The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 921

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Chapter 921

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

I clenched my teeth as I observed the Black Tower Master, who had become darkness itself.

‘That was close.’

The moment the Black Tower Master shattered the ceiling and descended, an overwhelming surge of demonic energy pressed down upon my entire body.

Normally, I shouldn’t have been able to move a single finger, but Wrath’s fury steadied my mind and granted my body the strength to move.

‘Thanks to that, I was able to kill Garrett.’

The Black Tower Master had confidence in his own demonic energy, so he hadn’t gone all out during his assault.

Like an elephant carelessly stomping down on an ant, he merely swung his demonic energy-shrouded hand.

Garrett, too, had placed complete trust in the Black Tower Master, so he hadn’t defended actively—only retreated backward.

‘That was their fatal mistake.’

I seized that opening, knocked away the Black Tower Master’s hand, and severed Garrett’s neck. Had those two not been careless, the head that fell here would have belonged to someone else.

“Ahhh….”

The Black Tower Master trembled as he gazed not at me, but at Garrett, whose breath had already ceased. The sorrow emanating from him seemed to plunge the entire tower into deeper darkness.
He had raised him since childhood as his butler, so it seemed deep affection had accumulated between them.

‘Well, that makes sense….’

I tightened my grip on the Divine Sword as I fixed my gaze upon the Black Tower Master.

‘He came down here without even completing his magic.’

From what I could sense, the Black Tower Master hadn’t yet completed the magic he had prepared.
He had forcibly shattered the ceiling and descended to prevent Garrett’s death, but he had failed—the mental shock would be immense.

‘I should provoke him a bit more.’

No matter how steadfast the minds of transcendents were, they couldn’t endure the death of a loved one.
I hadn’t expected the Black Tower Master—that worst of demons—to grieve so deeply over the Butler’s death, but now this gap seemed like an opportunity I couldn’t afford to waste.

-You should be careful.

Wrath narrowed his eyes as he scrutinized the Black Tower Master.

-That bastard is twisted in many ways, but the power he wields is genuine.

He shook his head, saying that my evasion of the first attack had been mere luck.

‘I know. But I can’t let an opportunity like this slip away.’

I bit the tip of my tongue and stepped before the Black Tower Master.

“Do demons like you even have emotions?”

I twisted my expression as I watched his trembling hands.

“You trampled the fates of countless people, yet you grieve over the death of trash? It’s not even worth laughing at.”

I ground my teeth, remembering Lencia speaking of her younger siblings even as she lay dying.

“A worm like you has no right to grieve. Just die, revealing only your malice.”

There was no reason to pity the Black Tower Master simply because he understood sorrow. Whatever emotions he harbored, they were nothing but evil.

“I won’t kill you….”

The Black Tower Master slowly lifted his gaze. Above those crimson eyes looking down upon me, flames of hatred blazed.

“I will confine all those who know of you within the karmic flames of Hell, making them suffer a pain deeper than death itself.”

He uttered words like a curse and reached out his hand. His blackly undulating grip came crashing down toward his head.

“Your neck will fall first.”

I bit my lip as I watched the Black Tower Master’s hand descending slowly toward me.

‘I can’t evade this.’

It wasn’t that my body wouldn’t move. Rather, no matter where I shifted, I couldn’t shake the conviction that I’d fail to avoid that hand. The flow of demonic energy felt fundamentally different from the initial assault.

“Raon!”

Karun, regaining his senses, forced his trembling hand to move and brought his blade down in a desperate arc.

Whoooosh!

His frantic sword strike pierced through Black King Sigel’s defense and lashed against the Black Tower Master’s darkness.

Of course, the darkness enveloping the Black Tower Master didn’t waver, but that alone was enough to break through the haze.

Crash!

I held my breath and bent my knees, driving the Sacred Sword’s flames and the Demonic Sword’s frost down toward the Black Tower Master’s encroaching grip.

‘A clumsy escape will only get me caught. Full power here!’

If perfect evasion was impossible, then counterattack was the best defense. This wasn’t the moment to retreat—I had to break through with everything I had.

Roaaaaaaah!

I unfurled the Heavenly Palace Sword with the Sacred Sword and summoned the Heavenly Thunder Strike with the Demonic Sword. Lightning from the sky crackled above both blades, allowing me to twist the Black Tower Master’s darkness ever so slightly.

Boom!

I seized that infinitesimal gap and stepped using Ethereal Steps, moving to Karun’s side.

“…Thank you.”

I thanked Karun without turning to face him.

“I didn’t do anything. Just focus on what’s in front of us.”

Karun waved his hand, dismissing the unnecessary gratitude.

“No. If Junmujeonju hadn’t helped me, I would have been caught immediately.”

I wasn’t being modest. If Karun hadn’t drawn the Black Tower Master’s gaze, even for a moment, I would have been trapped in that darkness and suffocated.

