Chapter 3: XP Farming

Chapter 3: XP Farming

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"Aren't you ashamed of yourself? You, of all people, being the son of Duke Dark and taking a leak in the streets?" Lena said.

Truth be told, neither Leon nor Shady were people who would care about what is being said about them but the reaction Leon showed just now was carrying bad anger to it. First of all, he wasn't sure how Lena Hart managed to spot him from the crowd even with her magic and the second thing is that part of his subconscious is not a fan of getting associated with Duke Dark, his father.

"Hey, why don't you just turn around, let me go, and nobody needs to get hurt?" Leon said with a cold tone.

Lena was sure something was different about him but she didn't care either way. Leon Dark is just Leon Dark, a loser through and through.

"I am sorry, my Lord, but you are coming with me." She said.

"Are you sure about that?" Leon asked with a cunning look on his face, "Fine, what's in it for you anyway?"

"What do you mean?"

"Miss Lena, please. You seem too eager to capture me. Are you really that desperate to get his attention?"

Leon was talking but something devilish was in his airs making Lena uncomfortable. Above all, his words were hitting a nerve.

"I don't know what you"

"Let's stop pretending, please. You were the first girl, right? The first one that our dear Crown Prince hanged around with, the first he slept with, and also the first he left to find another."

""

"Oh, let's be honest, you were so cheap yourself. I remember it taking him one attempt before you making that dumb face and let him touch you. Hehehe, there was a meme going on about you in some social circles for some time. See what I'm talking about? You think capturing me will put you back in his good graces? Make you shine in a new light?"

"YOU ROGUE BASTARD!" Lena could hear no more and took out her blade as she charged at Leon aiming for his leg.

"Oh! How feisty!"

*Clank*

From behind, Leon pulled a sword that belonged to one of the academy guards from his Storage and swung it from the side parrying the rapier swiftly and stepping past Lena.

She covered some distance away from him knowing that it is dangerous to leave her back open. It seemed to her that Leon had some skill after all.

On the other hand, Leon didn't know what had gone into him just now provoking Lena as such. He was never the type to trash-talk as Shady but it seemed like something he could no longer resist as Leon which was right on point, Leon from the game had a talent for harsh comebacks, a poisonous tongue in a way.

Lena was positive that Leon was different. He was not known to be the smiling type but rather more of a dark person. His personality was well known especially during the past month when he was going head to head with Prince Edward.

Also, he seemed like he had more ability than usual. She underestimated him and used her blade even though she is a Mage, not a Warrior. Still, he is an idiot to keep distance from her in a fight.

"Wind Reinforcement!"

Lena passed two fingers on the side of the rapier which suddenly gave off a wave of wind magic around it. The blade was enshrouded with swirling waves of Wind. Leon's eyes lit up as he saw that.

"Read!"

< Analyzing 1% >

"Hya!"

Lena wasted no time as she waved the blade at him from a distance. This was a bit surprising as it almost broke his eye contact with her magic but he retreated further into the alleyway.

"That was dangerous." He said smiling.

"Surrender now!" Lena said in an infuriated tone.

"Don't be a killjoy! We're just getting started." He replied rather cheerfully.

"Wind Blade!"

This time, Lena used her magic in a different way than he didn't expect. She waved the rapier from distance rather than stabbing and it launched a blade of wind.

"Motherfu"

It was too sudden for him as he was in close distance and the blade was too fast but thankfully, he passed it with a hair's width.

"You lost!"

Lena seemed sure of her win as she snuck upon him as he was dodging and wanted to restrain him from the back but that was a very stupid mistake.

"Power Attack!"

Leon didn't use that magic from his sword but rather, his elbow. The force that landed on Lena's pretty face was so overwhelming that her nose made a cracking sound as she was launched away with a blood trail of her nose.

As she crashed on the ground, she tried hard to protect her face and kept her rapier pointed at Leon to prevent him from countering but that was as far as she could do. The pain assaulted her even more making her almost want to retreat and recover but she can't let Leon escape. She can never.

