The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 79

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 79

Grand Lotus (4)

Bayorgan couldn’t understand what was happening.

A Swordmaster from Korea.

An unknown figure.

He hadn’t even heard about a High Elf.

It was like a bolt from the blue for Bayorgan, and he had even lost in a duel between great warriors.

However, he thought he could make up for some of the losses.

After retreating from their territory, there were no further gestures, so he assumed they wouldn’t cross paths again.

Suddenly, they came to the forest and started causing a ruckus.

And it wasn’t just any ruckus.

No elves had died, but they were all broken somewhere.

Those with broken limbs were shedding tears and snot, glaring hatefully at one elf.

They hadn’t said anything even when their limbs were broken, but one of them, unable to overcome the fear, had called Bayorgan.

Bayorgan, who had flown on a spirit at the urgent call, froze when he met Yoosungwoo’s gaze.

A human stood amidst the horrific scene of elves with broken limbs.

“That cunning old bastard…”

“What is this outrage! This is, a formal protest…!”

“Protest? To whom?”

Yoosungwoo frowned and slowly walked towards Bayorgan.

He hadn’t expected elves and humans to join hands like this.

He thought the elves would maintain their pride and not tell their story, but this time, the ‘Ascension Church’ had intervened, and things had taken a strange turn.

“Protest all you want. Do you think I’ll budge? You son of a bitch…”

Yoosungwoo approached Bayorgan and tripped him.

As he fell and floundered, unable to react, Yoosungwoo pressed down on his solar plexus and said.

“Because of you, my peaceful life is about to be shattered. How are you going to compensate me? You bastard.”

If he had really joined hands with the Ascension Church, there was a possibility that information about him and Schuel had been leaked to them.

Well, since he was an elf, there wouldn’t be any photos or records like that.

Schuel had confirmed that there were no traces of such magic, so his face hadn’t been exposed.

However, the words ‘Swordmaster’ and ‘High Elf’ alone would have raised their guard, and there would be people looking for him.

“I was going to give you some respect because you’re the elder of the elves, but now I don’t think I can. The Ascension Church, you know them?”

“……Kuh…….”

“If you say you don’t know, I’ll start breaking your fingers, one joint at a time.”

Even if he said he knew, he would still break them.

Either way, there was only the option of being broken, but he didn’t bother to say it out loud.

Bayorgan started sweating profusely.

“Speak.”

If Bayorgan didn’t open his mouth, he was planning to use Schuel’s truth serum again.

Crack.

He must have put too much force on his foot, as one of his ribs broke.

Pain followed, as expected.

Bayorgan couldn’t even scream properly, only managing to let out a shrill breath.

It was exactly the kind of pain that made it impossible to scream.

It was the first time he had felt this much pain, so the shock was doubled.

“If you’re in pain from just this, how are you going to endure your fingers being broken?”

“Kuaa, aaaah, keuaht…….”

Yoosungwoo, staring at the struggling Bayorgan with cold eyes, continued to urge him to confess about the Ascension Church.

“I, I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you…”

“Let me tell you in advance, don’t think I’ve only done this once or twice. Finding lies within the truth isn’t that difficult, and I know a lot.”

Actually, he didn’t know much.

He was just trying to scare him. Usually, these cunning bastards would try to confuse him with lies even when their lives were on the line.

Bayorgan struggled with the pain rising from his chest, but he opened his mouth haltingly.

As he slowly began to reveal what he knew, Yoosungwoo couldn’t help but feel dumbfounded.

“T, that’s all. That’s really all!”

The truth that Bayorgan revealed wasn’t much.

But at least it was shockingly absurd.

The elves, they knew from the beginning where they would land.

They knew that a passage connecting dimensions, the Abyss, would open in Korea, and they received the forest through a contract with the government.

In the process, what they gave to the government were just a few elemental techniques and magic that couldn’t even be called the elves’ secrets.

Of course, they could gain a great advantage with just that, but it wasn’t worth giving up the entire forest.

And the one who opened that dimensional gate, the Abyss, was none other than a priest of the Ascension Church.

Yoosungwoo realized here that those guys were an insane group beyond imagination.

The power to open dimensional gates.

The power to open the Abyss in a desired location.

Wasn’t that an extremely dangerous power?

‘Think calmly.’

The order of events had to be changed.

It wasn’t that the elves appeared in Korea and then joined hands with the Ascension Church, but that the Ascension Church and the elves joined hands and landed in Korea.

However, they shouldn’t be in a position to abuse such power.

If they could use the power to open dimensional gates here and there, the Earth would already be in their hands.

It was a power that could be used in a limited way. It would be a power to use when it was important.

So, there was no need to find them and tear them apart right now.

He would have to get rid of them before they caused more trouble.

‘……Is it really unavoidable now?’

He thought he had been living quietly until now.

But now it seemed like he had reached a point where he couldn’t stay quiet.

A strong person who could shake the country alone became a powerful deterrent.

Even in the other world, countries with great mages or swordmasters had fewer incidents of evil stirring.

