The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 928

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Chapter 928

“Ha….”

Chamber bit her trembling lips as she watched Raon, whose hair and eyes had turned black.

‘Is Raon really obtaining the demon of the Birthstone?’

The beings dwelling within the Birthstones of Beginning were like newborn chicks that had broken free from their shells.
They followed the one who broke their stone until death, and Zircon, the demon of December, had chosen not his original master, the Black Tower Master, but Raon, and granted him his power.

‘And what terrifying power it was.’

The aura Raon currently possessed was only slightly inferior to the Black Tower Master, who had absorbed Peridot, the angel of July.
It meant he had perfectly absorbed Zircon’s demonic energy. Even as temporary power, it was astonishing.

‘The King of Variables….’

It was a nickname I had created, but there was no better way to describe Raon than this.

Raon possessed the ability to always transform crisis into opportunity, which is why I had called him the King of Variables.
Seeing how he had kindled a beacon of hope in the darkness today made me think I had truly created an apt nickname.

‘At this level….’

Chamber nodded as she watched Raon contain the surging aura.

‘It’s worth fighting.’

If the Black Tower Master were a swordmaster, Raon could never win even if he possessed twice the aura he had now.

But since he was a mage who wielded magic and sorcery, with my assistance, we would at least not lose.

‘Of course….’

Chamber gripped her increasingly unsteady head and bit her lip.

‘I have to hold on somehow….’

The repeated use of decisive techniques had caused severe fractures in my Upper Dantian.
Even though my mana had recovered somewhat, the physical and mental pain was so intense that I doubted I could endure much longer.

‘No, don’t say such weak things.’

Chamber clenched her trembling fists and shook her head.

‘Even if I die here, I must fight.’

Those who walk ahead must clear the path for their juniors. She too had walked upon the blood-stained road of her seniors to reach her current position, so she had to fight—even unto death—for Raon and the children.

“Yes.”

Chamber lifted the corners of her trembling lips and nodded to Raon.

“Let’s fight together. I’ll help you capture that demon.”

She accepted the pain crushing bone and flesh, and drew a bright smile across her face.

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“Chamber….”

Raon swallowed hard as he watched Chamber smile.

‘Her condition is critical.’

Upon accepting Zircon’s power, Chamber’s state became immediately apparent to me.
Her Upper Dantian was damaged so severely that it wouldn’t be strange if it shattered at any moment. It was remarkable that she had endured this long.

‘Yet she’s willing to fight in such a state….’

I understood because I too had fought battles that damaged my Upper Dantian.
Chamber was enduring pain so severe that she would have preferred death. My chest ached with pity and gratitude for her willingness to fight through such agony.

-The True Demon King underestimated that old woman’s child.

Wrath’s eyes narrowed as he gazed at Chamber.

-That one is a magnificent warrior.

He nodded heavily, acknowledging Chamber’s spirit.

-I understand your feelings, but do not dismiss her resolve.
‘I know.’

I bit my lip and nodded.

“…Very well.”

Understanding Chamber’s heart, I couldn’t bring myself to tell her to rest. Of course, without her, I couldn’t defeat the Black Tower Master, so I couldn’t afford to give her respite anyway.

“At least recover a little.”

I healed Chamber’s physical wounds with the sacred light blooming from darkness. I had little left after pouring everything into Lencia, but it seemed better than doing nothing.

‘It’s unfortunate that I cannot erase mental wounds and exhaustion.’
[…I can do that with my power.]

Zircon’s voice emerged listlessly.

‘What?’
[The power of Gemstone Zircon is stabilization. I cannot heal all of that human’s wounds, but I can reduce her mental pain and suffering somewhat.]

He nodded, saying he could lighten Chamber’s burden.

‘Ah, so that’s why.’

I too had suffered severe mental anguish rather than physical pain from using Sword Realm Manifestation consecutively and unleashing my rage, but now only a refreshing coolness remained as if cold water had been poured over my mind.
Zircon’s stabilization ability seemed to have reduced my mental fatigue and pain.

-Then you damn fool! You should’ve said it sooner!

Wrath struck Zircon across the head.

[B-but you told me to keep quiet….]

Zircon rubbed the back of his head where the blow had landed, his eyes shifting slightly.

-Are you talking back to me now? Good grief! The world’s changed so much. Now even demons dare to backtalk the True Demon King?
[N-no, that’s not it….]
-Should I arrange a little gathering? You beneath me, me above you? Hm?

Wrath’s blue eyes narrowed menacingly as he ground his teeth.

[I apologize….]

Zircon sniffled and bowed his head. It was strange to see someone with the power of a high-tier transcendent become so meek.

