The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1004

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Chapter 1004

“Ugh….”

Tacheon’s neck was severed by the Heavenly Sword and the Wooden Wheel Sword, his heart ruptured, yet he still groaned and moved his golden eyes.

Screeeech!

He wasn’t merely refusing to die—he was reattaching his severed head and neck, reconstructing the fragments of his shattered heart, attempting to restore himself to his original form.

“Insane….”

I exhaled sharply, watching Tacheon begin his ultra-regeneration.

‘He’s regenerating even in this state?’
-More persistent than a troll. Like watching the Pharmas.

Wrath narrowed his eyes in disgust.

‘I need to end this for certain.’

Just as I raised the Heavenly Sword, burning with Manhwagong’s flames, to split Tacheon’s skull, my body was thrust backward. Even now, he was using transcendent will to repel me.

“Worm!”

Evelyn narrowed her brow in revulsion, weaving a spell with her mana-infused hand.

“Actually, worms are cuter than you!”

As she finished her incantation, Tacheon’s recovering neck and heart hardened like plaster cracking apart.

“W-wait, Merlin….”
“Just die.”

As Evelyn extended her fingers, dense with mana, Tacheon’s regenerating body lost its strength and began to crumble to the ground.

“Shatter.”

Evelyn didn’t stop at merely halting Tacheon’s regeneration—she unleashed a barrage of high-tier flame magic in rapid succession.

Roooaarrr!

Colossal flames descended like meteors, engulfing Tacheon’s head and body in inferno.

Yet he defended himself with magic and sorcery, preventing his body from complete annihilation.

“Raon!”
“I’m on it!”

Before Evelyn’s call even finished, I surged forward toward Tacheon and unleashed the Heavenly Sword.

Manhwagong Heavenly Flame.
Flame Dragon Form.

A flame dragon erupted from the silver blade’s edge, swallowing Tacheon’s head and torso whole as they lay defenseless beneath their own magic and sorcery.

Craaack!

Trapped within the dragon’s maw, Tacheon’s sorceries and spells were shredded to ribbons.

Booooom!

Seizing the opening, Evelyn unleashed another high-tier spell, obliterating Tacheon’s exposed body completely.

Whoooosh!

The Flame Dragon Form and Evelyn’s magic consumed Tacheon’s body without leaving a single grain of ash.

Looking at the blackened crater that had opened like the Bottomless Abyss, it seemed not only his body but his very soul had been reduced to cinders.

“Haa…”

Evelyn collapsed where she stood, unable even to wipe the cold sweat streaming down her forehead.

“Damn persistent bastard.”

Only now did she lower her head, finally accepting that it was over.

“Are you alright?”

I sheathed the Heavenly Sword and the Neck Wheel Sword, then approached Evelyn.

“You’re worried about me? That’s so sweet.”

Evelyn smiled brightly, pleased to receive my concern.

“Ugh…”

I frowned at Evelyn. Hearing that peculiar tone of hers, it finally felt like Merlin had truly returned.

-She’s definitely insane. Pitiful, but undeniably mad.

Wrath had witnessed Evelyn’s past, but shook his head, saying he couldn’t overlook the madness itself.

‘That’s fair.’

I chuckled and nodded in agreement.

“Ah…”

Merlin let out a murky groan and collapsed, tilting to the right.

“Evelyn!”

I rushed to her and caught her as she fell.

“I… I think I pushed myself a bit too hard.”

Evelyn wiped the blood trickling from her mouth and smiled faintly.

“To be honest, interpreting the ritual isn’t straightforward.”

She shook her head, explaining that Tacheon’s incantations were incredibly complex and dizzying, requiring immense mental effort.

“If I hadn’t awakened and been able to read the flow of light and darkness magic, it would have been dangerous.”

Evelyn exhaled deeply, noting that only by reaching transcendence could she barely decipher Tacheon’s magic.

“That would be right.”

I wiped the sweat trickling down Evelyn’s forehead and nodded.

‘That must have been exhausting beyond measure.’

Even with her awakening and newfound strength, Evelyn couldn’t compare to Tacheon. She was outmatched in magic, mana reserves, and experience alike.

