The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1270

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Chapter 1270

“Ugh—!”

Sageomryeong coughed crimson blood from within her helmet, her head bowing.

“How is this possible…?”

She stared at the demonic blade piercing through her chest, her crimson eyes wide with disbelief that she could have fallen to such a fate.

“The reason is simple.”

Raon met her bewildered gaze and gave a slight nod of his chin.

“I was stronger than you.”

It was no mere mockery. My swordsmanship was genuinely faster, more powerful, more versatile, and far more harmonious than hers.
Though Sageomryeong was undoubtedly among the continent’s elite warriors, she could not stand against one who had trained under Glen Zigheart and endured closed-door cultivation.
Sageomryeong was certainly one of the strongest on this Continent, but she was no match for Glen, who had undergone closed-door training with him.

“Ugh…”

Sageomryeong couldn’t refute it, as if she was aware that her martial prowess had been overwhelmed, and simply bit her lip deeply.

Damn it!

She seemed to feel greater pain from the fact that her swordsmanship had been inferior than from the agony of the demonic blade piercing through her chest.

“Speak.”

Raon twisted the demonic sword embedded in Sageomryeong’s chest while lowering his gaze calmly.

“Where is the Heavenly Demon?”

I could have killed Sageomryeong right away, but I liked how she fought confidently without any tricks, so I wanted to hear the location of the Heavenly Demon from her.

“Phew…”

Sageomryeong exhaled a breath tinged with cold as she gazed at the Demonic Sword embedded in her chest. It meant the sword’s frigid aura had already invaded her body.

“You’re stronger than I heard.”

Sageomryeong nodded heavily, as if acknowledging the truth.

“The Heavenly Demon said I was on a similar level to you. This is the first time I’ve seen his judgment proven wrong.”

She let out a hollow laugh, noting that my martial prowess far exceeded the Heavenly Demon’s expectations.

“Time has passed since the Heavenly Demon last saw me.”

I spoke as though it were obvious, shaking the hand that gripped the Divine Sword.

“No, most don’t achieve such growth. You’re simply an exceptional human. Sword Master Raon Zigheart.”

Sageomryeong sighed as if conceding defeat, lowering the hand that held the Black Sword.

“The Heavenly Demon is currently….”

She paused for a moment, then opened her mouth again while gazing at the Demonic Sword lodged in her chest.

“In Camelrun.”

Sageomryeong furrowed her brow as she spoke of the Heavenly Demon’s location in Camelrun.

“Camelrun…?”

My eyes widened upon hearing Sageomryeong’s words.

“The trading city Camelrun? You mean the place where we opened Eden’s back gate and emerged?”

Unable to believe such an unthinkable revelation, I unconsciously tightened my grip on the Demonic Sword.

“Ugh….”

Sageomryeong bit her lip against the pain from the Demonic Sword, yet nodded in affirmation.

“Yes. The Heavenly Demon is in Camelrun, the very place where you opened the back gate and entered. He said he would be there, watching over humans.”

Her eyes held a gravity deeper than when we fought, as if to emphasize she spoke no falsehood.

“As you well know, once one reaches the Heavenly Demon’s level of mastery, the enlightenment gained through direct physical exertion becomes infinitesimal. It seems he wishes to comprehend the three realms through humanity itself.”

Sageomryeong revealed what the Heavenly Demon sought to strengthen himself through, without my asking.
Just as I’d sensed initially, she did not regard the Heavenly Demon favorably.

“Th-the Heavenly Demon is in Camelun? That’s impossible….”

Burren shook his head vigorously, unable to believe it.

“R-right! If the Heavenly Demon were in Camelun, there’s no way he wouldn’t have noticed us entering! She’s spouting lies!”

Martha also cried out in absolute denial, grinding her teeth.

“Th-then why would he just stay still….”
“It’s all bullshit! Don’t believe her!”

Dorian trembled anew as fear seized him, while Crain grabbed his head to steady him.

“….”

Lunan Slion was also flustered, but he quietly caught his breath while holding Seolhwa, as if he would follow Raon’s opinion first.

‘Wrath.’

I turned my gaze from Sageomryeong and looked toward Wrath.

‘Have you ever sensed the Heavenly Demon’s presence while in Camelun?’

Though I hadn’t detected anything myself, I thought Wrath might have felt the Heavenly Demon’s existence, so I asked.

-Not at all!

Wrath shook his head firmly.

