Harsh Reality

The fight ended almost too easily.

It was obvious from the start.

The thugs who remained.in the slums were never the kind to train themselves. They survived by licking the asses of someone stronger, leeching off their power. They had neither the foundation nor the strength to even remotely compare to someone like Kai, let alone Levi. 

And Levi? He had just emerged from the Sanctum, a place that would chew up and spit out weaker men. He had risked his life and fought like a man possessed. There was simply no way these pitiful thugs stood a chance against him.

But while the physical battle was one-sided, the mental toll was another matter entirely.

Levi stared at his blood-streaked leg and then at the two lifeless bodies lying a few feet away, a heavy silence settling over him. 

He had just killed two people—humans, not monsters. People like him.

Yet, he felt...nothing.

'This is strange,' Levi thought as he surveyed the scene.