The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman - Chapter 1050
“Right now?”
Even Karun, who was known for his composure, widened his eyes in surprise at the news that the war had already begun.
“Are you saying we’re leaving right away without any preparation?”
He let out a sigh of disbelief, as if he couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
“Isn’t it too sudden?”
Serena, the head of the Gonggeom Squad, took a deep breath and raised her hand.
“As the Jungmu Squad Leader said, we are not prepared to fight at sea.”
She shook her head, saying that while they had done various trainings, they had not practiced wielding their swords underwater.
“I think so too.”
Larten, the head of the Jeongeom Squad, nodded in agreement with Serena.
“If we move too hastily, we could ruin everything!”
He pressed his lips together, saying that they needed time to prepare for fighting at sea.
“What preparation!”
Balder stomped his foot loudly, as if to tell them to stop talking nonsense.
“Whether it’s the sea or land, a fight is a fight! There’s no need to wait, so why are you all making such a fuss!”
He and the Jinmu Squad could move right away, he said, shaking his fist like a pot lid.
“You ignorant fool! It’s completely different!”
Aris frowned and smacked Balder on the back of the head.
“No matter how skilled you are, you’re bound to be disoriented if you fight in the water for the first time!”
She shook her head, saying that they wouldn’t be able to perform at their best if they didn’t adapt to the water.
“Th-then what should we do…”
Balder lowered his voice, rubbing the back of his head where he had been hit.
“That’s why I should go! Me and my kids are perfectly adapted to the sea!”
Aris thumped her chest with her palm, saying that she and the Cheongpung sailors would participate in the war.
“……”
Denier, as if he had known about this war in advance, looked calmly at Glenn with peaceful eyes.
“It’s good to fight against the White Blood Church, but why did you tell us now?”
“Yeah. If we had heard that we were going to war with the White Blood Church, we would have trained with our lives on the line.”
“It’s the same with the sea. If we had known in advance, we would have trained to fight in the water.”
“If only we had done sea adaptation training a month ago, or even a week ago…”
The swordsmen lined up in the training ground sighed, as if they were disappointed that they had been informed of such important news too late.
“It was my order.”
As Glenn came to the center of the platform, the noise that had been coming from various parts of the training ground instantly died down.
“There is currently a spy within Zig Hart. If the news that we had found the location of the White Blood Church’s main base had spread, they would have already fled elsewhere, or prepared a trap to catch us.”
He lowered his chin heavily, saying that he had no choice but to deliver the news on the day of the war, as they could have been counterattacked by the White Blood Church.
“You don’t have to worry about fighting at sea.”
Raon stood straight and stood next to Glenn.
“When the magic prepared by the Great Mages is activated, you will be able to strike the White Blood Church’s main base from the land.”
He nodded, telling them to trust the magic that Chamber and Larian had been preparing for over two months.
“And the Gwangpung Brigade will take responsibility for the sea battle, so please focus on the fight in front of you.”
Raon told them that the Gwangpung Brigade had been training relentlessly to fight at sea.
Gooooooo!
As if to give strength to his words, the Gwangpung Brigade swordsmen unleashed a terrifying aura that was more than enough to overwhelm all the swordsmen in the training ground.
“Ugh!”
“What is this… the energy of these youngsters.”
“W-was the Gwangpung Brigade this strong?”
The swordsmen swallowed hard, as if they were shocked by the Gwangpung Brigade swordsmen’s strength.
“Hmm!”
Glenn curled the corners of his mouth upwards, as if he was satisfied with Raon and the Gwangpung Brigade’s spirit.
“So…”
Just as Raon was about to continue his words while looking at Glenn,
Wooooooong!
The dimensional gate in the sky shook violently, and Chamber, wearing a red witch hat, and Evelyn, wearing a purple robe, appeared.
“What! Why aren’t you coming even though I opened the gate for you!”
Chamber frowned, asking why they were so slow.
“Hey! Grandpa must have his reasons! Just wait!”
Even in the center of Zig Hart, where many swordsmen had gathered, Evelyn called Glenn ‘Grandpa’.
