The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 903
Chapter 903
“The person who is going on this mission with me···”
Raon swallowed dry saliva as he looked into Karun’s cold eyes.
“Were you the commander of the heavy armor?”
I thought Glenn would send a strong force, but I never expected it to be Karun.
‘I thought it would be the public prosecutor’s office or the military prosecutor’s office.’
I was thinking about what to say to Serenana, the Lord of the Swords, and Lathein, the Lord of the Swords, when Karun suddenly appeared and my heart almost sank.
“Excuse me, is my father really leaving?”
Burren approached Karun with his eyes wide open, as if he didn’t even know.
“okay·”
Karun nodded calmly.
“The Lord himself assigned the mission”
He put his hand on the sword, saying that it was a mission that Glenn had come to find and entrusted to him.
“It’s an honor to go on a mission with my father!”
Burren clenched his fists, excited to be going on a mission with his father, Karun.
“Burren Sieghart”
Karun frowned at the blushing Burren.
“Here I am not your father, but a commander. Come to your senses.”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry···”
Burren realized his mistake and immediately lowered his head.
“Okay, I know”
Karun looked away coldly, as if he had accepted the advice.
-Haaah···
Ras shook his head as he looked at Karun and Burren.
-Why is this family, grandpa and dad, all the same?
The guy clicked his tongue, saying that he was hiding his true feelings.
“The Lord himself····”
Raon looked back at the house and took a quick bite.
‘You worry more than I thought.’
Calling the Chamber and the high-ranking wizards of Valkar, and even summoning Karun, it seemed that Glenn was already unwilling to make any sacrifices in the mission.
“I have some very interesting news for you, Kwangpungjeonju.”
Karun’s sharp eyes narrowed even further. It seemed as if he was trying to question him for not telling him about the Black Tower.
“that····”
“Well done”
However, he nodded, saying that he did better than expected.
“It’s one thing to cherish your family and another to keep a secret. You can’t be sure that there are no secrets in Sieghart, so it’s best not to say anything important in front of everyone.”
Karun covered his lips with his index finger, telling them to keep the secrets a secret from now on.
“···thank you·”
Raon accepted Karun’s compliment with wide eyes. He felt slightly dizzy because he didn’t know he would say something like that.
“So are you ready?”
“Time was tight, but the training was all done. I even made a rough plan.”
Karun nodded calmly as if to tell me not to worry.
“plan····”
“Don’t worry, I know that the focus of this mission is the whirlwind battle.”
He put his hand down, saying he wouldn’t step forward unless it was something special.
‘Unexpected?’
Raon lowered his eyebrows slightly as he looked at Karun.
‘I thought you would definitely come forward···’
I thought Karun would step forward and lead this mission, but I was surprised that he decided to step back and leave it to me.
“The Gwangpungjeon hasn’t even completed its formation yet, so how do you plan on moving?”
Karun tilted his chin to the left as if curious about that part.
“As you said, since the personnel formation is not yet complete, we plan to move by dividing into the Gwangpung and Cheoljeon divisions as before.”
It seemed like the best way to go for now was for him to control the windmill and have Trevin control the iron pole.
“That would definitely be good.”
Karun nodded as if he had nothing to object to.
“It seems like you’ve prepared well in a short period of time. But····”
He furrowed his brows as he glanced over Raon and the Gwangpungjeon inspectors.
“It’s not good to be late.”
“What time is it···?”
Raon shook his head while looking at the sky.
“It’s probably not that late.”
As time passed while I was talking to Karun, when I first arrived at the main gate, it was five minutes before the appointed time.
“10 minutes”
Karun raised his outstretched hand in front of Raon’s eyes.
“It is standard to arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled appointment time.”
He said it was polite and narrowed his nose.
“It’s definitely a good habit to come early, but I think it’s okay to come 5 minutes early like now. No, actually, I think it’s okay as long as you don’t come late.”
Since it wasn’t a mission where you would start fighting right away anyway, it was enough to just not be late since it was a meeting time.
“No, you should come 10 minutes early and get ready.”
“If you prepare in advance and leave, you don’t have to come 10 minutes early and wait.”
