Intimidation

In the dark and hidden alleys in the slums of the city of Herdita. Two people burst through delivering pain and terror into the hearts of all ripper gang members.

One of them was a head taller than the rest, he held a large shield and spiked mace that brought terror to anyone looking at it. He wore a black mask with a dark blue flame pattern drawn onto it.

Every time a gang member would attack him, the huge masked people would simply endure it with his shield and then smash down with his mace straight onto the head of the attacker.

Sometimes they slumped down unconscious, but there were some strong gang members and the hooded figure behind the huge hulking person dealt with them.

Whenever a gang member seemed to be able to out dodge Rocky or attempt to do some sort of long-ranged attack. The hooded figure would dash out with his long sword pulled out and shining.

In the small and narrow alleyways. Jason leaped off of the walls and dealt quick and fast blows to the upper body of the gang members.

And just in case he would also activate the 2nd form of the rose knight's swordsmanship for good measure.

[you have defeated the reaper gang members]

[+ 2000 EXP, + 5 copper coins]

Jason uncaringly swiped the notifications away and looked at Rocky who was about to jump for joy at his new level-ups.

Jason looked back at the reaper gang members who were groaning in pain as they rolled on the cold wet cobblestone ground. He picked up one of them and pinned them to the wall.

"Listen," Jason said in an ice-cold voice "there is a new weapons dealer in the gang, his name is Jack, this is his territory now, so if your going to be part of the rippers gang then report to him okay?"

The rippers gang member nodded his head fervently in fear. Jason turned to look at the rest of the guild members who were now looking at him with fear in his eyes.

"ya get that? or else me and this guy will have to deal with you again alright?"

The gang members nodded in fear and Jason cast his gaze on all of them one more time while the gang members all shivered in fear.

To the gang members, a hooded figure along with a large masked man just came in and beat all of them up in a matter of minutes. They could at least see the general shape of the masked man but the hooded person jumped in and easily dealt with the strongest one of their group with ease. They couldn't even see the hooded person's face just darkness as they peered into the hood.

The cold and icy voice of the hooded figure sent shivers up their spines as they recounted what he had told them. They had only gotten beaten up this bad when they first joined the gang.

The strongest one of the group of gang members, sat up groaning. He looked around and slowly stood up on his shaky legs. He said to the rest of the group with a snarl.

"well what are you waiting for, let's greet this Jack"

That was the strongest fighter in their group, but that person knew how important strength was in the underworld. Nothing else mattered in the underworld except strength. People would naturally flock to it, and so would any gang member who knew how things worked.

Rocky followed Jason out of the alleyway. Jason turned back to Rocky and asked

"so how's the grind?"

Rocky responded with a wide grin

"it's great! I'm already level 20 after just a few hours of grinding!"

Jason let out a laugh as the two walked out of the alleyway and into the main street in the slums.

Jason mentally counted the number of "intimidations" he did with the reaper gang members. He was communicating with Boops the entire time who was now showing Jason the gauge on Jack's reputation in the gang.

[Jack's reputation (reapers gang) 35/100 (I've heard rumors about you]

Heh,

Perseus had stationed Jack in the city for now to play his role of being a weapons dealer. With loads of herbs and guild rewards that the rest of the guild members were bringing in. Perseus had bought a few cheap swords and such for Jack to deal out and a few of the weapon's Jason picked up as more high-quality ones if Jack ran across anyone important.

Jason looked over everything that he had just done with rocky. To be honest he enjoyed fighting with Rocky. He was a born tank, that was for sure. He finished a nice quest at the beginner's village and earned a large shield that could almost cover his legs and torso.

Every time a gang member attempted to fight back, Rocky was there letting no attack come across. Rocky had Jason's back whenever there was a fight, even though Jason didn't need help with the small level 20 gang members and such. He appreciated it nevertheless.

Loud stomping caught Jason and Rocky's attention. They both turned around to see 3 figures emerging out of the streets.

2 large figures stood on either side of one who strolled casually into the streets. As the 3 people got closer Jason was able to take a closer look at them.

The two large men around Rocky's size walked with steadfast and strong steps towards the duo. They wore tank tops and they had hard set expressions as they looked at Jason and Rocky with emotionless faces. The muscles of the two large men bulged and tattoos covered them in all sorts of interesting pictures of grotesque fights.

And the person in the middle of the two who was casually strolling down the slum street. He was much shorter than the two, a bit above Jason's height. He was skinner and had all sorts of piercings on his body, the most noticeable one was the golden ring on his nose.

He had a spiky black mohawk and wore a ripped leather jacket with metal spikes jutting out of a collar that he wore proudly.

He carried a bat embedded with dangerous spikes which rested comfortably on his shoulder. Jason could spot fresh blood dripping from them.

He sneered at Jason and Rocky

"hehhh? I came here after hearing that two people were wreaking havoc on my territory, but all that I see is a person too scared to show his face and a fat person hiding behind his mask"

Rocky coiled back seeing the two huge men standing next to the spiky-haired person in the middle while Jason walked slightly up to face them.

"We are only lackeys there is no need to show our faces" Jason responded as calmly as he could while Boops scrambled to analyze them.

The spiky-haired person spits at Jason's feet.

"heh, lackeys of that "Jack" eh, well ill tear him into mincemeat right after this"

Jason responded with a small laugh as the information of him and his two lackeys appeared before his eyes.

[reapers executive (Ingram)]

[level 67]

[reapers enforcer]

[level 40]

[reapers enforcer]

[level 34]

Boops remarked to Jason in his head

'ohhh an executive, so that means this dude kinda rules this part of the slums huh he's one of the head honchos then'

After hearing that Jason's eyes changed. He grinned evilly and slowly walked towards the reaper executives and the two lackeys. He quietly unsheathed his sword as he paced towards them.

The reaper executive looked at the hooded figure approaching them with a drawn sword. Wisps of red light swirled around it as the hooded figure drew closer and closer to them. The black cloak of the hooded figure fluttered in the wind. Lifting a small part ever so slightly. It was the part where the sword was held. It lifted up to reveal a mighty black metallic gauntlet with a shiny exterior and hard spikes.

The Reaper executive couldn't see the face in the cloak but he could feel eyes focused on him with an intense gaze.

Jason shifted his feet slightly as he looked at his three opponents. He looked back at Rocky who was slightly trembling at the sight of the 3 intimidating people.

But as he looked back at Jason, flashbacks of all that Jason had done for him in the past day flew to him. From the delicious fish to how they ran around the city having fun.

Rocky shook his head and said to himself

"it's only a game, who cares if I die"

And saying that he picked up his fallen shield and mace and ran over to Jason.

The 3 gang members scoffed at Rocky running over. Jason smiled underneath his cloak and said to Rocky

"glad you're here"

Rocky grinned and replied back

"It's a repayment for the fish!"

The red whisps of aura around Jason's sword seemed to sharpen and narrow as they collected on the tip of his blade. Jason turned to Rocky one last time as he said with a smile

"ill make you something even better when we are done!"

and saying that the two launched into battle.