The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1295 After giving the swordsmen who finished exhaustion training two days to rest, Raon headed to the annex building instead of the Lord's Manor. -What's gotten into you? Wrath approached his shoulder as if finding it strange. -I thought you'd stay alone at the great training ground again to cultivate? The guy widened his eyes, saying he never thought about going to the annex building. 'If I go on this mission, I might not be able to eat proper food for a while.' Raon shrugged while thinking of methods to hunt Sariel. 'I want to eat some home-cooked meals before that.' If things proceeded as he expected, they might not be able to eat the delicious foods Wrath wanted for quite a while, so he set his destination to the annex building with the thought of having a last supper. -Huh! Wrath burst out in surprise. -You're thinking of me! You've finally decided to become part of my family! The guy nodded, saying he would graciously accept him with a big heart. -Good! Take me before Sariel! I'll personally pluck all the wings off that pigeon! Wrath gnashed his teeth, saying he also had deep feelings left regarding Sariel. 'Forget it.' Raon waved his hand while pushing Wrath away. 'Unless it's a life-or-death situation, I can't use demon king descent.' Unlike other Sword Domain, the moment he used demon king descent, his realm of Martial Prowess and realm of the soul that he built up by shedding blood and sweat would be degraded. Some might think it was too harsh a measure, but since it was a Sword Domain that dealt with enemies by accepting another's soul, he didn't think that disadvantage was particularly unreasonable. -Tch! Damn causality! Wrath gnashed his teeth as if annoyed by the parts that were caught by the laws of causality. 'Besides, as I said before...' Raon slightly narrowed his eyes while recalling information about Sariel. 'That guy seems to read people's thoughts. Of course, it doesn't seem like he does it without any conditions...' Wrath said Sariel ran away just from seeing him. If by any chance he read his thoughts and saw information about Wrath, that guy would certainly run away without looking back. 'If someone with such strong pride chooses to run away, it means he has no intention of fighting you at all. Your existence must not be exposed.' -Hmph! I am quite strong! I can devour those pigeons no matter how many come at me! Wrath curled his lips upward as if he thought he was being praised. 'Well, that's right.' Raon gave a halfhearted response to Wrath's words and smacked his lips. -Then how are you planning to catch him? Wrath approached, sniffing as if curious about that part. 'Archangel Sariel is probably prideful and cautious, just as you said.' Combining the information he heard from Shadow Agents' Leader Chad and Sariel that Wrath saw directly, that guy had a strong pride but was cautious, making him a difficult personality to deal with. To catch Sariel, he had to scratch his pride from the same position. 'In other words, I need to pick a fight from the same position.' -Same position...? Wrath tilted his head, still not grasping his intention, as if he had solved everything with force alone. 'Well, you'll understand when you see it later.' Raon chuckled and walked through the annex building's garden toward the inside. "Huh?" "Young Master!" "Sir Raon!" Helen and the maids who were tending the garden sprang up when they saw Raon. "W-what brings you here?" Helen trembled her shoulders as if flustered by Raon's sudden visit. She seemed nervous because Raon was currently serving as the Temporary head of house. "What business? I just came because I wanted to eat a meal at home before my mission." Raon waved both hands, meaning not to be nervous. "What? Then you should have at least told us you were coming! There's not much prepared right now..." Helen slightly frowned as if worried about the dinner menu. "It's fine. I just want to eat the same dinner as usual." Raon smiled broadly while asking them to prepare it as usual. "I'll prepare it right away." Judiel bowed her head saying she would prepare the meal right away and entered the annex building. "You're really the same whether as a child or now." Helen let out a helpless laugh and headed to the kitchen with the other maids to prepare dinner. -Keu! A usual dinner is right! Wrath let out a short exclamation. -You seem to have learned what culinary enjoyment is! The guy smacked his lips, saying he missed home-cooked meals more than special dinners. 'Right. The usual way is good.' Raon smiled broadly and headed to the lake behind the annex building. -Hmm. Aren't you going in? Wrath tilted his head as if wondering why he wasn't entering the annex building. 'As usual.' Raon stood in front of the lake reflecting the night. 'I wanted to look at this place too.' Contrary to saying he wanted to look, he slowly closed his eyes. Because this was such a familiar place to him, he could feel everything around here even with his eyes closed. Tree branches swaying in the night breeze, ripples on the lake spread by water striders, and even the warm atmosphere inside the annex building. Even though he had been away for a long time, it seemed like more things were touching his skin and soul than when he was actually here. Seuuu. Raon slowly opened his eyes, feeling his soul and Mental Image becoming as transparently clear as the lake before him. Perhaps because of the full moon reflected in the ripples, a subtle golden light seemed to bloom within his red eyes. -Hmm...? Wrath let out a low groan while looking at Raon's eyes where golden and red light were mixed. -Those eyes are... * * * Two days later, at the head of house's great training ground. The Light Wind Palace swordsmen were lined up, emanating cold aura like frost. They filled their eyes with fighting spirit as if they could overcome even if war broke out right now. Thud! Raon climbed onto the platform while feeling the Light Wind Palace swordsmen's cold aura with his whole body. "Today is the day of