Yet she had overcome that disadvantage, deciphering and dismantling Tacheon’s spells. Her mind must be burning white-hot right now, seared by the intensity of her efforts.

“Ha….”

Larian let out a hollow laugh, gazing down at me and Evelyn.

“You really got him?”

She shook her head in disbelief.

Yet her eyes darted uncertainly, as if she couldn’t fully accept Tacheon’s death.

“Just rest for a moment.”

I waved my hand at Evelyn and rose to my feet.

“I need to deal with the remaining ones.”

I drew the Heavenly Sword again, turning my gaze toward the Eden Ghosts that Tacheon had brought with him.

‘It shouldn’t be too difficult.’

Among Eden’s executives were Grand Masters and Masters, but they posed no real threat to me now.

The masked specter who appeared to be a Transcendent was being held back easily by Larian, so I should be able to dispatch them quickly.

“I’ll be back soon—”
“Leave the cleanup to that woman.”

Evelyn grasped my sleeve with her fingertip.

“Carry me.”

She pouted her lips, insisting she couldn’t stand up on her own.

“Huh…?”

I blinked blankly at Evelyn, whose shoulders had slumped.

“I said carry me. I can’t get up.”

Evelyn stretched both arms toward me, urging me to hurry.

“Stop talking nonsense! Deal with those creatures before we flee! And…”

Larian drove her dagger between me and Evelyn, her brow furrowing.

“I’m not some old woman!”

She bared her white teeth at Evelyn.

“Sigh…”

I exhaled and shook my head.

“If you still can’t stand after we’re done here, I’ll carry you.”

I told Mark Goeten and the others to wait, then stepped forward before the Eden Ghosts.

“We’re short on time. Let’s finish this quickly.”

I summoned trees of flame and frost above the Heavenly Sword and the Wooden Wheel Sword. Twin-attribute spirit flowers—petals blooming with heat and cold scattered endlessly, spreading toward the Eden Ghosts.

Roooaaarrr!

The Eden Ghosts attempted to counterattack or flee, but the spirit flowers that had touched the realm of transcendence carried absolute power in each petal, burning them to ash or freezing them solid.

“Insane…”
“He’s… not just an ordinary transcendent.”
“We can’t even escape…”

Faced with the terrifying might of the Twin Flame Spirits, the executives of Eden could only swallow hard and retreat.

“Quite impressive, I must admit.”

Larian murmured that she really wanted to study this, licking her lips with anticipation.

“Tch….”

The moment the Mana Devourer distanced himself from Larian, he regenerated his punctured body.

“Is regeneration standard for Eden creatures?”

Larian chuckled and tilted her head.

“Well, there’s no difference between them and chimeras that mix everything together.”

She said he wasn’t even worth researching, then suddenly turned her head as she extended her dagger.

“Raon!”

Larian shouted, her gaze fixed on Evelyn’s back.

Thud!

The moment Raon heard Larian’s cry, he looked not at her, but at Evelyn.

Whoooosh!

From within the shadow of Evelyn, who was wearily rubbing her legs, Tacheon rose, draped in a gray long robe. His golden eyes gleamed as if time itself had been reversed, his body unmarred by a single wound.

Thud!

Raon moved before his mind could catch up, treading the Extreme Flame Tai Hwa Yi Bo and surging forward to block Tacheon’s strike aimed at Evelyn’s throat.

Clang!

Thanks to Larian’s dagger, which had been embedded in the ground, I managed to stop Tacheon from tearing out Evelyn’s throat, but because I had acted in such haste, I couldn’t use my full strength—my right arm screamed with pain as if it would shatter.
It seemed the muscles and blood vessels inside had ruptured.

“Ugh….”

I pushed the startled Merlin behind me and stepped forward to face Tacheon.

“You….”

I bit my lip as I watched Tacheon standing there as if nothing had happened, perfectly composed.

“What exactly are you?”

The fact that he didn’t die even when both his neck and heart were destroyed simultaneously—I simply couldn’t comprehend this situation.

“It seems….”

