Chapter 317: Taunting Aura

His fifth match was finally here. This would be the one that decided whether or not he would advance to the final round.

From here on out, all of his opponents had to win all four of their matches, which meant that none of them were slouches. With that being said, he wasn’t worried. As a matter of fact, he found it hard actually to care about the match.

He would do it because he would gain a top sixteen spot this way and a slot for the Interschool Tier 3 Tournament. But at this point, he didn’t think anyone could really match him.

He had some fun with some of the fights, there were some opponents which he had learned from, but other than that, there was no real excitement. It wasn’t even that the opponents were weaker, but it was the lack of danger present.

With the bracelets, there was no actual risk of harm or death. Which took all of the fun out of it.

So even as he walked through the tunnel toward the field, he couldn’t help but frown unhappily. He was tempted just to blitz his opponent and end it quickly. He had some other ideas regarding his new skill to test later today.

[Spatial Crack] was clearly not a regular skill. First, it was highly volatile, so any adjustments he made to the spatial distortion were quite dangerous. Due to his experimenting, he had already blown a few cracks apart and some of his own limbs in the process.

Thankfully, he was a bit more careful and avoided any really bad damage. He has still been trying to connect two cracks and use them as points of transfer. He firmly believed it was possible, and he only needed a little more time to figure it out.

Then there was the whole Tristan situation now. He didn’t know if he could trust the other first year, but he didn’t really have another choice. If Tristan chose to tell his father about Julius, then he might be in trouble.

It has already been shown that not everyone was safe at Goldencrest. He wasn’t going to forget that Reinera was almost killed because someone had messed with the rift. Additionally, they still didn’t know who had messed with the Tier 2 rift they entered with Professor Rowe.

The investigation was still ongoing, and so far, it had not revealed any hints about who was responsible.

There were a lot of things going on at once, and it was becoming messy to handle all of them at once. He needed a break, and when the tournament ended, he hoped that would be the time.

On the bright side, his friends were all doing very well. Edgar and Aubrey had already won their matches earlier today, confirming their spots in the top sixteen. Unfortunately, Kyle lost the other day and was out of it.

To be fair, he had done much better than expected, considering his skill set did not lean toward combat at all.

For the Tier 2 tournament, Pollux had also locked in his spot in the final round. Tia sadly wasn’t able to make it through. She had lost yesterday in a close match against a second-year mage who managed to avoid getting trapped by Tia’s vines.

Joshua had his final match of the second round today. And as luck would have it, he was facing against Adam.

The world had a wicked sense of humor. But Julius was not about to complain about that. He was anticipating that match and already planned to head on over once he finished his match.

He smiled when he walked out and saw the blooming magic constructs decorating the sky. He couldn’t help it. It was such a beautiful display of magic. He could see why the tournament was such a big event for the entire city. Even if you didn’t like watching people fight, the atmosphere alone was worth it.

There was so much joy and laughter that it was infectious.

He looked around and saw that there wasn’t any other match going on. There was just a singular large field surrounded by an equally large barrier.

Since there were fewer matches now, all the attention was placed on his fight.

When the crowd saw him walk out of the tunnel, they roared with enthusiasm. They didn’t even need to know who he was. They were simply cheering because they were excited to see another fight.

He saw his opponent walking up as well.

Julius quickly took the time to examine him. All he had been informed was that his name was Darren Silum. He didn’t know if he was going to be facing another mage or warrior, he didn’t really have time to talk with Lily about him.

But based on pure looks, Julius would go out on a limb and guess that his opponent was a warrior. Of course, he could have easily been a mage, but the hulking muscles, hardened face, and large axe said otherwise.

He did seem kind of familiar, though. He was almost certain that he had seen him before. But he couldn’t remember where for the life of him. He racked his brain but failed to come up with an answer to his annoyance.

Julius shrugged his shoulders, not paying any more attention to it, then shoved the crowd noise to the back of his mind and entered the field.

“Ah, look who it is. It’s the group pet,” his opponent immediately stated with a mocking smirk.

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Julius looked over at his opponent with a scrunched-up nose. He had no idea why he had decided to be rude out of the blue.

“Who me?” He asked while looking around to see if the guy was talking about someone else.

“Yes, you. Who else would I be talking to, you idiot?” His opponent said scathingly.

“What’s up with the hostility? Do I know you or something?” He asked, genuinely curious why this guy was suddenly so abrasive. Maybe, he did know him from somewhere, and the guy had a reason why he was being such an asshole.

This didn’t seem to be the right thing to say, though, because instead of calming down, Julius was able to feel the anger rise in the guy’s aura. He also noticed that the aura was very rageful but in a purposeful manner.