The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1368 "Huh...?" Greer let out an empty laugh as if he couldn't believe it. "D-did you really cut him down? The enemy commander?" Though he had resolved to remain calm in any situation after becoming the king of Owen, he couldn't help but be shocked by Raon's boldness in cutting off the enemy commander's head before even hearing what he had to say. "Well done!" Archmage Chamber of Eternal Flame let out an exclamation toward Raon. "Just as expected from Uncle Glenn's successor!" She gave a thumbs up, saying it was the kind of bold action befitting Zieghart's young head of house. "Wow! Ooh. Hehe..." Mage Tower Master Larian was shocked at first, confused in the middle, and then broke into laughter at the end. It seemed she had gained hope that the war could end quickly thanks to Raon. "As expected, the first strike is the best!" Beast King Ogram looked at Raon's back and chuckled heartily. "Though it's a bit disappointing." He lowered his fists that had been clenched so tightly his veins bulged, and clicked his tongue briefly. It seemed he would have thrown the first punch if Raon hadn't swung his sword. "Is this really okay...?" Burren swallowed dryly, saying shouldn't the leaders have talked before the war? "It's past noon! The war has already started!" Martha waved her hand as if there was no need to worry and giggled. "So cool..." Runaan also drew a very small smile, saying she liked Raon's bold appearance. "There won't be any problems later, right?" "The enemy is Eden! Those bastards don't need any principles of war!" "Right. We just need to trust the young head of house!" Zieghart's swordsmen nodded, saying they would trust Raon no matter what happened. "The war hasn't even started yet." Raon waved his hand toward the swordsmen behind him. "Focus on the enemy before you." He said there was no need to panic or be overly joyful as he raised Heavenly Drive, which didn't have a single drop of blood on it. "Yes!" The Light Wind Palace swordsmen. No, all of Zieghart's swordsmen erased their excited expressions and once again emanated an aura that felt chillingly cold. -Kyaaaaa! Wrath let out an exclamation seeing that sight. -The king unhesitatingly cuts off the enemy commander's head, and his subordinates admire such a king, what a perfect picture! The guy nodded vigorously, saying he had never been so pleased with himself as he was now. -Let's go to the Devildom right after this war ends! Wrath smacked his lips, saying he would immediately create a demon king position for him. 'Whatever.' Raon replied nonchalantly to Wrath's words and looked at the Death Sword Spirit behind the Hermit's corpse. She maintained a calm expression, not flustered even though the leader in command of the war had died. 'Hmm...' It was when Raon narrowed his eyes and looked at the Hermit's corpse again. Sssssss! From within the neck of the headless Hermit, tree-stem-like tentacles sprouted. Zizzzzzt! Like a tree extending long, thick roots into the earth over thousands of years, thick, writhing brown tentacles grabbed the Hermit's head that had rolled to the side and pulled it back to the body. Thuddddd. With a grotesque sound like bones and flesh being crushed, the Hermit's head reattached to his neck. Inside the neck, thousands of bundles of root-like tentacles writhed and connected, a sight so nauseating it could make one vomit. "Aaaahhh!" Dorian, seeing the grotesque resurrection of the Hermit, let out a scream he had been holding back. "I-I feel like I'm going to throw up too..." Krein covered his mouth, saying it was too disgusting. "As expected, he wasn't ordinary!" Chamber bit her lollipop, saying it was strange that he had died too easily somehow. "Wow! There was such a resurrection?" Mage Tower Master Larian, on the contrary, seemed to have her interest piqued by the Hermit's resurrection, her eyes, tinged with magical madness, flashing as she half-threw off her blanket. "Resurrection sure takes a long time." Raon, as if he had expected from the beginning that the Hermit might not die, tapped the hand holding the Heavenly Drive without being flustered. "Hahaha." The Hermit stroked his newly attached neck and let out a faint laugh as if nothing had happened. "Unlike what I've heard, you have quite an impatient personality." He curled his lips, saying he didn't know Raon would have such an impatient personality. Like The Fallen, the mask itself moved to create a smile. "I don't have a hobby of listening to useless words." Raon tilted his chin with an arrogant tone as if Pride, the monarch of arrogance, had entered his body. "Well, since the war has already started, there's no need for idle chatter." The Hermit looked up at the sun standing in the center of the sky, then nodded slightly as if he understood Raon's actions. "..." Raon quietly released the strength from his hand holding Heavenly Drive. 'It seems it would be difficult to kill him with ordinary swordsmanship.' It was true that the Hermit's aura had diminished compared to before, but there wasn't that big of a difference. It meant that not much power was consumed during resurrection. 