The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 341

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Chapter 341

I suppressed my presence further, exhaling breath as thin as thread. After erasing my existence down to the level of a pebble, I examined the shadows on the beach one by one.

-You can’t even see their faces. How are you distinguishing them?

Wrath clicked his tongue, questioning what I was possibly seeing.

‘Body shape and aura.’

Even if they covered their entire bodies, differences in height and shoulder width couldn’t be hidden. Since each person’s aura had its own unique grain, distinguishing them wasn’t particularly difficult.

-Hmph. To this True Demon King, they’re not even worth a single fist. There’s no need to distinguish them.
‘I suppose so.’

The true form of Wrath I’d met in the Mental Realm possessed both beauty and strength. If not for his obsession with food, he’d be a Demon King worthy of such words.

‘I’m weak, so I need to gather information and think about how to move.’
-Huh? When did you start admitting your own weakness?
‘Because I don’t want to be caught off guard anymore.’

Ever since Merlin had kidnapped me, I’d thought deeply about what happened then. It was certainly a difficult situation in many ways, but if I’d moved just a bit more wisely, I could have avoided the kidnapping entirely.

-Hmm….

Wrath looked at me and smacked his lips.

‘Has he grown.’

Humans fall into two categories: those who learn from failure, and those who console themselves by blaming bad luck. Which type goes higher and farther is as obvious as fire.

Raon was someone who had no choice but to climb higher than anyone else, both in power and spirit.

‘But….’

There was one thing that irritated him.

-You gained quite a lot from that incident, didn’t you!

Wrath glared at Raon, his brow furrowing deeply.

-You stripped away all of the True Demon King’s stats and still have the audacity to say such things! You shameless bastard!
‘No.’

I shook my head.

‘That was just luck.’

I had grown stronger because of the kidnapping, and I had learned what a family truly meant, but I never wanted to entrust my life to an enemy again. I needed to gather information, predict outcomes, and dominate the situation through my own understanding.

‘Information is especially crucial this time.’

Since I had no information about the Wizard Dungeon, I needed to assess the situation through their movements and conversations before entering.

“How long until we reach the end?”

Matio turned to the mage and asked.

“Hmm, at this pace, about a week?”

The mage removed her mask as she answered. The face of a young woman with wet pink hair was revealed.

‘Kosini Sion….’

The mage’s true identity was Kosini Sion, vice-captain of the Mage Unit belonging to Shadow. Her face hadn’t changed at all from twenty years ago, making her easy to recognize.

‘She’s speaking informally.’

Even if Kosini had become captain of the Mage Unit, Matio’s rank would be higher, so it was strange that she spoke to him informally.

“Can’t you go faster?”

Matio turned his gaze toward the Sea and gestured.

“I could, but there’s a high chance of collapse. This place wasn’t originally built with a dungeon in mind, so the foundation is weak. If we’re careless….”

As Kosini Sion raised her finger, the sand beneath their feet collapsed with a dull thud.

“This is what will happen. If you wish to be buried alive, I won’t stop you.”

I listened to Kosini Sion’s words and smacked my lips.

‘So it wasn’t designed as a Wizard Dungeon from the start?’

It seemed that some incident had occurred, and only afterward was it converted into a Wizard Dungeon.

“Sigh….”

Matio removed his mask and exhaled heavily. His expression was filled with frustration.

“A week means we’ll have to come back two more times after this.”
“Well, that’s how it is.”

Kosini Sion nodded and raised her gaze.

“Why are you in such a hurry when your wounds haven’t even fully healed? There are definitely high-rank or higher Monsters down there.”

I clenched my fist slightly upon hearing Kosini Sion’s words.

‘That’s the most crucial information.’

The fact that Matio was still recovering was the most precious piece of intelligence I’d heard so far. The chances of killing him inside the Wizard Dungeon had increased significantly.

“I simply wish to deliver good news to him as soon as possible.”

Matio sighed while gazing toward the direction of the Robert Family Estate.

“Is it because of the breeding ground matter? I follow him too, but I can’t match your devotion. There’s a reason you’re trusted despite falling short in ability.”
“Hold your tongue.”
“Rest?”
“Of course, one day.”
“Sigh, that’s far too short.”

Kosini Sion sighed and headed toward the Robert Family Estate.

“Come out.”

Matio didn’t follow after them, instead gesturing toward the beach.

Whoosh!

Four Shadow operatives hidden between the sand and trees rushed forward and prostrated themselves before him.

“Four days ago, two residents approached. Three days ago….”

They reported who had come near this place and passed through until now. Of course, Raon’s name was not among them.

