Hero of Darkness

Chapter 42: The Reigning Champion

The group of three giant Minotaurs was keeping a guard on the city streets and taking a stroll to keep an eye out.

Kahn was crawling on top of a building roof, trying to avoid the gaze of this group. He was currently thinking of a plan to take out these minotaurs one by one. Every single one of these creatures was too big in size and also had highly defensive abilities that made it even harder to kill.

Soon, he noticed a pattern between these minotaurs.. One would check the end of the street while the other two took turns in checking the other end. Kahn was waiting for an opportunity to take out the one who would be alone in the middle of their guard post so he could distract it when the others were away.

A few minutes later, when the one minotaur was alone while the other two went to check the ends of the street as part of their routine, Kahn jumped down and hid behind a big and sturdy stone wall.

PHEWHEW!

Kahn whistled and the minotaur on the guard finally felt like it heard something. And just as Kahn had expected, it followed the noise.

Kahn had merged himself with the shadow behind the wall using Shadow Walk so the giant monster didn't notice him. As soon as its back turned towards Kahn, he jumped out of the shadow and from his own shadow three more figures jumped out the next second.

Unlike before, Kahn no longer needed to verbally command his subordinates to come out of his shadow. Thanks to the Hive Mind ability he got from Synthesis.. He could telepathically command them and they'd react as per his will without needing a verbal order.

The three figures were none other than Omega, Blackwall & Ceril. Just as their footsteps made noise, the lone minotaur looked their way and was alerted of the enemy's presence.

It roared loudly and stomped its leg on the ground, trying to alert the fellow guards, but it noticed that even after its roar and heavy stomp, there was no sound coming out from its mouth or a single vibration from the ground.

Just then, it noticed Ceril who had a black mage staff in his hand and a faint blue barrier surrounding their location.

Silence Barrier.

It was a Mage exclusive skill that could only be performed by an Intermediate Rank mage.

Ceril, who was created from the bodies of a Mage & Summoner class had inherited this skill. The moment they jumped out of the shadow, he had cast the silence barrier and removed any sound from their surrounding.

The minotaur roared again, albeit producing no noise. Omega and Blackwall charged at this lone minotaur and clashed with it using their bodies. Blackwall used his Knight's Taunt and Templar's Will to enrage the giant bull creature and banged his sword on the big shield he was holding in his left hand.

Omega attacked with his

minotaur quickly swung the giant wooden club it had to guard

and throwing it out of balance. Omega on the other hand used this opportunity and used Shredder Claws on its head to disoriented it

under the rubble of large and heavy stones from the wall and was trying to get out of

jumped on its chest and a jet stream of greenish liquid was thrown in the eyes of the minotaur.. Instantly

in time.] Kahn spoke to himself and mentally ordered his subordinates to hide in his shadow again. Because this was the best strategy he could come up with given his current situation. Taking out the enemy one by one without being noticed was his best approach because in a group, these minotaurs

way he would be able to kill these

because of the same reason. Just one minotaur was strong enough to take on 5 to 6 people by itself and they'd always create loud roars and noises during a fight. And as more minotaurs joined the fight, the more difficult it would be to kill them. Even an Intermediate Master Rank Swordsman like Kahn

and his strong fighters to catch it off guard, and deal damage while using Silence Barrier to prohibit

the barrier functioning. Hence he used Ceril for this

he had gained after absorbing the legendary Somir's body indeed lived up to its

he didn't have any more time to absorb the body and abilities of

for the remaining minotaurs on guard and caught them off guard just like this one. Soon he had 3 dead minotaurs

me the abilities & skills." Kahn commanded the system to check

the following abilities & skills

(D

the host to create a physique resistant

(C

recover the

Might (D Rank)

increases the host's physical strength

host has acquired the

purity :

fries in the end." said Kahn and put his hands on the remaining two dead bodies

Kahn ordered and