Outside the capital.
Sun had already set and moon was shining in the sky. Along with the moon's silver light, something red was also shining, or more like moving, in the sky.
Leon was in the form of pure red fire, because of using his [ Return To Chaos ] ability.
"I am flying so high in the sky that everything looks tiny on the earth." Leon muttered.
It's been a few hours since he flew away from that auction house, so he was already far away from the capital.
"Many people died there. But as long as i can create some chaos and get rid of the guy who poisoned me, i don't mind some necessary sacrifices." he said, while increasing his flying speed.
After flying for a while more,"It's a good thing that i'm in this form, otherwise the air would've entered in my mouth while speaking." Leon said, as he suddenly stopped flying.
Looking down at the ground, there was a small village near some forest area.
"Should i go there? Okay. Let's see how the villagers live in this world." he said, making up his mind.
Slowly, his body started to descend in the village area.
*SWOOSH*
Tearing the air apart, he body fell with an incredible speed, stopping only a few centimetres above the ground.
He was hovering between the empty area of forest and village, and steadily going in the direction of the nearest house.
Reaching that house, Leon deactivated his ability and bones, flesh, skin, and hairs grew in the air, completely remaking his body.
*THUD*
His toes touched the earth.
Fire had burned all of his clothes, so he was completely naked right now. Cold night air touched his body and sent chills down his spine.
He quickly looked around the area,"Phew. Nobody is here. Lucky me. Maybe everyone is already asleep." he said with relief.
Long black hairs flowed with the breeze and his red eyes shined like they belonged to some creature of night.
Curious about the village, he started exploring it. Going from one house to another. All of these houses were made of wood and there was just one source of water nearby, a well in the middle of this small village.
*TAP...* *TAP...* *TAP...*
In the eerie silence of night, sound of insects was easily heard... along with Leon's footsteps, but the night was still silent.
"Aaaahhhhhh!... Help!!!"
The silence of night was finally broken by the sound of someone's screams.
"Hmm, what was that?" Leon wondered, immediately turning in the direction of that scream.
There was only one wooden house, so it was easy to find the source of scream. Leon ran towards the house.
"It was a child's scream. A girl. She seemed... terrified of something." Leon thought, as he deduced some Information.
It didn't took long for him to reach the house. He broke the door without caring about the consequences and rushed inside.
"There is... nothing here."
Leon looked at the empty hall and went to the room's door,
*BAM* *CRASH*
and broke it with a single kick.
Since his previous life, he had a habit of exercising daily, on top of that, being a crown prince his diet was not ordinary, everything he ate had magical properties, making his physical condition better than some C-Rank strength type ability users.
"There is nothing. Then what was that scream just now? Something is wrong. Something is seriously wrong here." Leon muttered.
Not finding anyone in the house, he went to another house, smashing another door.
*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*
One by one, he broke down every house's doors in the village.
"Empty."
"Nothing here."
"Nothing here as well."
"There are no people at all." Leon concluded after checking every single house.
He did not left any corner unchecked, but the result was same. If he didn't knew better, he might've thought of that scream as an hallucination.
Leon stopped searching and started walking towards the well, which was in the middle of the village. Coincidentally, it was behind the house, from where that girl's scream came.
"I'm getting thirsty. Let's continue the investigation after drinking some water."
There was a bucket and rope near the well, probably used by the villagers, before they disappeared somewhere.
Leon tied the rope to bucket, and was about to use it, when he noticed something on the rope.
*Sniff* *Sniff*
"Red marks. Metallic smell of blood. And this wetness." Leon muttered, as he smelled and touched the rope.
Finding some clues about the mystery, Leon looked around to further investigate.
"Looking at the well, it doesn't look like it is a unused one. It was being used till today. The surroundings are clean, the grass is also trimmed." he smiled, as a sudden realisation came to his mind.
Climbing on the well's boundary wall, he jumped inside.
Leon didn't activate his ability. His body reached the bottom of the well in less than one second.
*SPLASH*
Feeling the water making contact with his body, Leon closed his eyes. But even after opening them, he couldn't see anything.
There was only pitch-black Darkness. Not seeing his vision clearing even after waiting for a bit more time, he made up his mind.
"I guess, i don't have any other options left."
" [ Infinite Fire ], [ Total Control ]."
A purple orb of fire appeared on top of his head, illuminating the bottom of the well, and revealing it's secret.
Leon saw a wooden door in the wall near him. He tried to open it. But as soon as his fingers touched the door, he felt a hunge amount of vitality escaping his body, and entering in the door.
[Instant Regeneration ] saved his life one's again.
"It's a death trap. This door is not ordinary. It seems to be an artifact. Not that it matters to me."
*SWOOSH*
Door caught fire and disappeared, without leaving any trace of it's existence.
Behind the door was a tunnel. Leon entered it and looked at it's rough surface.
Going further in the cave, he soon saw a wide, open area.
"Let's see what is the secret of this village." Leon said with excitement.
But soon his legs froze at their place.
As he looked at the horrible scene before his eyes. He covered his mouth with his palm and closed his eyes for a moment.