" Hey noah, who do you think that kid was? He was soooooo cute!" The girl asked.
" How am i supposed to know? Just leave the kid alone, that's what he wants." The boy said.
" Ehhh? But if he's alone, shouldn't i do something? I know! I'll adopt him as my little brother!" She said excitedly. Noah looked at his junior sister and smiled helplessly. " What ever makes you happy, Ava."
They got out of the forest after a few more minutes.
When they got into the city, they saw a lot of people wearing azure robes, running around looking for something.
" Find that bastard! An outcast like him dares to beat up someone from the azure clan! Find him and beat him to death!" A middle aged man shouted angrily.
Ava and noah walked up to a stall that had yet to close up. " What's going on?" Noah asked.
The stall owner looked at them but said nothing.
Noah took out a few of copper coins and repeated the question. " Those people are servants of the azure clan. They are looking for a boy they exiled a few years ago. Apparently the boy beat two twins savagely, now both of them are crippled and the girl can't even have children anymore. But although all of that happened, i guess they didn't see him as much of a threat, since those guys weren't martial artists." When the stall owner finished, he looked to Noah's hand expectantly.
After hearing the details, Ava and Noah walked off. " Hey noah, do you think that cute kid we met is the one they are looking for?" Ava asked.
" It's a possibility, but i don't think that's the case. Also, didn't i tell you to call me senior brother?" He replied.
" Noah, noah, noah, i will never call you senior brother! Stupid noah!" She stuck out her tongue. Noah sighed helplessly and said nothing more about the matter.
In the forest.
Levi was sleeping in the tree, when he heard a group of people walking towards his direction.
He opened his eyes and hid behind the large trunk once again.
" Do you really think that waste is in this forest? I don't think he could survive a single day out here!" One man said.
" Well, he wasn't in the city, so where else could he be?" Another one said.
" Tch! this is so annoying! Split up and search! If you find that brat, kill him and bring back his head! We might even get a martial arts skill from those greedy bastards if we're lucky." The leader of the group said impatiently.
The group of 5 men split up, with 4 going in different directions and the last stayed to search the area.
Levi, who was hiding in the tree heard everything the man said. His heart becoming increasingly cold.
'....You want to kill me? I will kill all of you first!' He thought.
He had always been quiet, but trouble always seemed to find him. His anger soared as he began stalking the man with his eyes, he was just waiting for an opportunity.
The man came under the branch that levi was sleeping on, and paused, before a splashing sound disturbed the quiet forest.
Levi silently walked across the broad branch, and waited. When the man was putting his third leg away, Levi jumped from the branch and landed on his shoulders.
He stabbed at the man's head with the sharp rock, but then got thrown off of the mans shoulders.
" Gah!" Levi coughed when he hit the ground.
" You bastard! I'm going to kill you!" The man screamed in anger.
How could he not be angry? He was almost killed by a sneak attack, and from a weak brat no less.
The man pulled out the dagger that he had around his waist, and rushed at Levi.
Levi barely dodged to the side, and ignoring the light gash on his arm, quickly punched the man in his side.
" Hahaha, you think trash like you can hurt me with a punch like that? dream on!" The man sneered, then ran towards levi again.
This time levi didn't dodge, when the knife was about to stab into his chest, he lifted his hand, causing the knife pierced through his palm.
Clenching his teeth and ignoring the pain, he kicked towards the man's crotch with every bit of strength he had.
" Agghhhhh!" The man screamed in a high pitched voice.
Taking this chance, levi pulled the knife out from his palm and stabbed the man in his throat. And just to make sure he would die, he stabbed him in the heart.
"..." He had to cover his mouth, while trying to stop his lunch from coming back up.
'...Since they want to kill me, i had no other choice...." He repeated this in his head multiple times.
He then reached towards the man's neck, the moment his hand came in contact with the man's blood, it was absorbed into his body.
Although he didn't get a bloodline or a skill, his body was filled with energy.
It seemed that even if he didn't get bloodlines or skills, he would at the very least get some energy and nutrients.
The cut on his hand healed at a visible speed. Levi kept the knife and ran off in the direction of one of the men.
Just as he left, another man came back. When he saw the body, he was startled.
" Which bastard killed him!" He screamed.
At this moment, levi was stalking another one, his figure flashed as he hid behind trees. The unsuspecting man carelessly bent over to search a bush.
At this moment, levi struck.
" ..ah" He hesitated slightly, but as he saw the man turning his head, he stabbed down fiercely.
Stabbing the man's back multiple times as he screamed from the pain.
Even after the man fell to the ground, levi kept stabbing.
Stabbing until the man stopped moving, at this point he was covered in blood, before all of it got absorbed into his body. He once again felt nauseous, but steeled himself.
The man's body shrank as all of his blood was absorbed.
Levi took the short sword that the man had, and his money pouch.
He then ran back to the direction he came from. When he got close to where he killed the first man, he slowed down and hid.
Why? Because the other 3 were together. ' Shit! I should have hidden the body!' He thought, as his face paled.
He hurriedly thought about how he would deal with situation, then he had an idea.
' although i have never done this before....but i have to try, if i mess up, i will die all the same...' he thought, as he convinced himself.
At this moment a knife flew out and pierced the back of one men's head.
He was still standing but stopped what stopped what he was saying, his eyes bloodshot. The other two didn't even know that he was dead. '...fuu..' Levi mentally released a breath, while praising his luck.
