The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 285
Raon looked at the 10th Apostle and Merlin, clicking his tongue.
“What are you doing?”
He clashed the Heavenly Sword and the Requiem Sword, signaling the two Grandmasters to hurry up and fight.
“Time is on our side? Let's fight quickly and finish it soon.”
“Ha!”
“Ah…” The 10th Apostle's beast-like fierce eyes softened, and Merlin let out an ecstatic moan.
'What will happen now.'
Raon accepted the gazes of the two Grandmasters with ease and smiled.
-Of course it won't work! Do you have no mental head?!
Wrath frowned as if asking if he meant that.
'There is a possibility.'
-This fool! Those guys are like dust to this King, but in your world, they are not weaklings, right?
'Well, that's true.'
-Not to mention they are allies. How stupid are those guys who would fight because of you?
They will definitely try to take you in a different way!
“No, it won't.”
Raon shook his head, seeing the eyes of the 10th Apostle and Merlin with different emotions. This method wouldn't work on other Demon Monarchs, but it would definitely work on Eden and the White Blood Cult.
Why?
Because...
Both are crazy.
Among the crazy Demon Monarchs, those who are half-mad are Eden and the White Blood Cult. No matter what alliance, since the purpose of the crazy ones is the same, it is natural for them to clash.
“Merlin. You won't follow what that guy says, right?”
The 10th Apostle calmed his shaking eyes and looked at Merlin.
“Huh? Ah, of course… I have to listen.”
“What?”
“I've decided to do everything the kid wants.”
Merlin let out a sticky laugh and extended both hands. Behind her, fire and water magic circles emerged, and the mana around began to boil.
“Merlin!”
The 10th Apostle activated white blood aura. His eyes alone were enough to create a disgusting killing intent as he glared at Merlin.
“You don't know? This is a test.”
Merlin shook her fingers left and right.
“Test? What nonsense are you talking?”
“The test to show your strength if you want to take me. You really don't know the kid's intention to go to the stronger one?”
She interpreted Raon's thoughts to her liking.
“If you want to take Raon, killing you is not difficult.”
From Merlin's right hand, red water spurted, and from her left hand, blue flames blazed, shooting towards the 10th Apostle's front.
Kwaaah!
Two lines of magic that grew in volume and power as they advanced filled half of the joint.
“You crazy woman!”
The 10th Apostle reached his hand to the sky. The space split in half, and a white window like snowflakes appeared in his hand.
Fierce blood aura spurting from the window clashed head-on with Merlin's magic.
Kwaaah!
A massive shock occurred, the floor of the joint twisted, and the ceiling collapsed like sand.
“If you don't want to fight, step back. I'll accept your defeat with broad-mindedness.”
Merlin poured out four kinds of magic with one hand and sneered.
“It is the order given by the Cult Leader. Even if I have to return to the Blood God, I cannot stop.”
The 10th Apostle bit his teeth and pointed the White Spear forward.
“Then it's decided.”
The magic circle behind Merlin's back swelled to double size. The mana she operated was also amplified to a level incomparable to before.
“Feel free to try.”
“Let's tear off that mask and enjoy the howling face.”
The 10th Apostle's eyes changed. His beast-like eyes, though fierce but calm, had madness shining in them as the leash was loosened.
Kwaaah!
Clash of spear and magic. The shock from the collision of the two monsters shook the entire Gransavil.
-What, what?
Wrath gulped down his dry saliva while watching Merlin and the 10th Apostle fighting, bursting with vast light.
-Why are those stupid guys fighting! ‘Just now the 10th Apostle said they are crazy, right.’ That's the only reason. Since Merlin and the 10th Apostle are as crazy as their strong power, it's natural for them to fight. ‘Especially Merlin is obsessed with me.’ Every time I see her, that crazy obsession increases, so it's obvious that she would challenge the 10th Apostle to a fight. The 10th Apostle is cold on the surface, but he can't change the fact that he's a blood ghost who eats human flesh. Once he starts acting up, he'll go berserk. ‘Want to show something more fun?’
Raon smiled faintly and called out to Merlin who was activating wind and fire magic simultaneously.
“Merlin. If I wear the Eden helmet, does that mean I disappear as a being?”
“Interested? There it is! As expected!”
Merlin turned around and smiled brightly. The old woman's mask smiling was grotesque itself.
“No. You are still you. Only when wearing the helmet, you change a bit. You'll know once you try it once. You can become much stronger than now. I'll make you that way.”
She said in a gentle tone that she would pull up the potential of the mysterious power in the helmet.
“It's a lie.”
The 10th Apostle blocked Merlin's magic and ground his teeth.
“The spirits of high-grade monsters are in the Eden helmet and mask. The moment you use it, you will lose your self!”
