"Yes, Master." Elis spoke as she bowed down to him, showing respect.
"You look really... Evolved." Leon replied with a smile as he looked at her body and something felt different about her.
"Who is this girl and why can I see right through her ? Please tell me she is not a ghost." Emilia asked with a smile.
"She is Elis... The dungeon core of this dungeon." Leon spoke.
"Oh, we are inside a dungeon right now ?" Emilia asked with a confused expression.
"Yes... It's my dungeon." Leon replied
"My, My... You own a dungeon ? Don't tell me you also have monsters down here with you." Emilia spoke with a smile because she was thinking that Leon was just kidding with her.
"Elis... How many floors have been added ?" Leon asked as all of them started going down to the first floor.
"The dungeon now has a total of twenty floors, Master." Elis replied with a smile.
'Wait... She is smiling ? I haven't seen her express any emotions before. Looks like her intelligence is really increased by a lot.' Leon thought
"Are you thinking something, Mr. Leon ?" Emilia asked with a confused expression.
"Huh... Oh, no no it's nothing. Let's go." Leon replied as he immediately started walking down the stairs.
As he walked down the stairs... Leon noticed that the torches they were passed through were automatically being blown out with guests of wind.
As soon all of them reached on the first floor, Leon looked around the first floor and his eyes widened from surprise.
The first floor looked as big as the seventh floor. It was just a little bit bigger than the seventh floor.
"Wow... This is one big place huh ?" Emilia spoke with a smile.
"It is." Leon replied with a smile.
"So... Will I live in this room ?" Emilia asked with a confused expression.
"Do you want to live alone ?" Leon asked
"No, No... Some company would be good. If I wanted to stay alone, I would've stayed in that house." Emilia spoke immediately as she looked at Leon.
"Good... Then you won't be living in this room." Leon spoke as all of them started walking towards the next room's stairs.
"Master... All the upper floors are empty. I have shifted everyone to the lower levels just like before, except the slimes." Elis spoke as she looked at Leon with a smile.
'Well... Isn't she more useful now. Since she can take good decisions on her own. I won't have to manage basic things around the dungeon.' Leon thought
"Why not the slimes ?" He asked with a confused expression.
"They insisted on staying on the second floor, Master." Elis replied.
"Wait... Slimes as in real slime monsters ?" Emilia asked with a serious expression.
"Come." Leon spoke as he ignore her and started walking down to the second floor.
Fruela, Elis and Emilia followed him without any delays.
...
As soon as they reached on the second floor, Leon noticed the slimes jumping around the floor.
"Oh my god... You really do have monsters in here and the rare ones." Emilia spoke with a serious expression as she looked at slimes.
"Eh... They help in cleaning around the dungeon. It's a big place." Leon replied
"I saw one of these guys when I was five year old. He was really bouncy and cute." Emilia spoke with a smile as she walked upto one of the slime and started patting it.
*Pat-Pat-Pat*
"Hello, little slime." She spoke in a cute voice.
*Boing-Boing*
The slime enjoyed her pats and started jumping.
"The room is so big that the slimes look less now. Slimes... You can start to reproduce again." Leon ordered as he looked at the slimes.
*Boing-Boing-Boing-Boing-Boing-Boing*
All the slimes started jumping in excitement as soon as they heard Leon's words.
"Let's go to the next floor... Before they start having seperating themselves into two." Leon spoke as he looked at Emilia.
"Oh okay." Emilia spoke as she immediately stood up from the floor.
"Grab my hand." Leon spoke as he raised his hand towards her.
"Shouldn't we find a bed for that first ?" Emilia asked with a confused expression as she grabbed Leon's hand.
"Calm down woman." Leon spoke with as he placed his other hand over Fruela's shoulder.
"Take me to the-" Before Leon could've completed his sentence, he vanished from the floor.
...
—Eighteenth Floor—
*Swish*
Leon, Fruela and Emilia re-appeared on the floor and noticed the dark elfs doing their daily chores.
'Wait... I didn't even completed my sentence and I got teleported here ?' Leon thought for a second.
"Sir Leon." A kid walked upto Leon and immediately bowed down to him in a formal manner.
"Sir Leon." His mother came from behind and bowed down to Leon as well.
"Wow... You really have all kind of dark secrets down here, huh ?" Emilia spoke with a smile as she looked at Leon.
"Long story. Will tell you later." Leon spoke with as he looked around the room and noticed that it has also gotten really big.
The kids were running around the whole room, some were dueling using wooden swords and some of them were making bows out of branches.
"These kids are really serious about their future, huh ?" Leon asked with a smile as he looked at Fruela.
"Dark Elfs are trained from birth to fight, Master." Fruela replied with a neutral expression.
"Mr. Leon... Mr. Leon." Suddenly, a small girl ran upto Leon.
"Hmm..?" Leon looked at her with a confused expression.
"Please marry me." She spoke as she raised a pink flower towards Leon with both of her hands.
"Eh...?" Leon got surprised as soon as he heard this.
"Hah... This again, Heli ? You can't marry Mr. Leon. Now go and make a bow out of the branches." Fruela spoke as she walked upto the girl and took the flower from her hands.
"B-But... Okay." Heli looked down with a sad expression on her face and started walking away.
"Hey Heli... How about you grow up to Fruela's size and then we can get married." Leon spoke with a smile.
"Really, Mr. Leon ?" Heli asked as a wide smile spread across her face.
"Sure." Leon replied with a smile.
"Okay... You can get married to sister Fruela until then." Heli spoke as she ran away immediately.
"Let's go..." Leon spoke with a smile as he started walking towards the stairs but he didn't noticed the flushed red face of Fruela.
-x-X-x-
—19th Floor, Dungeon—
As soon as Leon, Fruela and Emilia came down to 19th floor... They noticed Rees working on his table with full seriousness.
"That's Rees... Now, he is a little different from what you have seen so far, just remember that he is not hostile and you don't have to be afraid of him." Leon spoke as he looked at Emilia.
"Why ? Is he an angry guy ?" Emilia asked with a confused expression.
"Ah... Mr. Leon, You are back. I will not be-" Rees started speaking as he turned around to look at Leon, but stopped as soon as he looked at Emilia.
*Grab*
As soon as Emilia saw Rees... Her heart started beating faster and she immediately grabbed Leon's hand.
"W-What is that ?" Emilia asked with a scared expression.
"Who is she ?" Rees asked as he pointed towards Emilia.
"Calm down, Emilia. You don't have to fear him." Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
"B-But... He is an undead." Emilia spoke with a very feared expression.
'Why is she behaving like this ? Even the dark elfs weren't this afraid of Rees ?' Leon thought with a confused expression.
"Okay... Let's move onto the next floor." Leon spoke as he started walking towards the stairs.
"Mr. Leon... I don't think, I will be able to accompany you in the search for that necroheart.
I have to go help a friend. Just received his message." Rees spoke as he showed a small paper to Leon.
All that was written over the paper was 'Help Me, Ikon.' in a very rough language.
"What does this mean ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
'An undead have friends? Well... It's a world filled with magic, I guess everything is possible.' Leon thought for a second then dismissed the thought.
