The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1005

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Chapter 1005

“T-Tacheon…?”
“Is he really dead? The Messenger of Resurrection…?”
“Tacheon defeated by these mere children! This… this can’t be real!”

The executives of Eden stared at the ground where Tacheon had been reduced to dust, swallowing hard. None of them could believe he was truly gone.

“Hah.”

I set Evelyn down on the ground and rose to examine the spot where Tacheon had fallen.

‘Is he truly dead this time?’

I forced my unstable aura to activate and spread my senses, but I detected no trace of Tacheon’s presence anywhere.

‘Wrath.’

I gestured to Wrath, who was stroking his chin.

-Hmm…

Wrath gazed down into the crater, as deep and dark as the Bottomless Abyss, his eyes narrowed.

-Even the True Demon King cannot sense that masked fool’s presence. He appears to have vanished completely.

He nodded, confirming that this time Tacheon seemed truly dead.

‘But what about when he burned in the flames before?’
-At that time, traces of the masked fool’s mana were scattered faintly in the air.

Wrath’s eyes shifted slightly.

-I thought he could have been dead or alive.

He lowered his brows, saying that because the situation was ambiguous, he had refrained from speaking.

‘So right now….’
-It appears increasingly likely that he’s dead.

Wrath nodded, confirming that not only had Tacheon’s incantations vanished, but all traces of mana had dissipated as well.

‘He won’t resurrect again, will he?’
-Not unless someone aids him. He lacks the power to do so alone.

Wrath shook his head with calm certainty.

-That resurrection method from moments ago cannot be employed through normal means.

He lowered his finger, stating that Tacheon wouldn’t be able to use that resurrection method immediately.

‘Then that’s a relief.’

I exhaled a long breath and nodded.

“It truly seems to be over this time.”

Larian nodded as if she’d read my thoughts.

“Stop frowning.”

She waved her hand dismissively, telling me to rest.

“Now….”

Evelyn dragged her exhausted legs toward me with effort.

“Is it really over?”

Her eyes held a solemn intensity as she gazed upon the ground where Tacheon had fallen, as if she’d never jested at all.

“Yes. It appears to be over.”

I nodded, looking at Evelyn.

“Really?”

Evelyn still seemed unable to believe it, asking again about Tacheon’s death. Blood continued to trickle from her nose and mouth.

“Yes. It’s over.”

I closed my eyes slowly, then opened them. Since both Wrath and Larian had acknowledged it, I answered with conviction.

“Th-thank you….”

Evelyn spoke her gratitude with trembling hands clasped together.

“My mother will be truly grateful too.”

Her eyes reddened as she thought of Cella.

“You don’t need to thank me. You killed Tacheon with your own hands.”

If I had fought alone, I would have been reduced to dust by that sphere of void he unleashed at the end.

The reason I could kill Tacheon wasn’t because I was strong, but thanks to Evelyn’s ability to interpret magic.

“Sigh….”

Evelyn exhaled a breath tinged with blood and sank back to the ground.

“What should I say? I can’t believe it. It feels like he might come back to life and target me again.”

Her heart had grown tender from the recovered memories, and she wrapped her face in her hands.

“It’s alright.”

I raised my hand and placed it on Evelyn’s shoulder.

“Even if he appears again, I’ll kill him.”

I comforted Evelyn, telling her that even if Tacheon were to resurrect, I would sever his neck once more.

“That’s reassuring.”

Evelyn smiled faintly and nodded.

“But it’s a bit cold.”

She trembled across her entire body as she spoke of the chill.

“Is it from the blood loss…?”

Evelyn had bled so profusely that it would have been strange if she’d died instantly, so despite her awakening, her condition remained precarious.

“Just wait a moment.”

Raon took Evelyn’s hand and transmitted the warmth of Manhwagong to her.

“Being held is nice, but….”

Evelyn’s lips curved into a faint smile as she gripped his hand firmly.

“Isn’t there something romantic about just holding hands like this?”

She laughed softly, content with whatever this was.

“Were you teasing me again?”

Raon shook his head with a furrowed brow.

However, since I had seen in memory why she had become so forward, I couldn’t immediately brush her off.

“You two brats. Go flirt somewhere else!”

Larian’s brow furrowed in annoyance.

“It’s not like that.”

Raon shook his head and released Evelyn’s hand, rising to his feet.

“Don’t move. Rest.”

Larian shook her head, saying she would handle what came next.

“No. I will fight as well.”

Raon shook his head and lifted the Heavenly Sword.

‘I have to fight until the very end.’

Larian had used transcendent magic to transport herself here and was now holding back both Tacheon and the Ghost Mask alone.

Even if she appeared fine on the surface, she had to be exhausted within. Helping her was the obvious choice.

“I’ll also—”

Evelyn struggled to push herself up, as if insisting she would fight too.

“That’s enough. Stay down.”

Raon pressed down on Evelyn’s shoulder, laying her back on the ground.

“You need to rest.”

He wiped the blood flowing from her nose and mouth with a handkerchief, shaking his head.

“This isn’t so bad, actually.”

