The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 834

 Chapter 834

 

Goooooo!

The moment Raon heard Aris' words, he activated the Perception of the Snow Flower.

While feeling a mysterious sensation as if the mana in the air was transforming into his own skin, he spread out his aura perception beneath his feet

'They’re definitely there.'

Though not directly below, he sensed the presence of people holding their breaths, hiding about three floors down.

‘Sorcerers? No, they’re warriors carrying sorcery artifacts.'

It seemed their sorcery concealment had allowed them to evade his aura perception.

‘Hah…’

Raon let out a faint laugh as he looked at Aris.

‘Did Aunt notice this right away?’

He had been pleased with his own growth after defeating the Second  Apostle, a Transcender on his own, but it seemed he was still far from reaching the realm of a true Transcender.

‘I guess I didn’t need to worry.’

He thought Aris had become impatient because she was worried about her son, Sif, but even while feeling emotionally unsettled, she did not neglect what she had to do as a leader.

As the old saying went, one should never worry about a Transcender.

“When we first came to this dungeon, there were only monsters and traps.”

Aris lowered her voice, nodding with her chin.

“Considering there were no footprints from outside, it’s reasonable to think they came up from below.”

She indicated they should regard them as enemies by pointing her finger down.

“Oh, they came up from below?”

Paras blinked while looking at the ground.

“It seems that Sir Paras’ traces have been discovered.”

Raon narrowed his eyes while placing his hand on his sword hilt.

“M-Me? No way! Even if I look like this, I’m a descendant of the Great Saber and have undergone hellish training from Lady Aris…”

Paras trembled his lips, insisting he had erased his traces perfectly.

“When you went into the dungeon alone again, nothing happened, right?”

“Y-Yes, that’s right. I only followed the sorcerers secretly.”

He rolled his eyes, claiming there had been no issues at the time.

"Right now, I can feel the sorcery emanating from the warriors below. Since there’s no reason for them to suddenly be on guard, it would be correct to assume that Sir Paras’ traces have been discovered."

Raon calmly shook his head.

“Aah…”

Paras grabbed his head with both hands, as if blaming himself.

“I-I’m sorry. Because of my foolish actions, I’ve put Sir Sif in greater danger…”

“It’s not Sir Paras’ fault.”

Raon waved his hand toward Paras’ pale face.

“They didn’t find actual traces but likely detected them through sorcery.”

“S-Sorcery?”

“Yes. The sense of danger you felt while following the sorcerers into the hidden space at the end of the dungeon was likely your instinctive reaction to detecting the sorcery engraved in that space.”

Unlike magic, sorcery use negative mana, making it exceptionally powerful for tracking and detection.

Paras’ footwork and skill in erasing his presence are impressive, but his martial skills itself is not high, so he likely could not deceive the sorcery.

“Th-Then they’ve already noticed we’re here…”

“That’s unlikely.”

Raon shook his head while sensing the unmoving presences of the warriors hiding below.

“Covering the entire dungeon with sorcery to detect intruders would be incredibly wasteful. The warriors below are likely sentries dispatched to conserve the sorcery resources.”

The warriors didn’t move, hiding within the sorcery as if they were statues.

Judging from the current state, it was clear they were sentries meant to alert the main base of intruders.

"Of course, this is just my opinion, but it would be better to move while keeping your perception as heightened as possible from now on. The possibility of detection spells being set up is also high."

“As expected of my nephew! So sharp!”

Aris grinned and patted Raon on the back.

“Let’s move while suppressing our presence as much as possible, as Raon said. I’ll handle detecting the sorcery. Just quietly follow behind.”

She said she’d take the lead from now on, and bent her knees slightly.

“I’ll cast an energy barrier to block the noise.”

Raon gathered the mana from the surroundings and wrapped it around the entire Light Wind swordsmen. He couldn’t block all sound, but suppressing the footsteps of the swordsmen would be enough.

“Let’s head out.”

Aris exhaled lightly and began descending the dungeon.

It seemed they were relying on the sentries, as there were no traps or monsters in sight.

After descending a winding path for about five minutes, they came upon a small entrance leading to a brown cave.

“They’re inside.”

Aris turned her gaze and lowered her voice even further.

“I-I don’t see anyone.”

Paras widened his eyes, claiming he couldn’t even see a shadow.

“I can’t sense anything either…”

“It looks like an ordinary cave.”

The swordsmen of the Light Wind seemed equally unable to detect anything. The power of the sorcery was so strong that even Masters couldn’t perceive it.

“There are three warriors hiding within the sorcery, watching the entrance.”

Raon observed the entrance and shook his head.

“It seems they’re positioned so that even if one of them is attacked, the other two can report back. Judging by how well they’re concealed with the sorcery, they must truly be remnants of the Steelmasters Alliance.”

