Thorn Of Darkness

The Soliden's Rebel Army

Ivar stood before a mountain cave, probably waiting for someone to permit him to enter because the cave was open and he was still standing in the Crimson sunlight. A man came out from the cave, "You can go now." Ivar rushed into the cave, the cave wasn't normal from the inside. It looked more like an army camp; camps and guards everywhere; there were a lot of white, red, and black tents. These three colors were the ones that the Soliden Army used in their flag and uniforms. White for justice that they fight for, red for blood that will be shed, and black for the future, because they didn't know what the future holds for them. There in between all those camps was a huge wood room, it was made with huge logs of trees and had a door, unlike other cloth tents. Ivar knocked on the door. A man with red hair opened the door, "Come in." There was a round table around which a total of 6 people were seated including the red-haired man, with a big beard and blue eyes. All of them were masculine and seemed perfectly like they fought wars every day, they weren't well suited, all of them were wearing armor and ragged clothes and their faces were covered in dust and cuts. "I am here as a messenger," Ivar said while sitting on a chair. "The well-known Hellborn, Abban The Silent Reaper had taken hold of my daughter and asked me to arrange a meeting with you or my daughter will be sold to Djinns." The aura in the room shifted, and all general's smiles vanished as they heard the name. "You don't mean the guy who crawled back from Hellburn?" Amir the second general inquired. Ivar's gaze fell to the ground, "Yes. He wants to meet you all and talk about a contract to kill Djinn King." Amir gulped, Einar the 6th general calmed himself, while others stood from their chairs shouting a word all at once, "What!" Einar punched the table, "Sit down, I know who we are talking about. But we need to know everything before we make any decision. " All generals pulled themselves together, "So, you are saying that he showed up and said to arrange a meeting with us so he can talk about a deal to kill Djinn king? He must be foolish; we have been trying to kill him for 70 years now, why would we need a contract to kill someone that we have been trying to kill for decades?" Ivar looked towards the generals, "He doesn't want to give you a contract to kill Djinn Lord. He wants you to give him a contract to terminate him. He didn't give me all the details but, it's clear that he wants something from you in return." The generals were out cold, and Ivar threw bullet after bullet of strange things. The great Silent Reaper wanting to talk to them, about killing the strongest man in the whole Domain was not a simple matter. None had ever imagined this scenario, they were trying to kill the Djinn king but, in their hearts, they knew killing him was not possible for Soliden Army. Einar, who was probably the main General, stood up and walked towards Ivar "So, we have two choices, take his offer and if he comes here he might kill us all and the other choice is we can just ignore him," Other generals sighed in relief. Ivar bowed his head down thinking about his daughter, Einar added, "But, if we ignore him, he would just catch another one of us and this time he might not be too polite and just ask about our hideout and kill us all." General's breath hung in fear. "Kill us all? You know he doesn't kill, he slaughters. Torture, makes you eat your comrades and even your body parts. He is a monster. But, now that he has made up his mind, he won't be backing down. He never leaves anything half-done, we can call more forces to protect us but his battle IQ is on another level, I've seen him fight. He killed 20 Solidens without using his weapons. They stabbed him and slashed his skin but every time he got hit he just became more fierce and more powerful. I saw a man stab him threw the shoulder, his expression didn't change, those eyes, those dreadful eyes." He looked towards his shaking hands, "All he needs to do is look at you and you will die of heart attack. He is no longer human, he survived Hellburn. No one, not even a Prodigy can survive Hellburn." Abbas, the red-haired guy who opened the door, also called Third General said. Einar scanned all Generals, "What do you propose?"

Amir stood up, "You say it like we have a choice. Whatever we do, we are doomed." Ivar joined the conversation, " We don't have enough forces right now to stop him and he can just ask other Hellborns to come with him. He gave me a month, so we have a lot of time to think." Einar looked relieved. "He is flexing on us, giving us a whole month to figure out how we would like to die. Cocky bastard. Meeting him on his terms seems the best option. Stand up if you oppose." All generals stayed seated, with their heads bowed down in shame and fear. "Okay, then we will meet him after one month, wherever he wants. But you will stay here until then, I need to confirm with higher-ups. " Ivar nodded. "Soliden Generals," Einar shouted, "Why do I see fear in your eyes? I know he is a monster, but so were those Djinns we have killed in the past, we have survived for decades and we will survive this thing too. And if he wants to kill the Djinn Lord, then we will be able to get rid of those bastards sooner than we expected. He is strong but think about it, if he joins our ranks, what would happen? We need a monster to kill Djinn Lord." Generals looked a little bit relieved, but the fear wasn't completely gone.