Chapter 58 - New Alliance

David pressed the X button next to David's special private elevator door beneath the button marked G which was the ground floor of the Stockholm Corporation main building.

It was a private lift that only David could use. Even an official with VVIP status at the Stockholm Corporation cannot use the lift, because it is the only elevator that can go to the underground floor.

Now, there are four people who share the same elevator with David. They are former members of a mafia syndicate who have lost battles with Hendrick Brasco in the past. And now, they are joined under Cederic under the name Reus Coronam which means the Crown of Sin as a new mafia syndicate with the least members of all mafia syndicates in the current circle of the Underworld.

Maybe they are a mafia syndicate group with the fewest members among other mafia syndicates in the circles of the Underworld. However, if they judge the quality of individuals, they can be equal to the top mafia groups today.

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1. Cederic Langford.

Nickname : None.

Status : Chairman of the Reus Coronam mafia syndicate.

Expertise : Specialist in close and medium combat. Has a shot accuracy that is only a few levels below David. Very good at reading situations and also a strategist. His guerrilla tactics can be matched by Isaac Dominic, one of the top lists of people who are the target of David's revenge. And also a person who is very good at talking. Potential to be a reliable businessman.

Reason for following David : Take revenge on Steve Stiffler who was nicknamed the Angel of Death in the Underworld. And also for being a long time fanatical fan of a David Stockholm. Although the right opponent for him was not Steve Stiffler, but Isaac Dominic. After all, the only one who could face Steve Stiffler was David himself.

2. Xiang Quan-Meng

Nickname : Hobgoblin which means Little Demon. Xiang got the nickname after successfully fighting fiercely against Benedict Rivaro, one of the great former generals of the legendary mafia syndicate Hendrick Brasco who is also on the top list of targets for David's revenge. Nicknamed the Little Demon because his body is three times smaller than the monster Benedict Rivaro, but still able to fight fiercely with him.

Status : The former leader of the largest gangster syndicate in Asia named Two-Head Dragon, which several years ago went extinct because they lost a battle with the legendary mafia syndicate Hendrick Brasco.

Expertise : Close combat. The martial arts that he mastered was truly unique, a combination of kung fu (China) and shinobi (Japan), so he could be categorized as an assassin. The agility and speed of his body made anyone unable to believe that his attack power was also very large. But Xiang never used modern weapons such as firearms. He always kills his enemies with ancient weapons such as kunai, shuuriken and so on. Even now he only carried a brass-knuckle.

Reason for following David : Want to get a rematch with Benedict Rivaro. He doesn't really care about revenge. All he wants is a rematch with one of the three great former generals of the legendary Hendrick Brasco's mafia syndicate, Benedict Rivaro. Even though he was better suited to fight Steve Stiffler than to fight Benedict Rivaro. But then again, the only one who could match Steve Stiffler's expertise was only David.

3. Marshall Dimington

Nickname : Ares. Ares is one of the gods in Greek mythology as the God of War. As the god of war, many kingdoms in Greece did not worship him, because Ares symbolized the cruel and uncontrolled killing of war, and he himself was involved in bloodshed for love or the battle itself. But his reputation is still far below that of Benedict Rivaro, who is exalted as a god in every battle of Hendrick Brasco.

Status : Former military prisoner at Camp Delta, United States. The prison with the highest security level in the world, is located in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and is one of America's prisons. This prison was originally used by America to detain Al Qaeda terrorists. Now this prison has developed into a prison for people who have a high potential for committing dangerous acts. Nobody knows how he managed to escape from there.

Expertise : Close combat. Just like Benedict Rivaro, Marshall is a person who always stands at the forefront of every battle. His size is large enough to make him a match for Benedict, even though they have never come face to face. But the nickname 'All Muscles Without a Brain' might be quite apt for him. Because, among the four members of Reus Coronam, Marshall is the dumbest.

Reason for following David : Nothing. Although his previous mafia syndicate had been slaughtered by Hendrick Brasco, he did not hold a grudge as big as his leader, Cederic. Because for him, winning and losing is a natural thing. He only fell in love with Reus Coronam's last member, Bella Park. This American-South Korean crossbreed woman does have the appearance of an idol girl-band that is currently famous in Korea. And wherever Bella goes, Marshall will follow her to death.

