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.

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

"Absorb!"

and started absorbing all the useful

snorted as he finally finished absorbing the skills and abilities of the dead

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

& abilities I gained just now."

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

the forest, the cores of these adventurers were very dim and didn't even give any shine at all. Kahn could easily tell that their cores were very

And the cores are all yours as well."

the matter. And eventually, they'd come looking for him as he had a small

to rip apart their bodies while he ate them. So that it would look like these people were killed by some strong monster inside the desolate trees. No one

as that too would arouse suspicion and eventually create unnecessary trouble for Kahn. He was no noob

20 minutes as Omega was having

towards the direction of the 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 where

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

the same city

one. I lost all my belongings a few days

identification, no entry!" said the guard

you have the time. We can talk there in the corner." Kahn said in a hushed

an understanding gaze, he signaled another guard to take his place as he

got from selling the monster cores this noon in Adventurers Association. The pouch was even twice the size of what Nikola had gives the guards this morning

my sorry situation. Here's a small gesture of goodwill for your

a 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

nodded and entered the city

enterprise now as it was the only reliable place he could

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

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

was still new to the city, he had to ask many people for directions. After another hour of painstaking search, he finally stood in front of the Merchant Enterprise

the extent of Nikola & Elanev's prestige. Because the building in front of him was damn huge. 3 stories building which was no smaller than a castle. Plenty of Merchants and common people including many

as he entered the building,