The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1221

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Chapter 1221

I watched Derus Robert, whose eyebrows were furrowed so deeply they nearly touched his eyes, and curled my lips slightly.

‘I didn’t expect him to chase me all the way here.’

Normally, even if Derus Robert suffered a significant loss in the Celestial Realm, he would have composed himself and attempted to maintain an appearance of composure. No, even without composure, he would have feigned it.

But this time, he had truly exceeded all expectations. Derus Robert glared at me with eyes where blood vessels bulged crimson and engorged.
If Glen hadn’t been beside me, I felt his murderous intent would have torn the flesh from my bones.

-Of course he’d be furious!

Wrath let out a hollow laugh as if exasperated.

-A single thief not only ruined a plan he’d prepared for ages, but actually chased him to his own home and is now brandishing a blade! If I were the True Demon King, I’d have burst from rage and perished!

He trembled violently throughout his entire being, projecting his emotions onto Derus.

-But seeing that cunning bastard reduced to such a state… it’s refreshing!

Wrath had been irritable lately, but seeing Derus’s contorted face lifted his spirits, and he chuckled with satisfaction.

‘However…’

I narrowed my eyes as I surveyed Derus Robert and the area around the platform.

‘There aren’t many people here either.’

Unlike near the entrance, the warriors who appeared formidable wore masks, but their numbers were sparse.
The elite forces he’d cultivated for war seemed to have already been deployed elsewhere.

“Derus Robert.”

Glen approached my side and raised his chin calmly.

“You said we’d meet again in a year, yet here we are.”

He scoffed at Derus Robert and rotated his wrist lightly.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen that expression on your face before. Even when your identity was exposed, it wasn’t quite like this.”

Glen watched as Derus Robert’s complexion drained to a sickly pallor, and a thin smile twisted across his lips.

“Come to think of it, it was my grandson who revealed your true nature. Your psychological manipulation worked on us, but it seems it has no effect on him.”

He continued to mock Derus Robert in rapid succession, clearly applying psychological pressure.

“….”

Derus Robert did not respond to Glen’s ridicule, instead biting his lip while dark veins bulged across the back of his hand.

“Where exactly are you trying to go?”

I looked up at Derus Robert standing on the platform and flicked my fingers.

“This is the war you wanted, isn’t it? What are you so afraid of that you’re running away?”

I lowered my chin, telling him not to flee and to end this here.

“Or rather, it seems fitting for a schemer who was too afraid to even use his own name and hid clinging to the shadows of the Six Emperors.”

I mocked him, waving my hand dismissively as I spoke of how true to form he was.

“Haaah….”

Derus Robert exhaled a deep sigh with his eyes closed, and the weight of emotion behind it was so profound that the entire vast cavern seemed to darken.

“When did you figure this place out?”

He furrowed his brow, still unable to comprehend the situation.

“From the beginning.”

I waved my hand calmly.

“I knew about this place from the start. Or rather, I should say this is where it all began.”

I smiled faintly as I explained that discovering this bizarre location had allowed me to infiltrate the Celestial Realm.

“This is the beginning…? Ha! So that’s how it was!”

Derus Robert let out a chilling, bestial laugh as all the pieces of the puzzle finally clicked into place.

“It wasn’t just being manipulated—I was dancing in the palm of your hand the entire time.”

He exhaled sharply, his hand pressed against his temple as if in disbelief.

“Perhaps.”

I shrugged my shoulders, allowing Derus Robert to indulge in his own imagination.

“You struggle to the very end!”

Derus Robert’s teeth ground together coldly as he bent his waist slightly—a posture and demeanor I had never seen from him before, who always maintained perfect composure and expression.

“It suits you to finally reveal your true self.”

I smiled faintly as I gazed into Derus Robert’s sallow eyes.

“I told you before to abandon that awkward formal speech and that warm-seeming smile. That wicked visage suits you far better.”

I circled my finger, saying it was far more fitting for him to snarl like a starving beast.

“So then….”

Derus Robert swept back the hair falling across his forehead and exhaled a low breath.

“What will you do now?”

His eyes narrowed as he asked what I would do after tracking him down.

“Of course, I’ll kill you—”
“By yourself?”

Derus Robert cut off my words as he stood at the edge of the Platform.

“No matter how strong you’ve become, you can never reach me.”

As he flicked his finger downward with a mocking gesture toward my power, I felt a crushing pressure bearing down on my shoulders.

“You alone cannot accomplish anything….”
“That’s right. I can’t accomplish anything alone.”

I cut off Derus Robert’s words and openly admitted my own helplessness.

“If the others hadn’t helped me, I could never have achieved this.”

The Black Market and Bi-Yeon Society gathered intelligence, Evelyn personally traveled to those locations and discovered where the barriers were installed, and Chamber and Larian, along with many other mages, pooled their strength to develop dimensional magic capable of piercing divine power.

The swordsmen of Zigheart also continued their training and grew stronger, which allowed us to suppress the Celestial Realm and Divine Land without significant losses.
Though I exerted considerable effort throughout, I could have accomplished nothing without my comrades.

“Hmm….”

Derus Robert furrowed one eye deeply, as if he hadn’t expected me to so readily acknowledge his mockery.

“So this time, I’m asking for help again.”

I stepped slightly to the side, allowing Glen Zigheart to move forward.

“Our Grandfather is the strongest on the Continent—how could I not use that power?”

I nodded, openly stating that I would use Glen Zigheart’s strength.

