The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman
Chapter 1344
Chapter 1344
Whoooosh.
The Blue Wolf's tent curtain was gently pulled back, revealing the face of the person standing behind it. A handsome man with a sharp jawline, a nose bridge as sleek as a crescent moon, and blue eyes that seemed to contain the ocean drew a gentle smile.
"We meet again here."
The handsome man spoke in a frivolous tone, saying it had been a while, as he raised his hand.
"You..."
Raon frowned as he looked at the handsome man.
"Why aren't you wearing a helmet?"
He had known that man was behind Arne the priest from when he went looking for him. But he hadn't expected him to reveal his bare face like that.
"Helmet? What are you talking about?"
The handsome young man tilted his head, saying he didn't understand the meaning of Raon's words.
"I am..."
"Silent Serpent Swordsman."
Raon called the young man Silent Serpent Swordsman and narrowed his eyes as sharply as a blade.
"Don't put on a poor act. Your presence. No, you people's presence can't be hidden."
If he had only met the Silent Serpent Swordsman, he might have been fooled by that act. But since he had already encountered similar auras four times, there was no way he couldn't recognize it.
"Th-that person is the Silent Serpent Swordsman?"
Dorian gaped as he looked at the Silent Serpent Swordsman.
"That's right. That cocky atmosphere is exactly the same."
Martha snorted, saying Raon's words seemed correct.
"What kind of scheme are you trying to pull this time?"
Burren placed his hand on his sword as if he wouldn't let his guard down.
"......"
Runaan entered combat stance first without saying anything and emitted a cold chill over her shoulders.
"Kahahahahaha!"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman burst into laughter while grabbing his flawless white forehead.
"That's right! You've seen them and met me too, so there's no way you wouldn't know."
He brought his hands together while maintaining his smile as if he had been rude.
"Was this your doing?"
Raon kicked the Viking priest Arne he was stepping on with his foot and frowned.
"As you can see."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman smiled and raised both arms.
"I had my fortune told, and there was quite delicious prey here. I came right away."
He spun his finger in a circle, saying he had his fortune told by a Ghost of Eden and came looking for the Vikings.
"There was no mention that I'd be blocked by you, so I'll have to punish that fake fortune teller."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman clicked his tongue briefly, saying it was a shame.
"But..."
He raised one eyebrow as if there was something he was curious about.
"That wolf."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman rubbed his fingers while looking at Haerang standing as if protecting Raon.
"Did you let it loose from the beginning, aiming for this situation?"
He bit his lips slightly as if he thought he had been played in Raon's hands.
"No."
Raon slowly nodded his chin.
"Haerang was brainwashed by the White Blood Religion, then rescued by me and given a name, yet chose to remain in the sea on its own. I did nothing."
He chuckled, saying it was all Haerang's will.
"Then..."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman's jaw trembled as if he was dumbfounded.
"That's right. It was Haerang who toyed with you."
Raon nodded while stroking Haerang's mane.
"Haerang could have shattered the leash you made from the priest's blood, and could have devoured this foolish priest right away, but it endured and waited for the right moment. To see how far you would go."
"Huh? A spirit beast thinks that far ahead?"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman furrowed his brow as if it was absurd.
"Since you couldn't think that far ahead, you were played by Haerang."
Raon sneered and shrugged his shoulders.
-That, that wolf has grown that much?
Wrath also widened his eyes, unable to believe it.
-What on earth did you teach it!
The guy swallowed dryly, saying he couldn't understand.
'I never taught it anything.'
Raon calmly lowered his chin.
'Haerang learned by watching me from behind on its own.'
Haerang had been brainwashed by the White Blood Religion, but after being rescued by him, played a huge role in bringing down the White Blood Religion. Through various experiences, it seemed to have gained not just the ability to handle immediate situations, but also the patience to see beyond them.
"Well, it's not like I don't have regrets either."
Raon slightly furrowed his brow while grabbing Haerang's mane.
"If something like this happens, you should tell me in advance. I don't know why you tried to solve it alone."
Haerang was a spirit beast that wielded absolute power over the sea, but it wasn't strong enough to defeat the Silent Serpent Swordsman who had long surpassed transcendence. It could have been in danger, and he regretted that it hadn't sent him any signal.
Gwoooooo!
Haerang slightly extended its front paw as if it had something to say.
'You wanted to protect my time?'
Haerang shook its head, saying it tried to handle things alone because it could feel that he was concentrating.
'I see.'
That's why I couldn't properly sense Haerang's presence.
Haerang seemed to have moved while hiding its presence even from him, its master, so as not to interfere with his cultivation.
"Toyed with by a lowly creature. No, by a spirit beast. The world really is interesting, isn't it? Quite worth living!"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman clicked his tongue briefly and shrugged his shoulders. He covered his lips that had shown irritation with a frivolous smile.
"Let me ask one thing too."
Raon narrowed the bridge of his nose while looking at the Silent Serpent Swordsman's clean face.
"Why didn't you come out wearing a helmet?"
The Ghosts of Eden always wore helmets. He couldn't understand why the Silent Serpent Swordsman, who could be called an executive among executives, had revealed his bare face.
"Ah, the reason is simple."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman waved his hand lightly.
