The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 864

 Chapter 864

 

“The dragon known as the world’s mediator…”

Sterin furrowed his brow deeply as he watched the flames and poisonous energy raging across the great forest.

"How could you resort to such a petty trick!"

"It is precisely to mediate and maintain that balance."

The dragon leisurely waved his hand while observing the great forest engulfed in flames.

“Matirus!”

Sterin shouted the dragon’s name, his voice filled with wrath.

“Do not call my name with that worthless mouth. Since you ignored our warning, even a high elf is now nothing more than a bug.”

Matirus shook his hand with a look that seemed to regard Sterin as no more than an insect.

“Why are you going this far!”

Sterin glared sharply at Matirus with piercing eyes.

"Stop clinging to the facade of mediation and speak honestly!"

“Raon Zieghart.”

Matirus dragged Raon’s name out of his mouth.

“From the moment you accepted Zieghart—who is an enemy of dragons—into Seipia, it meant you had no intention of listening to our words, so I had no choice but to do this.”

He shook his head, claiming that the elves were the ones who started it.

“Raon merely brought back my grandson’s relic! That child had no influence on my decision!”

Sterin slammed his hand down hard, telling him not to spout nonsense.

“…At this point, reasons no longer matter. Zieghart is a faction that must vanish for the sake of this continent.”

Matirus quickly changed the subject. His casual dismissal of anything unfavorable to the dragons caused a thick vein to bulge on Sterin's forehead.

"Mediator? Protector? As expected, it was all bullshit."

Sterin gritted his teeth as he looked at the burning great forest.

“You’re nothing but filthy swindlers, just as Raon said.”

He drew the bow he had been carrying on his back.

“You’ve been tainted by the filth of humans.”

Matirus nodded as if he had expected it, his expression resembling someone looking at a fanatic consumed by a cult-like delusion.

 

“Your choice is wrong.”

Sterin narrowed his gaze and placed an arrow on the bowstring.

“The Raon Zieghart you fear won’t stay silent.”

“It’s not fear, it’s disgust. And you’re gravely mistaken.”

Matirus chuckled mockingly and shook his head.

“What?”

“The ancient dragon here isn’t me alone.”

He spread his hand wide, declaring that today, Seipia would be wiped off the face of the earth.

“Do you think I’ll stand by and watch that happen!”

A blue light, as though imbued with his conviction, flickered over the arrow Sterin held.

“Do you think that decrepit body can accomplish anything?”

Matirus sneered, golden light radiating from his hand.

“It’s not my body that’s decrepit and sick, but your souls!”

Sterin exhaled his unyielding determination and drew the bowstring taut.

Paaaaang!

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Raon opened his eyes and rose from the bed.

He had hoped to sleep even a little after finishing his spar with Sterin, but ominous mana approaching Seipia had disturbed him.

Sensing that presence from so far away even as you sleep….

Wrath yawned long and smacked his lips.

It’s certain now. You’ve truly reached Transcendence.

‘So it wasn’t just my imagination.’

Raon sighed briefly as he looked out the window.

‘It’s not just one or two. They’re monsters, but they’re not ordinary ones.’

Most were monsters, yet they exuded an aura much stronger than the monsters typically found in the wild. Several of them seemed to be at the realm of Master.

Raon grabbed Heavenly Drive and Rimmer’s sword, which were leaning against the wall, and stepped outside the lodging.

The elves were still leisurely enjoying the early morning, seemingly unaware of the external threat.

“Huh? Division leader, why are you already up when you just finished training all night?”

Dorian rubbed his eyes and nibbled on a snack, tilting his head.

“You must be tired from sparring with the Protector. You should rest more.”

Erian, preparing for a shift, nodded in agreement, suggesting Raon get more sleep.

“Enemies are approaching.”

Raon tucked Heavenly Drive and Rimmer’s sword into his belt as he furrowed his brow.

“Huh? Enemies?”

Erian widened his eyes in confusion.

“A horde of monsters is moving in the great forest. Their speed is incredible. It seems they used space movement to appear.”

“But the guardians would have delivered a warning if that were the case….”

"It seems they’ve already been taken out. I can’t sense the presence of the elves outside."

Raon bit his lip. He had searched for the presence of elves among the monsters, but he couldn’t sense it anywhere. It seemed they had taken out the hidden guardians first after scouting the area.

“Sir Raon’s words are correct!”

Siyan came running toward him, wrapped in a blanket.

“The spirits told me the forest is collapsing!”

She trembled, saying the number of monsters was continuing to increase.

“No way….”

Erian’s eyes widened in shock as flames and lightning erupted across the great forest. These were special monsters capable of using magic.

