"HAHA! Thank you for the free food as usual!" said the leader of the rowdy bunch as they exit the tavern.
"Let us go now, Young Master," Leonard whispered to Heracles.
The two followed the robust bunch as they climb up toward their bases in the mountain. As they were secretly following them, Leonard whispered to Heracles, "Young master, I would take the leader of those people by myself. Based on your stats that you showed me earlier, I am sure that you can defend yourself against the goons around him."
"I got it, Leonard! Try not to kill him! I want to gain information before killing him once and for all!" said Heracles with a serious expression.
'This is the first I have seen the young prince make this kind of expression. Can he handle that action later on?' Leonard wondered to himself.
Before they faced them, Leonard asked Heracles by saying, "Young master, can you handle taking another person's life? I know it is cruel for someone your age to do this, but it is something that you need to do in order to survive a battlefield."
This made Heracles' expression even more grim than before. He could only say in response to his guard, "I think it would be a great opportunity for me to learn how to kill. As a member of the Overlord Family, I am sure that I would need to do this someday. I better do it now, while I try to take revenge against those who dare to attack my master!"
Leonard did not utter any words upon hearing Heracles' response. He only thought to himself, 'The young prince has grown so much. Despite him being a blacksmith, the current Overlord is someone who would send mere 12-year-old kids to war, even if they just got their own system. Well, I will just protect him, even if it is in exchange for my life!'
After climbing the mountain for an hour, the leader of the enemy suddenly stopped. He shouted toward his men, "We've been followed! HOW DARE YOU UNDERESTIMATE OUR TRITON ORGANIZATION! SHOW YOURSELVES!"
Heracles laughed after hearing the leader of the enemy squad. "HAHAHA! We have been following you for an hour! You just noticed us now?" said Heracles with a mocking tone.
'The prince is intimidating them! I will find a chance to lower their number when they let their guard down!' Leonard thought to himself as he observed the situation.
Upon hearing Heracles, the leader of the squad shouted in response, "How dare a brat like you to act like this!? You really have a death wish, don't yo-!?"
Before he could finish his sentence, Leonard shouted at the top of his lungs, "Tornado Blade!" Suddenly, many blades made up of wind went toward the enemy squad.
"FUCK!! That fucker just sneak attack us! Defend yourself!" shouted the leader of the bunch. The wind blades killed many people in the enemy's rank. Only a certain few stopped Leonard's skill, including the leader.
"How dare you sneak an attack on us! MEN, CHARGE! KILL THOSE BASTARDS!" shouted the leader of the squad as he charged toward Heracles and Leonard.
"Young master, don't hesitate to kill if you must! Those people are not the ones that would hesitate to kill you if they got the chance!" said Leonard before facing the enemy leader. "I got it!" said Heracles as he followed his lead.
When Leonard and the enemy leader began clashing, the five goons that survived Leonard's attack attacked Heracles. At that very moment, he brought out the sword from his system storage.
He parried all the attacks that were sent toward his way because of his passive Legendary-tier skill. 'As expected of the first emperor's swordmanship, I was able to deal with these five people at the same time!' Heracles could only think to himself as he fight against his enemies.
After learning that their attack was not getting nowhere, one of the enemy goons took a step back to find a chance to attack Heracles. Because of his focus on the battle, Heracles could not realize the enemy's intention.
The battle went easy after one of the enemy backed down. This helped Heracles gained an advantage that led for him to a chance to finish one of them.
He was about to deal a considerable amount of damage to one of the enemy goons until the hiding enemy sneaked at him. "Grand Slash!" the enemy shouted as he attack Heracles. Because of his Legendary-tier skill, Heracles could stop the attack from dealing any damage to him.
Still, the other enemy goons used that chance to attack Heracles that is preoccupied on dealing with their comrade. When they were about to himself him, Heracles was forced to use one of his epic skill. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "INFERNO BLAZE!"
At that very moment, a black flame suddenly came out of his hand. He launched them toward the four enemies that were about to attack him. To his surprise, he did more than defend himself.
"Y-YO-YOU! YOU'REE A MONSTERR!!" shouted the one who attack Heracles sneakily.
After his Inferno Blaze skill hit the four enemy goons, all of their flesh and a part of their bone were incinerated into ashes. At the sight of what he had done, Heracles couldn't help but show a grim expression.
As he was defenseless, the remaining enemy used this chance to attack the little prince. "PRIME RIPPER!!!" he shouted as he attacked Heracles from the back.
Before he could reach Heracles, Leonard stopped him using a higher rank skill. He shouted, "THUNDERCLAP!!!"
A huge thunder bolted down the remaining goon, which led to his imminent death. Leonard immediately ran toward his young master that was in a dazed after killing for the first time.
"Are you okay, young master!?" asked Leonard with a worried expression. Heracles looked at him with a blank expression. Heracles said to Leonard, "I-I just killed o-other people!!"
"Young master, you did what you must! If you don't kill these people, they would kill you and more innocent people in the future!"