Normally eating bones like this would result in not so pleasant consequences but leon's body was like a furnace in that it burn whatever was thrown into it. once the meal was over leon was excused to go back to his room for the evening. the next day started with breakfast before leon was given permission to explore the surroundings. he left the castle and shot into the sky with his wings to take in the most information he could about the surroundings. his face lit up with joy when he saw the sheer amount of grim everywhere.
To call it a horde would be the greatest of understatements , millions of grim just wandering around for as far as leon could see filled his vision. salem was not at all surprised when she saw the excited expression on leon's face since she was well aware of his blood lust. leon didn't even ask for permission before he summoned his susanoo and began to reap the lives of the grim with wanton abandon. even though most of them were the weak versions of any particular type of grim their sheer numbers gave leon massive amounts of lifeforce and exp.
An entire day of nonstop slaughter later and leon had tripled the size of the lifeforce crystal in his storage area and harvested enough exp to cause his stats to jump up by fifty points each. keep in mind that at his current level he needed crazy amounts of low quality exp to add even a single point into his stats. salem and cinder were both able to feel the small spike in his power when he called it a day and returned to the castle. they were horrified at the speed he had improved after arriving here.
Leon was just happy to be able to feel his power increase noticeably thanks to his effort and paid no attention to the two women's expressions. "so leon did you enjoy your first real day here?" salem asked over dinner. "yes , it's been quite a while since i could feel my self growing at such a rate." he said after pausing his ravenous consumption of food. "how does that work anyways?" she pressed still sounding casual. "it's not some big secret , no reason for all the mind games. my semblance lets me take the life force of the things i kill and convert it into my own power." leon said casually while calling her out.
Salem chuckled at leon pointing up what she was doing with a satisfied feeling in her chest. it had been a LONG time since salem had been disregarded like that by someone actually worthy of doing it. most of the time anyone like that was cautious of her by this point due to her being the most powerful person alive that wasn't a god. sure salem knew that leon's immortality made him care little about others opinions even if they are more powerful than himself , but it was still a refreshing change of pace.
"I must admit that i'm quite jealous since for most people hard work will only take them so far and yet you've broken into the level of maidens thanks to it." salem said flatteringly. leon smirked at her since he could tell that she was buttering him up , though for what purpose he could only guess. he wasn't blind or ignorant enough to not notice the lustful gazes she sent him when she thought he wasn't looking but considering that he caused a lot of women to give him the same looks he ignored it.
Leon was narcistic or anything , he was self aware enough however to realize that he was very attractive to women thanks to his physique and naturally good looks. he actually found it funny how despite lusting after him very few women have the courage to act on those impulses due to glenda being publicly thought to be with him. this wasn't actually true however since he merely accepted the free booty calls and the unfortunate repercussion that came from them called tabitha. he loved his daughter but leon knew that when put against his ambitions she would always come second.
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