Solo Swordmaster

Episode #262. Not a good idea.

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Quaang!

The green dragon clan spread the bloody poison Rajin.

The attack on them started with an explosion.

The explosives that Gula had previously buried around the fortress with a skill exploded.

The large-scale explosions, which occurred simultaneously without any warning, momentarily lit up the night sky and broke their defense.

Because of that, the masters of the Green Dragon Clan, whose psionic flowed backwards, had to suffer internal injuries from the start.

It was fine until there.

They were the masters of the green dragon clan, with the strongest body and resilience in the Seven Dragons.

The problem was the raid that followed.

A werewolf covered in fur.

A spider man spewing spider webs.

A snake man with a snake growing on his head.

A centaur whose lower body is a horse, etc.

Hundreds of high-level players, most of whom looked almost half-human and half-beast, attacked them.

It was not a gang, but an attack by the real elite of the Forest Guild, composed of monster-type players who mutate their bodies.

If Jin hadn’t collapsed.

At least if the opponent was another teenage guild.

No matter how surprised they were, they would have been able to block them by using the terrain of the jungle.

However, the Forest Guild’s surprise attack, the only force that could compete with them in their activities in the jungle, was enough to drive them back.

“Do not be shaken!”

Of course, they didn’t take it lightly either.

It was because each of them formed a new camp as a unit of the armed forces and faced each other even when they were internally injured.

“Everyone stay seated. Keep in mind that the princess is fighting right now!”

they knew

They said that they were already cornered and that this battle had no choice but to end in defeat.

The only hope left is for Maia to return as soon as possible and turn the tide of the war.

However, the psionics that burst out of the fortress that had been quiet for a while and made the flesh tingle from afar showed that it was a vain hope.

Even if you look closely, Maia must be fighting a fierce battle.

No matter how the fight ends, it will be difficult to come to help right away.

Still, no one escaped.

Fighting until the last man to protect the feared princess, he raised his psionics and confronted the Forest Guild with the determination to die.

“Hahaha, the revenge of our HQ… oops?”

“Who are you guys!”

“Ahh!”

The Forest Guild, which drove the Green Dragon clan without hesitation.

It was at that moment that a dark-haired young man appeared in the middle of their encampment as if falling from the sky.

The Forest Guild members reflexively attacked the unidentified young man who popped out of nowhere.

But the results were disastrous.

One forward kick.

turn around once.

One heel tap.

Those who attacked the young man lost their heads in a single blow and flew in all directions or stuck to the ground.

The person who made a hole in the forest guild camp by moving one foot without even using a hand.

Limon shouted at once.

“I, the green dragon clan, leave here immediately!”

“What are you talking about?”

“This is an order from the master.”

“Don’t talk nonsense! How could the princess have given such an order…!”

“Do you really think so?”

“…”

Barbara fell silent.

No matter how inexperienced she may be, she is Maia’s close friend.

Maia wasn’t stupid enough to not realize why she had given such an order.

“If you understand, move quickly. The more you linger here, the more dangerous the master standing behind you becomes.”

A moment to bite your lip until it bleeds.

At the end of her agony, Barbara opened her mouth with hesitation.

“…Even if you want to retreat, it will be difficult to break through the siege in this situation.”

“If that’s the case, there’s no need to worry.”

Limon cut it off.

And with one hand straight like a blade, he looked at the forest guild members who were besieging the Green Dragon clan with cold eyes.

“Because I will open the way.”

That word came true.

swinging a fist

flying kicks.

Going forward alone.

With just that simple act, Limon tore the forest guild’s siege like a piece of paper.

No matter how much he didn’t pick up a sword, he’s a sword master.

Because he was a superman with the most perfect body in the world.

Most of the high-level players collapsed like a thunderclap just by being slapped roughly by Limon’s limbs.

Thanks to that, the green dragon clan, including Barbara, was able to escape the encirclement safely.

That didn’t make it safe.

It seemed that the fact that they had been able to advance easily so far was a trap.

The Forest Guild has been relentlessly chasing them with ambushes hidden here and there.

Of course, he opened the way every time.

If it wasn’t for Limon who stayed behind and cut off the tracking party.

And if unexpected reinforcements hadn’t caused chaos by striking the back of the Forest Guild.

I couldn’t even imagine how much damage was done.

In that sense, Barbara’s efforts to lead the retreat with minimal casualties deserved recognition.

However, when he returned to Quetzalcoatl headquarters.

What greeted Barbara was not recognition or praise, but a thunderous shout.

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“This idiot!”

Damn!

The old woman who slapped Barbara on the cheek.

Elder Giselle roared with a face flushed with anger and shock.

“What’s the point of saving a hundred or a thousand of those things? You should have protected the princess even if all four of you bitches died!”

Abusive words that are ruthless to say to a disciple who has barely survived.

But not a single one of those gathered in the conference room thought that statement was too much.

That Maia is missing.

For that one reason alone, everyone who took part in this battle died and committed a well-deserved sin.

