The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1305 "Kuaaaaaaaaak!" Archangel Sariel burst into screams that seemed to tear his throat as he burned in the flames of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation. His body and soul simultaneously began melting away in the golden fire. "St-stop! Stop!" Archangel Sariel felt that even the divine power protecting his body and soul couldn't withstand the heat of Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation and vomited blackened dead blood. He tried to transfer to another body by any means, but Heavenly Drive, emitting a gentle golden light, absolutely would not release his soul. "I'll make you one proposal." Raon twisted Heavenly Drive to release the pressure binding Sariel's soul. "A-a proposal?" Sariel quickly lowered his pain-stricken eyes as if he would accept any proposal whatsoever. "If you answer my questions truthfully without lies, I'll let you go." Raon slowly lowered his chin while looking into Sariel's eyes. "H-how can I believe that?" Sariel bit his lips deeply as if he couldn't believe Raon's words despite suffering from severe pain. "Do you currently have..." Raon spoke as his eyes gleamed even colder. "The luxury to question such things?" He sneered and drove Heavenly Drive deep into Sariel's heart again. It was a sword that suppressed not only his body but also his soul. "Aaaaaaaaaak!" Archangel Sariel screamed in agony as his entire body trembled violently from the more severe pain. However, true to being a proud archangel, he didn't immediately accept Raon's proposal. -I don't know what kind of proposal you're trying to make, but even if that bastard looks stupid, he's fundamentally an archangel. Wrath came down to his shoulder. -He won't accept half-hearted proposals and would rather die. He shook his head, saying they shouldn't underestimate Sariel too much. 'I suppose that's right.' Raon smiled faintly, saying he thought the same. 'I shouldn't underestimate archangels or demon kings.' He said he knew that for certain as he stroked his chin. -Of course... Huh? Wrath was nodding as if it were obvious, then saw Raon's expression and flinched his shoulders. -Y-you, why are you smiling so strangely... Wrath inhaled emptily as if getting goosebumps from seeing Raon's smile. -What are you thinking! 'Who knows?' Raon didn't answer Wrath's question and looked at Archangel Sariel again. "Fine. I'll swear upon 'soul'." He nodded to the trembling Sariel. "If you give me definite answers to my questions, I'll set you free." Raon said he would stake his soul and placed his hand on his chest. "I-is that really true?" Archangel Sariel slightly furrowed his brow as if he couldn't believe it. "You should be able to verify it, shouldn't you?" Raon told him to feel it directly and closed his eyes to open his realm of the soul. Kugugugugu! Terrifying energy waves surged around Raon. The power of the soul itself, not aura. The realm of the soul that overwhelmed the archangel shook heaven and earth. "Heok!" Sariel felt the realm of the soul that Raon had genuinely revealed and gulped down dry saliva. "Wh-what exactly are you..." He exhaled murky breath, asking how a human could be like this. "There have been many humans with such martial prowess, but how can a human have a soul that crushes an archangel..." (E/N: Indeed, how?) Sariel said he couldn't understand and trembled more violently as the pain increased. -I don't understand either. Though he was an enemy, Wrath nodded saying he understood Sariel's feelings. "That's not something you need to concern yourself with." Raon firmly shook his head and twisted Heavenly Drive. Zzziiiiiik! From the pain of soul and body being torn apart simultaneously, red blood vessels protruded over Sariel's eyes. "Aaaaak! I-I understand! I understand, so speak!" He nodded rapidly as if to say ask any question. "Derus Robert." Raon slowly exhaled and spoke that name flowing with malice. "Where is he?" He had killed Derus Robert with his own hands, but he never felt at ease. Even now, he felt the fear that the bastard might jump out and swing a sword at his neck. "Derus Robert?" Archangel Sariel snorted as if dumbfounded. "You killed him yourself, what bullshit are you talking about!" He furrowed his brow as if asking why he was talking nonsense after killing Derus Robert himself. "Didn't Derus Robert summon you?" Raon looked at Sariel and narrowed his eyes thin as thread. Since he knew Derus Robert summoned archangels, he asked how Sariel had descended to this dimension. "It's true that he summoned me. However..." Sariel snorted and lowered his chin. "That was long ago! I and the other archangels dwelt in other humans' bodies, and after finishing adaptation, we revealed ourselves to this world." He furrowed his eyebrows, saying they had already finished descending when Derus Robert was still alive. "......" Raon didn't ask any more questions and looked into Sariel's eyes. 'It's not a lie.' He examined Sariel's soul with Soul Sword, and it wasn't the flow of someone telling lies. The bastard truly felt that Derus Robert was dead. 'Is he really dead?' While thinking that Derus Robert was dead, he also had thoughts that he might be alive, but seeing Sariel's reaction, it seemed it would be fine to consider him truly dead. "Then why were you here controlling the royalty and nobles?" Raon asked while gripping Heavenly Drive again. "If it wasn't Derus's order, why did you do such troublesome things?" Seeing a bastard like Sariel, who regarded humans as insects, directly brainwashing royalty and nobles, there must be a clear reason. "I-it was Uriel's instruction..." Sariel mentioned Archangel Uriel's name and pressed his lips down firmly. "He told me to rule this side, saying to use humans to destroy humans." He exhaled murky breath, saying he brainwashed the royalty and nobles under Archangel Uriel's instruction. "Uriel..." Raon slowly closed and opened his eyes, recalling his first encounter with Archangel Uriel. "Then I'll ask the next question. Where are Uriel and the other archangels?" The archangels possessed absolute-level martial prowess while also holding special abilities. If they interfered when fighting Eden, unimaginable damage would occur. 