51: Treachery
It was the most dangerous situation Leon ever experienced since the reincarnation. The size, the level, the nature, and the overall ability of that monster were something that caused a veteran like Titus to grow desperate and lose his cool when he realized the monster he is facing.
In a world like Agartha, size matters in every sense of the word, especially with monsters.
Leon managed to make a name for himself by hunting a large number of Red-Eyed Centipede...
(50: Lecture)
Long ago when the men walked the Earth with the Legends and the Spirits being part of everyday life, a disaster struck the world as beings from the moon landed on the Continent.
The Lunar Demons, they were called, but they called themselves Kings of the World and other words that are long sundered and forgotten.
The Lunar Demons wanted to rule the people and enslave the inhabitants of the old Continent. They enslaved the humans in their cities, killed the elves...
2021-02-07 01:01:26 +0000 UTC View Post(49: Wild Burglary)
"A missing kid? Really?"
Trying to hold his urges not to just turn the other way and leave, Leon kept up with the company's formation as they advanced through the forest.
"I thought you would wake up in a good mood." Edrick furrowed his brows looking at Leon.
"I am not the one who went to bed hugging a bottle of vodka to sleep." Leon replied.
Embarrassed, Edrick gave a clumsy laugh as he kept walking in the forefront of the team being bot...
(48: Confrontation)
In distress, people tend to act recklessly and repulsively, sometimes desperately but always out of fear, whether it of imminent danger or a response to depressive thoughts. Leon can be categorized as the second type but the first type is what should be focused upon here as the situation just now took a complete shade of bloody red.
*Screech*
"No! Get away!"
*swoosh* *swoosh* *brrrrn*
As a wooden arrow landed deep in the tree trunk just m...
(47: Distraction)
After Vadim's show of control over the arcane forces to obliterate the Red-eye Centipedes, a single mercenary performed a lone wolf action and ravaged the monsters with what seemed to be endless firepower without showing a hint of magic.
It was an eye-catching display of how he kept spreading fire and cutting through the Centipedes with minimal effort. In terms of strength, he is strong. In terms of swordplay, he is skillful.
Even he didn't expect he wou...
(46: Embers)
A/N: Alright everyone! Someone has any Happy Birthday wishes for the author?
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Vadim Igorson; the Society Master of the Mercenary Hall, the Sunkissed Dwarf, Leon's Guardian, and an avid monster hunter; was putting his heart and soul into dealing with an astonishing number of Red-eye Centipedes.
A Centipede Stampede is the phrase? Maybe.
Vadim handled the swarm on his own using nothing but cunning and tact. The Red-eye Centipedes a...
2021-01-22 02:49:44 +0000 UTC View Post(45: The Academy Camp)
*Slash* *Slash* *Stab*
"Huff! Huff! Your Highness, be careful."
"Hmph! Move aside."
And with a strong and prepared strike, the [Searing Smite] spell covered the elegant longsword as a young man horizontally struck through the centipede.
His swordsmanship was elegant, accurate, and extremely precise. A marvel in its own way as the Level 5 holder of the Blade Technique retraced back his movement as if going back in time to the position h...
(44: Old Wounds)
"BASTARD!"
Nothing frightened Vadim as what he saw in Leon that day.
"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
The rage, the anger, the drive for destruction in Leon that day was just too much. He expected to see an angry Leon, a murderous one even; but never this sorrowful, this wretched, this pained.
He was even crying.
Leon's actions were not a thing he could control anymore. He was in a state of grief that turned into a burst he can no longer tolerat...
A/n: Alright. This chapter drained me mentally. I couldn't just throw in a cliffhanger because it is all important and I hate this so I didn't publish it yesterday and I just made it into a Double Chapter! En~fuckin~joy! I'mma sleep for two days now.
Leon tried not to turn around but the two men went silent waiting for him to respond. He felt like shit being pursued like that now that Vadim seemed to be showing more interest than needed into him.
He ma...
2021-01-13 02:29:28 +0000 UTC View Post(41: Leo, the Mercenary (4))
As the convoy entered the forest and as the shadows of its long trees covered the carts, the mercenaries all became ready and some of them even descended on the ground and walked beside the carriages.
