The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1220

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Chapter 1220

“Hmm.”

Derus Robert settled into an antique leather chair, holding a black tome in his hands.

“So Raon Zigheart created a swordsmanship technique that kills Raphael in that manner? How intriguing.”

He stroked his chin, contemplating Raon’s swordsmanship, indifferent to the bustling sounds echoing from beyond the study.

“If I employ that method… or rather, simply reverse its application, I could even restore that fool.”

Derus Robert’s face brightened like an adventurer discovering a cool oasis in a scorching desert.
I
revealed a bright complexion like that.

“That wretch has only hindered me since his resurrection. For once, he’ll prove useful.”

He brought the black blood trickling down the back of his hand to his parched lips.

“Indeed, I made the right choice keeping you alive. Raon Zigheart. Or rather… Raon.”

Derus Robert murmured Raon’s name, curling his lips stained with his own blood.

“There’s no need to maintain the Celestial Realm or the Land of Clouds anymore.”

He clenched his fist roughly, as if discarding both the Celestial Realm and the Land of Clouds entirely.

“Hehehehe.”

Derus Robert regained his composure and opened the black tome. With a faint smile, he began inscribing something onto the blank pages of the book.

Zzzzzzzt!

Though Derus Robert merely moved his fingers, neatly arranged characters etched themselves into the tome’s interior.
Yet those characters resembled ancient runes rather than the script of the present world.
It resembled each other.

Knock, knock.

As Derus Robert scribbled frantically across the pages, a knock sounded at the study door.

“Enter.”

He gestured with his chin without lifting his eyes from the manuscript.

Creak.

The figure who stepped through the study door was Kubara. She lifted the hem of her maid’s skirt slightly as she bowed before Derus Robert.

“As you commanded, I’ve activated the self-destruct magic installed throughout the Main Base. In one hour, everything here will vanish without a trace.”

Kubara blinked, confirming that she had detonated the self-destruct magic according to Derus Robert’s orders.

“I’ve arranged for the Dimensional Gate to open in thirty minutes, so you’ll be able to depart immediately.”

She bent slightly at the waist, observing the black energy gradually seeping across the study floor.

“Well done.”

Derus Robert waved his hand lightly toward Kubara, his mood visibly improved.

“And the moment we depart, dismantle all the other Celestial Realms and the Land of Clouds as well.”
“Pardon?”

Kubara’s eyes, which she typically kept half-closed, widened in confusion at his meaning.

“I’ve already gathered sufficient desire—more than enough for the coming war. Anything beyond this is merely wasting time and resources.”

Derus Robert shook his head, noting that he had collected the desire needed for war long before Raon could cause any disruption.

“I’ve prepared my techniques in excess. Now it’s time to focus my strength on my own power.”

Derus Robert clenched his fist, channeling force into his fingertips.

“I’m tired of running from that old man.”

He furrowed his brow, recalling Glen Zigheart, who had always been a thorn in his side.

“Then….”

Kubara’s eyes widened as she grasped Derus’s intent immediately.

“Yes. I’ve finally found the thread that will let me surpass both Glen Zigheart and the Heavenly Demon. It’s only a matter of time before I crush them.”

Derus Robert curled his lips upward, confident that given sufficient time, he could surpass Glen, the strongest swordsman on the Continent.

“Of course, I won’t eliminate them directly.”

He swept his hair back with a sinister smile, as if he had other plans in mind.

“…I understand.”

Kubara bowed her head toward Derus Robert, signaling her obedience.

“Then I shall proceed with the finishing touches.”

She was rising to her feet to end the report and depart when it happened.

A deafening boom erupted from the west.

A tremendous explosion and violent tremors engulfed the entire Main Base.

“This… this is….”

Kubara trembled for the first time, her jaw quivering at a situation she had never even contemplated.

“Ha….”

Derus Robert let out a hollow laugh as he watched stone fragments and dust falling from the ceiling soil the black booklet. He roughly closed the booklet and tightened his grip.

“You really came all the way here?”

Derus Robert gnawed at his lips in shock at a reality that surpassed even the worst-case scenario he had imagined.

How on earth?

There was considerable distance between the Celestial Realm and this Main Base.

Even if one could track his soul, they would need to physically move their body to follow, and without coordinates for spatial movement, I couldn’t fathom how he’d caught up so quickly, even knowing this location.

