Chapter 212 The burden of the strongest...

Chapter 212 The burden of the strongest...

Capital city 'Astra', core area.

On the rooftop of some random skyscraper.

A middle-aged man could be seen sitting on the guard rails of the rooftop, a solemn look hung over his face and he seemed to be lost in his thoughts.

'Just like a younger brother, I said... sigh...' (Ashtel)

Some old memories resurfaced in his mind as he remembered the past in great detail.

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(Past memories...)

After the end of the Orc War, Ashtel and Neo rose in power as the new SS-rankers of the human race.

It was a time of great instability in the human empire.

There was an urgent need for a 'shocking event' that would have attracted all humans' attention and helped in the return of peace.

And after a long discussion between Ashtel and Neo, they decided on one mission.

The mission was to assassinate demon general Azazel and raise the morale of the distressed populace.

Demon general Azazel was an extremely well-known demon at that time.

He was the one who slaughtered the whole Reinhart royal family which was made up of the descendants of King Allen von Reinhart.

For a thousand years, Azazel has been constantly trying to create chaos for the human race, and the orc war was also an indirect doing of him.

In these past thousand years, there were many SS-rankers born in the human race, but none was strong enough to kill him and put an end to his schemes.

But the appearance of Ashtel Rex changed everything.

The orc war certainly claimed the lives of thousands of innocents, but an extremely strong being, 'Ashtel Rex' was born due to those hard times.

Azazel's plan of messing with humans backfired as he indirectly became the reason for Ashtel's ascension to power.

After the death of Nicolas Arsene, the fifty-year-long Orc war ended and now was the perfect time to deal with this centuries-old enemy.

But there was still a need for investigation.

Azazel was an extremely cunning demon, it was extremely difficult to find his hiding place.

There was only one way to find out his exact location, and that was to sneak into the royal treasury of the demon king's castle.

All records related to the demon army's military affairs were placed there, along with various stolen treasures of the human race.

But it was common knowledge that the demon king lived in that castle and there was no way a human could infiltrate it so easily.

Thus a perfect plan was made.

Many S-rankers Like James (Lia's father) etc. were recruited for this mission and they all signed a death contract.

They all knew that this mission was the one where death could come at any moment.

But one S-ranker stood out among them all the most.

His name was Kevin Flash, he was a famous assassin and he even had a proper underground assassin organization of his own.

His resume was simply too perfect. He had a 100 percent success rate in every mission.

Even Ashtel and Neo were surprised by his stealth skills.

Thus he was made the spearhead of the plan.

It took several years to get everything ready for the plan, they had even prepared the whole army in case the demon race suddenly retaliated.

No one knew if the plan would succeed or not, but they all knew that it was important to kill Azazel otherwise he would be a great problem for the peace of the human race.

The mission was conducted after a full nine years of planning and preparations.

(Kevin was the core of this mission thus he was not allowed to appear outside for a long time... that's why he never visited his wife and son... in fact, none of the group members knew that Kevin was married and had a son...)

During the mission, other S-rankers helped in infiltration and keeping other demons busy in stealthy ways, this way they provided Kevin with the perfect infiltration opportunity.

ranker, then I will retire for good..." (Ashtel)

Just when Ashtel was contemplating about his future plans a shrewd voice came from his left side.

"Hehe, so even the 'strongest' feels down sometimes?" (Neo)

Ashtel glanced at Neo and said in a surprised voice.

"Hmm, this is... your real body? It's quite rare to see the real 'you' appear out of nowhere... last time I saw your real body was seven years ago I guess..." (Ashtel)

'Tch! He saw through me so easily just like always...' (Neo)

Neo simply shook his head and replied with a grin on his face.

"You are leaving with the students tomorrow, right? In your absence, I will have to stay here to protect the capital city... if not for this reason, I wouldn't have returned at all..." (Neo)

Ashtel narrowed his eyes at Neo's words.

"You didn't want to return, because you don't want to get beaten by that little girl Raji again?" (Ashtel)

"Cough! Ahem!... something like that... cough!" (Neo)

Ashtel shook his head at Neo's words and said in a calm tone.

"You should apologize to her properly... she isn't a bad person I think..." (Ashtel)

"You don't know at all, she might not be a bad person, but she is very short-tempered, she doesn't even listen to my pleas and starts fighting like a madwoman whenever she sees me... ugh..." (Neo)

At Neo's words, Ashtel simply shrugged his shoulders.

"You brought it on yourself... who asked you to play with the innocent heart of a young maiden like that..." (Ashtel)

"Moreover, you are a married man, you are several decades older than her and you still went for her... do you still have some shame left in you?..." (Ashtel)

No one aside from Asthel dares to say such words to Neo right on his face, without facing any consequences.

Neo didn't even dare refute Ashtel's criticisms. He knew he would get punched if he dared say anything bad.

"Ugh... sorry..." (Neo)

"Say that to her not to me..." (Ashtel)

"Saying it to me will not really change anything, also... you should talk things out with your son... how long you are going to keep creating problems for him?..." (Ashtel)

Ashtel knew that Neo was purposely creating difficult situations for his own son and Ashtel didn't like that at all.

"I see..." (Neo)

After saying that Neo disappeared into thin air just like he had appeared out of nowhere.

Ashtel shook his head in annoyance.

"Why do I have to babysit these SS-rankers too, tch!" (Ashtel)

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Author's Notes.

Yo! It's your beloved author here! It seems that Asthel is the one who is keeping all the other SS-rankers in check.

His existence is the reason why strong people like the demon king don't dare to attack the human race today.

Question of the day.

What do you think of Ashtel?

1. He's caring

2. Strongest for a reason.

3. He's the only mature one among the other three immature SS-rankers.

4. Others (Tell me in the comments.)

By the way, don't forget to use those power stones and also leave a review if you like the story. Comment your opinion about the chapter. Your support is my motivation.