Ryn

Chapter 353

Several days passed, and before he knew it, the end of the semester had arrived. The graduation ceremony was much more extravagant than he would have expected. Almost every student had their noble families come to the event, which meant there was a lot of stuffiness and tension amongst the students and their families.

Luckily, since the venue was so huge, there was plenty of space for them to avoid each other if they wanted. Some families were also good friends. Apparently, a significan...

Chapter 352

If Julius wanted to play it safe, he could choose [Instantaneous Step]. He had been planning to select this skill for a while, but it was only quite recently that the possibility of going with another skill presented itself.

However, now that he has seen the large number of cool-sounding options in front of him, he is no longer as interested in [Instantaneous Step] as he once was.

Like usual, he went through his normal steps of deliberating over each skill. Thus, first he looked ...

Chapter 351

Kanen POV

He left Lord Violet and his daughter with a sour taste in his mouth. Nothing really had gone his way and there was nothing he could have done to change that either. He was merely in such an awful situation.

Who would have imagined that House Violet would decide to protect the boy so fervently? They always made the best decision for the betterment of their House. Therefore, the emotional response took Kanen by surprise. He knew Lord Violet loved his daugh...

Chapter 350

He was very surprised when he saw Lily, her father, and Marcus all standing outside the barrier. He hadn’t been expecting to see them anytime soon. Did they perhaps leave some kind of tracking skill on him that he wasn’t able to notice?

If that was the case, he needed to figure out how they did it.

He also spotted another person right beside them. It was a tall man dressed in elaborate black robes.

“Oh. Funny seeing you guys here. Were you following me?” He asked.<...

Chapter 349

The man was good. Very good. It took everything Julius had within himself to just keep up with his speed. However, it was also a great opportunity to test his close combat skills against someone who outmatched him physically.

The results were… satisfactory. He wasn’t completely beaten, but he found that his lack of reach limited his ability to do any meaningful damage. Add that to the fact that he was actively delaying his healing skill from aiding him. It was a challenge to give an...

Chapter 348

Colten POV

He felt more perplexed than anything else. In all of his years, he hadn’t quite met a target like this one. It was like the boy didn’t care that he was trying to kill him. It was as if his life didn’t matter at all.

It was deeply concerning, and it was obvious that his target had some deep mental issues. Colten would have tried to help him if he hadn’t been in the middle of trying to assassinate him. However, he must do his job, which he was hir...

Chapter 347

Acquiring a Space Concept had opened a lot of doors for Julius. Not only had he already evolved a skill he had been wanting to evolve for a long time, but he now had new opportunities for other skills.

Skills such as [Flash Step] and [Spatial Crack].

Which was why after he had split up from Lily and her family, he went straight to a training room.

Speaking of Lily and her family, he was still trying to figure out if things went well or not. He didn’t feel like they hated ...

Chapter 346

Lily POV

Lily, her father, and Marcus walked past a pair of guards without giving them a second glance. One thing her father told her ever since she was young was to act confident even when you weren’t. Otherwise, the other party will take advantage of you and get more out of the deal.

This was the same case. She couldn’t show any weakness in front of whoever they were meeting. Not now.

Another guard opened a set of doors for them with a shallow bow. To...

Chapter 345

When Lily eventually came out from the back, she looked over at his direction with a large smile and walked over to him.

As she got close, she opened her arms, and Julius, being the person he was, also extended his arms. However, much to his surprise, she walked right by him and into the welcoming arms of the couple he had been talking to.

He was befuddled. He had no idea what had just happened. Did Lily just choose some strangers over him?

How rude.

After she finished...

Chapter 344

Julius found himself roaming the streets of Heston with Lily and Marcus right beside him. They had insisted on coming with him, considering that he had been attacked not too long ago.

Part of his reason for doing so was that he wanted some time to relax and enjoy shopping around. The other reason was that he wanted to test out his new skill, and Lily recommended that he walk around a densely populated environment to help him adapt to the skill.

[Absolute Spatial Perception] was ju...