" 'Ikon' is a secret word that only the two of us know. This means that the danger is really big. I really have to go Mr. Leon." Rees spoke as he looked at Leon.
"Fine... Go. Try not to die out there." Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
"I will not and congratulations that your core has evolved... It's an 'Once in a Lifetime event.' Very rare." Rees spoke as he turned around and started walking towards the other stairs.
"Elis... Take him out of the dungeon or he will die by walking up so many floors." Leon ordered
"As you command, Master." Elis replied as she immediately raised her hand towards Rees and he disappeared.
"You can teleport things around the dungeon without touching them ?" Leon asked with a surprised expression.
"I can do many more things master. I can't wait to tell you all about it." Elis replied with a excited smile.
"Oh okay. Let's go to the last floor and then we will have a talk." Leon spoke as he started walking down the stairs to the last floor.
Emilia regained her composer and stepped away from Leon.
"I-I am sorry for before. I just don't like undead monsters, even if they are friendly." Emilia replied as she looked at Leon.
'Looks like Rees wasn't the first undead she came across. But, now that Rees is gone... I will have to go and find that necroheart on my own.
Well... it's been a while since I am just going back and forth to the dungeon and kingdom. A solo adventure will be really good.' Leon thought with a neutral expression as all four of them reached on the last floor.
...
"Woah..." Leon looked around the last floor and he was left stunned. The last floor of the dungeon was half the size of Vernon Village.
It was so huge that seeing the other wall of the room was very challenging, even from the middle.
The throne that was in the middle of the room, was floating three feet up in the air.
"What the hell ? Elis... I suppose you know that I can't fly, right ?" Leon asked with a confused expression as he looked at the throne.
'Although I can make a skill for that... Hey, why didn't I think of that idea before ? I should make a skill for that before I forget the idea.' Leon thought as he immediately activated the skill.
[Please pick a name for the skill...]
"Master... Please walk closer to the throne." Elis spoke with a smile.
"Okay." Leon replied as he walked closer to the throne and it automatically came down.
"Nice." Leon spoke with a smile as he immediately sat down on throne and it started floating back into the air.
'I hope you like it, Master.' Suddenly, Elis' voice rang inside Leon's head.
"What ?" Leon spoke in a low voice as he looked at Elis.
'We can contact through magic now master.' Elis' voice rang inside his head once again.
'Can you hear me ?' Leon asked.
'Yes master. I can hear you very clearly.' Elis replied with a smile.
'This is very good, Elis. Good work.' Leon thought with a smile.
'Thank you very much master. I hope to serve you even better in the future.' Elis replied as she bowed down again.
"Hey... Why is she bowing down again and again ? Leon is way over there." Emilia asked with a confused expression.
"She is showing respect." Fruela spoke with a neutral expression.
"I-I see." Emilia replied with a confused expression.
...
"Hah... This feels good, having-" Leon thought with a smile as he looked around the room but before he could've completed his sentence, another screen popped up in front of him.
[Please pick a name for the skill...]
'Ah I forgot about this. I will be needing minimum two skills in order to fly, because I can't make a flying skill directly.
System is smart enough to figure out what I am trying to do. So, I have to make a weight reducing skill first.' Leon thought with a smile.
"Feather Weight."
[Skill 'Feather weight' has been created.]
[Rank has been settled to 'F' by default.]
[State the use of skill.]
"A minor weight reducing skill that can reduce 1% of user's total weight using hundred mana for one second.
Skill can be re-casted upto hundred times but the mana consumption will increase by hundred mana on every use and stop there.
The hundreth recast will continue until the skill is stopped manually and mana consumption will go on."
[Processing....]
'Hmm... If my calculations are correct the 100th cast will consume around 500000 mana, but I don't have to worry since I am regenerating way more mana.' Leon thought with a neutral expression.
[Description has been accepted.]
[Please select the chant for the skill {Feather Weight}.]
"Feather." Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
[Chant 'Feather' has been selected.]
'The chant won't matter that much since I will make a 'Multi-cast skill or Skill combiner', after this and once I make that.
I will be able to cast more than skills together without taking any penalty on my body. I hope it works.' Leon thought with a neutral expression as he looked at the floating screen in front of him.
[Estimated mana cost to use the skill has been calculated, 100 mana/recast.]
[Cooldown has been calculated, 40 seconds after every use.]
[Would you like to learn the skill or Destroy it ?]
'Cooldown is good.' Leon thought with a smile as he immediately learned the skill.
"Learn it."
[Congratulations ! You have successfully learned the skill {Feather Weight}.]
"Leo... Is that you ?" Suddenly, Elaine's voice came from below.
Leon slowly turned his head to the side and noticed, Elaine and Selene standing under the throne and looking at him with a smile.
"Down." Leon spoke and the throne immediately started moving down.
*Thud*
As soon as the throne touched the ground, Leon noticed Emilia looking at Elaine with a smile.
"So... You are his mother huh ? I am Emilia." Emilia spoke as she immediately raised a hand for handshake.
"Yes, I am Elaine. It's a pleasure to meet you." Elaine spoke as she Shaked hands with Elaine.
"Those clothes are expensive and not just expensive. There is a purple flower on the neck of that blouse... Oh my god, that's the most expensive blouse 'The Revera Bodice.'" Selene spoke with a shocked expression as she immediately walked upto Emilia.
*Sniff-Sniff*
She started sniffing Emilia like a dog and a suspicious expression appeared over her face.
"You are smelling like flowers too. Your skin is too smooth and these big boobs are also really squishy." Selene spoke as she immediately grabbed Emilia's boobs from behind.
"Anhhh~ M-Mr. Leon... What is this girl doing to me ?" Emilia asked as she immediately stepped aside.
"Look Selene... She is a guest here and you can't do that to her. Now apologize." Leon spoke
"Hmm... Why do I get the feeling that you have kidnapped her from a noble household ?" Selene spoke with a serious expression as she looked at Leon.
"Eh...?"
"WHAT !? Leon you started kidnapping women ?" Elaine asked with a shocked expression.
"No... I haven't kidnapped her. She is here on her own will. Tell them." Leon replied with a serious expression as he looked at Emilia.
"Yeah... I am here because I want to be here. He didn't kidnapped me. Wait... Did he kidnapped you ?" Emilia asked with a confused expression.
"Okay... I will leave you guys to your talk for now, Emilia will explain everything. Elis, take us to the fifteenth floor." Leon spoke as he immediately walked away.
"Yes, Master." Elis spoke as she raised her hand and both of them disappeared immediately.
"Hey, sorry about squeezing your boobs. I just did it to see your reaction and your reaction was really... Noble like." Selene spoke as she looked at Selene.
"You could've asked me that." Emilia replied
"I am sorry for my daughter's behaviour. Please take a seat." Elaine spoke as she guided Emilia to the beds.
....
—Fifteenth Floor—
*Swish*
Leon and Elis appeared on the floor and almost immediately all the torches mounted on the walls came to life as soon as they appeared inside the room.
"So, Elis... What else you have that you need to show me ?" Leon asked with a smile.
"Master... Try to attack me, physically." Elis spoke with a smile as she looked at Leon.
"I can't touch you. Won't my attacks just go through your body ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"No master... After the last evolution, I can now materialize my mana and touch physical things." Elis replied with a smile.
