The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1357 "People I know well..." Raon blinked his eyes while looking at Habun Castle lord Milland. 'Come to think of it, I did feel a familiar yet faint aura from inside Habun Castle.' Before entering Habun Castle, he had sensed a familiar presence from inside the castle. At the time, he thought it was a knight or scout he was close with, but it seemed that wasn't the case. "Could you let me meet them right now?" Raon nodded his head, asking to know the identity of that person. "Unfortunately, that would be difficult." "Yes?" He slightly opened his mouth at Milland's unexpected answer. "Your acquaintances have gone out to the snowfield right now. Since they came all the way to Habun Castle, it wouldn't make sense to leave without seeing the great nature here." Milland waved his hand, saying they couldn't meet right now. "...That's true." Raon slightly narrowed his eyes. "If they went sightseeing, they should return soon." "I'm not sure. It's been over a week since they went out this time." Milland shook his head, saying his acquaintance had left Habun Castle a week ago. "Do they go sightseeing for that long?" "I never said anything about sightseeing, did I?" He firmly shook his head as if it wasn't sightseeing. "Then..." "War. Against monsters." Milland shrugged his shoulders as if that was the only thing it could be. "Actually, before I could even bring it up, they said they wanted to go out and fight first." He twisted his lips up, saying they were interesting people. "They said they wanted to go out first?" Raon's eyes widened at the increasingly puzzling conversation. "Yes. They said they wanted to train without using their greatest power." Milland smacked his lips, saying that's why he let them go outside. 'So that's why it was hard to detect their presence...' It was because they weren't at Habun Castle right now. He thought they were weak because their presence was so faint it seemed nonexistent, but that wasn't it. He seemed to have only sensed the very faint aura they had left behind a week ago. -T-that's possible? Wrath blinked as if he had no idea. -Just how have you changed?! 'It's probably because it's an aura I've felt before. Of course...' Raon looked at his fingertips and narrowed his eyes thinly. 'It's also true that I'm changing.' After obtaining all Seven Deadly Sins. No, after declaring to Glenn that he would become a true Sword God, his martial prowess and realm of the soul had been growing day by day. Even if the degree of growth wasn't large, he was getting stronger every day, so it was also true that he had achieved dramatic change by now. -Hmph! Don't be arrogant! Wrath snorted as if he was still far from it. -If this king had his true body, he could even smell the poop the neighbor's dog did yesterday! '...I don't really want to smell that.' Raon frowned and pushed Wrath away. -No! I'm saying your senses become that good! Wrath ground his teeth, saying his aura perception was weak because he wasn't in his true body right now. 'I get it. You go find dog poop.' Raon waved his hand dismissively, giving a halfhearted answer because it was bothersome. -That's not what I meant! Wrath screamed until his throat seemed to burst, as if anger was rising. "Then please tell me where my acquaintances' lodgings are. I'll go there first..." It was when Raon ignored Wrath and spoke to Milland again. Puuuuuuu! The sound of the scouts' horn came from outside the castle gate. A melody that Raon knew well. It was the horn of return. "There's no need for that." Milland drew a refreshing smile and brushed off the dust on his body. "Let's go out together." He opened the door first and went out, saying the guests seemed to have returned. "Ah..." Raon slowly jutted his chin while looking at the north gate where the horn sound had come from. "Now I understand." He gently curled his lips upward and revealed eyes filled with joy. "Who my acquaintances are. And why..." They wanted to train here. * * * Raon followed Milland toward the north gate. The gate, covered in monster blood, opened, and familiar faces appeared along with the pure white blizzard. A knight with holy white armor that shone brilliantly and kind eyes overflowing with benevolence, contrasting with his sacred appearance, and a girl with sharp cat-like eyes and a straight nose that reminded one of a noble's doll - an absolute beauty, but with a cigarette between her fingers - walked in. 'As expected...' Raon chuckled softly while looking at the two. 'It was the Holy King and Saintess.' The guests of Habun Castle that he knew well were Holy King Hoppen and Saintess Olga of the Suphren Holy Kingdom. Besides the two of them, he could also see the Holy Knights and priests who had fought alongside them. 'I was disappointed I couldn't see them in Suphren, but to think I'd meet them here.' Actually, after visiting the leaders of the Five Kings, he had headed straight to the Suphren Holy Kingdom, but couldn't meet them because those two had gone out for secret training. He had been curious about where they went, but he never imagined he'd meet them here. -It was those guys! Wrath also immediately recognized them after sensing the Holy King and Saintess's presence in the office. However, he seemed to have been able to sense them first because he had exchanged aura with them. "R-Raon?" "Huh? Why are you here?" Holy King Hoppen and Saintess Olga also widened their eyes as if they hadn't expected him to be at Habun Castle. "I came to pay my respects to the lord of Habun Castle before the war." Raon explained the reason he had come to Habun Castle and drew a faint smile. "Why are you two here?" Conversely, he lowered his chin while asking the reason Hoppen and Olga had come to Habun Castle. "We stopped by Habun Castle for training. Since our greatest strength, holy power, likely won't work in this war, we've been traveling around the continent training to build our martial prowess." Hoppen nodded, saying he had come all the way to Habun Castle not for holy power, but to develop his true martial arts. "Habun Castle certainly wasn't easy. The monsters were strong and fierce, so it felt like we'd get injured the moment we let our guard down. That makes Raon seem even more amazing! Didn't you become a hero here during your trainee days!" He bit his lips as if it was regrettable that he hadn't seen Raon's childhood. "Do you know why this guy came to Habun Castle?" Olga pointed at Hoppen and frowned. "Because it's the place where Sword Sage Raon Zieghart achieved his first great deed, he wanted to see it!" She let out a deep sigh, saying that Hoppen had chosen Habun Castle as his final training ground because of Raon. "N-no. Why, why are you bringing up such things..." Hoppen scratched his head embarrassedly because he was in front of Raon. "I see." Rather than thinking about why Hoppen had come to Habun Castle, Raon jutted his chin while thinking about his reason for wanting to grow. 