The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman 1373

 Chapter 1373

 

[Please give me an answer as soon as possible!]

The Secluded Hermit gripped the small horn in his arms tightly, as though he was growing impatient.

[At this rate, the plan will fall apart!]

He shouted toward a being whose location was unknown, urging them to answer quickly.

[….]

But despite the Secluded Hermit’s urgent cries, no answer came from the other side.

“Damn them!”

The Secluded Hermit released the horn from his hand and ground his teeth.

“They’re acting so high and mighty even in a situation like this!”

After muttering that they were impossible to deal with, he grasped the horn again.

[The might of Sword Immortal Raon Zieghart is far beyond our expectations! He is beyond our ability to control!]

The Secluded Hermit brought up Raon’s name as he chewed viciously at his lips.

[I-If we don’t stop him right now, we’ll all be wiped out before we can even use the sacrifice… Ah!]

His jaw trembled as he watched Raon’s Heavenly Drive summon blue lightning.

Kzzzzzzzzzt!

The blue lightning Raon had unleashed spread out like a spiderweb and came crashing down upon the Eden’s demons on the ground.

Kuwaaaaaaaaaa!

The entire Cameloon Plains shook as the Red Demons struck by the lightning collapsed on the spot, their bodies charred black. They had died instantly.

“Grrr….”

“Kyaaaaa….”

“Haaah!”

“He can use fire, frost, wind, and even lightning?”

“T-The Sword Immortal. He really is the Sword Immortal….”

The monsters and Eden’s demons swallowed dryly and retreated. The spell the Secluded Hermit had used to raise their fighting spirit and combative energy was breaking apart under the godlike might Raon had displayed.

“Go!”

“This is our chance to wipe out Eden!”

“Destroy the enemies before the Destructive King of the North returns!”

In contrast, the warriors of the Five Kings were fired up by the godlike might Raon had displayed and pushed Eden back.

“Cough!”

The Secluded Hermit bent at the waist as he vomited a large amount of blood.

“D-Damn it….”

The sorcery broke because the monsters and Red Demons were terrified by Raon’s might, and the backlash returned to him. It was nowhere near as severe as being struck by the Heart Sword, but the pain made his hands and feet tremble uncontrollably.

“Hoooo….”

The Secluded Hermit exhaled heavily and glared at one part of the battlefield.

‘Do I have no choice but to wake that one up?’

He narrowed his eyes as he considered forcibly awakening one of the two beings capable of stopping Raon.

‘No. Then the plan really will fall apart.’

Eden was a faction that pursued restoration, so they followed the natural order. Forcibly altering that order and awakening those beings, only for them to be unable to use their true bodies’ power and be defeated by Raon, would make matters far worse. For now, he had no choice but to wait.

‘It can’t be helped.’

The Secluded Hermit steadied his breathing and was about to resume the sorcery that bestowed madness upon Eden’s demons and monsters when—

Gooooooooooo!

Raon’s sword tip rose toward the sky once more. A lofty flame erupted from the brilliantly blue blade, forming a massive tidal wave.

“Ha….”

The Secluded Hermit swallowed dryly as he stared at the wave of flames, its front stretched wide like the gaping maw of a beast.

‘This won’t do.’

That tidal wave possessed enough power to slaughter not only the monsters, Red Demons, and Green Demons that merely served to fill their numbers, but also the executives. I cannot let it crash down like this.

Woooooooong!

The Secluded Hermit stopped the sorcery that stirred their fighting spirit and brought his hands together. He raised a sorcery wall inscribed with bizarre characters and stood against the tidal wave of flames Raon had created.

‘I-I stopped it…?’

However, there was one thing the Secluded Hermit had not anticipated.

Krrrrrrrrck!

The tidal wave of flames Raon had created with his sword was imbued with the principle of rotation, grinding its way through the sorcery wall like a saw blade. It was a characteristic of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, Flawless Sea of Fire.

Baaaaaaang!

In the end, Raon’s sword strike shattered the Secluded Hermit’s sorcery wall and only subsided after burning Eden's demons and monsters behind it to ashes.

“Ghaaaargh….”

The Secluded Hermit vomited a horrifying amount of blood from beneath his wooden mask, his jaw trembling violently.

‘N-No. This won’t do. In my current state, it’s impossible to endure this!’

Raon’s might was far beyond what had been expected. Gathering all of my own souls might allow me to stop him somehow, but being struck by that man’s Heart Sword before I could divide my souls again would mean the end. I still have a role to play for restoration, so I cannot die like that.

[You’re watching this right now, aren’t you!]

The Secluded Hermit grabbed the horn again with a bloodied hand.

[Please answer me quickly!]

Unable to contain himself, he called out once more to the being connected to the horn.

[If this continues, we’ll be annihilated! Not only us, you won’t get what you want either!]

The Secluded Hermit shouted through clenched teeth.

[No, forget everything else! Just stop Raon Zieghart!]

For the first time, he dropped the polite speech and let his anger burst out.

[I’m watching.]

A low voice came from within the horn. No, it seemed to come from the empty air, or perhaps it was echoing inside his head.

[Th-Then why only now….]

The Secluded Hermit furrowed his brow.

[Because the lock has not been released yet.]

The being connected to the horn let out a hoarse breath, saying that he was not ready yet.

[Then why has it still not been resolved?!]

The Secluded Hermit tightened his grip, seemingly aware of what it meant for the lock to remain unreleased.

[There’s no time. Even now, Raon Zieghart is….]

[It is because of that Raon Zieghart.]

