Chapter 35 - Fair play (1/2)

*Read the author's thoughts*

With his eyes narrowed, Leo took a deep breath and thought about what he should do. His enemies had experience dealing with stronger opponents and his numbers presented him with two big problems.

The first was the fact that he couldn't pay attention to what they were doing at all times so he couldn't focus on attacking a single person.

The second problem was the shooter. Every time he tried to use a spell, the shooter would interrupt him, how did he do it? it was something Leo didn't know. Also, every time he engaged in melee combat the shooter would shoot to his limbs which was a great annoyance.

If it wasn't for the fact that every time he fired he was hiding quickly and he wanted to practice, he would have killed him immediately.

'I can fight with them for 5 minutes. Afterward, I will be able to kill them freely and once I'm done with them I'll have to rush to their base. Maybe I might find something interesting.' Leo thought about what to do since surely Rias would have informed Sirzechs of everything that had happened and it was only a matter of time before he arrived so Leo wanted to make the most of his time with the exorcists.

Leo had not trained in any melee techniques. Likewise, his combat mode was mainly based on using brute force and some spells but now that he would get several souls from exorcists from which to learn martial arts he did not want to stop and wanted to experience for himself their techniques

and how much he was able to fight against them only in his base form. Although he would limiting his strength a bit or he could accidentally kill them, but neither he couldn't contain himself too much or it would allow them to finish him.

'Tch, if I didn't react in time, I have would have a hole in my head' Leo cursed in his mind and quickly tried to find the shooter but it was too late, his moment of distraction gave the shooter the perfect opportunity to hide again.

The exorcists did not sit down and waited for Leo to prepare. Quickly, an exorcist took his fighting stance. His movements were fluid when he lashed out with his sword at Leo.

Leo did not have a fighting position so he simply took advantage of the moment when the exorcist adopted his posture to relax and be prepared for any attack. He knew that if he did not remain calm, he would fall prey to the exorcists' continued attacks without having the opportunity to defend himself.

Leo exhaled deeply as dark matter gathered in his right arm and took the form of a sword. Then, he took a big step toward the exorcist and directly encountered his lightsaber. His strength gushed from his entire body to his right hand and cut toward the man.

The cut moved with the wind. The exorcist only noticed that a black blur was heading towards him so he could only adopt a defensive posture.

Taking the hit, he backed up a few meters just like his team leader. When their ”swords” collided, the exorcist was overwhelmed and realized that he could not engage in a direct fight against him.

For opponents who relied on the brute force like Leo, their strategy was simple. Dodge and take advantage of your opponent's openings to brutally punish them.

While the first exorcist was on the ground, the remaining two exorcists headed towards Leo. They took into account the indications of their leader and the experience of their partner and entered into a skirmish fight.

A few exchanges of blows went by but the exorcists gave Leo no chance to hit them thanks to their years of training and experience.

Over and over again, they managed to dodge Leo's attacks. Finally, Leo noticed how one of the exorcists was a little slower to withdraw.

'Well, I'll have to get a little more serious,' Leo thought as he transformed the sword into a fist and lunged at him.

* Bang

The bullet traveled directly towards Leo's wrist but once it collided with his dark matter coated wrist, it was unable to continue on its way.

* Crack

The exorcist flew like a kite without a rope until a tree stood in his way. His arms as bent in an unnatural position while his ċhėst was sagging with a visible mark.

The sound of bones breaking and their partner's condition made the exorcists tremble.