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Leon’s time passed quickly.
I woke up every morning and started my day with martial arts training with Tina, and whenever I had free time, I went to dungeons and attacked them to gain practical experience.
In the first place, Leon’s reason for looking for the elixir was to raise the level of quantum magic to the third circle, but eating the elixir did not increase magical achievements without any reward.
This is because the elixir only served as a catalyst to amplify the mental power that had been accumulated over the years, and did not automatically create circles that were not there.
And the by-products of the monsters generated by the dungeon attack were directly processed.
Leon had already accumulated considerable wealth as a raider Leon, but if he used the money ruthlessly, he would be suspicious that Leon was going out without the knowledge of the family.
In order to get rid of that doubt, it was necessary to launder the existing property by earning money as Leon.
At the same time, Leon created artifacts.
The still strong Sumatran leather was tanned with the fruit of the Raqueror, and the sap of Lunatree, a monster known by the nickname of the Mad Tree, was refined and painted over the leather.
The reason that the D-class monster, Lunatree, is called the Mad Tree is not because Lunatree behaves like crazy.
Lunatree was a monster with a very special poison, and when poisoned, it rolls the floor like a maniac and scrapes its entire body, hence its nickname.
And the original form of the poison was lacquer.
Lunatree is a monster created by infecting a poison ivy tree with lacquer acid and Urushiol, which are allergens.
Also, when this urushiol is oxidized by laccase, it has the property of solidifying black and hard in the air.
However, in order to collect this magical urushiol, it was necessary to capture a live Lunatree, injure its body, and extract the sap, so the Knights of Cheolheung suffered quite a bit.
The knight’s powerful aura has anti-magic power that resists magical penetration, so it could resist the magic urushiol to some extent, but the skin of some knights with low resistivity was nevertheless lacquered and allergic.
If you mix iron powder with Ursiol, the hard-earned horse, and oxidize it, it turns black. When it was painted over the armor made of Sumatran leather, the jet black armor was completed.
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Just like Leon slashed Sumatra with an arc blade, the leather also had a weak nature to heat.
The shortcomings were reinforced by over-painting the horse ursiol and finished with Sumatran horns.
Wearing a cloak made of the leather of sneakers on top of that, the expression of a jet-black knight suits him.
Leon reciprocated by handing out the armor he had made to the knights who had a hard time saving the demon Urciol, and they were very satisfied with Leon’s gift.
At first, he seemed a little unfamiliar with the word that the armor was made by the master himself, but the thing actually made was something far beyond their imagination.
The armor they were wearing was supplied by the Marquis family of Parostel, and although it was definitely a luxurious item as high as the family name, in terms of function, it was never able to match the armor made by Leon.
Tina, wearing the jet-black armor made by Leon, spoke at once.
“Sir, be honest. You are not 10 years old.”
“What nonsense is that? If you can afford such nonsense, swing your sword one more time.”
In this way, there were cases where Tina, who had become a little closer, asked a sharp question, but Leon responded more skillfully and seven months passed like that.
* * *
Leon looked at the knights repeating their training in the gymnasium.
They were precisely divided into two categories.
Knights in family armor and knights in Leon’s armor.
In other words, the knights that Leon gave him the armor were a sign that Leon was reliable knights.
Some knights swore allegiance to the family, including Isaac, the leader of the Knights of Repulsion, while others finally recognized Leon as their master and swore allegiance to Leon.
The last seven months were also a time to sort them out.
Leon summoned three of the escorts in jet-black armor and gathered them together.
“Tina, Oliver, Hans. I’m going to the raiders guild, so follow me.”
“yep! young master!”
Leon led them to the raiders guild.
Some knights glanced at Leon, but it wasn’t unusual for Leon to visit the dungeon to gain practical experience, so everyone thought it was no big deal.
However, the reason Leon visited the attackers guild today was a little different than usual.
“Long time no see. Jessica.”
“I came running after a month because Leon was looking for me, but what the hell is this?”
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Jessica, whom she had not seen in a long time, was looking at Leon with a curious expression, dressed as a nobleman with a family insignia and accompanied by an escort.
Even so, Jessica must have known Leon as Leon until this moment.
“Well, I’m sorry I lied to you all this time.”
“No, you don’t have to be sorry. Come to think of it, you’ve never introduced yourself as a sub-race by your own mouth before. It’s just that the people around you made up your mind to think that way. But I guess the holy Leon must have been the son of a noble family.”
Was it because Jessica’s intimate attitude like that?
One of the guards, Hans, frowned and asked Leon.
“young master. Who the hell is this?”
Leon thought for a moment before answering.
“Are you close friends with me?”
“Are you a friend of the mastermind?”
The guards looked at Jessica with an expression that they did not understand English.
Unsurprisingly, Leon had lived in the attic of his family until now, but only found his freedom when he arrived at the royal capital.
In the meantime, the guards closely guarded Leon and watched him, but at least until now, there was no one who could call Leon as a friend.
“To tell the truth, I went out secretly from my family two years ago and was working as a raider.”
At Leon’s confession, the guards couldn’t help but be surprised.
Especially in the case of Tina, it was a very serious expression.
“Wait. young master. Would it be okay if I said something like that? You will not be able to avoid reproach on the day this fact is known to the family.”
“That’s why I brought you here on purpose. You are the only one I can trust in my family right now. So, I want you to be silent about this meeting.”
The guards couldn’t help but look a little embarrassed.
Even so, the mission of the Rebel Knights wasn’t just a simple escort.
Rather, it can be said that it is their duty to observe what Leon and Riel do, every move, and report it to the general manager, Isaac.
