Chapter 10: Fugitive

Leo was in no mood for whatever bullshit the system had to say. Sera had abandoned him during his time of need, and no form of 'pleading' from her side would make him relent.

Truth be told, the tone Sera used to address Leo was a far cry from what one would actually call pleading. It sounded more like a mother correcting her son fir doing something wrong, which just antered Leo the more, since the reality of the situation was the other way around.

Leo couldn't help but pinch the centre of his forehead as he let out a deep sigh. At the end of the day, Sera had her reason not to intervene, and Leo could actually respect that. And besides, he needed her if he was going to make it out if this mess completely intact.

After about ten minutes if awkward silent, Leo let out another deep sigh. It seemed like that was going to become a habit for better or worse, but Leo didn't care about that for now.

"I accept your apology." Sera had neverade an apology to him, but Leo apologized anyway, thinking she did so. It was strange, it was like Leo's self esteem had drastically decreased ever since the system started ignoring him.

However, it didn't seem like Sera was going to keep up that trend any longer.

[ You really have a low self worth, don't you? That won't be good on your way to becoming a Beast Tamer. ] Sera teased. Leo wanted to refute, but bit his tongue, afraid Sera would just go quiet again and leave him to his own devices like she did before.

Now that the malice between them was somewhat over, Leo's mind went sharp like it was before. Currently, he could feel a soft tongue sliding through his legs, looking down, he could see a black rat licking his leg.

"Eewww!!!" Leo almost yelled out in disgust, lifting his right leg with lightning fast speed and before the rodent could react, it's body was flattened, blood and internal organs spewing all over the place. No other rat dared to come towards Leo, afraid they would meet the same fate as their unfortunate friend. It was a strange sight to see, considering rats had no form of intelligence what so ever. It was then that Leo began to piece things together.

"This has to be a mage's doing. But how was a mage able to make it inside the dome? Wasn't it strong enough to keep even the strongest of them out of the city?"

What Leo was contemplating about was a giant dome which was created by a well renounced scientist during the bring of the great war. During this time, people were dying like flies under the deadly hands of what humanity came to know as mages. Being able to control natural elements, and displaying a relative immunity towards Earth's weapons, it seemed like humanity was done for.

However, before things escalated beyond what anyone could control, a young woman with countless Oscar awards in science stepped forward and decided to assist in the war the best she could.

The hero who had stepped forward was a woman whose name will be remembered for generations to come. That is, if kids actually displaying interest in learning about their history.

She was known as. . The woman who devoted her youth to help create the giant dome which now sheilded what was left if humanity from the vicious mages.

Some would think that they were safe, that there was nothing to worry about now that there was a dome protecting them, but to those who chose to face reality, there was a limit.

Spending the rest of her life treating such a dome, she eventually died during the last phase of the experiments. As such, the military had to step in, finishing off whatever she had started.

Due to there being no other scientist even slightly close to her caliber, there was no one who could fully comprehend what she was making. To most, it just seemed like a force field, but to a few who were a little more on the intellectual side of the spectrum, they had a faint idea of what it was really supposed to do.

Meanwhile, while in the middle of his thoughts, the system decided to interrupt him.

[ Don't worry about what you can't control. Just focus on yourself and those you care about, and everything else will fall into place. ] Sera said.

Honestly, Leo couldn't help but agree with what Sera had to say. As long as it didn't affect him, he should be fine, besides, that had been his philosophy this whole fucking time.

Finally ending his train of theories, Leo decided to do as Sera advised. Pulling up his stats, Leo wanted to find out how much resources he had at the moment, to make sure if it was enough for what he was planning to do.

[ Name: Leo Tseab ]

[ Race: Human ]

Seeing as everything was in tip top shape, Leo decided it would be best if he would leave the country for a while. Now that he had the Beasting System, it would just be a matter of time before the police and others would come searching for him. Leo couldn't imagine the horrible operations they would carry out on him if they get him, all just to get back the Beasting System.

At the end, Leo assumed this to be the best course of action. For one, he planned to choose a small country that knew little to nothing about what the system was, as well as train and sharpen his skills while away. Leo still had that vandetta with his brother to settle, and whatever remorse he thought he would feel for his mother...never came.

He had truely turned into a monster.

Thinking along these lines, Leo immediately activated Active Charge, running to the nearest transport station.

With a plan in motion, and having the skill to achieve it, Leo had no intention of spending another moment where he stood, least the police would catch up to him and perform surgeries to get back their beloved Beasting System. The very thought it sending chills down Leo's spine.

"Never again..." Leo lowly muttered as he sprinted towards the nearest transport station.

Never again would he go undergo surgery in his life.