Evelyn laughed, lost in old memories.

“Those days were happy too, but things will only get better from now on.”

Raon nodded to Evelyn, telling her that she would be even happier from this moment forward.

“Wait, is that a proposal?”

Evelyn gasped in genuine surprise.

“Oh, I’m not ready yet! Should we book the venue first?”
“Enough….”

Raon shook his head vigorously and pushed himself up.

-It would be hard for him to go that crazy unless there’s another memory we haven’t seen.-

Wrath narrowed his eyes, clearly sensing there was something more hidden between the gaps in his memories.

‘I don’t know.’

And I don’t want to think about it.

I exhaled sharply and walked toward the battlefield where the Eden Ghosts stood.

“I’ll join you as well!”

Mark Goeten followed behind, offering his assistance.

“Yes, thank you.”

I nodded with a faint smile. I granted permission, sensing it would benefit Mark Goeten as well.

“Let’s finish this as quickly as possible.”

I summoned Glacsia’s chill across the Heavenly Sword and charged toward the Eden Ghosts.

Whoooooosh!

Though my body and spirit were greatly exhausted, my blade—wrapped in an unbreakable will—cleaved through the Eden Ghosts and their masks alike.

“Here, on this day….”

I stepped over the falling Eden Ghosts with a fierce stride.

“I shall erase the name of Eden!”

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“Ha….”

Larian let out a hollow laugh as she watched Raon drive back the Eden Ghosts.

‘Is that guy really human?’

Raon had pierced through countless Eden Ghosts, shattered Guisalchang, arrived here, and defeated Tacheon.
Despite such an intense battle, he still had strength remaining and was now mopping up the remaining Eden Ghosts. It was utterly absurd—I couldn’t even find words.

‘If I just left him alone, he’d clean everything up on his own.’

Even with severe injuries and exhaustion, Raon was a transcendent being, so it seemed he could single-handedly eliminate all the Eden Ghosts below.

‘I really want to dissect him.’

Larian licked her lips with undisguised interest.

‘What kind of structure does his mind possess?’

For a mage, willpower was an absolutely critical element. I wanted to understand how Raon possessed such formidable resolve.

‘Perhaps I should research not just Raon, but Merlin as well.’

Since I’d gained the right to make a request of Raon, it seemed entirely feasible.

‘Let me first prepare an experiment….’

I was smiling as I contemplated what kind of experiment to conduct.

Whoooosh!

A scythe wreathed in black smoke plummeted toward my neck.

Clang!

I deflected the black scythe with my dagger, my brow furrowing.

“I was going to kill you myself. Why are you in such a hurry?”

I clicked my tongue at the Mana Devourer, who had raised his eerie scythe.

“He will never die. He will return and tear your soul to shreds.”

The Mana Devourer gnashed his teeth, refusing to accept Tacheon’s death.

“I will slaughter every last one of you and await his return!”

As he raised his scythe overhead, the void itself split open with black currents. The sky darkened as the Mana Devourer’s soul-devouring ability—already formidable—surged to terrifying new heights.

“That won’t happen.”

Larian gathered five daggers into her right hand.

“Because you’re about to die.”
“Nonsense! Your magic no longer touches me!”

The Mana Devourer conjured black currents that coiled around his entire body. Unlike before, there wasn’t a single gap through which magic could penetrate.

Whoooooosh!

Not only his own mana, but the very mana of nature itself was drawn into the Mana Devourer’s black scythe, and a tremendous aura of death began to bloom.

“Die!”

The Mana Devourer shrieked and swung his scythe in a horizontal arc.

Whoooooosh!

A razor-sharp slash that tore through space itself. But the true danger lay in the black currents that severed the very souls of men.

“I’ve noticed that mostly the ones who say that end up being the dead ones.”

As Larian raised her fingertips, the five daggers vanished, replaced by a radiant white blade that blazed with brilliant light.

Boom!

The blade of light shattered the pitch-black slash in an instant and bored a hole straight through the Mana Devourer’s chest.

Crack!

This was no small puncture wound like before. A cavity the size of an adult man’s head gaped open, and a torrent of blood poured forth in a gruesome cascade.

“Cough…”

The Mana Devourer trembled, his lips quivering not at the wound in his chest, but at the sight of Larian.

“I told you. I am in a different league than you.”

As Larian flicked her wrist, the Mana Devourer’s head flew away along with his mask.

Thud.

The corpse of the Mana Devourer, bereft of head and heart, plummeted to the ground like autumn leaves, lifeless and limp.

Whoooosh!

As Larian flicked the luminous dagger with her finger, five more daggers materialized before her eyes.

“Hmm…”

Larian smacked her lips and gazed downward. Raon had already disposed of Eden’s remnants and was approaching the executives who had retreated.

“Is it all over…”

The moment Larian said it was finished, her eyes trembled before she pulled the hood back over her head.

“I-I want to go home…”

She stammered like she did during the Five Emperors Council, her shoulders drooping heavily.

“F-first, let me just grab the scythe.”

Larian cautiously observed her surroundings before descending to the ground to retrieve the black scythe.

