Seraphine smiles slyly and says, "So Lionel, have you unlocked the first star now?"
Leon responds coldly, "What does it matter to you? Even if I did, does it matter?"
Caraven laughs sarcastically, "Oh, it seems the mouse's tongue has grown long." Then he emanates a second-star aura around you.
You notice under the pressure of Seraphine James's aura that something else is happening; everything around the strong aura emitted by Father Harrison Asbird's is shaking, "Enough from both of you!"
Seraphine bows and says, "Sorry, Dad, I was just joking with my little brother."
Leon thinks to himself: "Joking with me, huh? In just a week, real hell will be on earth."
Sebastian and Matthias are taken. Matthias says, "You two have terrible manners."
Seraphine replies angrily, "And what does it matter to you? Do you think you control me?"
She then emits a light aura, shattering the light and forcing him to kneel on the ground. Matthias says sternly, "You must address your older brother with respect."
Seraphine falls silent, and anger ignites. Matthias stops focusing his aura and leaves the dining hall, saying, "I've had enough. Continue without me."
Seraphine gets up from the ground and leaves without saying a word. Your mother, Philen Asbirdis, approaches you and asks worriedly, "Are you okay, dear?"
Then her husband, Harrison Asbirdis, says with a feigned scold, "Oh, you should have considered that Leon couldn't respond to your aura."
Harrison laughs, "Haha, don't worry, dear. You've already reduced the mana around us."
Philen responds jokingly, "Did you say? I almost fainted from the weight of the aura. I couldn't even breathe." She playfully hit him on the shoulder and scolded him with a smile, "Haha, stop it, dear. I won't do that again."
Harrison says to Leon and thinks to himself: "This young man is talented. Even after discovering part of my aura, he wasn't affected or even blinked. Who are you in your essence, my son Leon?"
The collected data is transferred to the family library, where all the family's records have been preserved for many generations.
Leon says, "The system has been unlocked. So now, I see clearly. I couldn't check you earlier. What could you be?"
The system responds: "Error: Encrypted information. Ownership cannot access it currently."
Leon scratches his head in frustration, "Oh, it's clear he doesn't want me to know what's going on now."
Then the system directs Leon to a place, except for a large part of the store.
Leon is astonished and says, "By God..."
The system explains, "This is the system store, where you can buy anything using rune stones."
The system continues, "You can obtain rune stones by sending them to your system."
Leon asks, "Important like what?"
A message appears on the system screen, and Leon presses it. The message says: "Look for a book in the library titled 'The Beginning: Opening the Three Gates.'"
Leon replies, "Hmm, that book. Before I returned, my brother Sebastian took it from the library, read it, and then burned it. He wasn't angry because the book didn't matter to him. And after the book that my brother decided to burn, it should also be that after this incident, he easily unlocked the third star within a month."
After several hours, Leon, frustrated and angry, says, "Oh, where could it be?" He searches the ground and notices an old book lying among the shelves. "Ah, wait a minute, the book!" He picks it up and dusts it off, revealing its title: "Opening the Three Gates." Leon exclaims joyfully, "Great, I've finally found it!" He takes the book to his room and says, "Okay, let's see what's inside."
He opens the book and reads. As a result, a smile appears on his face as he says, "Now I understand why Sebastian mastered burning this book." He then laughs, saying, "With this, we won't wait to move against you, Seraphine. Just 12 hours, just 12 hours, and you'll see hell at the door."
The next day, Leon and Seraphine face off in the arena. Seraphine says, "Do you want to face me or Leon? Do you wish to enjoy fighting against you?" She continues laughing, "Hahaha, make sure to finish you off in the most brutal general version, Lionel."
Leon looks at Seraphine with a mocking gaze and says, "Try to sell that." He then smiles and laughs.
The scene returns to 12 hours before midnight, in Leon's room. Leon smiles slyly as he examines the book and says, "Hahaha, what do we have here?" He sees cavities in the book containing a blue mana gem.
Quick information about mana gems:
White Stones: Contain little energy and are found in the bodies of small demonic beasts. They can be easily obtained by warriors.Pure Crystals: Found in advanced monsters like small dungeon bosses, with a moderate amount of mana.Blue Stones: Found in the bodies of hybrid demons and advanced white gold demons, with a large amount of energy.Red and Purple Stones: Found in the bodies of the genes and high-ranking servants of the Demon King. They may be impossible to destroy due to their intense energy.Black Crystals: The strongest, found in the right-hand assistants of the Demon King. No one has ever seen these gems before, and I'm the only one who has named this information discovered later. The power remains the Demon King's unknown.
"I will not allow him to destroy this world again."
The scene returns to the confrontation between Seraphine and Leon. The judge orders the duel to begin. Seraphine swiftly advances toward Leon and says, "I will finish you, Leon, and there won't be a single piece of you left!" He brandishes his sword at Leon, preparing for something...
Silence prevails in the place, and everyone is stunned by the shock. Leon has activated the third-star option between him and the mana-covered sword. Seraphine and everyone, including Leon's father, are shocked. Seraphine asks, "How? How? How? How did you create a third-star shield? Weren't you at the star level just yesterday? How is it possible to advance to the third star in just one day?"
Leon, with a sly smile, says, "I thought you'd finish me off and cut me to pieces." Then he looks threateningly at Seraphine, emanating sunlight. He adds, "Now it's my turn to show you real hell, Seraphine."