Blinking a few times Leo massaged his aching back. He wanted to stand up, but still felt dizzy. Taking out a sandwich from his Inventory Leo started contemplating how to reach the castle. He knew that he lost consciousness for a few hours and overall he spent around half a day in the cave.
Leaning on the wall Leo slowly raised his body. First he needed to retrieve the sword from the previous fight with the knights.
Going into the balcony Leo looked around and jumped out quietly landing on the street. Running through the shadows Leo reached the fighting place after a few minutes. Inspecting the area Leo carefully approached the skeleton remains.
Looking around Leo instantly located the sword and taking it with him he bolted back to his temporary base.
Entering the building Leo started swinging the sword to familiarize himself with it. The weight of the sword was normal, but the balance was off.
' Well, it's better than nothing '
Leo brushed it off and put the weapon back in the inventory. Taking a seat on the floor Leo sat in the lotus position and started absorbing surrounding Mana. He lowered the absorption rate, because it might reveal his position to the enemies.
After replenishing his Mana reserves Leo stood up and started thinking about what to do now. He had 2 options. To retreat or to fight till the end. While thinking about retreating Leo felt a sense of disgust rising up within him. He needed to become the strongest and yet he wavers against simple enemies.
Strengthening his resolve Leo took out the sword and went to the balcony. Not seeing anyone around he jumped on the house's roof and started jumping from house to house. He had his eyes set on the huge castle that seemed to be a decent distance away.
Whoosh...
Leo's senses screamed danger. Quickly raising his arm Leo shielded his chest from an incoming projectile. A bolt pierced deep into his right hand's biceps. Letting out a low growl Leo immediately took cover behind one of the chimneys.
Pulling out a cloth from his inventory, Leo put it in his mouth and grabbed the bolt with the other hand. He started pulling the bolt out, blood was flowing like a river and tears with sweat were leaking from Leo's face. Almost losing consciousness Leo he finally removed the projectile from his arm sealing it's wound and applying medical leaf on it.
Dropping the bolt off the roof Leo tried to take the peek at his attacker, but a bolt flew past him a few centimeters above his head. Quickly pulling his head back behind the chimney Leo felt his heart beating as if he was running a marathon.
Assessing the situation Leo looked around and saw that the house he was on had a garden with dead trees covering it from the street. Slowly and as quietly as possible he slid down the roof and landed in the garden.
Using the trees as a cover Leo slowly approached them to get a better view at the street. Hiding in the garden Leo could see a silhouette of a skeleton with a bow sitting in one of the house's rooms on the other side of the street with an open window.
Leo wanted to throw the dagger at it, but the distance wasn't close enough. Appraising the house the sniper was hiding in, Leo noticed that its door wasn't barricaded and if someone were to get close enough to the door skeleton would have no vision of the enemy.
Leo quickly put the sword in his inventory and pulled out his trustworthy daggers. Skeleton was still aiming at the house's chimney, because the last sighting of Leo was there. Looking around the street Leo didn't see any other enemy and confidently took a step out of his hideout.
Sprinting towards the house Leo noticed a skeleton shifting its bow towards him. Leo leapt behind one of the recycle bins at the side of the street. Wanting to bait the skeleton into shooting a bolt Leo took a trash bag lying near the bin and held it near the side.
Whoosh...
A bolt pierced the bait, scattering many trash on the street. Leaving the cover Leo enhanced his body with Mana and leapt towards the door. Carefully eyeing the second floor window Leo slowly opened the door and entered the house closing the door behind him.
Leo saw a stairs leading to the second floor right before him, but didn't ascend them instantly. He first checked every room in the first floor to make sure no more enemies are stationed here. Fortunately no living being was found there. Unfortunately skeleton's aren't considered living ones. While trying to open the kitchen door Leo felt danger and threw himself on the ground.
Another Bolt got stuck in the door ripping them off the hinges. Rising his head up Leo was surprised by the bolt's power, but as soon as he got sight of a skeleton reloading his crossbow in the kitchen he threw one of his daggers at its head.
[ Undead { Skeletal Archer } Defeated...]
[ Reward +80Xp ]
Picking up the dagger Leo turned around to check if the other enemy descended the stairs. Not seeing the skeleton Leo retrieved his dagger and started to think about how to kill the other skeleton. It probably is prepared for Leo to climb up the stairs.
Taking out a t-shirt from his inventory Leo wrapped it around his fist and shattered one of the windows. Making sure that the archer would not see him, he climbed out of the house and grabbed onto a pipe that was above him.
Using his strong physique Leo used his healthy arm to pull himself up and climb on top of the roof. Leo slowly raised his head and looked around to make sure no other archer was aiming at him. Taking out a sword from his inventory Leo raised into the air and smiled.
" It's action time! "
Boom...