The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1090
Chapter 1090
“One month….”
The War King steadied his wavering gaze and stepped forward.
“It is true that Sir Raon’s talent and martial strength have taken us aback, but one month is an extremely short time.”
He shook his head, saying that no matter how outstanding one’s talent, one month was impossible.
“That’s something we’ll see after a month has passed. Shall we make a small wager?”
Raon lowered Heavenly Drive with a light smile.
“I’m confident.”
It wasn't a bluff, nor was he being stubborn because he was short on time. He had never made a wrong judgment like this before, so he was certain he could succeed.
“Very well. Then the stake will be granting a small wish.”
The War King gave a slight nod and lifted the Saber of Austerity.
“Then I will now teach you the Abyssal Saber Art.”
He didn't say he wouldn't teach or that Raon was too arrogant, instead, he went straight into the lesson. Contrary to his cold judgment, it seemed he had firmly decided to follow Raon.
“The Abyssal Saber Art, unlike the Demon Breaking Sword Art, uses water-attributed aura to slash the enemy, freeze the wound, and then shatter it. It is a ruthless martial art.”
The War King lowered his chin, saying the Abyssal Saber Art was the complete opposite of the Demon Breaking Sword Art.
Oho!
Wrath clapped his hands and let out an exclamation.
That guy actually knows something! You’ve got to burst wounds with cold energy for the best effect! Once frostbite sets in, they can’t even regenerate!
His eyes sparkled, saying he suddenly liked the War King.
“The Abyssal Saber Art is slow and heavy, but also smooth and flexible. It also carries the principle of severing sword, making it useful for twisting and breaking the opponent’s martial arts.”
The War King himself demonstrated, unfolding a saber technique as flowing and graceful as water.
“However, there is one point in common with the Demon Breaking Sword Art.”
He looked to Raon, as if asking whether he knew.
“The destructive sword.”
Raon nodded, glancing at the Sword Sovereign.
“Both the Demon Breaking Sword Art and the Abyssal Saber Art carry the principle of destructive sword.”
The Sword and Saber Sovereign infused the principle of destructive sword into both the Demon Breaking Sword Art and the Abyssal Saber Art, creating a mighty power unyielding to any martial art. He too was a great master, an absolute warrior capable of reaching the heavens
“Wow, you sensed that too?”
The Sword Sovereign gaped in astonishment.
“Amazing things keep happening no matter how many times I see it.”
She let out a wry laugh, saying it was now to the point of being truly wondrous.
“…That is correct.”
The War King gave a slight nod, his gaze trembling faintly.
“Both the Abyssal Saber Art and the Demon Breaking Sword Art contain the sword principle of the destructive sword. As you know, that is because they were originally martial arts used simultaneously by the Sword and Saber Sovereign.”
He raised his saber, saying that since the Sword and Saber Sovereign had used both sword and saber at once, it was only natural that there would be a principle sharing the same flow.
“First, please watch my saber art.”
The War King raised his saber overhead and then brought it down so slowly it was almost tedious. Yet his saber art traced a graceful arc like sword technique, cleaving the black sea in two.
Fwoooosh!
The War King, pouring all his focus into demonstrating, broke out in cold sweat as he displayed every form of the Abyssal Saber Art.
“Phew….”
After freezing the surrounding sea completely white, he stepped back.
“This is the Abyssal Saber Art. Do you have any questions?”
The War King looked at Raon with eyes rising in subtle expectation, offering to take questions first.
“In the first form, when you brought the saber down, you slowed the speed and then accelerated again, was that to pierce through the opponent’s opening?”
Raon slowly opened his lips, recalling the first form the War King had displayed.
“Th-that’s correct!”
The War King stood frozen for a moment before nodding.
“That form developed that way to block and counter the Demon Breaking Sword Art. You actually saw that?”
The Sword Sovereign muttered in disbelief, her eyes wide.
“In the second form, when you slash upward diagonally, wouldn’t it be better to add more tilt to contain more heaviness?”
Raon narrowed his eyes as he performed the form of the Abyssal Saber Art himself.
