The many gangs of the city all received the information about what was happening, but all of the heads, every single one out of the 10, said the same thing, don't make a move.
That left all the gangs flabbergasted, they didn't understand just why the heads would tell them not to do a thing when they were getting invaded by an enemy for the first time. Some had even believed that something was wrong, perhaps the heads wanted to allow the enemy to take down the Butcher so that they could rule the city, but if that was the case, why wouldn't the heads join hands and do the same?
Still, the bosses of the gangs complied with their orders, as confusing as they may be. The heads all returned to their places and got their groups ready, but they weren't going out.
"Boss, are you sure of this?"
"Yes, once the enemy gets in the building, we move." One of the heads said as he sat on a large sofa.
"All the other heads will do the same, you guys need to surround the building and make sure that nobody goes in or out after the enemy starts making their way up, that is of utmost importance."
Even the groups that were directly managed by the heads had no idea of what was going on and why the heads were being so calm during such an event. They believed that the heads were going to try and overthrow the Butcher as well, but only the heads knew just what their plans were.
As Reign and the others arrived at the center of the city, they could see that it was almost completely abandoned, nobody was walking around and there were barely any people present.
"It seems like they know we're coming," Shadow said as the others nodded while they continued running toward the building.
As they reached the tallest building in the city, they were surprised to see that nobody was guarding it either. The doors were wide open as if they were inviting them in.
"Seems like the Butcher isn't that concerned about us attacking him."
"He has acted as the overlord of the entire city for a long time, even the area around the city had nobody near his level, so it's normal for him to feel that he was above everyone else."
"Don't forget that he is also a peak Tier IV combatant, which places him above us even, his confidence isn't without a reason after all," Wolf said in a low voice, and nobody said anything against his words as they were true.
Of course, they knew that the Butcher was probably at such a high level mostly thanks to the potions, not because he hunted monsters non-stop.
That should mean that when faced against an enemy of a similar level, the Butcher shouldn't be as strong as he probably didn't fight often and didn't have as much experience, but none of them dared underestimate him, after all, he was a person that was able to conquer the entire city in the past, so his fighting capabilities shouldn't be low.
The group entered the building before making their way to the elevator, which obviously didn't work.
"This building has at least 40 floors, do we really need to take the stairs?" Shadow asked with a sigh as Reign nodded.
"Using Beast's monsters is too risky, if the enemy decides to attack us while we are in the air, it would be too dangerous, they would only need to seriously damage a wing, and the monster, together with the people that were on it, would plummet down to their deaths." Reign said as the others all sighed as they knew he was right.
They all started making their way up, by taking the stairs and moving up. Thanks to their great speed, they could climb up relatively quickly, passing a floor in a single second, but still, stairs were stairs and when they were near the end, they were feeling some slight tiredness.
"We should slow down, maybe take a quick rest so that we can be in our top forms when we get to the top, only a couple of more floors are left, and nobody is near us." Reign said as he used his ability to sense souls and mana.
There was nobody present nearby, but at the top, he could sense quite a lot of mana, as well as souls.
"He is waiting for us at the very top, but he isn't alone." Reign said as the others all nodded, they knew that the enemy would be waiting for them, after all, instead of wasting the lives of his men, it was better for the Butcher to get them all to the top so that they can fight against them.
Minutes passed, and Reign and the others arrived at the very top. A huge door that was seemingly made out of gold was in front of them, and Reign was the one to open it.
A large hall showed itself to Reign and the others. Tens of people could be seen at the end of the hall, and right behind them, was a throne on which a man was sitting.
"Welcome, invaders." The man spoke with a rough voice as he stared at Reign and the others with a smile.
"So he is the Butcher," Shadow said as they all got in the hall.
"Not really, he is covered by mana, it seems we were right, he is using some sort of device to shield himself." Reign said before channeling mana to his eyes, as did the rest.
As they did so, the person that was sitting atop the throne started changing. The body started twisting around, morphing into something else, into the true body of the one that ruled the city.
"This … is not what I expected," Shadow said as he gulped at the sight.
Long legs could be seen dangling from the thorne while a red dress covered them from the knee up. The legs weren't thin, but not too thick, they had the perfect amount of muscles, and barely any fat.
The waist of the woman sitting atop the throne was slim while the chest was decent, but nothing too special. The face, however, was something else entirely.
With sharp facial features and blood-red lips, black hair, and sharp eyes that stared at the group, the Butcher turned out to be an incredibly attractive woman.
"Seems like this old thing can't help much anymore." The Butcher said as she took off her ring before throwing it to the side.
"You can have it." A man caught the ring and bowed to the Butcher before staring at Reign and the others.
"So, invaders, tell me, why have you come here, I don't remember having any contact with any of you before, and you are not residents of the city either."
"You should know full well why we are here, I doubt you haven't received the news of what happened in the city earlier."
"I know, you destroyed a gang, took two of my machines, and released the prisoners, but my question still stands, why have you come here?"
"You have killed god knows how many innocent people in order to become stronger, and yet your still asking why?!" Shadow asked in a loud voice as he stared into her eyes.
"Hahahahaha!"
"So you are here to take revenge on the innocent people, on the people you never met, those you didn't even know existed before today?"
"If that's true, then you lot are pathetic." The Butcher said in a low and cold voice.
"This world is no longer how it once was, acting like a hero is only good for getting you killed, and from how you slaughtered every single gang member, even though only a small handful knew about the machines, I can tell that you are no heroes."
"You came here because I am strong, and you don't want to see me getting stronger, you don't want to have to face me later, but wish to take me down right now, even though this is the first time we have met, I can already guess that you are ruling over a territory as well, probably one near my city, huh?" The Butcher asked Reign and the others as they all grew a bit weary of her.
'We have only arrived, and she was already able to notice a lot, this fight won't be easy at all.' Wolf thought as he got ready.
"You are just a bunch of hypocrites, you decided to slaughter my men and attack me so that you can take over my city, and yet you dare act like you are a bunch of righteous people that have come here to defeat me for the innocent people living here."
"It doesn't matter, to be honest, as our fight is inevitable, after all, I wouldn't let you leave even if you wanted to." The Butcher said before standing up. A giant halberd suddenly showed up in her hand as she snapped her fingers.
[ Ten Heads of the Abomination ]
Suddenly, ten small portals appeared in the hall, and through each of the portals, a person walked out.
"So, my 'heads', what shall we do with these intruders?"
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