Hero of Darkness

Chapter 19: Settling the Grudge

As the attackers stood rooted on the spot, comprehending the meaning of Kahn's response, a loud voice rang behind their back.

"Gyaahhh!!!" suddenly the men heard an agonizing yell that came exactly from the direction where their comrade had run off to.

Just as they turned their heads back towards Kahn, the man in front of them had already disappeared from their sight.

"Above you!" a loud voice came and the remaining men saw a man leaping in their direction above their heads.

But before the two men standing beside Illya could even react, their bodies were slashed vertically by two giant claws, ripping apart their bodies and their leather armor in two.

A gory scene of two mutilated bodies, having their torn entrails, bones, and mangled flesh lying on the ground in a puddle of red blood took place in just an instant.

Illya, who was the only man remaining from the group of attackers was trembling in fear as a stream of hot liquid leaked out from his crotch..

Kahn looked at Illya, totally disappointed at the sight in front of him.

At least the other men died with dignity..

"Le.. let.. me go." said Illya with an aghast expression on his face. Even uttering a single word was hard for him in front of the monster standing next to him.

"And invite all the trouble of you leaking everything about this incident to everyone in the city? You think I'm stupid?" Kahn mocked the man who thought he still had a chance to stay alive after everything that has happened.

"If you kill me.. My brother will find you. And your death will be very painful. He's one of the strongest people in the city. Nobody dares to fight him one on one." said Illya, trying to weasel his way out using his mighty brother's reputation, who was the leader of the Groundhog Adventurer team.

At this, rather than thinking about the consequences; Kahn quickly grabbed Illya's throat with his right hand and squeezed his sharp claw. He took away the sword Illya was holding and threw it away with his left claw.

"Don't worry.. If he finds trouble with me, I'll send your brother to meet you in the afterlife." Kahn whispered close to Illya's ear and tightened his clutch.

Illya tried to wriggle his body and struggled to break free from Kahn's claws but in front of this ferocious monster, his attempts proved futile. The light in his eyes dimmed and his body finally lost all its ability to stand.. Dead as a rock.

Kahn threw away the lifeless body and wandered around his surroundings again. To see if he left any witnesses alive.

Just then, Omega returned with his mouth and snout stained with fresh blood and he threw the head of the adventurer who ran towards Kahn's feet.

"Who's a good boy?.. You are!" Kahn smiled as he petted Omega's head.

Time for a small meal. You're hungry, right?" Kahn asked as he started walking towards the dead

"Absorb!"

and started absorbing

Kahn snorted as he finally finished absorbing the skills and abilities

Assassins and the Mage, none of these idiots had any useful skills." Kahn said furiously as if all his efforts in killing these people went

me all the skills & abilities I

The way these guys were acting, I thought they'd at least have some decent skills." Kahn sighed as he started ripping

threw away the core he held in his hand. Because unlike the bright red cores he got from hunting even the most normal monsters in the forest, the cores of these

and claws. And the cores are all yours as well." Kahn said

dead people would be declared missing and someone would investigate the matter. And eventually, they'd come looking for him as he

why he only attacked these people with his claws alone without using any weapon and told Omega to rip apart their bodies while he ate them. So that it would look like these people were killed by

too would arouse suspicion and eventually create

20 minutes as Omega was having a hearty meal of blood,

opposite gate instead of the one he exited the city. Even with his Sprinter ability, it still took him an hour to reach the other end of the city. He was back to the exact gate

in the queue of the people going in. And as his turn came, the

same city guard

all my belongings

no entry!" said the guard in

have the time. We can

guard to take his place as he

pulled out the money he got from selling the monster cores this noon in Adventurers Association. The pouch was

sorry situation. Here's a small gesture of goodwill for your kind and understanding nature." said Kahn as he tucked the

me to leave a man like you outside of city walls which aren't safe at night."

and entered the

the Black Griffin merchant enterprise now as it was the only reliable place he

away the old ones in a sewer, so no one could recognize him from the clothes either if there came a time of some unknown witness linking him to

and gray pants with reddish boots. He strode around the city as it was

new to the city, he had to ask many people for directions. After another hour of painstaking

front of him was damn huge. 3 stories building which was

as he entered the building,