“G-Grandpa? Did she say Grandpa?”
“What does that mean?”
“N-no way…”
The swordsmen, who had been determined to fight in the war against the White Blood Church, stared blankly at Evelyn and Glenn.
“Augh…”
Raon couldn’t bear the embarrassment and raised his hand to his forehead.
-That crazy woman is on a whole different level.
Wrath sighed, as if exhausted.
-She’s a madwoman that neither you nor that Sword Demon can keep up with.
He shook his head, saying that Evelyn’s madness should be considered an exception.
“Q-Quiet!”
Glenn, unable to hide his embarrassment, stuttered slightly.
“From now on, I will announce the forces that will be deployed for the war against the White Blood Church.”
As he raised his hand, silence descended on the noisy training ground, and tension rose on everyone’s faces.
“The vanguard will, of course, be the Gwangpung Brigade, who has contributed the most to this matter.”
“Gwangpung Brigade. We will follow the Lord’s orders!”
At Raon’s shout, all the Gwangpung Brigade swordsmen knelt down.
“Aris Zig Hart. You will also participate. Your subordinates will be waiting outside the dimensional gate.”
Glenn’s gaze turned to Aris, who was standing at the far left.
“I’ll kill them all!”
Aris clenched her fist with her long hand, as if to tell him to look forward to it.
“The 2nd Brigade, Jungmu, will be in charge of guarding the family, the 3rd Brigade, Hyunmu, will stand by here, and the 4th Brigade, Jinmu, will depart with the Gwangpung Brigade.”
Glenn gave his orders, looking at Karun, Denier, and Balder in turn, as if he had already made his decisions.
“…Understood.”
Karun knew that there needed to be someone to protect the family, so he accepted the order while biting his lip.
“Kuhahahaha! You’ve made a good choice! I’ll tear the heads off those blood demons with my own hands!”
Balder banged his fists together in front of his chest, as if to tell them to wait and see.
“We will follow the Lord’s orders!”
Denier calmly bowed, as if he would simply follow without hesitation.
“Hmm…”
Raon narrowed his eyes, observing Denier’s indifferent reaction.
‘Even in this situation, he’s not saying anything?’
Unlike Karun, who was tasked with protecting the family, Denier was given the standby duty, meaning he couldn’t leave this training ground.
If he was a Sima spy, he would be in the worst situation, yet he was calmly following orders without any objections, which was perplexing.
‘Is he really not it?’
Seeing that, he also thought that maybe he was unnecessarily suspicious of Denier.
‘No, don’t let your guard down. You never know what might happen.’
Raon placed his hand on the hilt of the Cheon Sword to regain his composure. As the most familiar sensation was transmitted from his fingertips, his heart felt lighter.
“The Cheon Sword Unit will stand by here, the Gonggeom Squad and the Jeongeom Squad will support the Gwangpung Brigade from behind, and the Hyunak Unit and the Jungak Unit…”
Glenn looked at each of the forces lined up in the training ground, assigning their respective duties.
“…Lastly, I will also stand by here.”
He lowered his gaze, saying that he would remain in Zig Hart.
The swordsmen nodded, knowing the reason why Glenn had to stay with the family.
“Then, I’m counting on you.”
Glenn stepped back and nodded his chin at Chamber.
“Grandpa. You don’t need to say that!”
Chamber chuckled and raised her hand, and a dimensional gate descended in front of the swordsmen who were about to depart.
“Think of it as crossing the threshold of your own home and go through comfortably.”
She flicked her chin, saying that they would arrive at their destination the moment they crossed the dimensional gate.
“We will be here…”
Glenn raised his chin with a strained jaw as he looked at the swordsmen standing in front of the dimensional gate.
“Waiting.”
The words ‘waiting,’ which was neither ‘don’t lose’ nor ‘fight and win,’ were engraved deeply in his heart, more than any encouragement or advice.
“Yes!”
“We will definitely return!”
“Please wait for us!”
It wasn’t just him, all the swordsmen were looking at Glenn with moved eyes.
“Departure!”
