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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Ah...oh, you're welcome." Leon didn't mind the shift in personality but his relaxed attitude changes when he felt something off from the ground that he is standing. Before it collapses, he exerted a little strength before he jumps into the air and the ground revealed metal spike rods that could skewer his body if he was a minute late in his response.
"Why did I not detected that? Such ability to conceal a trap is admiring!" Leon could hear something twinkling around him but he couldn't see anything. Leon checked the trap with his skill >Finder<. It was a useful stolen skill to someone he don't remember anymore.
『No outside power detected. A power called >Program< mainly from Earthex detected. Permission to extract sample through >Needle<. Confirm to start.』
Leon's brow raised and decided to cancel it for now.
"What are you doing Leon?" His attention went to Mint in his watch and to the system that is currently present at the moment. Leon tapped the surface of the watch and a groaning sound came out of it.
"Can you not see this Mint?" Leon waved his arms with the dangling cape and Mint on the watch.
"Can you....ugh! huk! Stop shaking me I feel it! Bleeegh!" A vomitting sound make Leon frown and he waited for her to recover. Passing to a dense forestation, Leon doubt that this is the right path and asked the dramatic AI.
"Are you sure this is the---"
WOOOSH!
Leon leaped and landed on the same surface as before which made his jump delayed and he almost got pierce by the sharp metal rods but thanks to his skill >Dash< he made it to bounce up from the tip of the rod. After landing safely to a land an inch close to deadly hole, he look to the tree that being pierced by a metal arrow with liquid dripping from the tip. Leon was about to check it with his system when he remembered the question he wanted to ask Mint.
"Mint look at this", Leon didn't wait for her answer and immediately scan the liquid which given him a result of poison.
"What are you talking about? I just saw you crouching like an idiot there." Leon could imagine Mint rolling her eyes and when he looked at his watch the same expression he imagines so he rolled his eyes.
It took him several more traps to stay alive with and after being in the foulest mood, they finally saw a tall wall that separates outside from the inside.
"Mint are we in the correct place? Is it really alright for me to go in here? I mean you see me right? I---"
BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!
"What the fuck--"
"FREEZE! PUT YOUR HANDS TO YOUR HEAD AND DON'T MOVE!" A loud mouth, no, a man towering Leon hollered at him while the other four arrives and went around him. Leon was on his guard and ready to retaliate if they happen to touch him. There is a few elderly that is gossiping near them and Leon doesn't want being talk at.
"Why aren't you moving? Heed to our orders or you will get punish by your stubborness! Again! Put your hands to your head!" His shout makes Leon's ear hurts. There is a reason why he couldn't follow their orders. They all are elderlies with that skin and bones with their fragile energy that sometimes fluctuates that will cause them to be bedridden for a good couple of days and sometimes makes them feel like superman that could do anything.
For the second time, Leon didn't move that had caused the guards to click their tongue and snarled towards him but the one that had been talking to him since earlier cannot be stop by merely dissatisfaction in his voice and lifted his hand to slap Leon. The hand was about to imprint to his face when someone from inside was running towards them. They all had that stupid faces which irritates Leon that’s why a window of the skill >Needle< is right in front of his face, ready to bring judgments to the fools.
The newcomer reaches them and hit the hand of his superior. The elder guard grimace and put on an indescribable face but the young soldier did not worry about the consequences because what he worries about is the person right in front of them right now.
The youngest soldier looked at the man before him. He is covered with a cape which hides his body and face. It is accurate to assume that he is one of the younger generations by the way he is standing and how he is presenting himself. There is a whirlpool of ideas in his head but he goes to chief to tell them something.
"A signal was seen from the indicators. Do not engage. I repeat, the message is do not engage."
Leon heard the message and eventually lost the bones to retaliate. He cancelled the skill screen and their appearance made him annoyed. But what comes next makes Leon wanted to disappear right there.
The guard lined up properly in front of him and in synchronization they bowed their heads. Gasp and exagerrated expression by the people nearby.