Levi's body flashed as he moved in the darkness and pierced through another man's back with the short sword.
He pulled out the short sword and ran towards the last one, the leader.
Before the sword hit him, the man used a weird movement technique. He then attacked by slashing his sword towards Levi.
The impact caused Levi to stumble to the side. " You bastard! how dare you kill the people of the azure clan! Even though i'm just a servant, i still know this body based movement technique! And i will use it to kill you!" The man shouted.
He chopped down towards Levi, who barely blocked with the short sword.
The man pushed down on his sword, seeing that he couldn't match the man's strength, Levi jumped back in an attempt to dodge. But he was still too slow.
A long gash appeared on his left shoulder, blood rushed out before receding back into the wound.
" Monster! You monster! What demonic technique are you using?! The heavens will punish you!" The man screamed. The sight of levi's blood going back into his body scared him shitless.
" The heavens? Then let them come!" Levi, who was silent, spoke for the first time.
His anger and had turned in to resentment. The heavens had not provided him a path to strength, but as he found one, he would be punished for walking that path?
Sneering at the heavens, he thought arrogantly. ' If the heavens try to block my path to strength, my path to survival, then i will have no choice but to kill them too!' Levi's eyes became cold, a never before seen killing intent erupting from his body.
When the man saw levi's cold expression and felt his killing intent, his heart leaped into his throat.
The azure clan had sent servants with a bit of fighting experience to take care of levi, since, although he beat the twins, they thought that even regular, mortal adults would be able to take care of him due to their superior strength and size.
But after seeing these things with his own eyes, the man had a different opinion, his face slightly pale.
Seeing that the man was distracted, Levi attacked. The man who was startled by the sudden attack couldn't block in time.
The short sword cut through where his shoulder met his neck, causing blood to spray out.
The man dropped to his knees and tried to stop the blood from coming out.
" You..." He didn't get to finish his sentence before he fell to the ground, dead. Levi fell to the ground in exhaustion, the wound on his shoulder was healing very slowly.
His cold expression faded, as an expression of exaustion appeared on his face, along with fear and dread.
He put his hand on the man's neck and the body gradually shrank.
He then did this to the two other bodies that were there. The gash on his shoulder wasn't completely healed, but it was much better than before.
He was feeling rather annoyed, the new clothes that he had just stolen were gone just like that.
He walked up to the corpse with the knife stuck in it's head and took off the clothes.
He hesitated slightly at the thought of doing this, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, he took the clothes.
Right after putting on his clothes, he heard some more footsteps.
He pulled out the knife and picked up the short sword before hiding behind a tree. " Cute little brother, are you here?" He heard a familiar voice and peeked out, only to see the two youths from earlier.
" Why are there so many mummies on the ground?!" Ava hit noah's shoulder angrily.
Noah, who felt wronged, asked. " How am i supposed to know?!"
He was so close to bending ava over and spanking her backside.
Levi walked out from behind the tree and pointed to the bunch of corpses. " I did that." He said coldly, droplets of sweat flowing down his face.
He was actually slightly nervous to hear their respose.
" So you are the kid that they were looking for? See! I told you so noah!" Ava hit noah shoulder again.
" In that case, good boy! You shouldn't let people that want to kill you live!" Ava said in a praising tone.
Levi was startled. ' Was this how people were supposed to be? Or is this girl stupid?' Levi looked over to noah.
Seeing levi looking at him as if asking for the truth, he answered. " Yes, you shouldn't leave potential risks alive." He said.
Levi felt like the world was going mad. " You two, are not normal are you? Aren't you supposed to tell me not to kill people? Aren't people with strength supposed to be righteous?" Levi said with a strange tone.
Noah and ava looked at each other and then burst out laughing. " Righteous? How can you expect righteousness from disciples of a devil sect?" Ava said, wiping tears.
" Devil sect?" Levi was startled.
He thought that the two were just travelers, but what he didn't expect was that they were from a devil sect.
" Ah, i remember telling you that if i pass back here and find you, that i would take you hom-" Before she could finish, noah slapped the back of her head.
" No, you didn't! You said you would take him to the sect!" He said.
" Alright, ok? I will take him to the sect. Jeez noah, this is why you don't have a girlfriend even at your age!" Ava pouted.
" What 'at your age' are you talking about!? I'm only 20!" Noah retorted angrily. " Hahaha, ok. Whatever you say Noah!" Ava laughed.
Levi couldn't help but laugh when seeing this silly scene. " Ahh! he's laughing! so cute!!!" Ava said, her eyes becoming slits as she smiled.
Levi immediately hardened his expression once again.
" Little brother, what's your name? Do you want to come back to the sect with us? No, scrath that! If you don't want to, i'll just kidnap you!" Ava said.
" No, i'll go. I don't have any reason to remain here. My name is Levi, no last name." Levi said.
" Ehh? No last name? Why not call yourself Levi crimson. Your hair is blood red after all." Ava said.
Levi pinched a few strands of his hair and looked at it, it was indeed blood red.
" Levi crimson..." He mumbled.
" Alright you two, lets rest first. If we want to get back to the sect in under 4 days, we'll have to wake up early tomorrow!" Noah said.
" Ok!" Ava shouted. She seemed to always be happy and energetic, noah looked at her with a fatherly smile.