“······”
“······”
Raon and Karun stared into each other’s red eyes with their mouths tightly shut.
“If you act so carefree, you’ll end up being late when something unexpected happens.”
“As I said, we finished preparing at the 5th training ground first and came here. We prepared for the unexpected.”
“Even so, the one that comes first······”
“I don’t know if it’s a mission that’s just starting out······”
The two men began a strange fight, bringing up each other’s psychiatric theories long after their departure time.
‘Those things···’
Foreign Minister Illiun stopped as he opened the main gate and lowered his eyebrows deeply.
‘What the hell are you doing here?’
He shook his head as he watched Raon and Karun’s staring contest.
‘Why did you assign these guys who are completely unsuitable to the same mission?’
* * *
Knock knock
Raon ate tonight’s meat stew in front of a gently burning campfire. The salty chicken and soft broth created a sweet harmony, creating a small feeling of fullness in his mouth.
-Ugh····
Lass let out a deep sigh, holding his head.
-Sometimes, I like this kind of homeless cooking! It gives me a taste of nature!
The guy curled the corners of his mouth, saying that this was happiness.
‘Then should I just keep eating this?’
Raon shrugged his shoulders as he took another bite of the stew.
-Sometimes! I said sometimes! You grumpy bastard!
Las gritted his teeth, saying that he only wants to eat it once in a while when he gets tired of home-cooked meals, not every day.
‘okay?’
Raon smiled and lifted the bread that came with the stew.
-Hey, wait a minute! That bread is····
‘hmm·’
I ignored Lass’s gesture to stop and ate the bread. The bread was freshly made, so the texture melted smoothly in my mouth.
-Oh····
Only then did Lass lower his round hands and let out a sigh of relief.
‘why?’
-I thought it was Nadine Bread.
The guy sighed, saying he had endured it for 10 years.
‘Why? Do you regret it?’
-Do you regret it? I did it because I was scared!
‘Then you don’t have to worry. There’s nothing to eat on this mission.’
If a large number of people who had passed through the dimensional gate to Montiro disappeared at the same time, it was obvious that the Black Tower would become suspicious, so they were walking from the center of the continent. Since the distance was quite far, there was no need to erase the traces yet.
‘Should I try upgrading my fraud detection level while eating?’
Raon used his newly acquired trait . The gentle energy blooming from inside his chest spread outwards in harmony with his aura.
‘What? There are scams around here too?’
Even though there were no monsters or mines, I felt a very subtle fraud spreading around.
-That’s obvious.
Las snorted in disappointment.
-Scam, blood, and magic are the same energy that makes up the world. It is not spread across the entire continent like mana, but as long as humans exist, it is scattered everywhere in very small amounts.
The guy shook his head, saying it was more strange that there were humans without those negative vibes.
‘I see. I didn’t know.’
I slowly lowered my hand, feeling the grains of fraud smaller than dew.
Percussion·
While Raon was feeling cheated with his eyes closed, Karun was the first to finish eating, and he washed the used plates himself and handed them over to the person on duty.
‘her?’
Raon let out a sigh as he watched Karun drinking tea for dessert.
‘You wash the dishes yourself?’
– Even the king was surprised. I thought Dad would just throw it away roughly…
Las nodded as if he had the same thought.
“Does your Majesty wash the dishes himself?”
Raon blinked as he looked at Karun sitting across from him.
“Doing what you can do yourself is the natural attitude that a Sieghardt inspector should have.”
Karun tilted his chin as if the question was rather strange.
“Was Gwangpung Jeonju passing off his work to others?”
He frowned slightly, as if disappointed.
“I am····”
“no!”
Before Raon could speak, Buren, who was sitting next to him, intervened.
“Laon not only took care of the after-dinner cleaning, but also participated in setting up the tent and keeping watch.”
Buren shook his head, saying that Raon had set many examples as the leader of the armed forces.
“That’s right. It was so loud that we had nothing to do. It was a disaster.”
Martha sighed, saying that she was also meddling to an unbearable degree.
“Yeah, I was walking around making noises···”
Runaan raised his hand, saying that it was fun to see the back of it.
