Chapter 82: Blood Cloak

He finally learned the geographical map of this continent. The continent is separated by four factions. Humans, Elves, Beastmen, and finally, the Demons.

The Kingdom of Humans is located at the East of the map, The Kingdom of Beastmen is located at the West side of the map, and the Elves territory is located at the South. The Demonic Empire is located at the top of the map, North.

The North had always been the coldest and harshest place in the continent. There are many mountains there, and because of the harsh weather there, the resources are too little. That's why the Demonic Empire has been trying to attack the Kingdom of Humans, to get more resources, since Humans have the most resources out of all four of them.

Humanity was on the verge of losing the war years ago against the demons, when they asked the goddess for help. The Summoned Heroes, they were the ones who turned the tides of the war. They managed to push the demons back to their territory, but that was until the Heroes mysteriously disappeared 10 years ago.

Even though it was a "mystery", all the people in the land had a speculation that it was because the Heroes had started rebelling against the goddess. That's why they disappeared so mysteriously.

A day had passed since he arrived in this world. He wanted to see what kind of people lived in this world, and also wanted to see the adventurers guild. But Hiroshi was too tired from their journey out of that forest. So, Hikaru decided to sell some monster parts in some merchant guild. By some, he meant thousands of monster corpses. He didn't manage to sell them all, since the merchant guild only had a limited amount of money.

Like any other Isekai fantasy world, this world's currency is divided into three coins. Copper, Silver, and Gold. 100 Copper coins can feed a family of three for a week, while 100 Silver coins can last them to the end of the year, and finally, gold coins. A hundred of gold coins can make a family of three live in luxury until the day they die.

(Note: 100 Copper Coins = 1 Silver Coin. 100 Silver Coins = 1 Gold Coin)

Hikaru managed to get 150,000 Gold Coins from all the monster corpses he sold. He still has half of those monster corpses, so he'll look for another merchant guild to sell those to.

(Also, Note: Hikaru knows the taste of poverty, so he's always trying to get rich as much as possible. Even though he could just take anything away with his strength, it always leaves a bad taste in his mouth).

So, Hikaru and Hiroshi decided to stay in an Inn for the night. Hikaru doesn't need sleep, since he's an undead. But Hiroshi is just a mortal, so he can still get tired if pushed enough.

But it's been a habit of Hikaru to enter the [Challenge] option in the system and fight the worst monsters every night. He can even solo Manus alone now, of course, only the Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 Manus.

(I don't know if I ever explained this to you guys but the [Challenge] option in the System has an option on what level of opponents you want to fight. Like, a Stage 1 Black Knight is the same level as that Basic Black Knight in the Undead Burg. But it only grows from there. A Stage 2 is where you will fight 2 Black Knights two times the strength of the Basic Black Knight. It multiplies per stage, and that's the same for Bosses. God, imagine fighting 4 Manus at once).

Stage 5 Manus has five of them at the same time with 5 times the strength of a normal Manus. It was hard for Hikaru, and he almost died. Thankfully, Solaire was there to always save him. He's the best bud of Hikaru, right now.

Anyway, he grinded all night until morning came and the both of them decided to join the Adventurer's Guild in the town.

Hikaru then decided to wear his Ornstein Set, because he just likes to. Hiroshi had stars in his eyes when he saw Hikaru's armor. It was just too cool.

Hikaru showed up in the guild with that armor. He also has Ornstein's Spear on his back right now, just to act like Ornstein.

The moment the both of them entered, everybody inside stared at them with intense gazes, it was as if they were challenging the both of them.

Hiroshi steeled himself and walked towards the counter, where they will be able to take the Adventurer's exam.

Hikaru observed the Guild and saw the Guild looks like a tavern. There were many kinds of people inside, sitting at the tables, while others were just standing with their backs against the walls. They all had a variety of weapons, to large greatswords to thin rapiers. Some had bows, while others had staves.

The way they were dressed got Hikaru's blood boiling, it was just like a normal fantasy world! This is too stimulating for any people that hasn't experienced normal fantasy worlds like this. All of them dressed exactly like adventurers in the mangas he'd read in his free time back on earth.

The Shinobi World and a Fantasy World are completely different!

Meanwhile, the adventurers inside the Guild felt like they were being challenged by the newbie in front of them with that shiny armor of his. They all decided to release their killing intent at the newbie in front of them, to intimidate him.

Hikaru was surprised to feel this many killing intent directed at him all at once.

'Now that I think about it, isn't Killing Intent similar to energies like chakra? I have a very strong killing intent, maybe I would be able to manipulate it. Hmm…' Hikaru said inside his thoughts.

He's right though, Killing Intent is just like any other energy powers like mana or chakra. If he can control it properly, he might be able to use another kind of power. It would probably be helpful to his fight against the olden gods.

'Alright, let's try it.' Hikaru thought.

He closed his eyes and did not move for a while.

The adventurers of the guild thought that he had wet his pants, when suddenly, they all saw a huge blood red cloak appear behind him. It covered him like a cloak, and it also had some kind of red fur in the neck area.

Suddenly, the entire guild was filled with killing intent. Every Adventurer in the guild almost pissed themselves just from that killing intent.

Right now, at this very moment, Hikaru has created a technique called "Blood Cloak". It's a cloak created from his killing intent, it can also cause illusions to appear in the eyes of the enemy. Fortunately, he managed to hold back at the very last moment, or all the people on the planet wouldn't have been conscious right now.

He can use other techniques made from his Killing Intent as well, but they're too harmful right now. He cannot control them properly, yet. This Blood Cloak of his is the only one he'll use from now on, though it doesn't work well with his Ornstein Set. He looks ridiculous, so he retracted his Blood Cloak for now.

Hiroshi was only mid-way towards the counter when he felt Hikaru's Killing Intent. It froze him on the spot. This was the most terrifying killing intent he'd ever felt. But as fast as it appeared, it was suddenly gone.

Hiroshi managed to catch his breath and realized that he was sweating heavily. The other people in the Guild Tavern weren't so lucky as him though. All of them almost passed out, it was only thanks to their experience that they were able to stay conscious in that short second that killing intent appeared.

Hikaru then stoically walked towards the counter, with Hiroshi quickly following along. The girl standing at the counter was also sweating heavily, it was only thanks to her past experience as an adventurer that she didn't pass out.

Hikaru is also wearing Ornstein's helmet, so they couldn't see his face.

He opened his mouth and said, "I'd like to become an adventurer. Just give me the entry exam and I'll go there along with my friend here. Can you do that?"

The girl didn't dare to look at him in the eyes and just said, "D-Do you have an Identity C-Card?"

"No." Hikaru's short answer.

"W-We need an ID to c-confirm your identity, or the guild won't a-accept you." The girl said while adjusting her glasses.

Even though she couldn't see it, she can feel that the man behind that helmet is staring at her, and quite frankly, it terrifies her.

"B-But, we can make an ID for you and your friend! I'll talk with the Guild Leader right away!" The girl then ran off up towards the stairs.

Hikaru and Hiroshil could only stare where she ran off. It seems like she was terrified of him.