“Then the three of us should each take one down.”

Aris nodded at Raon and Rimmer, indicating her plan with her chin.

“Center, lower left, and upper right, right?”

Rimmer twirled his finger, seeming to detect the presence of the warriors concealed with the sorcery.

“I’ll take the left.”

“Then I’ll take the right.”

Aris and Rimmer each grabbed their sword hilts, taking their positions.

“Wait a moment. If those guys are carrying something like an artifact, they could send a report before we subdue them.”

Raon raised his hand to stop Aris and Rimmer.

If they could send a signal with just a flick of a finger, recklessly charging in wouldn’t be wise.

“Then what do you propose?”

Aris furrowed her brow.

“If we don’t break through this entrance, we can’t move forward.”

“Let’s throw something, then.”

Raon gestured toward Dorian, who had been standing blankly.

“M-Me? What do you mean throw…”

Dorian’s eyelids trembled as he sensed danger.

“Please.”

Raon grinned as he hurled Dorian toward the entrance of the cave.

“W-Wait a second!”

Dorian, trying to resist, ended up tumbling into the cave entrance.

“Now.”

Raon didn’t miss the moment the sentries’ attention focused on Dorian, stomping with Supreme Harmony Steps.

With the wind of the Light Wind Flow wrapping around his toes, he dashed toward the warrior hiding in the center of the cave.

“Ah.”

The sentry’s gaze quickly shifted from the fallen Dorian to above, but it was far too late. Raon’s fingertips were already at his neck.

Puh-uck!

The sentry, struck directly by Raon’s hand-blade strike, fell limp like a puppet with its strings cut.

The sentry, suppressed by Raon’s aura, couldn’t even move a single finger.

Bwoook!

Almost simultaneously, two more impacts rang out. Rimmer and Aris also brought down the hidden sentries with no problem and landed on the ground.

‘Thankfully, they didn’t manage to send a signal.’

The sorcery in the area remained still. It seemed they had managed to subdue the sentries before a signal could be sent.

“You were right.”

Aris showed a small button in the sentry’s hand and nodded.

“It seems pressing this would have sent a signal below. How did you come up with such a plan?”

She smiled, praising his quick judgment and strategy.

“Lots of practice.”

Raon laughed in return, shaking his head.

From appearances, Dorian resembled nothing more than a harmless creature like a rabbit or a squirrel.

Anyone would be caught off guard seeing a simpleton trembling alone inside a cave.

“I’ve said it many times, but our division leader’s real talent isn’t swordsmanship, but that cunning mind of his.”

Martha shrugged, saying his brain worked amazingly well.

“We’re on a mission, so don’t say ‘cunning mind’, say he has good judgment.”

Burren corrected her, telling her to show respect to the division leader.

What nonsense!

Wrath shook his head.

This brat’s real talent isn’t his brain or his swordsmanship—it’s his mouth!

Wrath frowned as if annoyed by their ignorance.

“I want to try throwing Dorian…”

Runaan clenched her fist slightly, expressing her desire to toss Dorian.

“P-Please don’t! If you do it too, I’ll really die!”

Dorian trembled, saying his heart nearly fell out.

“As expected of the Light Wind division’s supply officer. Now he even supplies himself as bait.”

Krein teased Dorian, whistling mockingly.

“You jerk!”

Dorian, as if something he had been holding back erupted, charged at Krein.

“Let’s start by interrogating them.”

Aris suggested interrogating the subdued sentries and gestured with her hand.

“Yes.”

Raon nodded and examined the condition of the sentry.

Judging by the steel armor connected by the sorcery, it was safe to assume they were indeed warriors from the Steelmasters Alliance.

“What’s your name?”

Raon asked for his name, but the sentry kept his mouth tightly shut, not even lowering his gaze.

“Alright. It’s been a while since I used this.”

Raon smirked faintly and applied his personally developed torture technique using heat and cold energy on the sentry’s body.

Since the quality of his heat and cold energy had improved alongside his growth, no matter how strong one’s endurance was, they wouldn’t be able to withstand it.

“……”

Usually, people would scream and panic the moment it started, but this sentry only turned red in the face without letting out a scream or showing an intense reaction.

“You’re from the Steelmasters Alliance, aren’t you?”

“……”

“Answer me!”

Aris also used the principle of her space sword to attack the sentry’s insides, but she couldn’t get him to open his mouth either.

‘This is going to take some time.’

Might as well examine the sorcery engraved on their body in the meantime.

Since his torture inflicted greater pain as time passed, he decided to analyze the sorcery enveloping the sentry’s body until he opened his mouth.

You don’t even know the basics of sorcery.

