Chapter 323

Chapter 323

The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

[Translator: Kyangi]

[Proofreader: Harley]

Chapter 323

The one who opened the training ground door and entered was Balkar’s Princess Jayna. She walked up to Raon while looking like an irritated cat.

“Why did you call for me?”

“Why did I call for you? You need to be taught another lesson. No, maybe you are just stupid.”

Raon stretched his hand towards Dorian with a cold smile on his face.

“Dorian.”

Yes!”

Dorian immediately took out a white paper from his belly pocket and gave it to him. It was so convenient that he didn’t even need to say what he wanted.

“Thank you.”

Raon spread out the paper he got from Dorian. It was the special contract that he used as a leash to bind Jayna after saving her in Porvan City.

“Ugh...”

Princess Jayna’s lips trembled violently upon seeing the special contract. She didn’t seem to have forgotten about it, since she looked furious.

‘So she didn’t forget about it.’

It was just frustrating for her.

The reason she spoke like that when she arrived wasn’t because she forgot about the special contract, but because she wanted to rebel against him to vent her frustration.

He could somewhat understand her feelings because that Balkar princess in front of him had everything her way so far, with no one stopping her.

‘However, you can’t behave that way in front of me.’

Others would have shown their understanding because of Jayna’s appearance or background, but Raon was different.

The appearance was nothing but a human’s skin for him, and he had no good will nor memories with Jayna. There was no reason for him to look at her with favor.

Tsk, tsk.

Wrath frowned while looking down at Jayna.

She can’t even suppress her feelings and she exposed them completely. She’s a truly foolish human.

‘......’

Raon wanted to rebuke him by saying, ‘Are you really the one to blame her for that?’, but he managed to suppress his urge.

“I must’ve told you before to speak politely towards me at all times.”

Raon shook the special contract with a smile on his face. Jayna’s eyes rolled to follow the special contract.

“...Why did you call me, sir?”

“I don’t really like it.”

“Argh, wh-why have you summoned me, sir?”

It must’ve hurt her pride, as Jayna clenched her fist and hung her head.

“I wanted to give you a bit of useful information.”

“Information?”

“Yes. It’s information about Martha Zieghart, who you are going to fight tomorrow.” Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com

“What do you mean...?”

Jayna’s eyes widened so much that they looked like they would pop out. Her reaction was telling—she couldn’t understand his intention at all.

“Let me ask a few questions before then.”

Raon raised his chin slightly and bobbed his finger. Jayna furrowed her brow and came one step closer to him.

“I heard House Robert and Balkar had frequent contact recently. What was that all about?”

That information was mentioned by both the leader of the Shadow Agents and Denning Rose. It wasn’t strange for him to ask that question since Zieghart was careful about those two factions.

“Erm...”

“Say it.”

“It’s about a mine, Sir.”

“A mine? At Robert?”

“They are digging a mine at the coast near Robert territory, and they asked us to invent a magic spell to carefully dig out the soil and the mineral in order to prevent a collapse because it’s located under the sea.”

Jayna immediately told him about the mine. She didn’t seem to consider it a big secret.

‘A subaquatic mine... I don’t think there was anything like that.’

He’d visited all of the coastlines near House Robert’s domain during his assassin training. He could tell for sure that there was no such thing as a mine under the ocean where he ran a lap countless times.

‘What is he planning... Ah! Is it because that dungeon opened up?’

There was an unknown dungeon under the ocean near House Robert, but it was impossible to open the door no matter what they tried. Judging from the situation, they must’ve managed to open the door.

“Didn’t they request any magicians to be sent by any chance?”

“We also told them that it would be easier for us that way, but they asked for a spell to be invented because they wanted to deal with it themselves.”

Jayna slightly furrowed his brow, saying that they were being annoying.

‘He must be trying to keep it a secret.’

Robert and Balkar were on good terms. He would’ve requested specialists for it if he was really trying to dig a mine.

The reason he requested a magic spell instead of a magician must’ve been because he was trying to hide the dungeon’s secret.

“When did you give them that spell?”

