Chapter 208: Monster

The man must have seen the look in Julius’s eyes because he sighed loudly. “You’re not just going to leave are you?”

Julius shook his head calmly. “And you’re not just going to allow me to take my friend back with me?”

The man shook his head.

“Well, it seems we have a conundrum,” Julius said softly.

“So it seems,” the man agreed with him. As he finished saying that he was slowly walking toward Julius. “My only responsibility is to protect this warehouse, that means if you leave now, I will not try to stop you.”

It sounded like the man really wanted Julius to leave.

Unfortunately, Julius didn’t have any plans to do so.

The man gently placed a hand on Julius’s shoulder and tried to lead him back toward the stairs, prodding him to leave.

However, at that moment Julius made a decision. There was no way to avoid a fight it seemed. And while this man was a Tier 4, he wouldn’t let that deter him. He had fought strong people before, what was one more?

So as the man was too distracted with trying to remove Julius as nicely as possible, Julius decided to attack first.

He sent an overcharged fist covered in a gauntlet packed with kinetic energy at the man’s chest.

The man wasn’t expecting Julius to attack him. It probably never occurred to him that Julius would be the first to attack, nevertheless, pose an actual threat. However, he quickly learned that this was a mistake.

His fist smashed into the man’s chest with an ear-shattering crack.

Even though his opponent was surprised by the attack, he was able to react in time to put up a semblance of a defense and Julius’s strike was met with the man’s own skill.

Still, his opponent was sent off his feet and onto his back. Julius didn’t let this chance go and pounced on his downed opponent.

While he was doing so he was creating massive spikes behind his back. Each one glowing with potent blue flames, heating up the room with fiery intensity. It was hard to keep several blue constructs at once, but he would need to if he wanted a chance against a Tier 4.

He already knew how strong a Tier 4’s authority could be, he wouldn’t underestimate his opponent.

By the time he reached the man, he had already surrounded himself in armor, each piece was humming with sharpness, fire, and kinetic energy.

He dropped an elbow right onto his opponent’s face and was met with a hand that tried to block the strike.

As the man tried to block, he sent out his authority to wash over Julius.

Authority was a weird thing. When Gabriel had first used it against Julius, it had been an overwhelming power that he had not been able to fight. It had completely immobilized him and stripped him of all of his strength.

As he got stronger, he noticed that Authority relied heavily on the power of one’s willpower, aura, and overall strength of one’s tier and Concepts.

And while Julius didn’t have the tier requirements to fight against a Tier 4, he had the others in spades, at least for a Tier 2.

His aura, willpower, and Concepts clashed against the authority of this unknown man. His collection of Concepts and his aura were no match for the man’s but they put up one hell of a fight. However, his willpower was what allowed him a foothold.

Julius accomplished something that nobody would believe unless they saw it for themselves. Instead of being completely overwhelmed by the signature ability of Tier 4s, he was able to withstand it.

And that was all he needed.

Julius watched as the eyes of his opponent widened in surprise. The fact that he wasn’t incapacitated by his authority seemed to shock the man. Hence, he wasn’t in time to block the next elbow Julius dropped down onto his face.

It was like a sledgehammer. The strike was so hard that it cracked the stones underneath them and he kept raining them down onto the stunned man.

However, no matter how hard Julius hit the man, he wasn’t actually doing that much damage. his opponent’s defense was tough. Tier 4s had that luxury. Not only that, but the man had some sort of resounding force that tried to disrupt Julius’s own armor and attacks.

It almost felt like sonic waves trying to shatter his arms.

Julius put everything he had into trying to pummel the man into oblivion, but his surprise attack didn’t last for long.

His opponent eventually recovered and was able to kick off Julius with a brutal knee to his back. Julius flew like a bullet and smashed into the stone wall. Dust and rubble going everywhere.

Before the man could counterattack, he sent out a spike at him. The blue and powerful spike blasted the man backward once more. The power of the spike was no joke. Even to a Tier 4, it wasn’t something that he could ignore.

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He quickly got back to his feet though and he was glad he did. His opponent had also gotten back to his feet, and he seemed way less patient than he had been just a few minutes before.

His face was bleeding from several places and was wincing slightly. However, his eyes were totally different than before. They were completely alert and there was a dangerous glint in them.

It would seem he was taking Julius much more seriously now.

It was a compliment in a way. It made Julius feel good that he could force a Tier 4 to fight him seriously.

Julius couldn’t help but start grinning like a madman. He knew that his chances in this fight were slim. The surprise attack worked, but now that he was prepared, it was doubtful Julius would come out on top.

If his spars against Gabriel had shown him anything, it was that Tier 4s didn’t just have their authorities to rely on, they were also so much stronger, faster, and had a faster natural regeneration than a Tier 3.

The difference was not even comparable.