Hero of Darkness

A few hundred kilometers away from the capital Arkensan was a grand estate surrounded by lush greenery and waterfalls. This white and blue castle was located at the peak of a mountain and the view of the valley and waterfalls was extremely pleasant to the eyes. 

The natural scent of earth and trees mixed with the brazen winds reinvigorated anyone who simply took a deep breath of this fresh air. 

But unlike the merry and exhilarating environment outside, the matters happening inside the castle's topmost room were… inconceivable. 

Inside a dark and enclosed room, a completely opposite scenario was happening that no one would guess. 

"Ah, please… my lord, let me go!" begged a young girl around the age of 15 with silver hair while her neck was tied to a metallic chain collar. 

Her eyes were full of tears and fear for her life as she begged a half-naked man whose upper body was exposed. 

"Ummhph! Umhph!!" 

Right behind this girl, someone harrumphed with a muzzled voice. And the owner of this noise was a middle-aged woman with black hair and fully matured physical features, having her arms tied to a king-size bed while her mouth was strapped with a peculiar device. 

"Shhhhhh! Don't be so loud. 

Well, it's not like anyone outside of this room can hear you anyway." said a man with ripped body who looked dashing from his appearance. 

But the feeling his gaze gave off as he looked at this tied-up girl was as malicious and lascivious as it could be. 

He grabbed this young woman's chin with his right hand and pulled her face closer. 

"Be obedient if you want to stay alive. 

That woman you see… she was kidnapped when she was in a market with her young son. And you were brought here from your academy during broad daylight. 

Still, no one knows or will bother checking your whereabouts. 

And what does that tell you?" he asked in a shrewd and overbearing tone as he revealed an insidious grin. 

At this moment, the young woman lost all the shine in her eyes as she came to realize a harsh fact. 

That given the identity of the man in front of her… there was no one coming to save or free her from this situation. 

As this man noticed her expression, he let out a cold and merciless smile and spoke in an exhilarated tone. 

"Ha ha ha ha!! 

Now that's the look I love to see." he laughed like a maniac and reveled in her miserable expression that had just lost all hope of leaving this place. 

"You see… I like to see women void of any hopes to escape.

The more broken they are… the better." 

The girl who shuddered in fear and had her entire body fidgeting, trying to break free from her chains… made her last effort to escape. 

"Tch! Tch! Such foolish notions. 

Even a saint can't break from them… you're but a mortal girl who doesn't even have any powers. 

So stop with this futile struggle." said the man as he came close to her face and like a snake, he licked her left cheek with the tip of his tongue. 

"No!! What are you going to do to me?!" yelled the girl while still struggling. 

But not only the chains but even the grip of this man was very strong even if he didn't reveal his real rank. Just the physical strength was too much for this girl to put up any resistance. 

The man let out a smug smile and asked in return… 

"What do you think?" 

The next second, he ran his hand across her neck and stopped at the middle of her chest. 

The young girl's entire body froze as an eerie feeling overwhelmed her mind. 

Rip! 

Before she could react, the man ripped apart her academy uniform shirt. 

Her body jolted in fear and her eyes started tearing up again. 

After the imperial decree, humans were finally allowed to take formal education in the Vulcan empire. And she had worked her way through the entrance exam against many oddities and her family's economical situations just to get admitted to the academy because of her bright mind and hard work. 

Her dream was to get a respectable job through education and end her family's poverty that existed since the past generation. But just this morning, she was suddenly kidnapped from her hometown and brought to this place. 

When she opened her eyes in this room, she saw this man in front of her and instantly pleaded him to free her given his fame and reputation. 

Only to find that he was her captor… or someone who ordered it in the first place. 

And now… the man whose ballads of valor were sung across the empire just now tore off her clothes and exposed her bosoms. 

She wriggled in misery but the next second… the man threw her on the bed beside the tied-up woman. 

The woman on the other end had an aghast expression as she was struggling to get out of the ropes that bound her hands. 

The half-naked man walked with steady step and pulled out the cloth wrapped around her mouth. 

"Please… please let me go!! 

I have a son… I have a husband. I have a family who's waiting for me. 

I beg you… I beg you! Please let me go." she pleaded with tears dropping from her eyes like an endless river stream. 

After getting the gist of what the man intended to do with them… she understood what fate awaited for both of them. 

Rip! 

Rip! 

Soon, the man started ripping off their clothes one by one. Yet, there was nothing they could do to resist his cruelty. 

And as the woman feared… soon, he started forcing himself on them despite their pleading like a voracious monster. 

"Ah! No! 

Ahhh! Ahh! Mercy!" wailed the young girl as the man put his member in her private part forcefully. 

"Hah! A virgin girl and a mature mother at the same time. 

It makes the perfect combination. 

I'm going to enjoy it a lot. It's been a couple of months since I could let out some stress." said the man without any care for the horrified expressions on their faces as he started ravaging them like a carnal beast. 

Soon, the room was filled with indescribable and horrific sounds of agony and screams that would send shivers to anyone hearing them. 

But to this man, it gave him more joy as he laughed and enjoyed their scared and terrifying screams. 

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The next morning… the two bright suns shone on this castle atop the mountain as usual and the sunlight entered through the window and lighted the room. 

But unlike yesterday… the scene was completely different. 

On a chair placed in the middle of this room… was the man who had ravaged the two innocent women yesterday to quench his lust. 

Schwah!! 

Soon, a figure clad in black and red armor suddenly appeared in front of him, a fireborne with a trident. 

He quickly kneeled in front of this man and gazed around the room. 

"There's a summon for you, my lord." spoke this fireborne in a submissive tone. 

At this moment, he noticed the fate of the young girl and the mature woman with his own eyes. 

Two corpses were laying across the room in different directions. Both these bodies had dozens of bruises and signs of r*pe on their genitals.

The young girl's head was detached from her body while the rest of it was thrown at a side of the room. 

Some part of flesh on her stomach and thighs was missing as if she was devoured by a wild beast while her left arm was missing. 

On the left corner of the room, was the corpse of the woman hung down with a rope around her neck. 

There were multiple arrows piercing her body here and there along with a horrified expression on her face. 

Just then, he saw a chunk of flesh fallen on side of the chair this man was sitting on and his mouth was still fresh with blood. 

On the right side of the chair… was a crossbow that still had an arrow nocked. 

Despite this gory and cruel scene, this new arrival wasn't surprised in the slightest as if this was a common occurrence. 

[That makes it a total of 185 women.] thought this fireborne. 

The man in front of him first brutally r*aped these women like a fiend to the point both the victims had damaged private parts as he did not hold back his real strength of a saint. 

There were many lacerations on their bodies and the young girl's lower half of the body was disfigured because of his brutality and was bleeding profusely. 

And after having his fill of lust… he had hunted them down for fun and then he thrashed them until they died. And later, he gorged on the young girl's tender flesh. 

The woman seemed to have suffered the most and for a longer period as she was shot with arrows while her neck was tied to the rope, barely struggling to keep her life while suffering incomprehensible pain as she was shot with these arrows and bled to death. 

"Azerog, when do we have to go?" asked the man sitting on the chair as he gave a look of fulfillment and exhilaration while gnawing on the left arm of the young girl. 

"We leave at sunset." said this fireborne who seemed to be a 4th stage saint from his aura. 

He then continued his words and revealed the name of this person he often brought such helpless human women for… 

"Lord Axel."