The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1268 "……." Raon narrowed his eyes thin as thread while looking at the helmeted woman who called him Sword Emperor. 'She's strong.' The thought that came to him as soon as he saw the woman wearing the Beautiful Woman's Helmet was just one thing. That she was strong. That woman was a formidable warrior who could be counted among the strongest martial artists he had ever met. The Fighting Spirit was so much denser than what he had expected from the reputation of being the Heavenly Demon's disciple and the mighty Aura he had felt on the mountain that it made his spine tingle. 'I naturally thought it would be a man.' Who would have thought it was a woman. The Heavenly Demon's disciple wasn't simply wearing a Beautiful Woman's Helmet, but was actually a slender woman. When he heard from Silent Serpent Swordsman that there was a Heavenly Demon's disciple and felt that Fighting Spirit, he had thought without question that it was a man, so it was somewhat bewildering that it turned out to be a slender woman. "Are you the Heavenly Demon's disciple?" Raon calmly nodded his chin while hiding his bewildered emotions. "The Heavenly Demon is one who exists solely alone in this world." The woman wearing the Beautiful Woman's Helmet slowly lowered her eyes and then opened them. "There are only humans who follow him on their own accord, but such a thing as his disciple does not exist in this world." She shook her head coldly as if she was not the Heavenly Demon's disciple. "Hmm...?" Raon looked back at Silent Serpent Swordsman while frowning. "She only talks like that. In reality, she received the Heavenly Demon's teachings!" Silent Serpent Swordsman waved both hands, saying the woman wearing the Beautiful Woman's Helmet was lying. "We all acknowledge her as the Heavenly Demon's disciple, but she's the only one who talks like that?" He stretched his fist into the air as if saying they would know if they fought. "Silent Serpent Swordsman. Did you bring them here?" The Heavenly Demon's disciple glared at Silent Serpent Swordsman and let out a voice flowing with cold air. "No way! I'm just being held captive because I don't want to die either!" Silent Serpent Swordsman shook his head vigorously, saying he was captured by Raon. "And you are the Heavenly Demon's disciple! Just admit it already!" He snorted at the Heavenly Demon's disciple. "The Heavenly Demon's disciple... Come to think of it, there might have been one." The woman wearing the Beautiful Woman's Helmet stepped forward. "Raon Zieghart. A woman you know well." She looked up at Raon and exhaled an icy breath. "Are you talking about Sia Zieghart?" Raon slightly bit his lips while mentioning Sia's name. 'Although older sister doesn't remember, father said she was with the Heavenly Demon.' Sia had lost all her memories from when she lived as the Green King, but father had said she spent time with the Heavenly Demon. Listening to what that woman wearing the beauty's helmet said, it seemed Sia had truly learned martial arts from the Heavenly Demon. "That's right." The woman wearing the Beautiful Woman's Helmet nodded calmly. "If there is a Heavenly Demon's disciple, she would probably be the only one. Because she possesses talent that even the Heavenly Demon would acknowledge." She mentioned the names of the Heavenly Demon and Sia without any emotion, as if simply stating facts. -No, in this king's view, that woman seems to be the Heavenly Demon's disciple after all. Wrath frowned as if now certain. 'How do you know that?' -Because I can sense that arrogant bastard's aura from that woman. 'Arrogant?' Raon tilted his head, not understanding what Wrath meant. 'No way...' -Pride! There's the aura of that bastard who thinks only he is great! Wrath gritted his teeth, saying that like the Heavenly Demon, he could feel the aura of the Monarch of Pride from his disciple as well. 'Certainly...' Raon lowered his eyebrows while looking at the Heavenly Demon's disciple again. 'I can sense an aura different from ordinary humans.' There was too great a wall between him and the Heavenly Demon for him to properly sense the trace of pride, but from the Heavenly Demon's disciple, an aura that ordinary humans could never possess was emanating. A power different from Fighting Spirit inherited from monsters' abilities. He could feel an ominousness that only a being who had honed humanity's most negative emotions could possess. 