'Hmm... If she can do so many things only at rank-d, I wonder what she will be capable of doing once she reaches A or S-rank.' Leon thought as he slowly walked upto her and made his fist into a punch.
Leon loosely threw the punch in her direction but before the punch could've touched her... Elis grabbed Leon's hand and tapped on his wrist in a weird pattern.
*Hang*
"What!?" Leon spoke with a confused expression as his hand relaxed all of a sudden and he couldn't feel it anymore.
"What did you do to my hand, Elis ?" Leon asked with a confused but calm expression as he looked at her.
"I-I am sorry, Master. M-My body just did that on it's own... I-I will immediately fix it." Elis spoke with a worried expression as she immediately touched Leon's wrist and it started moving once again.
"Was that acupuncture ?" Leon asked with a confused expression as he started swinging his hand to test if it's moving fine or not.
"I-I just saw so many mana lines inside your body master and as soon as I touched your wrist... I blocked the mana flow in your hand.
But, I really don't know why your hand stopped moving, Master. I-I am very very sorry master. Please forgive me." Elis apologized with a worried expression as she immediately went down on both of her knees and did a very respectful bow.
"Because mana flows in everyone's blood... If you blocked my mana that means you blocked my nerves as well and if blood doesn't get to my fingers... I won't be able to use them." Leon replied with a smile as an idea came to his mind.
'That's a very useful skill... I can use it in hand-to-hand combat against living beings. If I activate it with glitch point... I will be able to locate the acupuncture points of my enemy easily.' Leon thought as he looked at his hand.
"Stand up Elis... Tell me, what else can you do in combat ?" Leon asked with a smile.
"In combat ? I also have a very sharp memory now, Master. I can remember your fighting style and counter it while fighting you." Elis replied as she looked at Leon.
"Really ? Show me." Leon spoke as he took a step back.
Elis also took a step back and opened both of her arms, attaining a weird stance.
"Are you ready ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Yes, Master. You can start attacking me anytime you want." Elis spoke as she looked at Leon.
"Okay. Just remember... I won't be coming slow like before." Leon replied as he immediately walked forward and threw a sharp punch into Elis' stomach.
*Thud*
The punch hitted her and she immediately fell down to the ground.
"Shit... are you alright, Elis ? Does it hurts ?" Leon asked as he immediately walked upto her.
"Oh... No master, I can't feel anything. I can touch things around me with the thick layer of mana around my body, but I can't feel anything." Elis replied with a neutral expression.
'Ah... Right, I forgot that her body is just made out of mana.' Leon thought with a neutral expression.
"Again master. Hit me again." Elis spoke as she looked at Leon.
"Okay... But, why you aren't dodging my attacks ?" Leon replied with a neutral expression as he looked at Elis.
"I don't have to master... I have to see your attacking pattern then I will learn to dodge them and counter-attack." Elis explained with a neutral expression.
'Ah... That's a nice skill. I will make that as well, it will help me figure out the fighting patterns of an enemy in hand-to-hand combat.' Leon thought with a neutral expression.
He then walked upto Elis once again, made his fist into a punch and aimed for her stomach, but this time before he could've touched her... Elis turned exactly ninety degrees to the left side and dodged the move.
Not only did she dodged the punch, but raised her hand, made it into a fist and tried to land a punch in Leon's back.
But before the punch could've landed, Leon felt it coming because of the passive skill that got activated automatically.
*Roll*
Leon immediately rolled down to the other side and dodged the attack.
'Okay... She learned, dodged and countered. It's like I am training a robot to fight and the more she learns... The more it will help me get better in combat.' Leon thought as he removed his coat and dropped it down on the floor.
He then folded his sleeves and removed his boots.
"Well... Let's get serious, Elis." Leon spoke with a smile as he rolled his sleeves.
"As you command, Master." Elis spoke as she changed her stance this time.
*Step-step-step-step-step*
Leon ran towards her with full speed and threw a punch into her stomach again.
Elis turned to the left side once again dodging the attack once again, but Leon immediately opened his hand and grabbed her leg.
He turned around and made her fall onto the ground.
*Thud*
Elis immediately stood up once again and took a different stance this time.
Leon ran towards her threw the punch once again, Elis turned to the side but this time as soon as he grabbed her leg... Elis grabbed Leon's hand and pressed it down with full force, breaking the grip at once.
*Jump*
Leon immediately jumped back and looked at Elis with a smile.
'That was an impressive way to break my grip over her leg.' Leon thought as he started running towards her once again, but this time instead of punching... He raised his leg in order to land a kick on her left shoulder.
*Thud*
But, Elis immediately raised her hand in a 'V' shape and soaked most of his kick's force with her wrist.
*Grab*
But she didn't stop there... using her right hand, she immediately grabbed Leon's leg and spinned his whole body mid-air.
"Shit-"
*Thud*
Leon immediately fell down on the floor, but he didn't waste another second in standing up and turning towards Elis with a serious expression this time.
'She is a fast learner. I haven't even performed that much attacks and she already knows how to block them and counter.' Leon thought in his mind but before he could've thought of something else, his eyes widened in shock as he looked at Elis.
Elis turned to the right and raised her left hand towards Leon. Her stance was very similar to a kung-fu fighter.
'She is changing her stance everytime after observing my stance. It's like she can see all the openings I have and what attack I am going to perform.' Leon thought as he immediately started running towards Elis.
"Dodge this..." Leon spoke as he threw a punch at her face.
Elis immediately turned her face to the side in order to dodge it but Leon immediately kicked her in the right leg and she went off-balance.
He didn't stop there... As soon as she lost her balance, Leon raised both of his hands up in the air brought it down upon her.
*THUD*
Elis hitted the ground with a loud thud, but without wasting another second... She immediately grabbed Leon's leg and tried to imbalance him.
But Leon grabbed her hand and pushed it down with full force breaking her grip immediately.
*Jump*
He jumped back and looked at her with a smile.
"I can also learn from you."
-x-X-x-
One Hour later...
*Huff-Huff*
Leon's whole body is sweating, his white shirt is covered with dust and there is a very serious expression on his face.
Elis is standing in front of him with a calm and collected expression on her face and her stance looks a little weird but there are no openings in it.
'In the last one hour... I have won thirteen times and lost fifteen times. She learned all of my opening moves and now she is countering them like a child's play.
I have to use my full attention, if I want to defeat her.' Leon thought in his mind as he used his skill.
As soon as he used the skill... He saw only a single dot in the middle of her body and that was her core.
'Fuck... This skill is useless in front of her. If I attacked her core, she will die immediately.' Leon thought with a serious expression.
"Master... Shall we take some rest ? My mana is getting low. If I continued to fight you, I will not be able to manage the dungeon efficiently." Elis spoke as she looked at Leon.
"Haa... Sure." Leon replied as he let out a sight and immediately sat down on the ground.
"Master you are sweating... this should help." Elis spoke as she slowly raised her hand and swinged it.
*Swisssshhhhhh*
Suddenly, cool airs filled the whole room and Leon felt a soothing feeling.
"Master... Can I please take mana from your body ?" Elis asked as she walked upto Leon.
