The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1110

 Chapter 1110

 

“The Protector’s. No, Seipia’s support.”

Raon pushed off the ground with his legs and straightened his back.

“I will accept it with gratitude.”

He fixed his posture and bowed his head toward Siyan.

What’s gotten into you?

Wrath let out an exclamation as he came closer.

He thought you’d feign humility for a while like you usually do?

He widened his eyes, as if to say it was really surprising.

‘Because it’s master’s gift.’

Seipia’s support isn’t something I earned myself. Since it was the last gift Rimmer left behind, I’ll accept it as it is.

“Thank you.”

Siyan lifted her head with a gentle smile.

“Thanks to you, Sir Raon, I was able to say my last farewell to my brother.”

“Last farewell?”

Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Siyan.

‘Did Lady Siyan meet master as well?’

Siyan and Sterin had entered awakening right away without encountering Rimmer in the mental world.

I thought I was the only one who had seen him, so her words were even more unexpected.

“I gained enlightenment about spirit arts in the mental world, and when I returned to reality, I met a person formed of light green wind. The way he mischievously waved his hand looked exactly like my brother.”

Siyan formed a gentle smile, as if recalling Rimmer’s figure giving her a final farewell.

“I also heard, right by my ear, ‘Good job!’ It could be my imagination, but I think that was my brother’s voice.”

She touched her sharply pointed ear as though cherishing those words.

“I saw him too.”

Sterin nodded and stepped forward.

“Right before I returned to reality, that damn rascal stuck out his leg to trip me!”

He scowled, saying he fell on his way out because of Rimmer.

Isn’t that Shitty Ears truly insane?

Wrath let out a scoff as if in disbelief.

What kind of lunatic trips his own grandpa’s leg! And right after helping him awaken!

He shook his head, saying he could never understand Rimmer’s thinking.

‘Then, when he became the wind and came to me, had he already finished his farewell?’

Raon smacked his lips slightly as he looked at Siyan and Sterin.

‘Anyway, that man…’

Thinking of how he waved farewell to Siyan, went as far as tripping Sterin, and then came to me with those serious words, the absurdity made me let out a hollow laugh.

“After that rascal tripped me and I fell, he looked down at me and spat out just one line.”

Sterin clenched his bow like a sword, veins bulging on the back of his hand.

“‘‘Don’t leave your granddaughter behind, live until you’re smearing crap on the wall.’ My gratitude vanished in an instant, and anger surged instead!”

He gnashed his teeth, saying that if Rimmer had been there in front of him, he would have punched him in the gut right away.

“That’s so like master.”

Raon couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.

“He really never changes.”

To show such ease and wit even in what might be his last moment, since it was just like the Rimmer I knew, a smile came naturally.

He truly left just like himself.

Wrath nodded in agreement.

“What did he say to you, Sir Raon?”

Siyan clasped her hands together, as if asking him to tell.

“Hmm….”

Sterin lowered his bow and looked at him, curious as well.

“…He told me I’ve worked hard.”

Unlike Siyan and Sterin, I had heard many words, but what remained most strongly in memory was that single line. Those words, spoken in Rimmer’s voice, felt like something I could never forget in my life.

“That’s… normal?”

“What’s with that?”

Dorian and Martha widened their eyes in surprise.

“So raising a grandson ended up being all for nothing! He tripped me, but told his disciple he’d worked hard?!”

Sterin stamped his foot in irritation. But at the corners of his mouth, a faint smile appeared.

“That’s just like brother.”

Siyan lightly smiled too, saying that even those words were Rimmer-like.

“We’ll be able to see brother again, won’t we? If he’s even done something like this, it seems the spirit transformation is already underway.”

She clasped her hands together, wishing to see Rimmer again.

“Why would you want to see him! If he shows up, I’ll put a hole in his head right away!”

Sterin gripped his bow and swung it, as if daring him to appear.

“He will.”

Unlike the fading memory of Rimmer, Raon smiled calmly.

“We’ll be able to meet him someday.”

He buried the last, blurry image of Rimmer alone in his heart and nodded to the two of them.

“See! I knew it!”

Siyan jumped up as if encouraged by his words.

“You both seem to have changed a lot in such a short time. It’s like you’re completely different people.”

Sterin had rejuvenated into the appearance of a middle-aged man, while Siyan’s personality itself seemed to have changed. Even considering their awakening, the change was so fast it was astonishing.

“Fast? Well, it was quick, but it didn’t happen without time passing.”

Sterin waved the hand holding his bow side to side.

“That’s right. Sir Raon, you opened your eyes after a week.”

Siyan blinked, saying it wasn’t exactly a short time.

“A week?”

Raon narrowed his eyes, glancing around.

You were staring at that damned tree like a statue for a whole week!

Wrath furrowed his brow, saying he almost died from boredom and hunger.

If you get it now, hurry up and give me some food! Anything but Nadine bread!

