The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1322 "Are you saying we should spar right now?" Raon opened his eyes wide while looking at Glenn. "That's right." Glenn nodded slowly as he came down from the platform. "The wind is also pleasant, so it seems like the perfect time to have a conversation with you." Despite being inside the audience chamber, he closed and opened his eyes as if feeling the outside air. "I'd also like to spar with Head of House, but..." Raon slightly frowned while looking at the bandages wrapped around his body. "Right now my body condition isn't normal." If it were anyone else, he would spar without any hesitation. No, even in real combat, he was confident he could immediately draw his sword and fight. However, since his opponent was Glenn, he wanted to clash swords with him at full strength in perfect condition. "It's not a spar." Glenn smiled thinly and shook his chin. "As I said earlier, it's having a conversation with swords. There's no need to do it at the great training ground." He drew Heavenly Tremor from his waist as if to start right away. Chiaaaaang! As Heavenly Tremor revealed its grave blade under the lights of the audience chamber, dozens of windows opened simultaneously and night wind began to seep in. -Hmph! Wrath snorted while looking at Glenn. -That old geezer got old and only his theatrics improved! The guy frowned as if Glenn didn't please him. "Hmm..." Raon felt his hair flutter in the night wind and bit his lip slightly. 'I can't read Grandfather's thoughts or movements.' Previously he could roughly understand Glenn's thoughts, but from him after finishing Seclusion, he really couldn't feel anything at all. Of course, there was still a big difference in their levels, but this seemed to be due to a concept different from Martial Prowess. 'It feels like he might disappear immediately, but also like he'll remain on this land forever.' Glenn's presence became blurry like smoke about to disappear, then also flashed more brilliantly than sunlight. It was difficult to accept his movements or atmosphere. "...Very well." Raon took a small breath and nodded his head. "I'll do my best in the current situation." He said he would engage in the conversation with his current strength and drew Heavenly Drive from its sheath. "Right. That's enough." Glenn nodded with kind eyes as if that attitude was sufficient. "Then let's begin." He maintained a gentle smile while drawing down Heavenly Tremor. Swooooosh! Glenn's downward strike with Heavenly Tremor split the air as it fell honestly without any changes. 'That's...' Raon swallowed dry saliva while looking at Glenn's sword. 'It's a Soul Sword.' Glenn seemed to be simply swinging Heavenly Tremor peacefully, but in reality, he was infusing a Soul Sword with his own soul dwelling within that silver blade. If he faced that with only Heavenly Drive, his soul would be split in half. -What kind of conversation uses a Soul Sword! Wrath wrinkled his nose bridge as if dumbfounded. 'Grandfather must have his reasons. For now, I'll have to counter with a Soul Sword too.' Raon erected the pillar called Soul Sword at the center of Heavenly Drive and blocked the path of Heavenly Tremor's gracefully falling trajectory. Jeoooooooong! Heavenly Tremor and Heavenly Drive collided, sending out heavy shockwaves that shook the audience chamber. Not a single grain of aura dwelt in either sword, but their power was sharp enough to cut through heaven and earth. "Hmm..." Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at Heavenly Tremor pushing back Heavenly Drive. 'This is...' The moment he blocked Heavenly Tremor, Glenn's hands came to mind. It wasn't his current appearance, but a scene as if looking down at his own hands from Glenn's perspective in the past. 'When he was doing Secluded cultivation.' Looking at where the lighting was shining, it certainly seemed to be the First Patriarch's great training ground. Glenn now seemed to be making him feel the moments he had experienced during his own cultivation. "It seems you saw it, so let's go again." Glenn drew a gentle smile and swung Heavenly Tremor horizontally. His sword strike wasn't conversation, but dug in sharply and quickly toward his neck as if intending to draw blood. Kyaaaaaaang! Raon held Heavenly Drive in reverse and blocked Glenn's Heavenly Tremor that was charging fiercely. 'Grandfather's memories came to mind again this time too.' When he clashed with Heavenly Tremor, he could see the moments Glenn had experienced. He seemed to have lost the powerful Lightning Aura he had built up over his lifetime while doing Secluded cultivation. "How..." Raon widened his eyes while looking at Glenn's smile. "I've told too much of my story. Conversation should be give and take." Glenn waved his hand lightly. "Now tell me your story. You should be able to do it." He rolled up the corners of his mouth, saying he should also be able to convey memories through the sword like him. "Let me..." Raon bit his lip slightly while meeting the trust contained in Glenn's eyes. "Try." He said he would try to meet Glenn's expectations and put strength into the grip holding Heavenly Drive. 'Grandfather must have used a Soul Sword.' Unless it was magic, only a Soul Sword could show one's memories to an opponent. Glenn had clearly used a Soul Sword to show him the things that happened during his Secluded cultivation. 'I need to contain my situation in a Soul Sword that kills or attacks enemies.' Originally, a Soul Sword is a sword of the heart created by tempering one's own soul. When creating the sword, it's natural to use only the solid parts of one's soul that would never waver. However, Glenn was melting the parts he wanted to hide, the situation where he had become weak, into his Soul Sword to show him those memories. 'I too, like Grandfather...' Raon erected his Soul Sword and recalled the journeys since becoming Temporary head of house. He unfolded his Soul Sword, containing the memories and emotions of moments when he put on airs in front of others but broke out in cold sweat inside. Jeoooooooong! Glenn blocked Raon's sword with Heavenly Tremor and rolled up the corners of his mouth long. "Meeting Uriel was completely by chance." He put strength into his fingertips while reading the scene Raon had shown. "It would have been really dangerous if not for Darkan." Glenn nodded, saying he had heard about Darkan's story but didn't know it had been such a critical situation. "As expected, it's good. I knew you would be able to follow along." He praised him as if telling him to continue like this and swung Heavenly Tremor like lightning. Kyaaaaaaang! Raon barely blocked Glenn's sword and frowned. 