The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1282 "B-but..." Dorian raised his trembling hand to a pitiful degree. "C-can't we just not kill that Silent Serpent Swordsman so that Hydra doesn't appear?" He tilted his head, asking if Hydra wouldn't appear in the first place if they didn't kill the Silent Serpent Swordsman. "T-that person seemed to have no hostility toward us, unlike the other Ghosts of Eden." Dorian swallowed dry saliva as he recalled the Silent Serpent Swordsman's friendly approach. "Oh!" Martha clapped her hands and exclaimed. "That's right! He didn't seem to have any intention of fighting at all!" She smacked her lips, saying she didn't feel any fighting spirit from the Silent Serpent Swordsman. "That won't work." Burren looked at Dorian and Martha and sighed as if they were pathetic. "He's an executive of Eden anyway. Would they just let a Transcendent play around!" He shook his head, saying it wasn't something they could hope for from the beginning. "......" Runaan also nodded quietly, seeming to share Burren's thoughts. "T-then if we just leave the Silent Serpent Swordsman alone..." Dorian clasped his hands together with reddened eyes, seeming unwilling to give up his lingering hopes. "That won't work either." Evelyn spoke with rarely serious eyes. "That Silent Serpent Swordsman is a Transcendent. And he was above the upper level at that. Magic and martial arts have different textures, but even considering just the realm alone, he's far above my level." She narrowed her nose bridge, saying she was amazed by the chillingly refined martial prowess when she first saw the Silent Serpent Swordsman. "Then if we don't kill him and let him roam freely, half of Zieghart would disappear, wouldn't it?" Evelyn curled her red glistening lips, saying they might suffer unimaginable damage. "Our Raon could probably control him without difficulty, but then it would be no different from one pillar of Zieghart collapsing." She shrugged, saying it wasn't a problem that could be easily solved. "Ughhhh..." Dorian clutched his head as if already terrified by the fear that Hydra would emerge and destroy everything. "Ugh..." The Bear Fire Demon clenched his fist and looked only at Raon, his will to save his sons seeming stronger than his fear of Hydra. "There's something I want to ask." Raon lowered his chin while making eye contact with the Bear Fire Demon. "Are you certain that if the Silent Serpent Swordsman dies, your youngest son confined in Eden's main base will be reborn with Hydra's power?" Thinking about it, since the person who told that story was Syria Sullion, it was hard to believe completely. "Y-yes, that's right." The Bear Fire Demon nodded as if certain. "After hearing Syria Sullion's story, I investigated Eden, and just as he said, the souls of my fifth and youngest son were connected..." He bit his lips until they bled, saying he felt even deeper despair after finding out for himself. "According to the flow of magic, if my fifth son dies, the souls of all five sons and Hydra's power will pour into our youngest." The Bear Fire Demon clawed at the ground with trembling hands as if he had already finished confirming everything himself. "Evelyn." Raon called Evelyn with a short sigh. "Could that be true?" Since Evelyn was from Eden and skilled not only in magic but also in sorcery, she seemed capable of filtering out the truth from that story. "The possibility is sufficient." Evelyn shook her head, saying it wasn't particularly difficult. "If they really obtained Hydra's magic stone and divided it among the five brothers, and when they all died, the real Hydra would be born from the youngest - even I could do that." She shrugged, saying it was definitely possible. "I see..." Raon frowned briefly with irritation. Listening to Evelyn's and the Bear Fire Demon's words, it seemed certain that the moment the Silent Serpent Swordsman died, an Eden executive with complete Hydra power would be born. "There's one thing that puzzles me." Raon bit his lips slightly and looked at the Bear Fire Demon again. "If the Silent Serpent Swordsman is really the last head to release Hydra, why did they let him roam free?" The Silent Serpent Swordsman had shown no hostility since he saw them today. He had only sent friendly gazes and emotions as if he just wanted to see something interesting. "The Silent Serpent Swordsman wasn't loyal to either the Heavenly Demon or Eden. He actually disobeyed orders. That's too strange." It didn't make sense to freely leave the Silent Serpent Swordsman, who could be Eden's strongest force excluding the Heavenly Demon. "That's the trigger." Evelyn stepped forward and answered instead of the Bear Fire Demon. "Removing the leash that was on the Silent Serpent Swordsman and giving him freedom. That's the magical constraint created so that when he dies later, the youngest can accept all of Hydra's power." She twisted up her red lips as if she could see everything. "When there are constraints, both sorcery and magic become dramatically stronger. Probably..." Evelyn narrowed her eyes while looking at the Bear Fire Demon. "If the Silent Serpent Swordsman dies, a real monster will emerge." She also exhaled a short breath as if slightly tense. "Of course! Our Raon will handle it all!" Evelyn clung to his arm as usual, as if she believed in Raon. "Evelyn. Can you find Eden's location?" Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at the wall where the Dimensional Gate had opened. "No. The formation has changed. It must be the Heavenly Demon's doing." Evelyn shook her head, saying the Heavenly Demon seemed to have changed the location of Eden's entrance. "Then..." Raon slowly closed his eyes and then opened them. "Even if the Silent Serpent Swordsman is really the trigger to summon Hydra, there's no way to resolve that matter now." The gate to enter Eden was closed, and inside there were the Heavenly Demon and Pride. Even for Glenn, it would be impossible to extract the Silent Serpent Swordsman alone from inside there. "Besides, I have no intention of forgiving you." No matter what reason the Bear Fire Demon had, he was a murderer who tormented Runaan and killed people of Zieghart. He could never be forgiven. "Ah..." The Bear Fire Demon's pupils shook as if they would collapse, seemingly feeling despair at his last hope being shattered. Suffering a great mental shock, his internal injuries flared up again and he spat out blood. "However, I will try to find a way to save the Silent Serpent Swordsman and your youngest son who is captured, without killing them. Not for you..." Raon looked down at the Bear Fire Demon spitting black blood and furrowed his brow. "For Zieghart." * * * Before returning to Zieghart, Raon headed to a red brick mansion located in the center of Cameloon. Swoosh! As he approached the door, two people dressed as a butler and maid emerged from the night's shadows. "We greet the Sword Emperor." The butler and maid knelt and bowed to Raon as if they had been waiting. "Where is the Black Market leader?" Raon slowly spoke while receiving the two people's greetings. "She is waiting inside." "We will guide you." The two people politely bowed once more as if asking him to follow them, then opened the mansion's door. "Please do." Raon entered the mansion with the butler and maid's guidance. 'How terrifying.' It looked like an ordinary house, but countless assassins, mechanisms, and formations lurked within this mansion. He wasn't sure about Transcendents, but it seemed they could subdue someone at the Grandmaster level without difficulty. Raon felt the cold energy emanating from the Black Market leader's mansion as he followed the maid and butler up to the second floor. Knock knock. The maid stopped in front of the brown door on the second floor and knocked carefully. "Come in." A kind and gentle voice came from inside. It was a voice he had heard before. Raon straightened his clothes, opened the brown door, and entered. A subtle yet bitter tea fragrance brushed past his nose. Just as the pleasant smell made his tension ease, he saw an elderly woman with a kind face in front of the desk. She looked like an ordinary grandmother with a bent back, but this person was none other than Roseline, the Black Market leader who had expanded the Black Market across the entire continent. "I greet the temporary head of house of Zieghart." Black Market leader Roseline seemed to know all about Zieghart's situation and bowed first, calling Raon the temporary head of house. "I greet the Black Market leader." Raon also politely bowed to Roseline, who was the leader operating an organization. "When I first met you, you were the Vice Leader of Light Wind Squad, but now you've become the temporary head of house. You've really grown a lot." Roseline drew a gentle smile as if recalling when she first met Raon. "It's because the Black Market leader provided much help." Raon bowed his head, saying he was able to survive and grow thanks to the Black Market. "Please sit." Roseline pointed to the sofa next to her, suggesting they sit and talk. "Yes." Raon nodded and sat on the brown sofa that gave off a warm feeling. "Did you resolve the matter you were preparing for well?" Roseline seemed to already know the situation and looked into Raon's eyes while pouring tea. "It went better than expected, but one problem arose." Raon bit his lips slightly while looking at the teacup Roseline had poured. "This time..." After taking a sip of tea, he told Roseline everything except the parts about Demon King's Authority. "Hydra..." Roseline let out a low groan while looking at the green tea swirling in Raon's teacup. "It's a monster that appeared in the era before the Dragon of Destruction, so most people wouldn't know about it, but there are remaining records." She took out an old book from under the table whose cover looked like it might crumble. "'Cutting off Hydra's heads wasn't that difficult. It was slow and weak, unfit for its size. Moreover, it focused only on attacking and didn't even notice its own heads being cut off. However...'" Roseline slowly turned the pages as if reading the memoir of someone who actually fought Hydra. "'The more heads Hydra lost, the more it showed otherworldly strength. Even the continent's strongest couldn't withstand its venomous fangs and melted into black blood. Especially when only the last head remained, I could think of nothing but the word despair. Nothing could reach it...'" She carefully closed the book with her lips sealed, as if that part was the end. -Hmph! In the end, it's just a snake! Contrary to what he said earlier, Wrath snorted and called Hydra just a snake. 'You said it was strong earlier.' -It's annoying that something that's not even a demon king gets such descriptions! He clicked his tongue, saying he should have stepped forward and grilled the snake himself. -This time, you catch it and brew some snake liquor! 'Anyway.' Raon chuckled. Thanks to Wrath stepping forward, the weight that the name Hydra carried seemed noticeably lighter. "If a being with Hydra's power truly manifested really appears, it would become a major risk factor in the war. It would be best to resolve it somehow before then." Roseline smacked her lips, saying it would be good to resolve the Hydra problem before the war. "I agree with that statement as well." Raon nodded calmly. "But there's no way. Especially now, it's difficult to find Eden's location." He bit his lips, mentioning that the Heavenly Demon had blocked Eden's entrance. "Still, we must search for it." Roseline put down her teacup and let out a gentle laugh. "Even if we have to mobilize all agents of the Black Market." She revealed a warrior's gaze that didn't match her kind face, saying they must do anything to win the war. "Please tell me everything you saw when you entered Eden's main base. I'll search for it even if I have to go through all the mountains of the continent and every map accumulated since ancient times." Roseline clenched her wrinkled fist tightly, saying she would find Eden no matter what. "Ah." Raon swallowed dry saliva while looking at Roseline's overwhelming gaze. Seeing that brilliant look in her eyes, he seemed to understand how she had grown the Black Market to its current position. "And one more thing..." Roseline raised one finger as if what came next was more important. "You're prepared to become a hero, aren't you?"