The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 258: Wrath's Tantrum
Raon had been scolding Wrath for a long time in Loengrin's laboratory. To the point where Dorian had hidden under the desk, terrified that the Demon Lord would go berserk.
'Is he calming down now?' Wrath grumbled, 'It's noisy, damn it.'
Wrath frowned but didn't curse; instead, he was appeased by the promise to eat both shrimp pizza and pineapple pizza at once.
Raon chuckled and recalled the message he hadn't confirmed properly. 'The water affinity is a different concept from resistance.'
This time's affinity seemed specialized for offense, unlike the resistance he had before.
- As the name suggests.
Wrath's eyes narrowed in displeasure.
- If water resistance blocks external cold attacks, then water affinity strengthens the cold energy inside you. 'Strengthen?' - That's right. The power, operating speed, range, and intensity of the cold energy will all become stronger than before. Ah...
The guy stopped mid-sentence and shook his hand. 'Why? Are you hurt?' - Thinking about it. I'm getting angry again! I can't stand it!
Wrath's second tantrum started, but it was shorter than the first.
- Hoo! Hoo!
"Um..."
Raon clicked his tongue at Wrath panting like he had run a marathon. 'I shouldn't show him the message for a while.' Every time he showed the message, it would trigger a tantrum, so he turned around and observed alone. 'Loengrin's knowledge...' The second message was Loengrin's knowledge on operating and researching cold energy. 'I don't remember everything.' Basic parts come to mind, but detailed theories are hazy, as if covered in fog. It must be because he suddenly downloaded someone else's knowledge. 'Even this is not bad.' As time passes, other theories will come to mind, but with just this knowledge and theory, he could raise the intensity and power of Glacia.
A smile formed on his face at the certainty that the frost energy and clear rain would develop further. 'The stats also increased.' He saw the last message about stats rising. Loengrin had left all his aura, and stats increased by 6 points. He was truly grateful for that. 'And...' The greatest harvest was naturally the artificial dantian and Spirit Flow Pill.
Rimer might have broken his current dantian, deciding whether to use artificial dantian or just restore mana circuits with Spirit Flow Pill, but he would at least return to his previous appearance. Now, relief filled him. 'I came for Lord Rimer, but I'm taking care of more.' Raon patted the Requiem Sword and smiled faintly. Since the stats for the Requiem Sword, which requires purification of blood, were less than what he got from Loengrin, he couldn't hold back his laughter.
- Damn it...
Wrath also felt it and frowned. 'But why can't you remember the name?' - What do you mean? 'You call Merlin 'Milde' and 'Milde' when you see her.' - Hmph. Why should this King remember the name of such a lowly thing. 'But when I was with you, I met the witch wearing Merlin's mask too.' Twice in Habun Castle and once when saving the saint, facing Eden's Merlin mask.
- This King didn't even see the real one, how could you know that. 'You really never saw her? Even when Loengrin was fighting?' - What's the fun in facing such lowly beings. Just enjoying the rising anger is enough. 'Hmm...' Raon narrowed his eyes. 'He's not that kind of person.' Today, seeing Loengrin sent, he was sure. Wrath, once he decides someone is his, will observe and protect them to the end. Such a Wrath wouldn't have avoided fighting. 'Ah! Could it be...' Is he acting like a worried parent?
In the trainee days, there were parents who attended their children's tests, closing their eyes or praying outside instead of watching, not because they hated their children, but because they loved them too much and wanted them to succeed.
Raon suspected Wrath was like that. 'Could it be...' - Hmm? 'You didn't watch Loengrin fight because you were afraid he'd die from tension? So you don't remember the name...' - W-what nonsense are you talking!
Wrath's ears perked up and trembled.
- What kind of thing is that to worry about! I just didn't have interest in it! 'Hee...' The overreaction confirms it. This guy couldn't watch his subordinate's fight because his heart was racing.
- No way! 'Yeah, yeah.' - Hey, man! No way! Really no way!