Of course, it was fewer, but it didn’t mean it didn’t stir at all.

Even if it did stir, the asymmetrical power of the swordmaster or great mage would step in and slice and burn everything, so what could they do?

Yoosungwoo was a swordmaster who wasn’t bound by anything.

A swordmaster who didn’t want to belong anywhere and wandered in search of a way to return home.

Because he had nothing to protect, he didn’t settle in one place, and he became a flash of light that dealt with countless evils and cut through illusions…….

But now he had something to protect.

The promise he made to himself and his parents after returning to Earth.

He would protect his only remaining family, Yoo Jiwoo, no matter what.

It would be good to go abroad, but if possible, he wanted to protect even what Yoo Jiwoo had built up on her own.

And even those annoying guys who were starting to catch his eye.

To protect them, he had to step forward.

The shieldbearer risked his life and held up the shield.

To protect the allies in the rear.

To protect the precious things.

It was also possible to operate from behind without stepping forward.

But moving from behind took twice as much effort as moving from the front, and it became more difficult to move.

Was it more comfortable to hide his name and operate in the shadows? That was nonsense.

That was what weak guys did.

Yoosungwoo knew his own strength.

He had confirmed the power of the S-class divers, so he concluded that there was probably no one in the world who could defeat him.

Except for the mysterious Ascension Church.

Therefore, because he was so strong, it was better to operate openly.

Those who succumbed to overwhelming force would bring their own things to him, and powerful strength and support would create justification for whatever he did.

As long as he didn’t suddenly commit a massacre in the city center.

Well, even if he committed a massacre, the powerful would create justification.

The justification for having to commit the massacre for their own power and overwhelming force.

Therefore, it was better to be in front than behind.

Better to be in the sun than in the dark.

Powerful strength that overwhelmed others created non-existent power.

As he continued to think, Yoosungwoo suddenly remembered the faces of the expedition members.

Why were the faces that were deeply embedded in his heart suddenly flashing by?

There was no need to think deeply.

Because their voices seemed to be ringing in his head.

Do whatever you want.

Go the way you want, the way you have decided.

“Hoo.”

Yoosungwoo took a short breath and blinked.

Bayorgan, still trampled under his feet, thought it was an opportunity and unleashed magic.

A small explosion erupted near Yoosungwoo’s head.

The magic, which activated so quickly that there was no time to react, made Yoosungwoo stagger.

“Sungwoo!”

Schuel shouted.

Bayorgan soared into the sky.

It was to escape this place. Abandoning the other elves.

Schuel summoned a spirit to grab Bayorgan, but Yoosungwoo reached out and stopped her.

“Why?!”

“I let him go on purpose.”

The small gap was shown on purpose.

To give him time to escape. He didn’t know he was such a heartless bastard who would abandon his entire race.

When he turned his head and looked at the still-captured elves, they were wailing in betrayal.

As if they didn’t expect the elder to abandon them.

“I feel sorry for you guys for worshiping someone like that as an elder…….”

Schuel looked at the elves with pity.

Yoosungwoo didn’t have a single scratch thanks to raising his aura and defending against the explosion at close range.

Even if the ends of his hair were slightly burnt.

“What about these guys?”

Schuel pointed at the elves with her finger and asked.

The parricidal bastards who betrayed their mother were also betrayed by the elder.

Even though they were enemies, he felt pity.

Because they were so miserable and pitiful.

“It would be right to kill them.”

To eliminate future troubles, it was right to kill them all.

However, Yoosungwoo decided to be a slightly kinder person and suggested another method.

“Tie their hands and feet tightly with roots, then bury them with only their heads sticking out.”

“WTF…….”

The elves looked like they would rather be killed.

* * *

The next day, Yoosungwoo came alone to renew his diver license.

Yoosungwoo’s diver license was currently D-class. He had been judged before, but he had never renewed it.

He didn’t feel the need to, and he didn’t intend to.

It was thanks to the fact that he no longer needed to pretend to be weak.

Openly displaying his power would be more threatening to those guys.

The confidence that no matter what they did, they couldn’t defeat him.

And that would actually be the case.

“Then, let’s begin.”

The license renewal test began. Equipment he had used before.

Before hitting the punching machine-like device to measure his strength, Yoosungwoo asked.

“Is this well-fixed to the floor?”

“Of course. Don’t worry, it won’t fall no matter how hard you hit it.”

The measurer who came in with him said mockingly.

It was as if to say, ‘You’re just a D-class renewing, how could you possibly move it?’

Even if he renewed, he would only be C-class anyway.

At the measurer’s words, Yoosungwoo took a small breath and clenched his fist.

He would hit hard.

But a little weaker than his maximum.

After all, even if he took the strongest position, he had to hide 30% of his strength.

“Hmph.”

At the same time as Yoosungwoo unleashed his fist with a short breath.

The measuring device shattered into pieces.

As the measurer said, the floor was well-fixed.

That’s because the measuring device broke before the floor could be torn off.