The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1257 A desolate wind blows across the field where the decisive battle between Runaan and Syria Sullion has ended. The living had left and the dead remained, but because evil energy had invaded the field, even though there were corpses, wild animals and monsters didn't dare approach the vicinity of the field. When the moon had crossed halfway through the dark night sky, raindrops began to fall on the armor of Syria Sullion and Eden's executives scattered across the field. When the sound of rainwater drumming against dented helmets and armor covered the field, blackened reeds swayed very slightly. From between the tilted reeds, a man wearing a bear-shaped mask very slowly raised his body. He connected the half-severed mask with magic while rolling his eyes left and right. "Haah..." The shaman who had received the name Bear Fire Demon and the Bearwolf mask from Eden touched the wounds on his neck and chest while letting out a sigh of relief. "I'm alive. No, should I say I died and came back to life." The moment Runaan Sullion's frost fragments pierced his body, he felt there was no way to survive, so he immediately cast magic on himself to fall into a deathlike state and pretended to be dead. If they had examined him properly they would have been caught, but fortunately the Zieghart bastards' attention was focused on Syria Sullion, so they seemed to have no time to check on him. 'I'm alive for now but...' Bear Fire Demon bit his lips tightly as he applied healing medicine to his wounds. 'It hurts like hell.' Runaan Sullion's attacks were on a different level from ordinary swordsmanship. Not only were they difficult to block, but the pain made it hard to maintain one's sanity, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that once hit, the tide of battle would shift dramatically. "That stupid Evil Goat Demon bastard. No, Syria Sullion!" Bear Fire Demon ground his teeth as he looked at the dead Syria Sullion with his eyes rolled back. "He was so confident, yet instead of killing Raon, he ended up dying to his own sister." Syria Sullion had said that Runaan Sullion was in the palm of his hand and that he could control her perfectly if only magic was cast on her. But he was struck by Runaan's sword and died, trapped in frozen hell where he must continue to suffer pain even in death. He's probably screaming in terrible agony even now. "Should I return to Paradise again..." Bear Fire Demon frowned as he stood up. "No, this won't do. I might face summary execution for insubordination." Heavenly Demon gave instructions to Eden's ghosts to stay quietly at headquarters for one year before entering seclusion. But he had disobeyed Heavenly Demon's instructions and followed Syria Sullion outside headquarters to mess with Zieghart. If he returned to Eden like this, he would probably have his limbs cut off and be thrown to the dogs by those who follow Heavenly Demon. "Then I have no choice but to use those children." To lure out Runaan Sullion, he had trapped young children with spiritual abilities in a dream world. If he took those children as sacrifices, he would be able to survive. 'Yes. That's right.' If he fled like this, he might survive, but he could never fulfill his wish. It was a wish he wanted to achieve even by joining hands with someone like Syria Sullion, so he had to somehow return to Eden and gain status. "Haah..." Bear Fire Demon took off his blood-soaked robe and put on a new robe he pulled out. "I should take care of the children first." He threw the blood-soaked robe and clothes onto the blackened earth and turned around. Bear Fire Demon ran west while wrapping magic around his entire body. He climbed a mountain not far from the field and stood in front of a cave where the fishy smell of an Ogre emanated. "No matter when I come, I can never get used to this smell." This stench was used as material for magic while also having the effect of driving away beasts and monsters, but it was an irritating smell no matter how many times he smelled it. "Phew..." Bear Fire Demon blocked his nose as he entered the cave. After walking for a while along a path where not a single ray of light entered, a space as wide as a cavern appeared. Under dim lighting like gathered fireflies, pale-faced children were lying down, and since they all lived on hard stone, their entire skin had bruises and scratches from being rubbed and scraped. "They're somewhat useful but..." Bear Fire Demon clicked his tongue briefly as he examined the children. "Indeed, none of them are as good as Ruzel." Ruzel was good for use as a sacrifice for magic, and had outstanding talent for escaping, so he was good to give a helmet to and use as bait. The other children's talents were also good, but it was too regrettable to have lost the best one. "Still, they should be worth at least low-grade masks or helmets." Bear Fire Demon sighed and struck the cave wall with his staff. A sound like breaking glass rang out from the end of the staff, and the children's eyelids opened simultaneously. "Everyone get up!" (E/N: Are we getting more children that will be stuffed in a building and never heard from again?) Bear Fire Demon looked down at the children and barked fiercely. It was an attitude as if he was dealing with beasts, not people. "Eup!" "Yes, yes!" "I-I'll get up!" The children were startled and raised their bodies as if they had been abused by Bear Fire Demon many times. Some children got more wounds on their skin from scraping against the stones because they moved their bodies too quickly. "We'll be leaving this place from now on, so prepare to move." Bear Fire Demon exhaled a cold breath from within his mask. "Yes...?" "Prepare to move?" "Wh-where are we going?" "Ah, where did the Evil Goat Demon go?" The children blinked in confusion at the sudden order to move. "Evil Goat Demon is dead. And..." Bear Fire Demon grabbed the small head of the child who had spoken about preparing to move with his hand. "Do I have to explain everything to the likes of you?" He told them to stop talking nonsense and prepare to leave, pointing to the magic items piled up behind them. "Ah, yes!" "S-sorry!" "We'll prepare immediately!" The children were startled and bowed their heads before running to the back