The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 930
Chapter 930
“Huff…”
Raon exhaled a breath tinged with the scent of blood as he gazed at the Black Tower’s master, trapped within the pink-hued ice.
‘As expected, he’s not dead.’
Despite having his body severed into four pieces and his heart ruptured, the Black Tower's master still retained a faint trace of life, likely because the Silent Spirit World was still active.
Just as you said, he’s like a damn worm.
Wrath let out a sigh of disbelief.
No matter how many times you step on him, he keeps wriggling.
He furrowed his brow, remarking that even in devildom, it was rare to find a demonized human as persistently tenacious as this one.
‘That’s why I froze him.’
Raon clenched his lips as he lowered his right hand, where pink frost continued to bloom.
‘Because cutting him down won’t kill him.’
Even after Chamber’s spells had torn apart his neck and heart, the Black Tower's master had still returned here.
Knowing that he wouldn't die from piercing his vitals or cutting his body, he froze him with the Silver-White Aurora.
Using the King of Essence’s Silver-White Aurora with <Lust> is extremely irritating, but….
Wrath grudgingly nodded as he gazed at the Black Tower's master, imprisoned in the pink ice.
Lust is still a Demon King. That worm has no way to recover his strength, so he has no choice but to remain trapped like that.
He nodded again, saying that the pink cold energy blocked external energy, making it practically a complete seal
‘No. I have no intention of sealing him.’
Raon shook his head firmly.
‘I will kill him.’
Even if the Black Tower's master himself couldn’t break free from the ice, someone from the outside could still shatter it. Raon could never allow such a thing to happen.
‘For her sake.’
Roenn had said he would do whatever it took to save Rensia, but Raon already knew the outcome.
A normal girl’s body couldn’t withstand the explosion of demonic energy within her. Unless aided by a god or a demon, she had no chance of survival.
Her final words, asking him to take care of her younger siblings in her place, and the image of her smiling genuinely for the first time flashed through his mind.
That was why he had to kill the Black Tower’s master, no matter what.
"Haaah…."
Raon placed his hand on the pink ice encasing the Black Tower’s master.
As he ignited the flames of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, he drew upon Wrath’s wrath, which had settled deep inside him.
His vision blurred as if his upper energy center had shattered, but he bit his tongue, harmonizing the fire with the wrath burning within.
‘I’ll burn it all to ashes.’
Wrath’s frost didn’t just freeze the enemy’s body, it could freeze their energy and soul as well. Everything that was frozen had to be erased instantly.
Fwoooosh!
As a piercing pain stabbed through his mind like needles, he dismantled the principles of Silver-White Aurora piece by piece, reconstructing it into a new technique that could truly kill the Black Tower’s master.
‘I’ll place an inescapable chain of death around your neck.’
He resonated with the Rings of Fire, opening his trembling mental world.
Raon Zieghart Style Ultimate Technique.
Crimson Lotus Chains.
From his outstretched fingers, dozens of blazing chains soared, wrapping around the frozen Black Tower’s master.
The chains of fire enshrouded him in an instant, beginning to burn away his very existence.
"W-What is this?!"
The moment the ice imprisoning him melted away, the Black Tower's master attempted to activate teleportation magic, but the raging flames devoured not only his demonic energy but also his magic circles.
“Kraaaaghhhh!”
The chains of fire became a prison so absolute that even an ant couldn’t escape, melting away his flesh and bones. His agonized screams echoed from within the crimson inferno.
"S-Stop…! Please!"
Caught between the extreme cold and the searing heat, he screamed for mercy as the unbearable pain drove him to the brink of death.
“If you release me, I will tell you everything I know!”
He pounded against the Crimson Lotus Chains, saying he would reveal the secrets of the Five Demons if he was released.
“Have you ever spared anyone who begged for their life?”
Raon gazed down at the chained Black Tower’s master with eyes shrouded in eerie coldness.
"Urgh…."
The Black Tower’s master had no response. His lips merely trembled, pale with dread.
"I have no need for your information. Just die."
"Wa-Wait…."
Ignoring the Black Tower's master as he tried to speak again, Raon clenched his fist, tightening the Crimson Lotus Chains.
Boom!
The chains of fire constricted in an instant, crushing the Black Tower’s master body and soul within their grasp.
Kwaaaaaang!
The flames, compressed to their very limit, erupted in a massive explosion, obliterating both the Black Tower’s master and the demonic energy he carried, leaving behind not even a single ember.
Even as the wind blew faintly across the battlefield, no trace of the Black Tower's master’s presence remained.
Not just his body, but his soul had been completely erased.
[It’s over. His presence has been completely erased.]
Zircon nodded as he gazed at the charred emptiness where the Black Tower’s master had been.