“I see. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding.”
Karun bowed his head slightly, saying that he had made a mistake. I don’t know if he was always like this or if he had changed, but either way, it was surprising that he apologized right away.
“Then shall we talk about the mission now?”
Karun looked at Raon over the campfire and nodded.
“I heard the general story from the master, but I want to hear the details from you, who experienced it firsthand.”
He straightened his posture and asked to explain what had happened from his conversation with the Sageumma up until now.
“We are curious too.”
“That’s right! I just heard it was a mission to search for the Black Tower!”
“I want to hear······”
The inspectors of the Gwangpungjeon, including Buren, Marta, and Runan, also nodded their heads in curiosity.
“Okay, then···”
Raon told the story of the Black Tower to the Sageumma after blocking the sound to prevent it from escaping, and then told them everything from how he heard the story of the Black Tower to how Chamber came to visit him.
“I see. There is a reason why the Lord praised you so much.”
Karun encouraged himself by saying that he did not get the information about the Black Tower by accident.
“Then what are your plans for the future?”
“I plan to send a small number of people to Montiro one by one to search each area.”
“A small number of people?”
“Yes. It is the time when many tourists flock to the south. We will divide into groups of families, couples, and friends and enter, and explore buildings, objects, and people one by one to find a clue that connects Montiro and the Black Tower.”
Raon clasped his hands together and recited the plan he had been thinking about.
“It’s a typical plan. Not bad, not particularly good. But for now, with not much information, it’s probably the best we can do.”
Karun nodded as if that was all he had for now.
“But there is a problem”
“I think I know what it is.”
Raon’s eyes narrowed as if he understood.
“It must be the Black Tower’s detection.”
“Yes, if there really is a black tower hidden in Montiro, there must be a barrier or a monster hiding around it that can detect people’s energy and temperament.”
Karun nodded and continued.
“We can avoid the barrier and the monsters, but others are likely to get caught. If a bunch of master-level drones suddenly come in disguised as tourists, mercenaries, or adventurers, it will definitely be dangerous.”
He narrowed his eyes as he examined the wind chimes.
“If there is an artifact that can only detect strong people like you, me, and the Iron Fist, then exploration itself will be impossible if we don’t solve that part.”
Karun dug into the loophole in the plan with a cool tone.
“I know that too, so I prepared in advance.”
“What have you prepared?”
“Yes, not now, but at the junction point···”
“Oh, is that so?”
Karun nodded his head indifferently as if he understood what Raon said even though he didn’t say anything.
“her····”
Buren let out a sigh as he watched Raon and Karun continue their conversation smoothly as if they had been in sync for a long time.
‘What? Why do father and Raon get along so well?’
Who put those two together?
* * *
A golden beach that looks like it has melted the sun.
“hmm·”
A middle-aged man with a well-built, black hair slumped down on the sand.
‘Heh heh, this isn’t easy.’
Roen, disguised as a rich man, rubbed his shoulder and let out a hollow laugh.
‘I went to all the suspicious places, but nothing came out.’
I stayed in Montiro for a month, disguising myself five times, but I couldn’t find anyone who was doing evil deeds, not to mention the Black Tower Mines. At best, there were only people who were drinking and causing trouble at night.
‘There is no trace of fraud or magic.’
No matter how well he hid it, he could not possibly miss the negative energy like magic and fraud. However, he did not see even a trace of that dirty energy during his stay in Montiro.
‘Is there really a black tower here?’
It’s not that I don’t trust Raon. I trust him second to Glenn, but when I came here myself, I realized that this was not the place where the Black Tower would be.
‘Rather, it’s a place where I feel at ease.’
Perhaps because it is located in the southern corner, the people of the city were friendly and the tourists were quiet and gentle. It was literally quiet, but it also seemed like the best place on the continent to enjoy a luxurious vacation.
‘ha····’
I guess I’ll have to go to the underground casino in the evening.
Since I haven’t been to the underground gambling den yet, I decided to stop by now while I’m disguised as a rich man.
“hmm?”
As Roen was about to get up from the sand, taking a quick bite, a huge wave rose from the sea.
Kwaaaaaaaah!
