The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Episode 1432 "Ahhh..." Raon wailed for a long time before letting out a faint moan with his completely hoarse voice. "He's gone..." Grandfather's aura... I can't feel it anywhere. Glenn's massive presence that could be felt anywhere like the sun floating in the sky had disappeared. It was completely erased without a trace, like water droplets that evaporate while rising into the air. 'Please...' Raon forcibly moved his completely empty energy center to spread his aura perception, but he felt nothing. Glenn who had been smiling until the end, Derus Robert who had been screaming with a demon-like face, and the Demonic Dragon of Destruction who had stopped its rampage and was looking at Glenn with astonished eyes had all disappeared. "Grrrgh..." Raon gripped his head with both hands and ground his molars. 'A little more...' I wanted to be with grandfather just a little more... Glenn was stronger and more solid than anyone on the outside, but inside he was more gentle and tender than anyone. The fact that he gave him the name Raon without any explanation showed his personality. Today, hearing the reason why Glenn gave him the name Raon, he completely realized what kind of person he was. But even knowing that, it was no use now. Glenn Zieghart was no more. The grandfather who cherished him more than his own life was no longer in this world. It hurt as if his heart was being torn out. Greater pain than when his limbs were torn and his neck was severed pressed down on his mind. The pain of loss. Even though this was the second time after his master Rimmer, he couldn't get used to this pain. 'Just now... just when we were getting closer.' The time when he trained with Glenn before the war came to mind. During that period, they didn't just train, but shared jokes and laughter while talking about future plans. It felt like they were together as grandfather and grandson rather than the rigid relationship of head of house and subordinate, but thinking that such days would never return again, his eyes blurred without him knowing. 'Why did you leave so quickly...' Raon gripped the ground where Glenn's footprints remained and bit his lips until they bled. 'I haven't said anything yet!' Just as Glenn had wanted to explain the origin of the name Raon, he too wanted to tell about his past. No, his past life. 'I had decided to tell grandfather and Wrath first...' The story about reincarnation wasn't trivial talk he could tell just anyone. He wanted to reveal the truth first to his grandfather and friend whom he cherished and trusted more than anyone. 'I didn't have the courage...' He was afraid. The fear that grandfather or Wrath would look at him differently if he brought up that story made his mouth unable to open. He had made excuses and vowed to speak after this war ended, but now it had become impossible for life. Thud! Raon struck the ground with his fist. Since his energy was completely drained, not even dust rose, and only blood burst from the back of his hand. "I failed... everything..." Raon gripped his forehead with his bleeding hand and let out rough breaths. 'Grandfather has left, countless people from the Five Kings alliance have died, and Zieghart is...' Completely erased. He trembled at his fingertips as he recalled the sight of Zieghart completely crumbling under the Dragon of Destruction's touch. 'If I...' Raon struck the ground repeatedly with his bleeding fists while screaming. 'If I had moved just a little more calmly...' If he hadn't assumed Derus Robert was completely dead and had prepared various contingencies, if he had helped Glenn's training so he could grow stronger, if he had kept his wits together to the end so Wrath wouldn't rampage. Regrets about things he should have done before the war flowed through his mind like a river. 'More than anything else...' Raon screamed inwardly while covering his face with both hands. 'If I had been stronger.' If he had been strong enough to stop Derus Robert and kill the Dragon of Destruction, something like today wouldn't have happened. His own powerlessness came rushing in like despair. 'And Derus Robert will return.' Glenn neither killed Derus Robert nor the Dragon of Destruction. To save him who was crushed by Wrath's soul, he sealed Derus Robert, the Dragon of Destruction, and the Monarch of Wrath simultaneously. Since none of them died, Derus Robert and the Dragon of Destruction would certainly return. They would rise again in that sky and bring destruction upon this world. Now that Glenn was gone, they would surely pour out flames to erase everything without any restraint. 'Derus Robert and the Demonic Dragon of Destruction will return...' Raon swallowed dry saliva as he recalled the Demonic Dragon of Destruction that brought despair to the continent and Derus Robert who delivered death. 'Good... very good.' He removed the hands covering his face and flashed eyes as red as blood. 'Because there's still a chance for revenge.' Raon folded his powerless fingers and clenched his fist. 'Now it's my turn. Derus Robert.' Derus Robert would surely move to destroy the continent again as soon as he recovered his power that was blocked by Glenn. He would certainly try to turn the entire world into a sea of fire and erase humanity. (E/N: Just a random thought but I don't think it was ever properly explained why Derus is so obsessed with destroying everything.) Just as Derus Robert had hidden in the darkness and shattered his plans, this time he would have to completely smash that bastard's plans to feel satisfied. 'Let's become strong.' Raon grabbed Heavenly Drive that had fallen to the ground. The sword he had held his entire life felt incredibly heavy, but he forcibly lifted it. 'I must become stronger than anyone.' The sword of the First Patriarch and Glenn Zieghart's sword. The swords of the two people called Sword Gods were etched in his mind like lightning bolts. With his current self, he was confident he could become stronger than grandfather, stronger than the First Patriarch. 'I will never just kill him.' Just as Derus Robert had mocked this world, he vowed to mock that bastard and give him every pain he could feel before cutting his soul. 