Hero of Darkness

Chapter 20: Gearing Up

The gust of morning wind flew by, accompanied by the pleasant chirping of birds. A man opened his eyes and finally left the land of dreams to return back to reality.

Kahn opened his eyes and yawned, "Nothing can beat a real bed no matter which world." said Kahn as he finally looked outside the window.

It was around 8 AM based on the position of the sun. Kahn let another yawn as he tried to stretch his body. He slept like a baby for the first time since he got reincarnated.

As he freshened up and took a warm bath first, he quickly left to meet Elanev.

After searching through some rooms, he finally found the office and saw the young Merchant busy tallying the ledgers and reports.

"Do you have a moment?" Kahn asked as knocked on the door side.

"Ah, you're awake. How was the night?" asked Elanev as he chuckled a bit.

"Best sleep I had in this life." Kahn smiled and laughed.

"So what are you doing?" he asked.

"Nothing much. Just doing some run-ins on the profits and future consignments. Damn, it's not easy at all. Segregating everything based on their type and dates is a pain. No wonder my old man left it all to me and assumed the command of shipping the materials." Elanev let out a sigh as he looked at the files and documents on his desk. This was just the beginning; there'd be piles of these things later during the day.

"Need any help?" asked Kahn.

"Do you even know how to read?" asked Elanve.

"Yeah, I have formal education. My uncle always made sure that I had enough knowledge about everything that can save me from being conned. Haha" Kahn chucked.

"Good. I on the other hand had to learn it all because I had to inherit the family business. Otherwise I'd be a scholar roaming the world now, seeking and learning different places, their knowledge and culture. Only if things were different." Elanev said regrettably as he started imagining the different life.

"Well, we gotta make do with what we have." Kahn said as he started helping out in sorting the ledgers.

He was an Accountant in his previous life so knew how to organize the records with their uses and priority. This surprised Elanev as he was still finding it hard to do it all efficiently. It had barely been a month since he started working in the merchant enterprise his father created.

Till now, all his youth went into studying and lazing around so he yet had to grasp the things related to the profession.

you can work for us as a bodyguard. You certainly have enough combat experience and fighting skills." said Elanev as

appreciate the gesture but I'm not the kind to follow orders.

help you with?" Elanev got curious. He wasn't going to pester Kahn since he was his own person.

to borrow some money to buy clothes, some weapons and some

a mercenary." Elanev replied as sudden realization hit

Now I'm going to be

make out alive. Think about it,

anyway. Here, I can at least run away when my life is in danger and I won't have to protect someone other than me." Kahn said, his

started writing something on a yellow

the 3rd street on the left. Show this to the manager. He'll get you enough

pay you back soon." said

the merchant

Demon race type of Demi-human. He had red stone-ish type of skin and two sharp and dark red Horns protruding from his head. Kahn could even see a small tail

Somir's core, Kahn was always in control of his emotions and his demeanor was

him with surprised eyes. But didn't ask how Kahn got the letter. He

showed Kahn many types of weapons, armors and various accessories cased

noob so he chose the most useful set

small

Why black?

Badass Protagonist Rule no. 3 :

comfortable and sturdy at the same time. It wouldn't hinder his movements when he ran fastly at all. Then he chose hand gloves where fingers were exposed but the grip was strong, like how people who went to the gym used. Next, he decided upon brown boots which were made of some kind of monster skin but also had a fully

fantasy-style double-edged longsword which looked very big and heavy but Kahn

not a Chinese longsword, but a medieval knight

holster made for Adventurers which had many useful pockets and places to put small

the Potions and accessories section. He chose Medium Health Recovery Potions and Poison Antidote Potions. Kahn who had read plenty of Mangas where Protagonists chose Adventurer profession and

but to help others or use it on himself to appear as someone who'd need

found the most important thing of them

ring. Used for

and his ears almost bled after hearing

have 7 square feet of inner space in it. But the cost was