Hero of Darkness

Chapter 17: The Ambush

The entire hall of adventurers association had pin drop silence.

"You.." the blonde guy got up and charged with his sword pointed towards Kahn's abdomen.

Kahn quickly sidestepped and sent out a punch in the guy's abdomen instead. His reaction time and the attack were very fast, many couldn't even see it properly.

Bang!

The sound of metal and floor colliding rang.

The blonde man lied on the floor five meters away from Kahn. That one punch alone was enough to fling him back.

The blonde guy got up, his body trembling and barely managed to stand up. He looked towards his armor and saw a big fist-like dent that was caved in.

This punch would've put him close to death if not for the metal armor.

"Just you wait here! I'll see if you can stand on your feet after I'm back!" said the blonde guy and ran out embarrassingly.

"That wasn't very wise, young man. He's the younger brother of the leader of Groundhog Adventurer's team. They're very powerful and barely 2 other teams can rival them. This guy won't let this incident go. It's better if you leave now."

Said the old receptionist with concern on his face.

"What about the registration?" Kahn asked as if what happened just now didn't bother him.

"Come some other day. It's not safe for you to be here any longer. We can't protect you as soon as you leave the premises of the association. It's better to get a head start and hide." said the old receptionist.

"Do me a favor, at least give me some money for these. I don't have a single coin on me." said Kahn and passed over half a dozen red monster cores to the old man.

Understanding his situation, the old receptionist didn't preach about rules. He too liked Kahn for standing up against the blonde princess guy who was badmouthing them both. He quickly took out a pouch with dozens of coins in them and passed them to Kahn.

"Go find some inn or guest house to stay out of trouble. They won't go searching around through the entire city just for one person." said the old receptionist.

"Thanks." said Kahn as he grabbed the pouch and left the building.

He didn't think about waiting for Nikola & Elanev as this incident wouldn't bring anything good to the Father & Son duo. They were honest merchants after all.

After watching the old receptionist and people across the hall, Kahn got the hint that he had picked up a fight with someone he shouldn't have messed with just by the expression of the people present there.

to get an innocent bystander

went to a nearby clothes shop and brought himself some clothes. A brown shirt and black pant combo. With boots

a half-naked man. He finally felt like a

was none other than the

he'd be out of the loop many times, and won't be able to answer many questions of his origin or basic knowledge that was already in the populace. That'd raise

citizens, Kahn finally reached the city library. The place was half the size of the Adventurer's Association but already too

asked for books related to the history of countries and information about the demographics of

it and sped up his search for all the useful information.

describe the information he gained. This wasn't just random Isekai

of 15 Empires. Each one

Gods. None worshipping God

by different species and had the doctrine of these Gods practiced throughout their history & cultures. Elven Empire worshipped God of Life, Dwarven Empire worshipped God of Fire, Beast Empire served

did not worship or serve any God on the

entire world. They did not get mixed in with other Empires and didn't

literally underwater as it was the sea itself. No different than Atlantis from the

Empire was none other than the Demon Empire which served and worshipped the Demon God. It was formed around 500 years ago. However, Kahn did not find

than the empire

The Rakos Empire.

edge of the empire. And what Kahn found about the history of his current

was sent in was the biggest forest in the entire world, spanning more than 80 thousand kilometers. Yet no empire dared to take control of it. As it had too many monsters and according to some rumors, few Godbeasts living in

it. It was based on a Democratic structure for governing similar to many countries on Earth. And that's why there were no limitations on any particular race,

to a place

such as Churches and Temples were prohibited and punishable by death. There were no exceptions as the empire believed in equality regardless of origins and bringing in factors such as Religious views and beliefs regarding the supremacy of a particular species or class of people would breed nothing but chaos. The empire had gone through many wars and coups to reach

build

in Rakos Empire was Flaven, a language derived from the first-ever empire that existed in the world of Vantrea but now

sunset fell, Kahn finally left the library and decided to look for Nikola's Black Griffin merchant enterprise. He needed a place

miles, he suddenly stopped. His expression turning somber and his eyes

him. He had a couple of eyes looking at him from the shadows, full

in his surrounding that exuded any malicious intent towards him. Yet he couldn't

exiting the city from one of the gates, Kahn started running towards the dense tree lines and grounds that weren't occupied and were out of reach for city security to

found a suitable place big enough to

as he stopped, several footsteps could