Raon chuckled and waved his hand. Raon and Wrath seemed to get along too well, to the envy of each other.
"Is the Demon Lord gone now?"
When Wrath shouted loudly, Dorian approached.
"How did you know."
"Should I say the air? The space here has become warm yet cool."
"Warm yet cool?"
"I know it's weird to say that, but the temperature actually rose, but somehow it feels desolate."
Because they had been together for a short time, Dorian felt that Loengrin had left.
"Yeah. He went to a good place."
"Um, thank you for the meantime."
Dorian finally stuffed the white oak desk into his belly pouch and bowed his head towards Loengrin's remains. 'What to do. Should I take the ashes too...' - No need.
Wrath waved his hand.
- This King originally didn't like wandering around. It would be better here. 'I was watching well.' - N-no, that's not it! 'Understood.' Raon smiled faintly and straightened Loengrin's clothes.
"Then let's tidy up the rest."
Raon clapped his hands and turned to Dorian.
"Dorian. Sweep all the books and items here!"
"A-all of them?"
"Yeah."
"Wow!"
Dorian jumped excitedly and poured the books from the shelves into his belly pouch. The brightest face among the ones he had seen recently. As expected, the quartermaster's personality.
- W-why are you taking that! It's Loen-yellow's! 'Loengrin-nim would like what we use too. I got permission earlier.' It wasn't just talk. When he said he would take all the relics, Loengrin had smiled gently and nodded.
- You didn't answer! Stop this brat quickly!
This is spiteful. Wrath knew that if it was Loengrin, he would have said to take it, but he was arguing anyway. 'Then there's a way.' - A-a way? 'Wait a moment.' Raon clasped his hands and closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes and nodded. 'Hmm, understood.' - W-what? What did you do just now.
Wrath's eyes trembled with unease. 'I resolved it with the party.' - Resolved? With the party? 'Yeah. Loengrin-nim said to take it.' - W-what crazy talk... 'I prayed to the sky and asked.' Raon pointed to the sky and smirked.
- You damn demon brat! * * *
Crackling!
A faint darkness flickered, and a space opened. The lower body was that of a goat, upper body armored knight, wearing a goat helmet - Akyanggwi entered.
From the dark greatsword on his back, blood dripped.
When Akyanggwi tried to walk into the dark passage, the left space opened and a white hand emerged.
"Long time no see."
Following the hand, a long nose with bumps appeared. Under the old woman's mask, it was Merlin.
"Ah, right. It's been a while since the forest, hasn't it? What was the name again..."
Akyanggwi crossed his arms and chuckled.
"You kept calling, but why now?"
Merlin's voice was soft, but a chilling cold flowed from her tone.
"Of course, I'm busy. I haven't escaped the inheritance yet. I have to go back and forth. Please bear with me."
Akyanggwi clasped his hands and smiled under the helmet.
"Yeah, that's fine. But..."
Merlin's old woman's mask floated in front of Akyanggwi.
"Why did you let Raon go?"
"Let him go? Why would I do such a thing."
Akyanggwi shook his head saying it's impossible.
"I appreciate you looking up to me, but there was a saint there too. If the two of them fought, it would be dangerous. So I had no choice but to make a bet."
"Lost? You?"
Merlin laughed coldly.
"Even if Raon became a master and the saint was in my body, you couldn't withstand my sword. You could have cut it or captured it, but why let it go?"
"No, and my mission was to block the path. I blocked the path with my life, but if you push it like this, it's disappointing."
Akyanggwi tilted his head. Still smiling, but heavy aura started flowing from him.
"You seem to have seen something from that kid too."
Merlin lifted the chin of her mask and smiled faintly.
"That's right. He's a special kid."
"..."
Akyanggwi didn't answer and stared at Merlin.
"Thanks to you, I decided to prepare properly."
"Prepare?"
"Yeah."
