The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

s fell speechless and stared blankly at Dorian.

“How are we supposed to have such a thing?”

“I do have th…”

“You! What’s your answer?”

As Dorian was about to take out mattresses from his belly pocket, Radin quickly pointed at Raon.

“We need to dig underground.”

“Yes, that’s the correct answer.”

Radin murmured that they were polar opposites and sighed.

“Then, where do we need to dig? The ground is frozen stiff here because of this insanely cold weather.”

“I’ll look for it.”

Raon nodded and lowered his posture.
He checked the ground by sweeping the snow with his hand.

‘I should find that soil.’

The ground of such a cold area was mostly rock solid, but there were some gaps mixed in between.

That was called the empty soil, since it was a soft soil with empty space underneath, making it easy to dig.

‘I found it.’

The soil was slightly raised on the left side of the tree, with a lighter color.
The soil must have been soft with some empty spaces underneath, making it easy to dig a tunnel.

“It’s here.”

“Tsk…”

Raon tapped on the empty soil and Radin pouted.

“Why should we dig here?”

“The light color and the slightly protruding shape, like a hill means, that it's classic empty soil…”

“You are really smart.”

“Sorry?”

“Since you are so smart, you must also have lots of things you want to eat!”

“Uh…”

“You really know about everything!”

It was difficult to describe Radin’s eyes as he wrinkled his nose and complained.

“Shall I start digging if he was right?”

As he trembled, Dorian came up to them carrying two big shovels and a sack.

“Where did you get those shovels and the sack?”

“I brought them with me.”

He tapped on his belly.

“What the hell are you?!”

Radin’s face became completely red.

“One guy knows everything, and the other guy has all kinds of objects! Seriously, what the hell are you?”

“Hehe, I’m not that amazing.”

Dorian smiled like a fool, thinking that it was a compliment.

“Ugh, my stomach hurts…”

“Leader, let’s save the scolding for later.
We need to settle ourselves before it’s too late if we are going to sleep here tonight.
It’s getting dark, just like you said.”

Raon took one of the shovels Dorian had brought.

“You don’t need to! There’s a place we use each time we come out to scout.”

Radin said that they were disgusting bastards, then entered the forest decorated by the white snow.

“Don’t mind him.
He is complimenting you.”

“He just got angry because he has nothing to teach you.”

“He is really childish.”

“Pretend you don’t know sometimes.
He looks so pitiful.”

The scouts giggled and followed Radin.

“He is such a peculiar guy.”

Dorian licked his lips, putting the shovel back into his belly pocket.

Raon shook his head.

‘You are the most peculiar one…’

 

* * *

 

They went to the outskirts of the forest, following the scouts, and there was a snow-white fabric covering the ground.

They cleared away the fabric and went inside the tunnel.
Inside, there was a space large enough for all twelve people to sleep.

Raon and the scouts organized their luggage and filled their stomachs with the soft bread Dorian had brought.

Because they were able to eat bread instead of hard beef jerky, Dorian’s popularity shot through the ceiling.

I guess it’s only natural, since even the King of Essence finds the bread decent.

Wrath murmured that it was a relief, since he expected him to eat some beggar’s scraps for a while.

“We need to decide on the night watch now…”

Radin put the remaining piece of bread in his mouth and stood up.

“I’ll do it first.”

Raon raised his hand.

“Don’t you dare take the first shift when you’ve just joined! It’s ten years too early for you!”

Radin shook his index finger without missing the opportunity.

“The first shift and last shift are decided by how long you’ve been here.
Your shift will be the exact center, so stop stepping up.”

“I see.”

“And don’t give me that easygoing smile, either! You are making me look like your junior.”

“Okay.”

“Ugh…”

Raon smiled lightly, and Radin was speechless again.

“I’ll decide on the night watch now.
The first shift is…”

Radin personally decided on the night watch.
However, despite him saying it was decided by how long they’ve been, he got the third shift along with Raon instead of the first or last shift.

‘He isn’t a bad person.’

From the way he spoke and acted so far, he looked like he craved to teach his juniors.
It seemed he’d exploded because he had nothing to teach him, as he knew everything already.

“Erm, young master.”

As Raon was thinking he was a funny person, Dorian secretly came next to him.

“He is really peculiar.
Let’s not get on his bad side.”

