The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1251 Runaan's sword extended gracefully as two white hawks blazing with blue-white light soared from her sword energy. The white hawks flashed their blood-red eyes as if thirsting for blood and charged toward Martha and Burren. Martha raised her sword thickly wrapped in Titan's Aura above her head. Even though her skin was freezing due to the cold energy Runaan had unleashed, she stood firmly in place and waited for the white hawks to approach. Martha struck down with her upraised sword the moment the white hawk came before her eyes. The Titan's Aura imbued with the power of earth mercilessly tore apart the wings of the white hawk filled with frigid energy. "Huu." Burren exhaled quietly with his sword drawn back behind his shoulder. He too endured the freezing air cold enough to freeze his breath and thrust his sword the moment the white hawk approached. Sharp wind that could even split space bloomed from Burren's sword energy and cut the white hawk Runaan had launched in half. "It's pretty, but..." Martha curled up the corners of her mouth as she looked at the crushed frost hawk. "Nothing special. It's not even a paper doll, it's pathetically weak." She snorted while trampling the remains left by the frost hawk with her foot. "Let's go back." Burren sighed briefly while lowering his sword. "It's not too late yet." He also nodded, saying they should go back now. "No. And..." Runaan firmly shook her head and raised her sword again. "It's not over yet." It was the moment she echoed Burren's words that it wasn't over yet. The white hawks that had sunk under Burren and Martha's sword strikes melted into the ground and froze their shoes and legs, fixing them to the earth. "Th-this is..." "Runaan!" Burren and Martha frowned deeply as they looked at the cold energy that had frozen their ankles pure white. "If you try to force your feet out, your ankles will come off." Runaan calmly shook her head, telling them not to move. "I'll be right back." Runaan said she would go catch the Ghost of Eden like this and turned around, leaving Burren and Martha behind. She lowered her stance to execute her footwork at full power as if she wouldn't miss this opportunity. "Hiik..." The Eden executive wearing the forest rabbit helmet hurriedly pressed down his hood and stood on his tiptoes to flee from Runaan again. "I won't let you escape this time." It was when Runaan was about to execute the footwork technique that pushes off the ground while regulating her breathing. Martha ignored Runaan's warning and forcibly broke the cold energy before moving her feet. "Where do you think you're going?" She immediately moved as if there was no pain at all and blocked Runaan's path. "Martha..." Runaan trembled her jaw as if flustered by Martha's sudden action. She immediately looked down to check Martha's ankle. "Don't tell me you're worried about my ankle?" Martha chuckled while looking into Runaan's eyes. "Don't worry. It's perfectly fine." She tapped her own ankle, saying there wasn't a single injury. "How...?" Runaan frowned slightly as if she couldn't understand. "Because I was caught once before." Martha chuckled and brushed off the cold energy clinging to her clothes. "I was humiliated in the great training ground, so I can't let it happen again, right?" She curled up the corners of her mouth, saying she had learned how to block cold energy in preparation for Runaan freezing her entire body. "Same here." Burren also lightly broke the ice and lifted his leg as if he had been prepared for Runaan's cold energy. "The result of you two fighting was so shocking that I was preparing with wind." He trampled the ice fragments he had broken and stood in front of Runaan again. "......" Runaan seemed flustered by the unexpected result and looked back and forth between Martha and Burren with slightly trembling eyes. "I acknowledge that you're strong. I'd have a hard time beating you right now too. But..." Martha rolled her right shoulder like a back-alley thug and lifted her chin. "If you don't know why you became so strong, you won't be able to fully display that martial prowess." She narrowed her eyes as thin as thread as if she was reading Runaan's condition. "I don't think I'm qualified to be Vice Palace Master." Burren shook his head, blaming himself inappropriately for the current situation. "Runaan. Even though I knew your condition wasn't good, I believed that time would solve it. I also thought I should become stronger to help you. But that wasn't right." He bit his lips as he looked at Runaan's darkly sunken eyes and pale skin. "I should have somehow confronted you and pulled you out. I'm sorry." Burren bowed his straight back. "So right now I can't let you go. No, I won't let you go!" He showed burning red eyes, saying he absolutely wouldn't step aside. "I wanted to avoid hurting you..." Runaan let out a short sigh. "There's no choice." She exhaled pure white breath as if she would go seriously from now on. "You've always been frustratingly slow and chatty, but now it's perfect. Keep doing that from now on." Martha grinned as if she was pleased. "Next, you just need to fix that arrogant attitude." She beckoned with her finger as if telling her to come at her. "You won't be able to pass easily." Burren straightened his bent back and looked down at Runaan. "Because right now I have to take Raon's place." He calmly shook his head and raised his sword blazing with wind. "For Raon's sake." Runaan gritted her molars strongly and raised her sword. "I have to kill all those bastards for Raon's sake!" White light blazed from the blade she was holding, and a massive frost storm began descending