The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1110

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Chapter 1110

“The Guardian’s… no, Sepia’s support.”

I pushed against the ground with my legs and straightened my posture.

“I will accept it with gratitude.”

I composed myself and bowed respectfully to Siyan.

-What’s gotten into you?

Wrath approached from the side with an exclamation.

-I thought you’d be putting on your usual display of humility for a while?

He widened his eyes in wonder at this unexpected behavior.

‘Because it’s my teacher’s gift.’

Sepia’s support wasn’t something I had created myself. Since it was the final gift Rimer was leaving behind, I decided to accept it as is.

“Thank you.”

Siyan lifted her head with a gentle smile.

“Thanks to you, I was able to say a final farewell to my brother.”
“A final farewell?”

I narrowed my eyes as I looked at Siyan.

‘Did Siyan also meet my teacher?’

Siyan and Sterin had entered their awakening without encountering Rimer in the Mental World.

I had believed I was the only one who had seen him, so her words were completely unexpected.

“I gained enlightenment about spirit magic in the Mental World, and when I returned to reality, I met a person made of jade-green wind. The playful way he waved his hand was exactly like my brother.”

Siyan recalled Rimer’s final farewell and drew a gentle smile.

“I also heard him say ‘You did well!’ near my ear. It might have been a misunderstanding, but I believe that was
my brother’s voice.”

She caressed her pointed ears as if treasuring those words.

“I saw it too.”

Sterin stepped forward with a nod.

“Before returning to reality, that damn bastard tripped me by sweeping my legs!”

He frowned, saying he had fallen while coming out because of Rimer.

-Is that ear-guy seriously insane?

Wrath exhaled in exasperation.

-What kind of lunatic trips his own grandfather’s legs! And right after awakening him too!

He shook his head, unable to fathom Rimer’s thinking.

‘So he already said his goodbye when he came to me as wind?’

I watched Siyan and Sterin, slightly wetting my lips.

‘That person really is….’

Thinking about how he waved goodbye to Siyan, tripped Sterin with a leg sweep, and then came to me to share that serious conversation, I couldn’t help but let out a hollow laugh at the absurdity of it all.

“After that damn bastard tripped me and looked down at me, he spat out exactly one line.”

Sterin gripped his bow like a sword, veins standing out on the back of his hand.

“‘Don’t leave your granddaughter behind. Stay until you can paint the Wall with shit.’ My gratitude vanished instantly, and I was seething with rage!”

He gritted his teeth, thinking that if Rimer had been standing before him, he would have struck him across the abdomen without hesitation.

“That’s so like a master.”

Raon couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

“He truly hasn’t changed.”

Even in a situation that might be his last, to display such composure and wit—it was so characteristic of the Rimer I knew that a smile naturally bloomed across my face.

-That damned fool remains true to form.

Wrath nodded in agreement.

“What did he say to you, Raon?”

Siyan clasped her hands together, asking him to share.

“Well…”

Sterin lowered his bow and gazed at me, equally curious.

“…He told me I had worked hard.”

Though I heard many words from Rimer unlike Siyan and Sterin, the phrase that etched itself most deeply into my memory was those simple words of acknowledgment. I knew that hearing those words in Rimer’s voice would never fade from my mind for as long as I lived.

“That’s quite normal of him?”
“What’s gotten into him?”

Dorian and Martha opened their eyes wide in surprise.

“Raising that grandson of mine was utterly pointless! He’d kick at my legs, yet he tells his disciple he worked hard!”

Sterin stomped his foot in exasperation, though a faint smile played at the corners of his mouth.

“That’s so like you, brother.”

Siyan smiled softly, remarking that even those words of acknowledgment were so characteristic of Rimer.

“I’ll be able to see my brother again, won’t I? If I’ve gone this far, the spiritification must already be underway.”

She clasped her hands together, expressing her desire to see Rimer once more.

“Why would you want to see that bastard again! The moment he shows up, I’ll put a hole through his skull!”

Sterin gripped his bow and swung it as if daring Rimer to come.

“That’s probably what will happen.”

Unlike when I recalled Rimer’s fading form, I smiled calmly.

“Someday, we’ll be able to meet again.”

I buried Rimer’s final blurred image deep in my heart alone and nodded to the two of them.

“Just as I thought!”

Siyan bounced up as if drawing courage from my words.

“But you’ve both changed so much in such a short time. You’re like completely different people.”

Sterin had regained his youth in middle-aged form, and Siyan’s personality itself seemed to have transformed. It was remarkable how quickly they’d changed, even accounting for their awakening.

“Fast? Well, it is relatively quick, but it still took time.”

Sterin swung the hand holding his bow left and right.

“That’s right. Master Raon opened his eyes in just one week.”

Siyan blinked, insisting that a week wasn’t a short time.

“One week?”

I narrowed my eyes as I glanced around the surroundings.

-You damned fool, you stood like a statue staring at that cursed tree for an entire week!

Wrath frowned, lamenting that he’d nearly died of boredom and hunger.

—If you understand, then quickly ask for food! Without the naan bread!