4. Bella Park (Korean name: Park Ga-Young)

Nickname : None. Bella is the youngest former member of the U.S Navy Seal who was dishonorably discharged by her superiors for political reasons that made absolutely no sense to her. He had never been in the circles of the Underworld.

Status : Former youngest female member of the U.S Navy Seal. Bella's origins are unclear. But while still in the Navy Seal, Bella was quite famous because her photo was often posted on social media accounts as one of the most beautiful soldiers in the world.

Expertise : Long range combat and also gathering information. Her expertise with sniper rifle-type weapons really cannot be underestimated. Maybe the accuracy of the shot can be matched with David. But what sets it apart is Bella's mental strength when under pressure. Unlike David, Bella will definitely find the safest place to shoot from a distance. Every time she fires a bullet or two, she will immediately move places very quickly so that the enemy is very difficult to track her location. Especially her expertise in the IT field. At a very young age, Bella was able to penetrate the Pentagon's security network with only her late grandfather's old third-generation computer.

Reason for following David : Bella fell in love with Reus Coronam's leader, Cederic Langford. However, Cederic Langford has never received Bella's love until now. If Marshall's reason was because of Bella, Bella's reason was because of Cederic. Meanwhile, Xiang did not enter into this ridiculous triangle love's circle.

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David walked first as soon as the elevator doors opened, down a hallway leading to the only door at the end of the hall with the four Reus Coronam members trailing behind him.

The passage had very little light, but they could still see the path with the walls to their left and right.

And fortunately, the width of the passageway was bigger than Marshall's body width, otherwise the big man would have to walk sideways while shrinking his stomach a little.

David placed his palm on the scanner to open the metal door at the end of the hallway, and when they all walked into the secret room that was the basement of the Stockholm Corporation main building, no one didn't drop their jaws as low as they could, except David and Xiang.

The room was filled with rare weapons that were hard to get from all over the world. From ancient to modern weapon models. Xiang did not have any interest in firearms at all, so for him the scene presented before his eyes did not really interest him.

Cederic walked around the room, admiring every weapon he saw. Bella just looked at Cederic. Meanwhile, Marshall continued to follow Bella behind with a gaze full of love. Absolutely disgusting for someone of a body size like Marshall.

Marshall's behavior did look a little disgusting. But, it's different if Marshall is in a real battlefield. Nobody would dare mock him in the slightest, considering how terrifying Marshall was to everyone who was his enemy on the battlefield.

Xiang walks over to a glass board with photographs and files containing the complete information David has gathered over the years about the people he targets for his revenge.

"So is this the job we're going to do?" asked Xiang who had the calmest attitude among all Reus Coronam members.

Xiang's words made Cederic, Bella and Marshall turn and look at the glass board.

Cederic scratched his chin as he stared at the work David had been doing alone. "If this red cross indicates that the person has been successfully eliminated, means that out of a total of seventy-nine people whose photos are on this glass board, our enemy is only three people left?"

Yep, initially, the target of David's revenge was all former members of the legendary mafia syndicate Hendrick Brasco, but David has massacred all of them and left three people who are the big generals of the mafia syndicate to last. It's not that David didn't dare to fight them from the start, but the three of them were indeed the most difficult targets of all.

The photos on the translucent glass board are those of all former members of the legendary mafia syndicate Hendrick Brasco. Everything David had managed to kill he marked by crossing their photos with a red marker. And the remaining three of the seventy-nine people Cederic referred to earlier are the three former great generals, Steve Stiffler, Benedict Rivaro and also Isaac Dominic.

David smiled. "Four. Another one named Catherine Jane Adamma. The woman who is nicknamed Medusa, you must have heard of it."

"Oh, that woman. She used to be called a super-rookie when her name was first heard in the circles of the Underworld. But her reputation skyrocketed too fast. What's wrong with her?"

"It's quite a long story. All I need to tell you is that she held a grudge against me, and somehow she made an alliance with Isaac, Benedict and Steve. They joined forces and had the same goal, which was to destroy me."

Xiang stretched his neck muscles which were slightly tense, "Looks like your opponent is quite strong."

As a former high-ranking Asian gangster who has come face to face with the legendary mafia syndicate Hendrick Brasco, Xiang is the one who knows the abilities of the three former great generals better than Cederic.

David also smiled wider.. Looks like this war will be really, really fun.