“A good suggestion. But if you do so, the connection to the third form slows down. Though the Abyssal Saber Art is slow, because it is of the severing sword, the connection between forms must be perfect, and fast.”
The War King shook his head, saying one must think not only of each form but also their connections. His eyes began to shine brighter.
“Then wouldn’t this work? If the saber is extended a bit more forward…”
“Hmm, it looks fine. There’s plenty of possibility to try experimenting with it.”
The War King’s heavy voice suddenly rose by more than two tones.
“And the fifth form feels a bit lacking in heaviness…”
“Good point. As for that….”
“The tenth form, instead of advancing slowly…”
“Let us try it directly!”
Raon and the War King gathered close, as if warming themselves by a bonfire, and carried on a long discussion about the Abyssal Saber Art.
Two hours later, the War King was the first to extend his hand to Raon.
“One month….”
He nodded with a thick, lingering smile that didn’t suit his cold features.
“Let’s try it.”
* * *
Fwoooooong!
The flames that soared from Heavenly Drive flared into a dazzling flash, setting the northern sky ablaze, while the frost blossoming from the Wooden Ring Sword exhaled a chilling energy wave, freezing the pitch-black northern sea like a shadow.
The Demon Breaking Sword Art and the Abyssal Saber Art—the absolute techniques of the Sword and Saber Sovereign from a thousand years ago—were manifesting in Raon’s hands.
“All I can say is it’s insane.”
The Sword Sovereign let out a breath as she watched the Demon Breaking Sword Art Raon unfolded.
“The flaws in his swordsmanship are vanishing rapidly. To think a monster like that existed in this world….”
She exhaled again, saying she now understood why Raon, not yet even thirty, was so strong.
“He’s beyond the level of a genius. That’s a demon’s talent. A cruel power that cuts away the hopes and wishes of those around him.”
The War King’s lips trembled, saying he could hardly believe it even as he saw it with his own eyes.
“If that talent had fallen into an evil man’s hands, this continent might well have ended up in a single person’s grasp….”
He nodded, saying Raon’s talent was more than enough to shake the continent.
“Well? Think he can do it in a month?”
The Sword Sovereign nudged the War King with her elbow, murmuring her curiosity.
“…That I’m not sure of.”
The War King narrowed his eyes.
“It seems possible, and yet it also seems like he might need a few more days.”
He shook his head, saying that even with Raon’s talent, a month wouldn’t be easy.
“As you know, the Abyssal Saber Art and the Demon Breaking Sword Art are martial arts of the highest level. On top of that…”
The War King clicked his tongue briefly.
“The Diamond Earth Cultivation must also be mastered to the intermediate level. Even for someone like Sir Raon, this isn’t something that can simply be done without condition.”
He nodded, saying the chances of success were fifty-fifty.
[Personally, I hope he fails….]
The golden dragon Paratheus shook his head.
“Why?”
The Sword Sovereign raised her brows at Paratheus.
[That human needs to taste failure too! It’s annoying when everything goes well for him!]
Paratheus furrowed his brow, as though displeased with Raon’s brilliance.
“Now you’re even jealous of a human.”
The Sword Sovereign shook her head in disbelief.
“No matter how you look at it, he should never have been born a dragon.”
“I agree.”
The War King let out a long sigh.
[No, even the Lord said to be careful of him! He was put almost on the same level as Glenn Zieghart!]
Paratheus shook his head, saying Raon’s danger level was nearly equal to Glenn’s.
“You’re not on the dragons’ side anymore. Don’t bother with that.”
The Sword Sovereign waved a hand for him to keep quiet.
[ W-well, that’s true, but… I’m a little uneasy…. ]
Paratheus let out a heavy sigh.
“Think of it positively. If we win, you’ll be the Lord. The Dragon Lord!”
The Sword Sovereign grinned, saying wouldn’t that be good.
[D-does it really work like that?]
Paratheus blinked his glacier-sized eyes.
[Not bad. Actually, the Lord doesn’t really do anything! He just occasionally calls the kids together and strikes a pose!]
