Chapter 296
Chapter 296 of "All MILFs are Mine" starts with: Ten long minutes passed as Rees lay on the cold ground, staring blankly at the... Continue exploring!
Ten long minutes passed as Rees lay on the cold ground, staring blankly at the sky with his body completely immobile.
Thenâ
Something stirred.
"...I can move," Rees muttered in disbelief.
Mana slowly returned to his bones. He clenched his bony fingers, then forced himself upright.
"Sir Leon..." His voice trembled. "I have to find Sir Leon."
His gaze dropped to the ground.
Large, deep footprints were carved into the earth.
"The tracks of that Rexian Bear."
Without wasting another second, Rees followed them.
After barely three minutes of hurried walking, the air grew thick with a metallic stench.
A trail of blood stretched ahead, leading straight into a massive cave carved into the rock.
It was as if Leon was struggling to run out of the cave and the bear dragged him back inside.
"Oh no..." Rees whispered.
He stepped inside the cave and started walking forward.
*Step-step-step-step-step*
Each footfall echoed ominously through the darkness. His grip on his wand tightened as a single thought repeated endlessly in his mind.
âPlease donât be dead... Please donât be dead... Sir Leon... youâre stronger than this.â
*Thud*
Suddenly, his leg struck something large.
At first, it felt like a stone. But it was... softer than a stone.
"I should have enough mana now..." Rees muttered. "Illuminate."
A small sphere of pale light bloomed into existence right over his wand.
The moment it lit the groundâ
Rees staggered back two full steps.
"H-How is that...?"
What his leg had struck wasnât a rock. It was one of the Rexian Bearâs heads.
Severed in a very rough manner.
Its massive jaw was shattered, teeth broken and scattered across the cave floor. It was as if something or someone grabbed itâs upper and lower jaw and tore them open.
"What the hell happened here...?" Rees whispered in low tone.
But ignoring the head with so many questions in his head, he moved deeper into the cave.
Blood coated the walls. Deep gouges tore through the ground. Signs of violent struggle were everywhere, but the claw marks and impact dents were massive.
Too massive.
"These... these arenât Sir Leonâs marks..." Rees realized. "Theyâre the bearâs marks..."
His pace quickened.
*Splash*
His foot suddenly sank into a shallow pit that was filled with warm water.
"Hm ?"
Rees looked down using the light ball and...
It wasnât water.
It was red-hot blood, still steaming faintly.
"Rees..." A calm voice echoed from deeper within the cave. "Is that you?"
"Y-Yes, sir Leon!" Rees replied instantly. "Where are y-"
He raised the light orb higher and froze.
Before him lay the corpse of the giant Rexian Bear.
Its second head had also been torn off. Its jaw was completely destroyed just like the first one. Its massive body was twisted unnaturally, ribs caved in as if crushed by overwhelming force, back bone was molded down into itâs ribs.
And sitting atop itâs corpse was...
Leon.
Completely drenched in itâs blood.
His eyes glowed a vivid crimson, sharp and merciless.
A terrifying bloodlust poured out from his body, so dense that even Rees, an undead, felt fear claw at his Necro-heart.
"S-Sir Leon..." Rees dropped to one knee immediately and bowed.
*Thud*
Leon jumped down from the corpse and landed right beside him. His long black hair fell messily over his blood-smeared face.
"Care to explain," Leon asked calmly, "why I woke up inside that thingâs mouth..."
His gaze shifted briefly to Reesâ arm.
"...and why youâre missing a fucking hand ?"
"Y-Yes, sir," Rees replied quickly.
As they walked out of the cave, Rees explained everything...every spell, every decision, every desperate gamble he had made in the past hour to save Leonâs life.
Ten minutes later,
"I understand," Leon said. "You did well, Rees."
He paused.
"And... weâll deal with your hand soon. I will find a corpse for you to get a new hand from."
Then he glanced at himself.
"But first... I want to take a shower."
Leon suddenly bent down, placing both hands against the ground.
Rees blinked. "Sir... why are you...?"
Hup
Before he couldâve completed his question, Leon vanished upward.
Not a leap. A powerful launch.
He soared over fifty meters and plunged straight into the river below.
*SPLASH*
"...Wow," Rees muttered, stunned, as he started walking toward the riverbank.
*Splash*
After washing the blood from his body, Leon stepped out of the river.
His physique had changed.
Leanâyet far more muscular. Every movement carried quiet, terrifying power.
Rees was already waiting for him outside.
"Rees," Leon said with a neutral expression. "Weâre going home."
"Y-Yes, sir," Rees replied, following behind.
Leon glanced down at his shirt, still stained red with blood. Without hesitation, he removed it and tossed it aside.
They walked on for the next five kilometres without speaking anything.
Then suddenly,
*Halt*
Leon stopped.
"S-Something wrong, sir ?" Rees asked with a confused expression.
*Swish*
*Catch*
Leon raised his hand instantly, catching something mid-air without even looking at it.
Rees turned sharply in order to look for the thrower.
"Thereâs nothing..."
Leon opened his palm.
A thin needle rested there, coated in green liquid.
Leon slowly turned toward the trees.
His eyes glowed red and a vicious smile appeared over his lips.
âThe bloodlust...â Rees thought.
âItâs increasing. Even the mana around him is twisting. What the hell did that core do to him ?â
Red dots appeared across the trees that surrounded them.
*SwishâSwishâSwish*
Three more needles shot toward Leon with high speed.
He tilted his head...
âright... right... left.â
All needles missed him.
"Instant Kill," Leon murmured.
"Kill."
His eyes turned pitch black.
Steelweb armor surged across his body and covered him in a black armour.
*Swish*
And then he vanished.
"Uhhuh...?"
"Uwhuhuhu...?"
The Blue Moringosâgreen, monkey-like beasts with long, needle-tails got confused as soon as Leon disappeared from their vision.
A shadow appeared behind one of them, the one who fired needles at him in the first place.
"Searching for me...?"
"Kwehhâ!"
Leon grabbed its head and twisted. It was so fast and so brutal, almost monstrous to look at.
Once.
Twice.
*CrackâCrack*
*Thud*
The corpse hit the ground.
The other moringos understood immediately as their eyes widened and fur started to stand up in fear.
"Anyone else want to die ?" Leon asked calmly, his crimson eyes locking onto them.
"Huhuhuhuhu...!"
"Huhuhuhuhuhuuu...!"
They fled instantly, leaping from branch to branch without looking back.
"Good," Leon said. "I didnât want blood stains on me again."
He disappearedâ
âand reappeared in front of Rees.
"Letâs go."