What Leon was asking of them now was like forcing them to choose who they would swear allegiance to between the family and Leon.
Asking them to keep secrets about what happened here meant they had to make a false report to their superior, General Isaac, and even to the family they swore allegiance to.
However, the escorts were soon able to strengthen their resolve.
They were the ones who had been watching Leon for the past 7 months and were fascinated by his abilities.
Knights who sincerely swore allegiance to Leon, not because the family ordered them.
Rather, they were moved by the fact that Leon believed in them so much.
“Our loyalty has already been dedicated to the master.”
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Jessica, who watched the scene quietly, said with a meaningful smile.
“by the way. You think I didn’t know much about friends to define us as friends?”
At Jessica’s sarcastic remarks, Leon sighed and began to explain why he had no choice but to hide his identity.
But when Jessica heard all the stories, she couldn’t help but tilt her head.
“Wait, so you are the eldest of an aristocratic family. So you’re saying your mother is a sub-race?”
Among the nobles from the Philo Kingdom, there is no sub-race.
Then, in order for Leon to be a mixed race of sub-race, his mother must be of a sub-race.
But Leon shook his head.
“no.”
“Then what? Are you really a 10-year-old pure human kid?”
Even after hearing all the stories, Jessica’s question was related to Leon’s age.
“It was two years ago when you first visited the raiders guild. So, when you were 8 years old. So, are you saying that you were really eight years old when you defeated the demon family?”
“Wait! You said you defeated the family of demons? Who? Are you the master?”
Tina grunted at the topic that suddenly appeared.
However, when Leon glared at him and noticed, Tina had no choice but to back away with a puffy cheek and a pouty expression.
“The old story is like this. Now let’s get to the point. Have you recently discovered a direct dungeon near the royal capital?”
“okay. Noble families who have already smelled the scent are gathering to the royal road. Are you sure you want to participate?”
Direct Dungeon is a dungeon that boasts a vast size compared to general dungeons, and is also called a nickname large dungeon.
However, if a normal dungeon is a subspace created between the demon realm and the human realm to transcend the dimension, the direct dungeon, as the name implies, uses the entire space existing in the demon realm as a dungeon and erodes the world by directly summoning it to the human realm.
Unlike a dungeon that simply pours out monsters, it transmits the entire terrain already contaminated with magic.
In particular, when a direct dungeon occurred near the royal road like now, people’s eyes had to be focused even more.
Therefore, attacking the direct dungeon was a very good opportunity to raise the honor.
Of course, the nobles who valued fame as the highest value had no choice but to gather from all over the country to claim it, and the elixir that Leon was looking for was hidden inside this gate.
“I’m sorry, but the dungeon for this dungeon is already full.”
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Jessica shook her head with an expression that this could not be helped, but Leon had no intention of officially attacking the gate in the first place.
“That’s the attacker’s garden. You won’t need a porter anyway.”
Leon took the attack certificate and injected magical power into it.
Then a hologram pops up.
Name: Leon Farostel♡
██: 4 circles ██??
█ level attacker??
The state of the hologram was not normal.
The text was a mess, and the color was orange, not green, meaning the fourth circle.
Clearly, the attack certificate certifies that Leon’s level is 4 circles in the past, but now it has a magic wavelength of 2 circles that is lower than then, so an error occurred.
“I have a handy porter here, how about it? Why don’t you hire me?”
Usually, in large dungeons or gates, there were cases where two or three-star uninhabited men were often used as porters, and Jessica was an executive of the raiders guild who had the authority to hire the porters.
And although Leon’s ability had clearly reached the level of 4 circles, he had a magic wave of 2 circles.
Leon was planning to use it in reverse and infiltrate the gate as a porter.
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Jessica noticed Leon’s suggestion and made an interesting expression.
“What do I gain from it?”
“A chance to owe Leon Farostel.”
In response, Jessica smiled satisfied.
Even when she thought that Leon was a sub-race, Jessica was deeply impressed by Leon’s speciality.
But Leon is not a sub-race, but an ordinary human?
It wasn’t enough to shock Jessica rather than impress her.
The achievement that Leon, who has reached the level of 4th circle at the age of only 10, will achieve in the future is unimaginable.
If I could owe such a debt to Leon, it would have been a fairly satisfactory transaction.
* * *
Leon quickly attacked a D-grade dungeon and returned to the villa while he came to the attackers’ guild to help the escorts’ false reports.
And there, Leon was able to welcome the family’s guests.
In order to attack the direct dungeon that Leon was aiming for this time, it was decided that the children of the Farostel family would also participate.
Its identity was Nvidia Farostel, which I had seen once during a friendly match.
“huh. He said he was approved by his father, so he was stuck in a place like this at most.”
Nvidia snorted at Leon, who happened to be at the front door of the villa.
Tina felt a rage at her reaction, but Leon raised her hand to dry her.
Leon and Nvidia’s positions within the current family were very vague.
Officially, Nvidia is ranked 10th in the rankings.
However, Leon had a record of leading Nvidia to victory in a friendly match where Nvidia had lost once, and for that achievement, Leon was given the nickname of genius.
In fact, although Leon was more superior in terms of ability, there was no one to support Leon as there were almost no servants following him.
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Just looking at it now
Nvidia has led their servants to attack this direct dungeon, and they were all influential vassals of noble families.
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Just because Leon takes all of the Knights of Repulsion as his subjects, he does not have any influence within the family.
They may have excellent skills, but they were knights from commoners.
Perhaps, the Marquis of Parostel may have attached a Templar made up of commoners to Leon as a watchdog for that purpose from the beginning.
But Leon didn’t care.
‘The moment this dungeon is attacked, your positions and mine will be reversed.’