The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1487 -Z-Zieghart? Wrath raised his voice as if screaming. -Why is that bastard Derus Robert suddenly going there! He deeply furrowed his brow as if he couldn't understand. 'He must think that's the exit.' Unlike when he called Evelyn, Raon nodded calmly. 'In fact, it is the exit.' He clicked his tongue briefly, as if there was a way out if one headed that way. 'I subtly lured him toward the Holy Sword Alliance's Holy Ground, yet he chose Zieghart….' Raon twisted his lips as he looked at the death aura remaining on the ground. 'As expected, his head works well.' He even clapped loudly, as if praising Derus Robert for choosing House Zieghart. -I-it really is the exit? Wrath's mouth fell open. -Then what are you doing! We should chase after him right away! He struck Raon's shoulder, asking why he was slacking off. "Head of House!" "Raon! Are you alright!" Karoon and Rector rushed to Raon first to check his condition. "I'm fine." Raon nodded to the two of them, saying he hadn't suffered any injuries. "What happened?" "Lord. What's going on with the situation right now?" Alice and Blade Queen Siera approached at the same time, asking about the situation. "Derus Robert is moving north quickly along with his followers." Raon relayed exactly what he had heard from Evelyn. "North?" "Then…." Warlord Yuber and Thespian Emperor Ariel widened their eyes. "Yes. Derus Robert is heading to Zieghart right now." Raon nodded with composure. "I see!" "So he's finally going…." Beast King Ogram clenched his fist, and Greer, the new king of Owen, also bit his lip and placed his hand on his sword. -W-why is everyone reacting like this? Wrath's eyes went round. 'What do you mean?' -Why is everyone just standing still! There's nothing there! He shouted, asking if there wasn't any protective device on Zieghart's side. -If Derus Robert breaks the Barrier and escapes from there, everything's ruined! Wrath gritted his teeth, asking if Raon wasn't worried at all. 'We should go. However….' Raon tilted his chin with composure and looked toward the distant northern land. Thinking of that land, which had been recreated perfectly down to every last stone despite being a fake Continent made by magic, he slowly moved his steps. 'Slowly, so that Derus Robert can breathe.' * * * Fwooooosh! Derus Robert instantly leapt past Cameloon, the center of the Continent. He dashed toward the center of the north, burning his death aura as if he had become a black lightning bolt. Kugugugugu! Even in his urgency, Derus Robert did not move alone; he spread the death aura burning behind his back like the wings of a great roc and moved north together with those who followed him. "Why are we heading to Zieghart?" The Magician whose whole body was wrapped in a black robe narrowed his eyes as he drew up beside Derus Robert. "I told you that to break this barrier easily, it would be fine to just go to any corner." He narrowed his eyes, asking why they were leaving the nearby south he himself had mentioned to go to the distant Zieghart instead. "Just going to a corner won't make it easy to break this space." Derus Robert shook his head firmly. "Because on this Continent, there are trash-like humans on either side, and the Five Kings would have taken various measures to protect those vermin." He twisted his lips as he explained why he hadn't simply acted on the information he'd heard from the black-robed Magician. "Conversely, going to the Holy Sword Alliance's Holy Ground, where Raon Zieghart is luring us, is no different from walking into a trap ourselves." Derus Robert scoffed, thinking of Raon who had been trying to lure him to the Holy Sword Alliance's Holy Ground. "But Zieghart is different. Because there's nothing there." Robert tilted his chin with composure. "Nothing there? What does that mean?" The black-robed Magician tilted his head. "House Zieghart has been completely destroyed. Since the flames of destruction burned everything, not even beasts or monsters approach it, let alone humans. In other words…." Derus Robert brought his hand to his mouth. "There won't be any device to protect that place." He clenched his fist with his pale white fingers, saying that in the destroyed House Zieghart, he would be able to break this barrier with ease. "Ah!" The black-robed man let out an exclamation and nodded, as if he finally understood Derus Robert's thinking. "Of course, the result won't change no matter what choice we make, but there's no need to take pointless damage, is there." Derus Robert nodded calmly, as if he were confident of victory in the war no matter what preparations Raon had made. He truly seemed at ease, continuing to speak politely. "On top of that…." A sinister smile spread across Derus Robert's grave face. "If we destroy Zieghart twice, we could conversely deal a mental shock to Raon Zieghart and the Five Kings as well." He muttered that this time he would erase the very existence of Zieghart, and increased his speed even further. "You really are relentless." The Silent Serpent Swordsman narrowed his brow as he looked at Derus Robert. "Honestly, whether enemy or ally, I never want to see you again." He waved his hand, saying he never wanted to be with Derus Robert again. "Once this war ends, that's how it will be." Derus Robert turned to look at the Silent Serpent Swordsman with a faint smile. "Even if you wanted to see me, there won't be a chance to." He nodded his chin calmly, as if making a prophecy. "Mmm…." The Silent Serpent Swordsman rubbed his arms as if goosebumps had risen after meeting Derus Robert's seemingly empty eyes. "Impressive." The sturdily built man wrapped in a blue robe narrowed his eyes as he looked at Derus Robert. "How did you hide within the Five Kings for decades with a disposition like that?" He let out a hollow laugh, as if he couldn't understand it at all. "That much isn't difficult. I could hide for centuries, not just decades. What's truly difficult is…." Derus Robert curled his lips as he turned to look at those who followed him. "Having no hope. Humans fall into despair when they realize that no matter what they do, they cannot change the current situation." He raised his gaze to the pitch-black sky where nothing could be seen, drawing a cold smile. It seemed as though he were speaking of something he himself had experienced, and also as though he were speaking of things yet to come. "…." Kubara gazed at Derus Robert's back for a moment with slightly