Was Leon okay?
Even though I had only met for a few days, I had a good impression about Leon. I hoped he could return safely. However, considering the chaos on the battlefield earlier, I doubted his safety. It thought about that because Black Rat actually gave my instinct a strong warning.
"Kevin, look, the barrier is at hand!" Clarissa's scream woke me from my daydream. Our journey out of the barrier was finally over. Kale and his friends then led us out of the barrier.
I set foot and inhaled the air outside the barrier, I felt the burden in my heart was lighter. For three days, I was in real danger, so I had to keep my focus at all times. But now I could relax a little more, because that the danger was gone.
"Miss Kale, are we going to wait here as Brother Leon ordered?" Han asked.
Kale nodded, "We have to trust him, I'm sure he could go here safely."
I was a little surprised, I thought Kale, who seemed to like Leon, would rush back into the barrier after dropping me off. However, it seems, her trust on Leon's power was greater than I expected. Was Leon actually stronger than the Black Rat? I doubt it.
I turned my attention to Clarissa, then I approached her, "Clarissa, do you want to go first?" I said.
Clarissa was slightly taken aback by my question, however, before she could answer, I continued speaking.
"Your brother must have been traumatized, I think you should bring him home first."
This time Clarissa thought for a moment, she then nodded, knowing that my argument was correct. "So I will go first, but don't you want to go with me?"
I shook my head slowly, "I want to wait, Leon."
"Okay, don't forget to visit my house, before you go home…" Clarissa's priority was to take care of her brother. So she didn't hesitate to go first. But I'm different, if I want to go deeper into the Exor world, then it's only right for me to wait Leon. I'm sure Leon could help me.
"Do you also want to wait for Leon?"
I nodded in response to Han's question. Me, Kale, Han and Quint then waited outside the barrier. Half an hour had passed, but there was no sign that Leon would catch up with us. Kale was getting restless, I also suspected that something had happened inside the barrier.
However, while we were discussing whether to check the conditions inside the barrier or not, four mysterious people, who were wearing animal masks, approached us. I feel the Exor aura within them. I was reminiscing about something. Then I realized they were the member of Temple of Shadow.
"Temple of Shadow, what is your purpose in coming here?" Kale and the others immediately took a fighting pose.
"Hmm, Three and a Half Beasts as well as a human, do we need to finish them off?" asked a young man in a monkey mask.
After heard that, Kale, who was angry, immediately glared at the monkey mask. A woman wearing a cat mask, who I feel was the leader of this group, raised her hand.
"Little monkey, don't talk rudely like that. Please forgive him, Miss, we are here to put an end to the chaos that has been going on for years on this mount." The woman in the cat mask explained their purpose for coming here.
Kale calmed herself down, she asked, "Chaos, what do you mean you want to kill the Black Rat?"
The woman in the cat mask nodded.
"What about the Half Beasts, what are you going to do with us? After all, we are also victims here?" Quint asked.
"The local government had agreed to give you a special area as well as a permit to live in the country. Of course that's the case as long as you guys don't mess up."
Kale, Han and Quint looked at each other, they nodded slowly. It should be noted that Kale and the others didn't have a clear idea of where they were going after leaving the barrier, but now an opportunity opened up. The strength of the Half Beasts within the barrier was definitely not to be underestimated, if the Temple of Shadow and the local government tried to deceive them, then the Half Beast rebellion would throw the Siera city into chaos.
"Then let's go inside the barrier," said Kale.
I followed Kale's party as well as the Temple of Shadow back into the barrier. By the way, one of the members of the Temple of Shadow, a girl with a wolf mask, approached me and asked me, "Why would a human like you get involved with them? Were you caught? Isn't there already a ban on climbing Verra mount?"
"A friend of mine lost her little brother, she tried to save him, who turned out to be in a barrier. The Half Beasts there belonged to the group that helped us. While my friend had gone home early to take care of her little brother, we are waiting for one of the half beast that are part of their group."
I explained what happened in the shortest possible way.
"May I call you White Wolf?"
"Sure, that's my nickname."
"Then may I know why the Temple of Shadow is only made a move now, do you have any information about what happened inside the barrier?" I asked. Their arrival really coincided with the outbreak of war between the five pillars against the Black Rat.
The White Wolf nodded, "There was one of our members who pretended to be arrested, he gave us information about the situation inside the barrier."
I then remembered a human who was in the same room when he was imprisoned. At that time, I did not approach him because I thought he was dangerous.
It didn't take us long to get back into the barrier. The representatives of the Temple of Shadow seemed to know that the battlefield was divided into two place, so the cat masked leader immediately divided their team into two teams. The woman in the cat mask and the girl in the White Wolf mask went to the main battlefield, aka the place where the Black Rat was fighting against Ritsu, Zwein, and Leon. While the others went to Pillar's battleground namely, Tenbu and Chereby against Elzard.
On the other hand, I, Kale, Quint and Han went along with Cat Mask and White Wolf. After all, we prioritize Leon's safety first. We ran quickly towards the battlefield, the closer we got to the battlefield, the more suspicious I became. The giant gate had disappeared, all the corpses have also disappeared. The battlefield was completely clean except for the traces of battle.
"What's going on here?" The White Wolf stared at the trace of the battle which I believed was the Black Rat's battle against Ritsu, Zwein, and also Leon.
"Hey, I found something!" From a distance, Quint gave us a signal, we all immediately approached him. I paused when I was looking at something that Quint had found. Leon's corpse was laying stiff with various wounds that filled his body. There was no mistaking that the Half Beast, who was most instrumental in saving Vincent, were now dead.