The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1266 Splash. Raon stepped on the blood of the helmeted ghosts and looked around. 'Is this the back mountain of Eden?' The position where he and the Light Wind Palace had entered was a mountain that overlooked the entire view of Eden. It wasn't particularly high, but since Eden itself was located in lowlands, surveying the surroundings wasn't too difficult. 'No, it would be more accurate to call it a back door.' Being able to survey all of Eden's territory and seeing that there were hardly any guards here, the Dimensional Gate that the Sphinx had opened was indeed a back door that allowed entry to the rear of Eden, just as he had initially expected. 'More than I thought...' Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Eden's white buildings. 'There are many monsters with strong Aura.' Whether Eden's main base had some special power, powerful Aura could be felt from here and there. A very few at the top floors of buildings seemed to be monsters that had achieved Transcendence. -It's true! Wrath smacked his lips with interest. -Considerable masters are spread throughout! As expected of a group of the most insane bastards! He rubbed his hands together, saying that befitting insane bastards, there were many strong beings as well. 'Among them, one seems particularly strong?' Terrifying Fighting Spirit could be felt from the top floor of the tallest building that rose in Eden's center. He seemed to have already sensed the intrusion of himself and the Light Wind Palace, sending a chilling gaze this way. -Hooo! Wrath also seemed to sense that being's presence and let out a great exclamation. -As you said, he's no ordinary fellow. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he's on the same level as you. He narrowed his eyes, saying he didn't know such a being would exist. 'I thought I only needed to be careful of the Heavenly Demon, but that wasn't the case.' Since The Fallen had died, he thought the only person he needed to be wary of in Eden was the Heavenly Demon. But if such beings existed, it seemed he would need to remake the war plans from the beginning. 'It was good that I came.' He had intended to collect information about Eden while repaying the blood debt for the people of Birdnew Village, and he was satisfied to have obtained major information as soon as he arrived. "Hmm..." The Bear Fire Demon frowned as he looked at Eden's ghosts who had died without even being able to scream properly. He trembled his lips as if he thought those corpses were his own future appearance. "It wasn't bluffing." Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at the terrified Bear Fire Demon. "There really was a monster." The Bear Fire Demon had said that monsters on a similar level to himself also existed in Eden, and his words weren't false. Something that wouldn't be strange if it rivaled himself was truly living inside that tower. "D-didn't I tell you?" The Bear Fire Demon forcibly steadied his trembling jaw and stammered as he opened his mouth. "Inside here is hell! A place where you can't live like a human if you're not strong!" He gritted his teeth, saying that if Syria Sullion hadn't helped him, he too wouldn't have been able to escape this hell. "......" Runaan didn't change her expression at all even when Syria Sullion's story came up, as if she had now overcome everything. "There have never been intruders before! They will absolutely never let intruders leave alive! However..." The Bear Fire Demon bit his lips deeply as he looked at Raon. "If it's you, it might be different." He revealed trembling eyes as if he had no choice but to acknowledge Raon now. "You'll know if you watch. Whether we'll collect the blood debt and return alive, or leave dead." Raon shook his head with a faint smile. "What should we do now?" Burren approached from behind Raon and bowed his head. "It seems Eden's ghosts have sensed our presence." He slightly lowered his eyebrows as if sensing the Fighting Spirit rising busily from below. It seemed that monster on the top floor had given instructions. "Hmm..." Raon looked down at the base of the mountain and slightly raised his chin. Now not only the ghosts who had achieved Transcendence, but all beings in Eden had sensed the presence of the Light Wind Palace and were preparing to climb up the mountain. "If they come up, we could just cut them down as they arrive, but..." Raon shook his head while placing his hand on Heavenly Drive. "There's no need to handle things in the same way as those