"We are humbly asking for your forgiveness! We didn't mean to act rudely to a citizen abiding to the law. We are just doing countermeasures and doing our jobs. We are hoping that you understand sir. Once again, we are sorry for our behaviour." They bowed once more that had greatly shocked the few citizens that are taking witness. Leon doesn't want to be known by everyone. Thus he cleared his throat the Mint blinks that made the guards nervous. Leon didn't notice the changes and went on to pardon the rude guards and went away after refusing their nice hospitality of preparing them with a room and a tour to the city.
Leon was walking in the city and he tried his best to hide his skin. As someone different from everyone, Leon still believes that quantity can overpower quality if it was a massive ton.
"Leon." Mint called which Leon casually answers. Low and unnoticeable. He doesn't want being caught as suspicious because of his voice. Thanks to his skill >Full Disguise<, his voice changes in that critical moment when he needed to answer the guards.
"When I needed you, you became the dust in the wind and didn't even bother to lend a hand to save me. How untrustable." Leon keep his voice low as much as possible to avoid attention but Mint exhaled exasperatedly.
"GAAAH! ME?! DIDN'T HELP YOU? WHO WOULD YOU THINK INFORMED THOSE IDIOTS NOT TO TAKE YOU AT THE DUNGEON AND BEAT YOU LIKE A PUSHOVER HUUUUUH?!!! HUH?!" Some of the heads were turning towards them and Leon hasten his steps.
"Can you be quiet for a moment!" He said with gritted teeth and knitted brows. Mint still talks but Leon cover his watch and her voice turn into muffled sounds before he turn into an alley and look at the watch closely.
"Alright! You are not worthless and untrustable! But why you didn't told me sooner?! I felt being abandoned there you know! You don't know what I feel!" Like a child sullen to his mother, he blow some air while the latter didn't say a single thing. Mint stayed quiet and didn't bother to answer back at him which Leon find strange because normally, the AI will tell her true feelings but this time...is really strange.
"I get it. I get it. For now let's just go to where Eucrid told me to do. Can we make up now and cooperate with one another so we can complete what Eucrid ask for us to do?" It took quite a while before Mint came back to her normal self and answered to Leon with low energy unlike her energetic self.
"Yes, let's do that. Before we go to that part of the city, you must be very careful since this part of the city is very different from the normal places that we had been..." Before Mint could finish her words, Leon asked something that had been bugging him.
"Can you really not feel anything or sense something from me Mint? Is it really that dangerous?" Mint took longer to answer and every tick of the clock makes Leon nervous.
"No, I don't detect anything." That made Leon sigh loudly while his skill is being active still. He is looking at >Full Disguise< that is currently activated and changes his overall appearance to an old man similar to the people around and Mint has no idea about it.
"Are you really sure?" He asked once again before receiving the annoyed answer of the AI.
"CAN YOU STOP BEING REDUNDANT?!" Leon shrugged which made Mint feel angry once more but she just explained the route and finally Leon could see the...not so expected store in his vision.
Broken signage that can't almost be recognized and the broken door with one screw left to attach it to the house. The broken pots with dried plants makes Leon feel like they are not in the right place but Mint insisted for him to go.
"What are you waiting for? Aren't you the one who wanted to get here faster than anyone else? Go inside!" The same high pitched voice makes Leon frown but eventually heed her words and went closer the store. He doesn't know how to open the door but managed not to break it but as soon when his feet touches the ground, the alarm on the store beep erratically and loud.
