6 A Brutal Knight In The Night.

Once Victor, Yami, and his 4 Shikigami left his home, they didn't start to patrol blindly. They already had targets because while Victor may not have left his house very much to focus on his training, his Shadow Dogs had been hard at work. 

For three months, his shadow dogs had fed him information on criminal activity. This night, Victor was going to take out five warehouses where several criminal groups ran their illegal activities. 

In particular, the crime groups had been stocking up on weapons and advanced technology. Even Lex Luthor had a hand in this because he had been selling LexCorp weapons. Dallas was becoming more like Gotham by the day in recent years. 

The police had less control, more potent drugs were flooding the streets, the crimes were becoming more organized, and more Metahumans came to the city to either make their crime groups or join the larger groups.

Gladiator, the hero who acted from Dallas, had his work cut out for him because he didn't kill. His Meta ability was the ability to absorb kinetic energy through his suit and body, but he didn't kill. 

Every time he stopped criminal activity, the judges and cops, getting dirtier by the day, would dismiss the cases of grant reduced sentences. However, that would change now because Victor would not hold back.

He was on top of a skyscraper with his Shikigami next to him as he looked down at a warehouse. His Shadows had staked the place out as a shipment of drugs was being brought over from overseas. 

The seller was a Crime Group based in China. The buyer was one of the largest criminal groups in Dallas, Los Diablos, a powerful gang that was predominantly Mexican. The product was a new product by the name of Mist, which was a very potent drug that was cheaper than heroin, cocaine, or crack but much more addictive. 

Relatively quickly, it made the user dependent on it, and from what his Shadows had found, users quickly lost their free will and lived only to have more. He had waited until now because he had found that the amount of Mist that would flood the street would cause an outbreak of 'Mist Heads, ' the victims of Mist. 

Victor surged mana into his eyes, increasing his impressive eyesight to look through the walls. From what he could see, hundreds of heavily armed men and even Metahumans were inside. 

For the Chinese, there was only an old woman with five guards. All the women dressed in traditional Chinese garb, but he could tell they were not normal women. 

'Magic users? This is getting fun.' 

He reached behind him and grabbed his sword off his back. 

"Yami, let us start, yes?" 

With almost dark glee, Yami began to conjure up weapon after weapon behind Victor. There were swords, spears, glaives, scythes, axes, knives, halberds, shurikens, and many more. 

It was such a big display that it was hard to miss, but Victor was just getting started. He raised his hand to the sky, and massive black thunderclouds formed before a massive bolt of black lightning struck the blades super, charging them with energy. 

 Thunder and lightning drew attention to their location, but it was too late. Yami released a storm of blades that struck the warehouse and any trucks moving out at blinding speeds. The Lightning coursing through the weapons exploded with the force of powerful explosives of Dark Lightning.

Each sword had the force of several bunker busters, not to mention the Lightning that exploded during the explosion. Even from here, Victor could hear the sounds of agonized screams as the bombardment continued. He raised his left hand and conjured a black orb of fire before launching it down to the center of the warehouse. 

An explosion of black flames surged into the air, and by then, almost 1,000 lightning-charged weapons had been released. When the last spear struck where the Warehouse had been, Victor stepped forward to stand on the ledge. 

He crossed his arms as he knew that someone survived. 

"Annoying." 

A burst of wind emerged from the center of the warehouse, and as he expected, the Chinese Elder and 2 of her escorts were all that remained. While the elder was unharmed, the two formerly beautiful women were badly burned. 

Shrapnel was in their bodies; one was missing an arm, and another had half of her face melted. However, they both had not reacted to the pain and focused on protecting their mistress.

The mistress looked up with pure anger in her heart as most of her 'daughters' died. Those girls had been raised by her since infancy and trained in the magical arts of China. To lose them in what was supposed to be a normal sale pained her. 

In Mandarin, she began to yell up. 

"YOU SHALL DIE FOR THIS!?" 

She reached up and grabbed her necklace before she began to speak. 

'Chanting? So slow.' 

Victor took a step forward, and almost double his previous speed, he appeared in front of her. He held his sword with both hands and swung the large blade with black lightning, fire, and wind spinning around the blade. 

The barrier formed by the surviving Chinese Ladies was sliced apart, as that was Lykaon's main ability. To cut through all defenses, Magical or Physical. He swung his blade hundreds of times, and he sliced the three Chinese women into bloody chunks. 

As usual, their souls were cut into ribbons. He had moved so fast that his blade didn't even have a drop of blood on it. He returned it to its sheath on his back before he returned to Yami and his Shikigami. 

Yami was panting happily, but his Shikigami were all giving him the stink eye. 

"What?" 

Garm and Garm barked at him, explaining that he had destroyed the bodies. They were going to eat them because they could devour the souls of their prey to get stronger. By blowing them up like this, they missed the power gains. 

"Interesting. We will do the next target the old-fashioned way." 