Even in this situation, he shook his head, insisting he disliked naan bread.

“It does seem like quite a bit of time has passed.”

Judging from Sterin and Siyan’s transformation, along with the fact that everyone else had changed clothes, it appeared considerable time had elapsed.

“But….”

I rolled my eyes in all directions and swallowed hard.

“W-Where is Evelyn?”

It was strange and unsettling that Evelyn, who should have been clinging to my side without question, was nowhere to be seen.

—That’s….
“I’m right here!”

As I turned my head, Evelyn burst out from inside the World Tree’s bark.

“Ugh!”
—Kyaaaaaaah!

Both Raon and Wrath screamed as they tumbled backward simultaneously.

“As if I would ever leave your side and go elsewhere.”

Evelyn lightly tapped her own nose with her finger as if asking why I would forget something so obvious.

“S-She really didn’t separate from him for even a single moment during that entire week….”

Dorian shook his head, exhausted from merely watching.

“I was the same, though?”

Martha snorted, reminding everyone that she had also been there protecting me.

“W-Well, I was there too….”

Siyan also raised her hand slightly, claiming that she had protected me as well.

“Th-Thank you. Everyone….”

I thanked them while glaring at Wrath.

‘Hey! If you knew all along, why didn’t you tell me sooner? Why did you act surprised with the rest of us?’

Wrath must have known that Evelyn was hiding in the World Tree, so I couldn’t understand why he fell over in shock.

-That, that Mad Woman is….

Wrath shook his head vigorously as if he didn’t understand it himself.

-Even knowing is terrifying! You saw her too, didn’t you? Just leave her be!
‘Is this really a Demon Lord?’

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After a brief rest, I headed to the Sepia Training Ground with Siyan and Sterin.

“My spiritual energy has grown much stronger.”

Siyan opened her spiritual power and raised her hand.

“My affinity with spirits has also increased significantly.”

The nature spirits moved following her gestures like chicks following their mother.

“And….”
“There’s more?”

I widened my eyes as I looked at Siyan.

“I’ve also come to understand spirit harmony.”
“Harmony?”
“Yes. Instead of simply delegating attacks to the spirits like before, I can now control their power myself.”

Siyan laughed brightly, explaining how she could now exert fine control over the spirits’ strength.

“That’s quite impressive.”

I let out a hollow chuckle.

-That High Elf woman’s combat power will skyrocket if she trains properly.
‘Indeed.’

Unless one was a Spirit King, spirits could never perfectly obey a caster’s commands.
Spirits carried their own will and occasionally made mistakes, but if Siyan could control that, she could produce entirely different results than before.
If Siyan can control that—the personal will that goes into it and the mistakes that inevitably happen—then she could produce a completely different result than before.

“Look.”

Despite lacking the World Tree’s Voice, the spirits radiated an aura far more formidable than before.
The spirits, despite not having the 【Voice of the World Tree】, emanated a far more formidable aura than before.

“Did the spirits become stronger because Siyan became stronger?”

Thanks to Siyan’s awakening, it seemed the spirits belonging to her had grown somewhat as well.

“Star of glory!”

As she gave the command, the highest-ranking spirits unleashed four streams of elemental power.

Argh!

The attacks of your four attributes didn’t mix recklessly like before, but instead fire and wind, which help each other, and Water and Battlefield, which divided into two streams, ultimately achieved unity at the end.

Whoooooosh!

A magnificent spirit’s energy swirled before Siyan like brilliant sunlight.

“How is it? I’ve become much stronger than before, haven’t I?”

Siyan smiled as if asking how that was.

“Try throwing it at me.”

Raon wiggled his hand, saying he would receive the spirit’s energy.

“Really? This might be pretty strong…”

Siyan’s eyes trembled with concern.

“It’s fine.”

Raon laughed, saying she could fire as much as she wanted.

“Alright!”

Siyan cried out a warning before unleashing a beam of condensed spirit energy.

‘It’s fast. And powerful.’

The spirit energy she fired at full power was far swifter and more ferocious than I had anticipated. It seemed to be running wild, breaking free from control as befitted the spirits’ nature.

‘But…’

It’s not difficult to cut through.

Perhaps because my soul had grown stronger. Even as Siyan’s full power surged toward me, I felt no tension.

Shhhhhhh!

Without needing to draw the Heavenly Sword, I erected a sharp aura with my bare hand, splitting apart Siyan’s fierce assault. The spirit force flowing through my palm dispersed into eight fragments, gradually fading away.

“As expected…”

Siyan nodded as if she had known all along.

“Then try catching my arrows too.”

Sterin drew an arrow and nocked it on the bowstring.

“It will take some time for my full power to return, but I’ve been wanting to test myself against you.”

He tilted his chin as if asking what I thought.

“Very well.”

I smiled and drew the Heavenly Sword.

“Refreshing.”

Sterin braced himself on his right foot and extended his left leg with exaggerated reach. He lowered his center of gravity as if supporting the heavens themselves while drawing his bowstring taut.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

As the bowstring pulled back, an eerie sound echoed forth as if the very sky were splitting open.