'It's clearly different from the authorities I possess.' Pride, true to its name, pressed down on him strongly as if trying to crush everything in this world. If he didn't have the power of other demon kings, he felt he might have unconsciously bowed to that woman. -But... The guy clicked his tongue as if something was bothering him. -I feel like I've seen the face carved on that helmet somewhere before? Wrath scratched his head, saying he felt like he had seen somewhere before the beauty's face depicted on the helmet the Heavenly Demon's disciple was wearing. 'Anyway, you're no help.' It would be a great help if he could find out what that woman's helmet was, but as expected, it was typical of a demon king who had never helped to the end. "Heavenly Demon's disciple, what is your name?" Raon stepped forward like the Heavenly Demon's disciple and lifted his chin. He looked down with even greater spirit than one who possessed the Authority of Pride. "Death Sword Spirit." The Heavenly Demon's disciple placed her hand on the sword at her waist and opened her red lips. "Call me Death Sword Spirit." She nodded, telling him to call her not the Heavenly Demon's disciple, but Death Sword Spirit. "Death Sword Spirit..." Raon muttered the name Death Sword Spirit while frowning. 'It's an even more ominous name than it appears.' The name Death Sword Spirit means a sword spirit that calls death. Spirits are originally pure beings, but with the expression of calling death added, an even more ominous sensation swept down his entire body. "For what reason did Zieghart's Sword Emperor come to Paradise? Moreover..." Death Sword Spirit gripped her sword with slender fingers and raised cold eyes. "Breaking down the back gate to enter and even killing the dogs guarding Paradise." Her voice became low and terrifying Fighting Spirit burst forth. "Hmm..." "To think such Fighting Spirit existed..." The Light Wind Palace swordsmen's faces began to turn pale white from Death Sword Spirit's mighty aura. "Huu..." "Was there another woman that strong?" Burren operated Sharp Wind Technique to overcome Death Sword Spirit's aura, while Martha broke out in cold sweat but clicked her tongue as if she had found a new target. "..." Runaan faced Death Sword Spirit's Fighting Spirit from the overwhelming powerhouse directly but didn't retreat even slightly as she caressed her sword. It was a posture that showed her will to protect Light Wind Palace no matter what offensive came. "It's to meet the Heavenly Demon." Raon knew Light Wind Palace was struggling because of Death Sword Spirit's Fighting Spirit, but calmly lowered his gaze without taking any special measures. "You're the current leader of Eden, right? Whether you're the Heavenly Demon's disciple or not doesn't matter. Just tell me where the Heavenly Demon is." He flicked his finger, saying he would leave this land called Paradise if she told him the Heavenly Demon's location. "To meet the Heavenly Demon..." Death Sword Spirit let out a deflated laugh and nodded. "For that reason, you broke down the back gate of this sacred land and killed the dogs? If so, I can't just let you go even more." She drew the sword from her waist, saying she couldn't let Light Wind Palace, who had entered breaking the one-year ceasefire agreement, leave alive. A jet-black dark sword that didn't let any light seep through emitted chillingly cold killing intent. It was a sword that matched the alias Death Sword Spirit far too well. "Speak. The reason you seek the Heavenly Demon." Death Sword Spirit emitted even more terrifying aura than before, as if she would stab immediately if he didn't tell her the reason for seeking the Heavenly Demon. At her aura, Eden's sky that had only been blue cracked black, and heavy vibrations surged from the earth. Kuguuuguuguugu! At the Fighting Spirit of a swordsman who had surpassed Transcendence and reached the absolute level, all the Light Wind Palace swordsmen without exception trembled all over. However, not a single one knelt or bowed. They showed their resolve not to bow to Eden even if they died from suffocation like this. Huuuuk! When Raon raised one arm, Death Sword Spirit's aura that had been pressing down on Light Wind Palace subsided as if washed away. "Of course there's a reason. However..." He twisted his lips while looking at Death Sword Spirit whose cold eyes flashed. "You're not