Solo Swordmaster

Episode #263. It’s a little bit embarrassing.

If the search party is lost, the green dragon clan will collapse due to the monster lord’s counterattack.

Then Brazil would fall into the hands of the Forest Guild and they wouldn’t even be able to protect Maia.

Li Qingyu, who spoke lightly, added another word as if he had just remembered.

“Ah, of course it would be possible to get Maia to escape abroad. Instead, most of the green dragon clan will die and lose everything.”

“…”

“That would be a big deal for Maia. It is a debt that will never be repaid, even if it takes a lifetime.”

It is the green dragon clan that takes strict eunwon as its creed.

How much more reckless Maia would do to get her revenge if most of her clan died to save her.

Giselle’s eyes fluttered as she saw Li Qingyu talking anxiously.

dump!

“Barbara of the Green Dragon Clan asks for favor from the descendant of the Black Dragon God.”

Suddenly, Barbara knelt in front of Li Qingyu and hit her head on the floor.

“Barbara! What are you crazy about?”

Giselle, stunned.

But Barbara didn’t even flinch.

He just kept his head down and continued talking.

“The princess always said that what the Black Dragon Princess does has a meaning.”

words flowing in passing.

A natural smile.

Even simple glances.

There is an intention in all of that, and through it, it is the Black Dragon Princess who manipulates people and plots secretly.

Li Qingyu smiled bitterly at Maia’s evaluation of herself.

“That sounds like a bit of an overestimate.”

“But aren’t you saying this because you have a trick to save the princess?”

Giselle and the elders startled.

All eyes focused at once.

Sounds like you’re asking a very difficult question.

She looked at him with a puzzled face, but after a while she reluctantly nodded.

“If you’re asking if there’s a way to save Maia more safely… Yes, there is.”

gulp.

Was it Giselle or another elder who swallowed the dry saliva?

It didn’t matter anyway.

At least, the reason why those words made me thirsty was because all the green dragons here were the same.

But only one dared to bury the plan.

“Tell me how. If you do, our whole family will never forget the grace of the Black Dragon Princess.”

“Watch out what Barbara says!”

Giselle exclaimed involuntarily.

The other elders also looked at her and rebuked her hasty remarks.

“What do you mean be careful?”

“Are you asking because you really don’t know that?”

“Yes, I don’t know.”

Barbara rather raised her head at Giselle’s reprimand.

Then, facing the elders in turn, he asked in a sharp voice.

“The most important thing right now is the safety of the princess, and the Black Dragon Princess has that plan. What do I need to hesitate about?”

“…”

Giselle couldn’t answer.

So did the other elders.

If the opponent was another princess.

For example, if it was the White Dragon Princess or the Blue Dragon Princess, they would have been happy to ask for help.

Even the Gold Dragon Princess or the Red Dragon Princess would have asked for cooperation even if they hesitated a little.

Even the Silver Dragon Princess might have listened to her opinion, even though she would be in great agony.

But she was the Black Dragon Princess.

How dangerous it was to be favored by the Black Dragon clan.

It was an option that the elders who knew from long life experience wanted to avoid to the point of causing a competition.

“I know it is a choice I will regret. But if it’s to save the princess, I can even sell myself to a swordsmith.”

“This foolish thing…”

Giselle closed her eyes.

And after struggling for a while, he finally opened his mouth with a tired face.

“Do as you please.”

“Elder Giselle!”

“Isn’t this kid saying something wrong?”

The other elders swallowed their moans as Giselle said that it was necessary to admit what was to be acknowledged.

The Black Dragon Clan, who are good at conspiracies and tricks, and among them, the princess, Li Qingyu, must have some unimaginable schemes.

Instead, the problem was that it was obvious that listening to the tactic itself was Li Qingyu’s tactic.

‘This is the devil’s contract.’

‘But if it’s to save the princess…’

‘…it can’t be helped.’

The elders couldn’t stop Barbara even though they had sad faces.

The price is very expensive.

You can’t trust your opponent.

Even if you know you will regret it.

