Leaving II

Leon looked at the nest and then placed his hands on the ground, using Blood Prison.

A huge amount of mana was drained from him as he cast the spell. Blood surged forward like a bullet, soon encasing the entire tree in a blood-red prison.

Leon observed the prison as numerous Daffodil bees attacked it, but their efforts were in vain. None of them could break through the barrier.

Leon then snapped his fingers, causing the entire prison to be transferred into a floating Island within his Spiritual World.

"Now, I have a natural alchemist who will continuously produce honey for me," Leon chuckled as he began to return to the campsite. His Treasure Hunter ability was no longer responding.

While moving back, he also started to store many monsters along the way into his Spiritual World, aiming to increase the diversity of his realm.

As he was returning, a commotion caught his attention. He moved toward it and saw monsters attacking a dome-like structure where people were camping.

"They're probably resting here," Leon mumbled as he approached. The monsters turned to attack him, but before they could make any move, Leon extended his katana like a whip, slicing all their heads off their bodies.

The people inside the dome looked at him, they felt awed at his strength and Leon stood near the dome, waiting for them to open it.

Rachel, seeing him, approached. The blue energy wall of the dome separated them. "You roamed the forest already?" she asked.

"Yes, it was boring, just weak monsters," Leon replied. Rachel looked at him and then opened a small section of the dome, allowing Leon to enter.

"Who is he?" a boy asked suddenly. He was holding a spear, and his monster partner appeared to be a large, imposing eagle.

"Someone who roamed the forest alone," Rachel replied.

"Did he? He seems weak to me," Maxmillian said, eyeing Leon critically.

"Well, I guess we have different opinions," Leon said, meeting Maxmillian's gaze.

Maxmillian's face contorted with anger. "How dare you look at me like that?" he said, and then attacked Leon with his spear. The spear moved like a snake, aiming directly for Leon.

Rachel frowned as she was about to help Leon. Suddenly, she saw a red line blur by, and in the next moment, both of Maxmillian's hands were no longer on his body.

"Arghhhhhh!" Maxmillian cried out in pain. Rachel looked at Leon's masked face and saw the emotionless eyes behind it.

"Is this the reason he came wearing a mask?" Rachel couldn't help but think. She realized Leon was serious about killing them all, judging by his mask.

She raised her bow and aimed at Leon.

"What are you waiting for? Kill him!" Maxmillian shouted as many others began to attack Leon. But Leon blurred and cut off all of their hands. Now, the remaining hands were sprawled about, while many people cried out in despair.

"Hey! Why aren't you answering?" Maxmillian shouted taking Leon out of his thoughts.

Leon shook his head as he looked at Maxmillian. He knew he was strong enough to deal with the entire situation on his own, but Max could easily order his organization to him and his family if he were to beat the shit out of him here. Leon swallowed the bitter pill of his current situation and replied, "My name is Leon."

"So, Leon, did you really roam the forest alone?" Maxmillian asked with disdain.

"Yes," Leon replied, and then began to leave.

"Did that coward really roam the forest? I don't believe it," Maxmillian sneered as he returned to his position.

Rachel also looked at Leon but, seeing him unperturbed by Maxmillian's mockery, shook her head and chose to ignore him as well.

Rachel now felt he is weak and had lost interest in Leon.

Leon, on the other hand, clenched his fists as he returned to the camp.

"I need to establish my own organization or have a powerful background, or else I'll always be suppressed here," Leon thought, beginning to devise a plan.

"With my Spiritual World and its Time Dilation powers, creating an organization is as easy as taking candy from a baby."

The Spiritual World could provide all the necessary resources, and as for knowledge, Leon had solutions for that too. He glanced at the arrogant faces around him, suppressing his anger.

The only reason he didn't kill them all was that he knew if he made a move, the organizations backing them would retaliate against him and his family.

Leon's anger simmered as he considered this. "I'll have my chance soon, once we leave this Spatial Realm," he thought.

He waited for the camp to rest, staying outside and avoiding Michael.

When the group assembled again, Leon stood watchfully with his arms crossed. As they moved out, Leon took the lead, with Max smirking playfully and Rachel ignoring him.

Soon, they encountered the first monster horde.

"Everyone, get ready!" Rachel shouted, preparing her bow. Max swung his spear, but as the horde closed in, blood-red tentacles with spearheads shot out from Leon, easily piercing through the monsters' heads.

Everyone followed the path of the spears back to Leon, from whose hands they had emerged.

Leon retracted the spears and leaned against a tree. "You all have five minutes to harvest as much as you can, but no one is to fight each other," Leon said, closing his eyes. The group immediately scrambled to harvest the monsters' cores.

"Your brother is so strong," Jill said.

"Yeah, even Super Elites aren't that strong," William added.

"He's very powerful. If he wanted to, he could kill all of us here, and we wouldn't even be able to touch him," Michael shrugged, knowing his brother's strength.

"You're kidding, right?" William asked.

"No, I'm not. And I think he's pretty angry right now, so it's best not to talk to him," Michael advised as he picked up a monster core.

"Time's up," Leon said as he began to move forward.

Michael followed behind him, with Jill and William trailing along. Seeing Leon leave, many others began to follow as well.

Rachel and Max just stared at Leon's back. Max, terrified for his life, realized how close those red spears had come to him, killing the monsters with ease.

Rachel, now regretting her earlier decisions, wondered why she had never approached Leon to talk. She finally understood that Leon wasn't weak—he simply wasn't as childish as Max. Max, on the other hand, felt relieved that Leon hadn't attacked him earlier, knowing he would have been dead if he had.

Leon continued moving forward, slaughtering monster hordes one after another. He didn't give anyone else a chance to fight, cutting down the enemies swiftly and efficiently. Occasionally, he stopped for five minutes to let the group harvest the cores, but he wasted no time in pressing forward.

As they neared the exit, Rachel suddenly appeared and said, "Stop, we can rest here. There are other groups resting too," she suggested, looking at Leon.

Without looking at her, Leon spoke loudly for everyone to hear, "I'm leaving. Anyone who wants to tag along can come with me," and he continued moving.

Rachel clenched her fists, feeling the sting of being ignored by Leon. The rest of the group looked at each other before more than half decided to follow Leon.

Michael, Jill, and William also joined him.

As they approached the exit, a large horde of monsters began closing in from all sides.

The people following Leon prepared to fight, but once again, Leon didn't give them the opportunity. Thin blood-red lines appeared around the group, slicing through the entire horde in an instant.

It was Blood Casket, a technique that make him center of an Blood tempest full of Sharp blades.

Many people gagged at the gruesome sight, while others looked at Leon in horror.

Leon gave them time to harvest the cores from the dismembered monsters, which was much easier this time as they only had to pick them up from among the pieces.

Finally, they passed through the portal, leading them outside.