qualified to hear it. Just tell me where the Heavenly Demon is." Raon lifted his chin without telling Death Sword Spirit the reason. "Ha..." Death Sword Spirit bit her lips as if her patience had run out and whirled her dark sword. "I didn't know today would be the day I kill Zieghart's Sword Emperor." She emitted cold killing intent as if confident she could defeat Raon. "Then let's make a bet." Raon took his hand off Heavenly Drive and raised his finger. "If I defeat you, tell me the Heavenly Demon's location. Conversely, if you defeat me, I'll tell you the reason I'm seeking the Heavenly Demon." He suggested they bet what each wanted to know and jutted out his chin. "..." Death Sword Spirit narrowed her eyes thinly as if curious about what Raon was thinking. "Fine." After finishing her thoughts, she nodded as if confident. "But if you die, who will tell me that reason?" "Our Vice Palace Master will tell you." Raon chuckled and pointed at Burren. "Or you could ask this one here." He pushed the trembling Bear Fire Demon forward and shrugged his shoulders. "Of course, that won't happen." Raon flicked his finger at Death Sword Spirit, meaning for her to attack as much as she wanted. "If I die, the master of that tower will come down and tell you the Heavenly Demon's location." Death Sword Spirit didn't fall for Raon's provocation and whirled her sword faster, as if saying to go ahead and try. "Then let's begin." As she spoke the words about starting, she simultaneously bent her upper body deeply forward and aimed her sword like an arrow nocked on a bow. Kuuuung! Before he could feel the earth trembling, Death Sword Spirit's sword was already thrust before Raon's eyes. 'Fast.' Raon let out an exclamation of admiration and raised Heavenly Drive. Huuuuk! At that moment, Death Sword Spirit's dark sword showed strange movements like a snake climbing a tree, flowing past Heavenly Drive's defensive technique and entering. Piaaaang! Death Sword Spirit thrust her sword straight at Raon's neck as if trying to end it with one sword strike. Seuuuuu! Raon wasn't flustered at all by Death Sword Spirit's sword strikes that were fast, fierce, and ever-changing, and calmly raised his sword. Kyaaaaang! The flames that blazed from Heavenly Drive's blade became an iron wall shield and blocked Death Sword Spirit's sword. It was the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation Fire Wall that destroyed and deflected enemy swords. However, something different from Raon's expectations occurred. Tsijjijjik! Death Sword Spirit's sword tore through the Fire Wall's flames and collided with Heavenly Drive. He wasn't injured, but it meant the dark sword's power was much stronger and sharper than expected. "Unlike your words, your sword is still lacking." Death Sword Spirit let out a sneer and charged again. Her movements were ethereal as if riding the wind, and her swordsmanship was sharp enough to cut even flames. Martial prowess that was not lacking in the name of absolute, combined with the power of the formation array, was displaying invincible sword strength. Raon blocked Death Sword Spirit's slashing attacks that poured down like rain while raising cool eyes. "You're certainly different." He nodded while deflecting Death Sword Spirit's fierce offensive by a hair's breadth. "It's martial prowess worthy of being called the Heavenly Demon's disciple." "I told you I'm not the Heavenly Demon's disciple!" Death Sword Spirit thrust her sword faster and more fiercely as if she disliked the title of Heavenly Demon's disciple. The dark sword burrowed in at invisible speed, achieving colorful variations like viewing a kaleidoscope. "It doesn't matter what you're called anyway." Raon muttered calmly and pulled Heavenly Drive back behind his waist. Chiaaaang! Golden flames blazed on the silver blade advancing faster than light, completely destroying all the afterimages of the dark sword rushing before his eyes. Chwaaaak! Heavenly Drive's sharpness was not satisfied with just destroying the traces of the dark sword and even cut Death Sword Spirit's shoulder behind it. "You..." Death Sword Spirit retreated quickly with wide eyes as if shocked that her shoulder had been cut. "The result of this fight is..." Raon arrogantly lifted his chin while burning away Death Sword Spirit's blood on Heavenly Drive. "It will end with you dying and telling me the Heavenly Demon's location." (E/N: But...?)