Merlin took out a hexagonal box from her robe. It looked like a pill case with medicine, but it was full of strange horn patterns, and black smoke rose slowly.
"Ha..."
Akyanggwi, who hadn't lost his smile until now, exhaled.
"Is that a one-time relic?"
"Yeah."
"You wouldn't use it on Raon, would you?"
"Of course."
Merlin nodded immediately as if asking why she would ask the obvious.
"What exactly did you see in Raon that made you want to use Sheti's Tears?"
"As expected, what you saw and what I saw are different."
"Huh?"
"I also thought at first that he would be a big help to our great cause. Since he could wound me, I wanted to have him."
She slowly pulled down the face inside the mask.
"But I was wrong too. Raon is real. No one here can replace him."
Merlin spread her hands to cover the entire Eden headquarters.
"To that extent..."
"You don't know. What kind of power is dwelling in that kid."
She grabbed her own neck tightly. Blocking her own breath, she smiled brightly.
"No one but me..."
* * *
Chad, the leader of Biyeonhoe, ran urgently through the Lord's Palace corridor. Normally, he would never do such a thing, but the situation was urgent, leaving no choice.
Knock knock.
Standing in front of the audience chamber, he knocked on the door with his fist as if urging to open it quickly. Before the sound could spread, Roen opened the door.
"Leader of Biyeonhoe?"
"Urgent matter. The Lord..."
"He's there. Please come in."
Roen nodded and opened the door.
"Thank you."
Chad thanked him and quickly entered.
On the throne above the platform, Glenn Zieghart looked down at the Lord's Palace, no, the world, with bored eyes.
"Lord Zieghart!"
Chad's lips trembled as he knelt. The overwhelming aura. Since he had only been in charge of Biyeonhoe for a short time, every time he stood before this man Glenn, his heart trembled.
"What's the matter?"
He seemed to have heard the conversation with Roen and said to get to the point.
"There was a clash between the Light Wind Squad and the South-North Alliance at the Gazelle River."
"Clash?"
"A report from Light Wind 3rd Squad Leader Burren came from the branch. It's a clash with Tiller, the son of the South-North Alliance leader."
Chad took out a document from his pocket.
"The Chungru tribe there was actually..."
He told what happened at Doran Village and the Gazelle River through the documents he heard from Burren and organized himself.
"How's Rimer's injury?"
"The battle injury is minor, but due to overexertion, there was a big shock to the dantian and mana circuits. He won't die immediately, but lifespan will decrease, and he might not be able to use aura again..."
Chad bit his lip as if he had committed a crime.
"Rimer. That idiot..."
Glenn frowned.
"The South-North Alliance leader and the Floating King didn't even receive the three unions, and he still fell, he's still weak."
The Heavenly Sword Squad Leader, leaning on the pillar, clicked her tongue.
"Eh..."
Chad's eyes widened. 'What, what?' Despite the closest person Rimer being severely injured, Glenn, Sheryl, and Roen showed no reaction. Not even worry, but rather mocking tone.
"Is Burren at the branch?"
"Yes. He's waiting. And..."
"And?"
"He requested an elixir to save the Light Wind Squad leader. If it's hard to provide, ..."
Chad took out a golden tablet from his pocket.
"He asked for an elixir to recover dantian or mana circuits even if using this gold tablet."
"What gold tablet?"
"It's the one belonging to Light Wind Squad Leader Raon Zieghart. Sent via transmission."
He clenched the gold tablet and swallowed dryly.
"No matter how much for saving the squad leader, he made a decision to hand over the gold tablet immediately. The Light Wind Squad leader Raon Zieghart was a person worthy of the title of truly cooperative. I saw it again."
When sending the gold tablet via transmission, he thought it was crazy.
"Crha..."
Glenn covered his mouth with his hand when he heard it was Raon's. His eyes narrowed slightly, as if holding back a laugh.
"Hmm."
"Huhu."
Sheryl and Roen smiled faintly at such Glenn. 'W-what is this?' Is Glenn really laughing?
