Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 354 - 003. Spellcaster Potential_2

Chapter 354: 003. Spellcaster Potential_2

Leo was very jealous of them, but he knew all too well that there was nothing he could do about it.

He was particularly jealous of the black-haired Luther Clint, whom Leo saw as a winner in life—his parents were alive, he was good-looking, had a sister and a house, even a bride, and his family was fairly wealthy—yet every time that boy would arrogantly dismiss compliments about his good grades with a cool ’I didn’t perform well.’

Damn it, what’s the act for!

Leo lay there, resting his face on his arms, unable to see any future for himself; perhaps all he could do was to die alone.

Just as Leo felt his prospects were utterly bleak, suddenly, there came a knocking sound from outside the door.

Knock knock knock!

"Who is it? Speak up!"

Leo replied irritably.

Knock knock knock!

However, the person outside seemed not to hear him at all, didn’t reply, and kept knocking relentlessly.

"What the hell, who comes to visit me for no reason?"

Mumbling to himself, Leo went forward, pushed open the door, and saw only the blue moonlight scattered on the steps, casting a faint phosphorescence, looking all around, the air was filled with elemental butterflies flitting about playfully, utterly silent.

"What’s going on here, really playing games with me."

Confused, Leo turned back to re-enter the house, but for some reason, he found the door to his own home had been locked shut.

"Hey! What’s going on? I didn’t close the door just now."

He hurriedly searched his pockets and his face fell—he had forgotten his keys at home.

This was it; he had no choice but to smash a window to get in.

Leo, with a grim face, picked up a stone, ready to smash the window when suddenly, he heard rustling sounds from the bushes mixed with laughter.

Something clicked in his mind at once.

"Looks like someone’s intentionally messing with me—it must be Luther, that kid disagreed with me today and wanted to fight. Knocking and locking the door just now must have been his doing."

Thinking this, Leo sneakily stepped into the bushes, parting the grass and using the moonlight for visibility, and indeed, he saw fresh footprints on the ground.

"As expected."

The footprints stretched ahead, and Leo followed them; he didn’t want to break the window for nothing, once he caught that Luther kid, he would make him pay for the window.

However, after traveling a few miles, Leo felt something was off—could that Luther kid really run that fast?

Just as he began to doubt, he suddenly heard a man whispering ahead, followed by Lin Ye rapidly trembling.

"Ah! The kid probably has backup, looks like they’ve spotted me!"

Without any doubt, Leo hurried forward even though he knew he was getting further from the village, Leo wasn’t concerned at all—this was Baizhu Star, there were no bandits or highwaymen here, and even if there were fierce beasts, with his skills, he could easily escape.

He continued the chase, and it was apparent Luther was getting tired; now and then, gasping and whispering could be heard from the woods, Leo couldn’t hear clearly, but the tone and the heavy breathing mixed were undeniable.

"Hahaha, the stinky kid can’t run anymore, can he!"

Leo sped up, dived into a bush as tall as a man, rapidly parted the leaves in front of him, and then suddenly saw a pitch-black long sword slashing towards his neck!

Whoosh!

Leo’s reaction was incredibly fast; he instinctively stopped in his tracks, tossed his head back and rolled on the ground, narrowly dodging the slash. A chill went down his spine as the blade grazed past his shoulder, tearing through the air easily, reminding him of Curran, the village law enforcer—who could create air blades finer than hair that could tear through steel with a flick of his fingernail.

"Father of Crystal!"

Leo prayed, quickly got up, and grabbed a rock, hurling it at the assassin. His strength was not small; the assassin slightly tilted his head, and the rock blasted into the mountain behind him like a cannonball, creating a hole in the rock face and embedding deep into the wall, then cracking into countless fine lines.

"Not bad. Strength is at Gamma Rank, but the brain isn’t quite Gamma Rank... although smarter than me, was fooled by a simple trick, probably hasn’t fully developed yet."

The assassin glanced at the cracks on the rock wall, casually commenting in a foreign language.

"You... who are you?!"

Leo, having just regained his composure, stripped of his usual bravado, faced the knife-wielding thug with nowhere to run, holding another large rock in his hand, tensely looking at the opponent.

The guy had run all this way, definitely with better stamina and speed than himself; escaping was definitely not an option, better to buy some time, stabilize the guy’s emotions, and see if there could be room for negotiation.

He calmed down, stretched his mouth into a smile uglier than a cry:

"Let’s talk this out, you should be able to understand me, right, big brother..."

The assassin didn’t reply but slowly walked out from the trees, the clear and beautiful moonlight cast on his face, leaving Leo frozen in place, at that moment, even the moon seemed less significant compared to the man in front of him.

"What a beautiful... man?"

Leo could hardly believe it, it was his first time seeing such a person who instantly made a good impression, both inside and out, exceptionally perfect, with jet-black hair resting casually on his shoulders, gray eyes as clear as crystal, filled with a dreamy aura, every angle of his facial features and his smooth skin seemed like they were hand-carved by the creator—any slightest alteration couldn’t have achieved such an effect.