'These people are sincere.' Both Holy King Hoppen and Saintess Olga had achieved dramatic growth in their martial prowess compared to when he had seen them before. Since the size of their holy power remained the same, it seemed they were truly sincere about focusing only on martial growth. 'It's not an easy thing to do.' From the Suphren Kingdom's perspective, they could have just provided support from the rear using their powerful holy power, but seeing them develop their martial prowess because they wanted to fight at the front, he was moved. "Thank you." Raon bowed to Hoppen and Olga who were approaching the war with all their hearts. "P-please don't do this!" Despite being in the position of a king, Hoppen vigorously waved both hands as if Raon's bow was burdensome. "You're a king! Just accept it!" Olga hit Hoppen's back, telling him not to be annoying and just accept the greeting. "T-thank you." Hoppen curled his lips up, saying it was the honor of his lifetime to receive a greeting from Raon. "Our king has become your fan since some point and even memorizes that damn autobiography." Olga snorted, saying it was annoying just to watch. "Isn't the Saintess the same way? In fact, you even know parts that I can't remember..." Hoppen widened his eyes, saying Olga had also read Raon's autobiography until it was worn out. "S-shut up!" Olga screamed and immediately struck Hoppen's mouth. Her face turned red with embarrassment as her chin trembled. "I've been watching for over a month, but I can't tell who the king is here." Milland tilted his head, saying he was curious about Hoppen and Olga's relationship. "We're like an older sister and younger brother relationship. We've seen each other often since we were young..." "I never had a younger brother like you!" Olga made Hoppen shut his mouth again and let out a sigh. "Anyway, we were preparing for war in our own way." She said that was all there was to it while touching her reddened cheeks. "I see. If it's you two, it should be fine." Raon calmly drew the Heavenly Drive while looking at Hoppen and Olga who had changed beyond recognition. "A s-sword?" "What's this all of a sudden?" Hoppen and Olga widened their eyes seeing Raon suddenly draw his sword. "This guy. He's giving encouragement in his own way before the war. That being a duel." Milland said he had been subjected to it too while touching his chest that was still throbbing. "It's an h-honor!" "Oho." Hoppen swallowed dry saliva, saying he wanted to receive the sword of Raon who had become a Sword Sage, while Olga curled her lips up as if it would be interesting. "Please show me your full power." Raon nodded, saying he would receive everything from Hoppen and Olga. "Good!" "Those words just now! Don't regret them!" Having just returned from an expedition, Hoppen and Olga didn't even warm up and immediately raised their aura. Kugugugugugu! Hoppen aimed his sacred sword burning with snow-white aura at the sky and unleashed a serious sword aura. Zzzzzzt! On the other hand, Olga thrust toward Raon's vital points with her small fists containing an eerie killing intent. Her fist attack rushed forth colder and sharper than frost wind. Wuuuuu! The attacks of the two mismatched martial artists created a strangely smooth harmony, creating pressure that Raon couldn't escape from. "Good offensive." Raon calmly nodded and thrust the Heavenly Drive toward Olga and Hoppen's joint technique. A red dragon ascended above the Heavenly Drive's blade tip and burned away the sacred sword and cold fist. Kwaaaaaaa! * * * "Grr!" Olga ground her teeth and raised her body. "I didn't expect you to be really serious! Damn bastard!" She cut off her burnt hair, saying she nearly died from Raon's sword strike. "Haaa..." Hoppen clasped his hands together as if he had received a true god. "Sword God! From today on, I'll follow the Sword God!" He closed his eyes, saying he should change the god he prays to. "Crazy..." Olga let out a hollow laugh as if she couldn't believe it. "You're a king now!" She struck Hoppen's back, telling him to come to his senses. "Don't be so harsh." Milland's jaw trembled slightly as he looked at the place where the red dragon had passed. "Because Raon looks like a god to me too." The Flame Dragon Strike that Raon unleashed showed terrifying power that not only split through Olga and Hoppen's aura but even cut through Habun Castle's white sky and disappeared, so he too was still trembling. "Well, the swordsmanship itself does seem god-level." Olga also swallowed dry saliva while recalling Raon's sword that burned everything. "If we're with that guy..." She curled her lips while looking at the Fire Dragon's claw marks carved even into the sky. "We definitely won't lose." * * * Raon returned to Zieghart after finishing all his journeys. -Kuuu! Wrath sighed while looking at Zieghart's castle gate. -Finally home! The guy smacked his lips long, saying he wanted to eat home-cooked food from the annex building right away. 'I miss home-cooked food today too.' Raon nodded, saying they should go to the annex building and have a meal. -Oh! What's gotten into you? Wrath widened his eyes in surprise. -I thought you'd naturally say you wanted to train first? 'I should go normally sometimes too.' There was more to say after that, but he didn't open his mouth. -Amazing! The sun will rise from the west tomorrow! It was when Wrath was laughing and muttering that it was amazing.