The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman Chapter 358

Chapter 358

“Help me! I’ll do anything! please!”

Palen howled as he rubbed his palms like flies.

“The servants are good too. Slaves are good too! Please stay by my side!”

Mark Goeten shouted gravely, banging his head on the floor.

– Uhm… .

Lars scratched his chin and licked his lips.

-I don’t understand the current king, so what did you guys do to those two?

‘Except for hitting me yesterday, I didn’t do anything.’

Even Palen didn’t lose. You know, because I fainted.

Raon lowered his eyebrows as he watched Palen and Mark Goeten kneel down and cry.

-But why are you like that?

‘I don’t know.’

-Isn’t it trying to catch you off guard and blow your head?

‘It could be, but the possibility is low.’

The Palen I’ve seen so far is a woman whose pride is stronger than her abilities. She wasn’t the type to get down on her knees and beg, even if she concocted a plan to beat herself up.

‘and… .’

Raon looked at Palen’s face and wrinkled his mouth.

‘It’s a face full of fear.’

After I passed out and woke up, I felt like I had gone through something very frightening. Without that, I couldn’t make a face like that.

“Come in, both of you.”

Raon turned back the steps he was about to leave and returned to the room.

“Go, thank you!”

“thank you!”

Palen and Mark Goeten crawled into the room on their knees.

“her… ”

Raon sighed, closed the door, and sat down on the bed.

“Get up and sit down.”

He pulled out a chair and motioned for the two of them to sit down.

“Gwa, it’s okay.”

“I am also comfortable with this.”

Palen and Mark Goeten didn’t stand up, but shook their heads on their knees.

“how… .”

Raon touched his temples while looking at the eyes of the two who had sunk in different colors.

‘I don’t understand.’

– You guys don’t understand either.

‘what?’

– Why are you suddenly saying something respectful? Even yesterday, I spat out half words.

Lars looked this way and wrinkled his nose.

‘Because they’re polite over there.’

-So you’re saying honorifics too? Did you talk nonsense yesterday?

‘okay.’

-In the eyes of the king, you’re not normal either. It rotates about 45 degrees.

The guy floated in the air like cigarette smoke, saying he had never thought it would be so difficult to understand humans.

‘It’s only natural that it’s hard for the same people to understand each other.’

Raon closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them and looked at Mark. In the eyes filled with futility and despair, there was a small, subtle light.

‘It would be easier to say this way.’

It would have been better to speak with Mark Goeten first rather than the panic-stricken Palen.

“Mark Goetton.”

“yes!”

“What do you mean by accepting me as a servant?”

“That’s exactly what it says.”

Mark Goetton pounded his fist on the left chest, where the heart is.

“I want to follow you even if I become a servant! Let me serve you as my lord!”

Even his voice had a power that was hard to believe for someone who had seen it yesterday.

“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

Raon let out a short sigh and leaned his arm on his lap. Unbelievable, his body lost strength.

“If you’re going to stand behind my back for revenge, you’ve got the wrong address. I don’t trust you.”

“It’s not like that.”

“Then I belong to Sieghart… .”

“Not even that! Because when I woke up, I didn’t know you were Raon Sieghart.”

Mark Goetton shook his head violently.

“When I woke up after passing out, the thing that hurt more than the jaw or the cut was the heart. The words you said before hitting me in the jaw became an awl and stabbed me in the chest.”

He tapped his left chest once again.

“What Raon said is right. When I was young, I neglected my efforts because I was intoxicated with my talent, and when I got older, I thought it was too late, so I put off the training I had to do and only practiced what I wanted to do.”

Mark Gotten pressed his clenched fist into the floor.

“I am trying. I swung the sword, consoling myself that I was working hard, but there was no basics, no herbivore, no will.”

“hmm… .”

He continued talking even though his face was red from embarrassment.

“Thanks to Raon, I came to my senses, albeit belatedly. If you accept me, I will become your slave. I want to take the last chance as an assistant by the side.”

He finished talking and hit his head on the floor. He hit so hard that the room rang.

‘It seems sincere, but… .’

