The Reincarnated Assassin Is a Genius Swordsman

Chapter 1497 "Now's the chance!" Burren shouted, summoning a blue gale wind with his sword. "Sweep away every last monster!" He cut down the halved Effigy Ghost once more, giving orders to the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen. "I know that already!" Martha had already arrived at the front line before Burren even gave the order. "Is it because they're reinforced monsters? The feel of it is amazing!" She burst into a refreshing laugh as she crushed the monsters with her Titan Aura, popping them. "Yeah…." Runaan nodded calmly and swept her Snow Flower downward. "I'll freeze them all…." The cold energy flowing along her sword turned every monster standing before it into pieces of ice. "Let's goooooo!" Krein dashed along the path of cold energy Runaan had made and beheaded a Black Ogre in a single stroke. Fwooosh! A Black Orc Warrior raised twin swords aiming for Krein's back, but before he could swing them, he was cut in half and collapsed. "Uggghhh!" It was Dorian who emerged from behind the halved Black Orc Warrior. "B-Be careful!" He shook his head, telling him not to get excited and to fight calmly. "Mister. Are you okay?" After saving Krein, Dorian immediately went to support the Bear Fire Demon, who had collapsed on the ground. "I-I'm fine, so…." The Bear Fire Demon pointed with a trembling hand at the Silent Serpent Swordsman, who lay collapsed before the Effigy Ghost. "My son…. Please save Natsu." Even in this situation, he nodded, asking them to save his son. "Ah, don't worry about that. But…." Krein supported the Bear Fire Demon on his shoulder, licking his lips slightly. "I-Is it really true that the Silent Serpent Swordsman died and your son came back, mister?" He rolled his eyes, asking if the Silent Serpent Swordsman was really dead. "W-We couldn't completely destroy the Silent Serpent Swordsman's soul. If he dies, the Hydra might be revived." The Bear Fire Demon shook his head, saying that if the Silent Serpent Swordsman disappeared, the Hydra's true soul would descend upon his youngest son. "I've saved Natsu's soul and restrained the Silent Serpent Swordsman's soul, so it should be fine now." He nodded, saying the Silent Serpent Swordsman wouldn't be able to act up anymore. "Still, just in case…." "H-He said it's fine already." Dorian shook his head as he lifted the fallen Silent Serpent Swordsman onto his shoulder. "Honestly, the voice inside the Silent Serpent Swordsman's mind has changed. It really does seem like the child's soul has taken control." He nodded, saying that although the Silent Serpent Swordsman was unconscious, he could hear the pure breathing of a child from within the body. "If it's what you say, it must be certain." Burren nodded at Dorian's words and raised his sword. "The enemy commander, the Silent Serpent Swordsman, has fallen! Cut down the remaining stray ghosts of Eden as well!" He advanced first, saying to deal with not just the monsters but Eden as well. "Uwaaaaaaaah!" "Show the monsters the terror of the Gale!" "I'll show you the fruits of hellish training!" The Light Wind Palace Swordsmen sliced through the Reinforcement monsters as easily as tofu, tipping the wavering balance of the battle back toward the Continental Alliance. "Are you alright?" Raon flicked his chin toward the Effigy Ghost, which had been torn to shreds and was now burning. "The tree you planted rotted before it even fully grew?" He sneered, saying that now that the Effigy Ghost was dead, the monsters would rot as they waited. "Rot, is it…." Derus Robert narrowed his eyes, not at the burning Effigy Ghost, but at the Silent Serpent Swordsman lying unconscious. "It certainly rotted foolishly." He muttered something incomprehensible, his gaze fixed on the Silent Serpent Swordsman. "You must be disappointed that the Silent Serpent Swordsman has fallen, but…." Raon didn't miss the opening as Derus Robert's gaze turned away, and stepped forward with the Supreme Harmony Steps. Pfwaaaang! He surged forward faster than sound and thrust his sword toward Derus Robert's waist. Cladaaaang! It seemed Derus Robert hadn't kept his attention solely on the Silent Serpent Swordsman, for he twisted his Serpent Sorrow Sword at an angle and blocked Raon's Divine Sword. "There's still more." As if he knew Derus Robert would defend, the moment the Divine Sword was blocked, Raon swept up the Demonic Sword he had lowered. Screeeech! The blue blade of the Demonic Sword, forged from moonlight, pierced through the blade of death surging from the Serpent Sorrow Sword and shot up toward Derus Robert's neck. "A sharpness like that can't cut through death." Derus Robert snorted as he struck away the Cold Energy of the Demonic Sword with the true edge of the Serpent Sorrow Sword. "Then I'll just have to forge it sharper." Raon brought down the Divine Sword as well, pressing Derus Robert's sword down with both blades. Screeeeeee! The three blades locked together, giving off a bizarre sound like twisting iron. Gudugudugudugu— Raon and Derus Robert stared into each other's eyes with their swords locked, as if contesting their strength. "I didn't expect you to bring down the Silent Serpent Swordsman this way." Derus Robert narrowed his eyes as he glared at Raon. "You always exceed my imagination." Instead of getting angry, he nodded and praised Raon. "I felt it before too, but your subordinates are impressive as well." As if he had room to spare, Derus Robert blocked both the Divine Sword and the Demonic Sword at once while rolling his eyes to the left. "The moment the Silent Serpent Swordsman fell, they broke formation and scattered to slaughter the monsters and Eden alike — that's no ordinary display of Martial Prowess, cunning, and boldness. You two are truly alike." Following his praise of Raon, he curled his lips upward as he praised the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen as well. "The only problem is that boldness is a bit too great." A sinister Cold Energy bloomed from Derus Robert's smile. "It's like a moth flying toward its own death without even knowing it." It was the moment he called them moths