Chapter 79 A Chaotic Mess

A whip bathed in a golden appeared in his hand and with only one flip, the feral monsters were sliced in half and became particles of light that ascended to the sky. He continued to swing the whip from right to left until there was no more left.

His subordinate and several soldiers came just as the last one of them disappeared. He flicked his whip and let it turn into a light as it disappeared.

"Have you received any words from your brothers?" Arcaine asked as he turned around to look at the other.

But his subordinate could only shake his head. He had tried to contact them through their telepathic link but he was blocked. There were only a few circumstances that this link would be blocked, his brothers are dead, unconscious or someone powerful was using magic to block the link.

The last one is impossible because despite the appearance of a dark magic user, he was sure that he can't block a telepathic link. So, either they were dead or unconscious but this had low possibility too because there's no existence in Alfonso that can harm them. They were brothers blessed with holy powers and even though they were worse than a hero, they were still stronger than any magic user out there.

Arcaine could only grit his teeth before leaving. He was not in the mood to talk because of how fast everything was happening. They just only arrived and now the enemy was making big moves. Something's fishy about everything that was happening.

His subordinate and the soldiers followed behind until they reached another area where the fog was thicker and they could already hear hissing sounds coming from the darkness. To their surprise, the streets were not littered with these monsters, there were only certain areas where these monsters were converging.

"I'll clear the fog, kill everything on site and don't get dragged by them!" Arcaine instructed as he brandished his sword and cleared the fog.

What appeared before them was beyond imagination, the hissing sound came from a giant snake that had strangled its victims based on the twisted bodies on the ground. The snake was standing tall and its golden eyes were trained on them as the hissing continued to grow louder.

"We will deal with this, give me support." Arcaine did not flinch and showed a cold face. It was no time to think about anything, he needed to focus on slaying the enemies before him.

He ran towards the monster and stabbed at it which made it squirm but it was not enough. The snake's tail suddenly moved and was aiming at the hero. The tail collided with the man but he was not injured and instead he stopped the heavy blow by just using one of his hands.

Arcaine then pulled out his sword from the snake and jumped back. As his feet touched the ground he bent down a little bit and propelled himself towards the snake.

The soldiers were not idle either as they used bows and arrows to injure the snake while Arcaine was busy balancing himself atop the snake's head. And when he finally had his bearings he stabbed the snake on the head and let the holy power in his sword explode which in turn exploded the snake's head.

He jumped down from the dead snake's body and looked at the soldiers, "Report."

Hearing that word, one of them stepped forward and told him that the mages and soldiers were already dealing with the other areas where monsters appeared and that they requested for Arcaine to focus on finding the culprit. Arcaine nodded, it was better to cut off the root so that these monsters would return to where they belong.

"Let's go," he looked at his subordinate and they left. They floated above the town to get a look at it and find the person behind all the chaos.

Like magic, his holy power could detect enemies with the dark attribute and all he needed to do was send a wave of it. A bright glow appeared around Arcaine and it slowly spread through the entire town in waves. If there was dark energy these waves would break. There were small breaks but it was only caused by the monsters.

As the waves spread further, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the south side of the town. A large part of his holy power was repelled in that direction.

Arcaine flew towards that direction followed by his subordinate and when they got there, the subordinate could not help but cover his mouth and nose at how thick the stench of death was in that place. They walked around and noticed that the place was actually not that developed compared to the other parts of Alfonso.

The subordinate reckoned that this might be the place where most of the unfortunate were gathered. It can't be helped though, because wherever you go, slums could be found.

There were no signs of life in the area and only darkness, they must have fallen victim to the person's dark magic. Based on how the place was looking it has been days or even weeks since all the people in there disappeared and for some reason, no one noticed.

"Why did nobody notice that this place was already festering with too much dark mana?" The subordinate could not help but wonder. He could see human bones scattered about and the houses were starting to decompose.

"Who would even want to come to the slums and check? People in a place where money could be easily earned and where one can instantly become rich will not bat an eye on this filthy place." Arcaine answered without much expression on his face.

He was aware of what kind of place Alfonso was. Though it may be enjoying riches, it also hides a dark secret. So the person behind the chaos was either out for revenge or just thirsty for power after suffering so much.

"Then we should cleanse this place already and put an end to this evil person," the subordinate spat. He couldn't stand staying there for even another minute.

Arcaine looked at the man but did not comment on his words because he himself wanted to end this already. He was getting impatient because of those tricks that the enemy was playing. The man continued to wade forward, his cape and pristine boots were getting sullied because of the dirt and dark mana.

He couldn't help but feel disgust and yet he needed to pretend that he doesn't care. This is one more reason that he should give the evildoer a painful death. He looked forward as they came near the only lit house in that dark and eerie place, Arcaine looked at that house coldly before he stepped forward and kicked the door open.

"So, this is where you are hiding, rat!" He sneered as he saw a man sitting with his back facing him.

Inside the house, the fireplace was also lit and the interior looked very presentable and warm, not the kind you would expect for a dark magic user to have. The person did not even react after his door was ruthlessly kicked as he was still calmly sitting on the ground facing the fireplace.

"Ah yes, I have been waiting for you…" the man's words made the warm room chillier. "A hero…yes, they call you a hero…loathsome…" he was pausing in between phrases weirdly but Arcained didn't really care about it.

"You filthy rats are more loathsome. We are incomparable to people like you," he mocked and yet the person was unmoved.

"Yes, that's how you are. Arrogant, pretentious and eviler in the heart. Yes, that's how you should be just like those people who abandoned us to die. But, I'll let them all pay back what they owed us."