Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Although they were more or less on the same team now, everyone else aside from Betty didn't even look at Leon. Those six didn't do anything aside from sleep all day, they didn't train, and they didn't even check their equipment and weapons. They didn't even show their weapons to him...

"Well, they are quite a secretive bunch... but they are smart enough not to give any information to the newbie of the team."

Leon spent the day training at the beach, he got used to the silence and loneliness, but he didn't get used to the creepiness of being in a place with several people where not a single person recognized his existence.

"You are really skillful with earth magic," Betty said and sat by Leon's side while he was trying to create a golem made of sand. "You already an S rank in our organization, but it looks like you are the type who doesn't miss a single day of training."

"Well, when you live in a world where dragons can destroy cities in a matter of seconds, even an extra hour of training can save your life one day," Leon explained. "There is no absolute power for humans; you shouldn't slack off even you are one of the strongest in this organization."

Leon still had no idea how to emulate a defensive or support spell, so he decided to go for something more simple. His earth golems wouldn't be as near powerful as the golems he faced in Japan, but as long as they could buy him a few seconds, it would be more than enough... for the time being. Leon was satisfied with moving at baby steps, but he hated the feeling of stagnation.

"I know..."Betty said. "Anyway, I bet you are quite satisfied with being an S rank member in our organization while also being a man."

"Mmm? Ah... the benefits." Leon smirked. "Are you jealous, little Betty? Even though several years have passed since the time you dumped me?"

"Don't call me that..." Betty slightly punched Leon's stomach. "I didn't do that because I wanted to..."

"Of course not... you just did that because you got tired of your toy," Leon said. "After playing with my maiden's heart, you threw me away and..."

"Like always... you never take anything seriously." Betty sighed. "Anyway, don't dodge my question."

"... After all that happened, I don't feel like playing around with women." Leon said. "I have one maid, but I don't force her to do anything aside from cleaning the house and making food."

The truth was that Leon was too busy thinking about how to avoid a war, he also was busy with his daily practice, and because the holy sword was still sealed. Every morning he woke up and saw the blade unsheathed, but after a while, the seal returned... that being said, Leon would choose death over saying that to Betty.

"Is that so... what is her name?" Betty asked.

"Gisela," Leon answered.

"Ah... that girl from Germany," Betty made a complicated expression. "I heard what happened to her, but I also heard that she got better in the last few months. Is it because of you?"

"Who knows..." Leon answered.

"I saw her one, and she kind of reminded me of Sasha," Betty said.

"… Who?" Leon forced a frown.

"She was your best friend's neighbor," Betty explained. "She studied with us, and it looked like she had a crush on you."

"Who could have thought a scumbag like me was so popular in high-school?" Leon smirked.

"At least you are aware that you were a scumbag…" Betty said.

"… Anyway, Betty. What do you think of this mission?" Leon asked with a serious expression.

"This is your first rank S mission, and you are already questioning it?" Betty frown. "I don't like what we are doing, but we don't have other choices. To save Houston and Las Vegas, and we will need that relic."

"I understand the reason; I'm asking if you are fine solving a problem by causing another," Leon said. "Japan already doesn't like us after the death of their prince, and now we are doing something that will make us the enemy of entire North Europe."

"So, you knew about that," Betty said.

"There are rumors about it everywhere; I would say half of the population already believes it," Leon said.

"I wish there is another way, but as I said, there isn't." Betty bit her nails. "I faced those demons a few times, even though they are not as powerful as dragons and megalodons, they are dangerous in a different way. They mess with our minds, and they don't kill us just to eat us, they kill because they think it is fun. Demons are experts in decreasing the morale of any army since they torture their foes in the middle of a battle."

Leon frowned when he heard that, it looked like demons were quite smart… until now, Leon saw monsters that attacked humans to eat them, but demons did that because they felt pleasure doing so.

"Demons also heal pretty fast, unless you destroy their head and hearts at the same time, they are pretty much immortal," Betty added. "Although they are not much taller than humans, their flesh is much more sturdy. The best way to deal with them is by using light magic, and until now, only one weapon that has such powers has been found."

Leon nodded; it looked like light magic was considered to be like holy magic since it could kill demons easily. That was probably why it was being kept at Vatican City. The best way to kill demons was to use holy magic if Leon could learn it, perhaps they could avoid such an incident. Then again, he had no idea how to emulate such magic… the list of things Leon wanted to learn increased once again.