Evelyn exhaled heavily and slowly rose to her feet.

“He’s developed a new resurrection method.”

She furrowed her delicate brows, noting that his approach had changed from before.

‘This is troubling.’

Both Evelyn and I had expended considerable stamina and mana to capture Tacheon. We hadn’t even considered the possibility of resurrection, yet he returned to life immediately—it felt hopeless.

“Don’t worry.”

Larian looked down at Tacheon with a snort.

“Time reversal isn’t a sorcery he can use indefinitely. Your attacks definitely landed.”

She nodded, noting that Tacheon appeared exhausted.

“If you can’t continue fighting, step aside. I’ll finish this.”

Larian pressed the Mana Devourer with five daggers, flicking her fingers.

“I appreciate the offer….”

I shook my head, my gaze fixed on Tacheon.

“I will. No, we will finish this.”

I refused because I wanted to grant Evelyn her revenge with her own hands, tightening my grip on the sword.

“You can do this, right?”

I asked Evelyn without turning around.

“Of course!”

Evelyn brushed the dust from her hands and flashed a radiant smile.

“In fact, I was disappointed it ended so quickly.”

She resonated with ten circles, drawing in nature’s mana endlessly.

“Haaah….”

Tacheon exhaled a chilling breath as he gazed down at Raon and Evelyn.

“It seems I have underestimated you both far too much.”

He glanced up at Larian and clicked his tongue briefly. It appeared he had intended to dispose of us quickly before facing her.

“From now on, I shall face you with proper resolve.”

Tacheon brought his hands together, extending only his thumbs, index fingers, and pinkies. From the tips of his joined fingers, an ominous incantation bloomed.

Uuuuuuuung!

The desolate Mountain Midpoint, carved away by devastation, trembled as if it would crumble, and a colossal sun and moon rose behind Tacheon’s back.

The sun blazed in brilliant white, while the moon was dyed in an ominous pitch-black radiance.

‘This is….’

I swallowed hard as I beheld the sun and moon Tacheon had summoned.

‘The same as when I fought Grandfather….’

The sun and moon that Tacheon had unleashed with his full power when Glen Zigheart came to rescue me. He seemed genuinely intent on killing both me and Evelyn.

Kuguguguguugu!

Following Tacheon’s fingertips, the sun and moon began interlocking with each other like overlapping mirrors.

The luminous sun and the moon of darkness merged into a single sphere, erupting with violent lightning.

Gooooooo!

That light was a hollow gray, and it generated an absolute current that drew in everything around it like a black hole.

Kuwaaaaaaa!

The sky fractured in the pattern of a spider’s web, lava surged from the split earth, and mountains crumbled to dust.

Tacheon’s absolute wave of power dominated this space—no, this entire region.

‘This is…’

I swallowed hard as I watched the magnificent gray sphere bearing down slowly.

‘I can’t stop it.’

With my current strength, this wasn’t magic I could block. The moment I raised my sword against it, I would be erased from this world.

“It’s fine.”

Evelyn approached from behind and lightly touched my arm with her elbow.

“I’ll create an opening.”

Her eyes blinked ceaselessly as she read the flow of Tacheon’s mana.

“There has to be one.”

Black blood poured from Evelyn’s nose. The excessive strain on her mind had caused internal hemorrhaging.

But she didn’t care that blood flowed not just from her nose, but from her eyes and ears as well—her entire focus was locked onto Tacheon’s magic.

‘That’s right.’

I turned my gaze back to Tacheon.

‘I have to fight to the very end too.’

If Evelyn wouldn’t retreat, neither could I. Even if I died before this light of the void, I had to struggle until the bitter end.

Whoooooosh!

I resonated the nine rings of fire and drew out all of Manhwagong’s and Glacsia’s auras.

Intense heat and cold surged over the two blades, filling me with the confidence of wielding the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword once more.

“Upper right….”

Evelyn raised her trembling hand and pointed to the top of the gray sphere, now even larger than the Mountain.

“Break through there. I’ll create a path for you.”

She gently patted my shoulder as if telling me to go now.

“Understood.”

