The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1434 "Everyone prepare to return to the house." Raon told those in the tent to prepare for return while grabbing the coat hanging on the chair. It was soaked in blood and torn all over, but the condition of the uniform he was currently wearing wasn't much different, so it seemed better to put on something. "Hmm." "Return..." Burren and Martha couldn't answer immediately and bit their lips. The two of them only moved their lips slightly as if afraid to see the destroyed Zieghart. "Y-yes. We have to go..." "Haaah..." Krein awkwardly scratched his head, and Dorian only let out a deep sigh while sniffling. "Yeah..." Runaan nodded calmly, but she too let out a low breath as if worried. "As I said, we can't go by magic." Evelyn manifested a blue magic circle above her palm. "The Demonic Dragon of Destruction's revival shattered the existing teleportation magic coordinates." The magic circle she had drawn lost its power and crumbled like a sandcastle. "Then we'll have to return even if we have to run." Raon calmly nodded his head and hung Heavenly Drive at his waist. "...I understand." Burren let out a heavy sigh and nodded his head. "I will prepare to depart immediately." He said he would convey the return orders to the Light Wind Palace and other Zieghart swordsmen as he headed toward the tent door. "I understand." Raon lowered his chin while gripping Heavenly Drive's sword hilt with steady hands. "I don't want to see the collapsed house and the deaths of loved ones either." He slowly closed his eyes. He opened his eyes again after recalling the still vivid faces of the annex building family. -That's right... Wrath chewed his lips while looking at the tent where the Light Wind Palace swordsmen remained. -This king is also seething as if my insides will burst, so how must those children feel! The fellow ranted that he wanted to beat Derus Robert to death right now as thoughts of Sylvia and other annex building family members came to mind. "Still, we have to see. That's the duty of those who remain." Raon said there was no choice but to go to Zieghart as he lowered his gaze. "And..." Raon passed Burren and grabbed the tent door first. "It hasn't been concluded that everyone is dead yet." He left those final words and exited the tent. "W-wait!" Martha urgently rushed out and grabbed Raon's shoulder. "I-it hasn't been concluded that everyone is dead?" She swallowed dryly as if she couldn't understand. "Tell me..." Runaan also slowly nodded as if curious about the situation. -This king is also curious! Wrath frantically pounded Raon's shoulder telling him to speak quickly. -You saw everything too, how that demonic dragon bastard destroyed and burned Zieghart! The fellow wagged his tail as if gaining a bit of hope. The others were the same. Both the people who were in the tent and the swordsmen who were guarding outside the tent were all holding their breath while looking at Raon. Raon slowly turned his gaze and met eyes with the swordsmen looking at him. 'They weren't calm because they weren't sad.' When Raon woke up, none of the Light Wind Palace swordsmen grieved or screamed. Even though the house had collapsed, many people had died, and Glenn the head of house had left, they maintained calm expressions. It wasn't because they weren't sad, but because they couldn't feel the reality of it. 'No one expected that Glenn would disappear and the house would be destroyed in this battle.' They still couldn't accept such reality and were avoiding the very thought of the house being ruined, so they maintained their usual expressions. But now that he touched on that part, the Light Wind Palace swordsmen's expressions changed as if they would burst into tears at any moment. "Because we didn't see it with our own eyes." Raon calmly shook his head. "Derus Robert is a sinister human. All of his actions are done through thorough calculation. Derus Robert must have shown us Zieghart's destruction to break us down." "B-but everyone saw Zieghart collapsing!" Krein couldn't bear it and shot up while biting his lips. He trembled his chin as if thinking of his family at the house. "We did see Zieghart collapsing. However..." Raon slowly waved his hand. "We didn't see anyone die." The fragmentary destruction of Zieghart that Derus Robert had shown. The walls were shattered, the main building collapsed, and North Grave Mountain crumbled, but there wasn't a single scene of people dying. "N-now that you mention it..." "We saw North Grave Mountain collapsing too, but we didn't see people dying!" "Ah!" The Light Wind Palace swordsmen clenched both fists as if gaining hope. "If people remain, the house won't disappear." Raon waved his hand saying not to give up hope that the people inside survived even if the house collapsed. "B-but with North Grave Mountain collapsing and the main building falling, would there be anyone alive...?" Dorian asked while water poured from his eyes, nose, and mouth. He grabbed Raon's foot as if wanting to have more hope. "Of course, they might have been wiped out. But there's no need to let go of the thread of hope." Raon looked toward the north where Zieghart was located and nodded heavily. "Because we left behind Zieghart's strongest forces excluding the Head of House and myself." * * * Raon entered the temporary conference hall built in the trading city Cameloon. "Raon!" "Are you awake?" Beast King Ogram and Archmage Chamber of Eternal Flame immediately stood up from their seats and welcomed him. "A-are you okay?" Mage