Fighting Trickster!

After looking at his stats and after seeing that the system was done explaining, Leon started asking questions.

There were just too many things in his mind and he needed to get the answers to all of them, but before he could speak, the system sent him a notification.

Looking at it, he noticed that the system gave him a mission.

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•─────⋅☾ Mission ☽⋅─────•

1• Convince your way out of the Gang.

2• Move out of this slum and into the City

3• Visit your first dungeon, and prove to the System that you can survive the System Dungeon by performing outstandingly in the dungeon

•─────⋅☾ Rewards ☽⋅─────•

1• The System would calmly answer all your question.

2• A unique Soul skill.

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'Huh? '

Leon was confused at first but after reading its content, He grinned.

'I was planning to do just that'

This was the exact plan he have in mind but the system just gave him the motivation to go forward with this plan.

But he is would be lying if he said that nothing in the reward section interested him.

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An Hour Later...

Leon could be seen along with all the other members of the Gang.

"Guys, am planning to leave..."

"Leave Leon! no one needs you anyway," Trickster said in a hateful voice, interrupting Leon.

Ignoring Trickster's hateful glare, Leon continued. "I have found the reason for my hair color change."

What he said attracted the attention of everybody as ever since his hair color turned silver, they had been dying to know what's the reason for the sudden change.

After a few seconds, Leon continued, lying through his teeth. "I received a Gift, it's physical strength related, and now, I have entered the first stage of the body-tempering realm"

"What!?"

Everyone was simultaneously shocked.

Leon was the last person they thought would be a body temperer.

To reach the body-tampering realm, one has to temper his or her body, either through Body tempering treasure or by personal hard work.

Personal hard work is the only possible way for people like them since there is no way commoners like them could afford to buy a treasure.

Drake and Gym Bro, are the top candidate whom everyone thought are a few steps away from being body temperers.

They thought this way because these two work hard and painstakingly go through a hellish kind of daily training.

But for Leon to reach that realm before them, it's simply unbelievable.

Leon has never worked hard ever in his life, every time he works hard, his heart won't be able to keep up and he would end up fainting.

So everyone in the gang deemed him as a weakling and leech who only knows how to rip them off their resources.

So for him to claim to suddenly get strong just because his hair turned silver was simply unbelievable.

Drake, Lia, trickster, and Gym Bro were the most shocked. Out of all the explanations in their mind, they never expected something like this.

"No way!" Trickster yelled and stood up with veins visible on his face.

Looking at Leon with an infuriated expression, he clenched his hands into fists and then said, "Leon, you said you are strong right!? Prove it!"

After saying that, he picked a bat in the room and rushed at Leon.

He was infuriated and did not believe a single thing that Leon said.

Being a gangster and also being well-versed in the art of street fighting... A bat is a very dangerous weapon in his hands.

Before the rest of the gang members could react and stop him, he had already reached Leon with his terrific speed, using his momentum and his speed to swing the bat straight at Leon's head.

Leon's stats have all leveled up, so unlike the others he was able to react more swiftly and fast.

He was still sitting, and could easily dodge, he wanted something like this to happen so that he would prove his point and react in a more domineering way.

So instead of dodging, he extended his hands and caught the bat firmly, feeling not even the slightest pain from Trickster's attack.

Under the shocked gaze of everyone's eyes, Leon exerted pressure on the bat by tightening his grip.

Crack-!!

Squelch-!!

Crack -!!

Hearing the cracking noise, everyone stiffened in their actions.

Trickster tried to pull the bat from Leon's grip but he couldn't even make it budge.

Under his shocked gaze, a crack spread across the bat, before he could comprehend what is happening, the base of the bat turned to mush in Leon's hand.

The force of the grip was so strong that bits and splinters of words from the wood were blasted all over the place. Some of the splinter blasted into Trickster's skin giving him a minor injury making him grunt in pain.

But yet, trickster did not give up, he has not yet accepted the fact that the weakling of this gang, Leon, is stronger than him. So, releasing his hands from the bat, he ducked a little and then sent a dangerous uppercut to Leon's chin.

But Leo easily stood up and sidestepped, dodging the attack, and without wasting a single time, He used this opportunity that trickster attack missed to grab his neck with his right hand and grip his right shoulder his left hand.

Making use of his monstrous strength, Leon mustered a little force and strength, lifted trickster up, then slammed his face to the ground with a reasonable amount of force

Thack-!!

"Aaargh!!!" As soon as Trickster's face jammed the cold, unforgiving concrete floor, a pained groan escaped his lips.

Still refusing to accept reality, trickster tried to stand up but failed time and time again. He is at his limits.

His face was disfigured and his nose was broken. But in his eyes was an unwavering determination and deep hatred for Leo.

Though the sight was brutal, Leo was careful with his strength. He needs to show Trickster who now is the stronger guy so Trickster would know his ground and would never dare to blindly challenge him ever again.

After teaching trickster a lesson, Leon cracked his knuckles while looking at the rest of the gang as if saying... 'Who's Next? '

His cold gaze made the remaining gangsters gulp. Since Leon's display of strength was enough to show them that his strength have very much surpassed their Gangleader, Drake.

A sense of fear and awe came over them, making them see Leon in a new light.

Just at that moment, trickster struggled up once again, he just couldn't accept the fact that he was defeated by Leon. His pride was not helping.

But this turned out to be his last attempt because, after this, he didn't try to get up again. He just lay on the ground facing the ceiling while breathing heavily. Only now did the other gangsters see his broken nose and his disfigured face. His once handsome face was now painted here and there with red blood and burning bruises.

Although Leon did not say it, they already know that he was going easy on trickster ever since the beginning of the fight.

And that's what made them shocked and scared. They gave him a look of awe and reverence.

But still, even with their sudden increase in respect for him, they wanted to know the limit to his strength.

"He might be capable of handling Trickster but even if i can easily defeat Trickster. His strength must have a limit. If we joined hands together, we should be capable of defeating him." Gym Bro said in his deep coarse voice as he cracked his knuckle in great anticipation.