The Reincarnated Assassin is a Genius Swordsman

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“Huff!”

Raon smiled, exhaling vigorously.

‘Power keeps flowing in.’

His stamina pool had gone empty, resembling a dried-up well a long time ago.

His head was spinning so hard that he felt like he would faint, but he managed to withstand it thanks to the vitality the three starred ‘Ring of Fire’ provided him.

‘This is heaven compared to back then.’

In his previous life, wild dogs chased him when he was younger.
He’d run down the mountain while grabbing a heart that felt like it would explode.

There were also times when the wild dog had caught him in the end, resulting in a fight to the death.
Compared to that hellish life, what he was doing right now was child’s play.

“Huff…”

Raon looked forward while panting.
The collaterals and the recommended children, who were still running at full speed, were certainly exceptionally talented.
However, Runaan and Burren were different from them; they were steadily running from the beginning, at a constant speed.

Just as he thought that they weren’t called geniuses for nothing, Burren suddenly sped up.
He ran past Runaan and became the front runner.

“Eh?”

“Lo… Lord Burren?”

“Run! Don’t fall behind!”

The collaterals and recommended children who saw him forcibly increased their speed.

“Hmph!”

As if telling them to catch up, Burren peered at Runaan and Raon.

What are you doing right now? Are you going to do nothing when you are provoked? Catch up to him and crush those eyes.

Wrath ground his teeth, glaring at Burren, but Raon didn’t react.

‘I told you before.
This isn’t a competition.’

The run was a test to show how much stamina and willpower everyone had, not a competition.
And there was one more person who knew that fact.

‘Runaan Sullion.’

The silver-haired girl running in second place kept her pace, as if she didn’t have a speck of interest in Burren.

‘She is actually one step ahead of him.’

He’d thought that they were similar, but it looked like Runaan was mentally superior to Burren.

Burren was pretending to be an adult, but he was acting according to his age.
If he went onto the battlefield as he was, he would’ve died quickly.

‘That’s not something I should care about.’

Raon kept running in the gymnasium, following Runaan’s back instead of Burren’s.

“Ra… Raon?”

“How…?”

“He… he was still running?”

The collaterals who exhausted themself running after Burren fell behind.
They were the ones who were mocking him before the exam had started.

“Huff, huff! Wh… what did you do?”

“Kuh, there’s no way…”

As Raon ran past them, the collaterals that were panting slowed their steps and sat down on the ground.

Raon kept running, using their astonished gaze as a driving force.

‘Pathetic.’

It’s a fact that those who couldn’t stop talking no matter where they went were actually worthless.
Since he wasn’t interested in them to begin with, he forgot about them and kept running.

“Huff…”

Raon kept rotating his ‘Ring of Fire’ through slow breaths.

‘The ring is developing rapidly.’

Even though he hadn’t run for a long time, the cultivation of the ‘Ring of Fire’ was progressing quickly.
After all, the ‘Ring of Fire’ was a cultivation technique that showed its true value upon going all out.

‘It’s still incredibly difficult, though.’

The rotating ring of fires didn’t make the pain disappear.
He felt like his heart and lungs were being crushed, and his side hurt as if it was stabbed by a dagger.

How pathetic.

Wrath clicked his tongue as he kept running full out.

I can’t accept defeat from you whose body will become mine.
Give your body to me right now.
I will catch up and completely freeze that blue haired brat right now.

‘Shut up.’

It wasn’t a test to catch up.
It was a fight against himself.

I can’t accept defeat as long as The King of Essence has his eyes open.

‘Then close your eyes.
It’s a miracle that I’m still running like this.’

It wasn’t a lie.

Even though he had Wrath’s system, he still couldn’t get rid of the coldness inside his mana circuits.
The ‘Ring of Fire’ was a miracle that allowed him to keep running.

Then give your body to me.

Wrath transformed into the blue flame that he had seen the day before.
His anger made him nauseated as it stimulated his emotions.

‘Not now, of all times…’

Raon bit his lip.
Wrath’s stimulation felt twice as painful than the day before because of how tired he was.

‘It’s pointless, so go back to sleep already.’

He kept his calm expression using his ‘Ring of Fire’ at full force.
He kept moving his legs, pretending he wasn’t affected.

Kuh! Why does The King of Essence’s power not work on you?!

Wrath kept stimulating the angry emotion relentlessly.

“Huff…”

Raon withstood Wrath’s mental attack with his already empty stamina.

‘I’m dying…’

Cold sweat ran down his back.
He felt like he would faint at any moment.

Thanks to the balance between the ‘Ring of Fire’ and the experience of his previous life—one of countless life or death situations—he barely managed to hold on.

You stubborn brat!

‘Give up and piss off!’

“Haa!”

While Raon was pushing back Wrath’s power, Rimmer, who was lying on the platform suddenly stood up.

“Everyone, stop!”

The children who were running in the gymnasium stopped as they heard his clear voice.

“Huff! Huff!”

“Kuh!”

“Aww!”

The children could hardly keep their eyes open as they panted, sitting on the ground or holding their knees.

“Huff…”

Raon looked like he would die as he panted heavily.

What a monster.

Wrath grinded his teeth and went back to the bracelet.

‘I told you, you can’t.’

He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
The test was difficult, but withstanding Wrath’s attack was even more so.
If he’d kept running, he could’ve really died.

‘This life isn’t normal either… Hmm?’

A new message popped up while he was drinking.

 

Ding!

 

 

An extreme stamina-surpassing action was performed.

Ability points have increased.