[As expected, my choice was the right one.]
He nodded again, as if reaffirming that choosing Raon over the Black Tower's master had been the correct decision.
Why are you stealing the King of Essence’s lines?!
Wrath furrowed his brow and smacked Zircon on the head.
[Urk…!]
Zircon had barely managed to keep a serious expression for a single second before tears welled up in his eyes as he lowered his head.
Ahem!
Wrath crossed his arms, staring at the crumpled Zircon before slowly nodding.
It’s over! That worm’s presence has been completely erased!
This time, he repeated Zircon’s words but deliberately added "that worm", nodding with satisfaction.
‘It’s really over this time, right?’
It is. This time, he is truly dead.
Wrath smacked his lips, saying that freezing his soul and demonic energy with the Silver-White Aurora and then binding him with the Crimson Lotus Chains to prevent escape had been effective.
“…That’s a relief….”
Raon let his arms fall limply to his sides, exhaling a ragged breath as if his very life was about to slip away.
Heavenly Drive, Wooden Ring Sword, and the Blade of Requiem, which had been floating, fell to the ground.
‘I was truly at my limit.’
Both mentally and physically, he had been standing on the edge of a cliff. Had the Black Tower's master withstood that final attack, it wouldn’t have been him who died, but Raon himself.
‘I can only say I was lucky… huh?’
As he closed his eyes and opened them again, a light green gemstone appeared above his head. It resembled an emerald, yet was slightly different.
[That’s Peridot. She must have appeared when that human died.]
Zircon remarked that Peridot seemed to have reverted to her original form as a birthstone.
"Hmm."
Raon raised his arm, and Peridot landed on his palm as if it had been waiting.
"Lady Chamber."
Turning around to inform Chamber of the situation, he saw that she was still holding her fingers together, her sharp gaze locked onto him.
"It's over now. You can relax."
“…Over….”
The moment she heard those words, Chamber closed her eyes and collapsed.
She had exhausted every last ounce of her strength and willpower, falling unconscious on the spot.
"Lady Chamber!"
Raon pushed through the searing pain in his energy center, drawing on what little aura he had left to catch her before she hit the ground.
As she fell, her body reverted to that of a child. With her strength and mana depleted, her skin cracked, and deep wrinkles, like those of an old woman, formed.
‘She pushed herself this far….’
When he last saw her, she wasn’t in any state to use her ultimate spell. Yet, to create one final opportunity, she had torn apart the meteor and erased the Black Tower’s master’s last attack.
Without her intervention, victory would have been impossible.
‘Please….’
Raon channeled the last remnants of energy from his energy center, transferring it into Chamber’s body, to help her endure.
Thud!
Raon, swaying as if he were about to collapse, barely landed on the ground. He, too, had exhausted all his strength, leaving deep footprints in the ground as he fell backward.
"Olga!"
Still holding Chamber in his arms, he called out to the Saintess Olga, who was among the allied forces.
"Ah!"
Olga, still struggling to process the fact that the Black Tower’s master was truly dead, stood frozen for a moment before hurriedly running over to examine Chamber.
“…Is she okay?”
Chamber’s energy was so faint that Raon’s chest ached, as if a dagger had been driven into it. His hands trembled as the memory of Rimmer’s death resurfaced.
“She’s in critical condition. But I’ll do everything I can.”
Olga placed her golden-glowing hand over Chamber’s chest, vowing to at least keep her from dying.
"You should step back. No matter the circumstances, I doubt she’d want anyone to see her like this."
She shook her head, indicating that Chamber wouldn’t want others to witness her in this state, with her body wrinkled and aged.
"Alright…."
Raon gave a small nod and stepped away. Olga was right. Chamber probably wouldn’t want to be seen like this, and at this point, there was nothing more he could do for her.
‘No… there’s still one thing left.’
Raon wiped the blood from his lips and bowed deeply toward Chamber.
‘Thank you. Thanks to you… No, thanks to both of us, we were able to take down the Black Tower’s master.’
Though he would say it again once she woke up, he wanted to express his gratitude now, while the feeling was still fresh.
For a long moment, Raon remained bowed toward the unconscious Chamber.
* * *
"Haaah…."
Karoon let out a heavy breath as he watched Raon bow to Chamber.
‘Did he really do it?’
Raon had defeated the Black Tower’s master?
When the Black Tower’s master had activated the Silent Spirit World, he had believed that victory was nearly impossible. And when he returned alive after facing Chamber and gained the power of the Angel Peridot, he believed the chances of losing were high.
But despite the overwhelming odds, Raon and Chamber refused to give up, clinging to their chance until the very end. And in the end, they succeeded in defeating the Black Tower’s master. Even after witnessing it with his own eyes, it was still hard to believe.
