13: [The Puppet Vs The Demon Dad]

Leon and the two lasses docked outside, while Cass and Gyp talked, Leon was Left hitting a device with two short antennas.

"Damn scrap..! Fking work you bastard", cursed Leon.

After a few hits, he heard the sound he'd been wanting to hear.. beep! The device beeped and displayed a floating map, pointing at a red dot.

"It works.. it works.. sciiiience"

His Jovial screams stole both feminine's attention. Veering to see why Leon had shouted like the madman he is."Don't tell me you made a new one", said Cassandra.

"I made a new one, and it works", Leon voiced.

However, Gypsy was left behind on this topic, as she had no idea what that was and what it was supposed to mean. She stepped on her black boot matching her short skirt, and long socks which revealed some silky part of her lap.

"What is that?"

Cassandra exhaled and was about to explain the whole thing, however, Leon stepped in front of her and cut her off.

"This is a device invented to track down loot with high values and power levels, if we track this loot down, we'll be richer than the president", said Leon as he smiled, not caring he was acting stupid in front of the passing tower climbers.

"Ahem! FYI, the president ain't the richest guy.. just because he's called the president, doesn't mean he's the richest", Cassandra voiced, but Leonard ignored her as if he heard nothing.

"Lemme guess, you're planning on tracking the loot?", Gypsy inquired while looking at Cassandra behind Leon, Cass was rolling her finger while pointing at her head and back at Leon.

"Of course Gyp.. although the last time I created such a thing, it led us to the lizard maniacs, but I've reconfigured my mistake and placed the device to only detect strong lv loots, so there's no way this one's wrong"

Leon turned around and saw Cassandra was chortling, he got a bit disappointed, and like a puppy, he faced down and began walking off.

"He's gonna find it, isn't he?", asked Gypsy. Cass walked close as they both shared a gaze at Leon.

"There's a lot of tower climbers here though, let's just make sure not to go too far from them"

Gypsy gave a nod of agreement, before looking at the manor her dad was in. After a quick five-second glance, she went along with Cassandra.

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Meanwhile...

Levi and the manager stood at opposite ends. The ambiance had become blood red, in place of hardened ground. And rock hills.

"You just made your doom inevitable.. the moment you stepped in here, the winner was already decided"

The White hair man manically said, as he conveyed a dark sinister look and spoke again.

"This is an alternate dimension, our body would only disperse to the real world if we die.. don't get scared, if you die here, it doesn't affect a thing in the real world, whatever powers you have can be used at full extent here, however, my abilities multiple higher then my opponent's.. now"

Voom!

Dark and purple flames surrounded the manager, although his tuxedo wasn't burning, however, Levi could tell the flames could turn a human to ashes.

Levi looked at his palm, and saw it was involuntarily glowing a fog of red and black.'He wasn't kidding about the full extent, thought Levi.

Within the purple dark flames created by the manager, puppets began rising, like puppets controlled with invisible strings, but in this case, the strings were the manager's mind.

'If I walk close to him, I'll surely burn, even a demon would burn from such intensity of the flames', thought Levi.

'i'll make this low life die of fear', thought the manager.

With a devious smile formed on the manager's lips, puppets began to materialize behind Levi, and he felt that same touch again, the touch of fear, the touch of those skeletons holding him in one position.

However, the manager was shocked that Levi's demeanor remained the same, an unwavering calmness and not even a slight fear could be seen in his expression.

The manager was confused, unable to fathom why Levi's expression wasn't changing, the skeletons were holding his leg, and the puppets were only inches from reaching him.

'Is he even human? I can't even smell one bit of fear in him, it's as if he knew what was coming', thought the manager with a look of frustration.

That's when Levi uttered four phrases with a cold and calm voice, that shattered the manager's hope of winning. Just when the puppets were about to reach him, Levi spoke and everything froze.

"Are you done yet"

Perplexed, the manager wondered what was going on, his eyes flared with fear when he was the despicable. He began sweating.

The puppets evaporated like they were never there, to begin with.. and from underneath Levi's perimeter, his legion began to rise. All the generals lined behind him, and the undead legions, ready to engage in battle.

However, unlike the times when they were purple and dark undead legions when in battle mode, their segmented exterior structure becomes thick black and red. Only the diaphragm glowing red.

"Bezant", muttered lord Levi.

"As you wish my Liege"

The manager's sanity was becoming insanity.. his mind was at the doorstep of extinction.. 'those.. those.. those are the generals in all the towers', thought the manager with a trembling voice.

It all happened in the blink of an eye... Bezant materialized in front of him like thin air. The demon looked at the manager.

"It appears this human has urine on his pants my liege"

Heavy gasp..!

In reality, the manager began sweating profusely, he couldn't stop the floor from constructing a pool of sweat, as he kneeled while sweating. He died due to fear.. his plan.

When he scrutinized around, Levi was nowhere to be found, however, he saw the letter gently settle in front of him.

Without wasting much time, the manager bolted outside in search of Levi, however when he came outside, the only thing he saw was the black flying coat belonging to Levi. And within a few seconds, Levi was lost to countless amount of tower climbers.

The manager took a look at the letter and tried opening it, but he couldn't, the letter was encompassed with mana, meaning only when it felt the touch of McConnell would it open.

"I don't even think Mr. McConnell is worth

this letter, rather a meeting with this guy... he's no ordinary climber", said the Manager.