Chapter 365: 365
After Leo had gone past Erin and the mysterious man, he wanted to give enough time for them to do what they wanted to do . He had no business with Pure, or at least he thought he had no business with Pure . So he gathered that perhaps they were just curious about the newly built Dojo or who was running the shelter .
Maybe, they were even going to Taz to try to recruit him over to the Pure's side . Still, just in case, Leo decided he would circle around and come from a different direction and would do some spying of his own . Doing a short wrap around in a circle back around to his place wouldn't take long .
But when he started to walk from the other side, a sweet smell had entered his nose, a scent so strong that it felt like a strongly scented flower was placed right in front of his nose . He had never smelt such a thing before . Then, the pains in his stomach had returned . These were enough clues for him to figure out what it was . It was blood . . .
He immediately started to dash forward, and the smell had grown stronger as he got closer . When he stood in front of the red doors, he instantly knew where it was coming from . He didn't even need to use his ability to see, as the strong smell was leading him all the way there .
As he quickly kicked open the doors, he heard Erin crying, but didn't care for that right now .
Erin, one second suddenly saw Leo in front of her through her watery eyes, then the next it felt like a gust of wind had passed her face as her hair flicked back . When she looked in front, no one was there .
From outside, Erin had heard a loud crash that sounded like an explosion had gone off, and then shortly after, there was another one . Turning her head, all she could see was a large hole had been made in the Dojo, and further down the line, dust and debris could be seen from the outer wall .
When Leo had entered the Dojo, he was focused on one thing only . Not even allowing a single millisecond to pass, Leo didn't draw the sword from his scabbard and just hit the large man in front of him with his full strength .
Quickly rushing into the Dojo room, Erin could see Leo standing above a man who laid there on the floor . His teeth were missing, his fingernails were bloody, and one of his ears had been cut off .
The man slowly opened up his swollen eyes to see Leo standing above him .
"Sir…r . r . r" Taz said in a shaky voice . His mouth and lips were busted and swollen, making it hard for him to speak . He went to try to grab onto Leo to pull himself up, but then realizing his hands were covered in blood, he refused to ruin Leo's clothes . He quickly pulled his hand away and tried to push himself off the floor, but it was useless .
"I…I . . I . Promise . . " Taz stuttered . "I . . I . . did…did . . not tell . . them . . anything . " With that, Taz had finally collapsed onto the floor .
"ERIN!" Leo shouted, "Take this man to the medical centre, quickly . " Leo then drew his blade from his sheath, the wave-like pattern shined in the sunlgiht .
"You wanted me to help you correct . Then I will get rid of the problem . "
Erin was frozen for a second; she didn't know what to do and never thought things would escalate so quickly .
'If it's a choice out of believing in Leo, or believing in Pure . ' She thought as she clenched her fist .
"Then, I will believe in you, Leo!" She shouted as she quickly picked up Taz from the ground with all her strength and ran out of the place .
"Now, the distraction is out of the way . I can deal with you . " Leo said .
There were two reasons Leo had asked for Erin to leave with Taz; the first was even though Taz looked severely injured and was passed out, he still wasn't dead as a heartbeat could still be heard . The second reason was that it took a lot of energy to fight the urge he had inside him . Something was pulling him towards Taz's body, and it wasn't his usual self .
Leo hated not being in control and would have to consider this for the future if he would go for a prolonged amount of time without blood .
James started to lift himself from the debris; part of the Dojo wall and the outer wall had fallen on him . It was a strong blow, and it felt like a cannonball had come out and hit him from his side, but his strong King Tier levelled armour had protected him well, as there wasn't a mark on him .
"Who the hell are you?" James said as he started to lift the sword from his back, but he could see a broad line of blue aura coming out towards him . Quickly, using all of his strength, he channelled it, lifting out his sword and managed to knock the strike away .
Soon after, more started to come his way, and James needed to concentrate, using every bit of his power in knocking them away .
'Isn't this…but how does he know…?' James thought .
He knew blocking them wasn't going to be enough, and he would have to strike back . Stepping to the side and running along the edge, he decided to block some and allow his opponent to hit him . He had strong armour so he could rely on it and go on like this for some time . But then, one of the strikes had hit him in the chest . Once again the force form the blow had sent him back, crashing into the wall .
When looking down at his chest, a large dent could be seen . Something that had never happened before . His King Tier armour had been damaged .
'Who is this guy . . . He is also using that . . . ' James had made a miscalculation . He was unaware that Leo had actually attacked him with the first attack while the blade was still in its scabbard . Now that it was out, it was a lot sharper than before .
'If I were to meet his sword head-on, I would be dead right now . '
With nothing else to lose, he had no choice . The air blade strikes continued to come forward . Instead of blocking them, he started to charge up the energy inside him .
Of course, through Leo's ability, he could see everything that was happening inside James's body . The energy was rising from his belly and was being transferred out sword to the sword . Then when James went for a swing of his own, a blade of blue aura, a bit larger, had come out and had utterly destroyed all of his .
As he left the Dojo, a strange feeling overcame over Leo . It was the first time James was seeing his attacker clearly .
'That's the blind man from before, is he the attacker?'
"Tell me!" Leo shouted . "Tell me now, how do you know how to use Qi?"
The words spoken by the blind man had only confirmed Jame's own thoughts . He had been using Qi this whole time . This was a skill that was taught to all the agents that went from Rank 6 to 20 . A secret that was not to be passed on, and at the same time, a reward for those who were trusted enough .
But this blind man in front of him, James had never seen before . Instead of answering his questions, James decided to respond with another large slash of his own .
The Qi attack was more powerful than Leo's due to the extra support from his weapon . His weapon was larger and focused more on power, while Leo's focused on speed and sharpness . Against well-armoured beasts, he would find it difficult, whereas Leo would have an easier time .
But Leo was a little unprepared, for he had none of his gear on, he had never expected an attack this soon while at home, and had only his blade was with him .
Seeing the large slash coming towards him, Leo didn't want to run away . The sight of Taz was still fresh in his mind . He placed his sword back in the sheath and started to concentrate his Qi, but not only this, he was adding something a little special to this attack this time .
As the attack drew close, he still hadn't moved . James was carefully keeping his eyes on the blind man, waiting for him to move or throw his next attack, knowing he needed to keep his distance .
Just as the large Qi strike was upon him, Leo unleashed his sword from his sheath at an amazing speed, and a Qi attack of his own came out . Still the same size as the previous ones, only this one was different . It was dyed in the red-blooded colour . As soon as it touched the large Qi source, it completely destroyed the attack, but something unexpected had happened after .
When James tried to look to dodge the Qi attack, he could see nothing, then slowly, his vision started to slant, until he could finally see the floor . Blood began to soak the floor where he stood, as his body was clearly cut in half .
The blooded slash was more powerful and faster than Leo had thought, like a lightning bolt as soon as it left its sheath, it had killed James .
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