The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

“It feels like I’m a stranger here.
The young people welcomed us, but the older ones only liked the South-North Union.
We completely lost the initiative.”

Burren frowned and sat on the ground.

“They are extremely favorable to the South-North Union, and Tyler specifically.
They kept praising him, saying that he can walk on water and control the water.”

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Krein sighed.

“I’d rather fight them with my fists.
It’s really irritating to see their reluctant smiles whenever I meet their eyes!”

Martha wrinkled her nose with her arms crossed.

“And there’s no ice cream shop.”

Runaan’s shoulders drooped.
She apparently finished eating all the ice cream she’d brought with her.

Gasp!

Wrath dropped his jaw from the shock.
Her disappointment was apparently contagious.

“Where is the squad leader and Dorian?”

Raon tilted his head upon noticing that those two were the only ones missing.

“They are getting along with people because of how friendly they are.
The squad leader is drinking with the village chief, and Dorian is playing around in different places.”

“Is that so?”

Since they were both known for easily associating with people, Raon simply chuckled.

“So, what’s your plan now? Are we going to keep staying here?”

“We need to gather more information, but the Blue Lugh’s onslaught doesn’t seem to be the only problem in this incident.”

Even without the information provided by Belga and Morin, the South-North Union wasn’t as good as what villagers believed.
Raon thought that they were bound to clash against them.

“Keep going with your training, since we are going to use our strength soon enough.”

Raon smiled while holding Heavenly Drive’s pommel.

“So that they won’t call the South-North Union’s name in front of us ever again.”

* * *

The next evening, an old yet large fishing ship was flowing through the Gazel River.
It was cutting through the tide in the dark river without any problem thanks to the bright moonlight and lamps lighting the ship from different locations.

“It’s been a while since the last time we were fully loaded like this!”

The brown-haired young man guarding the deck turned around with a smile.
He went next to Belga, who was standing in front of the rudder and sat on the ground.

“What’s wrong with your face, when our ship is completely full of fish?”

“It’s too worrying when you think about the village.”

Belga sighed deeply while holding the rudder.

“Because of the South-North Union?”

“Yes.”

“They looked okay, though.
They were full of energy.”

The brown haired man clenched his fist.

“I’m telling you that they were just acting.”

Belga shook his head.

“But it’s true that the South-North Union is protecting us.
They aren’t asking for money, either.”

The brown haired man tilted his head since he couldn’t understand him.

“Our village is right next to Zieghart’s domain.
They haven’t been attacking us because they wanted to avoid clashing with Zieghart.
But what do you think will happen if we submit ourselves to the South-North Union?”

Belga pointed at the dark river passing next to them.

“They will extort money whenever we cross the Gazel River and extort even more money whenever we catch fish.
They are going to start plundering us in broad daylight, and our future will be as dark as that river, where we can’t see anything below the surface.”

“N-No way.
They wouldn’t do that…”

“Once they start doing that, we won’t even get a handful of fish among what’s filling the ship right now.”

He wasn’t lying.
All of the villages affiliated to the South-North Union looked okay on the outside but were rotten to the core inside.
They were literally a tyrannical kingdom where everyone chased money and couldn’t complain at all about the South-North Union.

“You and the village elders are all being deceived by them.”

Since he’d obtained that information by paying a friend that he’d met during the journey, it was bound to be true.

The village elders weren ’t aware of that fact because they’d spent a long time in that small world, but the South-North Union were definitely not good people.
There was no reason for Tyler to be any different.

“Uuh, I’m a bit scared now after hearing that.”

The blue-haired young man’s chin was trembling as he stood on the ship’s rear.

“By the way, I wonder what happened to the Blue Lughs.”

“I think that’s also related to the South-North Union.”

Belga narrowed his eyes while looking at the dark water.

“That’s also related?”

“Because the South-North Union appeared exactly when I was about to ask for help from Zieghart, becoming the heroes of the day.
Moreover, it doesn’t make too much sense that someone like Tyler would keep visiting us in order to protect us… Huh?”

He interrupted himself and looked ahead.
The wave rising from the calm river was dyed a pitch-black color, with ten pairs of red eyes glowing from below.

“Th-That’s…”

“Ah…”

People who had been relaxing on the ground swallowed nervously as they stood up.

Grit.

Belga bit his lips while tightening his grip to the rudder to a point that it could break.

“Damn it…”

* * *

On the second day of stay in Doran Village, Raon returned to the village after training with the Light Wind squad.
He wasn’t worried too much and only returned in the evening because Rimmer stayed in the village, but there was a big hustle there as if a fire broke out.

“S-Sir Raon!”

Morin came running to him while limping on his leg.
He was the one who came to see him alongside Belga the day before.

“We are in big trouble!”

“Big trouble?”

