Solo Swordmaster

#360. For a lifetime, not once.

“I’ve been waiting…”

The moment I heard that.

Hasneti twitched her eyebrows.

Then, he glared at Rose with bloody eyes that glowed eerily.

“It’s kind of noble to say that it’s a pity that I couldn’t surprise the exhausted me because I moved faster than expected.”

“I have no intention of taking a surprise attack, so be at ease.”

“Are you going to believe that nonsense?”

“If I had intended to do that in the first place, I wouldn’t have appeared in front of you like this.”

Hasneti, who exuded a bloody spirit, could not deny the fact.

She was also expecting it.

The fact that this stone bottle with eight gates is not perfect.

It is also true that if you push with more power than the Eight Seasons or Gujeolgi, you may be able to forcibly break through.

But I couldn’t.

If you use that much power, even a Hasneti will instantly reveal a gap, and it could have been fatal if you were surprised by Rose at that time.

Even so, she stepped out like this because if she had to fight anyway, it was better to do it when her stamina was intact.

And there was something to check.

“Where is my entourage?”

“You already know, don’t you?”

“…is it.”

Hasneti closed her eyes.

It is impossible even for the Black Dragon clan to unleash a gold rush in a single morning on such an empty field.

He knew that if there was anyone who could, it was only Limon, who possessed the eighth dragon psionic, an unprecedented being in history.

But I didn’t want to admit it.

Because that fact meant only one thing.

“After all, he chose you.”

Cold face as always.

A muffled voice as usual.

However, unlike her calm appearance, her eyes sank heavily.

I didn’t feel betrayed.

Because he was never on his side in the first place.

Still, what is the reason for this throbbing feeling in the chest?

Hasneti didn’t know.

It was a very unfamiliar pain for her, who had lived her entire life in battles.

“Does not matter.”

Still, she wasn’t discouraged.

Like when it got dark.

Rather, he just continued talking while staring at Rose with bloody eyes that burned more vividly than before.

“Even if he didn’t choose me, I already chose him.”

“Do you mean to have him by force?”

“Yes.”

Hearing her answer, which was so befitting of a red dragon princess, Rose let out a slight sigh.

and said calmly.

“Hasnetti. It is forbidden to force others by force, and you will never win them your way.”

“…you can’t get him my way?”

“yes.”

Looking at Hasneti wriggling between his eyebrows.

Rose continued.

“I have always wondered why this African country is so underdeveloped.”

Europe where the demon war broke out.

South America addicted to drugs.

North America where the spirit uprising took place.

East Asia, etc., where the sword demon caused a massacre.

There have been many terrible tribulations in human history, and among them, there have been continents that have suffered cataclysms in which the majority of the population died.

But no continent has been as messed up as Africa.

“But now I know.”

Even white slaves, who were once treated as less than beasts, now enjoy their rights as human beings.

Why is only Africa full of starvation and poverty?

I finally realized why.

Rose said coldly.

“The reason this continent was devastated was because you, the Red Dragon Clan, neglected it.”

Unless Egypt monopolized its wealth and resources.

If only Apophis had shared a little of the abundance.

At least, if the Red Dragon Clan occupied this continent long ago.

Africa will be in a much better shape than it is now.

However, this continent became like this because the Red Dragon Clan, who valued the law of the jungle, reigned at the pinnacle but did not give anything.

To Rose, who points out sharply.

Hasneti replied.

“so.”

no i asked

“What do you mean?”

Why does his country have a clan.

Should I share the wealth and glory that I have shed my own blood with others?

“Africa is a land of weak meat. Only the strong can get everything, so everyone has lived to become strong.”

A place where the strong can enjoy unlimited power even when poverty abounds.

That’s why the continent of Africa has a higher percentage and average level of players than any other continent.

“If, as you said, we had given them peace and mercy, they would have become weak and indolent.”

Humans cannot become strong through peace.

It only develops through competition.

“And, like Rose, you tried to rely only on the strong.”

Hasneti pointed out.

Rose hardened her face.

