Chapter 1060: Seventh Branch Clan"s Grat.i.tude

Over a thousand bodies lay scattered across the central region of D Sector, some of which piled like mountains.

Leon stood at the center of it all and scanned the surroundings for any more foes. After confirming all his foes were dead, he started salvaging materials from the dead insects.

The insect materials slowly disappeared into his Worlds.p.a.ce one after the other.

Eventually, only the mutants" blackened corpses were left behind, along with some unsalvageable parts from the black ants and giant centipedes.

The blackened corpses were nothing more than sources of plague, carrying death and diseases after being corrupted by his Paragon-level Death Law.

Just as Leon prepared to reduce the blackened corpses to nothingness, Lord Rhuvek dragged his body over with a limping foot; his black armor was filled with scratches, but he seemed okay—for the most part, anyway.

Lord Rhuvek gazed at the blackened remains with surprise before asking, "These things are what"s left of the mutants, Lord Leon? Isn"t this… death power?"

"It is," Leon casually nodded before turning to look at Lord Rhuvek. "Do you have something against people that wield the Death Law, Lord Rhuvek?"

"Well… no, not at all, Lord Leon. I wouldn"t want to be on the bad side of one, is all," Lord Rhuvek answered wryly before adding, "Besides that, this death power is very damaging to D Sector"s environment…"

"Yeah, I was just about to remove them," Leon casually stated before waving his hand over the blackened corpses.

A wave of destruction swept past them and reduced everything into ashes, which was further reduced into fine atoms that could not be perceived with mortal eyes a few moments later.

It almost appeared as if the blackened corpses disappeared into nothingness.

All the death power disappeared along with them.

"This power… this is the Destruction Law?" Lord Rhuvek"s eyes widened.

He was given a greater shock by the discovery. Shortly after, the gaze he used to look at Leon became even more respectful and fearful.

"This is unbelievable. Lord Leon looks no older than twenty, but you"ve accomplished so much at a young age. Your talents are simply overflowing, Lord Leon," Lord Rhuvek smiled wryly.

Thinking about the sheer quant.i.ty of materials possibly gained in this battle, Lord Rhuvek wasn"t so sure whether Lord Leon would still be interested in trading with his city.

"About the trade…"

"You don"t have to worry about that, Lord Rhuvek," Leon smiled and said, "I am still interested in trading with your city, and preferably a long-term one. This much material won"t be enough to sate my appet.i.te.

"That"s great to hear," Lord Rhuvek heaved a sigh of relief before saying, "Please excuse me first, Lord Leon. I need to clean up the battlefield and make arrangements for my people. Once I am done, I will thank you properly."

"You"re too polite, Lord Rhuvek. Please go ahead and do what you need to do," Leon calmly said.

Lord Rhuvek nodded.

Shortly after, Lord Rhuvek left to instruct the platoon of dark elves to work on the cleanup process and map as much of D Sector as it was safe for them to do so.

Although Leon had taken away most of the Paragon-level insects for their materials, much of their acidic blood had been splattered over a large area of D Sector.

Lord Rhuvek and the dark elves cared much for the spirit plants and wanted to preserve much of the environment in D Sector as much as possible.

Given the dangers of the D Sector, Lord Rhuvek would have prioritized the safety of his people over the environment.

However, the dark elves all felt at ease with Leon around.

Nevertheless, as the dark elves were busy saving the environment, Rains.h.i.+ne returned to Leon"s side in a dirty state as her white furs were stained by insect blood.

Leon summoned a tub of water and gave her a quick rinse with some cleansing spirit herbs before she was sparkling clean again.

Although they shared a master-subordinate relations.h.i.+p, Leon thoroughly treated Rains.h.i.+ne like one of his pets.

Once that was done, Leon toured around D Sector and looked at the various spirit herbs it had to offer. They were mostly tier-4 spirit herbs that were on the verge of becoming tier-5 spirit herbs.

However, Leon suspected that there might actually be some tier-5 spirit herbs in D Sector.

After all, D Sector"s conditions were much better than the first three sectors. It must have been why there were so many Paragon-level insects gathered on D Sector compared to the other three sectors.

That being said, Leon did not harvest any of the spirit herbs. He simply took some seeds from the spirit herbs he didn"t have and planted them in the Worlds.p.a.ce.

Three hours later, Lord Rhuvek and the dark elves finished their business in D Sector. The post-battle cleanup was done, and roughly two-fifths of D Sector had been mapped. Even a few ant nests and centipede tunnels were located.

However, the dark elves did not dare to approach within six hundred yards of them.

A few moments later, Lord Rhuvek and the dark elf platoon gathered in front of Leon orderly and expressed their grat.i.tude with a bow of respect.

"Thank you, Lord Leon. Thanks to you, we"ve completed what would have been an impossible mission. Furthermore, we did not suffer a single casualty on this trip," Lord Rhuvek said with sincerity.

"As the Dark Elf Clan"s seventh branch clan"s leader, I cannot thank you enough. The seventh branch clan is indebted to you. So long as I am the city lord of Seventh Shelter, you will always be welcome within our walls as our friend and great benefactor."

"You are being too polite, Lord Rhuvek. Please raise your head," Leon gestured with his hand before saying, "I have my own agendas for helping your clan out."

"Even so, I still wish to show you how grateful we are," Lord Rhuvek argued stubbornly as he remained in a bowing position with a fist-palm salute.

"You didn"t just help us eliminate the mutants; you also helped us open up half of D Sector, something we"ve been unable to do for thousands of years."