The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 918

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Chapter 918

“Hm?”

I tilted my head the moment I ascended to the next layer.

‘A village?’

Spread before my eyes was a massive Coastal City emanating the scent of the sea.
Crowds of people gathered along the Beach, and the city itself radiated a refreshing vitality.

But there was a problem. Time seemed frozen in the city—the people stood rigid like statues, the waves crashing onto the Beach remained motionless, and even the clouds in the sky refused to drift.

‘What kind of trick is this time… wait?’

As I walked through the city, my eyes widened. Glancing around, I began to notice buildings and people that were strangely familiar.

‘This is Montiro!’

I’d sensed something familiar from the start, and my instinct had been correct.
The city before me was Montiro, where I had lived for nearly two months.

“M-Montiro?”
“What the hell! Why is Montiro here!”
“Ah…”

Burren, Martha, and Lunan also gaped in astonishment at the sudden appearance of Montiro.

“It’s definitely Montiro. I lived in that Dormitory over there.”

Trevin pointed to an inn on the right side and exhaled sharply.

“It’s not the actual Montiro, but it seems they’ve copied Montiro’s exterior perfectly.”

Jeina, who had seen Montiro on a map, nodded, confirming it matched exactly.

“But why is time frozen…”

Mark Goeten reached out toward the Seagull perched on an empty chair. As if time itself had shifted, his fingers passed right through the creature without making contact.

“This is infuriating! Why do these filthy riddles keep appearing?”

Martha ground her teeth in displeasure.

“It’s a blatant attempt to buy time.”

Burren chewed his lip in frustration.

“W-what kind of magic could they possibly be preparing?”

Dorian swallowed hard, his gaze lifting upward.

“Let’s head inside for now.”

I exhaled briefly and entered the inner chamber of Montiro. As I walked through the frozen city, surveying my surroundings, I soon found myself near the Fountain Square.
Walking through the still City and looking around, I found myself arriving near the Fountain before I knew it.

“Wait.”

I stopped the prosecutors walking toward Fountain Square and looked at the Ice Cream Shop on the right.

“Did you find something?”
“Did you find anything?”

Burren and Martha immediately turned their gaze away, as if urging each other to speak quickly.

“That person…”

Raon raised his finger and pointed at the man inside the Pearl Ice Cream Shop.

“You’ve seen him?”
“Yes. And it was today.”
“Yeah. That too, today.”

I was able to tell because I kept watching over Lencia while continuously surveying my surroundings.
That man was someone who was buying ice cream when the “Lantern Awakening the Darkness” operation was halfway through.

“Then could it be….”

I rushed out of the Ice Cream Shop toward the Fountain Square. As expected, Lencia stood frozen and motionless in front of the fountain.

“Lencia….”

Seeing her eyes shut tight as if enduring pain, it truly seemed we had arrived at the moment right after executing the operation.

“That family next to the fountain—they’re the same people we saw earlier!”

Martha’s jaw trembled as she pointed out that the people we’d encountered today were over there.

“The little one I saved….”

Lunan Slion nodded, confirming he’d protected the small child playing by the fountain.

“It seems….”

I narrowed my eyes, gazing up at the frozen sky.

“This is the moment right before the Demons attack, after we executed the ‘Lamp That Awakens Darkness’ operation.”

This frozen world appeared to be the exact moment when the Demons, having detected the disturbance in the barrier, were moving toward where the Five Emperors’ artifact had been planted.

Yet while everyone here remained frozen in place, we ourselves did not exist in this moment.

“Wait here for a moment.”

I exhaled a turbid breath and kicked off the ground, moving toward the upper left—the nearest direction—to reach the Five Heroes Statue that Dorian and Crain had been guarding.

Dorian and Crain were nowhere to be seen, but I could sense the artifact beneath the statue and the presence of the Demon Sorcerer Foreson approaching.

Whoooosh!

I slashed at Foreson’s neck with the Heavenly Sword, but he didn’t die. The blade simply passed through him as if he existed in another dimension.

-Since it’s difficult to stop him physically, it seems he’s trying to drag this out this way.

Wrath shook his head, noting that time would likely stretch on considerably.

‘It might not be.’

I smacked my lips and moved to the upper right section.

‘Morel Kazan is here.’

Unlike Dorian and Crain, Morel Kazan and his subordinates, who had departed with Karun, were present in this place.

‘That settles it.’

I gazed at the motionless Morel Kazan with quiet eyes.

-You’ve solved the riddle already?
‘Yes.’

I nodded and returned to the front of the Fountain Square.

“Have you discovered something, sir?”

