Leo woke up in a cold sweat. He felt pain aching around his body

  "Fuck my head, it hurts"

  Leo thought as he slowly rose up from bed

  A nurse gasped in shock, quickly maintaining her composure, "Your Highness, I inform you that Prince Arjuna is now"

  The nurse quickly scurried out of the room

  Leo lay down, looking at his hand and body

  There were bandages around his torso and arm

  But he wasn't dead

  He had survived an execution

  Before Leo could collect himself

  Bharati lunged upon Leo, "Le,o, you're alive, yes! You're alive"

  Leo said, winded, "Get off me, please"

  "Oops, sorry", Bharati said, getting off Leo, her beautiful brown skin glistening with the sun

  "Hey, so how long was I asleep?" Leo asked

  "You've been asleep for about 3 days"

  Leonidas gasped shocked

  "But I do need to tell you something", Bharati asked

  "What is it?" Leo asked

  "Well, you flattened half the Palace, now my father Indra might consider sending you back", Bharati said it so casually, like it was nothing

  "What?" Leo said

  He quickly looked outside the window

  He saw Palace workers building the castle walls into rubble

  "So, how many days till I get sent back?" Leo asked, lying down

  "In about 2 days", Bharati said

  "Ahh, ok", Leo said

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  Those 2 days passed by, and Leo had fully healed with the help of healers. His hair had shortened a bit

  He got into the carriage, looking at the kingdom

  "Bye, Leo, get stronger", Arjuna said, smiling and waving

  The carriage rode away through the same route it had passed before, giving Leo a bit of nostalgia

  Suddenly, arrows flew around the carriage, killing the carriage rider

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  10 bandits came out of the bushes, approaching the carriage

  Leo came out of the carriage, stretching his head, his now nodachi at his side

  "Hey, you give us your money, and we'll let you go free", the bandit leader said, pulling out his scimitar, which was a single-edged backsword that featured a distinctively curved blade

  "nah bro, I'm good", Leo said

  "What?" the bandit leader said, confused

  Suddenly, Leo pulled out his weapon, using Karna's solar light, placing it on the blade

  Leonidas rushed in, slicing a bandit's arm off

  He then kicked one in the head, then, using the armless one, Leo threw him to another before sending 20 sun laser beams

  It struck them with precision and power

  The bandit leader didn't even look shocked

  He rushed into Leo with an overhand swing

  Leo blocked, though he could feel the weight of the attack

  Leo kicked the bandit leader in the stomach

  Then, suddenly, Leo's weapon started to change to suit his preferences

  It changed form from a nodachi into a European longsword

  Leonidas lunged again, aiming to stab the neck

  The bandit leader, Henry, dodged and then led with an upward slash and a downward slash, aiming to end the fight in 2 moves

  Leonidas dodged the first attack and parried the second

  "You are quite good. I thought you were just some stupid noble kid"

  "Well, I have a proposal. If I win, you work for me," Leo said, not letting his guard down

  "OK then, sure, little noble boy"

  Leonidas rushed and stabbed at his chest before then moving back a bit

  Henry blocked with his blade, then, heading towards Leo, he slashed at his neck

  Leo ducked down, then, from his position, he stabbed upwards towards Henry's neck, but he stopped inches before he could stab his throat

  "I win bitch ass boy", Leo said, "Now serve me"

  Henry bowed "What do you need?"

  "Well, I don't have a carriage rider, so you shall take up that role", Leo said

  "Fine," Henry said

  Henry got on the horse and rode away as Leo gave him directions

  They finally arrived at the Gradalon Kingdom

  But something was wrong, something was horribly wrong

  He was only gone for a few days, but what he saw made him drop to his knees

  His once proud and noble kingdom was reduced to rubbish and flames

  Tears slowly came out of his eyes, and he ran into the rubble trying to find anyone who was alive

  He found something human among the rubble

  It was a body covered in spears

  The body's red hair mixed with his blood

  "ahhh", Leo screamed

  Although he didn't know who they were, and they weren't his real parents

  A well of emotions bubbles inside of him

  anger fear pain

  Henry walked towards a banner that wasn't the Gradalon Kingdom; he recognised

  "My lord, this flag is the Grecian kingdom", Henry informed Leo

  Leo's blood started to boil

  Black and red flames exploded everywhere like a black sea of destruction

  Leonidas screamed as he had never before

  He remembered memories that weren't his, yet felt so familiar

  Henry helped Leo up and into the carriage while he defended it

  ****'****

  Leo got back to his senses as he sat down in the carriage, pondering his next move

  The Grecian kingdom had invaded his territory, and there was no place he could go to

  Leo then remembered that the Gradalon Kingdom had more than one ally

  They had another ally to the south, the Caldryn kingdom

  Leo now had a plan, though it seemed far-fetched

  Leo would go to the kingdom, and he would ask for a barony closest to the former Gradalon Kingdom, then slowly begin to regain his kingdom

  ****

  Leonidas arrived at the Grecian kingdom and explained what had happened

  The King was a good friend of Leo's father, who had given Leo a barony. It was a place where the former baron had tried to betray the King

  But now it was his

  The area was called nocturne, and as per tradition, he was given the last name nocturne

  As Leo arrived at the area, he saw many problems he would have to fix

  First, there was barely any food as crops were failing due to infertile lands

  And the people were suffering from a lack of money; the barony was suffering

  Leo was in the castle with Henry, trying to find out how they could help the barony

  "We could invade the monster forest", Henry suggested

  Leo looked up, then asked, "What is the monster forest?"

  Henry then explained it

  The monster forest, as the name suggested, was a forest filled with monsters, but also with magic ore that they could sell

  Leo pondered it. If he won, his territory would be rich, but if he failed, there would be a great loss of life

  Henry suddenly suggested, "My liege, I know a mercenary band that could help"