Kapitel 48: Buying Gladiators
Levi left the blacksmith workshop, a smile on his face.
The hood hung behind his back, it's invisibility off.
The black feather coat, along with the black robe under it moved with his every step.
Red hair, golden eyes, black fingernails, wearing a coat made of black feathers, and a slight smile.
Those who saw Levi felt that it best to keep their distance.
After a while, he found himself before the small coliseum he woke up in when he first arrived in the imperial city.
He walked through the arched stone gate, before finding his way to where the gladiators were kept.
"..."
The gladiators looked up at Levi silently.
They had learned not to speak unless they were spoken to.
" You..." The woman who had her face ruined looked at Levi, and called out.
" You weren't dead?" She asked, surprised.
The other gladiators looked at her as if she was crazy.
"..." Levi silently looked at the gladiators.
" Huh? Who are you? What are you doing back here?" The man donned a black robe once again.
He looked down at Levi with an annoyed expression, although he couldn't see Levi's face.
" I want to buy some of these." Levi said coldly.
" Tch! If you want to buy them, you should watch the fights outside first." He said as he walked closer.
" Don't waste my time." Levi turned around to look at the man, a slight smile on his face.
" You...." The man recognized Levi right away.
He sent some men to dispose of some trash, but they didn't return.
He even went searching for the bastards, but couldn't find them.
" I don't know how you are still alive bu-" The man was interrupted.
" Didn't i tell you not to waste my time?" Levi's smile slowly vanished, as a plume of blood-colored mist rose from his body.
He didn't forget the good treatment this man gave to him.
If the man wasn't useful, he would have killed him from the beginning.
" You think you can kill me? Don't make me laugh." The man replied calmly.
He wasn't afraid of Levi.
He was sure that he would be able to overpower Levi if it came to it.
" I don't care if you are alive or not, but you killed two of my men."
" You said that you came to buy some of these gladiators? pay for my two men then, otherwise, I will put you back in one of those cages." The man pointed to an empty cage.
Dum!
" What are you doing, weakling?"
Levi punched out, but the man caught it easily.
Viviv!
Blood energy gathered around his fist, as it rotated.
Crack!
" You..." The defensive qi around the man's hand cracked.
" Fine." Levi said as he retracted his arm.
The man looked at Levi, veins bulging on his forehead.
He was sure that he could beat Levi, but he knew that he would lose something in the process.
So instead of attacking without thought, he forced his anger back down.
Levi looked down at his fist.
Although he didn't use all of his blood energy, he still found it to be a little weak.
[ The higher your blood stage, the stronger your blood energy will become, young lord.] Avesta's voice rang out.
"..." Levi remained silent.
" Him..him..him..him...and him." Levi pointed towards five cages.
" You can't take all of the good fighters." The man said.
"....Her then. And him." Levi pointed to the one-eyed woman and a scrawny boy.
" All of you, come forward." The man went to the cages and let them out.
3 muscular men, all with short black hair stood before Levi and the man.
Two of them had a lot of scars on their faces, while the last one's face was scar-free.
The woman shot the man in black a baleful glare, then looked at Levi with a sparkle in her light brown eye.
Her hair was tangled, with blood and dirt sticking it together.
The boy was skinny with sunken checks.
His short brown hair was also dirty.
You could see his ribs through his torn rags.
"..." Levi looked at them silently.
The only reason he bought these people was so they can carry the iron ore, since he probably wouldn't be able to fit it into the spatial ring.
" All of these will be 50,000 silver or 25,000 gold." The black-robed man said.
Ting! Dling!
Levi reached into his robes and pulled out a handful of silver coins and dropped them.
These coins continued to fall until a pile formed on the ground.
" Come." Levi turned around and began walking.
The 5 collarless gladiators walked closely behind Levi out of the coliseum.
Silence.
Aside from Levi's, all steps stopped.
" Don't ruin my good mood." Levi said as he continued walking without looking back.
The five gladiators looked at each other.
The restrictive collar was gone, why would they have to listen to some brat?
Because he bought them?
Ridiculous!
" Kid, if you just let us leave peacefully, we won't harm you." 2 of the 3 men stood out.
Levi turned around and looked at them, his golden eyes locking onto all of their faces.
Splat!
Without a word, one of his wings grow out and slapped one of the men.
The man exploded into meat paste, leaving a light blood mist in the air.
" Don't make me waste my money." Levi said.
The remaining gladiators, except for the man without scars, widened their eyes. They realized that they were just 'things' in Levi's eyes.
Merely bags of flesh and bones, nothing else.
Levi silently turned around and began walking again, the four followed behind him without a word.
' Demon saint.' Levi called out in his head.
' Yes?' The demon saint answered.
' Do you have a skill that could control the life or death of a person?' Levi asked.
He forgot what the word trust meant a long time ago.
'...I do, the 'seed of loyalty' skill. You implant a small ball of mental energy in the person's head, if you want them to die, it will explode. it is the simplest skill of this kind.' The demon saint responded.
"..."
Puff!
The little black flame appeared.
Levi formed 4 orbs of mental energy and sent them towards the heads of the 4 people.
Pax!
Three of the mental energy orbs were implanted successfully, while one was forcefully destroyed.
Rumble!
Blood energy rose from his body, forming two ancient blood-red doors.
" kkfff!" The gladiators were suppressed by the pressure, but one was still doing slightly better than the others, the man without scars.
Step! Step!
Levi arrived in front of the man.
Squeeze!
He grabbed the man's neck and forcefully put the mental energy orb inside his head.
Thump!
Afterward, he dropped the man and started to walk once again.
Beads of sweat appeared on Levi's forehead as he walked out of the alley.
He had forcefully solidified the blood gate, which was only barely possible because of his 'control" practice a few days ago.
But it was not something he could do often.
He would still be able to use blood energy afterward, but it would be more difficult to control.
He also didn't have any time to practice the commandment skills, for obvious reasons.
Wöchentlicher Energiestatus
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Rangliste 
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Stein