“During this conference, Sir.”

Jayna told him that Chamber’s assistant gave the magic tome to Derus’s assistant during the conference.

“I see.”

Raon clenched his fist and smiled.

‘It means that I still have a chance...’

Raon figured that he had another chance to mess with Derus.

‘It’s fine if I can’t get whatever’s lying there. I just need to prevent him from getting it.’

He had no information about the dungeon, but it didn’t really matter. He could just destroy the dungeon if he felt like he wouldn’t be able to get the treasure to prevent Derus from getting it. It was a chance with no drawback for him.

“Was there anything else?”

“They also asked for some other spells, and solidified the alliance...”

Jayna told him a few more things, but they weren’t exactly important.

“It’s my turn to tell you now.”

“Uhh...”

“Martha has the earth attribute. However, she has a different tendency from the other earth-attribute swordsmen. She likes to barrage her opponent with attacks as sharp as fire or wind, while still retaining the heaviness of the earth. You should be most careful about her technique, the Devastating Heavy Sword, which is focused around power and speed...”

Raon told Jayna about Martha’s current realm and the flow of her swordsmanship. He didn’t tell her every single detail, but it was enough to influence the outcome of the match.

“You...”

Jayna bit her lip tightly after hearing all of the information about Martha.

“What are you plotting... Sir?”

“Plotting what?”

“I thought you were going to ask me to forfeit when I heard you called me... Sir. But you are giving me the information about Martha instead. That’s why I can’t help being curious about what's going on in your head...Sir.”

“Stop with those ellipsis.”

“Ugh...”

“Where’s your answer?”

“Alright, Sir.”

Her pride must’ve been hurt once again since she lowered her gaze.

Derus took off the glove from his hand. The scar on the back of his hand was neatly reduced.

“Let’s return for now and let Martio rest.”

“My lord.”

As Derus was about to stand up, the butler in charge of legal affairs, Regel, opened his mouth.

“It would be better to cancel the order to the young master, wouldn’t it?”

Regel apologetically bowed his head and continued.

“From what we’ve seen today, Glenn Zieghart clearly cherishes the Light Wind squad. It could become a problem if the young master ends up cutting off Raon Zieghart’s arm.”

“You saw it correctly. And Raon seemed to be his favorite among the Light Wind squad.”

“In that case...”

“That’s why it’s better this way.”

Derus Robert snickered and shook his hand.

“I can’t miss this rare opportunity where I can finally learn what Glenn Zieghart is thinking. Let’s find out if he really cherishes Raon, and what he’s going to do if Raon’s arm is cut off.”

Even though it could endanger his son’s life, he made his declaration with a coldhearted smile on his face.

“It should be better to provoke him even further rather than stopping him. He looked really angry already.”

Derus watched outside the window with a cold smile on his face. Cadis Robert was extremely irritated because he barely got any cheers from the spectators despite the overwhelming performance he showed during his match because they kept calling Raon’s name.

“You should provoke Cadis even further.”

“Understood.”

Even though Regel was worried about Cadis, he got rid of his emotion upon hearing his master’s order and simply nodded. Even though they were acting on different sides, Martio and Regel were both nothing but marionettes who had to obey Derus’s orders no matter what.

“Did you check the spell that Balkar gave us?”

“Yes. It was exactly as we requested.”

Regel straightened his back and nodded.

“It doesn’t matter how long it takes. It’s fine even if hundreds end up dying.”

Bloody greed was glowing in Derus’s eyes.

“You just need to bring me the treasure buried underneath.”

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Chirp. Chirp.

Raon was sitting on his room’s floor, and he opened his eyes upon hearing the chirping sound. He nervously raised his head, but it was just a normal chirping sound announcing the start of the day alongside the morning sun.

‘It wasn’t Merlin. Do I have to be nervous for the rest of my life?’

He laughed bitterly because Merlin could pop out anytime from anywhere.

You coward.

Wrath smiled coldly and shook his head.

You got nervous from the fear. You are even worse than a chicken.

