Chapter 37 : Leo's everyday life

It was a normal day for everyone, having fun talking to each other. It feels like it's been forever for Leo, going to pool that is. He was in middle-school when he last swim in a pool.

The sun's shining bright, no signs of raining, wait does it even rain here. Everything was perfect, but not for someone who hated eyes on her. Wearing a thin cloth swimsuit almost revealing her most precious thing. She was the queen of the day no other girls had yet taken that spot from her ever since she went out to the pool.

"Now, now, don't be like that. The administrator went out her way and picked that for you but you're not even grateful for it" she hated it the most when the one reprimanding her was Drago. Also, there's this one thing he hasn't told her what he did.

"Huh!? You want me to change back into these!?" She had already changed into her own clothes, holding the swimsuit in her hand. "Maybe you're saying that because you just wanna see my sexy body!"

'This has nothing to do with that, idiot!' That's what he wanted to say but, she'll just continue lash out on him. But he can't control his self to talk back to her.

"Hah!? Why would I? You're way too ugly! I'd rather gouge out my eyes than look at your, Ew!" Drago was laughing in his mind, he didn't expect that from him.

"Uh- ugly you say! Should I kill you!? Huh!? You lizard!?" An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Zest's getting used to this as he just let out a deep sighed and doesn't interfere between them. Leo and company were having barbecue not that far from Ruhan's company. They could see them and hear fighting to each other. Ruhan's image making Leo had flashbacks of what happened inside the bath house.

[Are you guys enjoying yourselves? Well, it looks like it. I'm sending out more barbecues and drinks. Have a great day! Die idiots!] (if this was japanese I would be like oh shi ne baka! But it's plural and I don't know japanese that much. Just sharing haha)

"That two's lively aren't they?" Evan's checking on them. Well he had seen her earlier when Ruhan was still wearing her swimsuit. "They act like that but we can't underestimate those three" he suddenly had a changed of in tone- serious.

"Yeah, they all look strong, not just those three but also the others" Tom became observant of his surroundings ever since he came in here. The anxious feeling he had when they entered this so-called Underworld hasn't changed. He's feeling something might happen or will happen here that no one's aware of.

"Can you see all those other hunters" Tom had a looked at the the others as Evan mentioned that. "They're distancing themselves from them because they knew how strong those three are"

Leo isn't really paying attention on the conversation and was eating his full, of barbecue. He completely recovered from exhaustion. It was a good thing, for him that he did that because it he gained a new skill.

[Skill : Hotfoot, (Active, Mana cost - 50, minus 5 per second) If the user's stats are lower than the enemy's, his agility increases multiplied by two. If the user's stats are higher than the enemy's, his steps would leave a line of fire that could burn down anyone or anything]

[Skill : Hotfoot (Proficiency - 0.0%)]

"Hey, brother, you listening?" The two of them noticed that Leo's in his own world that's why.

"Uh, yeah. Don't mind them, they won't hurt us"

"How much percentage are you sure?" Evan asked.

"100 percent" then he pointed Ruhan out. "Especially her"

"Hmm?" Tom looked at her, analyzing her from head to toe. "Why?"

"It is a secret"

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How much time had passed inside the Underworld that hunters back on Earth were having a hard time dealing with a rank S gate that had appeared recently in Makati Sports Complex. There was a game going on when a huge gate and darker in color appeared out of nowhere. The game was disrupted and postponed to a later date. Monsters came out of the gate, they shouldn't be able to. It was too early for a gate to open, thousands of people and including all kinds of, were killed. There were some hunters who tried to fight back and save the others but failed to even save their selves. Brutal killings had occur inside, and for now they had quarantined the whole complex. Some people were able to escape but not in good shape, all of them went out with a wound everywhere in their body.

"We've had so many casualties this time Sir" it was none other than the secretary of the chairman.

"Cristina, what are our rank S hunters doing? Who's willing to participate in this raid?" He took a sip on his coffee and then he puts it down.

"Sir, six of our rank S hunters are willing to join in. As for the four, they rejected. Most of the other participants' are A rankers" The chairman had finished his cup of coffee so Cristina took it and placed it away.

"Ahh... cowards! Saving their own asses. If I could join in I would right now with the others" he slammed his arm through his table. "They'll just get killed, we need some assistance from other countries. A few S rankers would be fine"

"Okay Sir! I'll call other Agencies for this matter"

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On the other side of the world where Leo and company where. They had just finished fighting the 70th floor boss. It wasn't the same anymore for them. There are monsters everywhere they go, they would come across a swarm of monsters. As much as they wanted to avoid monsters, as much as they would encounter them. They proceeded slowly, but they think it's the same for the others looking back at all those monsters. They wouldn't clear all the monsters on their way, instead they just fight the monsters blocking the stairs up to the another floor.

[Floor 80, Boss fight, Giga Salamander]

[Giga Salamander's an amphibian, but they became very dangerous when in land because they will release toxic smoke that when someone inhaled they'll slowly get dizzy and vomits blood and eventually, death. It also releases acidified spits that would instantly dissolves someone or something when touch.]

"Leave this one to me" Leo did a stretching, as if this was an exercise. "My body's aching for some action"

He took the plunge, the giga salamander's spitting its acids. Leo used his newly acquired skill 'Hotfoot'

[The user's stats are higher than the enemy, steps will leave a line of fire behind.]

His speed also increases, but not too fast. He wasn't attacking the giga salamander, instead he was running over it. Back and forth, he was trying if the fire could kill off enemies. The fire's thin but it was one meter tall, was it two lines or one? Well it's two since he has two legs.

"He's playing... he wanted to try out his new skill" Evan's boredom strike him, he sat on the floor and watched.

"Haha... that'a how brother is" he sat beside Evan and also watched his brother.

There's no punching, kicking, stabbing just pure running. He would run below the salamander, and on top of its body. He repeated it over and over again and it was effective. The giga salamander were tortured to death, slowly burning into crisp. How cruel, it was writhing in pain. It couldn't do anything but undergo such a thing. Yes, Leo thought to himself, his experiment was a success though it quite consumed his MP.

They proceeded to ascend at the 81st floor of the tower.

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