The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 134

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Chapter 134

Dorian burst out of the Dormitory and rushed up the Central Tower, the tallest structure in Habun Castle.

“Huh? Dorian?”

“What are you doing here?”

The sentries standing watch at the tower’s peak widened their eyes in surprise.

“I, I don’t have time for this!”

Dorian shook his head and sprinted toward the alarm bell, striking it with all his might.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Five peals rang out in rapid succession, triggering the highest level of alert—equivalent to a Wave-class emergency.

“Are you insane?”

“Damn it!”

The sentries grabbed at Dorian’s arm, but it was already too late. Soldiers who had been resting or sleeping came rushing toward the Central Tower in a flood.

“What, what is this!”

“The alarm bell? What’s happening!”

“Five waves is all we’re facing!”

“It’s Dorian! What are you doing up there!”

The soldiers’ eyes widened as they watched Dorian ringing the alarm bell.

“Monsters! Monsters are pouring in from the West Side!”

Dorian continued striking the bell, repeating exactly what I had told him.

“Monsters? What nonsense!”

“Why would monsters come from the West Side!”

“You idiot! All the monsters around here are already subjugated to the Lord!”

“Did you have a nightmare! Get down here right now!”

The Sulgyek Swordsmen and soldiers cursed and gestured for Dorian to come down.

“Dorian!”

“Stop it!”

“Raon said—”

As the guards approached to stop Dorian, his mouth opened again.

“Raon said monsters are coming from the West Side! Not as many as a wave, but a damn lot of them!”

“Gasp! Raon said that?”

“If it’s him, then we can trust him.”

“Trust isn’t even the question—we have to trust him!”

“Move now!”

“Prepare the defenses!”

“Ring the bell again!”

The soldiers and Sulgyek Swordsmen swallowed hard the moment they heard the name Raon, then sprang into action. Even the guards who had been trying to stop Dorian joined in ringing the alarm bell.

“Monsters? What kind of monsters are we talking about!”

Terian, who had rushed out late, raised his voice.

“Right. What exactly is coming! The countermeasures differ depending on the type.”

“Like a wave, there are trolls mixed in with orcs and sea monsters. And….”

Dorian took a deep breath and continued.

“Two Eden demons are among them!”

“E-Eden? Oma’s Eden?”

“Those madmen are coming here?”

“That doesn’t make sense! Why would they be here!”

“What nonsense is this!”

The soldiers’ jaws dropped. While they could believe monsters might come, they shook their heads in disbelief at the mention of Eden arriving.

“No, really! It wasn’t me! Raon said so! Eden too!”

“Then it’s true. Prepare for battle! Open the gates!”

The moment Terian heard the name Raon, he issued combat orders without hesitation.

“If Raon says it, it must be true! Move quickly!”

“Eden is coming! Fortify the defensive positions faster!”

“Take up spears and swords! Man the Castle Wall!”

“Heat the oil, prepare rocks and logs! Lay arrows across the ground!”

The soldiers, hearing it was Raon’s word, cast aside their doubts and began moving with practiced efficiency.

“….”

Dorian watched soldiers and swordsmen scattering in all directions, his nose bridge narrowing.

‘Should I just give up.’

It grated on him how these people, who had dismissed his words entirely, now moved in perfect unison the moment they heard it was Raon speaking.

‘There’s no helping it.’

Suppressing his melancholy, he climbed toward the Castle Wall. Raon stood gazing westward, his presence flowing like water in motion.

“Hmm….”

Dorian swallowed hard. The moment he saw Raon standing atop the castle gate, the unease that had plagued him began to dissipate—just as it had when Milend held the line.

‘Is he truly a monster?’

Even with his meager strength, he could sense it. Raon had grown stronger still. Without realizing it, a breath tinged with awe escaped his lips.

Thanks to Raon’s swift commands, Habun Castle’s formation was established before the enemies could arrive.

Just as during the waves, infantrymen and spearmen took their positions upon the castle walls, with archers and Sulgyek Swordsmen supporting them from behind.

“Mm.”

Dorian turned to look back, his lips pursing thoughtfully.

‘That’s strange.’

Since Terian was absent preparing the defenses elsewhere, he had expected Sulgyek Commander Edquil to voice some objection to Raon, yet the man remained quieter than the soldiers themselves.

He simply gazed westward, trusting Raon’s words. Dorian realized once more that Raon’s presence was far more extraordinary than he had imagined—so much so that it could even transform a man’s very nature.