With Raon’s rough shout, the Zig Hart swordsmen stepped into the blue dimensional gate with lighter steps.
“I’ll be back.”
Raon bowed to Glenn, who was smiling, and then entered the dimensional gate last.
Wooooooong!
Chamber must have improved the teleportation magic again, because the moment he blinked his eyes after entering the blue dimension, a new scenery unfolded before him.
Paaaaaak!
The sound of blue waves crashing could be heard. It was a familiar beach, the same coast where he had been diving every night to find the White Blood Church’s main base.
They had arrived at their destination before they could even take a proper breath.
“Hoo…”
“S-so fast?”
“Is this a different kind of magic than the dimensional gate? Amazing…”
The swordsmen also looked around, letting out sighs of disbelief, as if they had felt the same sensation as him.
“Prepare for battle.”
Raon ordered the swordsmen to prepare for battle and then walked towards the beach.
Wooooooong!
On the sandy beach, there were hundreds of mages, who were carefully drawing three different magic circles.
“Y-you’re here…?”
Larian, who was directly inspecting the central magic circle, waved at him with trembling hands. Her eyes were lifeless, as if she was still in her shut-in mage state.
“Is it okay to use magic here?”
Raon frowned as he looked at the rough waves crashing in the sea.
“H-here…”
“Don’t worry. I’ve set up a barrier that hides our presence and mana, stitch by stitch.”
Evelyn came from behind and answered instead, just as Larian was about to speak.
“Right?”
She smiled and hugged Larian from behind. It seemed that they had become close while researching magic together for two months.
“Huh? U-uhh!”
Larian nodded with a face that looked like she was about to die. He must have been mistaken. It seemed that only Evelyn thought they were close.
“It’s okay now, but they’ll notice the moment we activate the magic.”
Chamber clicked her tongue, saying that the White Blood Church Lord and the blood demons weren’t fools.
“So, we only have one chance. We can’t make any mistakes.”
She took a deep breath, saying that they had to activate all three magic circles while the White Blood Church Lord was off guard.
“The three of you here will each be in charge of one magic circle, right?”
Raon nodded as he saw that the center of each of the three magic circles was empty.
“That’s right. Only those of the transcendent rank can draw magic above the head of the White Blood Church Lord, who is hidden in the invisible sea.”
Evelyn smiled, saying that she, Chamber, and Larian were the ones in charge of the core of the magic circles, because there was no other choice.
“But where is King Rekros?”
The ones who were supposed to face the White Blood Church Lord today were the Mookgeomjon and the Magic Tower Lord.
Chamber had to leave after summoning the White Blood Church in order to manage the teleportation magic, but she was confused because she couldn’t see Rekros and Owen’s knights.
“They’ll be a little late because they have something to prepare.”
Chamber waved her hand, as if to tell him not to worry.
“Now, we just have to confirm the location of the White Blood Church’s main base for the last time. Can you do it?”
She looked at him, saying that she needed to confirm it one last time before using the magic.
“Understood.”
Raon nodded and put his hand in the sea. As he spread a very faint amount of mana, Haerang jumped out of the water.
“Kyaoong!”
Even though it had only been a week, Haerang wagged its tail wildly and rubbed its head against his hand, as if it was meeting him after a year.
“Is that the spirit you saved?”
Chamber stroked Haerang’s back, as if it was cute.
“A s-spirit! Sea spirits are really rare!”
Larian scanned Haerang’s entire body with reddened eyes, as if her research instincts had been aroused.
“Is the white city we saw still in that place?”
“Kyaong!”
Haerang said yes and bumped its head against his forehead. Along with a cool energy that felt like he had entered the sea, a scene of the White Blood Church’s main base, which he had seen a week ago, sinking in the same location, appeared in his mind.
“Yes. It’s still in the coordinates I told you about.”
Raon nodded, saying that the White Blood Church’s location hadn’t changed.
“Good. There’s nothing to get in our way.”
Chamber clapped her hands, as if to tell them to start now.
“Prepare!”
