Hero of Darkness

In front of the weakened and out-of-breath third princess of the Vulcan empire, hovered a man with a gray longcoat, white shirt, black undercoat, a black tie and open-finger gloves. His hairs combed from the right side of the head while his gaze was firm as his entire body emitted an aura of reality and dominance. 

In his right hand was a pitch-black greatsword that gave off a terrifyingly oppressive aura, instantly putting everyone from the enemy side on alert mode. 

Lucifer had now completely transformed after Throk reforged it using the guardian dragon's horn. Unlike before, it was no longer just a pitch black greatsword with sharp edges and red magma veins spread across it. 

Now, there were multiple vibrant red outlines on both edges of the blade while two small dragon heads were carved on the hilt, each of them appearing as if they were trying to come outside of the sword itself. 

The triangular-shaped edge of the sword was enough to quickly stab through anything but what made Lucifer more terrifying was the two extra small blades following right behind it. 

If someone were to be stabbed with this greatsword now… not only will their blood follow after the blade was pulled out; but so will their flesh and bones with it. 

As for the central region, the design was intrinsically enhanced with dragon scales while a visible stream of magma appeared in the middle of the blade and the guard. The two small dragons had their mouths opened and leaked some of the blistering fire of this magma. 

And finally, the hilt itself appeared as if it was made of pure magma as it glowed crimson red but didn't harm the user in the slightest while the pummel also leaked a bit of scorching fire. 

This was Lucifer in its Legendary Rank Weapon form. 

And just by pulling it out, Kahn had warred off the hero's party from making any unnecessary moves as soon as the greatsword revealed its aura. Because this aura was actually a pure dragon's pressure. 

Previously when Kahn used the now perfected Dragon Strike attack, the strength in it was doubled just because Lucifer itself had upgraded and Kahn didn't feel any burden on his body in the slightest. 

Compared to when he was only a semi-saint in Rakos Empire, Kahn had allocated 5 doppelgangers to master his upgraded battle skills and techniques. One of them was tasked with completely mastering and perfecting Dragon Strike. 

And now it was no longer an amalgamation of different elements forcefully put together but a perfectly balanced and blended version of 6 different elements such as fire, water, lightning, wood, earth and wind in perfect sync as if they were all in a harmonious relationship while incorporating with each other as part of a single being. 

Added with Lucifer's upgrade and Kahn's own world energy, the Dragon Strike made a statement and instantly deterred the enemies from making a move. 

"Alright, boys… let's get to work!" 

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Axel and all the other members of the hero's party had no time to react or counterattack. 

Swoosh! 

Swoosh!! 

First, it was Kahn who suddenly appeared in their battle unlike the time when he was only watching the whole battle from afar like a weakling with no powers or abilities to fight. 

And now… 7 more figures suddenly appeared out of nowhere, instantly forming a battle formation around Kahn and Omega. 

BOOM!! 

BOOM!! 

Loud Sonic shocks filled the 30 kilometers of the surroundings as all of them revealed their dreary and oppressive auras in succession. 

All of these new arrivals were fully armed and equipped in their previous armors and gears they had since their time in Verlassen. It was the extra set Albestros had made for each of them using the Invimarak's body. 

Blackwall floated in the sky at the front, creating the first line of defense as he fearlessly appeared between their group and the hero's party. 

Omega and Jugram appeared a few hundred meters behind him on the right and left sides respectively. 

Ceril and Armin appeared in the middle, the Magician instantly cast a protection barrier on Venessa while the Healer encompassed her body in a green aura, giving his best to heal her injuries and close the long and deep wounds she received during battle. 

Finally, Ronin and Oliver protected their backs as they appeared at the very end. The human and the Hawkman instantly brandished their daggers and bow respectively. 

Everyone from the enemy side was also flabbergasted, giving them an incredulous look as these people appeared out of thin air. 

As for Venessa… Kahn floated in front of her while the princess still had her eyes wide open and mouth agape. 

Among these people, she had only seen and knew of Omega and Jugram as saints before. Although saints were rare, the top 3 saint blacksmiths had 2 to 3 of them hired. So she was never suspicious about their origins. 

But now, there were a total of seven saints. 

And top of it… Kahn was also floating in the air and probably made that tremendously terrifying sword attack that instantly broke the suppression barrier in just a single strike. 

Means he too was a saint and not a semi-saint as she imagined after the blacksmithing duel. 

However, Omega and Jugram were a bit familiar to them because they met before when the church sent them to create a scene in front of Throk's main company building. 

"Aren't these the outsiders hired to protect Oakenshield by the imperial clan?" asked Tamak, the 3 meter tall orc battleaxe warrior. 

"The space is already sealed here… no teleportation scroll should work. 

So how and when the hell did they get here?" asked Edna, the succubus enchantress member. 

[Oh, looks like they really don't know my real identity as Hero of Darkness.] thought Kahn because they all associated his subordinates with the perfect cover of hired bodyguards they made for the company a year ago. 

But the main question still lingered in his mind as he asked himself… 

[Then why the fuck was I kidnapped?!]