The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1228 "Life-and-death duel...?" Raon gulped down his dry saliva while looking at Glenn's back. "Did you just say life-and-death duel?" Among the continent's strongest forces originally called the Six Kings and the Five Demons, only the Five Kings and One Demon remain. Even if Eden, the sole remaining demon among the five, boasts the strongest military might, if the Five Kings move together, they can crush them with sheer numbers. Of course, the Five Kings aren't all in perfect condition either. Lecross, the King of Owen and called the Silent Sword Master, has retired, and the Archmage Chamber of Eternal Flame has suffered injuries that make it difficult to fight, but since the others remain intact, it would be a certain victory if they fought as is. Even if Derus Robert were alive, his forces had shrunk to less than half, so it wouldn't mean much. He couldn't understand why Glenn would engage in a one-on-one life-and-death duel with the Heavenly Demon, the head of Eden. "Hmm." Glenn slowly turned his body to look at Raon. "Those are eyes that say you don't understand." He drew a thin smile as if reading Raon's thoughts through his expression. "Yes..." Raon nodded briefly. "We can dominate the war, so I don't understand why you would engage in a life-and-death duel with the Heavenly Demon." He spoke his current doubts to Glenn while slightly biting his lips. "The Heavenly Demon is strong." Glenn clasped his hands behind his back and lifted his gaze toward the sky again. "Long ago, he transcended beyond ordinary transcendence and reached the realm of absolute mastery. At this point, he even wields unknown power." He nodded heavily as if acknowledging the Heavenly Demon. "Even if the Transcendents of the Five Kings attack together, it's just a numbers game to him. They might be able to buy time, but in the end, they'll all die." He calmly shook his head, saying there was no one who could stop the Heavenly Demon now. "Naturally, I have no choice but to face him. As the head of Zieghart and one of the Five Kings." Glenn calmly closed his eyes and opened them again, as if it was natural for him to step forward. "Or would you like to try?" He chuckled and shrugged his shoulders at Raon. "That's..." Raon bit his lips after hearing Glenn's words. 'It's difficult.' The Heavenly Demon is an ancient martial artist whom even Derus Robert couldn't defeat yet. Even with his growth in various ways, he couldn't face a monster on Glenn's level. 'However...' If given time, it might be possible. His growth rate was unprecedented even across dimensions, right? If he continued to grow stronger like this, he was confident he could reach a level comparable to the Heavenly Demon in not too long a time. 'Yes. It would be better for me to face him.' If Glenn fought the Heavenly Demon, he would naturally have to reveal his full strength, and regardless of the result of the life-and-death duel, he would have to leave the continent and ascend to the heavens. 'I don't want to send grandfather away.' He had finally connected with Glenn. He wanted to see him laughing with Sylvia, scolding Edgar, and embracing Sia just a little bit longer. He wanted to be together just a little bit more. "Grandfather. It's difficult right now, but just a little..." Raon was about to say to buy him just a little time. "Stop it." Glenn smiled thinly and waved his hand. "Sometimes, let this old man show a cool side too." He looked at the dark night sky with firm eyes, as if he couldn't compromise this time. "Just as you wanted to see the end with Derus Robert, I must settle things with the Heavenly Demon." Glenn nodded with resolute eyes, as if he had already made up his mind. "......" Raon relaxed his grip while looking at Glenn's calm red eyes. 'I made a mistake.' Grandfather is right. Glenn is a martial artist. Moreover, he's the supreme swordsman who has pursued and obsessed over being the strongest his entire life. Even if his desire to be with him was strong, now wasn't the time to step forward. -You accepted it well. Wrath descended from the air and grabbed his shoulder. -Every practitioner has a day when they must fight staking their life. You might not know since you've always fought like that, but that day is coming for that old man too. He nodded heavily, saying it was right to accept it. 'I know.' Raon sighed deeply inside and clenched his fists. Perhaps because his emotions had intensified, the surface of the lake he was standing on rippled roughly like waves. "Since childhood, I've known that I could ascend with the sword, and I've always dreamed of ascension. Watching you grow has been so enjoyable that I kept putting it off, but now it seems it would be okay to go. And..." Glenn slightly relaxed his arms and closed his eyes as if recalling his childhood. "Now it seems I can entrust it to you." He slowly opened his eyes and showed a completely different smile than before. It was a smile where the feeling of relief came across so deeply. "Grandfather..." Raon bit the tip of his tongue while repeating Glenn's words about entrusting things to him. 'That's not just about handing things over.' Glenn hadn't let go of the possibility that Derus Robert might still be alive. He was also aware of the existence of the remaining Archangels. But even so, it seemed to mean that he trusted him and wanted to settle things with the Heavenly Demon of Eden, another of the strongest. -That old man... Wrath twisted his lips while looking at Glenn. -He always looked like he was about to die, but now he finally looks young! He shook his fist up and down as if he liked the current Glenn. 'That's right.' Raon chuckled while looking at Glenn's face that seemed to have its wrinkles smoothed out. -And that old man doesn't just want to confirm his martial arts. Wrath clicked his tongue dryly while looking at Glenn. -Since Derus Robert has fallen, he means to take with him the being that could pose the greatest threat to you all. He shook his shoulders, saying that Glenn like that would never lose. 