For Leonardo, who was already Level 16, kidnapping a newly awakened Knight was extrely easy.
In Invisible Mode, it was even easier to carry him away.
Even if he was just an ordinary Knight without any innate skills or talents, Leonardo didn’t care. What mattered was that he was a Knight.
With more skills and talents he could borrow from his monsters, who could possibly defeat him?
He locked the man inside an empty apartnt while he himself relaxed sowhere else, waiting for night to fall—which didn’t take long.
Ellie reached Level 16, but Liam was still at the sa level, so Leonardo himself didn’t level up yet.
After leveling up, Ellie returned to accompany him.
She needed to ensure his safety.
With a few teleportations, Leonardo reappeared in the old doctor’s office.
The old man was now fully dressed, neat and fragrant, while the young nurse was still unconscious—completely unclothed.
She seed to be sleeping deeply, perhaps exhausted or drugged by the old doctor.
Leonardo threw the man he had captured toward the old doctor and said, "Can you do it now?"
"Yes, everything is ready," the doctor replied quietly.
"Lie down there, please." He pointed at a patient bed beside several glass bottles filled with various liquids.
Leonardo lay down without hesitation.
"This is the heart and the skeleton."
Leonardo tossed them over, making the doctor’s eyes widen as he nearly stumbled.
"I-Is that the Holy Tree Heart and Di-Diamond Bones?" His lips trembled uncontrollably.
"You don’t need to care what they are. Your job is to install them into my body," Leonardo said coldly.
The old doctor imdiately nodded.
"Sir, the operation will render you unconscious," he said.
"That’s fine. But I want the best result."
"Don’t worry, sir... I’m confident in my abilities."
There was no way he could lie to Leonardo.
Hearing that, Leonardo felt at ease.
The doctor took out a syringe filled with a clear liquid.
He exposed Leonardo’s shoulder and injected it.
Leonardo felt extrely light—and monts later, he lost consciousness.
Of course, this didn’t affect his shadow.
The shadow remained conscious, as it was an SS-Class skill.
In fact, it beca even stronger since Leonardo’s Intelligence was focused on it.
However, it still couldn’t perceive what was happening to his real body—only sense its existence.
Of course, he could communicate with Ellie to find out, but he didn’t feel the need.
Still, Ellie sent him a ssage anyway.
(Boss, your chest has been opened. Oh... the old man is now opening your head too.)
Leonardo, "..."
He suddenly felt uncomfortable knowing that.
(Don’t say anything as long as it’s part of the operation!) Leonardo ordered.
Naturally, he knew this would be a full-body surgery.
After all, too many parts of him were being replaced.
However, modern procedures wouldn’t leave scars. The body could return to its original condition with healing substances created by Healers.
DING!
(You have obtained Holy Tree Heart!)
Leonardo could still perceive the system notifications.
The Holy Tree Heart was installed first—probably because it was the easiest.
He waited for the next notification.
DING!
(You have obtained Knight Class!)
(All your bones have beco Diamond Bones!)
(Na: Leonardo Anderson)
(Level: 16)
(Class:)
(Beast Tar)
(Knight)
(Beast Capacity: 3/3)
(Power Resonance: 3)
(Bone: Diamond)
(Heart: Holy Tree Heart)
About two hours later, everything was complete.
However, Leonardo remained unconscious.
He wouldn’t wake up until the anesthesia wore off.
But given his level, it wouldn’t take long.
As expected, around 11 PM, he woke up.
His vision was slightly blurry at first, but he felt refreshed. His body seed to have been supplied with plenty of nutrients.
He was only wearing hospital pants.
He looked over his body—there were no visible changes.
"Sir, how do you feel?" the old doctor asked.
"Not bad," Leonardo replied as he sat up. His expression turned uncomfortable when he noticed the dried blood all over the floor.
He wasn’t afraid of blood—nor of his own.
But this was too much. Naturally, it bothered him.
"Clean it up!" Leonardo ordered.
The old doctor imdiately commanded a cleaning robot.
It quickly absorbed all the blood on the floor.
Only after that did Leonardo step down.
"That man is dead, right?"
"Yes. I burned the body. But what about the nurse?" the old doctor asked hesitantly.
He clearly had so attachnt to her.
"Just leave her," Leonardo said indifferently. She had been unconscious during everything.
The doctor could simply say it was an incident he had handled.
"What about ?" the doctor asked.
"You can live. Save my number and contact from ti to ti. If you can obtain Phantom Veil Orchid within a week, use it on yourself and command your own loyalty to . If not... you can kill yourself—especially if you face danger. Keep poison in your mouth."
Leonardo tossed a piece of paper with his phone number before leaving.
He imdiately traveled back to City Z.
A little past midnight, he arrived at his apartnt door. His shadow had already disappeared.
He opened the door, only to find Margaret lounging in front of the TV, watching a Korean drama.
She was eating potato snacks, looking indifferent—only glancing at him briefly.
Perhaps she was a little annoyed from being ignored so much.
Leonardo, however, was in an extrely good mood because of his evolution—sothing only he knew.
Even if soone cursed at him right now, he probably wouldn’t get angry.
He smiled faintly, walked over, sat beside her, and casually placed his hand on her shoulder.
Margaret was montarily stunned by his sudden initiative.
"What is this? Are you turned on?" she asked.
"Is it wrong if I am? Besides, what man wouldn’t be turned on by you?" Leonardo replied casually.
He then slowly ran his hand along her soft thigh.
"I’m still on my period..."
"Don’t worry, I can hold myself back..."
Even as he said that, Leonardo pulled her onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her waist.
He leaned in, inhaling the scent of her bright blonde hair, brushing it aside before pressing a firm kiss against the back of her neck.
"Ohh..."
The woman let out a soft, delicate sound, her waist instinctively arching forward.
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