— Night - Tessia Kingdom —
Four days had passed since Daniel had brought three new reinforcements to the Veneziale family. Since then, there is no territory they cannot take, no gang strong enough to put up a half-decent resistance, and no mage dares to mess with them. All the mages who dared to cause trouble on the Veneziale estate have returned in body bags.
Even the Syndicate Union can only give them a slight warning that the Veneziale should not eat more than they can chew and did nothing against them after that.
Nearly 80% of the underworld businesses in this city connected with the royal family had passed into the hands of the Veneziale family.
Under Daniel's supervision, Ardito closed down the human trafficking and drug business, knowing that Daniel hated it. Instead, he transformed these businesses into smuggling operations and hidden warehouses.
As for the police, they are in a position of great awkwardness as they want to help the royal family but they can't just straight up protect these illegal businesses as they need to keep their appearance.
Since there was zero casualty of innocent and no witness, Other than the sound of gunfire from time to time that came from the side of the royal family's illegal business. They can't go straight up to the Veneziale Estate and arrest them either. If they did, they knew that Don Ardito will play them and will make sure to drag all of the royal family business to light. They can't afford that.
Also, many of the police in the lower hierarchy didn't know about the royal family's cut in the illegal business. They can't just ambush the Veneziale gang while they are attacking the illegal business of the royal family either, because if they did appear on the scene during the fight, they need to arrest both of them.
And this is the era of smartphones and small gadgets. All of the smartphones can record their behavior and they don't know how many cameras are pointing toward them if they were to try catching the Veneziale family in the act.
The royal family also made it clear that they didn't want a second Murphy who was righteous and crazy enough to go after the royal family to appear among them. So… the police higher up had no choice but to fall into this state of great awkwardness and can only silently curse at Don Veneziale and his family.
Under the night sky where it was the time that the people of the Curtain World were most active. The great hunt began in one of the largest harbors in Sector Alpha city.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hundreds of gunshots resound under the cover of the large warehouse in the harbor area. More than ten people, arms to the teeth, were firing at a redhead muscular man in a biker gang attire.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!! I didn't even feel a thing! Was that your best!?" The redhead muscular man rushes at the group of men who are firing at him.
All of the bullets hit his body, but it could only create some small bruise at most, and it will disappear within a second.
"Kill him! Kill him!" The man who looks like the leader shouts at his people and fires his submachine gun at the redhead non-stop.
Pow! Crash!!
A straight punch to the gut sent the leader toward the warehouse's large shelf as his body crashed into a tower of cardboard boxes, causing the content within it to spill outside as the white powder-like substance flowed to the ground.
"Mr. James! Please make it quick sir! Mr.Magitek is coming to check on the warehouse!" One of Veneziale's men shouted at James from the entrance of the warehouse.
The guy was here only to point the target for James and communicate with James in case some emergency crops up such as when Daniel wants to come and check how things are himself.
"What!? Boss is coming!? Ok! Give me a few more minutes!" James shouted back.
The man respectfully nodded his head before going back to their position at the entrance along with the rest of the Veneziale men who only came to block all of the entrance to prevent anyone from running away.
"Man… Can't believe that one day we would be able to fight alongside the people like Mr.Magitek people. Can you imagine it!? The things in the myth and folklore are real! all that vampire and werewolf shit is real!" One of the Veneziale spoke with the man who just came back from reminding James.
The man nodded with a smile but then his face grew solemn.
"Yes, It is indeed an extraordinary experience for us, but don't forget. If you don't want to die, you must not speak about this to anyone outside of this team." The man instructed his friend and walked toward the car nearby.
The side of James got a new instruction to make it quick. He turned toward the rest of the people in pity. There is still a lot more prey for him to play with, but alas… he needs to quickly finish it.
"Sorry, but If you guys don't want to die. I need all of you to throw away your weapon, lie down, and don't resist. If you agree then do it. I'll call the guys outside to capture all of you." James offered.
Bang!
James' body got pushed backward as he felt a powerful force hit him right on his chest. He turned toward the direction he felt those forces and found that a leader he punched a moment ago came back with a shotgun in hand while other people were changing their magazines and didn't show any sign of fear.
These people who protect this port are from the royal guard force. They have been totally brainwashed by the royal family and really believe literally in the phrase, "The king can do no wrong." Even when these people see their king forcing himself on a woman, they think it is an honor for that woman to be able to attract their king.
And they also know about the Curtained World. Therefore, this degree of abnormality does not deter them at all. They thought that the redhead in front of them was a mage who specialized in enhancement magic and had enhanced his body to the extreme. That's why their weapons can not do much harm to the fierce redhead.
James looked down at his chest and saw that the buckshot from that shotgun could pierce through his skin and stick at his rib. He unconsciously let out a bloodthirsty smile as his face began to contort as his mouth started to extend like a mouth of a dog or wolf.
"That's right! This is it! This is what it feels like! The Pain!! Rrrraaaaagh!!" James roared to the sky.