‘That’s enough. Restore Chamber’s mental fatigue.’
[J-just let me transfer my energy. I’ll control the amount.]

He shook his head, saying that if he gave too much, she wouldn’t be able to handle it.

“Chamber. Your hand for a moment.”
“A confession at a time like this? How awkward.”

Chamber extended her hand with a weary smile.

“You still have the energy to joke, I see.”

I took Chamber’s hand and channeled the energy I’d received from Zircon into her.

“Trust me and accept it.”
“Mm….”

Chamber was startled by the demonic-tinged energy, but trusting me, she opened her mana circuits to receive it.
The moment she accepted Zircon’s power, her eyes widened as the mental anguish and fatigue visibly diminished.

“How is this even….”
“I didn’t erase the wound in your Upper Dantian itself. I only reduced the pain and fatigue, so please don’t overexert yourself.”

I explained the current situation to Chamber and nodded.

“…Thank you.”

Chamber gazed at me with a serene smile—the look of a grandmother proud of her well-raised grandchild.

“Then let’s begin.”

I stood before Chamber and planted the Heavenly Sword and the Wooden Wheel Sword upright.

“I’ll fight on the front lines, so I ask for your support.”
“Support? Who do you think you’re talking to!”

Chamber let out a sharp cry and shook her head.

“But today, I have no choice. Go forward. I’ll cover your back.”

She told me to focus only on attacking, then raised her fingers to weave the magical incantation.

“…I still can’t believe it.”

The Black Tower Master stared blankly at him before grinding his teeth so hard they made a crunching sound.

“To think my greatest contingency plan would fall apart like this…”

His dark eyes revealed anger, despair, jealousy, and greed.

“I’ll kill you, chew your corpse down to the bone and swallow it, then make Zircon mine again.”

The Black Tower Master didn’t even glance at Chamber, only stared at him with narrowed eyes and clasped his hands together.

“Try it.”

Raon raised golden flames over the Heavenly Sword and conjured silver frost over the Mok Ryun Sword. He clenched his jaw as he drew the aura he had obtained thanks to Zircon to its peak.

“Your head will roll before that happens.”
“You whelp!”

As the Black Tower Master unleashed the demonic energy he’d gained from slaying Peridot, a tremendous wave rippled across the black sky, and the frozen Gate to Demon Realm began to open once more.

“I’ll crush every shred of hope you’ve built!”

He spread thick, ceaseless demonic energy as if intent not only on killing me but also on resurrecting the Gate to Demon Realm.

“You talk too much. Pointless words at that.”

I detonated my aura at my feet and burrowed toward the Black Tower Master’s left flank.
Before my afterimage could catch up, I brought the Heavenly Sword down in a blazing arc.

“Demon God’s Orb!”

Despite being a mage, the Black Tower Master tracked my speed with his eyes and unfurled a black curtain.

Shhhhwooosh!

The Heavenly Sword’s sharp blade tore through the black curtain, yet I felt no resistance—as if I’d pierced water instead of substance.

Whoooosh!

The black curtain, having blocked the Heavenly Sword, transformed into rope-like tendrils that lunged for my wrists and legs.

Shhhhwack!

I severed the black ropes with the frost of the Moonwheel Sword and retreated.

But the black ropes had been bait from the start—chains erupted from the severed sections, beginning to encircle my entire body.

Shhhhwack!

I summoned Manhwa Palace to incinerate the black chains, but space itself was severed and the chains vanished. Chamber’s support.

“That artifact is the Demon God’s Orb! It’s the original form of the robe worn by Black King Sigel, whom you killed!”

Chamber explained the Demon God’s Orb artifact while dissolving the black chains.

“Most attacks won’t pierce it, and when it strikes, it becomes sharper than any blade imaginable—be careful!”

She furrowed her brow, explaining that the Demon God’s Orb was an artifact capable of both offense and defense.

“How do we break through it?”

I circled the Black Tower Master, asking how to penetrate the Demon God’s Orb.

“You can sever the space it’s defending, use magic or martial arts of a higher grade than the Orb itself, or simply shatter through with raw power.”

Chamber raised her fingers, indicating those were the only three methods.

“All things you’re incapable of doing!”

The Black Tower Master let out a mocking laugh and extended his pale hand. His grip expanded enormously, swelling until it eclipsed the heavens themselves and wrapped around me.

‘An illusion?’

No, this was real.

The Black Tower Master’s movements were magic itself, sorcery incarnate. That colossal hand was no illusion—it was reality.

“I’ll cut through it! Get inside!”
“Yes!”

The moment I heard Chamber’s voice, I plunged into the Black Tower Master’s grip without a shred of hesitation.