It was just a small helping hand.

It was because I could understand her words as much as I was in charge of the largest warlord in the East after it grew like a snowball.

But that didn’t mean Rose agreed with Hasneti.

“So you mean you’re going to continue to rule this land with the law of the jungle?”

“Yes.”

“Hasnetty, that is not his wish.”

wriggling

“He wants peace. So, if you want to win his heart, stop the war right now…”

“Don’t talk nonsense, Rose.”

before the words are finished.

chewing on the cigarette in his mouth.

Hasneti said ferociously.

Even when he found out that Limon had chosen Rose, he felt bitter but not angry.

Because she wasn’t stupid enough to get excited about the enemy.

But now.

Hasneti was feeling as much anger as when Rose had kidnapped Limon… or, in a sense, more than that.

“I know him better than anyone like you.”

Before being a princess looking for a mate.

I’ve been looking for him for ten years.

As the woman who followed Limon.

“His power, his past, and his true desire!”

On the subject of being a dirty hypocrite.

I don’t even know his true desire.

As if you know everything.

Glaring at the female, blinded by her self-righteousness and saying things she shouldn’t have said, Hasneti growled.

“But where do you dare to say something absurd about a subject that knows nothing about him?!”

Maybe it was because he was overwhelmed by the blazing flame-like momentum that was not like Hasneti, who was always cold-hearted.

Rose, who looked at her with a stiff face, asked quietly after a while.

“…Where do you think my words are absurd?”

Still, the excitement seems to have subsided a bit as he vomited his passion once.

Hasneti, who had been glaring at Rose with a calmer face and an anger he could not hide, asked in a muddy voice.

“How much do you know about him?”

“I don’t know everything, but I know enough to know.”

That moment.

Hasneti twisted her mouth.

And asked with subtle but clear anger and ridicule.

“Then do you know that he has a bad habit?”

“What habit do you mean?”

“It’s the habit of not giving all one’s energy when fighting an enemy you see for the first time.”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

It is only natural to adjust the strength according to the strength of the enemy.

In particular, the fact that a superman of the absolute class like Limon gave his best to anyone was just the right thing to do to catch bed bugs.

But why do you point out that it’s a bad habit?

Looking at the puzzled Rose.

Hasneti asked with bloody eyes.

“Even if it was against the Demon God?”

“…what does that mean?”

“It is literally.”

because I don’t understand

Or maybe it’s because I don’t want to understand.

Hasneti coldly asserted to Rose, who stiffened her face.

“Even when fighting the Demon God, it means that he didn’t do his best from the start.”

“What nonsense are you talking about? Don’t you know how badly he was injured in his first fight with the Demon God?”

“But in the second fight, I overpowered the Demon God.”

“That’s because I perfected the yam dragon sword with the experience of fighting a demon…” ”

Do you think it’s possible to overwhelm an opponent who risked his life once with a body that was seriously injured?”

Rose tried to answer.

that it can be

That is the most mysterious power of swordsmanship among all superpowers, and the existence of a sword master.

“The same goes for other enemies.”

Hasneti, however, did not give her a chance to object.

He just continued talking unilaterally, as if he didn’t even need to hear a counterargument for the sake of counterargument.

“Even when fighting the Seven Dragons, as well as against fallen gods and warlocks, he was rarely killed right away.”

“I only killed right away when the enemy took hostages or when time was running out. Tolerably, there were many fights with leisure rather than speedy battles.”

“What do you think is the reason?”

Rose was silent for a moment at Hasneti’s words, more like an interrogation than a question.

Having seen Limon slash the sorcerer in London, she knew he would make a quick cut if need be.

But what if there was a reason why you didn’t slash the enemy at once?

“…Are you saying that you deliberately put things into your hands in order to give the opponent a chance to fight without regret?”

“Wrong.”

She is so like the Blue Dragon Princess that she can’t understand Limon until the end, and is furious with her answer.

Hasneti chewed on it.

“It means that you have developed a habit of not rushing into battle because you want your enemy to be as strong as possible so that he can threaten you.”