On the other hand, Leon didn't attack her but rather kept watching from distance. He was still focused on analyzing the magic on her rapier.

< Analyzing 52% >

"Hey, want to catch your breath? I sure want to." He said.

"You you bastard!" Lena was not in the right mood for his sick smile as she stood up covering her bloody broken nose with one hand.

"Apologies, Miss Lena. I should have known better than to strike a lady on her face."

"You will regret it." Her reply came full of contempt.

"Sure I will? I see I have more important things at the moment so why don't you and I just"

Leon found out the method they used to track him. He couldn't understand the principle of the spell but from the looks of it, Lena said it can detect his motions. In conclusion, it is a hyper-sensory ability that merges the senses with the surrounding air currents and sends feedback to the user on how the surroundings look like, anyone aware of his shape will surely find him. A terrifying thing indeed.

Leon retreated slowly on the roof and tried to avoid attention or the big gatherings of the guards. Now that his appearance is known, he must try to blend his way through this detection magic and break the patterns.

The plan was alright and all but there is always this factor that bites anyone in the ass as it can never be taken into consideration, the Unpredictable. While Leon was quietly traveling on rooftops, the world around him lit all of a damn sudden.

*Crackle* *Crackle*

*Rumble* *Rumble*

Of all the times, it had to storm at this damn moment. Once the lightning brightened the world, Leon was spotted from below in an instant.

"Up the rooftops! Catch the killer!"

"Shoot him down!"

Leon felt a violent urge to curse out loud but that was not the time for it. He started running out of sight trying to get away from the guards but they used whistles while running to gather the other Guards.

Knights and Soldiers started moving frantically towards the sound and flooding the alleys. Once they realized that Leon was up the roofs, they were aiming anything they had towards him.

*Swoosh* *Swoosh* *Swoosh*

Leon tried throwing a piece of clothes over the roof but it was suddenly penetrated with three bolts. Down the alley where that came from was five guards, three of them carrying crossbows. Now that they were used, it was to reload them quickly and get reinforcements.

"He's here, notify the others." A guard spoke as he aimed the crossbow down the ground and put his foot on the cocking stirrup to pull the string.

Two guards from the four did the same while the remaining one ran to call reinforcements thinking that Leon ran off. None of them could ever believe the second action Leon took was to jump down towards the guards who were completely exposed from the back.

The first lost his life when the Mithril Dagger went through the back of his neck.

< Level Up! >

The other two guards tried to react but Leon was faster, his second stab was right to the first guard's heart while the second guard had already finished loading the crossbow and aimed it towards Leon.

Leon firmly held the guard he just stabbed as a meat shield and pushed towards the other guards while charging from another direction himself. The second guard found a cold blade near his throat and

*Slit*

Blood splattered everywhere as Leon simply killed the guard and took away his loaded crossbow.

"Over h"

*Swoosh*

A guard came from behind and shouted but Leon cut him short by shooting him down with the crossbow right in the neck.

<Level Up!>

<Status>

- Name: Leon Dark

- Age: 16

- Race: Human

- Level: 6

- Class: Warrior (+10% STR)

- Class: Rogue (+10% AGI)

<Attributes>

[STR: 10] [END: 11] [AGI: 11] [PRC: 12] [INT: 11]

Leon gazed at his stats briefly and a realization hit him.

"Will you look at that! Once I level up, all stats go up by one. It took me a few Guards around my level and a high leveled one to level up from Lv.4 to Lv.6 which means if I kill more"

He thought of a ridiculous idea but as soon as he was about to brush it away, a dark urge rose inside of him.

'Why not kill them? It is for the (my) greater good, right? And I am just defending myself.'

It all sounded reasonable even though there was a sinister grin widening on his face that was covered with blood splatter. The idea sounded good, the chance to overcome this situation is just by piling up more kills to level up again.

It all became too clear. With this Mithril Dagger that can cut through any metal armor and a powerful crossbow in hand, this seemed like a good opportunity as any to do some XP Farming.

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