The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 482

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Chapter 482

The grand atmosphere of the Conference Hall sank into a heavy silence.

The leaders of the Divine Continent Five Regions and the warriors of the neutral factions all fell silent, and even the moonlight that had been gently descending seemed to forget how to speak, bending like the tip of a brush.

A resonant aura erupted.

I took another step forward from the center of their shock. My solemn resolve manifested as a sharp, cutting aura that revealed my conviction.

“Hah….”
“W-what is this….”

Low groans and rough exclamations escaped from where the leaders of the neutral factions sat.

“…Is that Raon Zigheart?”
“They said he just passed twenty, but I can’t believe it.”
“A twenty-one-year-old emanating such a ferocious presence….”
“I thought the rumors were only about his appearance, but it seems his true power is his martial prowess.”
“They call him a genius, but that’s wrong. That’s a monster.”

The warriors seeing me for the first time swallowed hard, overwhelmed by the beauty that even killed the moonlight and the commanding presence that dominated the space.

“Didn’t I tell you! That he’s an extraordinary person!”

Dumtkan, the head of the Trevan Family, patted the shoulder of the warrior sitting beside him and laughed heartily.

“A true warrior who granted me enlightenment with a single sword strike. You shouldn’t underestimate him just because he’s young.”

He nodded vigorously, pleased with how confidently I stood before the Divine Continent Five Regions.

“That’s right.”

Baiton, the Paladin Commander of the Holy Kingdom, drew a faint smile.

“Raon truly understands what true chivalry means. He is someone worthy of respect despite his youth.”

Like Dumtkan, he too expounded upon Raon’s remarkable abilities to those beside him.

“Actually, the White Sword Dragon’s words aren’t entirely wrong.”
“Right. The New Rising Powers summoned a Zigheart executive to the Conference Hall, not the White Sword Dragon.”
“This conference is an official gathering. It’s only proper that we use formal speech with each other.”

Whether due to Raon’s razor-sharp momentum and the outcries of several leaders, the heads of other neutral factions also nodded in agreement with Raon’s words.

“Hmm….”

Heekyuk Je felt his fingertips tremble as he sensed the atmosphere of the Conference Hall shifting favorably toward Raon.

‘This is not good.’

Raon had revealed Zigheart’s will with legitimate justification, and the neutral forces were gazing upon him with admiration.
It was precisely the worst-case scenario he had anticipated beforehand.

‘How did it come to this?’

The beginning had certainly proceeded according to plan.

Guisalchang’s late arrival, the casual speech between Raon and Guisalchang, and Sageomma—who despised young prodigies—picking a quarrel, all had unfolded as expected.

He had hoped it would continue that way to the end, but the situation had shifted midway.

‘Raon has changed.’

The Raon he had observed until now would not have invoked the Zigheart name, and should have cut off his opponent’s words first with reckless arrogance.

But instead of mindlessly blocking his opponent’s words as before, he had revealed his presence by offering legitimate reasons.

With weighty justification and the noble aura that unfolded alongside it, most of those in the Conference Hall had begun to align with Raon’s position.

‘As for Akgeomhu….’

Heekyuk Je bit his lip and turned his gaze toward Akgeomhu. She remained motionless with her eyes closed, exactly as before.

‘Damn it.’

In truth, the person who despised arrogant behavior most was not Sageomma, but Akgeomhu.

The original plan had been for Akgeomhu to step forward and humiliate Raon when he forcibly silenced Sageomma, forcing him to his knees.

But Raon had shut Sageomma’s mouth with justified words, and Akgeomhu had not moved. She too believed Raon was right.

“Huff….”

I turned my head to the right at the sound of his sharp breath.

Turbid energy flowed from Sageomma’s mouth. He glared at Raon with serpentine eyes, his fury genuine and unfeigned.

‘If this continues, we’re ruined.’

Unlike Akgeomhu, Sageomma was a man who knew no limits. With tendencies similar to Oma’s, combined with inferiority complexes about age and appearance, he might genuinely draw his blade against Raon.

Crack, crack, crack!

Sageomma rose to his feet. The chair he had been sitting on crumbled to dust beneath him.

“What did you just say?”

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“Are your ears clogged?”

Raon frowned as he regarded Sageomma.

“I told you from now on to speak to me with respect. If you wish to be treated well, first learn how to treat others with dignity.”

With his jaw set firm, he repeated the words he had spoken moments before.

“You’ve lost your mind. Completely and utterly lost it!”

Sageomma’s trembling hand moved toward his waist.

“Just because you have a bit of fame and power, does that make you invisible to the eye?!”

He gripped his sword, his smile dripping with murderous intent.

I bit my tongue slightly.

‘My heart feels like it’s about to burst.’

The aura emanating from Sageomma had shifted entirely from before.
It felt as though he’d genuinely unleashed his killing intent, my organs boiling as if in a cauldron. One moment of carelessness, one lapse in maintaining my aura, and I’d be reduced to a handful of blood.

