(The next day)Leon stepped into the company once again, a smile plastered on his face as he walked in.Yesterday, he managed to break the last layer of the seal, which in turn allowed his cultivation to soar to the Golden Core stage.His sister's seals were almost always of ten levels, with the tenth layer being the weakest.But then, the tenth layer that he had managed to break was because it was already weakened right from the start.With the help of the Bloodbane fruit and other herbs, he was able to accomplish that.He didn't even know all this until this morning, as he had been knocked out cold.The pain had been too much, and his endurance was seriously lacking.He wondered how he would be able to break the rest of the seal.The herbs he would need would need to be far more potent than this one.Shaking his head, he pushed all these thoughts to the back of his mind and was about to walk into the elevator when a figure appeared before him."Nora?" Leon frowned slightly, staring

Minutes later, Dark Knight walked back in with Ethan carrying a tub of hot water alongside the herbs and other things Leon asked for."Ethan, Undress your father and lay him on the bed," Leon instructed, Rolling up his sleeves preparing to begin the treatment."Also, stay here, I'll need help moving the old man," Leon added, picking up the needles, watching as Ethan helped Lucas prepare.Dark Knight on the other hand stood by the side and watched. He had been with Leon for a long time and knew this was a simple matter. If it was something Ethan wouldn't be able to handle, then, he would have asked him to do it.That was how Leon was.Five hours passed in a flash and now, Lucas lay on the bed, his body recovering at a rate visible to the human eyes."Feed him that herb, I left some residue of Poison in his body, if you do it well, he should be able to break through to the transcendent Level." Leon spoke as he washed his hands in the tub of hot water."Also, you should be able to benefi

"Huh?" Everyone blinked, not believing what they had just heard.Did the master just say they were leaving?Though they didn't understand what that meant, no one said anything.They knew Max would explain what he meant by leaving the country."Paul, Finn, Axel, Logan," Max called, his voice sounding rather low."You'll take your platoons alongside Aria's Platoon and leave this country," Max continued, his voice still calm.But to the men, it was more like one was declaring a death sentence upon them."As for where you'll head to,""Axel," Max called again, his expression turning to Axel."Are you done building all I asked you to build on the island?""Yes, sir..." Axel nodded, his expression rather serious, his heart thumping heavily."Now, that's the place you'll be moving to.""Riley, Maya," Max turned to Maya and Riley, his expression didn't change that much."Yes, sir," They answered immediately."Once the four leaders settle, you'll move your men and your bases to the Island,""U

"Understood, Master," Lucas nodded heavily, knowing he had to follow Leon's orders absolutely."Sir, I think the Dark Vatican's aim is to unify the power of Oakdale under their commands so they would be able to do what they want," Dark Knight spoke at this moment, his expression narrowing.He had been thinking about it. Judging from what Lucas had told them, that seemed to be their aim, and they were not far from it.Back then in the capital, there were quite a lot of powerful people, and it made them unable to do what they wanted freely.Though they did later move away, which was why Leon began looking for them, as they were using humans as experiments."If that's the case, we can't let that happen," Leon shook his head, pacing slowly around the study."Lucas, get me a piece of paper and a pen," Leon instructed after thinking for a while.Without any further ado, Lucas rushed out to get what he was sent for. He didn't dare delay, neither did he have his son or anyone do it for him.E

(A few hours later)"Sir, we've arrived," Dark Knight spoke gently, waking up Leon, who seemed to be deep in his sleep.It was already daybreak. Though everywhere was not clear yet, one could see the signs of it getting clear.Leon had successfully spent all the night outside. That was pretty impressive."Alright," Leon finally opened his eyes, feeling rather fatigued.After leaving the Miller family, he went to Dark Knight's house and then treated him. The treatment had taken quite some time.Though Dark Knight was now visibly stronger and had now recovered at least thirty percent of his strength, as he was now at the peak of the Mortal Realm.But at the same time, it had drained all of Leon's strength, leaving him tired and thus leading to the fact that he was sleeping in the car.Alighting from the car, Leon managed to find his way into the villa while Dark Knight watched from the car.A smile rested on his face. The master had exhausted himself trying to treat him. He couldn't fai