-I’ve never felt even the slightest gaze or tremor. Either this woman speaks falsehood, or the Heavenly Demon has concealed himself perfectly.

He wrinkled the bridge of his nose, as if he himself didn’t know which was true.

“Your words are correct.”

Sageomryeong exhaled a sigh and nodded her head.

“The Heavenly Demon was likely observing all of you the entire time.”

She released a heavy breath, confirming that what the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen had said was accurate.

“Your entry into Camelrun, opening the gate toward the Eastern Mountain Base, killing Sphinx, and infiltrating this place—all of it.”

Sageomryeong spoke of how the Heavenly Demon must have witnessed everything, her lips pressing together slightly.

“Hrrrrgh!”

The Bearwolf Sorcerer released a whimper like that of a prey animal, as if sensing the Heavenly Demon’s gaze upon him.

“Hmm, so it was as I thought?”

Muk Hyungsa’s lips curled upward, as if he had already anticipated the Heavenly Demon’s location to some degree.

“But why…?”

I gazed up at Eden’s sky rather than at Sageomryeong, my brow furrowing.

“The Heavenly Demon didn’t stop us—he was simply watching. Even now.”

I surveyed the landscape of Eden, which now felt ominous unlike before, and bit my lip.

“Perhaps the Heavenly Demon regarded your intrusion as merely part of human existence.”

Sageomryeong closed her eyes briefly as if she herself didn’t understand, then opened them again.

“Honestly, I don’t know either, so go out and ask him yourself. He’s likely waiting outside.”

She shook her head as if telling me not to ask her further.

‘That is…’

I regarded Sageomryeong’s hardened eyes and clicked my tongue softly.

‘It’s not a lie.’

I didn’t know Sageomryeong perfectly, but having crossed blades with her from our first meeting, there were things I could discern.
She wasn’t the type to utter lies in such a manner.

“Haah….”

I exhaled softly and withdrew the Demonic Sword embedded in Sageomryeong’s chest.

‘So this is how it feels. I’ve been outmaneuvered in reverse.’

I had intended to strike at Eden’s Headquarters and catch the Heavenly Demon and Eden Ghosts off guard, yet hearing that the Heavenly Demon had witnessed everything all along made it feel as though I’d been the one caught instead.

“It seems the epithet ‘Demon Who Ascended to Heaven’ wasn’t earned through territorial conquest.”

I felt the shadow of the Heavenly Demon stretching even behind my back, and my shoulders trembled slightly.

‘He may have grown stronger than before, just like Grandfather.’

Setting aside my own growth, the fact that even Wrath couldn’t detect his presence suggested the Heavenly Demon had ascended to a higher plane like Glen. It seemed demons were not easily broken.

“Then let’s be on our way.”

I was turning to leave after declaring I would end things here.

Whoooosh!

Glacsia’s frost embedded in Sageomryeong’s wound melted into crimson energy, and blood began to drip.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

Her voice, now tinged with a chilling edge unlike before, called out to me.

“You….”

I furrowed my brow at the revived energy radiating from Sageomryeong.

“Didn’t you prophesy that I, dying as I am, would reveal the Heavenly Demon’s location? I may have been defeated, but that prophecy remains unfulfilled.”

Sageomryeong acknowledged her defeat, yet she raised her black sword as if determined to fight to the very end.

“You’ll really die this time?”

I tilted my jaw to the side. I had spared Sageomryeong because of her fair fight and honest acknowledgment of defeat, but even now I was wrestling with the question of whether to end her life.
The fact that she was charging forward to finish it herself was, frankly, absurd.

“It doesn’t matter. It’s only natural for a warrior to fall to a superior blade.”

Sageomryeong tilted her black sword behind her head as if staking her life on this final battle, stretching her body like a lynx.
Her fighting spirit blazed from beneath her feet, and a wave of heat that engulfed all of Eden’s Headquarters poured forth.

“Ha….”

Sageomryeong swung her blade, which carried a killing intent so palpable it made one’s skin crawl. She seemed intent on unleashing the same space-transcending thrust as before.

-Hoo!

Wrath sensed Sageomryeong’s fighting spirit and burst into exclamation.

-A warrior falling to a superior blade is only natural, you say! What a magnificent one!

He suddenly nodded as if he had taken a liking to Sageomryeong.

-But I feel like I’ve heard those words before….

Wrath smacked his lips as if the memory was on the tip of his tongue.

“To think such a person existed in Eden….”
“She’s a woman I’d like to fight.”

