levi sat in silence for a few minutes, before blood energy rose from his body. he found that he still had a ways to go before he could get back to the 4th blood stage. after looking at his blood energy stage, he started practicing control. this control was what enabled him to use the blood gate before his blood energy stage was high enough. the speed of the rotating blood energy kept increasing, but then it stopped abruptly. the inn trembled slightly as all of Levi's blood energy gathered at his back. "..." beads of sweat appeared on his forehead as he tried to form the blood gate. after a minute or two, all of the blood energy scattered.
"suuu....fuuuu...." levi took deep breaths. without moving, a white fog rose from both his feet and shoulders. since he hadn't tried to use the illusion fox's bloodline yet, he decided that it would be a good thing to familiarize himself with it. if he used it right, it might even become a powerful trump card. the gray fog gathered in front of him, before forming the silhouette of a person. the fog shrunk down until it formed the person completely, it was himself. a copy of himself floated before Levi, and although it wasn't perfect, it still made him feel weird. he released more of the fog, as the silhouette grew. a man with long white hair, who had a rosy complexion stood before Levi, a slight smile on his face. This man was the demonic god sect master. Levi waved his hand, causing the fog to dissipate. he found that the illusion fox's bloodline was easy to restrain and control, this caused many thoughts to swirl in his head.
he got up from the bed and left the inn, his destination, the blacksmith forge. after a few minutes, the blacksmith workshop was in his view, but he also saw a group of about 20 men standing in front of it. these men wore black armor, and had an air of death surrounding them. levi walked up to the workshop, and completely disregarding the men, was about to walk in, when the bald man ran out of the workshop as soon as he saw levi through the partially opened door. " thank god! you are finaly here!" the man shouted, as he gripped Levi's shoulders, tears in his eyes. " since you said that you wanted to attract the army, i asked around! but who would have thought that the second prince's men would show up!? you have to take care of this, they have been standing out here since the sun rose, scaring any potential customers away!" the man shouted, as his grip on Levi's shoulders tightened, causing him no little amount of pain.
Veins bulged on Levi's forehead as he almost laughed from anger. " let go." he frostily said. " huh? oh! sorry!" the man rubbed the back of his head, smiling awkwardly. " what do you want?" Levi turned around to look at the men and spoke, not asking any one of them in particular. " huh? who are you, brat? piss off back to where you came from!" a man with a large sword scar over his left eye spoke with annoyance. "..." Levi wasted no more time as he turned around, attempting to walk into the workshop. " wait! wait! it was this lad that made the inscription on the sword! he is the one who had the sword made, as well put it up for sale!" the bald man hurriedly stopped Levi and explained. "oh? so it was this brat who decided to sell this sword for such a ridiculous price?!" the man shouted as his eyes narrowed.
" Listen brat, lower the price of this sword, and there will be no problems." the man spoke arrogantly, while Levi forcefully suppressed the burning rage in his heart. " fine." he said coldly, before walking into the workshop. inside, a plain double edged blade was on display, the price, 20,000 gold coins. levi walked up to the sword, as blood energy rose from his body. 3 water-like patterns were stacked and implanted in the sword, before he picked it up. " 10,000 good coins." he walked out of the workshop with the sword in his hand, before saying. " listen brat, from what i know, it is just a basic heating inscription on that sword. it's not worth 20,000, or even 10,000 gold coins! and furthermore, you are not even an official inscription master!" the man shouted. "..." Levi silently pulled the badge from the spatial ring, holding it up by the large red string for all of the men to see. " humph! even if you have this badge, how do we know it's not a fake?" the man asked once again, making the appearance of the badge nothing more than a prop.
" fine then, 1,000 gold coins" Levi's expression didn't change. " fine!" the man said with an unwilling voice, as if he was against paying so much for it. "..." levi silently received the 1,000 gold coins, and passed the sword to the man. "humph!" the man humphed before walking away with the other men in tow. " you know that, even a basic inscription would sell for at least 15,000 gold coins, right?" after the group of men left, the bald man stated. "is that so." levi said coldly, before walking into the workshop. without a word, he sat in a corner of the display room with his legs crossed, as he retrieved a gold coin from the bulging pouch. blood energy rose from his body as he began making the absorption inscription. creating the patterns, completed. stacking the patterns, failed. "..." Levi tried again, but as he was about to implant the stacked patterns, the inscription collapsed.
Levi sat in the corner quietly as the hours passed by. "um..." a voice disturbed Levi's concentration, causing the inscription to collapse. "..." Levi looked up. " i didn't really send those four people for more ore for myself, but for the entire forge! you see, if we can't make anything, we can't make any money to survive....." the bald man continued, as Levi looked up without emotion. "...um, what i want to ask is....can you raise my percentage? please?" the muscular man clasped his hands, making him look extremely funny. Levi just silently went back to practicing the inscriptions. who the man wanted the ore for was no concern of his. seeing Levi ignore him, the man could only return to the forge. Levi continued to fail making the inscription deep into the night. after all of his blood energy was used up, he could only go to sleep.