Ryn

Chapter 116

Julius was glad to say that the rest of his mandatory classes went by without issue. Thankfully he didn’t have a single professor call him out for missing class. He also didn’t think any students other than Joshua were aware of his presence or lack of during his absence. This meant he was able to tuck into his seat and pay attention to classes without a problem. 

However, there was something serious that he overlooked. Homework. 

His first week of classes didn’t as...

Chapter 115

Julius quickly left the room before anyone could see him. He hoped that he didn’t get in too much trouble for damaging the room. Gabriel had told him that it was something that occasionally happened, and sometimes depending on the damage, enchanters had to come on out to make some adjustments. However, sometimes the damage was too extensive and they would have to redo the entire room. Julius just hoped that this wasn’t the case this time.

He actually made a choice that would surpris...

Chapter 114

The first thing he wanted to do was try out his new skill. He quickly finished up his meal before leaving for the first-year training facilities. He saw some familiar faces on his way through the building. Some were playing games with each other and some were doing things on their own to the side. 

He found himself in an open room and got himself settled in. Once he got himself comfortable he started slow. First, he started off with [Arcane Construct], creating a round ball of fire...

Chapter 113

It took him way longer than it should have to escape. After his many attempts, he finally realized that it wasn’t the dirt that was holding him in place, but it was as if space itself was locking down on him. Eventually, Dante must have gotten tired or felt as if Julius had been properly punished and had released him.

The moment he was free Declan grabbed him by the neck like a kitten and quickly ran away from the property. The entire time Declan didn’t say anything to Julius, he wa...

Chapter 112

The two of them stood in front of each other with neither of them talking for a few moments, an awkward silence filled the air. Eventually, Dante looked at Julius expectantly. “Can you tell me what the skill is now?” He asked, more exasperated than anything else. 

Julius leaned in close and whispered into Dante’s ear. “The skill is called [Spatial Perception].”

The man leaned back and looked at Julius with an odd look. He didn’t know what was going through the sca...

Chapter 111

Julius couldn’t explain why, but his gut was screaming at him that this man was not Tier 4 like Liz had told them. While there were no signs of aura leaking out or any other evidence supporting his claim, Julius knew deep in his heart that this man was one of the most powerful people he had ever met.

Julius could barely breathe. He didn’t perceive any external influence affecting him, but for some reason, his chest was awfully tight. He looked over at Declan, wanting to see if he ha...

Chapter 110

“Back so soon?” She asked Julius. “I didn’t think you would need anything else after you got so much.”

Julius put up his hands and laughed good-naturedly. “No no, nothing for me this time. But my friend saw some of the things I got and was interested in taking a look at your shop.”

“Oh?” She turned to look at Declan who was smiling at her with an uncharacteristically charming smile, a totally different look from the normally stern-looking man. “What can I do fo...

Chapter 109

Honestly, there wasn’t anything that exciting about fighting the goblins. 

The next group Julius found was much of the same. There were six goblins this time around, but not that made much of a difference. They all died just as quickly as the last group. It was a bit anti-climactic. Then the next group came along and Julius hunted them down the identical way. 

Julius knew before going into it that he wasn’t going to be having some thrilling fight. But he still though...

Chapter 108

Notice: Would you like to enter the Rift?

Julius was a little surprised at the notification. In his previous Rift experience he didn’t have a choice, the troll Rift had sucked him in like it was a Dyson vacuum and he was some sad cookie crumb on the floor. So now it felt weird that he could choose to enter it or not.

He was obviously going to say yes, but the opportunity to choose was more satisfying than he expected it to be. It kind of made him happy in a way,...

Chapter 107

Declan eventually arrived. It took him longer than Julius expected, but to be fair, Julius had gotten there much earlier than planned. Declan had told him that he had to take care of a couple of things before making his way over, but Julius wanted to see the area beforehand.

Julius was at a small cafe having a delicious breakfast sandwich and latte when he sensed Declan with [Spatial Perception]. He had chosen the nearest cafe to the main street that he knew Declan would arrive from. He...