Chapter 343

Lily noticed when he started to awaken because she helped him sit up.

“What am I doing here?” He asked her, confused at his situation. Truthfully, he had been half expecting to be somewhere in the middle of a forest because the teleportation went wrong. However, he never would have expected that he would be in Lily’s room.

“We were worried when you didn’t show up for the finals, so we had Professor Kellar help us find you,” she started to explain, but before she could ...

Chapter 342

After all of the time he had spent meditating and trying to find a way to acquire a Space Concept, he finally managed to pull it off. A small part of him had written it off, and he was tempted to wait until he reached Tier 4 to try again. After all, there were still plenty of ways he could improve and get stronger.

It wasn’t like this was his only option. It was just one of many, as well as the one he wanted to accomplish the most. However, he was glad that he didn’t and had persev...

Chapter 341

It took him several more hours, a couple of pints of blood, and a hell of a headache before he finally managed to connect the third one. However, once it was established, it wasn’t too hard to maintain.

And when he did, he sat back and laughed to himself. He knew he must have accomplished something because he got another notification on top of the ones he had gotten during the last several hours.

He didn’t know how many since he was too concentrated on forging the connection....

Chapter 340

Julius found that [Spatial Crack] required a special level of patience. He was still continuing his experiments with how it reacted with his body, but the progress had slowed.

Although he had learned that it was possible to withstand some of the destructive nature of untamed space by using his aura and Concepts to protect himself, mana also had a small effect. When he had used [Barrier of Severance], there had been some resistance, but it was quickly overwhelmed.

However, it also ...

Chapter 339

He did his best not to gloat to Aubrey. While she had a habit of bragging about her victories, he didn’t want to be the same as her. He would win with a bit more class.

That said, he still made sure she knew who had won. It was only a smile here and there, but he could tell that she was annoyed by it.

When they were eating dinner, he would slip in a smug grin and snicker when she stabbed her potatoes a little bit harder after that. He didn’t take it too far, though. But with ...

Chapter 338

When the semifinals rolled around, he already knew he would face Aubrey. The brackets had been set for a while, and with Edgar losing to her and him beating Liam, their meeting had already been predestined.

Aubrey hadn’t stopped talking smack to him since last night. He dealt with it, though, because he knew it was her way of coping. They both knew Julius might have been one of the worst matchups for Aubrey in the entire school.

His perception skill made her most potent ability ...

Chapter 337

Lily POV

For the first time since the semester started, she had left Heston to visit home once again. It was the same as she remembered. Large, gorgeous, and had more people than she could count running around.

She took a deep breath as she walked by the garden her mother loved to tend to. The smell of the flowers from which she was named gently wafted to her nose. A very warming sense of mana and aura perfumed the entire area, reminding her of her days as a young...

Chapter 336

Julius was very glad he had fought Irene. He had learned a lot and could implement so many of her techniques into his own style. It helped that she had a fire affinity as well, which translated well to his own skill set.

He had never attempted to infuse his own mana into another person’s construct like she had done. It was a brilliant technique, one that suited his talents very well. He had excellent mana control. Better than almost anyone he knew in Tier 3. However, in the past, he h...

Chapter 335

Irene POV

“Good luck!”

“You got this!”

“No pressure!” Brienne called out.

All of her friends wished her the best and cheered her on as she left for her match. However, she found that she almost snapped at Brienne before she could stop herself. It wasn’t exactly Brienne’s fault that she was annoyed. Her friends simply didn’t know how much pressure there was on her.

While most students would be ecstatic to reach the top eight or ...

Chapter 334

Despite not taking that long, his experimentation paid off more than he thought it would.

[Phoenix Renewal lvl 12 -> lvl 13]

[Spatial Crack lvl 6 -> lvl 7]

Unfortunately, his healing skill saw a plateau in how much it could gain using the same method. Still, two whole levels in the skill in just an hour was quite the accomplishment. [Phoenix Renewal] was notoriously difficult to level up in the first place. He went weeks and sometimes ...