Raon rubbed the back of his neck and glanced at Lars.

‘How did you see it?’

-Didn’t your eyes, which were distorted as if you took drugs, straighten out as if you had been ironed? It means to be sincere.

‘What if I was brainwashed?’

– Brainwashing like that in just one day is impossible. There was no scent of such magical power left. but i can’t be sure Because I might have written an artifact.

As Lars said, he seems sincere, but he cannot be sure.

It’s a great opportunity to receive a Master’s lower class as a subordinate, but you may get an upset stomach after eating, so don’t make a rash decision.

“I understand why you have come, but I cannot trust you unconditionally.”

“I understand.”

Mark Goetton bowed his head. Seeing her yesterday, she seemed to have changed souls with him. It changed so much that it was to the point where I couldn’t trust it.

“I’ll think about it, please go back.”

“All right.”

Mark Goetton nodded and headed for the door. Crawling on his knees as he came in.

“Walk away!”

“yep!”

After telling me to walk, I got up and went outside.

“Whoa… .”

Raon shook his head and looked at Palen. She was still biting her dry lips like someone in terror.

“Palen Sepia. Why did you come?”

“Yo, I came to ask for forgiveness.”

“What forgiveness?”

“Yesterday, I didn’t even know the subject and acted arrogantly… .”

Palen stopped talking for a moment and swallowed dry saliva. She looked worried as she watched her eyes shake rapidly, but eventually her mouth opened again. It seemed that she couldn’t overcome her fear of something.

“Everything about trying to assassinate you… .”

“assassination?”

Raon shook his chin.

‘what?’

What do you think?

I expected that Palen would hire an assassination group, but I never dreamed that he would reveal that he was trying to assassinate me. He said that bringing up the story of an assassination was no different from revealing everything inside.

“You tried to assassinate me?”

“yes yes… .”

Palen lowered his eyes and nodded. Tears filled his eyes.

“Why did you reveal that? If you had been hiding it, you wouldn’t have known?”

“Because I don’t want to die.”

“You don’t want to die?”

“yes. Everything, I will die if I don’t tell you the truth. No, they say that pain worse than death comes… .”

“Who is killing you?”

“Nu, the cross in the eye… who, who is it?”

Palen looked up at the sky with dazed eyes.

‘Who was that?’

I felt fear and pain to the point of wanting to bite my tongue and die, but all I remember is the red cross in my eyes.

The hair all over her body stood on end in a terrifying chill.

But one thing is certain.

What I felt all night was not a dream. If he did not reveal all the facts to Raon and ask for forgiveness, he could feel that fear and pain for the rest of his life.

“Oh, that doesn’t matter! please! Please forgive me!”

Palen said it didn’t matter anyway and asked for forgiveness, banging his head again and rubbing his hands together.

“hmm… .”

Raon looked at Palen and lifted his chin slightly.

-I can smell it.

‘okay.’

Unlike Mark Goeten, who seemed self-aware, there seemed to be some outside intervention in Palen.

‘About two… .’

There were two places that were supposed to have done this.

Did you get pressure from the assassination group you were trying to submit a request for? The second, to be honest, I didn’t want to imagine.

“Where were you going to put the assassination request?”

“Huh, it’s called Heuksa.”

“Black Death… .”

Raon’s eyes hardened when he heard the word “black death”.

‘This name comes from here?’

Black Death was one of the external names used by the Shadow, a group of assassins raised by Derus in the shadows.

‘A rat-like bastard.’

Tried to intervene here too.

It seemed that Derus was also trying to keep his foot in the fight over the successor of Sepia Firm.

From Yonan to the North, to Sepia. He was reaching out across the continent.

“Ah, the request hasn’t been entered yet! Because I was told to just check the connection. Cancel immediately… .”

“no.”

Raon slowly shook his head to dry Palen.

“Execute that request.”

“yes. yes?”

Palen was frightened and raised his head. His eyes widened as if they were going to explode in surprise.

“You must have tried to assassinate Dorian or the other brothers, right?”

“That, that… .”

“Cancel the rest, just leave me and Dorian.”