and let bloom a thick killing intent. Wooooooong! Above the heads of the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen, who were slaughtering the reinforced monsters and the Ghosts of Eden, a pure white lightning bolt and a black meteor appeared. "Their momentum is stronger than I thought." It was The Fallen. He curled his lips as he spread his pure white and black wings like a great roc. "I wonder what the Heavenly Demon has been doing instead of breaking these humans' momentum." He shook his head as if resenting the Heavenly Demon. "I can't let the children who wish for restoration be slaughtered, so it would be best to step in a little." The moment The Fallen flicked his finger, the lightning and meteor that had been fixed as if painted in the sky began to fall. Gugugugugugu! Just before the white lightning split the Light Wind Palace officers apart and the meteor crushed the swordsmen, a blue Magic Circle sprouted above their heads. Pfwaaaaang! The blue Magic Circle, like a sea that accepted everything, absorbed the white lightning and the black meteor, then formed a pillar of transparent light. "Still the same as ever." A sultry laugh echoed from within the pillar of transparent light. As the light split apart, the person who appeared was a peerless beauty with long purple hair flowing down. "That nasty personality of yours, targeting only people weaker than you." It was Evelyn. The Magician who had discarded the false name Merlin and reclaimed her true name raised eyes as bright as sunlight reflected on a lake. "Stop bullying the weak kids and fight me instead." Evelyn flicked her finger at The Fallen standing in the sky, as if to say she would be his opponent. "It's Merlin." The Fallen looked over Evelyn's face this way and that, then nodded. "I almost didn't recognize you." He waved his hand as if it had been a long time. "For someone who used to run away at the mere sight of a white feather to block my path, it's honestly absurd." The Fallen gave a short laugh, saying he hadn't expected Evelyn to stand against him. "It seems quite a number of humans who don't know their place have appeared while I was asleep." He looked down at Evelyn and nodded slowly. "Very well. I'll kill you here and reestablish Eden's dignity once more." The Fallen raised his hand, and the world behind him became dyed in light and darkness. "Black and White Sacred Lotus." As The Fallen turned his raised hand the other way, the colors of the world where he and Evelyn stood began to be dyed white and black. "How beautiful." The Fallen raised a finger and pointed at Evelyn, soaked in black and white, and the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen behind her. "Can you see the vivid flower petals being carved into your bodies?" Where The Fallen pointed his finger, black and white flowers really were carved onto Evelyn's cheek. "If all the petals of that flower fall, you will die as well." The moment his words ended, one petal fell from the flowers drawn on the bodies of Evelyn and the swordsmen. "Huh…?" "T-The flower petal really fell off!" "You said we die if the petals fall? Th-That must be a lie, right?" "Where in the world does magic like that exist!" The Light Wind Palace Swordsmen's lips trembled in bewilderment as they watched a petal fall from the black-and-white flowers carved into their comrades' skin. "It's the truth, of course." The Fallen raised a hand to his lips, as if to say he never lied. "You must be feeling it now too, no? Breathing must have become much harder now that the first petal has fallen." He spread his hand toward the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen, asking if they didn't feel it. "N-Now that you mention it…." "It's hard to breathe…." "I thought it was because of the pressure The Fallen was giving off." "I-I really can't breathe properly!" The swordsmen clutched their chests as if something had gone wrong with their respiratory organs. Cold sweat poured down their entire bodies as they focused only on breathing. "Of course, that's only the beginning." The Fallen's eyes curved into a smile as he watched Evelyn standing still. "If the second petal falls, your organs will burst and you'll vomit blood." He drew a circle with his finger, saying it was now time for the second petal to fall. "Then shall I paint the second picture?" It was the moment The Fallen, anticipating the swordsmen coughing up blood, lowered his finger like a conductor directing musicians. Plop. The second petal carved into the skin of the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen slowly vanished. "H-Hold on!" "We are the swords that protect the Sword Sage!" "Our organs are nothing — take as many as you want!" They gritted their teeth to endure the pain of their organs bursting, but no matter how long they waited, the pain never came. "Hm…?" The Fallen's eyes went wide too, as if surprised that the Light Wind Palace Swordsmen were unharmed. "The petal definitely fell, didn't it?" That magic was a vicious Curse — it wasn't an exaggeration to say that the moment the flower was carved into the skin, one already stood before death. He couldn't understand why nothing happened even though the petal had fallen. "Your personality's still the same, and so is your shoddy magic." Evelyn giggled and raised her head. "Flowers, my foot." She curled her lips as she casually plucked the cursed petal from her cheek like a grain of rice stuck to her skin. "How…." The Fallen's jaw trembled as he watched Evelyn so easily erase his curse. "How? Obviously, I analyzed it and unraveled it." Evelyn waved her hand leisurely, as if this wasn't the first or second time she'd done such a thing. The Mana that spread from her fingertips unraveled even the curse that had seeped into the Light Wind Palace. "Ha…?" The Fallen's eyes widened, trembling with genuine shock. "Don't you dare use flower petals. The only man they suit is…." Evelyn's cheeks flushed as she looked at Raon's back, locked in a life-or-death battle with Derus Robert. She mocked The Fallen as she conjured a magical flame of light and darkness in her palm to erase the flower. "Our Raon, and no one else!"