The human roar began to turn into the roar of a beast midway, James' body getting bigger and bigger, his muscles expanding and so did the red flame-like fur that started to grow out of his skin. Sharp claw and James's hand until it was at the length of a small knife.
"Were… Werewolf!! fire! fire! Kill it before it transforms!" The leader of the royal guard corps shouted his order.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The hail of bullets started and the sound of gunfire rapidly resounded within the warehouse.
Only a few large caliber bullet bullets manage to pierce the monster's skin such as a 12 gauge slug from the leader shotgun but it can only cause a superficial wound at best.
The heavy fire of various guns and bullets of various sizes began to lose its effectiveness as James' body finished its transformation. The bullet that was pierced into James's muscle got pushed out of the skin and dropped to the ground.
And finally, James' long howl amidst the sound of rapid gunfire had transformed into the howl of a wolf.
The process of James's werewolf transformation took only a few seconds, it should be much shorter if James was not injured before he began to transform and not under the rain of bullets.
"Annoying!" James' beast-like voice roars as he lashes out a simple slap at the leader.
The leader of the royal guard was a novice mage, he immediately activated his basic shield spell. Even though this spell was just a basic shield spell, it could withstand the power of a large caliber rifle.
Even if he could not withstand this slap from the fierce werewolf in front of him, he was confident that he could survive this simple slap.
Splash!!
The upper body of the team leader exploded into minced meat, blood, and gore splattered all over the wall and a heavily injured nearby royal guard who was unfortunate enough to be standing nearby happened to be in the way of that minced meat.
Some of the gunfire stopped as the survivors were knowledgeable enough to discern that the shield didn't even do its job as it broke right away the moment that slap touched the shield and directly obliterated the upper body of their team leader.
This degree of destruction can only happen if the force behind that slap was equal to the force behind 1 kilogram of C4 that exploded point blank! And the control behind this slap was even more precise because at this distance it should have generated some sonic boom.
A few of the royal guards who realize this immediately throw away their weapons, lie down on the floor on their stomachs, and put both their hands on their heads.
"Coward!" One of the fanatical royal guards shouted at the one who surrendered and tried to move his gun to the surrenderer aiming to execute them but...
Splash!
The body of the fanatic royal guard explodes as another slap comes his way.
"I hate fanatic believers the most… Die!" James let out a beastly roar before lashing out at the remaining fanatic royal guard.
Thus, a swift massacre began, the sound of splashing meat and screams resounded instead of the sound of gunfire until it was silent.
A few moments passed outside of the warehouses after the sounds of gunfire had stopped. The same Veneziale gang guy who hurried James to finish the job stood in front of the warehouse door and waited patiently.
The warehouse door opened and James, who wore a bloody rag as the pants came out, then took the cloth that the Veneziale gang guy had prepared for him.
"Thanks"
"No problem Mr.James."
After James said his thanks he went back inside the warehouse for a few moments then came out again, wearing the new set of biker gang cloth.
"You guys can go in to clear the area. There are some survivors, they should be useful to you. I'll go over to wait for lord Magitek." Said James, then he walked toward the port area entrance to wait for the arrival of his lord.
The Veneziale gang guy bowed to James in respect then took out the phone and called the Veneziale gang cleanup crew over to do their job alongside some additional detail they needed to do.
A few minutes pass and two black vans that have the logo of the waste disposal company drive over and park near the warehouse entrance.
A group of muscular and bulky men in black jumpers get off the van along with many cleaning equipments and several big briefcases containing necessary tools for a special cleaning task walking into the warehouse.
"Oh… that was… a lot!" One of the cleanup crew blurted out after he saw how messy it was inside once the door opened.
The group then walk inside the warehouse and begin their work. The living got captured by the Veneziale people and the dead got transported out in body bags.
While the cleanup crew is working, two black armored luxury cars drive into the port area. The two cars parked and one of the Veneziale men quickly went to the car and politely open the door for the people in the first car.
The black-haired man in a brown luxury suit gets out of the car and thanks the man who opens the door for him. He was, of course, Daniel who pretended to be a big shot, then He walked toward James who bowed at him.
"Good job James." Said, Daniel.
"Ha ha thank you, my lord. It's nothing!" James answered with a laugh.
While Daniel and James are chatting happily, a man full of bruises and blood on his face gets dragged out of the car by a muscular man who is one of the Veneziale capos.
As for Veneziale himself, he got off from the second car and followed his capo who dragged that unfortunate man in front of the warehouse where Veneziale people had quickly set up a table, a pen along with transferring papers on the table.
The man with bruises on his face sat on a chair while looking at the face of the royal guard who got captured and was forced to kneel in front of the table in disbelief, then his face turn from disbelief to shock after he saw many body bags being carried out of the warehouse by Veneziale cleanup crew.
"Mr.Volkov, how about we make a deal huh?" Don Veneziale spoke in a cold tone and sat down at the chair opposite the bruised face man named Volkov.