“Continue your watch.”
“Yes.”

The Shadow operatives acknowledged and retreated back to their original positions, concealing themselves once more.

“Let’s go.”

At Matio’s command, the Shadow operatives who had emerged from the sea followed him and disappeared.

-Will you enter immediately?
‘No.’

I shook my head.

‘My objectives aren’t limited to just one.’

I could collapse the Wizard Dungeon right now if I only wanted to destroy it, but what I truly desired was to kill Matio and claim the dungeon’s treasures.
To achieve both, I needed to wait for him to enter that place again.

‘There will definitely be Shadow operatives inside the dungeon as well.’

Given Matio’s nature, it was obvious he would have stationed Shadow operatives inside the dungeon, making it impossible to enter now.

‘Still, I’ve gathered considerable information.’

A faint smile crossed my face. I had learned the rest period, when the dungeon conquest would begin, and the enemy’s numbers and combat strength. With this foundation, I could devise a proper plan.

—Then let’s grab some food. You haven’t eaten anything in two days.
‘Right, I suppose I haven’t.’

I nodded and carefully rose to my feet, retreating backward until I reached a distance where the Shadow operatives couldn’t sense my presence. Then I withdrew Nadin bread from my spatial pouch.

—Noooooo!
‘Bear with it.’
—You said it was a day of rest! Why not just go somewhere else and eat?!
‘Matio will definitely come back in the middle of it, just like Derus would.’

Matio, like Derus, was naturally suspicious and never relied solely on his subordinates. I had to wait since I couldn’t predict when he’d return to relay more information.

I smiled and placed the Nadin bread into my mouth. The texture resembled chewing rubber, and beyond the bitterness came a stale, chalky sensation that filled my mouth entirely. It was a taste that seemed to constrict my throat.

—Bleeeech!

Wrath’s mouth gaped open as if he were retching.

—Disgustingly vile! If the True Demon King ever catches whoever made this, he’ll tear their limbs clean off!

He clenched his cheeks as if he were dying.

‘Is it really that bad?’

I tilted my head, observing his reaction.

‘It’s quite edible.’

The taste was admittedly peculiar, but the greatest advantage was that eating just one piece meant I wouldn’t feel hungry for an entire day.

—Y-your taste buds are absolutely insane! I’ve always thought you were mad, but your tongue takes the prize! Your tongue must be forged from steel!
‘Perhaps it is.’

After filling my stomach, I entered the sea and employed the Dolin breathing technique I had learned in my previous life.

‘It’s been a while since I’ve used this.’

The Dolin breathing technique was a method that allowed one to breathe underwater like a fish, leaving no bubbles on the surface and revealing no trace of presence—a perfect assassination art.

I exhaled slowly using my breathing technique to suppress my presence, then dove toward the location of the Wizard Dungeon. After advancing along the horizon for some time, a fissure that looked like it had been split open by an earthquake came into view.

‘Found it.’

Beneath the majestic Gorge where two cliffs stood intersecting, a trapezoidal-shaped crevice protruded outward. A powerful flow of mana was surging from within.

‘He must have suffered greatly for this.’

Originally, not only was that entrance sealed, but the entire Gorge itself was blocked. To have drilled through all of this without it collapsing—his obsession was truly the greatest on the Continent.

‘Hmm….’

I climbed down the opposite cliff while narrowing my eyes.

‘As expected, he left them behind.’

Nothing had changed at all.

As anticipated, Shadow members were standing guard inside the crevice. Looking at them, it seemed there was a breathable space within the crevice.

‘Let me begin.’

I extended Glacsia’s aura and sent it flowing into the Wizard Dungeon interior. I passed through two Shadow members standing guard just behind the dungeon entrance and examined what lay beneath them.

‘He dug quite deep.’

Just as Kosini Sion had said, it appeared they had already descended considerably deep.
I sensed the cold, lifeless bodies of Monsters and Shadow members scattered throughout. I slowly mapped out the Wizard Dungeon, committing the paths and traps to memory.

-Wait, hold on! Surely you’re not planning to stay here the entire time?

Wrath’s jaw trembled in disbelief.

‘Yes. I won’t move for four days.’
-You madman! You’re going to starve again?
‘I found a good dietary method recently. Do you know what it is?’
-A, a dietary method?
‘Yes. It’s called intermittent fasting—enduring for a set period without eating.’

I smiled faintly and continued surveying the interior of the Wizard Dungeon.

-This madman….

Wrath drew up his anger and ground his teeth.