‘I don’t, but I can see it if I use my traits.’

Thanks to the increased ranks of the Ring of Fire, Evil Eye of Wrath, and Perception of the Snow Flower, he could analyze unfamiliar powers as long as he had time.

Heh, you’re relying on strange traits because your abilities are lacking. You’ll never grow like that….

‘Perception of the Snow Flower and the Evil Eye of Wrath are your traits, though.’

Urk….

Raon silenced Wrath and focused on the flow of the sorcery.

‘It’s nice and quiet now.’

*   *   *

Whoooosh!

The baby sea otter swam through the sea at lightning speed, as if it were a shark, then abruptly stopped.

“Hey!”

The otter pointed its paw toward the air on the right.

“Why are you going that way?!”

The baby sea otter, Merlin, shouted, and on the right side of the sea, a pink current shimmered.

“Isn’t it this way?”

The pink current, Lust, tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

“That’s the sea! We need to go to land now, so why do you keep veering off!”

Merlin slapped her own chest in frustration, as if she couldn’t understand Lust.

“Ah, that’s where it is.”

Lust nodded and flowed southward.

“No, it’s not!”

Merlin lost her patience and threw the soul stone she was holding into the sea.

“Ahhhh!”

Panicking, she dove into the sea and retrieved the soul stone.

“Alright, I get it now.”

Lust approached Merlin and spoke as if she understood.

“Just don’t do anything and follow me. Got it?”

Merlin gestured with her chin, saying she should only step in during a fight.

“Got it.”

Lust nodded confidently, not the least bit discouraged.

“Ugh, how frustrating.”

Merlin sighed and began swimming through the sea again.

‘Why can’t a Transcenders even find her way?’

Lust’s strength was undeniable. Especially the sheer size of her soul—it was the largest Merlin had ever seen.

She still couldn’t understand how someone so monstrously powerful could get lost and wander aimlessly like this.

‘Normally, we would have already arrived, but because of that damned directionally-challenged idiot… Huh?’

When she looked back, Lust was flying off toward the distant sea again.

“Not that way!”

Merlin shouted, her voice already hoarse.

“You idiot!”

*   *  *

‘I’ve got the gist of it.’

Raon removed his hand from the sentry’s chest and nodded.

‘It’s sorcery that uses blood and negative mana.’

The sorcery, armor, and artifacts the sentry carried all contained traces of blood and negative mana.

The sorcery itself wasn’t very complex, but it exuded a vile and sticky malice.

‘This should be enough.’

The sentry, having been tortured all this time, had blood vessels bulging all over his body. If he continued any further, there was a risk he might die or lost his mind, so Raon only released the paralysis around his mouth.

“What’s your name?”

“Ugh…”

Even on the verge of death from pain, the sentry didn’t open his mouth.

He didn’t even look at Raon, letting out only broken groans.

‘He’s enduring this?’

The only ones who had ever endured his torture were from the notoriously insane White Blood Religion or Eden. He hadn’t expected the Steelmasters Alliance remnants to be this tenacious.

“If you stay like this for a few more seconds, you’ll die.”

“Grrk…”

The sentry clamped his mouth shut to the very end, as if he didn’t care about dying, and eventually stopped breathing.

“This bastard is insane! Even after I tore into his insides, he didn’t speak!”

Aris seemed to have killed the sentry she was interrogating as well, frowning deeply.

“No doubt about it. These guys are from the Steelmasters Alliance.”

She bit her lip and continued speaking.

“The armor connected through sorcery and even the viciousness reminiscent of the White Blood Religion. Exactly the same as the Steelmasters Alliance bastards I heard about”

Aris shook her head as if disgusted.

“Why would scum like them kidnap the young master?”

Paras swallowed dryly as he asked Aris.

“We’re not even sure it’s Sif yet!”

Aris shook her head, telling him not to say nonsense.

“R-Right.”

“For now, let’s not jump to bad conclusions….”

It was the moment she was soothing Paras

“S-Steelmasters Alliance….”

The name of the Steelmasters Alliance slipped from the mouth of the warrior Rimmer was interrogating.

“Vice division leader?”

“What?! How did you get him to talk?”

Raon and Aris opened their mouths in shock as they looked at Rimmer.

“Well…”

Rimmer tilted his head as if he found it strange.

“I tickled his soles with the wind, that’s all.”

He blinked, saying he only tickled his soles with wind.

“Ti-tickled?”

Raon’s eyes widened.

“I told you to interrogate them, not tickle them!”

“Interrogation isn’t my thing, so I trusted you two. And this happened. As expected, the true hero of the Light Wind division is me!”

Rimmer laughed proudly, calling himself a genius.

As expected…

Wrath shook his head.

As expected of the original madman.

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