Hero of Darkness

5 DAYS LATER

Both Kahn and Vildred entered the borders of a sensitive area that was on high alert with thousands of warships with a completely different design and structure than anything he had seen before.

To lead this border, there were even 5 saints commanders stationed, 2 of whom had the rank of a 4th stage saint. This region of the empire was heavily guarded due to recent events in the Zivot Empire which led them to believe it was this empire that ambushed and killed their princess Eleanor due to hundreds of years of enmity and war.

This notion spread quickly and the imperial military of the Elven Empire was also showing signs of battle while declining their offer to have a chat and negotiate for peace.

And the main reason being that close to 200 years ago, this empire had indeed tried to assassinate their currently missing prince aka Aragorn, and failed the attempt under the orders of their previous emperor.

Hence, now that the Zivot Empire, the Emperor and the Abbot were fuming with rage… a future filled with War and Blood didn't seem so far.

As for Kahn and Vildred who were currently traveling at supersonic speed using their respective flying skills and abilities… their journey was without any hurdles.

Flap!

Flap!

Finally after securely crossing the border, Kahn deactivated his black feathered Caladrius Wings while Vildred also retracted his 6 Dragon wings coming out of the back of his humanoid form.

Due to their abilities, their speed was no different than a peak 5th stage flying in the air at their maximum speed.

The reason why no one could detect or suspect their arrival despite having hundreds of detection, protection, isolation magic formations and arrangements set across hundreds of kilometers was because of the companion who had the Sage of Preservation class.

The former Dragon Emperor who was now only comparable to a 4th stage saint just like Kahn was so efficient and excelled in using mana and world energy that he literally deconstructed all the security measures, formations and detection barriers and then reconstructed them right after the moment they passed through them.

These were at least Legendary Rank formations but all it took Vildred to nullify them were just a couple of seconds.

After passing through, he remade them the exact same way as before. And throughout this process, no one even noticed that the powerful methods to protect their borders were breached so easily by someone.

This amazed Kahn even more because this was by far, the best and most effective way of using magic he had seen in his new life.

Vildred wasn't once the strongest mage in the world for no reason.

As for their next destination…

It was the Nadur Empire. To outsiders, it was also known as…

The Beast Empire.

Currently, Kahn and Vildred were flying through aerial borders of the eastern end of the Nadur empire while being undetected.

And before leaving the Zivot Empire…

Kahn and the group had used this one as a scapegoat. It was on the other side of the Elven empire, unlike Rakos and Vulcan which were adjacent empires where Kahn had previously traveled from.

Nadur empire aka the Beast Empire served the God of Nature, Termeszet.

Their entire civilization including the military garrisons and fortresses they had seen seemed one with nature as most of them were either situated at or converged with mountains, dense forests filled with massive trees that were 30 meters tall and 8 meters wide in circumference on average.

The density of enormous trees, wild rivers, creepy marshlands and wildlife would even put the Amazon rainforest to shame.

And these were just the military settlements that lived frugally and had minimalistic standards of living.

As for the normal civilization… Kahn had no idea.

"What do you guys know about this empire?" asked Kahn to Vildred and Rathnaar.

"No idea. Back then… this place was the territory of the Morgel Empire. I'm unaware of who runs it now." responded Vildred in a calm voice.

Rathnaar's stance was the same.

Although Kahn himself had gathered some information on different empires currently existing in Vantrea…

There wasn't much information available other than superficial notions about this empire being run by the Beastkins.

It was an empire fully made up of Beastkins and other Demi-Human races.

And as per the history books, Humans were barred from entering this empire and would be killed on-site as soon as they were found.

This strict law was applied mainly due to some human empires of the past having waged war on them and enslaved them for centuries until 700 years ago.

Even the summoned Heroes of this empire were subjected to constant monitoring by their rulers.

As for why Kahn chose this place as his next target to traverse?

He was going through here because of the pact he made with Vildred. And the Nadur Empire was going to be one of their temporary stops.

Both of them had no plans to spend any extra time here despite there being no time validity on their pact.

Another hour passed as Kahn and Vildred traveled close to 100 kilometers inside while having their existence completely erased to the outside world under Vildred's magic formations that surrounded them like a massive sphere, invisible and undetectable to the outside world.

But right then…

Kahn's Survival Instinct blessing quickly alerted him about an approaching danger.

BOOM!

BOOM!

Abruptly, 10 massive yellow-colored pillars of light, each reaching up to 2 kilometers high in the sky, appeared at different sides and intervals of distance, instantly sealing them off inside a 50 kilometers radius pentagram-shaped Legendary rank isolation barrier.

The system then notified Kahn that Space in these entire surroundings filled with mountains, grasslands and dense forests was now completely sealed.

Crack!

Crack!

Crumble!

Suddenly, the spherical spell formation protecting Kahn and Vildred shattered and quickly dispersed into thin air.

Even the dragon emperor had his eyes full of disbelief…

"Who dares to break this supreme being's formation?!" he bellowed in rage.

Whoosh!

Just then, a figure appeared 3 kilometers away in the sky as if another bright and red sun had appeared out of nowhere.

This new arrival fiercely glanced at Kahn and Vildred who were now exposed to the outside world, with a look of disdain.

"You have some guts intruding inside our empire."

A grim, terrifying, tyrannical and domineering voice resounded in the surroundings as the being who was covered under a thick layer of dazzling and radiant flames spoke.

For some reason… Kahn's Survival Instinct blessing was ringing like a fire alarm, telling him to run away as soon as he could.

[Kahn, Vildred… run!]

Rathnaar who was done gauging the strength of this being quickly exclaimed in Kahn's mind.

[This is a Peak 7th stage Saint!]