'Someone like Sariel can only be dealt with by me.' It wasn't arrogance - on this continent, only he could understand Sariel's abilities and block them. The archangels who hadn't yet revealed their identities would also possess abilities comparable to his, so if possible, he wanted to eliminate them in advance. "I-I don't know." Sariel shook his trembling chin. "Archangels are all self-centered bastards. I don't know where they are or what they're doing either!" He squeezed his eyes shut, saying it was useless to ask him. "That's a lie." Raon stared directly into Sariel's eyes and furrowed his brow. "Your soul is telling me that you're lying right now." Sariel's soul showed subtle tremors, unlike when speaking of Derus Robert's death. It wasn't a complete lie, but it meant he was hiding something. "Ugh..." Sariel swallowed dry saliva as if surprised by the insight Raon had shown. "Speak. What do you know?" Raon told him to keep the deal and struck down with Heavenly Drive more forcefully. Zzziiiiiik! The blades of Heavenly Drive and Soul Sword dug deeper into Sariel's body and soul, causing his eyes to bulge as if they would burst. "Kueoooooook!" Sariel let out his loudest scream yet and flailed his arms. His severed leg was also trembling. "St-stop! I don't know where the archangels are right now! However!" Sariel raised his finger, begging him to stop. "I know a place where archangels must eventually go!" He vomited blood from his mouth and shouted that was all. "A place where archangels must go?" Raon told him to speak and calmly stroked his chin. "A-archangels are not residents of this dimension, so they need an adaptation period to dispel causality, and they also need preparation to accept this land's mana. There's a separate place for that." Sariel nodded, saying he himself had been to that place. 'What do you think?' Raon nodded his chin toward Wrath. -It's entirely possible. Wrath slowly clicked his tongue. -Unlike the demon kings who only think about war with archangels, those bastards seem to be looking at other things too. He sneered, saying that would be the destruction of humans. "Where is that place?" Raon twisted Sariel's heart more forcefully and revealed a chilling glint in his eyes. "The summit of the mountain you call Melvin." Sariel rolled his eyes. "There's a temple for archangels on top of it. Since it's a place that's continued for thousands of years, it's better than anywhere else for adapting to this world." He nodded, saying that sooner or later, all archangels must go there. "Which archangels haven't gone there yet?" Raon regulated his breathing and released the tension. "I-I don't know about the others. However..." Sariel hesitated for a moment, then parted his trembling lips. "Uriel probably hasn't gone yet. His power is special." He nodded, saying Uriel hadn't finished adapting to this world yet. "Uriel..." Raon muttered Uriel's name and tensed his fingertips. 'He was definitely different.' Just as Wrath and Pride were special among demon kings, Uriel seemed special among archangels. No, in some ways, he seemed to have a higher rank than those two demon kings. "Th-that's enough, right?" Sariel waved his fingertips. "I've answered everything you asked, so please let me go now!" He swallowed his saliva, telling him to keep his promise. "Right. I made a promise." Raon sighed and gripped Heavenly Drive to pull it out. "However..." Instead of lowering the sword after pulling it out, he raised it above his head again. "What I staked on that promise wasn't my soul." Raon told him to think carefully about his initial words and curled up the corners of his mouth. "Huh...?" Sariel recalled what he had said and his eyes widened. "Y-you fraud!" Before he could scream and flee, Heavenly Drive imbued with a true divine sword fell first. Peoooooook! A silver blade that perfectly severed Sariel's body and soul. Having descended to this world as an archangel, he died without even managing a final scream. -Hah... Wrath gaped as he looked at Sariel's head that had rolled to the ground. -Wh-what! What did you do this time! Why did you stake your soul! He blinked as if he couldn't understand. 'I said it from the beginning. I said "I'll swear upon soul." I never said a word about my soul.' It wasn't like connecting to someone else's soul like Sariel did, he had simply used Soul Sword to deceive Sariel's detection ability. (E/N: Not sure I understand. It just seems very cheap writting) -Crazy. Crazy! You crazy bastard! Wrath also reacted similarly to Sariel and screamed in frustration. -A fraud who deceives Sariel, who's called a fraud! How can such a bastard exist! He ground his teeth, saying it was truly an incomprehensible scheme. 'Anyway, I got good information.' Raon grinned and shook off Heavenly Drive. 'Mount Melvin...' It seemed he would need to visit that mountain after finishing his duties as temporary head of house. -This is really something I have to acknowledge... Wrath was shaking his head as if still dumbfounded when it happened. [You have astounded an archangel!] [You have gained a demon king's admiration!] [You have achieved a unique achievement!] [All ability scores....] [Traits....] As soon as Wrath said he acknowledged it, reward messages immediately appeared. -N-no, this isn't admiration! I was just surprised by that bastard's wickedness! Wrath shouted that it absolutely wasn't, but the messages had already grown in size and covered him. 'At this level...' Raon grinned as he looked at the messages that had crushed Wrath. 'Being a fraud might be worth doing, don't you think?'