“Don’t talk nonsense. He is a tyrant like you…!”

before I even finished talking.

As if I realized something.

Looking at Rose who swallowed her breath.

Hasneti readily agrees.

“Yes, he is not a tyrant like me.”

And add.

“It’s a swordsman.”

“…!”

“A true swordsman who takes pleasure in a life-and-death battle and eagerly awaits a match against a formidable enemy.”

Those whose sword is their means may wish for an easy victory.

However, this could not be the case for a real swordsman whose purpose was the sword itself.

A knight seeks honor.

As a fighter longs for a fight.

It was the fate of a swordsman who risked his life on his sword to instinctively pursue a desperate fight against a powerful enemy in order to hone his swordsmanship.

And Limon was a sword master who reached the pinnacle of such a swordsman.

“Did you realize it now?”

Others were buried in his achievements and did not notice or did not understand even though they knew.

Because it is the Red Dragon Princess whose life is struggle.

And because I’ve been researching the Sword Master for a long time.

Hasneti snarled something that only he could understand.

“He’s never felt happy in peace in his entire life.”

He is called the protector of mankind.

Even though I’ve been protecting the world my whole life.

It’s not Limon’s desire.

“Rather, I’ve been longing for a fiercer fight against a stronger enemy.”

Ignoring even rich movies.

Even if you don’t even want to win.

A being who feels joy in testing his swordsmanship against a formidable enemy, and who can only enjoy his life in a life-or-death struggle.

That’s the Sword Master.

It’s Limon Aspelder.

“Nevertheless, bound by a sense of duty to protect the world, he had to suppress his longing and pretend to be a guardian for hundreds of years.”

Age of Heroes.

I have been involved in many wars.

In the past, instead of fighting according to his desire, he silently won victory to protect the world.

That’s why he was able to build heroic achievements, but as a single swordsman, he always had to feel thirst and futility, talking about Limon’s life.

Hasneti gnashed his teeth.

“He said he wanted peace without knowing that?”

I can understand why he took away Limon, even if he was angry.

Because she was also the princess of the Seven Dragons.

However, it was unacceptable for Rose to arbitrarily cut and distort him to fit her ideals.

Hasneti looked at Rose with contempt and shouted with a seething heart.

“How long are you going to let him shoulder the fate of the world, Rose!”

“…”

Rose was speechless.

As a woman and a fighter who had long cherished him before she was a princess.

The appearance of Hasneti shouting with a heart that is hot and intense like fire, but with a heart that is too sad and cramped to be simple anger.

And the resentment in those red eyes.

It left me speechless.

“Hasnetty you…”

Unbelievable facts.

But the truth I realized.

Rose said involuntarily.

“…I love him with all my heart.”

“okay.”

“Enough to do anything for him.”

“It is as you say.”

Perhaps it is because the seething deterioration swallowed even the shame.

Rose groaned and asked Hasneti who did not hesitate to reveal her feelings.

“So… did you start a war of conquest? So that you could become the guardian of this world instead of a swordsman?”

“Yes.”

Staring straight at Rose with bloody eyes.

Hasneti declared.

“I will rule the Seven Dragons and conquer the world.”

“….”

“And it will create a world where all human beings can live freely as a human being, not as a guardian, by becoming strong on their own.”

Swallow the Seven Dragons.

conquer the whole world.

to change the world itself.

The declaration is so absurd that it sounds nothing but the absurdity of a madman.

However, the eyes that glow like a furnace do not waver even an inch, letting us know that it is sincere.

So Rose realized.

Just as he fell in love and fell.

The fact that Hasneti has been crazy about love since a very long time ago.

Enough to set the whole world on fire for the happiness of just one man.

The heart that burns everything for love is so hot and intense that it makes you feel intimidated as a woman.

“Hasnetty…”

But that’s why.

staring at her with blue eyes.

Rose said in a voice filled with rage that was more than Hasneti, but never lacking.

“You are the one who doesn’t talk too much.”