The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1401 "I'm..." Dorian touched his cheek with trembling hands. "Did I survive?" When Archangel Gabriel used divine words to tell him to die, his head became hazy as if death was truly approaching him, and he couldn't breathe. When his arms and legs lost strength and he couldn't even resist, it seemed like Gluttony had helped him barely survive. "It was s-scary..." He had nearly died many times before, but this was the first time true death had come for him. The fear that he would never see this world again made his entire body tremble even now. "Th-thank you!" Dorian put strength into his legs and barely managed to stand up. "Thanks to you I could live... Huh?" He was about to greet Gluttony when he froze in place. "What's this...?" Dorian stared at the empty air and blinked blankly. "Wh-where did they go? They're both gone..." Not only Archangel Gabriel who had been in despair because divine words didn't work, but also Gluttony, the demon king who had been fighting alongside him, was nowhere to be seen. He thought it was all over, but worry suddenly began to surge. 'Don't tell me it's not over yet?' He had thought Gabriel was dead after she disappeared into the white mouth that reached the sky, but seeing that Gluttony was nowhere to be seen, it seemed like it wasn't over yet. "Ugh..." Dorian bit his lips while holding his trembling arms. "I'm r-really at my limit now..." He had barely endured by overcoming the fear of death surging from deep in his chest, but now he truly seemed at his limit. 'No...' Dorian looked at the ground where Gluttony had been standing and clenched his weakened hands into fists. 'If I fight together with that person, I might be able to endure.' Gluttony was someone who could accept his desire to provide supplies better than anyone else. Since he had felt joy fighting alongside him, he felt like he could endure no matter how scary it was. 'Right. Let's prepare...' Dorian bit his lips deeply and raised his head. He circulated aura to draw out a small amount of vitality into his exhausted and weakened body. 'Now I'll fight too.' Until now he had only supported by giving bead ice cream to Gluttony, but from now on he wanted to try fighting directly with a sword. 'Of course it's scary, but...' His whole body still trembled when he recalled Archangel Gabriel's eyes, but he couldn't hide behind others forever. Even though the situation had become favorable thanks to Master Raon, this fight belonged to humans, not demons. "Huff! Huff!" It was when Dorian was catching his breath and lifting his sword. Swooooosh! A chilling sound that naturally made his spine shiver brushed past his ears. "Uaaaaahhh!" Dorian shrieked in terror and collapsed, but what appeared in front of him was Gluttony licking her lips as if she had devoured something. "What are you doing...?" Gluttony blinked at Dorian as if asking what he was doing. "N-no, you suddenly disappeared..." Dorian exhaled trembling breaths as he stood up. "I was worried Gabriel might have done something, so I prepared to fight." He raised his trembling hands, saying he had drawn his sword to fight directly. "I see..." Gluttony calmly nodded while looking at Dorian who was trembling but still holding his sword. "It's okay now..." She slowly closed and opened her eyes, saying there was no need to worry about Archangel Gabriel anymore. "Th-then!" Dorian immediately understood Gluttony's words and let out an exclamation. "Yes... she's dead..." Gluttony rubbed her chin, saying she had personally killed Archangel Gabriel and returned. "Ahh..." When Dorian heard that Gabriel was dead, his tension seemed to release as his legs lost strength and he sat down on the spot. "Is it over...?" However, since Gabriel's absolute power that tried to kill him with divine words still came to mind, he couldn't completely believe she was dead and couldn't put down his sword. "Th-then did you eat Gabriel and come back?" Dorian slightly raised his eyes, recalling how Gluttony had been licking her lips. He felt like he would be relieved to hear that Gluttony had devoured Gabriel. After all, Gabriel had shown the ability to heal wounds instantly. "Hmm..." Gluttony rolled her tongue in his mouth then slightly twisted his jaw. "No..." He shook his head, saying she didn't eat her. "Huh...?" Dorian's mouth fell wide open. "Y-you didn't eat her?" Gluttony was the Monarch of Gluttony. When she who devoured everything said she didn't eat Gabriel, anxiety struck again. "Yeah..." Gluttony nodded while eating the remaining bead ice cream. "I don't want to eat tasteless things anymore..." She popped the bead ice cream into his mouth, saying that her gluttony is also satisfied only when she eats delicious things. "Th-then could Gabriel possibly come back alive...?" Dorian asked if Gabriel might revive using divine words and gulped down dry saliva. "Maybe...?" Gluttony tilted her head. "Maybe?! Then it's dangerous!" Dorian jumped up in alarm. Thinking that Gabriel might come back to life, all the hair on his body stood on end. "If I just left her alone, she might come back to life... However..." Gluttony opened a new box of bead ice cream and summoned a white mouth above her head. Thud! Something crushed whose exact identity was unknown, like chewed gum or a lump of mud, popped out from inside the white mouth. "Th-this is..." Dorian frowned as he looked at the white object that gave off both a bizarre stench and