The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1175

 Chapter 1175

 

Raon swallowed dryly as he watched the slowly moving golden star.

‘That isn’t a star….’

It’s the Dragon Lord.

The Dragon Lord wasn’t hiding somewhere in this universe. He was coiled up like a snake, disguising himself as a golden star.

It didn’t seem as though he had taken that form simply to hide from enemies.

As Bartius had said, it looked like he was preparing some kind of special magic. From the tightly coiled Dragon Lord, a terrifying flow of mana was blooming forth.

‘That power is dangerous.’

The magic the Dragon Lord was preparing wasn’t something that had existed before. A new power that went beyond the human world. I didn’t know exactly what it was, but the instincts I had honed through countless battles rang alarm bells one after another, warning me of danger.

The King of Essence agrees as well!

Wrath frowned as he looked at the Dragon Lord, whose light was growing stronger and stronger.

It seems that lizard boss bastard was preparing something seriously annoying!

Wrath narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Dragon Lord, who was emitting an increasingly intense light.

“Th-that’s the Lord!”

The Red Dragon Balasiur pointed at the massive star, which was slowly writhing.

“For the flow of mana to be this violent...”

The Blue Dragon Sirtiren let out a hollow laugh, as if dumbfounded.

“I don’t know what kind of magic it is, but it looks extremely dangerous.”

The White Dragon Bursiarabi deeply furrowed his brow.

“If we don’t strike right now, we’ll be the ones in danger.”

The Black Dragon Dariauran tensed his body, as if he were about to transform into his true form.

“Raon Zieghart.”

Bartius exhaled roughly as he pointed at the Dragon Lord, who had transformed into a golden star.

“The Lord hasn’t awakened from his inner state yet. Attack quickly!”

Though he clearly wanted to step forward himself, he seemed too exhausted to move, forcibly raising his voice instead.

“I know.”

Raon nodded and drew Heavenly Drive.

‘Normally, I would have formally challenged the Dragon Lord….’

But this isn’t the situation for that.

I wanted to face the Dragon Lord head-on in a proper fight, but the magic the Dragon Lord was preparing looked far more dangerous than expected.

While the Dragon Lord was completely focused on preparing that magic and full of openings, I need to kill him, or at least deal as much damage as possible.

Wooooong!

Raon threw himself into the black dimension. Using the Supreme Harmony Steps at full speed, he advanced through the pitch-black darkness to sever the Dragon Lord’s neck.

‘It’s farther than I thought.’

The Dragon Lord was embedded at the very center of the black dimension, so even while using the fastest form of the Supreme Harmony Steps, it would take a considerable amount of time to reach him.

Wooooong!

Perhaps sensing the opening of the dimensional gate, the Dragon Lord began to lift his heavy eyelids.

It seemed he had momentarily halted the completion of his magic and was trying to awaken from his inner state first.

This timing is cutting it pretty close, isn’t it?

Wrath smacked his lips for a long moment, as if excited by what was about to happen.

‘No. I can reach him.’

Raon believed he could make it and poured all of his focus into closing the distance to the Dragon Lord.

‘Just a little more!’

Applying the traits of the Void Severance, he imbued the Supreme Harmony Steps with the ability to sever space itself. In that instant, a new form of the Supreme Harmony Steps was born, one that leapt across the distance between stars.

Twoooooong!

Just before the Dragon Lord’s body fully uncoiled, Raon hurled Heavenly Drive from his grasp.

Piaaaang!

The flow of Gentle Breeze settled over Heavenly Drive. The sword, having become wind itself, vanished into the darkness, then burst forth again before the Dragon Lord’s neck.

‘There’s only one place to aim for.’

The dragon heart!

The dragon heart is, quite literally, the heart of a dragon.

No, because it contained all the mana needed to move that enormous body, it was actually more important than the heart itself.

If the dragon heart were damaged, no matter how mighty the Dragon Lord was, his magic would collapse and his power would inevitably be reduced.

