Levi spent his remaining time adjusting to his new power, After breaking through to a minor stage of Tier 1 his body will slowly expel impurities once he adjusts to the new stage. Tier 1 focuses on bones, only when the bones purity is high can one survive the pain to break through to Tier 2.
Surpassing a minor stage will not expel impurities immediately but slowly while surpassing a major stage of power the body will expel it instantly which is why it is important to keep the body strong enough to get to the next stage.
Levi could feel that his power was rapidly settling down with the help of 4 seeds. His bone density was increasing slowly although it was not obvious if one focused then they could feel it.
Levi knew that his getting through to Tier 1 intermediate grade in a day would cause a shock to the whole city. So he chose to show only the power level of Tier 1 Elementary grade power, he knew that getting the attention of the rich families of the Dusty Ridge City at Tier 1 would be catastrophic. Although he would not be able to hide his power from experts at Tier 2 or above. However, he doubted such experts would pay attention to him.
Levi had already done his best in thinking about how to cover up his strength. He couldn't do anything if it still gets found out. But his hidden strength will serve as a backup just in case he faces someone above his level. And he did not just have the strength of Tier 1 intermediate grade but 5 times that. It was more than enough to even escape from Tier 1 Advance grade.
Levi had already planned to continue with Caleb on hunting the selected Shadow Wood monsters and he won't stop until he reaches Tier 2 at least. He slept preparing himself to be in optimal condition.
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Slowly days went by since Levi and Caleb formed their little team along with a hidden old man.
1, 2,… 5 days.
And the momentum of the group was not even asking to stop. The empty hunting grounds in the forest, and the corpses they sold in the market, shocked the daily hunters and even the old man who was following them with wide eyes at the scenes of Caleb turning monsters into a paste of flesh and blood in the form of a giant and Levi who compared to before killed monsters with increased precision and combat tactics.
The old man seemed like he had aged looking at the kid's kill count especially Levi, he couldn't believe that he who used to struggle at Tier 1 was easily handled by the next generation this easily.
'Sighh… Are these kids incarnations of some ancient monsters? What do I report to the family head, that Young master turning into a giant and slaughtering monsters till their blood turns into a small pond, or this Levi kid who killed monsters until they form a mountain of corpses ?'
"Doesn't matter, the family head would probably think I am joking, but these kids have gained too much attention too fast in 5 days. This cannot be ignored, something major or minor is bound to happen. I need to ask the family head to stop the young master from going to the shadow wood forest with Levi Anderson. Hmm…. Oh Shit!" The old man cursed after expanding his senses, his perception caught some rats heading straight to their little group.
The old man was Tier 2 but he needed to be close to Levi to know he was Tier 1 intermediate grade. If he had known Levi's strength he wouldn't worry about the rats. Old man sensed those people from afar, he did not know their exact strength but they were of Tier 1.
The old man can't intervene unless the young master was in danger or a Tier 2 existencewas making its entrance,
"What bad luck, let's wait and watch. If it really needs my intervention it won't be late. But these 2 kids aren't easy either they will give a good fight at least."
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Levi and Caleb were done fighting for the day and were preparing to sell their goods to earn a good reward. They had stuffed their shopkeeper who they used to sell to with all types of corpses dark claw bears, reaper mantis, shadow leopards, one-eyed serpents and so on. These 5 days excluding their first day, ever since Levi broke through they had been enjoying every session of monster hunting, which was hell for these monsters.
Levi who was acting tired to hide his strength was stretching lightly, he did not use the seeds of strength to hunt the monsters, he was quite bored but he kept the facade on, other than that he also used this opportunity for Caleb to develop rapidly. Warfare is the best way for one to develop his strength, especially for the war-loving Caleb.
Just when Levi was about to get up he picked up a strange feeling coming right from behind him about 5 meters away. His intermediate grade strength was hidden but still actively sensed everything around him by strengthening his senses.
He could tell that his enemies were around 5, from the sound they were making, he looked at Caleb while silently activating all of the seeds of strength and smiled,
"How about some dessert? "
Caleb flinched before acting normal and replied,
"Dessert is the best way to end the day."