“Did he predict everything from the start? Ha! It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he’s surpassed me in the Sword Realm.”

Derus Robert chuckled in admiration at Raon’s ability to develop the assassination and intelligence techniques he’d taught him and strike at an unexpected moment.

“Raon Zigheart….”

He watched the Study’s walls and ceiling trembling continuously, his cold smile vanishing entirely.

“How far were you seeing?”

Derus Robert’s expression showed all his composure had evaporated, and he ground his teeth so hard they made a creaking sound.

“What should we do?”

Kubara, recognizing the situation had already unfolded, bowed her head to Derus Robert, thinking damage control came first.

“There’s only one way. Send the Shadow forward, and bring the elite to the inner chamber.”

Derus Robert twisted his lips as he observed the black aura filling half the Study.

“I’ll forge results from death itself.”

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Whoooooosh!

Raon caught his breath as he gazed upon the massive stone gate split cleanly in half.

‘I’ve finally made it here.’

Without Evelyn, I never would have found this place.

Evelyn had continuously observed the Forest where Derus was hiding, tracked his soul, and ultimately discovered the single hidden path concealed within this Forest.

Though it appeared as a proper stone gate now, until moments ago this place had looked like nothing more than ordinary thicket.

Without Evelyn’s magic, I would never have discovered this place and would have wasted time searching the surroundings, ultimately losing Derus Robert.

“There’s a musty stench about this place.”

Glen Zigheart frowned as he observed the black aura seeping from behind the stone gate.

“It resembles his master, doesn’t it?”

Lectar drew his blade in response to Glen Zigheart’s words.

“So if we capture Derus Robert, we won’t need to wage war a year from now?”

Martha smacked her lips together with anticipation, as if eager to give it a try.

“If we can reduce casualties, we’ll do whatever it takes.”

Burren Zigheart nodded calmly, already bearing the resolve of a house leader.

“….”

Lunan Slion said nothing, but gripped Seolhwa with an intensity of killing intent deeper than anyone else present.

“Huu….”

I exhaled steadily and raised the Heavenly Sword and the Wooden Wheel Blade.

“Ugh!”

Evelyn staggered as if exhausted and leaned her back against a tree.

“I’m counting on you all for what comes next.”

She waved a limp hand, having poured everything into the pursuit and needing rest.

“What—who are these people?!”
“Wait! Those are Zigheart!”
“They’ve chased us all the way here?!”
“This is insane! Report to the higher-ups! Enemy infiltration!”
“Enemy infiltration! Zigheart has attacked!”

Derus Robert’s subordinates trembled violently throughout their entire bodies, aghast at the elite forces of Zigheart who had shattered through the hidden entrance.

“Stop them!”
“Don’t let them reach the inner sanctum!”
“Erect a wall with your lives!”

Yet true to their training under Derus Robert, they regained their composure in an instant, sent word upward, and threw themselves forward to block the path at any cost.

“Yes.”

I nodded to Evelyn, then drove the Heavenly Sword and the Wheel Sword into the Battlefield, from which black currents emanated.

Kwooooong!

The two blades erased the death-tainted earth and blazed forth with brilliant radiance.

Shhhhhhh.

A golden sun and a silver moon rose above the darkened Forest shrouded in black mist.

Sword Realm Incarnation—Divine Demon Harmony Fusion.

Wielding the divine blade honed by sunlight and the demonic sword forged by moonlight, I advanced toward Derus’s shadows charging toward me.

Shhhhwaaaack!

As I swung the divine and demonic blades filled with fury at the shadows rushing forward with malice, space split into four pieces, and the humans caught between them were torn to shreds in torrents of crimson blood.

Thud.

I trampled across the Battlefield drenched in blood and darkness, advancing into Derus Robert’s Headquarters whose name I did not even know.

“Those who wish to live, step aside! My only target is Derus Robert!”

I stomped the ground with such force that it shook the Battlefield, declaring that Derus Robert alone was my objective.

“Then absolutely not! I cannot let you pass!”
“Block the way.”
“Hold your ground, even unto death!”
“Sacrifice yourselves for him!”

Yet Derus Robert’s subordinates had already rushed forward as if their very souls were mortgaged to him, burning away their lives in desperate assault.

“Sigh….”

I was just about to raise the Heavenly Sword and Demonic Blade, my brow furrowing in frustration.

