When everyone gathers

-cough cough-

Leon stood up from the ground with difficulty, coughing some blood and debris from his mouth.

He had just killed Lincoln when suddenly something crashed onto his body and then _ and then.. …

As if sensing something he moved his hands along his waist, only to see he had lost the token of his class.

'Did it got blown up?'

'No, it must have fallen around here somewhere.'

Leon comforted himself, and through his injuries and pain with gritted teeth he forced himself to stand up and look for it.

'Apollo, did you see something? Can you find it?' Leon asked his God as he couldn't see anything.

Apollo who was watching this whole scene sighed and stayed silent for a few seconds, but then still decided to answer.

[Stop looking around, it didn't fall off in the blast. Someone stole it from you.]

"What? But how _" Leon blurted out as he heard Apollo's answer.

[Calm down and think about everything again. Ohh and be careful around that girl.] Apollo finished his words of advice and turned his eyes away.

In the realm far away from the reach of mortals, a handsome looking God whose face radiated light and perfection bashed his hand on his throne, sending shockwaves in his entire empty hall.

"Damn it, first Nyx, then Hela and now Gaia. Why are they all interfering more then they were supposed to." Apollo cursed loudly as he sensed the magic from Saisha.

"If all this goes on, can I really finish what I started?" He wondered in his heart and clenched his fists in anger. "No, I have to speed up his progress. Or he'll only be killed just like the others."

He made a decision and glanced up at the sky where he could see three distant suns shinning just as bright as the one behind him, if not even more.

'I have to do it.'

Back on Arcadia After hearing Apollo's words, Leon closed his eyes and thought about everything again. Just as his eyes closed, his brain became clear and all the pain and thoughts seemed to disappear. His memories played in his mind about the scenario moments ago.

:52

But in slow and clear motion, just like a movie

Leon watched as he killed Lincoln and how Lucille's body crashed onto him and created a blast. Sending him flying across the trees. magic

'I still had the token at this time.' Leon thought as he looked at his flying figure and the token hanging on his waist.

But then something unexpected happened.

He saw as a white blur passed in front of his eyes and his token disappeared.

Focusing even more, Leon imagined this scene in his mind again. And this time, he clearly saw who or what it was.

Leon looked as how the moment he was hit by Lucille's body, a figure had appeared in his zone and then when he was hit, they used some kind of agility spell and then stole the token and dashed away before the blast.

"Saisha" Leon muttered and looked around carefully. To say he was shocked by this degree of difference between him and her was an understatement.

He hated this feeling of powerlessness. Of being at the mercy of others. And that's what fueled his rage and emotions.

He was about to rush towards the girl who was standing in front of him, just outside his zone, when the ground beneath his feet cracked and he was knocked back again.

"Stay in your line." Rio said as he stopped Leon from leaving his boundary.

'God knows what kind of scenario he'll trigger if I let him fight in front of all these heroines.' Rio thought as he saw Rebecca who arrived near him, followed by Qingyue and her team.

"Can't you even protect the token?" Rebecca complained as she looked at him.

"That's not my job." Rio said as he looked at Amaya behind him. "Go and help Amy. I'll handle the token and everyone else."

Rebecca looked at the side where Amelia, Katherine and Valtor were still fighting with grunter hat.

But it was more of a beat down then a fight now. As without mana, all of them were just getting hit here and there. Even though they could dodge grunter's main attacks with their speed and aura, but the shockwaves that followed every swing of that giant ape still hurt them every time.

"Just let her get beaten a few times." Rebecca said and moved away before Rio could hit her head for saying that. As soon as Amaya and Rebecca left to help fight Grunter, the shadow behind Rio emerged from the ground and stood beside him. Next the figure made of pure darkness took Rio's form completely, and other then the black wisps of smoke lingering around his body, there was no difference between both of them.

"Don't let them interfere." Rio gave a command and his avatar disappeared from his place. Arriving just behind Qingyue, who was moving to fight with Rebecca and Amelia.

-clank-

Qingyue turned her spear in a hurry as she felt the presence behind her and the sound of metal clashing against each other rang out.

Qingyue's feet scratched on the ground for two steps before she stopped. She felt a slight sting of pain in her wrists, as she tried to stop the shaking of her spear.

"You _ why do you always have to jump into a girl's fight?" Qingyue complained as she looked at 'Rio' in front of him.

-Magnetic Pull

-Iron Maiden thrust

-Bronze Echo

-Mercury's Master

One by one she used her spells, some which strengthened her, giving her more speed and dexterity. While some which directly attacked Rio's avatar.

Yet all her attacks were in vain as the shadow avatar simply walked through them without any discomfort or distortion.

"Not again." Qingyue cursed as she created a shield of metal in her hands to protect herself from the incoming attack.

But the expected attack didn't land on her, looking around she noticed the avatar in front of her ignored and moved towards the big beast fighting with others.

"Stupid" Qingyue cursed herself for ignoring the beast and directly moved to intercept 'Rio' but Rebecca who noticed her signalled Amy and both of them stopped her in between.

'Rio' slashed at the monster's head again and again, breaking all the vines binding its head and healing him constantly. Though the grunter attacked him too, but the physical attacks or those hat hallucination drugs didn't affect this shadow avatar at all. So it didn't take long for him to break the magic of Saisha controlling this beast.

Killing this beast was hard, but 'Rio' along with Katherine and Valtor - it was suspected it won't take long for it to fall.

Qingyue who was fighting with both Rebecca and Amelia, was having an easy time to vent her anger -when her teammates also joined her.

Elroy, Ziona and Hermann.

But Hermann who noticed Leon looking half dead, ignored his classmates and went forward to kill him instead. After all, knowing the gap between both of them, he wasn't sure he'll get many chances to beat this bastard himself.

On the other hand, the real Rio looked at Saisha in front of him, who was holding a sword in her hands as arrows made of wood constantly floated behind her back.

"Let's end this." Rio said and his figure dashed towards her with all his speed. Though without mana it had a significant drop, but still enough to crack the ground beneath his feet and leaving a blur behind him.