Requiem Of A Failed Hero

"Do you resent Shax? Even though he heard that I have you in my custody he seems not to be concerned at all?"

"I do not resent him nor do I wish that he be concerned for me," Volmak replied to the demon that sat in front of him on a dark metal throne seat.

Flauros would have undoubtedly been considered human if not for those two horns on his head. But even with that, he was adorned with a beautiful face and his long black wavy hair was an aesthetic addition to his features.

He stood up, donned in transparent black linen that was so long that it spread on the whole floor around his throne seat. He slowly walked closer to Volmak, speaking:

"The only reason you are still alive is that I know that no matter how strong you are, it is impossible for you to kill Fenrir. Do you know how much we have sought to kill that wolf...? Fenrir? Dead? Bleh... I was just more particular about using you to challenge Shax since he has grown too weak..." He paused as he reached Volmak's front.

"But I never imagined that he'd be a hard one to break. Shax. He deserves his reputation, how annoying... there's nothing I can do. Which brings us to the matter of this." His lips carved out an abominable grin as he bent down and held Volmak's chin up.

"What did you do with the Fenrir? That big bad wolf is immortal, nothing and I mean literally nothing should be able to kill it. More impressive thing is, there were no signs of the body, just blood... no signs of an escape too... if Fenrir had escaped, he would have destroyed Valac's castle. But that castle is still standing. Don't lie to me Volmak?"

Volmak gulped, his lips were dry and peeling off, his eyes were hollow and empty with dark circles beneath his eyelid and his cheekbones were plainly being carved out by his dry skin. The story of the torment and starvation he had gone through while in Duke Flauros' prison was being told by his face, the unhealed wounds on his body, and his ragged shirt and pants.

"I killed the Fenrir... it was a miracle."

Even though he spoke, his voice was void of the life it used to have and his eyes were unwavering before the intimidating presence of the demon Duke.

Flauros narrowed his eyes and flicked his hand beneath his chin–

Wham!!

Volmak was catapulted away by a massive force that was accommodated by a circular shockwave of propellation, his body helplessly slammed on the metal door and toppled to the ground.

Duke Flauros stood up, heaving his shoulders as he glared at the helpless man, then he turned.

"Get him out of my sight! I don't care if he dies of starvation." He commanded and walked back to his throne seat. Immediately the metal knights that were like decoration before now suddenly moved and each of the two lifted him with one hand each and dragged him out of the throne room.

No matter what Flauros did, he was unable to extract any useful information from Volmak and he was finally giving up on him.

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"Please let me join in too!" Hunter Seong Nara shouted.

"What the fuck do you think you are doing?" Shin-Hye replied.

"Huh? How did you get here without me even realizing?" Hunter Nara was surprised, '...no way, did she get a stealth skill'

Hunter Nara after hearing that Mok Jae-Hwa with his main raid team along with Raith would be raiding an S rank gate arrived at Mok Jae-Hwa's office as early as she could to convince him to include her as a part of his team.

And Jae-Hwa has been refusing to do so, hence causing her to run out of her patience– which is why she lifted her voice. Unfortunately for her, Shin-Hye appeared out of nowhere.

"Wow, is that a new skill honey?" Jae-Hwa asked.

"Huh? Don't fucking honey me when you are with this bitch" She replied, glaring deadly at him.

"Wait, wait, wait, who are you calling a bitch?" Hunter Nara turned to her with narrowed eyes. Her skin was already freezing and even the temperature of the room was already getting cold.

"Did you forget, I'm already dead... do you think your ice will work on me?" Shin-Hye smirked at her power flex.

"Oh, really... let's not forget you can be frozen for life and not even your boyfriend will be able to save you." Hunter Nara replied with a grin, her hair floating up slowly on its own.

"I don't need his weak ass to save me... let's see if you can successfully freeze me."

"...uhm uhm... my office" Mok Jae-Hwa mumbled but no one cared about him.

As the two of them locked gazes on each other, Mok Jae-Hwa's office was already freezing, frost was spreading on the wall.

knock knock

Immediately the two ladies sent a sharp gaze to the door, ignoring their differences.

"Ha, that must be him," Jae-Hwa said.

"Him, who? That person out there has an ominous presence... one I'm not sure I can handle." Hunter Nara commented.

"I am an element of death, yet I am so overwhelmed..." Shin-Hye added but paused and looked down– her right hand was trembling.

knock knock

"Ah, you can come in" Mok Jae-Hwa belatedly replied because he was occupied by his enjoyment of watching these ladies shake with the fear of who was outside.

The door opened and a twenty-something guy wearing all black, from his hair to his shirt, to his pants, to his coats and his polished shoe, the only that wasn't black about him was his skin and his heterochromia eyes.

"Hunter Raven. It is good to have you back at the guild." Mok Jae-Hwa welcomed Raith who walked closer to his front and was seriously glaring at him with furrowed eyebrows.

Raith's expression firstly shocked Mok Jae-Hwa but the next second he could guess the reason, "I didn't know you carry grudges for a long time"

"As long as you still think death is something you can embrace happily I will keep having issues with you. As a matter of fact, maybe I can try killing you in today's raid."