The First Magic World War

Although Scar from the Lone Wolf Gang was reluctant, he knew if he continued to provoke, Charles would dare to shoot and kill him. Scar admitted to himself that he had no ability to survive a shot from a Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullet. He glared at the person who had spoken on behalf of the Dark Night Beast and said coldly, "Can you also represent the Dark Night Beast?"

Yellow Bear moved forward silently, stepping up to show his stance and support the speaker.

Although Scar wasn't afraid of Yellow Bear, he didn't want to clash with this Demon Hunter either. He vowed silently, "Hmph, wait until our Lone Wolf Gang joins the Patrolling Army. Sooner or later, we will make the Patrolling Army follow our commands. This damn youngster, he has no idea what society is. Does he think that our people will listen to him once they join the Patrolling Army? Naive."

No one objected, and Charles distributed the majority of the expanded quota according to the size and rank of gangs present at this meeting.

After Charles had made the allocations, he watched with amusement as the gang members argued over the quotas, their faces flushed with exertion, occasionally pulling each other apart, and making slight adjustments. It took a whole day to tentatively determine how many people each gang would send to join the Lucavaro District Patrolling Army.

His only requirement was that these gangs must actually send people to Sparrowhawk Street No.1 to participate in the daily training of the Patrolling Army. If they refused to come, they would lose their quota.

The representatives from the thirteen gangs had no objections; after all, those who would be sent were just the low-level thugs from the gangs. A bit of hardship and a few extra trips didn't affect these leaders.

What these gang members didn't know was that the Lucavaro District Patrolling Army had already been reorganized into the Free Knights Order, possibly mobilizing at any moment to go to war in the Behemoth Duchy.

All Charles needed was an excuse to take these people away, and once they were on the battlefield, it wouldn't be so easy to get them back.

The battlefield was the best place to temper people. After a few battles, these people would only listen to their superiors and wouldn't heed their former gang leaders' commands anymore.

Besides, the Patrolling Army was, after all, the Empire's official military with decent treatment. What future could the lowest-level thugs of the gangs possibly have?

Once the participation of the thirteen gangs in the Patrolling Army was confirmed, Charles asked them to send their people over first thing the next morning, but said nothing else and sent the gang members on their way.

The next morning, Charles was particularly diligent as he took the carriage to work, a very rare continuation for him.

Warden Anthony indeed proved to be a very credible person.

Starting in the morning, prisoners, predominantly young and strong males making up seventy percent, were successively sent from the six major prisons of Strasbourg.

The thirteen gangs of the Lucavaro District also gradually sent people to report, what Charles couldn't understand was that there were quite a few young female gang members. Looking at this group of medieval gang girls, some dressed in short outfits, some in maple leaf skirts, and some in men's clothing, they truly presented a bizarre and curious array of appearances.

By the afternoon, Charles had "expanded" his subordinates to nearly three thousand people, of which twelve hundred came from prisons, and the rest, nearly a thousand plus, came from the thirteen gangs.

Charles promoted his "old subordinates," including those adventurers he had tricked and the batch of the Patrolling Army brought by Dobin, to captains and vice-captains. He dispersed the prisoners and gang members among the groups, forming seventy to eighty combat squads, though many were not at full strength, with fifty people each.

After the reorganization was done, it was already evening.

Charles had the diverse group that made up the Patrolling Army line up in formation, activated his Blood Flame Qi, and his body radiated a boiling red light to bolster their morale as he shouted, "I'm sure everyone is hungry, I'll take you all for a good meal."

In the Old Continent, local militaries, especially the Patrolling Army, did not provide meals, and everyone was expected to fend for themselves. These people had been reporting and splitting into teams since morning, whether they were convicts or gang members, stubborn and conflict-prone; they were all both hungry and tired by now.

Upon hearing Charles's promise to "lead everyone to a good meal," everyone became excited and followed Charles out of number one Sparrowhawk Street.

Charles called Mason and Homonsa over to his side and whispered, "Take your squads and buy a batch of food; deliver it to the Black Scorpion Gang's area."

Neither of them knew what Charles was planning, but they obediently took their men to buy food.

Soon, some people began to sense that something was amiss, as Charles was not leading them to the commercial area in Lucavaro District, but was heading straight to the headquarters of one of the five major gangs, the Black Scorpion Gang.

As a thirty-fourth-tier Clerk Chief and a lesser noble of the Empire, as well as a Transcendent, Charles boasted impressive military achievements from recent fights and held the title of the head of Lucavaro District's Patrolling Army, carrying significant prestige. Although the motley crew of the Patrolling Army harbored a few clever skeptics, no one dared to challenge him openly. Not to mention the convicts, the gang members recruited were lower-tier thugs who typically didn't have their own plans.

Dobin saw the Black Scorpion Gang headquarters appearing in their sight and, unable to help feeling uneasy, approached Charles and asked, "Boss, what are we doing?" Discover hidden tales at empire

Charles didn't respond to him, but instead pulled out his Anti-Space Sniper Rifle and shouted, "The thirteen gangs have already formed an alliance, why should we share the benefits with those who didn't join?"

"I now declare: Take down the Black Scorpion Gang, and the wealth will be divided among us all."

He pointed the Extraordinary Rifle forward with one hand, his posture strikingly casual, and with one shot, he blew the front gate of the Black Scorpion Gang into rubble.

Mama Karen had not only allowed Charles to borrow the Silver Rhinoceros long-term but also provided him with a box of one hundred and twenty Magic-Breaking Bombshell Bullets, so he no longer had to worry about lacking firepower.

The backbone of Charles's Patrolling Army was a group of adventurers who had been deceived into joining. Hearing that they could loot as they pleased, they immediately spurred their men to charge.

The convicts, who came from various major prisons, didn't care about the Black Scorpion Gang at all.

The members of the thirteen gangs, although sensing something off, were swept along into the fray at the Black Scorpion Gang's headquarters.

As one of the five largest gangs in the Lucavaro District, the Black Scorpion Gang boasted a strong force of seven to eight hundred people. While the gang had no Transcendents, their leader, Black Scorpion, was a veteran mercenary with outstanding martial skills and rich combat experience, who usually controlled several major streets in Lucavaro District without challenge.

When Dobin had come to request reinforcements in the morning, Black Scorpion hadn't wanted to meet at all and had rudely told him to get lost. Dobin, having brought only a few men, didn't dare cause trouble on Black Scorpion's territory and had to leave, swallowing his anger.

Black Scorpion didn't take throwing Dobin out seriously. As a local powerhouse, he knew exactly how many diligent workers were in the Lucavaro District's Patrolling Army, not even a third as many as his gang. Even in a straight fight, he wasn't afraid of the Patrolling Army, having no idea that in just one day, Charles would swell his forces to nearly three thousand men.