196 Chapter 195 (1/2)
Although it was initially his idea, Leon ended up skipping his training with his friends several days, all for the sake of creating magic weapons with decent effects. He managed to create a few of them, like, for example, a dagger that increased his speed by twenty points. Even though it was valuable, it wasn't on the level Leon wanted. The Seal skill was leveling up faster, but not fast enough. Besides, he didn't manage to create many items that offered useful skills.
”If only I could find a monster which could grant Regeneration and Meditation to magic items, it would be enough to Amanda and the others for the time being.”
Leon was traveling the country and testing the spell in several monsters, but he was still to find the ones who would offer such useful effects. His friends already knew what Leon was doing, but they couldn't help but worry since his behavior changed so much after that weird incident. Leon wasn't the type to stop midway something he started, after all. While Leon was searching for those effects in dungeons, his friends gathered to talk about him.
”Brother is acting strange as of late...” Amanda said. ”I wonder since when.”
”It didn't start when he returned from Brazil?” Hector asked.
”No, it started there...” Betty said. ”Our first battle had been very difficult, Leon had stayed awake for three days straight, but he still stayed awake for several more days to prepare for the battle.”
”Yeah, but despite his efforts... everything had been almost for naught,” Sasha added. ”He managed to create an army of one hundred thousand skeletons, but the number of monsters was even higher. We tried to save as many lives as possible... in the end, hundreds died.”
”I remember the face he made when he was half a second late to save a person...” Betty lowered her head. ”It was a face full of despair as if he was blaming himself for the losses. It was kind of surprising since he killed hundred of soldiers to save Yuki.”
”Betty...” Hector frowned.
”I'm sorry, I didn't mean to...” Betty said nervously.
”We know that, don't worry, Betty.” Amanda forced a smile. ”Anyway, did you guys noticed something weird aside from that when you three were there?”
”No,” Betty said.
”... I noticed something.” Sasha hesitated. ”I was watching Leon's back when he found that tome. It was weird... in the middle of the battle, while he was trying to kill as many monsters as possible, he just looked to his side and found the tome. Until that moment, he didn't look for spoils, so that surprised me.”
”Well, maybe Leon has some magic that grants the power to feel the presence of such items,” Hector said.