As soon as Leon exited the chief’s house, he noticed that all the villagers are lying unconscious on the ground.
’Wow… They can’t even stay conscious in front of their worst fears.’ Leon thought with a neutral expression as he noticed Mia standing near a wall.
She was staring into the air with a scared expression and her eyes were flashing deep red from time to time.
“Mia ?” Leon calles out with a confused expression.
“N-No… Please, d-don’t go.” Mia spoke as she raised her hand towards nothing.
“Is she still facing her fear ?” Leon asked in a low voice as he immediately started walking towards her.
“D-Don’t leave me… I-I can’t live like this. Please… I-I beg you.” Mia spoke with a scared expression as she walked forward.
“Mia.” Leon spoke as he placed his hand over her shoulder.
“NOO… PLEASE- What ? W-What is happening here ?” Mia asked with a confused expression as she looked at Leon.
“What were you seeing ?” Leon asked with a neutral expression.
“I-It was a dream ? Oh my god… What happened to all of them ?” Mia asked with a scared expression as she immediately noticed all the villagers lying on the ground.
“It was-” Before Leon could’ve completed his sentence, Orion walked out of his house in his original form.
*Thud*
“Leon Luster…” He spoke with a angry expression as he turned to look at Leon.
“Oh my god… H-He is really a fairy.” Mia spoke with a scared expression as she looked at Orion and her whole body started shaking like crazy.
“Calm down…” Leon spoke with a serious expression as he continued to look at Orion.
“You don’t have any idea what you have done…” Orion spoke as he looked at Leon.
“Please… Tell me.” Leon spoke with a serious expression as he kept staring him.
“He won’t leave me alive after what happened today… I have failed him, but I won’t let you succeed either.
Now, I am going to kill my dear sister and you have two choices. Either kill me and let all of them die or save them and let me kill Medina.
Make a choice… Leon Luster.” Orion spoke as he his wings started flapping at an incredible speed and his body started hovering.
*Swish*
He immediately flew towards the tree of Life. Leaving behind a strong gust of wind.
“W-What just happened ? I-I couldn’t understand…” Mia spoke as she looked at Leon with a confused expression.
“Don’t try to understand anything for now. I will be back soon, take care of them until then.” Leon spoke with a serious expression as he started running towards the village’s border.
“Where are you going !?” Mia asked with an utterly confused expression.
“To Hell. DUSK…” Leon spoke with a serious expression as he immediately called out to dusk.
“Master…” Dusk immediately jumped off from the roof of chief’s house and transformed into his original form.
He started running right besides Leon and as soon as both of the crossed the safety runes, Leon jumped over Dusk’s back.
*Hup*
“Run… Dusk, Run as fast as you can and get me to that tree.” Leon ordered with a serious expression.
“As you command, Master.” Dusk spoke as he immediately activated his skill.
<THUNDER STEPS>
As soon as he activated his skill, his fur started glowing brightly blue and his speed increased so much that Leon’s vision started to blur all of a sudden.
….
Orion is also flying towards the tree of life with full speed and there is a scared expression on his face.
“I will kill her… I have to kill her. This is the only-” He started speaking but stopped as soon as he noticed a blue streak of light travelling through the forest at an incredible speed.
“What is that ? How is that moving so fast ?” Orion asked with a confused expression as he saw the streak of light leave him behind in an instant.
“Wait… It’s heading towards the…” Suddenly, Orion realised that it was none other than Leon himself.
“How the hell is he even doing that ?” Orion asked with a shocked expression as he immediately started flapping his wings even faster.
….
*Swish-Swish-Swish*
Dusk was running so fast that he was barely placing his feet on the ground.
*Crack-Crack-Crack-Crack*
*Screeeeech*
Dusk came to a sudden halt as his fur started to raise even higher and he started growling.
*Grrrrrrrrrrrrr*
“What happened Dusk ?” Leon asked as he rubbed his eyes and opened them slowly, only to notice all the seven cursed fairies standing in front of him.
