Chapter 609 - Cheeky (2/2)

The leader of this gang of three seemed almost too lazy to deal with Leonel. He held no personal animosity toward Leonel, and he even felt that dealing with a freshman was far beneath him.

It wasn't until one entered Valiant Heart that they truly understood the distance that separated those who had joined quadrant ruling organizations and those from small worlds who could at best call a corner of a quadrant their home.

Just in terms of taxes collected, Valiant Heart had a number of resources that could drown out any world in their wealth alone.

With these resources came millennia of foundation building, an endless store of knowledge and techniques beyond anything someone from a smaller world could possibly understand.

If Valiant Heart Mountain were to be ranked using the official metrics of the Dimensional Verse, as an organization overseeing number quadrants, they were a Bronze Grade Organization at worst. If Earth was put on this same scale, they wouldn't even qualify to be known as Black Grade.

”Are you from Hero Peak?”

”Don't…!”

Balthorn tried to speak out before Leonel could finish his sentence, but it was already too late. She took a sharp intake of breath before looking at Leonel's side profile.

'Is he really that slow? Even if he got beat up to the point of having half a foot in the coffin, that's the one question he should have never asked!'

As expected, the moment the leader of lackies heard this, he froze for a moment before a sinister smile crept onto his face.

”You have a lot of guts, calling out Hero Peak's name in vain like that. Do you think the likes of Hero Peak has the time to deal with bottom feeders like you?”

”You seem quite offended for someone who isn't from Hero Peak.” Leonel replied evenly.

The lacky's jaw clenched, the murderous intent in his gaze deepening.

If others really found out that Hero Peak was stooping to such lows, it would be a blight on their prestige. Though the words were unspoken, the burden for such a rumor spreading would definitely be on his head. Not only was this Leonel a fool enough to offend Aphestus before even stepping into Valiant Heart, but he was even trying to drag him down with him.

If Leonel insisted on this narrative, this small scuffle that would have likely ended after a small beating would grow to the point of the entire Peak pitting themselves against him.

”Ahaha, hey, buddy, pal…” Radlis patted Leonel's shoulder. ”… It's been nice knowing you. I think I see a beauty over there.”

Radlis dashed away, hiding into the accumulating crowd.

Ingkath, Irolana and Balthorn frowned, but they too didn't want anything to do with this situation.

Though there was no chance in joining Hero Peak now, there were no shortage of individuals who had defected from their own Peaks to join them later.

”Still not saying anything?” Leonel continued as though he didn't notice these youths distancing themselves from him. He hardly knew them, so why would he care?

”Wielor, we need to shut him up.” One of the three called out to the leading lacky. They couldn't allow Leonel to say anything more.

”Agreed.” Wielor nodded. ”We'll see if he still has the cheek to say such things after we're done with him.”

As though by tacit agreement, the two behind Wielor shot forward.