The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

was difficult to understand.
He couldn’t tell at all what he was thinking, nor what his intentions were.

“Ah, but you shouldn’t misunderstand.
We aren’t overlooking this matter.”

“What do you mean?”

“We weren’t looking for the White Spear.
We only happened to meet you on our way to a dungeon.”

“A dungeon?”

“We were going to a dungeon after hearing the rumors of a famous magician’s dungeon being discovered in the Norris region.
We just dropped by here on the way there.”

Raptor murmured a few different names.
He was apparently confused about the name.

“Ah! It’s Lohengreen!”

“Lohengreen…”

Raon had heard of that name before.
That was the name of a person who lived in the same period as Merlin, the Witch of Betrayal.
He was a magician whose name was passed down in history because of his excellent talent in astrology and alchemy in addition to magic.

“Yes.
We happened to see you guys on our way to that magician’s dungeon.
Of course, if they learn about everything you told me, no one in the South-North Union will try to attack you—though, there is one person who is an exception.”

“One person?”

“There’s an old monster who is Tyler’s grandfather and a senator of the Union.
Actually, the reason Tyler became the leader’s disciple in the first place was because of his influence.”

Raptor’s smiling face stiffened.

“Since he might make his move, you should be careful.”

“Why are you telling me this?”

“Because it won’t be fun if you die within three years.”

The carefree smile returned to his face.

“Raptor! We are going to leave you behind if you don’t come!”

“Ah, I got it!”

Because of Roman’s voice calling him from behind, Raptor hurriedly kicked the ground and boarded the Misfortune.

“Let’s return to the Union!”

“Huh? Aren’t we going to the dungeon?”

“I got hyped up.”

Roman was looking down in Raon’s direction from the Misfortune’s deck.

“Since I have a new prey, I shall prepare to bite.”

He turned around after showing a frightening smile.

Vrrr!

The Misfortune left with a majestic sound, just like when it first arrived.

“Haa…”

Rimmer finally removed the Sword Field Creation after the Misfortune disappeared from his vision and sighed.
He faltered for a moment, but he quickly regained his balance.

“Are you okay?”

“Of course I am.”

He shook his hand, telling him it wasn’t a big deal.

“Are you sure you are okay?”

“Do you not know me? It’s me.
The Sword of Light of Zieghart! Sir Rimmer! I would’ve won against that axe murderer even if a fight broke out!”

“Well, I suppose.”

Raon felt relieved because Rimmer’s voice was the same as usual.
He smiled at him and returned Heavenly Drive to its scabbard.

“Good job.”

When Raon was about to take care of the Light Wind squad, Rimmer came up to him and placed his hand on his head.

“Squad leader?”

“Everyone would’ve died just like you said if we fought them back then.
My response was slow because blood rushed to my head.
You’ve saved everyone.”

He pointed behind him with a smile on his face.
The Light Wind squad and the villagers were staring at them.

“I’ve done what I must as the vice squad leader.”

Gratitude and joy seemed to be reflected in everyone’s eyes.
Raon felt embarrassed for some reason and lowered his head.

“But are you really confident about it?”

“Confident?”

“Confident that you will be able to defeat Roman in three years.”

“Of course I am.”

Raon nonchalantly nodded.
Since he had the giving doormat demon king with him, three years was a long enough time as he probably would reach the Grandmaster level even faster than that.

Hmm? Why are my ears tickling?

Wrath started picking his ears while wondering what happened.

‘You are imagining things.’

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[Translator – Kyangi]

[Proofreader – Harley]

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Raon was looking down while standing upstream on the Gazel River.

The Blue Lugh tribe’s chief lifted the Water God Stone and chanted a spell that sounded like a chirping bird.
A strange pattern was engraved on the Water God Stone, and the white energy inside started to rotate.

“Krr.”

He nodded towards the others and entered the Gazel River, the other Blue Lughs following him while chanting the same spell as him.

Pssh!

The pattern engraved on the Water God Stone’s surface started to radiate blue light the moment it touched the river water.
The tribe chief kept chanting the spell and completely submerged the Water God Stone.

Whir!

The flickering light of the Water God Stone spread out, following the flow of the river.
Even though the light came from such a small sphere, it spread throughout the entire river in no time.

Whap!

The Blue Lugh tribe’s chief and the Blue Lughs said the word ‘solido’ at the end, and the light radiating from the Water God Stone intensified so much that it was difficult to open the eyes.

When Raon frowned because of the dazzling light, he could hear the clear sound of the flowing river, as if he were suddenly enlightened.

“Ah!”

Raon slowly opened his eyes.
He could see the river.
The river was so clear that it was difficult to believe he was in the same place as the muddy river he was before.
Even the grains of sand covering the ground were clean to the point where he could count them.

‘It’s exactly what I saw in my previous life.’

Watching the clean river contrasting the dark muddy river from before, some kind of emotion burst from his heart.

“I-Is this really the Gazel River?”

“I’ve never seen such a clean river before.”

“It was really the cleanest river in the continent!”

The Light Wind swordsmen widened their mouths as they watched the Gazel river.
They looked like they had never imagined the river could be so clean, even though they heard that it was supposed to be clean.

“Woaaah!”

“Haha! This is what the Gazel River should look like! Of course!”

“It’s back! It’s back!”

“Haa, finally…”

The villagers’ eyes welled up with tears with smiles around their mouths as they watched the transparent Gazel River.

“W-We connected the Water God Stone to the river.
It will always stay clean from now on, just like before.”

