Hero of Darkness

Atreus aka Kahn finally understood why he was sent here after his master, Romulus said that he wanted him to learn how to become a War General.

Previously, he spoke of the part where he expressed his opinion about Kahn learning how to lead.

But 'Leading' didn't always mean taking charge in a battle. It also meant clearing a path and cooperation with your allies to take down the enemy side. Like how a captain of the Cavalry often charged at the front of offense and led his subordinates in a battle formation to decimate their opponents.

Kahn had no problem doing so with his subordinates but Dorian was a different case. He wasn't an ally with no fear for his life and neither was he Kahn's puppet who would obediently follow his orders without questioning his judgment.

So maybe he was sent by Romulus here to learn that very aspect as a comrade during a battle. Something he never had experienced before.

"Look, I have read about this monster once."

Said Atreus and then expressed a plan to the white wolfkin to take down this monster.

"And do what? Give you all the credit for it?!" clamored Dorian furiously after hearing the plan.

"I don't care for credit. You can say that you did it alone." spoke Atreus as if he didn't care at all.

However, the next moment... Dorian flared up, his expression revealing that he was pissed off.

"You think I'm that pathetic and pitiful to take credit for someone else's doing?!" he shouted, feeling wronged.

Atreus rolled his eyes and responded helplessly...

"Alright, 50/50 it is then. Master gave this mission to both of us in the end so that should be acceptable." he said to appease the other party.

At this moment, Kahn also realized one thing about his comrade here.

Dorian obviously had developed an inferiority complex since Atreus came along 10 months ago and beat them in the 4 vs 1 battle where he absolutely toyed around with them.

His master personally trained the blue wolfkin alone in the past 10 months and the defeat all 4 of them had suffered at the latter's hand was still vivid in his memory since he was of the competitive nature.

"So will you follow my lead?" asked Atreus.

Dorian revealed an indignant countenance but responded...

"Fine! But don't think that I have acknowledged you as my better.

I'm only doing this because killing this monster is more important than my pride." he declared while glaring at Atreus intently.

[My my... This guy is a textbook tsundere.] thought Kahn but suddenly a chill ran down his spine.

"Alright then. We know our roles. Let's go!"

1 Hour Later.

[Get lost, you vermin!] a grim voice resounded in Kahn's mind. The one to speak these words was none other than Hodag.

It was a fully sentient being just like Skoll & Hati and could converse telepathically with them.

For the past hour, Atreus engaged in combat with this majestic creature that was 1.5 Kilometers tall as soon as it stood up on all 4 legs.

Hodag also revealed that he was minding his business after waking from his hibernation but Conan attacked him for no reason.

And as a result, he chased the perpetrator. The city being destroyed... He didn't even care who these people were.

Although Kahn also understood his reason, he had no choice but to attack this mythical beast because of the mission.

And even if he acted magnanimous or Hodag felt remorseful for killing all those innocent people like some forced 'victim plot' of a story...

The damage was already done and there was no going back.

Huff!

Huff!

Atreus panted heavily and his body was full of sweat. One could tell that he was nearly exhausted from this battle which destroyed close to 50 kilometers of radius, forests, plant life and flattened valleys and mountains.

All this time, he was using Beowolf to attack Hodag from afar by creating icebergs using summoned water from a nearby lake and also used Azure Dragon Fist skill multiple times to stop the enemy from moving.

But Hodag's size was too big and the monster itself was impervious to water elemental attacks. Hence, it easily broke past them.

On the side, he had great psychic skills to make one lose control over their own mind and body. If someone like Conan or Dorian fought it... They would end up killing themselves instead of attacking Hodag.

But Kahn, who had died more than a million times and suffered through excruciating pain in every possible method and manner.

He was able to break past the effects of these skills easily and maintain his sanity. And thus, he kept attacking incessantly without holding back.

To onlookers, this would appear as a very stupid move. However, Kahn had his own plans.

Kahn could use only these skills as a Brawler without using what Romulus taught him or his personal abilities but he could still make 40 to 45 of such fist attacks.

The only disadvantage Hodag had was its slow speed. Otherwise, it could easily escape from this situation a long time ago.

All in all, the situation was at standstill.

Atreus couldn't kill it and Hodag couldn't escape either.

But what the latter didn't understand was each time those water elemental attacks hit its body, his metallic fur was getting drenched in water and the burden of its own weight was impeding his movements more than they usually did.

And finally... Atreus made the move.

Raging storms filled the battlefield and the sky started rumbling. The ground was crackling as dozens of massive pillars of water arose from beneath.

Atreus activated the Waterblade Hurricane skill and launched an onslaught of millions of waterblades made of his pressure and compressed water.

Soon, 20 kilometers of the area was filled with water like a tsunami and even the massive Hodag was partially submerged under this unnaturally high and dense sea made by Atreus.

[It's time.] thought Kahn and snapped his fingers.

The massive volume of water that was seeped into the fur and body of the monster suddenly reacted and froze instantly on the spot, entirely freezing this ginormous creature that could kill millions of soldiers with its aura alone.

Next, surging tides suddenly turned into two 100 meters wide arms made of hard ice that looked exactly similar to Atreus' arms.

They quickly lunged and forcefully grabbed the mouth of this beast and opened it wide.

Atreus let out a devious smirk at this moment and spoke to himself.

[I love it when a plan comes together.]