Hero of Darkness

Chapter 15: Praise thy Savior

There was a grotesque battle happening in front of a cliff. Kahn hid among the small trees and bushes and observed the scene in front of him.

2 groups in a battle to the death, one appeared to be normal merchants & their bodyguards while the other being a group of bandits. And the merchant side at the losing side in this case. Only 2 merchants and 5 bodyguards versus more than 12 Bandits surrounding them. Many of the merchants and bodyguards lying on the ground, their bodies lifeless.

Kahn who was watching from 30 meters distance from within the plants & bushes could clearly see what was exactly happening. These poor Merchants were ambushed in a well-thought trap. Because on bandit group side, there were only 3 casualties and 2 injured. While the Merchant side having lost more than a dozen men despite having around the same number of people.

Kahn rejoiced in his head. He finally found a way to get out of the damn forest and also play the hero part so that the losing side will be indebted to him.

Compared to how Rudra and Omega killed their enemies, the scene in front of him was like children playing house. And he too was accustomed to a lot of killing in the week he had spent in the forest. Plus he had absorbed the abilities of many predators in the forest. And acquired and merged many of their abilities.

One being Hunter's Intent he created after absorbing the abilities of a Hawk-like bird and a Scaly Lion-like monster. And this new ability helped him gauge the strength of his enemies like how Survival Instinct blessing from Kravel let him feel the killing intent directed at him.

And he found that none of the bandits that were attacking the merchants & the bodyguards were nearly half as strong as him. But he decided to wait up a bit more.

He had to make his entry in the most crucial moment. Otherwise, his help would go under-appreciated.

Kahn wasn't hasty to help because he knew that he too will be looked at suspiciously after he saved the poor merchants. Because a half-naked man, wearing wolf hide coming out of a deep forest to help out poor travelers worked only in fictional stories.

As soon as the trouble was gone, everyone would think like 'Red looks SUS'. And would point their swords at him next.

Among the bodyguards, there were 2 women & 3 men. One of the women having a metal wand in her hand who was conjuring spells and creating barriers to help her allies. The other woman being an Archer who looked very skilled and fast at shooting her arrows every time an enemy tried to make a move.

Out of three men, two were the Tank & the Swordsman while one looked like the Healer who was in the center of the battle formation. All these five had very a deep understanding of each other and their coordination was a sight to behold. This was a team that worked with each other for years.

"Ah, classic RPG stuff." Kahn thought.

But no matter what, even a strong formation would fall in front of sheer numbers. The merchants were of no help in this case and the bodyguards were simply getting too tired to fight as the time passed.

Finally, the bandits broke through their formation and attacked the mage and healer of the group. These two had no fighting capabilities at a short distance. Even the archer was forced to use her daggers as she lost the advantage of distance.

The middle-aged man who was the tank and young swordsman were barely holding two to three enemies at bay by themselves. At this rate, they were all going to die.

One of the Bandits shouted, "Don't hurt the women, both are quite exquisite. We can enjoy their bodies for a long time."

The voice came from a burly and tall man who was wielding a giant cleaver. His wide and strong arms easily managing to hold the weight and swing it without any problem.

The tank who was already bearing the brunt of 3 bandits fell back after this newcomer attacked him with a vertical swing of his cleaver.

"Follow the Boss's orders. And don't let them commit suicide! We can sell them later for a high price in the slaves market as well. They are quality goods." said one of the bandits who was standing in the middle of their group and nocked an arrow, aiming towards the Healer of the group.

Lecherous gazes were focused on both the women in the groups, while the men were already dead in their eyes.

From the bushes across the road, a figure silently walked behind these bandits without making any sound. The figure stood behind one of the archers in the group who was the farthest from the battle.

Before he could even notice anything, a strong hand covered his mouth while the other one grabbed his neck from behind. Before the archer could even make a sound, an unbearable amount of force was exerted from the hand and his neck was snapped right that very moment.

The figure slowly put down the dead archer on the ground and looked towards another archer just 3 meters ahead. The figure walked behind this second archer and snapped his neck just like the earlier one.

"Two down. Ten to go." the figure spoke softly.

It was none other than Kahn. He decided that it was about time he interfered and saved the merchants and their bodyguards who were close to cross that threshold of life to death. But he chose to do it the silent way because waltzing in would jeopardize the lives of these people if the bandits were alerted and went all-in with their attacks.

laughing at the defending side and passing on slanders on the women about

to use their diverted attention to his

the next batch of targets, the Healers

these three healers. He had to be decisive because after

standing close even noticed anything,

BANG!

pain before his

remaining healer shouted in surprise, this made other bandits look behind their backs. What they saw was 4 dead bodies

the last healer in a single leap, his right knee focused towards the

knee touched

forceful attack, dropping on the ground the next second. The man spat a big chunk of blood

waste any time looking at it and he ran towards the closest swordsman who was

his sword tightly and ran to attack

close proximity of this bandit. He quickly grabbed the wrist of

Crack!

were broken that

who just lost his ability to reproduce wailed in agony

picked up the fallen sword and held it like a long pole

second, he threw the sword with all his might at one of the bandits holding

mage could even react, the sword pierced through his neck, even breaking the

to now, everything happened within just 20 seconds as soon as Kahn was noticed by the bandits. Naturally, they weren't going to stand there and wait for Kahn

Kahn,

bandits attacked with his mace and aimed at Kahn's

in this fight, was already moving like a jaguar.

the swinging mace could even touch

cracked and the bandit caved in, the

the bandits finally shouted. His eyes were full of rage

the mace. He walked towards the swordsman who was lying

dropping away from his face as he saw the murderous eyes of

KACHA!

of something hard broken could be heard in the area and just like that, another bandit fell. Kahn took out the mace from the

asked as he gazed towards the

twelve bandits, only five remained as Kahn systematically took out seven of the bandits

tension on the bodyguards who were suppressed till

group already noticed Kahn when he took down the archers as they were fighting in the front. But

to pay for this. I'm going to torture you to death!" The big and brawly bandit boss shouted. The boss looked like a giant bear, had a long brown beard and his entire physique was that of a

pay. It's you who will pay for your sins." Kahn

took everything from me!" said Kahn loudly. Enough to reach the bodyguards and

know who you are." replied the bandit boss as he charged

couple of times, Kahn dodging them by sliding and sidestepping. Both

the mace but was tackled and defended against. The bandit

with his bare hands and didn't even use a single one of the abilities & skills he gained by absorbing monsters. This would raise suspicion and he'd appear like

body parts covered in either iron or a leader armor. Kahn could easily rip that apart with his Alpha Wolf's claws but he had to play the part so he wasn't going to do anything that would

horizontal swing came, Kahn squatted down and used a leg sweep to break the body

Clang!

as his entire body was in full