Solo Swordmaster

#955. what are you doing here

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Time is reversed.

space disappears

The scenery around me that used to be a long line disappears.

Instead, what filled the screen was a strange glow that could hardly be called light or shadow.

But more than anything else, it was the sensation.

Even though it was surrounded by a thick hull, until a moment ago, everything from the flow of air to the shaking of the ground was vividly felt.

The moment I crossed the gate, all my senses were cut off.

As if the whole world had disappeared.

“…No, is it me who disappeared?”

Take your hands off the control stick.

Limon let out a deep sigh.

I don’t know if it’s fighting wielding a sword.

Driving an armored ship at several times the speed of sound and breaking through a group of monsters was unfamiliar to him and just as tiring.

Even more so because I only learned how to control it with attributes.

Fortunately, I could now leave it to the autopilot for a while.

Beyond the gate.

No, to be precise, during the dive, even the Constellations would not be able to intervene.

Because the fairy queen said it.

“Star Drive is a route that connects the stars…. There is nothing that is not really great. The legacy of the fairies.”

distant past.

The fairies, who were the ancestors of Alfheim, had advanced into space.

But time goes by.

The wider the field of activity.

The fairies also felt regret.

This is because, even for those who have reached the pinnacle of technological civilization, it has become difficult to handle the enormous consumption of time and resources whenever they go further into space.

So the fairies searched for a way to solve the problem.

And long studies.

countless attempts.

After so many repeated failures.

The fairies finally found out.

Navigation that penetrates the space-time gap between the stars and jumps over vast distances that would take tens of thousands of years even at the speed of light.

I mean the star drive.

If only we had a little more time to complete and mass-produce the Star Drive.

The fairies would have advanced to the entire universe centered on Alfheim and built a higher civilization.

Unfortunately, even before the Star Drive was completed, Alfheim was destroyed by the invasion of the Constellations.

The star drive was not fully applied to El Dorado, the last ark of the fairies.

There is only one exception.

While evacuating aboard El Dorado, there was only one ship that the Fairy King finally completed.

Unfortunately, even that ship was destroyed during the Golden Age when it was used to protect humanity from predators and other monsters.

It was impossible to even reproduce because it required Alfheim’s special resources for production…

Fortunately, after the core parts were reborn as an armored ship called Santa Maria by a certain Unmyeongsa.

A pirate named Columbus.

Go through Dances with Wolves.

It’s finally in your own hands.

The story of those distant years made even the immortal Limon feel complex emotions.

‘Is this also inevitable?’

The final legacy of the Fairy King is a ship, neither a weapon to fight the Constellation nor a tool to help the clan resurrect.

The name of the agency that makes interstellar travel possible is, of course, the Star Drive.

It was thanks to that information that he was able to fight the Constellations like this.

After reflecting on a fact that is too unfortunate to be a coincidence.

Limon smiled bitterly.

‘No, fate would be more appropriate than that.’

It might have been too ironic for a sword master who could cut through fate.

But because that’s Limon.

He could clearly feel it.

Like a river that returns to its original state no matter how much it is cut down, it is a huge flow that clearly exists even though it is invisible to the eye that leads it.

Although he did not know what awaited him at the end of that fate…

“…it doesn’t matter anyway.”

laughing bloodily.

Limon let go of his thoughts.

whatever fate awaits

In the end, there is only one thing you have to do.

It was all about saving humanity and returning safely, and if it got in the way, it would have been enough to cut down the Constellation or Fate.

That was also the teacher’s teaching.

So, take it easy.

Limon checked the instrument panel.

“Six hours until we arrive. This is good enough.”

This is the route between the stars.

No time.

without space.

A place where there is only flow.

Even a second outside could pass for several hours or even months inside Santa Maria.

After the dungeon wave started.

Deliberately find the optimal coordinates.

That was why he dared to enter the dungeon gate.

Star drive is a state-of-the-art, coolly speaking, unfinished technology that even the fairy king realized before he died.

If the flow of time and space goes out of order, you may end up in the wrong place or the time may be distorted unreasonably.

In order to reduce the anxiety factor as much as possible, there was no choice but to use the already existing passage, the dungeon gate.

Fortunately, thanks to the Star Drive, you can cross the dungeon gate without worrying about the intervention of the Constellation.

The pity was that he had nothing to do until he arrived.

“Shall we have a meal first?”

rattle.

“I could use the food synthesizer, but first I’ll have to test it to see if it works.”

So it was.

After Limon leaves the bridge.

Why did you rummage through the cargo room?

While I had some time left, I thought of having a simple meal and organizing my luggage.

It was necessary to organize the luggage once, even if it was simple, as all kinds of luggage had been loaded so that there would be no problems on long voyages.

“Let’s see, was it this box?”

So after a while.

When he finally found the box containing the goods he wanted, Limon grumbled as he opened it.

click.

