Hero of Darkness

Chapter 135: End of the Beginning

At this moment, Kahn and Albestros were walking amongst the crowd of thousands of people full of various beastkins, and Demi-humans who were trying to enter and exit the city gates. The bustling crowd was in a hurry because it was the time of the evening and soon, the sun will disappear & those who finished today's struggle of life would return to their homes and relax.

While those who had to travel outside to other destinations or their professions required them to work at night were leaving out of the gates.

Kahn and Albestros were mixed within the crowd, trying to leave peacefully but after hearing Ronin's report, he felt like the noble clans hadn't truly learned their lessons and still wanted to kill the old grandmaster blacksmith. They were so daring to even keep hundreds of their fighters hidden in plain sight in the nearby settlements to city gates; as part of normal crowd but ready to attack at a moment's notice.

With their numbers alone, city guards won't be able to interfere or do anything in such a short time if they decided to slaughter someone right at the gates. Since Kahn was no longer a fool to show any form of negligence, he ordered Ronin to check how many people he could find who looked normal with their appearance but had killing Intent and murderous aura around them.

Given Ronin's new rise in levels and ranks, it wasn't hard for him to find these many in 2 kilometer perimeter of the city gates.

"Stop." spoke Kahn.

"What happened ?" asked Albestros who was wearing a black cloak and walking beside him.

"We're surrounded, old man. Looks like they don't want to let you leave this city alive. If they did, there will be no one in the city who will fear them anymore." replied Kahn.

"Then.. Should we run back?" asked the old man.

"No.. If they want to do it the hard way.. I'll give them one final show." spoke Kahn.

[Ronin.. Here's what I want you to do.] spoke Kahn to the subordinate telepathically and explained the plan that just came in his mind.

When the duo finally reached close to the city gates, one of the guards stopped them and checked their faces. His expression suddenly changed to that of a surprise and he looked towards a building and nodded as if he was sending a signal.

Kahn's acute senses that could now feel and hear everything in 2 kilometer radius picked up hundreds of footsteps of people charging towards the gate.

[So they have their connections in city guards as well, I see.]

"That's him! Surround him!" shouted a wolfkin assassin who was dressed in a normal attire. No one could have guessed this type of person to be a Master Rank fighter.

One by one, dozens & then nearly two hundred people started coming towards their direction.

Stab!

But before they reached 500 meters close to the crowd where Kahn & Albestros were hidden. One of these assailants... A female tigerkin warrior in the front fell on the ground and a metal pike-like rod was revealed from her back.

Suddenly, a dense and heavy black & green aura filled one kilometer space and a cloud of white smoke was spread around the army of assailants.

Many of the enemies, each of whom had different weapons were put on the ground by this oppressive aura of dominance. As if a dungeon boss himself had targeted every single one of them. This aura was comparable to a peak grandmaster rank person as well.

A deathly and grim voice resounded in the area that sent shivers to not only the assailants but also the innocent bystanders.

"Looks like you noble clans really don't understand what a warning means. I think it's about time I give a visit to your clan heads one by one."

Gasp!

Hundreds of people gasped in surprise when they saw the source of this tyrannical declaration.

Above a 50 meter tall watchtower... Stood a hooded figure, clad in dark grey robes. The wind fluttered this figure's clothes as a man who appeared similar to the grim reaper came in everyone's sight.

"A.. A.. Azrael!" shouted one of the assailants in shock.

But before they could react.. The angel of death who declared that he would disappear came to the old man's rescue again.

"Run!" shouted one of the enemies who was at the far end and least affected by this aura.

Swoosh!

Before this man could even turn his head and run.. A spear-like extension that was thrown out of Azrael's hands pierced right through his neck 500 meters away.

"Looks like you lot think I'm not watching you anymore." spoke Azrael and jumped in the middle of these spies and warriors of the noble clans that were surrounded by fear toxin.

"Arhhh! No!" wailed a woman.

One by one, the sound of dozens of bodies being cut and poked through this white mist filled this city gate's perimeter and everyone who was watching from afar stood rooted on the spot as a one-sided massacre started. And the one causing it was none other than Azrael.

At this moment, when the guard reverted his eyes again.. The figure of the old man was nowhere to be seen.

"Huh! Hoof!" panted Albestros as they finally ran few kilometers away and stopped towards a traveling caravan that had normal monster steeds. These were like taxies in this region used to travel to different cities.

Although there were magical beasts and more luxurious services for traveling, they chose these ones that would cost them weeks to reach the capital but were also very low profile.

They both paid fares and sat inside one of these carriages.

The one causing a slaughter at city gates at this moment was none other than Ronin who was dressed as Azrael after Kahn's orders.

Kahn used him to create a diversion and escaped with the old man to the outermost region of city gates where thousands of people gathered before leaving for different destinations.

Although the voice belonged to Ronin, the words were his. This was his final warning to the entire city that Azrael will always be watching them.

Sitting in one of the seats, Kahn gave a final glance to the Flavot city.

This was the first civilization he came across after jumping out of that void crack.

