The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1334 "Hmm..." Raon clicked his tongue briefly as he headed toward the Fifth Training Ground. 'Are they all focused on their cultivation?' He had unexpectedly spent over a month in the mental world. His original plan was to greatly improve the skills of the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen and elevate Burren and Martha to Transcendence, but all those plans had gone awry, leaving him wondering what to deal with first. -Didn't the bead eyes, Bead Ice Cream girl, and beef girl tell you? Wrath narrowed his eyes slightly. -The swordsmen were working hard on their cultivation, so don't worry too much! He poked his own side, telling him to trust his subordinates. 'Of course I trust them.' Raon nodded calmly. 'However, trusting my subordinates and what I want are different things.' He naturally had faith that Burren, Martha, and Runaan would push the swordsmen to conduct proper cultivation. However, he wasn't confident that those three could grow the swordsmen to the same level as himself. No matter how much the Blade Queen, Warlord, and Gambling Monster were beside them, they couldn't grasp all the swordsmen's conditions and conduct detailed cultivation at the same level as himself. 'That's why it's regrettable.' Raon frowned slightly. 'I should have at least given them homework before going to the mental world.' As usual, he had only told Burren, Martha, and Runaan that he would do personal cultivation and entered the mental world. If he had known it would take this long, he should have given individual tasks or homework suited to each person, but it was too regrettable that he couldn't do so. -Haa... Wrath let out a deep sigh. -Looking at your condition, those swordsmen bastards are going to die again! He shook his head back and forth, saying it seemed like he would make them do Focus training or exhaustion training again. 'Of course I have to do that.' Raon shrugged his shoulders. 'There's no better training for increasing real combat experience and skills.' Since it was cultivation with no drawbacks except being a little hard on the person training, he planned to continue doing it steadily. -A l-little? Wrath's jaw trembled as if he was dumbfounded. -If that's a little, then there's no hard cultivation in this world! He ground his teeth, saying it wasn't normal cultivation even from a demon king's perspective. -Don't think other humans are the same as you... 'We're here.' Raon ignored Wrath's scolding and opened the door to the Fifth Training Ground. It was the moment he went inside thinking about the swordsmen leisurely cultivating. Whoooosh! Despite being outdoors with cold wind flowing, hot air rushed over. The entire Fifth Training Ground was seething like a volcano from the heat blooming as the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen cultivated. "This is..." Raon's lips trembled slightly as he examined the swordsmen one by one. "More than I expected?" The swordsmen in the great training ground had all grown, as if they had done life-or-death cultivation, contrary to his expectations. The scope of growth varied slightly, but it was clearly felt that they had developed through devotion to training. -Huh! Wrath also let out an exclamation as he followed him in scanning the swordsmen. -Even this king didn't expect it to be this much! He curled his lips as if it was amazing. -I thought they might become weak without you, but everyone has developed! Wrath rubbed his chubby hands together, saying he was curious about what kind of cultivation the swordsmen had done. "Huh?" "Palace Master!" "It's the Palace Master!" The swordsmen were absorbed in cultivation and only discovered he had come after a while, then shouted. "Y-Young Master! Are you alright?" Dorian was the first to run over with tears glistening. He called him Young Master after a long time and bit his lips. "What problem could there be with the Palace Master? He just rested and came back!" Krein shook his head vigorously, saying there was nothing to worry about regarding Raon. "I was waiting." Mark Goetun drew a gentle smile, saying he naturally thought he would return. "No, you said it was good to accept us, but you've been neglecting us too much!" Warring Steel Leader Trevin waved his hands, asking him to pay some attention. "Are you alright?" "We were worried because you didn't wake up for too long!" "What kind of person sleeps for a month!" Other swordsmen also ran over as if they were happy to see Raon and burst into laughter. Of course, that laughter was also full of worry. "I'm sorry." Raon let out a short sigh and bowed to the swordsmen. "As the leader of Light Wind Palace, I neglected you all too much. Even if I had two mouths, I would have nothing to say." He apologized, saying he was sorry for disappearing without explaining the situation beforehand. "No!" "You might want to do personal cultivation too, Palace Master!" "You must have been tired all this time!" "We also cultivated hard in our own way!" The swordsmen shook their heads vigorously, saying he didn't need to apologize. "But..." Raon slightly tilted his chin as he looked at the swordsmen before his eyes. "What kind of cultivation have you been doing? It doesn't seem like you've only done ordinary training?" With the cultivation they used to do, they could maintain their level, but they couldn't make such rapid progress. He was curious about what cultivation the swordsmen had been doing. "Burren, Martha, and Lady Runaan stayed up all night taking care of us one by one." "Yes. All three of them even analyzed our conditions and showed us the path to growth!" "Especially Lady Runaan, perhaps because she's already a Transcendent, looked after everyone even while postponing her personal cultivation. So we were grateful and sorry." "That's right! Thanks to the three of them, we could realize how to move forward!" The swordsmen nodded, saying they were able to find the path to develop like now thanks to Burren, Martha, and Runaan. "Ah, that doesn't mean the Palace Master's cultivation was useless!" Krein urgently jumped forward. "If we could become strong through the Palace Master's cultivation, we seem to have learned the reason why we could become strong through the three's cultivation!" He desperately racked his brain and even added praise for Raon. "R-right!" "If it weren't for the Palace Master, we wouldn't have been able to swing our swords like now!" "Yes! We would still be remaining in the same place!" Other Light Wind Palace Swordsmen also realized the meaning of Krein stepping forward and praised Raon's cultivation with spittle flying. Everyone was desperate to receive Raon's cultivation. "Hey." Krein poked Dorian's side with his elbow and frowned. "You say something too quickly! Do you want to do exhaustion training!" He pressured Dorian, saying he had to praise now if he didn't want to receive Raon's cultivation. "Nngh..." However, Dorian only let out a low groan without stepping forward despite hearing Krein's words. -They're cute little things. Wrath chuckled while watching the swordsmen fawning over Raon. -You don't need to worry too much. This ghost bastard must be satisfied with your growth too. 