The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 914

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Chapter 914

“Haah….”

Lencia collapsed to the ground, her strength draining away as relief washed over her—her task was finally complete.

“You endured so well.”

Raon nodded with a smile.

“That’s right. Chamber herself said your perseverance was the most crucial part.”

Martha embraced Lencia warmly, declaring how impressive she had been.

“You were magnificent….”

Lunan Slion stroked Lencia’s hair with a smile that had grown more natural. It seemed he now used such praise as simple compliments.

“Shall we take a look?”

Raon tilted his chin toward Lencia.

“Pardon? Take a look at what?”
“You should see the fruits of your labor with your own eyes, shouldn’t you?”
“What do you mean… Oh!”

I grasped her waist as she gasped in surprise, then kicked off from the Fountain Square. Ascending through the air as if climbing invisible stairs, I gazed upon Montiro’s panorama.

Whoooosh!

The river of flames that began at the Fountain Square converged with five silver orbs, forming a crimson pentagram.
The scarlet inferno, unsatisfied with merely creating the five-pointed star, traced a grand circle that enveloped all of Montiro.

Roooaaar!

Within the colossal circle, five crimson stars blazed brilliantly—a magnificent spectacle. This was the true form of the Beacon That Awakens Darkness.

“It’s beautiful….”

Lencia clasped her hands together as she gazed upon the Five-Pointed Star Formation that enveloped all of Montiro.

“It’s a spell called 【The Lantern that Awakens Darkness】. Your role was the greatest,” I said.

I lowered my finger to point at the flames that composed the Five-Pointed Star Formation.

“…Did I really help?” Lencia asked.

Having been ensnared by the Black Tower’s grasp her entire life, Lencia still didn’t realize just how significant her contribution had been.

“Yes. Without you, this spell wouldn’t exist,” I replied.

I nodded, telling her she had done exceptionally well.

“Ah…” Lencia smiled faintly with relief and clasped her hands together.

“And the true effect of this spell begins now,” I said.

As I snapped my fingers, the gem on the necklace Lencia wore shattered, and the flames composing the Five-Pointed Star Formation began to shift to a brilliant blue hue.

Kyaaaaaaang!

In that instant, a deafening roar erupted—as if thousands, no, tens of thousands of glass panes had shattered simultaneously—and a pitch-black Five-Pointed Star Formation magic circle began to rise from beneath Montiro’s earth.

Kuguguguugu!

True to its nature as a barrier that concealed demonic energy and demons while hiding the Black Tower’s existence, a viscous and repugnant aura flowed from the magic circle itself like filth.

-What a vile and contemptible aura, just like those wretches.

Wrath’s eyes narrowed in disgust.

-I wish to freeze that aura at once.

He waved his hand, urging me to destroy the magic circle quickly.

“That’s the barrier that has been binding your arms and legs,” I said.

“That’s the Barrier that was binding your arms and legs.”

I bit my lip thinly.

“Ah….”

Lencia’s eyes trembled violently with fear.

“There’s no need to be afraid anymore. It will disappear now.”

Following my gesture, the Lantern of Awakening Darkness descended and collided with the Black Tower’s magic circle.

Kuwaaaaaaaang!

Magic circles of different colors and textures clashed, and a shockwave erupted as if the land and sea of Montiro were crumbling entirely.

Zzzzzzzzick!

Azure flames and black demonic energy pushed against each other in a fierce clash, but before long, the black energy was consumed by the blue flames, and cracks began to form across the Black Tower’s magic circle.

‘Of course it would.’

The barrier installed in Montiro was not for combat, but rather to conceal the Black Tower and gather demonic energy.

Meanwhile, the Lantern of Awakening Darkness was created specifically to quickly erase the Black Tower’s barrier, so victory was as certain as seeing fire.

Kyaaaaaaang!

Eventually, the barrier of the Five Demon Stars that dominated Montiro melted away in the azure flames, and the Black Tower’s barrier shattered completely.

Huuuuuk!

As the Black Tower’s magic circle broke, the clear sky began to darken. Demonic energy writhed from the earth like earthworms, and the emerald sea turned pitch black like sewage.
On the Battlefield, demonic energy rose up writhing like earthworms, and the emerald Sea turned pitch black like sewage.

I had shattered the Black Tower’s barrier, yet the beautiful land had transformed into hell.

“Ah…?”

Lencia’s jaw trembled in disbelief.

“How did this….”
“As I said from the beginning, one cannot always be happy. This is the true face of Montiro, beneath all that laughter and joy.”

I shook my head as I gazed upon Montiro’s darkness, as if the city were buried in hell itself.

“I see….”

Lencia merely bit her lip, refusing to look away from the hideously transformed Montiro.