Goooooh!

Raon’s aura suddenly shifted. The smooth, stream-like flow of his energy surged into a violent, crashing wave.

“They’re coming.”

Following his low voice, I turned my gaze toward the West Side. The shallow forest crumbled as monsters surged forward like an avalanche.

At the center of the greenish-blue wave stood grotesque figures—a mask and helmet emanating ghostly energy. Eden’s principal subordinates. Cheongjugui and Bingarui.

“It… it was real.”

“It really is Eden.”

“Ch-Cheongjugui….”

“That’s Bingarui!”

“Ugh….”

The soldiers’ panic at the sight of Eden’s ghosts and monsters wielding a ferocity even more vicious than the waves caused the military discipline on the Castle Wall to waver.

“W-Wait! That thing behind them—isn’t that a Lord? The Ice Troll Lord!”

“The Lord came here too?”

“H-It was a trap! How do we….”

“Fire the flare rounds.”

At Raon’s composed voice, the soldiers’ trembling ceased in an instant. A soldier behind fired two flare rounds into the sky.

Boom!

The darkness dissipated, and the monsters’ contorted formations and vicious faces were laid bare.

“We don’t have time to devise a strategy. We’ll do what we’ve been doing.”

I moved toward the right side of the castle wall, which still hadn’t finished repairs.

“What?”

“What do you mean?”

“I’ll hold them back from below. Provide support from above.”

“R-Raon!”

Dorian reached out to stop me, but I was already descending.

“Gasp!”

“Again? He’s doing it again?”

“He’s going to do that again?”

“Raon….”

“Raon!”

Awe and reverence flickered in the eyes of the Sulgyek Swordsmen and soldiers. Some trembled as if seized by a profound chill.

Rumble!

Thanks to me standing before the castle wall like a colossus, the military morale that had been crushed by fear soared to the heavens.

“Raon.”

Dorian clenched his fists as he watched Raon emanate an overwhelming aura of power.

Edquil beside him bit his lip, his gaze fixed on Raon’s back.

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I steadied my breathing as I watched Eden’s ghosts and monsters charge toward me.

‘About eighty percent.’

My recovery wasn’t complete yet, so I could only muster eighty percent of my full power. Still, thanks to my considerable growth, I was undoubtedly stronger now than I had been during the previous wave.

‘Even so, holding them back alone might be a bit much.’

There was Cheongjugui, Bingarui, and the Ice Troll Lord. Facing just those three was already a formidable challenge, let alone the monsters behind them.

‘But I have to try.’

Warriors grow stronger through difficult battles, through overcoming crises. I felt my heart pounding as I drew upon my mana reserves.

“So you were here! How fortunate!”

Bingarui stamped the ground. In the blink of an eye, he tore through space and brought the blade on his wrist crashing down. It was an attack imbued with both formidable fighting spirit and murderous intent.

Boom!

I stepped into the True Angle stance. Channeling the surging energy into the Radiant Sword’s blade technique, I unleashed a sword strike that extended like a beam of light, deflecting Bingarui’s blade.

Clang!

With a thunderous crash like metal buckling, Bingarui staggered backward and was sent flying.

“This… this bastard!”

Caught off guard, Bingarui’s eyes trembled violently within his helmet.

Whoooosh!

Sharp ice shards rained down from the sky like hail. It was the ice sorcery unleashed by Cheongjugui. The temperature plummeted, and the ice fragments came slashing in at unnatural angles.

Breathe.

I regulated my breathing and bloomed a vivid crimson flower upon my blade.

Myriad Flame Spirit Blossom.

Petals shimmering with red light scattered through the air, melting the ice that filled the space and severing the threads of Cheongjugui’s sorcery. It was the wave of force born from the resonating ring of flame.

“What the—!”

Cheongjugui’s mask trembled violently, shocked by the shattered incantation. For a moment, my body froze, unable to move. Just as I lunged toward his throat, a terrifying aura erupted from my right.

“Roooaarrr!”

The Ice Troll Lord charged forward like a raging bull. An axe suffused with tremendous killing intent plummeted toward my head.

Boom!

I activated Twilight Steps. Blurred like a shadow of night, I materialized a step behind and thrust my blade upward.

“Grraahhh!”

Even if its growth remained incomplete, a Lord was still a Lord. In that instant, it twisted the axe and assumed a flawless defensive stance.