He pushed Merlin away with the blood aura swirling on the spear and continued.
“We are different. The Cult Leader can make you strong while you are yourself. You just need to accept the blood aura. Come with me. You will be the strongest apostle…”
“That won't do.”
Merlin created a semi-transparent space to absorb the 10th Apostle's spear strike and smiled broadly.
“Although there are monster spirits in the helmet, it's not always eaten. You can win. Moreover, when you take off the helmet, it's still Raon you. Nothing changes. Just a new strong power called fighting spirit will be created.”
She blew on the small wind sprouting from her finger. The wind piece smaller than a fingernail became a huge dragon roar and covered the 10th Apostle.
“If you accept the blood aura once, you have to live as a monster that eats human flesh for the rest of your life. Is that okay? Moreover, the White Blood Cult Leader is human…”
“Shut up!”
“Huh huh.”
The 10th Apostle cut through the storm and swung the spear strike. Merlin used Blink to retreat and fired a magic bombardment of countless lights.
Kwaaah!
Merlin and the 10th Apostle stopped talking again and continued their fierce offensive, aiming at each other's throat.
“Hmm.”
Raon narrowed his eyes, recalling the words of Merlin and the 10th Apostle. 'The helmet has monster spirits…' This could be used.
With his current self, he had obtained good information that could benefit him. He was really grateful that both were crazy.
“Did you see?”
Raon shrugged his shoulders at Wrath.
'Information can be stolen too.'
-Eh...
Wrath opened his mouth wide looking at Raon. 'Is this guy really human…?' Even though the opponent was much stronger, he didn't shrink, used the opponent's psychology to start the fight, and even got information from there. He hadn't imagined such a method.
“Foolish.”
Raon, the weakest here, was controlling the situation. For the first time, he saw the guy as big because he stood boldly against the strong without backing down. Although still an apprentice in terms of power, his mental strength and insight were not an exaggeration to say he had reached the realm.
-Cough!
This would be useful.
Wrath cleared his throat and started writing today's events on his left palm with his right index finger.
-This King has had a surprising experience today. A weakling against a strong one…
“What are you doing?”
Raon looked at Wrath muttering while writing on his palm and tilted his head.
“I'm writing.”
“Writing?”
-That's right.
“What writing?”
-It's a writing to definitely remember the method you used on those two fools. I must acquire it to make the arrogant Pride guy and the dirty Grid guy fight.
“Ha…”
Wrath didn't believe it was impossible at first, but after seeing it with his eyes, he seemed to have fallen for this method.
-This King has already thought of a great line.
“Line?”
-Yes. “From now on, kill each other!” Isn't it cool?
Wrath puffed out his chest, saying even he thought it was great.
-From now on, please give lectures. I have to tell this to the young demons in the Demon Realm…
He clicked his tongue in regret and repeated the line.
“It won't be that easy…”
The reason this plan succeeded was because Merlin was really crazy, more than anything else. It's something that can't be done unless you're crazy enough.
“By the way…”
Raon lowered his eyebrows looking at Wrath who was happy to have heard a good lecture.
“Have you really given up?”
Wrath had been beaten for over 10 years, so it seemed he had half given up on claiming the body. Now, it wasn't an exaggeration to say he was an illegal tenant borrowing half of the body.
A proud, naive, food-loving wrathful lord, what a ridiculous guy.
Kwaaah!
While muttering that it was amazing while looking at Wrath's back, a huge explosion erupted from above Gransavil.
Merlin and the 10th Apostle were fighting in the sky, away from the narrow joint, but even from far away, the mana shock from the two monsters made their stomachs churn.
-What is the next plan? Running away?
“No.”
Raon shook his head. Running away would be caught quickly anyway, and it would only create hostages. It wasn't time for that now.
Hwaaah!
He put his hand on the floor and activated the Cultivation of Ten Thousand Flames. The flames following the dried blood spread to the ground, wrapping around the people whose breaths had stopped.
-Why would you do a funeral in this situation?
“This is the situation. I'm doing it.”
The people who died here were all torn apart by the 7th Apostle's blood and flesh. If left like this, they could become ghosts or bad negative entities, so he decided to comfort them and send them off.
Uuuuuung!
The Requiem Sword raised the qi to boost the flames of the Cultivation of Ten Thousand Flames.
“Is that so.”
The clear sword name ringing from the Requiem Sword seemed to pray that they wouldn't become like him.
Hwaaah!
Pure high heat and qi combined, and the people who couldn't close their eyes even in death turned into ashes and scattered into the sky.
“May you rest in peace there.”
Raon closed his eyes with both hands clasped.
Without knowing that a sacred light bloomed in the ashes and settled on the blade of the Requiem Sword, he comforted the souls of the people who had died for a long time.
***
Kwaaah!