“You’ve changed quite a bit too. In the past, you would have blamed yourself.”

I smiled faintly as I met Lencia’s gaze.

“It’s thanks to you and the others, Raon.”

Lencia gestured toward herself, Martha, and Lunan Slion.

“Thanks to you swordmasters, I’ve come to understand that my mistakes aren’t my fault alone—they belong to the Black Tower. And I’ve learned that I must always find courage.”

She nodded calmly, as if she had learned much through this ordeal.

-What a spirited child!

Wrath let out an approving breath as he regarded Lencia.

-You’re far better than this one or the others! I’m tempted to raise you myself!

He waved his hand through the air as if impressed by Lencia’s resolve.

I agreed with him entirely.

Lencia had lived in this hell, yet she thought of others before herself. Just as Wrath said, her mental fortitude seemed superior to my own or that of the Gwangpung Hall swordmasters.

-It’s a shame. Had that child been just a bit younger, she could have become a great warrior or mage.

Wrath clicked his tongue in regret.

Perhaps magic wasn’t beyond her reach even now.

As Raon smiled and shook his head, the ground beneath the Fountain Square began to crack open very slowly.
It wasn’t simply that the earth was collapsing—a black dimension was opening from beneath it.

-Hmm….

Wrath narrowed his eyes as he observed the slowly widening dimension.

-It’s been tainted, but the source feels like genuine demonic energy.

He smacked his lips, sensing the aura of the Demon Realm emanating from the thinly opened fissure.

‘Genuine demonic energy….’

I descended back to the ground and channeled more power into my fingertips.

‘The battles ahead won’t be easy either.’

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As I descended to the ground with Lencia, the dimensional fissure had opened only as wide as a pinky nail.
The demonic energy from within that dimension was so potent that it seemed it would take considerable time for the gate to fully open.

“Raon!”

Trevin came running with the Cheoljeon Unit swordsmen, waving his hand. Though he appeared battered from head to toe from their ordeal, he had ultimately triumphed and returned having grown stronger.

“You’ve worked hard.”

I bowed my head to Trevin.

“Hard indeed. Actually, it was quite dangerous. A higher-ranked layer master suddenly appeared.”

Trevin let out a long breath, saying that it had been an almost evenly matched fight, but he was able to win by gradually gaining momentum.

“That’s why I trusted you with it.”

Raon laughed, saying he had never doubted them.

“Master.”

The second to return was Mark Goeten.

“Fortunately, I was able to preserve my life.”

He bowed carefully. Unlike the Cheoljeon Unit members, he appeared physically unharmed, but his spirit seemed far more exhausted.

“Did you engage in a blade duel?”
“As expected, you see through everything.”

Mark Goeten nodded, acknowledging the accuracy.

“I was fortunate. My opponent lacked patience compared to me.”
“Regardless of other things, you cannot win a sword duel through luck alone.”

Raon said he had won through skill and placed a hand on Mark Goeten’s shoulder.

“Huff… huff… huff!”
“Gasp… gasp… gasp!”

The third group to arrive was Dorian, Crain, and the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen they had sent with them.
All of them collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath as if death would not be surprising.

“Why did you send us toward the statue?!”
“I really thought we were going to die!”

Dorian and Crain glared at me with resentful eyes.

“It… it was really difficult!”
“We captured the Spirit Mage Foreson, then a Demon Apostle came, and when we captured that, an endless stream of demonic beasts poured down on us!”

The other Gwangpung Hall swordsmen also squeezed their eyes shut, saying it had been far too grueling.

“But you succeeded.”

I tilted my head as if asking what the problem was.

“Huh?”
“Uh, well…”
“I, I did do it…”

The inspectors blinked blankly, finding nothing to refute.

“No one died, and everyone came back having grown stronger, didn’t they?”
“Y, yes, that’s true…”

Dorian blinked and lowered his chin.

“Then that settles it, doesn’t it?”
“Yes…”

He turned his gaze away, afraid to press the matter further.

“Hey! We agreed to question him together!”

Crain shook his head with a resentful expression.

“Question him together, you say…”

Raon stepped forward in front of Crain, his smile turning cold.

“Crain, you’ve grown quite bold, haven’t you?”
“N, no…”
“Let’s discuss this later.”
“I apologize!”

Crain realized his mistake and immediately bowed his head, but Raon’s sinister smile remained etched on his face.

“Everyone arrived early.”

Burren Zigheart, arriving fourth, waved his blood-stained hand.

“Burren. You…”

Raon’s eyes widened as he looked at Burren Zigheart.

“You’ve reached Grand Master?”

I hadn’t expected Burren Zigheart to ascend to Grand Master after Martha and Lunan Slion, so my jaw dropped without thinking.