Clang!

Power collided with power, and the shockwave that erupted tore through the darkened earth.

“Hngh!”

I gritted my teeth and unleashed Radiant Sword. The vicious blade, sensing an opening, struck the Ice Troll Lord’s axe away.

Whoosh!

The Ice Troll Lord, losing its balance, was driven backward and crashed into the orc horde behind it. Six orcs were crushed beneath its weight, reduced to pools of blood.

Kugugugu.

Through the billowing white dust, I brought my blade down.

Three times.

With merely three swings of my sword, Eden’s two specters and hundreds of monsters came to a halt.

At that overwhelming display of power, both the soldiers atop the Castle Wall and the monsters below blinked as if their souls had fled their bodies.

“Is this truly all you can offer? How disappointing.”

I raised my blade with a thin smile. A savage aura flowed from the silver edge, consuming the very space around it.

-Putting on airs while overexerting yourself.

Wrath let out a scoff.

‘True enough.’

I chuckled softly.

‘All I need to do is hold the front line.’

As I clenched my left fist, arrows and crossbow bolts pierced through the serene moonlight, embroidering the sky.

Pufferburbuk!

Monsters caught defenseless by the arrows tumbled to the ground and fell to their knees.

“Fire again!”

Terian’s spirited voice rang out. Once more, hundreds of silver bolts descended from above. Far more monsters sank to the ground than before.

“How does it feel to be ambushed in return?”

“How did you know we were coming?”

“I have good instincts.”

I narrowed my eyes as I regarded Cheongjugui and Bingarui.

“You dug the trap well. I’ll admit I fell for it. But….”

I continued, pointing at the fading flare.

“That’s a distress signal. The Commander will arrive here before morning breaks. I only need to hold the line until then.”

“Bingarui. For once, you were right.”

A grim aura seeped from beneath Cheongjugui’s mask, making the hair stand on end.

“That one must be killed here and now.”

“Kill you? You’re not capable.”

“La Tia!”

Cheongjugui struck his staff downward, chanting an incantation.

“Grrrrr!”

“Kyaaaaa!”

The monsters that had been dying from arrows rose like zombies, their eyes blazing crimson. They bared yellowed fangs streaked with flesh, their presence far more vicious than before.

“Change of plans. Priority one is that bastard. Kill him!”

“Well, well.”

Bingarui chuckled softly upon hearing Cheongjugui’s command, stepping forward.

“I never imagined you’d grow this much. You’re truly a monster.”

His eyes gleamed with icy brilliance as he drew up his fighting spirit. The rough, cold waves of the Northern Sea seemed to swirl around him.

“You heard him? I’m killing you first!”

Bingarui exploded with the energy he’d gathered, surging forward. The Shark Sting helmet expanded in an instant—its speed overwhelmingly superior to before.

In response, Raon operated Glacia. Reading Bingarui’s movements through the Sea of Senses, he brought his sword down.

Claaang!

The blade fin and sword collided, producing a thunderous sound as if the very axis of the earth trembled.

Bingarui surged forward with overwhelming force. It felt like standing against a tidal wave of the great sea with bare hands—the power was absolutely immense.

Boom!

I pulled the mana sphere to its extreme and swung the Light Sword with all my might. When I deflected Bingarui’s blade, the creature twisted like a shark, its spines lunging toward my throat.

“Die!”

“You die instead.”

Just before the spines reached my throat, my left hand moved like lightning. I drew the Soul Reaper Sword from behind my waist and slashed in one fluid motion.

Shhwack!

The blade infused with spectral energy tore through Bingarui’s armor, and I tasted crimson blood.

“A wound like this means nothing!”

Bingarui did not retreat. Like a spirit bearing the ferocious nature of a Shark Sting, it bared its sharp teeth and charged again.

“Then I’ll cut you down.”

I released a chilling gaze and drew my sword back. Just as I was about to unleash a single slash, my vision filled with white fur. It was the Ice Troll Lord, its wounds completely healed.

Screeeech!

From the right, an avalanche of massive snowballs descended with such force they obscured the entire field of vision. It was a blizzard unleashed by Cheongjugui. Unlike the Ice Troll Shaman’s sorcery, even a single snowball would shatter bones upon impact.

Boom! Crash!

I weaved through the cascading blizzard, evading the Ice Troll Lord’s assault while deflecting Bingarui’s blade.