As if no one could refuse to make a deal with the devil who appeared to grant his wish at the moment of greatest need.

As Maia was the most important to them, they had no choice but to ask Li Qingyu for advice no matter what schemes he was hiding.

“Black Dragon Princess, please teach me.”

Having thus received the approval of the elders, Barbara repeatedly asked for favor.

For a while, let’s look at her, who asks for advice with the feeling of selling her country to save the princess she fears.

Li Qingyu muttered involuntarily.

“…you don’t need anything like your body.”

“yes?”

“No, nothing. I meant that you don’t have to take my advice as grace.”

“What do you mean…?”

“There are conditions instead.”

The elders, who had blatant doubts and doubts, all made an expression of ‘as expected’.

The condition was considered to mean paying the price in advance.

Most of the elders were rather willing.

It was better to pay the price in advance rather than to be swayed later by all sorts of schemes in the name of grace.

“What do you want?”

“What I want is…”

But after a while.

When Li Qingyu revealed the ‘condition’.

Far from being happy about it, the elders couldn’t help but be astonished.

“that!”

“Nonsense!”

“I understand that it is difficult to accept, but this condition is essential for my plan to work.”

bewilderment, even anger.

Li Qingyu slowly looked back at the elders who jumped up with all sorts of emotions on their faces.

And finally, looking at Barbara, who was kneeling in front of him, he added a word with a smile on his face.

“Of course, you can decline my offer. I will suffice if I help you in any other way.”

Anyway, this is the green dragon clan’s business.

They only offered one option, and the choice is theirs.

Barbara bit her lip as Li Qingyu spoke as if she were watching someone else’s house.

Li Qingyu’s bystander attitude was natural.

First of all, they are criminal organizations.

We only cooperate because we have the same roots.

There is no obligation to help each other.

In fact, when the Black Dragon Clan fell, even the Blue Dragon Clan didn’t hesitate to rip off Leviathan’s shares.

In that respect, Li Qingyu’s conditions were not so absurd.

There were similar precedents, and of course it was a reasonable proposal depending on the situation.

One problem.

Whether Li Qingyu can be trusted.

Considering that trusting the Black Dragon Clan would be a foolish thing even the White Dragon Clan wouldn’t do, it really didn’t even need to be considered…

“I will accept the conditions you said. So please tell me how to save the princess.”

“Does anyone else agree?”

“…yes.”

“With the authority of the elders, I will accept the conditions of the Black Dragon Princess.”

Barbara answered with a determined look.

And the elders of the green dragon clan agreed with a sorrowful expression.

Li Qingyu only opened his mouth after hearing their answers.

“The best thing you can do right now is simple.”

If it had been a little while ago, even if I said it, I would have been ignored or rather kicked out of the meeting room.

But now that the conditions have been passed, Li Qingyu revealed his plan with a single smile on his face.

“You’re not saving Maia.”

“…!!!”

Do not trust the Black Dragon Clan.

That old adage had a reason.

Barbara realized in less than 10 seconds and could only put on a bewildered expression.

* * *

[Looks like he was scammed after leaving all his property to save his daughter. The older sister and the elders…

]

He accepted Li Qingyu’s conditions to save Maia, but the first step was to ban Maia’s rescue.

Even if it’s not called fraud, it’s amazing.

Looking at Li Qingyu, who spoke softly, Yu Naqing put on a confused expression.

I just couldn’t bring myself to say it.

Their eyes, covered with shock, betrayal, doubt, and even regret, already defined Li Qingyu as a perfect swindler.

That’s why Na-gyeong Yun asked without even realizing it.

[Did the princess really need to do this?]

“Did I look too heartless?”

[Rather than being merciless, I just thought it would have been easier to solve the situation if I had told the wisdom I had heard from Princess White Dragon.] “

No, that would have been difficult.”

Li Qingyu shook his head.

He was able to support the Green Dragon clan by dispatching the Black Dragon clan of the Leviathan Sao Paulo branch.

In itself, it was thanks to Ainsha’s foreknowledge.

However, if he had tried to persuade the Green Dragon clan based on that, he would have been more suspicious and faced difficulties than he is now.