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“Sigh…”

Raon exhaled softly as he watched Larian, her head bowed low, gripping the black scythe.

‘Does she really have a split personality?’

The Larian who confidently pressured Tacheon and effortlessly tore apart the Mana Devourer had suddenly become timid, which made me suspect she possessed an alternate personality.

‘I should ask Chamber about this later.’

Glen likely wouldn’t know, so I’d need to ask Chamber if I wanted to uncover Larian’s true identity.

-Just finish them already!

Wrath furrowed his brow, telling me to deal with Eden before us rather than worry about such things later.

-The True Demon King is hungry! That memory was far too long!

He exhaled heavily, complaining that spending so much time within Evelyn’s memories felt like he hadn’t eaten in over a month.

‘Don’t rush me.’

I pushed Wrath aside and straightened my posture.

‘I need to focus from here on out.’

The ones before me now were Eden’s executives. With Grand Masters among them, even in my exhausted state, I had to fight with everything I had.

“This monster….”

An executive wearing an ox-horned helmet trembled as he gripped his massive hammer. Among those remaining, this man was the strongest.

“By anyone’s measure, you’re the monsters here.”

I exhaled sharply and raised the Heavenly Sword.

Whoooosh!

Just as I was about to unfurl a frost chain with Glacsia’s chill to kill the man in the ox-horned helmet at maximum speed—

Crash!

A strange sound echoed above my head. I looked up to find a crimson bell hovering alone, swaying gently in the breeze.

‘This can’t be real….’

Tacheon’s solid body had crumbled to dust, yet the bell that had been in his grasp remained pristine without a single scratch. The sight was utterly shocking.

‘And why is it suddenly making a sound?’

The crimson bell swayed delicately, producing an otherworldly melody.

The sound was beautiful enough to draw an involuntary smile, yet strangely, a chilling sensation crawled down my spine.

Ominous. With each clear ring of the bell, a suffocating dread seized my entire being, as if my heart were sinking into an abyss.

‘Dangerous….’

I didn’t know the bell’s name or purpose, but one thing was certain—I couldn’t allow it to continue ringing. My very soul was screaming at me to destroy it.

Whoooosh!

I spun around urgently. Gathering my remaining power onto the blade of the Heavenly Sword, I unleashed the Flame Dragon Technique toward the crimson bell.

Boom!

A scorching inferno erupted, consuming the crimson bell in its blazing embrace.

Thick smoke billowed upward as the bell melted away, and the sound ceased abruptly.

‘Did I stop it?’

No more sound reached my ears. It seemed I had managed to prevent disaster just in time.

—Raon….

As I exhaled in relief, Wrath’s murky voice resonated within me.

Whoooosh.

The black smoke from the Flame Dragon Technique slowly dissipated, and the silhouette of a figure standing within it began to emerge.

Boom!

The moment I laid eyes on him, my breath caught in my throat. Not by my own will—every cell in my body refused to obey me, as though they no longer belonged to me.

‘What kind of human aura is this…?’

He didn’t seem human at all. His aura was dark and apocalyptic, as if it contained the night sky itself—a sky drowning in profound darkness. My very soul trembled before it.

Yet I couldn’t flee, couldn’t even look away. It was as though stakes had been driven through my limbs; I couldn’t move a single finger.

A long, drawn-out breath.

Black smoke dispersed, revealing the figure of a man radiating a desperate, overwhelming aura.

A blood-red cloak draped across his shoulders, its surface shimmering with a subtle light as though scales had sprouted from it. Rather than cheap ornamentation, it exuded the refined atmosphere of an antique.

Upon his face sat a helmet shaped like a red dragon, but unlike ordinary dragons, ten horns—both large and small—protruded from the crown of the helm.

The finishing touch of a dragon. When eyes like blazing fire flickered from within the helmet’s depths, an absolute aura that no one could ever reach engulfed heaven and earth.

Crack, crack, crack, crack!

Even while wielding rings of fire and aura, my body bent of its own accord, my heart squeezed tight. The overwhelming force seemed to warp my very consciousness.

Cough.

Blood sprayed from my mouth as I clutched my throat. His aura alone had inflicted internal injuries.

A piercing resonance.

In the man’s hand was the black orb I had failed to incinerate, and its resonance now extended forth with an even more crystalline clarity than before.

A deep, resonant roar.

His gaze turned toward me. When I beheld the eternal flames of those hellish eyes—eyes that would never extinguish—a filthy sensation crawled across my skin, as though my very soul were being read by him.

‘This man…’

I stared at the red dragon mask, biting my lips until blood welled up.

‘Is this the Heavenly Demon?’

The earth trembled as if moved by his presence, and the sky rippled as if quaking with fear.

One born of magic who ascended to the heavens.

The absolute sovereign of demons to whom this world had granted the name Heavenly Demon stood before my eyes.

‘One of Eden’s pillars? Absolutely not. This man is….’

Raon swallowed hard as he gazed upon the absolute master of nothingness who erased the presence of all things in existence.

‘Eden itself.’

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