Chapter 180: The Other’s Opinions

“What? When did this happen? I thought it would take longer than a month,” Aubrey exclaimed.

“What can I say? I guess I am just an overachiever,” Julius said smugly to her. She gave him a hard nudge on the shoulders in return but had a hidden grin on her face.

All six of them were walking down the beach after they ate dinner. He had been explaining the general gist of what happened while all of them had been walking. He hadn’t had the opportunity yesterday when he was coming back from Dante’s. Then today the other’s had been busy with classes and such.

“So you actually managed to get your already overpowered healing skill to epic?” Derek asked.

“Yep,” Julius said, emphasizing the last syllable with a pop. He felt Aubrey grab his shoulder and pull him closer to her.

“So what kind of skill is it? Did you get some sort of healing skill that is even more overpowered now? Maybe one that gives you immortality?” She asked jokingly.

He gave her a push and got out of her grip. “No, nothing like that. I got the general upgrade option,” he paused. “Though I did get offered a skill that would allow me to revive, or so I think it would’ve.”

Aubrey and the rest of them paused in their tracks, leaving Julius walking all alone for a moment. He turned back wondering why they stopped and saw all of their faces look at him with various expressions.

Lily, and Derek all had looks on their faces like Julius was crazy or something. While Aubrey, Edgar, and Kyle had more interesting countenances on their face.

“What?” He asked them.

“Why didn’t you get that skill?” Lily asked loudly.

“You think I should have gotten it?” Julius asked, a little surprised at her reaction.

Derek looked at him with a blank stare. “Of course. Personally, my family has been trying for me to get a similar skill. Resurrection skills are niche, but almost always come in handy. For someone with a lightning affinity like me, it is much harder as resurrection skills usually come with life, death, or light affinities, but there are outliers. Such as a skill called [Avatar of Lightning].”

“I thought [Avatar of Lightning] wasn’t a resurrection skill?” Aubrey asked.

Derek nodded at her. “You’re technically correct. It’s not really a resurrection skill so much as a skill that allows me to store a fragment of my soul somewhere safe. However, with the right resources and preparations, it should give me a second chance if something happens to me.”

Lily and Derek really seem to believe that I should have taken the [Revival of Ash] skill. Why would Alice and Dante believe otherwise then?

Kyle interrupted before anyone else could say anything else. “I actually disagree.”

“Oh?” Julius asked.

“Why would you disagree? Aren’t your parents also trying for you to get a resurrection skill?” Lily asked curiously.

“They are, but that doesn’t mean that everyone needs to get one. It’s just something a lot of noble families do for their children to give them a better chance of survival. I want to get one just in case one of my experiments goes wrong. There are too many of my family members who have died because of an ‘unfortunate’ accident. However, that’s not the point. The point is that I can see why Julius would choose the general upgrade,” Kyle explained.

“What do you mean?” Derek asked Kyle.

Kyle gave him an exasperated look. “I mean, you just said it a few moments ago. You called his healing skill overpowered. So why would he give up such a powerful skill for a resurrection skill? A skill that would not be able to heal him like his current skill would.”

“He can always get another healing skill though,” Lily interjected.

“Can he?” Kyle asked knowingly as if there was a trick question behind it.

Lily seemed to go quiet at that.

“It would still be easier than getting the opportunity to learn another resurrection skill, that much is true,” Derek argued, not seeing Lily’s reaction.

“I’m not so sure about that,” Kyle said vaguely.

“Why?”

Kyle turned to Julius and gave him a questioning look. “Can I tell them?”

Does he really know? I haven’t told the others except for Lily the exact name of my skill.

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However, he didn’t see a reason not to trust them. They haven’t been anything but dependable and trustworthy friends. Plus, he at least had the courtesy to ask for permission. Julius gave Kyle a short nod, he wanted to see if Kyle knew what it was.

Kyle gave him a grateful smile. “Have you ever wondered why Julius’s healing skill has both life and fire aspects to it?” Kyle asked Derek.

“Of course, but there are a lot of healing skills that have fire and life aspects. It’s not the most common but still seen enough to not be extremely rare,” Derek said.

“And how many of those skills have the power that Julius has at rare rank?” Kyle asked.

At that Derek seemed to pause. He looked over at Julius who had put on an innocent expression, pretending to be unaware of the conversation. However, that only seemed to make Derek even more suspicious of Julius.

“What are you trying to say?” Derek slowly asked his friend.

Kyle started to pace around in the sand. “I thought it was two different skills at first. How often can a skill heal with such a wide range and also with such intensity? But I learned I was wrong. It is really just one skill.”

“Can you just say what it is already?” Aubrey said impatiently.

“I think Julius’s healing skill has a Phoenix Fragment,” Kyle said to them.