Craaaaaaash!

Just as his enormous hand was about to crush my head, space split open and the Black Tower Master’s face appeared. Chamber had erased his magic and created an opening for me to strike.
Chamber erased the Black Tower Master’s magic and created an opening for him to attack.

Boom!

With Frost Chain and Crimson Flash—the two fastest sword strikes in my arsenal—I aimed for the Black Tower Master’s throat and heart.
Frost Chain and Red Island. With two lines of sword strikes boasting the fastest speed among her swordsmanship, she aimed at the Black Tower Master’s neck and heart.

Phew!

Just before the red and blue flashes reached the Black Tower Master’s neck and chest, a black curtain rose up and blocked the way. It was the Demon God’s Orb.

‘I’ll cut through it.’

Since I had anticipated this, I infused the subtleties of spatial swordsmanship that Aris had taught me into the sword strikes of Frostbite and Crimson Flash.

Boom!

The two sword strikes pierced not the surface of the Demon God’s Orb but through the space within it, creating a violent shockwave.

‘Hmm….’

My hands trembled as I gripped the Heavenly Sword and the Eye Wheel Sword, and I furrowed my brow.

‘Still no real feedback.’

It wasn’t as dull as before, but the sensation in my hands felt faint, as if I had cut through mud. I had torn the interior of the Demon God’s Orb, but it seemed I hadn’t inflicted any damage on the Black Tower Master.

“Your swordsmanship cannot pierce the Demon God’s Orb.”

The Black Tower Master cried out that it was impossible and unleashed a sweeping radiance made of black demonic energy. The demonic energy, spreading like sunlight, enveloped his entire body.

‘I can’t block it.’

Toward the incoming wave of demonic energy, I poured out a torrent of flames rising above the Heavenly Sword’s blade.

Boom!

The Black Tower Master’s demonic energy and the Flame Harmony Technique collided, filling the sky with crimson sparks.

“Huff.”

I exhaled a short breath as I watched the sparks slowly descend.

‘In terms of raw power, I’m not significantly outmatched. But….’

I cannot pierce the Demon God’s Orb.

If Chamber used her ultimate technique, she could erase that Demon God’s Orb, but the Black Tower Master wouldn’t face her head-on. Somehow, I had to tear through that curtain myself.

‘I need to keep attacking….’

As I prepared to launch another assault, black thorns erupted from the Demon God’s Orb hovering before me, targeting my eyes and throat.

Clang!

I swung the Heavenly Sword to deflect the Demon God’s Orb’s onslaught. Though it had felt like cloth moments before, blocking it now felt like striking a mass of metal wrapped in aura.

Whoooosh!

The instant I repelled the Demon God’s Orb’s assault, a torrential downpour of pitch-black rain—as if someone had spilled liquid darkness from above—began to pour down.

“Don’t let it touch you! Your flesh and bones will dissolve!”

Chamber warned that even a single droplet would be fatal, and she opened a dimensional barrier above my head to shield me from the rain.

“Thank you.”

I nodded to Chamber, then circled behind the Black Tower Master and thrust both the Heavenly Sword and the Soul Reaper Sword forward simultaneously.

Raon Zigheart School swordsmanship.
Seventh Form: Void Slash Pair.

With the Heavenly Sword and Soul Reaper Sword generating white currents of energy, I shattered the demonic barrier the Black Tower Master had erected and cleaved through the heart of the Demon God’s Orb.

Shhhhwack!

Among my current techniques, Frostbite is the most unpredictable, but Void Slash is the one that truly pierces through space. The twin Void Slashes penetrated the Demon God’s Orb and burrowed deep within.

“Hmm….”

I narrowed my eyes as I observed the Demon God’s Orb rippling, split in half.

‘I did cut through something….’

Unlike before when cutting through water or mud, it felt like I’d sliced through a solid object—but not like cutting through human flesh.
It seemed the Void Slash hadn’t truly pierced the Demon God’s Orb after all.

‘Let me keep trying.’

I infused the Heavenly Sword with Void Slash and stirred up a chilling wind through the Mokryun Sword, striking the Demon God’s Orb repeatedly.
With Chamber handling the defense, I focused entirely on the offense, tearing the surface of the Demon God’s Orb to shreds, yet my strikes never touched the Black Tower Master concealed within.

“Insignificant wretch!”

The Black Tower Master flicked his finger, and torrents of pitch-black flames surged from all directions. A prison forged from black flames—the searing heat felt as though my skin was melting away.

‘I have to repel it!’

I bit my lip and drew the Spear Sky Great Flame downward toward the wall of black fire approaching from my left.

Whoooooosh!