"Because it's hot."
He grinned, saying he went around with his helmet off because it was hot.
"......"
After hearing the Silent Serpent Swordsman's answer, Raon furrowed his brow even deeper.
"Ahahahaha."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman giggled and waved his hand.
"It's a joke. A joke."
He curled up his lips, saying it was a small prank.
"The reason I'm not wearing a helmet is because there's no particular reason to wear one. There's no one here who would recognize me, and nothing scary either."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman brushed off his palms, saying he came without a helmet because it didn't matter if he revealed his true appearance.
"The Heavenly Demon must have given orders not to move until the war, right?"
Raon shook his chin, recalling what the Heavenly Demon had said when he met him before.
"That's right. He seemed to have given such orders."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman nodded calmly.
"But just because it's the leader's words doesn't mean I have to follow them, right?"
He waved his hand frivolously, saying that no matter how much it was the Heavenly Demon's command, he had no reason to accept it. He seemed to have the same personality as when he had seen him before.
"You..."
Raon twisted his chin sideways while looking at the Silent Serpent Swordsman's distorted eyes.
"You seem absolutely crazy to die."
He tensed his fingertips while thinking of the name Hydra, the strongest monster in mythology that was said to appear when the Silent Serpent Swordsman died.
"Death isn't a bad option either."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman shrugged his shoulders.
"Death could be another beginning, couldn't it?"
As if he sensed that Raon knew information about Hydra, he pointed to his own neck. It seemed like he was saying to cut it if he could.
"......"
Raon said nothing and quietly looked into the Silent Serpent Swordsman's eyes.
"Hmm?"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman let out a short exclamation while making eye contact with Raon.
"Don't tell me you know who I am?"
He licked his lips with eyes filled with madness as if asking whether Raon had figured out his true identity.
"What if I do?"
Raon nodded calmly.
"Really? You knew that?"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman flicked his snake-like long tongue.
"You really are interesting! No, the situation has become interesting!"
He giggled, saying he hadn't expected such a situation to arise.
"So what are you going to do?"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman spread his long arms and took a step forward.
"Are you going to kill me?"
He smiled with his eyes while speaking of his own life as if it were someone else's.
"By the way..."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman glanced behind him and curled his lips up in a long smile.
"To make the leash to subdue that wolf, I melted about ten lives of these barbarians. Of course, that guy provided those people."
He pointed to the Viking priest Arne collapsed beneath Raon's feet.
"And..."
It was the moment when the Silent Serpent Swordsman stretched out his hand with a sinister smile.
Burrrrrrst!
The body of the Viking priest Arne beneath Raon's feet burst into black blood.
"W-was that person always like that? When I saw him before, he was definitely..."
Dorian bit his lips, saying he didn't know he would be like that since the Silent Serpent Swordsman always went around smiling.
"That guy is also Eden. A villain. No, he can only be an evil monster."
Martha bit her lips, saying never to feel friendly emotions toward him.
"That guy also gives a death befitting a villain."
Burren lowered his eyes, showing that he felt not a trace of sympathy for Arne's death.
"Haa..."
Runaan raised blue frost over her sword's blade as if she wanted to fight the Silent Serpent Swordsman.
However, Arne wasn't the only one the Silent Serpent Swordsman had sentenced to death.
Burburburburburst!
The bodies of the Vikings who followed the priest also exploded one after another like balloons, mocking their sturdiness. In an instant, twenty Vikings became a black downpour that soaked the island without leaving even a bone fragment.
"Since the prank has been completely exposed, there's no need to leave useless parasites around."
The Silent Serpent Swordsman babbled that it wasn't even a plan but a prank as he massacred all the Vikings who had followed him and the priest. The space that had been full of green vegetation was now flooded with dark, dead blood.
"Ah..."
"No, no!"
"To give such an evil death to warriors!"
"You demon!"
The Vikings burst into intense anger even at the deaths of their comrades who had been opposing each other and raised their weapons. Just as they were about to scream and charge forward as if they would tear the Silent Serpent Swordsman apart.
"Stop!"
Bjorn raised his massive body and let out a beast-like roar.
"This fight has already left our hands! Approaching that demon would only be a dog's death!"
He gritted his teeth, saying that fighting the Silent Serpent Swordsman could not be an honorable battle or death.
"You're right."
Raon nodded calmly and stepped forward.
"Leave the garbage disposal to me."
He stood in front of the Silent Serpent Swordsman, feeling the unpleasant sensation of sticky blood under his feet.
"You..."
Raon stood facing the Silent Serpent Swordsman and twisted his chin sideways.
"Do you really want to die?"
He looked down at the Silent Serpent Swordsman with an incredibly arrogant tone and posture.
-Huh...?
Wrath trembled his lips while looking at his expression.
-You, you don't tell me...
The guy swallowed dryly as if he could somehow picture what would happen next.
"Then what?"
The Silent Serpent Swordsman put his hand into his clothes and took out a black serpent mask, putting it on his face as if he was confident he wouldn't die.
"Yes. Then..."
Raon's grip smoothly wrapped around the Heavenly Drive like silk.
"Die."
With his low words, the blade of the Heavenly Drive severed the Silent Serpent Swordsman's neck.