Atop the arrow nocked against the taut bowstring, a tremendous aura began to rotate and ignite.
Though weaker than before, I could distinctly feel that this was an arrow born from newfound enlightenment.

“Be careful.”

Sterin released the bowstring with a mischievous smile.

Boom!

With a sound that shook the Forest, the arrow—now a blue flash—streaked toward the space between my brows.

‘Fast and powerful, but…’

I raised the Heavenly Sword and licked my lips.

‘Is that all he has for now?’

Though Sterin had regained his youth, the time since his power’s recovery was brief, so the sharpness of old was not yet present. It seemed he would need more time to fully restore his original might.

Clang!

I brought the Heavenly Sword down to cut through the incoming arrow.

But the moment the sword fell, the arrow abruptly shifted its trajectory, curving toward my shoulder. An unstoppable technique—the Sword Technique that only Sterin could use.

“You let your guard down!”

Sterin’s lips curled upward as if to say I was still inexperienced. Whether he had been anticipating this moment or not, the arrow itself emanated a sharpness that sent chills down my spine.

‘Let my guard down….’

He was right. I had indeed grown careless, thinking I could block it easily.

But I too had changed from before. Even in this crisis, my heart remained calm, my mind clear and serene.

Whoosh.

I released the Heavenly Sword I held in my hand. The blade bent at an angle no human wrist could achieve, shattering Sterin’s arrow as it descended toward my shoulder.

Crack!

Sterin’s arrow, laden with intense power and speed, split in half and embedded itself in the ground and trees.

“Huh….”

Sterin’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“I knew you used the Sword Technique, but that speed just now… what on earth….”

He exhaled, then muttered about how the Sword Technique had activated without any delay whatsoever.

“The activation speed seems to have improved slightly. It appears I’ve gained something as well.”

I sheathed the Heavenly Sword and smiled faintly.

-Slightly? That’s not slight at all!

Wrath furrowed his brow in exasperation.

-What kind of Sword Technique moves faster and more precisely than when you’re holding it in your hand!

He shook his head, saying it made no sense.

‘That’s true. I was a bit surprised myself.’

When the souls of my past and present lives merged, I had thought only my Mental Strength would grow, but it seemed my overall martial prowess was advancing across the board.

“If I get just a bit faster, you won’t even be able to see me anymore.”

Sterin lowered his bow, clicking his tongue in amazement.

“Even so, once you recover, I won’t stand a chance against you.”

Raon shook his head, saying I still had a long way to go.

“That won’t be the case.”

Sterin smiled with calm, knowing eyes.

“By then, you’ll have ascended to another realm entirely.”

He clasped his hands behind his back, saying he could sense it even without witnessing it.

“Still, it’s wonderful to be able to draw a bow again like this.”

Sterin laughed without a shadow of doubt, content with that alone.

“I’m happy to be with Grandfather like this too.”

Siyan nodded, her smile bearing a striking resemblance to Sterin’s.

“There’s something I must tell both of you.”

Raon approached Siyan and Sterin, holding a broken arrow.

“As you likely know, a great war between Derus, Eden, and us will soon unfold. Even this peaceful Forest will be cast into shadow.”

I continued, watching Sterin’s grave eyes and Siyan’s trembling gaze.

“Will Sepia stand with us in that war? No—you must stand with us.”

I made it clear to Siyan and Sterin that they had no choice but to join me.
This wasn’t just for my sake—it was also for Sepia itself.

“You certainly have a way with words.”

Sterin chuckled softly.

“I can’t refuse a request like that, not when I owe this second life to you and that damned grandson of mine.”

He nodded vigorously, declaring he would fight with his life on the line.

“I’ll make sure my body is in peak condition by then.”
“I-I’ll do it too! If I’m with you, I can do anything!”

Siyan raised her hand enthusiastically as well.

“I’ll send word to Elaim and Ifrit to finish the Spirit Realm work quickly!”

She clenched her fists, determined to prepare herself to fight alongside the Spirit Kings.

“Thank you both.”

I bowed deeply to Siyan and Sterin.

“Don’t mention it.”
“That’s right. We should be thanking you.”

Both of them shook their heads, saying there was no need for such words.

I watched the sun slowly sinking beyond Siyan and Sterin, closing and opening my eyes.

‘Once that arrives, we can depart.’
-That?

Wrath furrowed his brow, questioning what I meant.

-What now? Without the True Demon King around, you can’t figure out anything on your own.

He gestured impatiently for me to speak.

‘That’s right. I can only obtain it because you exist.’
-Huh? What do you mean….

Wrath blinked blankly, his eyes unfocused.

[You have achieved a great Achievement.]
[You have saved the leaders of the Elves.]
[The souls of past and present lives have achieved harmony.]
[All stats…..]
[Traits…..]

The rewards I had earned from Sepia had finally arrived.

‘Right?’

I pointed my finger at Wrath and the message.

‘That thing that only comes when you exist.’

I offered a grateful smile.

-Why does this damned System have such perfect timing!

What are you even watching right now!

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