Requiem Of A Failed Hero



[GIVE THE DARK WYVERN A NAME?]

'A name, a name... where do I get a name?' Raith pondered. Everything seemed to just be somehow scattered in his head.

The wyvern could talk, which amazed him so much that he wanted to make sure that whatever name he would give the wyvern would be perfect for it.

'Weeman... or William? Or Wikidragon? Or Willy Wonka. No no no, none of that sounds cool.'

Raith suddenly paused. He paused because something suddenly resonated with him.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered the name of a mighty demon he had read from a book back when he was in Therut.

"Noir."

[YOU HAVE NAMED THE DARK WYVERN "NOIR"]

[Soldier Status]

Name: Noir

Level: 01/30

Type: Beast

Rank: Major

"Oh oh... starting from Major right off the bat."

Raith rubbed his chin with a satisfied grin.

"I am deeply appreciative of this prestigious name my lord has bestowed upon me." His voice was thick and like a rumbling.

Raith raised his head to look at the wyvern that was still bowing before him. It was hard to believe that this was the same white wyvern that seemed impossible to defeat a while ago and was full of disrespect. He sounded so humble and stole glances at Raith, with his massive tail wagging left and right cracking the ground with every beat.

'Seems like Crimson is not the only one that can talk now.' The grin on Raith's face continued to shine as his gaze was transfixed on the large dark wyvern before him.

"Mas-master."

Someone from behind him whispered.

It took two or three calls for Raith to jack out of his admiration of the wyvern.

"What?"

"Master, I was thinking... perhaps you would grant us the privilege to have rides of our own," Crimson asked with a bowed head and a careful tone.

Raith looked back at all the wyverns that were stationary and sat still, wagging their tails in the same rhythm.

"Hm, the three of you choose from them," Raith said, looking at them with satisfaction.

"Ah, right, there is still more to summon." He said and looked at Noir.

'...hehehe... didn't think I'd be getting a ride on this so early

"Noir"

"Yes, my lord."

"We have somewhere to go."

The wyvern stretched its black smoky wings toward Raith and as Raith walked on it– it lifted Raith making it easy for him to walk a straight line to his neck where Raith stood as he flapped his large wings like a storm and rose into the sky, and contrary to what the size would suggest terms of speed–like a jet Noir darted away with immense speed that belied his size.

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"Today, the South Korean guild Rain guild successfully raid an S rank gate making them the third guild to raid an S rank gate without external help..."

A certain person sat in front of the news in a casual flower-patterned robe with only a black boxer, and drinking wine as the voice from the TV trailed off.

"Hm, South Korea suddenly gets a catastrophe-rank hunter and now they are all over the place." He said, dropping the glass cup after the last sip.

Thud!!

The door slammed open and someone ran inside.

"Kaiser! Quick switch the channel?!"

The intruder shouted with a hastened voice. But the man standing in robe turned an irritated glare at him, however, did not seem to be angry that he barged in unannounced. Instead, he was irritatedly focused on the guy's fast-paced breathing as if he had just finished a one-hour full-speed hurdle race.

"Ga- ah...ah gate... gate..." He struggled to speak for the first few seconds as his breath was still out of place and he was trying to catch it.

The man standing, Kaiser Kruger, then smacked his lips at the guy's annoying charade and switched the channel.

Immediately the reporter began to speak Kaiser's eyes widened.

"What... the... fuck????" He couldn't help those words.

What he saw he had never seen.

From the TV, arms swarmed around places, red, black, and purple ants, some could even fly. They swarmed around places killing people, biting off their head, and taking it back into the gate. It was as if they were harvesting the head of humans. It was hunters and non-hunters alike.

What baffled Kaiser the most was the fact that this was a gate that was said to have emerged about three hours ago according to the news anchor.

'...how in the world is there already a gate break' Kaiser's pupils thinned in and shook as he saw head people fall to the ground their heads chopped off by the strong mandible of flying ants and creeping ones.

Gatebreaks normally take at least a week after emergence. In the history of the entire world, this was the first time that a gate break is happening immediately. 

He gritted his teeth and clenched his fist so. tightly that the TV remote control in his hands cracked and crashed.

"Reach out to Korean Association... we need the help of their catastrophe rank hunter."

"Kaiser, are you sure about this? The world will begin to talk the moment we enlist their help. They will think the great Germans can't stand on their own." The guy said, looking at Kaiser with slightly raised brows, one that induced a sense of worry.

"Huber."

"Yes, sir." He stiffened up at the cold call of his name that came with a rigid facial expression.

"Is it our reputations as the great Germans that matter to you or the lives of our citizens?"

"I apologize, sir. I was unthoughtful, I will make the preparations to send a representative to Korea."

"No-"

Kaiser suddenly spoke, putting the guy in a curious state, but before he could give a follow-up speech he was lost in a thirty seconds thinking. Then,

"I will go, you and I will go to South Korea together."

"Pardon? Kaiser? Don't you have to deal with the gate?"

"The Korean association will not take this seriously, but the moment I one of the Catastrophe rank hunters in the world should step into South Korea, they will take us seriously and this will go faster. Another reason is because their catastrophe rank hunter just finished a gate raid and also lost a companion, there is every tendency for him to refuse to help us."

"Ah... I see. I didn't think that."

"Of course. Reach out to the association president. Tell him my plans and report back to me what he thinks of it."

"Yes sir!" The young guy saluted and stormed out of his presence.

Kaiser looked at the TV and grimaced.

'...will even two catastrophe rank hunters be enough to deal with this?'

Because he was a catastrophe rank hunter himself, he was able to slightly tell— he had been to several S rank gates and somehow he can tell what they feel like but it was different with this one. This one was very different and that was why he didn't think twice when he decided to enlist the help of South Korea's catastrophe rank hunter.