The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

lving herself to get her revenge, looking at the wound on her arm.

Baaam!

The sound of a huge explosion could be heard from upstairs, and the entire underground trembled, as if it were an earthquake.

“Wh-What’s going on?”

Seline looked up, her eyes wide.

‘White Spirit? No! There’s no way.’

There was no way a White Spirit would suddenly start attacking the mansion, not unless they decided to abandon the branch.
It must’ve been an emergency that even Darigon hadn’t anticipated.

‘Then… Ah!’

Upon feeling the energy from upstairs, Seline bit her lip so harshly that it nearly bled.
It was a powerful energy that she had directly faced a few hours ago.
It was Raon Zieghart’s energy.

“Why is that crazy bastard here?”

She tried leaving the office in surprise.

Slaaam!

The sound of a second explosion could be heard, and the ceiling collapsed.
Amidst the dust, scorched in black, she could hear the voice that made her the angriest she’d been since she was born.

“Is this the White Blood’s Porvan branch?’

“You…”

Red eyes sparked frighteningly in the sinking dust.

“R-Raon Zieghart! Why are you here?!”

The man standing on the collapsed ceiling was Raon Zieghart, who she wanted to chew up to death.

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[Translator – Kyangi]

[Proofreader – Harley]

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Raon snickered at flustered Seline.

“Did you ask why? It’s because you showed me the path here.”

“What?”

“You are wearing a coat, but you didn’t change your clothes.”

He raised his finger to point inside the White Blood Religion coat that Seline was wearing.

“Clothes?”

Seline wrinkled her nose, taking off the coat.
Noticing the red pin attached at the end of the clothes she was originally wearing, her eyes widened.

“Wh-What is this?”

“It is part of a set with this one.”

Raon smiled faintly and pointed at the pin attached to his collar.

“I managed to find the White Blood branch thanks to you.
Thank you.”

“Aah…”

Seline stepped backward, her teeth chattering.

“Then, you…”

“Yes.
I let you go on purpose.
After all, I wouldn’t have had any way of finding your branch if I killed you back then.
Though, I didn’t need to do that when I think about it now.”

Raon smiled faintly, looking at Jayna and Inield hanging on the wall.

“You’d better not think about escaping, as our squad leader went to catch your companion.”

“You are so great.
What a damn great guy you are! But there’s one thing that you don’t know.”

Seline’s energy exploded out, and the blazing white energy rose to her shoulders.

“Everything’s settled if you die right here!”

“I wonder.”

The moment she tried to use her bloody aura, Raon used the Supreme Harmony Steps.
With a single step stretched in a straight line, Raon ignored the space in an instant and reached the area in front of Seline.

“Wh-What?!”

“You have no more chances left.”

“Keuh!”

Seline hurriedly controlled the bloody energy she was trying to attack with, trying to switch to defense, but it was pointless.
The mixture of ghastly energy of the Blade of Requiem and pure energy of the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation created a burning golden flame, engulfing the space.

Whir!

The blade, which was imbued with powerful energy, slashed through Seline’s bloody energy and shredded her arm once again.

“Kyaaah!”

Seline screamed at the unbearable pain.
A serious amount of blood was flowing from the arm that was cut by the dagger.

“H-How…?”

“I told you.”

Raon coldly smiled, twirling the dagger.

“I went easy on you earlier.”

“Sh-Shut up!”

Seline’s arm wasn’t completely severed, probably because she instinctively pulled her arm away at the last moment.
However, it looked like she couldn’t regenerate it.
Blood kept gushing out, and she was unable to restitch the wound.

“Keuh! I’ll kill you!”

Seline pulled off the skin on her hand herself, then gathered her hands.
The blood flowing down from her hand and wrist gathered at the center, creating a tremendous amount of boiling power.

“I saw from outside that there were at least two hundred people locked up here.”

“What are you talking about right now?”

“I’m saying that you don’t deserve to live.”

“Bullshit! You are the one that’s going to die here!”

Seline shot the bloody energy she had gathered at him with maximum power.

Whaam!

Dozens of streams of bloody energy twisted with each other like vines to cover the space.
His vision was completely covered with the wave of bloody energy, with no place to dodge nor escape.

Creak!

Raon fixed his grip on the Blade of Requiem and controlled as much energy of the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation as he could.

Whir!

The ghastly energy of the Blade of Requiem created a yellow trajectory of light in the air.
Raon placed the energy of the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, following the best path to severe the bloody energy.

Whaaam!

The light of resentment bursting from the sparkling crimson blade perfectly severed the light of the bloody energy.

“Th-This is impossible…”

Raon could see Seline’s wide eyes between the severed bloody energy.
Murky blood gushed from her mouth as she looked at the huge hole that had appeared on the left side of her chest.

“R-Raon Zieg…”

Seline collapsed backwards before she could finish calling Raon’s name, gasping out her final breath.

“The Blade of Requiem is the best for fighting the White Blood Religion, after all.”

Raon caressed the Blade of Requiem, which seemed to be sucking up Seline’s blood.
Heavenly Drive was also a legendary sword, but the Blade of Requiem was the best when it came down to fighting the White Blood Religion.

“Raon.”

Raon looked back upon hearing the soft voice coming from the door.
Runaan and Dorian were there.

“We’ve finished rescuing the hostages.”

She waved her hand, telling him that she had accomplished her mission.