‘Could I have done the same?’
No. It was impossible.
Even if he had been in Raon’s position, he couldn’t imagine fighting like that, burning both his body and soul just to defeat his enemy. Simply watching it had been enough to send chills down his spine.
‘There’s nothing else to say… except that it was incredible.’
That overwhelming strength was only temporary, once they left this battlefield, Karoon would be stronger, even if only slightly.
Yet, even knowing that, he knew he couldn’t have fought as Raon did.
That battle—that brutal, desperate battle—was something only Raon Zieghart could have endured.
‘Though, I suppose I’ve changed a little too.’
In the past, he would have felt jealousy and envy toward Raon’s accomplishments. But strangely, all he felt now was gratitude and admiration.
‘The position of head of house….’
Becoming Zieghart’s head of house had been his lifelong ambition, his ultimate goal. Even if Glenn were to regain his youth, Karoon had no intention of giving up that seat, and he still wouldn’t.
But today, for the first time, he felt like he could accept someone else sitting in that position.
Slaaash!
Karoon cleaved through the remaining demons who could no longer resurrect, raising his chin.
"Clean up the remaining demons as quickly as possible."
Glancing at Raon, who had closed his eyes and was gathering his energy again, he smirked.
“We need to welcome today’s heroes properly.”
* * *
"Raon… actually did it."
Burren let out a disbelieving chuckle as he watched Raon staring at the gate of devildom.
"He really defeated the Black Tower’s master!"
Even though it was a two-against-one battle, he never imagined Raon would completely erase the Black Tower’s master from existence.
He had prayed for Raon’s victory, but now that it had actually happened, he was dumbfounded.
"You didn’t believe in him, did you?"
Martha smacked Burren’s shoulder, shaking her head.
"I was expecting this outcome from the start."
She clenched her bloodstained fist as she watched Raon.
“…Me too.”
Runaan also nodded calmly, as if she had never doubted Raon for a second.
"Raon was super handsome today, I knew he could do it…."
She gazed at Raon standing alone on the battlefield with a faint smile.
“He never betrays the trust placed in him.”
Mark Goetten placed a hand over his heart, nodding as if he had never wavered in his belief.
"Sir Raon!"
"Young master!"
"Waaaaah!"
Dorian, Krein, and the swordsmen of Light Wind Palace cut down the demons trying to flee and rushed toward Raon. With tears in their eyes, they called out his name, grinning widely.
"Young master, it’s over now, right?"
Yua clutched the torn sleeve of Raon’s clothes and looked up at him.
"No…."
Raon lifted his gaze toward the gate of devildom and shook his head.
"There’s still one last step."
Though the Black Tower’s master was dead, the Gate of devildom had yet to be fully closed.
Only by destroying that gate would today’s war truly come to an end.
"Just wait a little longer."
Raon gently patted Yua’s head before leaping into the sky once more.
Fwoooosh!
In an instant, he soared to the sky, arriving before the frozen gate of devildom.
Originally, the gate should have closed naturally due to Wrath’s coldness, but because of the Black Tower Master’s demonic energy, the gap had actually widened.
‘This is the last step.’
Closing this gate would mark the end of this grueling, endless war. Though his strength was nearly depleted, he couldn’t back down now.
Wooooong!
He channeled what little Glacier’s cold energy remained into Heavenly Drive, drawing on Wrath’s wrath from the deepest parts of his soul.
‘I have to endure.’
Though his body and mind had already reached their limit, he gathered every last drop of strength and brought Heavenly Drive down.
Craaaack!
More than half the gate was already frozen, so there wasn’t much left to cut through.
However, as if making its final desperate struggle, the gate of devildom unleashed a surge of powerful demonic energy to block the blade.
"Just die already."
Raon bit his lip and pushed more strength into Heavenly Drive.
Craaaack!
The demonic energy that had been trying to resist suddenly recoiled in fear, and the gate began to freeze over once more.
Just as he thought it was finally over and prepared to unleash the last of his strength, a copper-colored arm shot out from the smallest remaining gap.
‘A demon?’
He immediately attempted to sever it along with the gate, but Heavenly Drive merely bounced off the demon’s copper-colored arm, unable to cut through.
Crack!
The hand that had blocked the white frost grabbed onto the frozen gate and forcibly tore it open.
Kuwaaaaaah!
The gate to devildom reopened, unleashing a terrifying maelstrom of demonic energy.
From the golden radiance at the center of the devildom, a black-haired young man lifted his monocle with a calm expression.
“You’ve made quite the mess.”
The moment Raon saw that sinister smile, his heart sank.
“You are….”
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