The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

the flow of mana was abnormally distorted.

“It wasn’t just an impression.”

Raon bit his lip.
He had thought that the deeper he entered, the stranger the movement of mana had become.
The distortion he was facing was the reason for it.

“Were you talking about this twisted mana earlier?”

Yes.
There must’ve been a clash between powerful existences in this place.
The flow of mana has twisted, like rose bushes.

Wrath nodded while looking around at the floor and ceiling.

The human body follows the flow of mana in nature.
However, the mana in this place is going wild, just like you.

The coldness coming from Wrath’s hand fluttered around in random directions, as if they had been carried by the wind.

Just staying in this place should be painful for a human like you, who possesses unnecessary good senses.

“You’re right.
My headache and the dizziness are getting worse over time.”

Raon nodded while catching his breath.
He felt like the world was spinning around him just from staying there.
He felt nauseous, as if he were in a rocking boat, and he felt suffocated—as if a boulder were pressing upon his heart.

The guys earlier must have seriously hated you to have forced you to enter such a place, where it’s impossible to train.

‘Is it really impossible to train?’

Because of the twisted flow of mana, cultivating aura or practicing with your sword while using aura will screw with your mana circuit and result in internal injuries.

Wrath wagged his finger, telling him that it was impossible.

And with your keen senses, you won’t even be able to hold out here, let alone attempting to train.
Since there’s nothing you can obtain here, you’d better leave right away.
And throw away that bread that taste like rubber!

“Hmm.”

Raon closed his eyes, not listening to Wrath’s ferocious advice.

‘My mana circuit is indeed affected.’

On top of the headache he had, his mana circuit and energy center also started to shake because of the mana that he inhaled.

`They told me to sharpen my mind and sleep less, but I have no choice but to reduce my sleep in this place.”

Because of the headache and his trembling energy center and mana circuit, his nervousness would make it impossible to sleep.

That’s why you should leave already.

‘I don’t want to.’

You stubborn bastard! Why do you have to be so obstinate when the world of delicacies is waiting for us just outside?

‘Burren also should be holding on next door.
I’m not running away alone.’

You idiot.
You are the only one experiencing this pain.

‘What?’

The other caves also have some distortion in the mana, but they aren’t as bad as this one.
They were only slightly shaken in comparison to this.
That shitty-eyed child must be feeling a slight amount of headache, to the point where he must be bored by now.

Wrath frowned, telling him that he already checked everything.

“So, that was why he did that.”

Raon looked around and snickered.
That was the reason Reff blocked the other paths and sent him to the first cave.

“He didn’t expect me to hold out here.
Reff was planning on laughing at me once I came out before sending me to another cave.”

It must’ve been his revenge for disgracing the Central Martial Palace in multiple ways.
He could only laugh at how petty it was.

‘I’m sure Burren wasn’t aware of it either.’

Considering he said that the training wasn’t efficient, he shouldn’t have been aware of the fact that the first cave had a much more distorted mana than the others.

There was no way Burren wouldn’t have said anything if he knew about it, since he couldn’t stand injustice.

If you’ve finally realized it, let’s leave already.
It’s impossible to hold out here.

‘I said I don’t want to.’

Are you seriously planning to stay here despite all of my kind advice? Are you really going to eat that unsavory bread?

Wrath actually hated the Nadine bread more than the distorted mana.

“I shall meet the expectations they have for me.”

You crazy, bread-loving bastard!

Wrath burst out in anger as Raon sat down, ignoring him.

‘I can’t use the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation or Glacier here.’

Because of the twisted mana, using the energy of one affinity would immediately cause problems for his body.

‘However, I should be able to use the Ring of Fire.’

Although the Ring of Fire had fire in its name, it was an ancient cultivation technique that followed the flow of nature.
Its purity would probably be able to tame the twisted mana.

Raon closed his eyes and rotated the Ring of Fire.
The five rings crossed with each other, resounding in harmonious concert.

