"No, Darling!!!" screeched by a woman who was inside the car, her words piercing the air with an irritatingly high-pitched tone.
As the woman's tear-streaked face came into view, Reign's recalled her, as the same woman who he ignored because she was too irrelevant .
"What are you waiting for , kill him!!!," She ordered her face filled with frustration, as if it was Reign's fault that his husband just die, and not them for tempting death.
Everyone pointed their guns at him ready to fire .
"Did you really just come here because of that?" Reign asked, his voice was filled with suspicions .
It was just too trivial if all of this trouble was just for the sake of a but-hurt woman who got rejected and ignored.
Reign was all in for killing humans, but he had a plan that he wanted to follow to take out a large number of them in one fell swoop.
With his EXP requirements, killing a dozen humans would not even dent his EXP bar.
"Of course not. If you hand over all your credits, we will let you live," another man spoke up, revealing their true intentions.
This man was the second-in-command, and it was clear that robbery was their primary objective.
Why target Reign among all people?
It was a common assumption that those from other cities were wealthy, given the exorbitant cost of travel tickets.
Reign did not judged their actions; he understood that in a dog-eat-dog world, survival often meant seizing opportunities wherever they arose.
However, what puzzled him was their audacity in targeting a Gold Rank like himself.
Were they really delusional enough to believe they stood a chance against someone of his caliber?
Or maybe desperation had clouded their judgment, driving them to take reckless risks in pursuit of money ?
In the end, he decided to forget about trying to figure out how the minds of dumb people worked, lest he catch their disease called "Stupidity."
'I'll end this fast,' he mumbled as he started walking closer to them.
As expected, they began shooting, but even without using his full power, he dodged the barrage by utilizing his environment.
CLICK!
Reign noticed something being thrown at him, followed by a billowing cloud of smoke.
Despite his ability to see through the smoke screen, he couldn't shake the feeling that something was amiss.
Smoke grenades that emitted toxic and poisonous gases were banned even in the black market due to their potential to harm innocent bystanders if it got blow away by the wind.
The woman paused for a moment thinking if she should tell the truth ,
SLASH!
"AHHHHHHHHH!" She cried out in agony, rolling on the ground as her hand was sliced open.
It was a brutal display to show her that lying would be the worst choice of her life.
"I'm not a patient person, so just answer my question right away or else..." Reign warned, raising his sword again, preparing to slice her other hand.
"Please don't, please don't! I will tell you, but please promise that you won't kill me," she pleaded, her face contorted with pain and agony.
"Alright," Reign lowered down his sword.
"Those things where given to us by my cousin who work for BioGen Corportaion," she revealed .
"BioGen? The Tier 1 Corporation?" Reign clarified, needing to be certain.
"Yes," she confirmed, her voice quivering.
"He told me that something big was happening inside, and he wanted out. So, he gave us these grenades so we could target more wealthy and powerful people."
"Interesting," Reign mused, stroking his chin as he contemplated the implications.
This revelation suggested that in addition to viruses, the research center was also actively developing other weapons.
"Am I allowed to leave now? I need to get to the hospital fast, or I will bleed to death," she pleaded, struggling to maintain consciousness as she spoke.
"No need for a hospital, I'll just kill you here , save you the trouble and pain," Reign grinned and stab her knee.
"AHHHHH!" she screamed in agony, but instead of stopping, Reign kept on stabbing her knees and legs, blood splurting out everywhere .
"Y— You said you wont kill me!" she protested with a pained expression as she struggled to get away.
"I'm not killing you, I'm just stabbing your legs," Reign replied coldly while he increased the frequency of his stabs, turning her once thicc legs into mangled meat.
After a few minutes of torture, the woman finally breathed her last, the loss of blood was too much for her to handle.
'I guess it's time to eat,' he mumbled to himself as he stood up and began absorbing every corpse around him.
The slum had no rules whatsoever, so even if someone were to witness him killing people, they wouldn't dare to speak up out of fear.