‘Huff!’

Both Bingarui and Cheongjugui possessed expert-level combat prowess or higher, and facing the Ice Troll Lord with its overwhelming physical dominance was absolutely grueling. Cold sweat streamed down my spine.

-Foolish, charging in recklessly like that. This is what you deserve.

‘Shut it.’

I ignored Wrath’s mockery and extended my blade forward.

Ten Strikes of Myriad Flames.

Revolving Heaven.

Fiery teeth rotated in a vortex, tearing through Bingarui’s blade and raking across the Ice Troll Lord’s waist. As I pressed forward, Cheongjugui conjured an ice wall with sorcery, blocking my advance.

“Tch.”

This was the pattern. These constant interruptions prevented me from finishing any of them.

‘The monsters are a problem too.’

The ordinary monsters charged at the castle wall with wild, frenzied eyes, desperate to breach it. There was no room for a single moment of carelessness.

‘If just one of the three were to fall, this might be manageable….’

As I clicked my tongue in frustration, I heard the sound of two figures leaping down from the castle wall. Turning around, I saw Dorian trembling violently and Edquil with his lips pressed firmly together.

“Dorian? And you are….”

“We’ll, we’ll handle the Lord!”

“You just face those two.”

Dorian pulled a black stone and a white stone from his belt pouch.

“I couldn’t let you fight alone twice!”

He struck the two stones together like flint and hurled them toward the Ice Troll Lord.

Boom!

The stones shattered, and gray smoke erupted, engulfing the Ice Troll Lord and the surrounding monsters.

“Let’s go!”

“Understood.”

Dorian and Edquil donned strange blindfold-like devices and stepped into the smoke.

-I never thought I’d see that one prove useful.

‘Neither did I.’

I turned with a faint smile. I could see Cheongjugui and Bingarui narrowing their eyes.

“I apologize, but I need to finish this as quickly as possible.”

I leveled my blade toward the two spirits.

“I acknowledge your strength. That swordsmanship and reflexes are not what one would expect from your age. But you’re underestimating us far too much.”

Cheongjugui’s lips curled into a sinister smile.

“We’re no ordinary monsters, after all.”

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Bingarui fixed his gaze upon me and lowered his stance. Like a wolf, he planted both arms and legs firmly on the ground, raising his head.

He channeled the malevolent energy that enveloped his entire body, drawing forth every ounce of the biting Northern Sea chill that pierced through his heart.

“Freeze solid and perish!”

Its maw yawned open like a shark engulfing prey. Glacial breath poured from the pitch-black throat—the ability of Sharksting, the breath of absolute cold.

Crackle!

Pure white cold swept across me, freezing the fractured earth in an instant. The terrifying wave of frost was so intense that a wall of spikes formed behind me.

“It’s finished. Now…what?”

Bingarui froze mid-motion as he wiped his mouth, standing rigid as a statue.

My reflection appeared in his trembling pupils. I stood pristine, as if I hadn’t taken the breath of absolute cold head-on at all.

“What…what is this!”

Bingarui’s entire body convulsed as though seized by a stroke.

“How did you withstand the breath of absolute cold….”

The breath of absolute cold was a special technique that harmonized aura and glacial power. No ordinary cold resistance could possibly endure it, yet I stood unscathed—it made no sense.

“Move aside. I’ll handle this. Cardiartin!”

Cheongjugui slammed his staff down and chanted the incantation. The blizzard raging around Habun Castle concentrated its fury upon me, its color shifting to an ominous sickly yellow.

A sorcery of cold that attacks the mind—Hwangryeon’s Snowflake. This sorcery inflicts frostbite upon the spirit rather than the body, making it impossible to endure even with strong cold resistance.

“What?”

A terrifying storm of curses swept through, yet the human within it stood with unwavering confidence, his blade raised toward the heavens.

Crack!

The cursed snowstorm was torn asunder by the crimson blade that fell like lightning.

Draped in what appeared to be a silver coat, he trampled through the scattering snowflakes as he approached, his lips curling into a smile.

“Impossible! How could a cursed sorcery be….”

Hwangryeon’s Snowflake was a mental attack sorcery prepared to stop Milend. I never imagined it could be broken through like this.

“Cold? Curses?”

A brilliant crimson flame surged up, melting darkness into Raon’s sword.

“I’ve endured far worse my entire life.”

From someone far more vicious than you.

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