Suspicion & the Assassin

Hearing Leon explanation this creature had everyone fooled, was it the right time to try out him or should he gather more intel.

"Ok this might sound a little weird can you ask your network of creature where Cimeries went after leaving here?"

"I would but the horse he rides is extremely fast and i'm unable to follow him, what is strange he always rides towards the forest which is dangerous enough to go through with a group or on your own, but by the sounds of it you think he's not who he says he is, if that were true a few more suspicions that i have heard about him are possibly true."

"What suspicions?"

"Well firstly he has no abode in the capital or the surrounding area which is very peculiar then there's the accusation of him assassinating a few royals."

Leon hearing this knows that he needs to bring up his suspicion also.

"Ok so i'm very confident that he's a creature from the Helm!"

Leon looks a Leo in absolute fear.

"If that's true were the first people to come to that conclusion, when i first found about the rumors, i did a quite investigation my self."

"What did you find out?"

"Well that's just it nothing this man had come to the capital and joined the arms and climbed through the ranks at a fast speed he saved a lot of people in a war, the king granted him a new title which was the royal Inspector, he was chosen for this job because he was ruthless with his investigation that saved those in the war."

Leo Listening to this explanation was reminded of how infiltrators would operate on earth they would set up scenario that would allow them to infiltrate the lower ranks climbing as fast as they can then make the organisation owe them by sorting a problem they had caused in the first place rising further and further with each plot.

"So if he has no past but loads of rumors then the rumors must hold some truth."

Hearing this Leon eyes were filled with anger with the possibility of deception to such a level they calmed after a while.

"So who is he and where is he from? i hope that what you say is not true as this is a enemy we have never come to blows with and judging by his strength i don't want to."

"Just how strong is he?"

"Well he has never been beaten by anyone he engulfs his enemy in a blue flame, nick named the flame of hell, they get vaporized by this flame almost instantly, if you can go to the library and view footage on it, if you get chance."

"I'll do that, also i'll prove that you can definitely trust me given time."

"Well i hope so, because you have only put more suspicion toward your self with your accusations."

Leo laughs "I figured as much."

Leon listening to him laugh, thought that if he was a creature then he wouldn't of brought this up, to also incriminate himself, the fact that he laughed when he had said those last words to him made him trust him even more, that and he was wishing that this man was definitely not a enemy because he has to much potential, he would become the strongest person he had ever met, and he didn't want to be on the receiving end of it.

Leon stood up and took the glasses to wash them.

"So from now on i've decide to help you train to become the best you can be, i'll see you in the morning."

Hearing these words Leo stood up to leave.

"Thank you for the conversation and honesty i hope we can work well together."

Leo left and went back to towards the Inn half way there he got a alert.

{You are being monitored by someone i'm trying to track the source down but it will take some time, i suggest you don't linger outside to long, there's a sense of danger.}

Hearing this Leo picked up the pace of his walk trying not to alert the one watching him.

{You say you sense danger?}

{because of my scanning feature i'm able to detect fluctuations in emotion over large distances.}

Hearing Yuna's explanation he figured he definitely needed to use the tools he had at his disposal better.

Getting to the Inn he greets Lizzie before going to his room, sitting down on the bed.

{Am i still being monitored?}

{No the buildings seem to offer protection by blocking signals form getting in or out.}

{Can you get through it?}

{Given enough time to workout how its works yes?}

{How much time will that take?}

{This may take up to a week.}

{Why so long? Can i help with this.}

{Please let me show you the details.}

A screen pops up in Leo's HUD, what he can see is a 3D visualization of the data block it's shape is a quantum knot, this was fluctuating untying its self and tying its self into a new knot but never fully undone it was mesmerizing.

{Ok i see a quantum knot?}

{This is the lock that needs to be broken to be able to pass signals freely from inside and reverse to receive them.}

Leo looking at this had no idea where to start feeling a little overwhelmed by the complexity of it all.

{Yuna i'm a little lost as where to start or what to do?}

{Ok so you can move round this space with you mind your looking for the flow of information it will look like a atomic structure of sorts with energy being pulled toward this one area, the problem here is getting through the knot that is being shifted constantly.}

This explanation is just what Leo needed.

