"Grandfather, this isn"t what you are thinking," Hammath said. "We followed Leon. He didn"t make us enter the dungeon. He ordered us to stay behind."

"I didn"t come here because of that." Gurr declared. "I came here because it looks like he doesn"t care about the problems he may cause and keep on using mana indiscriminately."

"I see…" Leon closed his eyes and ma.s.saged his eyebrows. "We can"t help each other, but it looks like you don"t have any intention of overlooking my actions either. You don"t look that old, but I guess your brain aged… it doesn"t make any difference if I use mana or not. Many in the city above have even more mana than me, and they keep using… why don"t you try to stop them?"

"I can"t stop them; they are too numerous…" Gurr said. "But I can stop you and delay the evolution process of this world. If I delay it, even for a single minute, I"m fine with it."

"…Whatever," Leon sighed. "This will be a good session of training… but remember, I didn"t start the fight. So, don"t complain later about what will happen to your body once you die… I will give you a hint about what will happen. You will become an undead minion…"

"Despicable… you even have that kind of spell." Gurr looked at Leon, disgusted.

Gurr still wanted to fight, even after hearing that, then there was no reason to keep talking. So, Leon started to create his sharpest and most powerful Steel Spear. He wondered what would be the best method, turn Gurr into a zombie, or Seal his soul into one of his weapons.

"… I guess, soon, I will become a truly disgusting person."

If Leon was considering doing that so a living being that closely resembled a human, he noticed that he was on a dangerous path… Still, he couldn"t afford to spare the life of someone who wanted to kill him.

Leon wanted to create five spears to deal with those five warriors, but before he could even finish the first, Gurr attacked. As expected, the difference in years of fighting was too big… Leon didn"t even see Gurr moving. He just saw him hitting against Mana s.h.i.+eld. Gurr"s spear was blocked before it could even get close to Leon, but his target was clear… it was Leon"s heart. A single attack made Leon lose fifty points of his mana, and it decreased a little more when the others attacked with their respective weapons, which were two swords and two hammers.

"Mana s.h.i.+eld…"Gurr said, annoyed.

"So you do know… I guess I will play with you for a while." Leon said.

Leon still had some mana potions inside his magic box, so he decided to make good use of them. Gurr and his friends were, without a doubt, the most powerful enemy Leon had ever fought. He couldn"t even see him moving, after all. So, to win, Leon would have to use his brain. Besides, staying like that for a while wasn"t a bad idea.

Congratulations! The skill Mana s.h.i.+eld has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Mana s.h.i.+eld has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

Congratulations! The skill Mana s.h.i.+eld has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

"Thanks for the help. I really wanted to level up this skill a few more times." Leon smirked. " Can you keep that pace until it reaches level thirty?"

"Tch." Gurr bit his lips in annoyance.

Despite saying that, Leon had to use mana potions like there was no tomorrow. Still, little by little, he was putting his plan in action. Leon couldn"t see those five moving, but whenever they attacked the Mana s.h.i.+eld, Leon added some earth on their legs without letting them notice.

Although Leon"s status grew a lot in the last few days, the only moment he could act was when their attacks landed. Thanks to that, he had to wait for a few moments and used almost all his potions before he could do anything. Still, the preparations had been made, and when the time came, Leon cut off their legs by sharpening the earth.

"Ugh… how… with just this amount of earth…" Gurr fell and saw the clean-cut on his left leg.

"Grandfather! Stop it, Leon!" Hammath shouted.

"No can do… I can understand why they don"t want to help me, and I don"t care about that." Leon approached. "However, things change when they want to stop me from returning home."

While Leon was wasting time talking, Gurr and the four warriors got up. He didn"t know how, but they managed to slow down the bleeding. Since the cut had been so clean, they grabbed their foot, and they were obviously hoping to reattach them. Still, Leon wouldn"t wait for that. Now that they lost their mobility, Leon could attack them freely.

Leon used the remaining mana potions to fill his mana. He would need his mana full in order to finish them off using Magma Spear. Even without their mobility, they were too dangerous, and it wasn"t a good idea to approach them.

Before Leon could even aim, Hammath and Ava put themselves in front of Gurr and the others. Their weapons were on their hands, but they didn"t intend to use them to attack, they would use to block whatever Leon shots at them.

"This is enough." Ava glared at Leon.

"Please, Leon… don"t become an enemy." Hammath said. "Prove that you are different from those who locked us in this place."

"… I don"t have to prove anything to any of you." Leon said. "… But I will stop here. Remember, I could have killed all of you, but I didn"t, however, if you try to screw with me again. I will let a big chunk of that city fall on your village."