The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1481 "Are you ready?" Raon slowly composed his breathing and looked at those standing before him. Archmage Chamber of Eternal Flame, Mage Tower Master Larian, Beast King Ogram, Owen's new King Greer, former Leader of the Holy Sword Alliance Rector, Sword Star Siera, Warlord Yuber, Pirate King Alice Zieghart, Central Martial Palace Karoon Zieghart, Heavenly Blade Division Leader Sheryl, Killing King Roenn, Thespian Emperor Ariel, Queen of Swords Brigitte, and Evelyn. Transcendents who could each single-handedly shake the Continent were gathered in one place. They radiated intense Fighting Spirit as if they were about to enter battle at any moment. "Of course!" Beast King Ogram roared his answer like a battle cry. "I'm ready to crush every last one of them!" He swung his clenched fist roughly, as if intent on personally destroying Derus Robert. "To think I get to fight inside my greatest masterpiece...." Archmage Chamber of Eternal Flame grinned and popped a lollipop into her mouth. "My whole body is burning up, I'm going crazy!" She seemed so excited just from the thought of fighting inside the fake Continent that she crushed the candy with her teeth. "W-we should. Though I do want to improve that space even now." Mage Tower Master Larian licked her lips as if she wanted to reinforce the fake Continent further. "And it's something we made together...." She shook her head slightly, asking Chamber to correct her statement. "I will simply follow the Sword Sage!" Owen's new King Greer bowed his head toward Raon as if merely being called to this place was enough to be grateful for. "You are now the Alliance leader, so I will simply follow wherever you lead." Rector drew a gentle smile. "Of course, his revenge must be carried out." He thought of Glenn, who had sacrificed everything and departed, and briefly closed his eyes before opening them again. "Of course! Leave it to me!" "I will follow my Lord's will." Blade Queen Siera and Warlord Yuber bowed their heads, indicating they would follow any order from their Lord, Raon. "I feel like a massive storm is approaching right before my eyes! I'm at the peak of excitement!" Alice had already drawn her sword as if even waiting was boring. "As a member of the family, I will give my all." Karoon placed his hand on his sword, indicating he would show the best he could do. "It reminds me of when I first served the former Head of House." Heavenly Blade Division Leader Sheryl smiled faintly and lowered her eyes before opening them again. "Hehehe." Roenn just laughed emptily, but true to his title as Killing King, within that laughter bloomed a covert and cold killing intent. "You should have asked me to read the heaven's flow before planning the operation." Thespian Emperor Ariel let out a short sigh as if disappointed. "Though it does seem like it will go well." She watched Derus Robert who had entered the fake Continent and smoothed the hair that had fallen below her ears. "There was no need to ask." Queen of Swords Brigitte let out a short laugh. "It's obvious just looking at it that it can only succeed." She drew her sword, saying there was no need to read the heaven's flow. "Raon! You look amazing! You're like the King of the Continent!" Evelyn wasn't even listening to Raon, seemingly lost in her own thoughts as she let out not an answer but a cheer. -Wow! To think beings who have surpassed Transcendence are gathered like this.... Wrath burst into exclamation looking at the Transcendents standing below the platform. -This is going to be a very entertaining fight! He curled up the corners of his mouth, saying this was a sight even the Devildom had never seen. 'Indeed.' Raon let out a faint smile. 'Just watching from here makes my heart race.' The thought that the Transcendents he had admired and looked up to in his past and present lives would move according to his instructions sent a chill down his spine with excitement and anticipation. If he fought alongside them, it felt like he couldn't lose in any situation. -We cannot lose! Wrath nodded as if it were obvious. -A ridiculously brilliant plan that makes you curse just watching from the side has been completed — how could we possibly lose! He snorted, saying it was no different from already having won. 