“But if you become the Dragon Lord…”
The War King let out a low breath as he looked at Paratheus.
“There won’t be anyone under you.”
[…Huh?]
* * *
“Phew….”
After planting Heavenly Drive and Wooden Ring Sword into the glacier, Raon sat down on the ground.
‘Not bad.’
Since the Sword and Saber Sovereign didn’t just pass down martial arts but even his realizations, my growth rate was astonishingly fast.
At my current level, I felt like I could just barely make it within a month.
‘And the Diamond Earth Cultivation is coming along well too.’
Through the methods of the Diamond Earth Cultivation I learned from the Sword Sovereign and the War King, I could cultivate the aura of the earth even while using the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation and Glacier. Thanks to that, the Diamond Earth Cultivation was also developing according to plan.
Damn it….
Wrath ground his teeth.
The King of Essence wanted you to fail no matter what!
‘It is a bit uncertain. Should I have said two months instead?’
My growth is fast, but trying to finish two years’ worth of training in one month feels like it’s putting a bit of overload on me too. If I stray even slightly from the path, I might fail.
Hmph! Even if it’s not this time, soon enough that mouth of yours is going to get you into trouble.
Wrath wrinkled his nose, saying he’d get in trouble if he didn’t watch what he said.
‘I’ve been hearing that since I was a trainee. When exactly is that trouble supposed to come?’
Th-that’s….
Unable to answer, Wrath shifted his gaze.
‘I don’t know about other things, but there’s no way I’ll ever get into trouble because of my tongue, so don’t worry.’
It was just as Raon snickered while showing the title <Tongue that Mocks the Dimensions>.
“Sir Raon.”
The Sword Sovereign came to his side and bowed his head.
“Shall we begin right away?”
Raon dusted off his hands and looked up.
“Not that. I came because I wanted to ask something.”
The Sword Sovereign smiled as she sat down beside him.
“Where and how did you obtain the Sword and Saber Sovereign’s martial arts?”
She had wanted to ask earlier, but since the situation had been urgent, she said she couldn’t, and lowered her hand.
“Ah, right. I should have said that first.”
Raon straightened his back with a smile.
“It’s nothing difficult, so I’ll tell you right away. It started with the rumor that the Sword and Saber Sovereign’s grave had been discovered. We weren’t the ones assigned to that mission, though….”
“T-the Sword and Saber Sovereign’s grave?”
“When was this?”
The War King and Sword Sovereign widened their eyes, saying they had no idea.
“It’s been a long time. Back when we were still the Light Wind Division.”
“Why didn’t we know?”
“I don’t know either.”
They tilted their heads in confusion.
[That was when you two were screaming to die together and fighting on that deserted island. Wouldn’t it have been stranger if you’d heard about the Sword and Saber Sovereign there?]
The golden dragon furrowed his brow as if dumbfounded.
“Ah, it was then?”
“So it was…”
The Sword Sovereign and War King nodded in understanding.
“Deserted island…”
Raon clicked his tongue, once again thinking they weren’t normal.
“Please, continue.”
The War King put his hands together, asking again.
“Ah, yes. Then…”
Raon explained that he had entered the Sword and Saber Sovereign’s grave, that it turned out to be Zieghart’s training ground, and that in the end, he had briefly met the Sword and Saber Sovereign and received his martial arts.
“…And that’s what has led to now. Even I find it amazing.”
As Raon spoke of how strange fate was, smiling, the Sword Sovereign and War King silently rose to their feet and stood before him.
“We greet the true descendant of the Sword and Saber Sovereign!”
“We greet the true descendant of the Sword and Saber Sovereign!”
The two of them once again dropped to their knees and lowered their heads. He wondered why the Sword Sovereign and the War King were so quick to kneel.
“Now that we’ve heard it, it’s certain.”
“Yes. Sir Raon, you are indeed the true descendant of the Sword and Saber Sovereign.”
They pressed their foreheads to the ground, saying that since Raon had been acknowledged directly by the Sword and Saber Sovereign himself, it was only natural for him to be the descendant.