"Sure... fill yourself up because I will be going out tomorrow and won't be back for a few days." Leon spoke as he looked at Elis.
"Understood, Master." Elis replied as she immediately placed her hand over Leon's hand and started sucking mana out of his body.
[-2000 MP]
[+899765 MP]
[-2000 MP]
[+899766 MP]
....
'Well... Since she is doing this. I should make some skills.' Leon thought as he immediately activated his skill.
[Please pick a name for the skill...]
"Multi-cast"
[Skill 'Multi-cast' has been created.]
[Rank has been settled to 'F' by default.]
[State the use of skill.]
'Okay... This is going to be a mess.' Leon thought in his mind as he searched for words.
"A unique skill that can support the cast of multiple 'F' ranked skills at once without adding any toll on the user's body or mind." Leon spoke as he kept it simple for starting.
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
'As expected... It's not easy to make a complicated skill like this.' He thought with a serious expression activating another skill.
As soon as he activated the skill, one sentence and one word was marked red on the screen.
'Multiple' and 'Without adding any toll on the user's body or mind.'
'Okay... First error is on the number of skills cast, I can't use the word multiple that means I have to limit the number of skills that I can use at once.
Secondly, the system will not let me use this skill until I add some kind of toll on it. But... The good thing is that I can choose the toll.' Leon thought with a neutral expression.
"Okay... So, a unique passive skill that can support the cast of fifteen 'F' ranked active skills at once, but the more skills are casted together... user will feel a sharp pain in his head." Leon spoke as he looked at the screen.
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
This time... Only one word was marked red on the screen, 'Fifteen.'
'Okay... That's good. System has accepted the toll that means I only need to lower the number of skills that can be casted together and I can easily encounter the toll by using adaptive body.' Leon thought
"How about 'fourteen skills at a time' ?" Leon spoke
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Thirteen..."
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Twelve..."
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Eleven..."
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Ten..."
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Oh come on... Give me ten skills at least." Leon spoke in a low voice as he looked at the screen.
"Nine..."
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Eight..."
[Processing....]
[Error: Skill's description doesn't match the Rank. Please Try Again...]
"Seven..."
[Processing....]
This time only the processing window hovered in front of him and a smile appeared over Leon's face.
Phew... after this, I will have to complete that flying skill. I will also have to make a skill set of combat skills that I can just activate all at once and they will help me significantly in a fight.
One skill set for hand-to-hand combat and one skill set for Magic combat. I can make other skills sets as well but for now I will have to focus on these two.' Leon thought with a neutral expression as he looked at the screen.
[Description has been accepted.]
[Note: Skill will be activated automatically, once the user casts more than four skills. Exceeding the limit of 'Multi-cast' will result in base system penalties.]
[Note: Skill will be turned off automatically after five minutes if no active skills are detected.]
[Estimated mana cost to use the skill has been calculated, 100 additional mana/ skill casted.]
[Cooldown has been calculated, 90 seconds.]
[Would you like to learn the skill or Destroy it ?]
'Hmm... System is giving 'Notes' now huh ? Oh well, it's not like they are some really big conditions.' Leon thought for a second but then dismissed the thought immediately.
"Learn it." Leon replied with a neutral expression.
[You have successfully learned the skill {Multi-Cast.}]
'Phew... I can rest for sometime now.' Leon thought as he laid down on the floor and closed his eyes.
Elis slowly touched the ground and a stone bed formed under Leon, picking him up from the ground.
A smile appeared over Elis' face as she looked at Leon's sleeping face.
...
One hour later,
"...ter."
"...ster."
"...aster."
*Blink-Blink*
"Hmm....?" Leon slowly opened his eyes and noticed Elis standing right next to him.
"Master... I am full and madam Emilia is searching for you in the dungeon." Elis spoke.
"How much time passed ?" Leon asked with a neutral expression as he stood up from the bed.
"One hour, Master." Elis replied with a neutral expression.
"Take me to Emilia." Leon spoke and he immediately disappeared.
...
Eleventh floor,
"Leon... Are you here ?" Emilia asked as she entered on the floor and all the torches around the room came to life.
*Swish*
"Leo-" Before she could've completed her sentence, Leon appeared right in front of her.
"Kyaaa..." Emilia shouted in a weird way as she got scared.
"What do you want, Emilia ?" Leon asked with a neutral expression as he looked at Emilia.
"W-Why are you scaring me like that ? Do you want to kill me or something ?" Emilia asked as she placed her hand over her chest.
"Look Emilia... I have to go somewhere tomorrow. So, I was trying to take a good night's sleep. Now... If you continued to wander inside this dungeon, you will eventually hit a floor filled with traps and die." Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
"I didn't knew there were traps in this dungeon and I wanted to see you because..." Suddenly, her tone became seductive as she walked upto Leon with a perverted smile and placed both of her hands over his chest.
"Hmm... Because ?"
"... Because, I wanted to thank you for getting me out of that stupid house and letting me stay with your family and dungeon monsters.
I heard from your step-sister and step-mother that you are a beast in bed ? Is that true ?" Emilia asked with a perverted smile as her hands started slipping down.
"You want to test it out ?" Leon asked as he grabbed Emilia's ass-cheeks with both of his hands and gave them a good, tight squeeze.
*Squeeze-Squeeze*
"Anhhh~ Hey... Be gentle with me. I haven't been with any man for a very long time." Emilia spoke as she looked at Leon.
"You enjoyed that... I can tell by the moan. Didn't you ?" Leon asked with a smile as he closed the distance between their faces.
"Maybe, I did... A little-" Before she could've completed her sentence, Leon's lips crashed against her lips.
*Chuuuuuuuuuuu*
Leon slowly sucked on Emilia's lower lip, dragging it between his teeth, savoring the softness as if he were tasting some kind of sweet fruit. Each wet pull of his lips sent shivers down her spine, flooding her body with heat and raw arousal.
*Suck... Suck... Suck... Suck...*
As his mouth played with her lip, his hands moved down and around her chest, cupping the heavy swell of her boobs through the fabric.
*Squeeze... Squeeze...*
They were large, plush, and impossibly soft—like two perfect globes made to be groped. He gave them a greedy squeeze, his fingers sinking into her flesh, feeling them spill over his palms with satisfying weight.
Through the gown, her nipples were already hard, straining against the thin fabric.
"Mmh~❤" Emilia whimpered, her breath hitching as Leon's thumbs slid over the stiff peaks, tracing slow circles around her areolas, that made her whole chest burn.
Her nipples, though small, stood tall—tight and sensitive. They throbbed beneath the gown, rubbing against the inside of the fabric, begging for more attention.
'What is happening to me...? He's barely touched me and I already feel like I'm going to melt. My nipples... they're so sensitive it hurts but also feels good at the same time.
They feel like they're about to tear right through this gown. Jamie never made me feel like this... but Leon...'
Her inner thoughts dissolved as Leon pinched both nipples gently through the cloth, making her hips twitch and her legs clench together.
He teased and fondled her mercilessly, circling, pinching, tugging, playing with the shape and bounce of her breasts until her lips finally parted from his.
"Hah... Hope you enjoyed that gentle kiss," he said , fingers still pressing against her boobs.
