The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 926

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Chapter 926

Crack!

The barrier of darkness that the Black Tower Master had created shattered, and his shoulder was torn away along with the Demon Lord’s power.

“Arghhhh!”

The Black Tower Master couldn’t bear the pain of his flesh being severed and bent at the waist. Bright red blood poured from his shoulder.

“Final technique.”

Yet even seeing this, Chamber did not stop her magical incantation.

“P-please stop….”

I extended my fingers forward, watching the Black Tower Master beg me to cease.

“Void Fracture.”
“Damn witch!”

The Black Tower Master gathered his demonic energy and unfolded a demonic spell formation, but with his arm torn away, he couldn’t draw a perfect incantation.

Boom!

The spatial wave that Chamber unleashed tore through the demonic spell formation and shattered the Black Tower Master’s skull. His body, now headless, crumbled like a sandcastle.

“Haa….”

Even as the Black Tower Master fell, Chamber did not lower her hand, nor did she release her magical incantation.

‘I need to do this one more time….’

Most mages create rings in their hearts to accumulate mana. The Black Tower Master would be no exception, so I had to make sure to destroy his heart completely.

“Cough….”

I attempted to cast another spell, but black, coagulated blood sprayed from my lips.

‘I’m going to die.’

I still possessed mana to use Sphere Fracture, but my mind and body felt as though they were shattering. A pain so intense it threatened to split my skull blazed through my head, and my vision blurred.

Yet I could not stop here. Even if I perished in this place, I had to ensure the Black Tower Master’s life was extinguished completely.

“Final Technique.”

Chamber raised trembling fingers, aiming them at the Black Tower Master’s crumbling heart.

“Sphere Fracture.”

The moment I forced myself to maintain concentration and completed the incantation, the Black Tower Master’s chest—protected by the Demon Lord—erupted outward, and crimson blood fountained forth like a geyser.

A hollow, fading groan echoed.

The Black Tower Master truly ceased moving, and the demonic energy he possessed began to dissolve.

“Hah… hah…”

Only after obliterating both the Black Tower Master’s head and heart did Chamber lower my trembling hands.

‘Is it finally over?’

I had thought I might die before the Black Tower Master did, but fortunately, I had managed to end it first.

‘I was fortunate… or rather, it was thanks to those ones.’

In truth, I had not known I could fight to this extent. It seemed I was able to endure until the very end thanks to the indomitable spirit Raon and the others had displayed throughout this operation.

Had I not witnessed everyone’s battles first, it would not have been the Black Tower Master buried in this place—it would have been me.

“Now I’m finally feeling the pain…”

Chamber bit my lip, enduring the agony. Despite the wounds where skin had been torn away and bone was visible, the pain inside my head and in my heart burned far more intensely. It was a testament to how close I had come to death.

‘Now I need to return and close the Gate to Demon Realm, then deal with the remaining stragglers.’

I wanted nothing more than to collapse right here and rest, but I was worried about the children still trapped in the Black Tower Dimension.

‘Even with Raon and Karun there, the damage will be catastrophic.’

The Silent Spirit World was a dark incantation that resurrected Demons and demonic beasts. Until the Gate to Demon Realm closed, that state would persist—so I had to return as quickly as possible, seal the gate, and save as many as I could.

“Just one breath…”

Chamber straightened her back and closed her eyes. As she recovered her body and mind through mana breathing, a sudden chill crept down her spine.

‘Wait.’

She opened her eyes again and stared at the Black Tower Master’s corpse, drenched in blood.

‘The movement of demonic energy is strange.’

When a Demon died, the demonic energy they possessed would dissolve into natural mana extremely slowly, like garbage that wouldn’t burn. But the Black Tower Master’s demonic energy was vanishing at an unnaturally rapid pace.
However, the Black Tower Master’s demonic energy was disappearing at an abnormally rapid pace.

“Really?”

Chamber raised flames over the Black Tower Master’s corpse.

Ahhhhh!

Even if the Black Tower Master had died, the Demon Lord should have fulfilled his role, but he burned and melted far too easily in the flames. It meant that the creature’s corpse wasn’t real.

“Damn it!”

Chamber gritted her teeth and turned her body. She crossed the space without even wiping the blood trickling from her mouth.

Boom!

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I bit my lip as I stared at the Gate to Demon Realm, my jaw clenching with tension.

‘This is my only chance.’

The Gate to Demon Realm continued to expand with each passing moment. Given my current condition, if I missed this opportunity, I would never be able to close that gate again.

-Look at the gate directly.

Wrath climbed onto my shoulder and nodded his chin forward.

-You must unleash all your rage at once to sever that dimension.

