Chapter 357: Weirdly Excited

The teleportation felt nothing like Julius had experienced before. His new Concept allowed him a deeper understanding of what was going on more than ever. He could feel how much more organized and structured this teleportation felt compared to his own janky version.

He still wasn’t able to experiment with [Void Step] all that much. There just wasn’t enough time. However, he learned from the couple of uses that the skill was very similar to [Flash Step]. The main difference was that the movement was almost immediate. It didn’t take him too much time to activate as he had feared.

On top of this, there wasn’t any terrible dizziness when he was teleported. He would think of a spot and would appear there. He did feel a dangerous film covering his body whenever he teleported, though. It was almost as if the void was clinging onto him like a second skin, and if he lost concentration, it would tear him apart like it had previously. So he reminded himself to pay extra attention when using the skill.

He did find out a few things that he wished to experiment with in more detail, though. First, the skill had some room for variation. He could feel that if he wished to, he would be able to lengthen the distance traveled. It would probably take a longer activation period and would require more mana, but he felt like it was possible.

The downside of the skill was the absurd mana cost. Julius always had a lot of mana. Even when he was a Tier 2, he had more mana than several people combined, and it had only grown since he had gotten to Tier 3.

However, [Void Step] used a stupid amount for each activation. He believed he could only use it about ten or so times before he was out of mana. The travel distance would probably affect this cost. So if he was teleporting only a few feet, he might be able to double or triple the number of times, but still, that wasn’t a lot.

He didn’t think about it when he chose the skill, but he would likely need to rely on a manual version of [Flash Step] in the meantime. Thankfully, he was pretty well acquainted with the skill and didn’t even need the skill anymore to help him, but it was still going to be a pain until he leveled up [Void Step]. Maybe he should try to get a kinetic version of [Flash Step] in the meantime, to help his movement when not teleporting.

He would need to test out his combat effectiveness beforehand though. Luckily, he was going to a place where he would be able to.

Eventually, the spatial ripples settled down, and he found himself standing on a stone platform along with the others. He looked around and noticed that the platform they were on was in the middle of a town square.

The town they were getting transported to was called Peralt. It was a town that bordered the Endless Forest, and while it wasn’t one of the main towns near the forest, it was still quite populated.

Unlike Heston, the buildings that surrounded them were much more practical and plain. They weren’t adorned with fancy enchantments and were mostly made of the same light gray stone or a dark wood. He could also see massive walls surrounding the town in the distance, even from where he was located. They were just that huge.

He knew that Peralt had to endure monster floods quite frequently, but he was still impressed by the large walls that protected the town. The walls were almost fifty feet tall and looked like they were made of the densest stone. On top of these walls he was able to see a bunch of guards patrolling the battlements.

He was surprised at how many people were around them. They weren’t the only ones who were using this teleportation platform. Many other people were coming and going. They didn’t even attract any attention from the people around them.

Lord Holten quickly took them and his apprentice away from the platform. They headed toward his residence, the one where the man stayed when he was in Peralt. Julius learned from Derek that Lord Holten was one of the lords that was put in charge of Peralt.

This meant that he helped govern and enforce the laws in the town. This was often a hard task since these towns were less regulated and were more akin to the Wild West than an actual civilized town.

Lord Holten let them settle in for a little bit while he went out and did some things. They used this time to talk about their plans.

“Is there a place where I can register as an adventurer?” He asked Lily.

“There should be a guild hall where you can register in the town, but are you sure you want to do that? Lord Holten told us that he would secure us our very own missions and rifts we can delve,” she said to him.

“Remember, I told you I wanted to go off adventuring on my own,” he reminded her.

“Yeah, but that doesn’t mean you have to go off alone all the time. We can delve into the same rifts, and you can do your own thing,” Aubrey said to him.

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He shrugged. “I kind of want to be completely alone.”

“Why?”

“I feel like I can take more risks when I am on my own,” he said truthfully.

“You mean risks that could get you killed?” Derek asked, baffled at his answer.

He shrugged again. “I got some skills that help prevent that, but yeah, there is a certain element of danger. However, it is what I like and want to do. I also know that you guys can’t take that risk. You have families and responsibilities beyond yourself that you have to keep in mind.”

“You make it sound like you don’t,” Lily said with a frown.

“Look, I am not trying to die or anything. But upon further reflection, I was dying of boredom when I was at Goldencrest. I need something a little more exciting in my life,” he said with a heavy sigh.

“You got attacked twice by assassins,” Lily said blankly.

“What? What do you mean by twice?” Aubrey asked, completely confused when she heard Lily. Julius forgot that he or Lily hadn’t told the others about how he had lured out the three assassins, and also had not mentioned the most recent attack. It kind of slipped his mind until now.

“Nothing,” Julius said dismissively.