Talent Swallowing System

"Don't worry, I will let you know before killing you."

Leo didn't want to waste his time talking with the city leader Theodore and also, his main goal was to kill him; instead, he was planning to injure him before starting his interrogation.

Therefore Leo said that he would let Theodore know the reason why he was attacking him.

"Huh?"

Hearing Leo reply, Theodore frowned and thought, 'Did he sense I am going to kill him?'

Theodore didn't think much before rejecting that thought, 'No…I didn't even emit my killing intent before he started attacking me. He must have had some other reason for trying to kill me.'

[Metal Manipulation - Absolute Defense]

Even though he didn't find the reason behind Leo's killing intent towards him, Theodore didn't treat Leo as a normal rank 9 hero anymore; instead, he treated Leo as an experienced supreme-ranked hero.

Therefore, he didn't hesitate to use the strongest effect of his talent.

'Absolute Defense? Interesting.'

As for Leo, he looked at Theodore, who was shining under the sun and muttered, 'Let's see whether his Absolute Defense wins or my Thrid Slash wins.'

[Spatial Triple Slash - Third Slash]

Without hesitation, Leo used his third slash from the special talent [Spatial Triple Slash], which increased the damage by five hundred percent.

'Clang'

'Kacha'

Even though Theodore was alert and kept an eye on Leo's attack, he was still a little slow and could not dodge the third slash which landed on his chest.

A loud metallic sound followed a crispy noise as though something broke resounded in the surroundings.

'What?'

Both Leo and Theodore were shocked at the scene of both getting backlashes from their collision.

Leo was sent away a few meters back in the Secret Dimensional Space, whereas the City Leader Theodore was sent a dozen meters back.

"If I didn't activate my [Absolute Defense], it would have seriously injured me."

"I barely sent him flying with one of my strongest attacks. Moreover, other than a single cut, he was completely fine."

Obviously, they were shocked at each other's capabilities.

'Cough'

Theodore coughed a mouthful of bad blood, and he was no longer shining under the ground, indicating that their powerful defense had disappeared.

"Are you related to the previous city leader?"

Adjusting his breathing, Theodore stood up from the ground and asked Leo who was inside the Secret Dimensional Space.

"What's the hurry! Didn't I say I will let you know before killing you? So, be patient."

Leo suppressed his shock at Theodore's insane defense and scoffed at him.

"Brat, you finally managed to anger me to the point where I don't mind injuring myself in the process."

The usual gentle look that Theodore put on his face in front of his city's residents had long disappeared, and right now, his face looked evil, and he took out a black-coloured pill from his storage ring and swallowed it.

'Huh? What did he consume just now?'

Leo frowned as he felt a bad premonition in his heart.

"I think you might be the relative of one of those I took care of, to get to my current position; however, I don't care who you are or why you are trying to kill me. You will be buried here, in this Uncleared Lands forever."

'Swoosh'

As soon as Theodore finished his words, black-coloured energy came out of his body and surrounded him and turned into a black-metallic armor around his body.

"Kid, are you getting scared now?"

In the next second, Theodore chuckled with an evil look on his face and continued, "Don't even think of escaping because even if you want, you can no longer escape from here."

[Dark Metal Manipulation - Dark Domain]

As soon as he activated his most powerful talent's effect, one kilometer radius around him was surrounded by pitch-black clouds and turned the entire area pitch-black.

'Rooar'

'Hiss'

All the monsters and beasts in that one kilometer escaped without hesitation, leaving behind two monsters in the guise of humans named Theodore and Leo alone to fight to their heart's content.

'Huh? Dark Domain?'

Leo frowned as he could not see anything beside it was too dark; however, he was not worried much because he had many support-type talents and skills to use in different situations.

[Super Vision - Night Mode]

Leo's pupils glowed yellow-coloured as he could see inside the pitch-black domain as clear as day.

'Ding,

The owner of the domain changed spatial laws inside the domain. The host can't use teleport.

'Ding,

Due to the constant change of the spatial laws in the domain, the host can't maintain the [Secret Dimensional Space] for much longer.

'Ding,

Please move out of the [Secret Dimensional Space] for every one minute before entering it to avoid the destruction of the [Secret Dimensional Space].

Just as Leo thought he had cleared one problem, a series of system notifications appeared in his head, bringing a series of problems.

'What the…'

Leo was already surprised that he could not see Theodore's new ability through the [Hero Assessment], and now, he was shocked to find out that he could not teleport anymore.

What's more, he could not even stay in his [Secret Dimensional Space] for his usual time of 10 minutes.

"I know you are hiding somewhere close to me. Until you come out of your hiding place, I will be changing the spatial laws in this region….Keke."

Theodore chuckled as he waited for Leo to leave his hiding place.

'I can't even walk in the [Secret Dimensional Space] anymore.'

Leo tried to move away from the so-called Dark Domain; however, the space inside the [Secret Dimensional Space] was a complete mess. It stopped Leo from moving inside the [Secret Dimensional Space].

'It looks like I have to confront him directly now.'

However, Leo was calm and thought of a plan before he got kicked out of the [Secret Dimensional Space].

"I am here."

As soon as he came out of the secret dimensional space, Leo had a slight smile on his face as he revealed his location.

However, he put an act of squinting his eyes to see in the darkness, hiding the fact that he could clearly see in the Dark Domain.

"Oh. There you are."

Theodore turned around and saw Leo, and the slight smile on Leo's face made Theodore frown, 'Why is he smiling at a time like this? Does he have a trump card or something?'

He had never seen anyone smile when they were nearing death. So, he feared that Leo might have a trump card to kill him.

'I have to be careful. This litlte b*stard is really mysterious and he even made me use my secret technique. I have to kill him as soon as possible.'

With that thought in mind, Theodore summoned his sword, a quasi-supreme ranked weapon.

'I need to make good use of my Dark Domain.'

'Die'

Without wasting any time, Theodore slashed his sword at Leo, thinking that Leo could not see him.

'Swoosh'

However, Leo fully opened his eyes and easily dodged the attack before walking closer to Theodore.

"It looks like you can see inside my Dark Domain without any problem. No wonder you are smiling."

Theodore was shocked and hurriedly tried to move away from Leo.

"I got you…Haha."

Leo's laughter resounded in the Dark Domain as he used [Mighty Combustion - Radius Blast].

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