'Wait, this memory right now...' Don't tell me he lost his Lightning Aura and then gained it again? Glenn's memories were visible again. He had definitely lost his Lightning Aura while doing Secluded cultivation. It was probably a heart demon created by impatience. If it were anyone else, nine out of ten would have become a cripple from the shock, but Glenn didn't panic. Instead, he discarded all the Lightning Aura remaining in his body and soul, completely emptying his entire body. As all of Glenn's powerful Lightning Aura drained out, his appearance returned to his actual age. Deep wrinkles were carved into his once-bright face, and the brilliant golden light of his hair melted away like spring snow. With the life-and-death duel against the Heavenly Demon not far off, it was the worst moment where his martial skills remained but he had lost his energy itself. However, Glenn didn't despair at that gloomy situation and continued to observe himself. As that moment of meditation and soul detection continued, a tiny streak of lightning sprouted in his mind. The moment red lightning bloomed in Glenn's Mental Image, vitality surged up in his aged body and soul. Pazizizizizik! It was a completely different new lightning from before. Not the powerful Lightning Aura that shook the heavens and split the earth, but lightning that contained human warmth. True thunder, thicker and deeper than what Glenn had lost, raised him up again. "Hah!" Just from seeing Glenn's memories, Raon let out a heavy sigh as if out of breath. "To think you were in such a situation..." He bit his lips with disbelieving eyes. "It was certainly a dangerous situation. But they say misfortune turns to fortune. Because I didn't give up like you..." Glenn drew a gentle smile and thrust Heavenly Tremor. "A new path opened. I learned something new even in my old age." He nodded, saying he had gained his current martial arts thanks to him. "No. What did I..." Raon narrowed his eyes, saying it absolutely wasn't so. "No. I'm serious." Glenn shook his chin firmly. "This heart demon came because I was confident about the Heavenly Demon. While thinking about the future where I wanted to live happily with everyone after defeating the Heavenly Demon, the ominous thought that I might not be in that place crept through the gaps in my Mental Image. The thought that I wanted to be with you all but couldn't tormented me." He frowned, saying his Lightning Aura was severed because he couldn't suppress those ominous thoughts. "It was a dangerous moment. My Lightning Aura didn't follow my will, and my soul and Mental Image also wavered. But by the time I properly felt it, it was already too late. My aura was cut in half, and my soul wouldn't move properly either. There were two choices: endure with this half-cut power, or discard even the remaining energy and build new power." Glenn bit his lip slightly, saying it was a painful choice. "If it were the old me, I would have tried to grow it back somehow while maintaining the half-cut power. I was afraid of losing power, and I had to fight the Heavenly Demon somehow. But now it's different. Because I saw you, I was able to make a new choice." He raised his finger, saying that choice was because of Raon. "You never gave up even once from your trainee days until now. Because I watched that, I too was able to give up my remaining aura and take on the challenge of accepting new power." Glenn smiled, saying gaining new Lightning Aura was entirely because of him. "Hmm..." Raon's fingertips trembled slightly while looking at Glenn who was smiling as if pleased. "Now it's time for me to repay you." Glenn smiled and raised Heavenly Tremor again. "The life-and-death duel with the Heavenly Demon." He struck Heavenly Tremor toward the dark sky with such momentum as if to shatter the Heavenly Demon. "No matter what happens, I will win." "I too..." Raon placed his hand on his chest while feeling Glenn's momentum and resolve. "Will believe in you." Since Glenn now seemed like he wouldn't lose to anyone, he too could give an answer without wavering. "Then shall we continue? This conversation will be helpful for you too." Glenn pointed Heavenly Tremor at Raon, suggesting they continue their conversation a bit more. "Of course. However..." Raon tilted his head slightly while raising Heavenly Drive. "Where is Karoon?" Since Glenn had finished his Seclusion, Karoon should have come out too, but his figure was nowhere to be seen. At first he thought he had gone to the Central Martial Palace first, but seeing that he wasn't visible today either was strange. "He remained at the great training ground. That guy also gained something new." "Something new?" Raon opened his eyes wide upon hearing Glenn's words. "Yes." Glenn twisted up the corners of his mouth while looking at the basement of the audience chamber. "If you see him again, you'll be quite surprised." * * * Whoooooosh! The First Patriarch's great training ground with the lighting completely turned off. Sharp Sword Wind sounds echoed in the space where only darkness existed. Neither footsteps nor the sound of fluttering clothes existed; only the sound of swinging swords existed. Soon after, even the sword sounds subsided, and when the word silence came to mind, a pale blue light blazed up from within the darkness. A single blade. The gentle light created by the thin and straight sword became blue flames that erased the darkness and soared up. Chiaaaaang! Karoon Zieghart. The Swordsman who had only held affection for the family had unknowingly reached a new realm, having burned away his ugly past. Thuk! Karoon thrust the sword blazing with blue flames into the dark earth of the great training ground and let out a clear breath. "Even like this, I probably can't catch up to your realm. However..." He rolled up the corners of his mouth with red eyes, thinking of someone within the blue flames. "I will be able to defeat you."