“Why did you do that… .”

“You don’t need to know that.”

Raon stood up and approached Palen. She held her chin and met her eyes.

“Did you say you would do anything?”

“ah… .”

Palen’s lips trembled. When he saw his red eyes burning redder than the sun, the fear that had oppressed him last night came back to life.

No, cold sweat ran down my whole body from the chill that felt like the thicker darkness was pressing down on my whole body.

“I look forward to it.”

“yes… .”

All I could do was nod my head at the words like wearing a slave leash.

* * *

After sending the terrified Palen away, Raon headed to the gymnasium where he sparred yesterday. Since it was breakfast time, no one was there.

-Bo, the main king doesn’t want to go! go alone!

As if realizing who he was going to meet, Lars clutched at the gymnasium door and whimpered.

‘I don’t want to go either, but I can’t help it.’

I had to go see him to get a clear picture of this.

Raon went under the tree where he felt a small presence yesterday and opened his eyes. He stopped the sound from escaping and then raised his gaze.

“Is there?”

“huh!”

A flying squirrel popped out from a branch covered with leaves with a sonorous voice.

– Aaah!

Lars squealed at the sight of Merlin in the form of a flying squirrel.

– Crazy! She was also a madwoman!

The guy trembled his lips, saying he didn’t know the difference from an ordinary animal.

“Is it yours?”

“huh!”

It was an absurdly cheerful answer, as if he had no intention of cheating.

“Haaa… .”

Raon put a hand on his forehead and let out a long sigh.

‘As expected, it was Merlin.’

The flying squirrel I saw yesterday and the frightened Palen today were exactly what I had expected.

“don’t worry. It’s because I adjusted it so that it doesn’t harm you. No matter what happens, no one knows I intervened.”

Merlin wiggled his hands and twisted his body from side to side. As she listened now, her voice was more subdued than usual, like someone who had built up her fatigue.

‘Didn’t you feel Merlin’s presence yesterday?’

-No! If I had, I would have woken you up right away and told you to run away!

Lars hid behind his shoulder, saying that he was indeed a madwoman.

“How did you get in here?”

“Where can anyone keep a cute squirrel in check?”

Merlin shook his head and laughed. She feels it every time, but seems to express her expression too well in her animal state.

“Apart from this place, the mansion has boundary magic.”

Several boundary magics are placed on the headquarters building. I don’t know how I got through the boundary that gets thicker at night.

“I know you’re coming here, and I’ve figured out all the routes you’ll be moving in advance. The bigger the building, the more holes it has.”

“Chef, route… .”

Raon touched his temple with his finger. It sounded so scary that he had figured out the route beforehand.

“Even if there is a hole, boundary magic… .”

“What Boundary Magic catches is mana sleeping deep inside the target’s body. Because only a very weak amount of mana exists in this child’s body. I can’t take it.”

Merlin spoke softly, like a teacher teaching a child.

“Then how did you instill fear in Palen?”

I heard about Merlin’s magic from Lars yesterday, so the question remains.

“I cast a spell like this.”

– Impossible!

Lars jumped over his shoulder and shook his head wildly.

-As you said earlier, how can you use magic when you have little mana!

That’s what it says. She was out of bounds due to low mana, but she couldn’t understand how she used magic.

“Hey. here.”

Merlin pointed at the flying squirrel’s chest.

“Stop, please… .”

“okay. vitality. I put my life force in all the children I controlled, but I used it without retrieving it. I am very interested in my work. Are you feeling good?”

When I heard Merlin’s laughter that flowed down with those words, the hair on my body stood up in horror. She looked at her lass with trembling lips.

-Go, it is possible. Substituting vitality into mana is not the specialty of a warrior. But vitality… .

‘It’s life span.’

It feels like your heart is tight.

Just as Matio, who fought before coming here, uses his life force to raise his aura, a wizard can create high-purity mana with his life force.

That crazy woman seemed to have done this while cutting her own lifespan.

“Are you really crazy?”

Raon shouted while holding his head with his hands.

“oh! Are you worried about me?”

