The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1248 "Damn it!" Martha ran toward Birdnew Village with her lips tightly bitten. 'Right when I left! No, did they attack after seeing that I left?' The Light Wind Palace was called the strongest military force even in Zieghart, but 80% of that reason was due to the monster named Raon. With just the Light Wind Palace's capabilities excluding Raon, it would still be difficult to face supreme masters, so she had to go help as quickly as possible. Tsssk! Martha bit her lips until blood flowed. 'Why am I so slow!' Her current martial prowess was at the Peak of Grandmaster. After suffering an overwhelming defeat to Runaan, she had trained without sleep alongside her mother, getting one step closer to the wall of Transcendence, but today her footwork felt as slow as a slug crawling. 'Just a little faster.' Martha screamed inwardly as she passed through the dense forest and entered the path where Birdnew Village could be seen. 'If I just keep running like this... Huh?' It was when she was thinking of exploding her Titan's Aura to fly at full power. Peoooong! Humans in red armor who appeared to be Eden's ghosts were literally bursting apart. The green demons in green robes also sank into the blackened earth with their torsos split in half. Overwhelming martial prowess. The Light Wind Palace swordsmen who remained in Birdnew Village were trampling the advancing Eden ghosts while deploying an improved Light Wind sword formation. "Huh..." Martha calmed her boiling aura and slowly walked toward Birdnew Village. Kwaaaaang! Even though Eden's green demons and red demons vastly outnumbered them, they couldn't even make a small scratch on the Light Wind Palace's sword formation and were swept away like an ebbing tide. They looked like moths rushing into a red-hot flame. "...Did I come for nothing?" Martha scratched the back of her head and tilted her head. "Should I have continued investigating there... No. I don't know where that bastard might be!" The ghost that stabbed the guarding swordsmen from behind and made them rot. Since its identity hadn't been revealed yet, it was right to go quickly and relay that information. 'Besides, those things are just lackeys.' The dangerous ones from Eden aren't the basic soldier-level red demons or green demons, but the executives wearing monster masks and helmets. Even if the dirty work was done by red demons and green demons, the helmeted executives handled most of the martial force, so it wasn't time to relax yet. "Hoo!" Martha exhaled deeply and headed not toward the center of Birdnew Village where the Light Wind Palace was maintaining their sword formation, but toward the outskirts filled with red demons and green demons. "Ugh!" "Hup!" The red demons and green demons saw her and immediately tried to thrust their swords after only letting out small battle cries. "Slow!" Martha sneered as she struck down with her sword. Terrifying aura surged from the entire blade, bursting not only those in front of her but also the red demons and green demons in the surrounding area. Peobeobeobeobeobeong! However, the red demons and green demons rushed at Martha, who was conducting a massacre, without any hesitation, as if the emotion of fear had been carved out of them. "It's good that they're crazy bastards!" Martha burned her Titan's Aura as she tore apart the red demons and green demons charging like wild boars and headed toward the center of Birdnew Village where the Light Wind Palace was. "What a spectacular entrance." Burren, who was maintaining the center of the formation, chuckled as he looked at the blood-soaked Martha. "It's always like that." Martha shrugged her shoulders as if asking whether it wasn't like that other times. "So what's the result?" Burren gestured with his chin, asking her to tell him the results of the investigation. "The swordsmen standing guard were stabbed from behind. There were no traces of resistance even after being stabbed, and most of the corpses were rotted, so I don't know yet whether they couldn't react because the enemy was strong or if it was due to magic." Martha nodded as she spoke about what she had directly witnessed. "I see. Stabbed from behind..." Burren also narrowed his eyes as if considering various possibilities. "But where is that fool?" Martha frowned upon seeing that Runaan wasn't within the Light Wind sword formation. "Over there." Burren raised his finger and pointed to the right. Kugugugugu! A massive mountain of ice rose from the right side, which was full of red demons and green demons. Within the pure white freezing frost, red demons and green demons were frozen solid, having become materials for the mountain. Haaaaah. The tremendous cold energy created by the iceberg froze the legs of the red demons and green demons around it, making them unable to move. They died in horrific states with their entire bodies torn apart by the cold energy, to the extent that the ghosts trapped in the iceberg seemed fortunate. "Whoo." A silver-haired beauty descended with graceful steps onto the corpses of the red demons and green demons who had died without shedding a single drop of blood. That elegant figure looked like a fairy descended from heaven, but also appeared like an evil spirit that had risen from an icy hell. "Hmm." Martha shivered as she felt the vicious cold energy swirling from Runaan's sword blade. 