Behind the waves that rose as if to block out the sun, a giant leg with red suction cups emerged. Kraken. It was the highest-ranking monster among sea monsters. However, it only had seven legs, not eight.
“Eww!”
“Oh, it’s a Kraken!”
“Dude, get out quickly!”
Tourists who were swimming or surfing were startled by the sudden appearance of the kraken and tried to swim to the beach, but the current sucked them towards the sea and they could not escape.
“Umm······”
Roen frowned as he watched the Kraken trying to eat people. He wanted to help, but because of his status, he couldn’t move.
“Oh, that guy is here again.”
As he clicked his tongue in regret, a slightly cracked voice was heard from the left.
“Should I amputate both legs today?”
Unlike the old man, the white-haired young man with a lively spirit lifted his chin while holding his greatsword on his shoulder. He grinned and ran forward, creating a white wind, cutting off the entire leg of the kraken that was trying to attack people.
Kieeeeeeeee!
As soon as its leg was cut off, the Kraken screamed and retreated.
“Where are you going! Give me two today!”
The white-haired youth cut off another leg of the kraken as it tried to escape by stepping on the sea as if it were land.
Kiaaaah!
The kraken quickly fled into the deep sea, screaming sadly.
“I won’t have to worry about octopus dishes for a while.”
The white-haired young man not only had great swordsmanship skills, but he also seemed to have tremendous strength, and he dragged the leg of a giant kraken over his shoulder and onto the beach.
Woohoo!
Calop! Calop! Calop!
Tourists and Montiro residents cheered and called out the name of the white-haired young man.
“I’m having an octopus party tonight. Everyone, come join me.”
The white-haired young man named Calop smiled brightly and said that he would let me eat the kraken leg dish that gourmets highly praise.
“······”
Roen narrowed his eyes as he looked at Calop’s greatsword and trained body.
‘Kang Ha-gun·’
Even though he didn’t show his full strength, the energy wave that Calop was releasing felt heavy as if it was pressing down on his skin. If he showed his true strength, he wouldn’t be pushed back by the leaders of the Gwangpungdae.
‘I said there were four young men like that.’
Montiro is located in the southern corner, so the view is good, but it is also frequently invaded by monsters. There are four armed forces that block the monsters, and Carob is one of the leaders of the armed forces.
At such a young age, he possessed such power, but it was strange that he stayed here instead of going to the continent, so I did some background research, but nothing came out. The aura he possessed was not something like a magic or aura, but rather an energy that was condensed from pure mana.
‘Haha, it’s getting more and more difficult.’
As Roen sighed and shook his head, he heard small footsteps behind him.
“mister!”
A little boy who looked to be twelve or so years old called out to me and laughed. He was the kind of little guide who is always present at tourist attractions.
“It’s time to go eat!”
“Has it already happened?”
Roen nodded after looking up at the brightly rising sun that seemed to signal noon.
“Yeah, Perrin, where did you say you were taking me today?”
“There’s a place that’ll make you want to try chili crab!”
The little guide named Perrin smacked his lips, saying that the sauce was really delicious. He had already been there three times, but he nodded, pretending not to know.
“Okay, then let’s go there.”
Roen smiled faintly and patted Perrin’s head.
“Hey, you too, come here tonight. I’ll treat you to something even tastier than that chili crab.”
Calop seemed to have heard the story of the boy and motioned for him to come to the beach in the evening.
“It’s a Kraken dish… I have to participate even if it’s a bit expensive.”
Roen nodded, saying he understood.
“Huh, I don’t need money”
Calop waved his hand and left the beach, telling everyone to just come.
“Brother Caleb is a good cook, but he never takes money! Should I say he hates money?”
Perrin looked at Calop’s back and laughed, as if he admired him.
“I hate money····”
Roen nodded as if he somehow understood.
“Oh, let’s go! We’ll be late for our appointment!”
Perrin ran forward, saying that if he didn’t go right away, someone else would take his place.
“Go slowly.”
Roen waved his hand and followed Perrin. He smiled faintly, not noticing the dark ripples in the eyes of Calop and Perrin, who were walking in front of him.