The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1469 -He finally showed up! Wrath jerked his head up. -Look at the timing! You're lucky even at times like this! He exclaimed that seeing Derus Robert make his move right as the cultivation ended, it seemed like Raon's luck was truly endless. "I see." Raon calmly nodded to Chad as if he had anticipated Derus Robert's movements. "Derus Robert has revealed himself?" Karoon narrowed his eyes. "Shadow Agents' Leader. What do you mean by that?" He tilted his chin, signaling for a precise explanation. "Hurry up and tell us!" Balder slammed his fist on the round table as if burning with curiosity. "L-literally, Derus Robert has personally revealed himself." Shadow Agents' Leader Chad answered with trembling lips under Balder's intensity. "It is reported that Derus Robert descended from the southern sky with a massive light, erased everything beneath him, and then entered the land that originally belonged to House Robert." He exhaled roughly, saying that as of a few minutes ago, Derus Robert had once again taken control of the south. "House Robert, at this point?" Alice frowned as if she couldn't understand. "He must have some ulterior motive!" "It's certainly strange." Rector nodded, picking up on Alice's words. "Seeing a guy who claims he'll destroy the Continent suddenly obsessing over Robert's old territory, there might be something there." He too smacked his lips, saying Derus Robert's behavior was strange. "The Head of House's words were correct." Unlike the other two, Karoon looked at Raon without any sign of surprise. "It does seem like he is obsessed with the Robert lands." He nodded, saying that what he had heard from Raon seemed to be accurate. "Obsession? What kind of obsession does Derus Robert have?" Lawrence tilted his chin as if asking what they meant. "As you all know, Derus Robert is a more cold-hearted person than anyone else. He has a temperament so cold it gives you goosebumps." Raon slowly lowered his eyelids. "But beyond that, he has an even stronger perfectionist tendency. If something deviates from his expectations, he will do whatever it takes to correct it back to its original course." He slowly raised his eyelids, recalling the words and actions of Derus Robert he had witnessed in his past life. "Th-then...." Chad swallowed hard as if he finally understood. "Yes. Derus Robert seized the Robert territory today in order to retry the conquest plan that failed because I exposed his identity." Raon smirked. It was clear that Derus Robert had not forgotten his old plan to conquer the Continent starting from House Robert, and was preparing to begin again. "Hah...?" "What kind of madman...." Lawrence and Darkan gaped in disbelief at Derus Robert's judgment. "He's truly insane. Then again, with a mind like that, it makes sense he'd pull something like this." Rector let out a hollow laugh, saying he both couldn't understand and yet somehow could. "That's right. It's precisely because of that kind of insanity that he rose to the position he holds now." Raon nodded. "After all, he was originally just a lowly spirit that wiped the Demonic Dragon's dung." He openly mocked Derus Robert, curling his lips upward. "Ah! That's right!" "You said Derus Robert was originally a ghost that died to the Demonic Dragon and clung to its rear!" "It wasn't the rear, it was the tail." "It goes from the tail up to the rear anyway! He's a dung wiper!" "Well, that's not wrong." At Raon's words, the heavy tension that had filled the Conference hall shifted. The officers exchanged mocking remarks about Derus Robert with smiles on their lips. "That said, we must not underestimate Derus Robert." Raon calmly steadied his breathing. Just the change in his breathing alone brought the weight back to the Conference hall. "Because it's unlikely he went back to the Robert lands purely out of his perfectionist tendencies alone." Derus Robert certainly had a perfectionist personality, but there could be additional reasons, so further investigation was still needed. "Did the Demonic Dragon of Destruction appear as well?" Raon asked about the Demonic Dragon of Destruction, which required even more caution than Derus Robert. "N-no. The Demonic Dragon has not yet appeared." Chad bit his lip, saying that Derus Robert had descended alone and annihilated all the martial artists and magicians who had been guarding the House Robert lands. "The Demonic Dragon hasn't appeared yet...." Raon raised his hand and stroked his chin. "Perfect timing." He curled his lips upward, saying that Derus Robert had moved at just the right moment. -Perfect timing, you say?" "What do you mean by that?" Wrath and Karoon asked simultaneously. Not just the two of them, but everyone else in the Conference hall also seemed curious about what he was planning. "Evelyn." Instead of answering Wrath and Karoon directly, Raon called out to Evelyn, who was not present in the Conference hall. "Yes!" Evelyn's voice came from the round table in the Conference hall. A single red eye and black lips appeared on a flower petal decorating the table. It seemed she had been hiding inside the flower. -Uwaaaaaack! Wrath shrieked and stumbled backward in shock. "Wh-what is that!" "Why did she have to hide in a flower petal of all things!" "C-creepy...." The officers were also startled by the face appearing on the flower petal and lurched backward. "Hmm...." Raon let out a murky breath. He knew Evelyn had been watching, but he was also flustered since he hadn't expected her to appear like that. "Is that ready?" However, since