Solo Swordmaster

Episode #268. What have you done?

It’s not just the military.

Various corporations and politicians, etc.

The influence exerted by the green dragon clan on the upper echelons of this country was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Huge funds, as well as all kinds of drugs, medicine to treat any disease, and elixir to prolong life.

The green dragon clan, equipped with everything, was a ruler who could never disobey the powerful.

It’s been like that since the distant past when it was called the Demonic Cult.

It was needless to say how strong the influence of the green dragon clan was in this era.

“Even the monster lord would have known. He must have misjudged that he could stop the military and government with his own power.”

“Did you believe in the power of fear rather than greed?”

“If I had identified him, he would have.”

“I’m really sorry about that.”

Li Qingyu chuckled.

If it had been before the guild headquarters collapsed on Maia a few years ago, that threat might have worked.

Gang retaliation is hard to ignore even for high-ranking officials in Brazil.

In fact, after hearing the news of the defeat of the Green Dragon clan, the government must have been thinking about confronting the Forest Guild.

Nonetheless, at this moment.

One of the reasons they actively cooperate.

“I wouldn’t have made such a misjudgment if I had known that intimidation wasn’t something only I could do.”

“Perhaps because they didn’t know we would intervene.”

“Well, Zixuan, if you hadn’t been collecting the weaknesses of high-ranking government officials, you wouldn’t have been able to threaten them so effectively.”

“It is an overestimation.”

Zixuan, who oversees the Black Dragon Clan’s intelligence network in Brazil, humbly bowed his head.

She is the general manager of Leviathan.

Because this was basically what I had to do.

The only pitiful thing was the troops who were dragged out to the battlefield crying and eating mustard while being caught in the carrots of the Green Dragon Clan and the whips of the Black Dragon Clan.

Considering the bribes and subsidies they usually receive, there is nothing particularly unfair about it.

“Anyway, this stopped the advance of the pawns.”

It doesn’t matter how many gangs there are.

Armament is RPG level at best.

Most of them are below level 50.

Even a ragtag without command and control was no match for a properly trained army.

If the gang has the power to defeat the army from the start, there is no reason to remain a criminal, rather than just overthrow the country.

“Then next… Shall we move the knight?”

widely.

After confirming the repulse of the gang.

Li Qingyu naturally moved the Crystal Knight to the slum side of Sao Paulo.

Of course, she wasn’t Ainsha, so I couldn’t be sure what would happen in the slums.

But not only prophets can prepare for the future.

The important thing is to ‘know’.

The strengths and weaknesses of enemies and allies.

What the other person likes and dislikes.

In addition, topography, climate, or external variables, etc.

Depending on how much information you have, you can take the best measures to prepare for the worst without knowing the future.

It is as said by countless masters that the key to never losing a fight is to be a master of knowledge.

Therefore, Li Qingyu was also able to predict.

‘Gula hates losses.’

‘On the other hand, subordinates are considered consumables.’

‘Then I would have prepared other consumables.’

‘The slums are the places with the most gangs to respond to Gula in São Paulo.’

‘A BOPE agent made up of high-level players would be able to subdue them immediately no matter what.’

‘If the elites of the Forest Guild infiltrated, it could be dangerous, but retreat would be possible.’

‘Still, confirmation is important, so it’s better to monitor drones in parallel in case of an emergency.’

I’m not 100% sure.

Instead, it only analyzes the collected information.

And based on that analysis, the optimal number, if not the best, is found and executed.

The princess of the clan who is more adept at collecting information and seeing through the psychology because she is born with telepathy.

The person who proceeded with the absurd conspiracy called the World Peace Plan and made the swordsmith admit defeat.

The worst tactician of the Seven Dragons.

The best military at the same time.

Li Qingyu, the Black Dragon Princess, smiled as she supported the back of the knight with her turquoise bishop.

“If you hold out for half a day, I’ll praise you, monster lord.”

It was the moment when hell began for all gangs and forest guild members in Brazil.

* * *

Crackle.

A quietly burning bonfire.

Sitting in front of him with only the hem of her shirt on, Maia was silent as she warmed her body.

He didn’t even touch the meat or fruit that Limon had grilled.

As if thinking deeply about something.

Or as if the soul had escaped.

Limon asked casually at her, who didn’t even move like a statue.

“Are you still worried?”

“…what do you mean?”

“The clan in Quetzalcoatl.”

Maia, who broke the silence only after receiving the unexpected question, raised her head slowly.

Then, after looking at Limon with darkly sunken green eyes, he spoke quietly after a while.

“No, I’m not particularly worried about them.”

“Is that so?”

It is still clear that he was about to return without taking care of his body, saying he was worried about his family.

Limon doesn’t hide his expression of surprise at the answer that is calmer than expected.

Maia was sneering at him.

“As you said, if Li Qingyu stepped forward, the Forest Guild would be no match for our clan.”

“Yes, of course.”

That’s too arrogant to say about one of the teenage guilds.

But Limon readily agreed.

It wasn’t just a mouthful to reassure her, or a vague judgment that it would be okay just because it didn’t sound ominous.