At her shout, the eyes of the mages standing in the magic circles changed. The Zig Hart swordsmen swallowed hard at the desperate aura that was filled with the determination to succeed in the magic no matter what.
Wooooooong!
Chamber opened a blue window in front of the sea, and the view of the distant sea could be seen in real-time.
It seemed to be the sky above the sea where the White Blood Church’s main base was submerged.
“Evelyn!”
Chamber flicked her chin at Evelyn, who was looking only at Raon while taking a breath.
“You start. Don’t make any mistakes.”
“I know.”
Evelyn waved her hand, as if to tell her not to worry, and stood in the center of the first magic circle.
“Keep your eyes on me.”
She winked one eye, as if to tell him to look only at her, and put her hands together.
Kugugugugugu!
Evelyn’s mana, which was released as if it had gone berserk, seeped into the circular magic circle and caused a magnificent purple surge.
“I did it!”
Listening to Evelyn’s words, he looked at the screen that Chamber had opened, and a giant jar, as large as a city, was falling onto the blue sea.
“Larian!”
Chamber reached out to Larian, as if to tell her to start right away.
“I know that!”
Larian threw off the robe that had been covering her whole body and put her hands together to form a spell. She had already changed from a shut-in mage to the Magic Tower Lord.
“Let’s go, you guys!”
With her angry shout, the mages of the Magic Tower who were forming the second magic circle closed their eyes and began to chant the magic.
Wooooooong!
As Larian poured mana onto the spell that the mages had formed, a giant six-pointed star magic circle unfolded next to the sea where the jar had fallen.
Its size was also so magnificent that it was more than enough to cover the entire city.
“Now, we just have to wait.”
Chamber put her hands together, after confirming that Evelyn and Larian’s magic had succeeded.
“Let’s hope the octopus gets caught in the net.”
She bit her lip deeply and drew a chilling smile.
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“Mana? No, is it magic?”
The 10th Apostle raised his head, feeling the massive surge of mana that had risen from above the main base.
“Who the hell…”
He trembled his eyes, not understanding the sudden situation.
“The magic isn’t heading towards us. Something huge is falling to the right.”
The 12th Apostle frowned, his eyes closed.
“No, that’s not all. Some kind of magic that we don’t know is coming down from above our heads as well.”
He twisted the corners of his mouth, saying that it seemed to be an attack.
“You were right.”
The White Blood Church Lord lowered her pipe and exhaled white smoke.
“It seems that the location of this place was discovered, just as you thought.”
She looked back at the 10th Apostle, muttering that he was reliable.
“Hmph…”
The 12th Apostle looked at the 10th Apostle and the White Blood Church Lord with his eyebrows lowered, as if he didn’t like it.
“I’m sorry. I should have checked more thoroughly…”
The 10th Apostle lowered his head, as if he was apologetic, even though he had been praised.
“I will prepare as quickly as possible.”
“It’s okay. We’ve already prepared.”
The White Blood Church Lord drew a faint smile as she looked at the approaching magic circle.
“We’ve strengthened the mana resistance of the fog that has spread outside the main base, and the main base’s own defense barrier is being properly maintained. Even if 9th class magic falls continuously, there won’t be any problems. And…”
She turned the pipe overand shook out the ashes.
“The Kraken that’s supporting us is immune to attack magic or aura. There’s nothing to worry about.”
The White Blood Church Lord said that she had strengthened all of the defense spells the moment she felt the external mana, and then put the pipe back in her mouth.
“But there’s no need to stay in a place where our location has been discovered. Tell the 1st Apostle. Tell him to move the Kraken and return to the deep sea.”
She sneered, saying that everything that Ohwang had prepared would be useless.
“Understood.”
Just as the 10th and 12th Apostles were about to nod and go to the 1st Apostle,
Kuuuuuung!
The sound of something huge falling next to the White Blood Church’s main base was heard, and the entire sea shook.
“A jar…?”
The White Blood Church Lord widened her eyes as she looked at the jar, which was about the same size as the main base.
‘Why a jar?’
She couldn’t believe that they had just dropped a huge jar, because she had thought that they would use some kind of equipment that could physically attack them, and so a sigh escaped her lips.
