In fact the sheer volume of exp was overwhelming for leon despite him pouring it into his stats just as fast as he was getting it. the same could be said for the lifeforce as the crystal in his storage area grew rapidly nearly tripling in size even though it had barely grown at all since he got it. it was at this point that leon started to understand why ancient grim were considered unbeatable to every one in the world. 'they are probably the equivalent of monster rex's huh?' he realized with a serious expression.
'If i go off of the information shown in the anime then this wyvern was a little stronger than the second monster rex of the dungeon , amphisbaena. if this is right then it explains why i had so much difficulty killing it since it would normally take a large group of high level adventurers to kill amphisbaena.' leon nodded in understanding at these thoughts. "let's see what all this fuss is about." leon said to no one in particular as he jumped into the lake. The water was crystal clear so it was easy for leon to find the area that the faint energy patterns were coming from at the bottom.
Using his earth type magic leon started to shift the hard stone bottom of the lake away layer by layer until like a dam he hit a cavity causing the water to drain from the lake into it. it was clearly not a very large room since the water level of the lake only dropped by about three feet before settling again. leon swam down into this room but was surprised to see that it was entirely empty save for a single pedestal that had a bronze crown with sky blue crystals socketed on it.
Leon was surprised at how plain this strange artifact looked as he had assumed previously that something greater than his own mangekyou must be exceptional looking. leon reached out to grab the crown with a disappointed look but the moment he touched it he recoiled with a look off horror. the moment his finger touched the crown he saw what could only be the future as it was a scene of him deciding on his developmental abilities after he hit level five. leon's horror came from the fact he knew that anything that showed the future was usually more of a curse than a blessing to possess.
Not once had leon ever heard of an artifact that saw the future that didn't cause the wielder to meet a terrible end. leon used his magic to immediately try to destroy the crown but he quickly learned that the thing was indestructible as even his best effort didn't even scratch the thing. leon could only have a defeated expression at this and use his magic to encase the crown in a sphere of super durable and dense carbon to prevent it from touching his hands before he collected it.
The energy that the crown released wasn't impeded by the thick material around it at all and still radiated out at the same rate as before. leon left the lake after that and decided since he couldn't destroy the artifact he would hide it somewhere no one would ever find it , the moon. the moment he made this choice the twin gods were left speechless while alex and his wives laughed. "can he do that?" the god of darkness asked in confusion. the god of light wanted to say "no" but that wasn't actually true in this case since leon could in fact hide the artifact of choice on the moon.
The biggest problem however was that if leon hid the artifact on the moon than the twin gods plan to eventually return to remnant would basically go up in smoke. this was obviously an unacceptable outcome for them and taking a page out of alex's book the god of light shamelessly snatched the artifact from leon and gave him a prenatal semblance booster potion that was labeled as such. leon meanwhile was left looking at the labeled potion in his hand in shock and confusion as one moment he had the carbon covered crown and the next it was swapped out in a bright flash of light with this bottle.
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