“Prepare yourselves. We don’t have much time.”

Raon clenched the hilt of his sword as he watched the great forest become drenched in flames.

“Understood!”

Erian quickly wiped the panic from his face, having experienced similar situations, and ran toward the guardians’ quarters.

“I-I’ll go wake everyone!”

Dorian nodded vigorously and rushed to the Light Wind division’s lodging.

“W-Will we be alright?”

Siyan’s eyes quivered nervously beneath her blanket.

“We’ll be fine.”

Raon nodded calmly to reassure her.

“The Protector is… Ah.”

She was about to say something about Sterin but closed her mouth.

‘He’s not in Seipia but fighting somewhere outside?’

Sterin’s presence, which should have been in Seipia, was instead felt in the northern great forest, engaged in an intense battle. His energy was fluctuating violently, as though he were fighting with all his strength.

“G-Grandfather….”

Siyan’s trembling hands clutched her blanket as she sensed the shockwaves reaching this far.

"He will be fine. He’s still holding strong."

Contrary to those calm words, worry was rushing in like a wave. After all, Sterin had stayed up all night sparring with him, so he must be exhausted.

‘I have to protect this place.’

Even if they lured Sterin away from Seipia, its defenses weren’t weak. It’s clear there will be other attacks besides the monsters, so he had to stay here to protect the elves.

“Haa….”

As Siyan sighed with worry, the Light Wind swordsmen and the guardians gathered at the center of the village.

“Division leader, what’s going on?”

Burren frowned as he looked at the sky filled with black smoke.

“Monsters? Are you serious?”

Martha furrowed her brow, asking where in the great forest these monsters were appearing.

“Ugh….”

Runaan, apparently annoyed at being woken from a good sleep, was unusually displaying her anger.

“As you can see, it’s a monster attack. But they’re not ordinary. They’re moving in organized formations like a trained army.”

The monsters approaching Seipia weren’t displaying the chaotic movements of wild monsters but were systematically destroying the forest under someone’s command.

If they pushed through with brute force as usual, the unguarded areas could be attacked, so they needed to determine their movements carefully.

“Team 1, head south. team 2, west. team 3, east. Block the monsters from setting foot in this village.”

“Yes!”

In response to Raon’s command, the Light Wind swordsmen let out a roar fierce enough to blow away the flames.

“This is perfect. I needed some exercise before breakfast.”

Martha licked her lips, saying it was good for a warm-up.

"Don’t get too relaxed. It could be dangerous."

Burren instructed the swordsmen on what to watch out for, boosting both their focus and confidence at the same time.

“Ugh….”

Runaan, showing her annoyance at being woken up, created a wall of cold energy to block the heat approaching Seipia.

"Then what about you, division leader? Don’t tell me you’re planning to just send us out while you rest here…"

“Shut up and move!”

Martha smacked Krein’s mouth shut before following the guardians heading south.

“Let’s move out too!”

“Follow me….”

Burren and Runaan headed south, where the most monsters were gathering, planning to split up later.

“I have a bad feeling….”

Siyan bit her nails and shivered.

“Nothing will happen.”

Raon placed his hand on Siyan’s shoulder, still wrapped in her blanket, and shook his head.

“I will block them all.”

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Kugugugugu!

A horde of black orcs charged forward, accompanied by ogres clad in iron armor.

Wild monsters that should naturally fight each other were working together in unison, storming ahead.

“Just as the division leader said.”

Martha snorted and rotated her wrist gripping her sword.

“They’re not ordinary.”

The black orcs and ogres here were larger and exuded stronger combative energy than those they had seen before.

Not only were they forming organized formations, but their individual strength far exceeded the usual level of monsters encountered in the wild.

“Not that it matters to me! team 1, charge!”

At Martha’s shout, the swordsmen of team 1 followed behind her, forming a blade-like formation. It was the smaller version of the Light Wind Formation.

Kwaaaang!

With the power of the Light Wind Formation, Martha’s slash struck down, turning the charging horde of black orcs into nothing but bloody remnants.

"This isn’t even worth digesting."

Martha snorted again, preparing to face the ogre approaching from her left.

Whoosh!

A red fireball descended above her head.

It was magic cast by a black orc mage hiding behind the horde.

“Kieeee!”

The black orc mage tried to detonate the fireball above Martha’s head, but its chant was cut short.

Slash!

Runaan’s frost blade suddenly appeared, slicing through the black orc mage’s neck.

“I don’t need your help.”

Martha glared at Runaan with narrowed eyes.

“Besides, you’re supposed to be in the west!”

She waved her hand, telling her to leave quickly.

"The rakshasa woman isn’t even honest with herself."

