Miko's declaration of Sebas’ death echoed throughout the city and made lots of people shiver.
Everyone knew at that moment that Miko was seriously intending to take on a pillar and had no intention of backing down.
They knew that the Night District was going to turn into a blood bath!
As for Sebas himself he stood at the entrance of the Night District fuming.
“Advance! Go and kill that motherfucker!”
He screamed as his delicate face became extremely ugly with anger.
The soldiers responded to his order and marched on.
Even though they lost quite a lot of soldiers it didn't meant that the army's overall strength had decreased. The soldiers that were lost didn't even amount to 10% of its fire power. The army was still intimidating.
The ground shook as they advanced with the monster vehicles between them.
The 11th District had a total of five entrances. This was because the district was surrounded District 17, 5, 9, 20, and 16. Sebas chose to enter through all five entrances but his main force was entering through District 16.
The reason behind this was simply because that's where he's based, which meant that it was the route he was certain was safe.
The army marched into the district from all sides and then spread out in search of their enemies.
The first army to encounter their enemies and entered combat was the one that took the 17th District route.
They were suddenly attacked while marching down the streets where the prostitutes would sell their bodies to anyone who had the right price.
They were attacked by a group of women who posed as whores when the soldiers gave them a warning to leave the district or be treated as terrorists.
The women pulled some flash bombs from their exposed bras and threw them up in the air.
The soldiers were caught off guard for a moment but they were still trained warriors. They instantly activated their anti-flare goggles on their faces.
They aimed their weapons at the women and opened up fire.
However, at that moment they were assaulted by heavy gun fire from above.
Dozens of women mounted machine guns on the roof and were firing at the soldiers. This gave the women who threw the flash bombs a chance to escape.
“Return fire!”
The soldier who seemed to be leader ordered while firing back at the women on the roof.
In just seconds the streets turned into a deadly battlefield.
“Switch ammunition!”
A melodic voice rung out among the women, and a goddess like woman with azure hair stepped out in a white dress.
This woman who looked identical to Tiamat was Regis who was using a technique similar to Miko's to age.
“Use the flame bullets!”
Regis ordered.
Moments later glowing streaks of light descended upon the soldiers.
*Boom!*
The streaks of light exploded and turned into bursts of flames which blew the soldiers away.
“Don't flutter! Our armor are heat resistant!”
The captain shouted.
But he knew that the fire wasn't what caused his soldiers to flutter, it was the shockwave that was released when the bullets turned into flames.
Each bullet had a shockwave powerful enough to send a car flying. The captain knew this because he naturally used this type of bullet as well.
“Return fire using the same ammunition!”
The soldiers quickly change the magazines of their guns with a flick of their hands. They all quickly fired at the rooftops.
*Boom!*
Bullets collided and caused huge bursts of fire to lit up the night.
However, the soldiers’ attacks didn't reach the women.
“Tch! They have an advantage because they're on the roofs!”
The captain clicked his tongue and cursed.
He then snapped his fingers and a squadron of soldiers rushed up front with bazookas; and got on their knees and aimed them at the rooftops.
“Fallback!”
Regis shouted as she saw the bazookas, but she was one step too late.
Static could be seen generating in the bazookas nozzles before lightning shot out and hit the buildings.
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*Boom!*
Several buildings were simultaneous blown to pieces.
The men prepared to fire another shot while searching for the enemy.
*Swoosh!*
At that moment the heads of half of bazooka holders flew up in the air, severed from their bodies.
“?!”
The captain was shocked as he saw Regis shooting towards him with her hand in the form of a blade.
However the captain was still a seasoned soldier.
He quickly reacted with a jump back and narrowly avoided Regis’ slash.
He pulled two handguns from his waist and fired at her.
Regis swung her blade arm and the deflected the bullets.
“Ugh!”
The force behind the bullets were a lot more powerful than she expected which caused her movements to slow down significantly.
This allowed the captain to escape and the surrounding soldiers to finally react to her.
“Surprise attack failed, huh?”
She calmly mumbled as the soldiers closed in on her from all sides.
“Well, no big deal.”
Blades shot from out of her body and pierced through the soldiers that were closest to her.
She then spurted her bladed wings and took flight.
“The war has just began, so consider our meeting a greeting. We’ll be sure to meet again if you survive long enough.”
Well saying that she flew away. The captain could see the silhouettes of women retreating with her.
He stood in silence for a while and stared at the headless bodies of his men.
“…..Advance!”
He said after composing his thoughts.
At the same time deep within the Night District.
Miko sat behind his desk with his eyes closed. After a while he slowly opened them.
“Regis failed.”
He chuckled a little.
“She must be a little frustrated.”
He got up and walked out his office. He immediately found himself standing in front of hundreds of people who all looked at him with reverence.
He looked to his side and saw Edward to his right.
“Lady Ishmavael has already left.”
Edward said.
“I know.”
Currently both Ishma and Regis were very far away from Miko.
Normally they shouldn't be so far away from Miko who was providing them with magic. The one reason they weren't by his side was because they were at war and the two them need to lead an army of their own to counter Sebas’.
