The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1350 "Then first..." Raon looked back at the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen standing behind him and narrowed his eyes. "Please exclude Light Wind Palace from Zieghart's tactical training that is currently in progress." Since the war with Eden was approaching, Zieghart was currently conducting tactical training that could move according to various strategies. Raon bowed his head, asking to exclude the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen from that training. "Tactical training...?" Glenn blinked his eyes at Raon's unexpected words. "Can you tell me the reason?" He withdrew his benevolent expression that seemed like he would grant anything, and asked the reason why Light Wind Palace didn't want to receive tactical training. "The family's tactical training is an essential element in war. If you cannot understand the commander's tactics that come down in an instant and show foolish behavior, you'll instead give the enemy an opportunity." Glenn leaned forward from his throne. He calmly closed his eyes and then opened them, saying that the tactical training being conducted now was much more important than individual training. It seemed more out of genuine doubt than trying to pressure him. "I fully understand." Raon calmly nodded, saying he naturally knew that. "Light Wind Palace will not participate in tactical training, but I intend to give them sufficient understanding of tactics." He waved his hand, saying he was absolutely not ignoring tactical training. "Then why don't you want to receive the training?" Glenn tilted his head as if he didn't understand. "I want Light Wind Palace to move separately from Zieghart's main force." Raon looked at the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen's eyes in turn and drew a gentle smile. "Move separately?" Glenn urged him to continue speaking as he stroked his chin. "Currently, Light Wind Palace's martial prowess is the strongest in Zieghart." Raon didn't show modesty as before, and honestly declared that Light Wind Palace was Zieghart's strongest force. "Light Wind Palace has risen to a realm that even Karoon's Central Martial Palace and the Head of House's Heavenly Blade Division cannot reach. Moreover..." He closed his eyes and then opened them, recalling the days they had grown together under the name of Light Wind. "Since we've grown together from childhood, there's no need to coordinate separately. Rather, if we work together with other forces, there's a possibility that perfect coordination might break." All members of the Fifth Training Ground had grown together as Light Wind division and Light Wind Palace, and recently they had even completed coordination with the Warring Steel Division, so if they fought with other forces now, there was a high possibility their coordination would break. "Therefore, Light Wind Palace intends to move independently under my command." Raon nodded, saying he would operate Light Wind Palace separately in the war against Eden. "Wow!" "Palace Master..." "He must have been concerned about making us suffer all this time." "As expected, only the Palace Master looks after us!" The Light Wind Palace Swordsmen bit their lips as if moved by Raon's attempt to exempt them from the family training. "Independently?" "You mean to move separately from the family's tactics?" "No matter how good Light Wind Palace's achievements are, that's a bit..." "He's probably trying to reduce Light Wind Palace's sacrifices. Since they've been together since childhood." "T-that's an unreasonable request!" On the other hand, the executives in the audience chamber frowned, saying it made no sense. Most of them had goodwill toward Raon and Light Wind Palace, but even so, they believed it was unreasonable to exclude them from the general training that all family members received. "..." However, Karoon said nothing and quietly waited for Raon's next words to continue. "Quiet!" Balder stomped his foot and stepped forward. "Since our nephew hasn't finished speaking, everyone shut up and wait!" He took Raon's side as if he were now part of Light Wind Palace rather than the True Martial Palace Master. "That's right. Apart from martial prowess and achievements, it's unreasonable. So..." Raon drew a faint smile as he looked at the executives voicing their complaints. "We will take on the most dangerous Angels in the war." He nodded, saying Light Wind Palace would stand at the forefront in the battle against Angels. "A-Angels?" "To take the lead in fighting against Angels..." "Aren't they more dangerous than Eden?" "Right! Their strength is one thing, but they have special abilities!" "Why would he want to fight Angels while not receiving tactical training?" The swordsmen frowned as if Light Wind Palace's sacrifices might actually increase. "Didn't I tell you? Light Wind Palace is the strongest in Zieghart." Raon calmly nodded as if it was no big deal. "Great power comes with great responsibility. It's natural for us to handle the Angels. However, if other forces get involved in between, it could actually be a hindrance, so we intend to move separately." He asked to entrust the Angels to Light Wind division, placing his fist on his chest. "Huh!" "T-this is the first time I'm hearing this?" "Light Wind Palace Master..." "He was thinking like that, yet we unnecessarily..." "S-sorry! I had such petty thoughts!" The swordsmen bowed their heads, saying they were sorry for doubting Raon's sincerity. "......" Karoon closed his eyes as if he knew it would be like this from the beginning, said nothing, and just nodded slightly. "As expected of our nephew!" Balder vigorously raised his fist. "If anyone has complaints about our nephew's words, you'll have to go through me first!" He stomped his feet roughly, saying he would always be on Raon's side. "Just leave it to him..." Alice sighed while wringing out her seawater-soaked top. "You won't see any good if you unnecessarily provoke him." She waved her hands, telling them to accept Raon's request. "Hmm!" Glenn rolled his lips up long as he observed the executives looking at Raon with respect. "Since there seem to be no objections, I will grant the Light Wind Palace Master's request." He nodded, saying he would allow Light Wind Palace to move separately in the war as Raon requested. "Thank you." Raon bowed to Glenn