The Swordmaster Wants To Live Peacefully [EN]: Chapter 85

Swordmaster Wants to Live in Peace – Episode 85

Grand Lotus (10)

“So, is your business done? Farewell.”

Yoo Seong-woo spoke to Woo Jung-oh, who maintained a smile despite gritting his teeth.

He barely suppressed the rising anger at being dismissed before even discussing the main issue.

“Diver Yoo Seong-woo? Would you mind talking for a moment?”

“About what?”

“It’s important. Somewhere more private…”

“Just say it here. If it’s something you need to tell me, she might as well know.”

“Well, ahem… Do you have any intention of stopping the Bukhansan operation?”

“Why should I?”

“If you do this, the government will be in a difficult position. We ceded land through normal negotiations with the Elves. But now, you’re trying to take it back by force…”

“Is that treason against the government?”

“…Yes. Isn’t that openly opposing the government’s directives? A protest is one thing, but this kind of force will not be viewed favorably by anyone. You need to consider that…”

“Then what about the Elves who attacked me, trying to kill me? You negotiated with them, accepted them, so are you going to punish me for murder?”

“The Republic of Korea is a nation of law. Private sanctions by individual force are prohibited. If you cooperate with this, we will somehow smooth things over.”

“So, this is a threat.”

‘Don’t ruin what they’re trying to do. In return, they’ll offer convenience.’

‘But if he ruins things, he won’t get away easily.’ That was the threat.

It was the easiest threat for those in power to make.

“A threat? No, this is legitimate. Because the Elves are also citizens.”

“Those pointy-eared bastards are citizens? From the moment they knocked down the transmission towers, shouldn’t they all be arrested as insane terrorists?”

“The Elves have formally apologized for that incident. It’s already over. They’ve just settled in; it was a small misunderstanding arising from cultural differences.”

Several dozen transmission towers collapsing was a small misunderstanding.

Yoo Seong-woo, knowing the truth, clicked his tongue in disbelief.

Woo Jung-oh, thinking he was gauging the situation, continued to speak.

“We must coexist with the Elves. Their technology will bring great benefits to Korea in the long run.”

Woo Jung-oh smiled as he said this, seemingly believing he had the upper hand.

‘Divers were all like that.’

‘Selfish and stupid.’

‘They feared powerful authority that much.’

‘They weren’t afraid of the unknown, of fighting monsters, but they feared the unknown of directly approaching power.’

He had heard that Yoo Seong-woo possessed a unique power different from other S-class divers, but he thought he would be similar to them.

However, Woo Jung-oh didn’t consider something else.

Yoo Seong-woo wasn’t a diver who grew up in this land, but a returnee.

He didn’t realize that he was a Swordmaster who had survived and completed his journey in an extremely barbaric world.

Even if he had realized it, nothing would have changed.

“Is that how those trying to coexist think?”

Yoo Seong-woo pointed to the large barrier with his finger.

The guys who should be acting confidently if they had nothing to hide, were holed up in Bukhansan with a barrier.

“Why don’t you arrest those bastards first? If you want my cooperation. Soliciting murder is a serious crime, you know?”

“That’s not wrong, but didn’t Diver Yoo Seong-woo end up killing them all? That’s murder.”

“You’re going to spout some X-like Korean self-defense bullshit. Seriously… your courage is commendable. Very. All the bastards who wagged their tongues in front of me had their tongues cut out and shoved into their ear holes…”

Woo Jung-oh was horrified by Yoo Seong-woo’s words. It probably wasn’t true, but the words coming from his mouth didn’t sound like lies.

“Okay, so if I cooperate, what will you do for me?”

“We will provide many conveniences.”

“What conveniences? Tell me. Tell me. I’ve seen too many bastards who say they’ll do something and then don’t.”

“That’s a difficult question to answer right now.”

“Really? Then I have no business with you. Get lost.”

“Are you really going to ignore the government’s opinion?”

“The government exists because of the people, not the other way around, you son of a bitch.”

Yoo Seong-woo spat out a curse and scowled fiercely.

His expression alone was enough to kill a few people.

Moreover, a dense killing intent emanated from him, tickling the back of Woo Jung-oh’s neck.

A chilling sensation, like the Grim Reaper’s scythe touching his neck, surged up with a chill.

It wasn’t the kind of thing an ordinary person could withstand, so Woo Jung-oh poured yellow liquid into his lower body on the spot.

“Ooh, shit.”

With Hong Seo-hwa’s mutter, Woo Jung-oh, having relieved himself until his bladder was completely empty, collapsed onto the spot.

Then, he groped his neck with both hands.

It was a procedure to check if the ornament on his shoulders was still attached.

“M-member!”

The diver bodyguards gnashed their teeth and drew their weapons.

Yoo Seong-woo had clearly done something to him.

Woo Jung-oh wouldn’t suddenly become senile and piss his pants.

However, the next moment, all of the bodyguards’ weapons were broken.

With a thud, thud, the weapons fell to the floor.

Yoo Seong-woo, returning his Lifeblade, which he had drawn in an instant, to a stream of light, said.

“There won’t be a second time.”