Whir!

The flow of mana crumpled and twisted like a rusty wire, before the entanglement loosened like it had been heated and mixed into the Ring of Fire’s clear resonance.

‘It worked.’

Although he couldn’t control the mana outside of his body, the distorted mana and mana circuit inside his body began to stabilize.

‘Let’s do this.’

Raon wanted to see how astonished they would be.

Raon entered into a deep Focus, feeling his throbbing heart echoing in the cave.

* * *

Reff didn’t return after Raon and Burren went inside the caves, smiling coldly in front of the entrance.

“Did they both go inside?”

Reff looked around after hearing a low voice from behind him.
General Administrator Urek was walking towards him, massaging the back of his neck.

“Hmm? Did you actually lead him into the first cage?”

Urek narrowed his eyes, looking at the opened first cage.

“Please excuse me.
I couldn’t suppress my urge.”

Reff bit his lip as he looked at Urek.

“I wanted to see a humiliated expression on his arrogant face.”

The first cave wasn’t related to the first master of Central Martial Palace and had nothing but heavy distortion going for it.

It was normally sealed, but he released the seal and put Raon inside because he wanted to humiliate him.

“…That’s understandable.”

Urek slowly nodded.
Since he was also still angry at Raon, he could understand why Reff did that perfectly.

“Did he enter just now?”

“Yes.”

“Then he will come out within an hour.”

The stronger the warrior, the more difficult it was to handle the entangled mana inside the first cave.
Since the intermediate Experts couldn’t hold out for more than three hours, Raon wasn’t expected to even last for an hour.

“I was worried that Sir Burren would spoil it, but it was fortunate that he didn’t know about it.”

“He wouldn’t know.
This must be his first time coming here as well.”

Urek nodded, looking at the fifth cave that Burren had entered.
Since the cave was only accessible after becoming an official swordsman, it was natural that Burren didn’t know about it.

“You must be planning to humiliate him to your heart’s content once he comes back out.”

Urek nodded, understanding Reff’s plan completely.

“Indeed.
I won’t be able to sleep tonight if I don’t see his disgraced face.”

Reff murmured that he couldn’t sleep for the past few days and clenched his fist.

“I’m also curious about that face.
I’ll stay here and watch for a bit.”

They smiled coldly in front of the cave, waiting for Raon, who they expected to come back out soon enough.

However, Raon far surpassed their expectation of one hour.
Two days later, and he still hadn’t emerged.

* * *

Tsk…

Wrath slowly clicked his tongue and popped up from the bracelet.
Raon was sitting in the same spot, having remained unmoving for two whole days.

Hey.

He tapped Raon’s shoulder, but there was no reaction.
He wasn’t moving at all, his eyes closed like a doll’s.

Raon Zieghart!

Calling that weasel’s name didn’t do anything either.
He almost looked like he was dead as he kept cultivating, breathing slowly.

The mana is gradually stabilizing…

Wrath narrowed his eyes, checking Raon’s insides.
They were way more peaceful than in the beginning, as if the tidal wave that used to reach the sky had transformed into a small wave against the shore.

Ring of Fire…

Considering the fact that it could block his wrath, and even take in and purify such a distorted mana, the Ring of Fire must’ve been a transcendental technique.

Fine.
That Ring of Fire is fine, and I’m fine with you stabilizing yourself…

Wrath ground his teeth while looking at Raon.

But I haven’t eaten anything at all in two days!

Ever since he met Raon, eating had become his only pleasure in life.
However, that had completely stopped over the past two days.
He would even settle for eating the bread that tasted like rubber at that point.

You damn bastard! Please eat something, I’m fine with that unsavory bread!

Wrath screamed, smacking Raon’s shoulder.

I can’t live without eating any longer!

‘……’

Raon couldn’t help but think after hearing his scream…

Monarch of Wrath? Bullshit.

Wrath must’ve been the demon king of Gluttony and was just disguising himself as Wrath.

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