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Levi's Mansion
Levi was spending his time adjusting to his new strength and creating seeds of strength again for Tier 2 this time with less than 50% of the remaining energy left after he broke through.
One thing he noticed was that the 9 seeds now were completely assimilated with his skeleton. The seeds were the main reason he was able to completely remove impurities from his bones and be able to achieve a complete bone structure. Even though this would only give him a boost in strength, purity was important when one wanted to surpass Tier 3 and reach Tier 4.
He absorbed the remaining energy while creating less commotion than breaking through to Tier 2 and created 3 seeds directly from the remaining energy before stopping. His current bone structure allowed him to have superior healing power that made him fearless while creating the seeds and stopped absorbing because he did not want to reach Tier 2 intermediate grade directly. He still liked adjusting to his power before going forward.
He opened his eyes when he was done. And looked at the cracked floor when he was done.
'Ohh man, I specially made this basement to break through and now even this is not able to handle my weight.'
"Why is my weight increasing? I am certain I keep the best body shape."
Levi suddenly remembered the fact that his blood felt heavy. But he could not draw conclusions from that fact, just because he felt a drop of blood was heavy and controlled his strength and weight so that the ground does not crack every time he walked or just sat in one place.
He then used a cola can as target practice and wanted to use shockwaves to knock it down standing about 200m away from it. He had to do this outside his basement since even his mansion was not that big.
Levi drew his hands back curled them and punched in the direction. The air vibrated with just his muscles that were twitching with the amount of energy his blood held and the fact that his blood was heavy and filled with abundant energy,
Levi punched out lightly,
BOOM
Boom
Boom
boom
The shockwave created so much power all the way till the cola can. All the grass from Levi's position to the target were uprooted slightly or damaged visibly.
"Wow, I only wanted to knock it down but…"
He looked at the can from afar and it not only looked deformed, but its metal surface was also torn apart a little. If just his shockwave from punching air could do this much damage when he was far away from the target, then he shouldn't blame the tiles at his mansion for breaking just from his weight.
"I just punched lightly and can still make this much damage from 200 meters away this is not Tier 2 Elementary strength, It's already in the power level of Tier 2 Advance grade."
He noticed after some time that not only had his strength increased but his senses had strengthened to a degree he could not measure for now. But he definitely heard, someone knocking on his front door while he was doing his practice in the large area behind the mansion. Even his eyes had clearer vision. And he was away from his mansion by about 500 meters.
Knock Knock.
"Except the Stone Family, no one should know this quick that I have shifted. Who came to visit me then?" Levi said.
He could hear a small murmur from this distance and walked a little closer to his mansion to hear it clearly.
"Did you hear a booming noise like a shockwave, Kerrel?"
"Lord Silver, I hear no such thing."
"This is the first Tier-1 kid who would have made me wait so much."
"Lord Silver, we did come without a notice, nothing we could do about it."
"If you hadn't told me about it I would be doing some productive work at the city hall."
"….I'm sorry my lord."
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Levi was able to hear the conversation between the two persons barely from this distance.
"Who are these two guys? Lord Silver and kerrel… HMM? Lord? Silver? Hans Silver the city lord's right-hand man." Levi figured out one person's identity.
Levi would have been scared of such a person before but now his own strength was only slightly lesser than Hans if he activated even 1 out of 3 seeds at his Tier 2 level, he could battle him and defeat him with ease.
"I don't want the city to know about my power, better to retract the aura I release naturally, although he is weaker than me his senses are still sharp I can't let him find out I have broken through." Levi was vigilant against Hans Silver he wasn't the right-hand man of the city lord for nothing, he was also the one who made the families in the dusty ridge abide by the city's laws and arrangements. He is a man feared by others.
Levi also didn't make them wait. It took him 15 seconds to cover the 500 meter distance and appear near his mansion and go to the front door to greet his guests.
"Coming" Levi opened the door with a smile on his face.
Kerrel: "Good morning, Mr. Levi."
Hans: "Hello kid, hope we are not intruding. You haven't forgotten this old man, have you?"
Levi: "How could I forget Lord Silver who was hosting my awakening ceremony? Please come in. Oh apologies, I don't have any snacks or drinks I just shifted to this new mansion. But please make yourself comfortable."
There was a guest room in Levi's mansion, Hans took his seat while Kerrel and Levi remained standing.
"Sit kid, this is not some investigation, in fact, this is an unofficial visit conducted for some official reason."
"Oh, I wonder what might this visit be about, Lord Silver?"
"Hmm… Do you know a man named Vincent? He was one of the captains guarding the Shadow Woods gates. It was his shift duty 2-3 days ago when the incident with the bears and leopards happened, you might have heard about this it is quite popular." Hans did not beat around the bush and instantly hit the point.
Levi felt his heart quicken at the mention of Vincent, his eyes narrowed to a certain degree, ready to unleash his aura at any moment before he calmed down and continued his normal behavior. However, that movement did not bypass Hans's senses.
"You don't need to be on guard. I know you killed him."
Levi frowned his brows before saying.
"I haven't killed the man named Vincent, Lord Silver you must be mistaken."
"You don't need to think too much. I knew Vincent wanted to kill you and I also know that Vincent took a bribe from the Anderson family to stop the recently famous newbie celebrities from entering the shadow woods forest."
Levi narrowed his eyes this time and released his aura just a little bit.
"Hoh, nice kid. To be able to reach Tier 1 Advance Grade in a week is a rare talent. I sent Kerrel after Vincent to prevent him from killing you, by ending Vincent once and for all. However, my foolish but loyal subordinate did not want a Tier 1 like Vincent with the potential to turn into a Tier 2 to die. So he decided to only take action when Vincent really decided on killing you till the last moment. But you killed him before Kerrel could."
Levi was shocked at the sudden turn of events. But he still had one question,
"What does that have to do with Vincent trying to kill me? He was supposed to stop me from entering shadow woods and not kill me."
"I thought you wouldn't ask. Well, it's partly because of me."
Hans began to narrate his part of the story, while Levi listened to it with interest.
"I see, so what is this visit about then?"
"Mr. Levi, we wanted to propose to you an offer, if you would like to join the City's military defense. After Vincent's death, there is a position that's open. And we like only capable people." Kerrel spoke for the first time in a while.
"And I wanted to check if you were worth it personally. After all, your situation is a bit different. And I don't like to deal with the rich families of the Dusty Ridge. But if you want to join, I can make an exception, you are worth investing and you will have the protection of the City Lord himself. Dusty Ridge doesn't treat it's own soldiers badly."
Levi had his eyes wide open. This was an opportunity that is hard to come by, if he does accept this opportunity then he would not need to worry about the Anderson family for a long time. But Levi ultimately wanted revenge, him clashing with his family was unavoidable. He might not be able to take revenge if he accepts this opportunity.
"I need to think about it."
"Have all the time you want. Even if you don't want to now, you can still do it later if you haven't committed a crime in Dusty Ridge that is."
"Thank you, Lord Silver and Mr. Kerrel."
Hans got up and patted Levi before leaving.
"Goodbye, kid."
"Goodbye, Mr. Levi."
Levi did not immediately reject the offer, as it would not look good in front of such an influential character. He was still busy with his analyzing his strength. And still had to deconstruct the corpses of the Tier 2 bear and Vincent. He had not even checked the upgrade his talent had received from his breaking through.
If Hans had known that Levi broke through to Tier 2 within a week and had the strength to deal with him. He would have begged Levi to join the Military even if it had costed him a lot.