“Oh my…” Leon spoke with a neutral expression as he immediately pulled the bowl out of his inventory and placed his hand over Dusk’s head.
“Calm down… Dusk. We can’t fight them.” Leon spoke with a neutral expression as he stepped down from his back and noticed that the fairies are coming towards him.
“Surrender yourself and become our master’s food.” One of them spoke in a lifeless tone as she looked at Leon.
“I don’t have any plans to become anyone’s food for the next few years, let alone a parasites’ Darling.” Leon replied with a smile as he brought the bowl forward.
“We will kill you and him without pain… Just surrender.” Another fairy spoke as she got really close to Leon.
The cursed fairy raised her hand in order to grab Leon’s neck but before she could’ve done it… Leon removed the cloth from the bowl and a bright shine covered the environment.
“Khhhhhhhhhh…”
“Krrhhhhhhhh….”
…
The fairies made weird sounds as all of them immediately stepped back from Leon and Dusk.
“What happened ? Don’t you want to feed your master ?” Leon asked with a smile as he looked at the fairies.
“LEON LUSTERRRRRRR….” Suddenly a loud sound came from above.
Leon immediately turned back and noticed that Orion is coming at him from above with an angry expression. His hand aiming for the bowl that had the soul stones in it.
“Store…” Leon spoke with a neutral expression and the bowl disappeared from his hand immediately.
“Give me-”
*THUD*
Orion crashed into the ground brutally but he immediately grabbed a nearby tree and stood up once again.
“G-Give me those stones… They belong to me.” Orion spoke with a serious expression as he looked at Leon.
“Oh… Your wings look really injured.” Leon spoke with a smile as he pointed towards Orion’s wings.
“What ?” Orion immediately looked at his wings and noticed that two of them are broken really bad in the landing.
“You won’t be able to fly with them, right ?” Leon asked.
“Give me the stones or-” Orion started walking towards Leon with an angry expression but he was interrupted all of a sudden by a hand that grabbed his neck from behind.
“What the-” As soon as he looked back his eyes widened in fear, two cursed fairies were standing right behind him.
One of them grabbed his neck and the other one grabbed his wings.
“You will become master’s food.” The fairies spoke as they looked at Orion.
“W-What… N-No, I am with your master. I-I am on your master’s side…” Orion spoke as he tried to break free from their grip but his efforts were completely futile.
The cursed fairies were too strong.
“Looks like you are about to become food for your sister’s children. You should’ve really looked around before you landed.” Leon spoke with a smile as he immediately pulled out the bowl of soul stones out of his inventory and showed it to rest of the fairies that were trying to get closer to him.
“Y-You can’t do this to me… Y-You have to help me. T-They won’t kill me… T-The Parasite will suck out my life force just like he is doing with them and use me as it’s slave.
K-Kill me with the beads… I-I beg you. I-I don’t want to be tortured like that… Leon luster… P-Please KILL ME… I-I BEG YOUUU.” Orion shouted as the fairies dragged him away.
“You were the one who gave me choice… Now, I am choosing to let you live and save the villagers.
But it’s sad that you didn’t get to kill your sister.” Leon spoke with a taunting smile.
*Thud*
The fairies placed him against the tree right over the part that was corrupted by the parasite.
“N-No, leave me… I-I work for him… If he knows about this, you will be finished you stupid parasite.
L-Lea-” Orion shouted and struggled to get out, but the parasite spreaded it’s dark vines all over his body and blocked his mouth.
The vines then started crawling inside his eyes and ears. In just a few seconds, Orion went into a vegetative state. He stopped struggling.
Leon walked forward and passed through the fairies using soul stones.
“I am here with the stones… What do I have to do now ?” Leon asked as he walked upto the back and noticed Medina sleeping.
“Mr. Leon ? Is that you ?” Suddenly a familiar voice rang from the right side.
“Hmm..?” Leon immediately turned around and noticed Rees standing there with his sickle.