"You… You are crazy! No, You are mad! Do you know what you just did!? Don Veneziale!?" Volkov roared at Veneziale who let out a small smile.
The scene before him made him very pleased because Volkov was the leader of the Bratva group, a powerful Russian mafia group in the city that has been at odds with his family since its inception. Oh... how he dreams of having a day like this. The day when he could step into Volkov's face and spit on his enemy's dignity.
"Why? Mr. Volkov, what did I just do? Stealing your port? Or let my boys rough you up?" Don Veneziale asks in a teasing tone, enjoying this moment.
"Heh! Feeling bold aren't ya? Will you be this bold when the royal court magician comes knocking on your door?" Volkov threatened, as the competitor who was nearly on par with the Veneziale family in terms of influence. He is also privy to the secret about Curtained World.
Don Veneziale then notices that Daniel is walking toward him with his subordinate so his face becomes solemn.
Volkov was in a separate car from Daniel and then sat while his back turned toward the entrance of the port. He doesn't know that someone is coming over from the direction of the port entrance.
"Ha! Weren't you brave just now!? Why don't you say anything? I heard you got some trashy mage as your backer! But can he stand up to the whole royal family!?" Volkov begins to provoke Don Vemeziale not knowing that James just stood right behind him.
"I apologize for being trashy in your eyes Mr.Volkov, but these past 4 days I had sent 8 royal court mages back in body bags. I'm afraid that the quality of the royal court mage does not live up to your expectation." Daniel said in a cold but gentlemanly tone.
These past 4 days he had learned from Maria how to act like a mage from a noble clan. Increasing his ability in bluffing others. Now he was able to almost act like someone who came from the mage noble clan.
"What!?" Volkov was startled and turned toward the direction of the voice and saw Daniel walking to sit in place of Don Veneziale who quickly stood up and offered his seat.
"Thank you, Mr. Veneziale," Daniel said his thanks and sat down.
He looked at Volkov straight into the eyes of the latter as if trying to peer through his soul.
As for Volkov, he felt like he got marked by a primordial predator beast. His heart beat faster and faster, cold sweat ran down his neck. A sense of fear gripped his heart, making him unable to breathe comfortably.
Seeing a lot of cold sweat run down from Volkov's neck, Don Veneziale knows what Volkov is going through right now. It was the same fear he felt back then when he was talking with Mr. Magitek. Now seeing his enemy going through the same thing he did back then, he was secretly delighted but still kept his cool and didn't show it on his.
Daniel secretly uses "Frozen In Fear" at Volkov making the latter fear him to the core. Intimidating and making the other feel insecure as much as possible is the first rule if someone wants to make a sale pitch about offering the other securities.
Daniel only sat and didn't say anything other than looking deep into Volkov's eyes. He patiently waited for Volkov to break and speak first before he started his sales pitch since eager customers are easier to convince.
As for the time, the card made Volkov fear for 1 turn, and 1 turn equals 1 hour in the real world. He had plenty of time.
As time passed by, Volkov wanted to say something for the first few seconds when the man in front of him sat down, but the intense fear made him unable to open his mouth and didn't dare to use his voice.
15 minutes passed but the intensity of his fear didn't subside, he felt like his bladder was going to leak, this is a crisis! If it were to be leaked. Even if he were to survive and return to his gang, he won't have a face to fight against Veneziale again!
Volkov gathered his courage and gritted his teeth.
"S… Sir…"
Daniel saw that Volkov had spoken first as he had anticipated then slid a property transferring paper toward Volkov along with a pen.
"Mr. Volkov, everything has…" Daniel was about to continue his sales pitch to sell Volkov his freedom but Volkov immediately snatched a pen and signed his name on a transferring paper.
After Volkov has finished he looks at Daniel with pleading eyes as if he wants to say something but doesn't dare to.
Danie was confused and looked to Don Veneziale for help. He should know something, he was the leader of the mafia gang so he should know what Volkov wants right now… right?
He saw the powerful man in front of him looking at Volkov in confusion. He knew that this powerful man didn't know what he wanted! Now he had no choice but to look at his enemy with pleading eyes.
Don Ardito, of course, knew what his pitiful enemy wanted before him. This guy needs to go to the toilet... Fast! He thought for a few seconds about loss and gain.
It's good to play dumb and let this old enemy of his to leak in front of him, but then he thinks again about the first time he was filled with fear by MR. Magitek's intimidating eyes. If it wasn't for his subordinate helping him to the bathroom after Mr. Megitak went back. He'd have leaked, too.
"Eddy, take Mr. Volkov to the toilet." Don Veneziale shouted at his subordinate who stood nearby.
"Yes, Don Veneziale" The subordinate replied and quickly brought Volkov to the nearby Toilet.
Volkov looked at his former enemy in gratitude, even if he had lost, Ardito still spared his dignity and let one of his subordinates bring him to the toilet.
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