‘Wait…’
The White Blood Church Lord hurriedly raised her gaze and looked at the magic circle that was slowly descending.
‘That’s not an attack magic.’
If it was an attack magic, it would have already been blocked and erased by the fog, but that magic circle was gently passing through the fog, as if it wasn’t going to harm them, and was enveloping the main base and the Kraken below it.
“What is this…”
The White Blood Church Lord swallowed hard as she looked at the magic spell that was woven so intricately, as if it had been knitted. She didn’t know what kind of magic it was, but a strange sense of unease ran down her spine.
“Move the Kraken! Right now!”
She shouted to move the Kraken and retreat, putting aside everything else.
“Yes! I’ll tell the 1st Apostle right away…”
“No! I’ll do it myself!”
Just as the White Blood Church Lord was about to run to the control room where the 1st Apostle was,
Kwaaaaaaang!
Even though the order hadn’t arrived yet, the Kraken began to rise on its own and move towards the jar that had fallen on the right.
“What! Who gave the Kraken the order just now!”
The White Blood Church Lord gritted her teeth and stomped her foot, but of course, no one knew the answer.
Kugugugugu!
The Kraken twisted its eyes and began to push its long and massive legs into the jar, regardless of whether the White Blood Church’s main base was tilting or collapsing.
“A jar…?”
“Why is it suddenly going into a jar!”
The 10th and 12th Apostles were also shocked by the Kraken’s sudden behavior, and their jaws dropped.
“Uwaaaaaaah!”
“T-the buildings are collapsing!”
“Help me!”
The lower-ranked blood demons were crushed or pierced to death by the buildings in the chaotic situation that was like a violent earthquake.
“L-Lord!”
The 1st Apostle burst out of the control room and gasped for breath.
“The Kraken is out of control! Even if I inject your blood, it’s moving on its own!”
He trembled his jaw, saying that the Kraken wasn’t listening to him.
“Ha…”
The White Blood Church Lord lowered her trembling eyes and looked at the magic circle that was enveloping the main base and the Kraken.
‘Could it be a magic that enhances instincts?’
Octopuses, which are cephalopods, have an instinct to want to put their bodies into round objects.
The Kraken that was supporting the main base was an ancient monster, and its instincts were several times stronger than those of modern Krakens. Thanks to that, it had been easily using camouflage, but she had never imagined that it would be used in this way.
“Immediately release the spells that we set up around the main base and open a dimensional gate!”
Because they had strengthened the fog’s defense power in order to defend the main base from the magic a little while ago, they couldn’t open a dimensional gate right away.
Kugugugu!
While the White Blood Church Lord was giving orders to the Apostles, the Kraken had already put all eight of its legs into the jar.
“I’ll kill the Kraken myself!”
Just as she was about to grit her teeth and go out to the sea, countless spells sprouted on top of the jar that the Kraken had entered and caused a blue light to rise.
“Damnit!”
The White Blood Church Lord bit her lip until it bled as she looked at the jar where Chamber’s unique blue mana was flickering.
“We’ve been had…”
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Kwaaaaaaaang!
A magnificent blue light flashed, and a huge jar and the white city on top of it fell onto the beach. The earth and sky shook as they crashed down with tremendous weight.
“Connect!”
At Larian’s shout, the mages who were operating the first and second magic circles chanted a new spell and touched the ground.
Chiiiiiiang!
Various kinds of iron chains sprang out of the small magic circles that the mages had drawn and wrapped around the White Blood Church’s main base.
Kyaaaaaaaang!
The jar that had been holding the Kraken shattered, and the White Blood Church’s main base began to be dragged to the beach by hundreds of iron chains.
“Combine!”
As Evelyn formed a spell with four fingers, a purple light fell and connected the iron chains that the mages had summoned, creating five bridges that connected the beach and the White Blood Church’s main base.
Ttaaaak!
Evelyn snapped her fingers and turned to look at Raon. She curled the corners of her red lips, as if to say that their mission was over.
“White Blood Church Summon Complete!”