Is this really a Game?!



Reign, Wolf, and Elijah jumped down from the building. With the help of mana, they were able to jump quite high and cover a large distance, making it possible for them to easily get past the wall and fall down on the ground behind the gang members that were guarding the two entrances to the yard of the building. 

Reign was using his darkness to cover himself and the two, making them harder to be noticed. Shadow was left with the others on the rooftop and was using his darkness ability to do the same and hide the 9 that were left on the roof. They had come together with Aelrinder, Elijah, Cameron, Neil, Paul, and 2 other Tier IV combatants. There were 13 of them in total, which should be enough to deal with any enemy in the city, at least for now.

Reign and the others had only taken those that were fast and could fight without causing a lot of noise and destruction, of course, Tank and Wolf were two combatants whose powers made that hard, but they were also able to fight without causing such destruction if they needed to.

Reign and the others moved quickly, they immediately made a run for the door but were forced to stop.

"Any way we could pick the lock?" Reign asked the two who both shook their heads immediately.

The door was a large steel door that had no knob nor lock, it looked like it was merely a wall made of steel. Right after Reign spoke, the door creaked as it opened wide, allowing three men to exit the building. The door immediately closed, making it impossible for Reign and the others to sneak past them.

"It seems like it's some sort of sensor on the door, maybe it activates by touch, fingerprint …" Wolf whispered as Reign and Elijah nodded at him. The problem with such a door was that it was powered by mana, so one couldn't simply stop it from working without others noticing.

Wolf was sure that he could melt through it with his flames, but that would immediately alarm everybody and make it so that they were spotted.

"Alright, plan B, we enter through the roof, stay close to me, otherwise it will be hard for me to cover you with the darkness." Reign said as both Elijah and Wolf nodded at him before moving toward the wall. They had no idea just what kind of defenses the gang had placed in or around the building, so all of them were doing their best to observe the surrounding area and sense mana, trying to figure out if there were any inconsistencies anywhere.

As they arrived at the wall of the building, they stopped as Reign focused on sensing both mana and souls. The building didn't look like a normal apartment building that was shaped like a block.

It was as if somebody had taken several blocks, each having the same dimension except for the height. Some blocks were taller, some were shorter, but some also had towers placed on top of it. 

Windows could be seen everywhere, but one couldn't see through them, Reign and the others were certain that this was not the case for those inside as they could definitely see outside, making it difficult for people to sneak in.

If not for Reign and Shadow who were the first ones to get up on the roof of the apartment building while covering themselves and the rest, with their darkness, the party would have been stopped almost immediately. 

Thankfully, the gang that occupied the building was not that powerful, from what Reign and the rest were able to find out, they were one of the top gangs that served the 'head' that was responsible for this part of the city, which should mean that the strongest combatant they had was somewhere around the peak Tier III realm, or perhaps was even a low-grade Tier IV, the latter being unlikely.

The men that Reign and the others had taken down were quite highly leveled in the city and they lived in one of the better parts of the city, they were direct members of the group that served the head, the one that was above all gangs and were on average a lot stronger than any gang in the city.

Upon doing his best to sense mana and souls alike, Reign was certain that there was no array placed on the wall, which should make it safe for them to scale, but he was still using his soul manipulation to sense souls so that he could find out where people were located at.

The windows made it quite difficult to get up a wall without being noticed, even with Reign cloaking them with darkness, there were no guarantees that someone wouldn't be able to notice something.

The walls of the building were straight and looked like they were made out of steel, with no gaps visible at all. All three of them took out small daggers, Reign and Wolf had taken them out of the inventory while Elijah used his spatial ring.

The blades of the daggers were about two inches long, which should make it impossible for them to penetrate straight through the wall and come out from the other side, at least that's what they were hoping for.

The daggers were actually made by Wolf who had taken up blacksmithing as a hobby and had been creating all sorts of weird tools and weapons for himself, but also for the others. The daggers were great to use in cramped places, and they were incredibly sharp and durable, enough to penetrate through the wall and bear their weight.

The best part about the daggers was their thickness. They weren't thick at all, the blades were less than 1mm thick. Without the help of Adrian, Wolf doubted that he would have been able to create them by himself as each time he made one such dagger, it wouldn't be as durable as the ones they were holding now.

The daggers easily stabbed through the wall, making it possible for them to start climbing up the walls and leave almost no trace of them thanks to the thin blades. They were able to move up without having to worry about anyone seeing them from a window that was in front of them thanks to the fact that Reign could sense all the people that were near them and each time he did so, he would go around in order to minimize the chances of them being noticed.

That made the climb longer, but it was much safer for them and the mission. Upon making it to the top of the building, they were just starting as this had been the shortest block, its height only being about 6 meters, and only 2 floors being in it.

Reign and the other two quickly started moving across the roof, passing near two men who were sitting down on a chair and drinking a beer each. They were guards who were supposed to look out for anyone suspicious appearing on the rooftops of the nearby buildings, but nobody in the city dared attack or spy on any gangs, so after a couple of days, they had become very lax.

Reign and the others scaled up the other wall, this time making it to a rooftop that was 9 meters taller than the previous one. They then scaled two more, each one being a floor taller, before making it to the last one, atop which a tower could be seen.

"It's the tallest part of the building, that's probably where the leader of the gang is located, right?" Reign asked Wolf and Elijah who both shrugged their shoulders.

"That's usually right, but I have come across some leaders of gangs and organizations that preferred staying on a lower level so that it was harder for people to find them, this tower could be the office of the gang leader, but it could also be something entirely different, it could be a watchtower, could be like a small prison, maybe an office for some other gang members…"  Wolf explained while looking up at the tower.

"There's only one way we can find that out," Elijah said as he spun his daggers in the air before catching them both and making his way to the wall, making both Reign and Wolf smile a bit before following him. The kid that could barely take a single hit from either of them had grown up.

The trio slowly scaled the wall before making it to the tower. Reign had been unable to sense any souls inside, but it was when they were two-thirds along the way that he sensed 3 souls suddenly appearing in the tower.

All three of them made it to the top before sitting down, Although it seemed easy for them, all three of them had used up a portion of their mana to make it to the top, with Reign having it the toughest as he had been using his darkness and was sensing souls and mana alike all this time.

They would first rest for a couple of minutes and wait until the tower was empty before breaking in. They had no way of knowing just what it looked like inside, so making a hole while there were people inside was not a good idea.