"I-I can't say it was gentle... y-your hands were really rough with my breasts," she whispered breathlessly, her cheeks flushed red, nipples visibly poking through the fabric, achingly hard.
"Then maybe it's time to let them out." Leon leaned in close and, without waiting, slipped both hands under the gown's neckline. In one smooth pull, he yanked the gown down past her chest.
*Pull*
*Boing—Boing—Boing—Boing*
Her breasts spilled free in a wild, bouncing release. They were huge—perfectly round, pale with a faint rosy tint, the skin smooth and supple. Her nipples stood out—tight, perky, and flushed pink—surrounded by petite, dusky areolas that made them look even more enticing.
They bounced for two seconds straight before settling, jiggling with the slightest movement, so heavy yet so soft they looked like they'd melt in his hands.
Emilia gasped and immediately covered her face with both hands, trembling with embarrassment and arousal.
"Oh my god..."
"Come here, pink babies," Leon said, pulling her closer. He latched onto her left nipple with his mouth, sucking eagerly, while his other hand kneaded the right boov—his fingers spreading wide, sinking deep into the pliant flesh like he a stress ball made out of marshmallows.
*Suck... Suck... Suck... Suck...*
"Anhhhhh~❤ A-Anhh~ W-What are you doing to my boobs Leon... A-Anhhh~❤ It feels so goood~❤" Emilia cried out, her whole body reacting. Her knees gave in, her back arched toward him, and her eyes rolled back in bliss.
Her juices were soaking her panties, spreading warmth between her thighs, her body aching for more—more of his hands and his tongue.
Leon suddenly switched his mouth to her right nipple, latching on with a deep, wet suck, while his hand slid over to the left breast, kneading the soft, heavy mound like dough.
Meanwhile, his other hand kept fondling and squeezing the same breast his mouth was working on, letting her feel his full attention from all angles.
*Suck—Suck—Suck—Suck—Suck*
"Oh my god... This feels so gooood~ anhhhhh~❤ k-keep sucking them... pleaseeeeee~!❤" Emilia moaned shamelessly, her voice breaking as her arms flew around Leon's head, pulling him tightly into her chest, burying his face between her trembling boobs.
Encouraged by her desperation, Leon grazed her sensitive nipple lightly with his teeth.
*Bite*
Her reaction came instantly.
"Anhhhhhh~❤ O-Oh my god~1 S-Something is—C-Cumminggggggggg~!❤" Emilia screamed, her back arching violently as her whole body began to shake like crazy, it was as if she is cumming for the first time.
*Squirrrrrt!*
A sharp stream of warm, slick arousal shot through her soaked panties and splashed against the floor with a wet slap.
Leon pulled back from her chest, licking his lips. "Tsk... How dare you cum before me? Looks like your naughty pussy needs to be punished," he spoke playfully, his hands snapping back to her breasts.
He grabbed both of her stiff, swollen nipples and gave them a sharp tug, stretching them upwards.
"Ahhhhhhh~❤ N-Nooooooo~!❤" Emilia wailed, trembling as another wave of orgasmic pleasure surged through her. More of her juices spilled from her panties, dripping down her thighs uncontrollably.
Leon chuckled. "Wow... You really are a filthy little slut hiding behind that wise mask of yours, aren't you?" he teased, before grabbing her face with both hands.
*Pull*
*CHUUUUUU*
He yanked her head forward and crashed his mouth against hers, his tongue thrusting deep into her mouth in a messy, hungry kiss. Their tongues tangled wildly, wet and desperate, swirling together with lewd slaps and moans.
As they kissed, Leon's hands slid down her body, tugging her gown further down. One hand trailed over her slick, soaked panties, pressing against the heat between her legs, rubbing her pulsing pussy through the thin fabric.
Her skin was hot—feverish—and smooth under his palms. Leon's fingers traced down to her ass, slipping underneath and grabbing both cheeks firmly.
*SQUEEZE*
He gripped them hard, fingers sinking deep into the thick, jiggling flesh. The squeeze was so intense that Emilia's heels left the ground—she went up on her toes instantly, overwhelmed by the sensation.
"Mmnnhhhfff~!❤" she tried to moan, but Leon's tongue kept her mouth stuffed and sealed. The only sounds escaping were muffled whimpers and breathless gasps.
He kept squeezing, kneading her thick ass like he was molding it to fit his hands, each squeeze pulling another moan from deep in her chest.
*SQUEEZE*
Her body trembled with every touch. Her soaked panties clung to her like a second skin, showing off every curve, every outline of her dripping slit.
After the deep kiss and fondling countinued for the next two minutes, Leon finally let go of her mouth.
"Y-You... are a beast." Emilia spoke as her eyes barely opened from continuously cumming and feeling very light headed.
"Don't get to appreciations so fast, Darling." Leon spoke as he immediately slapped her ass cheek and turned her around.
"Anhhhh~❤" Emilia moaned as she felt arousal with just Leon's slap.
"Bend down... I have to check what's wrong with your leaking pussy." Leon spoke with a smile as he hooked both of his fingers into her panty and pulled them down to her ankles at once.
Leon then noticed the smooth, no pubic hairs, thick pussy in front of him and without any further wait... He locked his arms around her lower back and started sucking her pussy.
"Ohhhhhhhh~❤" Emilia's eyes got crossed as soon as she felt Leon's tongue licking her pussy lips furiously.
Her lips turned into 'O' shape and her back arched like crazy.
"Place your hands on the wall and try not to cum." Leon spoke with with a smile as he went back to sucking her pussy.
*Suck-Suck-Suck-Suck-Suck*
"B-But... T-The Annnhhhh~❤ wall is over Annnhhhh~❤ there." Emilia spoke as she pointed towards the closest wall.
"Well then... Go on start walking. You don't want to fall down while cumming do you ?" Leon asked with a smile as he started licking her clit.
"Anhhhhh~❤ N-No... Anhhh~❤ I feel something-" Before she could've completed her sentence, Leon stopped licking her clit.
"You are not cumming this easily..." Leon spoke with a smile as he went back to sucking on her pussy lips.
"Y-You can't do this to me..." Emilia spoke as she looked at Leon.
"Oh... You are inside my dungeon now and in here, I do whatever I want to do with girls like you.
So, better start moving or..." Leon spoke as he immediately gave another lick on her clit.
*Lick*
"Anhhhhhhh~❤ Nooooo~ I-I will start moving." Emilia spoke as she took a step forward and felt Leon's face rubbing against her thighs and his tongue grinding against her pussy lips without any rest.
*Lick-Lick-Lick-Lick*
Emilia took another step and as soon as she took the step, her pussy lips opened up.
Leon didn't miss the opportunity and immediately rammed his tongue into her pussy.
*Rub-Rub*
He then started rubbing the inside the office her pussy with his tongue.
"O-Oh noooo~❤" Emilia moaned as she tightened her thighs around Leon's face but Leon immediately pulled his tongue out of her pussy and started kissing her pussy lips once again.
"L-Leon... Y-You are torturing me." Emilia spoke as she looked at Leon.
"Fine, Fine... If you touched that wall. I will make you cum like a crazy whore slut that you will never be able to forget." Leon spoke with a smile as he looked at Emilia.
