It was easy for Leon to know how the magic used by the man worked. He could have killed him but Leon knew that he would be at a disadvantage.

His opponent was a 3-ring magus that was equivalent to a Tier 1 magus. While he had not even entered the Tier 1 magus stage but was far superior in every way.

If the two of them fought, Leon was confident that he would win this fight, but something was very wrong.

This man had been following him since he was on the train all the way to this place, waiting for him all night when he suddenly disappeared, and ambushing him when he returned.

"No need to waste time. Even if I win this fight, I will leave behind many traces and they will know that I am weak." without saying much, Leon tapped his wand and he immediately disappeared from there.

A large trace of mana splattered out from where Leon disappeared. Everyone who couldn't move regained their freedom.

"Teleportation and possibilities in the use of space magic. I can't determine whether he is still at the ring formation stage or has already surpassed that stage." The man noted this and stopped his magic.

He took out a star-shaped earring and put it on his left ear. A female voice could be heard in his ears.

"Sam, how is that guy?"

The man named Sam answered while looking at the frightened Hoodlum on the ground. "I don't know much because he left right after meeting me. But he seems to be very skilled at space manipulation."

"Space Magic? Are you sure?"

"50%. That person just disappeared right in front of me. Even if I use investigation magic, I can't find him around here. It is safe to confirm that he is at the Magus level- 8 rings and above."

While saying that, Sam walked closer to Hoodlum who was on the ground. He stopped while lifting one person with his hand.

"Are there any other orders I have to carry out? Otherwise, I want to quickly make preparations and continue the mission I was given."

The woman's voice answered again. "At the moment there is none. It's just that, when you're done with your task, I want you to go and lure that person away from the Betlam family. Hold him as long as you can or make a deal with him. As long as he doesn't interfere and get involved in the Betlam family's problems, that's enough."

"Okay. See you." Sam cut off the magic communication and turned his gaze toward the Hoodlum in his hand.

His hands felt dirty when they touched the person in his hands. A person who becomes a 2-ring magus but doesn't use magic to attack their enemies, they are just a useless corrupted Magus.

He even had to use magic on these 9 people just so they could hide themselves.

"trash. But I can use you for small things." Sam said in a cold tone. The manta seemed to emit a bit of white light that penetrated into their souls.

The Hoodlums couldn't scream even if they wanted to. They couldn't move even if they wanted to. Their bodies were stiff as if it weren't their bodies anymore.

Sam put something in their mouths one by one and left them all lying on the ground.

***

At the Betlam Family Mansion, Leon appeared on the bed with sweat dripping down his body. He took a short breath and immediately got up to check the corner of the wall that was covered by the cupboard,

"It seems that the preparations I prepared were not in vain." Leon rubbed a magic circle he drew after teaching Felix. The magic circle slowly evaporated into the air and disappeared as if it had never existed.

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"But I didn't expect that I would take advantage of it so soon." Leon immediately created a new magic circle. This was a simple magic circle that utilized space and fell into the category of magic formation.

There are many types and methods that can be used to use Mana. The one he used before was a method similar to what the Betlam family had.

The magic tower of Babel calls it Language Magic.

This is a system that utilizes the languages that exist in various worlds to release magic. Whether it's from speaking or writing words in the air, as long as someone has enough knowledge, anyone can use it. This is a statement from the magic Tower of Babel.

Leon uses this system because, among all the magic systems that the Tower of Babel magic has, Language magic is the easiest to use and has a very low risk of failure.

"If magic language is the easiest method, then the magic circle system is the most complicated."

Leon focused on drawing the magic circle and felt the burning pain in his hand. The magic circle again evaporated into thin air and his efforts became futile.

Another failure.

Leon immediately started forming the magic circle from scratch. The process is very slow and takes a lot of time. Apart from that, his mana is always drained and exhausted at some point so failures often occur.

When he finished, the clock showed 12:01.

"Finally finished. All I need is time to fill this magic Circle and I can continue to go out." Leon leaned against the wall and took out the book the Innkeeper had given him.

Leon decided to read it to pass the time. The book contains various kinds of information and rumors from various organizations in the world. Of course, this was just general information that these various organizations had, and the rumors were just that, rumors.

But this is enough.

What he lacked right now was information and general knowledge. There are various interesting things such as the noble families of the Pendragon kingdom, various organizations in this world, and even individuals who have shocked the world.

Even though it looks small, the book never seems to run out of pages. This was a magic artifact given by the Innkeeper to Leon to contain such massive information.

"It's more like reading the news." Leon noticed various kinds of additional information in the book.

Rosemary's family, who lived in the capital city of Pendragon, was investigated by investigators about one of the successors of the head of the family committing the murder of King Esther's 9th son. But this is very doubtful, rumors are circulating that someone is trying to separate the Rosemary family from the Pendragon kingdom.

King Esther announced that the politics of Pendragon's work would be carried out as before. The king has given an ultimatum to all noble families to prepare themselves and condemns the annihilation of noble families who collude with outside organizations.

Based on rumors circulating, the Betlam Family would likely be completely removed from the status of a noble family from the Pendragon kingdom. I don't know how long it has been circulating, the Maple Secret Society and many information agents throughout the Pendragon kingdom are looking for the identity of someone named Leonardo Constantine. It was said that the Betlam Family even spent a lot of money to access the information and world history held by the Maple Secret Society

"Oh, the Betlam Family is investigating me?" Leon saw the part that talked about himself.

The Betlam family investigating it wasn't something that surprised Leon, it's just that Leon didn't know that they would put so much effort into investigating it.

"I don't need to worry about the karma left behind, it's just that clearing the karma takes time."

In fact, this was the result he expected. But the actions taken by the Betlam Family were somehow a little overt as if they had done it on purpose.

"If you can't judge a person by yourself, then get people to arrange matters for him," Leon said inside his head.

This would cause problems if someone tested Leon's current abilities. If he showed even the slightest mistake, then they wouldn't hesitate to attack Leon and seize the knowledge he had.

Even the Betlam Family would likely be the first to move to kill him.

"Right now, the option of developing as quickly as possible is not the best option." Leon leaned his face in his palms while sitting cross-legged. His index finger tapped his temple slowly and at a slow tempo.

I don't have many choices at the moment. Silence is not an option, and fighting is not the right choice either. To develop as quickly as possible…

Leon did not choose this option. Even if he kept him in his room and trained in magic techniques, he would ultimately be stuck at the Tier 2 Magus stage.

And Leon didn't even know how long it would take to reach Tier 2. He couldn't use something like Magical Herb like in the novels his friend Chen told him about. If that could be done, everyone would be able to reach Tier 10 easily.

"But this doesn't mean that I can't make use of Magical herbs. It's just that, I doubt whether there is something like that in this world that can be compatible with what magic techniques I have."

Even if Leon found it, it would be impossible to consume it directly. He needed to open the Alchemist Room of the Babel magic tower and look for an Alchemist.

"Is this Nightmare difficulty?" Leon laughed at the thought of this unfortunate choice.