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 pa...
2024-08-12 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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 ...
2024-08-10 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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...
2024-08-09 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt 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 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...
2024-08-07 18:59:58 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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 bare...
2024-08-06 19:19:59 +0000 UTC View Post“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 turn...
2024-08-05 19:09:20 +0000 UTC View PostHonestly, 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...
2024-08-03 20:18:47 +0000 UTC View PostNotice: 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 ...
2024-08-02 18:46:58 +0000 UTC View PostDeclan 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...
2024-08-01 18:57:45 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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.
... 2024-07-31 18:37:41 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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] 2024-07-30 18:57:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2024-07-29 16:30:16 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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....
2024-07-27 17:25:06 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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 coul...
2024-07-26 18:44:22 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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.
H...
2024-07-25 18:50:16 +0000 UTC View Post“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 befor...
2024-07-24 18:29:53 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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 ...
2024-07-23 18:19:01 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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...
2024-07-22 19:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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 th...
2024-07-20 19:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostGabriel 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 k...
2024-07-19 19:19:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe 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 in...
2024-07-18 18:57:51 +0000 UTC View PostIt 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 l...
2024-07-17 17:40:38 +0000 UTC View PostArnold’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,...
2024-07-16 17:49:35 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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 ...
2024-07-15 17:13:42 +0000 UTC View PostWhen 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...
2024-07-15 17:10:45 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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...
2024-07-13 18:01:14 +0000 UTC View PostA 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 seem...
2024-07-12 18:10:42 +0000 UTC View PostOnly 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 wit...
2024-07-11 17:17:25 +0000 UTC View PostJulius 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...
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