Emilia looked at the wall and took another step towards it.
-x-X-x-
*SLAP-SLAP-SLAP-SLAP-SLAP-SLAP-SLAP*
Emilia's back is up-against the wall, with one of her leg over Leon's shoulder and his cock is pounding her pussy mercilessly.
"Anhhhhh~❤ Anhhhhhhh~ ❤ Anhhhhhh~❤ Anhhhh~❤ Anhhhh~❤"
"You like that huh ?" Leon asked with a smile as he slapped her boobs.
*SLAP-SLAP*
"Anhhhh~❤ Yesss Yess Yess... I love it~❤" Emilia shouted as she immediately kissed Leon and started sucking on his tongue.
*Chuuuuuuuuuuu*
"Fuck!!! I am cumming." Leon spoke as he immediately grabbed her waist tightly and pulled her in.
"Anhhhhh~❤ Anhhhh~❤ Mee toooo~" Emilia shouted as her eyes started flickering like crazy.
*Slap-Slap-Slap-Slap*
"Take this..." Leon spoke as he grabbed her ass-cheeks tightly and released his thick semen inside her pussy.
"Anhhhhhhhhhhh~❤" Emilia moaned loudly as her legs started shaking and she also squirted at the same time, releasing a fountain of cum out of her pussy.
"Y-Your cum is filling up my insides... I-I can feel it rushing upto my womb❤" Emilia spoke as she hugged Leon tightly and felt his cum crawling up her pussy.
"Well... We are going to go for another rou-" before Leon could've completed his sentence, he felt Emilia's body loosing balance.
"Hmm...?" As soon as he looked at her, he noticed that Emilia has gone unconscious.
'Well... It was her first time having real sex, but it's a good thing that she remained conscious until I came.' Leon thought with a smile as he immediately picked her up in his arms.
"Elis." Leon called out.
*Swish*
"Master." Elis immediately appeared in front of him.
"Make a bed for her." Leon ordered.
"As you wish, Master." Elis replied as she raised her hand and a stone bed rose up from the ground.
"Let her sleep." Leon replied with a neutral expression as he looked at Elis.
"As you command, Master." Elis replied as she immediately moved her bed to the other side of the room.
"What time is it, Elis ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"It's been three hours since we had our last talk, Master." Elis replied with a neutral expression.
"Ah... I did so many things with her body that I completely forgot about time. Bring me my clothes Elis." Leon ordered.
"Here master." Elis replied as she immediately raised both of her hands towards Leon and his clothes appeared in them.
"You have become really useful, Elis." Leon replied with a smile as he took the clothes and started wearing them.
"Master... Please wait." Elis spoke as she stopped him from wearing the clothes.
"What ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Please stand straight for a moment, Master." Elis spoke with a smile.
"Okay..." Leon replied as he stopped wearing the clothes.
Elis slowly moved her hand upwards and all the moisture inside the room formed a thin layer around Leon's body.
It moved around his whole body with an incredible speed, cleaning most of his body in just a few seconds.
Elis waved her hand once again and warm winds dried up all the remaining water on Leon's body.
"Do you feel better now, Master ?" Elis asked with a smile.
"Where did you learn to do that ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Madam Selene and Madam Elaine asked me to do this to them, Master. I thought you will like it as well." Elis spoke with a smile as she looked at Leon.
"Good work, Elis." Leon replied as he walked upto her and patted on her head.
*Pat-Pat-Pat*
"T-Thank you, master." Elis smiled as she clearly enjoyed the pats, even though she couldn't feel them.
"Now... I will be leaving the dungeon and won't be back for some time, maybe some days or something weeks.
Tell Mom and Selene not to worry about me when they wake up. I would've told them myself, but they must be sleeping right now.
Try not to use all of your mana, since I won't be around to fill it up, you understand ?" Leon asked as he looked at Elis.
"I understand, Master." Elis replied with a neutral expression as she looked at Leon.
"Good..." Leon spoke as he disappeared immediately.
...
Eighteenth Floor,
*Swish*
Leon re-appeared on the Dark Elfs' floor and noticed that all of them are sleeping peacefully on their stone beds.
But as soon as he turned around, Fruela was bowing down to him.
"Master." Fruela spoke in a low voice.
"When did you !?" Leon asked with a surprised expression as he looked at Fruela.
"I woke up-"
"Shhh..." Leon immediately stopped her from speaking as he placed his hand over her shoulder and both of them disappeared.
....
Fifteenth Floor,
*Swish*
Leon and Fruela re-appeared on the fifteenth floor.
"Okay... Fruela, I am going to leave the dungeon and won't be back for days or weeks.
So you have to take care of everything here. Do you understand ?" Leon asked with a neutral expression.
"But... I want to come with you master. I swore to protect you with my life, Sir." Fruela spoke with a serious expression as she looked at Leon.
"I know you did and that's why I am leaving to protect the one thing that I hold very close to my heart, this dungeon.
Keep it safe and the people inside it. Don't worry... I will be-" Before Leon could've completed his sentence, He felt something behind him.
Leon immediately turned around and noticed Dusk slowly sneaking inside the room.
"Is something wrong master ?" Fruela asked as she looked at the door with a confused expression.
"Dusk... Where have you been for the last four days ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Hahaha... Master, you see. It's my mating season and that's why I had to go deep into the forest in order to search for a suitable partner." Dusk replied in a little embarrassed tone as he revealed himself to Fruela.
"You went out to fuck in such a cold weather ?" Leon asked with a smile.
"Yes, master. This is best time for Shadow Velmoras to reproduce." Dusk replied immediately.
"Well... If you are done mating, get ready. We are moving out soon." Leon replied with a neutral expression.
"Where are we going, master ?" Dusk asked with a confused expression.
"I don't know." Leon replied with a neutral expression.
"I-I see..." Dusk replied in low tone as he looked at Leon.
"Master... You can leave dusk here and take me." Fruela spoke with a worried expression as she looked at him.
"No... He is not strong enough to do the work that I am giving you. So, stay here Fruela." Leon replied with a serious expression.
"A-As you command, Master." Fruela replied with a sad expression.
"Well... That was hurtful." Dusk spoke in a low voice as he looked at Leon.
"Let's go dusk... I have to pick up a few things in the way." Leon spoke as he walked upto dusk.
"But master... I don't think any shops will be open in the kingdom. It's still very early morning." Dusk spoke as he looked at Leon with a confused expression.
"Well it's a good thing that I don't want to pick up things from the shops." Leon spoke as he placed his hand over Dusk's back and both of them disappeared immediately.
...
*Swish*
Both of them immediately appeared right outside the dungeon and noticed that it was still very dark, snow is falling down and air is very chilly.
"Well... Isn't the weather lovely." Leon spoke with a smile as he looked at Dusk.
"I think so too... Master." Dusk replied with a smile as he immediately sat down in front of Leon.
"Hup..." Leon immediately jumped on his back and noticed that his fur was really warm.
"Where are we going, Master ?" Dusk asked as he stood up and started walking towards the vinceral forest's exit.
"Beastkin's village. I have some bills due there." Leon replied with a smile.
"Yes master." Dusk replied as he immediately started running through the snow as if he is walking on a plain surface.