A magnificent spark flashes from the dense clouds filling the sky. In the spectacular scene where yellow chains seem to wrap the sky, countless lightning bolts pour down.
Ziiing!
The wave of blood aura from the 10th Apostle's White Spear soared from the ground to the sky's end, covering the entire Gransavil.
Kwaaah!
The city is crushed like mud from the collision of extreme magic and martial arts. Even the mana fragments bursting from the aftermath of the collision flipped the lake and caused the mountain to collapse.
Uuuung!
The 10th Apostle frowned looking at Merlin who was condensing red and blue mana in both hands.
“You know it too, right? If we keep clashing like this, both you and I will die. Are you really going to go to the end?”
“When did the Cult Leader start targeting Raon?”
Merlin didn't answer the question and spat out a weird sound.
“What?”
“When the 4th Apostle died at Raon's hand, right?”
“…”
The 10th Apostle answered with silence.
“I've been like this from the beginning. From the moment I first saw that kid, I fell in love. And when I saw him the second time, I was sure. We are fate.”
The more Merlin's smile deepened, the density and fragrance of the mana flowing around her increased geometrically.
“Hmm…”
The 10th Apostle narrowed his eyes looking at the madness dripping from Merlin's eyes.
“As soon as I knew you appeared here, I prepared for this fight. Victory is yours. But Raon will go with me.”
When Merlin's eyes flashed sharply, countless magic circles emerged behind her back.
Kwaaah!
The magic pouring like a meteor shower had the power of Ganghwan in each one, and they poured from the ground to perfectly enclose the 10th Apostle's space.
“Merlin!”
A powerful blood aura that could shatter the sky burned from the 10th Apostle's spear, splitting the magic, but new magic quickly filled the spot like a waterfall.
“A thousand magics prepared for you. Enjoy playing.”
“Merlin!”
Merlin let out the 10th Apostle's scream and went back down to the joint.
***
Raon narrowed his eyes looking at the descended Merlin.
'This is unexpected.'
Seeing her prepare like that, she wasn't just crazy, but very firmly crazy.
'But…'
It's not that bad on my side. It was much easier to deal with Merlin's magic than fighting the 10th Apostle with power.
'Because of the Requiem Sword.'
The ability of the Requiem Sword obtained by breaking the 4th Apostle in Lohengrin's Dungeon. With the Magic Demonic Point, he had enough confidence to withstand while the 10th Apostle pierced through Merlin's magic.
-You have a plan!
Hearing Wrath's admiration, he pointed the Requiem Sword forward.
“Disrupt.”
Merlin smiled broadly and clapped.
“What?”
“You've grown again and prepared something, huh?”
She let out a deeper smile and slightly lowered her chin.
“I wanted to see that, but now there's no time.”
“It's a pity, but I have a lot of time. I really want to see the conclusion of the two of you.”
“That won't be possible.”
A hexagonal box emerged above Merlin's hand. From the box filled with strange patterns, black smoke blazed like embers.
“That is…”
Raon swallowed dry saliva. It was a box that spewed ill omen just by looking at it.
“Do you know that among legendary artifacts, there are one-time consumables?”
“Legendary consumables?”
“This is one of them. It's called Soul Sealing Jade.”
A creepy chill ran up his spine, and he stepped back. To prepare for any event, he resonated the Ring of Fire to its extreme.
“Open.”
Merlin didn't even think of chasing, and pushed mana into the box.
Ziiing!
18 holes were drilled in the hexagonal box, and thick black smoke spurted out.
'What is that…
Eh?’
He tried to raise the sword, but his body didn't move. When he looked down, his shadow had dark iron chains sprouting and binding his whole body.
“Th, this is…”
“The Soul Sealing Jade is a prison that can trap beings with less mana than the user. Because the shadow chains bind your soul, you can't move.”
It was as he said. It wasn't that the body couldn't move, but the soul that moves this body wasn't moving at all. In this state, he couldn't even let Wrath lift him by avoiding the soul.
“It won't take long.”
Merlin shook the Soul Sealing Jade with a broad smile, and the view began to darken.
-Thanks to your disgusting mana, this King can't move either. But this is also your plan, right? Good. Let's go anywhere!
“Lord Butler!”
When grinding teeth, a familiar voice came from the ceiling hole. When he barely lifted his eyes, the green hair fluttering in the wind came into view.
Dorian. The guy took something from his belly pouch and threw it this way.
“You fool. Run away…”
Raon ground his teeth looking at Merlin.
“U…”
“If you touch my kids, I'll kill you…”
“Ya.”
“I didn't touch them. Just close your eyes for a moment and open them, and it'll all be over.”
Merlin made a soft laugh and waved her hand.
The moment the finger circling in a circle returned to its place, the view blurred.