'This really doesn't make sense...' She got even stronger again. Runaan hadn't crossed the wall of Transcendence yet, but strangely she was emanating energy and martial prowess comparable to a Transcendent. Since Raon had been the only one to show such a state until now, it was something that didn't make sense in general. 'What kind of magic is this exactly?' Evelyn had only said that Runaan was under a vicious spell. She didn't know who had cast the magic or how it was cast to give her such martial prowess. Kwadrrrreuk! Runaan crushed the corpses of the red demons and green demons underfoot and approached the ghosts in the north. "Kkeuk!" "Ugh..." The red demons and green demons should originally feel no fear, but they retreated while letting out low groans, crushed by Runaan's absolute energy and killing intent. Chiaaaaaang! Runaan coldly swung her sword, freezing the retreating red demons and green demons pure white before smashing them to pieces. "Eden..." She approached the remaining ghosts while emanating an eerie energy as if her anger still hadn't subsided. Sseueu. It was when Runaan was about to step with her footwork while freezing the ground silver. Paaaaaang! Strange figures wearing monster helmets and masks burst out from between the blood-soaked bushes. They were Eden's executives who commanded the red demons and green demons. It seemed they thought the situation was too disadvantageous, as they could no longer wait and revealed themselves. Kugugugugu! The Eden executives advanced while emitting fighting spirit powerful enough to shake the earth and attacked the Light Wind Palace swordsmen who were maintaining their sword formation. "They're Eden's executives!" "Focus your minds!" "Maintain the sword formation more tightly!" The Light Wind Palace swordsmen also didn't let their guard down and put more strength into their sword formation to block the advancing offensive of the red demons, green demons, and executives. Chiaaaaaang! Eden's executives were definitely different from the lesser demons. Even the Light Wind Palace swordsmen who had easily massacred the red demons and green demons couldn't easily handle their martial arts and magic, frowning. In fact, if the Light Wind Palace went all out with their martial prowess, they could kill Eden's executives and lesser demons without much difficulty, but the Light Wind Palace's current mission wasn't massacre but escorting the Shadow Agents' investigation team. They couldn't leave their current position to protect those in the center. "Runaan!" Martha raised her hand and called out to Runaan. "This isn't the time for that! Go quickly and maintain the formation!" She stomped her feet while telling her to return to where Runaan should originally be. "......" Runaan lowered the sword she had been swinging fiercely and turned around. She looked toward the Light Wind Palace for a moment, then swung her sword at the enemy in front of her again. Peoooooook! The orc helmet struck by Runaan's sword and the red demons behind it simultaneously burst into blood. She continued to focus only on killing enemies as if she had no intention of participating in the formation. "Damn it! Shit!" Martha gritted her teeth and ran to participate in the Light Wind sword formation instead of Runaan. "Why won't she listen!" She gritted her teeth while blocking the incoming assault from the troll mask. "This is so damn frustrating!" She stomped her feet and struck down with her sword, bursting the chest of the troll mask that was trying to swing down its axe. "Weren't you always like that too?" Burren chuckled while looking at the angry Martha. "W-when did I!" Martha looked back at Burren with her jaw trembling. "Even when Raon told you to stay put, you jumped forward and swung your sword every day. You're not going to say you don't remember, are you?" Burren shrugged as if asking why she was pretending not to know when she knew everything. "Kkeung..." Martha bit her lips tightly because she had nothing to say. "It's okay to run wild now. Those guys aren't that strong." Burren narrowed his eyes thin as thread while looking at Eden's executives and ghosts who could only pound on the Light Wind sword formation but couldn't break through. "However, I don't know why they attacked even though they knew they couldn't win." He bit his lips as if he was rather uneasy that although Eden had attacked as expected, their numbers and martial force were lower than expected. "There might be some other scheme." Martha smacked her lips while simultaneously beheading four green demons. "Anyway, we just need to do our job." She nodded while saying they should just protect the Shadow Agents' investigation team as ordered by the Lord's Manor. "For you to say such things, the sun will rise in the west tomorrow." Burren let out a light laugh, saying he was surprised by Martha's words. "It feels like your and Runaan's personalities have switched somehow." He lowered his eyebrows while looking at Runaan massacring Eden's executives and lesser demons. "Runaan has gotten stronger again. It's an absurd level of growth." Burren shivered as if getting goosebumps from Runaan's martial prowess. "That's right. She's gotten annoyingly strong." Martha bit her lips slightly. "But I don't envy her." Because her personality has changed too. Runaan originally used frost like wind when deploying the Light Wind sword formation to block powerful enemies' attacks and support the swordsmen's movements. She herself seemed to like that role the most, but now her very temperament as a person had completely changed. Runaan spewed out massive frost to cover all enemies before her under white frost. She focused solely on killing enemies, regardless of whether the swordsmen behind her were fighting or not. 