Hero of Darkness-Novel

Chapter 442 - Public Defamation

After Kahn's recording regarding the truth of the massacre spread 3 days ago… the entire Rakos Empire went into an uproar. Public marches, rallies, and campaigns against the Demi-Human faction took a violent turn.

The government that was composed of the top 3 noble factions and their members holding important positions in every sector had their hands filled with work.

Kahn's act of vengeance without even directly picking a fight against the Demi-Human faction had instigated a headache that none had a remedy of.

No matter what they did or tried to cover up the matter… The public outrage as well as the military itself kept rising to an extent where a Civil War seemed imminent.

But the situation for the faction in question was worse than anyone could hope.

Their collective businesses of all the clans, number of employees, properties, shares, their market reputation, and even the support of subsidiary clans kept falling to the point that the once-powerful faction of the Rakos Empire was entirely shunned by the people.

With each passing day, many people who did not want to have their name attached or wanted to detach themselves from this faction broke their ties on the accord of moral and ethical values.

Victor's confession along with the other members of their faction played a detrimental part as he, the once known as the representative of the Demi-Human faction during the Emperor's Chosen competition, had basically verified the truth.

On the other hand, this presented the perfect opportunity for the Pureblood & Neutral factions at the same time. This was by far the biggest opportunity they had to cause the downfall of this faction in the past hundred years ever since the Great War and coup against the Imperial family.

In the never-ending power struggle, Kahn created the best opening for them and without even a second thought, they started to ostracize everyone and everything related to the Demi-Human faction.

Soon, they too entered the fray and dedicated their forces and resources to bring down their opponent they wanted to bite a piece off of for decades.

With this, the tables were turned on the Demi-Human faction by Kahn, who didn't even lift a finger and used their own weapon to cut off their hands and feet.

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BANG!!

A clenched fist banged on a round table inside the ginormous castle.

"Your son ruined our faction's name again.

Now, how the hell are we supposed to recover from this?!

He even mentioned mine and the Faction council's name!

That blabbermouth has ruined all of us!

This can only be covered up with blood."

Shouted an old elven mage aka the faction leader of the Demi-Human faction, Jeremiah Themis.

"And you!" he looked at a white bearkin who sat across the table.

"The faction council agreed to your proposition because you have been pressuring all of us to avenge your brother.

Now tell me, will you take the responsibility?" asked Jeremiah to the bearkin.

The one who sat across the table was none other than the elder brother of Commander Aswala, and the current clan leader of the Bhaloo clan.

"Infuriating! This is too infuriating!

Only if I could go there… I would've killed the Salvatore bastard with my own hands…" spoke the elf as he grasped his head in frustration and pulled his hair.

"I shouldn't have listened to any of you!" he shouted.

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While the big powerhouses were having their version of Clash of Clans…

Kahn had announced a fiefdom wide curfew. No one was allowed to leave or enter Verlassen fiefdom in the name of searching for Victor and his accomplices.

But in reality… he already had all those people imprisoned. The main reason he was putting up this act was to gain an absolute advantage over the enemy side.

Because using these people, he could find all the connected invaders who spread rumors about him. Also, those who were planted as spies in government and military alike answered to these people.

So Kahn intended to use the big fish and catch the small prawns in order to clean his turf from possible espionage.

Ronin was left in charge of torturing those people. And make use of covenant soldiers and the other generals to arrest the people of the Demi-Human faction. In the past 3 days, they had caught over 40 thousand of these spies already.

Yet the more the caught, the more spies were revealed. Which made Kahn focus his attention on purifying his fiefdom first.

As for the main figureheads… he planned to bring them out in the People's Court.

To say that they helped Victor escape under the orders of their faction.

So this way, Kahn would publicly defame the Demi-Human faction rightfully.

Just yesterday, he had requested the central government to investigate the matter and search the properties owned by the faction under the pretext of them still hiding Victor even now.

Which eventually, turned into a godsend opportunity for Pureblood and Neutral Faction to fuck up the entire Demi-Human faction even more legally since the people of the empire and military alike were filled with anger.

Compared to him, the two factions were far more powerful, resourceful and deadlier as enemies.

Kahn would let the big guys fight among themselves while he sits and comfortably watches the whole show while eating popcorn.

Finally, even without directly wielding a weapon, he doomed the whole faction filled with Saints who had godly strength and authority.

And as for Victor...

Tap!

Tap!

In a closed-off and heavily fortified room under Kahn's castle…

A trio of three people walked in.

Kahn, Jugram, and Armin entered this room filled with types of equipment made for torturing people.

He took a seat on a wooden chair and looked at the chained man who had one horn coming out of his head.

"Wakey, wakey… little devil!" chimed Kahn with a smile on his face.

"Urghh… you think this little suppression formation and these chains are enough to make me talk?

You'll turn into dead meat soon, Salvatore!" exclaimed Victor as he gave Kahn a furious gaze.

Kahn on the other hand seemed unbothered and spoke.

"Don't get your hopes up. As a matter of fact… I'm finally free to watch an entertaining show." he said and then asked with an insidious grin.

"So tell me, Victor... Are you ready to repent?"