Wooooong!

Raon straightened his fingers and fixed the tip of Heavenly Drive, which was being shaken by the immense mana. The keenly honed blade fell toward the Dragon Lord’s neck.

Puuuuuurk!

The Dragon Lord awakened from his inner state and twisted his body to evade, but Heavenly Drive had already pierced straight through his neck.

Not even the dragon’s scales and bones, said to be the hardest in the world, could withstand the power of the Gentle Breeze.

[Kroooooar!]

The Dragon Lord raised his body and let out a scream, as if overwhelmed by intense pain.

“Hmm….”

Raon bit his lip as he caught Heavenly Drive, which had returned soaked in the Dragon Lord’s blood.

‘What just happened?’

A massive hole had been punched through the Dragon Lord’s neck, yet the mana he possessed hadn’t been greatly disrupted. He had taken damage, but it was not to the point where his life was in immediate danger.

‘I definitely aimed for where the dragon heart should be.’

There was no way I had made a mistake in my attack. I had clearly targeted the Dragon Lord’s dragon heart, so why hadn’t it been destroyed?

[That was dangerous.]

The Dragon Lord regained his composure, golden light filling his eyes.

[If I hadn’t moved my dragon heart to another location, I would have died just now.]

He let out a sigh of relief, saying he had survived by relocating the dragon heart that had been in his neck.

[To think that humans would make it all the way here and aim for my neck.]

The Dragon Lord released a dry breath, as if he had never even considered such a situation.

[And that they would do so… with the help of my own kind.]

He narrowed his cold eyes and glared at Bartius and the other four dragons.

[Are all the ancient dragons who held my keys dead?]

Though he already knew the answer, the Dragon Lord looked at Bartius as if asking him to say it out loud.

“That is...”

“Correct.”

Raon stepped forward in Bartius’s place.

“I killed them all.”

He calmly nodded as he stated that he had killed all three ancient dragons, Ignis Cierfang, the leader of the Red tribe who guarded one key, Azgoros, the leader of the Blue tribe, and Trosour, the leader of the Black tribe.

[Raon Zieghart.]

The Dragon Lord fixed his gaze on Raon and bared his massive fangs.

[I should have killed you back then!]

He ground his teeth so fiercely that space itself seemed to twist, as if regretting that he hadn’t killed Raon when they first met.

“I’ve heard that line so many times from others that I’m sick of it.”

Raon shrugged as he flicked the Dragon Lord’s blood off Heavenly Drive.

“Of course, none of them ever managed it.”

He curled his lips upward, saying that the Dragon Lord wouldn’t be able to either.

“Hiding here like a rat, what kind of magic were you preparing?”

Raon looked down at the Dragon Lord with a thin smile.

“Were you developing some magic to exterminate humans or something?”

Though he spoke in a joking tone, he raised a topic of magic that was entirely plausible for the Dragon Lord.

[…….]

The Dragon Lord said nothing, merely exhaling a stream of gray breath, as if expressing his irritation.

“...Is it for real?”

Raon let out a hollow laugh as he looked at the silent Dragon Lord.

“You really were planning to kill all humans? Why, exactly?”

The absurdity of it made his teeth grind without him realizing it.

[Because the humans of today are vile vermin that should not exist.]

The Dragon Lord exhaled a cold breath.

[It would be right to completely exterminate them and then raise them again. No, perhaps it would be better to erase the very existence called humanity.]

He muttered words that a mediator should never utter, his eyes turning cold.

“Lord!”

Bartius approached the Dragon Lord, biting his lip.

“How could you become like this! No matter how corrupted humans may be, we have no right to annihilate them!”

He shook his head, saying that exterminating humans went far beyond the role of a mediator.

“I think the same!”

The Red Dragon Balasiur clenched his teeth.

“There are humans I want to kill too, but that’s not something a mediator should do!”

