Later at the Namskanian mafia's base, they assemble and tell the members that Gaus got taken down by gunfire, which makes some of them furious.
"What the fuck do you mean Gaus got taken down!?" One of them said.
"That man was literally the only one able to make good mana guns that could rival the rat army's, and you're telling me he randomly got shot while outside!?" Another added.
"This is getting too out of hand! If this goes on, we might all get killed at this point!" Another one added before Swan steps in as he puts his hand on his sword.
"Aye, man, you better keep your.."
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Swan gets pushed aside by Laura as she slowly walked towards the panicking man, clinching her fist before punching his face from the right side with impeccable strength and speed, causing his head to turn to the left side and begin to bleed from his mouth, and he started to dirty the floor as he fell to the ground.
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"W-what was that for!?" the man shouted with a shaking voice.
"I'd like to see your ass in the field instead of complaining about everything like a fucking bitch, yeah?" She says as she crouches to his level before pulling his hair to lift and turn his head towards her.
"Listen here, I'm the boss here, it's either you listen to me or you get the fuck out of my base, you understand!?" She said with a serious tone as the man stood silent, a look of anger was seen in his eyes, but he didn't give in to his personal thought and silently sighed.
"I understand..."
As the tension in the room lowered, they started thinking of a new plan. They realized the citizens protected by them were becoming fewer as they got kidnapped by the rat soldiers, and no one knew the exact location of the place where they were kept.
So they plan to make the remaining citizens live in their territory, but one of the members says that it's too risky and that there could be a spy among the citizens, which makes them think about whether they could get help from someone or not.
"I can think of someone who could help us at the moment..." A man in black religious clothing said as he walked into the room. Laura recognized that man immediately, as he was the man from the nearby church who healed the refugees with his healing magic. She only said one thing.
"An unexpected visit, Pierrot, but a welcoming one regardless."
Meanwhile, on top of the nearby church, three figures are seen standing and watching the surroundings as the wind blows strongly and the sky starts to darken.
The First man was named Omen. He wore black Eastern-style clothes with a black hood over his head and a black cone hat on top of his hood with a dark silver skull mask covering his entire face, and had two swords on his back, with one of them having a longer handle than the other.
The second one was Haru, a young man who seemed barely over the age of 20. Also wearing a black cone hat with gray hair and mint colored eyes, he also wore a black kimono with a missing left arm, with the only thing left on that side of the arm was ripped cloth that moved as the wind pushed it around, the right arm was covered in bandages and his sword was on the left side of his hip, it being held by wire so that it subtitue for his lack of two upper limbs.
And the third one was Julius, a tall man wearing black eastern-style clothing slightly similar to Omen but with a golden flower on the front, and a black hood that was matched with a black demon mask with black horns and golden teeth. He stood high, and he held a large black spear with his left hand.
The three of them looked as the brainwashed soldiers kidnap, beat, and kill multiple citizens as some scream and run in terror, while others continued as if none of this even happened.
Omen Speaks to both of them with a calm voice that was somehow full of heavy pressure:
"Haru, Julius, we will strike when the city's lights turn off as planned."
"understood," both of them said before moving their own ways, disappearing, leaving only Omen as he sat on the church's rooftop, he muttered a few words.
"The Rat King's reign of terror will fall soon enough."
-VOLUME 1 END-