from the sky above. "You know it's tough alone, right? Support me." Martha beckoned to Burren. She clicked her tongue, saying it would be better to combine their strength. "Words that are hard to hear from your mouth are coming out one after another today." Burren smiled faintly as he looked at Martha's desperate eyes. "Fine. I'll support you today as you ask." He said he would support Martha and created wind wrapped in sharpness to back her up. "You said for Raon's sake. That guy Raon doesn't want something like that from us!" Martha twisted the corners of her mouth as if she welcomed the frost storm Runaan had created. "I'll smash your head in place of Raon!" She drew up Titan's Aura at full power and set her entire body ablaze with red light. Burren summoned noble wind to elevate Martha's fierce aura even higher. Runaan's frigid storm and the earth's fury raised by Martha and Burren clashed head-on, melting away the golden field where reeds had been swaying without a trace. * * * "Why..." Runaan bit her lips as she watched Martha pushing away the cold energy. 'Why are they blocking me?' She just wanted to kill the Ghost of Eden! The Ghost of Eden burned down Birdnew Village and even destroyed that village she loved. Those bastards are evil itself that shouldn't exist in this world. For Raon's sake, for Zieghart's sake. No, they had to be killed for everyone's sake. 'Yes. Surely that village was also destroyed by that bastard... Wait. That village?' Runaan furrowed her brow deeply while blocking Martha's sword strike. 'What village is that?' Surely 'that village' came to mind, but she couldn't tell what village it was. Something was vaguely drawn, but she couldn't recognize exactly what it was. It was a strange situation that didn't make sense even to herself. 'Come to think of it...' Runaan stepped back slightly and regulated her breathing. 'Too strange. Not this situation, but me.' Martha and Burren were right. The Ghost of Eden in front of her was blatantly luring her. Normally she wouldn't have been lured by such an obvious trap, but she had been chasing after that bastard like a mouse drawn to cheese without looking back. It was far too strange for her usual personality, even if it might make sense for Martha. "What?" Martha narrowed her eyes as she looked at Runaan. "Don't tell me you've come to your senses?" She nodded, telling her to lower her sword if she had come to her senses. 'Martha...' Runaan bit her lips as she saw the worry dwelling in Martha's dark eyes. 'Right. I haven't been myself until now.' 'Why am I acting like this?' She pressed her aching temples and raised her gaze. 'Ever since I saw that guy's eyes in Birdnew Village, something... Ah!' It was the moment she recalled her memory back to when she first met eyes with that robed monster in Birdnew Village. The robed monster shook the blood-soaked wreath from his bosom as if he had been waiting. The moment she saw the blood-soaked wreath, her heart sank with a thud. The thoughts she had been calmly organizing sank back into darkness, and only the killing intent that she had to kill that monster surged up. "Get out of the way!" Runaan shouted for the first time and stamped her feet. She unleashed frost with all her might while wrapping her sword with terrifying killing intent that bloomed without her knowing. Martha and Burren stood in their places without retreating even an inch. The two endured the cold energy to the end as if they might be pushed back in strength but wouldn't lose in momentum. "I said get out of the way! That bastard has to die!" It was when Runaan was gritting her teeth until they bled and thrusting her sword at Martha and Burren. From the shadows of broken cold energy, Ghosts of Eden emerged and aimed cylinder-like objects at Martha and Burren. When they pulled the strings, hundreds of needles shot out from the cylinders and flew toward the two. "Dodge!" "Wh-what is this now!" Even though Martha and Burren were in the middle of blocking Runaan with all their strength, they quickly retreated and avoided the needles shot by the Ghosts of Eden. Instead of Martha and Burren, the ground where the needles struck began to melt, turning black as if rotting. It was a deadly poison that would kill just by touching it. "Don't tell me this is... Wait! Runaan!" The moment Martha swallowed dry saliva while looking at the melting ground, Runaan broke through the two's encirclement and leaped forward. "Uh, uh?" The Ghost of Eden wearing the forest rabbit helmet tried to retreat to avoid Runaan's sudden charge, but there was already an ice wall blocking the path behind him. "I won't let you escape this time." Runaan perfectly blocked the escape route of the man wearing the forest rabbit helmet and thrust down her sword. The man wearing the forest rabbit helmet couldn't avoid Runaan's sword this time and was struck directly. The forest rabbit helmet split in half, revealing the still youthful face of a boy from within. "Keoooook!" He coughed up bright red blood while Runaan's sword was stuck between his shoulder and neck. "Ru-Runaan..." The boy called Runaan's name and stroked her face with trembling hands. "Huh...?" Runaan trembled all over as she looked at the boy's face, as if she had just woken up from a dream. "You are..." It was when she dropped her sword and thought of memories with the boy who hadn't existed in reality. A pitch-black magic circle was drawn behind Runaan, and above it appeared the human she hated most. "We finally meet again!" Syria Sullion. The monster who had been revived even after being killed by Raon and had been burning only with desire for blood and flesh drew a pure white smile. "My younger sister!"