Chapter 802 The Scapegoat
As soon as Kahn received the word from his doppelgangers he left in Alfheim through their Telepathy Link skill, he was thoroughly furious and cursed loudly with a grim and ugly countenance.
"What happened?" asked Omega.
"One of my doppelgangers I left behind as Zeus just informed me about what happened when all of us were stuck inside." spoke Kahn as he clenched his fists tightly.
"2 weeks ago… the Imperial Clan declared something throughout the entire Zivot Empire.
That the Hero"s Party was ambushed and most of the members were killed." he spoke.
Everyone else was bamboozled after hearing this news.
"What nonsense is that? They had two 5th stage saints in their party. Even a peak 6th stage saint won"t be able to easily kill them off.
And there are only 5 people of that rank in the entire empire, all of whom serve the imperial rule." said Edmund as he didn"t understand what was happening either.
"The problem isn"t them dying… but the culprit." he spoke as he looked over his entourage and revealed his worries.
"They declared that the culprit was me… the Hero of Darkness."
Stupefied!
Everyone else was rooted on the spot as their figures nearly trembled in shock.
"Not only that… the emperor himself declared this to the entire Zivot Empire.
Saying that I killed Axel, the Hero of Fire in the Vulcan empire a year ago and now tried to kill the Hero of Life, following the footsteps of my predecessor." he spoke in a solemn voice.
"The entire imperial rule has revealed what happened 300 years ago and how they had to keep this a secret for the sake of peace and stability within the empire.
Supposedly, I had two 7th stage saints with me as my underlings who helped me ambush the Hero"s Party." Kahn iterated with an irritated countenance.
"However, the Hero and Priestess barely escaped because of protection artifacts that were provided by the Imperial Clan and Monastery of Life.
They even held a funeral rite, honoring the dead members and turning them all into martyrs who died for the sake of protecting the future of the empire." he revealed with a helpless expression.
Vildred then chimed in, unfazed by this predicament.
"Only the Hero of Life came to meet me that day. As for his allies, all of them had already died when they fought on the 91st floor." he spoke.
Vildred was the Dungeon Boss even if he was sealed. So he obviously had some knowledge about the Hero"s Party members who fought the Floor Bosses.
" So Cthulhu killed the remainder and the Hero of Life somehow managed to kill him to pa.s.s the floor?
That guy must have some amazing divine abilities to kill Cthulhu." spoke Kahn as he revealed a thoughtful gaze.
"The Priestess must have left then and then Ervalen came to the final floor.
But if you already killed him… How is he still alive?" he asked the dragon emperor.
[Boy, he"s a Hero of Life.
He must have had some divine abilities to help him reincarnate himself or maybe undo his death, just like Death Absolution divine ability used by the Hero of Fire.] hypothesized Rathnaar, unknowingly hitting the mark.
"The Hero"s divine abilities are kept secret. Only known to the Abbot and the Emperor of that generation.
So I don"t know anything." said Aragorn, a true member of the imperial family whose fate was changed.
"Well… let"s hope we don"t meet Ervalen again.
Because if he can Reincarnate himself, then he must possess the memories before his death.
I definitely can"t afford to have any interactions with him from now on." said Kahn.
All of them then unsummoned their legendary rank armors and weapons, switching to their usual Epic rank ones.
One after another, everyone returned to the alternate personas they used in the elven empire while Kahn himself returned to his Legolas Ragnarsson appearance.
"So what do we do now?" asked Rudra, who was slightly angry at the fact that they were used as people to put the blame on.
"We follow the plan as per our oath." said Kahn and then gazed at Aragorn.
"But know this… things have turned very dangerous for all of us.
So after we"re done… You and I don"t know each other. And you can"t try to get rid of me or my people afterward either as per our oath.
So do you still want to get on with our original agreement?" he asked firmly.
All Aragorn did was nod. The pact was already in effect and neither side could give up on it but also, they couldn"t make the other side annul the oath either.
Aragorn needed Kahn and Vildred"s help while they needed the elven prince to keep the truth about Kahn being a chosen Hero and the royal dragon being freed from the Maskaanxavir Formation a secret.
"After I"m done lifting this curse, we won"t need to see each other anyway." said Aragorn, revealing a confident look.
Kahn on the other hand was lost in deep thought for many reasons.
This was a serious issue. Although they were using him as a scapegoat to bury the matter about what happened inside the Immortal Dungeon… the fact remained that everyone was under the a.s.sumption that he, the Hero of Darkness, was indeed in the Zivot Empire.
Which was coincidentally true.
[I"m more worried about those people of that mysterious group who Emperor Havi Hos Sigfreed warned me about.
If any of them tracks me to Alfheim or even investigates the Immortal Dungeon… I"ll be at grave risk.] said Kahn.
[No, you won"t be.
The dungeon refreshes all the floors and their mana periodically. So even if you used the Darkness element, they won"t be able to track it.
Also, one had the follow the rules. I don"t think these people you speak of will have so much time to do a dungeon exploration.] said Vildred.
He was already aware of Kahn"s situation in the world and how everyone was hunting him.
[But still… We"re forced to ambush the princess… it"s even riskier.
But we can"t go back on our promise or both of us will die anyway.] he replied.
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A Few Hours Later.
Kahn and the group came back to their headquarters of the Misthios guild.
The news of their main commanders returning alive from the Immortal Dungeon brought joy to worried members of Misthios guild.
The hidden doppelgangers who were maintaining Sparta also appeared, sharing all the memories about what happened in the past 2 months with the original body.
"Time is of the essence. So let"s plan everything thoroughly." he said to his allies.
"We can"t afford to make a single mistake."