and the executives, saying he was grateful they understood his intentions. "Uooooooo!" "Light Wind Palace! Light Wind Palace!" "Sword Sage! Sword Sage!" The executives in the audience chamber seemed to feel apologetic toward Raon and raised their hands while chanting his name and Light Wind Palace's name. "Khehehehem!" Glenn's face turned red like a ripe apple and he trembled his legs, seemingly truly satisfied with the sight. He seemed to be overflowing with joy from seeing such a satisfying reaction after a long time. However, at this moment when everyone was rejoicing, there were people whose expressions looked like they had eaten shit. "T-this is also the first time I'm hearing this...?" "Damn it!" "Light Wind Palace Master, this bastard!" "He was thinking such crazy thoughts?" "I-I want to kill him! I want to kill him with all my might!" Light Wind Palace. The Light Wind Palace swordsmen, who like the executives were hearing for the first time today that they would have to face Angels at the forefront, turned their earlier praise for Raon into curses with pale yellow faces. "Please! Say something to us too!" * * * "No..." Krein trembled his jaw. "You didn't need to tell us this..." He bit his lips while looking at Raon standing on the platform of the Fifth Training Ground. "I'll say it again." Raon lowered Heavenly Drive and tilted his chin. "If you don't concentrate during this training, you might die. You might become a vegetable where your body is alive but your soul dies, or you might become a cripple where your soul is alive but your body is ruined." He smiled wickedly, saying it was fortunate in a way since at least one of the two might survive. "V-vegetable? Cripple? How is that fortunate!" Dorian swallowed dry saliva, saying it made no sense. "I don't want to do it! He's serious!" He screamed after sensing Raon's sincerity through his Mind's Eye. "If I endure that training, I have to fight Angels at the forefront, and if I can't endure it, I become a vegetable...?" Krein pulled at his hair with an expression that looked like he wanted to cry. "I just want to die..." He sniffled, saying he missed the good-natured Raon of the past. "Sorry, but Raon was never kind." Martha snorted at Krein. "He was unbearably arrogant from the very first time we met." She twisted her lips as if recalling when she first met Raon. "I agree with that." Burren chuckled and nodded his head. "The Palace Master was never kind." He also chuckled, saying he had never felt Raon's kindness. "But he is kind...?" Runaan tilted her head, saying instead that Raon had never been unkind. "He just said he's going to do training that could turn us into vegetables, and you call that kind?" Krein blinked at Runaan, asking if her ears were blocked. "You just have to overcome the training..." Runaan waved her finger as if there would be no problem then. "Ah..." Krein shook his head, realizing that words wouldn't get through to Runaan, Raon's number one follower. "Now, then..." After finishing his explanation, Raon lowered his gaze below the platform. "Swordsman Krein. Come up." He gestured toward Krein, choosing him as his first designation as always. "Keuuk..." Krein squeezed his eyes shut as if he expected to be called upon. "When I die, bury me in a place full of ominous energy so that guy won't come." He told Dorian it was a request and went up to the platform. "It's training similar to what we did before. Endure my Soul Sword with your soul's power." Raon drew Heavenly Drive and aimed it toward Krein's heart. "U-um..." Krein gulped dry saliva while looking at Raon's Heavenly Drive. "You're attacking with Soul Sword, so why are you raising Heavenly Drive as well?" He waved his hands, telling him to put down the sword. "It seems you didn't hear properly because you were chattering." Raon slightly narrowed his eyes. "This is different from the previous training - it's cultivation to block Soul Sword and True Sword simultaneously. I'll only swing once, so try to block it with all your might." He seriously nodded his chin, saying if he could endure this training, he wouldn't fall for Angel tactics either. "H-how am I supposed to block that!" "Of course, I'll only swing the sword at a level you can overcome if you use all your strength." Raon waved his hand, telling him not to worry. "I'll start right away, so get ready." "W-wait a moment! Let me prepare mentally first..." Just as Krein begged him to wait while drawing his sword, Raon's Heavenly Drive fell like lightning. "I said wait!" Krein let out a scream similar to Wrath and thrust a fierce sword strike toward Raon's sword. True to being a high-ranking swordsman even within Light Wind Palace, he displayed his full power even in this urgent moment. "You crazy bastard!" However, contrary to Krein's angry shout, his sword was knocked away powerlessly, and Raon turned Heavenly Drive to strike Krein's head with the flat of the blade. "Kueeeeng..." Krein collapsed on the platform with a dazed expression, drooling from his mouth. "Haah..." Dorian sighed so heavily it seemed the ground would cave in as he dragged the collapsed Krein down from the platform. "This is what happens if you don't concentrate." Raon clicked his tongue, telling them to participate in the training with full power. "Um..." Warring Steel Leader Trevin raised his hand. "That attack just now. Could Krein really have blocked it?" He tilted his head, saying no matter how he looked at it, that wasn't a sword at a level Krein could block. "Good point." Raon looked at Trevin and rolled his lips upward. "Let the Warring Steel Leader come up directly and check for himself." He flicked his hand toward Trevin without a word, telling him to check it out. "N-no! I'm not saying I want to do it right now..." "Come up." Raon gave the order to come up to the platform as if he wouldn't listen to anything else. "Haah, really..." Trevin scratched his head as he went up to the platform. "I just asked a question!" He sighed but drew his sword and prepared for training. "Begin." Raon smiled wickedly and immediately struck down Heavenly Drive toward Trevin without any preparation stance. "Ah..." Trevin gasped as he saw the Soul Sword that gripped his heart tightly and Heavenly Drive coming down with the force to split his head. "This is something I can't block..." His curiosity was resolved at the same time as something else