Chapter 73

"Leo, did you know that throughout my life, I had a total of five wives?" The Chieftain asked Leo as they stopped right before arriving to the training grounds where the rock and the wind element users were.

"Although I only had a single child, that you now know is Maria, I did in fact have a total of five wives. Maria's mother was my first love, but after realizing the power of building a foundation, my parents helped set me up with many other women as well to establish firm relationships between our families."

"You might already have someone in mind to be your first wife, especially since you are a very formidable young man with limitless potential. However, if you could, I would like to, when this is all finalized, to hand my daughter over to you."

Hearing the Chieftain's words, made Leo feel several drops of blood forming within his nose as his whole face began to blush excessively.

It was clear that if his plan worked, that the Chieftain would have almost nothing left to offer Leo for such high contributions to the future of the village. But, Leo was still thinking back when he first met Maria.

Though, Maria was indeed a woman that held just as much potential as he did, Leo was still unwilling to marry someone who's first love was not another human, rather, the battlefield.

Leo understood that it took someone with a particular personality to actually enjoy fighting and slaughtering enemies. When he entered into his berserk mode, he would feel a similar rush, but at the end of the day, he still did not feel as if he enjoyed killing his enemies.

"Chieftain, I hope that you can forgive me while I say this, but I hope that we could revisit this conversation once we finish this upcoming adventure." After pondering over this, Leo decided to respond in this way to buy him some more time, while still being respectful towards the Chieftain.

"If that is what you would like to do Leo, I have no problems with your answer. Children these days shouldn't rush into anything that could permanently impact the rest of their lives. Just forget that I brought this up for now, and let us continue onwards to the current situation at hand." the Chieftain laughingly replied.

In the back of his head, the Chieftain knew that Maria had initially taken Leo's potential pet that would be able to accompany him into battle. What he did not know, was that his daughter was the type of girl who loved the battlefield.

On the way back to the village after Leo had saved her quite a while ago, Maria was able to sneak back into the village without anyone actually realizing where she had gone, or even what she tried to do.

The Chieftain had always given his daughter some space due to her slowly becoming a woman. What the Chieftain wanted, was for Maria to not push him away if a problem were to arise in her life. By allowing her to live her life, the Chieftain realized that their bond may not turn for the worse.

Finally arriving to the training grounds, the advisors were the first to call out to the group of wind element users who were just finishing up their lunches. Today was a day where they were to continue training, but extremely lightly.

Leo had given these instructions, because he wanted the warriors to be able to execute the technique he had given to them to learn without any issues. At the same time, Leo understood that if it would take more than a single try for them to do this properly, that the warriors would need enough energy to continuously try again and again.

The real goal here was to be able to break open the rock before nightfall. This way, the Chieftain and Leo could finish their preparations before heading out the next morning. Time was something that was very valuable now, and the sooner that they could head out, the better the results they would yield.

"As you all know, the future of this village is riding on what we are able to come up with here and now. There is very little room for error, but I believe that you all were able to grow significantly this past week due to both the pressure and understanding of what we are doing right now."

"I want you all to concentrate and begin to build up your power, very slowly. In five breaths of time, I will be raising up my sword over my head. At that time, you will all pour all your energy into my body and I will channel it into my sword attack."

"Once I feel that in my body, I can control all of the power that you are all allowing me to borrow, I will strike the rock and the inscriptions on it. As this is happening, the Chieftain will watch the rock closely and if only a crack appears, he will unleash a strong attack to hopefully break it open. Let us show that we will not need him to do that by working hard together!" Leo called out as he started to take out his sword and getting in to position.

Focusing on the rock in front of him which was full of inscriptions, Leo was trying to examine it one last time just to find a single area around it that had a weak spot.

Though he was unable to see one in a single breath of time, Leo began channeling his wind element around his body as the warriors behind him were concentrating on his movements.

Once Leo gave them the signal, they would all unleash their techniques together and target Leo's sword with there energy. However, Leo did not draw his sword immediately as he unleashed a technique of his own.

A small whirlpool of wind started to form around the rock, almost as if it was trying to lift the rock into the air above the ground, where it sat unshaken.

The only warrior present who did not show a confused look on his face, was the Chieftain. Leo already told the Chieftain his strategy in the most amount of detail privately. This was so that the Chieftain would be prepared to act if a situation occurred where he would need to without hesitation.

The rock still remained on the ground as if Leo's technique had no effect on it. The warriors started to feel that something was off, but still remained vigilant and ready to assist Leo at any time now.

Drawing his sword, Leo's eyes started to glow with a faint light as if he was slowly becoming one with the wind as he started to make several small steps as if there was an invisible staircase in front of him.

With each step he took, Leo's energy started to become stronger and stronger, as if he was powering up to slaughter an army of monsters. This frightened the warriors present, because they have yet to become strong enough to defeat Leo themselves in a battle.

Lifting his sword above his head, Leo's signal was finally given to the warriors who were beginning to channel their energy. One by one, each warrior started to unleash their techniques and simply fed their energy to Leo, so he could do as he pleased with it.

After several breaths of time, Leo started to feel his body shake from some of the strain, using so much wind energy. However, Leo decided to keep up this momentum and to keep his mind clear and tranquil.

A single minute later, the warriors who were feeding Leo their energy started to collapse one by one from the strain on their bodies and strength. This was something that Leo was expecting, as he now started to pour every ounce of strength into his sword.

Seeing the way Leo was now acting, the warriors who were still standing and feeding Leo their energy, stopped immediately before sitting down cross legged to prevent themselves from fainting.

With his sword now filled with more energy than he could ever hope to produce himself, Leo finally decided to make his move. One would assume that Leo would simply slash his sword onto the rock, however, Leo chose to stab the rock instead!

Crack!

As his sword stabbed the rock, leaving a very large indentation within it, the inscriptions around the rock started to come undone. What happened after his attack, shocked everyone who was still observing the situation.

In a mere moment, Leo's sword fell from his hands as his body dove towards the ground. Using so much energy in a single strike, caused Leo to suffer some backlash and caused him to faint from pure exhaustion.

"Hmph." Instead of catching Leo before he fell face first onto the ground, the Chieftain decided to instead, use his full power to unleash a powerful lightning filled punch onto the rock.

With this, the Chieftain was able to finish the job, and the rock was now completely broken in many pieces, while a folded up large piece of paper was flying away from the aftermath of the impact.

Quickly grabbing the piece of paper, the Chieftain had a very large grin on his face before observing those around him. With Leo and several other warriors knocked out from using so much power, the Chieftain ordered everyone else present to help bring them to the village's infirmary before heading back to his residence.