‘But I can’t stop here.’

I’d come all this way on a business trip to cause a scene. This was where the real game began.

“Fame, power, distribution—you’re not superior to me in a single regard! And yet you dare show your face, hiding behind your family name, you reckless fool!”
“Ah, every single one of you who refers to yourselves in the third person is completely unhinged.”

I glanced sideways at Wrath, who hung motionless in the air, and let out a cold laugh.

“Is this supposed to be some kind of social gathering?”
“What?”
“You’re the ones who summoned me. You invited the executives of Zigheart, so I cancelled my plans to come—and this is the nonsense I get in return? It’s absurd.”
“You’re not even the true representative of Zigheart!”

Sageomma laughed triumphantly, as if Rimer was still in charge.

“For once, you’ve said something correct. That’s right. The true representative of Zigheart is the Head of House.”
“Then you admit that you’ve been spouting nonsense….”
“But the Head of House has entrusted this authority to me.”

I cut off Sageomma’s words with a single stroke and stepped closer toward the leaders of the New Rising Powers.

“I’ve received the approval of the Head of House, so I am Zigheart’s representative now. I’m not hiding behind my family name—I’m bearing that name and standing here.”

My voice surged with resolve like a tempest, and the black dragon robe unfurled of its own accord. The flame emblem carved into Zigheart’s seal blazed with even more magnificent light.

“Ugh….”

Sageomma couldn’t refute and bit his lip.

‘It’s working perfectly.’

All the effort spent gathering information about that bastard was paying off.

The moment Deningrose received the invitation to the conference, she had divulged information about the leaders of the New Rising Powers.

Akgeomhu valued courtesy but possessed flexibility, while Sageomma harbored inferiority about his appearance and age, and knew no restraint.

Since the two had different temperaments, I shouldn’t act recklessly like I did with Heegyukje. Instead, I needed to establish perfect justification and pin them down from the start so they couldn’t move.

“That’s sophistry!”

Sageomma muttered the one phrase that fools always spout. It meant my justification had landed. From now on, it seemed I could openly act like a reckless brute.
It meant our justification had worked. From now on, it seemed like I could go back to being an outright troublemaker without holding back.

“You little brat!”
“Why, you old geezer.”
“Why, you old bastard.”

When Dun answered the young guy with an old man’s words, everyone in the Conference Hall’s jaws dropped.

Uh, um…

Even Wrath broke out in a cold sweat with an expression that seemed to say, “This is a bit much…”

“Ugh!”

Sageomma finally couldn’t hold back and placed his hand on the sword hilt. Just as he was about to draw his sword and rush forward, Akgeomhu opened her eyes.

“That’s as far as we’ll go.”

Akgeomhu turned her head toward Sageomma and lifted her eyelids. Her black pupils, like black pearls, shone with a clear brilliance.

“The White Sword Dragon is right. We’re the ones who invited Zigheart, and we’re the ones who need to treat them with respect. From now on, it’s only proper that we speak respectfully to everyone here at The Facility.”

She uncrossed her arms as if to keep her word, and leaned her sword against the table.

I narrowed my eyes as I observed Akgeomhu.

‘I didn’t anticipate this.’

I had expected Akgeomhu to remain silent while Heekyuk Je made a move, but contrary to my assumptions, she stepped forward directly to restrain Sageomma.

“Stop? Did you not see how I was insulted by that vermin!”
“I watched you dig your own grave.”

Akgeomhu’s gaze curved like a crescent moon as she spoke.

“It wasn’t the White Sword Dragon who insulted the other party first—it was you.”
“What did I do!”
“You forgot that you dropped your formal speech first while accusing him of lacking manners?”
“But—still, that bastard spoke informally to Guisalchang, who is our equal!”
“Yet Guisalchang, who actually heard the informal speech, said nothing at all.”

The moment those words ended, everyone’s gaze turned toward Guisalchang.

“Me? I don’t care! I had a refreshing conversation with that guy.”

Guisalchang waved his hand toward me.

“You ignorant fool! You’re amused by a twenty-year-old speaking informally to you!”
“I’m a meritocrat—I believe talented people can do whatever they want. Besides, that guy’s got personality for days. I’ve seen plenty of old men call young ones inexperienced, but this is the first time I’ve seen a young man call an old man old. I’d want to be friends with him on the spot.”

He leaned back in his chair, repeating the phrase “old man” as he burst into laughter.

“I share the same sentiment.”

A massive man rose from the center of the rectangular table.
He wore a black robe, but his frame was so large that his shoulders strained against the fabric as if they might tear through.

“If you have extended an invitation, I trust you will provide treatment befitting it. Not only to Zigheart, but to everyone present here.”

I slowly swept my gaze over the giant in the robe.

‘A martial artist? But why the robe…wait?’

When I thought it strange that the warrior was wearing a robe, a pale four-tiered tower emblem carved near his chest caught my eye. It was the insignia of the Magic Tower, one of the Six Emperors.