-What kind of lunatic does intermittent fasting for four days straight!

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“It seems Raon won’t be heading directly to the Sepia Trading Company. Will that be alright?”

Sheryl set down her teacup and smacked her lips.

“Now that I think about it, I should have gone with him.”

She exhaled a short sigh of regret.

“I share that sentiment. Even with that ring, something unexpected could still occur….”

Roen nodded as he poured tea into Sheryl’s cup.

“A waste of concern.”

Glen Zigheart, seated across from Sheryl, shook his head.

“That man is the Vice Commander of the Gale Wind Squad. He is not a child who needs protection from others, but a warrior who must protect others.”

Glen Zigheart lifted his teacup and offered a cold smile.

“Hmm….”
“Well, that’s true, but….”

Roen and Sheryl exchanged glances with narrowed eyes, seemingly taken aback by Glen Zigheart’s words.

“Hmph.”

Glen held the tea in his mouth, a faint smile playing at his lips. The corners of his mouth, hidden behind the teacup, trembled slightly.

‘Well, it should be fine.’

My concern for Raon ran deeper than anyone else’s in this place, but a child cannot grow if they are only protected.
Sometimes trust is necessary. I decided to believe in and wait for Raon’s exceptional nature, which he demonstrated through this Yukhwang duel.

“Sigh…”

As I exhaled softly and tried to calm my mind, the door burst open roughly.

“This is ridiculous!”

Rimer stormed in with heavy footsteps, his expression contorted in indignation.

“Our family’s greatest genius, and you send a treasure without an escort? Are you in your right mind or not!”

He pointed at Sheryl as he continued.

“Of course you should have sent that brute with overwhelming strength too!”
“T-treasure?”
“B-brute?”

Roen and Sheryl stared at Rimer with their mouths agape.

“He subdued Borini Kitten, Garona, and Cardis in the Yukhwang duel and won the championship, proving his strength. He saved the spectators from Tacheon and earned both popularity and cooperation. How could you not look after our White Sword Dragon Raon without proper protection!”

Rimer shook his head vigorously as if it made no sense. A dozen glittering necklaces swayed with him.

“Not just Sheryl, but the entire Heavenly Sword Squad should be sent as escorts, and yet you sent him alone—I cannot comprehend this!”

He spread both hands, which were covered with various gemstone rings, his expression deeply furrowed.

“…Raon? Why is he acting like that?”

Glen frowned as he looked at Rimer, whose eyes had gone completely wild.

“It seems he used that burnt gambling voucher, doesn’t it?”

Sheryl clicked her tongue as she observed the jewels adorning Rimer’s hands and neck.

“From the looks of things, it appears Young Master Raon helped him find the money.”

Roen chuckled with amusement.

“Tsk, you’re quick to catch on, aren’t you.”

Rimer approached with a frown. Now that I looked closer, he even had a platinum pin inserted into his hair.

“W-well, in any case, I’m not saying you should look after Raon because of money. Really.”
“Then?”
“Raon is my treasure, my beacon, my light and salt—that much is true. But his true worth lies in that genius of his, doesn’t it? His power and growth rate, having crushed all the mid-ranking officers of the Twelve Continents—that’s prey any faction would covet! We must send guards immediately! We must protect our treasure!”

He raised his hand as he cried out that massive investments must be made in Raon.

“Send guards to the Patriarch? I’m not interested.”
“You, who came straight through a dimensional gate to the family estate the moment your travels with Raon ended—what are you talking about?”
“Ugh….”

Glen’s hands trembled at Rimer’s piercing words.

“If you care about Raon, express it like I do! All that sneaking around and smiling behind his back just makes you look like a scheming old fool in the shadows….”
“Seize him.”

At Glen’s command, Sheryl and Roen moved in a flash, seizing both of Rimer’s arms.

“Ugh….”

Only then did Rimer come to his senses, his lips trembling.

“Haha, I was simply worried about Raon, whom the Head of House treasures and loves most….”
“From now on, you should be worried about yourself.”

Following Glen’s gesture, an enormous aura writhed above Rimer’s head.

“Die.”
“That’s too harsh… Gaaahhhhh!”

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“This will be the last time.”

Kosini Sion stood on the beach with her hand on her waist, offering a faint smile.

“You’ve prepared thoroughly so nothing goes wrong, right?”

Matio’s brow furrowed at her question.

“If you just do your part well, there won’t be any problems.”
“Coming from someone who couldn’t even watch the trial properly and came back injured—you sure talk big.”
“That mouth of yours never rests.”
“That’s what it’s there for.”