transparent eyes, then lowered her head again. When she raised her eyes once more, they had returned to their usual blankness, devoid of all emotion. "From behind…." The man wrapped in ominous aura like a robe let out a murky breath. "Something is following us…." He lowered his chin, saying that something was catching up quickly. "I know." Derus Robert nodded calmly. "They're moving diligently in order to stop us." He smiled with composure, as if he had already sensed for some time that Raon and the Five Kings' special forces were tracking them. "Everyone, do not respond." Without even looking back, Derus Robert lowered his hand and placed it on his sword. "We will not stop until we reach Zieghart." He drew his sword and struck down toward the empty air where nothing was. Chwaaaaaaak! The instant Derus Robert's sword cut through the air and fell, the space before him opened and Raon burst out. He added more force to his death-burning sword, as if to kill Raon in a single stroke. Jjeoooooong! As if he had predicted that Derus Robert would attack immediately, Raon raised Heavenly Drive and blocked the long sword spreading with death. Jjijijijijik! Heavenly Drive, imbued with the Crimson Peak technique, and the long sword burning with death collided, scattering dark red sparks in every direction through the air. "Where do you think you're going?" Raon scoffed as he looked into Derus Robert's blue eyes while their swords clashed. "The banquet isn't over yet." He shook his chin, telling him not to run away. "I'm sorry, but I'm a bit busy." Derus Robert smiled brightly, speaking politely even to Raon, as if he still had composure even now. "Stop them!" Following Raon's shout, the space he had emerged from opened even wider, and the Five Kings' special forces burst out to block Derus Robert's forces. "Make sure they can never get out!" He raised his voice, as if ordering that Derus Robert and all his forces be wiped out here. "That's truly a convenient magic. It's almost enviable." Derus Robert smacked his lips, seeming interested in the movement magic Raon had used. "However, judging from what I've seen of its use so far, the cooldown before it can be used again seems quite long." Terrifying flames rose from his sword, pushing back Raon and the Five Kings' special forces at the same time. "Where do you think—!" Raon aimed for Derus Robert's neck, cleaving through the death with Heavenly Drive imbued with the Crimson Peak aura. Kyaaaaang! But Derus Robert, just as Raon had done when fleeing from him, reversely used the power imbued in the sword and leapt back to the north. "You told me to come to you, didn't you?" Derus Robert twisted his lips and turned his back. "No, you should chase after me instead." The moment he kicked off into the air, flames imbued with destruction poured down from the pitch-black sky. Kuwaaaaaaaa! The flames that burned everything at a mere touch briefly separated Derus Robert's forces from the Five Kings' special forces, moving them behind Derus Robert. "Let's go. The end is in sight." Derus Robert, as if he had truly become the concept of death itself, tore through space and instantly arrived at Zieghart. The forces following Derus Robert also crossed the snow-covered forest in the blink of an eye, wrapped in the wings of death he had created, and arrived at Zieghart. However, there was a part that differed from Derus Robert's expectations. Unlike in reality, the walls of Zieghart had not collapsed and stood firm. Gooooooo! The walls and gates of Zieghart depicted a flawless, sharp appearance without a single gap, as if expressing the prestigious sword family that had not bent for a thousand years. Just looking at the walls was enough to feel a suffocating sense of pressure. "Heh heh." Even looking at Zieghart's firmly standing walls, Derus Robert tilted his chin lightly as if he felt nothing at all. "So you couldn't bear to leave it collapsed even here, is that it?" He let out a sneer as he looked at Zieghart's form, uncollapsed unlike in reality. "Now I understand clearly." Derus Robert raised his death-burning sword toward Zieghart's massive gate. "This is the exit leading to reality." Confident that Zieghart's gate was the door to reality, he brought down his sword condensed with death. Chwaaaaaak! Derus Robert cleaved not Zieghart's gate, but the very world itself imbued with death, in order to cut through the Barrier that confined him. Jjeoooooeok! The moment Derus Robert's sword touched the ground, Zieghart's gate split apart and this world itself began to shake. "So it was the right answer." The moment the Silent Serpent Swordsman let out an exclamation, brilliant light burst forth from between the split sky and earth, enveloping Derus Robert and his forces. "Hm?" Kubara gazed at the gate emitting the enormous light and let out a small groan. "That's…." Her chin trembled as she sensed that Zieghart's gate had not been split by Derus Robert's sword, but had opened wide as if welcoming a guest. "W-wait a moment." However, before Kubara could say so, the enormous light had already swallowed everything. "We've arrived." Derus Robert curled his lips as he felt the Cold Energy of reality, distinct in texture from what magic had created. "Finally, reality… hm?" It was the moment he opened his eyes, feeling the grand light subside. "The sun…?" Derus Robert swallowed dryly as he looked at the sky, where clear sunlight poured down despite it being the Day of Black Darkness. "The Day of Black Darkness should still remain? And on top of that, what on earth is that constellation…." His chin trembled as he looked at the countless constellations drawn across the sky where the sun shone. "I should have definitely returned to reality?" It was when Derus Robert glared, seemingly flustered by the situation beyond his understanding. "You've finally arrived." A voice that brought irritation just from hearing it struck Derus Robert's ears. "I've been waiting a long time." It was Raon Zieghart. The one person he absolutely did not want to see right now was waving his hand with composure. "Why are you here…." Derus Robert bit his lip and lowered his gaze to Raon. "Why, you ask?" Raon smirked and took a step toward Derus Robert. "Because you stepped into the second trap, that's why I came here." He tilted his chin at Derus Robert, thanking him for moving exactly as planned. "Welcome." Raon spread both hands wide as if welcoming Derus Robert, drawing a deep smile. "To the Holy Sword Alliance's Holy Ground."