Julius soon forgot all about the confrontation with his roommate. He had bigger and more important things to worry about. Things such playing with his new [Quick Step] skill.
During the next several rounds with Gabriel, Julius focused a lot on incorporating the skill into his fighting style. If he was being honest, it wasn’t that hard. It fit his style quite well and the main thing that he needed to get used to was the increased speed.
Something that was very nice now that...
2024-09-09 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Bonus Chapter! I decided to give out an extra chapter because I just reached over a million views on RR. it just so happened that it landed on a Sunday, so be thankful for your good blessings, cheers!
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He was still rubbing his face from the phantom pain he still felt from Gabriel’s fists as he sat down in his aura class. The bald man was relentless, once he knew that Julius had improved, it was like a totally new animal came out. He punished Julius and his armor with absolute...
2024-09-08 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Julius had already dropped his Swordsmanship class with Professor Hashen at the end of last week. He wasn’t finding enough benefit in continuing with it.
His talent with a sword wasn’t that great. That was one thing that he learned pretty quickly. In comparison to some of the other students, Julius felt like he was a toddler swinging a stick at times.
Almost every person who was taking that class was talented in some form or the other. Even the ones who started off...
2024-09-07 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Reinera POV
How did it all end up that way? She thought to herself bitterly as she stared across the field at Julius. She hadn’t even known he was in her Applied Combat class until just now. She would have never spotted the black-haired boy if she wasn’t actively replaying that entire night in her head. His face was constantly in the corner of her mind.
He wasn’t outrageously handsome nor did he stand out in any way. He was around average height and...
2024-09-06 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The boy was breathing much more roughly than he had in the beginning, but he was able to take down the monster without getting injured, so that was a notable accomplishment. There were definitely some reasons for the boy’s initial confidence.
Of course, there were still things that he could work on. But his swordsmanship and physical enhancement skills were pretty good. He had completely outclassed the deer in sheer physical prowess. Also, he didn’t need to use his mana conduit to a...
2024-09-05 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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The first thought that came to his head when he spotted the princess shooting him looks was whether or not he had done something wrong. However, he quickly assured himself that he hadn’t done anything to attract any notice. If he had, then more people would have been staring at him.
The next thing he thought of was if the princess was secretly the Grace girl he had seen the other night. It was in the realm of possibilities that she was someone very important. Especially with how prote...
2024-09-04 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Aubrey walked up to Julius and grabbed his shoulders forcefully. “What did you choose? Please don’t tell me you chose the skill evolution option,” Aubrey started to panic.
“What? That’s not the best option?” Julius tried his best to sound genuinely ignorant.
“You fucking idiot. In what world does that sound like the best option,” Aubrey reprimanded him while vigorously shaking him like a rag doll.
He looked over to see the other's reactions. Derek...
2024-09-03 19:00:07 +0000 UTC
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“What do you mean?” Julius asked.
However, before Derek could answer, Kyle interrupted. “Wait. How did you know she was invisible?” He asked curiously.
“What do you mean ‘how did he know’?” Aubrey said to Kyle confused. She pointed to Julius. “He has that stupid perception ability of his,” she said like it was the most obvious thing.
Kyle put his hands up defensively. “Yes, I understand he has that frightening perception ability. But I was able to sense...
2024-09-02 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Here you go, take a Sunday bonus chapter. You guys can thank Andi for asking.
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“What do you think you are doing?” Lily angrily asked.
Julius watched as the Amelia girl crossed her arms and looked at him self-satisfied. Then he turned to look at Lily with an abashed grin. “I’m s-”
She cut him off, “Not you Julius.” She turned to give Amelia a fierce look. “I’m talking to you.”
“Me?” Amelia asked in disbelief while...
2024-09-01 19:00:07 +0000 UTC
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After they had negotiated for information about the location of his cake supplier, the dinner was much less awkward. They made small talk, learning that Grace was a fellow first-year and that Amelia was a newly hired teaching assistant.
While it was going well, Julius did note that Amelia had made several snide comments to him throughout the night, but being the bigger man, he had pretended not to notice. However, he knew that Lily and Derek picked up on it as well.