bastards." The reason they had come here wasn't to wage all-out war with Eden, but to meet the Heavenly Demon. Only by meeting him could they resolve all of this. "Where is the Heavenly Demon?" Raon took a short breath and spread his Aura Perception again. In an instant, ten Ring of Fire resonated and all the presences throughout Eden could be felt. '...He's not here.' His Aura Perception had grown to a level that didn't lose even to Wrath, but the Heavenly Demon's presence couldn't be felt anywhere. It seemed he didn't exist on this land at all. "Looking for the Heavenly Demon?" It was when Raon was frowning and trying to focus more on his Aura Perception. A chilling voice came from a tree on the right. "Who is it!" "Without any presence!" Burren and Martha urgently turned around and pointed their swords toward the tree where the voice had come from. "Black..." "Snake helmet?" The two frowned as they looked at the man wearing a black snake helmet who was leaning against the tree. "......" Runaan scattered blue Frost around them as if trying to protect not just Burren and Martha, but all of the Light Wind Palace. "I have no intention of fighting right now, so you can rest assured." The man wearing the black snake helmet leisurely waved his hand. "I just came to watch. The idiots who entered hell on their own." He curved his lips upward inside the helmet as if this situation was enjoyable. "Black this time?" Raon looked up at the man with the black snake helmet and let out a small sigh. "After the Golden Mask Swordsman, Red Demon Swordsman, Blue Serpent Swordsman, and Green Serpent, what is it this time? Black Iron Swordsman perhaps?" A Swordsman who appears again each time he dies, changing the form and color of his mask. That man's presence was now so familiar that he couldn't forget it even if he wanted to. The reason he wasn't surprised when Syria Sullion returned despite having his neck severed was because of this ghost before his eyes. "Similar but wrong." The man wearing the black snake helmet calmly waved his hand. "This body is Silent Serpent Swordsman. I'll be quite different from the previous ones." He introduced himself as Silent Serpent Swordsman and revealed a chilling gaze. Just as he said he was different from the previous snake helmets, there was an indescribable sense of freedom about him. "Ah, aah..." The Bear Fire Demon gaped as he looked at Silent Serpent Swordsman. He trembled all over, appearing more flustered than when Syria Sullion was killed by Runaan. "What's the matter? Do you know this ghost?" Raon stroked his chin as he looked at the Bear Fire Demon. "Ugh..." The Bear Fire Demon gave no answer to his question and just chewed his lips. He thought he was afraid of being killed by Silent Serpent Swordsman, but seeing his wavering eyes, it seemed the opposite - he was longing for him. "So you're a traitor. You did well opening the gate." Conversely, Silent Serpent Swordsman just chuckled as if he felt nothing toward the Bear Fire Demon. It seemed he would need to ask the Bear Fire Demon later why he was nervous upon seeing Silent Serpent Swordsman. "I don't care if you're Silent Serpent Swordsman or Black Serpent Swordsman." Raon flicked his hand toward Silent Serpent Swordsman. "Tell me where the Heavenly Demon is." He said he wasn't interested in anything else and arrogantly lowered his chin. "As expected, you're insane just as I've seen." Silent Serpent Swordsman let out a hollow laugh as if dumbfounded. "Coming to this damned Paradise where the Heavenly Demon is revered like a god and demanding him - it's truly absurd." He continued letting out hollow laughs as if finding it amazing no matter how he looked at it. "You sound different from the other ghosts who worship the Heavenly Demon." Raon narrowed his eyes thin as thread as he looked at Silent Serpent Swordsman. "Well, that's right." Silent Serpent Swordsman twisted his lips while facing Raon. "Protecting the Heavenly Demon or Paradise isn't my role." He shrugged his shoulders as if it didn't matter to him since it wasn't his job. "So I can answer your question, but I also have one condition." Silent Serpent Swordsman approached Raon while bending his upper body forward. "What kind of riddle did the gatekeeper Sphinx guarding this gate pose?" He smacked his lips, saying he was more curious about the Sphinx's riddle than anything else. "What exactly are you?" Raon stroked his chin as he looked at Silent Serpent Swordsman. The snake helmet ghosts he had seen so far always showed clear-cut hostility as if