Chapter 333

There was something about relaxing on the beach in the early morning and enjoying the brisk breeze as you watched the dawn rise. It was already getting a little bit warmer nowadays, but it was still nippy as the sun rose over the horizon. Not that it mattered to Julius. He could probably be comfortable in subzero temperatures with his fire mana protecting him.

That was just one nice benefit of having magic.

He was alone. It was too early for the others to be up and about. He only ...

Chapter 332

Julius let out a tired sigh of relief as Liam finally went down. His opponent was a persistent one, he had to give him that.

Julius had to coat his entire fist with his aura in order to hit the other boy through whatever skill he had been using. While he likely could have kept on attacking and forced his opponent to waste all of his mana, that didn’t seem like a particularly fun way to end such an entertaining fight.

Julius watched calmly as Liam stayed on his back, his chest ri...

Chapter 331

Liam POV

He knew he was talented. Ever since childhood, his parents had reminded him of his talents and wouldn't let him squander them. The moment they knew about his perfect ice affinity, they hired some of the best instructors they could find to train Liam.

They spared no expense in cultivating his talent. He spent several hours every single day practicing the exercises his teachers had created for him. He rarely had time to play with the other children. No mat...

Chapter 330

Julius took the familiar walk down the tunnel toward the stadium. At this point, the crowd noise was actually comforting, and he barely heard it in the background.

When he eventually exited the tunnel and saw the colorful pops of mana exploding through the sky, he grinned. He would never get tired of the sight.

He ignored the cries from the crowd who were shouting Liam’s name enthusiastically and strolled right toward the center of the field, where an official was already standi...

Chapter 329

People in the stands were surprised when they saw Edgar lose. After all, Edgar was one of the favorites to win. In contrast, Aubrey was a strong but considered a weaker contestant.

Julius wasn’t surprised, though. Neither were the others. They were cheering just as loudly, if not more so, than if Edgar won. All of them knew how much effort Aubrey had put in this past year. She had put in more time and sweat training than anyone else. If anyone deserved this win, it was her.

Howe...

Chapter 328

He leaned forward with his elbows laid across his knees as he watched the match in front of him unfold. It was unfortunate, but not totally unexpected.

With four of them being in the top sixteen, it was bound that they would face off against each other. In this case, it was Aubrey and Edgar who drew the short straw. However, instead of being angry about it, both of them were surprisingly excited.

They found out about their matchup the previous evening when the school posted them o...

Chapter 327

After Alice took the woman and transported her to one of House Violet’s properties, Julius and Lily returned to campus as if nothing had happened.

He got some sleep and woke up after having a weird dream. He typically didn’t dream very much, but he had one of him, Lukas, and Edwin for some reason. The days when Edwin would train him and they would eat meals together afterward.

It was bittersweet.

However, he put the dream to the back of his mind and focused on what he wa...

Chapter 326

Author's note: Sorry, I ended up changing a few things in this chapter, which shortened it by a few hundred words. I ended up putting it further ahead, so it should balance out. It just sucks that it is the first day back from the bulk release :(

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“Who are you?”

“Who hired you?”

“Are there more people still out there?”

He wanted answers. He wanted to figure out who had sent these people to kill him. He had his suspicions, but he didn’t want suspi...

Chapter 325

Toby POV

When Mackenzie told him and Aaron about the job, they had both been a bit hesitant. It didn’t have to deal with the fact that they were killing a person. No, they had taken plenty of assassination jobs before.

However, they usually strayed from those involving certain people. One of those groups included children. Especially younger ones.

Yet, she had come to them with a job to kill a boy. He wasn’t a little boy, but he was still young. The only...

Chapter 324

The first thing he did was walk toward the edge of the city. He didn’t tell the others, but he had been thinking really hard about how he was attacked. The timing was very strange. It was only when he had left the others and was somewhat alone that she decided to attack him.

That made him believe that she or the people who instructed her to attack him had a way to monitor where he was. Or at least managed to find out when he had left campus and followed him from there.

He couldn...