Burren and Martha also seemed impressed by Sageomryeong’s fighting spirit, exhaling softly in admiration.

“The sword’s point….”

Lunan moved his fingers as if trying to learn a new sword stance through Sageomryeong’s posture.

“Good.”

Raon nodded, holding the Divine Sword high and the Demonic Sword low.

“Come.”

Like Wrath, he appreciated Sageomryeong’s stance and declared he would accept all of her techniques, extending his left foot forward.

Whoooosh!

Sageomryeong tore through the Battlefield with brutal force, her blade already at my brow.

Clang!

I sensed the murderous intent blazing from Sageomryeong’s black sword and traced a defensive form with the Divine Sword.

Whoosh!

Sageomryeong spun her body before the Divine Sword could connect, flowing past its trajectory like a drifting cloud.

Screech!

I immediately targeted her chest with the Demonic Sword as she reappeared from the previous clash.

Whoosh!

Yet again, Sageomryeong employed her wondrous footwork and deflected the Demonic Sword with her black blade.

“Now!”

Sageomryeong seized the instant when the Divine Sword descended and the Demonic Sword extended rightward, unleashing her black blade.

‘Hah…’

I exhaled sharply as Sageomryeong’s black sword approached as if to pierce my heart.

‘Is she still growing even now?’

Sageomryeong seemed to grow stronger with each battle, with each exchange of techniques. A talent surpassing even my own, one blessed with the Ring of Fire. Frankly, it made no sense.

‘For now…’

I rotated the Divine Blade halfway to deflect the Sageomryeong’s black sword as it drove toward my chest.

Kiaaaaaaang!

The Sageomryeong reversed the impact of her black sword’s collision and thrust her blade toward my throat with even greater speed.

Czzzzzzzzang!

I narrowed my eyes to thin slits as I parried the Sageomryeong’s black sword using the Divine Blade’s fluid swordplay.

‘No, it’s not growth….’

It seemed more like she was recovering her lost strength.

No matter how talented one might be, you cannot immediately adapt insights gained from fighting someone stronger than yourself. The Sageomryeong wasn’t growing—she was recovering her lost martial prowess.
Sageomryeong didn’t seem to be growing so much as recovering the power she had lost.

It’s dangerous.

Sageomryeong is still a swordmaster who has reached the realm of the absolute. If she were to grow any stronger, even he might not be able to stand against her, so it was right to end things now.

Ugh!

Raon took a heavy breath and moved forward. After deflecting Sageomryeong’s piercing strike, which was so sharp it sent chills down his spine, with his demonic sword, he brought down his divine sword.

BANG!

Sageomryeong tried to use the shockwave caused by the Demonic Sword to step out of the Divine Sword’s range with her footwork technique.

It’s already too late.

Raon shook his head briefly, then thrust the Divine Sword into the empty air. The Divine Sword’s flames pierced through space and crashed down toward Sageomryeong’s eyes.

“Hmm!”

Sageomryeong swung her black sword to block the ominous flames that exceeded even her speed, but the divine sword’s fire ignored her defense and pierced through.

Bleeegh!

Sageomryeong’s chest was pierced by the flaming sword strike, and she fell to her knees on the spot. Void Slash—the transcendent swordsmanship that pierced through an enemy’s evasion and defense had shattered her exquisite footwork.

“Ha….”

Sageomryeong slowly parted her lips as she gazed at the wound on her chest, blood pouring freely.

“Magnificent swordsmanship….”

She nodded, seemingly delighted to have witnessed swordsmanship far more extraordinary than she had anticipated.

“Kill me.”

Sageomryeong regarded me with eyes stripped of all ferocity, as if requesting an end to it all.

“You fought brilliantly as well.”

I nodded and was about to sever her neck with the Divine Sword when it happened.

Shhhhhhhhhh!

From the battlefield where Sageomryeong knelt, a crimson tide—deeper in hue than her own blood—surged upward.

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

As the wave expanded in concentric circles, growing ever larger, Eden’s Headquarters—no, this entire world—trembled as if screaming in agony.

“What is this….”

The sky cowered in dread, the earth wailed in terror, and I staggered backward, my jaw quivering. Cold sweat beaded on my forehead as I too was crushed beneath the weight of that crimson tide.

-Curse you!

Wrath’s eyes trembled as he lunged forward. For the first time, he glared at the crimson light with eyes burning with hatred and malice.

-You arrogant lord, not even death would satisfy my vengeance!

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