“Any casualties?”

“No.”

“Good job.
Please take the rescued people outside.”

“Mhm.”

Runaan nodded in acknowledgment, going back to the corridor.

“Then, I’m also leav…”

“You should stay here.”

He bobbed his finger towards Dorian, who was about to follow Runaan out.

“Sorry?”

“I have a job for you.”

Raon smiled coldly, looking at Princess Jayna, who still hadn’t woken up.

“The dog that barks constantly needs a collar.”

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Clap.
Clap.

Jayna slowly opened her eyes at the sound and feeling of someone slapping her cheeks.

“Huh?”

The man in front of her was Raon Zieghart, who was the biggest eyesore in the world.

“What’s wrong with you? Why are you in front of m… Huh?”

Jayna’s eyes widened upon noticing that something was hanging around her wrists.

When she looked upwards, she saw that shackles attached to the wall were fastened around her wrists and ankles, preventing her from moving.
The room was also completely unfamiliar to her, and the ceiling and walls were trembling as if they were going to collapse at any moment.

“Wh-What? Where is this? What did you do to me?”

“This is the White Blood Porvan branch.”

Raon gestured with his chin, spinning the dagger in his hand.

“Wh-White Blood branch?”

“Yes.
And you are here because you were kidnapped by the White Blood Religion.”

“What nonsense…”

“You can tell from looking around.”

He pointed at the murky blood on the ground, and Seline, who had turned into a corpse.

“Th-Then, what are you doing right now? Release me right away if you’ve come to rescue me!”

“Why should I?”

Raon’s mouth curled up into a smile as he looked at her coldly.

“Wh-What?!”

“I’m asking why I would save you when you just want to antagonize me.”

“What kind of madness is that?”

“It’s perfect, right? If you die here, I can just say that it was the White Blood’s doing.”

“Y-You are crazy! Do you think Balkar will overlook this matter?”

“No one will know if you die because the ceiling collapsed.”

Raon pointed at the ceiling, which was trembling like it would collapse at any moment, covered in holes.

“Wh-Why would you do that? Balkar and Zieghart are allies!”

Jayna’s lips trembled in fear.

“We are allies in names only, and we are actually on cat-and-dog terms, just like you and me.
Weren’t you only thinking about how to kill me until you got kidnapped?”

“Th-That’s…”

“That’s why I’m saying farewell.”

Raon waved his hand, then turned around.

“Wait! P-Please save me! I’ll never offend you over again.
Even if we meet outside, I will pretend nothing happened, and do anything you want.
Please!”

She struggled, and the ceiling and walls started to tremble even more intensely.

“Hieee!”

“Are you serious about that?”

“Yes! I won’t even look at your shadow! Quickly!”

“I already don’t like your manner of speech.”

“P-Please save me! I’ll do anything you ask!”

“Really?”

Raon smiled, stretching his hand to the side.

“Special contract.”

“Phew…”

Dorian sighed slightly, taking out a gilded contract and pen from his belly pocket, before giving them to him.
He kept murmuring that he didn’t have everything while handing them over.

“S-Special contract?”

“You know what this is, right? Since this is created in your country.”

A special contract was different from a normal contract, since the contractors were forced to abide by the contents because it was imbued with magic.

“This sounds good.”

Raon wrote on the contract that Jayna Balkar would grant three requests from Raon Zieghart, no matter what.

“Sign.”

“A-Are you seriously telling me to sign to something like this?”

“Like this?”

“Like this, Sir…”

“But you said you would do anything.”

“But these contents…”

“Fine.
I’ll add that I won’t make you risk your life.
Are you satisfied?”

“Ah…”

“You don’t want it? That’s fine, then.”

Raon nodded, putting away the contract as if he didn’t mind it.
He pointed at the ceiling that was boiling like stew, then smiled faintly.

“Since there’s less than a minute left, say goodbye to the world.”

“D-Damn it!”

Jayna screamed, shaking her fingers.

“I get it! I got it! I’ll sign it!”

“I’ll sign it?”

“I-I’ll sign it… Sir.”

“An excellent choice.”

“Aww…”

Raon handed Jayna, who started to weep, the contract.
Jayna used nothing but her fingers to sign her name on the signature part of the contract.

Cring!

Golden light burst from the contract to create two lines, which streamed into Raon and Jayna’s bodies.
Jayna would receive a powerful shock in her heart if she didn’t carry out the contract.

Since there was such a scary price to pay, a special contract was extremely expensive, and it was rarely used.

“I’ll release you, then.”

Raon simply swung his dagger, and the handcuffs and shackles suppressing her body shattered.

“Sniff…”

“Since it came down to this, I’ll tell you a secret as well.”

As Jayna was grabbing her stinging wrists and ankles, Raon unsheathed his dagger and stood up.

“Secret? What secret?”

“What?”

“Wh-What secret, Sir?”

“It’s about the butterfly you bought at the auction house.”

Raon turned his back on her and continued.

“I was the one that took it.
I’m sorry.
Ah, revealing this fact makes me so refreshed.”

He left after saying that.
The most staggering part was that the ceiling that was about to collapse stopped trembling as soon as he left.

“Ah, aah…”

Jayna finally realized that she was tricked, and her hands trembled.

“Kuaaah!”

She screamed, shouting the name of her new archenemy.

“Raon Zieghart!”

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