The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1228

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Chapter 1228

“A life-or-death duel…?”

I swallowed hard as I watched Glen Zigheart’s back.

“Did you just say a life-or-death duel, sir?”

Of the Continent’s mightiest forces once called the Six Emperors Five Demons, only the Five Emperors remained.
Even if Eden, the sole surviving faction among the five Demons, boasted supreme military might, if the Five Emperors moved together, they could crush us through sheer numbers.

Of course, the Five Emperors weren’t entirely unscathed either. Lecross, the King of Owen and known as the Silent Sword Master, had retired, and the Great Mage of Glory Chamber had sustained injuries that made active combat difficult. But with the rest still intact, victory was assured if we fought now.

Even if Derus Robert were alive, his forces had shrunk to less than half their former strength, so it wouldn’t matter much.
I couldn’t understand why Glen Zigheart would engage in a one-on-one life-or-death duel with the Heavenly Demon, the leader of Eden.

“Hmm.”

Glen Zigheart slowly turned his body to face me.

“That’s the look of someone who doesn’t understand.”

He seemed to read my thoughts through my expression, drawing a thin smile.

“Yes….”

I nodded briefly.

“We can dominate this war, so I don’t understand why you would fight a life-or-death duel with the Heavenly Demon.”

I voiced my confusion to Glen Zigheart and bit my lip slightly.

“The Heavenly Demon is formidable.”

Glen Zigheart clasped his hands behind his back and lifted his gaze toward the sky once more.

“Long ago, he transcended transcendence and reached the realm of the absolute. And at this very moment, he wields a power even I cannot fathom.”

He nodded heavily, as if acknowledging the Heavenly Demon.

“Even if the transcendents of the Five Emperors join forces, it would be nothing but a numbers game to him. We might buy time, but ultimately, everyone will perish,”

He shook his head calmly, stating that there was no one capable of stopping the Heavenly Demon now.

“Naturally, I have no choice but to face him myself. As the head of Zigheart and one pillar of the Five Emperors.”

Glen closed his eyes gently and opened them again, as if his stepping forward was the only natural course of action.

“Or would you like to try?”

He chuckled softly and shrugged his shoulders at Raon.

“That’s….”

Hearing Glen’s words, I bit my lip.

‘It’s difficult.’

The Heavenly Demon was an ancient master whom even Derus Robert could not yet defeat. Despite my considerable growth, I could not face a monster on Glen’s level.

‘But….’

If given time, it might be possible.

My growth rate was unprecedented across all dimensions. If I continued to grow as I had been, I was confident I could reach a level comparable to the Heavenly Demon within a reasonable timeframe.

‘Yes. It would be better if I faced him.’

If Glen fought the Heavenly Demon, he would naturally have to reveal his full power, and regardless of the outcome of a life-or-death battle, he would ascend from the Continent into the sky.

‘I don’t want to send Grandfather away.’

Only now had I truly connected with Glen. I wanted to see him laugh with Sylvia a little longer, scold Edgar, embrace Sia—I wanted to spend just a bit more time together with him.

“Grandfather. It’s difficult now, but if you could just give me a little time….”

I was about to ask him to buy me just a little more time.

“Stop.”

Glen Zigheart chuckled softly and waved his hand.

“Let this old man show you something magnificent for once.”

His eyes, firm and resolute, gazed up at the darkening night sky as though he would not yield this time.

“Just as you wished to settle things with Derus Robert, I must bring my conflict with the Heavenly Demon to its conclusion.”

Glen Zigheart nodded with unwavering determination, his decision already made.

“….”

I gazed into Glen Zigheart’s serene crimson eyes and released the tension from my hands.

‘I made a mistake.’

Grandfather was right.

Glen Zigheart is a swordsman—the supreme blade who has pursued and obsessed over strength his entire life. No matter how much I wished to stand beside him, this was not the moment for me to intervene.

-You’ve accepted it well.

Wrath descended from the void and placed his hand upon my shoulder.

-Every practitioner reaches a day when they must fight with their life on the line. You’ve always fought that way, so you wouldn’t know, but that old man’s day has come as well.

He nodded heavily, accepting the truth of those words.

‘I understand.’

I exhaled a deep sigh within my heart and clenched my fists. Perhaps because my emotions had surged, the surface of the lake beneath my feet rippled violently like waves.

“From childhood, I knew the blade could carry me to the heavens, and I always dreamed of ascension. Watching you grow was so joyful that I kept delaying it, but now it feels right to go. And….”

Glen Zigheart’s eyes closed gently as he recalled his childhood, his arms slightly spread open.

“Now I think I can entrust everything to you.”

He opened his eyes slowly, his expression shifting into a smile entirely different from before—one that radiated such profound relief it seemed to lift a weight from his very soul.

“Grandfather….”

I recalled Glen Zigheart’s words about entrusting things to me, and my tongue caught between my teeth.

‘That’s not just letting things pass.’

Glen Zigheart hadn’t abandoned the possibility that Derus Robert might still be alive. He was aware of the remaining Archangels’ existence as well.

Yet despite all that, it seemed he wanted to trust me and settle things with the Heavenly Demon of Eden—another supreme being.

-The old geezer….

Wrath twisted his mouth as he looked at Glen Zigheart.

-Always looked like he’d kick the bucket any moment, but now he actually looks young!

He seemed pleased with Glen Zigheart’s current state, shaking his fist up and down.

‘That’s true.’

I chuckled softly, observing how the wrinkles had smoothed from Glen Zigheart’s face.

-And that old geezer isn’t just trying to verify his own martial way.

Wrath clicked his tongue sharply while looking at Glen Zigheart.

