Gangs

Scar smiled and shook his head

"Thanks for asking, but no.

They didn't do anything here, and I don't want to invite trouble.

They control a bigger territory and have more members than me so it's not in my best interest to trifle with them over such a simple matter, especially one that has been taken care of."

Bones nodded and added

"Scar is right, it's not the first time one of them walks around here, so it's no big deal.

Maybe he just heard about the rumors of you two training non-stop so he came to check or something.

if we go and make a fuss about it we'd be basically just giving them a reason to attack us.

It's better if we stay away from them, Their leader is a deranged bastard who kills for fun."

When Leus heard that, a question came to his mind

"Didn't you say you want to expand your area? How are you going to do that when they exist?"

Scar pointed forward, to the east

"They control the area there"

Then pointed behind him, To the opposite side of The Butcher's territory

"The area behind me is smaller than mine and its protector is both weaker and has just as many members as me.

My relationship with him isn't too bad either, so my plan is like this:

When I'm strong enough, I'll make him join me and we both will attack the area next to his area, They are about as strong or slightly stronger than us right now.

If everything goes as expected, then we'll probably win, and I'll be controlling about two or two and a half times larger area than what I'm currently controlling, and it'd be too sudden that The Butchers wouldn't be able to do anything about it."

Leus was surprised by the complexity of the matter

'Damn, being a gangster isn't as easy as I thought'

'That's just like a political struggle'

He asked

"So what's stopping The Butchers from attacking you right now since they're stronger?"

Scar gulped a drink then said

"Three reasons:

First, They're already too strong, if they control even bigger areas and gather more members, then they'll draw a lot of attention.

Many gangs would fear that they'd be the next in the line and they'd gather and start a combined attack on The Butchers.

Second, Although I'm weaker than them, I'm not weak, They'd surely lose members if they attacked me.

Third, They're still busy asserting their dominance over their area since a portion of it is only recently acquired.

So losing members and increasing the territory at the same time will just weaken them instead of strengthening them."

"I see .. Well, If you need help then let me know, even after I leave, you can send someone to the Library to ask about me and I'll come, I'm mostly there."

"Really now? I won't turn down that offer"

Leus just smiled and said

"I keep my word"

Bones then extended his hand forward and said

"Then you are one of us"

Leus shook his hand

"As long as there's no abuse of power and Scar keeps his end of the deal, I am"

While Bones and Leus were shaking hands the other brother came back from escorting Meli to her house

Scar looked at him and said

"You came just at the perfect time"

Then he turned around and said to the brother pouring glasses

"Pour us five glasses"

After he poured, Everyone held his glass and Scar gave one glass to Leus and told him

"Just hold your glass forward"

Leus did as instructed, And Scar loudly said

"Well, You guys know what to do, I'm starting"

He clinked his glass to Leus' and said

"Welcome Leus"

Bones clinked his glass after him and said

"Welcome Kid"

The brothers clinked their glasses one after the other and both said

"Welcome Saint"

"Welcome Saint"

Leus feelings were mixed,

He felt like he belonged to a group, although he didn't really know all of them.

He doesn't really know Bones, He finds the twins amusing, and the only one he considers as a friend is Scar.

But the feeling of being accepted in their group just made him feel some warmth

"Thanks, guys"

All the five clinked their glasses together and gulped their drinks in one go

"Man this tastes horrible" Bones remarked

They all chuckled

After everyone put their glass down, Leus said 

"Well then, Let's get to work.

Bones, hold your sword. Scar, take a stance and add Mana to your sword"

Both did as instructed

"Bones, Attack him."

Bones moved forward and started swinging his sword at Scar, and Leus was evaluating their training.

'Bones' attacks lack strength, His posture is also not correct'

Leus kept fixing all the small flaws he found,

He made Bones take a proper posture and taught him a stance, He also told him to add more strength to his attacks.

Luckily, Bones was a quick learner so Leus didn't face trouble.

Soon, Bones got tired of attacking and wanted to rest, That's when Scar made him drink the Holy Water.

His reaction was quite similar to Kyle and Kenton's, Looking at Leus with profound reverence.

"So that's why they keep calling you Saint"

Leus nodded

Scar explained to Bones that he must keep it secret to avoid trouble and Bones agreed without any hesitation.

After experimenting with the amount of the potions they need to drink Leus concluded

'Bones needs about 3 quarters of a glass to get back to full energy, while Scar needs a full glass.

I assume that the stronger you get the more you need.'

When it was about midday,

Leus was done making sure that Bones and Scar were training correctly, He just gave more advice to Scar about how to unlock the Domain Abstract and to Bones about how to attack, but there wasn't much for him to do.

After getting bored, he decided to roam around for a bit in the area

"You guys don't need me anymore, I'll fill the rest of the pots and then walk around the area for some time, I'll be back at night or so."

"Sure, Don't leave without saying"

"I won't"

Leus went inside Scar's house and filled the rest of the pots

'All the pots are filled now, I also finished getting them ready ...

Looks like I won't need to be a day late, I'll just leave in the morning.

For now, maybe I can just take a look around in the area.'

Not many pots were left, so Leus only consumed about 20% of his Mana, and all the pots were filled with Potions.

Then he walked out of the house and walked in a random direction.