The moment the grand sword technique split the flames, I seized the opening and stepped on the Taehwa Step to escape outward.

“Damn it….”

I bit my lip watching the Demon God’s Orb regenerate rapidly. My attacks weren’t landing at all, while each of his strikes carried lethal danger. This was an exhaustingly difficult battle.

Tsk.

I clicked my tongue seeing my trembling hands.

‘At my current level, piercing through the Black Tower Master’s Demon God’s Orb is impossible.’

With the transcendent-grade artifact Demon God’s Orb combined with the Black Tower Master’s magic, breaking through that defense with my current swordsmanship was simply out of the question.

‘Then there’s only one method left.’

It was a power I’d been saving because I didn’t know how I would change, but it seemed I had no choice but to use that strength now.

“Raon.”

Chamber stepped forward, her face drained of color.

“Let’s switch roles. I’ll handle the offense.”

She nodded without even wiping away the blood trickling from between her lips.

“No.”

Raon stepped forward and shook his head.

“There’s still something I haven’t tried.”

I had to admit it now. With my current level, breaking through the Black Tower Master’s magic was impossible.

No, it had been impossible from the start to pierce through it. The gap between him and me was simply too vast.

But there was still a way to break through—not through the realm of swordsmanship, but through a different method.

Roooooar!

I grasped the Heavenly Sword and the Wooden Wheel Sword in both hands, and lifted the Soul Reaper Sword using the mysteries of the Transcendent Sword.

“A coward, then.”

The Black Tower Master twisted his lips in disbelief.

“Your fear of sacrifice will kill every human in this place.”

He stretched his hand overhead, already certain of his victory.

Craaaaaash!

A colossal meteor, burning with raging flames, descended through the darkened sky.
It was an absolute magic that endangered not just me and Chamber, but the people below as well.

“You can stop it, can’t you?”

I ignored the Black Tower Master’s words and looked toward Chamber.

“Yes.”

Chamber nodded, her reassurance evident despite the cold sweat streaming down her face.

“Then I’ll break through.”

Crimson lightning blazed across Raon’s dark eyes, and the Demon Lords’ bracelets encircling his wrist sparkled in their respective colors.

“Raon Zigheart!”

The Black Tower Master shrieked as if insulted, stretching out his hand. Countless grotesque demonic creatures poured from his grasp, engulfing me. Each creature possessed the power of transcendent magic. It was suffocating.

Hmph.

I held my breath and brought both swords down toward the creatures.

Whoooosh!

The Heavenly Sword’s flames, charred black, incinerated the creatures, while the pale jade frost blooming from the Moonwheel Sword froze the scattering demons solid white.
It was overwhelming force—far different from what I had displayed until now.

“What…?”

The Black Tower Master’s eyes widened in disbelief that his magic had been overwhelmed by me.

“You bastard!”

Unable to accept the death of his summoned creatures, he conjured a wave of demonic energy and crashed it down upon me.

Crash!

As I swung the Moonwheel Sword, the dark demonic wave froze solid. I shattered the frozen wave with my shoulder and charged forward toward the Black Tower Master.

Whooom!

The Demon God’s Orb naturally emerged and blocked my path.

Clang!

I channeled the Middle Heaven Force into the Heavenly Sword and ignited the Flame Dragon Technique along the Moonwheel Sword’s blade.

Crash!

The blackened Middle Heaven Force and the pale jade Flame Dragon Technique exploded, tearing the Demon God’s Orb’s core completely apart. It was a breakthrough achieved through raw power, not swordsmanship mastery.

“Wh…?”

Through the punctured center of the Demon God’s Orb, the Black Tower Master’s face contorted in shock.
His eyes were wide open in disbelief at the situation unfolding before him.

Crash!

Raon surged into the hollow Demon God’s Orb and brought both the Heavenly Sword and Soul Reaper Sword crashing down toward the Black Tower Master.

“What have you done!”

The Black Tower Master blocked both slashes with a shield of demonic energy shaped like a five-pointed star.

But he still had one more weapon at his disposal.

Piercing clang!

The Soul Reaper Sword, glowing with white light, shattered through the Black Tower Master’s demonic shield and embedded itself in his chest.

“Ugh!”

The Black Tower Master doubled over, clutching at his chest where the Soul Reaper Sword protruded.

“How… how did you pierce the Demon God’s Orb….”

His jaw trembled as blood dripped from his lips, unable to comprehend what was happening.

“This is no longer a one-on-one fight.”

Raon’s lips twisted into a cruel smile as he gazed at the faintly glowing bracelets of the Demon Lords adorning his wrists.

“I will crush you with the power of numbers.”

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