Solo Swordmaster

Episode #167. It’s too late.

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The White Dragon clan is the rarest clan to fight Limon in the Seven Dragons.

But that didn’t mean I disrespected him.

Rather the opposite, to put it bluntly.

Even in the Seven Dragons, they were the ones who were most wary of Limon, so they ran away enough to be scolded by the rest of the clan.

Of course, with the opening of the Iron Age, that fear has faded a lot.

But that’s usually the case with clans.

The elder-level White Dragon Clan and Ainshana, who knew about the world peace plan, still remembered their awareness of Limon to some extent.

“Hiccup.”

“Princess, hold your breath. Then I heard the hiccups stop.”

“If you stop breathing, you will die. Hiccup will not be fooled.”

“Then be surprised. They say it works too.”

“Hiccup aims for heart attack. Tata is also a traitor. They are as vicious as the Black Dragon clan.”

…To the extent that Ainsha, whose name is the White Dragon Princess, hiccups for the first time in her life, surprised just by knowing Limon’s identity.

I couldn’t even blame her.

If the person they dated all day had actually been Limon, all the princesses except for one would have been frightened.

In the end, Tata, who gave up on calming Ainsha, looked at Limon with a hardened face.

“Are you a swordsman?”

“okay.”

“I’m asking to confirm, but did you save the princess that day…?”

“grow.”

At that neat answer, Tata put on a dejected expression.

Right now, Limon is just a substitute.

It was because the hopeful possibility that Ainsha’s fateful partner might be different was completely blown away.

“…After all, you are saying that Princess Tatawa was deceived from the beginning.”

“Not from the beginning. Even if he hadn’t proposed to me out of the blue, I had no intention of meeting your princess while hiding my identity.”

“It doesn’t mean you cheated.”

Tata thought.

As expected, I couldn’t trust the Black Dragon Princess.

Because even Ainsha’s destined opponent was used to deceive them.

…It was an unfair false accusation for Li Ching-yu, who only intended to use Limon’s performance, but this was also karma if it were karma.

‘If I had foreseen this fact… No, nothing would have changed anyway.’

Tata, lamenting his immaturity, soon shook his head.

If he was a destined partner who could save Ainsha, he would have tried to marry him even if he was actually a sword master rather than a swordsman.

It was for this reason that Tata was able to smile again.

“That’s it.”

“What happened?”

“In the end, that’s what Tata has to do.”

“You mean to stage a terrorist attack? To marry your princess with me and no one else?”

“There is a saying that the deeper the grudge in the previous life, the better the couple will become.”

It seems like you’ve already made up your mind.

Tata looks at herself with a calm face.

And as if inspired by her, Limon narrowed his eyes as he saw the Shinryongdae, which calmed his agitation and exuded a solemn spirit.

“How are you? Are you prepared to kill your nanny by tripping me over?”

“…of course. I am the princess of the Seven Dragons. I am not giving up on what I have to do.”

“okay? Then you want to jump on it.”

Limon laughed at Ainsha’s answer, who had forcibly calmed the hiccups with psionics.

Because I knew that persuasion wouldn’t work anyway.

Even so, is it because of the old man’s temperament that he bothered to check it? Or was it because he wanted to hear the rejection itself?

Limon didn’t bother looking for an answer.

He just kept the sword he was holding down at an angle and had a cold smile on his face.

“Let me tell you how stupid your choices were.”

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Pug!

“huh?”

“PD? Why?”

“Didn’t someone just pass behind us?”

“Aren’t you a staff member?”

“No, I think I saw something a little white and light for a staff member.”

“…It’s not like we’re filming a special feature on enjoying the cool air, so what are you talking about? It makes people goosebumps for no reason.”

“Is it just a feeling…?”

Seungjun Kim, who tilted his head, eventually turned his head forward again.

Because he was busy preparing for the live broadcast of the music challenge right now, he couldn’t afford to worry even if a real ghost appeared.

However, Kim Seung-jun did not know.

That you didn’t see it wrong.

The fact that there was a Shinryong member who fell behind him like a ghost.

That if the Shinryong crew member hadn’t bounced back like a salmon hit by a bear’s paw, his head would have been smashed in his hand.

The person who saved Kim Seung-jun’s life.

Limon didn’t really bother to let the truth know either.

I just flicked a screw that was rolling around with my sword.

Peeing!

Member Shinryong, who was about to run amok in the audience, escaped a screw that flew into his face.

Before he could even straighten his posture.

Limon sprang up from behind him like a ghost, knocked him down on the head, knocked him out, and then sat in the audience seat, creating a dozing posture.

He was not the first member of the Shinryong team to be forced to attend.

Three in a row next to him right now.

And on the ceiling, five members of the Shinryong were hanging like blankets on a clothesline.

‘…there is no such thing as a monster.’

Tata, who glanced at him, stuck out his tongue.

It wasn’t even a few minutes, but I wasn’t surprised by Limon’s skill as he had already defeated more than a dozen members of the New Dragon.

Since I had to fight the swordsmith of the world, this much was within the expected range.

The terrifying thing was that Limon was handling the whole battle neatly and without fuss.

The one who was about to jump on stage.

The one who tried to attack the staff.

The one who tried to destroy the camera.

The results were all the same.

It was because Limon appeared like a ghost before anyone on the set even noticed, and he was subdued without making a sound.

Well, it was unavoidable.

The true value of the Armed Forces is revealed when they move together.

Because the current Shinryongdae, which is scattered for terrorism, was a perfect target to defeat individually.

It was a mistake because he did not even know that it was Limon who appeared to disturb them.