Tower Master Larian turned her head slightly while covered with a blanket. The upper part of the blanket was damp, so she seemed to have been crying. "Head of house." "..." The Black Market leader and Karoon, who attended the conference in his place, carefully bowed their heads. "You. This guy..." Rector moved his lips as if choosing words several times before coming over and embracing him. He too seemed to be thinking of those remaining at the house and couldn't say anything. "Grandfather." Raon smiled faintly and hugged Rector back before looking at those in the conference hall. "Thanks to your concern, my body is fine." Raon bowed his head to the leaders of the Five Kings and told them he was fine. "What the hell happened? Give us a proper explanation!" Ogram clicked his tongue saying he didn't know exactly what had happened since he was far away. "Grandfather... No, the previous Head of House..." Raon told everyone in the conference hall everything that had happened between Glenn, Derus Robert, and the Demonic Dragon of Destruction. "Glenn..." Ogram repeated Glenn's name several times while pressing his lips down firmly. "That damn old man!" Chamber had also been feeling Glenn's sacrifice, but upon hearing it directly, she couldn't hold back her sadness and lowered her head. "Huuugh..." Larian had no intention of holding back at all and burst into tears while clutching her blanket. The others also seemed to be thinking of Glenn as they reddened their eyes or breathed tremblingly while covering their faces. "We will be returning now." Raon slightly nodded while looking at Karoon who maintained a calm expression. "A-already going back?" Ogram shot up from his seat as if wondering why they were leaving so quickly. "Will you be okay...?" Chamber raised her head as if remembering the collapsed Zieghart. Her eyes were red and swollen. "Whatever the result, we have to accept it. And..." Raon drew a faint smile while recalling Glenn's final appearance. "Because we must move forward." Glenn would have led the house down the right path at any time. Since he had inherited Zieghart from him, he too must follow the best path he could take now. "Please all of you return and prepare as well." Raon looked out the gloomy window and exhaled a breath mixed with the scent of blood. "Prepare?" Ogram raised his eyebrows. "Derus Robert will definitely return." Raon clenched his fist while saying that Derus Robert would return stronger. "Please help me so that I can kill Derus Robert when that time comes." He said he would handle Derus Robert, so please block those he would bring, and bowed his head. "Hmm!" Ogram swallowed dryly and stepped back. 'It's not Raon...' It's like looking at that old man Glenn. What was in front of him now was Raon with depleted aura and exhausted stamina, but he looked like Glenn Zieghart, the martial artist he respected most. "Raon..." Chamber trembled at her fingertips while meeting Raon's quietly settled eyes. 'Something has changed.' She naturally knew that Raon was strong since he had already surpassed the leaders of the Five Kings, including herself, long ago. But now it was different. He wasn't just strong. Just making eye contact made her back drenched with sweat. Being overwhelmed by a person was the first time since Glenn reached the rank of Sword God. "I-I understand." Larian sniffled and gripped her blanket as if squeezing it. "I'll prepare so that this kind of thing absolutely never happens again..." She seemed to feel both gratitude and sadness for Glenn's sacrifice as she gritted her teeth saying she would never let the same thing happen again. "Our Black Market will also completely overhaul our entire information system." The Black Market leader carefully bowed her head. "So that the new king can fully display his power." She said she would prepare so Raon could fight Derus Robert with full power, and placed her hands in front of her chest in a sword salute-like posture. "Next time, I will develop skills that won't bring shame to the name Five Kings." The new king of Owen, Greer, pounded his chest with his fist as if asking for trust. The other alliance leaders except for them couldn't even open their mouths at the noble aura blooming from Raon. They were just staring at him blankly as if facing a different being. "Thank you." Raon didn't bow his head excessively or bend his waist. He gave a greeting that was polite enough, as if receiving what he deserved, and then straightened up. The dignity of a king seemed to have already settled in his soul. -That's it! Wrath let out an exclamation. -That's the appearance this king wanted! The fellow even clapped saying the appearance he had been hoping for from him had finally emerged. "I will serve you." Karoon stood guard beside Raon as if doing what he naturally should do as a subordinate. Raon calmly nodded his head and came out of the conference hall with Karoon's guidance. As if preparations were already finished, all of Zieghart's swordsmen had completed their return preparations and were waiting for Raon and Karoon. "Let's go quickly!" Balder seemed to have heard what Raon said from the Light Wind Palace swordsmen and stamped his feet saying they should run quickly. "Since it's right after the war ended, I know you're exhausted." Raon scraped off the dried blood still remaining on his face and closed then opened his eyes. "But there is no rest. Until we return to the house..." Raon pushed off the ground with legs trembling from exhaustion and headed north first. "Run with full strength."