Elijah opened the small box, taking out one of the pellets.
He held it between his fingers before popping it inside his mouth.
It turned into liquid the moment it came into contact with his tongue.
The liquid soon spread across his body.
'This....' Elijah waited for the effects of the Silver Rated Pellet to kick in but...
"Nothing? Wtf? I don't feel anything!" Cursed Elijah.
He tried to sense if his Soul Flux grew but he didn't felt any changes.
Elijah took out another pellet, throwing it into his mouth.
The same thing happened again, it turned into liquid and vanished into his body.
He became frustrated, eating the remaining 3 pellets.
Only when he consumed the last pellet did he felt his Soul Flux grow, it was only a miniscule bit but he sensed it.
Black lines appeared over his face, 'It's like a few drops that are thrown into a lake...even one soul from a Tier 1 Demonic Beast has more effect that those pellets...'
Elijah stood up from his chair, leaving his room.
He looked around, noticing that it was already dark outside.
He began to wander around the city, he was in deep thoughts about the pellets.
They turned out to be useless to him, the only way for him to keep improving his strength was to devour souls.
'I need money to buy Demonic Beast...there aren't any wild beast around the Esmerald City and it would be stupid to try it even if there were Demonic Beast around. The chances of me being found out is too high...'
Elijah lifted his head up noticing a lively 2 floor inn.
He read "Green Flower" on the plaque. It was at that moment that his stomach came into life, reminding him how hungry he was.
Students of the academy didn't need to stay inside it as long they showed up to the classes.
With nothing other to do he entered the inn.
A waitress came to him, leading him to a free table. He ordered a meal and a flask of wine.
It costed him 32 silver, he also rented a room for tonight.
Soon the waitress brought him the meal and wine, she threw a curious look at his headband before leaving him alone.
Elijah enjoyed the meat in front of him, he also drank the wine with satisfaction. It was the first time he drank alcohol after reincarnating.
Three pair of eyes stared at him from the dark corner of the inn.
Elijah was in the middle of his meal when suddenly three brutal looking men sat on his table.
They stared at him with grimm expressions. Elijah ignored them, cutting his meat before putting it inside his mouth.
He was leisuring chewing the meat when the bald man with a horrendous scar over his scalp started to talk, "Kid you must be a new student from the Elite Class, how about joining our Eleven Finger Gang?" His rough voice was forceful.
Elijah observed the three amused, 'Two Rank-2 Warriors and a Rank-3 Warrior...'
He kept chewing while thinking what he should do with these clowns.
He finally gulped down.
The three thugs kept staring intensely at him.
An idea flashed through Elijah's mind, "Have you three ever killed before?"
The three didn't expect that kind of question and looked confused at each other before laughing out.
The bald man slapped his thigh, "Kid you are a funny one, we have killed more people than you can ever imagine!"
Elijah nodded, "Mhh good, I'm sure there exist a few gangs in Esmerald City, which rank is your Eleven Finger Gang?"
This time they didn't laugh, The bald man's eyes became sharp, "We are ranked second behind the Smiling Killers Gang."
Elijah smiled, "Good that should be enough, do you know how to contact the Blood Pact League?" Asked Elijah with a smile.
The three man paled when they heard his question, "Boy are you crazy? Do you want us all to die?" The bald man whispered while looking nervously around, the other two looked at the other customers but they didn't seem to heard their conversation.
The bald man took a closer look at Elijah, he noticed that something wasn't right with the boy in front of him.
He took a deep breath before whispering, "Why are you searching for them?"
Elijah leaned over, "That isn't your goddamn business, I will give you 6 gold coins if you can contact them for me, what do you say?"
The bald man gulped, now he was sure that the youth across him was a lunatic.
He nodded slowly.
"Good, meet me in two hours in front of the inn." Said Elijah while standing up.
The bald man slapped his two companions, signaling them to go.
Elijah watched them leave the inn. he walked to his room where he started to change his clothes.
Two hours went by and the bald man was standing alone in front of the inn, he would look around nervously every few seconds.
"Here."
The bald man jumped up scared before turning around. He saw someone clad in black clothes standing behind him.
The man in front of him hid his face behind a simple white mask, wearing a black poncho which had a hood that covered his hair.
"It's me idiot."
The bald man relaxed when he recognized the voice from the boy he met two hours ago, he stretched his hand out.
"Payment beforehand."
Elijah threw him a bag with 6 gold coins now he only had 6 gold coins left for himself.
The bald man counted the gold coins with a greedy smile.
"Are you done counting?" Asked Elijah annoyed, his voice was harsh and cold.
The bald man stared at Elijah, 'This boy is an evil f*cker!'
"I will throw a good meal for you and your two buddies tomorrow night and give you another 10 gold coins If everything goes smoothly." Stated Elijah.
The bald man turned around, meeting Elijah's pale grey eyes. He smiled greedily, "Hehe don't worry I contacted them for you."
The bald man lead Elijah carefully through the dark alley of the city, not noticing Elijah's pale grey eyes staring coldly at him.
The men stopped not far from a plaza, he gulped down. "It's there, don't get yourself killed boy, I still want the meal and the 10 gold coins."
Elijah ignored him, brushing past him. The man looked around in fear, he started to run away as fast he could.
Elijah arrived in the middle of an abandoned plaza, he scanned the surroundings carefully.
It was dark and silent.
'Too silent, it is way too sil..'
His thoughts got interrupted and he spun quickly around.
*CLING*
A flying knife landed on the ground.
He held two knives on each hand while, looking around but he couldn't see or hear anyone.
"Not bad!" Said a creepy voice from the darkness.
Elijah felt his hair stand up, his body tensed.
'Sh*t this dude gives me chills!' Thought Elijah.
"So, what can we do for you?" Asked the creepy voice that seemed to come from all the darkness around Elijah.
Elijah's eyes became ruthless, an exquisite blade appeared inside his hand.
He threw the blade up, it landed between him and the darkness, cutting deep into the stone ground.
".....Gold Rated Blade." Said the creepy voice surprised.
"Correct, I want to join the Blood Pact Society is my gift sincerely enough?" Elijah's cold voice seemed to float in the darkness.