Solo Swordmaster

Solo Swordmaster Chapter 1089

#Side Story 58. Because sinners cannot regret (3)

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A quiet moonlit night.

From the top of the peak overlooking the deep canyon.

The one-armed swordsman sat with his sword draped over his shoulder and quietly closed his eyes.

His surroundings were quiet.

No, it was completely quiet.

Just as he was not permitted to enter the home of the Golden Dragon Clan, he also did not allow the Seven Dragon Clan to approach the surrounding area.

In fact, even if permission was granted, no one approached.

He and the Seven Dragons are enemies of Cheolcheon.

It was an enemy that had been fighting to the death for the past 10 years.

No matter how much we tried, there was no way it would be possible to forget the grudges of the past.

They were just avoiding fighting each other right away because they had a common enemy called Hunter.

It’s literally May Dongju.

His and theirs were like enemies in a sinking ship together.

Jabak Jabak.

That was why.

When I heard footsteps.

Limon grabbed the sword.

It wasn’t because I was particularly wary of a sneak attack.

Just as when a poisonous insect approaches, you instinctively prepare to step on it or swat it away, it was a habit naturally ingrained in your body while fighting the Seven Dragons for the past 10 years.

“Preparations here are complete.”

Is it because I knew that fact from my previous companionship, or is it because I am more familiar with that hostility?

Li Qingyu was unfazed by the frost-like force he felt.

I just spoke calmly.

“You haven’t forgotten the terms of our deal, right?”

“….”

“If you remember, now swear on your sword. “If we let you go to the past, you will protect our Seven Dragons.”

That was a desperate plan she devised.

It was to use dragon psionics to send humanity’s guardian spirit back to the past.

If only one person could be sent back to the past, he would be the only one with the power to change the fate of the end times.

In that sense.

This is the minimum safety measure.

It was a restraint to prevent Limon from going back to the past and betraying them.

“….”

“…Asfelder?”

That’s why at this moment.

Now we are just about to perform the ritual.

Li Qingyu narrowed his eyes at Limon, who kept silent rather than swearing the black thing.

With distinct suspicion and wariness.

But Limon didn’t even pay attention to her.

I just opened my mouth in a dry voice as I looked across the dark sky.

“The parasites are flocking here.”

“…?!”

I was shocked.

My face hardened for a moment.

She realized something late and heightened her senses, felt a dull wave beyond the darkness, and gritted her teeth.

This is because I could tell just by the cold murderousness and hideous malice felt through mental perception.

The presence of countless hunters approaching this place right now.

“at last…!”

The location has been discovered.

That in itself was something I was determined to do.

Past players were like that too, but hunters who receive the blessings of stars even more directly are mysterious beings.

They were monsters that, with all kinds of absurd skills, penetrated the hiding of the Black Dragon Clan and even the foresight of the White Dragon Clan and destroyed them.

It was thanks to the Fairy Queen’s sacrifice that even the Golden Dragon Clan was able to escape when El Dorado collapsed.

In the end, it was a certain outcome that we would catch up someday.

But I couldn’t help but curse fate for the fact that it was at this moment.

Of course, the crowd of hunters flocking like that may not be tens of thousands, but tens of millions or even billions.

This is especially true in the sense that at the forefront are monarchs who carry the infinite blessings of the stars and are difficult for even Limon to deal with without a sneak attack.

“go away.”

That was why.

Just for a little while.

The reason she couldn’t understand the meaning contained in the bleak voice that came to her ears.

“I will stay here.”

“If it means buying time to perform the ritual, it’s impossible. “If I want to send you to the past, I have to go with you right away…!”

“Don’t be mistaken, girl.”

“…is it an illusion?”

“I mean, I never accepted your outrageous offer.”

“…?!”

That moment.

Li Qingyu’s face hardened.

Because it was only then that I realized it.

Limon may have accompanied her here after hearing her proposal, but he has never once accepted it.

“You’re going to give up the chance to save the world?”

“no. “It means that even if I get another chance, I won’t be able to save the world in the end.”

“What is that…!”

“If I go back to the past, I will annihilate players all over the world.”

“…!”

“Next, we will destroy the Seven Dragons. In the end, it will destroy humanity and the entire world.”

“Why, why…!”

“For those who know the future are governed by the future.”

He already saw it.

An innocent player becomes a hunter, a stooge of the Constellation, and becomes a leader leading to destruction.

And I already went through it.

The evil intentions of the Seven Dragons, which have tried every means possible to kill him over the past ten years.

And I already knew.

A world where all mankind becomes puppets of the Seven Dragons and either dies while running against him, is eaten by monsters, or becomes corrupted and becomes a hunter.

And what I learned from seeing and experiencing that future.

In the future, he will advance the player through the Seven Dragons, seeing all of humanity as potential enemies and ultimately attempting to eliminate them.

…Just like his execution in the past.

That clear evidence.

Limon revealed.

“It’s also because I have already become a monster.”

“…!”

Li Qingyu stiffened.

The moment I made eye contact with Limon.

Because it showed mental sensitivity.

Like tree roots, like bugs, like fangs, like scales, like parts, like lava, like compound eyes, like tentacles.

