The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1203

 Chapter 1203

 

‘Stay calm.’

Raon stopped in place and slowly steadied his breathing.

‘I can’t kill that bastard.’

Because of Derus Robert, his hatred toward the celestial was filling his mind, so he forced himself to calm the violently pounding beat of his heart to keep from drawing his sword and swinging it.

Saaaaaaa—

He heard the sound of light flowing. From above the ceiling of the temple, as if a small sun had been affixed there, a brilliant golden radiance poured down.

Beneath the blindingly intense golden light stood a man with blond hair even more dazzling than the glow itself.

His flawlessly white skin, sharply defined nose like a crescent moon, and deep blue eyes like a lake made him look mysterious, as if he were a god of this world.

‘As expected.’

As Raon approached the blond man, who was smiling benevolently, he pressed his lips together.

‘He really is a celestial.’

The closer I got, the more strongly I felt the unique divine power of the celestial.

The sheer level of that powerful soul, something no human could possess, made my legs feel weak.

How could your legs be weak!

Wrath let out a hollow laugh, sounding incredulous.

A celestial of that level, you could kill him with your bare hands, without even using a sword.

He snorted as if telling him not to spout nonsense.

‘He does seem weak.’

Contrary to his splendid appearance, that blond celestial didn’t seem particularly strong. Just as Wrath said, it felt like I could defeat him even without a sword.

He’s not weak. It’s just….

Wrath slightly furrowed his brow.

You’ve grown stronger.

He shook his head, saying that any other human would struggle just from facing that celestial.

‘Praise again, huh.’

Raon smiled faintly, saying thank you.

That’s not praise. It’s just the truth…

‘Either way, if what you say is right, I should act even more crushed by the pressure.’

Raon said that since he was currently nothing more than an Expert realm human, he needed to show weakness, and he continued trembling all over.

‘Looks like the others are already completely taken in.’

There were others inside the temple besides him, and they looked as if they had already been entranced by the blond man’s appearance and mysterious aura, kneeling in prayer as though welcoming a god.

Seeing them pray fervently while draped in jewels and expensive clothes almost made him laugh.

‘My guess was right.’

Everyone called to the temple was someone more faithful to their desires than others.

Just as I thought, it seemed that only by displaying abundant desire and ugliness and accumulating negative emotions could one go to the place called ‘heaven.’

‘However….’

Raon furrowed his brow as he looked at the people drooling, shedding tears, or grinding their teeth as if in rage.

‘They seem even stranger than when I saw them outside?’

No matter how shocking it was to encounter a celestial for the first time, their reactions were far too extreme.

They didn’t just look entranced, they looked completely insane. I couldn’t understand why people who had merely been excessive in their desires outside the temple had changed this much.

“Uh….”

Just like when he had first arrived in the Land of Clouds, Raon took timid steps and stood before the blond man. Like the others, he knelt, eyes glistening with tears as if deeply moved by the holiness.

“Just as I heard from Kuanura, you’re an outstanding talent.”

The blond man let out a low exclamation, seemingly surprised as he sensed the dense negative emotions Raon had deliberately wrapped around himself like an outer layer.

“You’ll be able to fulfill your role well even in heaven.”

As if expressing trust, he gently placed a hand on Raon’s shoulder.

Hwaaaaa!

Warm divine power flowed down from the blond man and seeped into Raon’s entire body. The physical fatigue that had built up while he focused solely on desire was washed away as if it had never existed.

But instead, the mental fatigue felt even stronger.

‘No, it's not just mental fatigue.’

The desires I had been cloaking myself in began to churn violently, as if they were about to explode.

If I weren’t a Transcender hiding my power, I would have ended up behaving like a beast, just like the others.

‘Is he trying to completely ruin humans?’

I had thought the reactions of the others nearby were strangely extreme, and it seemed to be because of the divine power the blond man had bestowed like a blessing.

“Grrrrrr.”

Like the others, Raon loosened the strength in his eyes and pretended to drool and foam at the mouth.

‘Here….’

Raon gently drew out Wrath’s wrath, something he hadn’t used until now, and expressed even stronger negative emotions.

“Oh?”

The blond man smacked his lips briefly as he looked down at him.

“You’re certainly different. There’s a reason you’re being taken to heaven in just two weeks.”

He curled up the corners of his mouth, saying they had caught a proper one.

‘It worked.’

Seeing the blond man’s reaction, Raon let out a sigh of relief inwardly.

‘Good thing I didn’t use the Ring of Fire.’

If the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation had been active, or if I’d been strongly resonating with the Ring of Fire, this level of divine power wouldn’t have come anywhere near me. But by completely hiding my power, I seemed to have avoided detection.

“Ten. Just the right number.”

The blond man casually counted them as animals rather than people, as if there were no longer any need to hide it.

“Good work, Kuanura.”

He nodded toward the back as if praising him.

“No, it isn’t. It’s simply something I have to do.”

Kuanura stepped forward with a faint smile.

“You always bear the greater burden, Sir Baif.”

He bowed his head, calling the blond man Baif.

“Hmph. Flattery.”

The celestial called Baif wrinkled the bridge of his nose slightly.

“When I go back this time, I’ll report your achievements above. Next time, you’ll be able to go as well.”

He tilted his chin as if indicating that Kuanura could accompany him next time.

“Thank you! I’ll place my trust in you alone, Sir Baif.”

Kuanura bowed again in gratitude.

“Then let us go.”

As Baif lowered his chin and raised a finger, pitch-black darkness surged up behind him.

