Strongest Mage with the Lust system

Chapter 743  Grandfather-in Law?

Seated on the chair with a glass of wine in his hand, Leo was calmly sipping the wine, or at least was pretending to be calm, because in reality, he was frightened out of his wits, feeling several hostile gazes on him.

ʼPlease return quickly, Overlord.ʼ He was constantly praying in his heart, worried the owner of these hostile gazes would throw caution to the wind and attack him.

He secretly glanced at the old man who had been tagging along with them and noticed he was standing there with his eyes closed. At a glance, he seemed perfectly calm, but Leo noticed his pale face and his occasional trembles.

Seeing this, his lips curled up slightly, and he asked via his divine sense, [Scared, old man?]

Juan opened his eyes and honestly nodded.

[Donʼt be. They know we are Sir Overlordʼs companions. They wouldnʼt dare attack us unless… they have lost their mind.] Leo said, trying to comfort him and himself too, but the latter part of his words made him gulp and nervously glance around.

Given the current situation, the chances were very high that the demons, famous for their violence and rashness, would really lose their minds and attack.

Swoosh!

Right then, he heard someone rushing in their direction and cursed, ʼFuck! I jinxed myself.ʼ

Just then, he heard Juan sigh in relief before saying in a teasing tone, ”Donʼt be scared, young sir. Itʼs the Overlord.”

Right as he said this, Leo had noticed Max rushing over and sighed in relief. Then he glared at the old man before turning to Max.

Swoosh!

”You are back, sir—”

Before he could speak, Max appeared before him and placed a finger on his forehead.

”Find this man for me. You have half an hour.” Max ordered as he removed his finger before rushing away toward the nearest group of demons with the Thunder sword in his hand.

Leo looked at the image that had appeared in his mind before glancing at Max with a hint of excitement in his eyes.

ʼFinally…ʼ He thought. Max trusting him with this task meant he had accepted him, which relieved and excited him.

He was about to rush away but stopped and stored the table and chairs. Then, before he could fly away, Juan Ming spoke up, ”Young sir, please take me with you; otherwise, I will be dead by the time you and Sir Overlord return.”

Leo narrowed his eyes at him, ”Can you be any more shameless, old man? I donʼt know you, nor did it seem the Overlord knows you. So, why do I have to carry you? Not forcing you to leave our side; all this side was already generous enough.”

When they met Juan Ming, Max had completely ignored him, but noticing the old man seemed to know Max personally, he gestured to him to follow along. When he saw Max didnʼt object, his suspicion became stronger. However, until now, Max hadnʼt spoken a word to him, which made him realize he didnʼt care about this old man. Since this was the case, he wasnʼt going to go out of his way to help him.

ʼAlso, how dare he tease me?ʼ He scoffed in his heart before saying to himself, ʼOf course, this isnʼt the reason why I donʼt want to take him with me. Iʼm not someone who holds grudges for such small things. Not at all.ʼ

He was about to leave when he heard the old man say, ”He knows me. Itʼs just that he doesnʼt have a good impression of me.”

Leo looked at him as though he was looking at someone stupid, ”That doesnʼt help your case at all, old man.”

Saying this, he channeled his mana and took off to the sky. However, before he could fly away, he heard him say, ”I might become Overlordʼs grandfather-in-law in the future.”

Swoosh!

Leo immediately landed in front of him and stared into his eyes with a stern look on his face while his divine sense enveloped him. ”Iʼll kill you if you lie. Now, repeat what you just said.”

Old man Juan gulped at his words but gritted his teeth and said, ”Iʼm not sure if Iʼll really become his grandfather-in-law, but I know my granddaughter is under his care. So, we still have that connection.”

Leo stared at him in silence for a few moments. He could tell the old man hadnʼt lied. ”Come then.” Saying this, he grabbed him by his shoulder and flew up.

Swoosh!

He could feel several hostile gazes were still on him, but he ignored them and activated his bloodline ability, which had evolved when Max fixed his bloodline.

Immediately, his presence completely vanished, and the same was true for old man Juan, who he had covered in his bloodline energy.

”Whoa! I can really use it on other people too.” He exclaimed in excitement.

Before evolving, it could only alter his aura and mana signature, but now, it could also perfectly hide his presence, and his experiment proved he could use it on other people too.

Old man Juan looked at him in shock. If Leo wasnʼt holding him, he wouldnʼt even know someone was beside him.

”How marvelous!” He muttered in astonishment, and a trace of envy could be seen in the depths of his eyes.

ʼIt would have been amazing if my family also had a bloodline inheritance.ʼ He lamented.

Leo grinned when he heard him.

…

Swoosh!

Ahh!

Raaa!

Max was fighting a group of ten Five Star demons. After a while, he killed them all and felt his irritation at not finding the person responsible for that killing intent abate a little.

However…

”Hmm?” He raised his brows when he absorbed the death energy of the demons he killed, and it started getting refined and being channeled into his mana core. Because he had compressed a significant portion of the Death Energy in his dantian and had made a conscious effort to not let it disperse even when he was looking for the person or now when he fought, there was some space in his dantian. So, he didnʼt feel any discomfort when a bit of Death Energy that his bloodline finished refining just now entered his dantian.

However, he could tell there was not enough room for all the new Death Energy of the ten demons.

He glanced around and saw all the demons were trying to keep their distance from him and seemed ready to flee just like these ten had tried when he approached them.

Nodding to himself, he sat down right there, not even bothering to clear the area of corpses, and started circulating his bloodline energy throughout his body, but more toward his heart and brain.

After a while, he felt his irritation subside a little more—not enough to let him comfortably focus on compressing the Death Energy, but enough if he forced himself, and he did exactly that.

Marthaʼs group was fighting some distance away, but they could see what Max was doing.

Seeing him sit down cross-legged with a look of concentration on his face, Martha frowned, realizing there was something wrong with him.

She then glanced at the demons in his vicinity and noticed they had realized this as well and seemed to be entertaining the thought of disturbing his cultivation and possibly harming him even at the cost of their lives.

Slash!

With a powerful slash, she beheaded the demon she was fighting and ordered, ”Letʼs go. We are moving to the center.”