Those golden eyes engulfed his entire body from the depths of his eyes to the tips of his toes and shimmered…

-‘Starlight’.

Hundreds of times clearer than the glare of high-level hunters.

However, unlike the lights, which are a clear blessing even though they may encroach on the soul, I see a distorted and twisted brilliance that is even more ominous.

She realized.

‘Curse of the stars…!’

It turns out that Hunters aren’t the only ones that Limon has cut down so far.

As a sword master who can cut through anything, with his will sharpened through repeated fights, he cut down the stars that protected them along with the hunters.

In return, the resentment left behind by the star was eroding his mind and body.

I just endured it with my own will.

But the star’s curse had already taken root deep in his soul.

Although he had a human body and acted with human will, he was outside of a human in all other respects.

No matter how much time I turn back, it is too late to return to being human.

Moreover….

“It is an illusion only an arrogant fool would believe that someone who has failed once can change the future by being given another chance.”

The leader of all hunters.

Because you can turn back time.

To the subject called the strongest monarch.

If he goes back to the past, like the return monarch who destroyed the world to undo his own failures, it will only lead to a more terrible ending.

That’s why people who know the future are ridiculed and say that they are ruled by the future.

He said dryly.

“Whether in the past or present, this is the only world that I had to protect and that I could not protect.”

“….”

“So if you want to go to the past, you go.”

Looking at Limon like that.

Li Qingyu fell silent.

Even though I continued to accompany him, I only now became aware of his condition.

And those words contain the experience and will of an immortal who has lived for over hundreds of years.

Because it made her realize that no matter what she said, it was impossible to convince him.

That’s why when Li Qingyu was in despair.

Ramon continued speaking softly.

“But if you really want to save the world, let me give you one piece of advice.”

“…You mean advice?”

“You will remember a child named Yuna-kyung.”

“Your subordinate who was a PAB agent.”

“okay.”

It was a name too insignificant and insignificant for her, the princess of the Seven Dragons, to remember.

But it was also a name I could never forget.

Because that woman’s death was the starting point and harbinger of the war that broke out between Limon and the Seven Dragons 10 years ago.

“If you’re saying we must save her…”

“No, it’s the opposite. “Do not intervene in the child’s death, but do not prevent the death itself.”

“…yes?”

That was why.

The reason why Li Qingyu couldn’t believe his ears.

To her, whose expression was a mixture of many emotions, including suspicion, distrust, and embarrassment, he quietly explained the reason.

“Because that was the only time I regretted not joining hands with you.”

“…!”

That moment.

Li Qingyu stiffened.

It was an opportunity for Limon to destroy the Republic of Goryeo and further lead to a war with the Seven Dragons.

This is because he finally realized it after being told to stand by and watch the death of the woman who meant so much to him.

He said he had already become a monster.

What he said calmly meant exactly what it was.

Regardless of things like the curse of the star.

From the moment he was able to commit any terrible act for a purpose, he was already a monster that should not exist in the world.

And….

“And never tell anyone the future.”

“….”

“Because those who know the future are ruled by the future.”

nevertheless.

It hasn’t been destroyed yet.

I will never go back.

What a great hero he was, who still wanted to leave a seed of salvation, even if it was in a world of the distant past.

‘Ah…’

That’s why.

Li Qingyu realized.

No, I had no choice but to realize it.

Who turned him into a monster?

10 years ago, when his fight with the Infinity Guild, including the Infinite Lord, began.

He was the one who took advantage of that opportunity to gather all the power of the Seven Dragons, including the seven princesses, and cut off one of Limon’s arms.

Thus, depriving him of the opportunity to protect Yu Na-kyung’s younger siblings.

By paying for his blood, he destroyed the Republic of Goryeo and made him a public figure to the world, making all mankind chase him.

In the end, he is the culprit of all the situations that led him to become disappointed with the human race he had protected his entire life and crossed the line by cutting them down.

With terrible malice.

corrupted him.

He caused the fall of the Seven Dragons.

Ultimately, this brought about the end times.

That he was the one who destroyed this world.

‘Ah…’

My heart breaks.

I feel dizzy.

The blood becomes cold.

A sin that can never be repaid.

Above all, I regret turning a noble hero who could have saved the world into a monster.

It was impossible for her, who had lived a life filled with betrayal and intrigue, to not realize how heavy her sin was.

so that.

She wanted to speak.

Whether it’s an apology, confession, or confession.

Because I was able to instinctively know that the only thing I could do was now.

But…

“-Go.”

Kwagwagwagwagwang!

It seems like there is nothing more to say.

Before she even opened her mouth.

Leaving only dry words behind.

Limon disappeared beyond the darkness.

She stiffened as she inadvertently stretched out one hand towards the explosions and screams happening beyond the darkness, and eventually clenched that hand until it bled.

And turn around.

ran away

From the stars and hunters.

From a battle that cannot be won.

From the sins you have committed.

From the last chance to be forgiven at all.

A sinner who did not even have the right to atone and regret had no choice but to run away into the darkness.

…carrying a sin that cannot be escaped for eternity.