Hero of Darkness-Novel

Chapter 437 - Spreading Rumors

After Ronin informed Kahn about the matter at hand, the latter was left baffled. It felt like there was no end to troubles coming their way and he would not even have a single day of rest.

"What the hell happened now?" asked Kahn as he got out of the bed and quickly entered the bathroom to freshen up. Given the sound of matter at hand, he felt like soon he'd not even get a moment of rest.

"It's the Berawaa region again. And this time… the site in discussion is the border itself.

Just 20 kilometers close to the place where Ceril killed the Ashokvatika, there was another battle last night.

And a squadron of 20 thousand soldiers was ambushed by more than 50 thousand forest monsters.

However… all of them were killed until the other squadrons came to look for them." reported Ronin.

Kahn had his eyes wide open after hearing the report.

"What the fuck?! How's that possible? They were too close to the military outposts and I'm sure they must have had the tools to ask for reinforcements as well.

Are those dumbfucks sleeping instead of guarding the border?!" exclaimed Kahn in an enraged tone.

Just yesterday, he was there to visit… more like harvest bodies in a different part of this region. But that very night after he had returned to Aesir, was another battle that led to 20 thousand more deaths.

To Kahn… this was going to be a detrimental issue because not too long ago, over 30 thousand soldiers had already died on the same border. And with this new death count, the number added to 50 thousand in total.

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After 4 hours… Kahn, Ronin and Jugram arrived at the main military headquarters close to the outposts. Since this matter involved military affairs, the Hell Berserker general who controlled this sector as the main figurehead also tagged along.

Commander Chetak, the semi-saint centaur knight who guarded this region met Kahn after his arrival.

"What the fuck were you doing? This massacre happened within the 50 kilometers range of your borders.

How the hell am I going to explain this to people?!" shouted Kahn as he released his deathly aura on the semi-saint.

The latter had goosebumps all over his body and shivered in fear. Yet he mustered up the courage and spoke.

"My Lord, As I reported to sir Ronin already… more than 50 thousand monsters suddenly attacked a squadron of soldiers who were guarding the entrance of the hotspot at night through the forested region as you ordered us back then.

Apart from a few hundred… rest of the twenty thousand armed and well-equipped soldiers still died in this ambush.

But the most disturbing part is that we didn't even receive a distress signal or any sort of message at all despite having all the equipment and artifacts needed for it." iterated the commander.

"But surprisingly… I just received word that the news of this attack, which isn't even known to other outposts, is spreading too fast in our main cities and towns.

It's like we have a mole in our ranks." he said in a jittery tone.

"Bloody hell…" cursed Kahn.

After that, Kahn and Ronin went to the battlefield that was surrounded by thousands of soldiers.

Too many dead bodies spread across the region and there were also the same types of monster species who attacked during the battle against Ashokvatika.

Kahn had a confused expression on his face at the moment.

[Ceril already killed the legendary rank monster so these many numbers suddenly gathering and attacking the soldiers patrolling the border shouldn't be possible.] thought Kahn.

Because all these monsters who died during the battle with the squadron belong to different species and no way would they be able to communicate with each other unless controlled by something or someone like in the previous battle.

Kahn then quickly activated Hunter's Intent and all of his newly gained skills that could help him in detecting the clues, examining the terrain, and finding any oddities.

After spending an hour exploring the various sections of this wide battlefield… Kahn noticed that there was indeed a clash on a big scale.

But there was one odd thing.

That all of the monster groups didn't come from a single direction. Rather, they came from three different directions based on the footprints away from the battlefield.

Kahn then gave Ronin a look.

The next moment Ronin disappeared from the spot.

"Seal the area. No one is allowed to come here without my permission. No one!" commanded Kahn.

Commander Chetak then followed the orders and soon, the military sealed all entrances and access paths to this region.

Kahn returned to the main military headquarters situated in the closest city.

But by the evening, Omega sent him a message.

"Master, the news of the recent attack and the death of soldiers has spread across the entire fiefdom.

Some say that our entire security was a joke.

That it's your incompetence that led to the monster getting away last time.

And now, all these soldiers dying despite you having promised to take necessary measures is also your fault.

Even with the underworld in our control… we were not able to smother the news.

From what I gathered using our people from Seven Deadly Sins…

Those who spread this information in all the main cities and towns of the fiefdom do not originate from here.

And most of them are from the capital." he reported.

"But for the incident that should be secret even to many military soldiers and the government… it's as if… " he said but before he could continue, Kahn interjected.

"It's as if they already knew what was going to happen. Because by no means would anyone be ready to spread such news among more than two hundred million people so quickly." spoke Kahn with a shocked expression.

"It's as if this whole massacre of the soldiers itself…" said Kahn as he spoke in a grim tone.

"All of it was planned!"