to clear away the magic items prepared for creating the dream world. As if they had truly made painstaking efforts to lure out Runaan, there were dozens of items to pack, and they all emanated sinister energy. "Hey." Bear Fire Demon frowned as he looked at one child who was kneeling and not moving at all. That child was the youngest and smallest in this cave, and was staring blankly into space as if entranced by something. "Can't you hear me? I said move right now!" Bear Fire Demon thrust his masked face at the child and shouted intimidatingly. "......" But the child just continued to sit blankly as if he couldn't even see Bear Fire Demon. "This bastard!" Bear Fire Demon finally couldn't endure it and was about to swing his staff at the child. "Behind..." The child raised his small finger and pointed behind Bear Fire Demon. "What? Behind? What's behind..." Bear Fire Demon was about to turn around following the child's finger. With a roar like rocks exploding, Bear Fire Demon was slammed into the cave wall. "Gaaaah!" As Bear Fire Demon coughed up blood and raised his head, the face of someone who shouldn't exist here appeared before his eyes. A beautiful young man with golden hair and red eyes. The continent's greatest. No, someone with the greatest talent of all time who had earned the title Sword Emperor before even reaching his thirties was quietly opening his red eyes. (E/N: Runaan seems way more talented though. Rather, so many people are more talented it would be a long list. ) "R-Raon Zieghart!" Bear Fire Demon's blue lips trembled as if his shock at Raon's unexpected appearance was greater than his pain. "How are you here..." He repeated that this was impossible as if he couldn't believe this situation. "So this is where you cast magic on Runaan." Raon drew a cold smile as he surveyed the cave. "I can definitely feel the damp stench. Everything is filthy." The cave was huge, but because it hadn't been maintained, sharp stones were embedded here and there, magic items emitting terrible death energy hung between them, and children who couldn't eat or wash trembled from cold and hunger. This seemed to be hell on earth. "Don't touch such filthy things." Raon gently waved his hand, telling the children to put down what they were holding. "Ah, yes..." "Ah, I understand." The children seemed to see hope in Raon who overwhelmed Bear Fire Demon, who was like a god to them, and nodded before putting down the magic items they were holding. When Raon flicked his finger, crimson flames blazed up from the floor and burned all the magic items filling the cave. "N-no! Those can't be obtained again..." "Shut up." Raon raised his foot and stomped down on Bear Fire Demon's face as he waved his hands. Bear Fire Demon's Bearwolf mask shattered again, revealing a man's face with a pig-like upturned nose. "Gaaaah..." Bear Fire Demon trembled all over from the pain of mask fragments embedded in his face. He couldn't move his arms and shoulders properly as if bones throughout his body were already broken. "Ahh..." "Huu..." The children bit their lips tightly and shed tears as if moved by the sight of Bear Fire Demon, who had caused them pain, kneeling and all the magic items burning. "I didn't know there would be a child who could see me." Raon paid no attention to Bear Fire Demon crawling on the floor and approached the child who had spotted him, meeting his eyes. "You have good eyes." He praised the child and held his hand that was rough like tree bark. "Will you also..." The child slowly parted his bruised blue lips. "Will you hurt us too?" The child tilted his head with eyes that were too calm, as if already accustomed to pain. "......" Raon said nothing and embraced the child. Those words alone made it clear what kind of suffering the children here had endured, so no further conversation was needed. "It might hurt. I can't say I'll take responsibility for everything about you all but..." Raon patted the child's back and shook his head. "At the very least, I'll help you live as human beings." At first he had thought to take them in as Zieghart's martial artists, but these children had suffered too much pain, so he wanted to help them choose their own lives. "Evelyn." When Raon turned around, Evelyn emerged from the shadows. "These children..." "You don't need to say it. I know what you want." Evelyn smiled brightly, saying she could sense everything even without Raon speaking. "I'll be as careful as possible to bring them to Zieghart without them being hurt or scared." She told him not to worry as she approached the children. "Gather in front of this sister!" When Evelyn smiled brightly and spread both arms, the children flinched and leaned their upper bodies back. -As expected, all the children know! That woman is crazy! Wrath giggled, saying it was a natural result. "They still seem scared. Well, I did suddenly pop out." Evelyn clicked her tongue and spun her finger, causing candies and snacks to tumble down from the air. "Huh...?" "That's..." "C-candy?" "There are snacks too!" The children blinked their eyes as if enchanted by the candies and snacks and approached Evelyn. "As expected, this works best with kids! To think they wouldn't be interested even seeing such a beautiful sister." Evelyn's pride was hurt, but she laughed as if it couldn't be helped and scattered more candies and snacks to the children. -Really... Wrath shook his head as if dumbfounded. -It's sad that the only person here to entrust the children to is that crazy woman! He sighed, saying Martha would probably take better care of the children. 'That's not bad either.' Raon smiled faintly as he watched the children putting snacks and candies in their mouths. 'Since that side is settled...' He clicked his tongue briefly and approached Bear Fire Demon, who was paralyzed with fear and couldn't move. "I-I don't know anything!" Bear Fire Demon couldn't even look at Raon's face properly and frantically shook his head bowed toward Raon's legs. "It was all Syria Sullion's doing! I just followed his orders to cast magic..." "The Light Wind Palace has already resolved that." Raon waved his hand calmly. "You..." He looked down at Bear Fire Demon's distorted face with red eyes that conveyed emotions beyond fear. "You said you were returning to Eden, didn't you?"