measured with a ruler, but this Silent Serpent Swordsman fellow was so flexible that he didn't feel even an ounce of restraint. "I'm just curious. How you got past the Sphinx." Silent Serpent Swordsman rubbed his hands together, saying he just wanted to know what happened in the confrontation with the Sphinx. "Well, to answer your question first..." Silent Serpent Swordsman raised both arms and crossed them diagonally while maintaining his smile. "The correct answer is that the Heavenly Demon is not here." He nodded as he said the Heavenly Demon wasn't in Eden. "What do you mean? I heard he went into Seclusion for a life-and-death duel with the Head of House?" Raon glared at Silent Serpent Swordsman and frowned. "There's no law saying Seclusion must be done here. Someone of your level should have sensed it, right? That the Heavenly Demon isn't here." Silent Serpent Swordsman flicked his finger as if asking don't you know well. -What he says is probably correct. Wrath nodded briefly. -I don't sense that bastard's presence inside here. He clicked his tongue briefly, saying that since the scent of a nemesis comes from the Heavenly Demon, there was no way he wouldn't know. "Hmm..." Raon bit his lips slightly as he surveyed Eden's landscape visible behind Silent Serpent Swordsman. 'Certainly, I don't sense the Heavenly Demon's presence.' The Heavenly Demon could be in Seclusion in an underground great training ground like Glenn, but given his personality that he had observed so far, he would never hide like that. It seemed he was elsewhere, just as Silent Serpent Swordsman said. "Then where is the Heavenly Demon?" Raon narrowed his eyes as he looked at Silent Serpent Swordsman. "Before that..." Silent Serpent Swordsman raised his finger and pointed to the middle of the mountain. Eden's ghosts were rushing toward this place with eerie eyes flashing. "Shouldn't we deal with those first?" He twisted his lips as if suggesting it would be better to stop Eden's ghosts first. Kuuuuuuuung! The swordsmen of the Light Wind Palace unsheathed their swords and deployed their Light Wind Sword Formation toward the direction where Eden's ghosts were climbing, as if responding to Silent Serpent Swordsman's words. "That's not something you need to worry about." Raon raised red eyes without looking back, trusting the Light Wind Palace. "Just tell me where the Heavenly Demon is." "Hmm, was it this much..." Silent Serpent Swordsman trembled the fingertips that were gripping the tree, as if slightly surprised by his own Aura. However, he also emitted intense Fighting Spirit as if he didn't want to lose. "Hueuk!" The Bear Fire Demon remarkably didn't collapse even though he was standing at the center where his and Silent Serpent Swordsman's Aura clashed. He was looking at Silent Serpent Swordsman with desperate eyes while holding his head. "Unfortunately, I don't know where the Heavenly Demon went either." Silent Serpent Swordsman released his Fighting Spirit first and waved both hands, saying he also didn't know the Heavenly Demon's location. "You're lying." It was when Raon took a step closer to Silent Serpent Swordsman and was about to draw Heavenly Drive. "I don't know, but there's someone who does." Silent Serpent Swordsman waved both hands and pointed to the tallest white tower. "The Heavenly Demon's disciple." He curled his lips long as he brought out the unexpected words "the Heavenly Demon's disciple." "They know the Heavenly Demon's location. No, if you defeat them, the Heavenly Demon might appear right away." "The Heavenly Demon's disciple..." Raon followed Silent Serpent Swordsman's gaze and looked at the tallest tower. 'Certainly, with that level of presence, they would have to be at least the Heavenly Demon's disciple.' The Aura felt from that tower was so powerful that it wouldn't lose even to his current self. He had been curious about who it was, and if the answer was the Heavenly Demon's disciple, it was certainly possible. (E/N: No, that does not make it possible...) "However..." Silent Serpent Swordsman looked up at the tower and slightly twisted his lips. "As you must have felt, this one is incredibly strong. Much more than the Heavenly Demon or Destructive King of the North of the same age..." "Simple." Raon calmly shook his head and flicked his finger at Silent Serpent Swordsman. "No, it's actually better. If the disciple dies, then that bastard the Heavenly Demon will also..." He placed his hand on Heavenly Drive and flashed razor-sharp eyes. "Learn how heavy the price of human blood is."