Victor closed his eyes and focused on his Shadow Dogs, who were running through the city. 4 were stationed at the other Warehouses. He exchanged his location with that dog, taking himself and his pets to that warehouse. 

Unlike Los Diablos, a Mexican gang, this one was an Italian Crime Group with ties to the Italian Mafia. This warehouse was situated on the river, and they used it to transport products. 

Guns, drugs, people, and more. He could easily explode it, but he didn't do that. He and his Shikigami began to walk forward from the front. 

"Ramsa, get us started." 

The serpent removed herself from his neck and began to slither forward, gaining size and mass as she did. In only a few moments, she went from being the size of a King Cobra to a titanic 80-foot monster. 

She was spotted as she rose above the ground. The criminals all froze in shock before the desire to live kicked in. 

"FIRE!"

They began to unleash a barrage of automatic gunfire, but with her metal scales, those bullets bounced off. 

"HISS!" 

She pulled back before she lunged forward, using her bulk to smash through the warehouse. Victor pointed his hand forward with a single word. 

"Slaughter them all." 

Garm and Gram didn't need to be told twice. They ran forward side by side before they dived into the shadows. When they emerged, they were covered in armor. As for Balerion the Nue, he ran forward on his muscular four legs. 

His wings tensed on his back as he leaped into the air to deal with the criminals on the roof. Victor grinned as he tensed and ran forward, slicing the warehouse open. When he was inside, he started a bloody massacre. 

He dropped his greatsword, reached into his shadow, and conjured a large chain. He hooked his sword before using it like a giant kusiragi. He spun the chain above his head before he swung the sword and chain in a circle, slicing Italian mobsters in a brutal display. 

He pulled his chain back and grabbed his sword handle once more. He rested it on his shoulder as he looked around. Ramsa was opening giant holes by smashing through the warehouse. 

She swallowed mouthfuls of men in her charges. Garm and Gram stuck to the shadows, and they would drag down their prey into the dark. Balerion, on the other hand, was slow; he tortured his prey, which Victor knew was because he believed their misery would make their souls taste all the better. 

'Metal as hell.' 

Victor's head craned to the left as he saw an Italian raise an RPG at Ramsa. He was going to stop it, but Ramsa just opened her mouth, and a stream of black boiling acid melted him down to nothing. 

Victor smirked. He loved his new Ten Shadows because the original was more versatile than powerful. The technique is far better with Mana, and the Shikigami could grow stronger. 

"Kill the rest; I am going to be over here." 

While his Shikigami began to devour the bodies and chase down the survivors, he and Yami walked away to start the next Exorsism Creature. The next one in question was the frog, and when he activated the ritual from the shadows, a giant toad-like frog emerged. 

It was so large that it looked like it could fit several men in it's mouth. 

"Ribbit." 

Its lower jaw split down the middle, and a poison-tipped barb of a tongue rushed toward Victor's face. It was so fast that the air seemed ripped apart, but before, he just stepped to the side. 

"Sorry about this, Froggy." 

Victor ran forward, leaped into the air, and created a spear of swirling wind, which he stabbed into its brain, ending the Ritual. The Shikigami burst into Shadows before returning to his Shadow, now ready to be called upon. 

"Frog." 

Once more, the Frog Shikigami appeared in front of him. It was still as big as before, but now tamed. 

"Hello, my froggy friend."

"Ribbit." 

By then, the rest of the Shikigami gathered around the new member. Ramsa shrunk down and coiled around Victor once more while Balerion, Garm, and Gram began to greet the frog. 

"I think I am going to name you Froggy." 

"Ribbit." 

From the look of it, Frog didn't mind, so his name was Froggy. . 

"Alright, then. We have three more targets; let us count them. Tomorrow, we will work on taming Max Elephant and Rabbit Escape. Leaving Round Deer, Piercing Ox, Tiger Funeral, and the Divine General." 

He got several sounds of confirmation, and they all rushed to the next location. They had to be fast because, after two attacks, the rest of the criminals would take notice, and so would the police. 

Now, with Frog, it meant he had 5 Shikigami and Yami, his Sacred Gear. Unlike Ramsa, who had acidic venom, Froggy had toxic venom that could reduce his prey to nothing with just a bit of exposure. 

However, he had two stomachs, one where he digested prey and one where he could safely store people like the original. He was also incredibly agile despite his slow appearance, and he could create appendages from his back or use his tongue like a whip. 

He also had incredible range from a great distance; he ate men before they could scream, just like flies. Victor picked up his brutality as he destroyed drugs, stole guns, killed hundreds of criminals, and even had his Shadow Dogs kill corrupt cops and judges. 

No criminal was safe, and Gladiator was rushing through the city to find the one responsible, but Victor was always ahead. By morning, a giant burning sign was carved into the side of a warehouse. 

'Run, Hide, or Die. Cain has come for the guilty.' 

As for Victor, he had returned to his house without being found out. His Shikigami were stuffed and were digesting hundreds of criminal scum. Victor himself was in bed sleeping as if nothing had happened.