Caleb replied while picking up his war hammer, he had already reached the peak of Elementary grade Tier 1 looking for an opportunity to break through to Intermediate grade. This was also why he could barely keep up with Levi's rate of killing.
Just as Caleb picked up the war hammer, 5 black clothed people jumped from behind Levi and ambushed them.
However, instead of attacking Caleb, they focused their strength on eradicating Levi in a single blow. The 5 enemies had daggers formed with energy in one hand and swiftly threw them toward Levi, Levi was sitting still and could not do anything or at least it looked like it.
The daggers made from energy suddenly exploded creating a minor crater with no remains.
"Is he dead? " one of the black clothed people asked. But before someone could reply, he saw his world turned upside down before everything went dark. And his head tossed in the air.
Levi with his bloody hands did not even flinch at his first human kill before proceeding with another one of his enemies. The person looked at Levi approaching rapidly and swiftly responded with a blocking posture.
Levi did not change his trajectory and punched with his full strength, breaking his enemy's arms like they were twigs and instantly pierced his heart.
The 3 black clothed ambushers did not even got much time to react before 2 of their own fell.
They instantly went and took on a triangular formation to defend against Levi. Levi went ahead and was going to attack the one nearest to him when an exploding voice no lower than the explosion before sounded.
BOOOMM!!
One of the members of the triangular formation turned into meat paste under Caleb's war hammer.
"How dare you ignore me!"
"Sh- shit! I will handle hi—"
BOOOMM!
Before the man could speak his head was burst apart by Levi's fist taking advantage of Caleb's intervention. Only one black clothed man stood now, all this took place within 20 seconds.
The man was sweating from almost every pore on his body surrounded by a giant behind him and a terrifying kid in front. He thought he was dealing with kids, everything was perfect until he really fought those kids. They did not even hesitate to kill one of theirs as if it were natural.
"If you are smart, you will choose to talk or do I need to force it out?" Levi said with a devil-like smirk.
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While all of this was going on the old man hidden was looking with his mouth wide open,
'What the hell are these really some 18-year-old kids. I expected Young master Caleb to at least contend with the Tier 1 Intermediate Grade. But what the hell is with the Levi kid, he took out 3 and he still looks so breezy. No! He has reached the Tier 1 Intermediate Grade he has already reached it within 5 days, with the way he executed his moves it seems he has adjusted to this level of power way earlier, maybe he reached within it 2 days of starting the monster hunting sessions.'
Most of the people with talent usually get to this stage one week after they have awakened. However, if Levi got to this stage before 1 week this is a talent hard to find in Dusty Ridge City. The old man wished to marry his daughter to him if it was possible however, the conflict between Levi and Anderson family is well known. Although they dare not commit murder in the city under the city lord's jurisdiction, they sure took every opportunity to get rid of him while he was down. Caleb had a higher role to play in this, even just standing near Levi was enough to give him protection. But Caleb took him as a brother and that was the basis of friendly relations between the Stone and Anderson family.
'What is going on? I monitor them in their hunting sessions I have never seen Levi breakthrough. Did he do it when he was at his home? I already had a headache when people try to attack young master and Levi, but it became more severe to see Levi and young master kill them this easily. How do I report this to Family Head?' The old man pondered while massaging his temples before deciding to find out who sent these people to attack them.
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"Please I was paid to do this! this has nothing to do with me! I will tell you who sent me but you must guarantee my life." the man cried out for his life.
But Levi was not letting him go easily until he got his answer.
"You don't qualify to bargain with me, if your information satisfies me I might just let you go so stop wasting my time or I will end you with your group right here." Levi spoke with a condescending tone. He abhors such people who forces the weak and obey the strong.
The man hesitated before complying,
"I was ordered by a woman with ponytails, having the insignia of the Anderson family on her clothes, she hired our men for this job, she had 3 bodyguards of Tier 1 Intermediate Grade and had the strength of Tier 1 Elementary Grade. She offered a very high price to take down the duo dominating the shadow wood forest's beginner region."