fragrance at the same time. "It's Gabriel..." Gluttony waved the hand holding ice cream as if it was nothing special. "Uaaaaaahhh!" Dorian let out a piercing scream and backed away. "Wh-why did you bring this!" "Because like you said, she might revive..." Gluttony nodded, saying he had the same thought. "In this state, even if a god came down, they couldn't revive her..." She waved his hands, saying Gabriel was completely dead and couldn't return. "Ugh..." Dorian shook his head vigorously as if he didn't want to think about it. "This is really not a level I can mess around with." He sighed, saying it was a fight he couldn't join and didn't want to join. "No..." Gluttony looked at Dorian and calmly shook his chin. "You were qualified to join this fight... In fact, I was able to kill Gabriel thanks to you..." She nodded, saying she was able to hunt Gabriel because Dorian was there beside her. "R-really?" Dorian opened his eyes wide as if he couldn't believe it. "Because you enjoyed the Authority of <Gluttony> you awakened yourself, I was able to create the mouth that could kill Gabriel..." Gluttony gave an unusually long explanation, saying she was able to kill Gabriel thanks to using Dorian's &lt;Gluttony&gt;. "I've clashed with Gabriel many times before, but we never had a decisive victory... Catching her in this disadvantageous situation was all thanks to you..." She licked her lips, saying he never would have succeeded in hunting Gabriel without Dorian. "Ah..." Dorian listened to Gluttony's words and trembled with both hands stained with blood. 'There was someone besides Raon who recognized me...' Most people ignored him, asking why he carried so much stuff around, and some even insulted him by calling him crazy. The first person to praise him for it was Raon. He thought it was fine as long as Raon recognized him, but when he received praise from Gluttony today, a new sense of emotion washed over him. "Th-thank you..." Dorian thanked Gluttony and deeply bowed his head. "Hmm..." Gluttony blinked as she looked at the crying and laughing Dorian. "I'll never forget today's battle for the rest of my life!" Dorian said it would be more memorable than any other battle and gripped his sword firmly. "Th-then I'll go help my comrades!" Though his strength was completely drained, he said he wanted to be with the Light Wind Palace and deeply bowed to Gluttony before running to the battlefield. "U-unlike others, I couldn't fight a demon king directly so I won't get stronger, but your words alone are enough for me, Gluttony! Thank you!" Dorian stopped running, turned around to bow to Gluttony once more, then ran back to the battlefield. "What is he talking about...?" Gluttony tilted her head as if she didn't understand Dorian. "You fought directly too... And the foundation has been laid for you to become stronger than anyone else..." It was true that Dorian didn't fight Gabriel directly. However, he had endured Gabriel's divine words with the power of his soul, which was more difficult than directly receiving divine power, and had even shown himself enjoying the Authority of <Gluttony> during battle. Though he didn't swing a sword, the realm of his soul had grown explosively, and Dorian's unique Authority of <Gluttony> was completed, so he would be able to become strong enough that his current appearance wouldn't be recognizable. "The future looks promising..." Gluttony licked her lips while looking at the food Dorian had left behind. "Both my friend's growth and the food he'll bring..." She spat out Gabriel's feathers still remaining in her mouth, then put the few remaining bead ice creams in her mouth. Nom! * * * "The other side finished faster than expected?" Greed chuckled while looking at Gluttony who was crouched down eating ice cream. "Aren't we too slow?" He suggested speeding up a bit while rolling a gold coin on the back of his hand. "You..." Archangel Raguel ground his teeth while shaking a massive scale. "You're not fighting properly!" "Who?" Greed rolled his golden-colored eyes as if asking if there was such a person. "You! Why don't you fight head-on and just run away like a rat!" Archangel Raguel ground his teeth angrily at Greed who wasn't fighting properly and just kept dodging around. "I'm being serious though?" Greed shrugged, saying he was fighting seriously. "Right now there are 100 million gold coins on my scale." He pointed, telling him to look at his scale. "How dare..." Raguel ground his teeth so hard they made a grinding sound and stretched out his hand. Following his gesture, the divine scale tilted and emitted holy light. Paaaaaang! When the light Raguel created fell, the countless amount of gold bars on Greed's scale disappeared, leaving only a single gold coin. "Are you mocking this Archangel Raguel!" Raguel furrowed his brow so deeply it left marks on his forehead, asking if he thought he wouldn't notice such trickery. "Wow, you really are amazing." Even though his deception was caught, Greed didn't panic and even clapped. "You..." Raguel bit his lips deeply while looking at the smiling Greed. "What on earth are you thinking!" "Who knows?" Greed tilted his chin teasingly at Raguel. "What do you think I want to put on the scale of <Greed>?" He pointed to the scale of greed with only a single gold coin on it and spun his finger. "You guess." Greed narrowed his eyes burning with fierce <Greed>, as if he didn't simply want victory in this fight. "What this <Greed> desires."