Burren approached and bowed his head.

“Just as I said at first….”

I reached toward the frozen water of the fountain and smacked my lips.

“This place is a snapshot from about thirty minutes after we activated the Lamp that Awakens Darkness. It’s the moment when the Demons were moving to destroy the artifact.”
“Ah, then….”

Jeina’s eyes widened in realization.

“That’s right. We just need to recreate that situation.”

I nodded while sending Lunan Slion and Martha to the front of the fountain.

“Everyone else, return to your original positions.”

I gestured, instructing them to move to the locations they had occupied during the operation.

“But Morel Kazan isn’t here.”

Trevin shook his head, asking what to do about Morel.

“He’s already here. We just need to take our positions.”

It was an answer I could offer because I’d confirmed Morel Kazan was present in this place. Once the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen returned to their original positions, this world would move as well.

“Run at full speed.”

I shouted for the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen to move as quickly as possible, waving my hand at them.

“Um, what should we do…?”

Jeina and the mages rolled their eyes, uncertain of what they should do.

“Since you were at Headquarters at the time, please wait here.”

I told them to stay back and then took a seat next to Lencia.

Zzzzzzzt!

After a few minutes, a black crack tore through the empty space, and the frozen world began to flow again.
It seemed the riddle of this floor had been solved once all the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen had taken their positions.

-So that really was the answer.

Wrath clapped his hands in amazement.

“There we go….”

Lunan Slion clenched his fist tightly.

“Our lord’s head really does work well, I tell you!”

Martha raised her finger in approval of the good work.

-Indeed. Regardless of anything else, his wit is unparalleled in this dimension.

Wrath nodded in agreement.

“It’s not over yet.”

I looked around, narrowing my eyes. The riddle was solved, but I hadn’t killed the layer master yet. I would need to eliminate him to ascend further.

‘Where is he?’

Just as I was about to extend my perception to search for the layer master, an exit suddenly rose from beneath the Fountain Square, leading to the upper level.

“An exit?”
“We don’t need to capture the layer master?”

Lunan Slion and Martha approached with curiosity, but both were repelled before reaching the Fountain Square. It was as if they existed in a different dimension, like when time had stopped.

“What is this?”

I reached out to Lunan Slion and Martha, but I couldn’t grasp them. Meanwhile, Jeina beside me could be touched without any interference.

“What’s happening…”

As I furrowed my brow, the dead Kallop and Felix burst forth from below and charged at Lunan Slion and Martha.

“Why are the dead ones coming out!”
“They’re the same…”

Martha and Lunan Slion furrowed their brows while blocking the attacks of Kallop and Felix. They seemed to possess the same strength as when they fought below.

-Not just here.

Wrath turned his gaze to the right and left, shaking his head.

-Those who went elsewhere are being attacked by the same ones as well.

He lowered his chin, saying that the minions were attacking just like when they were executing the strategy.

‘I need to find the layer master…’

I extended my perception, but I couldn’t sense the layer master’s presence. It seemed he was hiding somewhere unseen.

“Go!”

As I extended my senses more broadly to search for the layer master, Lunan raised her voice.

“We’ll handle this.”

She nodded, telling me to go up first and leave this to them.

“You actually said something smart for once today!”

Martha laughed sharply as she pushed Felix’s spear aside.

“We don’t have time to wait! Go on ahead! We’ll root out the mole hiding here and take care of it!”

She too raised her finger, urging me to ascend to the next layer like Lunan.

“….”

Unlike fighting on the outside, we were now deep within the Dark Tower itself.
Uncertainty about what the layer master might do here made my feet reluctant to move.

“Master, please go!”
“This is exactly why you put us through that grueling training!”
“Please trust us!”

The Gwangpung Hall swordsmen, sensing my hesitation, struck their chests and urged me to have faith in them.

Kuwaaaaaa!

The others shared the same resolve, and magnificent sword auras erupted skyward from the direction where the artifact lay.

“Very well, then….”

I gazed at the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen with eyes full of trust.

“Don’t be late in following.”

After leaving those words—a command to catch up no matter what—I ascended to the next layer.

“Are you really leaving?”

Jeina followed behind me, swallowing dryly.

“If you were a layer master of the upper floors with strengthened demonic energy, you could kill all of them!”

She kept glancing back nervously, as if anxious about being scattered.

“That’s exactly what the enemy wants. For me to stay behind and waste time.”

Binding even a transcendent like myself would consume far too much demonic energy, so the layer master here had clearly given me a choice—opening a path for me to escape. It was obvious.