At least...
2024-08-31 19:05:01 +0000 UTC
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Amelia POV
Amelia had to admit, the princess was right about this place. The food so far had been incredible. It was actually hard to maintain vigilance while still trying to blend in and eat like the rest of the customers because she just wanted to eat the entire time.
Of course, she still had her duty. She had made sure to research every location they had visited that day. She didn’t like surprises, boring was best. Boring is what kept her charge alive.&...
2024-08-30 19:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Julius tucked away the Sylvan Petal for later use. However, he had to promise to let everyone know when he would be using it so that they could participate or at least observe what happens.
After the group left the auction house, the six of them headed toward their dinner reservation at the Golden Wheel. A place that Julius was very excited to see for himself. The others had talked it up so much, that he was expected many great things.
He’d even prevented himself from stuf...
2024-08-29 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Julius looked over at Lily and gave her a soft poke to get her attention. “What does she mean? What kind of effects does having metal affinity properties mean for the core?”
Lily looked at Julius with an understanding grin. “My best guess, is that ice elemental somehow consumed a natural treasure of the metal-attribute variety. This would make it possible for the elemental to develop certain skills and abilities that would influence its core. Normally ice cores are used for cold e...
2024-08-28 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Eventually, the six of them finished up and got everything they needed from the shopping district. It was also perfect timing because whatever Lily had planned was about to start and they had to leave in order to make it.
Lily brought them to a very nice part of town. Julius started to notice that everyone around them wore very fancy clothing and expensive jewelry. In comparison, Julius and the others felt out of place.
That wasn’t to say that the five of them weren’t dr...
2024-08-27 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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As a little gift to himself, Julius decided to get some proper sleep in his dorm like a normal student. No more mats or hard stone floors for him. He had moved up in the world and had finally decided to sleep on an actual bed that was soft and plush.
Funnily enough, he didn’t sense his roommate Henry when he arrived. Which was weird considering it was past midnight at this point and from what Julius had observed in these past several weeks, his roommate was always in bed when Julius d...
2024-08-26 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Amelia POV
The insolence of that boy! She angrily thought to herself.
Amelia had wanted nothing else than to absolutely brutalize that disrespectful brat. How dare he treat Reinera in that manner.
The only thing that had prevented her from smashing his face into a pulp was that she was supposed to be hidden and Princess Reinera wouldn’t appreciate her coming out of hiding to beat on the boy.
Amelia had been by Princess Reinera’s side for m...
2024-08-25 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Julius reread the message a couple of times before he stopped. He just had to make sure that he was reading it correctly. Apparently, he now had eleven skill slots instead of the normal ten, which he was very excited about.
He had always suspected that there were ways to increase one’s skill slots. He remembered that he had asked Edwin a while ago, and of course, in typical Edwin fashion, he hadn’t answered Julius’s question.
Julius distinctly recalled that the o...
2024-08-24 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Julius did a double take. He had just evolved his skills into [Armaments of the Arcane] and he certainly wasn’t expecting anything else. Therefore, he was taken by surprise when he got another one so soon.
He took a deep breath to calm and center himself, before taking a look at the notification.
Notice: Soul threshold has been met.
Soul Evolution commencing…
You are qualified to select one of the following rewards…
2024-08-23 19:00:05 +0000 UTC
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It was the middle of the night. Tomorrow was their planned day and the six of them had already decided to leave earlier in the day to walk around the city before dinner. Therefore, Julius wanted to get his skill tonight by any means necessary.
He should be able to as well. He could feel it. For the past couple of days, he had been so close, it was teetering on the edge. All it needed was a little push and he would be able to learn an epic skill.
His ability to use his Severing Wil...
2024-08-22 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Julius found himself alone in one of the main training facility’s rooms. After the mishap the last time he went to the first-year training room, he wasn’t going to take any more chances. The enchantments of the first-year facilities, weren’t enough to hold up against his current strength.
It made sense as well. There was a reason why they were designated for first-year students. The school had installed these rooms with the expectations of a Tier 2 student in mind. And while Juliu...