‘But you are the one who is most afraid of her.’

It was such nonsense coming from Wrath because he was hiding from her obsession back then.

Th-the King of Essence just has trauma from obsession...

‘Trauma?’

The one who left a trauma on Wrath must’ve been an extraordinary demon.

‘They must’ve been really strong since you are so afraid of them.’

H-he’s not afraid! It’s not because I’m afraid that I avoid her. It’s because I don’t want her dirt rubbing off on me!

‘That’s true.’

Raon snickered. Devildom was apparently the same, and they preferred avoiding crazy people instead of dealing with them.

‘She must be pretty strong then.’

She’s just annoying and is no match for the King of Essence! Back in Devildom, the King of Essence was the strongest demon king and his invincibility was unmatched...

Wrath suddenly started bragging about himself even though he was trembling from the memory of that obsession a moment ago. It was truly a demon king’s moodiness.

“Haa.”

Raon examined his condition while Wrath’s bragging went in one ear and out the other. The injury on his waist and his swollen mana circuits weren’t completely healed yet, but he could fight just fine. It was the result of continuously using the Ring of Fire and the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation instead of sleeping.

Lots of demons should still be missing the King of Essence. Why do you think they are missing him? That’s right. It’s because of his powerful might! His mana is as vast as an ocean and they fell...

‘He never stops.’

Raon ignored Wrath as he kept bragging about himself. When he started changing into the uniform, messages appeared in front of his eyes.

[You’ve slashed the eternal tier spell, Yin Yang.]

[You’ve won against an opponent at a higher realm while being injured.]

[The Blade of Requiem’s trait Ghastly Flow of Mana’s rank has increased by two.]

[The Blade of Requiem’s ghastly energy has increased.]

[The trait Array Analysis’s rank has increased.]

[All stats have increased by 8.]

He finally got the reward for cutting the Fallen’s magic and defeating Borini Kitten in an injured state the day before. The system must’ve been waiting for his body and mind to be healed.

“Two ranks at once?”

The Ghastly Flow of Mana’s rank leaped to three stars from shaving off the Fallen’s chaos. The Array Analysis also increased, and the Blade of Requiem even gained more ghastly energy, which was almost excessive for a single slash on a spell.

Whir!

The Blade of Requiem’s clear sword resonance told him that it also liked it.

Wh-what’s going on?!

Wrath was still bragging about himself but suddenly dropped his jaw.

Why would you even give so many rewards for cutting through weak magic like that? What about the King of Essence? Are you trying to give away every last bit of his powe—

‘But you said you were one of the strongest in Devildom.’

Uhh...

‘Aren’t you actually weak if you are worried so much about this amount of reward?’

No, but...

“For the merciful demon king, this should be as much as a single cup of water from the vast ocean, isn’t it?’

That’s right! That’s how it is!

Since Wrath had been bragging so far, he nodded his head while suppressing his tears. Even that aspect about him was just like the giving tree.

Raon turned his head around from Wrath, who was smiling awkwardly, to look at the last part of the message.

‘The rank-ups for the traits are great, but I’m not sure about the stats.’

It wasn’t because it was bad.

The extra stats could be a source of error since he was almost perfectly used to his body, and the fact that it was added right before a difficult battle wasn’t too great.

‘Actually, no. My first opponent is the Dragon Slaying Beast.’

Since he had to fight the Dragon Slaying Beast before crushing Cadis, he had the perfect opponent to get used to his enhanced body.

‘A contest of strength, I like it.’

Raon figured that it would be interesting to fight against a Beast Union warrior with sheer strength since they were supposed to have the strongest bodies among the Six Kings.

Raon put his coat on and looked outside the window. He clenched Heavenly Drive while watching the gently waving sunlight.

‘Today is the day where Zieghart’s name will stand at the peak of the Six Kings.’

Let’s eat something before then. The King of Essence’s stomach is feeling empty because you took away his stats on top of not giving him any sleep.

Wrath was rubbing his stomach with rounded eyes.

‘Please read the mood...’

Raon sighed and shook his head.

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