Kosini Sion waved her hand playfully at Matio before wading into the sea.

“Sigh….”

Matio exhaled a long breath and gestured with his chin. The Shadow members behind him all quietly dove beneath the surface, following Kosini Sion. After surveying his surroundings, he walked down into the water last.

About an hour after they all departed, Raon emerged from beneath a tree behind the beach.

‘Now it begins.’
-Ugh….

Wrath turned to look at me, his eyes glistening with tears.

-You psychopath….
‘What?’
-How can a human stay submerged in water for three days and buried underground for two days?! Are you a mole or a tuna?!

I had endured three days submerged in water, using my senses to explore the interior of the Wizard Dungeon and discern how the enemies moved.

After that, I emerged back onto land and extracted additional information through the enemies’ conversations. Having spent nearly five days eating nothing but stale bread while buried in water and earth, I was on the verge of losing my mind.

I shrugged my shoulders while looking at Wrath.

‘Isn’t this rather ordinary?’

It was far better than before.

Previously, I had endured for over a week beneath ponds or buried in earth to assassinate targets.

Five days. And doing so while eating food was hardly a difficult task.

-…The True Demon King misjudged you. You are precisely the madman suited for that mad woman!
‘Don’t make jokes like that.’

I shook my head rapidly. His words just now terrified me more than any insult.

-N-no, a joke? What joke! The True Demon King speaks in earnest! Monsters must meet with monsters….
‘Enough.’

I pushed Wrath aside and rose slowly to my feet. Moving silently to avoid making sound, I approached beneath a tree, then leaped upward and pierced the heart of the Shadow concealed in its branches.

A muffled sound.

I covered his mouth to suppress even the smallest noise, lowered him to the ground, then shifted position and slit the throat of the Shadow hiding within the beach sand.

A soft sound.

As sand scattered in the wind, the Shadow’s life extinguished.

I left no trace and methodically eliminated all four Shadows concealed along the beach.

‘The first phase is complete.’

Having observed all the enemies’ movements while hiding for over five days, assassination was hardly a difficult task.

After erasing all traces of myself and my enemies, I stood before the sea.

—do we really need to kill all of them? If we’re going to collapse the Wizard Dungeon anyway, wouldn’t it be better to just leave them alone?
I pondered the thought. It would certainly seem natural, but…

I curled the corners of my mouth upward and gazed toward the Robert Family Estate.

‘This approach will irritate him far more.’

Having what I desired stolen by some unknown enemy would infuriate Derus far more than the Wizard Dungeon simply collapsing naturally.

My goal was to shatter his rigid mask by continuously provoking Derus, so I had to attack him without revealing my identity.

—Hmm, indeed…

Wrath lowered his eyes as if lost in thought.

‘…’

I regarded Wrath for a moment before descending into the sea.
I swam slowly as if gliding through water, heading toward the Wizard Dungeon. I threw myself toward the dungeon entrance that I had only observed from the opposite side three days prior.

Whoosh!

The moment I entered the dungeon and the water vanished, I unleashed the Heavenly Sword twice into empty space.

Splurt!

Two members of Shadow using concealment techniques collapsed, bleeding from their hearts. Because Dun had pinpointed their locations using ki-sensing, he was able to strike their vital points without the slightest mistake.

“Phew.”

I climbed deeper into the dungeon and exhaled. As I had sensed before, the interior was structured to allow breathing.

‘How peculiar.’

The dungeon’s interior was riddled with grotesquely jagged fissures as if a child had scrawled across it. Given how ancient they appeared, they didn’t seem to have been created by Matio and Kosini Sion.

‘I should descend further and investigate… wait?’

I absorbed the traces before me and began to follow the path Matio had carved, but I suddenly came to a halt.

‘What is this?’

The moment I spotted the gap beside the staircase Matio had created, the Ring of Fire and Manhwagong activated simultaneously.

Roooooar!

The two cultivation methods surged at once, painting a single image in my mind. A Blonde Knight wielding a flaming sword appeared to be fighting someone in this very place.

‘Could it be….’

Had he been here as well?

Gulp.

I swallowed hard.

‘This isn’t just a gap—it’s a sword mark.’

I placed my hand on the sword mark that had shown me the image moments before and activated Manhwagong.

Whoooosh!

The crimson flames purified through the Ring of Fire seeped into the countless sword marks scattered throughout the dungeon interior, causing the wall to sink smoothly and revealing a new passage.

-Huh?
“Ah!”

I smiled as I gazed upon the Gray Corridor, untouched by any footsteps.

Now you’re even guiding my path?

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