A beautiful day

Leo was surprised upon hearing this, he did not expect to be approached by a group of interest so quickly.

At first, Leo attempted to play ignorant.

"I am sorry sir, but I have no idea why you would be interested in me, I am but a simple traveler."

The operative that was speaking to Leo sighed upon hearing this.

"There is no use in trying to hide your identity, we saw what you did at that village."

Leo's facial expression instantly darkened upon hearing this.

The operative spoke again.

"You are completely surrounded, there is pretty much no use in resisting since we already know all your abilities."

However, Leo would not go down without a fight.

Leo cursed himself for putting the handgun in the backpack.

He knew all too well that if he reached into his backpack they would instantly shoot him.

He responded by putting his backpack down and instantly dashing for the operative.

"Tsch." the operative sneered.

Leo dashed straight towards the operative and prepared to strike him.

Right before he was about to strike him, he did a sliding through the operatives legs

!!

The operative already knew what was about to happen and prepared for the strike.

Leo raised his hand and transformed it into a pickaxe form and prepared to hit him.

In the next second, a shot rang.

Leo was hit in the arm and failed to connect with the operative.

The person who shot him suddenly spoke.

"Next time be more careful Artemis, you could've been killed."

Artemis responded

"Yea, I know, apologies Crawler."

Crawler simply nodded and took sight of Leo.

He was currently holding his left arm with his other arm.

He knew he would not last long anymore and that he was pretty much doomed to lose.

The bloodlust was visible in Leo's eyes.

"If I'm going down I will atleast be taking one of you with me!" he yelled out loud before charging towards another operative.

"Empress watch out!" yelled Artemis.

!!

Empress was clearly caught off guard and Leo would get a major hit in.

He attempted to decapitate her with one blow but was once again shot in the arm.

However, Leo did something that Crawler did not expect.

He tackled Empress to the ground before opening the two vials of acid he had.

Artemis had a bad feeling about the vials, but it was already too late.

Leo poured both the vials down the throat of Empress and forced her to swallow.

The acid was extremely strong, the two vials would surely lead to a painful death

Leo also dripped a couple of drops of his blood in the eyes of Empress resulting in her screaming out loud.

Due to the high-stress situation Leo was in the strength of the acid was also enhanced.

Crawler was furious with himself, if he would've reacted earlier he might've been able to stop Leo.

Empress was pretty much already dead.

Crawler ended up venting his anger out on Leo by shooting him 8 times in the legs.

Artemis got pissed at Crawler.

"Crawler you dumb fuck! we are supposed to bring him in alive with minimal injuries!"

Crawler looked pissed but did not respond to Artemis.

Leo was lying on the ground in a puddle of his own blood, staring up at the sky.

He muttered one more line before he passed out.

"What a beautiful day it is."

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When Leo woke up, he could barely see anything.

He was in the corner of a steel cube.

When he felt his body, he was surprised, there were no bullet holes and he felt no pain.

Leo listened closely and could hear the sound of a helicopter.

At that moment, Leo realized what was happening.

He assumed that after he lost the battle he was put in a metal cube and was currently being transported to either a warehouse or a hidden site.

Leo Transformed his hand into a pickaxe and hit the side of the steel cube as hard as he could.

When he touched the place he hit with his hand, there was not even a dent.

Leo sat down in the cube and started wondering what he should do next.

However, Sogrith already had the answer for him.

Leo got another quest from Sogrith.

[New quest from Sogrith!]

[Await your landing and meet Percival Darke.]

[Reward: Unknown]

[Note: Next time you get injured, deal with it yourself. So far you've costed me more than you have delivered.]

Leo frowned upon seeing the reward but just went with it.

In the end, it was not like he had a lot of choice.

After another hour, Leo heard the helicopter slowing down, and five minutes later he hit the ground with a loud thud.