Solo Swordmaster

#280. have been preparing

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Hermann was a sculptor.

He is also the world’s best sculptor.

The position is not something that can be obtained through natural talent or hard work.

It required passion and tenacity close to madness to dedicate everything to one field and do anything for it.

That’s why when he failed to pass the test of the carving knife.

Hermann was rather delighted.

The fact that I had the opportunity to make such a perfect piece was considered lucky.

However, the body gradually recovers.

Challenging the test of the carving knife.

The more you repeat failure.

The joy in his heart gradually turned to anxiety and nervousness.

When I was not feeling well, I was able to take comfort in saying that it was because I couldn’t show my ability because of my illness.

However, thanks to all the elixirs Maia gave him, his confidence plummeted as he quickly regained his health.

Was it really because of illness that he failed the carving knife test?

Maybe it’s just my lack of skills?

Maybe he doesn’t have the talent to complete this piece?

I was wandering in that anxiety.

Hermann got his chance.

Diego is spying on Quetzalcoatl headquarters with bugs.

I stumbled across him struggling over a piece and offered him a chance to change his destiny.

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Kurung Kurung.

Could it be because of the capricious weather unique to the tropical rain forest?

The dark clouds that have gathered before you know it sound like thunder, making the already dark night even deeper.

But Hermann didn’t care about that at all.

I just opened my mouth heavily.

“You can think of it as an excuse, but I originally had no intention of accepting the Liberation Brigade’s proposal.”

He was thankful for Maia and Limon, who treated him as his benefactors.

Teaching Limon how to sculpt was sincere.

“I tried to finish the piece with my own hands somehow.”

So he tried.

He said that if you join hands with him, he will help you make a contract with the Constellation.

I put Diego’s suggestion out of my head that I could then get the skills to complete this piece.

In order to somehow create the supreme sculpture with my own hands.

“But that was impossible after all.”

If only I had a little more time.

If there was a grace period, at least a few years, at least a few months.

Hermann might have been able to pass the carving knife test on his own.

However, the grace period Diego gave was only until the Green Dragon clan attacked the base of the Forest Guild.

Completing an ideal sculpture in just a few days was impossible even for him, the world’s best sculptor.

That’s why at the end of the conflict until the end.

He finally made his choice.

“So you decided to just forget about Eunice and just hit the betrayal?”

“exactly.”

“You should be proud of being a traitor.”

“It is an undeniable fact that I have committed ingratitude.”

Hermann said quietly.

He was not so shameless as to be ungrateful.

He simply prioritized being a sculptor rather than remaining as a person who knew his conscience.

The tenacity he had pursued throughout his life was the most important thing in the world to him.

Even if that meant betraying the benefactor.

“…내가 조각가와 계약을 한 줄 알았는데 이제 보니 그냥 조각에 미친 개새끼한테 고깃덩어리를 줬던 거로군.”

Limon clicked his tongue.

If Hermann had been a shrewd man.

So if you betrayed it sooner.

You could have noticed something suspicious for sure.

However, he was a single-minded sculptor who knew nothing but sculpting.

Because he had no intention of betraying him until the very end, even Limon didn’t feel suspicious.

“What do you lament? After all, it is only natural that humans are ungrateful beings.”

“It’s lamentable that we have to take that for granted.”

Limon sighed at Maia’s cold ridicule.

blinded by greed

Or because you don’t want to lose.

Limon knew very well that it was human nature to be prone to abandoning any grace.

So, the reason he lamented was not because he was shocked by the betrayal of Hermann, whom he had just met.

Rather the opposite, to put it bluntly.

It was because I was old enough to accept this kind of thing.

But what can I do?

As you live, it happens that the country that has protected you for hundreds of years gets dumped, takes hostages, and cuts to death the subordinates who betrayed you.

Compared to him, Hermann’s betrayal was nothing bitter.

It’s up to you to blame your carelessness.

Rather, there is one thing I don’t understand.

“By the way, what kind of recklessness are you, the specter of the Liberation Brigade?”

“…is it too late?”

“It’s because I was curious about what they were thinking when they came out of nowhere if they managed to convince even a sculptor nobleman to get their hands on the Seven Arcs.”

“…!”

Diego raised his eyes.

It was astonishing that Limon spoke of the Liberation Brigade’s top secret, the Seven Arcs.

But that’s for a while.

He immediately nodded slowly.

“As expected… was it you who disturbed the Kaiser in London…”

“Did you know?”

“I expected it. No matter how coincidental you are, you have too many contacts with the Seven Arcs…”

The Liberation Brigade continued to gather information about the Seven Arcs.

Not to mention, of course, he played the deep black violin.

There was no reason not to be wary of Limon, who even gave Hermann Plato’s carving knife.

“That’s why I’ve been preparing myself…”

That’s why Diego laughed in a spurious voice.

And spread one arm out to the side.

Sseuseuk.

It’s like I’ve been waiting for this moment.

The forest roars like waves.

What appeared in the darkness was a huge shadow.

Only thirteen bloody giants who fought against Maia at the Forest Guild’s headquarters.

And the number of giants, each with physical abilities comparable to those of high-level players…

about one thousand.

Waves of monsters that would be enough to destroy the entire Brazil, which even a teenage guild could not mobilize, were covering all sides.

