The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 922

 Chapter 922

 

Kuwaaaaaaang!

A deafening roar, as if the world itself was collapsing, resounded as the demonic energy rippling through the sky opened a new dimension.

From within the ripped dimension, which gaped like a snake’s maw, pitch-black demonic energy poured out, spreading as though darkness itself were taking root in this world.

Uuuuuuuung!

The already thick demonic energy grew even denser, exerting an intense pressure, constricting the heart like an invisible grip. The overwhelming flow of darkness made it seem as if everything around was dissolving into the void.

"Black Tower's master…."

Raon bit his lip as he looked at the Black Tower’s master standing before the gate to the devildom. Though the suffocating demonic energy that had threatened to destroy the world had vanished, something felt off, somehow, the Black Tower’s master felt even stronger.

‘He called it the Black Spirit World, didn’t he?’

The spell the Black Tower's master had used moments ago, called the Black Spirit World, didn’t just serve to open a gate to the Devildom, it also seemed to grant special power to the demonized humans in this space.

"T-The gate to the Devildom has opened…?"

Greer, who had been outside the tower fighting off the demonic creatures and demonized humans, widened his eyes.

"Is that really true?"

His voice trembled as he spoke, his jaw quivering, as if unable to process the reality before him. He hadn't even bothered to wipe the blood trickling down his forehead.

"Yes."

Raon calmly nodded at Greer and the Owen Kingdom’s knights.

“That vortex of black currents swirling in the sky—that is the gate to devildom.”

Raising his finger, he pointed toward the black rift that had opened in the sky.

To think someone would open the gate to devildom… in the human world first.

Wrath let out a hollow chuckle, utterly dumbfounded.

That bastard is truly insane. He didn’t even consider the consequences.

Wrath scoffed, sneering that the Black Tower's master must have dung in his head instead of a brain.

‘Is it really that dangerous?’

Raon let out a shaky breath, turning to Wrath.

Of course! Even if it isn’t at my level, a demon strong enough to rival a Demon King could appear out of nowhere! And if that gate explodes, every single one of you here will be wiped out!

Wrath twisted his lips as he glared at the gate.

The only fortunate thing is that the gate isn’t complete. Or rather, someone made sure it couldn’t be completed.

As he spoke, his gaze shifted toward Chamber, his eyes glinting with rare admiration.

‘I wonder if an actual Demon King, rather than just demons rivaling a Demon King, might show up?’

Rather than dealing with a bunch of half-baked strong demons, Raon figured it would be better to manipulate the Demon Kings into his favor.

That was what Raon initially thought.

However, Sloth was likely still asleep atop a mountain, Gluttony was busy hopping between ice cream shops, and Lust had probably lost her way somewhere, meaning they were unlikely to be in devildom at all.

‘That leaves three…’

Envy wouldn’t show up.
But the other two?

They absolutely must not come here.

Neither Greed nor Pride would be swayed by Wrath’s name. Envy might have been an exception, but those two? If they arrived, retreat would be the only option.

"The gate to the devildom…"

Burren trembled, finding it difficult to believe even as he saw it with his own eyes.

"Well, if we’ve come this far, we might as well fight some demons too."

Martha licked her lips as if looking forward to it.

"It will be fine…."

Runaan, unfazed by the chilling demonic energy pressing down on them, quietly reassured the Light Wind Palace swordsmen, who were beginning to show signs of unease.

"To be precise…."

Standing before the undulating, wave-like distortion of the gate, Chamber shrugged her shoulders.

"It’s an exit from the devildom."

"A-An exit?"

Jaina, who had just landed on the ground, knelt on one knee and swallowed dryly.

“Yeah. You can’t go in. Only things from inside can come out.”

Chamber smirked, explaining that it was a one-way passage.

It is as that old kid said.

Wrath nodded, watching as the gate rippled ever more violently.

This isn’t a gate that leads into devildom, it’s a half-formed gate that only allows beings from devildom to step into this world.

He licked his lips as if he found something regrettable.

"Did you make it this way, Lady Chamber?"