“I understand that, but the people left behind….”
“They’ll prove you wrong, just as they’ll prove him wrong. The conviction and will of the swordsmen I’ve trained.”

I climbed the staircase with unhesitating steps, not looking back.

“They will never betray my trust. And neither will I.”

Raon ascended the staircase with resolute steps, for the sake of his subordinates who believed in him.

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Chamber narrowed her eyes, gazing at the Dark Tower gleaming with a dark sheen.

‘I wonder if he’s doing well.’

Both Raon and Karun had transcended the threshold of transcendence. Even within the tower where demonic energy was oppressive, they should reach the top layer without difficulty.

‘Though it will take some time, of course.’

The Dark Tower employed far more vile schemes than mere brute force. Even transcendents would inevitably consume considerable time.

‘Karun aside, I never expected Raon to grow this much.’

I first saw Raon at the Six Emperors Council. At first, I thought he was just a pretty-faced brat, but before I knew it, he had ascended to transcendence and now stood at the vanguard of the Black Tower annihilation operation. Honestly, I still couldn’t believe it.

‘What’s even more impressive….’

Not now, but the future.

I was growing even in this very moment. Even I, who stood above the transcendent, couldn’t fathom how far I would eventually become.

‘If I survive this, I might actually be able to face Heekyuk Je or the Machang Society Master.’

Chamber smiled faintly, envisioning me after the war.

‘But surviving is….’

As she contemplated the future, the Black Tower Master came to mind, and her chest suddenly tightened with unease.

‘I can’t fathom what he’s thinking.’

Despite her suppression, the demonic energy of this dimension was being sucked into the Dark Tower’s top layer like river water pouring through a broken dam. The more the demonic energy concentrated, the more her chest felt suffocated.

“Sigh….”

Chamber bit her lip as she severed vast quantities of demonic energy into another dimension.

“Please. Reach him as quickly as possible.”

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After parting ways with the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen, I pierced through five more layers.

I clashed with winged upper-layer masters in a sky with nothing to stand on, and waged a silent war against assassins in darkness where I couldn’t see an inch ahead.

Even as a transcendent, fighting in the enemy’s domain should have been a difficult struggle, but thanks to my enhanced aura, I was able to cut down the upper-layer masters without much difficulty and ascend swiftly.

“I knew transcendents were strong, but this overwhelming….”

Jeina shook her head in astonishment at her own overwhelming power as she cut down upper-layer masters in succession.

“It’s not just about strength.”

I lowered my hand with composure. As I ascended each layer, my own energy amplified in turn. Having grown stronger than the demonic beings themselves, I could cut through them without wasting time and continue climbing.

‘In truth, what I’ve learned so far matters far more than slaying these demonic beings.’

To advance to the next layer, I had to either kill the layer’s master or obtain their permission.
Even in layers that appeared devoid of life, the master lurked somewhere, watching me—I had to hunt them down.

The circumstances remained unfavorable in many respects, yet through the amplified strength granted by the demonic energy and the intelligence I’d gradually accumulated, I’d managed to ascend without major obstacles thus far.

‘It should be ending soon….’

By my calculations, only a few layers remained before the top. Eager to reach the end, I climbed the final staircase, only to encounter a narrow space resembling a Sparring Arena—unlike anything I’d seen before.

‘What is this place?’

To the left of the entrance I’d climbed through stood another doorway, and on the opposite wall, an exit leading upward was visible—though sealed shut, utterly immovable.

‘The layer master….’

As expected, I sensed nothing.

This layer’s master, too, concealed themselves through the Dark Tower’s nature—no presence emanated from anywhere.
Based on my experience thus far, the master would likely reveal themselves at the moment they could kill me.

“Hmm.”

I furrowed my brow and brought the Heavenly Sword down toward the exit.

CLAAAAAANG!

I drew upon the demonic energy’s amplified strength with full force, yet the door bore not even a scratch.

I tested the wall as well, but it proved the same. Unlike the Maze, it was forged from condensed demonic energy—impossible to break.

“Then what am I supposed to do….”

As I stood with arms crossed, my brow furrowed, footsteps echoed from beside the entrance I’d climbed through.

‘Could it be….’

At the sound of familiar footsteps, I turned my gaze toward the left entrance, where Karun emerged. With the bearing of a transcendent, he nodded to me without a single wrinkle in his attire.

“Master of Gwangpung Hall?”

Karun’s eyebrows rose in surprise at finding me here.

“Only someone like the Demon would do this….”

I exhaled a deep sigh while gazing at the sealed exit and the space resembling a Sparring Arena.

“What a vile personality.”

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