“Ahem!”

Glen Zigheart’s cheeks flushed red with delight at my sudden praise, and he let out a pleased cough.

-That reckless fool is finally done here….

Wrath sighed, clearly exasperated.

“Kahahahahaha!”

Derus Robert burst into wild laughter, clutching his forehead.

“That’s right. Your grandfather, the North Destruction King Glen Zigheart, is formidable. Even I cannot defeat him yet. But….”

He snickered and drew the sword from his waist.

“For that old man to kill me, he would have to stake his life. No, even if he doesn’t die, he’ll have no choice but to leave this world!”

Derus Robert scoffed, as if to say that even Glen couldn’t defeat him without using his full power.

“Ascension. Those whose martial power reaches the heavens must eventually leave this Continent and ascend to a new realm. That monster has also prepared to rise to the heavens. No, he should have ascended long ago, but he’s been stubbornly holding on because of you all.”

He tapped his forehead, saying that Glen should have already left this land.

“For your grandfather to face me, he must release his power restrictions. And if he does, he cannot escape the net of heaven.”

Derus Robert raised his finger, saying that if Glen fought him, he would be forced to leave the Continent.

“So you’re willing to sacrifice your grandfather just to kill me? Very well. How very like Raon!”

He chuckled, emphasizing the name Raon rather than Raon Zigheart.

“Glen Zigheart, that thorn in my eye, disappears? How fortunate! I too shall stake my soul and endure!”
“Who said Grandfather goes alone?”

I gripped the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword firmly and took my position behind Glen.

“I’ll protect Grandfather from behind. Then he won’t need to reveal his full power to kill you.”

With confident determination, I resonated the ten rings of fire.
Time flowed slowly as if finely fractured, just as when I had slain Raphael, and I began to perceive the essence of all things with exquisite clarity.

“Are you serious?”

Derus Robert folded his fingers as if he couldn’t comprehend.

“Not only you, but your grandson will die as well?”

He tightened his grip on his sword, saying that both Glen and I would perish if we fought carelessly.

“There’s a saying that no parent can win against their child. Grandfather has no choice but to lose to his grandson.”

Glen nodded calmly, as if he would follow Raon’s words exactly.

“Both grandfather and grandson have gone mad!”

Derus Robert’s pride was wounded by Raon’s declaration that he would fight directly, and he gnawed at his lips.

“Fine. I’ll show you both just how foolish a decision you’ve made!”

He descended from the platform with his blade shrouded in pitch-black darkness, declaring he would kill both Raon and Glen right here.

“Be careful.”

Glen lowered his stance slightly and raised his Heavenly Sword.

“That’s not mere aura—it’s the essence of death.”

He tilted his chin slightly, explaining it was a terrifying force that tore souls asunder and rotted flesh at the slightest touch.

“Yes. I understand.”

I answered calmly and exhaled slowly.

‘I know it better than anyone.’

The essence of death was the most malevolent and powerful force in existence, but I possessed the ability to block and sever it. With proper preparation, I could endure it even better.

Clang!

Derus Robert, as if done with words, immediately shattered the platform and descended, bringing his darkened blade crashing down.
His sword stretched like taffy, carving a black line that shattered both sky and earth.

“Don’t block—evade.”

Hearing Glen’s cry, I stepped into the Harmony Step. Using the gentleness of the Three Harmony Steps, I evaded Derus Robert’s fierce assault and unfolded the Heavenly Sword.

Boom!

Glen, as if matching my rhythm perfectly, likewise evaded Derus’s blade with the Three Harmony Steps and drew his Heavenly Sword upward.

Clang, clang, clang!

However, each of them had chosen different techniques from the Heavenly Sword.

Raon’s swordsmanship was the Heavenly Sword Breaking Sky technique that shattered the vast heavens, while Glen Zigheart’s swordsmanship was the Heavenly Sword Great Harmony technique that revered and contained the lofty sky.

“Hmph!”

Derus Robert snorted dismissively as if to block the visible techniques of the Heavenly Sword, unleashing a blade that burned pitch black. Following the sword strike he released, black flames spiraled and created a colossal tornado.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

Derus Robert revealed terrifying power that would sweep away even transcendents like sheets of paper, true to his earlier declaration that he would kill Glen Zigheart and Raon in this place.

“Ugh….”

I bit my lip as I was pushed back by Derus Robert’s overwhelming aura that shook even the ten rings.

“There’s no need to retreat.”

Glen Zigheart stepped forward before me with a warm smile.

“This time, I will protect you.”

With his final words, the Divine Sword extended forward.

Whoooosh!

The Heavenly Sword Great Harmony technique, containing the lofty and upright sky, split the pitch-black tornado in half like sweeping away dark clouds.

“Go.”
“Yes!”

I moved forward without looking back, tilting the Divine Sword and Demonic Sword toward the ground.

Screech, screech, screech!

The aura dwelling in the two blades that scraped and rose from the earth was the will to shatter the sky. The Heavenly Sword Breaking Sky technique inherited the flow of the Heavenly Sword Great Harmony and advanced forward.

“Ugh!”

Derus Robert attempted to bring down the blade he’d tilted to the right for defense, but the speed of the Spear Heaven Piercing combined with the flow of Spear Heaven Great Resonance was terrifyingly swift.

Skreeeeeeeech!

The same footwork, the same swordsmanship—my ancestor’s blade pierced through the demon’s chest, wreathed in death.

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