He was disappointed by the sight, but he still counted the amount meticulously. When he counted, there were 112 silver and 13 bronze.
He said to himself, "So a little more than one gold coin. That's a little shabby for the asset of a blackhearted gang. Maybe I missed another chest or safe."
Then he encouraged himself by saying, "At least I got a lot of karma out of it, and more is still coming. Besides, I didn't spend any money on it. It is practically free karma."
He had killed a total of 24 thugs of the Black Band gang. The death of each thug earned him a lot of karma points. Especially the boss. Many people were happy that he was dead.
He has already lost count of how much karma each thug gave him, but he knows the general amount of karma that he received from killing the thugs.
In total, he received 54,000 karma. So he received an average of 2,250 karma for each thug.
If converted to currency based on how much money he would have to spend on bread that will give him the same amount of karma, he would have needed to spend at least 54,000 bronze coins, which is the equivalent of 540 silver coins or 5.4 gold coins.
When he did that calculation in his head, he exclaimed and said, "That's a lot of money. It turned out that their lives are more generous than their saves."
He was in a good mood as he packed up his loot and put it in his house. Then he went to open the door to allow his trainees to enter the compound.
He was in such a good mood that he wouldn't care too much if no one showed up for his dojo. Not that he thinks that is possible. After all, training with him is free.
But even if no one appreciates his free training, it will only sour his mood a little. It won't make him feel sad.
But when he went to the gate, he found someone there already waiting outside. It was a mother and a child.
He was excited as he asked, "Are you here for the training?"
The mother asked, "May wes have some breads?"
He shook his head. "There is no bread. This place is for training."
She was disappointed as he left with her child. It was a pitiful sight, but he didn't change his mind.
He returned to his yard as he said to himself, "This place needs to be for training, or there will be beggars waiting at my door every day and every time looking for food."
He knew that he couldn't be soft, or his wish to offer free training would be subverted by those who came to him for food. It was a resolution that was getting more and more difficult to maintain as more people showed up to get bread from him.
He rejected everyone who came for bread. Some of them left as that's the only thing they came for. But some of them stayed behind to train.
By 8 am, 22 boys and girls had shown up in his yard for training. He started the training on time.
He stood in front of them while Ruff lay on the ground watching each of them closely.
He said to them, "I know some of you and your parents doubt that I can give you any worthwhile training since my training is free. I also know that some of you suspect that your training will go to waste because you don't have money to buy the necessary resources to help with your training."
He doesn't actually know those two things for certain. He just suspects them to be the case because they are reasonable. His goal for saying them is to introduce the core advantage of his dojo.
"I have the solution to both of your problems. Not only is my training free, but it is high quality, and the resources you need are practically nothing. As long as you are dedicated and put in the time and effort into the training, you will grow stronger."
He took out a large blackboard. There were diagrams on it. They were the diagrams and steps of the basic water mana breathing technique.
He said to them, "Do you recognize this?"
None of them did. Their failure to recognize the value of what he was offering them didn't deter him.
He said, "This is a mana breathing technique."
That seemed to jog their memories. Their eyes lit up in recognition. After recognition came gasps and exclamations.
One child said, "But I heards that breathing techniques ares expensive."
Arthur scolded the boy, "Raise your hand next time you have something to say. You will wait until I call you up before you speak."
The boy lowered his head and said, "Sorrys, sir."
Arthur corrected him again, but softer this time. "Call me teacher, not sir."
The bot nodded and said, "Sorrys, teacher."
He smiled and said, "Good."
Then he addressed all of them. "He is right. Mana techniques are expensive. Other dojos will only make it available to their inner students who have paid their tuition and have shown promise. But I am showing you on your first day because it is the best chance you have to make something of yourself."
"Many of you can't eat three meals in a day. Maybe not even two meals in a day. So it will be very difficult for you to see results if you just exercise. Without good nutrition, your exercise will only harm your body. That's why you have to rely on the resources outside of the body."
"There is mana everywhere around you. If you learn this mana breathing technique, you can use the mana in the environment for your training. This way your training will show results."
His voice became solemn as he said, "I have shown enough dedication to your training by bringing out this mana breathing technique for you to learn. The rest is up to you. If you fail to take advantage of my generosity, then you can only blame yourself."