-Since Derus Robert has fallen, he’s taking with him the existence that could pose the greatest threat to you all.

He shook his shoulders, as if convinced that Glen Zigheart with such resolve would never lose.

‘I feel it too.’

I trembled slightly, sensing in Glen Zigheart’s crimson gaze the desperate emotion Wrath had spoken of.

‘But how do you understand it so well?’

It struck me as curious that the Demon Lord was more attuned to human emotion than humans themselves, even in a situation like this.

-…I have experience with such matters.

Wrath seemed reluctant to elaborate further, ending his statement with that single word. It appeared he had encountered a similar situation before.

-What are you doing? You need to answer the old man!

He flicked his hand dismissively, telling Glen Zigheart to provide his response since his own matter was settled.

“…Understood.”

I released the tension from my entire body and nodded.

“On that day, I will remain behind and observe Grandfather’s battle.”

I bowed respectfully, making clear that while I would accompany him, I would merely watch the fight unfold.

“Yes. Thank you.”

Glen Zigheart smiled thinly, grateful that I had accepted his wishes.

“But how will you request the life-or-death duel?”

I tilted my head, looking at Glen Zigheart with confusion.

“No one knows Eden’s location at present.”

Unlike Derus Robert, who had left behind even the faintest traces, no information about Eden had surfaced for quite some time.
I couldn’t fathom how he intended to challenge the Heavenly Demon when no one even knew where it was hiding.

“Summoning the Heavenly Demon won’t be particularly difficult.”

Glen Zigheart rolled his shoulders gently, his confidence evident.

“If I use the same method as that creature, it will come seeking me out on its own.”

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The next day.

Glen left the Main Mansion and climbed Bekmang Mountain. He passed the Mountain Midpoint where he had kept watch over the Annex Building with Rimer, ascending to the peak in a single stride.

“Phew….”

Standing at the Mountain Peak where not just the Annex Building but the entirety of Zigheart spread beneath his gaze, Glen exhaled a breath tinged with exhilaration.

‘It’s been quite some time since I’ve climbed here.’

The most recent time he had ascended to the peak of Bekmang Mountain was when he sensed that presence.

‘The Heavenly Demon.’

Feeling the call of the only martial master on this Continent who had reached a level equal to his own, he had climbed to the Mountain Peak and shared a brief conversation with him.

‘Since he called to me in that manner….’

I should do the same in return.

The Heavenly Demon showed no interest in Raon or Zigheart, fixing his relentless gaze solely upon him. Standing here and releasing an aura that only those who had ascended to the heavens could perceive would surely send a signal to him.

‘Though it may take some time, of course.’

He would certainly sense it.

Glen opened his aura with absolute certainty that the Heavenly Demon would receive the signal. A presence that even transcendents could never detect. He released a power that only an absolute being who had reached the same realm could perceive, spreading it across the entire Continent.

“Huh?”

As Glen released his absolute aura, he felt Raon’s gaze coming from the Annex Building and let out a hollow breath.

‘He sensed that?’

He had thought only the Heavenly Demon or Darkan, who had grown one step further, could perceive the aura he had just unleashed, yet he hadn’t expected Raon to detect it immediately.

‘He hasn’t reached that level of martial power yet. Still, that fellow….’

Glen gazed at Raon standing before the Annex Lake with eyes that mingled admiration and astonishment.

‘He never ceases to astound me.’

In truth, I harbored considerable anxiety throughout this operation.
Though I trusted Raon, my unease about Derus Robert robbed me of sleep night after night.

Yet Raon transformed my worries into mere shadows, deceiving Derus Robert and utterly demolishing the foundation he had painstakingly built over years.

True to his nature as a man of unparalleled cunning, Derus Robert fled to Headquarters and devised new schemes, but Raon saw through those plans as well and completely annihilated him in turn.

Even if Derus Robert still drew breath, it seemed he would no longer be a match for Raon.

‘That is why I can step forward like this now.’

It was not Raon alone. Within Zigheart now dwelt many I could trust, and so I could return as the Swordmaster Glen Zigheart of old and settle my score with the Heavenly Demon.

‘I wish to tell you all something.’

Glen’s gaze swept slowly across the entirety of Zigheart before he bowed deeply in gratitude.

‘Thank you.’

* * *

For a week, Glen ascended Bekmang Mountain’s peak each day, radiating an absolute aura of challenge to summon the Heavenly Demon.
He had expected contact within a single day, yet contrary to his anticipation, a full week had passed with no response whatsoever.

‘Could it be that he cannot come?’

A creature of the Heavenly Demon’s caliber should sense his presence from anywhere, yet the continued silence suggested some other obstacle stood in the way.

‘Or has he fled?’

News of Derus Robert’s downfall had spread across the entire Continent. Even if Eden’s intelligence network was lacking, they could hardly miss such rumors, making it possible the Heavenly Demon had hidden himself in some deeper refuge.

‘No, whatever others might do, the Heavenly Demon would never flee.’

The Heavenly Demon I had witnessed was a stubborn creature who would pursue his own purpose even if all of Eden crumbled to dust. He could not possibly have run.

“Sigh…”

Glen gazed upon the descending sun, painting the sky in shades of violet and crimson, and released a weary breath.

“If he doesn’t come within a few more days, I’ll have no choice but to proceed according to plan….”

He was brushing snowflakes from his long coat as he prepared to descend Bekmang Mountain.

Gooooooooooo!

From beyond Bekmang Mountain, from the edge of the Northern Sea, a noble and chilling aura pierced through the heavens.

“At last, you’ve come.”

Glen Zigheart turned his body with measured steps. His crimson eyes blazed with a sharp, piercing aura.

“Heavenly Demon.”

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