CHAPTER 62: REVENGE!!!!

Leon’s words turned the atmosphere heavy, and both ladies stopped eating. Evelyn’s whole body trembled, and she couldn’t bring herself to say anything.

"Why do you overthink so much, Mom?" Leon sighed, knowing that he had stepped on the wrong spot. "I don’t care what happened back then or whether he knows that I exist or not. As for hating him, as long as he doesn’t come to hurt you again, I have no reason to hate him."

He put a meatball in his mouth and added, "He’s just a stranger to me. From the way you defend him, I can see that he wasn’t the one who hurt you... directly at least, so I wouldn’t hate him for that. If I ever meet him in the future, we’ll just be strangers."

He smiled at his mother and said, "But if you want to get together with him, I won’t mind either. You wasted too many years on me, so if you want a life now, I won’t say anything. I don’t have any right to."

"Are you trying to play cupid for your mother?" Amber asked, amused by his words.

"Have you ever seen the look on her face when that man is mentioned?" Leon rolled his eyes. "She’s too deep in this, so might as well make her happy."

While Amber chuckled at that, Evelyn knocked on his head and said, ’Stop talking nonsense and eat. I’m fine the way I am, and I’m also satisfied with my life.’

Leon shook his head at her and focused on the meal. The others did the same, since the food was really making their stomachs churn in hunger.

After dinner, Amber offered to help wash the dishes, but Evelyn rejected it and sent both of them to their rooms. She could have hired Doodles for the work, but she liked to do it herself, so even Leon couldn’t say anything.

Once they arrived on the first floor where their rooms were, Amber waved her hand and said, "I’ve made a noise-cancellation barrier along with a Rune Formation that will suppress the Essence Fluctuations, coupled with a few others, so you can rest easy and do whatever you want. No one will know of it."

She tapped him on the forehead and said, "But I will keep an eye on both your soul and your physical body. Is that fine?"

"Yeah, but don’t freak out if you sense anything with my soul," Leon warned her, since he wasn’t sure if anything unusual happened with his soul while he was in the dungeon.

Amber nodded and said, "I’ll still keep an eye. Anything that can help you progress fast never comes without a price."

"I know that better than anyone else." Leon chuckled before entering his room and feeling as if he had passed through a flimsy barrier.

He didn’t immediately go to sleep and instead began working on remembering the places where he could find treasures and opportunities to help others.

But most of them involved the Primordial Expanse, which put him in a tough spot. Still, he made notes of them too, even though he couldn’t recall all of them.

Then, he focused on the things he could find on Earth and made a rough plan. He was especially excited about finding the treasures.

’If I remember correctly, in the side quest of Natasha’s backstory, we go to Valentor Town and find the Core of a Nine-Tailed Fox there. We can bring the expedition early.’

Just like that, he made plans for everyone, including himself, since he also needed some boosts. But once he finalised everything, he realised one important thing.

They were too weak.

’I can’t ask Amber for everything. She’s also busy normally, so I’ll have to find a solution myself.’

Leon sighed before closing everything and going to bed. He calmed his mind and tried to sleep, but it wasn’t easy since he had already taken a long nap during the day.

Still, he tried, and before long, his consciousness began drifting toward a distant yet very close purple portal.

Once it passed through that portal, Leon regained control of it and woke up. His eyes snapped open as he looked around once again.

It had become routine for him to first check his surroundings for any sneak attacks. It wouldn’t do well if he was smashed to the ground the moment he woke up, after all.

Once he confirmed that he was alone in this part of the Meadows, he relaxed slightly but still kept his guard up. Then, he began to stretch a little.

’That bastard... you’ve played enough with me. Today, it’s my turn.’ Leon grinned as he remembered the Mosspounder.

The monster had been haunting him ever since he entered the dungeon for the first time. The damned thing had killed him so many times and inflicted so much pain.

Leon’s hatred for the monster was really very high. It was just that he had been too weak until now, so he couldn’t take his revenge.

But now things were different.

He was also at Tier 2, and the monster was at Tier 2 as well.

Although Leon wasn’t completely confident in taking revenge, since he had no clue about the monster’s full strength, he was still confident enough to fight it properly now.

He stopped stretching and took out his favourite baseball bat from the inventory. He had asked the little bunny to retrieve it from the hovering car.

He swung it a few times and nodded in satisfaction. "You’re as brilliant as ever. Sadly, I won’t be using you against that bastard. It dared to smash my head, so I will return the favour too."

He threw the bat back into the inventory and took out the heavy war hammer. He hadn’t been able to hold it properly before because of its weight, but now that he was at Tier 2, it had become much easier.

Swinging it around for a while, Leon got familiar with its size and weight so that he could use it better in battle. After all, this was the first time he was using a hammer, and without any proper technique at that.

’If I’m good at this, I’ll ask Amber to give me a hammer technique so I’m not an amateur at least.’

Once he was familiar with the hammer, he gripped it tightly and remembered the enchantment on it.

Tier 2 artefacts weren’t much different from Tier 1 in most aspects. The only thing separating them into different tiers was the fact that Tier 2 artefacts, most of the time, had enchantments.

This war hammer was no different.

"Impact Burst," he whispered, recalling the enchantment’s details. "Effect: Every strike releases a shockwave that deals minor AoE damage and can stagger weaker enemies. Hmm, it suits the hammer’s heavy-hitting style."

The enchantment was quite good but was only effective if he was fighting multiple enemies.

’I should have used this in the Flame Knight Dungeon,’ he groaned in annoyance. ’I guess that miasma also affected my thinking capabilities.’

He shook off those useless thoughts, put the hammer on his shoulder, and grinned. "Time to hunt some rabbits for testing first. Then, I’m coming for you, bastard tree."