Raon narrowed his eyes at her.

"That’s right. After you entered the tower, I managed to decipher a bit of that bastard’s magic formula."

She nodded, explaining that she had not only read the Black Tower’s master’s thoughts but had also inserted countermeasures into the spell to disrupt it.

“You… read his thoughts?”

“Yeah. That bastard planned to fight us here, then flee into devildom if your grandfather showed up. So I made sure to block his escape route.”

She waved her fingers dismissively, calling the Black Tower’s master predictable and simple-minded.

"W-Wait, wouldn’t it have been better to prevent the gate from opening in the first place…?"

Dorian blinked in confusion.

“That wasn’t possible.”

Chamber shook her head, explaining that the enemy had prepared too thoroughly. Even limiting the gate’s functionality had taken immense effort.

She popped a candy into her mouth and added,

“Erasing his escape route was the best I could do.”

"Of course, that’s not the only thing I did."

Chamber chuckled, saying she had also removed one of the pillars supporting the Black Spirit World.

“That means we have one more mission ahead.”

Karoon exhaled briefly and gripped his sword.

"Closing the gate. Of course, killing the Black Tower's master is still our top priority."

He turned his gaze toward the battlefield.

“Yeah. That much hasn’t changed.”

Even in this situation, Chamber nodded approvingly, finding Karoon’s composure commendable.

"The Black Tower's master—"

Just as she was about to say something else—

KIIIIAAAAAHHH!

A chilling scream, as if thousands of humans were wailing at once, tore through the air. The sky darkened, swallowed by an abyssal blackness.

Kugugugugu!

The gate split wide open, and from its depths, a massive black dragon emerged, its body cloaked in darkness. Unlike the lesser demonic creatures that had appeared before, this one was on a completely different level. It carried an overwhelming presence, one that evoked the fearsome majesty of a real dragon.

ROOOOAAAAARRR!

The black dragon let out a thunderous roar as if declaring its intent to rule this world, gazing down upon the humans below.

"You're too loud."

Chamber furrowed her brows and flicked her fingers.

Puuuuuum!

The black dragon’s neck was ripped apart from the middle, and its enormous body plummeted to the ground.

Kwaaaang!

The dragon fell lifelessly, crushing the Black Tower’s demonic creatures into mere chunks of flesh.

But that was only the beginning.

Various demonic creatures, unlike anything they had seen before, began emerging from the gate.

‘So these are the creatures of the devildom?’

Raon narrowed his eyes as he observed them.

They don’t seem too different from the Black Tower’s demonic creatures.

Unlike the black dragon that had first appeared, the creatures now descending didn’t seem particularly strong.

You’re right. They’re weaklings.

Wrath nodded calmly.

The real threats… are still watching from within the gate.

He furrowed his brows, sensing their presence.

They’re waiting. Once they’re certain they can devour this land, they’ll descend.

“There are this many different kinds of demonic creatures?”

Burren swallowed hard as he observed the grotesque variety of monsters pouring out.

"Damn lizard bastards! They pop up everywhere when you don’t need them, but now, of all times, they’re nowhere to be seen!"

Krein stomped his foot in frustration, wondering why no dragons had appeared to deal with this crisis.

“Forget about those hypocrites and focus on the battle in front of you!”

Martha shouted, stepping to the front of the swordsmen.

"I’ll freeze them all."

Runaan, completely unfazed, stepped forward and unleashed a flurry of silver frost.

"Let’s go!"

“They may be strong, but they’re nothing compared to our palace master!”

“If we endured his training, there’s nothing we can’t handle!”

The Light Wind Palace swordsmen rallied behind their team leaders, charging forward with renewed confidence.

"Owen cannot lose to Zieghart! Knights, move forward!"

At Prince Greer’s command, the Owen knights stepped forward, forming their battle lines. Though the gate to the devildom had struck fear into their hearts, the fighting spirit of Zieghart’s swordsmen seemed to reignite their courage.

"Our role is the most important! We must continue supporting the swordsmen and knights from behind!"

