A Hero?

James Charter was being sent on a mission. To hunt down the demon lords. He was alone in his mission because the Church decided it would be the best option.

Along the way, as James traveled through swamps and marshes, he encounters different types of abominations. There was this time where the mud came alive and threatened to swallow James and his hired guide whole. But James managed to defeat it. As he killed the monster, he thought to himself "This did not give off a weird feeling, unlike the ones during the incident." The guide who witnessed James' ability was fascinated and awed and when his duty as a guide was finished, he returned to his home and spread the words of the prowess of James Charter.

With two of his holy blade strapped to his waist and a medallion that seemed to have a problem within hung around his neck, he crossed mountain ranges and crossed huge rivers and lakes. Throughout his journey, there were countless monsters and demons. There was this time, he encountered a witch with a crooked nose in the woods who cast a spell and the surrounding trees uprooted themselves and assaulted James. James was familiar with the art of killing demons so dealing with the trees and the witch was no big deal. And then there was this time when he tried to cross a river which was covered with a dense fog, a weird looking multi-handed half human and half god-knows-what the other half is made up of emerged from the river and destroy the raft James was sitting on. It looked terrible and awful. But of course, it was no big deal to James for he was efficient in the art of monster-slaying and thus the monster was quickly slain without a hassle.

Unbeknownst to James, his act of killing off the witch in the forest and the river monster made the area once again accessible to travelers and residents of nearby areas. Before, those areas were forbidden because of the evils lurking within but now the evils have been dealt with and the areas were safe. People did not know who is James Charter but they know his outfit and uniform. Due to his black priest uniform which was unusual in that time as every priest and any religious entity donned a white uniform, James Charter was widely known as the Dark Priest.

Story and legends started appearing here and there as the tales of the Dark Priest spread across the country. Some said that the Dark Priest was a messenger sent by God himself while others said that the Dark Priest was a prophet. And then there were stories about how the Dark Priest came to existence. People started creating lore behind his existence and soon the Dark Priest became a sort of legendary and enigmatic figure. While all of these are happening behind the scenes, James had no idea he was being given a name and he continued to push forward in his journey.

He rarely eats and barely sleeps. He followed the trails of voices and whispers that he could occasionally hear being carried in the winds. And after many trips, the voices and whispers stopped at this place called The Red City. The city was red due to the red lanterns and red paint.

He could see ladies filling up the streets with provocative outfits and luring men into those red buildings. The place was loud as well with the people desperately trying to attract the attention of travelers to visit their store or buy their stuff.

"This is an ideal place for a demon," said James.