71 Gathering of Warriors

"I'm sorry, but I do not know a thing about inscriptions. I might be able to bring an inscription master from the city over to help, but as far as my expertise, I am nowhere close to being able to assist you." Leo told the Chieftain as he started to examine the rock.

"You should know from speaking with so many of the villagers, that we do not have a good relationship with that city where you are from. I understand now that you seem much different than those who tried to cause trouble so many years ago, but as the leader of this village, I am unable to accept any help from anyone but you when it comes to that city."

"Luckily, I feel that there might be a better way to crack open this rock if you were to help me out. Do not take this personally, but I have had several of my men watching you closely from the shadows to watch how you train."

"It was never my intention to deceive you, but one of my warriors reported that you were able to combine some of your elemental power into your sword?" The Chieftain asked Leo as he remained sitting.

Knowing that it would be useless to examine the rock any further, Leo sat down across from the Chieftain. He knew that there were several weaker warriors keeping an eye on him when he was training, and his mind was now at ease since the Chieftain explained himself.

"That is true, I have found a way to not only put my elemental power into my sword, but also a little bit into my body as well, causing my speed to increase drastically during battle." Leo told the Chieftain as he was not quite sure where he was going with asking him such a question.

"Very good." After responding to Leo, the Chieftain started to stand up, he had a shine in his eyes now and he was excited to tell Leo about his new plan.

"Part of being on the Executive level of power, is that I am able to circulate my elemental energy throughout my body with ease. Although I am unable to fully use the power of lightning, I am still able to use a portion of my overall power and place it anywhere on my body as either a form of protection, or to attack."

"That being said, I am only able to circulate a portion of my elemental power throughout my body, and to even try to circulate that power into my weapon is almost an impossible task at this moment. Leo, can I ask you to partake in a small experiment?"

"Since it seems that your weapon is a high grade weapon, and you are able to circulate your elemental power without any type of struggle into that weapon, I believe that if I were to add my lightning elemental power as well into the mix, that you would have enough power to crack open the rock with ease." Now holding nothing back, the Chieftain awaited Leo's answer.

"I might have a better solution." After pondering over this for several minutes, Leo stood up now and started to tell the Chieftain his idea. One hour later, a group of warriors started to form right behind the building of the Chieftain's residence.

Walking over, they saw that both the Chieftain and Leo were standing with a small group of guards beside a big rock with inscriptions covering it. Though they were not told why they were here, they all knew that they all trained using the wind elemental affinity.

"Alright everyone I hope that you can assist me in this mission. It will not be easy, but I know that with all of your help, we can accomplish what we are all here today for." The Chieftain using his noble aura called out to all the warriors who were now standing shoulder to shoulder in a long line.

"For many days now, I have tried to crack open the rock you see in front of you. To my surprise, even with my strength, I have been unable to crack the rock open. Over the many months that Leo has took up his temporary residence here, he has assisted our village in ways that I feel I could never repay him for."

"By using your help to crack this rock open which is full of inscriptions, we will be able to finally repay him for his kindness towards us, as our village works towards the future." After saying this, the Chieftain paused his words, because the warriors started to cheer in confidence. Their leader was not only asking them to help for himself, but for the village as well.

"Now, I will hand over the rest of this mission to Leo. He will be the one to instruct you all accordingly so that we are able to crack open this rock. Please on behalf of everyone here, put your best effort into this, so that we can shoot towards the future with our wings spread open!"