However, even knowing that fact, Tata could not command the Shinryongdae to spread the camp or keep Limon in check.

Because she had more urgent business right now.

For example, something like chasing off a vague lump of light that flew in the shape of a dragonfly with the hem of his clothes.

Fain!

The dragonfly hit by the iron-hardened hem of the iron-clad third-class psionic shatters and returns to its original thread.

But that wasn’t the end.

Right now, dragonflies close to spirits were still flying around her.

It wasn’t that his movements were dull or monotonous.

Each of those dragonflies moved erratically as if they were alive, yet possessed a power that could never be ignored.

“Ouch!”

Just looking at the Shinryong crew member whose shoulder was pierced in the same bed right away, that fact was obvious.

Even they, each of whom were masters of the master class, could not be safe from being attacked by dragonflies with powerful psionics.

And the center of that swarm of dragonflies.

On top of the narrow frame, less than a hand’s breadth, the white-haired girl was moving her hands expressionlessly.

Sometimes I bend my fingers.

Sometimes flip your palms.

Sometimes clenched fists.

The technique of controlling dragonflies by minutely controlling hundreds of strands of thread and pushing them without moving a single step is truly a miracle.

It was a skill that was only possible because she perfectly foresaw the detailed future of how to move the thread and what the result would be, and could follow it exactly as it was.

Because of that, the Shinryong members, excluding Tata, were injured one by one and were driven to a corner.

In a way, it was a natural result.

whether it is their beloved princess.

Whether it’s the sword master, Limon.

It was because Tata, a master at the level of a servant, and Shinryongdae, who could not progress, were not the opponents to deal with.

In fact, it was close to a miracle that they were not completely wiped out while facing the two at once.

There was only one reason why that was possible.

It was because Ainsha and Limon were not on the same side.

bang!

That fact was evident from Limon’s action when he smashed a dragonfly that was about to pierce the neck of a member of the New Dragon Corps with a piece of stone thrown off his sword.

While ignoring minor injuries, Limon intervenes and blocks them only at the moment when he is about to receive a fatal injury.

Without his help, not only the Shinryu members but also Tata himself would have already become corpses.

But Tata couldn’t thank him at all.

More than helping them, Limon was now fiercely hindering them.

It was because while helping one new dragon member, he was hitting another new dragon member and throwing it off the ceiling.

“…really disturbing.”

Of course, Ainsha also glanced at Limon with an expressionless face.

If it wasn’t for Limon, I would have been able to annihilate Tata and the Shinryong Corps, but I was wasting my time because even if I spread a trickle, they would intervene.

However, he did not intend to attack Limon directly.

Her goal is to punish traitors.

It wasn’t because there was no reason to waste energy with traitors in front of them, no matter how much they interfered.

It was because even when he searched for the future of attacking Limon, all of his foreknowledge seemed blurry or intermittently cut off, so he couldn’t know the outcome at all.

‘I don’t know English. Confusion. It’s a mystery.’

Ainsha couldn’t understand.

Even if his foreknowledge wasn’t good, he could at least read Limon’s future until they went on a date.

But after Limon took the sword.

From that moment on, she could no longer see Limon’s future.

It was as if she had been rejected by Ainsha for not being worthy to see her future.

As the greatest prophet of her time, she was able to see anyone’s future without hesitation, and it was a shock as if she had met an invisible person.

It was also the fault of not being able to attack Tata and Shinryongdae more actively.

In this situation where she couldn’t see the future accurately, she had no choice but to hesitate about all choices and actions.

‘…It can’t go on like this.’

But even that hesitation had an end.

Only a few Shinryongdae remain.

If Limon subdues them and even Tata, you will have to face him alone.

Then, before they were all subdued, Limon had no choice but to settle now, as he was busy prioritizing preventing terrorism.

Eventually, Ainsha made up her mind and raised her psionic power.

no i was going to

Fuck!

…if only Limon hadn’t subdued Tata before she even moved.

Ainsha suddenly stood tall like a white rabbit who was deprived of the most delicious carrot right in front of her eyes.

It was because he had not foreseen that Limon, who had been targeting the Shinryu members first, would suddenly attack Tata like this.

Likewise, as soon as their commander, Tata, was overpowered, the Shinryongdae stopped moving as if they had waited.

Between them, Limon trampled the strewn Tata with one foot and spoke calmly.

“Why don’t you just give up? You should have already understood that it would be useless to

try harder.”

Is it because the shock of being hit by the reputation was so great?

Tata let out a harsh cough several times before opening his mouth in a squeezing voice.

“Yes I know. After all, it was just a matter of time.”

From the moment Limon and Ainsha appeared here so quickly, this was the end.

Nevertheless, Tata did not regret this result.

I just slowly raised my head.

“But that’s enough.”

Ainsha flinched involuntarily.

It wasn’t just that a faint smile appeared on Tata’s face as he raised his head.

The foreknowledge that had been disturbed because of Limon. It was because it was corrected and the future was instantly seen.

Only then did Ainsha realize.

The reason for the reckless resistance of Tata and the Shinryongdae against himself and Limon.

That it wasn’t because he believed he could work his way through them, but to buy some time.

What does Tata’s ‘decided ending’ mean?

Why is this scene familiar?

That’s all.

“Swordsmith, you are too late.”

However, as Tata said, Ainsha’s enlightenment was not fast enough.

When Tata smiled.

Before the two of them appeared, the time bombs she and Shin Ryong-dae had set up all over the set had already been counted down.

So the moment the bomb’s timer reaches zero.

Kwakwagwagwang!

A hot light and a roar swept the set.