Hero of Darkness

As soon as Rudra informed Kahn about the bloodline of the legendary rank snake monster, the latter was left speechless on the spot. Because although Kahn often thought of Rudra as a Basilisk… he forgot that his subordinate was actually a variant and not a true basilisk or a descendant unlike the Somir he managed to kill in the past by sheer luck or the Bjormngandur that they were now targeting. 

"What?! How do you know?" asked Kahn with a bewildered expression. 

"You can't sense it because you're not truly a Basilisk in any way. 

You only possess the bloodline but don't know how to use it if not for that system thing of yours. 

I, on the other hand, can feel the sense of inkling as well as rivalry from that bloodline." elaborated Rudra.

"I see. So then… we'll do our part and keep those things out of your way. And if you can't defeat it… just run away. There's no shame in losing." spoke Kahn with a thoughtful expression. 

"Haha! Worried about me, human?" spoke Rudra in his usual tone of superiority. 

"Not exactly. I just don't want to waste my precious mana cores on reviving you. Unlike you… they're more important to me." replied Kahn nonchalantly. 

"Ingrets!" retorted Rudra and the next second, a large dark shadow exited out of Kahn's body and quickly went inside the swamp spread across the footing of the mountain they stood on. 

Swoosh! 

Bang! 

Tides of big waves suddenly rose high in the air and the ground itself shook as if something heavy suddenly dropped on it, enough to break the whole valley into two pieces. 

And finally… a gigantic and terrifying black figure of a tyrannical basilisk with two giant horns appeared in the middle of the swamp. 

The loud noise echoed in the 1 kilometer radius as if an explosion happened in this part of the marshlands. 

HISSSSS!! 

Rudra hissed loudly to the point that even the Bjormngandur on the other side heard it… as if the Basilisk was announcing his grand arrival. 

His 30 meters tall and a kilometer length body completely filled this region to the point even Kahn was taken aback. 

"He… he's gotten bigger." spoke Kahn in a surprised voice. Because the last time Rudra revealed himself when Kahn used him as a rope against the Invimarak, his entire body was used to entangle the legs of that ginormous monster. And his appearance was only for 5 seconds; so Kahn hadn't noticed his grown body properly. 

Compared to the last time he had a look at the basilisk subordinate… he was at least twice the length and even 5 meters taller. His overall width and mass had also gotten bigger. 

"What's your current level?" asked Kahn. 

"By your standards… it should be around level 170." replied Rudra. 

Even his voice sounded firmer and grimmer than when he spoke in Kahn's head. 

Rudra then looked at Omega, Jugram and Oliver who stood beside Kahn and spoke in a prideful tone. 

"My turn, assholes!" said Rudra and hurriedly slithered towards the enemy. 

The subordinates on the other hand had clenched their fists after the exchange of pleasantries. 

"I really hate that bastard." spoke Omega in an irked voice as if he wanted to beat the shit out of Rudra. 

"Me too. One day… I'll stomp on his tail when the time comes." said Jugram who seemed like he wanted to rip apart the basilisk with his bare hands. 

"All that bastard does is eat free cores and sleeps all day. Unlike us.. He hasn't worked for a single day and yet acts like he's better than us. 

Believe me… I will put millions of arrows in his eyes in the future." spoke Oliver with an annoyed expression. 

However, all of them had to hold back for now because at best… they were close to level 150 at this point and not only the basilisk was twenty levels higher… but he was two ranks above them. 

Fighting him would be a death not even worth pitying. 

At this moment, Rudra finally reached the central region of the marshlands and revealed his aura to the Bjormngandur, the legendary snake monster. 

Both of them started hissing at each other as if they were having a standoff to establish who was superior. 

"What are they saving, master?" asked Omega to Kahn as they kept looking through the broadcasting artifact. 

"Rudra just challenged that creature for a deathmatch. He also said that he'd eat its corpse and enjoy the fresh meat." spoke Kahn as he could understand their interaction innately thanks to the Knowledge of All Languages known to War Deity blessing he received from Kravel. 

"Fine then… I shall show you mercy and give you a quick death." spoke the Bjormngandur at the end of their introductions. 

"The one to die shall be… you.

And your pathetic self shall aid in my rise of power." replied Rudra in his usual narcissistic tone. 

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However… contrary to his words… the whole thing went haywire when Kahn and the other subordinates started the massacre of the henchmen of this legendary monster. 

Because at this moment… Rudra was thrown around the open muddy lands of the battlefield like a rag doll by Bjormngandur as if an adult was spanking the misbehaving toddler. 

"Ah… so embarrassing." spoke Kahn as he facepalmed himself. 

"He had us in the first half, not gonna lie." spoke Omega. 

As things stood at the moment.. Rudra was simply receiving a thrashing because the neurotoxin venom released by the opponent in the form of a large yellow cloud that filled the entire 3 kilometer radius had affected Rudra to the point that he had lost half of his speed and ability to react quickly. 

While the generals and his army of 300 thousand monsters were reaping the lives of thousands of red snake monsters of their target… their heavyweight champion was getting his ass handed to him. 

"He he he! Is someone recording this?" asked Oliver who was attacking the enemy forces from the sky. 

"Yep! I sent hundreds of assassins to record the fight from a distance; they'll get the footage from different directions and angles." spoke Ronin in a joyous tone. 

However… before their entertainment could carry on for long… 

"Hahaha!! Thanks for the warmup."

Rudra spoke in an excited tone as if he was enjoying getting beaten to death. His domineering voice resounded in the entire battlefield as he spoke… 

"Now let's begin the real fight!"