The being connected to the horn muttered Raon’s name with murderous intent.

[Thanks to Raon Zieghart destroying the temple, it has taken several times longer.]

He seemed to hate Raon, clenching his molars whenever he spoke his name.

[T-Then what am I supposed to do?! I based my entire plan on you coming on time….]

[There isn’t much time left.]

The being connected to the horn returned to his calm tone, as though reassuring the Secluded Hermit.

[The final lock is being released.]

He slowly steadied his breathing as he said that the lock was almost completely released.

[What you are worried about will never happen.]

The being connected to the horn said that Eden would never fall, and a warm heat seemed to emanate from his voice alone.

[Keep throwing those chunks of meat at them and hold out.]

He ordered the Secluded Hermit to send the Red Demons, Green Demons, and monsters forward while protecting the executives and waiting for the right moment.

[Understood….]

The Secluded Hermit bit his lip and nodded as though he had no choice.

[At the end of this path, there will be the blessing you all desire.]

With those final words about the blessing that awaited them, the being connected to the horn severed the connection.

“Raon Zieghart….”

The Secluded Hermit ground his teeth as he glared at Raon, who had caused this entire situation.

“That bastard was a problem from the very beginning!”

He gathered his scattered souls, a terrifying blue light flashing in his eyes.

“Look at me!”

*   *   *

“Lock….”

Raon narrowed his eyes as he repeated the word “lock” spoken by the being connected to the horn.

‘It’s Uriel.’

As expected, the Secluded Hermit and Uriel were connected.

The one who told the Secluded Hermit that the lock had not been completely released was the archangel Uriel, and the lock he referred to was clearly the locking mechanism placed on the Horn of Destruction.

The temple where the celestials had been receiving power had been destroyed by me not long ago, so it seemed that Uriel and the Secluded Hermit’s plan had been thrown into disarray

If he said that, then it must be Uriel.

Wrath furrowed his nose.

That bastard always acts so high and mighty.

He let out a sneer.

‘But….’

Raon twisted his lips as he glared toward where the Secluded Hermit was.

‘He said there wasn’t much time left.’

According to Uriel’s words, the celestials would soon release the lock on the horn and appear on this battlefield. Once that happened, the situation in which we were steadily gaining the upper hand would certainly change drastically.

‘And he told him to throw chunks of meat at us.’

Uriel had ordered him to send the monsters and low-ranking warriors such as the Red Demons and Green Demons to the front and hide the executives behind them. There was certainly a reason he had given such an order.

‘Indeed….’

The executives haven’t died in large numbers.

Raon had spread his sword strikes over a wide area to raise the morale of the Five Kings, so the experts among the remnants of Eden and Five Demons had not suffered particularly heavy losses.

‘Good.’

Raon lowered Heavenly Drive and curled up the corners of his lips.

‘Now I think I know how to bring the celestials here.’

He connected the flow of aura that began in the lower energy center to the middle energy center and then the upper energy center, and activated Dancing Sword.

Srrrrrrng!

Wooden Ring Sword drew itself from its scabbard and rose into the air. Red heat blossomed over the silver blade, and the sword itself began to move in time with his breathing.

Faaaaaang!

As Raon shifted his gaze, Wooden Ring Sword flew as though folding space and pierced straight through the torso of an ogre at the far right.

However, the ogre was not Wooden Ring Sword’s true target. Hidden behind it was an Eden’s executive wearing the mask of a troll sorcerer.

“Gasp!”

The Eden’s executive hurriedly tried to cast a spell, the Wooden Ring sword had already sliced through his neck and passed on.

“Guhhh….”

The Eden’s executive wearing the troll sorcerer’s mask collapsed without even managing to let out a proper scream, his head severed from his body.

Fiaaaaaang!

Wooden Ring Sword was not satisfied with killing a single enemy. This time, it literally tore apart an Eden’s executive wearing the helmet of a gnoll fighter at the far left.

Woooooooong!

After killing two Ede’s executives, Wooden Ring Sword evaporated the blood coating its blade and surged forward in search of new prey.

Baaaaaaang!

Every time Wooden Ring Sword moved, another life disappeared. And they were not monsters or Red Demons brought in as shields. The executives the Secluded Hermit had deliberately moved to the rear for what came later were being killed with absurd ease.

Whenever Heavenly Drive came down, countless deaths followed, and when Wooden Ring Sword flew, the lives of the strong faded away. Raon was nothing short of a grim reaper on the battlefield.

Baaaaaaang!

Raon wielded Heavenly Drive in his right hand together with Wooden Ring Sword, which he controlled through Dancing Sword, steadily dismantling Eden’s forces. Even when the Secluded Hermit burned his presence as though urging Raon to attack him, Raon ignored him and continued targeting only the other executives.

The absolute might displayed through the use of two swords. Neither the Five Kings Alliance nor Eden had ever imagined that this vast battlefield would be decided by the might of a single man, Raon Zieghart. Everyone wore expressions of astonishment.

‘Twenty.’

Raon cut down twenty Eden’s executives and was about to move Wooden Ring Sword in search of another powerful opponent when—

Krrrrrrk!

The blue sky he had created with the Azure Sky Sword split lengthwise.

Kugugugugugugugugu!

Through the dark, torn rift, a sacred golden light flashed, and a being with magnificent wings spread out like those of a roc emerged.

‘So, in the end….’

Raon twisted the corner of his mouth as he looked at the celestial wrapped in brilliant light.

‘You couldn’t hold yourselves back.’

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