He raised his plump hand and pointed directly to where I needed to strike.

-Think of it as crushing and bursting the Gate to Demon Realm itself with the True Demon King’s wrath. Brutally!

Wrath clenched his fists, emphasizing that I could only close the Gate to Demon Realm by detonating all my power at once.

“Haah.”

I slowly steadied my breathing and resonated the rings of fire. I opened all three energy centers and entered the realm of transcendence.

Whoooosh!

As I wielded both Manhwagong and Glacia simultaneously, frost and flames ignited above the Heavenly Sword. I harmonized the two conflicting energies with the winds of Garunua and raised the Heavenly Sword above my head.
Harmonizing the two energies of completely different natures with Garunua’s wind, he raised the Heavenly Sword above his head.

‘I know.’
“I know.”

Ignoring the Demon and magical beasts whose black eyes gleamed as if targeting him, he focused his gaze solely on the Gate to the Demon Realm.

Now is the time! Strike down with fury!

While listening to Wrath’s words, I opened the vessel of my soul. The fury of the Demon Lords, which had grown by receiving the demonic energy of the Demon Realm, surged up with violent waves as if it would swallow my soul whole.

Goooooal!

Even as exhaustion weighed on him, he tried to channel his anger as well, and his mind felt as though it were freezing over in white. Enduring through the ring of fire, he poured the anger that pressed down on both body and spirit into the Heavenly Sword.

Zzzzzzzzzzzt!

The space around the Heavenly Sword twisted and split lengthwise. The sheer concentration of such overwhelming power naturally tore open a dimensional rift.

‘Hold on.’

Cold sweat dripped down my face just from gripping the Heavenly Sword. After prolonged combat and using the Sword Realm Incarnation twice, both my body and mind were battered beyond recognition.
After a prolonged battle and having used Sword Realm Incarnation twice, both his body and mind were in tatters.

“Hold on. Lencia must be watching…”

Even as the desire to give up welled up inside me, I endured by recalling Lencia’s face as she begged me to look after her younger siblings even while dying.

Kiaaaaaah!
Kyaaaaa!

Sensing that someone was trying to close the Gate to Demon Realm, the demonic beasts and Demons around him began rushing toward him.

“I have to ignore it.”

If I scatter the young energy in the Heavenly Sword now, I won’t be able to close that gate. Thinking I could endure it with my body, I took another step closer to the Gate to Demon Realm.

But the excited demonic beasts and demons never laid a hand on him.

PAAAAAANG!

Saint Olga and Karun, who remained on the ground, unleashed holy power and sword strikes to block off the monsters approaching their surroundings.

“Hurry up!” or “Let’s go!”

Olga spat out the tobacco she had been holding in her mouth, urging Dun to quickly close the Gate to Demon Realm. Seeing black blood smeared on the end of the tobacco, it seemed she was pushing herself too hard as well.

“Don’t stop.”

Karun protected himself while blocking the resurrected Dark King and the higher-ranking Demons. Despite having more than one or two serious-looking wounds, his complexion remained calm.

Thank you.

Raon bowed his head to the two people, then tightened his grip on the Heavenly Sword. Thinking not of the Gate to the Demon Realm, but of cutting through the black sky itself, he brought the Heavenly Sword down.

Heavenly Sword Absolute Technique.
Celestial Flame Underworld.

Heaven’s wrath descended upon the quietly falling blade. A terrifying wave erupted as if to erase everything before my eyes, obliterating all the demons that existed in the surrounding area.

Kuuuaaaaaaa!

A wrathful slash connecting flame and frost tore through the thick wall of demonic energy and plummeted toward the Gate to Demon Realm.

Crash-crack-crack!

The Gate to Demon Realm, which had been endlessly expanding its range, stopped for the first time. The gate, which had gaped open like a demon’s maw, began to slowly fracture under the weight of the wrathful slash.

‘Just a bit more!’

The repulsive force emanating from the Gate to Demon Realm exceeded my imagination.

It felt like sawing through a massive Zelkova Tree with a razor-thin blade. I endured the agony of my palms tearing and my arms threatening to be ripped from their sockets, continuing to drive the sword downward.

Screeeech!

The Gate to Demon Realm thrashed like a living creature, condensing demonic energy in desperation, but it had no choice but to yield its throat to the greater wrath bearing down upon it. The colossal gate spanning the heavens split lengthwise.
The massive gate that had covered the sky split open with a long crack.

“Now’s the time!”

My head was spinning so badly I wanted to collapse right then and there, and my wrist felt like it was about to break, but I could sense that this was the moment to cut through the door. Gritting my teeth, I brought the Heavenly Sword down.