Because of this, Regis and Ishma were currently using the magic they've been storing to move independently. Of course, Miko could sense their location and could also summon them back to his side if he needs to.
“How many did she take?”
He asked.
“Around 3000.”
Miko put on a pondering expression.
“That less than I expected. Well, knowing her she mostly just said a random number.”
He said with a laugh.
“Regis also took around 3000 women to create an all woman squad. That leaves around 15,000 to do as we wish.”
Edward nodded.
“Any plans?”
“I have countless. You?”
Edward smile mischievously.
“Just give me a few hundred men and I assure that we can end this war in a couple days time in our favor.”
“Oh? I find your confidence a bit alarming, but why not? Take whoever you want.”
Miko then suddenly remembered something.
“Ah, but not Yota. I need him to lead an army of his own.”
“Of course.”
Edward answered with a weird smile.
Miko was curious as to what he had planned but he decided to sit and wait for the surprised.
“Sola.”
“Yes, Don.”
A young girl stepped out and stood in front of Miko. She was the same candy girl that helped poison the late Sweet-Tooth.
“Just like Yota you'll be leading a squad to repel and if possible annihilate Sebas’ soldiers.”
Sola and Yota were high ranked members in Exsul who Miko recruited when the gang was just being created.
Strangely enough, they were also royalty from neighboring kingdoms of the Dragna clan. They underwent military training from a young age and were very talented in warfare and espionage.
As for the reason why they came to join Miko's gang, it was because they were fans of his from when he was at Dragna Kingdom.
They arrived to the city long before him but they always kept up to date with news in their countries and their surroundings. They naturally heard of Miko and quickly became his fans. So when they heard that he became a criminal and was forming a gang to counter the city itself, they naturally wanted to join.
Miko confirmed their motives and stories to be true so he took them in and decided to groom them himself.
Having a prince and princess from other countries as his subordinates had countless rewards.
“Yes, Don.”
Sola said with bow and her pink ponytail swayed.
Miko the turned and faced the rest of his gang.
“Now then, let's run wild!”
Somewhere else in the Night District.
Sebas men were traveling down the deserted streets with cautious steps
“The fuck? Did everyone run away before we came here?”
A soldier asked.
“We’ve been walking around for a hour now.”
“You think they got frighten and ran away?”
“That's impossible. Considering the Heavenly Demon King’s personality he wouldn't allow that.”
“Hey, he's still a kid despite everything he's done. Him getting scared isn't that surprising.”
“Shh! Keep focus! We're already behind enemy lines!”
The moment the leader said that he heard the sound of engines.
He turned and saw a single light piercing through the darkness of the night. Soon more and more light appeared and sound of engines grew even louder.
“Hahahahaha!”
He heard a mad laugh echoed over the sound of the engines.
“Dark Crow squad, kill every man woman and child that blocks my path!”
“Yes, Lord Ishma!”
It was then that he was finally able to make out a black haired girl riding a bike while leading dozens of other bikers behind her.
“It's a fucking slaughter!”
“Ohhh!”
The bikers all pulled out rocket launchers.
“P-Prepare for battle!”
The leader shouted.
“Kill them all!”
At Ishma's command the bikers all put their bikes on autopilot and fired at the soldiers before they were able to respond.
*Boom!*
“Guaahh?!”
Dozens of soldiers screamed out in pain as they were blown away. Some missing their limbs.
Ishma stood up on her bike and pulled two rocket launchers from her space ring, and jumped off the bike.
“Eat shit!”
She fired both at once.
*Boom!*
“Guahhh?!”
More screams rang out as she landed on the ground.
The moment she did two soldiers in powersuits rushed towards her with guns.
“Heh.”
Ishma grinned and swung her hand two times. The men's hands with the guns were severed and flew up in the air.
Ishma ignored the man's screams and ripped the guns out of the severed hands and used them to shot the men in the heads.
“Hahahaha!”
She then spun around and shot two who were trying to sneak attack her, then whistled and her bike rode up beside her.
She jumped on it and ordered it to move.
She took a machine gun from a corpse and fired it into the crowd of soldiers ghost that were battling her squad.
Everywhere she turned her gun would cut down dozens.”
“Hahaha! Guns are fricking sweet! Whoever created them was a fucking genius!”
She laughed as she continued to mowed down whoever was around her.
And then-
“Hm?”
*Boom!*
Her bike was destroyed by a blast from a tank that came from the back.
Ishma spun her body in the air and landed on the ground.
“Oh! That's a tank! I saw Edward with a couple of them!”
An insane smile appeared on her face.
“Everyone else attack the enemy! I'll take on that toy!”
She shot forward with an insane pace.
“Kill her!”
The soldiers created a blockage to obstruct her.
“Move bitch!”
The next step she took the image of a crow appeared on the ground.
*Boom!*
Every soldier that Crow appeared under suddenly burst into slices of meat as if they were reduced to bologna.
“Enemy in sight!”
The soldiers in the tank saw Ishma and readied to engage her.
“Let's go! Tonight I'll slaughter everyone of you!”
She boldly declared as she moved to take on the tank with a crazed expression.
It was like this the first night of the war of the Night District started.