there was work to be done, he tilted his chin toward Evelyn. "Of course! The other two have been waiting as well!" Evelyn nodded cheerfully, saying they just needed Raon to come. "Then tell them both. Let's prepare right away today." Raon said let's start immediately and placed his hands on both swords. "Okay!" As Evelyn smiled happily, the flower petal where her eye and lips had appeared returned to its original form. "You'll find out if you just wait a little." Raon looked back at Karoon and the officers, tightening his grip on the swords. "What I'm about to do." He nodded with eyes that radiated both confidence and arrogance, as if he would end the war in a single stroke. "Ah...." "Hmm!" "Yes!" Karoon and the officers nodded blankly, as if mesmerized by Raon's proud and dignified aura. -This guy's at it again! However, there was one being who couldn't accept it. -Just tell me already! Wrath screamed, begging him to stop dragging things out and just tell him. -I'm dying of curiosity here! * * * "To think I've finally returned...." Derus Robert ran his fingertips across an old black wood desk. "It was truly a long time." He curled his lips upward while looking at the dust on his fingertips. "I didn't expect it would take this long." Derus Robert sat down in the dust-covered chair. He tilted his chin toward Kubara, who was standing by the door, as if expecting a response. "Yes." Kubara answered calmly as always and lowered her head. "It seems you feel nothing at all." Derus Robert clicked his tongue, saying it was no fun. [Why?] However, the words that piqued Derus Robert's interest came not from Kubara, but from the darkness behind her. [Why are you trying to start from here?] The voice from the darkness openly expressed its confusion as if unable to understand. "Because I planned to start from here." Derus Robert curled his lips upward, seeming to intend to restart the plan that had previously crumbled, just as Raon had said. [You came back here just for such a trivial reason?] The voice in the darkness burst out in irritation as if utterly dumbfounded. "It's not a trivial reason." Derus Robert shook his head firmly. "This land is my beginning and my end. Only by starting here can I achieve everything." He lowered his hand, saying he hadn't chosen this land as his starting point merely to make up for his failure. [What do you mean by that?] The tone of the voice rising from the darkness grew higher. "Exactly what I said." Derus Robert removed his dust-covered gloves and placed them on the black wood desk. "There's something that can only be done here. If that is completed...." He twisted his lips while gazing at the scar still vividly remaining on the back of his hand. "Our victory will be decided before the war even begins." * * * Shiiiiiiing! As Evelyn brought her hands together, a Dimensional Gate flickering with blue light appeared before her eyes. "It's ready!" Evelyn nodded, saying they just needed to enter through the gate that appeared before them. "Thank you." Raon nodded to Evelyn and strode into the Dimensional Gate without hesitation. It was an act that showed his absolute trust in the magician named Evelyn. Wooooooong! After feeling a sensation of his body floating upward, he opened his eyes to find a space where everything from sky to ground was made of candy and sweets. The sun was a lollipop, the ground was biscuit, and the buildings were made of cookies and jelly. "Hah...." Raon let out a hollow laugh. He blinked several times thinking he must have seen wrong, but nothing changed. "Why? Is it strange?" A familiar young woman's voice came from right beside him. It was Archmage Chamber of Eternal Flame, the magician who could put a lollipop in her mouth faster than anyone. "Isn't it wonderful?" She puffed out her chest confidently, as if she had personally created this space made of candy and sweets. "Wh-who would think this is wonderful...." Mage Tower Master Larian let out a deep sigh as she descended from the air. She rubbed her temples as if just being here gave her a headache. -That old magician pretending to be young is out of her mind too. No, she's not even a magician! She's just a clown! Wrath shook his head back and forth, saying he had felt that Chamber wasn't in her right mind, but he never expected it to be this bad. "I like it. It's refreshing." Evelyn, who had followed behind Raon, smiled as if she didn't mind at all. "There's even the ice cream that Raon likes over there." She raised her hand, saying there was even bead ice cream. -Where! Where! Gasp! It's real! Wrath followed Evelyn's hand, discovered the bead ice cream, and leaped up with excitement. -To have prepared bead ice cream, that woman truly deserves to be called an Archmage! He immediately called Chamber an Archmage and even clapped his hands, as if he had completely forgotten what he said just one second ago. "Um, is this...." Raon smacked his lips while looking at the candy and sweets space again. "Is this the space I asked you about?" He kept rolling his eyes as if he couldn't believe it. "Of course not." Chamber chuckled and waved her hand while holding a candy. "This is our Conference room." She smacked her lips, saying the three Archmages hold their meetings here with snacks. "What you asked for isn't here, it's inside that house over there." Chamber pointed to the house made of sweets that had been visible since the moment they entered this space. "Depending on how you do it...." She bit down boldly on the candy in her mouth, as if confident. "You might be able to end the war right away."