2024-08-21 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“Um… I might have forgotten to mention that I ended up acquiring my first Concept today…” Julius slowly said.
Julius felt Lily loosen her grip on his head just a smidge and look down at him with a surprised look. For someone who wasn’t a physically inclined fighter, he was often surprised by how strong Lily was at times. She had the grip strength of a juiced-up gorilla.
Not that he would ever tell her that. He suspected that if he were to say that to her face he wo...
2024-08-20 19:00:15 +0000 UTC
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There was still plenty of the rift that Julius hadn’t explored but since he was so worn out, he wasn’t able to continue. There was still a part of him that wanted to try to get his epic skill while he was in the rift as well, but unfortunately, he didn’t think it would be a good idea.
Even Declan agreed with him that waiting until he was a hundred percent would be a smarter option. The skill wasn’t going anywhere and Julius could wait a day or two before he acquired it. After al...
2024-08-19 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Note: I know I don't usually post on Sundays, but I might not be able to post sometime in the upcoming week. So just in case, I have posted a bonus chapter in the hopes that if it does happen, you won't be left with one less chapter for the week.
Thank you all for reading and supporting me!
The Concept of Severing Will was a very nice addition to Julius’s toolbox of powers. It wasn’t like it was an end-all-be-all type of power, but it was certainly like adding wings to ...
2024-08-18 18:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Julius turned and looked at Declan who was also surprised at the difference the Concept had on his damage output. Declan had been around when Julius was throwing the pebbles before. He saw with his own eyes how Julius was unable to do much more than give the golem some ornaments on its body.
[Barrier of Severance lvl 3 -> lvl 4]
His new skill gained another level. For a skill he only had for less than a couple of hours, he gained quite a few levels in it so far...
2024-08-17 19:00:04 +0000 UTC
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It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Julius had a proclivity for explosions. Whatever may happen, you could count on Julius to find a way to blow something up.
The whole explosion thing happened entirely by accident. But he was proud to say it was a happy accident. The explosion was way more effective than he could have possibly hoped for. It was like a hand grenade but all of the fragments cut through the stone of the golem with ease.
There was no fire, blast of air, or b...
2024-08-16 19:00:16 +0000 UTC
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“You want me to take a skill that belonged to a person who got himself killed?” Julius asked disbelievingly.
Declan put his hands out to calm Julius down. “I did say he was an anti-mage fighter. But I didn’t mention that he was a paid assassin.”
Julius threw his hands in the air. “Oh, that’s even better. You want me to acquire a skill from a dead assassin. A person who failed at his job?”
Julius did not like assassins. After the night at the manor, he found h...
2024-08-15 19:00:06 +0000 UTC
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It took a bit of walking before Julius and Declan encountered a golem. Julius was able to pick it up before it was in sight. The golem was a big mound of rock that looked vaguely humanoid in shape. It had two legs and two arms, but that was where the similarities ended.
It was around ten feet tall and the surface of its exterior had a rough and pebbly texture. Though there were no obvious seams other than some of the joints as far as Julius could tell. However, the most noticeable...
2024-08-14 19:14:38 +0000 UTC
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Thank you guys for all of your feedback. It was very helpful to me.
I know I just asked you guys to do a poll last night, but I spent all night playing around some more. I wanted to take some of the seriousness and more somber tone of the original and maybe blend it with a new one. So I tried some stuff and ended with this newest version, which I think might be a good blend of both. Please, let me know what you guys think between the three.
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2024-08-13 19:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Julius spent the next week splitting his time between his classes, sparring with Gabriel and the others, as well as his own nighttime training. The addition of homework didn’t really affect him all that much. The assignments didn’t take that long and mostly relied on students doing the work on their own time. If they didn’t do it then the only repercussions were not knowing the topic for future exams or in the worst-case scenario, not knowing the answer when the professor called on you....
2024-08-13 19:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone, I was playing around with some stuff and I wanted to see what you guys thought about the new cover I just made. Please let me know which version you like more.
2024-08-13 04:02:43 +0000 UTC
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