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“…I don’t think I can convince you.”

The dragon soldier, who took my spear back with his sword and retreated, repeated to himself what I had said.

As if she couldn’t be sure if she heard correctly unless she repeated what I said.

And then he put the anger that had built up behind his conviction on the sword and swung it at me.

If the outcome of the battle had been discussed, she might have easily accepted that part.

No matter how much of a mercenary disease she was, her physical condition was at its worst after being trapped in a cave for several days after being defeated by a rabbit, and most of the weapons she had been wearing since birth were now left behind on the other side of the cave.

The only thing he has on his body is the cloak that our group gave him to wear earlier, and he is also holding a sword.

The mere fact that she came this far by cutting down spiders with me in that state proved why she was a dragon soldier, but a gold-level adventurer like me was an opponent whom even a fully armed dragon soldier could never be guaranteed victory over.

Nevertheless, the reason she was so angry was probably because I discussed her loyalty based on the odds of victory, not the odds of victory.

I thought they ignored the existence and identity of Yongahbyeong, who is said to be absolutely loyal to the master who saved his life.

They are trying to cut off the tongue that made such a sound.

Whether that was possible or not wouldn’t really matter to her right now.

As if the purpose of this fight is more important to me than winning or losing.

‘First of all, I bought more time with this.’

He parried the sharp sword strike with the spear he held inward, and swung the pole to hit her leg.

As an experienced warrior, she read my intention and kicked the ground to increase distance, avoiding the spear that swept the floor.

He held the spear he was swinging with both hands as if chasing it and stabbed it with all his might.

The spear pursued its target and hung tenaciously, piercing through the leather cloak the dragon soldier wore to hide his white skin, and through the skin.

The window sill, the empty space.

The dragon soldier, who twisted his body at the last moment to avoid being stabbed, widened his eyes at the sight of me holding the spear upside down and attacking him with the spear rather than the blade.

And then he glared at me with anger in his eyes.

I understood that the words that I would persuade her were not empty words, and at the same time, it was probably because I misunderstood what she meant as a sincere disregard for her.

Of course, there was no time to resolve that misunderstanding verbally at this moment.

The enraged Yongahyeong chewed and swallowed even his anger and drew out the strength to swing his sword.

If I really don’t make it easy to persuade her, it’s as if I’m going to use even the gap that that softness creates as an opportunity.

Aladikh was watching the battle between the two of us with interest.

As the blade and spear blade collided with countless sparks, a strange excitement seemed to bloom in her as she caught the sparks in her eyes.

Maybe it was because there wasn’t much entertainment in the dark cave outside of reality, but even taking that into account, it was probably a good thing that warriors like her and me competing together wasn’t an easy sight to see.

At least it gave her one more reason not to change her mind and rush to kill us both.

I don’t know if her children were intelligent enough to share those feelings, but at least they didn’t run away because their mother was in control.

‘You just have to keep being like that.’

I suddenly pushed the spear, causing the dragon soldier’s sword to bounce wide. I forced my numb grip back into strength and swung the spear wide.

This time, Yongahyeong realizes that the blade of the spear, not the spear, is chasing her, so he lays his sword on its side and tries to catch it.

However, the force and weight of the spear blade used to strike the sword exceeded her expectations.

Amidst the series of stabs and slashes avoiding the area that would cause fatal injury, and swings and slashes using the spear pole rather than the spear blade, the spear blade suddenly struck down violently as if trying to cut off the head and body in one go.

She was taken aback by the blow, which was completely different from the previous attack, but like a seasoned warrior, she somehow succeeded in deflecting it with a single sword.

But not perfectly.

The spear that was turned in the wrong direction succeeded in cutting off the legs of the opponent holding the sword the same day it bit down on the sword.

Blood like pomegranate juice flows down my white thighs.

From wounds that are not severe enough to cause life-threatening excessive bleeding, but can significantly impair mobility.

I expected that she would definitely be able to stop it, and the somewhat reckless killing blow seemed to have had the result I wanted.

When Yong Ah-byeong realized that fact, he gritted his teeth even more, probably because he thought he had been tricked.

Even so, there was no way for her to heal the wound on her leg right now.

This must have been extremely difficult for her, who made up for the disadvantages of relatively weak strength and insufficient armor with agile movements.

Now, in order to deal with me, there was no other option than to attack me with my spear from the front.

Her expression hardened, she glanced at her injured leg and pointed her sword forward again.

And then I lunged forward and stabbed the sword just as recklessly as when I had swung the spear just moments ago.

Just as I believed that she would block my attack and avoid a fatal wound, it seemed that she decided to believe that I would persuade her without killing her.

‘…I can no longer attack as if I’m going to kill you right now like before.’

Turn the spear so that the blade is backwards and the spear shaft is forward.

Since she was tricked once and suffered injuries, the next time I swing or stab her with a spear with the intention of killing her, she won’t react much.

