14: [Levi Dies After A Kiss]

"just a few more steps.. stop whining and move your baby steps along", said Leon.

The wanderers were still looking for this so-called treasure Leon's device was tracking. Cassandra just kept her eyes open for any suspicious thing. Since they were in a forest-like area, it wouldn't be surprising if a demon comes and forcefully adopts them. Just like the demon lizards.

"Oh boy.. just one more step"

Baam! "Ouch", Leon screamed after taking that one more step, turned out step slammed his face against a boulder. "How did such a rock appear here?"

As Cassandra promoted her steps to move around the rock, she saw a demon and quickly hid behind the rock."what's wrong with you Cass?", said Leon.

Cassandra quickly puts her palm on Leon's mouth while gesturing with her other palm for him to keep quiet. Gypsy on the other hand took a peep and saw the demon.

A demon has no shirt within its diaphragm, its mouth is steel and razor-sharp fangs, while both sides of the elbows possess a saw.

"Holy shit... you tracked a demon down, not a relic", voiced Cassandra.

Leon takes a closer look and sees a glowing blue box by the demon's feet."No, I didn't, the relic must be the box.. ohh boy.. we're gonna be rich"

"Are you nuts? There's a demon close to the damn thing", Cassandra replied bluntly.

"Well.. all we have to do is distract it.. you too distract it and I'll take the box"

Cassandra and Gypsy glanced at themselves and smiled as if they practiced the line, they both spoke."No.. why don't you distract and we take the relic?"

"What? No way...why should I be the one to distract it?"

Gypsy was about to give a fitting retort, but was held back by Cassandra who gave a halt sign with her palm and brought her cell phone behind her jeans trousers." I got this", Cassandra assured, and asked. "So you wanna know why you should be the one to check it out?"

"Hell yeah.. why should it be me?", Leon inquired.

Cassandra gently taps her cell phone while looking at her fingers and pausing for Leon's reaction. The phone records were voiced.

[Record: because I'm the man here, I'll go, the fearless man fears nothing"]

Perplexed, Leon felt bewildered, that vocalist was his and those were some of the words Cassandra had recorded.

'Me and my big mouth... I really should stop talking, thought Levi as he was found stupefied.

"New plan... let's forget the loot", said Leon.

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Meanwhile...

Levi docked in a bar, looking for the shadow's core. Inside the bar were countless tower climbers, all men, and drinking. The only female here was the bartender and oh yes, an elven female. Levi smirked as the smell of victory lingered close.

As he advanced his steps, a drunk man shattered the alcoholic cup on the floor while shouting "ANOTHER", implying another drink. Unknown to the man, he had shattered the mug at Levi's black canvas.

"What the fuck are you looking at your whore", said the drunkard.

Levi stared at him.. and in an instant, Baam!..slammed the man's head against the table.. shattering the table and leaving the man lifeless on the wooden pieces...

Another man goes near the lifeless drunkard and notices something..he is dead.

"Holy shit... you killed him", yelled the other man. Every tower climber stood up and unsheathed their blades, some emitting flames from their palms, the flames came in different styles, purple, red, blue, and golden.

"You can't just come in here like you own this place and kill a fellow tower climber... you gonna have to pay..", said a random man.

Levi veered in a 360-degree angle, his once red eyes glowed.. he's close to having what he wants, so maybe displaying his true colors for once wouldn't be a bad idea.

-[Skill Activated: Clouded Movements: Max Level]

In a blink of an eye, Levi was behind the man, placed his dagger on the man's throat, and slashed it off. That was the only warning the rest of the climbers needed. Everyone ran outside, except the bartender and the elf.

Thud..

The man's lifeless being fell dead.. and like he never left that position, Levi was seen there again. Instant movement.. a party gift from the max level clouded movement. Once he reaches the maximum at any skill... you could the skills double. Making it two thousand skills in total.

"I know what you've come for", the elf said, while her was facing levi as she took a sip of the drink.

Her silver hair reached her waist, and the white article she wore, revealed some part of her interior structure. Overall, her lengthened ears were covered, but not her aura of being an elf.

"Then I believe you'll hand it over to me", said Levi.

"You'll have to make me", said the elf.

The elf dropped the cup, and a blade materialized in her grip.. she spun quickly and lacerated Levi's neck.

However, to the elf's surprise, the blade shattered to pieces.. widening her eyes in astonishment and impossibility. Even the bartender's mug fell with her mouth opened at two discoveries, first, the lady was an elf, which did not surprise her that much, and second, the blade shattering when it connected to Levi's neck, exploded her mind.

-[Activated Skill Has taken the Damage]

Levi's demeanor remained the same, composed with a cold look resembling that of Batman. After a glance, Levi realized something.

"The orb isn't with you..? You're planning on keeping me here till he goes beyond my reach"

-[Activated Skill: Mind Invader LV 02]

Levi sighs..'Never knew elves were this pretty, it's a shame I've had to wipe out the entire race, especially this one'

As Levi placed his dagger on the elf's torso, his mind warped into a despicable reality.

Underneath the red blood moon of an eclipse, everywhere was in flame, demons savored humans, towers vomiting demons at a fast rate.. dead bodies laying down like pieces of chess. In the undeniable apocalypse, Levi sees a familiar physique sobbing as she holds someone on her lap

'Nelly?', thought Levi, he sauntered close and saw what he wished he hadn't seen his soon-to-be-dead self.

"Please Levi, don't leave me", Said Nelly as she kept on sobbing.

"I... I'm sorry I wasn't good enough for you", said soon-to-be-dead Levi, with blood encompassing his clothing and face. He stretched his bloodied palm and caressed Nelly's dark hair."If there's an afterlife where I see you again... I promise I will marry just you... cuz only a fool would drop you"

Those words increased Nelly's sobs, in an instant, she locks her red lips with Levi's. Too warm lips connect as the tongues dance amongst the sweet taste of the lips.

When Nelly rose her head, soon to be dead Levi smirked and there goes the Demon king. He's dead.

Gasp...

Levi returned to reality, still holding his dagger at the elf's torso. He calmed himself after what he had seen.

"What did you just show me", Levi asked, pressing the dagger against the elf's torso as blood gradually formed.

"That wasn't me.. when people touch me, sometimes they see things"

"And what exactly do they see?", asked Levi as he released the dagger.

The wound healed almost as if there was no cut. The elf locks her red eyes on Levi and speaks.

"The Future"...

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