'You asked me to take care of what follows.' Raon raised Heavenly Drive in reverse grip toward the ground where Glenn had stood. 'Please trust me. As the head of House Zieghart, to no one...' He offered a sword salute again and bowed his head. 'I will not lose.' Raon vowed to become stronger than Glenn, stronger than the First Patriarch, and did not lower the hand holding his sword. And then he lost consciousness. * * * "R-Raon!" "Raon..." Evelyn and Runaan had been watching Raon while biting their lips, and as soon as he collapsed unconscious, they ran across the ground. "Damn it..." "R-Raon!" Martha and Burren, who had been shedding tears over Glenn's ascension, also ran toward Raon. "Huuugh..." "P-Palace Master!" Dorian and Krein also screamed as they ran toward Raon. "Attend to the head of house..." "Ugh, uuugh..." Karoon walked toward Raon while letting out turbid breaths, and Balder nodded while roughly wiping away the water flowing from his eyes. Everyone from Zieghart was moving toward their new head of house. "Graaagh!" The Heavenly Demon forcibly lifted his head while coughing up blood. "Ascension..." Even though he had seen it with his own eyes, he let out a turbid breath as if he couldn't believe it. "You were different from everyone else. Glenn Zieghart..." The Heavenly Demon felt that Glenn hadn't used his full power even in their fight and bit his lips. "I acknowledge defeat. I lost!" He looked up at the sky where Glenn had departed and declared his own defeat. "But it's not all over yet..." The Heavenly Demon forcibly raised his body as if he had no intention of ending things here, then walked west. "Uaaaaaaaah!" Darkan struck the ground while letting out a terrible cry. "Glenn Zieghart! If you leave like that, what am I supposed to do!" He shed tears from his hollow eye sockets as if despairing at Glenn's ascension. "I couldn't even apologize! I should have sacrificed my life to apologize to you!" Darkan wasn't despairing because he couldn't settle things with Glenn. He screamed in anguish because he was sorry for interfering and giving Derus Robert an opportunity. "A-Ascension?" The Monarch of Envy trembled his jaw. "I-Is that really human?" He swallowed dry saliva, saying Glenn seemed like he wasn't human from the beginning. "Strength that transcends... rank..." The Monarch of Gluttony also seemed shocked by Glenn's inhuman martial prowess, as the food in her hands had fallen to the ground. "Human potential... neither demons nor angels can match it..." The Monarch of Sloth slowly nodded as if acknowledging humans and pulled his blanket over himself. "Wrath. What on earth did you..." The Monarch of Lust widened her eyes while looking at the unconscious Raon. She chewed her lips as if sensing that Wrath's presence had disappeared from Raon. "A star has fallen." The Monarch of Greed smacked his lips. "No, should I say a star has been born?" He narrowed his eyes as if he knew about the heavenly realm Glenn had headed to. "I saw something interesting, but it's a bit disappointing." Greed clicked his tongue briefly. "Now that that monster has disappeared, next this Human World will disappear." He chuckled as if he knew that Derus Robert and the Demonic Dragon of Destruction hadn't died. "Investment failed..." Greed was waving his finger saying he had made a poor investment when... [No.] A voice from the void firmly cut off Greed's words. [I don't know about your investment, but...] He muttered in a heavy tone while looking at Raon. [It seems a new monster will be born.] The voice from the void let out a turbid breath as if sensing Raon's interior. [What in the world did that Wrath fellow create?] He trembled his voice slightly, saying Raon had become a completely different being from what he had seen before. "Finally you speak." Greed nodded his chin toward the voice from the void. "I complained about investment failure, but actually I think the same." Unlike when he spoke of investment failure, he drew a refreshing smile while looking at the fallen Raon. "It seems my investment has been a great success." * * * Raon opened his eyes. It wasn't the annex building room he usually saw after fainting. It was dark and cold. It was exactly the same as Wrath's mental world where he had been trapped until Glenn brought him out. 'Did I come here again?' He thought he had awakened when Wrath was sealed by Glenn's sword, but he didn't expect to come here again. 'Why am I here...' Raon narrowed his eyes and advanced through the darkness. After walking for a while like before, he could see a place where a gentle blue light was blooming. He moved his steps toward that place. Unlike when Wrath was rampaging, there was no invisible wall or anything like that. However, the blue light wasn't a screen showing images, but a small fragment of frost. When Raon reached out his hand, the frost fragment emitted a vivid blue radiance and pushed away the darkness that filled the mental world. Huuuuuuuk! After the light subsided and he opened his eyes, he could see a World Tree of frost crafted like glass rising on a pure white snowfield. It was Wrath's true mental world that he had seen before. Huuuuuuk! He could see Wrath's back standing in front of the World Tree. The fellow wasn't turning around even though he had come, and was only looking at the World Tree. "Wrath." Raon caught his breath slightly then called Wrath's name. Sssss. Wrath slowly turned around as if sensing his presence. His eyes weren't the rational blue light, but were burning with a red light tinged with madness. Haaaah... Wrath lowered his upper body while breathing out blue breath as if he would rush at him at any moment. "Has the rampage not ended yet? No wonder you were silent." Even though Wrath had been sealed by Glenn, his rampage seemed not to be completely resolved as he breathed out angry breath. "Yes. Since I made you like that, it's right that I take responsibility." Raon drew Heavenly Drive from his waist and nodded calmly. "I'm sorry, but I can't lose, not even to you now." He gestured with his hand toward the Monarch of Wrath who had faced the Demonic Dragon of Destruction head-on. "Come."