"Focus, focus... one problem at a time."

While Leon was away, it didn"t look like things changed all that much in New York. Several teams were patrolling the borders, and the survivors of the city were using new floodlights to illuminate the skies. At that point in time, it was safe to conclude that Willia, Sanchez, and Alisson decided to stay in the main building.

"This will end tonight... five days have pa.s.sed since they discovered my goals, I can"t give them any more time to do as they please or plot anything."

Leon didn"t know if the main building had any secret pa.s.sages or underground shelters. The only way to confirm that was to check the last floor; if William and the other two weren"t there, then they would be hidden under the main building. Leon couldn"t believe they would run while leaving their troops behind. Besides, not a single survivor would treat them as leaders ever again if they ran away from a single person.

Since they didn"t learn the lesson, Leon controlled an earth arrow, and once again, he destroyed all the floodlights. After that, he flew toward the main building and opened a hole in the wall of the meeting room, and as expected, they were there, since it was the largest room of the floor.

Leon saw dozens of archers and mages, William, Sanchez, Alisson, and two blond women on the floor. One of them was Sarah, who pa.s.sed out after being hit in the face. Leon could see several punch marks in her face... it looked like since she received quite the beating in the last few days. The other blond woman was Gisela; she was a mess; her clothes and body had suffered damage from fire, ice, and sharp objects. Her face was facing the floor, so Leon couldn"t see the damage she suffered, but he saw a pool of blood where her head was.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

"Fire!" William shouted.

Dozen of magic projectiles flew toward Leon, in a single moment, several explosions happened in midair where Leon was. A curtain of smoke formed, but the attackers didn"t stop. Every impact caused the noisy equivalent of a grenade when they hit the target. They kept attacking until their faces became white, and they ran out of mana. Eventually, the curtain of smoke disappeared, and in front of the Leon, they saw a steel wall.

Suddenly, above the steel wall, a fireball appeared. Little by little, a fireball grew until it became of the size of a car. Without even touching the flames, the steel wall began to melt until Leon lost control over it, and the melted steel fell. When the steel wall disappeared, the soldier saw Leon unscathed, even though he was close to the fireball, he looked pretty much fine; he wasn"t even sweating. But rather than that, the soldiers saw his cold, piercing eyes; he looked at every single one of them like ants that were about to be crushed.

"This will be your last chance... leave this place now, or I will kill every one of you and all the people who are related to you guys. I won"t repeat it..." Leon said.

Before Leon could even finish, half of the attackers had already left the meeting room. It didn"t take long before the place was almost empty. The only ones there were three directors, Sarah, Gisela, and Leon. Despite the fact that they lost their minions, William, Sanchez, and Alisson didn"t look that bothered. Soon, Leon understood why it was due to their weapons. Those weapons seemed to be of the same level as the Angelic bow. William had a pair of green gloves that emitted an energetic light. Sanchez had a golden s.h.i.+eld. Meanwhile, Alisson had two rings, a silver and a black one.

Ignoring what those could do, Leon made his fireball move, but he stopped when William raised Gisela"s body as if he would use her as a s.h.i.+eld. Then Leon saw it... Gisela"s fave covered in blood, and she had lost her remaining eye. William smirked when he saw Leon"s surprised face.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

"Why are you smiling?" Leon asked. "It looks like you are confident in your victory. I can"t imagine why you guys are so confident considering that you stayed in this building for the last five days instead of looking for me."

"We are confident in our victory," William said. "We just stayed here to mess with you... we just wanted to see the face you made a few seconds ago."

Leon sighed at that point in time; there was no need to hold back. He decided to put all his mana into that fireball and destroy the entire building and anyone in it. However, he stopped when he saw Gisela"s body slightly trembling.

"...Mas... ter..." Gisela murmured.

"I"m sorry, Gisela..." Leon bit his lips. "My choices made you suffer..."

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Rage has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Leon had been too naive... at the moment he saw William, Sanchez, and Alisson for the first time, he should have beat the c.r.a.p out of them. He didn"t that; it was his first mistake. His second mistake was to trust in Betty"s "friends"... in the end, he couldn"t get angry for his enemies using the opportunities he gave them. He could only get angry at his own stupid choices...