Crackle crackle crackle!

The Gate to Demon Realm desperately spewed out demonic energy in a bid to survive by any means, but it could not reverse the already tilted momentum. As the gate gradually closed, the sizes of the demonic creatures emerging from the Demon Realm also grew smaller.

“Kyaaaaaaaa!”
“Raon Zigheart!”
“Raon Zigheart!”

The Demon Lord and the Demons, seemingly unable to even imagine the Gate to the Demon Realm closing, shrieked and lunged at Raon.

“Protect Raon!”
“Don’t let anything reach Raon!”
“Block them with your lives!”

The Allied Forces, equally determined to shield Raon, coughed blood as they surged forward to intercept the Demons.

Crunch, crunch, crunch!

Below, a battle equally fierce and brutal raged on, matching the intensity of Raon’s clash with the Gate to Demon Realm.

-Almost there!

Wrath struck Raon’s shoulder, urging him to push through to the end.

“Raaaaaaagh!”

It was at that moment when Raon unleashed a roar like a beast, driving his blade toward the nearly severed Gate to Demon Realm.

Whoooosh!

A pitch-black figure draped in a dark cloak burst forth from beside the Gate to Demon Realm. It was the Black Tower Master, whom Chamber had been dragging along.

[You dare obstruct me to the very end!]

The Black Tower Master had no head, his chest hollowed out, yet he remained alive and reached toward me with his hand.

Boom!

Tremendous demonic energy erupted from his fingertips, hurtling toward me as if to end my life.

‘I could block it. But the moment I do, the power to close the Gate to Demon Realm will vanish.’

Right now, I was pouring every ounce of strength into destroying the Gate to Demon Realm. If my aura wavered even slightly, the blade would shatter before I could cut through all the demonic energy.

‘I have to trust.’

This wasn’t a battle I could win alone.

Trusting Chamber, who had inflicted such grievous wounds upon the Black Tower Master, I focused entirely on severing the Gate to Demon Realm.

Whoooooosh!

As I pushed through the Black Tower Master’s demonic energy and completed my sword strike, a mature woman in a short robe appeared from the right, accompanied by a flash of blue light.

Crash!

The woman with crimson hair cascading to her waist flashed her golden eyes and instantly erased the Black Tower Master’s demonic energy.

“Raaaagh!”

I roared to prevent the Black Tower Master from interfering again, driving the Heavenly Sword down to its fullest extent.

Clang!

As the tip of the Heavenly Sword descended toward the earth, crimson and azure flashes of light stretched across the demonic-energy-filled black sky.

“Hah… hah…”

I lowered my hand gripping the Heavenly Sword and struggled to lift my gaze.

‘The… gate…’

The Gate to Demon Realm, which had been massive enough to blot out the sky, was split in half and frozen in silver frost.

Yet a small space, barely large enough for a single human to pass through, remained alive and breathing, untouched by the destruction.

‘…Did I fail?’

Despite pouring out all my aura and rage, I couldn’t destroy the Gate to Demon Realm. The pain transmitted through my mind intensified unbearably. I wanted to give up everything and lose consciousness.

-Look properly.

Wrath shook his head calmly.

‘Look properly?’

I turned my gaze to follow Wrath’s direction.

Crackle!

Silver frost descended with agonizing slowness, freezing the remaining Gate to Demon Realm. The Demons outside the gate, bewildered by the wrath embedded in Wrath’s frost, could only watch with their hands lowered.

If we merely defend like this, the gate will eventually seal itself.

Wrath nodded, acknowledging it was merely a matter of time.

Of course, we still need to stop that one.

His gaze turned toward the Black Tower Master standing guard over the gate.

But my eyes landed first not on the Black Tower Master, but on Chamber standing before him.

“Chamber.”

Chamber had returned not as a child, but as a mature woman. She had grown taller, and her short crimson hair now cascaded to her waist—a peerless beauty whose magical power seemed to have intensified even further.

“Are you alright?”

Concern flooded through me before admiration, sensing she had pushed herself far too hard.

“I’m fine.”

Chamber shook her head with a reassuring smile, though the trembling at the corners of her lips betrayed her true exhaustion.

“If you still have strength to speak, let’s focus on killing that thing.”

Chamber pointed with her finger at the Black Tower Master gripping the Gate to Demon Realm.

The Black Tower Master…

Despite losing his head and having a hole pierced through his left chest, the Black Tower Master remained standing, guarding the nearly sealed Gate to Demon Realm. Two critical human vital points destroyed, yet still alive—he had become a reaper that even death could not claim.
Despite having two of humanity’s vital points shattered, he was still alive—it seemed as though he had become a grim reaper who even evaded death itself.