'Hearing you say that gives me even more courage.' Raon lightly patted Wrath's head and stepped forward in front of the platform. "Seeing the overflowing confidence, I'll take it that everyone is ready and begin the operation." With his hands unclasped from behind his back, he gave a nod of acknowledgment to those standing below. "As I mentioned a moment ago, Derus Robert and his followers are currently trapped inside the fake Continent created by the alliance's magicians." Raon pointed to the video visible behind him and continued speaking. "Every time the Demonic Dragon gives despair and fear to humans, the Authority of Destruction it possesses grows stronger, and because it can command the dead as Revenants, this was initially a measure to block those abilities," He nodded slightly, saying it was a plan made to block the Demonic Dragon's special abilities. "However, through that magic we have been able to perfectly grasp the enemies' positions and conditions, and conversely, we cannot miss this perfect opportunity to hide and strike at their openings, which is why I called upon you all." Raon smiled faintly as he explained the reason for gathering the Transcendents. "Whether it be Derus Robert, Eden, or the Angels. They have always hidden in the Shadow and struck at our openings. We were the Five Kings who lived alongside the sun, and the enemy was the Five Demons who lurked in the darkness, so it was naturally something we had to endure. However!" He stamped his foot hard, putting emphasis on the word "however." "The time has come to pay back that debt. This time, it is our turn to hide in the darkness and strike at the openings of those walking toward the light." Raon nodded, saying they must return exactly what they had suffered from the Five Demons until now. "Alright! Today I'll throw away any notion of fair play!" Ogram pounded his chest, saying he would make maximum use of the opportunity. "That guy is going to say that and then blatantly reveal himself again anyway." Chamber sighed, saying the result was obvious. "I-I'll cover for him." Larian waved her hand, saying she would use magic to ensure the ambush could succeed. "I'm confident in being underhanded!" Alice smiled slyly, saying she was more confident in being underhanded than in Martial Prowess. "You too, right?" She elbowed Karoon as if asking how about him. "Not anymore." Karoon stepped one step away from Alice, as if to say that may have been true once, but absolutely not now. "Underhanded? That sounds fun too!" "Hmm, I'll try my best...." Blade Queen licked her lips as if finding it interesting, while Warlord lowered his eyebrows as if worried. "I'll show you why I'm called a ghost of the sword." Rector also laughed with a "hut," seeming confident. "Now he truly looks like the head of house. That one would have been very pleased to see this...." Sheryl drew a gentle smile as if honoring someone who had died. "Fighting by striking openings — that's my area of expertise." Roenn emanated a blade-like Cold Energy as if returning to the days when he was called the Killing King. "This is also my specialty — would you like to work together?" Thespian Emperor lightly spread her hand toward Roenn as if suggesting they move together. "You can trust her. That one has succeeded through underhanded means." Queen of Swords couldn't help but acknowledge the Thespian Emperor's underhanded nature and let out a short laugh. "There is no need to worry about not having experience with ambushes." Raon shook his head calmly. "As the Mage Tower Master said, the magicians will provide perfect support. Our attacks will all land and we will avoid all enemy attacks — it's like a rigged gambling table." He smiled broadly, saying there was no need to worry and they just needed to fight with full force. "On top of that, there are also reinforcements who will support this operation." Raon raised one finger toward the leaders who were showing their excitement. "In this regard...." He swept his gaze over the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen watching with red eyes and twisted the corners of his mouth upward. "They are experts that even you cannot follow." * * * 'What is this...?' Derus Robert narrowed his eyes. 'Why can't I sense any human presence?' He already knew that Raon Zieghart had removed the humans from the area around Robert territory. Since the humans of the Continent were more than plentiful anyway, he had deliberately not stopped it. But even having passed beyond Robert territory and reached the center of the south, not a single human presence could be felt at all. 