'I'm feeling it too.' Raon trembled his lips while feeling the desperate emotion that Wrath had mentioned in Glenn's red eyes. 'But how do you know so well?' The demon king was more sensitive to human emotions than humans themselves, so even in this situation, he was curious. -...I have experience. Wrath ended with the word "experience" as if he had no intention of speaking about it now. It seemed he had experienced a similar situation. -What are you doing? You need to give the old man an answer! He flailed his hands, saying that his business was done, so he should give Glenn an answer. "...I understand." Raon nodded while relaxing his entire body. "That day, I will watch grandfather's fight from behind." He bowed his waist, saying he would go together but just watch the fight. "Yes. Thank you." Glenn smiled thinly as if grateful that he had accepted his will. "But how are you going to request the life-and-death duel?" Raon tilted his head while looking at Glenn. "No one knows Eden's location right now." Unlike Derus Robert who had at least left small traces, no information about Eden had come out at all for a while. He didn't know how he would request a life-and-death duel from the Heavenly Demon whose location was unknown. "Calling the Heavenly Demon won't be that difficult." Glenn smoothly rolled his shoulders as if confident. "If I use the same method as him, he'll come on his own." * * * The next day. Glenn left the main building and climbed North Grave Mountain. He crossed the middle of the mountain where he had watched the annex building with Rimmer and reached the summit in one step. "Whoo..." Glenn stood on the mountain summit where he could see all of Zieghart at a glance, not just the annex building, and let out excited breath. 'It's been a long time since I've climbed up here.' The most recent time he climbed to the summit of North Grave Mountain was when he felt that bastard's presence. 'Heavenly Demon.' He had felt the call of the only martial artist on this continent who had reached the same level as himself, climbed to the mountain summit, and had a brief conversation with him. 'Since he called me like that...' He should call him the same way. The Heavenly Demon had no interest in Raon or Zieghart, and was only sending persistent gazes toward Glenn. Standing here and spreading the aura that only those who had ascended to the heavens could feel would surely signal him. 'Of course, it might take some time.' He'll definitely notice. Glenn opened his aura with confidence that the Heavenly Demon would receive the signal. A presence that even Transcendents could never detect. He released the power that only absolute beings who had reached the same realm could feel across the entire continent. "Huh?" Glenn was releasing his absolute aura when he felt Raon's gaze from the annex building and let out an empty breath. 'He noticed this?' He thought only the Heavenly Demon or Darkan, who had grown once more, could feel the aura he was generating, but he didn't expect Raon to immediately notice it. (E/N: Is Darkan really that strong?) 'He's not at that level of martial prowess yet. Anyway, that guy...' Glenn looked at Raon in front of the annex building's lake with eyes mixed with admiration and amazement. 'He endlessly makes me surprised.' Actually, he had felt a lot of anxiety while conducting this operation. Even while trusting Raon, he couldn't sleep at night due to anxiety about Derus Robert. But Raon made his worries unfounded by deceiving Derus Robert and completely crushing the foundation he had built up over several years. Derus Robert, true to being the most cunning human, fled to his headquarters and made new plans, but Raon grasped even those plans and completely destroyed him in reverse. Even if Derus Robert were alive, it seemed he would no longer be a match for Raon. 'That's why I can step forward like this.' It wasn't just Raon. Currently, there were many people he could trust in Zieghart, so he could return to being the martial artist Glenn Zieghart like in the old days and settle things with the Heavenly Demon. 'I want to tell you all.' Glenn slowly surveyed all of Zieghart, then bowed his waist and conveyed his gratitude. 'Thank you.' * * * Glenn climbed to the summit of North Grave Mountain every day for a week, spreading the absolute energy waves calling the Heavenly Demon. At first, he thought contact would come within a day, but contrary to expectations, there was still no response even after a week had passed. 'Could it be that he can't come?' A monster like the Heavenly Demon should be able to feel his presence wherever he was, but seeing that there had been no news so far, it seemed there was another problem. 'Or did he run away?' The news of Derus Robert's downfall had spread across the entire continent. Even if Eden's intelligence network wasn't good, they wouldn't miss such rumors, so there was a possibility they had hidden deeper. 'No, I don't know about others, but the Heavenly Demon absolutely wouldn't.' The Heavenly Demon he had seen was a boar-like human who would pursue only his own goals even if all of Eden was destroyed. There was no way he would have run away. "Haah..." Glenn sighed while watching the sun setting, creating a purple sunset. "If I try for a few more days and he doesn't come, I'll have no choice but to go with the orthodox method...' He was about to brush off the snowflakes that had fallen on his long coat to go down North Grave Mountain. From behind North Grave Mountain, at the end of the North Sea, a noble energy wave that made his spine tingle pierced through the sky. "Finally, he's come." Glenn turned his body with heavy steps. He growled with his red eyes wrapped in sharp blue energy waves. "Heavenly Demon."