The Blood King 48 Buying Gladiators

levi left the blacksmith workshop, a smile on his face. the hood wasn't on his head, and it's invisibility was off. the black feather coat, along with the black robe under it moved with his every step. red hair, golden eyes, black fingernails, wearing a coat made of black feathers, and a slight smile. those who saw levi felt that it best to keep their distance. after a while, he found himself before the small coliseum that he woke up in when he first arrived in the imperial city. he walked through the arched stone gate, before finding his way to where the gladiators were kept. "..." the gladiators looked up at levi silently. they had learned not to speak unless they were asked something.

"you..." the woman who had her face ruined looked at levi, and called out. " you weren't dead?" she asked, surprised. the other gladiators looked at her as if she was crazy. "..." levi silently looked at the gladiators. "huh? who are you? what are you doing back here?" the man was wearing a black robe once again, he looked down at levi with an annoyed expression, although he couldn't see levi's face. "i want to buy some of these." levi said coldly. "tch! if you want to buy them, you should watch the fights outside first." he said as he walked closer. " don't waste my time." levi turned around to look at the man, a light smile on his face.

"you...." the man recognised levi right away. he sent some men to dispose of some trash, but they didn't return. he even went searching for the b.a.s.t.a.r.ds, but couldn't find them. " i don't know how you are still alive bu- didn't i tell you not to waste my time?" levi's smile slowly vanished, a plume of blood colored mist rose from his body. he didn't forget the good treatment this man gave to him, if the man wasn't useful, he would have killed him from the begining. " you think you can kill me? don't make me laugh." the man replied calmly, he wasn't afraid of levi. he was sure that he would be able to overpower levi. " i don't care if you are alive or not, but you killed two of my men. you said you came to buy some of these gladiators? pay for my two men then, otherwise, i will put you back in one of those cages." the man pointed to an empty cage.

dum!

"what are you doing, weakling?" levi punched out, but the man caught it easily. viviv! blood energy gathered around his fist, as it rotated. crack! "you..." the defensive qi around the man's hand began cracking. "fine." levi said, as he retracted his arm. the man looked at levi, veins bulging on his forehead. he was sure that he could beat levi, but he knew that he would lose something in the process. so instead of attacking without thought, he forced his anger back down. levi looked down at his fist, although he didn't use all of his blood energy, he still found it to be a little weak. [the higher your blood stage, the stronger your blood energy will become, young lord.] avesta's voice rang out. "..." levi remained silent. "him..him..him..him...and him." levi pointed towards five cages. "you can't take all of the good fighters." the man said. "....her then, and him." levi pointed to the one eyed woman and a scrawny boy.

"all of you, come forward." the man went to the different cages and let them out, 3 muscular men, all with short black hair, two of them had a lot of scars on their face, while the last one didn't have any scars. the woman looked at the man in the black robe with hatred, then looked at levi with a sparkle in her light brown eye. her hair was tangled, with blood and dirt sticking it together. the boy was skinny, his cheeks sinking in. his short brown hair was also dirty. you could see his ribs through his torn rags. "..." levi looked at them silently. the only reason he bought these people was so they can carry the iron ore, since he probably wouldn't be able to fit it into the spatial ring. "all of these will be 50,000 silver, or 25,000 gold." the black robed man said. ting! dling! levi reached into his robes and pulled out a handful of silver coins and dropped them. these coins continued to fall until a pile formed on the ground. "come." levi turned around and began walking.

the 5 collarless gladiators walked closely behind levi and walked out of the coliseum. silence. the sound of steps stopped, only levi's steps could be heard. " don't ruin my good mood." levi said as he continued walking, not even looking back. the five gladiators looked at each other. that restrictive collar was gone, why would they have to listen to some brat? because he bought them? ridiculous! " kid, if you just let us leave peacefully, we won't harm you." 2 of the 3 men stood out. levi turned around and looked at them, his golden eyes locking onto all of their faces. splat! without a word, one of his wings grow out and slapped one of the men. the man exploded into meat paste, leaving a light blood mist in the air. " don't waste my money." levi said. the remaining gladiators, except for the man without scars, widened their eyes. they realised that they were just 'things' in levi's eyes, merely bags of flesh and bones, nothing else.

levi silently turned around and began walking again, the four followed behind him without a word. 'demon saint.' levi called out in his head. 'yes?' the demon saint answered. ' do you have a skill that could control the life or death of a person?' levi asked. he forgot what the word trust meant a long time ago. ' i do, the 'seed of loyalty' skill. you implant a small ball of mental energy in the person's head, if you want them to die, it will explode. it is the simplest skill of this kind.' the demon saint responded. "..." puff! the little black flame appeared. levi formed 4 orbs of mental energy and sent them towards the heads of the 4 people. pax! three of the mental energy orbs were implanted successfully, but one was forcefully destroyed. rumble! blood energy rose from his body, forming two ancient blood red doors. "kkfff!" the gladiators were suppressed by the pressure, but one was still doing slightly better than the others, the man without scars.

step! step! levi arrived in front of the man. squeeze! he grabbed the man's neck and forcefully put the mental energy orb inside his head. thump! afterwards, he dropped the man and started to walk once again. it was a good thing they were walking in an alley without people. beads of sweat appeared on levi's forehead. he had forcefully solidified the blood gate just now, which was only barely possible because of his 'control" practice a few days ago. but it was not something he could do often, he would still be able to use blood energy afterwards, but it would be more difficult to control. he also didn't have any time to practice the commandment skills, for obvious reasons.