Chapter 116: Food Fight

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 assign anything and so he had mistakenly believed that Goldencrest didn’t have homework like normal schools. He was immediately proven wrong when Professor Stewart, Professor Youma, and Professor Rowe all asked for the students to turn in their assignments when they entered the class.

He didn’t know exactly what to do except sit in his seat awkwardly. Apparently, it was common for professors to assign work over the weekends when there were no classes.

Speaking of Professor Youma, he was the only one who really took notice of Julius’s reappearance. He didn’t necessarily look or talk to Julius, but Julius felt the professor’s aura poke around his aura as he was talking to the rest of the class. It was a greeting in a way.

Even though Julius had been working on many of his other skills he had been constantly working on his aura in the background. He felt like he had almost gotten a handle on his newly acquired Tier 2 aura strength and could start practicing other more advanced techniques.

After Professor Youma browsed through his aura like it was a public library the professor gave Julius a pat on his head with his aura. Julius annoyed with the nosy professor tried to tear apart the man’s aura in retaliation. Yet, all that accomplished was the man blowing away Julius’s attempt like it was a piece of lint.

Damn, competent professor. Julius inwardly griped to himself.

He stopped himself from thinking about the day’s events and paid attention to the final minutes of the lecture Professor Rowe was giving them.

“The nature of swarm-type monster floods can be particularly dangerous to those with skills that do not cover large areas of damage or multiple targets. Many duelists and fighters who excel in one-on-one combat have found themselves in exceptionally dangerous situations and even on occasion get completely overrun by the sheer number of monsters. So in monster floods with swarm-types, you will find that the composition of fighters differs greatly from typical floods. Compatibility and type match-ups are essential variables for choosing your opponent.”

A guy raised his hand in front of the class. “What if you specialize in single combat but there isn’t any other choice but to fight a swarm?”

Professor Rowe nodded his head sagely. “Good point Mr. Abbelton. You won’t always be able to choose what fights come to you. And it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. Every fighter eventually finds themselves in a position where their backs are pressed up against the wall and they have nothing else to do except to fight. Our job as professors is to prepare you for that.” He looked at the rest of the class intently.

“This is why throughout the year, you will be tested rigorously on various aspects of fighting that will test your strengths and most importantly your weaknesses.”

There was a pause in the classroom as the students took in what Professor Rowe explained.

That was until a single person presented a question. “Does this mean that we will be tested against monsters in rifts that specifically counter us?” This time a question was asked by a young girl with brilliant white hair and rainbow eyes that shimmered with every color. At once, the entire class went quiet, the soft rustling of paper and hushed whispers went silent.

The person who asked the question was Princess Reinera. The same person who everyone in the school had their attention on. The entire day Julius had to overhear dozens of conversations that all revolved around the newly attending princess. It was his good fortune that he only had her in his class for Applied Combat.

Julius admittedly saw why people were going crazy over this girl. She was breathtakingly beautiful. The way the ambient light shrouded her figure made her glow wherever she walked gave her the appearance of an angel descending from the heavens. Julius had a guess that the reason for this was because of her bloodline. And he wasn’t going to lie, it made her look very cool.

For how well-known the Imperial Bloodline was, not many people knew exactly how it worked. All they knew was that those with the Bloodline were able to harness the energy of light to enhance and empower themselves to ridiculous heights.

Even though Julius was a little annoyed with how much chaos the princess had caused over the past couple of days. He was also looking forward to the answer to her question. He looked at Professor Rowe expectantly.

Professor Rowe nodded his head at her. “You are correct, princess. While it won’t be any time soon, you guys will eventually be prepared and taken into rifts that are both optimal and poor match-ups for you.”

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Many of the students broke into excited discussions after hearing this. They like all kids their age, wanted to use their skills to fight monsters.

Julius on the other hand leaned back and thought to himself about his own weaknesses. He wondered what kind of rift would be a perfect counter to him. What type of monster species would he find the most difficult to take on?

He kept thinking about it even after Professor Rowe dismissed the class and told them that their homework was researching specific examples of swarm-type monster floods in the last hundred years.

Julius quickly left the room. Many of the students had left their seats and were approaching the princess when the second class was over. He thought this was the best time to leave. As he was exiting the classroom, Joshua and his friend James hurried after him.