Chapter 1084
As focused he was on keeping the vault sealed, Leonid almost failed to notice when help arrived. That said, his failure to notice could slightly be excused by the fact that the person who showed up was ‘only’ a Life Transformation cultivator. Or at least, that’s what he felt like.
“What’s happening here?” said a voice that caused Leonid to nearly jump out of his skin.
He quickly recognized the individual who had suddenly appeared. Indeed, he couldn’t have his current position as an honored archivist without knowing about Chidi.
“Swordmaster! The uh… contents of this vault were suddenly imbued with energy.”
“I can feel that,” Chidi said. “Hold it like that for just a few more moments, will you?”
“Yes sir!” Leonid said. He nodded to the two guards on either side of the door who were providing the majority of the augmentation of the formations. Honestly he wasn’t even sure if their efforts mattered, let alone his own. Leonid was a cultivator, but his most practiced technique was Ten Thousand Scrolls. He was supposed to read things, not… do things.
How long was a few moments anyway? He felt the power of a Domination cultivator from the other side of the door, emanating from what he understood to be severed fingers of Zaur Beridze.
Suddenly, with a great burst of energy, the door was broken apart. Leonid’s eyes couldn’t register what was happening except for the blinding light. By the time he was able to react, he knew he would be long dead.
But at least it didn’t hurt. Perhaps it was cowardly to close his eyes to his death, but his specialty wasn’t fighting and risking his life. He could have preserved a library full of books in an afternoon, though.