Woooooong!

The intense golden light pouring down from the ceiling sank into gray, and the gentle glow blooming around the temple began to fade away.

‘Hmm….’

Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Baif, now wrapped not in light, but in darkness.

‘Is he really a celestial?’

Just moments ago, I had naturally assumed him to be a celestial because of the divine power he was wielding, but seeing him use such ominous darkness made him seem more like a demon.

He’s mixed.

Wrath frowned as he looked at the darkness blooming from Baif’s body.

‘Mixed?’

Raon turned his attention to Wrath.

He must be a subordinate of that damn bastard.

Wrath had always looked down on the celestial, but this time his voice carried an unusual tension.

‘Who is that damn bastard?’

Raon swallowed dryly as he asked about the identity of that “damn bastard.”

Not something to say yet.

Wrath closed his mouth, as if saying Raon would find out soon enough.

‘But….’

As Raon was about to ask again, Baif split open the black, rippling dimension.

Wooooooong!

Strangely, the inside of the black dimension was shimmering white, like the Land of Clouds.

“Enter. Livestock.”

Baif gracefully raised his hand and pointed toward the black dimensional gate.

“This is the Heaven you’ve been longing for.”

He arrogantly tilted his chin, urging them to hurry inside.

“Kraaaaaah!”

“I’m first!”

“Get out of the way!”

The nine humans inside the temple, their eyes stained with madness, shoved and struck one another as they rushed toward the black dimensional gate.

“Grrrr!”

Still unable to get answers to the questions he had for Wrath, Raon followed the others and leapt into the black dimensional gate.

Fwoooooooong!

As he crossed the black dimensional gate and reached a white space filled with divine power, he felt his body float up violently.

Jiiiiiiing!

The black energy Baif had been using vanished completely, and a white wave surged before his eyes, dyeing everything around him white.

‘What…?’

Raon slightly narrowed his brow as he looked around.

‘This is heaven?’

To the right, white. To the left, white. A space of nothing but pure whiteness surrounded him.

‘Where are the others?’

The nine humans who had jumped into the black dimensional gate with him were nowhere to be seen. The only one here was himself.

‘Wrath. Wrath?’

He called out to Wrath, but there was no response from him either.

‘What in the world is this…?’

Just as Raon blinked in disbelief—

Gooooooo!

From within the white space, a streak of darkness surged upward.

The darkness, burning like embers, devoured the surrounding light as it gradually grew, taking on the shape of a person, no, the shape of an angel.

Sssssssss!

The black angel wrapped in shadow-like darkness shimmered strangely, its wings alone shining white. Unsatisfied with swallowing the surrounding light, it began to devour the light of the entire world.

Fwaaaaa!

Now, in a world where little light remained and darkness had filled everything, golden flames surged upward. The flames were held in a man’s hand and forged into a sword that cuts through darkness.

Fwoooooook!

A back all too familiar came into Raon’s view. The first head of Zieghart. A blond swordsman, more radiant than sunlight itself, cut through the darkness and restored light to the world once more.

Kwaaaaaang!

The black angel, as if displeased by the sight, charged forward while wrapping itself in all the darkness of the world, and the first head of Zieghart, as though determined never to lose, raised the flaming sword and met it head-on.

Kwaaaaaaang!

Golden flames and black light collided, and everything that existed before Raon’s eyes vanished.

Fwoooooook!

Feeling as though his body were sinking toward the ground, Raon clenched his fist.

‘Could it be that what the first head cut down was….’

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Kuuung!

When Raon opened his eyes again, he saw another person’s back. It was the man who had been standing beside him in the temple moments earlier.

‘Did I return to reality?’

It seemed that the first head’s arrangements had remained not only across the continent, but even in Heaven.

Where exactly do you keep wandering off to!

Wrath furrowed his brow, telling him to stop disappearing like that.

If you disappear, then the King of Essence has to protect that body!

He snorted, complaining that it was a nuisance.

‘Sorry.’

Raon clasped his hands together toward Wrath.

‘Honestly, this guy….’

In the past, he would have talked about taking over my body or something like that, but now he was talking about protecting it instead. Once again, I realized that Wrath was no longer an irritating Demon King, but a friend.

‘So this is heaven.’

Raon pushed himself up and looked around.

‘Hm? What is this place…?’

A vast city stretched out before his eyes, and it was completely different from what he had expected.

On the right side, massive mansions and lavish buildings stood, just like in the Land of Clouds. On the left, shabby structures made by roughly piecing together planks and stones were scattered everywhere.

It wasn’t just the buildings, the people were starkly different as well.

A small number of people wore coats with smoothly gleaming leather or luxurious garments that looked to be made of silk, while on the other side, people crawled along the ground like beggars, draped not in clothes but in rag-like tatters.

“Eh?”

“T-this is heaven?”

“What… what…?”

Even those who had been seized by the madness of divine power trembled their lips in confusion at the unexpected sight of heaven.

“That’s right.”

Baif curled the corner of his lips upward, wrapped in darkness.

“This is Heaven. A place where you can learn just how expensive your desires are.”

He chuckled, saying that this was where the real life of heaven began.

“……”

Like the others, Raon pretended to panic, clutching his head and lowering his gaze.

‘I more or less get it now.’

Though he wore a shocked expression on the surface, he wasn’t particularly surprised. He felt like he finally understood what Derus was doing.

‘Evelyn.’

Raon called Evelyn’s name silently and tilted his chin.

‘Now let’s begin.’

 

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