Inside the Vinceral Forest, Leon stood in front of a massive tree—not too close, not too far from the dungeon.
“Alright… let’s see how strong you are. We’ll start with two hundred seals.” He stepped up to the tree, pressed his hand against the trunk, and activated his skill.
“Seal.”
<Blast Seal>
A glowing circular seal lit up on the palm of his right hand.
[Seal Applied]
[-20 MP]
[+102,276 MP]
As soon as the first seal was applied to the stump, Leon slid his hand upward and stopped it there.
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
[Seal Applied]
…
Suddenly, one after another, the notifications started piling up in front of him as his mana drained rapidly.
“One…” Leon muttered under his breath, counting the seconds. Every second, twenty seals were being applied to the stump.
[-400 MP]
Suddenly, His head started to feel heavy and his body weakened as if someone just sucked out all the energy from it.
Even then, he didn’t lift his hand. He kept going.
[+102,280 MP]
“Two… three… four…”
‘Damn… every second feels like a rollercoaster. My vision goes black, my head’s pounding like crazy, I feel like I’m about to faint—and then all the mana comes back, just to start the process all over again.’ Leon thought as he grabbed his head tightly and continued to count.
“….seven ….eight …nine… ten.” He finally pulled his hand away and looked at the dark coloured seal on the tree’s stump.
“Phew… That should be 200 seals.” Leon spoke with a neutral expression as he took a few steps back from the tree.
“Hwre goes nothing… Kaboom,” he said under his breath. 1
The moment the word left his mouth, the seals covering the trunk began glowing brightly and then—
*BOOOOM*
*THUD*
A medium explosion shook the area, and the tree collapsed instantly, smoke rising from the burnt stump.
“Holy shit… now that was something, Although I didn’t expected it to be this loud and powerful.” Leon said with a grin as he approached the broken tree, eyeing the large burn mark left behind on one end.
“…Now how do I pick this thing up and bring it back to the dungeon ?” he muttered with a puzzled look.
Just then, voices started coming from the other side of the forest.
“It came from this direction!”
“Yeah, it has to be here. I definitely heard it.”
‘Is this forest full of Adventurers or what ?’ Leon asked with a confused expression as he looked at the big figure coming out from behind the trees.
A large, bald man with a mace and shield stepped out from the bushes and looked at Leon with a confused expression.
‘This guy… I’ve seen him before, the day I found that goblin dungeon. It was his party that I was following.’ Leon thought with a neutral expression.
“Where is it ? Is it dead ?” Another figure appeared behind him—a skinny guy in mage robes, holding a wand.
Then came a girl in healer’s clothes, running behind them and stopping when she spotted Leon.
“Did you guys find it?” she asked, glancing around and seeing nothing but the big tree lying on the ground.
“Nope. Just some stupid kid blowing up trees,” said a voice from above.
Leon looked up. A blonde girl sat on a branch, an old bow in her hands, watching him with a smirk.
‘When did she even get up there?’ Leon thought with a confused expression.
“Umm… are you an adventurer from the guild?” the tank asked with a confused expression.
“No,” Leon replied flatly.
“I swear, I felt a huge mana surge here. It was strong, It has to be her.” the mage said, glancing around again.
“I don’t see any monsters,” the archer added from her perch.
“Sir, did you happen to see a large, cat-like monster pass through here ? She’s badly hurt,” the healer asked politely.
“No,” Leon replied again, his expressions unchanged.
“Wow, you are a rude guy huh ? She even called you ‘sir,’ and you replied with an attitude filled ‘No’.” the archer chimed in, smirking.
Leon narrowed his eyes and activated his skill on all of them.
<Inspect>
[Name: Max]
[Class: Tank]
[Race: Human]
[Mana: 200/200]
[HP: 400/400]
[Description: Max is an excellent tank who can attract any monster’s aggro to himself by taunting it and take a good amount of damage on his body.]
‘Level 4… tank.’
[Name: Bela]
[Class: Healer]
[Race: Human]
[Mana: 150/150]
[HP: 200/200]
[Description: Bela is weak when it comes to defend herself but she a good healer and can also cast some buffs on her teammates.]
‘Level 2 Healer.’
[Name: Ludric]
[Class: Mage]
[Race: Human]
[Mana: 300/300]
[HP: 600/600]
[Description: Ludric is the intelligent leader of the party and all the decisions are made after his permission in the party.]
‘Level 6 Mage.’
[Name: Frea]
[Class: Archer]
[Race: Human]
[Mana: 250/250]
[HP: 500/500]
[Description: Frea is an excellent archer but she hates people with attitude because of her father and punishes them in front of her party.
She is pretty annoyed by you.]
‘Level 5 Archer… with daddy issues. I can handle them. Just hope I won’t have to kill them,’ Leon thought, keeping his face calm.
“So? Are you going to apologize or what ?” Frea asked, eyeing him coldly.
“She asked a question. I answered. I don’t think she wants apology for that, because she is not a stupid Bitch like you.” Leon replied with a taunting smirk.
“What did you say to me ?” Frea growled, drawing an arrow from her quiver.
“We don’t need to start a fight,” Ludric interjected. “There are monsters nearby. If we make too much noise—”
“No, Lud. I’ll deal with him.” Frea raised her bow and aimed at Leon. “Mr. Red Eyes. Now either you apologize to my friend and me or die.”
“Okay, okay—this is getting out of hand, Frea keep that bow down,” Ludric tried to calm her. “He doesn’t even have a weapon—”
Leon’s smirk widened. 1
“You just said some really big words. I hope you’re ready to face consequences for them,” he said quietly, activating another skill.
“Threads.”
Invisible mana threads shot out from his fingers and connected to a one of the Nyxter’s blade tucked in his back pocket.