'Mm, that's right.' Raon nodded, saying Wrath was right. "You've worked hard. You've achieved development that far exceeded my expectations. Even though Burren, Martha, and Runaan helped, it seems you sincerely devoted yourselves to cultivation." He thanked them for desperately cultivating even in his absence and smiled. "Ah!" "N-no!" "Thank you!" The swordsmen looked at Raon's expression and showed deep smiles on their lips as if they were relieved. "I'm moved. You were guys who could do it if you tried." Raon roughly stretched out his hand. "Therefore, I've decided!" Seeing the swordsmen's will, he said he was moved and stamped his feet. -Huh...? "Eh..." Wrath and Krein realized the situation was going wrong and their eyes trembled. "Haaah..." Dorian raised his hand to cover his forehead as if what was coming had come. "I didn't know you were this serious about cultivation and strength. Since you achieved that level of development even with ordinary cultivation, if you combine it with my cultivation, you'll be able to reach an even greater level before the war!" Raon said he would do his best to look after the swordsmen from now on and nodded fiercely as if burning with fire. "Gaaah..." "N-no, that's not..." "No! Absolutely not!" The swordsmen felt that Raon had gone in a completely different direction and waved their hands vigorously. "K-Krein!" "You bastard! You said if we worked hard, we wouldn't have to do exhaustion training!" "It looks like we're going to do even more!" Several swordsmen resented Krein for creating this situation and grabbed his collar. "Nngh..." Krein let out an intense groan while being grabbed by the collar by the swordsmen. "How was I supposed to know that guy was that crazy!" He screamed, saying Raon had a personality that surpassed human common sense. "Let's start with Krein." Raon said let's start right away and drew Heavenly Drive with its sheath. "Aaaaaagh! God or demon king, anyone is fine! Someone please take that human away! Please!" Krein screamed and was dragged away by Raon. -I'm sorry. Wrath let out a deep sigh while looking at the wailing Krein. -That's a lunatic that even demon kings and gods have given up on... * * * Raon supervised Light Wind Palace's cultivation until dawn approached and then left the great training ground. 'Refreshing.' Perhaps because he had supervised the swordsmen's cultivation after a long time and loosened his own body, he felt refreshingly good as if he could fly. -Now I know. Wrath frowned at the bridge of his nose while looking at him. -The job that suits you best is torturer! You know better than anyone how to torment people without killing them! He clicked his tongue, saying he had chosen the wrong profession. 'Torturer...' Raon showed a bitter look in his eyes as he recalled his past life. 'That might be so. But I don't really want to do it.' Even though it wasn't his own will, he had taught torture while training children to become assassins in his past life, so it wasn't something he could take as just a pleasant comment. -No wait. What suits you even better is a con artist! How do you hide your expressions so well! Wrath shook his head, saying it was acting ability that he couldn't understand no matter how much he thought about it. 'You'll understand later.' Raon chuckled and lowered his hand as he was about to go out to the main road. "Light Wind Palace Master." From behind the wall of the great training ground, a middle-aged man with golden hair and red eyes who didn't match this time of day walked out. "It's the Central Martial Palace Master." Raon had noticed Karoon's presence from the beginning, so he bowed calmly. "The time we haven't seen each other wasn't that long..." Karoon nodded gently while looking into Raon's eyes. "You seem to have changed a lot in the meantime." He trembled his hand slightly as if he could feel that level just by looking at Raon. "That seems like something I should be saying." Raon swallowed dry saliva as he looked at Karoon's aura that had become quiet like a high mountain and his red eyes that were sharply focused in complete contrast. "What on earth did you experience in that training ground?" Karoon's change far exceeded expectations, so it was a bit bewildering. "When I was left alone in the ancestor's training ground, I discovered one path that he left behind." Karoon honestly told him what he had gained. "It was a dangerous path, but when I broke through, one new sword came into my grasp." He drew a thin smile as if he had obtained a sword different from before. "A new sword..." Raon narrowed his eyes thinly as he read Karoon's changed atmosphere again. "So..." Karoon took one more step toward Raon while gripping the sword at his waist. "I want to challenge you." Karoon looked at Raon while raising his chin. "It's not a duel over the head of house position. I just want to compete in martial arts with you, who has surpassed me by far." He nodded, saying he wanted to have a pure martial arts duel without wagering anything else. "A challenge..." Raon drew a faint smile while looking at Karoon who was confident even while speaking of a challenge. "I heard you haven't been awake from the mental world for long. You should have time to recover your body..." Karoon looked up at the night sky for a moment and then slowly lowered his gaze. "One week from now. I will surpass you at the head of house's great training ground." He declared that he would surpass Raon with eyes seething like lava. "I will accept the Central Martial Palace Master's challenge. However..." Raon didn't show humility like before and calmly said he would accept Karoon's challenge. "I don't mind fighting right now." He arrogantly raised his chin while placing his hand on Heavenly Drive. "Come at me."