Chapter 155: Unknown Assailant

Julius was all pumped up. While each wolf wasn’t that much of a challenging opponent on their own, the sheer number of them gave that adrenaline rush that he had been craving for a while.

They were also much more intelligent than he had been expecting. The way they worked together as a pack was admirable and would have forced many other people into dire straights.

In fact, now that he could look back on it, the strength of each wolf was stronger than each troll. The only memorable thing about the trolls was their insane regeneration. Everything else was below average for a Tier 3 monster.

The speed of the wolves completely outclassed the trolls, it wasn’t even funny. If he had to deal with these wolves when he was Tier 1, he would have been ripped apart before he could even react.

Furthermore, the strength of each wolf was shockingly high, the force he felt from their jaws was crazy strong. Then when added to the skill they used to empower their attacks, it made the trolls seem like toddlers who swung their club in comparison.

Though, to be fair, those toddlers were pseudo-immortal self-regenerating monsters, so they were still scary.

However, he was thanking his lucky stars that trolls had been his opponent in that rift and not something like those wolves.

He made sure to look over the notifications he got during the fight.

[Kinetic Augmentation lvl 18 -> lvl 19]

[Armaments of the Arcane lvl 4 -> lvl 5]

[Sage of Savagery lvl 2 -> lvl 3]

[Barrier of Severance lvl 12 -> lvl 13]

He was a bit surprised at how many level-ups he got, but he wasn’t going to complain. Though it was nice to see that [Kinetic Augmentation] was at that final step of level 20. However, he also knew that the final level was the hardest one to get.

Although he was a little bit concerned at the sting of pain he felt in his soul.

“You need a break?” Julius heard suddenly from behind.

He turned around to look at Declan who still looking at him like he was some unknown creature found in the woods. “What’s up?” He asked Declan.

“Do you need to take some time to relax?” The older man repeated.

Julius shook his head. “Nope, I’m good. Probably used more mana at the end than I needed to, but I still have plenty.”

While he still had more than enough mana to spare, he did realize that he had gone overboard with that last attack. He had been trying to be better about wasting mana and being more efficient, but sometimes it was just so much fun to let loose and not care about expenditure.

He heard Declan sigh and say something to himself under his breath but continued to walk behind Julius, following him deeper into the rift.

They didn’t spot another group of monsters for a while and so Julius took that time to ask Declan a question he had thought about earlier.

“Hey Declan, can I ask you something?” He asked over his shoulder.

“Of course. What’s the question?”

“Can you fly?” Julius asked curiously. But he felt Declan stop walking for a moment as he heard the question.

“Can I fly?” The man asked amused.

“Yeah, I was wondering if that was something you could start to learn at Tier 4,” Julius commented.

“Technically, yes. But I wouldn’t call it real flying. It’s closer to levitating or floating than flying,” Declan told him.

“What do you mean?” Julius asked.

“It would probably be easier to show you,” Declan said from behind him. Julius turned around and stopped walking to look at Declan.

He saw the man wrap himself in a blanket of aura and a mixture of something else, that Julius assumed was his Authority. It was powerful, he could feel the pressure coming off of Declan from where he was standing.

Then slowly Declan’s feet lifted off the ground and glided over to Julius.

“You see what I mean?” Declan asked him.

“Yeah, I can definitely see why you consider it levitating and not flying. Is that how high you can go?”

“No, I can go as high as I want but it takes way too much time to get to that point. In a fight, it is pretty useless, so I don’t find myself using it all that often,” the older man explained.

“It’s still pretty cool though,” Julius added.

Declan chuckled. “Yeah, that’s what my daughter said. She loves it when I float around with her.”

Julius smiled at that imagery. Gabriela was a sweetheart and he could totally see her loving it.

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“Do you think I would be able to fly?” He asked after a brief moment.

Declan scratched his head and took a moment to think.

“Probably,” he admitted after a bit.