“How about the final number of trump cards our monarch has prepared…?”

“Is this the monster lord’s trump number?”

“Our lord is a prudent character… He ordered us to prepare ‘troops’ to be used in case of emergency…

”

Just attack the target.

There was a high possibility of causing an indiscriminate massacre if I unleashed giants without reason in the city of Sao Paulo.

Rather than the damage caused by the massacre, it was a very Gula-like idea to be concerned that the drug trade using ambrosia would be difficult due to its influence.

Including the fact that he died without being able to use the last move because he was too greedy.

It might have been better for Gula.

Thanks to that, he was able to get away without knowing that his henchmen stole the giants.

“Huh true. Is it okay to turn around like this? The monster monarch is like a dog, so I thought it would go well with you. ”

“…Not everyone is making friends with us. Especially if you’re a lowly person like the monarch.”

“Oh, yes.”

How can I make the specter of the Liberation Brigade look like ‘I don’t want to give it to him’?

Limon was stunned by Gula’s amazing personality.

But Diego had something to say.

Although they are treated as a lunatic criminal organization, the Liberation Brigade is also an organization with its own purpose.

Like Gula, if it was for his own gain, it was obvious that if he brought in someone who would sell the organization, it would only do harm.

…Things would be different if he had gained overwhelming power that even the monarch could control.

“Besides, this is the move prepared by the monster lord, but I prepared something else…”

Kung.

When he struck the ground with his staff, four figures appeared behind Diego.

A bald head carrying a greatsword.

A man wearing a black iron mask.

A woman with long hair.

A skinny kid doing origami.

Although small compared to the giants, Limon narrowed his eyes as he saw the four monsters, each of whom had a great personality.

“Are you your officers?”

“That’s right…”

“If I remember right, I think all of these guys were wanted duke-level players.”

“You have a great eye…”

“This is the basics.”

Limon said sullenly.

Even if it’s not as much as the large supply, the duke class over level 80 is also in the top 0.01% of players.

In particular, there was no way that Limon, a former PAB member, could not remember the notorious criminals who were wanted.

“But what are you going to do with just these guys?”

It was for this reason that Limon made a suspicious expression.

Only duke-level players were too low-key to be a trump card.

This is even more so in the current situation, when more than a thousand giant bioweapons surround all sides.

“Yes, to you who have collected two Seven Arcs, these may seem insignificant… but what if this is the case…?”

but right after that.

Limon raised his eyes.

No, I had no choice but to get up.

“『Constellation α』.”

“『Constellation β』.”

“『Descent of the Constellation γ』.”

“『Descent δ』.”

Aaaaaaa!

The four voices overlap.

The moment when the great sword mask necklace bracelet emits a strange light.

Seeing a star falling from the sky permeate them and explosively increasing their energy, Limon asked as if he was dumbfounded.

“Was that Descent of the Constellation something dogs and cows could use?”

“Huh… Since you’re asking that, it seems you don’t know the true power of the Seven Arcs yet…”

Diego smiled meaningfully.

Looking at him, Limon narrowed his eyes.

At least as far as he knew, only the ghosts of the Liberation Brigade could use 『Constellation Descent』.

I’ve never seen one executive use it.

Even so, there is one reason why they can use 『Descent of the Constellation』 unlike before, if you add Diego’s words, you can guess.

“…It was the power of that carving knife that made it possible to use Descent without you ghosts.”

A great sword mask necklace and bracelet owned by four executives.

Diego laughed happily as Limon clicked his tongue as he looked at the sculptures of familiar craftsmanship engraved or hung on each object.

“Half of the answers are correct…”

“Why are half of them wrong?”

“Because they can already be called half-ghosts…”

It is not possible to use Descent because they are specters.

Only those who can use Descent of the Constellation can become ghosts.

In that sense, these four have already qualified to become specters.

Diego said proudly.

“Don’t look down on even half of it. Because I don’t have a ‘hammer’, I couldn’t even prepare a holy spirit machine, but if they are now, they can rival the monarch…”

Limon knew.

that it is not an exaggeration.

In fact, Ryu Kang-cheol, who was the last member of the Liberation Brigade, was also a duke-level player.

Because when I used Descent, I was able to create 100 clones with the abilities of a large supply player.

What if they could all exert that much power?

I didn’t know that each executive would be more threatening than the thousands of giants sitting here.

One thing is more important than anything else.

“And they aren’t the only ones who got the blessing of the third Seven Arcs…”

Even players in their 80s and 90s who are only level 80 and 90 can demonstrate power equal to or surpass that of a level 100 monarch in “Descent of the Constellation” .

It was a unique skill that was more fraudulent than any other skill.

What if the effect overlaps?

What if the ghosts of the Liberation Brigade, who were originally able to use 『Constellation Descent』, strengthened it with a carving knife?

How strong will you be?

Diego answered that question through actions rather than words.

“Descent of the Constellation VII Demon.”

Wei Ying.

All sorts of bugs hit the ground with their carved staffs, covering their bodies with mechanical armor resembling insect shells.

The insect fragments engraved on the cane, which had become large and heavy like a pile bunker, moved onto the armor as if it were really alive.

The moment Diego activated a secret technique he created by himself, inspired by Gula’s [Behemoth].

“【Beelzebub】.”

Woo woo woo woo!

—The world was covered with worms.