Even in this situation, he shook his head, showing his dislike for Nadine bread.

“Now that you mention it, it does seem that much time has passed.”

Seeing the changes in Sterin and Siyan, and the fact that others had changed clothes, it did feel like quite some time had gone by.

“But….”

Raon’s eyes darted around as he swallowed dryly.

“Wh-Where’s Evelyn?”

Not seeing Evelyn, who should naturally be sticking close by, only made it all the more frightening and unsettling.

That’s…

“I’m right here!”

As Raon turned his head, Evelyn popped out from the inside of the World Tree’s bark.

“Ugh!”

Kyaaa!

Raon and Wrath both fell backward, screaming.

“There’s no way I’d leave you and go somewhere else.”

Evelyn tapped her nose lightly with a finger, as if asking why he’d forgotten the obvious.

“S-she really didn’t leave his side for even a moment through the whole week….”

Dorian shook his head, saying he was exhausted just from watching.

“I was the same, you know?”

Martha snorted, saying she’d stood guard too.

“M-me too, technically….”

Siyan raised her hand slightly, saying she’d kept watch over Raon as well.

“Th-Thank you. All of you….”

Raon expressed his thanks, then glared at Wrath.

‘Hey! If you already knew, why didn’t you tell me earlier? Why act surprised along with me!’

Wrath must’ve known Evelyn was hiding inside the World Tree, why he still toppled over in surprise along with me was beyond me.

Th-That madwoman….

Wrath shook his head vigorously, as if even he couldn’t explain it.

E-Even knowing, she’s scary! You saw it too, didn’t you! Stop dragging her around everywhere!

‘And this is supposed to be a Demon King?’

*   *   *

After a short rest, Raon headed toward Seipia’s training ground with Siyan and Sterin.

“My spiritual energy has gotten much stronger.”

Siyan raised her hand as she released her spirit power.

“My affinity with spirits has risen a lot as well.”

The spirits of nature followed her gestures like baby birds trailing their mother.

“And on top of that….”

“Anything else?”

Raon looked at Siyan, eyes wide.

“I learned about harmonizing spirits as well.”

“Harmonizing?”

“Yes. Instead of just leaving attacks to the spirits as before, I can now control that power myself.”

Siyan grinned, saying she could now finely control the spirits’ strength.

“That’s impressive.”

Raon let out a hollow chuckle.

If that high-elf girl just trains well, her combat power will skyrocket.

‘Indeed.’

Unless it was a Spirit King, spirits don’t follow a summoner’s orders perfectly. The spirit’s own will plays a large part, and sometimes they make mistakes, if Siyan can control that, the results will be completely different from before.

“Look.”

Siyan put her hands together, and the highest tier spirits were summoned before her.

Even without the <Voice of the World Tree> artifact, the spirits emitted a far stronger energy than before.

‘Did the spirits get stronger because Siyan got stronger?’

Thanks to Siyan’s awakening, the spirits bound to her seemed to have grown a little as well.

“Star of Spiritual Radiance!”

At her command, the highest tier spirits released the four streams of attribute power.

Kuwaaaah!

Instead of mixing chaotically like before, the four attribute attacks, fire and wind, and water and earth, split into two pairs that supported each other, then finally unified.

Woooooom!

A vast spirit energy, grand like sunlight, whirled before Siyan.

“How is it? Much stronger than before, right?”

Siyan smiled brightly, asking how it looked.

“Throw that at me.”

Raon gestured with his hand, saying he would receive the spirit’s energy.

“R-really? This might be a bit strong.”

Siyan’s eyes trembled with concern.

“It’s fine.”

Raon smiled, saying she could fire as much as she wanted.

“All right!”

Siyan shouted for him to be careful, then fired the light condensed from the spirits’ energy.

‘Fast. And strong.’

The spirit energy Siyan fired at me at full power was faster and fiercer than I’d expected. As befitting the power of spirits, it seemed to have started to run wild, breaking free from her control.

‘However…’

It’s not hard to cut.

Perhaps because my soul had grown stronger. Even as Siyan’s full-power attack rushed toward me, I didn’t feel tense.

Ssssss!

Raon didn’t even need to draw Heavenly Drive. Forming a knife-hand with his palm, he split apart Siyan’s fierce assault. The spirit energy that flowed along his hand scattered into eight fragments before fading away.

“As expected…”

Siyan nodded as if she had expected that.

“Then, try receiving my arrow as well.”

Sterin drew an arrow and set it to his bowstring.

“It’ll take some time for my full strength to return, but I’d like to test myself against you once.”

He jutted his chin as if to ask what Raon thought.

“Sounds good.”

Raon smiled and drew Heavenly Drive.

“How refreshing.”

Sterin braced himself on his right leg and extended his left leg far forward. Lowering his center of gravity as if supporting the sky, he drew back the bowstring.

Crackle!

As the string was pulled, an eerie sound rang out like the sky splitting.

