Unlimited Power - The Arcane Path

"You are smart, Lennart," Leon said. "We will have a war. Certainly, I won't be able to defeat all the soldiers, I bet there almost one hundred thousand soldiers there, but I won't stop until I rescue my friends and to do that… I will have to kill a lot of innocent people… I also don't want to do that. So, I want you to help to stop this madness. You have two options, Lennart. Watch me kill thousands of innocent soldiers or convince them to get out of my way. What will you do?"

Before answering, Lennart said something to his friends. However, all of them nodded and gave him their approval.

"I will convince them…" Lennart said. "But, I don't think I can do that alone… If you let my friends go with me, people will understand that you are serious."

"Very well… I will free them too." Leon said. "However, I'm the type of person who holds grudges… if you are trying to fool me. I will make sure that you will wish to die…"

Leon didn't feel good threatening a kid, but it was necessary, and he was telling the truth. Nothing good would come if he tries to be merciful every single time; he could only give others a single a chance to choose to live for themselves or die for an asshole.

"You guys just have to say that I will give just one chance to everyone who tries to kill me," Leon said. "Just one chance, I will do the rest of the job. Go."

Lennart and his friends nodded, and then he and his friends walked toward Moscow. Since they didn't have any other choice, they had to pass the skeletons, and they trembled like leaves passing by so many creatures that could stop those tactical missiles. The only way to stop Leon from a distance and ignoring the skeletons would by using a railgun or a nuke, but Leon doubted that they had one.

Anyway, Leon resumed his tasks of creating skeletons. Despite having being caught, Makoto was a cautious man, he put thousands of mana potions inside the magic box, and Leon knew why he did that. Using those potions, Leon increased the number of skeleton archers and wizards at an astonishing pace.

Just like Leon had imagined, Alexei shot several missiles again and increased their numbers. He was quite loose with money, or perhaps he was using them since he only obtained and didn't create them. Anyway, Alexei used more than one hundred missiles to kill Leon. In his last attack, he shot forty, and when Leon saw those, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat, but fortunately, his skeletons destroyed them on time.

When it dawned, Leon had fifteen thousand skeletons, archers, and wizards. Although he used all the potions Makoto brought, it had been a good investment. That being said, Leon didn't stop. Perhaps not all of the one hundred thousand soldiers in Moscow had the power to defeat a skeleton, but Leon knew that he had more soldiers all over Europe. He could have sent a message to make them return in order to attack Leon from all sides. So, despite all the fatigue, Leon meditated and summoned more and more skeletons.

"Perhaps, I should have made the kid and his friends buy potions before letting them go to Moscow… too late to think of that now."

Leon thought that Alexei would send his soldiers to attack him at some point during the day, but nothing happened. He could see some soldiers observing him in the distance, but not a single one of them felt like approaching the army of skeletons.

Surprisingly, after sunset, Leon received a call, it was Alexei once again.

"Hello again, Leon."

"I'm thankful for the fact that you didn't call me a dog this time," Leon said. "Is there something I can do for you, Alexei?"

"No, I'm just bored. Anyway, I guess I underestimated you… I called Makoto a fool yesterday, but I guess I was also a fool in listening to Seiji. He described to me the things you can do, but he didn't say that you can create skeletons."

"I'm quite secretive, after all," Leon said. "Besides, he didn't know, the only ones who knew were Makoto and his spies who worked in America. I'm quite relieved in hearing that, it would be troublesome if one of Seiji's spies were there."

"Anyway, I confirmed the fact that you didn't kill Lennart and his team. You are a bit naïve, don't you think? You repelled my missiles, but you think you can defeat my one hundred thousand soldiers?"

"That's not my intention; I only want to rescue my friends," Leon said. "If you don't want to become our ally, you don't have to. But I can't ignore the fact that you imprisoned them."

"So, self-righteous… you are powerful, Leon. You are a fool for making an enemy out of me, but you are powerful nonetheless. How didn't you learn until now that the powerful can do everything they want now?"

"Please, let me correct you," Leon said. "Everyone can do whatever the hell they want. However, there are certain things called consequences… It doesn't matter how much power you have; you have to deal with the consequences. Soon, you will understand that."

"No… I think you will be the one who will soon understand that. You will understand through the most painful way possible."

The call ended, and Leon sighed because he only made Alexei mad. However, it couldn't be helped, at that point in time, everything that goes against Alexei, even the most obvious things would annoy him. Anyway, it didn't look like he intended to surrender, and that was proof enough to make Leon understand that he was a fool. He couldn't leave the city by normal means even if he does; he will lose control over everything he obtained over the last four years. He couldn't see that he had no chance against Leon that was building an army of skeletons and could even cause eight dungeon breaks.