He frowned, just like Bartius, saying that he couldn’t understand the Lord’s intentions.

“Lord! Please reconsider!”

The Blue Dragon Sirtiren clasped her hands together, saying that she didn’t want to fight the Lord.

“It’s already too late. That old man’s eyes have gone completely mad.”

The Black Dragon Dariauran let out a sigh as he wrapped himself in poison.

“I expected this from the start, but there really is no room for compromise.”

The White Dragon Bursiarabi clicked his tongue, raking a hand through his hair.

[I will give you one last chance.]

The Dragon Lord lifted his chin as he looked at Bartius.

[Even now, if you follow me and kill those humans, I will forgive all the sins you have committed until now!]

Even as he spoke of forgiveness, he radiated killing intent fierce enough to slaughter all of the adult dragons.

“Raon Zieghart.”

After staring at the Lord for a long while, Bartius turned his gaze toward Raon.

“I leave it to you.”

He nodded firmly, as if he naturally had no intention of following the Lord's words.

“Wait here.”

Raon gave Bartius a faint smile and stepped forward.

“He’s completely gone mad.”

He shook his head as he looked into the Dragon Lord’s cold eyes.

“Let’s end this, before you do anything even more vile.”

Saying they should fight properly, he even drew the Wooden Ring Sword.

“I think I can take that head right now.”

[Don't be arrogant.]

The Dragon Lord's cold eyes flashed.

[If my dragon heart had been shattered by your attack, not only I, but everyone here would have died without leaving even a trace.]

He snorted, saying that was why he had allowed himself to be struck by the Gentle Breeze.

[From now on, I will halt the operation of ‘that magic’ and pour my full power into killing you!]

The instant the Dragon Lord shouted the word “full power,” the black dimension shook as if it were about to collapse, and an enormous surge of mana writhed violently, enough to make one’s skin crawl.

‘So this is the Dragon Lord’s full power….’

Raon bit his lip at the Dragon Lord’s pressure, which sent a chill down his spine.

‘It’s dangerous. In terms of might, I haven't reached the Dragon Lord yet.’

Now that he felt it directly, he understood. Just as others had said, the Lord stood on an entirely different plane from the other dragons.

‘But it’s fine.’

What I possess isn’t just the realm of swordsmanship. And…

‘That first attack didn’t fail completely.’

The Dragon Lord was releasing an immense pressure as if nothing were wrong, but his mana was twisting ever so slightly.

There was no doubt that the Gentle Breeze I had fired had split the dragon heart just a little.

With a hole pierced through his neck and blood pouring out like a waterfall, and with the dragon heart damaged as well, the Dragon Lord would not be able to fight at full power.

“Let’s begin.”

Raon drove Heavenly Drive and Wooden Ring Sword into the pitch-black universe.

Kuuuuuuung!

The dimension surged violently, and a golden sun and a silver moon rose over the universe where nothing had existed before.

Standing between the radiant lights, Raon faced the Dragon Lord with a divine sword forged of flame and a demonic sword blooming with frost raised in his hands.

Kugugugugugugu!

The Divine and Demonic Harmony, which Raon activated for the first time since achieving emotional awakening, granted him a power called absoluteness. With a light swing of the divine sword, its tip split the dimension and etched a comet of flame across the universe.

[Krrrgh!]

The Dragon Lord let out a hoarse groan, as if he hadn’t expected Raon to have grown to this extent before coming here.

Human and dragon, their bodies were incomparable in size, yet Raon’s pressure did not yield a single inch to the Dragon King.

No, his fighting spirit, the will to win, was far greater.

[Kroooooar!]

The Dragon Lord roared and fired a golden flash. It was an ultimate spell, a condensed form of his radiant breath.

“So noisy.”

Raon surged forward faster than sound and brought down the divine sword and the demonic sword. The twin sword strikes wrapped in sky and lightning collided head-on with the light of the Dragon God.

Kwaaaaaaang!

 

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