Leonard could finally feel himself breathing again. He had been staring at Fang's lifeless body for a while now, thinking of other possible action he could've taken before pulling the trigger. Not that he regretted ending his life, he thought that Fang of all people deserved a more painful exit than a bullet to the head
He squeezed the pistol into his belt and ran to the door to move on unto his next victim.
As Leonard made it to the right side of the building and began taking the stairs up, he could hear a sound of iron jamming against itself upstairs. Leonard quickened his pace and arrived at the corridor.
In front of him was Yimu struggling to stand on her feet. She was bruised and so sweaty that her clothes stuck to her skin. Standing before her was the man whom he had been looking for, his final target. Spear, he looked unharmed.
Spear noticed him behind Yimu "Oh I knew you were part of this Chamberlain boy. This time around your lady isn't going to be enough to bail you. You are going to die"
Leonard was half interested in whatever Spear was spitting out. His eyes peered at the saber Yimu grasped firmly with both hands
"Hey, Phantom. Toss the weapon" He said in a calm tone but displayed more eagerness like he would pounce on her if she didn't do as he said
Yimu didn't look at him "He is my opponent" she raised the sabre and kicked towards Spear bringing it down in a quick slash. Spears cutlass met with it and with the edge he redirected the attack and kicked her in the guts.
She regained her bearings midair and landed on three limbs. Her eyes still burning with rage and her body gradually reaching its limit she kicked forward again.
Despite the size of the blade she was able to perform quick slashes that Spear easily parried and slammed her to the wall
She let out a soft gasp and fell to the ground. She wasn't standing up.
"There you go again" Spear walked up to Yimu. He picked up the saber from her hand and inspected "What's your family's deal with this piece of junk anyways. First was your brother now—"
A strong tremor hits the building shaking the very foundation and causing Spear to lose his footing. By the time the shaking stopped Leonard had closed the distance between them. His hands were millimeters away from the saber. Spear threw it away and grabbed his neck raising him up in the air like a ragdoll
"I was being lenient with our little princess over here because she's still important to me. You on the other hand should've been long dead by now." He increased his grip and threw Leonard to the wall. The sheer strength caused him to break through the wall then back to the front compound of the base.
Leonard fell from the last floor then crashed on the ground rolling and stopping a distance away from Kael
"What the…?!" Kael stood waiting for the dust to clear out just to see Leonard folding himself on the floor "What the hell happened to you?"
Every muscle in his body ached as he tries to speak. At some point even his throat felt hard.
"At first I thought I was crazy, but now I know for sure" Spears voice echoed from the top of the building where Leonard flew out from. "Youve changed Chamberlain boy. That piece of junk ruined you two years ago…"
He leapt from the building and landed on the ground kicking up dust and debris. He instantly noticed Kael and could tell from his Presence that he was the cause of the outburst
However he wasn't going to back down on killing Leonard. He said to Leonard who was groveling on the floor
"...In this cranked up island you were the only one I feared his strength, not even your brother's. It was out of respect for you I agreed with that old fool to take your woman and allow you to keep your head. Now look at you"
Kael had had enough of Spears' speech and was about to reform his jaws with a punch. But Leonard forced out the words from his mouth to stop him
"This is my fight" he grunts, picking himself up from the floor
Kael raised an eyebrow "Are you sure about this?"
"We already talked things out right?" He coughed
Kael's expression softened. Even though Leonard was already beat up he felt like stepping into his fight would be somewhat wrong.
"You really wanna die" Spear shot forward, squeezing his fist and aiming it at Leonard's head.
Leonard lost his footing and tripped, managing to dodge the fatal attack. Spear followed up with an upper cut that landed neatly on Leonard's jaw, then linked it with another blow shooting for his guts, Leonard side stepped almost as though he vanished and reappeared to the side dodging Spears hit and throwing a punch which met with Spears arm
Their movements were fast following up with swift attacks. With every second pass it looked like Spear was getting faster and stronger although, the case was Leonard was getting weaker. At some point he wasn't able to dodge and gracefully received whatever Spears threw his way
Spear grabbed him by the neck once more, lifting him to the air.
"Youre dead Chamberlain boy" He tightened his grip, then noticed the smile on Leonard's face
"I don't think so"
Just then Spear noticed the little behind him. He released Leonard from his grasp and turned but he was a second late to stop the attack entirely. Yimu aimed to drive the sabre into his chest but he managed to redirect it to his guts.
"You bitch!!" Spear clenched his fist and knocked her to the ground. He writhed in pain and pulled the blade out from his guts, he threw on the ground and walked up to Yimu lifting her by her dark clothes
"I gave you a chance and you just had to sneak behind my back huh??"
Spear raised his hand to hit Yimu when a sudden wave hit him. A wave almost on par with Kael's Haki. Spear let go of Yimu and turned to look at Leonard.
He was standing upright. Eyes closed and demeanor calm. On his right hand was the sabre but the appearance had changed. The blade gleamed black. It was coated.