“Please don’t do this! Save it for after it’s all over!”
Raon grabbed their shoulders and forcibly pulled them back up.
“You both said you’d only acknowledge me if I mastered the Sword and Saber Sovereign’s martial arts. Stick to that!”
It was true I wanted their help, but I didn’t want to see people much older than me kneeling like that.
“Understood.”
“If that’s what you say…”
They nodded slowly and stood up.
“Oh, and…”
Raon reached out toward them.
“I’ll share with you the principles I know of the Diamond Earth Cultivation, the Abyssal Saber Art, and the Demon Breaking Sword Art. After all, you two are their true owners.”
Since they had originally belonged to the Sword Sect and the Saber Sect, and these two would play a great role in the coming war, I felt it was only right to pass the martial arts on.
“Let’s train together for a month.”
Raon extended his hand with a smile.
“Sir Raon…”
“Ahh…”
The Sword Sovereign and War King gazed at him with eyes full of emotion. It was a far better sight than seeing them kneeling again.
“Alright, then let’s pass it on right awa—”
“We greet the great descendant of the Sword and Saber Sovereign!”
“We greet the true descendant of the Sword and Saber Sovereign!”
The two of them shattered his expectations and once again knelt down and bowed their heads.
“Ah, come on….”
* * *
“Thank you for bestowing your teachings on me during this time.”
Raon bowed his head as he stood before the cold-gazed War King and the warm Sword Sovereign.
“I’ve been greatly indebted to you this past month.”
The Sword Sovereign and the War King had truly stayed right by his side for an entire month, helping him train in the Abyssal Saber Art and the Demon Breaking Sword Art.
They must have been eager to train themselves after obtaining the perfected Diamond Earth Cultivation and martial arts, but he was moved by their determination to keep their promise to the end. He felt he understood why those two were the Transcenders who were still talked about to this day.
“No. I was the one who enjoyed it more.”
The Sword Sovereign shook her head with warm eyes.
“Now I understand why people raise disciples.”
She smiled faintly, saying she ought to find a disciple who resembled Raon and raise them.
That’s not good.
Wrath furrowed his eyes deeply.
If she teaches another after you, no matter how much of a genius they are, it’ll surely be frustrating!
He shook his head, saying it was like someone who hadn’t even begun climbing the mountain yet, but was already looking not at the peak, but at the sky.
“It’s the same for me.”
The War King smiled, his coolness tinged with warmth.
“I didn’t know discussing martial arts with you, Sir Raon, would be so enjoyable.”
He lightly smacked his lips, as if wanting to continue in the future.
“That’s something I can do for you anytime, so don’t worry.”
Raon gave a small smile and shook his head.
“And since I’ve received your teachings, that makes me your disciple too, doesn’t it?”
He gave a slight nod to the Sword Sovereign as well.
“Dear! Let’s have a child!”
The Sword Sovereign grabbed the War King’s arm and shook it.
“I want a son—or a daughter—like him! Truly!”
She shook her head, saying she couldn’t hold back anymore.
“Hm….”
The War King gave her a calm gaze, as though sharing the same thought.
[All of a sudden…?]
The golden dragon Paratheus lowered his head in disbelief.
What’s with them before the test even starts!
Wrath also bared his teeth as if asking what was wrong with them.
Why the hell are there nothing but crazy bastards around you!
saying Raon always managed to gather only lunatics around him.
“Save the husband-and-wife talk for later….”
Raon, with his hands on Heavenly Drive and the Wooden Ring Sword, stepped toward the Sword Sovereign and the War King.
“Now, please confirm. Whether I am someone the two of you can follow, or not.”
Raising his chin, Raon declared that this was the moment for the test.
“Of course!”
“We will judge objectively.”
The Sword Sovereign and the War King erased the redness from their faces, as if they had never smiled, and fixed Raon with cold eyes.
“Then…”
Raon drew Heavenly Drive and the Wooden Ring Sword. Against the dusky sky, the brilliant sun, and the surging waves of the north sea, dazzling flames and frost blossomed.
“I will begin.”
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