"You.. you dare!!??"
Shen Wu yelled, stilling laying on the floor, only now spotting a twisted arm..
Leon had been merciless, his stomp shattering the bones within the young man's hands into tiny dust molecules…
"LEON!!" Cassius roared in rage…
"Shut up!!!" Leon yelled right back..
"SHUT THE HELL UP!!"
"You fraudulent fool, incompetent coward, i shall have your head for daring to tell this young master to step down!!" Leon was livid..
Not only had some what's his name dared bare his fangs at him, but now, even one of his own dared to tell him to bow? "Unbelievable!!"
Leon sneered, his gaze turning towards Raiden, whose face had gone ice cold, the look he was giving Cassius at this moment was one that promised a reckoning..
Cassius felt it! That predatory stare, and for all his saint stage prowess, he couldn't help shrinking back, no longer daring to utter a word..
"Raiden, this" leon spat, pointing towards Cassius, "is what uncle Malcom felt worthy enough to send with us?" He asked..
"I'll have uncle explain himself properly when we return, this insult" Raiden's eyes glowed with a golden luster, "shall not go unpunished" he concluded, his tone final "now get this over with, I'm already tired"..
Leon nodded, turning his attention back toward the writhing Shen Wu,
"You filthy mongrel, you dare touch this young master, I'll have your entire clan destroyed, just wait for my revenge" Shen Wu spat, realizing he was in the grasp of a mad man..
Somehow, he still had the guts to threaten leon, something that left him baffled..
Nevertheless, he took out what looked like a talisman, intending to crush it and escape, only to feel a phantom pain in that arm..
"Arrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg"
The pain hit later, his arm holding the talisman had been severed cleanly….
"You know, I still don't understand where you get the guts to speak in such a tone" leon said slowly, straightening his posture.
"Immortal dynasty? Ancient Shen clan? Destroy my family?"
"Hahahahahahahaha" he laughed..
"Much less a puny ancient clan I have no idea about, even if you were an imperial prince From that pretentious Lin Clan, I'd still have your head for your impudence" Leon spat..
At this point, Shen Wu's face paled, he'd just heard the mention of the Lin Imperial family, and this time, not with an ounce of reverence, in fact, he seemed to have heard contempt instead..
"Ahhhh, it seems you've realized your situation" Leon smiled, a toothy grin showcasing all his whites…
"But let me make it clearer, not just to you, but for that disappointment that dared claim to be my supervisor" he said, his aura shifting, gone was the playful young man, gone was the mischievous young boy, what stood before them was the lion heir, the young lion Duke…
"Allow me to introduce myself" his voice came out, too deep for a ten year old..
"I am Leon Lionel, son of the current Lion Duke, Justin Lionel..
I am Leon Lionel, Godson of the Demon Duke, Micheal Agares…
I am Leon Lionel, Godson of the Current emperor, the Golden Vanguard himself, Julius Aeldris…
I am Leon Lionel, sole brother, heh, make that, one of the two only brothers to that monster in human flesh, Raiden Agares…
I AM LEON BLOODY LIONEL, in all of heaven and earth, there's nothing, no one, ABSOLUTELY NONE, that I don't dare touch"
At this point, not only was Shen Wu pale and trembling, but even Cassius was looking completely bloodless, he'd felt his soul fly from his body at every statement Leon made..
I'm finished, thoroughly finished..
He thought in despair..
He'd just reprimanded a Lionel, and one with such deep ties to his superiors?
He didn't question it, he knew the temperament of the agares well enough to know that after today, he had no place anymore within the tyrant's abode..
Leon didn't care what the two were feeling, he merely raised his spear, the tip glinting ominously,..
"So die knowing fully well that your clan will do nothing, because THEY CAN ONLY DO NOTHING"..
Saying so, he brought the spear down, driving it straight through Shen Wu's open jaws, separating his lower jaw from the upper one, ending the young man's life….
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Within an opulent jade palace…
Multiple crystal jades could be seen glowing with a faint light within, an elder currently reclined at what looked like a reception desk, his attention on a magazine, only to be sharply interrupted by a loud crack!!
He jolted, his attention snapping towards the sound, only for his face to pale…
"Young master Wu's soul jade is broken!!!" He gasped, running out of the hall to inform the elders..
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"WHOOOO!!!!" A mournful voice resounded within the jade palace as a white haired elder cradled the shattered jade of his son, this was shen bai, father of shen Wu, and the great elder of the shen ancient clan…
"Who dared harm my son!!!" He bellowed, grief and rage, thickening his voice..
"You, playback his last moments" he pointed to the one elder in charge of the soul palace, demanding..
He didn't dawdle, he immediately used an incantation that pieced the shattered jade back together, showing Shen Wu's final moments, and the perpetrator..
But the moment Leon's declaration of his identity sounded within the chamber, a profound silence engulfed the whole room, one so thick it could've been sliced with a knife..
"This…"
They were speechless..
"I don't care, I don't care who they are, I want revenge" Shen bai spat angrily..
"You shall do no such folly" an ancient and thick voice resounded within the hall..
"Ancestor" they all bowed..
The voice continued, ignoring them, "this matter shall end here,Shen Wu offended those he shouldn't have and paid for it, no one is allowed to seek any form of vengeance, and should you do so behind my back, you shall be executed, am I clear?" his voice left no room for doubt..
"Yes ancestor" the elders, including Shen bai could only bow their heads…
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Back at the site..
Leon stretched completely unaware of the effects his actions had, though, one doubted he'd care even if he did, "well glad that's finally over"
He said with a yawn..
"Filthy peasant wasn't even worth anything" Raiden spat, having converted all their life essence into death essence, yet not feeling even a tiny budge…
"Heh, the universe is finally giving us a fighting chance" Damien spoke up, increasingly comfortable around them..
"Humph, let's just get out of here, I need a nap" Raiden snorted..
Together they walked back towards the flying vessel, Leon's hands behind his head, Raiden's within his ruined pants, and Damien's lazily beside him..
They passed by Cassius without so much as sparing him a glance..
The attention already focused forward, towards their cabins, towards their rewards, and mostly towards their next adventure…
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End of volume 1
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A/N: I'm sorry guys for the extremely late chapter, I was fleshing out my new book, it's called "Chaos Devourer System: My classless Ascension", it only has about 5 chapters for now but you can check it out, support it too…
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Thank you guys for the love and attention you've showered me with, I'm beyond grateful, and though it's sad to say, unfortunately, my rate of release for this particular book might drop a bit, I'm planning on paying a bit more attention to the new one, but rest assured, I won't be dropping it..
Anyhow, what'd you guys think about the first volume of the book???