《Darker than Black》 Prologue(introduction) I was the baddest Boss of all, the world under my feet. With me started a new era, a united world slaved to my whims. That was until it came for me, the darkness for the dark emperor, sent by the divine exterminating overbearing evil. I was then escorted to Hell by two winged flies, though frenzied I was yet sane. In Hell I was welcomed by the devil, who arrogantly declared me its best subordinate, and announced the merit of my deeds. I the Dark Emperor waged a war against the ignorant Devils of hell. After slaying thousands, a chance to escape hell presented itself to me, to complete my revenge against the divine and the devil, I jumped at it. I was ready to greet my new life, but what I heard baffled me. In my entire life, consisting of thousands of year, I had forgotten the last time I was this surprised, Love what you''re reading? Discover and support the author on the platform they originally published on.A man clad in black robes was shouting in sinistourous voice ''Hero, how will you save this princess, you dare to move and I shall pierce her lovely throat, what a shame if she were to die now, her delicate body...gulp....Hahaha''. Standing in the air, the blade in his hands was already lightly kissing the neck of a beautiful maiden wearing wealthy clothes in his hands. His image perfectly resembled that of a typical classic villain, but the astonishing thing was, he was calling him the hero. I was called countless things in my life, but never a hero, how amusing, Damsel in Distress! The lands devoid of any vegetation, muddy black hills formed from clustered soil, radiating an aura of death. The normally isolated lands today had some unexpected visitors, up above some figures were hardly noticeable due to the distance. ''Haha, so you will kill her?'' asked the hero. ''Do you doubt me, huh...do you think I won''t? Here see this'' the black robed man harshly replied as he slightly pricked her throat with his black iron knife, in result of which small droplets of blood hugged the knife. ''I see that you are new at this'' said the hero while grinning with his mouth open wide, revealing sparkling white teeth, though it should have looked holy but somehow this transferred a very terrifying feeling to the black robed man. The mysterious man thought ''what is this feeling, it is what crazy or mad people at the pinnacle of evil emit, Damnit...if I knew that the assassination of a minor prince was going to be this hard, I should''ve made that stingy minister fork up more money'' ''Thankfully, at least my life is saved, I can always earn money later, this moron of a hero would never dare to even move until I have this doll in my hands, hmm later if I don''t rip him to shreds, my name won''t be Luca advocate of the devil'' ''The place where you are stabbing your dagger is actually wrong, move it a little down, just below the bulge of the neck, let us watch a blood shower...also don''t forget to hold her head backwards or it will be too quick'' ''Now that you know your place, haha...'' in amidst his laughing Luca finally realised the words that he heard. His laughing came to an abrupt stop, tiny drops of sweat formed on his forehead. This is a madman. What he felt back then, it was this! He is no hero, no, how could anyone say this while smiling. Thought Luca, ''maybe he is trying to fool me, but he wouldn''t risk a life, the atmosphere is genuine too. Damnit every single thing is going wrong on this forsaken day'' ''What bullshit are you sprouting, quickly go away, or I will really pierce her throat'' Luca threatened. ''Killing is an art, I am not against killing, but when you kill, you must paint death in a style, so that life isn''t disappointed'' Though the words of the hero were gentle, the effect was quadrupled, it gave a very wrong feeling. Moments passed, but Luca was terror stricken, floating in the air like a statue, the princess was already fainted from before, so at the very least she didn''t need to faint again. ''Sigh...I have to do everything'' said the Hero as he started flying towards the black robed man in a leisurely manner. ''No...stay away...Don''t come near me'' finally reacted the assassin. The danger he felt from this hero couldn''t be false. In his fear, somehow the knife in his hands pierced the throat of the princess, staining her white clothes red. When Luca saw the blood, he finally noticed his mistake. But still in fear of the hero he couldn''t care much about the doll. ''Alright, I have changed my mind. You are now my minion, throw the girl here'' Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. ''My lord I am already subordinate to the Blood assassination corps, your noble self must have heard of it'' Saying