'Then should I use Soul Sword?' Eden had appeared, but the archangels who needed more attention were nowhere to be seen. It seemed better to kill that bastard first before the angels appeared. "Are you thinking about Soul Sword?" As Raon was contemplating whether to kill the enemy leader before him with the Soul Sword, the Hermit spoke first. "Unfortunately, even with Soul Sword you won't be able to kill me completely." The Hermit gently curled his lips. "What's the reason?" Raon bluntly asked the Hermit for the reason he doesn't die. "You're really bold. I think I understand why the Heavenly Demon held you in high regard." The Hermit let out a dry laugh, saying he really didn't know Raon had this kind of personality. "Still, since you asked so openly, I'll tell you openly too." He slowly nodded while stroking the wooden mask he was wearing. "The owner of this mask I am wearing is the tree demon, the Hermit. The Hermit is a monster that appears when a pure spirit tree, which was originally supposed to become a World Tree, receives malice and grows wickedly. It is an extremely rare existence, so you have probably never even heard of it." The Hermit waved his hand, saying that there would be no one who knew of him. "I know..." Evelyn spoke for the first time. "That guy was a monster even when before he became a monster of Eden..." Her chin trembled as if the Hermit had existed in the same era as her. "Ah, you would know me. Merlin. No, I should call you Evelyn now." The Hermit chuckled as if he had a connection with Evelyn in a past life. "Anyway, since I'm a spirit tree that should have originally become a World Tree, I can scatter my soul throughout the world like the World Tree. This is something even the Heavenly Demon cannot do. No matter how sharp your Soul Sword is, you won't be able to kill all of my souls." He beat his chest, confident that he wouldn't die before Raon's Soul Sword. -Oh? Wrath narrowed his eyes thin as thread. -Indeed, his soul is extremely small compared to the aura that can be felt. The guy nodded, saying the Hermit's words seemed to be true. "..." Raon looked into the Hermit's eyes and quietly nodded his chin. "It's certainly not a lie." A breath of truth could be felt from the Hermit's soul. He didn't know about scattering his soul throughout the world, but it was true that he wouldn't die immediately from a single Soul Sword strike. "However..." Raon slowly raised his gaze while sheathing Heavenly Drive again. "Isn't it enough to just keep killing until you're dead?" His chin twisted sideways and a chillingly cold light blazed in his eyes. "What? That's..." The Hermit's words, which had been flowing like water, were cut off for the first time. He gulped dryly, as if sensing that Raon was serious. "I-impossible. I can divide my soul into thousands. No, tens of thousands! You'll get tired first trying to target my souls and won't be able to move." The Hermit puffed out his chest as if confident he could withstand the Soul Sword. "Then I'll just have to try it." Raon said that's all there was to it while placing his hand on Heavenly Drive. "Our forces are superior too. I just need to kill you." He narrowed his eyes while looking at Eden's ghosts, who were fewer in number compared to the Five Kings alliance. "This isn't all of our forces. Moreover..." The Hermit's chin trembled as if he hadn't expected Raon to come out like this, and he opened his mouth again. "No need to listen to his words! Just kill him!" Chamber waved her half-remaining lollipop as if saying to just charge first. "P-please give me that tree's corpse!" Larian licked her red lips, saying she really wanted to study the Hermit. "You can leave the rear to us!" Ogram clashed his two fists, saying he would handle everything. "......" Raon turned around with calm eyes. "Do as you wish." Karoon nodded as if he would follow whatever choice he made. "I will follow the young head of house." "Go wherever you want to go!" "I believe in the young head of house." Perhaps because of that, the other military force leaders also raised their swords to their chests, meaning they would only watch his back. "Thank you." Raon nodded to everyone and then looked at the Hermit again. "This crazy!" The Hermit saw Raon's eyes, sensed what choice he would make, and stepped back. Gooooooo! It was when Raon bent his knees to draw both Heavenly Drive and Soul Sword simultaneously. Whoooong! A flood of red fighting spirit rushed before his eyes. The Death Sword Spirit, who was behind the Hermit, had moved. "What a damn human you are!" The Hermit trusted the Death Sword Spirit's charge and quickly retreated. As if using magic, he fled to the back of Eden in the time it takes to blink an eye. "Whew." Even though the Death Sword Spirit was rushing in, Raon didn't look at her and drew the Heavenly Drive and the Soul Sword towards the Hermit. Zzzzzing! The Death Sword Spirit seemed to think it was an opportunity and fiercely thrust her sword, but her strike was stopped by another sword in midair, not reaching Raon's neck. "How dare..." Karoon Zieghart. He had moved to protect Raon. "Who are you targeting?" Karoon roared not to even think of raising a sword against Raon while pushing back the Death Sword Spirit. Whoaaaash! Raon, trusting that Karoon would block the Death Sword Spirit, shot the sharply honed sword of his heart towards the Hermit. Peoooook! The lightning-like sword strike from the Heavenly Drive and the Soul Sword simultaneously burst the Hermit's heart and soul. "Kueuk..." The Hermit let out a groan as if his breath was cut off and fell backward. "Y-you really are a crazy human!" Even though his main body's soul had been shattered, he didn't collapse and brought his two hands together. Woooong! The Hermit vomited blood and opened a Dimensional Gate once more. A dimensional gate that split open long along the horizon was opened, revealing an innumerable number of monsters. It was enough to make one think that all the monsters on this continent had gathered here. Kugugugugugu! Eden had seemingly gathered even the remnants of the destroyed Five Demons, as Water Demons, White Blood Religion followers, and demonized humans wrapped in evil all burst out of the dimensional gates along with the monsters. "F-for the return!" "For the return!" At the Hermit's cry, the Ghosts of Eden let out roars tinged with madness. They exploded their fighting spirit and charged towards the humans of the continent, as if it didn't matter if their own lives were lost as long as the restoration was achieved. "For the continent!" "For the continent!" Raon raised the Heavenly Drive that had burst the Hermit's body and let out a war cry. The Five Kings alliance, following his voice, kicked off the ground, burning with madness and fighting spirit no less than Eden's. The Five Kings and Eden. Two forces desiring the world's stability and destruction clashed at the center of the continent.