The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

Blue Lughs have never been the first one to attack.

Since they were afraid of people, it was difficult to believe that they sank a boat and killed people.

“Same goes for me, but this is a fact that has been directly investigated by the Shadow Agents.”

Rimmer slowly shook his hand.
His careful voice implied that he also thought the incident was unexpected.

“They were only trying to intimidate at first, but they turned more and more aggressive and ended up destroying the fishing boat crossing the Gazel River three days ago, drowning the occupants of the boat.

“Hmm…”

“Oh no…”

Since the victims were just fishermen instead of warriors, the Light Wind member’s gazes turned stiff.

“Our mission is to determine the reason the Blue Lughs have turned violent and return them to their original state.
However, we will have to eliminate them if it ends up being impossible.”

Rimmer declared simply, then stood up.
He looked down at everyone with his cold green gaze.

“The Blue Lughs are powerful.
Their physical abilities are even better than those of a monster, and they are capable of using blood sorcery.
Since every single one of them is as powerful as an Expert under water, you will have to be careful.
However, there are other people that you need to be even more cautious about.”

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He interrupted himself, then frowned.

“The South-North Union that rules over the Rable River.
Those thieves have been passing by the area recently.”

“Th-The South-North Union!”

“Indeed.
The Rable River is their territory, after all!”

“Hmm, the South-North Union from the five demons…”

The swordsmen groaned upon hearing that the South-North Union was involved.
They were bound to be nervous, since they weren’t common thieves.
They were a huge organization with a proper system and martial arts.

“Even though the South-North Union is rather neutral and can be spoken with, they are still one of the five demons.
You should be careful, since we might end up fighting them.”

“South-North Union…”

Raon narrowed his eyes.
The mention of South-North Union reminded him of the young leader Raptor that he met during his first mission as trainee.

‘He must’ve become even stronger.’

He was curious about what level he would have now, since he was already at Master level back then.

“One more thing! Doran Village, which is our destination, is outside Zieghart’s domain.”

“Why are we going all the way out there?”

Burren tilted his head.

“Because Yuin Village, located right behind Doran Village, is our domain.”

“Ah…”

“We need to stop the incident before it spreads to Yuin Village, and it wouldn’t be a bad idea to expand ourselves up to Doran Village on this occasion.”

The Gambling Monster came forward instead of Rimmer.

“It must be your first time fighting at a river, but the recent training should allow some decent movement on top of a boat.”

“That’s what all those training sessions were for …”

Raon nodded.
He thought it was strange that the Gambling Monster made them practice keeping their balance.
It must’ve been in preparation for the mission.

“Everyone should gather here at daybreak tomorrow, after you pack wherever you will need during the mission.”

Since Rimmer finished saying everything that he had to say, he simply waved his hand and left the training ground.

“Hmm.”

Raon turned around and examined the Light Wind members’ eyes one after the other.
Some of them were filled with anticipation, while others were nervous, and some looked slightly afraid.

“Encounters on the river shall be inevitable, although our opponents could be either the Blue Lughs or the South-North Union.
You should think about how you will deal with all sorts of situations to thoroughly prepare yourselves.”

“Yes!”

The Light Wind members nodded, then left the training ground one after the other.

“I’ll get going, too.”

“Please wait.”

As the Gambling Monster was about to leave, Raon stopped him.

“I have a request I’d like to make.”

“Are you talking about protecting the annex building?”

He nonchalantly replied, as if he already knew what he was going to ask.

“Did you know about it?”

“I’ve already investigated everything you’ve been doing.
You’ve created so many enemies from inside and outside.”

The Gambling Monster snorted because of how ridiculous that was.

“I understand why you appointed me as the annex building’s general administrator.”

“Hmm, actually…”

“Don’t worry.
I keep my promises.”

As Raon was trying to explain himself, the Gambling Monster turned around.

“You’d better return with good news, because I’m going to leave immediately if I don’t like what you did.”

He raised his hand while walking towards the training ground’s exit.

“Thank you.”

Raon stared at the Gambling Monster’s reliable back, then bowed.

* * *

One week passed since they departed for the Gazel River.

Since they were using a mountain road instead of the usual path, nothing special happened except hungry monsters who’d been starving during winter trying to attack them a couple times a day.

Raon kept drawing the image of his two swordsmanships in his head during the journey.

He kept polishing the sound sword and illusion sword in his mental image and harmonized the two to strive towards creating a new technique.

Because he was so focused, the sun had already set and risen again before he knew it.

“Hmm?”

Raon narrowed his eyes while looking at the dim sky.
It was already evening while he was drawing the swordsmanship’s image in his technique.

“We will rest here for tonight!”