departure." Raon stood at the edge of the platform and stroked his chin. His eyes didn't lose their calm appearance, unlike the swordsmen. "You're ready, right?" "Yes!" "We're ready!" "We can go to war right now!" The Light Wind Palace swordsmen refreshingly nodded their heads, showing their confidence from overcoming exhaustion training. "Who is the enemy we need to kill! No, who is it!" Martha smacked her lips as if asking to be told who the enemy was first. "This time I'm overflowing with confidence too!" Krein also clenched his fist, saying he felt like he could win against anyone today. "I-I'm not though..." Dorian sniffled as if fear remained even though he had finished exhaustion training. "It might not be a combat mission, so calm down a bit." Burren pressed down on excited Martha's shoulder and sighed. "Whatever it is..." Runaan nodded, saying she was confident she could do whatever mission Raon instructed. "Good spirit." Raon nodded satisfactorily while feeling the swordsmen's fighting spirit. "The enemy we need to cut down in this mission is an Archangel." He narrowed his eyes while saying it was a mission to deal with Archangel Sariel. "Archangel..." Burren bit his lips slightly as if tense about the enormous name of Archangel. "Yes! It should be at least that level!" Martha grinned, saying that since they overcame difficult training, it was right to face at least an Archangel. "That's right! Right now we can smash those Angel bastards too!" Krein stamped his foot, overflowing with confidence. "E-everyone's crazy..." Dorian swallowed dry saliva, not understanding why they were acting like that. "......" Runaan placed her hand on her beloved sword as if she had already finished preparing to fight. "Grrrrrr!" "Whether it's Archangels or Eden, tell them all to come!" "That's right! We're confident we can kill them all!" The Light Wind Palace swordsmen raised their swords while still showing beast-like sounds and excessive confidence, as if aftereffects from exhaustion training remained. "Attention." When Raon lightly stamped his foot, the swordsmen who had been noisy like a marketplace shut their mouths and took their original formation stance. "Confidence is good, but listen first. I'll explain about the Archangel who is our target this time. That guy is..." Raon explained about Archangel Sariel to the Light Wind Palace swordsmen based on the information he heard from Chad and Wrath. "R-reads thoughts? He's crazy!" Krein trembled his jaw as if it was nonsense. "That's not the problem. Controlling human souls is an utterly unreasonable ability..." Burren bit his lips, asking how such an ability could exist. "Whether he reads thoughts or controls souls, we just need to smash his head!" Martha grinned fiercely, saying she would cut off Archangel Sariel's neck herself. "Hmm? He reads thoughts?" Dorian didn't get scared as usual and tilted his head. Unlike the others, he didn't seem particularly surprised by Sariel's ability. "Let's go right now! No, let's go!" Martha bared her white teeth, saying let's go fight right now. "Not only the Archangel, but those controlled by him will come back if we smash their heads!" She even drew her sword as if wanting to show the results of her training. "There will definitely be a war with the Angel race including Sariel. However, as I said before, our beginning is..." Raon curled up his lips while looking down at the Light Wind Palace swordsmen showing their fighting spirit. "A fraud." While saying that, he looked at Dorian standing in the center of the Light Wind Palace. "What...?" Dorian swallowed dry saliva while receiving Raon's intense gaze. "M-me?" * * * "Come, come! This doesn't happen every day!" Krein, who had dyed his hair blue, clapped his hands to gather people's attention. "The most famous sage from the northern Continent has descended upon the Winten Kingdom! A superhuman who solved the lord of Habun Castle's troubles and gained Zieghart's trust. The messenger of god who knows everything and sees everything has come to this very place!" Raon, who had dyed his hair black, stepped forward following Krein's words. As if born with the ability to hype people up, he poured out praise for the sage with power in his voice without any hesitation. "A sage?" "He solved the lord of Habun Castle's troubles? I haven't heard of that." "I heard there was a sage in the Sarion Kingdom, is it that person?" "Isn't he a fraud?" The kingdom citizens tilted their heads as if they still didn't believe in the sage. However, because Raon explained so well, they remained in place as if deciding to at least take a look. "The sage is coming now!" "He's coming!" When Raon and Krein bowed with utmost respect, Burren holding a spear and Martha with a greatsword on her shoulder walked from behind the two. The atmosphere created by Burren and Martha was so heavy that the kingdom citizens swallowed dry saliva without being able to take their eyes off them. Thud! Martha and Burren stepped aside as if they weren't the main characters, and between them approached a gaunt young man with sunken cheeks, leaning on an old wooden staff. The young man's eyes were empty, and his steps were cold yet noble. "Huh..." "Such sorrowful eyes..." "I-is he really a sage?" The kingdom citizens breathed heavily as if overwhelmed by the strange atmosphere emanating from the young man. "That person is sage Doraen, who has awakened to all the secrets of the Continent!" At Raon's shout, Burren and Martha struck down their sword and spear, creating a massive resonance. Kuuuuung! The young man walked the path that Burren and Martha opened with even more sorrowful eyes. "Look at him..." "It's a frightening atmosphere." "Is that really a sage..." The kingdom citizens broke out in cold sweat while feeling the young man's gaunt cheeks and sorrowful atmosphere. However, the thoughts of the man called sage Doraen were different. 'Please...' Dorian. The essential item enthusiast who was always mistreated looked at the people with eyes desperately hoping for help. 'Please save me!'