"Crystalline Spider, shoot Crystal Silk Bombs."
The masked man ordered his beast while he continued to rush towards Leo.
'Boom'
Before they could reach Leo, the pendant around Leo's neck shone with a bright light as a small Dragon Soul blocked those bombs with its body.
"A Gold Grade item? No wonder that idiot got killed by you."
The masked man was not at all surprised to see the Dragon Soul that protected Leo as he said, "However, today, you won't be lucky enough to survive."
"Everyone except for the Rock Beetle, assist me in taking care of the Dragon Soul first."
After saying that, he ordered his other two contracted beasts to attack the Dragon Soul along with me.
Since Leo didn't awaken any beast tamer's talent, the masked men didn't feel threatened by Leo's existence. Instead, he asked his second contracted beast 'The Rock Bettle' to take care of the two thunder bears standing beside Leo.
That's right!
Not only did Leo and Uncle Grey teleport here, even Leo's pets were also teleported along with them.
"So that one from nine years ago also belongs to the Shadow Syndicate."
From their uniform, Leo already related the masked assassin from before with these masked men.
After hearing his words, Leo confirmed that the secret organization called the Shadow Syndicate was trying to eliminate him before he could mature.
"Everyone, come out and let's show them what we are capable of."
Leo wanted to kill some beasts to get the Beast Essence Orb to instantly increase the strength of his pets; however, he was busy with studying and training in the family.
Moreover, he was not allowed to leave the Stormrider Family without permission from Uncle Grey and his mother Seraphina.
However, now, there was no one to stop him from killing the masked assassins and their contracted beasts.
"Nightmare Butterfly, use [Deep Sleep - Nightmare] on Rock Bettle and Crystalline Spider."
As soon as Leo ordered, the black-purple-coloured butterfly came out of his hair and released some sparkling powder on the incoming Rock Battle and the Crystalline Spider that was fighting the Dragon Soul.
'Swoosh'
Nightmare Butterfly's strength has risen to level 6 Silver Grade and thanks to Leo's training, [Deep Sleep] has become a lot more powerful as it instantly sent the two contracted beasts into the sleep.
"Thunder Bears, thunder punch."
Even though Leo still had three beasts inside the [Beast Storage Token], he didn't release them as he wanted to surprise his enemies amidst the fight to change the tides of the battle.
Nevertheless, the Thunder Bears were still level 3 Silver Grade beasts and their [Thunder Punches] were enough to kill the two beasts.
'Swoosh'
'Swoosh'
In less than 10 punches from the thunder bears, the two sleeping beasts, the Rock Bettle and the Crystalline Spider were punched to death by the Thunder Bears.
'Cough'
With the sudden death of his two contracted beasts, the masked man received a severe backlash which made him cough a mouthful of blood.
"Dragon Soul, chop the snake's head before making a severe injury on the masked man's chest."
After taking care of the two contracted beasts, Leo knew it was the right time to take care of the masked man in a single go as he gave the orders to the Dragon Souls.
'Slash'
With a slash, the Dragon Soul chopped off the snake's head, making the masked man suffer another backlash, making him very weak.
Still, the Dragon Soul didn't stop as it left deep claw marks on the masked man's chest according to the orders it received.
'Die.'
On the other hand, Leo was ready to launch the killing blow and just as Dragon Soul successfully executed his orders, Leo used the dagger to pierce through the chest and stabbed the masked man's heart.
'Swoosh'
Soon, Leo felt a familiar energy enter his body and at the same time, the bodies of the masked man and his contracted spirit beasts disappeared leaving behind the essence orbs.
"Thunder Bears, share the silver-grade beast essence orbs."
Among all his beasts, Leo wanted to increase the strength of the Thunder Bears because they have good attack power and defence.
Hence, Leo ordered the Thunder brothers to absorb the two silver-grade essence orbs evenly.
'As for the gold-grade beast essence orb and tamer essence orb, I should give it to Uncle Grey.'
After picking those two gold-grade essence orbs, Leo tossed them into the [Bracelet of Hidden Nest] and checked out Uncle Grey's fight with the 10 masked men.
'Roar'
'Hiss'
'Swoosh'
Uncle Grey was surrounded by 10 Gold-Grade Beast Tamers, 10 low-level Gold-Grade contracted beasts and 20 Silver-Grade contracted beasts.
On Uncle Grey's side, he had three Gold Grade Beasts. They are Storm Eagle, Wind Dragon and Four-winged Wind Serpent.
Each of Uncle Grey's contracted beasts was Gold Grade with strengths level 1, level 4 and level 8 respectively.
In the fight, Uncle Grey seemed to be at a little disadvantage; however, he was still able to keep his calm as though it got it under control.
'Even though Uncle Grey is calm, I am sure he is anxious because the leader of the masked men has yet to make a move.'
Leo assessed the situation and hurriedly thought, 'I have to take care of as many masked men as possible and lessen the pressure on Uncle Grey.'
"It looks like Shadow Syndicate is weak just like you said, Uncle."
With that thought in mind, Leo intentionally tried to provoke the masked men and their leader.
"Interesting….you killed a Gold Grade Beast Tamer in just a minute?"
The leader of the masked men raised his eyebrows as he muttered, "It looks like you are more powerful than we thought and we could not let you grow anymore."
Of course, the masked men saw the Dragon Soul hovering around Leo and the two thunder bears behind Leo and knew that Leo had the strength equivalent to a Gold Grade beast tamer.
"You five, go and take care of him, I will take care of Grey."
Hence, the leader of the masked men decided to join the fight against Uncle Grey while sending five Gold Grade beast tamers at Leo.
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