Jaina retreated behind the Zieghart and Owen forces, casting support and healing magic while unleashing offensive spells against the approaching demonic creatures.

Kuwaaaaaang!

As expected from elite mages, their spells were powerful. However, the demons of devildom possessed unusually high attribute resistance, pushing forward despite being struck by the magic.

“You dare?”

Mark Goetten swiftly severed the throats of the creatures charging toward the mages.

“Annoying. Just die all at once.”

Trevin, his upper body braced like a fortress, unleashed his sword-drawing technique. A red astral sphere erupted from his sword, instantly obliterating ten bat-like demons descending from above.

Chiiiiiiing!

Raon drew two strokes of the Flame Spirit with his divine and demonic swords. Petals blooming from the red and blue trees blanketed the sky and the ground, erasing hundreds of demonic creatures in an instant.

"Vanish."

Karoon’s sword, imbued with his overwhelming energy, sliced through the demonized humans lurking within the Black Tower’s ruins, obliterating them instantly before they could even react.

Despite not possessing Raon’s natural resistance to demonic energy, Karoon seemed completely unaffected. As expected of a Transcender.

"At this rate, we can definitely win!"

Emboldened by Raon and Karoon’s overwhelming strength, the allied forces pushed forward, cutting down the demonic creatures one after another.

“Try not to use too much power.”

Chamber’s cold gaze swept over the swordsmen.

"Huh? What do you mean…?"

Raon tilted his head, not fully grasping the meaning behind her words.

Gooooooo!

The corpse of the black dragon, which Chamber had previously slain, suddenly floated into the air. Its body began to regenerate.

Kyaaaaaaaa!

It wasn’t merely regeneration, the creature seemed to be reborn, its jet-black eyes gleaming with renewed life as it let out a deafening roar.

And it wasn’t just the black dragon. The demonic creatures that had been slain by Raon’s sword, and the demonized humans crushed by Karoon’s attacks, all began to rise once more.

"The Black Spirit World doesn’t just open the gate to devildom, it grants special power to the demonized humans and demonic creatures in this place. Any of them that die here will keep coming back."

She sighed, then warned them:

"They'll keep reviving, so don't waste all your strength fighting them."

"That’s… utterly ridiculous…."

Raon exhaled harshly, his gaze locking onto the Black Tower’s master.

"Krrrrr…."

However, despite the Black Spirit World having worked, the Black Tower's master only glared at him and Chamber with furious eyes.

"Why does he look so furious? He just succeeded in casting his spell that resurrects all the demonic creatures…."

Raon turned to Chamber, puzzled.

"I told you earlier, didn’t I? I removed one more pillar."

She smirked, popping a candy into her mouth.

"It was supposed to bring back every demonized human who had ever died in this dimension. That includes the floor overseers you killed while climbing the tower, and the Demon Holy Lightning Garet too."

She grinned.

"But I severed that part. Anyone who died before the spell activated will stay dead. Of course, the resurrection happening now isn’t perfect, either."

Despite current chaos, she grinned in satisfaction.

"Chamber! Raon Zieghart!"

The Black Tower's master let out a furious shriek, enraged that Garet and the floor overseers had not returned. The darkness of this land seemed to echo his wrath.

Uuuuuuuung!

Rather than launching a massive assault using the resurrected demonic creatures, he raised his hand and summoned a bolt of black lightning, hurling it straight at Chamber.

A moment later, the sky flashed, and jet-black lightning was already right in front of her.

“Hmph.”

Chamber casually flicked her hand, as if brushing off dust.

The black lightning unraveled, breaking apart into thin black threads before it could even touch her.

"Didn’t I tell you? Come play with me."

She floated into the air, glancing down at the others.

"I don’t need to tell you what to do, do I? It’ll be tough, but I’m counting on you."

With a bright smile, she soared into the blackened sky toward the Black Tower's master.

“Damn bitch…”

A chilling murderous intent was felt in the Black Tower master’s voice. He seemed to hate Chamber for constantly interfering.

"Fine. Let’s see you fight like a real mage."