I didn’t even say a word of trust—I simply kicked off the crumbling earth and advanced toward the gray sphere.

‘Just looking at it steals my breath.’

The wave was far more tremendous than the vortex I’d faced moments ago. Simply approaching it felt like my soul was melting away.

‘But I have no choice but to go.’

It was no different from cracking a rock with an egg, but I trusted Evelyn and simply moved forward.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

The sphere filled with the power of the void drew near. Just looking at the rippling gray light made my heart feel like it would burst, but I didn’t stop walking.

As I was about to strike my blade at the void sphere that seemed absolutely impenetrable, I felt Evelyn’s warm mana extending outward.

“Now!”

With Evelyn’s cry, a crimson mark etched itself into the upper right of the gray sphere, and a thin fracture split across its surface.

Crack crack crack!

The moment the gray sphere fractured, I seized the opportunity and moved the Soul Reaper Sword I had suspended in advance.

Whoooooosh!

The Soul Reaper Sword, rising through the subtlety of the Sword of Victory, extended forth with vicious grace, wreathed in wind and lightning.

‘This won’t be enough.’

Even with the fracture Evelyn had created, it seemed the Soul Reaper Sword in its current state couldn’t pierce through that gray sphere.

‘This is a gamble.’

I bit my lip, opened the Mental World, and manifested every sword path I had witnessed and mastered into this realm.

Sword Realm Manifestation.
Genesis Severance.

A golden sword strike, imbued with the wrath of the heavens, collided with the gray void.

Kuuuuaaaaaah!

It was an absolute sword strike worthy of being called the pinnacle of swordsmanship, yet the gray void remained unmoved, as if erasing everything in its path.

However, the fracture in the upper right created by Evelyn’s mana couldn’t withstand the power of Genesis Severance and crumbled, opening a small hole.

‘Now!’

I charged through the opening in the upper right and rushed toward Tacheon behind it.

“You madman!”

Tacheon, as if forgetting the casual speech he always used, quickly spun his right hand and drew forth the power of the void.

‘I’ve read it.’

I perceived the void force that Tacheon unleashed and, following the opposite grain, drew down the Heavenly Sword.

Manhwa Palace Celestial Flame.
Ten Thousand Shattering Heavenly Direction.

Crack-crack-crack!

Golden flames tore through the void wall Tacheon had conjured, savagely ripping open his chest.

“Cough!”

Tacheon staggered backward, clutching at his torn chest.

“Not yet.”

I pursued the retreating Tacheon and slashed his throat with the Soul Reaper Sword.

Whoooosh!

The blade, infused with the frigid chill of Wrath’s ultimate technique—the Aurora of Silver—froze Tacheon’s head solid white.

“Ugh….”

I wanted to completely obliterate Tacheon’s body, but after unleashing Sword Realm Manifestation and unleashing consecutive full-power sword strikes, my body wouldn’t move.

“I’ll take it from here.”

Evelyn hovered in midair, bringing her hands together. Behind her, countless magical circles materialized, forming the shape of butterfly wings.

“Vanish!”

With Evelyn’s cry imbued with intent, an incalculable number of spells rained down upon Tacheon’s severed body.

Boom-boom-boom-boom!

Before the wrathful magic that could erase even the void force itself, Tacheon left not a single incantation behind, crumbling to dust.

Whoooosh!

Evelyn erased the last remaining mountain ridge and then plummeted as if her strength had finally given out.

“Evelyn!”

Raon forced strength into his trembling legs and rushed forward, catching Evelyn as she fell.

“Are you alright?”

My jaw trembled as I watched Evelyn bleeding from her eyes, nose, and mouth.

“Finally….”

Evelyn gazed at me with a faint smile.

“You’re holding me!”

She rubbed her face against my chest, relieved.

“Ah….”

I set Evelyn down on the ground and squeezed my eyes shut.

-Sigh….

Wrath shook his head in disbelief.

-There’s nothing to say except that she’s truly insane.

He too exhaled a relieved sigh as if shocked, his form drooping.

“….”

Larian watched Raon and Evelyn, biting her lip deeply.

“Go do your romance somewhere else!”

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