Charles didn't utter a single word after the bandits were killed. He was scared after he saw what happened, so he didn't open his mouth.
Leo opened his Stats.
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Leo:
level:
10
[0/200] XP
Stats:
Strength: 6 +1
Defense: 6 +1
Agility: 5 +1
Stamina: 5 +1
Intelligence (mana capacity): 3 +1
Mana strength: 3 +1
Skill points: 24
Skills:
Hunter's Presence
Balance:
620 coins
Inventory:
5 normal quality steaks, 4 apple pies
Shop:
Double XP and coin gain from hunting and quests. -500 coins
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Leo decided to pull all his points in strength so now he had 30 +1 strength , he also decided to buy the upgrade from the shop leaving him with 120 coins.
As soon as Leo put his skill points I'm strength he felt his muscles getting bigger he also felt as if he could lift five times what he could before, this was something he was proud of. The stronger he got, the easier killing demonic beasts would become.
"Hey Victor, want to share one of the apple pies from before" Leo said while pulling one of the pies out of his inventory.
"Sure" Victor replied while moving towards Leo. He sat next to him and started filling his mouth with paw full of pie.
Leo laughed while looking at the way Victor was eating.
Soon they approached the city Charles wanted to deliver his goods to. The city was a bit smaller than Southern City, but it was still magnificent. There was big noticeable difference between the two cities, the ammount of high ranking lions in human form.
In this city, the roads were filled with lions and 1 or 2 humans visible in the crowd. This was a lot less than Southern City ,where most of the lions were in their human form.
The carriage stopped right at the city gates, then Charles handed the goods to a man and received his money, this meant that half their job was done. Now they needed to escort him back which should take less time since the carriage would be empty.
"Guards, we are going to go back now" Charles said with a foul tone than before.
On the way back they decided to look towards the shore. The sea seemed to stretch out infinitely, small waves made the water's surface ripple. Large waves rushed towards the shore carrying the same speed as the win pushing them.
When the waves reached the sandy shore, they splashed onto it creating a white foam, then the water slowly returned back to the deep blue.
Infront of the carriage was the dead bodies of the bandits from before, and looking at them were the rest of the group of bandits. The rest of the group decided to check on the first group since they took a long time and didn't come back.
What they found instead were their dead bodies littered on the ground.
Leo jumped from the carriage. "Do you guys want to end like your friends, if not then run away before I kill you" Leo threatened.
This group if bandits was larger than the first, this one had 12 Lions while the first had around 10.
"You bastard" one of the bandits said while rushing towards him.
Leo's paw moved towards the lion, his claws swiped towards the lion.
Before upgrading his strength, he would have needed to hit the lion a couple more times to severely injure him. But now it was different, his claws cut through the lion bandit's skin then it passed through his bones and punctured his heart. His claws did this without ever slowing down as if it was a knife cutting butter.
The lion fell down in an instant, no movement, no sounds and no heartbeat, he was killed by Leo.
Victor was planning on joining the fight, however when he saw this he realised he wouldn't need to.
All of the bandits dashed towards Leo thinking they could outnumber him, Leo grabbed on of the lion's front legs that was rushing towards him and lifted him up.
He started spinning while holding the lion using him as a makeshift weapon, the G-force from the spin was enough to knock the lion out.
Each lion that approached Leo was crushed by the body of their dead teammate, some tried to dodge but as soon as they dodged Leo would spin again and hit them.
Only 2 of the bandits remained so Leo used Hunter's Presence, one of them tried running away so he wasn't at looking at Leo when the skill activated while the other one stood frozen in shock.
Leo ran towards the lion and grabbed his head and crushed it easily, he then picked up his body and threw it like a javelin piercing the heart of the lion running away.
"That was amazing, you got really strong Leo" Victor said while clapping for Leo
"Thank you" Leo said.
From this group of lions, Leo managed to get 1225 XP and 300 coins, and since he had bought the double XP and coins upgrade he got 2450 XP and 600 coins making him level up exactly 10 times, from those 10 levels he got 38 skill points.
Leo jumped onto the carriage again.
"New upgrade in shop" The Ultimate System said.
Leo opened his Stats page.
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Leo:
level:
20
[0/300] XP
Stats:
Strength: 30 +1
Defense: 6 +1
Agility: 5 +1
Stamina: 5 +1
Intelligence (mana capacity): 3 +1
Mana strength: 3 +1
Skill points: 38
Skills:
Hunter's Presence
Balance:
720 coins
Inventory:
5 normal quality steaks, 3 apple pies
Shop:
Double Skill points gain from leveling up. -600 coins
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Thankfully, he could afford the new upgrade in the shop so he bought it. Next he put 14 points in Defense, 5 in Agility, 5 in stamina, 7 in intelligence and 7 in mana strength.
Leo was getting strong fast, maybe soon he could get a human body for himself.
After a while, the carriage stopped at the Southern City, Charles then paid each of then 300 coins and left in a hurry, he didn't want to stay around Leo after what he saw.
"Victor, remember when you gave me 300 coins when I first came to the jungle pride, cam I repay you now?" Leo asked.
"No, they were a gift I don't want you to repay me" Victor refused.
Leo smiled happily and walked with Leo to the inn so each one of them could go to sleep in their own room. Leo especially needed some rest since he had fought with the second group of bandits alone.