splat! splat! levi walked out from under the waterfall, without drying himself off or putting on any clothes. every step he took caused a splattering sound to be heard, as he walked up to a dry tree. boom! his fingernails grew as he slashed out, cutting down the old tree, before sitting on the stump. "who is this great ancestor?" levi asked aloud. the girl looked at this scene with confusion on her slightly red face, this terrifying guy told her to stop, then ignored her existence and washed himself in the waterfall, before abruptly walking out and cutting down a tree just to make something to sit on. she found this situation to be very strange.[the great ancestor created the "Blood Evolution" skill in an attempt to become the strongest being, but as his lifespan was coming to an end, he could not fulfill that desire. and thus he created me and pa.s.sed his bloodline along with the blood evolution skill onto another person. many blood lords added to the skill over the tens of millions of years, whether it was knowledge or skills. and now, the blood evolution skill was pa.s.sed on to you.] the emotionless voice explained in detail. "....why did you only appear now?" levi asked. [as your blood energy was below the required level, i was not able to awaken.] the voice replied.
"blood energy?" levi asked, a little irritated. this voice appeared out of nowhere and began talking about things he had no idea about. [blood energy is the power only bloodlords are able to access. making it possible to use the blood flame among other things. also, the size of the blood gate will increase as your blood energy levels increase.] the voice said. "blood gate....why don"t i remember using it?" levi mumbled. [as the blood energy in your body was more than what you at your current level could handle, you automatically entered the release state. in that state, you will use up the excess blood energy in a suitable way.] the voice explained.
"can i control or stop that release state?" levi asked. [if you stop the release of excess blood energy, you will explode and die. as for controlling it, it should be possible in the future.] the voice replied. [as time pa.s.ses, you will unlock more secrets of the blood evolution skill. for instance, being able to control your core.] the voice said. "core?" levi"s head was beginning to spin. [if i recall correctly, you once referred to it as....the tattoo.] the voice said. "what does this core do?" levi"s curiosity was piqued. something that could trap the demon saint was quite interesting to him, and it seemed that he didn"t unlock all of it"s secrets yet. [the core was made by one of the early blood lords to record bloodlines, and was improved by later blood lords. even if your body was destroyed, as long as the core was still safe, you would be able to attach yourself to another body, or slowly rebuild your body. i apologize, my knowledge about the core is limited.] the voice explained.
[over the melenia, many blood lords attempted to open the blood gate, as they believed that doing so would unlock the secrets to their bloodlines, but none of them have succeeded.] the voice suddenly said. "....why are you telling me this?" levi asked. [i thought it would be useful information.] the voice said. "you keep saying "previous" bloodlords, are they all dead?" levi asked. [to my knowledge, the only bloodlord still currently alive is lord Raum, who pa.s.sed the blood evolution skill onto to you.] the voice said. ".....there are still some things i want to ask you, but that will have to wait." levi suddenly said. [ the only knowledge i posses is about the bloodlords and bloodlines of different beasts. i have little knowledge of human tools, as most bloodlords tend to stay in the wilderness, searching for powerful bloodlines.] the voice explained. "..." levi said nothing. what did this voice take him for? he had the demon saint for the purpose of explaining those things.
levi slowly opened his golden eyes, looking up, he saw the girl still standing in her original possiton, looking at him. he stood up, causing her to turn her head to the side. he took out a demonic G.o.d sect robe from the spatial ring and put it on. "where is this? speak." levi asked coldly. "ekk! eh? ah, u-umm, th-this is, we are just outside of the imperial city, i think..." the girl said softly. "imperial city? what country is this?" levi asked again. "country? this is the cloud continent?" the girl said, sounding unsure. "is there a Divine country in this cloud continent?" levi found that he was getting nowhere talking to this girl. "maybe? they are a lot of small countries in the cloud continent." the said after some thought.
"small countries...." levi mumbled. "lead the way." he said. "wh-where?" the girl asked. "the imperial city." levi replied coldly. "ah, ok!" the girl started to walk clumsily, falling multiple times. levi said nothing as he followed her. "um..." the girl called out weakly. levi looked at her silently. "are you going to..." she paused. "to ki-kill me?" she stuttered. levi just followed silently without a word. seeing that levi ignored her question, the girl could only lead the way obediently. levi was walking normally when he suddenly stopped, his hand to his face. as he was walking, his vision blurred before returning as different colors, returning to normal after a few seconds. he began walking once again. after a while they saw a large brick wall in the distance, people occasionally walking through the large gate.
as they got close to the gate, levi realised that they were no guards. walking into the imperial city, the streets were filled with life as the street vendors shouted their slogans in order to attract customers. stalls filled to the brim with all kinds of fruits and vegetables. drunk men hitting on women, children running from p.i.s.sed off imperial guards. the n.o.bles looking out of their carriage windows, arrogant expressions covering their faces. young master"s from large clans sneering as their bodyguards beat people senseless.
levi"s eyes widened in surprise and shock, he had never seen a place bursting with such vitality. the imperial city, still prospering even after millions of years. "um-you can go." the girl wanted to ask something but was cut off by levi. he walked off into the streets filled with life, but none of the happiness or vitality seemed to go to him. he walked through the streets filled with life, but an air of melancholy loomed over him. he was in an unknown place, knowing no one, alone. at this time he remembered the annoying old man from the demonic G.o.d sect, he realised that he didn"t even know the old man"s name. thinking about it made him feel empty inside, as he walked through the street filled with people, he felt so, so alone.