Merlin jumped from the tree. She flew lightly and landed on her own trembling hands.

“happy… .”

She touched her fingers with the flying squirrel’s little hand, dyeing her cheeks red.

“don’t worry. Because if it’s for you, I can melt all of me.”

“It’s done. How much did you shorten your lifespan?”

“Not long. Because you broke the wall of that child’s mind, you entered bloodlessly.”

Merlin shook his hand, saying less than a month.

“Don’t do anything like that in the future. I may need your help, but I won’t allow you to cut your lifespan.”

It’s not because I like Merlin. It was because she felt that if she continued to use her, she might become the same person as Derus who played with her former self.

Even if Merlin did it himself, he didn’t want to do something similar to Derus.

“You think of me now.”

Merlin gave a half-moon-like smile as if he was happy.

“If you say that, I will follow you, okay… .”

She smiled broadly and nodded.

“driving me crazy.”

Raon looked up at the sky and sighed.

– No, I can’t speak. It’s already turned two times… .

Lars stuck out his trembling eyes as if feeling fear now.

“What did you do to Mark Goetton?”

“You didn’t do anything to him?”

“what?”

“I didn’t have time.”

“It’s true,” Merlin shrugged.

‘Then that’s… .’

that it was real

It seemed that he genuinely wanted to follow him.

“Have I been helpful?”

Merlin smiled and put his hand on his waist.

“… … .”

Raon looked at Merlin and closed his eyes.

‘It helped.’

He cut off Palen before he started playing tricks, and he even got a chance to reduce the power of the shadows, so it was a big help. However, it was absolutely not something to do by cutting down on lifespan.

“okay. But you didn’t have to go out like this. Never do anything like this again.”

“huh. however… .”

“What is it this time?”

“Because you worry about me. I’m so excited I’m disconnecting. I must have overworked myself yesterday.”

Merlin’s face grew red, and his voice began to hoarse.

“This kid has been through a lot. therefore… .”

“I knew it. What is it this time?”

Raon looked at the flying squirrel with a smile. He was confident this time because he brought various prey to the subspace pouch.

“They want to eat bird eggs and rotten meat.”

“… … .”

“Did you hear? Bird eggs and rotten meat. Among them, I hate eggs.”

“Did squirrels eat that?”

“Squirrels are omnivorous, and what they like changes every season. Then I’ll ask you well.”

She left those words and disappeared. The dampness in the squirrel’s eyes disappeared in an instant.

“Kikki!”

A flying squirrel quickly reached out to ask for food.

“Oh, um, uh… .”

Raon looked at the subspace pouch. Of course, there were no eggs or rotten meat.

“T, you have a peculiar taste.”

“Queek!”

The flying squirrel clapped his palm loudly and as if asking for speed.

“So eh… .”

“Unstoppable Lord!”

As I was thinking about what to do, the gymnasium door opened and Dorian entered.

“My father invited me to dinner today! The test you mentioned before… .”

“It doesn’t matter now.”

Raon shook his head and gestured to Dorian.

“Do you have any eggs? With a small one?”

“Will you give it to me?”

Dorian looked at the flying squirrel in the palm of her hand and reached into her belly pocket. After a while, two small and dainty bird eggs were caught and raised on his hand.

“Kikki!”

The flying squirrel jumped on the palm and liked it.

“Could it be the rotten meat… .”

“Do you eat that too? It’s unique.”

Dorian laughed at the flying squirrel.

“Well, you wouldn’t carry that either.”

Raon nodded. No wonder. No matter how much space is left, who will carry rotten meat?

“What rotten meat do you need? cow? pig? chicken? There are even ducks.”

Dorian pulled out a row of plastic-wrapped meats from his stomach bag.

“Is there?”

“Of course it is. It is a necessity.”

“Why… .”

-driving me crazy… .

Lars shook his head, looking back and forth between Dorian and the flying squirrel.

-Why are you carrying rotten meat!

The boy grabbed his head and screamed.

-Why are there so many crazy people in this era!

