Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

That timeline was way too weird in Leon's eyes. Although he didn't find some of his friends, a lot had changed. For example, Makoto's son was still alive… his name was Kenji, and he was a fearsome warrior just like his father. Also, Yuki was a bit different… since her brother died; she never hated Leon or Americans since the beginning. If anything, the arrival of monsters didn't let her become an easily irritable woman. Instead of that, she was a shy and very easy to tease girl. That only made Leon even more jealous, but only for a while.

Strangely, Leon and Yuki never had any kids in hundreds of years. Still, despite that, they lived happily together for hundreds of years… until Earth finally reached the fourth stage of assimilation. The number of monsters didn't increase, but Earth began to be attacked by several other sentient races.

"More wars… I knew things would get complicated at some point," Leon said after a long sigh.

Congratulations! You have become a Level one, Lord!

Your endurance and mentality will increase by ten points, your mana, health, stamina, and control will increase by five points whenever you level up your class.

Congratulations! You have become a Level one King!

Your endurance and mentality will increase by twelve points, your mana, health, stamina, and control will increase by six points whenever you level up your class.

Congratulations! You have become a Level one Star King!

Your endurance and mentality will increase by fourteen points, your mana, health, stamina, and control will increase by seven points whenever you level up your class.

Leon frowned when he received those notifications. He couldn't tell what he did to deserve them. Although he was the leader of millions of humans, he certainly didn't act or was treated like a king… Perhaps he could be considered a lord since his word was treated seriously by many, but certainly, he wasn't a Star King.

"Well, the profession system is kind of weird, so it can't be helped," Leon shrugged.

At some point, Leon thought that something like that would happen to Earth, but it never happened along with his life. However, it was clear that his might have happened in other timelines. While it would be interesting to watch them all, Leon was already tired of seeing the lives of other versions of himself.

Time and time again, Earth got invaded by millions of members of other planets' dominant races. Since the opponents weren't dumb like monsters, the human race began to suffer a lot of casualties despite the fact that they managed to repel several of those invaders. It was weird, but their sole goal wasn't to dominate other planets. It was just to fight and defeat others… almost as if their sole goal was to strengthen their race members.

"The same thing happened with those demi-minotaurs…" Leon rubbed his chin. "It makes sense, really. Unlike the harvesters, those people are trying to make their whole species stronger… distributing the power among several individuals would be more efficient than letting a single one of them get stronger alone, after all. However, only those who didn't face beings like Netro and the shadowy figure would try that. Sheer numbers don't mean a thing against their power."

Unfortunately, Leon and the human race were following that path to get stronger as a whole. They only understood that instead of making everyone stronger, it was better to create a small army of specialized soldiers when Crik and his soldiers attacked Earth.

"A lot of things changed in this timeline… but things didn't change only on Earth," Leon muttered.

Five hundred years have passed since the first monsters appeared. Leon knew that Crik and his men would only leave their home planet in two hundred years in the future, but something happened with them, and that made the order of things change a lot. Regardless, Crik and his soldiers decimated humans. The mithril people had been modified to become much stronger, after all.

Despite the difference in strength, the human race fought for months against the mithril people, but they still got defeated. The few times Crik participated in the battle, Leon didn't manage to scratch him even a single time. The human race lost, and only a few survivors had been left alive when Crik and his men left the planet. Leon was one of them… however, after that battle, he had lost everything. Yuki, Amanda, his parents, Makoto… they all died fighting the mithril people.

"Damnit… all this crap again," Leon muttered, annoyed.

The other Leon tried to look for survivors, and he found all of them, but upon realizing that those he truly loved had died, he gave up on playing nicely. Just like the second Leon, the third one began his quest to obtain absolute power. After fighting and surviving for so long, it was clear that the third Leon would perhaps reach the level of the first Leon. After considering that, Leon noticed that the third one had status much better than the first Leon when he had the same age, but he still was behind himself.

"Is this a coincidence?" Leon frowned.

It didn't matter. Regardless, just the previous ones, Leon began to study and research magic like a true scholar. Without having to worry about anything else, his skill using mana increased by leaps and bounds until he found a weird dungeon that was spawning elementals…

Congratulations! The skill Steel Claws has reached the max level.

You obtained 01 status point.

Congratulations! The skill Fire Pillar has reached the max level.

You obtained 01 status point.

Congratulations! The skill Earth Pillar has reached the max level.

You obtained 01 status point.

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