He pulled up his horse in an open space where all directions were clear.
Since Rimmer had gone limp on his horse in order to sleep, Raon needed to do the squad leader’s job even though he was focused on training.

“Each team should prepare for camping!”

“Yes!”

The Light Wind members dismounted from their hoses at the same time.
Since the team leaders had learned about camping from the Heavenly Blade swordsmen, they managed to quickly set up the tents and start a fire under their command.

“Aww, is it already night?”

Rimmer walked up to him while yawning.
He apparently managed to sleep soundly on top of a running horse.

“A day passes so quickly.”

“It’s because you keep thinking about swordsmanship all day long.
Isn’t it boring?”

He shook his head, sounding like Wrath.

“It’s pretty fun.”

“You are a born swordsman.”

Rimmer chuckled, looking at the forest on his right side.

“There are a lot of annoying things in this direction.”

“Indeed.”

Raon nodded and tapped his scabbard.
A red gaze sparkled from the dark forest soon after that.

“Grr!”

“Grrr.”

The monsters’ growls and the scent of blood were being carried by the wind that was blowing towards them.

“But the ones this time are relatively worth fighting.”

Rimmer whistled and looked back.

“Whose turn is it this time?”

“It’s our third team’s turn.”

Burren raised his hand.
He had just finished setting up the tent.

“Then, you…”

“No.
I’ll do it, since I have something I’d like to test.”

Raon shook his head, then went to the forest.
He placed his hand on Heavenly Drive’s hilt, looking at the forest.

Red eyes were revealed under moonlight once they finished probing.
The monsters were a group of huge ice trolls, covered from head to toe in silver fur.

‘Eight ice trolls.’

That was pretty good.

It was a perfect number and level to try out the second technique.

“Grrr!”

“Gwaah!”

The ice trolls came running at Raon while showing their yellow teeth.
Because the ground was covered with snow, they were as fast as seasoned swordsmen.

“Cover your ears, everyone.”

Raon gave his warning, then slightly lowered his posture.
He lightly grabbed the hilt with peaceful eyes.
The moment ice trolls came close enough to be within ten steps of him, he unsheathed Heavenly Drive.

Cring!

The resonance was different from before.
The sword resonance seeping into the atmosphere was elegant and creepy at the same time, as if a devil were playing a violin.

“Grr…”

“Gr…”

Even though the ice trolls were running at him, their eyes rolled back the moment they heard the sword’s outcry and they collapsed, rolling up to Raon’s feet.

Dead.

Even though the trolls’ eyes were filled with madness just a moment ago, vitality was leaving them.
Their lives had been severed from a single sword resonance of his sword draw.

“Huh…”

Rimmer gasped as he saw the dead ice trolls.
It looked like the blade had cut through their necks.

‘What is this…?’

He was aware that Raon was capable of causing harm to the auditory organs through sword resonance, but he didn’t expect him to straight up sever the nerves.
He was unable to close his mouth because of how ridiculous that was.

“Uhh!”

“Th-The sound just now…”

“Kuh…”

However, it seemed to have influenced the Light Wind members behind him, as it wasn’t a perfect technique yet.
Everyone was on their knees while grasping their ears.
Once they collected their wits a moment later, their lips started to tremble upon finding the dead ice trolls.

“What the…?”

“Wow!”

“That guy, seriously…”

Burren was shocked, Runaan was honestly surprised, and Martha bit her lip.

“Huff!”

“D-Did he just kill the monsters with sound?”

“It’s not just sound.
It was a sword resonance.”

“What a crazy technique…”

“Is this the sword draw he’s been practicing all along at the training ground?”

The Light Wind members swallowed nervously while looking at the dead ice trolls and thinking about the sword resonance they’d heard.
Their faces looked like they’d witnessed something that shouldn’t have existed in the world.

“It’s still not enough.”

Rimmer licked his lips while coming up next to him.

“Indeed.
I can hardly differentiate between enemies and allies, and controlling the power is also difficult.”

“Mental image is usually different from reality, after all.”

“True.”

Raon nodded and sighed.
Just like Rimmer said, drawing the image in his head was certainly different from using it in an actual fight.

“But weren’t you practicing something else in the training ground?”

“Have you been watching me? I thought you were just sleeping.”

“I keep my eyes open even when I sleep.”

“Hmm… I’m currently trying to create two techniques.
The first one is specialized in one-on-one situations, and this one is for when I have to fight multiple enemies…”

Raon quickly explained the two swordsmanships.

“Hmm…”

Rimmer scratched his chin and nodded.

“Then, try using the first technique on me.”

He chuckled, then stepped aside.

“I’ll complete your technique for you.”

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