For a mercenary soldier who was loyal to his master anyway, there was fundamentally no big difference between being defeated by me and dying here and now.

If I decide that although I can inject murderous intent into the spear, I cannot maintain that killing intent until she takes her last breath, then lunging at her as if offering up my body as if to stab her and kill her becomes a means of restricting my movements. .

On the other hand, Yong Ah-byeong was able to more freely use swordsmanship postures that had large movements but were also powerful, in which gaps were inevitably revealed.

When I caught the slashing sword with my spear, the momentum was terrifying.

If the spear I was using had not only a blade, but the entire spear was made of metal, it would have cut through the spear shaft just as she had drawn, and the sword path would have continued into the gap in the armor.

Even though the sword path was blocked, the sword was retrieved before I could properly throw it away and immediately opened a new path in another direction, so it was quite a threat.

Even taking into account the difference in armament and physical condition, it was not at all easy to parry and throw away those threatening sword strikes with just a spear.

Just as a dying dragon can bite off the neck of an approaching hunter with its teeth, a dragon soldier born from its teeth will also be able to plunge its sword into the vital spot of an unwary opponent, even at a disadvantage.

Moreover, it was a hunt that had to be caught alive. Even the slightest inattention is not tolerated.

Taking a deep breath to steel my resolve, I pulled the window down instead of pushing it this time.

The sword that was placed on the spear holder came down together and struck the armor on his shoulder.

Even after receiving some of the force from the sword with the spear, my shoulder felt numb from the aftereffects of that sharp collision.

Still, the lunge with his shoulder at the moment of impact made the pain not meaningless.

I was able to penetrate inside the other person and thrust the spear with all my might into her solar plexus.

“! Wow!!…”

As a living creature, the inevitable limitations constrict her body, and painful breathing is forced out of Yong Ah-byeong’s mouth.

He may have tried to fix his disordered breathing and body somehow, but it was faster to change the direction of the spear that had pierced her solar plexus before and hit her arm.

The arm that was hit by the spear pole, which was no different from a thick metal bar, lost sight of the sword and dropped it.

It was faster for me to place my foot on the blade and press down on it than for Yong Ah-byeong to ignore the pain and bend his neck and reach out and grab it.

It was a head-on fight without even giving her a chance to counterattack, and it was a physical fight in which she was at a disadvantage due to her lack of armament and weight class.

Only forces the opponent into unfavorable situations.

Like throwing a tightly woven net at a wild beast that is both mesmerizingly elegant and terrifyingly strong.

It lunges and attacks the disarmed opponent.

The pole around her neck pins her to the cave floor along with the rest of my body.

Yong A-byeong tried to shake it off by holding it with trembling hands, but his posture and superiority in weight made his attempts futile.

But nonetheless.

“Keuuugh…”

In a situation where it seems difficult to breathe due to pressure on the throat, the only sound that comes out of the mouth is the sound of gasping, but the fighting spirit in Yong A-byeong’s eyes still does not disappear.

Just what I expected from her.

Of course, no matter how great your fighting spirit is, it cannot forever prevent you from fainting due to lack of oxygen…

There will be enough time that the reason I started this ‘persuasion’ will not disappear.

He presses his body closer to her and adds weight to the pole he is holding, as if he is trying to stun her faster by increasing his strength.

Until our faces were almost touching.

When her breathing became more and more difficult and the hand that was pushing up the window bar lost strength, I told her.

In a voice that could not be heard by the spiders surrounding us, but could barely be heard from such a close distance, I made a suggestion to persuade her.

If it were an ordinary warrior, I would have already passed out and ended up talking to myself, but I was confident that the dragon soldier could hear everything I said.

Her eyes widen, and the hand that was pushing the window bar up for a moment stops for a moment, as does my hand pushing it down.

It was a struggle that stopped for a very brief moment, and to someone who didn’t know it, it seemed like a natural phenomenon, just before fainting, but I knew it.

Yong A-byeong understood my proposal and expressed agreement.

And she fell straight down and lost consciousness.

Immediately I rolled onto my side and fell to the ground.

To avoid causing more harm than necessary to the woman who accidentally fainted, and to give my tired body, although not as much as hers, a rest.

“…I regret it. Does it end there?”

“I told you I would persuade you. There is no need to kill-”

I responded in a tired voice to Aladikh’s voice, which contained a bit of disappointment, as if his expectations had been frustrated somewhere.

“No. That’s not it.”

Then she burst out laughing as if something was funny and denied it.

“For a moment, I thought the customer was planning to stab her with another window as well.”

Only then did I look back at Yong Ah-byeong, who had fainted while lying next to me.

During the frantic fight, her leather cloak was torn and peeled off, revealing her white skin.

Then I remembered the position in which I was just covering up that naked body.

I had to try not to think of that image while I picked up the torn cloak and covered her.