Requiem Of A Failed Hero

"Hyungnim?"

Raith's suspicious state and alertness exuded off him a fragment of his black and red aura which froze the air around and turned the atmosphere to an eerily cold one, the lights began to flicker and everywhere seemed darker than it already was.

And Min-ho was having a hard time dealing with that kind of atmosphere.

"H-h-hyungnim?" He called again with his smacking against each other due to the cold.

Raith belatedly heard him and released the squint in his eyes, his eyeball returned to the normal heterochromia color and the darkness looming around immediately disappeared, the flickering light came fully on.

Min-ho looked up and let out a deep exhalation.

'Hyungnimmmmmm...' He cried in his mind as he dragged himself to the door.

As he opened the door...

"Hello,"

"What the fuck?!"

Slam!

He closed it back immediately and turned back with his eyes widened. 'Oh, my God! did I just slam the door on Mok Jae-Hwa?'

"Momo, is something wrong..." Raith asked from the sitting room.

"Nothing, Hyungnim." He answered, 'We just might have a very very important visitor, right when I was talking about you meeting a special rank' He completed in his mind and opened the door again.

"I am so sorry Hunter Mok Jae-Hwa." Min-ho bowed to the handsome man standing before him.

Mok Jae-Hwa stood tall and lean in a black suit tailored to perfectly fit his body. His eyes were dark and piercing with an intense and focused gaze that commands attention, his hair, is styled in a slicked-back undercut with the top of his hair cut short and the sides and back tapered closely to his scalp.

The natural black color of his hair contrasted sharply with the pale skin of his face.

"Hello, It is alright. I expect this much since I am showing up unannounced at a stranger's house?"

"No no no, it is totally okay. Who wouldn't know the guild president of the strongest guild in Korea? Please come in." Min-ho replied, inviting him into the house.

Before a flawless existence such as Mok Jae-Hwa, every citizen, and hunter was the same. Except for his rivals who were guild presidents such as Lee Se-Chul and others, every hunter adored him, and his cold handsome face created made everyone that met him become his fan. Not to speak of his gentle nature, everyone likes him... even the association guild.

"Thank you." He said as he walked in and met Raith who was sitting on the couch, resting his head and with an alerted gaze staring death into him as he reached the living room.

"Hello, I suppose you are Merchant Raven."

Raith's aura subtly oozed out again, repeating the same thing that happened before, this time the flickering of the bulbs was more frequent.

Hunter Mok Jae-Hwa looked up and smiled.

"I have not come to fight you or look for your trouble. I am a Merchant myself."

"Ooooooohhh..." Min-ho gasped with his mouth wide open. 'Hunter Mok Jae-Hwa is a merchant and also a guild president at the same time?'

"I came to you with an offer..."

"Of course..." Raith replied to him with a letdown expression but paid attention to how unfazed the man in front of him was despite the fact that he was letting out a tiny amount of hostility.

"That you are a merchant doesn't mean you cannot be part of a guild. I'm sure the association told you that."

Raith's eyes lost focus for a moment, it was clear that he was thinking, 'They did mention that...' He looked up, "So you want me to become your guild member?"

"Yes." Hunter Mok Jae-Hwa answered immediately. "And I have the association chairman's approval."

"Hmph... what is your offer?"

"This is to protect you from the schemes of other guilds both inside and outside the country. But with every successful raid, the Rain guild will pay you 30 million dollars."

Min-ho was the first person to make a short noise, it was another gasp but he quickly shut himself and looked away.

Thirty million dollars is a lot of money!

'By Min-ho's expression, I can tell it is a large amount.' Raith's gaze stayed on Min-ho for a while and looked back at Mok Jae-Hwa who was still standing with his hands behind his back.

"Why are you doing this?"

"The association chairman and I struck a deal. A deal to protect you."

"A deal to protect me...?" Raith smirked lopsidedly.

"You are strong. But you don't know the book... Humans will always find a way to bring down anyone, strength does not matter. I am only protecting you from the potential dangers. Besides, you are not the only strong one."

Raith smiled again.

Mok Jae-Hwa seeing Raith full of himself then proposed to him. "How about we do this?"

Raith's gaze squinted as he started to talk.

"You and I... will have a duel. If you win, I will pay you 200 million dollars and won't bother you about joining my guild. But if you lose, you will join my guild and will have to receive only half of what I was offering you."

Raith chuckled, licking his lips as he looked at the Mok Jae-Hwa, "...this guy..." He mumbled and stood up.

"500 million dollars."

"As long as you defeat me"

Raith nodded, smacking his lips. He still couldn't believe that Mok Jae-Hwa was going to be this cocky despite having heard of how the media has been shouting his name and his prospect to become a special rank hunter.

But it's fine, he was ready to teach that cold face of his a lesson.

Besides, his stats had improved significantly.

'I'm going to beat the shit out of him.'

Raith said in his thoughts as Min-ho led the two of them to the open gymnasium.

Mok Jae-Hwa pulled his jacket and rolled the sleeves of his white shirt, with the striped tie dangling. He took off his wristwatch and gently gave it to Min-ho.

Raith grabbed a wooden sword and held it downwards to his side.

Mok Jae-Hwa's smile came out beautifully as he and Raith stood 10 meters distance apart.

"You are not going to use a weapon."

Mok Jae-Hwa's lips curved upwards. "I don't need a weapon to beat you."