Flumen returned after chanting the spell, scratching his cheek.

“By the way, Flumen.”

Raon was looking at Flumen and the Blue Lughs instead of the clean river.

“Is that really fine? People learned a lot of things about your race.”

Even though Roman and the pirates were still unaware of it, many people got to learn about the Water God Stone and the secret of the Blue Lugh tribe.
Their decision to keep living in that place was rather unexpected.

“Yeah.
I was also worried about it, but the chief said that we should stay here.
It’s because…”

Flumen hesitated for a moment before pointing at Raon with his finger.

“Of Raon.”

“Me?”

“Yeah.
I told him that you are the chief that protects this place, and he said that we should stay here because it’s a trustworthy tribe.
I also mentioned that you were my… my…”

“My?”

“My friend, and he said that we should trust you even more.”

His face turned red in embarrassment as he dropped his head.

“I see.”

Raon smiled faintly and looked at the Blue Lugh chief.
He put his hands together and lowered his head.
He was apparently trying to copy people’s etiquette that he had observed.
Raon bowed at him in return.

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“Which means you are going to have lots of work in the future.”

“Huh? Me?”

“You are the only one who can speak both the Blue Lugh and human languages.
You can be the passage that connects the humans and the Blue Lughs.”

“Ah…”

Flumen’s eyes turned round.

“What you’ve done before can’t be undone, no matter what you do.
Some of your tribe members might even resent you for that.”

“Yeah…”

Flumen’s shoulders trembled.
Raon was apparently right about that.

“But even if that’s the case, you can’t just let the guilty conscience take over your head and live like a sinner for the rest of your life.
You should connect the passage so that the Blue Lughs can coexist with humans to lead a better life.”

“Passage…”

“The Gazel River and the river villages will be affiliated to Zieghart from today on.
Since no one is going to attack you, you shouldn’t worry about it.
Instead, find a way to make everyone happy.”

“Yeah!”

Flumen answered vigorously for the first time since Raon had met him as he nodded.

“Krrgh!”

“Ah!”

The Blue Lugh chief shouted and Flumen glanced at the back.

“He’s telling me to come because we need to settle down.”

“Come to the village once it’s over.”

“Yeah.”

Flumen smiled faintly and dove into the water with the other Blue Lughs.
Even though the transparent river water allowed Raon to see below the surface, they quickly disappeared from his vision.
It was apparently another bit of sorcery.

Raon stared at the area the Blue Lughs disappeared from for a while before turning around.

“We should return as well.”

His smile looked similar to Flumen ’s as he walked up to the Light Wind squad.

* * *

“Squad leader.”

Raon came up next to Rimmer on their way to the lodgings.

“Are you really okay?”

“I already said I’m okay.
You saw how I deflected all of his light axe strikes.”

Rimmer shook his hand, telling him to stop worrying about it.
Raon examined his condition through aura perception, and he couldn’t find any major problem.
However, he had a bad feeling about it somehow, even though Rimmer’s expression was the same as usual.

“You should take this, at least.”

Raon took the medicine for internal injuries that the Saint gave him before from Dorian’s belly pocket.

“What is this?”

“It’s a medicine for internal injuries.”

“Is it bitter?”

“It should be, since it’s medicine.”

“Then I’m not eatin…”

“Shut up and take it!”

Raon forced the medicine into Rimmer’s mouth as he shook his head, making him swallow it.

“You shouldn’t pointlessly wander around.
Go home to start cultivating instead.”

“Kuh, it’s so damn bitter.
Do you have any candy?”

“Please!”

“Haa, you are really a demon…”

Rimmer frowned and waved his hand.

“Good job, everyone.
Let’s rest for today and continue tomorro…”

“I’ll wrap it up, so please just go inside and rest.”

“Alright, alright.”

Rimmer chuckled and entered the lodging first.

“Hmm, everyone did a great job today.
Since even a small injury can worsen if you ignore it, anyone who’s injured should make sure to treat their wounds before resting.”

“Yes!”

Since it was an order from the vice squad leader, everyone responded loud and clear.
All of them had smiles on their faces because they’d completed the mission without losing anyone.

“You should rest now.”

He gave the order and turned around after looking at Rimmer’s room for a moment.
As he was about to enter his room to treat his internal injuries, Wrath’s mumbling could be heard.

Damn it.
It’s coming soon.
It must be coming.
There’s no way it’s not…

‘What are you talking about?’

Raon tilted his head while looking at Wrath’s wrinkled face.
He looked terrified and enraged at the same time.

Do you really not know?

‘What are you talking about? Who is coming now?’

Raon became nervous because it reminded him of what Raptor had told him before.

That idiot that functions automatically without a brain is coming soon…

As soon as he said that, messages popped up in front of his eyes.

[You’ve achieved victory against a warrior…]

[The proficiency of Ring of Fire has…]

[You’ve created a new swords…]

Multiple messages appeared one after the other, covering his vision.

Raon’s jaw dropped.
Wrath was apparently afraid of those messages.

I-I knew it!

Wrath screamed while looking at the messages.

I knew it would give you everything.
It’s so inflexible!

“Huh…”

On top of giving all those stats, Wrath was even working as an alarm for when the messages were coming.

‘I really made a suitable nickname for him.’

No one in the world would be able to beat the name ‘giving Wrath’.

‘I should easily become a Grandmaster within three years since he is with me.’

The King of Essence can’t live like this! This is too much!

Raon smiled as he watched Wrath scream while flailing his limbs around.

‘I’m looking forward to your continued cooperation.’

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