The Mech Lord

"B-Brother in law?" Harry turned his head away from the little to girl to Leo. His eyes were wide and shock was written all over his face.

Leo's face on the other hand had turned ugly. This girl had deliberately said it out aloud. He just knew it. She was smart after all. Not to mention, she knew they were hiding it from others.

"Don't pay mind to her words. She just likes running her mouth." Leo laughed, as he put his palm of Clair's head, and shook her a bit.

Harry didn't seem entirely convinced. He still gave Leo a look. This girl clearly had mentioned herself as a Wolfez and then said him her brother-in-law. And, the rumors at the Academy were oddly about Leo and Christina dating.

What a coincidence…

Wasn't it?

Or..

May be it was not…

"You guys are here?"

A voice came from the front and it grabbed everyone's attention.

They looked ahead and saw a person walking over to them. He was wearing track below and didn't have his clothes above. Hs body was covered in grey color fur at places, and skin was showing at most of his part.

He was obviously Billy, the Werewolf.

"You guys sure took your time.." He looked at the two of them. Clearly, a bit annoyed at the two arriving late.

"Who is she?" Billy asked in surprised when he noticed Clair.

"I am Clair Wolfez, I am here with my broth-"

Before Clair could speak any further, Leo grabbed her mouth and stopped her.

"She like my sister. Her parents weren't at home so they asked me to look after her for a while." Leo forced a smile on his face.

"Well, she sure can watch from the sidelines." Billy didn't seem to mind at all.

….

"Is this a gym?" Harry asked as he looked around.

There were indeed equipment around. But all of it were worn down, and looked outdated. Besides, the place too didn't seemed up to the mark in comparison to the standard of today's gyms.

"It used to be a gym. My family had the business. But, it's been closed for a few years now," Billy calmly replied as he walked unto the ring in the center.

"You are a Citizen of Gloria?" Harry asked with wide eyes. He always thought that this guy was from some other place.

"Of course, I am!" Billy laughed at it.

"Our family moved here during the War times," He further added.

"Do you stay here as well?" Leo asked with a frown when he noticed a few a rack which were full of clothes in one corner.

"Yeah, this is the only place I have." Billy nodded.

"What about your family?" Leo didn't think this place could accommodate so many people. I mean this wasn't the place where one was supposed to live after all.

"Dead.." Billy's word froze everyone for a second, "My parents were in the army as well. They passed away a few years ago. It was all due to their injuries they suffered during their service. They said it was their badge of honor from the war."

"I am sorry.." Leo looked at him an apologetic face.

"It's fine.."

Harry on the other hand was taken back too.

"Get read… I will give you a few minutes to warm up." Billy stated as he looked at Leo, and then continued his own training.

"Didn't he say that his family fled here during the war times? Why did they join the army then?" Harry looked at Leo in confusion.

The question was valid. If they wanted to escape, they shouldn't have put their lives in danger after coming back here. They could have just joined their own country's military.

"Well, there might some reason…" Leo replied casually as he began his warm up.

"The war had gone over 300 hundred years. So, may be it was his grandparents who had moved here."

"Or, maybe his parents moved here because they wanted to protect him and not themselves."

When Harry heard the second reason, his eyes slowly turned complex and he clenched his fist.

"Is everything alright?" Leo asked him, seeing his face change.

"Yeah," Harry nodded as his face regained his shine, and he loosened his fist.

…

A few minutes later..

Leo stood in the ring with Billy.

"Show me how much strength you have first.." Billy asked as he stood there and raised his palm.

He wasn't underestimating Leo. It was just that he believed in his own strength. And, Leo for sure hadn't crossed Lv 10. that was a fact.

Leo didn't put any of his tricks in here, and just punched with full force.

"Bang!"

Billy took the hit, and his hand was pushed back a bit.

He looked at his palm which was left with a tingling sensations and then nodded at Leo.

"Not bad, that was a nice hit. It was strong for sure. But, I don't think you are utilizing the powers in your hands nicely."

"Have you not even learned the basic Fist techniques?" He further asked with a frown. He was sure that the power would have multiplied a few times if Leo knew how to use his fist properly.

That hit probably won't do much damaged to even a Lv 6 Awake.

"Well, I was a weapon user earlier. But, now I have a different specialty." Leo shook his head helplessly as he slowly raised one of knees into the air.

"I see.." Billy smiled as he tugged both his hands in and crossed them. "Strike then.."

Leo's expression changed, "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am." Billy nodded.

Leo took a strong step forward and with a turn, his body moved like a whirlwind as his energy gushed out of different points on his leg. He then threw his leg out and with a thunderous sound, it crashed right into Billy's guard.

"Bang!"

Billy immediately felt a strong force, and a slight ache on his arms as his feet were pushed behind a bit.

He raised his head and looked at Leo in shock. He couldn't believe that a someone below Lv 10 had been able to move him when he wasn't holding back at all.

This was definitely surprising.

"You are strong.." He let out a big smile on his face.

"Am I?" Leo asked in return. He was not happy with the fact that he couldn't even make him take a step back.

"You definitely are. I could tell that only someone at Level 9 or 10 can throw such a powerful attack." Billy gave him his honest opinion. "But, only kicking won't allow you to win a fight. You need to learn how to avoid and dodge as well."

"Let's see how you perform.." Billy smashed his fist into his palm with a wide grin on his face. "I will restrict myself to Lv 10. Let's see if you could match me or no."

Leo immediately concentrated on Billy. He didn't dare to take it jokingly.

"Whoosh!"

Billy immediately move. He was extremely fast on his feet, and before Leo knew, he was right in front of him.

A fist struck, and Leo immediately raised both of his arms to guard him.

"Bang!"

But, the impact sent him tumbling back with both of his hands aching.

"Are you sure you are using power equivalent to that of a Lv 10?" Leo couldn't help, but ask him with a frown as he got back up.

Billy couldn't help, but laugh after hearing that.

"Even at Lv 10, I am one with a Higher rank skill here. So, isn't it obvious that I am stronger than your average Lv 10 Awake?"

That certainly made sense.

Not to mention Leo was a Yellow rank skill holder.

"To be honest, you are already betraying the ranking system like this." Billy shook his head looking at Leo. His power was clearly surpassing people at the same Level.

That was the reason he decimated the Goblin who was only a single level above him with a kick.

At his stage, he could probably fight people with skill color two to three level higher than him.

In simple worlds, Leo could match someone at the same level as him even if the person had green or red rank skill.

But, if someone with Golden rank skill came to him, he would probably be destroyed even if the person was a level lower.

'Does it work like this?' Leo frowned. No one ever told him about this. All this while, he thought that he had been growing stronger. But, it actually turned out like this.

No wonder they said that leveling up a higher rank skill was more difficult. It was because those skills were stronger than lower color skills at the same level.

It was now easy to understand why people at lower level were leveling up faster.

It was no wonder that Aaron could fight that killer who cut his arm even with a gap of ten levels between them.

Suddenly, it all started to make sense.

"Where are you looking at?"

A voice suddenly entered Leo's ear, and he immediately tilted his head dodging the incoming attack.

"Don't lose you concentration like this during the fight. It would be the end of you.." Billy muttered with a smile as his knee suddenly smashed into Leo's abdomen.

Leo groaned in pain as he staggered backward to one corner of the ring.

"What's with this weak performance?" Clair asked in a low voice. She was standing on that side as well.

Leo's face twitched a bit.

He couldn't let a little girl look down on him.

Beside, he himself was not planning to lose when this guy was holding back himself to Lv 10 as well.

It was time get serious.