At this point, the leader was infuriated. He had no other choice but to attack the mage in front of him. He lunged forward toward Leo.
Leo immediately started retreating to the back. He didn’t want to be caught in the leader’s attack. He was also slowly getting away from the pool and toward the burning mansion. Leo noticed that the woman who was observing them had already fled to the room and the three people in the room were getting away from the mansion. Eventually, he couldn’t sense them since they were too far away.
As the leader chased Leo, he finally noticed that the mansion behind him was burning. He stopped chasing Leo and came to a standstill, concentrating on the burning mansion. He couldn’t see a soul in sight trying to put out the fire.
“I am guessing you did this,” he said to Leo.
Leo nodded. The leader didn’t show any reaction at all. He stopped showing his anger and had no emotions on his face.
“I am a Late-Stage 2nd Circle Aura Knight, but you already know that. But do you know why I put so much effort into creating this army? Why I made the Blacktooth Gang?” He asked Leo.
Leo shrugged. “I don’t know.”
“Of course, you don’t,” The leader shook his head. “This was my life’s greatest masterpiece. I was going to finally raid the Valkyr’s Forest. And you ruined it. My plan that I was chasing for years was destroyed by a bored mage.”
The leader started chuckling. Meanwhile, Leo was confused. “These many people to raid the Valkyr’s Forest? What is there that you need these many Aura Knights?” He asked curiously.
The leader was still chuckling. “You would like to know, wouldn’t you? Let me tell you. There is an urban legend that has been passed in Solhaven. A legend that the Valkyr’s Forest holds the inheritance of a great person. A mage named Valkyr.”
For a second, Leo thought that the leader was talking about the tome he received, but he didn’t think that was it. Even though it was likely, he had also heard this urban legend. He knew that the story said what the inheritance was and it wasn’t a tome.
“You are going after an urban legend?” He provoked the leader a little more to find out more.
“Yes. And it’s not a legend. This inheritance exists.” The leader said.
“Why are you telling me this? Aren’t you afraid I might steal this inheritance?” Leo asked the leader.
The leader smiled. “You think you are so powerful. But both you and I know that you are just a kid. A kid that happens to be a 2nd Circle Mage. Let me guess. You broke through a few days ago and wanted to flaunt your strength so you came to this city. Well, let me tell you a reality. Even if you got me by surprise and took away my arm, you can’t win this fight. And since I told you all this, I will make sure that no one else will know.”
After saying this, the leader swung his sword at Leo. Leo sensed a huge amount of danger from the leader. He instinctively put up an Elementary Arcane Shield. The sword was covered with aura and the aura left the blade and launched toward him.
The aura hit his shield and shattered it. The force knocked Leo two steps back.
“You can take a hit. I am surprised you defended that. But how long can you keep doing that?” The leader asked. He swung his blade again. It looked very effortless for the leader, but in reality, he was using all his strength in each of the swings.
Meanwhile, Leo was getting beaten back. Each time, his shield would barely block out most of the force and he was taking a little damage each time. He was going to eventually run out of energy and the damage would accumulate.
The leader was also getting tired and Leo knew this. That was why he was waiting. The leader was slowly closing in and Leo let him close the distance. Eventually, the leader came so close that he was 5 meters away from Leo. He lifted his sword to swing at him.
Leo knew that this was his moment. Every time that he had defended against the sword swing, he used an Elementary Arcane Shield. If he used the same thing this time, he would not be able to defend the swing. Both he and the leader knew that. However, the leader was so used to only attacking the Arcane Shield that he assumed Leo didn’t have a better counter.
Leo immediately Shadow Stepped behind the leader and attacked him with a Flame Burst. The leader was so surprised that his target disappeared in front of his eyes. He sensed the attack behind him, but he was slow in turning around. The Flame Burst hit his back and exploded.
Leo had purposefully led the leader to believe that he did not know any other spells other than the shield and the Flame Burst. He had kept the leader unaware that he could dodge every one of those attacks so that he could use it to sneak attack him. And it worked marvelously.
The leader was left on the floor. He was still clinging on to his life, but he couldn’t move. Leo crouched down at a safe distance from the leader and started to talk to him.
“Well, if it helps, I’m not a noble. I’m just a commoner like you. Except I have morals in my life. I’ll look for the inheritance you told me about. Thanks for the information.” Leo said. He got up and looked at the still leader. He pointed his hand at the head of the leader and cast a Magic Bullet.
The leader had no energy to muster any aura to defend himself. Even if he did, it would be pointless. He was going to die regardless.
After killing him, Leo grabbed his pouch. He was guessing it would be a lot more important than the members and would have a lot more money. He opened the pouch and saw there wasn’t anything in it.
He clenched his fist and let go. He realized that the leader didn’t put the money on him, which meant it was somewhere in the mansion. He already burned down the part where the members lived, but the leader’s quarters were very intact.
Leo looked down at the body and saw something shiny on the leader’s neck. He leaned closer and saw a key hooked to a necklace. He immediately grabbed the key and pulled it out of the chain with a strong pull. The key probably unlocked some sort of safe.
He went to the mansion and grabbed the bag that he had set aside on the way. He walked to the room that the leader came out of. He was going to search in the most obvious place first.