He had lived his whole life in Zieghart, but he had never seen Glenn Zieghart laugh. It was unbelievable that he was laughing about such a thing.
"The gold tablet is done."
Glenn snapped his fingers, and the space split into a cross. From a dimension filled with golden flames, a rectangular pill case popped out.
"It's Sheti's Tears. Excellent for stabilizing damaged mana circuits. Send it back with the gold tablet."
With his gesture, the pill case slowly rose and fell into Chad's hand.
"Ah, besides the injury of the Light Wind Squad leader, there's another serious matter."
"Serious matter?"
"Yeah."
Chad nodded. He deliberately didn't mention one to avoid dividing the focus when saying two important things at once.
"When the matter is all over, the Floating King of Dark Cloud..."
He told about the life-and-death duel between Raon and the Floating King in three years.
"In my opinion, the South-North Alliance leader and a meeting..."
He swallowed dryly and stopped. No, he couldn't speak. A terrifying aura that crushed the world exploded from above the platform.
"Leader of Biyeonhoe."
"Yes..."
He barely opened his mouth, putting all his power.
"Have you found the location of the South-North Alliance?"
"A-Approximately, we found it. If we have a little more time..."
"Continue to find it accurately. Heavenly Sword Squad Leader."
Glenn narrowed his eyes and turned his head.
"Can you hit the South-North Alliance?"
"Of course."
Sheryl nodded without hesitation. The eyes that had been mocking Rimer earlier burned with scorching anger.
"I will tear apart all these pathetic bandits."
"The South-North Alliance leader is for me to handle. Since I couldn't manage my subordinates, I have to cut their hands first."
"Then I'll cut off the Floating King's head. Because I targeted something I shouldn't have targeted."
Glenn and Sheryl smiled at each other, raising fierce killing intent as if rushing to attack the South-North Alliance immediately.
Kugugugu!
Vibrations occurred on the ceiling and floor of the audience chamber from the surging aura from the two. 'W-what is this person doing!' Chad clicked his teeth. 'War! War!' It's not a game!
It wasn't a weak force, but the South-North Alliance, the strongest in the mountains and rivers, one of the Five Demons. People with the most influence in Zieghart suddenly wanted to start a war at the headquarters of the South-North Alliance. 'C-crazy?' The opposite of the Light Wind Squad leader who couldn't catch the Floating King and got mocked. The difference was so great that even fallen Rimer would jump up to argue.
"Wait, just think a little..."
"You two are too excited. Calm down first."
When trying to stop them, Roen came forward first.
"Y-yes. You have to stay calm."
Chad quickly nodded. 'Opportunity.' He attached to Roen's uniquely calm opinion to stop the two.
"From what I know, Raon young master overcomes crises every time and grows stronger. With three years, he will surely grow a lot this time too."
"Eh?"
Chad turned to Roen and widened his eyes. 'H-he too?' Roen was not trying to stop the war, but saying to let it be, thinking about Raon's growth.
"But the Floating King is a Grandmaster. It's a different level from the crises so far. Raon reaching Grandmaster in three years is impossible."
Sheryl slowly shook her head.
"I think the same, but you can develop a lot in three years. And if not..."
Chad clenched his fist and looked at Roen's mouth, hoping to hear that war was impossible, but his words exceeded imagination.
"I'll step in. A Grandmaster like the Floating King is nothing, in one night."
He said that and gestured cutting his own neck.
"Huh? You want me to kill the Floating King?"
"Hahaha, assassination is faster and easier. You can leave the rest to the Heavenly Sword Squad Leader."
"Yeah, killing the Floating King and attacking the South-North Alliance would reduce the loss. Then I'll take the vanguard."
Sheryl clicked her tongue and nodded.
"Not bad."
Glenn nodded satisfied.
"Huhu."
"Wha..."
Chad shivered with a cold smile from Glenn, Sheryl, and Roen. 'W-what are these people doing!' Scary!