“I was fortunate. I managed to awaken at the end.”

Burren Zigheart displayed a humble demeanor, his lips curving into a subtle smile.

“Awakening, you say….”
“Lencia inspired me. It seems breaking through barriers truly comes down to imagery.”

He brought up Lencia’s name and lifted his chin toward Martha and Lunan Slion.
Despite his feigned humility, he clearly wanted to show off to the two who had always been ahead of him.

“Actually….”

I stepped back behind Martha and Lunan Slion and shook my head.

“Martha and Lunan Slion have also reached Grand Master.”

I pushed the two forward as if to say, look closely.

“Huh…?”

Burren Zigheart sensed the identical auras of Martha and Lunan Slion to his own and inhaled sharply.

“Oh! Did you think you were the only one who awakened? How adorable. Our little brother.”

Martha giggled as if she could see right through him, tapping Burren Zigheart’s head lightly.

“Still coming in last….”

Lunan Slion found Burren Zigheart’s boasting amusing and wiggled his fingers up and down.

“Ugh….”

Burren Zigheart’s face flushed crimson with embarrassment at his own behavior moments before, and he let out a low groan.

“You can’t end up like that.”

Raon chuckled as he told Lencia not to become like Burren.

“Wait, so we have three Grand Masters now?”

Dorian exhaled in disbelief.

“No, four. The Organization Master is here too.”

Crain shook his head, noting that Gwangpung Hall currently had four Grand Masters.

“Even accounting for a transcendent, isn’t four Grand Masters a bit excessive?”

Trevin shook his head with wonder.

“Even if we’re outnumbered, our raw military strength should rival the Divine Continent Five Regions without falling short.”

Mark Goeten laughed, saying there was no force anywhere comparable to Gwangpung Hall’s current power.

“Tell me, Sir Mark—do you have any regrets?”

Burren took a short breath as he looked at Mark Goeten.

“The time for envying others because I couldn’t reach that position, or resenting myself, passed long ago. Now I simply wish to celebrate your achievements.”

Mark Goeten offered his congratulations to those who had ascended to Grand Master, extending his applause to Burren, Martha, and Lunan.

“Ahem!”

Morel Kazan from Valcar, who arrived last, cleared his throat and approached the fountain square. He had clearly demonstrated his full strength, not a single hair out of place, and nodded with satisfaction.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Raon bowed with a smile.

“The lights are burning properly. You’ve done well, Master of Gwangpung Hall.”

He nodded, speaking with noticeably more formal respect than before.

“Now we just need that door to open.”
“Yes. It may take some time, so please rest.”

I turned away after exchanging farewells with Morel Kazan.

“Take your medicine and recover your strength.”

I narrowed my eyes while gesturing toward the slowly widening dimension.

“The true war begins once this door opens.”

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Crack! Crack! Crack!

The earth tore open as if a giant had inserted its fingers to twist the city gate, and a dimension shimmered with blood-red energy.

Unlike the rifts that had opened until now, the dimension unveiled by the Lantern of Awakening Darkness was on an entirely different scale.
Even this massive city of Montiro seemed to be less than half the size of the dimension where the Black Tower existed.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The colossal gate of the dimension split Montiro in half, and from within, blood-red demonic energy surged forth like a tidal wave.
It was so potent that merely inhaling its scent caused the aura within my dantian to ripple.

-It’s been a long time since I’ve smelled true demonic energy.

Wrath drew a deep breath, his azure eyes rolling with anticipation.

‘True demonic energy?’
-I thought they were merely imitating the Demon Race, but now I see their demonic energy is genuine. Those we fought outside will be nothing compared to what emerges from that dimension.

He licked his lips at the prospect of the power wielded by those who would emerge from that dimension.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

In the end, all of Montiro’s land stretching to the sea was torn asunder, and the dimension connected to the Black Tower opened completely.
An endless surge of blood-red demonic energy blanketed the sky, and an even more oppressive atmosphere bloomed forth.

“Hah.”

I approached the edge of the fractured dimension and cast my gaze downward.

Goooooooooo!

The dimension opened by the lantern mirrored Montiro’s land perfectly.

Unlike the white battlefield on this side, red lava flowed across the pitch-black earth, and at its far end, an impossibly massive tower rose inverted into the sky.

“Is that the Black Tower?”

I gazed upon the inverted black tower and bit my lip. The tower itself spewed demonic energy as if it were a living creature, and around it, colossal demons spread their wings and unleashed bone-chilling shrieks.
The Tower itself was emanating magic like a living creature, and enormous magical beasts were spreading their wings around it, letting out horrific screams.

Whoooosh!

As Kael caught his breath upon witnessing the magic of the Black Tower, a deafening roar that seemed to make heaven and earth vibrate rang out, and the first floor of the Dark Tower opened.