Titus and Cenric were the ones who jumped down first as Edrick was the one driving the carriage. Meanwhile, Huxley alerted Leon to stand up with him and get ready.
"For what?"
"Just take a point and focus on watching for anything. The monsters...
2021-01-11 02:50:00 +0000 UTC View Post(40: Leo, the Mercenary (3))
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Fantasy… this word has more association to everything around more than Leon could admit the past half month. It was everywhere around him yet he was absorbed into his gritty and dark reality.
The moment he stepped out of the city for the first time, his perception of the wor...
2021-01-09 04:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post(39: Leo, the Mercenary (2))
It was past after Dawn yet when the situation around the Royal Academy was electrified with tension.
A Field Trip, they say. Half of the Academy already knows what happened half a month ago and some of the students even gained a good grasp over the political situation happening on the big table.
Archduchess Eleanor is angry at the Crowns faction for ruining the chance to reconnect with Leon Dark, especially very angry with the Prince who was s...
(38: Leo, the Mercenary (1))
"It was because of me… because of me… I am at fault… I am a fool… I am a fool."
Zal could take the impact no more. He sat on the side of the road with his appearance becoming more haggard than it already is and started sobbing and crying.
He blamed himself dearly and kept screaming, "Forgive me! Forgive me!".
Behind him, Leon was silent, mostly sympathetic, but silent still.
This was not normal. This was really not normal...
(37: Torn)
Not expecting Leon to appear in the slaughterhouse of Hector Norman, Ruth darted off her seat.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Madam roots said glaring at Leon as if this is the last place she expected to run into him, "Young man, you haven't returned to the saloon all day last night. Don't expect this will go unpunished. And what are you doing walking in like this in front of Mr. Hector without…"
"Ruth, knock it off." Hector spoke, "I had him on a job."
... 2021-01-05 03:20:01 +0000 UTC View Post(36: Delivery)
Many complications posed themselves now. If a tracker spell was put on Leon then there is no way his Holy Seal spell would have completely blocked it.
It meant that he is compromised for who knows how long and he has no idea who is coming for him.
It is about time now. He'll escape this damnedest City.
He still had small things to take care of first.
Today is the Mercenary Mission which will officially give him license to operate as one, he may not...
2021-01-04 15:29:40 +0000 UTC View Post(35: The Worst Possible Scenario)
Leon was reckless last night and this morning. Too reckless even by his own standards.
First, he attended the auction without the permission of the Bull, Hector Norman. Second, he stole the portrait under the eyes, noses, and ears of everyone in the most reckless way possible. Third, he allowed himself to get chased across the streets by Mages no less. Fourth, he left a card with his Title on it.
There are also a few more points but those...
(34: The Cobra Rises)
That night was almost as insane as the one from half a month ago. No one ever realized that it was the exact same rascal that was the real culprit in the center of the two events.
That culprit was now in his carriage riding away from the Auction House with a glass of liquor in his hand and a girl leaning on his side.
"Don't be too depressed, Karmina, the painting will find its way back one day." He said.
"Thank you for your kindness, Alfonse. ...
(33: The Heist (3))
"This is rather bad." Hector Norman sat in the storehouse surrounded by his people as he heard the news from Madam Mikaela.
"This is rather unfortunate. Leo here pulled one hell of an act on those Aristocrats, I almost thought you are one of them if not for the fact that you work for Ruth." Zal said as he drank from a flask.
"As I said, we can still get it." Leon said, "Why aren't you taking this one into consideration?"
"You serious?" Hector retort...
2020-12-30 14:31:52 +0000 UTC View Post(32: The Heist (2))
"Lord and Lady Vanderbilt, I bid you welcome. Lady De Sade will receive you in the Garden." A man with a clean shaved face and neat hair received Lord Vanderbilt in front of his carriage with a bow.
The young lord came down first then gave a hand to the lady who seemed to be rather or a cranky nature compared to the easy smile that stretched on the face of the lord. Following them from the other side was their butler who pulled a stood from behind his seat fo...
(31: The Heist (1))
"Everyone, I present to you, the Pride of Del Mar."
As the presenter removed the cloth or the large portrait and faced the direction of the attending audience, all she witnessed was the anticipation on their faces soon to be turned into a series of questioning puzzlements taking all forms of furrows and groans directed towards her.