{Ok can anything happen whilst trying to do this?}

{There seems to be no alarms probably because this is the most safest lock possible if we had a key to see its binding we could crack this with ease, that's why it will take time i estimate a week but there's a possibility that you might find a way that is not known to me.}

Hearing this Leo was in shock how would he know something that incredibly sophisticated AI didn't.

Then he thought about this, essentially someone made this AI and like anything it had to learn too, so it would only stand to reason that it didn't have all the information and answers, especially on something that back on earth was still a mystery.

{I will try my best to help you with this but i think even you might get stuck with this one.}

{I accept the challenge.}

Hearing Yuna speak this way was quite relaxing in some way that he had such a powerful AI that could help him through all this.

{Still no signs of contact from Max yet?}

{Not at present due to the time difference i suspect my message for communication will take some time.}

{How are you doing that?}

{I'm using your minds quantum energy as relay to connect the two worlds because your body is still there, your mind still has a physical connection, I'm making your energy pulse with information with details of how to make a connection.}

Leo was amazed at this, what a unique way of communication.

{So will i be able to speak with him when we can make a connection.}

{Yes this will be a real time connection, i don't know what will happen, but i suspect that time it's self will slow down incredibly to compensate for the communication and time difference.}

{Ok keep me informed of anything that needs my immediate attention.}

Leo had decide to go to sleep as he was getting tired.

Waking up the next day with a brief headache and shortly after getting washed, dressed Yuna made him aware of the memories he had absorbed.

{Morning, you have absorbed a total of 10,000 memories.}

Leo hearing this figure was shocked, how and why so high if he slept for 8 hours that would only be 4000 so why the high number, then it came to him.

{How long am i asleep for in this world?}

{You are sleeping on average 20.5 hours each night.}

It made sense to him, as the days we're longer, why wouldn't he sleep longer, the amount of information you take in over the day is 3-4 times the amount back on earth.

{Thanks Yuna.}

Walking down stairs into the main reception area, Leon is sat at a table.

"Hey Leo, were training together today."

Leo nods his head in agreement they both walk out the Inn and towards the hunters association.

"Firstly, i will need to check your output and control, we can then work on making it useful in a fight."

"Can i watch you fight with someone else using magic, this will give me a general idea how to fight."

"Yeah, i will ask Brad to spar with me."

Leo then remembers that Leon's main specialty is controlling creatures, he decides not to bring it up as a questions and decides to observe.

Getting to the training floor Leon asks Leo to show him his control anyway he can.

Leo deciding not to try and show and be humble, conjures up a bunch of roses the stems are made of shadow magic and the petals are all on fire, he makes the petals fall off steadily but makes the petals start to swirl around the rose, he then makes ice magic slowly emerge on the stem of the rose's engulfing the rose's, he then makes it all fade away.

Leon who is watching this has a rather straight face giving no hint of if this was good or not.

"Well i have simple question what magic can you not use?"

Leo listening to this answers simply.

"Everyone i've tried to control so far takes a bit of getting used to but after short while i get the hang of it."

Leon grabbing his chin and sitting down crossed legged in deep thought.

"Did you watch the spatial magic that the Criton used?"

Leo searching his memories can't remember any spatial magic.

{Yuna can you find the memory Leon is referring to and merge it with my own now.}

{Yes i can but this will cause you intense pain are you sure you wish to do this.}

Thinking for a moment Leo decides to go with it.

He feels the pain surge through his head like he is about to be knocked out he stumbles sightly but remains stood, the pain brief but very intense fades.

"Leo are you ok?"

"Yeah sorry about that a little bit of a headache through me off balance." he says this while grinning.

The next feeling is that of soothing which is bizarre as he feels very refreshed.

{Leon has cast some unknown magic it has transferred magic direct to any area that was in pain soothing it.}

Leo looks a Leon with a surprised look.

"What id you just do."

"Ha ha that was magic that heals you by transferring magical energy to any area that is injured its very difficult to learn."

"How so?"

"Well it's not like normal magic, where you have to focus on gathering energy then manifesting it to do what you want, then there's the fact that everyone has a particular field where your stronger, with all other area's being nothing in comparison."

Leon listening to this explanation wait's for Leon to continue.

"You have to think about the energy gathering inside you, but then you need to push it towards the person in front of you, using the flow in the air, which is the tricky part as this is constantly shifting and its like a maze of sorts that you have to navigate."

Leon thinking about the quantum knot just nods and agrees, he decides to put this sort of technique on the back burner for now.