Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

"Although this is convenient, knowing that I'm prone to become a mage in parallel universes is really troubling," Leon frowned. "Anyway… for how long his crazy behavior will continue? No one that I know will appear here?"

Four years passed in the blink of an eye, and Leon confirmed that things would be very different this time. That Leon didn't find a single person that he knew to put him on the right path… as if that wasn't bad enough, that gang was starting to become really notorious all over the world.

One random day, a familiar person suddenly appeared and then contacted the leader of the group. Leon frowned when he recognized William. For some reason, he was alone, but given the work he wanted to pay the gang to do, it was obvious that he was up to no good.

"I want you guys to raid Tokyo in Japan," William said. "While you guys distract them, my party will do something else there."

That Leon frowned when he heard that, but the gang leader didn't react in the same way. In fact, he was more interested in how much he would be paid to do that. Meanwhile, Leon was wondering if he would reveal more than that.

"Count me out," that Leon said. "I won't do anything that isn't related to killing monsters."

Leon was pretty sure that the timing wasn't that accurate, but given William's words and the job, it was pretty clear that he wanted to steal something from Japan. Probably it was the dragon scales again, or perhaps Makoto's son's magic box. Either way, he sighed in relief when his other self refused that job because he hadn't fallen so low…

Regardless, that troubled the rest of the gang because without Leon, they were just an average team. Even though they had one hundred and fifty members, Leon was lone was powerful enough to be worth of fifty survivors. Knowing that they couldn't change their mind and that facing human beings was way more dangerous than facing certain monsters, the other gang members decided to refuse the job.

���I guess this won't be the time where I will meet Makoto and Yuki," Leon muttered, a bit disappointed.

Although that Leon didn't get involved with William and caused an international incident, things still got messed up after a while. After a few months, that Leon and the gang received the word that Japanese warriors were attacking the East Coast.

"I don't like this…" Leon furrowed his eyebrows. "Makoto didn't attack America not even when his son died, so what made him change his mind this time? Unless…"

By the look of things, William managed to carry out his plans without Leon and his gang's help, and also by the look of things… he probably killed Makoto's son and Yuki while he was at it. It was only logical that Makoto would wage war after losing both of them. Although that Leon and the gang stayed out of the problem before, things changed now… it was a war, and no sane person that could fight would let foreigners damage their lands.

That Leon didn't fight humans until now, but when the time came… he didn't hesitate to dirty his hands with human blood when the time came. While watching his alternative version freezing and shocking Japanese warriors to death, Leon let out a long sigh. He had worked hard to prevent humans from killing each other. Even though Leon had killed hundreds of them, his ultimate goal was to stop them from killing each other in a war while he was on Earth. However, after seeing the start of one, Leon couldn't help but think that he had been too naïve.

A certain once said that war is inevitable. The wars will only end when it exists only a single human on the planet. Why? Because humans are crazy, and they would rather lose anything than compromise. They would rather sacrifice lives for resources instead of looking for a more viable alternative. That Leon was a perfect example of that… he never cared all that much about his teammates, but upon seeing them dying in a war, he felt that he needed to retribute.

There wasn't much strategy involved in that war. Humans had become strong enough to survive grenades, after all. With the most of the world's technology sealed, it was only natural that humans would retrocede to primitive moments of their existence… Regardless, when Leon saw one of his allies die, he froze to death a random Japanese warrior. When two of his teammates exploded due to a Fireball, he shocked four others until they stopped moving… that madness continued until each side had barely a few dozen people alive. Much to his surprise, Leon recognized two warriors on the other side.

"Shit…" Leon bit his lips in annoyance.

Those two were Makoto and Ren… the emperor himself was participating in the war. That only made Leon confirm that the human race was truly mad… but would he try something different if he had lost his children? No, he would create a situation even worse than that.

Ren stepped up to protect his emperor, but even though he was a bit stronger than expected, he didn't last more than a few seconds against Leon. Seeing himself killing a friend made Leon feel more than a little discomfort… that Leon had no relation with Ren, but knowing that didn't make things easier. He electrocuted Ren to death, after all. That wasn't a fight; it was an execution.

"Damn you, Ilyana," Leon clenched his teen and muttered. "You will pay for showing me all of this…"

Despite his frustration, Leon couldn't bring himself to really hate Ilyana, not after seeing the previous life. Besides, in the deepest parts of his heart, Leon felt that he deserved to watch all of that… for some reason, he felt that it was an appropriate punishment. Punishment for what? That he couldn't tell…