“Why do you step forward here!”
“Leave this to us!”
“Conserve your strength….”

Martha, Burren, and Lunan Slion stepped before me, drawing their blades against Derus Robert’s subordinates. The three of them stamped forward with fierce determination, declaring they would carve open a path.

Clang!

Martha’s weighty blade shattered the skulls of enemies before her, Burren’s sharp steel cleaved the foes on the left in twain, and Lunan summoned frost from his blade’s tip, freezing the bodies and souls of the enemies on the right into crystalline white.

“Go!”
“Young Master! You must capture him!”
“Leave it to me….”

Martha, Burren, and Lunan Slion pushed back the endless tide of Derus’s shadows with raw power, nodding for me to press forward.

“Raon. Do not worry. Go.”

Lectar stood between Burren and Martha with a gentle smile.

Clang!

As he brought down the blade gripped in his prosthetic hand, a searing cyan fracture split through the Main Base building that Derus had constructed over long years, and all the shadows that had existed before him were cleaved in two.

“I shall hold your friends at bay.”

Lectar shouted for me to go capture Derus Robert, declaring he would guard the entrance just in case.

“Understood.”

I nodded heavily while looking at Lectar. If he held the entrance, we could withstand even a powerful Celestial Race member, so it seemed I could trust him with this.

“Let’s go.”

I extended my hand toward Glen Zigheart.

“I can sense Derus Robert’s aura from deeper within.”

From the end of the path that Lectar, Burren, Martha, and Lunan had opened, I could feel Derus Robert’s presence. As expected, he hadn’t escaped this place yet.

“I hope this ends today.”

Glen Zigheart nodded calmly and placed his hand on the Heavenly Sword.

“It certainly will!”

I set my jaw firmly and advanced down the path my comrades had carved open.

“Where do you think you’re going!”
“Stop!”
“You shall never reach him!”

Derus Robert’s subordinates emerged from the darkness and launched a surprise attack.

“You’ll have to deal with us first!”
“Let the commanders face each other.”
“I’ll freeze you all solid….”

But they were blocked by Martha, Burren, and Lunan who followed behind, and they fell pathetically.

Crash!

I sent a grateful glance to my comrades and continued forward.
Derus Robert’s headquarters was larger than I expected, but aside from the entrance, there weren’t many people around.

-So this is that cunning bastard’s base?

Wrath’s eyes narrowed as he watched Derus Robert’s subordinates collapse so pathetically.

-That bastard is actually just an empty peanut shell!

He scoffed, remarking that the man possessed grand facilities but lacked any real substance.

‘No, it seems he’s already extracted his elite forces.’

The thought occurred to him that Derus Robert, deeming this place dangerous, must have sent his finest warriors out ahead.

No—if it was him, he certainly would have done exactly that. And because I knew it, I abandoned everything else to pursue Derus directly.

Whoooosh!

As I continued running, a colossal gate wreathed in black flames appeared at the end of the darkened corridor. From within it, I could sense Derus Robert’s sinister presence.

“It’s ahead.”

Glen Zigheart’s brow furrowed slightly as he too perceived Derus Robert’s aura.

“We don’t know what he might attempt. Move with caution.”

He drew the Heavenly Sword and advanced forward first.

“Yes!”

Raon nodded gravely and took position to Glen’s left, running alongside him. He steadied his mind to respond to any contingency, releasing the uncomfortable tension that had accumulated in his hands and feet.

“Hmph!”

Glen Zigheart let out a scornful laugh as if inviting any attack, and swung the Heavenly Sword downward.

Shhhhwaaaack!

The moment his blade struck the ground, space itself tore asunder, and the gate that had burned with black flames crumbled to dust as if it had never existed at all.

Whoooosh!

Soft illumination that had been supporting the gate spilled into the corridor, revealing the full expanse of an enormous chamber.

Whoooosh.

Derus Robert stood before the Jade Throne on the black Platform, his hands clasped behind his back. Behind him, a black sun burned slowly and steadily.

“Raon….”

Derus Robert bit his lip, thick veins bulging across his forehead as if he had never imagined that I would appear here.

“I told you, didn’t I? Today marks the beginning of war.”

I raised the divine blade that burned through Darkness, aiming it at Derus Robert’s heart.

“If you’ve lost the war, you must forfeit your life. Where do you think you’re going?”

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