Wicked Reincarnation

Chapter 179: Attack 20

Leo stared at Timo as the latter finally stood before him. None of them opened their mouths to question the other's motives. The silent stare down lasted for a minute. During that time, Timo wiped the blood off his face then put his hands back into his pockets.

In the distance, loud fighting sounds reached their ears and Timo took a step forward while Leo remained unmoved. Timo yawned, he just wanted to sleep or see Maria. His mood wasn't great, if Maria was here, it'd lighten immediately. Timo wasn't keen on dealing with Leo but it was less hassle than having to face Min.

If Timo was honest, he thought there was no need for them captains to take care of the hidden families, Min could deal with them himself. However, Min was the King and they were his lackeys. And as lackeys they couldn't let Min dirty his hands, also Min was busy with taking care of the Mortal World.

Now that Timo thought about it, it was more reasonable to pull out all the exorcists from the Mortal World, especially Yano, but it seemed like Min wanted them to perish too.

After all, apart from Min and the captains, no one should be left alive.

Timo sighed, Min still cared about his reputation as the Ghost King too much, if he didn't have this unnecessary pride, Min could just use all the ghosts to get rid of both worlds, instead of wasting his time training exorcists.

But Min was also paranoid to the point he wanted to first hunt down the hidden families and there was the golden power that would make Min the strongest being.

As for all of that, Timo frankly didn't care at all. What he did care about was-

"Let me be honest Leo. I don't care if you let the hidden families escape, but if you go after Min, I gotta stop you even if it's a pain fighting against you," out of all captains, Timo held Leo in the highest regard, even though Kil was physically stronger, his brute nature made Timo not view him as captain.

But what Timo didn't want the most to face was the wrath of Min. Having to fight against Min would be a nightmare. None of the captains, not even Timo could win, evenly matched was also a stretch. Timo could hurt Min but that was about it.

"I'm sorry," Leo ran his hand through his hair, "I don't dislike you Timo but Min needs to disappear, I won't forgive him."

Pure anger seeped out of Leo. This was the first time, Timo has seen the usual cheerful and energetic Leo exude such a frightening aura. Timo was reminded of Nana. Those happy people, were after all, just pretending. It made Timo feel a bit better. Of course, no one could always be happy. That was absurd.

On the other side, Leo braced himself. Timo's words shocked him. Leo knew Timo was always quite lazy but he actually would let the hidden families escape? Yet the blood on Timo made Leo doubt his words. This was also the opportunity for Leo to get rid of Timo. Especially because Lia was still in the building and would come down any seconds. Leo needed to drag this fight somewhere else.

But Leo still hoped Timo would back down as he said. Leo made his intentions clear to get rid of Min. Timo also said he wouldn't let Leo through if Leo wanted to harm Min.

Now, what was Timo going to do? After Leo's words faded, Timo for a while didn't answer, but then he raised his voice, "Man, I really want to see Maria..."

"She's in the palace."

"I know," the offer was attractive but only so much. Tempting was the next step, but Timo thought Maria would get angry if he didn't properly do his job. He imagined her angry face and unknowingly broke out into a smile.

Leo who witnessed it blanked. That lovestruck fool but was he any different? He just confessed and was basically rejected. Timo had better chances than him.

"I'm sorry, I've to correct myself, I do dislike you!" Leo's face was red again. This time not from embarrassment but from anger and jealousy.

"Why?"

"Stop rubbing your chances into my face!" Leo knew he was acting foolish. Even though he was the one who told Lia she didn't need to answer now.

"I did? What is that-"

"Doesn't matter," Leo saw the confusion on Timo's face and knew they were only wasting time, "I'll stop Min. Either leave or we fight."

Timo has heard these words before but Leo's were slightly different than Nana's.

"What made you suddenly change your mind?'' although Timo didn't care a lot, he was still puzzled as to why Leo, the closest one and the one Min seemed to trust the most, suddenly hated Min. What did Leo find out? What was it that in the blink of an eye made him an enemy?

"You really want to kill Min?"

"Not only kill, I'll make him suffer."

Timo widened his eyes briefly, "I see."

He pulled his hand out of his pocket and the light blue sword started to appear.

"I've got no other choice then," Timo twirled the sword in his hand before looking blankly at Leo.

"Let's not have any regrets,'' Leo coated his fists in purple lifeforce and took a stance. The truth was, Leo really didn't dislike Timo, instead, he found he got along with Timo the most out of all captains.

But now Timo stod in his way. Leo has sparred with Timo before but none of them were actually serious because they weren't allowed to fight each other.

The results of the sparring matches were most of the time draws. They seemed to be evenly matched. If Leo couldn't find an advantage before Timo, then it'd be Leo's loss. And losing meant death. This was a proper fight and not a match for fun anymore.

"There's still time to turn back, we don't need to do that," so Timo said but his weapon sprayed sparkles like crazy. However, it seemed like Timo really didn't want to fight.

"Then you let me through?" Leo's voice carried a hint of expectation and hope.

"You know I didn't mean that."

"Then there's not turning back," Leo charged at Timo while he said those words.

Timo's sword blocked Leo's fists. An intense shockwave threw both of them back.

Leo's lifeforce that coated his hands made him immune to any attacks and the damage he did was double. In a sense, Leo's power was similar to Kil's. He could buff himself but not through eating ghosts.

Leo was a strength-defence type. His life force abilities could go two ways, so Timo's power was useless against any part that Leo defended himself with his life force.

Both of them knew of each other's abilities and weaknesses. So, it was a fight that depended on who could make use of their knowledge the fastest.

Meanwhile, Lia left the room and headed to another. She saw no need to head to the ground floor to go to the forest. Instead, she went to Timo's room with the windows facing the forest where she could just jump out.

This increasingly shortened the distance and was the fastest way. Just as Lia opened the window, a loud boom stopped her in motion. The sound seemed to come from downstairs where Leo might be.

Various possibilities flooded Lia's mind. It could be Leo but it also could be someone else but this made less sense. Lia quickly came to the conclusion that Leo had run into someone and they were fighting.

There was no clue about who the opponent was nor how many there were. Conflicted, Lia stared out of the window. The forest was just in front of her and behind it, was Zero. But Lia couldn't risk Leo getting hurt. Zero should be safe in the prison, waiting a little while longer wouldn't harm him.

With that decision, Lia ran to the lift to get down to the ground floor. Just as she arrived and the door opened with a small bing, Lia saw the back of someone standing up from the ground and heading back to the entrance that was completely shattered.

Dust fell in the air and made it equally hard to breathe and see but Lia noticed who that person was in an instant. It was Timo. His outer robe has fallen down to the ground amidst the enlarged hole and chaos.

Outside the dorm, Lia saw, not far away, Leo. In an instant, Lia has grasped the situation. She didn't know what Leo's power was but the fight was definitely on another level.

Leo stood at least 30m away from the dorm but one punch of his sent Timo flying through the dorm, completely damaging the building's front and ground.

Lia wanted to help Leo but he was already so strong. Wouldn't she be a burden? Lia stood there for a second, seeing the inhumane fight between them. She has witnessed Timo's power but seeing it once again, only reinforced her thoughts. Both Leo and Timo were monsters.

Everywhere they touched, nothing was left intact. At this rate, the whole academy would be destroyed.