"Wow... Dusk you are running faster than a white walker." Leon spoke with a smile as he felt Dusk's speed was so much faster than Justin's White walker.
"White walker ? You mean those stupid big white horses master ?" Dusk asked as he continued to run forward.
"Yeah... Those stupid white horses." Leon replied with a smile as he felt Dusk's speed increasing.
"You can compare me to a rock master... But please don't compare me to those stupid horses.
I will show you the difference between me and those stupid white horses... THUNDER STEPS." Dusk spoke as he immediately activated his skill and suddenly his fur started glowing brightly blue.
*Swish*
Dusk's speed increased so much for a second that everything started to blur out, but he stopped running immediately.
"What happened ?" Leon asked with a confused expression as he cleared the snow from his eyelids.
"We are here, Master." Dusk spoke as sat down on the ground.
"What the-!?" As soon as Leon opened his eyes properly, he noticed that they were really on the gate of the beastkin's village.
-x-X-x-
Leon jumped down from Dusk's back and looked at him with a smile.
"You are really strong, but lazy as well." Leon spoke as a smirk appeared over his face.
"That's true master... If I weren't this lazy, the humans would've been using me instead of that stupid horse." Dusk replied as he looked at Leon with a smile.
"That's true." Leon replied with a smile as he started walking towards the house that was built outside the village.
But this time the house looked bigger and better than last time. It was made out of premium wood, unlike the cheap wood and it was huge in size too.
"She really made a big house." Leon spoke with a smile as he walked upto the gates and knocked twice.
*Knock-Knock*
"Who is at the door this early ? Someone better be dead or I am scratching someone's face." A female's sound came from inside.
*Click*
The gates opened up and a small beastkin girl looked at Leon with a confused expression.
"Hello, Ellie." Leon spoke with a smile as he took a step back and his face came into light.
"M-Mr. Leon... I-I greet you, Sir." Ellie spoke as she immediately bowed down to Leon.
"I am here to collect my money, hope you haven't used all of it." Leon spoke with a smile.
"I will not dare to, Sir. Please come in." Ellie spoke as she immediately invited Leon inside the house.
Leon entered inside the house and dusk followed him in his cat form.
As soon as he entered inside, Leon noticed that there was no one inside the house.
"Where are your brothers and mother ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"They are in the kingdom, Sir. Preparing the ingredients for creame puffs. We have bought a place there since it was really troublesome to make them here and transport them there.
They are only preparing the ingredients, Since only I will be making them.
Here... Please have a taste." Ellie spoke as she came out of the kitchen with a warm cup of tea and two creame puffs in the plate.
"How did you make tea so fast ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Oh... I was making it for myself, Sir but I will make more. I just want you to taste it.... Since we are also selling tea with the creame puffs now." Ellie spoke with a smile as she looked at Leon.
"Ah... I see." Leon spoke as he grabbed the cup and took a sip from the tea.
The taste of the tea was heavenly, it was so good that Leon took another sip and another sip without stopping until it was finished.
As soon as he finished the tea, notifications started popping in front of him.
[You have recovered stamina.]
[You have recovered stamina.]
...
'As expected of her... Her food is enchanted with magic.' Leon thought with a smile.
"Was it good, Sir ?" Ellie asked with a hesitated expression.
"Oh... It was perfect. They must be making a fortune no ?" Leon asked with a smile.
"Ah... Please wait a second. I will be back in a second." Ellie spoke as she immediately went upstairs.
'Where did she go ?' Leon thought with a confused expression as he continued to wait for the next one minute but when Ellie didn't come down, Leon stood up from the chair.
"Ellie... Are you alright ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
*Thud-Thud-Thud-Thud*
Suddenly, a loud thudding sound started coming from the stairs.
"What the-!?" Before Leon could've gone there, he saw Ellie dragging a very big and heavy bag down the stairs with all her efforts.
"These... are your coins, Sir." Ellie spoke as she struggled to drag the bag down.
Leon immediately walked upto her and helped her bring the bag the down.
"I-I will bring the other five bags Immediately." Ellie spoke as she started going up.
"Hey, wait... Why didn't you converted the coins into gold coins ? You would've had an easy time carrying them." Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Umm... Those are gold coins, Sir." Ellie spoke with a neutral expression.
"What !?" Leon asked with a shocked expression as he immediately opened the bag and noticed that it was stuffed with golden coins to the top.
"How many of them are inside ?" Leon asked with a confused and shocked expression.
"About eight hundred coins, Sir." Ellie replied with a neutral expression.
"...and I have five other bags of this ?" Leon asked with a serious expression.
"Y-Yes... Is something wrong, Mr. Leon ?" Ellie asked with a worried expression.
"No... It's just, how much are you selling a day ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"About three thousand creame puffs are sold to normal people and about seven thousand creame puffs are sold to the Adventurer's Guild, Sir.
Then there is tea as well, we have priced it at the same price as the creame puffs and they sell at a very good price as well." Ellie replied with a neutral expression.
"Why the Adventurer's Guild purchasing so many Creame Puffs ?" Leon asked with a confused expression.
"Ah yes, at first the guild master suggested to sell him the recipe of the creame puffs but I told him that it wasn't mine to give and that's when he gave me the contract of seven thousand creame puffs per month.
He said something about adventurers buying it because they don't like the normal mana potions but I couldn't understand what he meant." Ellie replied with a confused expression.
'Of course... They replenish mana and give cooldown. Why won't they give it to their adventurers to attract more in order to join them.' Leon thought with a neutral expression.
"They are selling four coppers a piece exclusively to their adventurers. I mean they are in loss aren't they ?" Ellie added with confused expressions.
"Of course they are... More adventurers will join them because they will be getting the creame puff one copper cheaper and more adventurers means more guild tax for them.
A brilliant move." Leon spoke with a smile.
"Ah... So that's how it is." Ellie spoke with an understanding nod.
"Where are the bags ? I will just take them myself." Leon spoke as he looked at Ellie.
"Oh... That would be a huge help. Please follow me, Sir." Ellie spoke as she started walking upstairs.
Leon started following her upstairs without wasting another second.
In just a bit both of them reached onto the second floor. Five bag full of gold coins were stacked up against the wall.
"Nice." Leon spoke with a smile as he immediately walked upto the bags and touched them one by one.
"Store... Store... Store... Store... Store..."
Since the bags were under the weight limit, he stored all of them in his inventory.
"You know, Mr.Leon... I don't really care about all the money I earned using the creame puffs or the Tea." Ellie spoke with a smile as she looked at Leon.
"Hmm...?" Leon looked at her with a confused smile.
"The only thing that I wanted to earn was the respect that my family deserved and now no one in this whole village calls me a whore's daughter or my mother a whore.
That's all because of you, Mr. Leon and I will stay indebted to you forever for this." Ellie spoke as she immediately went down on both of her knees and placed her head on the ground in order to show her deep respect for Leon.
"No need for that Ellie... I just have you a simple recipe. It's all your work. Now, I have to leave... take care and say hi to your mother for me." Leon spoke with a smile as he patted her head started going down the stairs.
"I understand, Sir." Ellie spoke as she followed Leon downstairs and bid him farewell as he left the house.