On the taut bowstring, the arrow began to spin and blaze with a massive force.

Though weaker than before, it was clear this arrow held new insight.

“Be careful.”

Sterin drew a mischievous smile and released the string.

Paaaang!

With a tearing sound that shook the forest, the arrow turned into a blue flash and shot toward Raon’s brow.

‘Fast and strong, but…’

Raon raised Heavenly Drive and smacked his lips.

‘That’s all for now?’

Though Sterin had regained youth, he had not had much time to restore his strength. The sharpness of his prime was not yet there. To recover his full might would take time.

Chiaaaang!

Raon swung Heavenly Drive down to cut the charging arrow.

But at the moment the sword fell, the arrow sharply changed its course toward his shoulder. An unavoidable trajectory. This was the Dancing Arrow that only Sterin could use.

“You were careless!”

The corners of Sterin’s mouth curled up as if to say he was still inexperienced. He seemed to have been aiming for this situation, as an unnerving sharpness bloomed from the arrow itself.

‘Careless…’

He was right. I had been careless, thinking I could block it easily.

But I too was no longer the same. Even in this crisis, my heart was calm, my mind clear and serene.

Thuck.

Raon released his grip on Heavenly Drive. The blade bent at an angle a human wrist couldn’t draw and shattered Sterin’s arrow as it came down toward his shoulder.

Paaak!

The arrow, charged with fierce power and speed, split in two and embedded itself into the ground and tree.

“Huh…”

Sterin stared in disbelief.

“I knew you could use the Dancing Sword, but that speed just now—what on earth…”

He exhaled in astonishment, saying the technique had activated without even a breath’s delay.

“The activation speed seems to have gotten a bit faster. Looks like I’ve gained something too.”

Raon sheathed Heavenly Drive with a faint smile.

Not just a bit!

Wrath scowled in disbelief.

How does the Dancing Sword move faster and accurately than when you’re even holding the sword!

He shook his head, saying it made no sense.

‘True. Even I was a little surprised.’

With the souls of my previous life and present life merging, I had expected only my Heart Sword to grow, but it seemed my overall martial realm was rising as well.

“If it gets just a little faster, it won’t be visible at all.”

Sterin clicked his tongue in amazement and lowered his bow.

“Still, once you recover, Sir Sterin, I won’t stand a chance against you.”

Raon shook his head, saying he wasn’t there yet.

“That won’t be the case.”

Sterin smiled calmly.

“You’ll be in another realm by then.”

He clasped his hands behind his back, saying he knew it without even having to see it.

“Still, this is nice. To be able to shoot a bow like this again.”

Sterin smiled without a trace of worry, saying simply being able to do this made him happy.

“I’m happy too, that I can be together with grandpa.”

Siyan smiled in a way that resembled Sterin and nodded.

“I have something to ask of you both.”

Raon approached Siyan and Sterin with the broken arrow in hand.

“As you know, soon Derus, and then Eden, a massive war will break out. A dark shadow will come even to this peaceful forest.”

He continued, watching Sterin’s heavy eyes and Siyan’s slightly trembling ones.

“Will Seipia join us in that war? No, please join us.”

Raon made it so Siyan and Sterin couldn’t refuse, hammering in the request for them to join.

This wasn’t just for himself, it was also for Seipia.

“You have a difficult way of putting things.”

Sterin chuckled.

“Since I got a new life thanks to you and that damn grandson, I can’t refuse that.”

He nodded firmly, saying he would fight even at the cost of his life.

“Until that day, I’ll make sure to bring my body fully back into shape.”

“I—I will too! If it’s with Sir Raon, I’ll do anything!”

Siyan also raised her hand high.

“I’ll tell Ellaim and Ifrit to finish their work in the spiritual realm quickly too!”

She clenched both fists, saying she would prepare to fight together with the Spirit Kings.

“Thank you, both of you.”

Raon bowed to Siyan and Sterin.

“There’s no need for thanks.”

“That’s right. We should be the ones thanking you.”

The two shook their heads, saying such words weren’t necessary.

Raon closed his eyes as he watched the sun slowly sink behind Siyan and Sterin, then opened them.

‘Now, once that comes, I’ll be ready to leave.’

That?

Wrath frowned, as if asking what he meant.

What have you forgotten this time? Honestly, you can’t do a thing without the King of Essence around.

He gestured for Raon to speak quickly.

‘You’re right about that. It’s something I can only get because you’re here.’

Huh? What does that—

Just as Wrath was blinking blankly.

[You have achieved a great feat.]

[You have saved the leaders of the elves.]

[You have harmonized the soul of your past life and the soul of your present life.]

[All stats… ]

[The… ]

The rewards he had earned in Seipia had arrived.

‘See?’

Raon lifted a finger, pointing Wrath toward the messages.

‘That thing that only comes when you’re here.’

He smiled lightly, thanking him.

Why the hell does this damned system always have such perfect timing!

Is it really watching us or what!

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