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.

right?" Kahn asked as he started walking towards the dead

"Absorb!"

by one and started absorbing all the useful skills of

Kahn snorted as he finally finished absorbing the skills and abilities

the Assassins and the Mage, none of these idiots had any useful skills." Kahn said furiously as if

me all the skills & abilities I gained just

The way these guys were acting, I thought they'd at least have some decent skills." Kahn sighed as he started ripping apart the bodies of these men and took out their cores situated inside their

Kahn almost 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 adventurers were very dim and didn't even give any shine at all.

the cores are all

the matter. And eventually, they'd come looking

his claws alone without using any weapon and told Omega to rip apart their bodies while he ate them. So that it

even loot their weapons or any money these people had on their person as that too would arouse suspicion and eventually create unnecessary trouble for Kahn.

having

Kahn ran through the woods and went towards the direction of the opposite gate instead of the one he exited the city. Even with his Sprinter

in the queue of the people going in. And

the same city guard from the

I don't have one. I lost all my belongings a few days ago."

entry!" said the guard in

tell you my terrible experience 2 days ago if you have the time. We can talk there in the corner." Kahn said in

his place as

Association. The pouch was even twice the size of what Nikola had gives the guards

hope you can ignore my sorry situation. Here's a small gesture of goodwill for your kind and understanding nature." said Kahn as he tucked the coin pouch in the guard's

very generous person. It will be too heartless of me to leave a man like you outside of city walls which aren't safe at night." the guard said with a grin on his face as he felt up

entered the

the Black Griffin merchant enterprise now as

no one

reddish boots. He strode around the

city, he had to ask many people for directions. After another hour

3 stories building which was no smaller than a castle.

soon as he entered the building, he