“Wow, so cool. There won’t be a second time…”

The bodyguards were terrified as they looked at their weapons, which only had hilts left.

They were divers with a mix of B-class and A-class ranks.

But no one had seen Yoo Seong-woo’s movements just now.

When did he draw his sword when he had nothing in his hand?

When did he swing his sword?

When did his sword touch their weapons?

There wasn’t even the impact of weapons colliding.

It was an unbelievable speed and skill.

Yoo Seong-woo expressed his displeasure and said to them.

“Take your member and get lost. I don’t intend to kill people for no reason.”

“Ha, so cool…”

Yoo Seong-woo kicked Hong Seo-hwa, who kept adding interjections from the side, in the butt.

She grabbed her butt and rolled on the floor.

It hurt so much.

The bodyguards had no choice but to sweat profusely and take Woo Jung-oh away.

As expected, force was the best way to make people understand.

It was ironic.

A world where force is needed to resolve things through dialogue.

‘If it were the old days, I would have chopped off their heads and started.’

Yoo Seong-woo felt that he had endured a lot and put a sticker on the praise sticker board in his heart.

Recently, Knox had boasted that he had filled the praise sticker board he received from school.

Since then, Yoo Seong-woo also prepared a praise sticker board in his mind to reduce his temper.

Anyway, Yoo Seong-woo took a long breath to finish what he was doing.

There was only one thing to do.

Go inside and slaughter all the Elves.

If the government really thought it was a rebellion and rushed in, he was going to go straight to the Blue House [the executive office and official residence of the South Korean president] and hold a knife to the president’s neck.

“Master, but is it really okay to do this?”

Hong Seo-hwa, who got up while caressing her numb butt, asked.

Yoo Seong-woo nodded.

“You can’t give these guys time. The member’s purpose just now wasn’t just to appease, but also to buy time. To postpone it for a few days while negotiating, or something like that.”

“Does something change if you give them a few days?”

“You idiot, of course. Elves are skilled in spiritism and proficient in various magics. The elder Elf seems to have quite a bit of knowledge, so he might be able to complete a great magic in a few days.”

“Great magic?”

“It means they could turn Bukhansan [a mountain in Seoul] upside down. Maybe even Seoul.”

What should he do to solve the situation where Hong Seo-hwa is becoming more and more of an idiot?

Unfortunately, there was no method that came to mind….

Is she a practical type? The kind who only has her head working in practice?

“That’s… a bit scary.”

“So, now is the only time to do it. While they’re still preparing.”

The general plan was this.

It was too dangerous to put other people inside.

Mountains and forests were very good battlefields for the Elves.

It would be the environment they had lived in all their lives.

Since they had the means to deal with S-class divers, that’s why they were coming out like this, so Yoo Seong-woo was the only one to break through.

The others were to move as if surrounding Bukhansan and catch any Elves who escaped.

The arrow of all this should be directed at him, so their job was to subdue them.

“What’s the media reaction like?”

“It’s mixed. There are people who say to kill all the Elf bastards and those who say this is a bit too much, should I read the comments?”

“Read them.”

“‘So refreshing,’ ‘That’s a real diver,’ ‘Will they roll back the demotion dodge?’ ‘What are the other S-classes doing?’ Ah, this X bastard… Ah, the last one was me.”

“I know.”

“As for the opposing reactions, ‘The young guy doesn’t seem to know how to discern things,’ ‘How dare he object to the government’s decision,’ ‘That rude bastard should be thrown in jail’… These guys seem like a comment brigade? There are also many elders who like to hang traitors.”

It wasn’t a bad reaction.

Yoo Seong-woo nodded and grabbed his Lifeblade in his hand.

Then, he raised a long, red aura and thrust it towards the barrier.

The Lifeblade smoothly penetrates inside as if piercing tofu.

Then, he cut it from bottom to top in the shape of a rectangle large enough for one person to pass through.

“Is this enough?”

He continued to kick the barrier hard with his foot.

Then, it went straight inside as it was cut out, and a great door was completed.

It was a hole darker than the abyss due to the barrier.

“Then I’ll be back. Stay safe outside.”

“Yes! Leave it to us!”

Yoo Seong-woo left Hong Seo-hwa and the divers behind and went inside.

A dark forest welcomed him.

Moreover, since it wasn’t a hiking trail, the road was extremely rough.

The way he came in is blocked.

The barrier also had an automatic restoration function, and the place he had cut out was already filled with newly grown trees, filling the hole.

Yoo Seong-woo took a long breath.

The air was fresher because it was a forest with Elves.

It would soon be filled with the smell of blood, so he had to enjoy the freshness while he could.

He slowly stepped on the grass and moved his feet into the mountain.

Still the entrance of Bukhansan.

The Elves were in a rugged terrain, aiming for a one-shot reversal with traps.

The Elves were a race that understood the saying that life is a one-shot better than anyone else.

But that wouldn’t happen.

Because there was a spy inside Bukhansan who was cooperating with Yoo Seong-woo.

Thud, thud.

Raindrops began to fall on Yoo Seong-woo’s hair.

Looking up, dark storm clouds could be seen between the leaves.

It started to rain.

The clouds and rain summoned by the Heavenly Cloud Fairy.