this Luca had two intentions, he already realised that standing before him, with such malice could be no hero, so it must be a fallen hero. But even Fallen heroes needed shelter somewhere, firstly he was trying to save his life and also recruit him for his organisation. Luca remembered the information he heard from his colleague about Fallen heroes ''Fallen Heroes are actually former heroes, when Heroes suffer a mind breaking tragedy, their mentality twist and they change, though they are sane, their urge of blood is never quenched.'' ''Sadly you already ruined my expectation of a perfect fountain show, since you aren''t willing to be my subordinate, I must paint my sorrows'' said the Hero. All hair on Luca''s body stood, he felt danger that he never had in his entire life. Without thinking anything he quickly blurted '' I am willing, your subordinate is willing'' He quickly threw the goods his master wanted towards him and said ''Master the life contract I performed with the guild...I...'' He didn''t know what to say, nervously biting his teeth he was staring at the Fallen Hero anxiously awaiting a response. He more than anyone was aware of the restrictions of a contract, and what he signed was a life contract, he once saw with his own two eyes a man die a terrifying death from striking thunder, it was said that he broke a life contract. The Hero coolly ignored him, the princess was now floating behind him as he quietly said two words ''Divine Heal...Blood Bind'' As soon as the words were muttered, all injuries on the princess and the black robed man bodies healed in an instant, while a red glow surrounded their bodies for some moments before disappearing. ''Amazing...Master overwrote the guild contract, but...but he made me a slave, even that doll wasn''t spared, still an alive slave is better than a dead free''. Luca''s face was showing absolute respect, fawning over this powerful master. As soon as Alexander took over the Hero''s body, all it''s memories were transferred to his mind, divine heal was the skill of light attribute, only limited to those of extremely pure nature, while Hero was already at the pinnacle of being Holy. While Blood bind was his own created skill, brought over from his previous life. ''Until I am strong enough...I must hide deep enough'' said Alexander lightly as he started flying towards a direction without any notice. Seeing the Fallen Hero flying towards the Holy Capital Betain, Luca hesitated for a moment but he quickly followed, now that he was a slave, according to the contract, he could be killed with just a thought from his master. Luca knew although going to Betain again after his failed assassination attempt on no less than the prince was a clear suicide, at least it was still better than dying right now. And since his master didn''t tell him anything, as a slave he shouldn''t ask either. C2 King Leo After the Hero returned with the princess, all tension was released from the royal palace. Once the mighty king knew that his only precious daughter, the eldest among her siblings, princess Cleopatra was kidnapped by no less than an assassin who tried to kill his spoiled son, he flew into rage. ''You all pray, that not a single hair of hers is harmed, or no one in this palace, not even the dogs or chickens, will ever be able to sleep peacefully''. The ministers standing on both sides of the spacious palace were all terrified, they too knew along with all of the empire, that their King was afraid of nothing, but he had a tail, and it was his daughter, princess Cleopatra. ''Aaah! I am doomed! What sin have I done for the heavens to punish me like this?'' This was a minister, who was more terrified than anyone else, and kept muttering some words discreetly. ''I even paid the expensive charges for Blood assassination guild, forget about killing that prince, he took the princess hostage'' ''The King will surely investigate the matter deeply, if I am caught...'' ''But even if somehow I am not caught, the elder prince who tasked me on killing his brother, he will surely get me killed, What should I do?....what should I do?'' ''Oooh.....Praise the Lord, my daughter has been returned to me...'' This was how the King reacted once he caught sight of her daughter again, though this state of his looked quite vulnerable, but anyone knew not to instigate him now, for when a bull has its tail stepped on, things won''t be peaceful. ''Call the Royal Medics, also bring the healers from church...Tell them it''s imperial order, if they dare to delay, exterminate their three generations from this world''. Alexander stood silently as ever, he didn''t bow down to the King and behind him was the main perpetrator of all this, but no one noticed all this, no one