Puzzled as they were, the female presenter in her elegant and fashionable dress turned her body around to investigate the ...
(30: The Bull, the Monkey, and the Rabbit)
A few make a decent living in Karanberg, fewer make it with honor. But when it comes to the opposite side of the spectrum, there is a man known to be one of the most vicious gangsters in the whole city.
Hector Norman, the Bull.
In the pyramid scheme of the Twilight Syndicate, the Bull doesn't stand anywhere near the top but this certain brute made it through dominating the Northern District with an Iron Fist.
He started as...
(29: The Objective)
Things were going well for a change, Leon started to make plans for everything from start to finish and it is going to be fun… or at least that's how his plan has to go.
It is still not solid yet and it lacks some foundational elements. Still, the fact that Zal agreed to the plan and even provided intel was something worth celebrating… or in Leon's case, doing extra training for the rest of the day.
He has many objectives at the moment and if all w...
(28: Leon's Sinister Plan)
"You two are impossible! If you have a location, we move out immediately." Said Eleanor who kept going back and forth across the room.
"His condition seems fine. I can't just locate where he is. That's all." Said Erielle who tried to explain things to her.
"I will not rest until we find him and get him away. This is not natural." Eleanor seemed to have lost bits of her reasoning now that they almost had a solid lead on him and it suddenly vanish...
(27: The Prince)
*Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Swoosh*
"HAAA!"
Vigorous slashes broke the air as the wooden blade hit the defenseless practice doll. And the practice doll was broken with the last strike.
Speak of anger as the wielder of the wooden sword tossed it on the ground and walked across the empty training grounds in silent rage. He wasn't taking things too well these past ten days and he was never someone patient enough to wait for results.
He walked to the nea...
(26: Leon's Scar)
Jessica started freaking out the moment she walked off the Mercenary Hall with Leon. That was her first time ever to see an Elf up close and she was completely charmed.
Strange as it sounded, most humans hold prejudice against different races. Hell, against different colors even. Racism is a widespread social problem in this world in particular, especially thanks to the faith of the Holy Light which has a thing for human supremacy. However, people who are unaff...
(25: The Society of Hired Fighters and Explorer Gentlemen (3))
"Let's see! We got the tools, the spares, the extras, the back-ups, the giveaw…"
Leon started counting but Jessica hurriedly stopped him.
"Alright. I'mma stop you here. You don't need all that… and you can't possibly take all that." She said.
"What?" Leon almost felt baffled, "You don't know how much gear I needed to infiltrate the British Museum. I used to do a yearly run in that place. It is like ...
(24: Society of the Hired Fighters and the Exploring Gentlemen(2))
Towering pillars held up a circular roof as the windows let in the heavenly light of day to shed itself on the large hall reaching into the room. A stream of clerks and civil servants walked in and out and many warriors and mages took lines at several reception windows handing and receiving posters and paperwork.
The day to day work in the Mercenary Hall was serious and critical. The Kingdom needed to organize all ...
2020-12-19 15:39:39 +0000 UTC View Post(23: The Society of the Hired Fighters and Exploring Gentlemen (1))
Leon and Jessica walked off the Artist's workshop. On the way out, Leon scarred the dog by raising his arm all of a sudden causing the big guy to jump away in fright.
As he stepped on the street outside, he kept looking at the building with a wide grin.
"Where did such a man come from?" He asked.
"The Artist?" Jessica replied, "He's been around here forever. Some say he's crazy though."
"Why...
(22: Zal the Fool)
If Leon was asked about the longest day he's ever been through, it most certainly would be yesterday to the point when he headed to bed, this happened.
< [Fatigue Resistance Lv.1] has been added to your Status >
"Yep, can't sleep now."
The day started with him deciding to become a Rabbit, the killing one to replace him, then getting summoned for a test, then succeeding it and doing a Rabbit job then almost getting caught by knights, then dr...
(21: A Deal)
Speak of a Knight Patrol looking for a man in a saloon. Speak again for the same group of Knights coming around to apologize for the faulty information they spread and speak in a much politer tone.
The man they were looking for turned out to be a missing person rather than a fugitive. The Knights started apologizing and left without looking at a single person in a bad way.
Then Leon walked in.
"Phew! That one was scary for sure!" He said as he walked in un...
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