Chapter 97 - 89: Anger

(One Day Later, At The Border)

As Hiroshi was about to cross the border between the Kingdom of Humans and the Demonic Empire, he encountered 6 Diamond Rank adventurers.

The Guild Leader and Adalius are with them. He doesn't know who the other four are, but he knows that he'll have to push himself just to beat the 6 of them.

It was snowing heavily in the forest, this terrain can either be a disadvantage or an advantage for him. He could hide between the shadows of the trees, while calmly taking them out one by one.

"Hiroshi, I didn't think we would meet as enemies. Where is Hikaru? He should be with you, or did you two part ways?" Alphonsus asked while he took out his magic staff.

"Why should I tell you guys anything? I've explained to the others that I had a good reason why I did that, but they didn't listen to me. I know that the King issued a bounty on me. How much was it? Ah, yes, one million gold coins!" Said apathetically by Hiroshi.

���Well, if that is the case, then we'll listen to your reason. But don't expect us to believe you. No matter the reason, our town leaders were kind old people." Alphonsus said while his heart was raging with anger.

They did not lower their weapons but they just stared at him, waiting for an explanation.

So, he told them why he killed them but as Alphonsus said earlier, they will never believe him.

The 6 of them pointed their weapons at him, and stared at him fiercely. Hiroshi knew that a battle with them was inevitable.

"Is this really unavoidable, Adalius? We shared adventures with each other, why does it have to come to this?" Hiroshi said with melancholy, and then, he steeled his heart. Slowly, he forgot that small bond between them and there was only one thing in his mind, and that is to kill them.

Adalius did not reply and just pointed his gun at him.

Then, they charged.

As if time slowed down, Hiroshi, with a melancholy look, chanted.

���Wide Range Spell: Paralyze!"

Hiroshi snapped his fingers and everything in a 50 meters radius was paralyzed by his spell. This was nothing but a one-sided battle, in fact, it wasn't even a battle.

The six of them fell to the ground with thud. They couldn't move, not a single word came out of their mouths. They couldn't look at Hiroshi but they could hear him slowly walking towards them, and they could feel his killing intent.

The last thing they heard was a silent draw of a thin sharp knife before everything went black…

(At the Throne Room of the Imperial Kingdom)

The throne room of the castle is huge, able to fit ten houses in it. There were long and thick pillars erected in each side of the throne room. At the very end and middle of it was the King of Humans.

The King of Humans once fought side-by-side with the previous heroes back then before they mysteriously disappeared.

The King has a majestic and carefully brushed beard. He has long blonde hair, blue eyes, sharp and narrowed nose. He has a dignified face, only fitting for a king. He wore a gold colored long sleeves noble coat, black trousers, boots made of gold leather, and covering them was his long red King's red cloak.

The name of the King is Kaimester Al Javiar.

He sat on his golden throne while looking down on his noble subjects. They were all standing in front of him, all the heads of the noble houses in the Kingdom. At his side was all the S-Class Heroes. And the most powerful out of all the Heroes he summoned, Keiko Sumihara.

Keiko wore an armor made of wyvern scales, covering every inch of her body. She had a stoic face, and her beautiful amber eyes coldly looked down on the nobles, observing them. She had a spear in hand, in case someone decides to interrupt this meeting. She also had short black hair, a heart shaped face, and a cutely shaped nose.

This is Keiko, Hikaru's previous girlfriend. They broke up 3 weeks prior before that accident took place. Though she did love him, after their break up, she didn't really care about him that much anymore. Even though she heard that he was in an accident, she ignored it and pursued her academic life. And after a few years, she graduated from college with the highest degree, got a job in an amazing company, and rose through the ranks quickly.

But who knew that she was going to get transported here?

But in here as well, she rose through the ranks. She is the leader of the Heroes, highly looked upon by everyone, even the king. It can even be said that she's already on par with the king, she is a Tier-12 Spear Master.

And finally, after a lot of hard work, she finally became a high-ranking noble in the Kingdom. She's neither evil nor good, she just ignores everyone as she rose through the ranks. She didn't look at the ones who're in need, she just wants what she earned.

Because… that's how it is for everybody, right?

Everyone ignores everyone and just continues with their lives, while turning a blind eye to the people suffering. She just decided to be like that, because there's nothing wrong with that...

…Right?

The King then spoke, "Now that all of you are here, let's discuss what happened. The Diamond Rank adventurer, Hiroshi Fuji, suddenly slaughtered the Hedison Household for no reason whatsoever. Now, why's that? Were there any signs of mental problems before that? Or was he just a straight up psychopath? Tell me!"

(Note: Hedison is the last name of the both Tier-10 powerhouses. While there are many Tier-t0s around the world, the reason everyone is losing their minds that that family was massacred is because most of the offspring of the two were all talented geniuses in both magic and sword).

One of his sons' had a marriage contract on one of the girls in that household, and for someone to just kill them just like that, they must be trying to insult him, the King.

"Your Majesty," One of the higher ranking nobles spoke, "There were no signs of any mental illness on that adventurer, but prior to the massacre, he received a private mission. It wasn't from the guild, it was from one of the villages outside of the town of Unity. We have already slaughtered the inhabitants from that village after we got the information. From what we got, numerous children have been missing from that village and one of the villagers managed to see who the one kidnapping the children. The kidnapper had the crest of the Hedison Household, and they suspected that the Hedison Household had some hands on their missing children. They employed Hiroshi to sneak in the mansion and see any evidence of any kidnappings. Well, we all know what happened afterward." The nobleman was slightly out of breath after speaking that long.

The King nodded and thought about his words. From what he heard, Hiroshi was a kindhearted individual. He would help the poor, while sometimes fighting with some hooligans. He was admired by everyone who knows about him, yet why did he do all of that?

Maybe it was because of what he saw inside that mansion…

Suddenly, the King's eyes widened so large that everyone thought that it would pop out.

That's right! If we can investigate everything in their mansion, all of this would be solved immediately!

As he was about to issue an order to investigate that mansion thoroughly, the door to the throne room was suddenly kicked open!

Everyone turned their head towards the door to see the foolish person who dared to interrupt this meeting. They saw a young man, at the age of 16 or so, staring at them coldly. He wore normal black clothing, and all of them thought that this must be a commoner.

He has long black hair, black reddish eyes, and a thin cold smile.

"Guards! What are you all doing?!" One of the noblemen shouted, but someone pointed behind the teenager and saw a few headless bodies!

Suddenly, they were all covered by some kind of killing intent. The killing intent was so strong that it manifested a physical form!

Everyone in the room tried hard to just breath, even the S-Class heroes by the side of the King were breathing heavily.

"So," The boy spoke, "All of you dared to frame my friend!?" Hikaru was hardly containing his anger, or else, they would all be dead by now.