Eeek!

A massive door large enough for giants to enter and exit opened, and an innumerable horde of demons poured out.

Cuckoo!

From beast-like demons to human-shaped demons to demons with the form of devils straight out of stories. His entire field of vision was filled with demons whose red eyes glinted.

Crackle crackle crackle!

As the demons stood before the Tower, the second level opened, and mine workers wielding dark red weapons walked out. They stood behind the demons as if blocking the path and glared at this side.

Kyaaaaaaah!

One of the doors in the upper levels of the Black Tower opened, and a dark knight riding a black dragon flew up. As the dragon he rode let out a roar, demons and demonic humans began charging toward us.

“Well, the numbers are quite a lot…”

Burren Zigheart furrowed his brow, as if he had given up counting the number of demons and demonic humans.

“Just subduing all of them would drain me completely.”

Martha shook her head while blowing air through her lips.

“Formidable….”

Lunan Slion exhaled sharply as he observed the demonic energy surrounding the demons and demonic humans.

“C-can we really hold them all back…?”

Dorian’s jaw trembled as he watched the demonic humans pouring in like a tidal wave.

“Ugh….”

Lencia swallowed hard as she beheld the demons and demonic humans surging forward like a black sea. She seemed startled to witness an even more dire situation after thinking everything was finally over.
I thought it was all over, but I was shocked to see an even more difficult situation.

“You don’t have to worry.”

Raon shook his head leisurely even as he watched the surging tide of demons and demonic humans pouring in.

“This fight isn’t just ours.”

As if those words had become an incantation, dozens of magical circles bloomed across the black sky above Montiro.

Whoooooosh!

With a blue light, the magic circle opened, and silver knights bearing the emblem of a lion walked out from within it.

“Unite!”

Standing at the center of the knights, the elite knights under the command of Griere de Owen, the Third Prince of Owen, simultaneously drew their swords and cut down the surging monsters.

“It’s been a long time.”

Greer came forward with his hand placed on his chest, offering a knight’s salute.

“I’ve become a swordsman beyond even the word ‘devoted.'”

Duke Tartan stepped out from the adjacent magic circle, his sword resting casually across his shoulder as he smirked.

Kuaaaaaaaa!

The demonic beasts and demons of the Black Tower seemed flustered by the momentum of Owen’s knights, wheeling sharply to the left as they surged forward.

But blue magic circles were already blooming before them.

“Burn them.”

As Jeina, the Princess of Valcar, emerged from the magic circle and arrogantly raised her chin, the mage battalion detonated dozens of spells they had prepared in advance.

Kuwaaaaaaang!

With a tremendous shockwave, all the demonic beasts surging forward crumbled to ash and scattered.

“….”

Jeina bowed her head carefully, as if exhausted from her efforts.

“….”

I gave a small nod, accepting her greeting. Having witnessed her transformation over the past month, it seemed fitting to treat her as a true princess now.

Kiaaaaaaaa!

The black dragon knight roared in fury, spreading his wings wide.
He descended like lightning toward me, his spear wreathed in black flames held at the ready.

Paaaaa!

As the dragon knight rushed toward me to detonate the demonic energy infused in his spear, a magic circle opened on the right side, unleashing a sword strike as cold and merciless as winter itself.

“Vermin.”

It was Karun. With his appearance, his descending blade severed the neck of both the black dragon and the knight riding upon it simultaneously.
The elite members of the Central Intelligence Agency who emerged alongside him drew their swords without hesitation, cutting down demons and demonic beings alike.

“Well done.”

Karun offered only the briefest of acknowledgments before crossing the dimension without hesitation.

“So this is the Black Tower.”

At the clear, melodious voice, I turned to see Chamber gazing at the Black Tower with an amused smirk.

“It’s messier than I expected.”

Chamber stood beside me, clicking her tongue in disapproval.

“A good cleaning would be nice, don’t you think?”
“Indeed.”

I nodded with a smile.

“Good.”

The moment Chamber clapped her hands together with a grin, the lower levels of the Black Tower and the demons and demonic beasts stationed around it were torn from space as if severed by scissors.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!

Over fifty demons were erased by magic without so much as an incantation.

“Refreshing!”

Chamber laughed with evident satisfaction, a lollipop now between her lips.

“Let’s go. We need to clean the entire tower today.”

She bit down on the lollipop without a trace of fear, her expression perfectly composed.

“All these people….”

Lencia’s jaw trembled as she gazed at the countless figures before her.

“I told you. It’s not that I’m strong—we’re strong.”

Raon grasped Lencia’s shoulder and offered her a reassuring smile.

“Today, that tower will vanish from this world.”

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