except one particular minister. ''You piece of shit...you couldn''t even escape with the princess hostage, and you didn''t even die...what''s more you came back here alive...Aaah!'' These were his screams, sadly none but him could hear his mental notes. In amidst this heavenly injustice he suddenly sensed a gaze, filled with cruel intent, quickly, the minister moved his neck to action. When he realised who the owner of the gaze was, he wanted to die. It was none other than the venerable qelder prince of the state. The gaze of the prince shifted from the minister and lightly landed on the body of the black robed man for a second, only to quickly move away. But this was already more than enough for the wise minister to get the message. Movements that could be defined as thunder fast, he unsheathed his sword, which was decorated with jewels, and ran towards the black robed man. No one realised what was going on, for it was all too sudden, until the minister reached half way and shouted ''You evil scum, in the name of justice, I shall strike you, humph! For a scoundrel to dare to try to harm our princess..'' And finally all the eyes in the hall were focused on what was happening, now that they were looking, they identified the black robed man in an instant by his distinct black robes, and a minister running towards him with naked blade in hands. Normally the scene would look quite genuine, but quite a few wise ministers were already suspicious, but Ka Lae knew, it was better for them to get suspicious than to have evidence. The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. ''Humph! If it''s just suspicion, even the King hears rumours about how the queen isn''t loyal to him, and what can he do...'' King Leo, who was generally very sharp,but now he could not see anything out of the ordinary, he too wanted this villain dead, so he didn''t voice his disagreement. Seeing all this Ka Lae was quite happy, thinking he may actually get away with this, he has already reached to a very close distance, only an arms distance was left between the villain and him. Ka Lae quickly swung his sword, the arc of the sword was screaming injustice in the hands of a noob, but no matter, it was still more than enough to serve its purpose, kill. ''Ting!!'' A light sound rang, and for a moment a milky white barrier was visible which very easily stopped the coming sword. ''This...this is ''light shield''...a skill only for Light class, clearly this assassin can''t be using it, then the only one left is...the Hero'' Thought Ka Lae, ''I don''t have much time, before anyone recovers, I must finish this scum off'' ''What is the meaning of this Hero?This scum dared to abduct our only princess and you openly defend him, what audacity! Quickly move away, today my blade must taste his blood, or I won''t rest'' Ka Lae thought ''Even though heroes have high powers, but they are very obedient, this must be enough to for him to give me way...wasting my time is already an expense he can''t handle'' In response, the Hero was silent and expressionless, his calm eyes were looking at the King, silently measuring him. ''His power seems to be a bit higher than this body, but clearly he has no control...it must be a power he inherited or he wouldn''t have this much of an unstable aura'' Evaluated Alexander. ''But today is not the time of his death, the Devils and the divinity both would be looking at any major events on this day, for this is the day I escaped, I can''t let them find out'' Seeing how the Hero wasn''t even looking at him much less responding, Ka Lae grew desperate by the second, he couldn''t wait anymore. He started wildly hacking his sword towards the black robed man, but time on time again it was easily blocked by the milky membrane. At this time, the King was finally calming down, he began noticing the suspicious things, after all he was a King, although his daughter could make him lose control, he would soon gradually regain it. Something was definitely not right, he could feel it, this instinct he had always trusted, in past it had saved his life quite a number of times from enemy assassinations and traps. ''Why does the minister react like this?'' ''How is the assassin back and even alive, he had my daughter hostage?'' ''Who would want my stupid son''s death and not the crown prince''s life?'' All kind of questions rang in his mind, as if the sky was finally clearing up and the clouds were dispersing little by little. ''Hero report! Explain to me what happened!'' Ignoring the noisy minister still trying his best to penetrate the barrier, he asked the Hero directly regarding the matters he was concerned about. Perhaps the Hero''s report could further enlighten him, unveiling the mystery once and for all.