He said, drinking a steaming tea.

You are the most peculiar one of all.

Wrath responded instead this time.

 

* * *

 

During the night watch, Radin glanced over his shoulder.
The weird guy, who he didn’t know anything about except for his name, was blankly staring at the dark forest.

‘What an unusual guy.’

It wasn’t just his knowledge, but he was also excellent at putting it into action.
It was difficult to judge him because it was his first time seeing that type of person.

“Hmm.”

Radin left the camp and approached Raon.
He just wanted to talk to him, but Raon had his eyes closed.

‘Huh? I got him good this time!’

Apparently, even such a monstrous guy couldn’t help but sleep during a night watch.
He was about to wake him up, thinking it was a great opportunity.

Raon suddenly opened his eyes.
Radin fell speechless, witnessing his furiously burning crimson eyes.

“Ah…”

“Leader.”

He stood with a chilly voice.

“Uh, what?”

“Monsters are approaching right now.”

“M-monster?”

“Yes, I’m sure of it.”

There was no sign of wavering in Raon’s voice.

“How do you know that?”

“I have some pretty good senses.
Water-type monsters came up from the northern sea and are currently moving underground.”

“Water-type monsters moving underground…”

Radin swallowed.
It must’ve been the shark mole, the water-type monster with shark head and mole claws.

‘But they don’t come this way…’

It was true that they were capable of moving underground, but they’d never come close to the forest next to Stallin Mountain.

“Hmm…”

He tried putting his ear to the ground just in case, but he couldn’t hear anything.
It seemed Raon was mistaking his dream for reality.

‘I knew it.’

Even though he was acting nonchalantly, there was no way a recruit wouldn’t feel nervous.
His sloppy appearance finally made him look like a human being.

“Are you talking about the shark mole?”

“Yes.”

“Shark moles don’t come here because this forest is the territory of the monsters coming down from Stallin Mountain.
Just wake up already.”

Radin tapped Raon’s shoulder with a light smile.
However, his expression, frozen stiff like tree bark, didn’t change.

“I’m serious.”

“I’m serious, too.”

He shook his head and pointed at the ground.

“The ground shakes when shark moles move, yet there’s not the slightest vibration right now.”

“You will be able to feel it soon enough.”

“Haa, since it’s your first day, I’m not going to scold you for dozing off during the night wa…”

Radin swallowed and stood up in surprise.
The frozen ground had started vibrating.

“Wh-What! Was it for real?”

It was clearly the vibration and sound of approaching shark moles.

“Like I said.”

“Th-This can’t be…”

“Please wake up the others for now.
They will be here at any moment.”

“Wh-What about you?”

“I’ll buy time here.”

“Ugh, y-you…”

“Go, quickly.”

“Okay! Don’t push yourself!”

Radin went down into the cave.

“Wake up! The shark moles are coming!”

“What? What’s coming?”

“Sh-shark mole? Why would shark moles come here?”

“I’m not sure either, so wake up for now!”

The scouts woke up immediately despite their doubts and prepared for battle.

“D-did monsters really appear?”

Dorian was the only one that didn’t know what to do in a panic.

“Get prepared quickly and come out!”

Radin went outside the cave holding a crossbow and a sword.
As he was about to seek out Raon and the shark moles’ location, the ground in front of him split apart like a spider web and a huge monster popped out.

“Sh-shark mole!”

It was the north sea’s monstrous shark mole, with a shark’s head, a mole’s claws, and a human's body.

“Ugh!”

He tried to step back to shoot his crossbow, but he fell, tripping at the cave’s entrance.

“Kieee!”

With a grotesque scream, the shark mole tried striking at him with its hand, which was covered with dozens of claws.

‘Damn it! I need to give up on my arm and… huh?’

Just as he decided to give up his arm as bait to buy time for his retreat, a red line appeared on the shark mole’s neck.

 

Psh!

 

The shark mole’s head was cut off like a fish head.

He raised his head with chattering teeth, and he could see two red moons floating in the dark sky.

“Ah…”

They weren’t moons.
They were Raon’s red eyes.

“Don’t move from there.”

“Wh-who are you…”

“Since you didn’t trust me…”

Raon turned around, holding the sword that was dripping with warm red blood.

“Please trust my sword, at least.”