“Th-The Blue Lughs have returned to attack Belga’s fishing ship.
The ship is about to be destroyed right now! Please…”

He fell on his knees, begging him to save his friend.

“What about our squad leader…?”

“We’ve looked for him, but we couldn’t find him anywhere!”

“Haa…”

Seriously, that guy…

Raon sighed deeply and gathered his aura.

“Where is the location?”

“It’s a bit downstream compared to where the Blue Lughs appeared yesterday.
You can go in that direction…”

“Ah, I know that place!”

He couldn’t exactly tell the position, but Dorian raised his hand, telling him that he went there the day before.
He was going around everywhere to make friends, and he ended up being helpful.

“The third team will stand by, and the first and the second team will go with me.”

“Understood!”

“Dorian, let’s go.”

“Yes!”

Raon ran after Dorian, who started sprinting at full speed.
Since it wasn’t too far from the village, he could see the lights coming from the villagers’ torches soon enough.

“Kieeeh!”

“Kiaaa!”

The large fishing ship was half destroyed at the center of Gazel river, and the Blue Lughs were raising clouds of sprays around it to shatter the ship.

“Uwaaah!”

“P-Please save me!”

The crew was holding onto the handrails of the sinking ship, and it was a relief that the ship was large enough because they would’ve already died if it were smaller.

“I-It’s dangerous!”

As he was about to run onto the water, the village chief, who was there before them, stood in his way.

“The deeper the water, the more powerful the Blue Lughs are! It’s pretty much a suicide to swim all the way there right now.”

“Just leave this matter to the South-North Union.
They are going to be here soon, since we’ve called them.”

“He’s right.
It’s impossible to fight the Blue Lughs underwater unless you have a warship like the South-North Union.”

“It’s pretty much suicide to jump into the water unless you can walk on the water like Sir Tyler!”

It wasn’t just the village chief.
Every single villager was shaking their heads, saying that they needed the South-North Union.

Whir!

A haze of blue coldness started to rage from the wet sand under the water Raon was setting foot on.

“Ah…!”

“Wh-What is this…?”

People unconsciously stepped aside to create a path upon feeling that chilly yet majestic energy wave.

“South-North Union.
South-North Union.”

Raon looked around the villagers while repeating that name.

“Mere South-North Union can’t be an equal to Zieghart.”

“N-no…”

“That’s not what we meant!”

“I’ll show you personally.”

Raon confidently jumped on the river.

Splud!

Even though he stomped on the water with two feet, his body wasn’t sinking at all.
He was floating on the water as naturally as a leaf.

“Gasp!”

“H-He’s floating on the water!”

“Does that mean that Sir Raon is just like Sir Tyler…?”

“No! He’s different! Sir Raon feels like he’s riding the water!”

The villagers’ eyes widened as they saw Raon floating on the water.

“You should wait and see from there.”

Raon smiled coldly while looking down on the people from the river.

“What kind of place Zieghart is.”

He used the River Footwork after saying that.
His footsteps had become even smoother than the day before as he quickly advanced while freezing the surface of water.
Raon was polishing his footwork and increasing the level of his martial art even at that very moment.

He advanced through the tide like a dolphin riding the wave to reach the center of the river in no time.

Thud!

He kicked the water and jumped into the air.
He dragged Glacier’s coldness from his energy center to his right thigh, then his ankle, and emanated a huge amount of concentrated power from his feet.

Whoosh!

A huge crown soared from the center of the river, with Watery Blossom exploding through the surface.

“Kieeeh!”

“Kiaaa!”

The Watery Blossom’s crown tied up the limbs of the Blue Lughs who were about to attack the ship and the people, leaving them no choice but to scream.

“Huaah!”

“Uah!”

The crew, who were holding onto the handrail, breathed out a sigh of relief while supporting themselves on the round ice shard created at the center.

“Three?”

Raon frowned.
There were only three people standing on the ice.
He couldn’t find Belga, who he’d met the day before.

When he spread his aura perception, he could feel a human’s weak breath and a Blue Lugh’s urgent breath from his right.

He turned his head, and he saw Belga was swimming through the river with two Blue Lughs chasing after him.

Splash!

Raon used the footwork once again.
He charged at the Blue Lughs by using River Footwork that became even more complete and burst out with the Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation’s flame.

“Kiaah!”

The majestic heat melted the Blue Lughs’ skin, and they ran away underwater.

“Sir Belga! It’s oka… Huh?”

He was about to extend his hand towards Belga, but he looked like he was unconscious, his eyes closed.
Raon could see a small Blue Lugh underneath him, hiding underwater.

“Tsk!”

Raon unsheathed Heavenly Drive.
As he was about to strike, the Blue Lugh released Belga and violently shook his hand.

“No! I’m different!”

His speech was awkward, but he was clearly speaking human language.
Strength left Raon’s hand upon hearing it.

“He’s talking?”

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