The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

ld a rookie that hasn’t even reached Master level achieve immersion during his training?’

It could happen during a fight to the death, but entering trance during training was extremely rare.
She could count on her fingers how many times she had experienced it herself, and all of them happened when she reached enlightenment after she became a Master.

She couldn’t believe that Raon was completely immersed, since he wasn’t even a Master yet—not to mention, the training he was doing was too difficult for him, which should’ve made it difficult to focus.

“So, this was the reason the head of house told me to watch him.”

Glenn wasn’t asking her to guard him when he told her to watch Raon.
What he meant was for her to watch and learn what kind of person Raon was.

“Mysterious, curious, and eccentric.”

Those were the only words that could describe Raon.
Although her life was full of ups and downs, it was her first time seeing someone like him.

Thud!

Raon kept practicing the Supreme Harmony Steps in his immersion.
It didn’t look like he cared whether he was making progress or not, since he kept following the footprints with his entranced eyes before extending his legs.

Despite the distance between them, she could feel Raon’s focus which was as sharp as a blade.
Although the sun had already begun to rise, she couldn’t leave her spot because she was too curious about how much he would achieve.

“Hmm?”

While she was watching Raon, she could see a maid from the annex building coming to the open area with a tray of food in her hands.

‘Shall I stop her?’

The immersion Raon was in was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Getting interrupted might result in losing all the enlightenment he had received so far, and even end up with an internal injury.

As the Heavenly Blade division leader decided to act, the maid stopped approaching Raon and watched him for a bit, before returning with the food she brought.
The annex building fell silent after that, as if the night fell once again, and the maids that came out of the building never went to the open area.

‘It can’t be…’

The Heavenly Blade division leader swallowed nervously, before looking at Raon once again.

“Has this actually happened multiple times before?”

His footwork was slowly and slightly becoming similar to Glenn’s Supreme Harmony Steps.

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[Translator – Kyangi]

[Proofreader – Harley]

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Raon stopped his steps once he encountered the third moon in the open area of the annex building.

“Haa…”

He sighed, sitting on the footprint-covered ground.
Because he was so focused on it, he couldn’t even move a finger.

He lay down and looked up at the sky.
Looking at the moon, which was getting close to the full moon, made him smile.
He felt great, even though his body and mind were completely exhausted.
He knew that the Supreme Harmony Steps he would use in the future would be different from what he’d been using in the past, and that was why he was smiling.

‘I’ve definitely progressed.’

He had a long way to go before he could complete the Supreme Harmony Steps.
Dozens of years of training wouldn’t be enough to reach Glenn’s level.

However, the footwork that couldn’t even be called average was now usable in an actual fight.
It was a tremendous amount of progress, considering he had only practiced for two days.

‘But it’s still lacking.’

He knew that because he had completely memorized Glenn’s demonstration.
He copied his posture, principles, and movements exactly, but his footwork was still somehow different.

‘I wonder what it is.’

He had a feeling the problem was something more fundamental than his stage or the proficiency of the Supreme Harmony Steps.
However, he couldn’t determine the exact reason.

‘Hmm… I must’ve overworked my brain.’

His body had also reached its limit, making him sleepy and unable to think.
He figured he needed to sleep before figuring out the difference between him and Glenn.

You damn bastard…

As he was about to fall asleep, Wrath ground his teeth.

The King of Essence couldn’t sleep at all for the past two days because of you, yet are you trying to fall asleep now?

‘Wrath, it’s been a while.’

It’s been a while? Whiiiile? I won’t allow you to sleep! That much is a given, and I won’t overlook this resentment for missing eight meals!

Missing the meals must’ve been based on how many times the maids left when they came to deliver the food.

Whoosh!

Along with a ferocious look in Wrath’s eyes, wrath and coldness started spreading out from him.
The coldness surged like a tsunami to engulf his mana circuit and energy center, while the 25 points of wrath deeply engraved in his heart started to crush his soul.

The King of Essence is going to take over your body to eat delicac—wait, to conquer the world!

‘You were trying to say delicacies, right?’

Shut your mouth!

Although Wrath must’ve been using his full strength, the pain Raon was feeling wasn’t that much.

And the reason was simple.
It was because the Ring of Fire was still rotating despite his exhausted state.

Whir!

The Ring of Fire was melting Wrath’s coldness and suppressing the wrath as naturally as breathing.

Argh! Wh-Why?

Surprised by the fact that he couldn’t even win against Raon in his dead-tired state, Wrath’s jaw dropped.

‘You… are no match for me.’

Why am I unable to score when you don’t even have the strength to speak?

‘…I have no strength to speak but I can still stop you.’

Raon smiled powerlessly, continuing to use the Ring of Fire.
He was too exhausted to rotate the six rings at once, but he managed to resonate the five rings while enduring the pain.

Wh-What the hell is wrong with you? How can a mere human…

As Wrath grit his teeth in confusion, messages announcing his defeat appeared.

[You’ve endured Wrath’s interruption in your exhausted state.]

[All stats have increased by 1.]

The reward would’ve been a single point in one stat normally, but all of his stats increased instead because he was completely exhausted.
The system was truly fair.

Daaamn it! I couldn’t sleep nor eat, and now I’m even losing stats!

‘That’s why I told you to stop.’

Raon felt like he could have a nice sleep since he had been given a present before falling asleep.

[Your body and mind both have reached rock bottom.]

[Sloth’s effect increases the quality of sleep as much as possible.]

New messages appeared when he couldn’t keep his eyes open anymore.

Th-This is that thing from back then! The cheat ability that gives you a bunch of stats just from sleeping!

Raon closed his eyes, using Wrath’s scream as a lullaby.

Sloth, you idiot! I’m definitely going to find you! The main body of the King of Essence is going broke because of you two bastards!

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