Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

"I guess I overdid it…"

Alexei was so pissed that Leon could feel his bloodlust through the call. Still, it was quite troublesome that he was acting as if he hadn't done anything wrong. For someone who managed to conquer almost the whole Europe, he was quite stupid, or perhaps he had a massive ego.

"Sorry for the problems I caused, but you see, you caused a lot of problems to a friend of mine," Leon said.

"Ah, your friend is here. No wonder Seiji betrayed him, I've never seen someone so stupid. I knew that he was nearby the moment you caused the dungeon breaks, so I prepared a trap, and he fell for it. I just had to show his daughter for a few seconds… can you believe how someone can be so stupid?"

"… He is a father worried about his daughter, I'm not a father, but I can understand his actions." Leon said. "Anyway, Alexei. Let's not cause more problems for each other, all right? Surely, someone of your influence can have as many women as you want without having to kidnap them. You probably tortured Makoto, but I'm sure that he is willing to forget this incident if you didn't touch her. I'm the same because even though you are a bit shrewd, I want you to become an ally."

"You are certainly overestimating yourself… do you really think that you can defeat me? Do you really think you can make me your ally after you have done to my city and my soldiers?"

"I think I can; as a token of my sincerity, I will even give you the gloves that were with Makoto," Leon said. "If you let Yuki and Makoto leave today, I will even give you a shield that can decrease the damage of physical and magic attacks. If you do that, I will also return the kid and his friends, and you will be able to prevent them from dying of hunger and thirst."

"… You didn't kill them?"

"No, as I said, I want us to become allies," Leon said. "Besides, the kid has potential. I only defeated him with ease because I have some stupid powerful items."

"… Stupid brat… after I spent so many resources on him…"

"He is just a kid, Alexei. He will become an important soldier for the world in the future, but he still needs training." Leon said.

"It doesn't matter; I won't need him once I kill you and obtain your items."

"… Don't do this, Alexei." Leon sighed. "You must know that greedy people don't live long lives. Don't make me fight you. I'm serious; I want an ally like you."

"I don't need you, I will rule this world on my own, and every single person who dares to defy me will die."

"Please, Alexei. Don't make me destroy your city, don't make me kill your people." Leon said.

"Don't worry; you won't kill anyone and destroy anything. You won't have the chance."

The call ended, and Leon sighed, in the end, the worst-case scenario happened. Thankfully, he predicted such a situation. However, he still needed sometime before he could have enough power to defeat Alexei.

"I wonder what he is plotting… he said that I wouldn't have the chance to kill or destroy anything…"

Soon, Leon understood the meaning behind Alexei's words. Several missiles were launched from somewhere in Moscow, and they flew toward where Leon was. Leon probably could stop them with telekinesis, but he didn't know if he had enough mana to stop ten missiles. In the end, he did the only thing he could, Leon made his skeleton wizards and archers get up and attack the missiles.

Those missiles were fast, but they didn't dodge the attacks of five thousand skeleton archers and wizards. They exploded in midair, and Leon felt the air vibrating for several seconds.

"To think that he would use that against me…"

Leon felt the urge to call him and threaten the bastard, but Leon endured it. The last thing he wanted was to make him angry while he had Yuki and Makoto. The confrontation was unavoidable. Still, Leon didn't want to kill more than the necessary.

"I guess I will use them."

Leon took the kid and his friends to where he was building the skeleton army and destroyed the steel that covered their faces. As expected, they were pale and trembling in fear since they couldn't see or move a muscle. Even though Leon only used the steel to stop them, that method also worked as psychological torture.

Leon and those six arrived on time to see the second wave of missiles being shot. However, once again, the skeletons destroyed them. Even though it was night, those six could clearly see the army that Leon was building, and his intentions were obvious.

"Hey, does anyone here speak English?" Leon asked.

"I… do." The kid said.

"That's fortunate…" Leon sighed to calm his nerves. "What's your name, kid?"

"… Lennart." Lennart said while trembling.

When Leon approached, he felt like Lennart was quite familiar. He was a pretty boy, but he wasn't America, so he probably saw him on TV or in some magazine.

"As you can see, Lennart, your boss wants to kill me," Leon said. " He is even using missiles that can destroy whole buildings to do that. Eventually, he will increase the number of missiles, hoping that my skeletons will run out of mana, but they won't. I will also keep increasing my skeleton army until I have enough power to rescue the emperor and the princess of Japan. However, Alexei won't let me do that. So, he will use his soldiers to stop me. You know what comes after that, right?" Leon asked.

"… Yes." Lennart answered, still trembling.