“So the little rats have gathered well.”

The Black Tower Master flicked his fingertips, and pitch-black flames surged up, trapping both me and Karun. It was a cage made of black inferno.

Kyaaaang!

I brought my divine sword down upon the black flames, but the cage merely trembled faintly without cracking.

“Hmm….”

Karun also unleashed a transcendent sword strike, but the black flames refused to be severed.

-You cannot cut it that way.

Wrath raised his eyebrows slightly as he observed the black flames.

-This is not merely a manifestation of demonic energy—it is sorcery.

He shook his head, telling me to observe it properly and erase it.

“I will not kill you.”

The Black Tower Master raised his fingertips, and the cage of black flames began to contract rapidly.

Ssshhhhick!

My black dragon robe ignited, and scorching heat seeped through my uniform. It felt as though I had summoned the very flames of hell itself.

“I will make you watch your families die in that place.”

The Black Tower Master revealed a tremendous malice, as if he would bring all of my acquaintances here and slaughter them.

‘Observe it properly and erase it?’

Wrath does not speak nonsense. The fact that he told me to observe it properly and erase it meant there was a way to overcome this situation.

Whoooooosh.

I awakened Wrath’s demonic eye.

‘I can see it.’

The flow of demonic energy forming black flames became visible. I could see exactly where and how to cut through it.

‘But I can’t seal it like this.’

I focused on the frost blooming from the demonic sword. Wrath was a force that overwhelmed demonic energy. No matter how much power was gathered, it could never overcome Wrath.

Whoooosh!

I poured all the Wrath I had accumulated into the frost-laden demonic blade and brought it down upon my enemy.

Shhhhiiiiing!

The silver-gleaming blade tore through the pitch-black flames and split the cage of darkness that had imprisoned both Karun and me in half.

“What….”

The Black Tower Master’s eyes widened as if he couldn’t have imagined the cage of black flames would ever shatter.

“Now!”

I gestured to Karun and kicked off the ground.

“Mm!”

Karun sensed my signal before I even gave it and escaped the cage of black flames as it tried to reform.

“Hah….”

I gazed at the demonic sword burning with white-hot intensity and smacked my lips.

‘It’s fortunate this is the Black Tower.’

The Dark Tower Master’s magical energy not only empowered the demons—it transmitted formidable strength to me as well.
Had I been trapped in that cage elsewhere, I would never have been able to break free.

“What did you just do?”

Karun narrowed his eyes, unable to comprehend what had transpired.

“Fortune favored us. But right now… ugh!”

Just as I was about to urge Karun to focus on evasion, a tiny ember embedded in my black dragon robe suddenly ignited violently, engulfing my entire body in flames.

“Ugh!”

Karun too felt an ember clinging to his uniform flare up, wrapping around his entire form.

“Did you think you had escaped?”

The Black Tower Master let out a contemptuous laugh and shook his head. As his gaze sharpened, the black flames engulfing me burned with intensifying ferocity.

“Tch…”

I bit my lip as I stared at the black flames obscuring my vision. To construct a prison confining a transcendent being from nothing but a fingernail-sized ember—this was no ordinary magic.

‘This is dangerous.’

Unlike the previous cage, there was no space to swing my blade. The heat had intensified tenfold, making even breathing a struggle.

“You cannot escape that place even in death.”

The Black Tower Master clenched his fist, declaring he would make us experience the hell of the mortal realm.

WHOOOOSH!

The moment the black flame prison, now thick as chains, seared my skin and Karun’s, a brilliant blue light erupted from the inner pocket of my robe.

CRASH!

The candy I had stored in the pocket shattered, and the space where the descending black flames had been tore open.

Crackle, crackle, crackle!

A girl emerged from the torn space, wearing an oversized witch’s hat. It was Chamber, the Grand Mage of Yeongwha who had been waiting outside the Tower.

“Playing with children suits the old fool well.”

Chamber laughed and snapped her fingers. The black flames that had been imprisoning me and Karun crumbled into black paper and fell away. It was an ability more akin to illusion than magic.

“Your real opponent is right here.”

She tilted her chin, suggesting we settle this properly.

A resonant hum filled the air!

As Chamber gripped her staff, an elegant teal radiance enveloped her. That magnificent brilliance pierced through the Tower’s darkness and conjured a blue sun in this world saturated with demonic energy.

“Wretched woman…”

The Black Tower Master gnashed his teeth, his gaze piercing not just Chamber but Raon behind her.

“Bring him to me before I tear that small body of yours to shreds.”

He extended a hand wrought from demonic energy, demanding Raon be surrendered.

A tremendous explosion erupted!

Though the Black Tower Master’s demonic energy had grown far more potent than before, it could not pierce Chamber’s light and scattered instead.