Chapter 106

The next morning came with a lot of excitement for Julius. He was supposed to meet Declan right outside of town where one of the Rifts was. Declan had specifically chosen this Rift for Julius. It was only Tier 2, which was slightly disappointing to Julius, he had tried to argue with Declan that he could handle more. 

However, Declan didn’t budge and insisted that Julius take it easy at first and that there wasn’t any rush. Julius eventually agreed, he had to remind himself that...

Chapter 105

Julius took a deep breath and let out a small groan. That was a tough one.

[Arcane Construct lvl 17 -> lvl 18]

[Pure Compression lvl 17 -> lvl 18]

[Kinetic Augmentation lvl 15 -> lvl 16]

[Empowerment of Will lvl 11 -> lvl 12]

Four skills leveled up which was nice, but many of them had been on the cusp for a while. He was a bit disappointed that [Mana Slash] hadn’t gotten there yet. ...

Chapter 104

Aubrey POV

Aubrey wanted to hit herself over the head with a sledgehammer. She didn’t know why she said all those things to Julius. She wasn’t usually like that, but her stupid insecurities got in the way. She was frustrated after her recent loss against Edgar and took it out on Julius. It wasn’t right and certainly wasn’t fair to him. 

It was clear that she had made him both uncomfortable and annoyed with her outburst. She regretted it and wanted to ...

Chapter 103

Julius didn’t know what to say. He wasn’t a person who was good at comforting others. And at the moment, he didn’t want to say the wrong thing and make things worse. He understood where Aubrey was coming from though. How couldn’t he? 

Personal strength has a big influence in this world. Power is everything. Julius got annoyed and frustrated every time he lost against someone else. It didn’t matter if they were one or even two tiers above him. He didn’t like losing. ...

Chapter 102

Julius was holding onto the card with one hand as he made his way back to campus. The card itself was made entirely on some sort of metal alloy and weighed way more than one would expect it to. It reminded Julius of one of those Amex Black cards that were made of metal. It was oddly satisfying holding it in his hands, he could see why people in his old world loved showing them off. 

Before he left Declan and Orus, he made sure to see Rae since he was there. It was always nice to se...

Chapter 101

Julius was embarrassed. He had lost track of the day and didn’t know that it was the weekend. So when he showed up to the field where his Physical Training Class was and nobody was there it was a forehead-slapping realization. It took him way longer than it should have and he left with his face completely red. 

He had to make the walk of shame back to the cafeteria, hoping that nobody had just seen him waiting for class to start in the middle of the field. He did see Edgar and Au...

Chapter 100

“Hey, I’ve seen you before.” the guy said to Julius.

Julius finally turned to look at who these individuals were. The guy who was speaking was actually familiar to him as well. He was the tall guy from his Physical Training class and Professor Hashen’s Swordsmanship elective. He had never talked to the guy before or even heard him speak, so it was quite a surprise that he had approached Julius like this. He had dark hair and was also very handsome, with angular features and a ch...

Chapter 99

Julius wanted someone to explain to him why the others were staring at him like that. All he had mentioned was removing skills from one of the skill slots. He didn’t see why they would be reacting like this.

“Can someone please explain why you are all looking at me like that?” Julius asked pleadingly.

Edgar gently placed an arm on Julius’s shoulder. “You really don’t know?”

“Know what?”

Edgar looked at Julius seriously. “Removing skills is a very da...

Chapter 98

Julius technically still had some classes for the day, but he decided to wait until tomorrow to go back. After all, what was a day extra going to do? He had already missed two weeks. The good news was that Gabriel said that it wasn’t unusual for students to not attend class for a while because of their own advancement. Some have to take extended breaks in order to break through a Tier or gain enlightenment on a Concept. 

With that being said, it was more for older students, but o...

Chapter 97

Julius looked at the big bald man who was staring at him with frightening intensity. He knew that he should not have gone missing for two weeks, but it was for a good reason. Still, that didn’t mean he didn’t where Gabriel was coming from. 

Julius knew that the big guy was just concerned for him. At least in the beginning anyway. Once he was sure that Julius was okay, he looked over the room and saw the big disc that was still stuck in the wall. Julius saw him do a double take,...