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"Aren't you going to call the guards and make me go through beating for the sin of bumping someone from the hierarchy!?" Upon hearing what the man said, Leon looked around and was surprised to see that everyone was looking at them now. Leon retracted his hands and went a few step back before clearing his throat that made the man he bumped with focus his attention to him. Leon started as calm as possible and he could clearly see the wariness in the eyes of the man. He thought,if all of us are old then it is good to say that we are the same man and woman and there is no age differences here now right? I probably should do that. Right. Right. "I am not that harsh to do that by just simply bumping but if you insist on going I will grant your wish. Is that what you want?" Leon forgots the gravity of not being seen inside his robe and the man talking to him started to tremble from fear. He went down
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The chaos Amaris made was now piercing Leon aggressively with no chance for him to slip away. But thanks to Geoff's interjection they calmed down a little. "It is not Leon's fault so stop ganging up on him before I got angry. For now Limuel will still be the world leader and Crow will do support in regards with formation or last decision making. My mother which is Amaris will be the leader of the monsters that will start to pour inside Earth after we notify them and Xing Ling will be a connection between two worlds if there is a critical matter to attend to. Ben will be as always serves Limuel and that's it. Aiko will be the educator of young generation then we are now wrap up here. So if you have further questions, just list it on paper and we will come back, probably.. So now bye bye, see you next time!" Geoff pulled Leon up that still has that confuse face in his face but eventually follows and uses teleportation that left everyone in shock. Geoff and Leon landed on a rather
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The world that was known to have a stilled time had actually now flowing in a normal pace. Laughter that once had been absent to everyone's ear had been the normal noises that filled the entire neighborhood. Small footsteps of giggling children had been the normal alarm clock for everyone and instead of getting annoyed by it, they couldn't help but feel rejuvenated instead. "Did you buy this in a half price? Wow I never knew!" "Miss Cruz told me that she applied this serum in her face and she instantly felt young and told me to keep but you know, hoho we are friends that's why I am sharing it to you... HEY CHILDREN KEEP IT LOW!!" This was a normal scenario for Leon to watch. it has been 30 years and the peace had just continually spreading which is a good thing. He had been monitoring one neighborhood to another before organizing all the data he collected and give it to Geoff that is soooooo good in her corporate attire. They had been task to collect data for his dearest nephew.
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Author's Note
Hello everyone this is Twelfth Moon. It has been a few months again with me and I hope you like Aged. There is a lot of things that I wanted to express in this novel but as they say "putting all the facts will never make a child cry in astonishment", so I made it short and the result is the near end of the story now. I hope everyone is getting better of the quarantine being lifted and the coming of classes knocking into our doors. I thank everyone that read this till the end. You all make me believe that is writing will always be a comfort to an old soul and with that I will serve the ending of the novel. I hope you like this. Thank you again. I love you guys.
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"Hello there is still this one that haven't hatch yet? Can you look at this child?" But even so he had succcesfully caught their attention, Amaris stare tells her all... even more when she said those hurtful words. "It seems like that child didn't make it. I will leave her to you." Leon immediately felt that the blood in his vein doubled and his aura spread that almost suffocated everyone. "Are you happy because you have two and leave this one because he is not strong enough to endure the process of coming out of the world? How cruel you are?" But instead to feel sorry, Amaris showed her aura as well and glared at her father. "We are never been a warm kind father. When once I tried to be loving, I lost it so don't blame me if I'm like this. YOU made me like this." Leon didn't replies. He remembered that time when Geoff was begging him to kill him. His eyes tells it all and even though it was painful for him, he couldn't just ignore his wishes since there is nothing more that h
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He didn't give the First the chance to talk and gave him a punch in the face but like Crow he felt something that similar to when he got infected with virus. 『Sir it is the same power that wants to infiltrate me. Please be careful when making contact.』 Leon frowned before he went and move closer again to deliver a combo of punch and kick. But the First can catch up to his attacks without even breaking a sweat. The impact in each blows makes the surrounding gust of wind wild and violent which had causes for everyone to take shelter to anything that will not make them being taken by the wind. "My father once told me, villains have long lives but you exceeded them all!" Leon rolled his eyes and attack. He wants to erase the smug face that is hanging in his face but his attacks were not making damages. "What did you do to yourself? Do you still call yourself a human?" Although he doesn't really care, he has to buy some time for the skill to activate. The First laughs almost as if to
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There is a minor thing after he had return. Leon didn't thought that the persistency of those from the Seat is making his anger boil in a dangerous rate. He should have not taken that lightly. Leon thought of himself like he is turning like Audyll. He is currently in a small shed with Amaris that looks grave still they were place in a bundle of cotton and web together with the eggs. This wouldn't happen if it wasn't that virus he extracted from that place again. Leon has no idea what or where he had gotten the virus but after he set up a barrier that can only be opened from the inside, he suddenly went ill and now limp to the point of being on and off. Good thing is that the barrier didn't need much care after it was being establish. But the thing is, Leon had overlooked something. When the attack was done and the First was retreating, he shove the four Seats as a bait and escape on his own. Since Leon was unable to do his judging for them, they were held for now inside the make s