“Anyway, old Shirg is weird too. No matter how important it is, the box will be opened soon anyway, so I dare to seal it with magic…”

[Ah!]

“…”

Kung!

It was an instant.

Limon closed the box he had opened.

Maybe I’m too tired, I’m going to have a good time with my eyes.

after taking a deep breath.

Limon opened the box again.

And after a really long and heavy silence, he quietly opened his mouth.

“…Nakyung, what are you doing here?”

[Um, well.]

A small pot.

while immersed in it.

Take a moment to roll your eyes again.

Eventually, the blue bird, scratching its head with its wings, opened its beak with a shy face.

[Smuggling?]

* * *

At the end of pressing the temple.

Limon asked casually.

“What are you thinking?”

[Does a pet need a special reason to follow its owner?]

“Don’t joke.”

[I was half serious.]

Looking at the bluebird grumbling that it’s the first time I’ve seen such a proud owner while abandoning a pet.

he sighed.

“Nakyung, you know how dangerous this is.”

[I know that the princess sisters, as well as the Indian sisters and the disciples sisters, were too dangerous to bring.]

“Why did someone who knows that come here?”

he asked seriously.

Everything beyond the gate is unknown.

It was a place where even Limon himself could not guarantee his survival.

I never imagined that the bluebird, whose brain was smaller than a walnut and empty of contents, would come along.

But Yuna-kyung was confident.

[Yes, to protect the world.]

“Stop joking….”

[Does this sound like a joke?]

“….”

[The team leader isn’t the only one who wants to protect the world. There are things I definitely want to protect.]

Hearing that.

Limon put on a complicated expression.

It was because he knew better than anyone what Yuna wanted to protect.

“If you really wanted to protect your younger siblings, you could have asked them to put them on the list of refugees.”

[The team leader and the older sisters are excluding personal affection and evacuating only those in need, but I’m not too shameless to do the same.] ”

Then, at least you stay and protect it yourself.”

[Isn’t it such a waste to use a competent blue bird like me for such a thing?]

It wasn’t wrong.

Yuna-kyung’s power is already absolute self-sufficiency.

Except for Advent of Incarnation, it was difficult to deal with unless you were the Seven Princesses or the Sword Master, even if you only used the power of the Ancient Spirit and the Godma Unity.

Now that all of humanity is fighting the invasion of the Constellations, it was a situation where it had to be used even more usefully.

But…

“Isn’t it a waste to throw away that competent life like this?”

[Ah, what are you talking about as if I’m going to die?]

“That’s how dangerous it is.”

[It can’t be helped, even if it’s dangerous.]

“Can’t help it… is that what you’re talking about with your life?”

[It’s not something I can’t say.]

To Limon who is dumbfounded.

Yuna-kyung said calmly.

Then, looking straight at him with slightly sunken eyes, he continued.

[Because I should have died a long time ago when I betrayed the team leader.]

“…”

[Oh, really. Did he actually die?]

As if he forgot.

Yu Na-gyeong, who was scratching her head shyly, continued her conversation calmly.

[Anyway, the point is that I won’t have much regret even if I disappear like this. Not just me, but others too.]

“….”

[―Because I’m not the team leader’s bride.]

He loves me.

must be kept

That’s why he is different from those who couldn’t bring him no matter how strong he was.

Yuna-gyeong pointed it out calmly and laughed a little awkwardly as she looked at Limon who was silent.

Of course, she didn’t want to die.

Even though dying once wasn’t enough, I wasn’t human and even reincarnated as a bird, but I wanted to be more faithful to my second life.

At least to the point where I want to watch my younger siblings at the nursery school until they grow up.

However, he knows that helping Limon is the way to protect humanity and protect his younger siblings.

Furthermore, I believe that this is the most faithful way to live your second life.

More than anything…

[Besides, I’m a member of the team leader’s team, right?]

PAB days.

when he fell

Everyone calls him a mad dog and stays by his side until the end to get ahead.

A subordinate who always grumbled and talked nonsense, but followed him around, fought alongside him, helped him, and was willing to entrust his back to him.

And at the end of watching the idiot who called himself the team leader even after he died and came back to life.

Limon sighed.

“…You look like an idiot.”

[This is what I learned from my boss.]

“That means you’re stupid.”

just do it

Limon smiled wryly at the sight of the unstoppable pet that could not be stopped even with a finger lightly flicking his forehead.

Anyway, since I crossed the dungeon gate…

no, since I couldn’t find Yuna-kyung hiding in the Santa Maria in advance, it was impossible to send her back halfway.

one if there is a way.

All you have to do is close all the dungeon gates and use the star drive to go back.

‘I must have one more reason to return alive.’

Just like that….

On the path of a star out of the world.

The last sword master of mankind, who was about to set out on his own, had no choice but to accept one companion.

With a smile that is slightly bitter but not bitter at all.