God's Dynasty

"Here they are, this is where Damion's gang is hold up."

The place wasn't fancy or great, but just a normal backstreet alley that was relatively nearby to Rembert's place.

There were a few thugs, each of them carrying weapons that were rusty and dull.

"Alright, you can leave."

Rembert who heard Ryan then rushed away, not wanting to stay anywhere near him.

After he told Rembert to leave, Ryan approached the thug who were blocking the entrance to the alleyway.

"I want to see your captain."

"… Who the fuċk are you kid. The cap send you here?"

"No, he didn't."

Ryan stood silently, waiting for the thug to respond. However, instead of the thug responding with words he was about to slap Ryan on the face. Ryan quickly grabbed before snapping it in half.

"AHHHHHHH!"

"You crazy bastard!"

"Get him!"

Unlike Rembert's crew, these men weren't hesitant to attack Ryan. They all took out their weapons and began rushing towards him.

But for Ryan, this was a cakewalk.

"MY HAND!"

"AHHH!"

It was a completely one sided fight.

He stabbed, cut and slashed all of the men that were attacking him. After taking out ten gangsters, the rest who saw this slowly walked away in retreat.

Ryan stretched, clicking his neck and sighed.

'I did not expect to be this strong'

He had thought that he would struggle somewhat against these men but due to learning Gabriel's swordsmanship, he could take everyone at once and not even a scratch would be on him.

After shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he moved on wiping the blood of his enemies that were squirted on his face off with his sleeve.

"HEY DON'T GET CLOSE TO ME!"

They were pointing their weapons at Ryan, but none dared to attempt to fight him. They all had lost their will, and the thugs that were guarding the entrance of a building retreated.

Upon entering the building, the prȯstɨtutė and random guests that were there began to run away in all directions, screaming. This was only natural of course when a kid walks in with his entire clothing filled with blood.

"Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt your fun time."

Chuckling, Ryan went up to the second floor. Usually in a building like this, leaders were at the time.

After kicking a door down labeled "Manager", he saw a giant man with tattoos covering his face.

"Now what do we have here, who ordered you to attack me crew?"

"What order? Just here to find some stuff. Only reason why I hurt your boys is because they tried to hurt me first."

"… what sort of thing you looking for?"

"Handkerchief, engraved with blue flowers. They say your thieves stole it off a rich man's servant."

"I've seen something similar in my stash, what did you really need to find it?"

"If I hadn't need to find it, you think I'd attack your crew right now?"

"…"

The moment Damion began to walk towards a corner, Ryan felt that something was up.

And he was right, as Damion turned around and pulled a wand from the drawer pointing it at Ryan before chanting.

BOOM!

A voice mixed with a strange ringing and a loud bang coming from the wand was heard.

Ryan knew what this was, he had heard this many times during battle.

Seeing the magic bolt aiming towards him, Ryan threw himself to the side.

Unlike the miracles protectors use with the power blessed by them from the seven gods, this method of gaining power was only received by devils.

Devils outnumbered the Gods by far, and no one knows whether there is tens or hundreds of devils around, even those that study the devils and demons know naught of their number.

However, it really isn't a heresy to wield magic in this world, as the Empire had often allowed the use of magic in order to better the development of mankind. All mages were registered within their respective guilds, however one thing is for certain is that any unregistered mage are dangerous, and usually do not hesitate to sacrifice human souls in order to gain power.

Demons, lackeys of Devils wouldn't mind anyone making a contract with them, so an unregistered mage can be anywhere, whether I'd be a noble, knight of a mere peasant.

'Damn it!'

The terrifying bolt that was fired from the wand bȧrėly scraped Ryan's hair, and it blew away the door completely.

Magic Missiles, a spell so deadly that if Ryan was hit then his entire body would have been crushed completely. He knew many people that were hit by that attack, and although Aurora users can block the attack, many ordinary warriors cannot.