“Originally, it is very rare for the White Dragon Clan to readily inform us of the future.”

[…Even if it’s a big event that could ruin the Green Dragon clan and destroy Brazil

if it’s not stopped?] “The more important the event, the more expensive it was, so the White Dragon clan was able to gain the current prosperity.”

Don’t forget.

The White Dragon Clan is also an axis of the Seven Dragons Association.

Looking to the future and always making the best choice, they were indifferent to the disasters of other clans if it did not benefit their own clan.

If Limon wasn’t in Brazil, he would have tried to make a deal with the green dragon clan with this foreknowledge.

“If Ainsha had prophesied in good faith and I had offered to help out of pure goodwill, the Green Dragon clan would not have believed it even if I died.”

[…It’s a thought that comes to mind sometimes, but you’ve managed to survive for a thousand years.]

“The situation was different then and now.”

The Seven Dragons of the past had no choice but to unite.

If you don’t have lips, your teeth will ache.

In the Age of Heroes, when there were several sword masters besides Limon, they had to gather their strength to survive.

Even so, it was basic to get paid and help only when absolutely necessary.

Not to mention, even the White Dragon clan wouldn’t believe in helping without a price in this peaceful era.

Especially in that the party is Li Qing-wee.

[It’s so frustrating that it’s hard to tell even if you know the future…]

“…is it frustrating?”

Yuna-kyung mumbled as if she was dumbfounded.

Li Qingyu, who had been muttering to himself with a strange expression on his face after hearing those words, said with a smile after a while.

“I rather think it’s fortunate that I don’t know the future.”

[yes? Why?]

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

[…?]

“It means that if everyone in the green dragon clan had known Ainsha’s foreknowledge and acted, the situation would have been more likely to get worse.”

What if you knew where Maia was through your foreknowledge?

The elders of the green dragon clan would have sent a rescue team at any cost.

Or what if you heard about the existence of a traitor?

Even if they captured, killed, and tortured hundreds and thousands of innocent people, they would have tried to find the traitor.

In the meantime, the Green Dragon clan would have fallen into greater confusion and collapsed without even using their hands, let alone confront the monster lord.

“Knowing the future is like that.”

Yeji is not omnipotent.

The more you try to change the future.

There are innumerable situations in which that foreknowledge has been self-realized or worse.

That’s why the White Dragon clan, which can see the future, has been called the weakest member of the Seven Dragons for a long time.

Hearing Li Qingyu’s warning-like words, Yu Naqing nodded.

[I see… So you intentionally hid your knowledge and pretended to be the villain?]

“Because the most smooth way to negotiate is to act as the other person expects.”

If someone doubts himself, he just needs to devise a scheme, lie, and betray him according to his suspicion.

Li Qingyu, who spoke calmly, smiled and added another word.

“Although it’s a bit embarrassing.”

[What do you think is outrageous?]

“The family, who say they value Eun-won above all else, completely forget about the person who received the greatest favor through this incident.”

[…Ah.]

Yuna-kyung was sorry.

It was because he remembered once again that there were other missing people besides Maia in this battle.

For example, this is like Limon, who stayed behind to block the tracking party and didn’t come back.

[That…I’m telling you this while contact was cut off, but honestly, I don’t think anything happened to that team leader.]

“Your swordsman is sure to be fine.”

Li Qingyu said calmly.

Whether the location is the jungle or the opponent is the forest guild.

Because Limon wasn’t going to be in danger over something like this.

“Maya would too.”

Likewise, I wasn’t too worried about Maia.

Even if Maia risked death and tried to evacuate her family, her instincts as a princess wouldn’t allow it.

If her life was really in danger, she would have known it a long time ago.

“That’s why I didn’t send a search party.”

[Yes?]

“What Maia needs right now is not some silly rescue team or medical treatment, but someone who can change her fate.”

The one who can even cut the future.

That’s why he has the power to change the fate of others and even the world.

Above all, Li Qingyu couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the thought of the best tracker he could trust more than 10 million searchers.