"Wow... That creame puff idea turned out to be hundred times better than I thought." Leon spoke as a big smile spread across his face.
"Where to now, Master ?" Dusk asked with a confused expression as he turned back into his orginal form.
"Wait a second..." Leon spoke as he started looking at the ground with a confused expression.
"Ah here." After looking for a while he picked up a wooden stick.
"Hmm...?" Dusk looked at the stick with a confused expression.
"Show me the way." Leon spoke in a low voice.
A faint golden glow covered the stick for a second and then disappeared.
Leon then opened the map that Rees have him and looked at the 'X' mark on the map.
He then placed the stick on the ground and let it fall down freely.
*Thud*
The stick fell over the snow covered ground, pointing towards south.
"We will go south." Leon spoke with a smile.
"As you command, Master." Dusk spoke as he immediately sat down allowing Leon to sit on his back.
*Hup*
Leon immediately jumped on his back and started running towards the south.
-x-X-x-
Dusk thundered across the snow-covered plains, his paws kicking up white dust as he galloped toward the southern border of the Human Kingdom. Atop his back sat Leon, his expression calm and unreadable, his eyes lost in quiet thought.
Though the sky was growing brighter, a curtain of dark clouds still loomed over the twin suns, casting a dim shadow over the snowy expanse. The snowfall had ceased, but the world remained cloaked in cold silence.
Leon slowly lifted his hand and balanced a thin wooden stick upon his palm. Releasing his grip ever so slightly, he allowed the stick to begin falling southward—but before it could tumble completely, he caught it again.
'Still south.' Leon thought for a second before opening the map.
'A forest in front of a white-dotted lake... But why is the forest drawn upside-down? And what are these white dots in the lake?' Leon narrowed his eyes in confusion, studying the strange map markings with growing curiosity.
Screech—!
"What the-!?"
Dusk came to an abrupt halt, jerking Leon from his concentration.
Sniff-Sniff
"Master... Blood. A very strong stench—it's coming from that direction," Dusk said, his voice grim as his gaze fixed on a distant wooden gate.
Etched in faded, weatherworn letters above the gate were the words:
"Truvale Checkpost."
Leon read the sign aloud with a flat tone as he tucked the map back into his inventory and slid down from Dusk's back.
"I can feel it, Master... death. Thick and heavy in the air. Thousands have been killed here," Dusk muttered, his fur bristling as if gripped by invisible dread.
"I heard the rumors... A monster wave tore through this place days ago," Leon replied, his tone still neutral as he stepped toward the gate.
The moment he crossed the threshold, the foul stench hit him like a hammer.
*Sniff*
"Fucking hell... What is wrong with this smell?" Leon coughed, yanking out his handkerchief and pressing it against his nose.
"The cold's preserving the bodies. That's why the stench hasn't spread further. Had this happened in another season, the entire kingdom would be choking on it," Dusk explained, his voice low.
As they entered deeper into the checkpost, rows of bodies came into view—lined up, covered in white cloth, stretching across both sides of the ruined outpost.
'This is a massacre... Just like Justin said, they lied about the monsters. Not a single monster corpse is in sight,' Leon thought, walking toward one of the shrouded bodies. With a slow hand, he lifted the frozen cloth.
"Fucking hell..." he muttered, his eyes shutting briefly at the sight before him.
The corpse was butchered. Her stomach torn open, heart ripped out, limbs mangled, and her lower jaw crushed beyond recognition. She had once been a woman—now, she was nothing more than a horror frozen in time.
Leon gently pulled the cloth back over her, covering the grisly sight.
"What the hell could do something like this?" he asked, his tone tight as he turned to Dusk.
Sniff-Sniff
"I don't know, Master... But I still smell fresh blood. It's coming from over there," Dusk said, already padding toward the other side of the outpost.
Leon followed—and froze.
An elven corpse lay sprawled in the snow, a gleaming golden bow clutched in his hands. The sight triggered a flicker of recognition in Leon's eyes.
"This guy..." Leon stepped forward, his eyes narrowed.
"You know him, Master?" Dusk asked.
"The third son of Freya Virellium... Serandor Virellium, if I remember correctly," Leon said, inspecting the mutilated corpse.
"The elf prince? The one you fought at Eagle's Eye Checkpost?" Dusk's tone was tinged with disbelief.
"Yes." Leon's voice grew tense.
'What the hell could do this to an elf prince? And what was he even doing here?' Leon wondered, his eyes scanning Serandor's ravaged body.
"Master... more elf corpses," Dusk called from farther ahead.
Leon strode over and stopped cold.
Hundreds of elven soldiers lay dead, their bodies strewn in chaotic patterns. Blood stained the snow beneath them.
"We should leave, Master. Staying here isn't safe," Dusk warned.
"I can't agree more with you, Dusk." Leon spoke with a serious expression. "Just give me a second."
He ran back to Serandor's body and knelt beside him, eyeing the exquisite bow.
"This won't be of any use to you anymore," Leon said as he gripped the bow. But Serandor's fingers were frozen tight around the string.
"Let go of the bow... motherfucker," Leon muttered, yanking with full strength.
Snap—!
The taut string sliced clean through the elf's frozen hand as Leon pried the bow free.
The moment he did, the runes and embedded gems across the bow shimmered to life—glowing with ethereal light.
[Aren't you ashamed of yourself? Stealing from a corpse?]
A voice echoed in Leon's mind, stern and disdainful.
"Hmm...?" Leon turned, scanning his surroundings.
[What are you looking around for, stupid kid? Not like you can hear me anyway. Why am I even talking to you.
Just don't sell me to some cheap—]
"Is that you talking?" Leon interrupted, staring at the bow.
[W-What?! You can hear me?!]
"I can."
[But... that's impossible. No one has ever been able to hear me.]
"I'm hearing you and wondering, why can a bow speak ?"
[I am no ordinary bow, kid. I am a Divine Artifact. My name is Killian, the Fourth High Judgement.]
"That's a long name," Leon smirked, and activated his skill.
[Name: Killian]
[Type: Divine Artifact]
[Rank: SS]
[Title: {The Fourth High Judgement}]
[Description: Killian is one of the seven divine artifacts scattered across the world after the death of Goddess Ikola. Only those with pure and courageous hearts can wield the full power of Killian.]
'An SS-ranked weapon?! So this is what he was using to fire those enchanted arrows back at Eagle's Eye Checkpost...' Leon thought in shock.
[You can talk to me... but you can't use me, kid. I sense selfishness in you. You care only for yourself and those you love. Just like my previous owner.]
"Who wants to use a talking bow?" Leon said flatly. "I'll just trade you for food."
[W-What?! Trade me?! For food?! I am a Divine Artifact! You should be groveling to please me! Try to amuse me and I might let you use me for—]
Leon cut the bow off mid-sentence—by stuffing it straight into his inventory.
"Try to amuse a bow... what a joke." He scoffed. "Maybe Gerald can dismantle it and use the parts to upgrade Nyxter."
Without another glance, he returned to Dusk and climbed onto his back.
Once more, he placed the guiding stick on his palm. It tilted downward—toward the south.
"We will keep going south, Dusk," Leon ordered calmly.
"Yes, Master." Dusk replied as he started running south once again.