'This makes no sense.' The south has countless islands and mountains, and there are many wildmen living there. No matter how much preparation was done in advance, it is impossible to have prepared all the humans in the south. "This is strange." The magician in black robes surveyed the desolate land and narrowed his eyes. "Having come up this far, whether humans or some faction — no, shouldn't at least monsters be appearing?" He tilted his head as if he had not anticipated this situation at all. [....] The grey being leading the Angels also seemed to sense the strangeness and subdued the light wrapping around itself. "Didn't you say you'd give us a chance to smash everything?" Silent Serpent Swordsman furrowed his brow at Derus Robert. "What exactly is going on here!" He stomped his foot, saying there was nothing to smash in sight. Whoooosh. The Demonic Dragon also raised dark crimson flames around its mouth as if irritated, seeing no humans to serve as fuel to grow its Authority of Destruction. 'My Martial Prowess hasn't grown at all.' Derus Robert examined the Demonic Dragon's Aura and furrowed his brow. 'Not just the Demonic Dragon, but me too.' Originally, just the act of him and the Demonic Dragon advancing north should have caused the Authority of Destruction and death aura to rapidly strengthen, but now they had barely grown at all. It meant that most humans were not afraid of him and the Demonic Dragon. 'I need to verify this.' It seemed he needed to confirm what Raon Zieghart and the Five Kings had done before formulating countermeasures. "From now on, we change direction." Derus Robert turned his steps that had been heading north to the right. "We will destroy the Golpirn Kingdom to the right and then advance north again." He declared he would deviate from the original plan to erase the Golpirn Kingdom. "Then time might be insufficient, wouldn't it?" The man in black robes looked up at the pitch-black sky and licked his lips. "That much time can be adjusted at any point." Derus Robert shook his head resolutely. "Right now, grasping the situation comes first." He said finding where the humans of the south had gone was the priority and advanced to the right. Derus Robert's followers also followed him and moved toward the Golpirn Kingdom with full force. "Ha...." Derus Robert arrived at the Golpirn Kingdom first and let out a hollow breath. "They're not here either?" The Golpirn Kingdom was not an ordinary kingdom but a city of entertainment. The entire city was a place where drug addicts, gambling addicts, criminals, slaves, and wretched human trash rolled around, yet not a single person existed even here. 'Impossible.' The disappearance of people near Robert territory was understandable enough. If a person of renown like Raon ordered an evacuation, they would unconditionally comply. But the humans of the Golpirn Kingdom didn't concern themselves with such things. They were the type who would even throw eggs at a Hero for interfering with their pleasure. He could not understand how all the wretches who moved according to their own dopamine had completely vanished. 'What's even stranger is that the buildings and belongings remain as they are.' Buildings, houses, food, clothing, and other necessities of life were all left intact, and only the people did not exist. The more he understood the situation, the more absurd it became. 'This is not a normal situation.' Derus Robert ground his teeth and turned around, "Kubara. Ask the spies their current location." Derus Robert jerked his chin at Kubara, telling her to quickly contact the spies. "Hmm...." Kubara lowered her eyes and let out a short groan. "The connection cannot be made." She shook her head, saying she could neither send a signal to the spies nor receive one from them. "What does that mean?" Derus Robert deeply furrowed his brow. "There's more than one or two spies — are you saying none of them are responding?" The number of spies he had planted across the Continent was well over several hundred. That he couldn't contact all of them made no sense. "Yes. None of them can be reached. No, rather...." Kubara narrowed her eyes. "It is not that they are not responding, but rather it feels as though the connection has been completely severed." She exhaled a murky breath, as if suggesting that someone had interfered with the communication network with the spies. "Severed? Surely...." It was just as Derus Robert was stroking his chin and looking north. Swoooosh! From beneath the ground of the Golpirn Kingdom where all human presence had vanished, dozens of Aura waves that easily surpassed Transcendence surged up simultaneously. Kuwaaaaang! The person who surged forth at the very front was, of course, Raon Zieghart. "Derus Robert!" Raon, with a smile even more madness-laden than Evelyn's, thrust the Heavenly Drive at Derus Robert. "From now on, I will show you hell!"