“…that was the will of the princess.”

“That’s why your fault is bigger!”

Elder Giselle shouted repeatedly, staring at Barbara with tearing eyes.

“If you were truly close to him, you should have served him even if you disobeyed that order! Even if the princess later kills you because of that!”

Doing what you’re told is something even a dog can do.

Even if it angers the princess, it is the role of an aide to give advice and protect it.

Barbara was unable to say anything even at the words of Elder Giselle, who was fiery with anger.

Because he knew better than anyone else that Giselle was right and that he was following orders that, as an aide, he was not supposed to follow.

Maybe it’s because she doesn’t even have the energy to get angry at her figure with her head down and not moving even with her scarred body.

Giselle lamented helplessly.

“If something goes wrong with the princess, what will our clan do?”

Of course, such precedents were not uncommon.

or the clan is in danger.

When a strong enemy appears.

The seven princesses of the Seven Dragons did not hesitate to lead the fight as the strongest masters of their respective clans.

The problem was that in order for the princesses to risk their lives to fight, one premise must be met.

“He doesn’t even have a posterity yet…!”

Giselle groaned as she touched her forehead.

If Maia had already prepared to succeed the next generation, she would have been angry but not despaired.

As long as the egg remains, even if she dies, the next princess will be born.

But she is a pure body.

If Maia goes wrong, the blood of the dragon that has been inherited for nearly a thousand years will be cut off, and the long-cherished wish of the Seven Dragons will never be fulfilled.

The very meaning of the existence of the green dragon clan is disappearing.

‘I should have made the princess welcome her sire.’

It was a mistake to condone Maia’s act of delaying the wedding as Carla’s had happened.

Even if I didn’t condone it, I wouldn’t have been able to help it.

The choice of a sire is the prerogative of the princess.

It was impossible even for the elders to intervene in the marriage of a princess unless their authority was extremely diminished like that of the Black Dragon clan.

It was the voices of the other elders that awakened Giselle, who was lamenting and resenting the laws of the Seven Dragons.

“This is not the time to be like this.”

“We must immediately set up a search party and find the princess.”

“It would take a lot of numbers to search all over the Amazon. So, let’s mobilize not only the armed forces but also pharmacists.”

“Okay, then let’s gather the people together.”

“The headquarters will provide the necessary materials and funds.”

We must find and save the missing Maia as soon as possible.

Having united for that one purpose, they discussed future measures.

Under the leadership of the elders who had supported the clan for a long time, the plan to rescue Maia was quickly devised.

No, I thought it would be established.

“Well, I wouldn’t.”

That is until a voice intervenes.

At that calm but never ignorable voice, Giselle involuntarily stiffened her face and turned her head.

“…Black Dragon Princess, didn’t you originally say you would only observe?”

“It was.”

“Inamado, you know very well that the princess approved of this because she sent reinforcements and helped the clan retreat.”

“Yes, I know.”

Li Qingyu nodded.

This was the highest meeting of the green dragon clan, attended only by the elders and the prestigious family heads.

Originally, it was a place where even princesses of other clans were not allowed to observe.

Moreover, Li Qing-yu’s act of presenting an opinion without prior permission was dangerous enough to be regarded as interference in internal affairs in some cases.

“You know, but why are you interfering in our clan’s affairs?”

Despite knowing that, Li Qingyu revealed the reason why he bothered to intervene with a smile on his face.

“If you proceed as planned, Maia will be in more danger.”

The elders’ faces hardened.

Because I couldn’t just ignore Maia’s comfort.

“…what do you mean?”

Can you take responsibility for what you just said?

Li Qingyu calmly replied to Giselle, who spoke with a cold energy.

“The place where Maia is now is the Amazon. Don’t you know best how difficult it is to find someone there?”

“That’s…”

“Besides, the monster lord and the forest guild are taking over right now.”

Whether Maia is captured.

Or hiding in the jungle.

The Forest Guild will be unparalleled in comparison to the past, and will be deploying a close vigilance network.

What would happen if a large-scale search party was pushed into such a place.

The result was fixed.

“No matter how many people you put in, they will be defeated individually. It would be fortunate if half of them survived.”

Giselle raised her eyes at Li Qingyu’s calm remark.

“Do you think we don’t know that?”

“Of course you know. That’s why they’re trying to save Maia more quickly.”

As long as Maia can be saved, it doesn’t matter if all but half of the clan are sacrificed.

Li Qingyu nodded his head as he saw them with the eyes of an elder of the Seven Dragons, who spoke without wavering.

And he smiled strangely.

“But what are you going to do after that?”

“Do you mean?”

“Do you think the monster lord will be lurking in the jungle forever?”

“…”

The elders fell silent.

They, too, knew who Gula was.

Even if Maia was saved…

no, even more so, I could have guessed that the greedy and vengeful monarch would not be left alone.

“Even if we sacrifice countless times to save Maia, that would be the same as offering her to the monster lord.”