'I really need to stop her. However...' Martha put her hand in her pouch. She touched the snake bracelet she had received from Evelyn and pressed her lips down firmly. 'Can I do it?' Since there was a real difference in ability, she wasn't confident whether she could stop Runaan even with the help of Evelyn's artifact imbued with mana. 'No, I still have to do it.' Martha shook her head and clenched her fists. 'Just like Raon helped me.' Raon hadn't forgotten the promise he made with her in childhood, and without expecting any reward, he defeated the Leader of the White Blood Religion and saved her mother. She too wanted to save Runaan without expecting anything in return, just like he had. Kugugugugu! While Martha was steeling her resolve alone, the Eden ghosts that had swarmed into Birdnew Village began to retreat in terror as if they had hit an overwhelming wall. "Re-retreat! Retreat!" "Everyone get out! We absolutely can't break through that!" The Eden executives, now fewer than three remaining, realized they couldn't inflict even a small wound on the Light Wind Palace and Shadow Agents, and ordered a retreat while falling back. "Everyone turn back..." It was when Eden's executives were trying to flee in different directions for at least one of them to survive. Hwaaaaaaa! Pure white frost flowers fell from the sky above Birdnew Village. Those tiny petals turned the surroundings into a pure white ice field as soon as they touched the ground, and when they touched people, they froze not only their skin but all the way to their bones. "Kkyaaaaaak!" "Ueoeoook!" The Eden executives, red demons, and green demons who were trying to leave Birdnew Village were trapped by the mysterious martial art that Runaan had deployed and solidified into ice chunks as they were. They crumbled into white statues with fear of frost captured in their eyes. "Eden is..." Runaan only lowered her sword after dealing with every single Eden ghost that had attacked Birdnew Village without leaving any behind. "I'm going to... kill them all..." She emanated an eerie energy as if trying to release the fear and shock she had received from Syria Sullion onto Eden instead. "Hmm..." "R-Runaan?" "I knew she was strong, but this is more than expected..." Both the Light Wind Palace swordsmen and the Shadow Agents' informants trembled as if shocked by Runaan's tremendous martial prowess and cruel methods. "I-I'll report to the higher-ups first." The squad leader of the Shadow Agents investigation team spread out paper while watching Runaan's mood. He took out a pen, saying he had to inform the family that an actual attack had occurred. "Hey!" Martha approached Runaan with a frown on her brow. "What is wrong with you! Your position isn't over there!" The Light Wind Palace had specific positions and duties for each member during battle. Today, Runaan had ignored all of that system and run wild alone, so that point had to be addressed. "What do you think you are doing? Our mission right now is...." "They were weak..." Runaan shook her head with darkly burned eyes. "They were so weak that they couldn't even touch... a single fingertip of the Light Wind Palace..." She gestured with her chin, saying she moved as she pleased because they were weak. "That's not the problem! There might be a Transcendent or vicious shaman hiding among the enemies, so we must always be prepared..." It was the moment when Martha, unlike her usual self, was speaking reason while grabbing Runaan's shoulders. "Let go..." Runaan brushed away Martha's hand and cast an eerie gaze toward behind her. "There's still one left..." She seemed to sense the presence of Eden that had been hiding and immediately kicked off the ground and leaped out. The Eden executive who had been hiding his body also seemed flustered by Runaan's charge and immediately jumped up into the trees. They could see he was wearing a helmet, but since he had a hood pulled over it, they couldn't properly tell what kind of monster form it was. "Die..." Runaan thrust her sword as if she would kill him regardless of whether he fled or not, but the Eden executive moved his body strangely to deflect all of her attacks before starting to flee westward. "Haa..." Runaan emitted a cold energy as if she would catch him to the end and used her footwork to pursue the Eden executive. "......" Martha pressed her lips down firmly while alternately looking at the excited Runaan and the Eden executive who had avoided her tremendous offensive. 'I have a bad feeling about this.' Runaan's bizarre state, the unidentified Eden executive, and all the chaotic situations she had witnessed so far flashed through her mind, sending chills down her spine. "Burren!" Martha drew up her Titan's Aura to full power and gestured with her chin to Burren. "Let's go too!" She gestured toward Runaan's fading back and bit her lips. "To look after our sleepy younger sister!"