Manaless Mage-Chapter 248: A curious Leon

Despite standing so far from it, he could still sense that baleful aura emanating from the door, and it sent a slight chill down his spine.

"Harry!" Harry suddenly called his name, breaking him out of his thoughts.

"H-huh?" He muttered, finally turning his gaze back to the boy.

"You weren’t even listening..." Harry muttered, releasing a low sigh.

"N-no... it’s not like that. I was just... thinking about something." Leon muttered, swiftly trying to come up with a valid reason for his actions.

"There’s no need for that. I’m—"

"Hey boys." The ginger haired man said, waving his hands as he slowly approached them.

"Ohh, I forgot to introduce him. This is Mr Lindt, he’s also an adventurer." Harry’s father said, pointing his hands at the man standing beside him.

"Ohh..." Harry muttered, slowly nodding his head in understanding.

To be honest, he didn’t really care about whoever the man was, all he wanted was to know what was wrong with his mother.

"I know you have questions Harry... come on, let’s talk over there." The man said, directing them to a set of chairs at the other end of the hallway.

"So... can I see my mom now...?" Harry suddenly asked, just as they reached where they were going.

"About that... I’m really sorry, but you can’t." The man said, with a sad expression on his face.

Harry’s eyes slowly widened at his response, and he tightly clenched his fists, greatly confused about the whole situation.

"Please take a seat... there are a lot of things I need to discuss with you." Mr Lindt said, pointing at the chairs behind Harry.

The boy reluctantly sat down on the chair, while Leon took a seat beside him, however, his mind wasn’t in anything the man was saying.

Now that they had moved down the hall, that strange mana he had been sensing suddenly became stronger, drawing his attention even more.

’Could this be due to the mana core corruption Harry told me about?’ He thought, wondering if it was somehow related to Harry’s ill mother.

’What exactly is behind that door...?’ He thought. The more he kept sensing that evil mana, the more his curiosity grew, until he could barely hold it in again.

For a brief moment, the thought even came to his mind to ask the ginger haired boy about what was in that room, however, he swiftly brushed it off.

He only accompanied Harry here, he couldn’t be too forward, asking about things that didn’t concern him in any way.

Not only would that be very disrespectful to his friend, but it could also negatively impact his view of him, greatly affecting their future relationship.

’Should I?’ Leon mumbled inwardly, lightly clenching his fists.

A strange glint flickered across his eyes as he slowly opened his hand, revealing a small green clock which slowly floated above his palm.

’This might just be me being stupid... but I want to know what this strange feeling is, no, I have to.’ Leon thought, staring at the clock with a wry smile.

Since there was no one who could tell him wanted he know, he would just have to find out for himself!

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Swoosh!

A powerful green energy suddenly bursted out of the clock, swiftly spreading not just across the hall, but all through the floor.

After a few seconds, the smoke from the ’explosion’ finally died down, clearing the air for Leon to see.

"Hah... I really did it." Leon muttered, letting out a huge sigh of relief.

He slowly turned to Harry, who was still sitting beside him.

The brown haired boy was completely still, with his face in an awkward position.

Leon remembered that he was about to say something just before he activated his skill, however, he had been too focused on channeling his energy to listen.

"I’m really sorry buddy..." Leon mumbled, slowly standing up from the chair. ’You’ll have to forgive me for this one.’

Every single thing in the hallway was rendered motionless no matter what they were doing before.

It wasn’t just in the hallway though, everything on this entire floor had been completely frozen in time.

At first he wanted to just freeze time within the hallway they were in, however, after giving it some thought, he realised how stupid that would be.

He would surely be at a huge risk if an Adventurer happened to walk past the hallway, and notice how everyone was just strangely standing still.

There was no way for him to explain how he was the only one unaffected, and the situation could easily become complicated, as they could confuse him for a high-ranked mana beast.

After taking all that into consideration, he finally decided that the best thing to do would be to freeze time in not just the hallway, but the whole floor on which they stood on.

At least that way, even if someone was trying to climb unto this floor, they would also be frozen the moment they get within its range.

He didn’t think he would be able to do it though, but it seemed like he had greatly underestimated his strength.

Though he could use his time element without needing to manifest the green clock, his range and control over time was greatly boosted when he did so.

That was why he was able to freeze time on such a large scale, as such a feat would have been impossible without the use of the clock.

"Wow... no matter how many times I do this, I’m still thrilled by its power." Leon mumbled, with a smug smile on his lips.

Almost everyone on this floor were Elementalists, some even many times more powerful than him, however, in the face of his power, they were all rendered helpless.

"Hehe... with this power, I really am invincible." He said, letting out a light chuckle in excitement.

’I can’t let myself get too distracted, I need to check what’s inside that room.’ Leon thought, swiftly snapping himself back to reality.

Thump!

Thump!

Thump!

He quickly walked towards the door, his heart beating rapidly as he gently placed his hand on the handle.

’I hope I’m not making a mistake...’ Leon thought, finally twisting the handle.

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