Solo Swordmaster

#251. If so, that’s good.

“You arrogant…!”

Maia let out an angry roar.

Then he shot at Limon, exuding a serious murder.

“No matter how strong you are, do you think you can take on all of our clan by yourself?”

“yes.”

Looking at Maia, who raised her eyes at the quick answer as if slicing it with a knife, Limon languidly continued.

“Tell me before you ask me. I wonder if it will be possible for you to kill me with your master’s power.”

aww

As if he could kill me.

Limon asked calmly.

Maia gritted her teeth.

He shouted that he could kill any number of infested grudges.

Because she was the only princess in the world who was able to poison even a sword master.

But cold reason admitted that it was impossible.

Limon, a sword master impervious to all poisons, was the natural enemy of the Green Dragon clan.

“…Even if we can’t win, we can at least lose together.”

“Well, if the master risked his life, that might be the case.”

Limon readily admitted.

This is the headquarters of Quetzalcoatl.

It is a fortress comparable to the Leviathan Hotel, and at the same time, it is Yongdamhohyeol, where more than hundreds of green dragon clan masters dwell.

If they run with Maia with all their might, they will suffer too.

Knowing that fact all too well, Limon smiled and asked.

“Would you like to try it?”

“….”

If successful, everyone dies instead of paying the grudge.

If she fails, the grudge cannot be repaid, and neither she nor the clan will be killed.

It took me a long time to look at Limon with a bitter look on his face as he asked with a smile on his face if he wanted to take a gamble where death was decided either way.

Maia closed her eyes.

The green dragon clan does not forget Eun-won.

However, blinded by past grudges, he could not lead the clan to ruin.

Especially for her who has not yet prepared for her future generations.

“Turn off immediately.”

That’s why Maia had no choice but to let go of the clan’s enemy named Limon.

“I will speak directly to Li Qingyu about this later. So don’t get out of my sight again.”

I just let it go because I don’t have enough strength.

He said that he hadn’t forgotten his grudge against Limon and would definitely take revenge even after hundreds of years.

She glared at Limon with raw poison and said.

“I can’t do that.”

The problem was that Limon had no intention of listening to that decree.

“…What do you mean?”

“The sculptor nobleman’s treatment isn’t over yet, is it?”

“Are you telling me to finish treating him?”

“That’s it.”

“That sounds like a funny joke.”

Maia laughs as if it’s funny.

However, there was no hint of laughter in her cold eyes.

“Do you think I will treat the one you brought me with ease?”

“As per the contract, so be it.”

“The reason I signed that contract is because I didn’t know your true identity. As long as I know that everything was a fraud, I have neither the obligation nor the heart to keep such a contract.”

Maia cut it off.

I don’t know if anyone else

It is absurd that Limon Aspelder deals with psionics.

Then it was clear that the information obtained in London was Li Qingyu’s tactic to deceive the other clans of the Seven Dragons.

“There are times in the world where you have to fulfill a contract no matter how much you hate it.”

“Are you going to threaten me?”

“no.”

Limon did not disappoint.

He only smiled maliciously and raised one hand.

“I will do this instead.”

“…?”

Squeak.

Maia, who had frowned at the meaningless words, soon made a hard expression.

The moment when the soft starlight that flowed from Limon’s hand hovered in the air and formed the shape of a scale.

A strange sense of intimidation oppressed her.

Limon asked leisurely, holding an antique balance that can only be seen in the statue of Tyche, the goddess of law and justice, with two plates hanging from the ends of such a long stick.

“What do you think is the basis of all the laws that exist in the world?”

“Are you going to do a riddle with me now?”

“Don’t be so picky and give your opinion. Then, why don’t you go away quietly or explain the power of this scale?”

It’s been a while since I shot Limon, who was talking smirkingly.

Maia sneered and said cynically, as if she wanted to see what kind of joke she was playing.

“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. That is the basis of all laws and everything.”

“That’s the logic I like, but what I want to say is something more important.”

“What is more important than this?”

When Maia puts on a cold expression as she sees him giggling, saying that he is an answer worthy of the green dragon clan.

Limon said meaningfully.

“The law is a promise that must be fulfilled fairly.”

“It’s just nonsense.”

“Do you think so?”

“Of course.”

What comes to mind on Maia’s lips is a blatant sneer.

“Even those who make laws, keep them, and judges do not care about fairness, so who dares to enforce them impartially?”

“I agree that it is almost impossible for humans.”

Having lived a long life, Limon knew how absurd the idea of fairness and absoluteness of the law was.

The same goes for gods and spirits.

It was nothing new for the spirits to value spiritists with whom they could communicate, or for the gods to show favoritism to their followers.

In that sense, Maia’s pessimistic view was not wrong.

“But what about a tool without a will of its own?”

Wow!

The moment Limon felt like the balance he was holding shook.

The balance, which turned white and black, split left and right and penetrated Limon and Maia’s wrists.

Maia’s eyes lifted as she saw the white scale-shaped tattoo on her wrist.

“What have you done?”

“It’s nothing. I just tried one of the fun tricks I’ve acquired lately.”