Damien with a frown on his face pointed his wand again.

"You are as swift as a mouse!"

'… fuċkɨnġ unregistered mage'

"Stand there, sweetheart!"

The rough and mocking tone of Damion was filled with murderous intent. It wasn't hard to guess that he did not intend for Ryan to survive now since he showed his magic.

As Ryan ran down to the first floor, a wax like object began to block the stairs in an instant.

Ryan could tell Damion was a pretty competent mage, but he did not have the time to ponder why such a mage was a gang boss in the first place.

Because Damion had already arrived in front of him with a hideous expression on his face.

After dropping his dagger, Ryan raised both his hands up.

"I surrender."

"…So, you going to be my prisoner?"

Damion's face now smiling looked at Ryan.

"… You seem skilled with magic, how comes you are a gang boss?"

"That's not for you to know. Now, since you broke in here and lots of stuff here is expensive, ill take my payment in crushing each bone in your body."

"Wait, wait. If I had known you were a unregistered mage, I wouldn't have done this! I am not your enemies, I'm your comrade!"

"… Comrade? No way."

Just as Damion made a puzzled expression, a dagger jumped out of Ryan's feet and when the dagger flew it aimed straight towards Damion's face.

"SHIT!"

Damion covered his face in surprise, taking the opportunity Ryan then threw the throwing knife that he had dropped on the ground.

The dagger flew towards Damion's neck, but it sadly got stuck on his forearms as he blocked it.

"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!"

The angry Damion began chanting another spell with his wand.

Ryan looked on, and quickly went towards cover. He saw that Damion was chanting another spell due to his chant being much different then before.

Damion licked his lips before a dark green whip began to erupt from the tip of the wand.

Ryan did not know what this was, but he knew that he mustn't get hit at all.

SHHIIING!

The whip flew towards Ryan and he quickly twisted his body to avoid it. The whip then slammed the wall.

"What in the hell.."

The wall that was struck began to melt before Ryan's eyes and Ryan knew that if he was hit once then his entire body would melt leading to instant death.

He turned around, before catching a small room at the end of the hall.

As Ryan began sprinting, Damion casted a spell with a cruel smile.

"You idiot, you just walked into a nice place for me to hit you!"

The moment Damion entered the room, Ryan who was already hanging from the top of the door jumped down and attacked Damion. He quickly took out a dagger and aimed it towards Damion's throat.

"ZIZABAN!"

'SHIT!'

Ryan had met a few unregistered mages, and he knew that if they say the name of the demon that had recruited them then the spell they'll cast would be one that is forbidden by the Empire.

He didn't know much about what magic specifically Damion was about to use, but he knew that it'll be the end of him if he doesn't do something.

Ryan then pierced Damion's throat with the dagger, however Damion just ġrȯȧnėd before throwing Ryan off and stepping back.

At first glance, it would seem Ryan had won however Ryan knew that wasn't the case.

'I'm stuck!'

Just before Damion had entered the room, it would seem he had made a spell shield and wrapped himself around it.

It wasn't a super strong shield, an Aurora user would pierce it as if it was soften buŧŧer. But there were no ordinary warrior that could do such a thing.

Ryan was certainly not at a level to break the shield, no matter how experienced and strong he can get without Aurora.

Damion aimed his wand at Ryan, who was stunned due to the shock of attempting to break the shield.

A bright light was at the tip of the wand, another magic missile was about to be fired.

However as soon as Damion had began chanting his spell, Ryan's body quickly jumped towards cover once again.

It was a skill he had learned during his mercenary days, where he could muster enough energy on specific organs in his body to act in case of an emergency.

"… Stop struggling little kid, I'll cut off your limbs and tongue!"

Damion stopped his chant and walked towards the struggling Ryan before lifting him up by the throat.

Ryan struggled desperately, but the strength of Damion's giant hands wrapped his neck too tight with increasing strength.

'Am I gonna die like this?'