Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

Although Leon always would sleep for a full day after staying one week straight awake, he woke up exactly four hours later. His biological clock and worried forced him to wake up at that moment, but he still felt refreshed after that nap.

"Did I lose something?" Leon asked.

"Yes, the half-mithril people recovered their vehicles while you were sleeping," Celsius said. "We tried to wake you up, but your snores nullified the sound of our voices."

"For real?!" Leon shouted and then got up, but then he found the fallen vehicles at the same place.

"What a silly joke, Celsius," Volt said. "You don't have to worry about that kind of situation, Leon. We don't have to sleep, and even if we decided to sleep, the chances of all us doing that at the same time are null. The only ones who like to sleep here are Undine, Sylph, and Gnome. Putting such matters aside, we can use your mana even without your permission. So, if something happens, we can wake you up using our elemental magic."

"Oh! That is... good to know." Leon said, excitedly but then soon, he became scared.

It was a terrifying thought to wake while being burned, electrocuted, or drowning. Regardless, Leon would probably be able to sleep a little more soundly after hearing that... or maybe not.

Until now, Leon managed to keep his presence and identity hidden, but it looked like things were about to change. Instead of three flying vehicles, he found only a single and massive one approaching.

"I see... so they want to recover their vehicles by using something more physical. They sure are a cautious bunch... can't they just build other vehicles? It shouldn't be a fast process, but still..."

Leon's theory was right. That massive flying vehicle was like a gigantic copy of the ones he attacked before, and from it, hundreds of soldiers appeared and put themselves around the terrain in order to secure it. After the perimeter had been secured, a small group of mithril people also left the vehicle. They looked far less buffy, but Leon noticed that their entire arms were actually a mithril prosthesis. They also had helmets that seemed quite hi-tech and apparently were made of mithril. Leon wasn't sure because he was using Mana Concealment.

Trined

Health: 3000/3000

Mana: 15000/15000

Stamina: 1000/1000

Strength: 359

Dexterity: 2586

Speed:312

Active Skills: Mana Bullet Lv 350, Mana Bomb Lv 310, Mana Arrow Lv 350, Mana Cannon Lv 380, Mana Armor Lv 380, Mana Shield Lv 310

Passive Skills: Wind Resistance Lv 220, Fire Resistance Lv 240, Earth Resistance Lv 210, Thunder Lv 200, Ice Resistance Lv 200

Amphos

Health: 2900/2900

Mana: 14000/14000

Stamina: 1000/1000

Strength: 333

Dexterity: 2652

Speed: 333

Active Skills: Mana Bullet Lv 340, Mana Bomb Lv 300, Mana Arrow Lv 340, Mana Cannon Lv 380, Mana Armor Lv 380, Mana Shield Lv 300

Passive Skills: Wind Resistance Lv 210, Fire Resistance Lv 250, Earth Resistance Lv 220, Thunder Lv 210, Ice Resistance Lv 210

It was kind of depressing to see the mages of another species and confirm that they had more health than Leon, even though they looked much frailer. Their status was pretty much the same, and their bodies too, it became clear that they weren't soldiers, perhaps researchers and Leon confirmed that when they approached the fallen vehicles and analyzed the destroyed turbines. Leon was quite interested in their helmets. So, he decided to borrow one. While the soldiers and researchers were busy, Leon used Transfer two times in a fraction of seconds and returned to the hole he was in with one of the helmets in hands.

"Woah... it is pretty heavy."

Leon had been lucky. If the helmets were stuck to their heads like the other mithril around their bodies, he would have revealed himself while trying to pull the helmet. Regardless, Leon used Mana Concealment again because things were getting noisy around the researchers.

"Although this is a magic weapon, it should work without consuming my mana... considering that their vehicles have some kind of highly efficient batteries, then this should have been made with that kind of efficiency in mind as well. Let's see what this can do."

The very moment Leon put the helmet, he saw a similar status screen appearing in front of his eyes. Not only that, but he also saw the status of the mithril people near them as if he had used Appraisal... he could even see the mana flowing around their bodies.

Without a hint of hesitation, Leon threw the helmet downward toward where he had hidden a set of titanium shields. Those were much more useful than he thought, thanks to them, Leon found the location of some blue angel and green angel leaves nearby, and some of them were underground.

"Crap... those helmets can even find the magical presence of things even underground to some extent... I did well in using Mana Concealment before they arrived. Although they looked like a warrior species, they have mages and warriors just like humans."

Congratulations! The skill Mana Concealment has leveled up.

You obtained 01 status points.

The very moment Leon thought that he saw some half-mithril soldiers looked at his direction. Fortunately, the hole he was using to observe everything around was so small that no one noticed him. Leon sighed in relief but soon focused himself again.

"Change of plans, goal number one: prevent them from recovering their vehicles. Goal number two: borrow their helmets. Goal number three: complete goals one and two without being noticed."

"Why do you always use the word borrow when you should use steal?" Celsius asked.

"I would say that it is because Leon wouldn't sleep soundly at night," Undine said. "He intends to think himself as a good guy even though he does questionable things one after the other."

Leon ignored them and just readied himself. Those helmets weren't only made of mithril, but Leon could use them to recover a lot of mana.