levi's plan was simple. he knew about the impending war, and he wanted to make money by selling weapons, mainly swords, to the military. just the swords themselves wouldn't be able to make a significant amount of money, so he learned inscriptions. although the inscriptions would be low level ones, the foot soldiers would definitely try to get them, since they might be the only thing that could save their lives in a deadly situation. for this kind of thing, he would need to get a lot of iron, and the offering of the stone village would not be enough. that is why he asked if star city had any mines. constructing inscriptions for all of the swords would also be good practice.
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next day.
" you four will stay here and and mine until i return. don't make any trouble for me." levi said. two large blood wings sprouted from his back as he shot into the sky. "..." the four looked into the sky, their eyes bulging in shock. " i will try that now." blood energy rose from his body, as he pumped it into his wings. boom! the second the blood energy touched his wings, a huge shockwave was created. "cough! cough!" levi stopped almost immediately and coughed two mouthfuls of blood. looking around, he found that a city was in the distance. in that instant, he was already a few miles away from stone city, and got close to star city.
learning from his mistake, he pumped qi into his wings and steadily flew towards the city. tap! his feet hit the ground with a tapping sound, as he landed on the slim city wall. star city was the same as he remembered it. a wall that was barely standing. arrogant people starting fights for no reasons. children of 'powerful' clans or families acting like they were kings of the world. without a word, he shot back into the air. his destination was the mayor of star city's house. creak! levi opened a window of the large wooden mansion and flew into it. he found the place easily, since it was one of the biggest buildings in the small city. " you...who are you?" a fat, balding old man was on a large bed with multiple young women. these girls had bruises all over their bodies.
" i want to mine ore." levi said coldly. " haa? you jumped through my window to talk about ore? piss off before i call my guards!" the mayor shouted. spash! levi grew one of his fingernails and slashed out lightly, with a bit of blood energy. a fog-like, red wind blade formed slowly, before shooting out at a speed that the eye could not see. " unexpectedly, it cut off his entire arm." levi mumbled. " ahhh! ahhh! ahhhh! my armahhhh!" the mayor screamed. levi remembered perfectly the lesson this mayor's daughter taught him that day. " if you waste my time, i will kill you. i want to mine ore." levi said in a cold, monotonous voice. " you! YOU!" the mayor shouted. "..." levi lifted his hand again. "wait! wait! fine! you can mine ore! take as much as you want!!" the mayor shouted while holding where his arm used to be, trying to stop the blood. all of the girls had long huddled together in the corner of the room, scared.
boom!
getting the answer he wanted, levi destroyed the door and walked out of the room. many guards heard the camotion and came running, only to see levi walking leisurely. "stop! i told you to stop!" one of the guards shouted as he charged at levi. splat! he was cut in half by the waist, his guts falling out with a splat as he hit the floor. any guard that attacked levi was killed. he hated this city and every person in it, if he was in a bad mood, he would just slaughter the entire star city. this was a place that he was tortured in for 5 years, he had no need to hold himself back. he left a trail of bodies and blood in the mayors mansion, before destroying the gate and walking out. afterwards, he got someone to direct him to the mine. there was a small mossy mountain with a few trees on it outside of the city wall, with one main tunnel. although this mountain was small, star city was able to aquire a lot of iron ore from it.
step step! he walked into the tunnel, his steps echoing. the tunnel was dark, so he switched to infrared vision. although he could only see a mass of blue, there were still the outlines of the tunnel. looking around, in the wall on the left was a spot that was a deeper blue than the rest of the wall. drip, drip! a pale green liquid seeped from pores in his palm, onto the ground. after he felt that there was enough, the liquid began floating, as he sent it towards the dark blue spot. the stone dissolved as soon as the green liquid touched it. a few minutes later, the liquid arrived at the dark blue spot, but levi found that he couldn't dissolve what was there. he coated it with the liquid and brought both them out of the small hole. step step! with the item in hand, levi walked out of the tunnel. "..." after getting outside, he opened his hand and found a palm sized piece of a silver rock. it had multiple holes and dents in it, since the green liquid removed all of the rock and dirt from them.
"wait! are you the one the mayor was talking about?" as soon as he was about to walk away, a group of five walked up to him. these people were from the other clan in star city, the stone clan. levi didn't look at them and continued walking. "hey! don't ignore us you fucker!" a hot headed teenager charged at levi. levi turned slowly with his fingernails grown out. the boy sneered. since the stone clan was known for their defense skill, he didn't put levi's fingernails in his eyes. swish! silently, the boy's head was cut into several layers. levi grabbed the body before it fell, absorbing all of the blood, causing the body to shrivel.
" whatever, even a fly is still meat." levi mumbled. although the blood of these people who were barely in the qi absorption levels hardly had any use for him, he still absorbed it. " you!" the only girl in the group shouted angrily. " wait, don't attack him rashly." a man who was about 28 said as he held the girl back. he was the strongest of the group, at the second qi refining level. "haha, ridiculous." levi laughed coldly. " it is so ridiculous that i was called trash by these people." he shook his head, a cold smile on his face.