She snapped her fingers, and in an instant, both of them vanished.

It seemed they had moved to a space where they could battle one-on-one.

"W-What just happened?"

Krein stammered, unable to grasp the situation.

"No need to panic. We already know what we have to do."

Raon’s gaze shifted toward the gate, which was now spewing even stronger demons.

"From now on, we’re putting everything we have into closing that gate."

This battle wasn’t about Chamber and the Black Tower’s master anymore.

The real fight was stopping the gate.

‘How do we close it, anyway?’

Raon jerked his chin toward Wrath.

How the hell would the King of Essence know that?

Wrath furrowed his brows, as if questioning what Raon was even talking about.

‘If even a Demon King like you doesn’t know…’

As he has been saying all along, the King of Essence knows nothing about magic or sorcery! He just brute-forced his way through everything!

Wrath lifted his chin proudly, explaining that whether he was leaving devildom or returning to it, he simply tore open dimensions with brute strength.

‘Being ignorant isn’t something to be proud of—wait…!’

His eyes narrowed as he looked at the gate, which seemed to be growing larger by the second.

‘That… might actually be the better option.’

As the gate widened, his own wrath surged in tandem. If he could condense all of that power, perhaps, just like Wrath, he could force the gate shut through sheer might.

Hmm. That doesn’t sound impossible.

Wrath nodded solemnly.

If the gate gets any bigger, it’ll be difficult—but for now, you should be able to do it. Of course, there’ll be plenty of interference.

As Wrath raised his hand, the gate trembled.

Then—

Even stronger demonic creatures than before emerged, their demonic energy surging out like a tidal wave.

It was clear, the bigger the gate grew, the stronger the demonic creatures that crawled out.

Fwooooosh!

And it wasn’t just creatures anymore.

Among them were demons—with humanoid forms, yet adorned with horns and wings. They emerged alongside the demonic creatures, their presence distinct.

Like he said, they were waiting inside, watching. Now that they’re confident they can devour this land, they’re making their move.

Wrath narrowed his eyes, sensing that the demons now emerging had considerable skill.

‘Then we need to shut it down fast.’

Raon tightened his grip around his divine and demonic swords.

‘Where did that one go?’

The demon who had appeared at the end of the middle floors. A being made of pure demonic energy, unlike these lesser demons. Something about him had been different.

‘No, now isn’t the time to think about that.’

Raon stepped forward, moving through the ranks of the Light Wind Palace swordsmen.

"We’re closing the gate to the devildom. Clear the way."

At his quiet yet commanding words, the eyes of the Light Wind Palace swordsmen sharpened.

"Understood!"

Burren, Martha, and Runaan, who had been focusing on defense, surged forward simultaneously.

Chwaaaaak!

Burren’s Barren Wind Sword sliced through the demonic creatures blocking their path, while Martha’s heavy sword crushed them into dark-red mist. Runaan’s frost spread through the air, freezing the demonic creatures that had leapt from the sky, their bodies shattering into pieces before they could land.

Kugugugugu!

The Light Wind Palace swordsmen moved in unison, maintaining their formation as they trampled over the regenerating demonic creatures, making sure none of them rose again.

They had only one goal—to clear the path forward.

“You will go no farther than this.”

A shadow slithered through the corpses, and from it emerged the Black King Sigel, flanked by his demonized subordinates.

"You will go no further."

Sigel raised a greatsword in his right hand and a spear in his left, his black long coat billowing as he took a stance.

"We can’t go further?"

Raon let out a faint chuckle—

And in that instant, his body vanished.

Like a bolt of lightning, his divine sword descended upon Sigel’s neck, while his demonic sword pierced toward his heart with deadly precision.

Claaannngg!

Sigel barely managed to block both strikes—

But his hands trembled violently, his fingers curling like the tentacles of an octopus, struggling against the overwhelming force.

"That’s not for the likes of you to decide…."

Raon pushed forward, forcing Sigel back with sheer strength, his lips curling into a smirk.

"The strong are the ones who decide."

 

 

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