Chapter 14: Rabbit Hunting Season

Chapter 14: Rabbit Hunting Season

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Time has passed since Leon started experimenting on Magic and the results were between satisfactory and fascinatingly mysterious.

His life was like this; wake up, finish work as early as possible, train, eat, sleep.

Each one of his Attributes could be worked on separately in training. Strength training was mostly body-building training in which he used pull-ups and such as well as some heavy objects.

Endurance training required him to stand still in the backyard and carry pots of water by his fingers, above his head, on his arms, on one thigh, between the two thighs, and on the other legs foot, two tied to his shoulders. This endurance training was so Spartan that he would ask Jordi to add extra water to the pots from time to time in order to increase the pressure.

Training Agility was the pride and joy of any Medjay agent and he was already putting more effort into his agility and speed. He would run distances where he could not be seen ideally on the roofs in a free-style way and combine that training with Combat Magic techniques such as Leap and Rush.

Perception training was by far the most difficult and the one that happens at the start of each day. Leon's early schedule would lead him to take a bath in the river which he would use to take a few dives and try to navigate his way underwater or by detecting outside noises.

The last thing to train was Intelligence and Leon didn't do anything regarding it. The last time he increased a few points in Intelligence was one of the most painful experiences in his two lives.

The days went on and a full week has passed on this behavior. Leon didn't stray too far from the saloon that week not to bump into any of the knights looking for him and he was obviously very busy with his extensive and focused hellish training. Sadly, this wasn't even half of what the Medjay training manual used to have and he was completely dissatisfied with the results.

< Training Results >

- Strength: +3

- Endurance: +5

- Agility: +3

- Perception: +2

- Intelligence: -

- [Swimming Technique Lv.2] (NEW!)

- [Fatigue Resistance Lv.2] (NEW!)

- [Enhanced Stamina Lv.1] (NEW!)

- [Pain Resistance Lv.3] (UP!)

- [Physical Resistance Lv.2] (UP!)

- [Air Magic Lv.2] (UP!)

- [Earth Magic Lv.2] (UP!)

The training results may sound abnormal to achieve in one week but the one doing them was no one other than a person is a training freak. He even spent some of the money he has on nutritious food that is considered expensive in these parts of the district such as eggs, meat, and butter.

It was safe to say that he managed to gain some weight and his pale skin started to become more lively.

Also by the end of the week, he received 20 pennies of copper from Madam Ruth which are his weekly wage.

During the next day, Leon decided to take a break and just go slow with the work with Jordi as the two of them kept sweeping the sidewalk and the entrance of the saloon while the people were coming and going before noon.

"Yo, Jordi. With the pathetic wage we get from the Madam. How are Rats like us supposed to climb up the ranks?" Leon asked.

"Climb the ranks?" Jordi laughed with the side of his mouth as he took off his flat cap and started waving it at his face for air, "Don't tell me you were training like a crazy baboon those past few days so you can climb the ranks?"

"That was for my health. I needed to build up some stamina for the job." Leon said as he slapped Jordi's belly, "You need to do the same "

"Me? Nah. As long as everybody thinks they can beat me, I am no threat to anyone. That's how to survive as a Rat." Jordi said as he put his cap on and held the broom, "And stop dreaming about climbing the ranks when you can't beat the Dogs or outrun the Rabbits."

Steve wasn't flexible enough to react as Leon drove his thumb into his left eye then pushed his head against the nearby wall and rendered him unconscious.

Only Paul remained aware yet he was on his knees choking from Leon's throat attack. He saw Leon coming at him and tried to pull out a knife from his vest while holding his throat but Leon caught his hand and twisted it hard forcing the knife out and grabbing it himself.

"Dan was quite the ruthless fellow. Outnumbered and disadvantaged yet he took care of the situation on the cost of a broken rib and various injuries here and there." Leon said as he took the knife and looked at Paul, "You might be wondering how is Dan so sinister and ruthless?"

Leon walked behind the fallen Rabbit and stood up holding the knife.

"He saw a Rabbit of an enemy Boss coming through the back of the turf where he was loitering. He then ran away to call his guys but you guys cornered him in a dead-end alley. He was scared but he had this knife, wooden handle, sharp edge, reliable and can be found just about anywhere."

Leon retreated a few steps back then acted like Dan when he came running but he changed the events.

"Instead of being a cornered rat, Dan chooses to hide behind this corner." Leon stood behind a very narrow corner between the building, "He then waits for the first one of you to come not seeing him and he jumps him BAM from the back with his knife."

At this moment, while the silenced Paul was watching, Leon fixes the position of the unconscious rabbit and

*Stab*

he stabbed the unconscious Rabbit at the back of his neck.

"Not an ideal place to stab but very deadly and can be hit with some of Dan's beginner's luck."

Paul shivered and retested in fear as he saw Leon push the corpse of the dead Rabbit to take a more believable position as the dead man bled out.

"Then you, Steve and Paul see what happens to the Rabbit they were supposed to escort and completely freaked out then attacked Dan out of rage. After all, their Boss won't sit still and will punish them severely for screwing up the mission. The two of them rush at Dan and pin him all the way here against the wall. You beat him mercilessly but Dan still has the knife."

Leon runs and sits beside the unconscious Dan and thinks.

"Alright." He stood up, "You, Paul. Dan kicks you right in the nards."

Leon suddenly kicked Paul where the sun don't shine caused the incapacitated guy to groan in great pain.

"While you, Paul, are in such a sorry state, Steve gets distracted for a second enough for Dan to drive the knife right into Steve's eye."

Acting all that he says, Leon drove the knife into Steve's eye which he popped making it penetrate as deep as it could get. Leon slowly dragged Steve to where he suits to be and took the knife of his eye and started to make more injuries with it on Steve's body to put some signs of a fightback.

"Now, you finally gain some power after the shattering strike you took and you seize the only chance to finish off Dan." Leon took the struggling Paul by the nape of his shirt and brought him in front of Dan, "You directly go for the knife arm with your left while trying to strangle Dan with the right. You almost succeed but"

*Slash*

"Dan frees his right arm and slits your throat making the blood splash over him and he stays unconscious."

Leon let go of the lifeless body of Paul then put the knife in Dan's hand.

He took a step back and looked around to see if he missed anything. Everything was there, the stage was perfect, he would give himself ten points out of ten in the operation report.

"Man! I wonder how the old man is doing." He smiled as he thought of his boss from his past life when he would always rage when he exaggerates in the mission report of how awesome he was.

"Now! Let's not get ourselves distracted. Sorry, to keep you waiting Mr. Rabbit."

Leon walked to the dead Rabbit and flipped his body checking all his pockets. The look on Leon's face changed as he almost found nothing in the pockets but as he tried to fix the man's position back, his flat cap fell off on the ground and caught some of the blood around but one thing was interesting about it.

Leon picked the cap up and found a small envelope tied to a paper that was folded around and sealed with wax. On top of that, the envelope had a distinctive scent to it similar to a familiar perfume.

"Silly me. That's one way to send letters, Madam Ruth."

Leon took the cap in his pocket then looked around, it is time to get his early promotion.

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