* * *

Raon and Dorian attended a dinner party invited by Addis. Even though we arrived 20 minutes before our appointment time, most of the long rectangular tables were occupied.

‘Are they the subordinates of the successor candidates?’

Just as he had followed Dorian, one or two subordinates were taking their places next to other successor candidates. Looking at the bright eyes, it seemed like everyone was in the same mood.

“The man at the end over there is our oldest brother.”

Dorian took a step to the side and whispered.

In the seat to the right of the seat of honor was a handsome middle-aged man who seemed to have come from a beast tribe. He neatly trimmed his beard and hair, giving a cool impression without looking dull despite his large size.

‘The other side knows, of course.’

Jesser Sepia.

Palen and Dialun did not learn any martial arts or magic, but Jesser was a famous person not only in the Sangha, but also in the martial arts world. He was not a great genius, but he was a rare case of becoming a master by applying money.

‘I said there is no elixir I haven’t tried.’

I heard that there is no elixir that Jesser has not tasted because he was raised very preciously by the wife of Addis, and that he received martial arts lessons from a master-class master every time. Perhaps because of that, the energy I felt in his body was enormous.

“… … .”

Jesser glanced at me and turned his head away as if he wasn’t interested.

‘It’s as Dorian said.’

Unlike the harassing Palen and Dialun, Jesser was said to have completely ignored his existence. Seeing how he treated his younger brother, who had just returned after nine years, he still didn’t seem to regard him as family.

‘but… .’

skill is real

It’s not just the power of individuals, but the forces and funds you have won’t be compared to others. He was the highest ranked and most dangerous figure in the race for succession.

“Oh, welcome.”

Palen got up from his seat and bowed his head. The expression on his face was awkward.

“You are here too. welcome.”

Contrary to his words of welcome, Dialun lowered his head with bitterly cold eyes.

“Oh, hello.”

Dorian stood in the middle of the table and bowed her head.

“… … .”

“okay.”

“Yes… .”

Jesser didn’t react at all, Dialun nodded slightly, and Palen shook his shoulders.

“Let’s go.”

Raon was guided by Dorian and sat at the end of the table.

“Whoa… .”

Dorian sighed, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

“I’m a little nervous.”

“It will be fine.”

Raon laughed and leaned back in his chair.

-The fragrance of the finest dishes is vibrating!

Lars sniffed food flowing from somewhere and stuck out his tongue like a puppy.

-Tell me to hurry up! It seems that land, sea and air are all there!

‘Because I’ll come out on my own. Stay still.’

The restaurant door swung wide open as Raon pressed Lars’ head and forced it into the bracelet.

cooong!

Addis Sepia and his five caravans entered. Even though he hadn’t studied martial arts, his presence was so huge that he could reach the ceiling.

Hard!

Everyone at the table stood up and bowed to Addis.

“Meet the Lord Sanghoe!”

“Thank you for accepting the invitation. sit down.”

Addis nodded as she sat in the seat of honor with a restrained attitude.

“yes.”

“thank you!”

The successor candidates and their subordinates all sat down.

match!

As Addis waved his hand, the restaurant door opened again and the servants came inside with steaming dishes.

-Oh oh!

Lars took a deep breath and laughed.

-Looks like you want to start eating first!

‘That’s right.’

Seeing them sing food first, it seemed like they were going to eat first and get to the point.

-As expected, it is a choice worthy of a father under the head of the main king!

Lars looked at the dishes on the table and his eyes filled with desire shone.

-First, eat the truffle soup over there. After warming up the stomach with warm soup, a proper battle… .

“I will explain why I called everyone while the food was being served.”

Addis’s low voice echoed through the dining room as Lars happily ordered the dishes to eat.

“I intend to give you all a test.”

Silence fell in the restaurant, which had been a little buzzing at the coolly calm voice.

‘In this situation?’

To create a situation where you have no choice but to be nervous again after releasing tension, as expected, is not an ordinary person.

‘It’s fun.’

Raon looked at Addis with excited eyes.

-ah… .

Lars shrugged like a jjuguri and couldn’t take his eyes off the dish.

-Bar, while the rice is getting cold… .