Magic

The elite suddenly giggled. This made Dorian frown, wondering whether the man had gone mad. But the elite said "You are thinking about going after them? Laughable! Laugh…"

However, he was interrupted by Dorian's harsh slap, which broke a couple of teeth which the elite was forced to spit out. He looked back at Dorian and saw cold eyes starring at him, a red light shining in them.

Dorian said with a voice which seemed to come from hell "Try raising your voice again, and I will make you eat your own flesh."

The elite's eyes widened, but he wisely shut up. Dorian said "Now tell me, who are they?" The elite, this time, said "They are the vice leaders of our gang, only below Boss Red Scorpion. However, they are the ones who make the real decisions, they have many subordinates, with direct guards, the weakest stronger than me, and the strongest are unfathomable."

Dorian frowned and asked "How strong is the Leaf in this hierarchy? And how many Stingers are there?"

The elite replied "The Leaf… He is the strongest after the Stingers. And there are 13 Stingers."

Dorian asked "Are they really that strong? Is there an exception among them?" The elite shook his head and said "You don't understand… The Stingers are chosen because of their strength, and anyone is welcomed in challenging them, if they don't fear death. But no one ever tried, not even the Leaf. Do you want to know why?"

Dorian didn't answer, but the elite continued nonetheless "Because all the Stingers practice a manual! All of them are superhumans, capable of feats you wouldn't even dare imagine in your dreams!"

But Dorian was unfazed by what he said, and asked calmly "What about the Red Scorpion?" The elite shook his head and said "Well he is pretty mysterious, we don't get to see him often. Never, actually. But rumors say that he is even stronger than the Stingers, though because there are 13 Stingers they overwhelm his authority."

Dorian nodded and said to himself "So basically, if I kill those Stingers the gang will crumble on itself…" He looked back at the elite and asked "Are they all in here? I mean the Stingers?"

But the elite shook his head and replied "No, they are on missions outside the city, recruiting fresh blood. Currently, only the Tenth Stinger is in the city. Try going after him if you don't want to live anymore."

Dorian asked "How do you move around those tunnels? I saw no torch at the entrance, and those tunnels look like labyrinths."

The elite looked at Dorian strangely and said "So the rumors are true, you truly aren't from this city." Dorian shook his head and asked why. The elite replied "It's common knowledge here, that the Boss is a superhuman. But he isn't a warrior, he is a mage!"

Dorian nodded and said "He did something here? Threw a spell?" The elite nodded and said "We all have a relic on us which leads us unconsciously to the Main Hall."

Dorian looked at him straight in the eyes, releasing once more his killing aura and ordered "Give me yours."

The elite didn't resist and took out a coin and tossed it to Dorian. As he grabbed it, Dorian was able to open its status page:

[Name: Enchanted Coin]

[Type: Miscellaneous]

[Rarity: Grey]

[Defense: 0]

[Requirement: None]

[Effects: This coin allows you to join the Main Hall.]

[Durability: N/A]

[Remark: This is nothing but a coin with the simplest enchantment on it.]

Dorian looked at the elite strangely and said "You seem a little too cooperative. Where's the catch? Why would you threaten your entire gang so easily?"

The elite smiled and replied "That's simply because I'm a spy sent in by the City Lord." However, his words didn't have the reaction he expected, as Dorian's face remained stone cold.

Dorian asked "Do you have any more useful info for me?" The elite shook his head, but Dorian asked "What about the police Captain? Where do you detain him?"

The elite looked shock for a short instant before his face returned to its calmness, but it was too late as Dorian had already seen what he wanted. The elite remained silent before sighing and asking "How did you know so soon we are the ones who got him?"

Dorian replied "I already asked the Leaf before killing him." This time, the elite didn't bother masking his shock, as he said disbelievingly "You killed the Leaf?! How is that possible, your strength far outmatches the one in the reports!"

Dorian slapped him once again, making him loose a few other teeth, and said "I told you to shut up. Where is Charles?"

The elite coughed blood along with another teeth and said "He came to us on his own, and even attacked the City Lord, but we don't know why, so we are detaining him for now."

Dorian frowned but before he could talk the spy said "We checked, he wasn't drugged, under a spell or any other kind of influence. He attacked the Lord with a sane mind. For now, we determined that he is either a member of the Cult of Syses or a spy sent by Celevaria."

Dorian frowned and asked "Why would Celevaria sent a spy? Same for the Cult?" Actually, this was the first time Dorian heard of Celevaria or of that Cult, but he could guess.

The Dark City, which he was in, was under one of the Kingdoms at war, although he didn't know its name. Celevaria was most certainly the Kingdom at war with the one governing this city. After all, Dorian had learned when he entered this world that this area was at war.

As for the Cult, he had absolutely no idea of what it was, nor its objectives, but this city was useless. The citizens barely respected the law, a gang was on the verge of taking over the city… This city was even on a cliff, sure it was almost impossible to attack, but it was almost as hard to simply get in or out the city. So this city had basically nothing interesting for Celevaria, unless they wished to kill their men for fun.

As for that Cult, the situation wasn't much different. When he thought of a cult and its goals, the first things that went through Dorian's mind was spreading their faith, killing non believers and being showy about it, or preaching their God by following its command.

But this city was useless, no one would care if it got destroyed, there weren't that many people in the city, so the Cult wouldn't have any reason of attacking either.

The spy shook his head and said "As you know, the Cult of Syses follows the God of Assassins, Syses, and is an assassination organization itself, and they strike everywhere. They are our main suspects. As for Celevaria, I can't tell you why they would want to attack the City Lord as it is a secret, and I don't want to be beheaded."

Dorian nodded, but those information didn't really matter much to him. He probably wouldn't get in contact with the Cult before departing from this world, as for that City Lord, his identity didn't matter either, he wasn't related to his mission in any way.

Seeing that Dorian was silent, the spy said "Now, can I go? I need to make my report." Dorian shook his head and said "I think you misunderstood something."

The spy frowned and asked "What?" Dorian's hands blurred and in the next instant the spy's neck was twisted, his life ending in a split second.

But Dorian still said "I never said I would let you go…"