Chapter 96

Gabriel POV

Gabriel hadn’t seen Julius for a couple of weeks at this point and was a little worried. He did end up talking to the young granddaughter of Count Violet a few days after Julius hadn’t shown up to any classes. Gabriel had seen the two of them talking often in his class. She had let him know that Julius was alright, just busy doing something else and wouldn’t be in class for a little while. 

That wasn’t unusual, many students took time off ...

Chapter 95

The second it was over Julius released all his skills immediately and dropped to his knees. He hadn’t realized it as he was doing it, but his brain was literally burning away during that last test. He was bleeding profusely from every orifice and could barely even remember his name. 

It was only because of his instincts that [Pseudo-Phoenix Renewal] activated. His brain felt like melted ice cream and it was almost as if someone had just taken a big old bite of his brain. He didn�...

Chapter 94

It was fascinating how single-minded Julius could become. For the next couple of weeks, he did nothing other than train four primary skills: [Arcane Construct], [Pure Compression], [Mana Layering], and [Mana Slash]. He completely ignored everything else and stuck himself in a training room. 

However, Julius was a little surprised and frustrated that [Mana Layering] hadn’t already evolved. It had been stuck on level 14 for a while, and Julius didn’t know what else he could do. T...

Chapter 93

Arnold’s Armaments was a wonderful little shop. It didn’t look like much from the outside, but on the inside was a different story altogether. It was immaculate. The entire store had gorgeous glass displays with various accessories and weapons. 

On the wall were blades of all kinds. From rapiers to broadswords, Julius could see pristine weapons of all kinds on show. Julius’s gramps used to take him to a knife shop when he was younger, and this store reminded him a lot of it.&...

Chapter 92

Julius didn’t end up having to do anything else regarding the Geoffrey incident. Declan had taken care of everything and had told Julius to not worry about it. At the moment Geoffrey was sitting in a cell beneath the guardhouse and Declan had already notified Lord Lagos about the general situation.

There were still a couple of things Declan still needed to do but in the meantime, he told Julius to go and see Rae. She should have finished with the preparation of breakfast and was expec...

Chapter 91

When Julius opened the ring, he felt a mixture of both awe and disgust. It was like a box the size of a large cabinet, filled to the brim with copper, silver, gold, and platinum coins, neatly organized into distinct piles. Julius thought the several gold coins he earned were a lot. But he was now looking at probably dozens of platinum coins alone. It was more money than Julius had seen so far in his life.

However, there was also a pile of handcuffs, whips, and other sexual items off to ...

Chapter 90

Julius didn’t stay where he was and fight the man, nope, instead he swiftly ran to an alley where he didn’t sense anyone. If he was going to fight, he wasn’t going to do it with so many people watching him. He was still trying to maintain a low profile, not that he was sure that was working so far if he was being honest. 

Julius sensed that the guy was fast on his heels with [Spatial Perception], but was stumbling frequently, trying to keep up. The man was fast, Julius gave h...

Chapter 89

A couple of days went by, and the weekend was there before Julius even noticed. Goldencrest gave their students the entire weekend off and allowed them to go wherever they wanted. In Julius’s case, that meant heading back to see Declan, Orus, and Rae.

He probably wouldn’t always go see them on the weekend, that seemed like like too much time to take each week. He was sure that they would understand but he would still like to see them more often than not.

He had already said hi...

Chapter 88

Only a few students were roaming the grounds at this time other than Julius. He didn’t see any first years yet, all the people who were already up were upperclassmen other than the couple of second years he spotted. 

It was a beautiful morning. The ocean created a soft mist in the morning, that went very well with the sunrise cresting over the horizon. It made for a perfect time to just sit down and think. 

Both [Mana Slash] and [Aura Slash] were two skills that could ...

Chapter 87

Julius didn’t advocate self-mutilation. If any normal person did it, he would make sure they were mentally alright, and maybe see if they needed to check themselves in somewhere. But he wasn’t normal, so in his case, he believed it was acceptable. 

How many people had a healing skill that could regenerate limbs at will? It was not like he was permanently damaging himself or anything of the like. However, he was just a little curious, you know?

He had questions regarding h...