As Noh Kang-ho, who has lived for hundreds of years.

And as a former PAB agent.

And as someone who has fought against a lord.

This is because Limon knew the fatal weakness of the teenage guild.

“They don’t know war.”

“…You’re the only one who says that about the Forest Guild.”

“Is it true?”

Limon laughed.

And he spoke casually.

“This is not a problem unique to the Forest Guild. Most players are like that.”

“How about that?”

“If you treat life like a game.”

Grab the monsters in the dungeon.

Simply level up to become stronger.

Easy money from dungeon by-products.

Maybe it’s because he lives the same life as a character in an RPG game and gets used to it.

Or, if you make a contract with a Constellation, everything will be like that.

Limon calmly pointed out a problem common to most players.

“If you have command skills, you pretend to be a general with 100 victories, and in the end, you believe that you can defeat any formidable enemy as long as you have a high level and good skills.”

In a dungeon, their confidence wouldn’t be too much.

Usually five or six people.

At most, in a dungeon where you only need to lead hundreds of people to fight monsters, they can be great leaders in their own way.

But no matter how many monsters there are.

No matter how strong the boss fights.

It’s just ‘hunting’ after all.

Even if you are an expert in RPG games, you can become a beginner in strategy simulation games.

There is no law that just because you are good at catching monsters, you will be good at fighting people, especially in wars involving tens of thousands of people.

“In that sense, going to war against my bride-to-be would be the worst self-killing for the Forest Guild.”

Maia inadvertently snorted at the words of Limon, who was proud of his wife.

“That’s not even funny.”

“huh? Did I say anything strange?”

“That Liqingwi can’t be the worst opponent for the Forest Guild.”

“Hahaha, you’re a sharp intellectual.”

Limon giggled.

A general in the past said

The basis of strategy is to do something the enemy hates, and if you do it best, you can become the best commander.

Li Qingyu was a girl who could be anyone’s worst enemy in that respect.

No, all the Black Dragon Princesses of the past were the same.

That’s why in the past, when the Seven Dragons teamed up to conduct large-scale operations, the Black Dragon Princess was always in charge of operational control.

The green dragon clan is good at one-to-many.

Just as the White Dragon clan is excellent at escaping.

A strong clan when fighting from behind.

That was the Black Dragon clan, who considered scheming and intrigue as their nature, and Li Qingyu was their princess.

Even more so, players who fight like a strategy simulation game without knowing what a real war is like can’t beat Li Qingyu.

Rather, it would be better if it was not wiped out.

“What I’m not sure about is whether Li Qingyu will really help our clan.”

The question is whether Li Qingyu can be trusted.

However, Limon responded immediately without the slightest hesitation.

“I will help you.”

“Why?”

“That’s the best way to fuck the monster lord, isn’t it?”

“Does Li Qingyu have any reason to hold a grudge against the monster lord?”

“Yes.”

Li Qingyu had never met Gula at all, so what kind of grudge did he have?

At Maia, who was suspicious, Limon smiled and pointed at himself.

“Because of that pig, the one-and-a-half groom-to-be went missing in the jungle.”

“…I guess that’s why it’s so easy to understand.”

Maia frowned.

It’s bullshit behind the scenes. Second, helping the green dragon clan even to hinder others was a behavior worthy of the black dragon clan.

In that respect, she could understand why Limon was making such boasts.

One thing I really don’t know.

“Unlike I don’t know why you dared to risk your balance and come to save me.”

Whether it’s because of the coercion of Libra.

Whether it’s because of Hermann’s treatment.

You won’t need her now.

Why did you take the risk and come to save yourself?

Looking at Maia, who asked with sharp eyes, as if telling her to be honest, Limon smiled.

“If you think about it that way, it’s the same as I don’t understand why Master stayed alone to pass the time.”

“…”

For revenge or not.

either for your own comfort.

It would have been best to make Limon fight the monster lord and retreat with the green dragon clan.

Why did you have to take the risk?

Limon, who said that he was very curious, scratched his cheek as he saw Maia with her bluish-white lips tightly closed.

Just by looking at Maia’s sharper eyes, I could tell that she had no intention of answering her question.

“If you can’t answer clearly, ask another question.”

That’s why Limon didn’t bother asking Maia’s intentions.

Instead, he only asked a completely different, but in a sense even more fatal question.

“Master, what have you done to your own body?”

“…What are you talking about?”

“Don’t pretend you don’t know.”

Limon was a sword master.

It’s like any other doctor… No, in a sense, it also meant that he knew the structure of the human body better than anyone else in the world.

Even the Green Dragon Princess from the past was included among the opponents he slashed.

that’s why i knew

It wasn’t just this fight that made Maia’s condition so bad.

Addiction and internal trauma were just triggers.

Before that, her body was not normal.

Even while dealing with the psionics of living organisms, he suffers from seizures and has to stabilize himself with medicine.

And there was only one reason why her body, with the best medical skills in the world, would become like this.

“Since when have you been experimenting on humans using yourself as a test subject?”