74 Chapter 73 (1/2)

”Come on, dude.” Hector gave the sign to Leon to approach. ”Come down here; I don't bite.”

Leon frowned, now that he thought about it, the voice was almost the same he remembered. When he landed, he understood why he didn't recognize him.

”Man, I recognized you right away,” Hector put his arm over Leon's shoulder. ”You grew up a little, but you didn't change that much.”

”… You changed a lot, the Hector I remember was a womanizer who didn't take anything seriously and had the face of a fool.” Leon said.

”Hey, now… don't talk about my embarrassing past in front of my soldiers.” Hector scratched the back of his head. ”I'm not a teenager anymore, now I'm the leader of this city, and I'm even a father, you know.”

”Good for you…” Leon said.

Although Leon felt like Hector was friendly just like he was in his memories, he couldn't act like before. Leon couldn't act like before when they were friends because he totally forgot about him. For the past four years, he only thought about his parents and little sister…

”All right, guys, let's clean up this mess…” Hector looked around and sighed when he saw the corpses of a few survivors. ”I want the names of those who died and the name of those related to them in my table at noon.”

”Yes, sir!” A random survivor said. ”Captain, is it fine?”

Although Leon had helped them, they still couldn't trust a stranger so fast. Hector, who was their captain, was acting as if it was fine. But hearing that they didn't meet in the last eight years, one couldn't help but worry.

”You can relax, this guy saved your ass, right?” Hector asked.

”He used several spells and even flew for several minutes, and he doesn't look tired at all… if he wanted to do something against us, he would have done a long ago in the middle of the night without letting us notice it.”

”… Yes,” The survivor hesitated.

After that, Leon and Hector moved to the city. Although the survivors were protecting the borders of Las Vegas, most parts of the city were in ruins. Las Vegas didn't get nuked, but the monsters destroyed a lot of things. Despite the piles of rubble being numerous, Leon saw a lot of brand new houses. People now had superhuman strength, and they could plant as many trees as they wanted, so building wood houses was pretty easy.

”So, Leon, where have you been?” Hector asked. ”If I remember well, you went to study abroad after high school…”

Leon didn't have time to idle chat, but considering that Hector was an old friend and he also was the leader of the survivors of that city, maybe it was a good idea to give him a brief summary of what happened to him.

”When the monsters appeared, I was in an airplane returning home,” Leon said. ”It was four years ago, soon after I graduated… the airplane got attacked by a dragon, and then I spent the last four years stuck in an island.”

”… I think you skipped a few important parts,” Hector frowned. ”How the hell did you survive a plane crash?”

”I obtained a few skills, obtained status points, and put then in health before I fell in the ocean,” Leon answered.

”As always… you are quite a fast thinker… even though you are so slow sometimes.” Hector chuckled. ”Seriously? Did you survive a plane crash?”