“Does the Silent Spirit World’s effect apply to that guy too?”

No, it didn’t work perfectly.

Perhaps it was because the Gate to Demon Realm was closing. The Black Tower Master’s wounds were not regenerating and remained in that state.

“The gate is closing, which gives us the advantage. Let’s end this quickly.”

I pointed the Heavenly Sword at the Black Tower Master and nodded.

“Yes. Let’s finish this tedious battle.”

Chamber brushed away the dried black blood clinging to her lips and brought her hands together.

“This time, I’ll erase you completely.”

She concentrated her fluctuating mana while keeping her fingers joined.

“Final Technique: Sphere’s Fracture.”

As Chamber chanted, the space before her was torn open in a long, jagged line.

Whoooooosh!

Just as the space-rending magic was about to erase both the Gate to Demon Realm and the Black Tower Master himself, holy light poured down upon his head.

Blazeeeee!

The golden light infused with sanctity twisted Chamber’s magic and saved the Black Tower Master’s life.

Whoosh.

An angel wearing a golden crown descended through the distorted space, accompanied by pristine white feathers. It appeared she had blocked Chamber’s final technique.

“You’ve suffered quite a lot of injuries.”

As the angel gently lowered her hand, the Black Tower Master’s head regenerated, and the wounds that had pierced his chest sealed shut in an instant.

‘What is this?’

An angel was the last being that should ever be associated with the Black Tower Master, so I couldn’t understand why she would save and heal him.

‘Wait… could that angel be…?’

Karun had said he encountered a woman with an odd atmosphere inside the angel’s gate. He said she came back to life immediately after he killed her—this must be that angel.

-Celestial? I sense the aura of a high-ranking angel among the Celestials. However….

Wrath narrowed his eyes as he observed the angel.

-Strangely, the temperament differs somewhat from the angels I know.

He furrowed his brow, noting that this being was different from ordinary angels, much like when he had assessed Zircon.

“Phew….”

The Black Tower Master touched his restored head and exhaled in relief.

“That was truly dangerous.”

He wiped away the sweat trickling from his palm and curled his lips upward.

“Damn it….”

Chamber bit her lip until it bled, flustered that her finishing move had been blocked.

“It’s fine.”

Raon stepped beside Chamber and shook his head.

“The wounds have healed, but his demonic energy remains depleted. We can win this.”

Though the Black Tower Master’s head and chest wounds had regenerated, his demonic energy had not recovered. He was in far worse condition than I was.

“We only need to stop that angel.”

I narrowed my eyes as I gazed at the angel hovering above the Black Tower Master’s head, crowned with a golden diadem.

“….”

The angel merely offered a faint smile, her thoughts inscrutable, as she looked toward us. She had protected the Black Tower Master, yet showed no hostility toward me.

“Who is that angel?”

Chamber drew a new magical formula, her stance wary toward the angel.

“Do you know what birthstones are?”

The Black Tower Master pulled out a jade-green gemstone with his newly regenerated right arm. It resembled an emerald, yet an otherworldly aura emanated from within it.

“Listen well. Birthstones harbor entities far different from what we know. Within July’s Peridot sleeps an angel unworthy of the name. And within December’s Zircon rests a demon that defies demonhood.”
“Zircon? Surely not….”
“Yes. This is Zircon.”

As the Black Tower Master twisted his lips into a smile and produced a translucent tan-colored gemstone, the Black-Handed Demon who had fallen before him rose above his shoulder.

“The primordial birthstone….”

Chamber’s lips trembled as if she recognized the gemstone’s true nature. Her complexion drained to a deathly pallor.

“It is time you accepted your destinies.”
“Of course.”

As the Black Tower Master suspended the primordial birthstone in the air, the angel Peridot knelt before him.

“Become one with me.”

The moment he grasped the angel Peridot’s hand and turned his gaze toward the demon Zircon, the primordial birthstone Zircon floating in midair moved of its own accord and fell toward Raon’s head.

“What—what is this?”
“Zircon!”

Raon caught the gemstone in bewilderment, while the Black Tower Master stared at him with eyes wide in shock.

A resonant hum filled the air.

The demon known as December’s Zircon emerged from within the tan-colored gemstone and looked down upon the distant Black Tower Master.

“Zircon! What are you doing?! Your master is me!”
“You lack the qualifications.”

December’s Zircon ignored the screaming Black Tower Master and stood before Raon.

“The one I must follow is this person.”

He knelt before Raon without the slightest hesitation, bowing his head.

“Raon Zigheart!”

The Black Tower Master let out a primal scream, blood vessels bulging in his eyes as his final scheme crumbled before him.

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