Runaan stuck out her tongue and shook her head.

"Save the teasing for later and focus on the battle for now."

Burren stepped in, cutting down the ogre in a single strike in Martha’s stead, and gave a slight nod.

“Why does everyone keep stealing my prey!”

Martha ground her teeth in frustration.

“Heh….”

Erian let out a deep sigh as he watched the scene.

“I thought Sir Raon was the only special one.”

He shook his head as if surprised by the sheer strength of the still-young Light Wind swordsmen.

“Now that we’re splitting up, stay focused….”

Burren was moving west while attempting to give one last piece of advice when—

Kugugugugu!

The ashen clouds that had covered the sky split apart, revealing a gigantic black dragon rising as if to engulf the great forest.

Goooooong!

From the black dragon’s mouth, pitch-black poisonous energy gathered and began pouring down toward Seipia like a waterfall.

It was the black dragon's most powerful weapon, the breath of deadly poison.

The intense toxicity of the breath of deadly poison distorted the air, and the trees and thickets that made up Seipia withered and began to die."

Kugugugugugu!

The breath of deadly poison had an exceptionally wide range, reaching even the Light Wind swordsmen and the guardians positioned outside Seipia.

“This is insane….”

“H-How do we even stop that!”

"It’s over…."

Despair gripped the Light Wind swordsmen and the elves as they witnessed the dragon’s breath, which seemed like a natural disaster. But then, from the center of Seipia, golden flames erupted into the sky.

Kwaaaaaaaa!

A single slash tore through the sky.

With a crimson strike that burned away the breath of deadly poison, Raon ascended into the sky.

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Raon had sensed the refined movements of the monsters and concluded that the enemy was one of two possibilities.

‘Dragon or Eden.’

The guardians that dragons raise to protect their nest are stronger than normal monsters and move as orderly as trained soldiers. Eden also possesses the power to control monsters, so they could easily cause a situation like this.

‘But this seems to be the dragon's doing.’

He had seen a dragon after entering the great forest, and Erian hadn’t wanted to talk about it.

Considering the situation, it was clear there was an issue between Seipia and the dragons.

“Lady Siyan, has there ever been a dragon….”

Raon was about to ask Siyan about the dragon when he sensed a terrifying concentration of mana in the sky behind the dark cloud.

‘Dragon!’

It was the typical phenomenon of a dragon gathering mana to unleash their breath.

Thud!

Without hesitation, Raon plunged Heavenly Drive and Rimmer’s sword into Seipia’s ground.

Sword Field Creation, Harmony of Heaven and Demon.

Since the dragon’s presence was above him, Raon activated the sword field immediately and kicked off the ground.

Chiiiiik!

As he rose into the sky, with the divine sword and demonic sword forged from the sun and moon, the black dragon came into view, pouring out the breath of deadly poison that melted the clouds.

Though smaller than the golden dragon he had seen before, it was undoubtedly an ancient dragon.

Focus entirely! Swing your sword with the intent to erase all of the spreading poison!

Wrath advised that only by doing so could the poisonous energy be stopped.

‘Got it!’

Raon thrust himself into the spreading breath of deadly poison, which unfurled like a peacock's wings, unleashing the fire of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation to the extreme.

Raon Zieghart Style Swordplay.

Seventh Form: Void Severance. (Void Slash changed to Void Severance)

The blade of divine sword, glowing fiery red, sliced through the space where the poisonous energy was spreading.

Ssssssssh!

The breath of deadly poison, which had been about to engulf Seipia and the great forest, began to be drawn into the cracks of the rift that had been torn open.

‘Urgh!’

Even as he forced the breath of deadly poison into the cracks of the rift, the pressure pouring down on him did not lessen.

The overwhelming waves of the dragon’s breath pressed down on his shoulders, making it feel as though his flesh was tearing apart. As expected, it truly lived up to being the dragon's most powerful weapon.

But if he stopped his sword here, the remaining poisonous energy would kill both the elves and the swordsmen of the Light Wind division. He had no choice but to block it entirely.

Chiiiiing!

Clenching his teeth, Raon swung the divine sword all the way to the distant horizon.

In the end, the breath of deadly poison failed to reach seipia and was drawn into the cracks of the rift, sinking into the flames.

[W-What is this….]

The black dragon trembled its massive jaws, as if it couldn’t comprehend how its breath of deadly poison had been subdued by a single human sword.

‘Wrath. I take back what I said yesterday.’

A blue flame of wrath flickered in Raon’s blood-red eyes.

‘I’ll make sure you get the roasted dragon you’ve been wanting.’

The poison will season it nicely, so it’ll be deliciously salty!

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