“You’ve failed. Our enmity ends here.”

Chamber’s lips curled upward as she declared she would erase the Black Tower today.

“Yes. It will be the end.”

The Black Tower Master nodded with a sinister smile.

“Your end!”

As he clasped his hands together and twisted them, the demonic energy scattered throughout this Tower—no, this entire world—began to writhe.

“This much demonic energy is more than enough to kill you wretches!”

Darkness swirled at the Black Tower Master’s fingertips, tearing open the black sky.

“Silent Spirit Realm.”

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“Haah….”

Burren Zigheart wiped his bloodied forehead and exhaled a weary sigh.

“That was too close.”

He shook his head as he gazed upon the demon corpse, its heart torn asunder.

Thanks to Gwangpung Hall’s combined efforts, we managed to capture the upper-tier layer master, but the consumption of aura and stamina had been immense. It was a truly grueling battle, befitting a Magic Tower layer master.

“Absolutely.”

Martha nodded, her back pressed against the wall.

“That bastard was ridiculously strong.”

She furrowed her brow, staring at the hand gripping her sword.

“I’m exhausted….”

Lunan Slion bent forward, breathing heavily.

“But we have to keep going….”

She pressed her lips together firmly, her gaze lifting toward the ceiling.

“We have no choice.”

Mark Goeten shook the blood from his blade and nodded.

“Subordinates should handle what subordinates are meant to handle.”

In battles between masters, the smallest differences determined victory and defeat. I needed to ascend and support Raon so he wouldn’t waste his strength elsewhere.

“L-let’s go….”

Dorian trembled at the formidable magical energy blooming from above, yet urged them forward.

“You look scared. Are you sure you’re okay?”

Crain let out a hollow laugh as he looked at Dorian.

“I’m not okay. But we have to go.”

Dorian gagged, saying that despite his fear, going was the right choice.

“Then let’s move. I’ll take the lead, so follow me while steadying your breathing.”

Trevin nodded and turned his body toward the doorway leading to the next layer.

“Wait, just a moment!”

Yua blocked Trevin’s path and shook her head.

“Something’s wrong.”
“Wrong? What do you mean?”
“The Tower is crying out.”

Her lips trembled as she spoke of the entire Tower groaning.

“What are you talking about?”

Martha approached Yua and gripped her shoulder.

“The walls, the earth—everything trembles with fear….”

As Yua’s tears began to fall, the ground shook violently, and the ceiling started to collapse.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!

The Dark Tower’s outer wall, which had remained intact even against my blade, shattered like paper as a massive vortex of demonic energy swirled into view.

Screeeeeech!

The colossal demonic beasts that had been hovering above the Black Tower began retreating in fear at the current situation.

“We need to get out of here! The tower is going to collapse!”

Yua sensed the tower’s transformation not through power, but through sound, and urgently cried out that we needed to leave.

“….”

The Gwangpung Hall swordsmen exchanged glances and nodded. After all the years that had accumulated, they all trusted the child’s words.

“Everyone out of the tower!”

Following Burren’s shout, the Gwangpung Hall swordsmen threw themselves through the shattered wall.

Whoooosh!

Looking upward from the open air where fierce winds blew, I felt a massive darkness consuming this entire world. The demonic energy was so vast that it appeared small by comparison.
The demonic energy was so enormous that it appeared diminished.

“What is that….”

Martha’s jaw trembled as she witnessed the demonic energy that blackened everything.

“Th-the Black Tower Master was preparing this?”

She drew a sharp breath, astonished by magic on an entirely different scale.

Crash, crash, crash, crash!

The swirling demonic energy completely pulverized the tower where they had been moments before, unleashing an even more powerful wave.

“If we’d still been in there, it would have been catastrophic.”

Crain gasped sharply. Had he ignored Yua’s warning and remained in that place, he would have perished without leaving a trace.

“B-but what do we do now? If we fall like this, we’ll die or suffer severe injuries….”

Dorian swallowed hard as he gazed upon the Battlefield carpeted with the corpses of demons.

“I’ll handle that.”

When I turned my gaze toward the voice—bright and incongruous with the moment—I saw Chamber with a lollipop between her lips.

“C-Chamber!”

As Chamber smiled and nodded, the Gwangpung Hall inspectors’ bodies, which had plummeted like arrows, descended to the ground with agonizing slowness.

“Haaa….”

Burren Zigheart exhaled a long breath and dropped to his knees on the ground.

“I-is it over?”

He looked up at Chamber as if asking whether everything was finished.

“No.”

That answer came not from Chamber, but from me.

“This is just the beginning.”
“The beginning…?”

Crain blinked, as if questioning what I meant.

“It can only be the beginning.”

I gazed at the black sky that had swallowed the Dark Tower and swept back my blood-soaked hair.

“Because the gate to the Demon Realm has opened.”

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