The Black Swan Behind

271 Dragger’s Help Arrival

Derric clenched his fists. Pablo indeed was a poisonous snake. It felt like he wanted to break the high school boy’s neck. But what could he do? He was weaker. And that was a fact he couldn’t deny.

“If we go bankrupt, then all of this will again belong to Dragger. Wasn’t it Dragger who raised us from the start?” Derric forced a smile although his heart felt sliced by saying those words.

Derric’s statement made Pablo smile even wider. He was impressed by the man who was willing to humble himself to such an extent in front of him. Eventually, Derric didn’t just realize what his position was. Rather, he also acknowledged how inferior he was compared to Dragger.

During this time, the Beast Empire had always been regarded as Dragger’s business partner. But in reality, the Beast Empire was Dragger’s pet.

Derric was too comfortable with achievements that didn’t come entirely from his own efforts. He was so carried away by all the comforts that he was blind to what was going on.

Finally, Pablo nodded. “All right. I’ll lend you fifty men of mine. Is that enough?”

“Eighty. Please. I know how strong those two groups are.” Derric replied.

“Damn... This is why I never feel like helping you,” Pablo said. But before Derric spoke again, he cut him off immediately, “All right. Eighty.”

There was a huge relief on the faces of Derric and RB. In the end, Pablo lent his powerful men to help the Beast Empire save their last throne.

.....

After the agreement was made, Pablo mobilized his eighty men to follow the leader of the Beast Empire to their main warehouse.

“You gave what he wanted, didn’t you?” Markus Vaga asked Pablo who was standing in front of the large window that led to the sparkling street of Jen Marrie.

Pablo turned around with a big smile. He nodded. “I like the offer.”

“That’s impossible. Do you think I didn’t know what he was offering? If his business was down, why else would we buy a carcass? What else are you up to?” Markus asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.

That made Pablo laugh. “What? I just want to see how strong the Black group is,”

“Oh, so that’s your point,” Markus nodded slowly.

The smile on Pablo’s face gradually disappeared. “Black has knocked out three groups of The Deadly Square. And now, they are on their way to destroy the last group. I started to see them as a threat. Before, they were able to enter our territory without being caught. Actually, it confuses me.”

“Even though they succeeded in overthrowing all those groups, it does not cover the fact that Black has been assisted by another group. They have never worked alone, always looking for alliances. It seems it’s their strategy.” Markus said.

“Who are the men behind the masks? They are difficult to catch because they hide their identities,”

“Hopefully we can find it out tonight. However, if the group we sent turns out to be defeated by them, what are you going to do next?” Markus asked.

“If that happens, then Black and Jita Kyoei will deal with Dragger. In the end, they will attack us. Before that happens, I’d better take the first step.” Pablo replied.

**

A black limousine pulled up in front of a wide-open gate.

Imagine how was the feeling of a homeowner who returned home to find the condition of his house already ravaged because of robbers. That was how Derric Hubbert felt right now.

He didn’t know what to say over what he was witnessing. Only his hands were still tightly clenched. His rows of golden teeth clenched together against the anger that welled up in his chest.

After a few seconds, two black-painted school buses followed. The two buses were parked in front and behind the Beast Empire boss limousine.

“Ask nothing. Kill them all,” Derric said as soon as the leader of the group of men approached him.

The man with night-dark skin and dreadlocks smiled lopsidedly. “I see,”

Then, the big, tattooed man wearing only jeans and a tank top turned to his eighty men who had gotten off the school bus behind them.

“Get ready to attack. After that, we’re going home!”

Then the group of men walked together entering the main warehouse gate. Inside there, on a large field, a group of short, skinny men whose heads were covered by the same strange black mask had gathered. The sight made them chuckle.

The group of men stopped their steps. They put on a fiercely defiant faces. They were Dragger’s men who were given a mission to help the Beast Empire defend the crown of honour that Black and Jita Kyoei’s group were trying to steal.

A few meters before the vanguard, Black’s group was lined up in a group. Even though their faces were covered by masks, in truth, the expressions behind them were no less defiant than their enemies.

In the group were all the best members of The Black Swan who were the most proficient in fighting, had souls like hunters ready to kill, and had no fear. Those were collected in one group. The number was thirty-eight people.

Compared to the number of Dragger’s members, the remaining Black Swan members were few. It was an unfair fight. Moreover -although no one knew- the people behind the mask were women. In terms of body size alone, they were already far behind the Dragger members.

However, fortunately, the small group led by Calvin Lee still had time to arrive early. There were less than twenty of them, but it should have been quite helpful.

Calvin knew that Dragger’s men were good at fighting. While fighting alone, Calvin several times tried to penetrate the Dragger’s outermost defences, but he always failed.

It was not that Calvin was outclassed by Dragger’s men. However, the fighting abilities they had and their large numbers were too much for Calvin to be able to completely eliminate them.

Therefore, this fight would probably feel much different from other fights. In front of them was a group of strong men. It was not just a bunch of guys who just wanted to beat up someone. However, they did have abilities that supported their goals.

“Let’s shock Troy and Ian with a sea of ??fallen humans,” Calvin said through the mic.

From the other side, Troy chuckled. Even though his voice sounded severely disturbed by the wind and the signal couldn’t catch the speed he was moving, everyone still understood what he was saying.

“Wait for us, guys. We want to have some fun too,” Troy said with a laugh.

“Then hurry up,” Calvin answered before disconnecting.

Emma had just come out of the warehouse building. She saw groups of men standing like in a ceremony.

“So, Dragger really has come,” said Emma who had just stood in front of Linda in the front row.

Linda nodded. “It’s a lot of them. It seems they see us as strong as them.” she smiled confidently.

“Of course, Linda. But don’t forget to never underestimate your opponent. It might just boomerang on you,” Emma said.

“Looks like that’s the leader,” Rachel, who was standing beside Emma, ??pointed her chin forward, at a dark-skinned man with dreadlocks.

“I didn’t even see Derric. Where is he?” Emma muttered as she stepped forward.

“No need to talk!”

Emma’s step stopped when the man shouted while raising one hand in the air as a ‘Stop’ symbol.

“Our job is only to eliminate you. There’s no need to waste time talking. It’s useless.” He said.

His name was Jay Nicholas; one of the Dragger members standing on level three. He was one of the six strong men tasked with leading teams in random battles like now.

“Oh...” Emma chuckled. “As you wish,”

Then the girl ran fast, straight at Jay who was ready to receive her attack.

The Black leader’s action signalled that the war had begun. Behind him, all the members also ran towards the enemy. All the enemy members also ran towards them with screams.

As soon as she got close enough, Emma immediately jumped with a twist kick, while Jay also ran towards her to hit back the kick with his long leg.

But Emma wasn’t serious about her kicks. It was just a fake move as if she was about to strike with a kick.

Once the two were very close and Jay had cast his kick to parry Emma’s attack. She cancelled her kick so Jay’s moves were wasted and missed.

Instead, Emma swiftly threw her hands to the side and caught Jay’s head, as her body slid beside him. With that, Emma immediately pulled Jay backwards and was ready to do the lock because he fell on his back.

On the other hand, the two groups that were running towards each other ended up colliding with each other. It was a loud crash; when everyone brutally attacked each other.

As previously warned, the Dragger group members were far different from the Beast Empire. They were stronger and more adept at fighting.

Although the members of the Black Swan could immediately feel the difference, they were not scared because this was an even opponent for well-trained soldiers.