Chapter 623 - Quarter Inch (2/2)

Nigmir stared at Leonel for a long while.

”Peace Keepers!” Nigmir roared.

At that moment, the sound of shuffling feet surrounded the massive tent.

Everyone knew that the Ore Market was nothing more than a hidden battle ground. Though it had been a long time since anyone deemed to test the King of Ores faction, that didn't mean they weren't prepared at all times.

Amidst the Peace Keepers, a young man with teeth as sharp and jagged as a shark's burst into laughter.

”Nigmir! Your prestige seems to have taken a hit! You can't control a black belt on your own and even had to call for help?!”

”Don't blame him too much, Cormus. His senses have gotten dull after doing nothing but counting money all day!”

The Peace Keepers erupted into laughter together. Their two leaders, Cormus, the jagged tooth young man, and Ardryn, a young woman carrying a massive great sword, bantering back and forth.

Kaela frowned at this sudden change of events.

Though Cormus and Ardryn only seemed to be joking, their underlying point still stood. It didn't make sense for the King of Ores faction to bring out so much fire power to deal with one young man. It was as though they wanted to end this swiftly and strongly, displaying their dominance to the utmost degree.

But the question was… why? Who was this boy? Since when did King of Ores care about a mere black belt so much?

Unfortunately for Kaela who spent 99% of her time in the lab, she was completely unaware of the viral Leo the Cuck phenomena. And, she was equally unaware of how much of an uproar Leonel's actions today had already caused.

'This is not good!' Kaela snapped out of her thoughts, suddenly realizing the severity of the situation.

If King of Ores wanted to make an example of Leonel, even if they didn't kill him, beating him half to death would at most get them a light punishment, especially since Leonel was seen as the aggressor in this case.

To make matters worse, even though King of Ores was all constructed of youths who had joined at the same time as Sarrieth, no more than five years ago, each an every one had become a white belt within two years and the most elite of them would at most need another half year before becoming blue belts.

If the elite of the sophomore class had to be picked out, it would most definitely be them. And now, they had all turned their weapons toward this one boy.

Yet, when Kaela laid eyes on Leonel, she suddenly felt frozen in time.

He stood there in silence, his hands in his pockets and his expression emotionless. Every so often, his eyes would flicker with a wild shade of violet-red, only to return to their original pale green as though the change had never occurred to begin with.

The wind was oddly still around him, the pumping of his heart even slowing to a crawl.

BANG!

Land in a 10 meter radius around Leonel instantly sunk down by a quarter inch.