In the past 2 months.. He went from a man in an unknown world to someone who could now fight against many strong people on his own.

After appearing inside the Abyss Forest, Kahn was chased down and nearly killed by a pack of giant wolves. He created Omega after fusing two of the bodies.

Then they killed the legendary beast named Somir, a descendant of the Godbeast Basilisk by using its maternal instinct and making it sacrifice itself to protect its eggs.

Kahn who was later affected by the strong remnant will of this legendary monster decided to use its body and the eggs that were now bound to die and created Rudra, his strongest subordinate till this point.

After saving Nikola & Elanev from the bandit group attack, he finally entered Flavot city.

Through the father and son duo, he had a temporary residence and time to think about his future. And when he finally decided to become an adventurer because that would be his best option to raise his strength by hunting and fighting monsters by himself, he came across Arkham & Solomon.

Both the top figures in the city offered him a contract with a selfish intent behind it. But because of these men, he received a lot of money and resources to raise his levels, gain multiple abilities and skills by killing the contract targets and the monsters he fought in due process.

Not only he used their connections in his favor, but also learned skills and increased his Weapon Mastery & Combat Techniques Mastery of various professions under the pretense of training to properly kill his targets.

Then, he gained the basic abilities & skills of various classes and even created the Six Generals named Blackwall, Jugram, Oliver, Ronin, Ceril & Armin. All of who played a vital role as part of his own army and had a ton of potential to become something more powerful and extremely useful in the future.

Later, to hide his targeted killings, Kahn created the persona of Azrael, the Angel of Death who later gained the moniker of Azrael : The Adjudicator.

And after using the Snakekin as a means to spread the news about him, he gained a lot of fame as well.

But because of his greed and carelessness.. An innocent bystander like Jessica who kept her mouth shut till the last moment of her life just to repay Kahn for saving her life twice.. Died a horrible and tragic death.

Kahn who wasn't a hypocrite who'd run away from the responsibility of getting someone innocent killed because of what he did finally exacted revenge for her and gave her a proper funeral in the end. She had become a person who left a deep impression on him and taught him a big lesson on why he shouldn't get involved with others if he can't afford to fight a strong powers or groups.

After he got acknowledgment from the top figures in the city, he became focused on raising his strength by hunting the lower-level dungeon bosses who gave him tons of different and useful skills. He even fought the Undead Lich and was killed by him because of his ignorance. But ended up unlocking the Title of Hero of Darkness which made him 3 times stronger at night and made him invincible against enemies using Dark Magic & Darkness Attribute.

When he fought dungeon boss and Rudra reappeared at the last moment, he gained the core of the peak saint rank Emperor of Rakos Empire. It was something that had many uses to it and was something that an empire would go to war for.

Later, he contradicted his motto and decided to interfere and exact revenge for Albestros's dead children because the morality of his old self made him feel like it was a right thing to do. Eventually, he ended up igniting a spark that caused a wildfire which would burn the whole structure of the society in Flavot city.

Both his deed as Azrael when he played the Hero of Justice & him clearing the dungeon caused severe consequences that even he couldn't have foreseen or control.

The main lesson he learned was that if you truly do not have the strength to fight for yourself, there was no sense of right or wrong, law or justice would help you.

This was something that rose a hunger for power inside him.

What give him the biggest lesson of life was both Arkham & Solomon trying to ambush and kill him.

Just because he didn't have enmity against these two, he had left his guard down and barely managed to survive against their onslaught. If not for his various abilities and buff skills, he would be dead for real and buried under a ground that no one would ever find out.

This gave him a harsh lesson about how he should never trust anyone other than himself. That he must be always ready and prepare against a friend trying to stab him with a knife.

This was something he would always believe and live by till the end of his new life.

From being a naked man with no clothes to becoming the strongest fighter in this city of millions... From learning from his ignorance and mistakes to become wise and cautious. Flavot city had played a huge part in building his very foundation as a person.

There were millions of things he didn't know or had seen yet. There were thousands of strong people and monsters he hadn't met yet. Although he wasn't adamant about following the deal he made with the God of Darkness yet.. He still had found a direction and a destination he wanted to reach in his new life.

Although Kahn himself thought that he had become too strong very quickly, he also realized that it was nothing but his own assumption. Who knew how powerful were the people sitting at the top. And he didn't have any idea how strong were other Heroes at this point either. So he welcomed this sudden and unexpected spike in his strength.

He now had a foundation that could result in him becoming someone very strong & powerful in the future. Someone who could surpass the expectations he had for himself.

For Kahn.. This wasn't just a departure. This was also a...

A TRUE BEGINNING OF HIS NEW LIFE.

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Author : Thank you for reading till this chapter. For someone who didn't even believe in himself or ever thought about writing a novel, this is a huge accomplishment.

With the time I spent writing these many chapters, I've improved my skills by a lot. I know it's nowhere near perfect, but I an learning many new things in the process.

I'm evolving not only as a writer, but also as a person. And the immense support I'm receiving from many fans these days is truly overwhelming.

I hope you can be part of this journey to till I get to finish my vision for this story.

- CrimsonWolf.

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