The Black Fang Guild thought they were untouchable.
Small-time thugs backed by mid-tier Sigil Users, extorting the slums for credits, supplies, and tribute.
Nobody challenged them.
Nobody dared.
Until tonight.
Kai Arashi watched from the rooftop, shadows curling around his body like loyal hounds.
Below him, the Guild hideout buzzed with noise — drunken laughter, the clinking of weapons, the smell of cheap synth-liquor in the air.
Amateurs.
Weaklings.
Fodder.
The Abyss System flickered:
[Quest Initiated: Raid and Destroy Targeted Guild.]
[Rewards: 2–5 Sigil Copies Available.]
Kai flexed his fingers, Blood Tide stirring at his call.
Time to feed.
He descended without a sound.
The first guard never even saw him —
one tendril of corrupted blood slipped into his throat, collapsing his windpipe silently.
The second tried to scream, but Kai shattered his spine with a flicker of shadow energy.
One by one, they fell.
Like sheep.
Like insects.
Inside the Guild hall, the real fight awaited.
Ten Sigil Users — glowing faintly with minor abilities: strength boosts, barrier wards, elemental flares.
Against them, once, Kai would've been nothing.
Tonight, they were nothing to him.
He kicked open the double doors.
The room exploded into chaos.
"WHO—"
"ENEMY!"
"ACTIVATE YOUR SIGILS!"
Energy flared.
Shields ignited.
Fireballs and ice spears shot toward him.
Kai smiled coldly.
Blood Tide danced from his fingertips.
The nearest attacker's blood froze mid-vein —
he collapsed, screaming silently as darkness devoured him.
A second Guild enforcer charged, fists glowing with crushing strength.
Kai sidestepped, leaving a slice of pure Abyss energy in his wake.
The man split in two, eyes wide in disbelief.
Three, four, five fell within seconds.
The survivors backed away, panic overriding their drunken bravado.
"You can have everything!" the Guild master stammered, hands raised. "We surrender! You can take it all!"
Kai tilted his head slightly.
Take?
No.
He wasn't here to take.
He was here to erase.
He advanced.
The Guild master shrieked, releasing a desperate blast of lightning.
Kai absorbed it through his corrupted veins —
then sent it back, tripled in force.
The man's body convulsed, smoking, before dropping limply to the ground.
[SIGIL ABSORBED: Minor Electric Burst (Level 2).]
[Abyss Copy Successful.]
When it was over, the hideout was silent.
The air reeked of blood and ash.
The System chimed:
[Quest Completed: Raid and Destroy Targeted Guild.]
[New Title Unlocked: Merciless.]
Kai stood among the corpses, breathing slowly.
No hesitation.
No remorse.
The Abyss inside him purred, pleased.
He had shown the world weakness was a choice.
And he had chosen never to be weak again.
The Black Fang Guild was dead.
And the name "Asura"…
was just beginning to spread through the underworld.