‘The Magic Tower? Then that person is Yulia?’

Mekain had mentioned that the new member Yulia had arrived, and it seemed this giant was indeed Yulia, the genius of the Magic Tower.

Because the name Yulia sounded feminine, I naturally assumed she was a woman. I never expected him to be a man—and a giant at that, towering over even the Beast Alliance’s warriors. For the first time, I found preconceptions truly terrifying.

‘This is the most surprising thing that’s happened today.’

I gave Yulia a slight nod to express my gratitude.

Yet despite his support, he regarded me with eyes burning with such fervent intensity—as if he desperately wanted to fight.

This wasn’t the time to dwell on Yulia, so I turned my attention back to Sageomma.

“Do you have anything else to say?”
“….”

Sageomma slowly lowered his hand from the sword hilt, his lips still clenched between his teeth.

“No.”
“Still haven’t come to your senses?”
“No, I haven’t!”

He turned his head to avoid meeting my gaze and started to return to his seat, then froze.

“….”

Caught in an awkward stance, neither sitting nor standing. When I looked closer, I realized he had destroyed his chair when he stood up—there was nowhere left to sit.

“Sigh….”

I shook my head, watching Sageomma’s face flush with embarrassment and Wrath’s eyes widen in admiration.

‘These fools who call themselves masters are truly idiots.’

Seeing how all these beings who had reached the heavens through raw power committed such foolish acts, it seemed I could make it a defining characteristic.

I stopped on my way back to my seat and looked at Heekyuk Je.

‘He’s frustrated.’

Heekyuk Je’s expression appeared serene, as if he had anticipated this outcome, but the thin trembling of his lips betrayed him. He was clearly flustered by an unexpected turn of events.

“Heekyuk Je.”
“Yes.”

Heekyuk Je nodded calmly.

“Right now, here….”
“Wait!”

Sageomma raised his hand before I could ask her a question.

“Why do you speak casually to me but formally to Heekyuk Je!”
“….”

I didn’t answer, simply looking down at Sageomma with a pitying gaze.

“He’s really dense.”

Guisalchang sighed and shook his head.

“Heekyuk Je spoke formally from the start, so he gets spoken to formally. You and I speak casually, so we get spoken to casually. Don’t you understand that?”

He tapped his temple with his finger, as if telling me to think.

“If you’d started with formal speech, you’d be hearing ‘Sageomma’ with an honorific. Want to try it now?”
“Not necessary.”

Sageomma bit his lip and shook his head.

I glanced once at Guisalchang, who had relieved my irritation, then looked back at Heekyuk Je.

“There are only four leaders of the New Rising Powers here. Where is the remaining one?”
“The Pirate King said he would not participate.”
“Isn’t this a New Rising Powers conference?”
“It is. However, he refused, saying that a pirate must remain at sea….”
“You couldn’t even gather all the members, yet you’re asking me to come watch the conference? Your work ethic is utterly haphazard.”

I clicked my tongue briefly while looking at Heegyukje.

“I apologize.”
“It’s better not to do things you need to apologize for.”
“….”

Heegyukje lowered her eyes apologetically. The tendons at her temples twitched subtly.

‘She’s irritated.’

After encountering her so many times, her emotions had become transparent to me. She was clearly quite heated right now.

‘That woman really is the most entertaining to provoke.’

The impact cut deeper than with others, and there was a certain satisfaction in striking her.

“Kuhahahaha!”

Guisalchang slammed the table and burst into laughter.

“You’re truly insane. Why don’t you join the Machang Society? I’ll give you the position of vice-leader right now!”
“You’re the crazy one.”

I frowned at Guisalchang and returned to my seat.

‘That’s a shame.’

I had wanted to see the Pirate King most of all.

The Pirate King was the first of the New Rising Powers I had learned about.
I had wanted to meet someone said to be a free spirit who roamed the sea as if it were his own home, but he didn’t come. It was truly unfortunate.

However, one thing became clear: the New Rising Powers was not a perfect alliance, but rather a ragged organization where any of them could stab the others in the back at any moment.

Tap!

I struck the table lightly to draw everyone’s attention, then gestured with my chin.

“It seems we’ve covered the essentials, so shall we begin the meeting?”

I issued my directive as though I were the chairman presiding over this conference.

“Ah….”
“Hmm….”

The leaders of the Divine Continent Five Regions and the martial artists of the neutral factions all turned to stare at me with their mouths agape, yet none dared to speak.

-W-what in blazes is happening!

Wrath leaped onto the table and blinked rapidly.

-How did you end up taking the lead! What’s going on here! I don’t understand!

He clutched his head, unable to comprehend the situation.

“How satisfying.”

Deningrose nodded approvingly, as though the outcome exceeded her expectations. She wore a deep smile, satisfied that her freely given information had borne fruit.

Click!

At the sound of a camera shutter, I glanced to my right. Ensia lowered her camera, her voice brimming with rapture.

“Absolutely magnificent.”

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