Hero of Darkness

Chapter 24: The Investigation

The hall was completely silent as soon as an overbearing and majestic voice of the President of adventurer association echoed inside the hall.

Suddenly, half of the people present in the hall bowed in respect towards the Mage who was descending from the stairs.

"Solomon, my brother & men were killed yesterday! We just found their bodies this morning outside of West city gates. I need to find the murderer and this man is a suspect!" shouted Stragabor, the giant man & the leader of the Groundhog Adventurer team.

"That's President Solomon for you." said Arkham who standing right behind the Mage as he did not like Stragabor addressing the middle-aged Elf without honorifics.

President Solomon raised his hand and stopped Arkham midway as he gazed at Kahn and then Stragabor.

"That's your personal matter. But it gives you no right to cause a commotion here. Besides, do you really think you can do whatever you want or kill anyone inside Adventurer Association while I'm here?" the Mage Elf said as he stared at Stragabor with no fear or any type of emotions in his eyes at all.

"Or are you trying to say that you no longer acknowledge my authority?" asked the President in a gentle tone, trying to see the reaction on the huge man's face.

"I don't give two shits about you & your authority, Solomon. This man is a suspect of killing my men so I'm here to take him in my custody and ask some questions." said Stragabor as he rebuked the President of Adventurer Association right in front of hundreds of people.

"How dare you insult the President?!" shouted Arkham as he put his hand on the sword that was hanging on his waist. His deadly killing aura erupting like a volcano and raising the temperature of the entire hall by few degrees.

"Then why isn't anyone from City Law Enforcement hall or someone from Law Enforcer Squad here? Why is it only you & your team?" asked the Elven Mage.

This question surprised everyone present in the hall as well. Why wasn't anyone from authority here to take Kahn into custody if Stragabor only wanted the culprit of his brother & men's murder found?

"Or could it be that you don't wish to investigate by the rules of the law & just beat a confession out of the man without having any proof?" asked the pesident as he revealed the other side of the coin.

This made sense to many because Adventurers didn't have any right to make any lawful arrests or take someone for custody under the name of investigation.

"Don't try to twist logic with me.. 'President'. I'm only here to see the criminal brought to justice. What's wrong with that?" asked Stragabor with contempt in his eyes.

Not only was he enraged, but he also wanted to kill the murderer with his hand. But Solomon's reasoning brought his intentions to light in front of so many people.

"Is that so? Then how about I & Arkham accompany you to law enforcement hall then? We too want to see justice being brought to your people's murderer." said Solomon with a benign smile on his face.

center of all the incidents shuddered in fear as he saw

he faced Arkham or Stragabor today. His

kind & gentle smile, was an aura of

this man beyond the Grandmaster level?] Kahn

Solomon wasn't even releasing or directing his killing intent towards Kahn at all. He was simply standing on

Kahn, Stragabor & Arkham could notice and feel the pressure of this aura. Rest were simply too weak to even notice that Solomon was releasing his murderous intent

the gaze of Kahn and looked towards him with an approving

it have to do with you?! Why

yesterday & your brother also had a fight inside this very place. So it does concern the association as we don't want people to say that we

guilty of any of his claims?" asked Solomon, however he no longer exuded any sort of aura as he

to kill his people either." said Kahn as

name that no one will harm you as

walked out of association hall. Many officials including Malcolm

getting on various carriages owned by the association, many of which had different types of lizard-ish, horse type monsters and steed pulling the carriages; all the

by a garrison of soldiers and weapons placed at the walls. After Stragabor and his team entered and filed

the entire city in front of him, the matter was sent to the top-rank authorities and judges

blurted out his yesterday's routine except for the killing

hall sent few top-ranking soldiers to all the places he mentioned including the City Library where Kahn spent his longest time. Kahn being

of his clothes, just not the ones

questioning as the only witness of Kahn's evening

when he met Elanev in Black Griffin Merchant Enterprise,

also came in Kahn's favor as the only weapon he was known

dozen of experienced men by himself and not even receiving a scratch on his

that they were done by a monster with sharp teeth and incredibly strong claws as some of the hard armor worn by

its way, the investigation was

murder site and mutilated bodies hinted a group of wild monsters doing the killing

as the verdict came and Kahn was found not guilty of any of