck, and lifted her up.

Schua Nel struggled, but when she realized that it was Yoosungwoo who had lifted her up, she slumped.

“I’m sorry. Seeing how she’s acting, I don’t think she can be put on the pro team after all. Her personality isn’t good enough.”

“Ah, no!”

Jung Joosuk waved his hand at Yoosungwoo. Schua Nel’s personality was definitely a bit… like that, but he was convinced after seeing her play just now.

‘The potential of a top player!’

Besides him, the coach also checked Schua Nel’s play together.

Her physical skills were above average. Her basic operation was very excellent.

Her nimble hands were so dazzling that it was hard to believe how she could make such plays with her small hands.

If her teammates followed her operation well, they would be sure to be in the top ranks.

She was definitely a talent that had to be brought into the team somehow before other teams took her.

“No! Father! Please, Yoo Schua-nim, join our team!”

As Jung Joosuk shouted that and tried to grab Yoosungwoo.

People’s smartphones all started ringing at once.

And then came the announcement.

-Level 3 Abyss occurrence, Level 3 Abyss occurrence, employees in the building are asked to evacuate to the underground shelter as soon as possible.

It was a sudden appearance of the Abyss [a dangerous spatial tear].

Jung Joosuk, who checked his smartphone, raised his head and tried to guide Yoosungwoo and Schua Nel to the shelter first.

However, the two were no longer in that place.

“They run away so fast…….”

* * *

“Hmph, I ruined the test because of those bastards. I could have done better.”

Schua Nel clung to Yoosungwoo’s side and whined.

Apparently, she thought she had ruined the test and couldn’t join the team.

Yoosungwoo thought he had done well to get out of the building before Schua Nel heard it.

“Is it here.”

And Yoosungwoo, who came out of the building, looked down from the rooftop of a building.

There was a large hole there.

An entrance to the abyss that exuded ominousness.