( Leo’s POV )
Leo was completely unaware of the ongoing outrage on the global forums, as after earning the title of ‘master,’ he beca absorbed in testing his new abilities.
He wasn’t fully accustod to his transford body yet, and the sudden increase in strength, speed, and agility took him by surprise.
The difference in his stats was so imnse that, for a brief mont, it felt as though the gravity of the world had lessened, making everything around him feel lighter and more manageable.
As Leo moved, every step felt unnaturally effortless, as if the weight of his own body had diminished.
His muscles, once accustod to the strain of combat, now responded with flawless precision, like a finely tuned instrunt.
He could feel the raw power coursing through his veins unlike ever before, and it was an amazing sensation to have, as it made him feel invincible, almost like the world was at his feet.
His senses also felt sharper—colors more vibrant, sounds more distinct, and his awareness of his surroundings more acute. It was as if the world had slowed down just enough for him to process every detail in real-ti.
Yet, with this newfound power ca a strange sense of detachnt. The body he once knew intimately now felt foreign, almost alien. Every action, while more precise and controlled, lacked the instinctive flow he had relied on for so long.
“It’ll take a few days to get accustod to this body…” Leo muttered, realizing that while the potential of his new form was imnse, he still lacked precise control over it, and though it sounded pessimistic, Leo knew this feeling wasn’t without cause.
His doubt was soon confird when he picked up a dagger and hurled it at the manor’s wall with all his strength, as instead of rely embedding itself into the stone like it would have at his previous peak strength, the dagger shot straight through, shattering the wall and leaving a gaping hole on the other side!
This level of change in his strength was definitely not small, and he needed ti to get used to it.
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As usual, after his training ti was over, for the last hour of his gaming ti, Leo shifted his focus to The Uprising and his future plans.
Opening the chat box, he scanned through the daily report from ChaosBringer as was his routine, and once finished, he promptly replied, issuing new instructions on the specific areas he wanted ChaosBringer to prioritize moving forward.
As usual, ChaosBringer promptly responded with a thumbs-up emoji, almost as if he had been waiting in anticipation for Leo’s next set of instructions. But this ti, it wasn’t just a simple thumbs-up as ChaosBringer followed it up with an unexpected question of “Can we talk?”
Leo paused for a mont feeling perplexed, as ChaosBringer rarely asked for direct conversations, preferring to keep things strictly business.
Hence, sensing that this might be sothing important, Leo quickly responded with a “Sure.”
At first Leo assud that ChaosBringer might wish to congratulate him about his ascension to the realm of a master, however, instead of a congratulatory ssage, ChaosBringer only sent him a link to a post on the Global Forums, and added a line underneath saying “The author of this post lives in sector D. I can end his life if you command it–”
Leo felt goosebumps run all over his spine when he read this text, as although he had killed many individuals within the world of Terra Nova, Leo had never killed a living human in real life.
He was not a gangster, and definitely not a mafia boss, which was why such a dangerous text rattled him.
However, instead of directly replying with a “No-“, Leo decided to open the article link first.
The article link was the one written by Critical Thinker, and it was a thorough and well researched expose.
The more Leo read it, the more he sweated as everything written beneath the article was absolutely true!
The Boss and Leo Skyshard were really one and the sa, and it seed like the walls were closing in on him and his act.
It was precisely because of the stupid restrictions of the ‘Actor’ class which would see him lose his life if he ever got caught that Leo despised Global Notifications and people’s attention.
He was in the lilight way too much and sooner or later sothing like this was bound to happen.
“60 million views and 16 million reshares? it’s almost like a quarter of the Arc Ship has already seen this post and those who haven’t already seen it, will most likely hear about it within the next day or two.
Does this an that my act is about to co to an end–?” Leo wondered, as the walls seed to be closing in on him from all directions.
The joy of becoming a master was suddenly replaced by the anxiety of him potentially losing his life, as the more Leo read, the more he panicked.
“Calm down Leo… although the article is bad, there is no guarantee that everyone residing it believes it’s true, let’s open the comnts below–” Leo said to himself as he opened the comnts section under the post, which was a raging battlefield between ‘The Uprising’ devouts and common players who wanted to get to the bottom of this situation.
Thankfully, it seed like there were a lot of players who did not seem to buy this story, however, there were millions who believed it was true.
The more radical ones thought it was completely true and leaned towards believing in so even wilder conspiracies, while even the neutral ones seed to believe that there was sothing fishy going on.
The connection between ‘TheBoss’ and ‘Leo Skyshard’ could no longer be written off as a re coincidence, and sooner or later sothing had to give.
He had tried his best to conceal the truth from the world for so long, however, things seed to have reached a boiling point now.
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