“You mean the art of tattooing someone else’s body?”

“That would be fun, but this one is a little more fun. It is a skill that enforces the execution of a contract or the fulfillment of a promise.”

Limon laughed.

Bellos, the ghost of the 5th rank of the Liberation Brigade.

This ability obtained by slaying his constellation, ‘Stern Judge’, was obviously a trick to Limon.

But it was a very useful trick.

Without this balance, I would have had to examine the conditions more closely when helping Ainsha or making a deal with Sir.

Thanks to the girls who knew how to fulfill their promise, I didn’t have to use it until now.

“…To think that a sword master would use magic like this. The Sword Emperor will laugh at me in the underworld.”

Maia glared at Limon with eyes filled with hatred.

This is because he realized that this tattoo is the way he said ‘to make even the most unpleasant contracts come through’.

“Don’t say things that will misunderstand the listener. I mean, this is fairly fair magic.”

“Where’s the fairness with such a trick?”

“What if both the trickster and the bettor pay the price if the contract is not properly fulfilled?”

Showing off the black scale tattoo on his wrist, Limon grinned.

The effect of this tattoo is simple.

When each other made a promise or contract.

Depending on whether the promise is faithfully fulfilled, the scales in this black and white balance increase.

And depending on how many weights you have, you can exert force on the other person with this tattoo.

Anything that hastens the fulfillment of a promise, let alone a simple one, depending on the amount of weight.

“…you said you could force anything?”

“yes. For example, punishing a slave you don’t like…”

Maia twitching her eyebrows.

Seeing her like that, Limon smiled meaningfully.

“Or taking your own life.”

“…!”

Maia unknowingly clenched her fists at the answer she had already expected but hoped for.

Of course, that’s only for a moment.

Realizing that she had been too blatantly agitated, she sneered coldly, calming her shaking heart.

“Hey, don’t play with words. If you put it the other way around, it means that you can do anything to me too.”

“As long as you keep your promise, there will be no problem.”

“How can you believe that?”

Maia openly expressed her doubts.

If there was a lie in that explanation just now, he could have been used unilaterally or suffered more damage than that.

but right after that.

She couldn’t help but be agitated.

“What if I swear by my sword that everything I just said was true?”

“…!”

Green eyes shake.

If someone else had said something like this, she would have been sneering at how she believed in that oath.

But even Maia couldn’t do that right now.

A sword master who risked his life on the sword.

It was also because the swordsmith’s oath with his sword had such weight.

“Now what do you want to do?”

So it was.

This is why Maia had no choice but to be silent in response to Limon’s question.

“Will you take my word for it and seize the opportunity? Or would you like to become an automatic healing machine?”

More than already tattooed.

The option to breach the contract is gone.

What’s left is a choice between letting go and treating it with the force of Libra or actively treating it and getting a chance to repay the grudge.

And it’s Maia’s freedom to decide which one to choose.

Like a faithful slave asking his master whether he wants steak or tarantula soup for dinner.

Maia narrowed her eyes as she glared at Limon, who smiled and spoke with the utmost respect.

‘It’s an absurd ability.’

Maia could tell.

They said that they were fair to each other, but this was an absurdly unfair condition, let alone fair.

Considering the fact that this tattoo was forced on her even though she did not consent to it.

It means that Limon can get a huge benefit just by neglecting it when it is disadvantageous and using the scale only when it is advantageous.

Just as those who have the authority to make and judge laws always monopolize the benefits of the law.

‘It’s a really shameless scam.’

Besides, Limon swore there was no lie in his explanation, but that was all.

I didn’t say that there was something missing in the explanation.

If another risk or secret plan to invalidate the contract was hidden, Maia would end up being at a one-sided disadvantage.

‘But…’

He might be able to kill the swordsman who hadn’t been able to defeat him for hundreds of years.

The possibilities are so enticing.

As tempting as the devil’s temptation.

After thinking about it for a long time with her eyes closed, Maia eventually opened her closed eyes and opened her mouth.

“If that statement is true, you will have no choice but to thoroughly serve as a slave in order not to die.”

“If the master does not give up on the treatment of the sculptor nobleman, that would be the case.”

“That would be fine.”

Maia slowly raised her hand.

And, looking at the white and black weights on each of the white scales tattooed on his wrist, he held a cold sneer.

Trickery?

Devil’s Temptation?

Risk in case it goes wrong?

It didn’t matter.

She had no reason to refuse the deal, since all of that was something to worry about or if Hermann couldn’t be cured.

One of the most important reasons.

“I will test how many more weights I need to collect to kill you.”

destroy the clan.

The enemy who even killed himself.

If I could only get revenge on Limon, wouldn’t it be a big deal to join hands with that devil?

Limon smiled meaningfully and replied to Maia, who spoke while glaring at herself with sharp eyes, befitting a princess of the green dragon clan who would never forget Eunwon.

“If you are confident enough to treat me well beyond being served by me.”

One has his own medicine.

One of his slave skills.

Thus began the unprecedented duel between the family’s resentment and the sword master’s life risking their respective skills.