The entire alley had been dyed red. Human bodies laid scattered on the ground.
In front of me, a shivering man was seated on the floor. He was looking at me with an expression of terror while a stream of yellow liquid created a puddle on the ground.
"... Now, can you answer some questions?" I smiled brightly at the man. He was one of the weakest robbers, just at the third- layer of mana. The only reason he was alive was that I needed someone to guide me.
"W-What do you want to k-know?" The man asked in a trembling voice. I frowned in disgust, dammit, this man shat himself.
"What gang do you belong, how many members the gang has, the name of your boss. I need that kind of information."
The man paled in fear when he heard my questions. He was not an idiot, so he could understand my purpose based on my questions and means.
However, when he saw my smiling look, he knew that his only way to survive was answering my questions.
The man quickly told me all the information he knew. He even told me the name of the leader's mistress, and how many women he had slept with.
Once he finished speaking, I turned around and started walking away.
"Guide me to the hideout." I ordered coldly.
"O-Only if you p-promise me y-you will not kill me." The man forced himself to say those words despite his fear.
I gave him a brief glance before nodding. "Okay."
The man sighed in relief and stood up before taking me to the gang's base.
The gang he belonged was called Red Skull. It was a medium- sized gang that occupied part of the east of the capital. According to the man, its leader was an eight-layer warrior, and he had three seven-layer warriors as subordinates.
Moreover, he told me that the gang had some connections with the imperial guards and some noble families. That is pretty normal, though. No gang can survive in the capital without a strong enough backer.
As I said before, my best bet to start acquiring support so Dina ascends the throne is the commoners, and the best place to start is with the gangs.
Gangs have a certain level of influence in the capital, mainly among commoners. Even if they can't afford to offend the nobles and have to be careful with the imperial guards, their words have a strong power among commoners. No commoner dares to offend a member of the gangs unless he is strong enough or also has a strong backing.
Furthermore, gaining control of a gang is not hard. Unless the gang is a force belonging to a noble family, you only need to show a stronger punch to become its leader.
Of course, it does not guarantee the members' loyalty, and they will probably try to kill you a few times before accepting you as their leader. But with enough time and enough benefices, they'll become your arm and legs.
The Red Skull's base was located in a bar hidden in a dark alleyway. Even before reaching the bar, I could already feel dozen of gazes looking warily towards me. I got the feeling that they just needed an order to pounce like rabid dogs.
Even the prostitutes nearby had a sharp look on their eyes. I had to admit that this gang had a pretty good sense of unity.
When I reached the door of the bar, a sweet and imposing voice greeted me.
"Ara ara, we have a visitor. Victor, who is our guest?"
A woman walked out of the bar and looked at me with a sharp gaze. She then shot a frowning look to the man that brought me here.
I was a bit surprised. This woman was strong, moreover, she was pretty young, maybe younger than thirty. A younger-than- thirty eighth-layer practitioner is rare even among nobles.
"B-Boss, h-he k-killed Oscar and the others... I d-don't h-have more option b-but bring him here..." The man sobbed with a pleading tone. I put on an amused smile when I heard his answer.
The woman wrinkled her brows. "So, you brought here someone strong enough to kill a band of more than ten skilled men only to save your life?! Don't you care about the lives of your brothers?!"
In the next instant, the woman's belt transformed into a sharp sword. The sword then pierced straight into the man's neck.
The man opened his eyes wide. Until the last second, he could not believe that he had been killed.
"Trash!" The woman spat on the ground with a disgusted look.
I raised an eyebrow, but I did nothing to stop the woman. Even though I promised the man I would not kill him, I cared little about his life or death.
Instead, I was more interested in the woman before me.
I did not expect the leader to be a woman. In fact, when I heard about the leader's mistress and women, I thought he was a man.
It looks like I was too narrowminded in my views.
The woman looked at me after she killed her subordinate and narrowed her eyes. Her blood-red hair waved with the wind and her slender body had a heavy stench of blood. This woman was someone that had killed many people in her life.
However, I remained calm under her gaze.
"Who are you?! Why did you kill my men?!" The woman asked.
I grinned and removed my hood. My red hair shone under the moonlight and my red eyes let out a sharp gleam. I was sure that some of the women nearby let out short gasps.
"You can call me Clark. As for your men... Well, they attacked me first." I chuckled.
The woman's expression turned serious. I felt her body tensing up, ready to attack at any moment.
"I apologize for that. However, you already killed my men. What else do you want?!" She asked coldly.
"... You see, I just arrived at the capital today. And while I was wondering what to do, your men attacked me. At that moment, I had an idea, why not start by becoming an underground boss?"
The woman's eyes turned into slits. "So you want my gang, huh? You have guts."
"You bet."
"However, what does make you think that you will succeed? I advise you to leave now, or else, you will leave as a corpse."
"Is it so? Now I'm more eager to try."
The woman's expression turned cold. "Then, show me where your confidence comes from!"
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"Men, kill this bastard!" The red-haired woman ordered coldly. Instantly, all the people around charged towards me.
Men, women, children, elderlies, guards, gamblers, and prostitutes. All kinds of people jumped without hesitation to attack me, wielding daggers, swords, hatches, and knives. I was slightly surprised to see how zealously they were attacking.
Furthermore, I could feel that many of the people attacking were pretty strong. Some were even above the fourth layer. I found it unexpected than a mere medium-sized gang had so many skilled fighters.
However, even if the number of enemies was multiplied by a factor of ten, I still would be unafraid.
Before the gang members could reach me, two small daggers, the weapons I was going to use in this disguise, appeared on my hands. Then, my figure blurred.
The next second, the people nearest to me froze.
An instant later, their bodies flew away, crashing against the gang members behind them.
"Wah!" Expressions of surprise appeared on the gang members' faces. But before they could react, they felt something hitting their chest, then, they vomited a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.
In less than one second, half of the enemies had been incapacitated.
The remaining half paused. They looked at me with eyes opened wide. Half of their combat force had been taken down without them understanding how.
For a brief instant, none of them dared to move. The fear of the unknown overwhelmed their minds. They were frozen in terror before the overwhelming strength I showed.
But at that instant, a lithe shadow moved.
"Ha!"
A rapier pierced towards me from the shadows. The rapier moved so quickly that anyone below the eighth layer would have been unable to react.
However, I just leaned my body aside and swung a dagger in an upward slash, clashing with the rapier and repelling the enemy.
"What are you doing!?" Exclaimed the attacker. "No matter how strong he is, he is alone! Even an elephant can be drowned by ants, much less a man!"
The frozen gang members were startled before blushing in shame. They could not believe that all of them were
intimidated by me alone.
The next instant, a fire burned in their eyes. They raised their weapons and charged towards me.
I flashed an amused smile and looked at the woman that attacked me. She was tall, almost as tall as me, and had a slender and well-toned body. Her arms and legs were filled with beautiful muscles filled with explosive strength, and her brown hair danced with the wind. This woman has the flair of a powerhouse that grew through hundreds of battles.
I let out a surprised sigh. I did not expect that besides the leader, this gang would have another genius else. This woman was younger than the leader, and her strength was a layer below, but her talent was as great as the leader.
The woman wielded her rapier skillfully and performed several complicated thrusts intending to seal my movements and allow the other gang members to attack me. Her rapier skills were incredibly precise, able to pinpoint the best place to attack with incredible accuracy.
But before long, the woman's face turned grave. She realized that despite giving her all, I was still uninjured.
Furthermore, none of the gang members that attacked me was conscious. Every time someone attacked me, I would counterattack with a relaxed but decisive blow. As of now, tens of gang members laid sprawled in the ground, their life and death unknown.
The woman turned angry. Seeing my relaxed expression and the bodies of her subordinates falling to the ground with each second, she desired nothing more than slice my body in thousands of pieces.
However, it was obvious that her skill was far from enough.
But soon, a belt-like sword circled from behind the gang members and attacked me from an unexpected angle.
I put on a slightly surprised expression. This attack was truly skillful. Even someone stronger than the eight-tier would be helpless before an attack like this.
Unfortunately for them, it was far from enough to defeat me.
Before the belt-like sword could touch my neck, my silhouette blurred and disappeared suddenly. I then appeared in front of the leader and slashed down with a backward grip.
"!!!" The leader opened her eyes in surprise, but she was a very experienced warrior. In an instant, she let go of her belt-like sword and pulled a hairpin-like dagger from her hair, stopping my dagger a second before it pierced her shoulders.
But then, her expression changed.
"Ugh!"
A pure and fierce mana invaded her body, freezing her movements and rendering her helpless. Then, she felt a strong pain in her gut.
"Gah!" The leader vomited a mouthful of blood and was sent flying, unconscious.
"Sister!" The rapier-wielding woman screamed in panic and threw herself towards me, but I parried her attack with a dagger while using the other to attack her shoulder. The woman showed an expression of panic and tried to retreat.
But in the next second, her eyes flashed with a sly glint.
A shadow materialized behind me. Suddenly, a dagger coated in dark miasma pierced towards my back.
The attack was completely sudden. Even the woman's allies were surprised by the sudden apparition of the shadow-like assassin.
However, I simply smiled.
When the dagger was about to touch my back, my body leaned aside, and with an odd movement, I moved behind the shadow.
"How...!" The shadow's soft voice was filled with surprise, but a blow on her nape silenced her. I then looked at the rapier- wielding woman calmly.
"Was that your last trick?" I asked with a cocky smile. The woman gritted her teeth and pounced towards me in fury.
"Bastard!"
"Sigh... How weak." I shook my head disappointed and disappeared from the rapier-wielding woman's sight.
Before she could understand what was happening, her vision darkened, and her body fell to the ground.
Finally, I looked at the remaining gang members still standing. They were shaking in fear, wondering how was it possible for someone so strong to exist.
I heaved a sigh and waved my hand. A wave of mana spread to the surroundings and knocked the remaining gang members unconscious.
I then looked at the alleyway filled with unconscious bodies and shrugged.
I guess that stiff shoulders will be the least of their concerns when they wake up.
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